Abstract: A fiber optic sensing (FOS) system and method. The system may include one or more interrogator units and a proximal wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) and a distal WDM optically connectable to the one or more interrogator units, an upgoing transmission fiber, a down-going transmission fiber, and one or more downhole sensing fibers. The method may include transmitting one or more light pulses from an interrogator unit, multiplexing the one or more light pulses from the interrogator unit with a proximal WDM into an upgoing transmission fiber and a down-going transmission fiber, and receiving the one or more light pulses with a distal WDM. The method may further include multiplexing the one or more light pulses from the upgoing transmission fiber and the down-going transmission fiber into one or more downhole sensing fibers and receiving backscatter light from at least one of the one or more downhole sensing fibers.

Abstract: A payment instrument comprising a bottom layer; one or more intermediate layers, wherein at least one of the one or more intermediate layers comprises: a chip comprising a processor and memory; an antenna coupled with the chip; a reactive medium; and one or more reservoirs comprising beads, each of the beads comprising a reactive agent, the beads configured to release the reactive agent over time onto the reactive medium, wherein the reactive agent causes a change over time of the surface of the reactive medium; and a top layer, the top layer having at least a partially translucent portion, the at least one partially translucent portion above the reactive medium, wherein the reactive medium is at least partially visible through the at least one partially translucent portion.

Abstract: Sensors are regularly used to understand physical processing by computing systems and measuring physical quantities using principles of Physics which are then calibrated to yield the value and unit of interest. Some works have tried to generalize analytics across domains. However, they do not consider the problem of selecting sensors for a given application or having sensors as a service bouquet for application developer. Embodiments herein provide a method and system for recommending sensors for an application using elements of service-oriented-architecture and design (SOAD). Herein, the system contains a catalog of services which contain sensors and associated pipelines. These pipelines are used by the application developer along with calibration and fusion models through an Integrated Development and Prototyping Environment (IDPE).

Abstract: Various embodiments described herein are generally directed to techniques for managing fraud rules and generating authentication directions according to location data from one or more client devices. Embodiments may include using a payment server informed by a client device application to manage and/or apply fraud rules for transactions. In embodiments, fraud rules may be managed based on location data provided by a client device application and/or location data associated with at least one transaction system. In some embodiments, fraud rules may be managed based on location data provided by multiple client device applications and/or location data associated with at least one transaction system. In some embodiments, rules may be managed for an individual authorization request according to information from at least one client device application and location data for a transaction system associated with the authorization request.

Abstract: A method of controlling a hot wire anemometer (HWA) of a non-nicotine e-vaping device includes controlling, by a first PID controller, a level of power applied by the non-nicotine e-vaping device to the HWA based on a temperature of a heated element of the HWA and a temperature setpoint; generating a puff detection signal indicating whether or not a puff is currently occurring with respect to the non-nicotine e-vaping device; and while the puff detection signal indicates that a puff is not currently occurring with respect to the non-nicotine e-vaping device, detecting, by a second PID controller, a change in an ambient temperature of the HWA, and controlling, by the second PID controller, the temperature setpoint such that the temperature setpoint changes in response to the detected change in the ambient temperature of the HWA.

Abstract: Ex vivo analysis can be performed by mounting a portion of live tissue resected from a patient on a sample platform. Using the sample platform, the resected tissue portion can be positioned within a perfusion chamber. Perfusate is flowed through the perfusion chamber and into contact with the resected tissue portion such that diffusion of oxygen occurs between the perfusate and the resected tissue portion. During the flowing, the resected tissue portion maintains a competent immune system. Drugs can be added to the perfusate flow to ascertain the effect on the tissue. The sample platform is designed to be removable from the perfusion chamber for analysis of the tissue by imaging or other investigation techniques, for experimental treatment, or for any other purpose. After removal, the sample platform can be returned to the perfusion chamber for continued viability of the tissue.

Abstract: A method of forming a vaporizer of an electronic vaping device includes applying a porous material to at least one surface of a heating element to form a coating thereon. The heating element is formed of a conductive material.

Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for extracting text from a document. Different optical character recognition (OCR) tools are used to extract different versions of the text in the document. Metrics evaluating the quality of the extracted text are compared to identify and select higher quality extracted text. A selected portion of text is compared to a threshold to ensure minimal quality. The selected portion of text is then saved. Error correction can be applied to the selected portion of text based on errors specific to the OCR tools or the document contents.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for subscription-based notifications of events in enterprise systems. A plurality of notification message delivery channels for delivery of one or more notification messages to one or more user devices is identified. The notification messages are received from one or more software applications and correspond to one or more events associated with the software applications. A first notification message delivery channel is selected from the plurality of notification message delivery channels for delivery of the received notification messages based on one or more subscriptions associated with the user devices to the events. The subscriptions are configured using one or more subscription preferences received from the user devices. The received notification messages are transmitted to the user devices using the selected first notification message delivery channel.

