Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include systems and methods for extracting information from a transaction description. In one embodiment, a system is disclosed that may include one or more processors and one or more memory devices storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, performs operations consistent with the disclosed embodiments. In one embodiment, the operations may include receiving a transaction description. The operations may also include identifying known location information corresponding to the transaction description and determining whether information from the transaction description corresponds to the identified known location information. The operations may further include removing location information from the transaction description based on the determination. In another aspect, the operations may also include extracting additional location information from the transaction description that is not associated with the known location information.

Abstract: Creating pressure pulses for pulse telemetry for MWD tools using direct drive. Example embodiments of creating the pressure pulses include: activating an electric motor and thereby turning a motor shaft; turning a threaded shaft by rotation of the motor shaft; translating a ball screw nut along the threaded shaft responsive to turning the threaded shaft; translating a piston rod within a cylinder housing by the linear positioner responsive to translating the ball screw nut; moving the poppet coupled to the piston rod; counting electronic pulses from a sensor that senses full or partial rotations of the motor shaft, the counting creates a count value; and ceasing activation of the electric motor when the count value meets or exceeds a set point count value proportional to a predetermined travel distance of the poppet.

Abstract: Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatuses, and computing entities are provided for enforcing usage of a canonical model. For example, machine-automatable artifacts that express the canonical model using a set of metadata constraints and a set of transformation rules can be received from a canonical model artifact repository. These machine-automatable artifacts can be converted into language-specific bindings and applications can subsequently utilize those language-specific bindings to enforce conformity to the canonical model.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide systems and methods for transacting at a local financial service provider device using a mobile device. The system may include one or more processors configured to execute instructions to receive transaction data associated with a transaction request including a customer identifier received from a mobile device associated with the customer. Additionally, the processors may receive authentication data associated with the customer that may be provided by the customer operating the mobile device and without requiring the customer to input data directly at the local financial service provider device.

Abstract: A topper for a patient support surface includes an actively-cooled region that is positioned to deliver air flow under a specific area to provide localized treatment and/or moisture removal to a patient supported on the topper.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving user input indicating a first user selection of a first form of biometric authentication from a plurality of forms of biometric authentication, providing a first interface for display on a user device, the first interface corresponding to the first form, receiving first biometric data, the first biometric data being provided using the first interface, and selectively enabling communication between the user device and a back-end system based on the first biometric data.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to downhole fluid additives including a clay, a hydroxylated polymer, a cation, and water. The disclosure further relates to downhole fluids, including drilling fluids, spaces, cements, and proppant delivery fluids containing such as downhole fluid additive and methods of using such fluids. The downhole fluid additive may have any of a variety of functions in the downhole fluid and may confer any of a variety of properties upon it, such as salt tolerance or desired viscosities even at high downhole temperatures.

Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus and a system, as well as a method and an article, may operate to receive gamma ray measurements from a gamma ray detector; to generate a spectrum based on the gamma ray measurements, the spectrum including a plurality of channels and count rates for the plurality of channels, wherein a channel number of a channel corresponds to energy values of the received gamma rays; to fit a curve to a portion of the spectrum; to determine a location of the maximum of the first derivative of the curve; and to adjust a gain of the gamma ray detector based on the location of the maximum of the first derivative of the curve. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to methods of acidizing subterranean formations and systems for performing the method. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of acidizing a subterranean formation including placing an acid-resisting treatment composition including a surface modification agent in a subterranean formation, such that part of the subterranean formation includes an at least partially acid-resistant coating including the acid-resisting treatment composition or a reaction product thereof. The method also includes placing an acidizing composition in the subterranean formation, wherein the acidizing composition at least one of etches and dissolves a part of the subterranean formation substantially free of the acid-resistant coating.

Abstract: A system provides support for a device interrogation framework. The system may include an electronic device and an application server. The electronic device may perform a device interrogation to identify one or more device characteristics, and adaptively disable one or more application functions of a software application according to the device characteristics. For example, the electronic device may send the device characteristics to the application server, and the application server may apply a set of feature support criteria to determine particular application functions to enable or disable on the electronic device. The application server may send a compatibility determination to the electronic device specifying which application functions of the software application to disable.

Abstract: A communication server, interacting with an organization system having users that wish to communicate securely, provides secure communication capability to the users, without the communication server itself having access to unencrypted content of the user communications or to cryptographic keys that would allow the communication server to derive the unencrypted content. Thus, the communication server that provides the secure communication capability need not itself be trusted by the users with access to communicated content. To achieve this, the various entities communicate to exchange cryptographic keys in such a manner that the communication server never obtains usable copies of the cryptographic keys.

