Abstract: A vehicle that may be used for loading, unloading, transport, and storage of stackable chairs such as beach lounge chairs and a method of using the vehicle for transporting chairs are provided. The transport vehicle has movable drawers that are designed to support stacks of chairs. The drawers are mounted on tracks and may be moved into and out of compartments that are open on a lateral side of the vehicle so that stacks of chairs may be loaded into and unloaded out of each of the compartments. The drawers may be moved manually by a user or may be motorized.

Abstract: A tube plug for securely sealing a tube to be plugged. The tube plug has a housing member with a non-cylindrical body and a deformable wall. An insert member having a threaded shank and a ramped ferrule can be threaded into the body to deform the deformable wall outwardly and into engagement with the tube to be sealed. The non-cylindrical body allow the plug to be inserted into and used to plug a tube that is in a difficult to reach location and whose diameter may not be precisely known.

Abstract: A device detects a communication involving a user associated with an account and a service representative, and sends, to a user device associated with the account, an authentication notification that causes the user device to display an authentication field for the user. The device sends, to a service representative device associated with the service representative, a message that indicates that the service representative is to request, via the communication, the user to enter personal information associated with the user into the authentication field, where the user device is configured to generate a first authentication code based on a user input received from the user device in the authentication field. The device generates a second authentication code based on personal information associated with the account from a data structure, receives the first authentication code, and performs an action based on the first authentication code and the second authentication code.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compliance evaluation system, which may implement a software-based compliance evaluation tool for accurate notation, capture, and reporting of all potential compliance problems within a technical, a procedural or a process domain associated with a software program. The compliance evaluation system may enable a rapid and pro-active response to reported potential compliance problems by routing the reported potential compliance problems to appropriate analyst computers before the potential compliance problems become real and serious for company and vendors.

Abstract: A vehicle monitoring system, includes a vehicle database, which includes information associated with a plurality of vehicles. The vehicle monitoring system also includes a sensor database, which includes information captured by a sensor of an observing vehicle, and one or more processors. The one or more processors may generate a request to determine information associated with a target vehicle and to transmit the request to the sensor in response to determining that the information captured by the sensor does not include the information associated with the target vehicle. The sensor captures the information associated with the target vehicle based at least in part on the request. The one or more processors may also receive and store the information associated with the target vehicle from the sensor. Further, the one or more processors may output the information associated with the target vehicle to a computing device.

Abstract: A method of servicing a well having a wellbore extending from a surface wellsite and penetrating a subterranean formation, can include contacting a binder composition with particulate material, and binding the particulate material with the binder composition to form consolidated particulate material in the wellbore, in the formation, or both. The binder composition can include an aqueous fluid, an alkali metal silicate, and a silicate bonding activator.

Abstract: Methods and systems of data tokenization are described herein to provide protection for sensitive data. A tokenization service controller may extract sensitive data by determining a schema, the schema identifying which fields contain sensitive data. A token may be generated corresponding to each instance of the extracted sensitive data. The tokenization service controller may then generate a tokenized data set comprising a plurality of tokenized records arranged according to the same format as the original records, wherein the tokenized records use the generated tokens in place of the corresponding sensitive data.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to providing in-person audio access for remote users. A remote access audio system can detect in-person audio through an array of microphones installed at a site. The remote access audio system can process the in-person audio using speech recognition techniques to determine that an in-person conversation is occurring. The remote access audio system can apply a model to the in-person conversation to determine whether the conversation is relevant to a remote user and transmit an option for the remote user to remotely join or be added to the conversation.

Abstract: A system may employ one or more satellite sensors to monitor an area; detect a body or thing that should not be present in an area; formulate a response, such as documentation, notifying authorities, or deploying unmanned aerial vehicles; and execute the response. Monitoring an area can be based on a request for surveillance at the area.

Abstract: A method and system of providing users with microlocation-specific configuration modes during access of an application. The system identifies tokens based on sensor data during each application access session and triggers the change in configuration based on detection of specific tokens associated with a particular microlocation. The various configuration modes can be used to alter audio, display, and other settings for the application.