Abstract: Systems and methods for a profile-based model selector are described. In some aspects, the system receives an input dataset and a corresponding input data profile and determines a similarity metric for the input data profile with respect to each of a plurality of data profiles. Based on the similarity metric for the input data profile being highest with respect to a first data profile, the system processes the input dataset using a first model associated with the first data profile. Based on determining that performance of the first model when applied to the input dataset is above a threshold, the system verifies a separating hyperplane is placed such that the first data profile and the input data profile are included in a first profile domain and a second data profile is included in a second profile domain.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for direct device-to-device asset transfer. A first user device (e.g., mobile device, smart device, etc.) may send a second user device (e.g., mobile device, smart device, etc.), via a first communication protocol, a portion of allocation information that allocates transaction item to a user of the second user device based on an indication that the second user device is in proximity to the first user device. The first user device may receive an asset from an account associated with the second user device via a second communication protocol based on an indication that the portion of the allocation information that allocates the item associated with the transaction to the user of the second user device is confirmed by the second user device. A value of the asset may correspond to a value indicated by the portion of the allocation information.

Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method comprises transmitting, by an access device to a communication device, a resource provider certificate and an access device certificate. Then, establishing a secure channel between the access device and the communication device using data from the resource provider certificate and the access device certificate. Then, transmitting to or receiving data from the communication device using the secure channel.

Abstract: In some aspects, a computing system may authenticate a user before blockchain functions may be performed and provide obstacles to prevent brute force attacks in decentralized computing systems or other distributed computing system environments. The computing system may use a smart contract to assist with authenticating a user. As authentication attempts fail, the computing system may increase a network usage cost associated with authentication. By doing so, the security of a computing system may be improved by making it cost-prohibitive for malicious actors to perform brute force attacks. Further, a computing system may use a variety of biometric information that may provide additional verification and security when authentication is performed.

Abstract: In general, in one aspect, embodiments relate to an electrical contact that includes a contact plate, a support plate, and three or more bends disposed between the contact plate and the support plate to counteract a force applied to the contact plate when engaged by a contact pin, where the electrical contact is configured to convey a detonating signal through an electrical feedthrough extending through at least a bulkhead of two or more perforating guns.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for demonstrating a personalized automated teller machine (ATM) presentation to a user may include: obtaining transaction data of the user via a device associated with the user; obtaining, via the one or more processors, geographic data of the user based on the transaction data; generating, via the one or more processors, ATM data based on the geographic data of the user; obtaining, via the one or more processors, user feedback data based on the ATM data, wherein the user feedback data comprises a selection of an ATM of the list of the ATMs; transmitting, to the selected ATM of the list of the ATMs, presentation data based on the transaction data and the user feedback data; and demonstrating, via the selected ATM of the list of the ATMs, the personalized ATM presentation to the user based on the presentation data.

Abstract: A content interaction system and method allow a user to simultaneously interact with a piece of content using three, four or five senses (such as sound, sight and smell in one example) of the user. In one embodiment, the content interaction system may have a plurality of devices wherein the user may integrate one or more of the devices together.

Abstract: Methods and systems are described herein for novel uses and/or improvements to sharing cryptographic tokens based on user's real-world actions through social media so those real-world actions may be confirmed as authentic (e.g., verified and/or validated). More specifically, methods and systems disclosed herein enable sharing validated user activity by generating and using cryptographic tokens. The system may ensure that the cryptographic tokens verify the user's activity. The system may extract token data of a cryptographic token to post to a social media platform for activity verification. Thus, by using cryptographic tokens of the user's activity data, the system is able to verify the user's activity.

Abstract: In some aspects, a computing system may identify a feature that can be used to distinguish between data that is more likely to be representative of the target population. A computing system may identify a feature in a dataset where a first value of the feature is associated with a higher likelihood that a corresponding sample is not a member of the target population. Due to the differences between samples that have the first value and samples that have the second value, the computing system may determine that samples with the first value are less likely to be members of the target population or samples with the second value are more likely to be members of the target population. The computing system may determine that a training dataset should be generated using samples that have the second value.

Abstract: Various embodiments are generally directed to method and devices to receive biometric data and transaction data relating to a transaction, apply a model to the biometric data and the transaction data to determine an emotional state of the user during the transaction, and determine an action associated for the transaction based on the emotional state of the user during the performance of the transaction. Embodiments further include causing performance of the action.

Abstract: An interactive content monetization system and method allows the various sense hotspots in the interactive content to be monetized by the interactive system and the content provider.