Abstract: Methods of treating a subterranean formation having a vertically oriented fracture with a treatment fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid, a gelling agent, proppant particulates, and swellable particulates having an unswelled form and a swelled form; placing the treatment fluid into the vertically oriented fracture; swelling the swellable particulates at a first location against walls of the vertically oriented fracture, thereby forming a first swelled particulates plug; swelling the swellable particulates at a second location above or below the first location against the walls of the vertically oriented fracture, thereby forming a second swelled particulates plug; and settling the proppant particulates atop the first swelled particulates plug and the second swelled particulates plug to form a proppant-free channel.

Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure, a method of designing a drill bit comprises determining placements on a drill bit for a plurality of cutting elements at a plurality of radial coordinates of the drill bit. The method further comprises determining a substrate-based critical depth of cut for a substrate of each cutting element and generating a substrate-based critical depth of cut control curve based on the substrate-based critical depth of cut at each radial coordinate. The method also comprises comparing the substrate-based critical depth of cut control curve and the threshold critical depth of cut control curve and adjusting a drill bit design parameter if the substrate-based critical depth of cut control curve is less than or equal to the threshold critical depth of cut control curve at a radial coordinate.

Abstract: Two or more Integrated Computational Element (“ICE”) structures are designed and utilized in an optical computing device to combinatorily reconstruct spectral patterns of a sample. To design the ICE structures, principal component analysis (“PCA”) loading vectors are derived from training spectra. Thereafter, two or more ICE structures having spectral patterns that match the PCA loading vectors are selected. The selected ICE structures may then be fabricated and integrated into an optical computing device. During operation, the ICE structures are used to reconstruct high resolution spectral data of the samples which is utilized to determine a variety of sample characteristics.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for providing an enhanced hotel guest experience. Disclosed methods include the actions of receiving data indicating the presence of a hotel guest from one or more sensors; generating a likelihood score that the hotel guest is going to their hotel room; determining that the generated likelihood score exceeds a likelihood threshold score; and based on determining that the generated likelihood score exceeds the likelihood threshold score, sending one or more instructions to one or more devices located within the hotel room.

Abstract: A method of live well artificial lift completion includes hanging an umbilical on a wellhead of a live well, the umbilical fluidly coupling a production pump to a well surface and electrically coupling an electric motor to a surface power source, the electric motor powering the production pump. The umbilical includes coiled tubing surrounded by a jacket. The umbilical also includes power cables extruded inside the jacket to form a smooth jacket outer surface. The method also includes creating a pressure seal inside the umbilical during deployment of the umbilical into the live well, the pressure seal inside the umbilical created using a blowout plug positioned to block a discharge of the production pump. The method further includes forming an annular pressure seal during deployment of the production pump to obtain well control, the annular pressure seal formed using an annular bag coupled to the wellhead.

Abstract: An electric blower comprising: an electric motor; and a fan rotated by the electric motor, wherein the electric motor includes a stator, a rotor connected to the fan, and a frame accommodating the stator and the rotor, the stator includes a plurality of stator cores respectively having a core tooth portion facing the rotor, a coil portion attached to the stator core to form a magnetic pole at the core tooth portion, and a spacer inserted between the stator cores to press the stator cores against the frame, and the frame includes a regulation portion regulating position of the stator core pressed by the spacer.

Abstract: A system for processing an image including a vehicle using machine learning can include a processor in communication with a client device, and a storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to perform operations including: receiving an image of a vehicle from the client device, extracting one or more features from the image, based on the extracted features and using a machine learning algorithm, identifying one or more attributes of the vehicle, based on the identified attributes of the vehicle, determining a make and a model of the vehicle, obtaining comparison information based at least in part on the determined make and model, estimating a quote for the vehicle based on the comparison information; and transmitting the estimated quote for display on the client device.

Abstract: A tool, method and system for ranging between two wellbores. The target wellbore includes a conductive member disposed within a portion of the target wellbore. An investigative wellbore includes an electromagnetic gradiometer positioned within the wellbore, as well as emitter electrode and return electrode spaced apart along an investigative wellbore, preferably in the process of being drilled. The position of the emitter electrode and the return electrode are selected to optimize current transmission to the target wellbore in order to enhance the electromagnetic field emanating from the conductive member at a desired point along the conductive member. Where the electrodes and gradiometer are carried by a drill string, gap subs are positioned along the drill string to minimize conduction of current along the drill string therebetween. In some embodiments, the gradiometer is positioned between the emitter and return electrodes.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods, systems, and apparatuses for provisioning account information to a mobile device. In one embodiment, following the provisioning of account information to a first mobile device of a user, a second mobile device of the user may be provisioned without requiring the user to provide account information for the provisioned accounts. In another embodiment, provisioned account information may be stored to a remote database, and subsequently restored to a previously provisioned mobile device or provisioned to a new mobile device.