Abstract: A method of leveraging a global confidence classifier for information retrieval in contact centers according to an embodiment includes receiving, by a computing system, a user query from a contact center client communication with a knowledge-only bot of the computing system, performing, by the computing system, feature extraction on the user query by converting query words of the user query into a numerical vector representation of the user query, identifying, by the computing system, a subset of documents most likely to be responsive to the user query, and re-ranking, by the computing system, the subset of documents most likely to be responsive to the user query based on a global confidence classifier model.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein disclose methods and systems for authorizing a payment card transaction using a dynamic code accessed from a first device and a presence of a second device. The dynamic code can be accessed on a first device when the second device is within a proximity of the first device (e.g., electronically paired using a short-range communication protocol, on the same local area network). The system can receive a request for authorization of a transaction using the payment card and can include a verification code associated with the payment card and an identifier of the payment card, and the payment card can have the associated dynamic code. The verification code can be compared with a value of the dynamic code at the time of the transaction. In response to the verification code matching the dynamic code at the time of the transaction, the system can authorize the transaction.

Abstract: A method and system of managing third-party access to insurance information is disclosed. An insurer maintains an insurance information repository that can be accessed only by authenticated third-party partners. The authentication system generates a code for the insured member. The insured member can share the code to their selected third-party service provider. The selected provider will submit the code to the authentication system when requesting access to validated information about the insured member. The code, if valid, will authenticate the service provider and enable access to the requested information.

Abstract: Provided is a system, method, and computer program product for determining a pseudo-identity score in a virtual environment based on a blockchain network. The system includes at least one processor programmed or configured to identify a pseudo-identity in a virtual environment based on a blockchain address on a blockchain network, the pseudo-identity corresponding to the blockchain address, determine an age of the pseudo-identity, determine a measure of activity of the pseudo-identity based on transactions conducted by the pseudo-identity in the virtual environment, determine a pseudo-identity score based at least partially on the age of the pseudo-identity and the measure of activity of the pseudo-identity, and process a request generated by the pseudo-identity in the virtual environment based on the pseudo-identity score.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a micro registry may be a mobile communication platform that is configured to connect to users and service hosts. The micro registry may facilitate advertisements, payments, communication, loyalty, behavior tracking, social media interaction, and/or any other suitable communication advertising, or transaction between a user and a service host. The micro registry may employ BLE beacons that enable the micro-registry to identify micro-locations and facilitate connections (e.g., interfaces, interactions, communications, etc.) between user devices and service hosts and/or merchants. A transaction card can be manufactured from rigid materials, such as glass, stone, or ceramics. First, a rigid layer of a transaction card can be placed within a first recess of a first metallic sheet. The first recess can comprise a lip and an opening. Next, a binding layer can be placed on top of the first rigid layer of the transaction card where the binding layer comprises a binding medium.

Abstract: A computer system and method having a user interface including a touch-sensitive display screen. The system and method enables entry of a password which includes displaying a first array of a plurality of images on the touch-sensitive display prompting a user to select with a finger one of the plurality of images displayed. Subsequently at least another array of a plurality of images successive to the first array is displayed on the touch sensitive display prompting a user to select with a finger one of the plurality of images displayed in the another array of images. A computer processor then determines if a user selected a predetermined image from the first array of the plurality of images and a predetermined image from each at least another array of plurality of images displayed after the first array. If determined, the user is permitted access to an application executable on the computer system.

Abstract: Embodiments of vesicles comprising embedded cytotoxic agents are disclosed, as well as methods of making and using the vesicles. Pharmaceutical compositions including the vesicles also are disclosed. The vesicles include a binary lipid bilayer surrounding a cavity, wherein the vesicle binary lipid bilayer includes (i) a non-bilayer forming lipid (or combination of non-bilayer forming lipids) and a PEGylated lipid; and (i) a cytotoxic agent embedded within the vesicle wall.

Abstract: Camel single-domain monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind human and mouse mesothelin are described. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells and antibody conjugates based on the mesothelin-specific antibodies are also described. The disclosed CAR T cells, mesothelin-specific antibodies and conjugates thereof can be used, for example, in the diagnosis or treatment of mesothelin-positive cancers.

Abstract: A downhole packer system includes a swellable material configured to expand to seal against a wellbore wall in response to exposure to downhole fluids. The downhole packer system also includes at least one sensor disposed proximate the swellable material. The at least one sensor is configured to measure one or more electrical properties of the swellable material to determine a degree of expansion of the swellable material.

Abstract: Techniques provided herein employ a mesh network of wireless communication-enabled devices to monitor activity in a geographical area, such as a neighborhood or a parking lot. To this end, the mesh network monitoring system collects data about the devices found in the mesh network and establishes an expected activity level, which is used as a reference for comparing and classifying a current activity level. If the current activity level deviates significantly from the expected activity level, it may be classified as an unusual event. Upon detecting an unusual event, the mesh monitoring network may output a notification sent to the users of the devices in the mesh network. The mesh network monitoring system may help drivers determine availability of parking spots on a parking lot.