Abstract: A aerosol-generating system includes a liquid storage portion, a liquid pressure sensor within the liquid storage portion, and a control unit that is in communication with the pressure sensor. The aerosol-generating system further includes an atmospheric pressure sensor in communication with the control unit. The atmospheric pressure sensor is configured to sense the atmospheric pressure of the environment. The control unit is configured to receive the pressure signals from the liquid pressure sensor and the atmospheric pressure sensor. The control unit is further configured to determine the fill level of the liquid aerosol-forming substrate based on a comparison of the pressure signals from the liquid pressure sensor and the atmospheric pressure sensor.

Abstract: Current approaches for identifying accretion in rotary kiln lack access to information regarding the internal condition of the rotary kiln such as temperatures of the wall, gas or solid bed and specific methodology that is required to calculate accretion and hence forecast. Present disclosure provides method and system for forecasting and diagnosing accretion in rotary kiln. The system first takes historical data associated with rotary kiln, real-time data, and a future time horizon information. Then, system predicts accretion scores for future time horizon based on received data using a pretrained accretion forecasting model which are further utilized to estimate a rate of accretion. Thereafter, the system identifies high accretion (HA) operating regime and low accretion (LA) operating regime over predefined time period. Further, system identifies one or more accretion variables responsible for causing each of the HA operating regime and the LA operating regime using an accretion diagnostic model.

Abstract: Systems and methods for remotely closing a switch that is downhole in a wellbore are disclosed. The switch has a body with a first connector and a movable piston assembly with a second connector configured to mate with the first connector. The piston assembly has a first position wherein the first and second connectors are separated and a second position wherein the first and second connectors are mated. A spring is disposed between the body and the piston assembly and configured to urge the piston assembly toward the first position. When the fluid in the wellbore reaches a pressure above a threshold, the piston assembly will move to the second position thereby closing the switch.

Abstract: Existing Magnetic Resonance (MR) analysis approaches are either manual, which is time consuming and error prone, or automatic yet fail to identify correct landmarks. The disclosure herein generally relates method and system for MR image analysis. The system trains and uses a Generative adversarial network (GAN) for the MR image analysis. A generator network of the GAN generates a heatmap of a plurality of landmarks, by processing input data. Further, a discriminator network of the GAN, which has gradients updated based on a Modified Discriminator Loss (MDL) calculated based on a foreground pixel loss function and a standard discriminator loss, predicts each of a plurality of patches in a second input data as one of real and fake, based on presence of the one or more foreground pixel regions in the landmark heatmap in the ground-truth heatmap identified based on the foreground pixel loss function.

Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to method and system for providing data privacy in service operations. Identifying risk arising from processing of user request in service operations is time consuming and monitoring insider threats is a difficult task. The method includes receiving a user request for a service comprising a plurality of sensitive attributes and further a vulnerability rating is assigned to each sensitive attribute. To mitigate the risk, the method estimates a disclosure proportion for the plurality of sensitive attributes and a masking operation is performed. Further, a sensitivity score is computed to allocate the user request to an agent associated with an agent registry with enabled data privacy and minimal data exposure. The agent is monitored by computing an agent mis-usability score to assess an insider threat risk. Additionally, a feedback alert is notified to autotune the plurality of privacy settings.

Abstract: Systems and methods to provide contactless cards for transactions are disclosed. In an exemplary transaction provisioning system, an authentication server receives, from a backend server, a session creation request for provisioning a contactless card and transmits, to the backend server, a session creation response and a session token. The authentication server receives, from the backend server, an authentication process function request that includes encrypted data associated with the contactless card, decrypts the encrypted data to yield a decrypted authentication code, and compares the decrypted authentication code to an expected authentication code. After an unsuccessful comparison, the authentication server transmits, to the backend server, a notification indicating an unsuccessful authentication to the backend server.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for increasing the efficiency of generating training data. Specifically, the systems and methods relate to increasing the efficiency and accuracy of data labeling, particularly in instances of dynamically updated datasets of unlabeled data. For example, many applications of artificial intelligence models require real-time processing in order to generate usable results, which itself creates a technical hurdle. To further exacerbate this problem, many of the artificial intelligence models that provide this real-time processing require real-time or near-real-time training as new data is received in order to maintain their accuracy. These processing requirements create fundamental challenges in generating training data in instances of dynamically updated datasets of unlabeled data.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for understanding the visual structure and patterns of documents and detecting anomalies in data of the documents based on the understanding of the visual structure and patterns of the documents. In one aspect, a computer-implemented method is provided that includes accessing a set of documents, converting the set of documents to a set of images in a binary format, generating a common feature template based on the set of images, comparing each image from the set of images to the common feature template to identify images with at least one anomalous feature, and outputting the images with at least one anomalous feature.

Abstract: At least some embodiments are directed to a prediction system of software objects. The prediction system predicts a first aspect of a user profile utilizing a categorization machine learning model and a user activity profile, the user profile and the user activity profile are associated with a user. The user activity profile comprises a plurality of values associated with demographics and historical activity data of the user. The prediction system predicts a software object associated with the user profile utilizing an optimization machine learning model, the first aspect of the user profile, and a second aspect of the user profile. The software object is optimized with respect to at least one competitive interest between the user associated with the user profile and an entity associated with the software object. The prediction system outputs the software object to a client computing device of the user.

Abstract: As discussed earlier, accretion happens to be the most critical problem faced by users of the rotary kiln as it leads to shutdown of the rotary kiln which ultimately leads to reduction in production. Currently available accretion monitoring systems require expensive equipment and sensors which increases the production cost. Present disclosure provides method and system for monitoring accretion happening inside the rotary kiln. The system first takes real-time data associated with a rotary kiln as input. The system then localizes accretion clusters present in the rotary kiln using an accretion localization model. Thereafter, the system estimates the accretion probability score based on the HTM statistics calculated based on the accretion cluster information and real-time data using an accretion scoring model. Further, the system compute accretion score representative of real-time accretion condition of the rotary kiln based on the accretion probability score and the inputs.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an exemplary method, system, and computing device that may include the steps of receiving a first indication that information of a user has been detected at one or more dark web resources; classifying the item of the compromised information into an information type category; receiving a permission indicator to detect communications by the computing device; receiving a second indication of a communication; receiving a third indication that the user engages an interaction with the communication; instructing the computing device to execute a technique to obtain data for the communication; receiving the data for the communication; determining the communication is a spam communication; determining a current information type category being discussed during the spam communication; making a determination that the current information type category corresponds to the information type category; and instructing a graphical user interface to display an alert to the user.

Abstract: Among other things, we describe techniques for encoding data that is included in electronic communications. In one aspect, a first electronic communication system sends, to an entity, a first email message that includes a Message-ID field including data that identifies an action to be carried out by a second electronic communication system. The first electronic communication system receives, from the entity, a second email message that includes an In-Reply-To field containing the data that identifies the action to be carried out by the second electronic communication system. The first electronic communication extracts the data from the In-Reply-To field in a message header of the first electronic communication. The second electronic communication system may be the same as the first electronic communication system, or may be an electronic communication system other than the first electronic communication system.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems and methods for facilitating management of information related to electronic transactions. More specifically, the methods and systems discussed herein related to electronic transaction verification techniques that employ distributed computation methods, such as blockchains, to store transactional data for various web-based interactions, and to verify a transaction source and generate customer offers for these transactions.

Abstract: A system includes a server having a database stored thereon, an operator device, and a coordinating device communicatively coupled with the server and with the operator device, wherein the coordinating device comprises a processor and a memory, and wherein the memory is configured to store instructions thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the coordinating device to perform various steps. The steps include receiving account data, from the server, corresponding with an account of a plurality of accounts saved to the database, receiving preference data, from the operator device, corresponding with preferences of an operator of the operator device and relating to the account data. The steps also include generating an avatar reflecting the account data in accordance with the preference data, and displaying the avatar on a display.

Abstract: A system and method for configuring Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) read and write power levels includes an RFID module that generates RF signals, a digital step attenuator that attenuates RF signals, an antenna that transmits attenuated RF signals, and an RF shield that isolates the antenna from an RFID label supply roll. A floor read power is determined by iteratively interrogating an RFID label while decreasing the RF signal power until the label fails to respond to the interrogation. A ceiling read power is determined by iteratively interrogating the RFID label while increasing the RF signal power until multiple labels respond to the interrogation. The read power level is set between the floor read power and the ceiling read power. The write power level is determined by iteratively attempting to program the RFID module while increasing the write power from the read power level until successfully written.

Abstract: A system for receiving cash deposits at a point of sale includes a processor; a product inventory database; a communication interface; a product inventory item reader; and a purchase instrument reader. The processor is configured to receive a product code from the product inventory item reader; access the product inventory database to recognize the product code as a deposit product code; receive signals indicating an amount of a deposit associated with the deposit product code; receive signals from the purchase instrument reader identifying an account for the deposit; and send signals to a transaction processing network via the communication interface to thereby effect the deposit of the amount into the account.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, at one or more processors, data indicative of a customer communication, inputting, via the one or more processors, the data to a first communication routing model corresponding to a first product or service goal associated with one or more product or service types, and determining, via the one or more processors and based on the first communication routing model, a first score corresponding to a first likelihood that the customer communication will satisfy the first product or service goal.

Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method includes a user device storing a message data template comprising a plurality of data fields. A multi-record message may be generated using the message data template in response to an interaction between the user device and an access device. To generate the multi-record message, the user device may increment a counter stored on the user device to produce a counter value, and generate a dynamic cryptogram. The user device may additionally retrieve a credential. The counter value, the dynamic cryptogram, and the credential may then be incorporated into the plurality of data fields of the message data template to form the multi-record message. The multi-record message may be transmitted to the access device, where the access device forwards the multi-record message to an authorization computer to authorize or deny the interaction.

Abstract: An impact sleeve is used for mitigating damage in a perforating gun resulting from shaped charge detonation. In one example, a perforating gun includes a gun carrier, with a charge holder and the impact sleeve inside the gun carrier. The charge holder holds a plurality of shaped charges capable of being detonated with sufficient explosive energy to generate high-velocity fragments inside the gun carrier. The impact sleeve comprises an energy-absorbing material and optional raised features for absorbing at least some energy of the high-velocity fragments. The materials, raised features, positioning, and geometry of the impact sleeve and raised features may be tuned to optimize energy absorption.

Abstract: Autonomous vehicles may be terrestrial, aerial, nautical, or multi-mode and may be used to enable communications of other devices. For example, an autonomous vehicle may analyze information about a device outage and based on the information direct an autonomous vehicle to a location of the device to address the outage by adding a capability to the device.