Abstract: A digital recruitment system and a method to enable a candidate to create, edit, upload a multimedia comprising a job application comprising video, audio etc. in one or more sections to apply for a job is provided. Further, the system allows the candidate and recruiter(s) to exchange information with each other via videos (or multimedia), video chats, audio chats, etc. The system protects a job application and/or a multimedia response from the recruiter from editing by a third person other than an owner, wherein the candidate is the owner of the job application and the recruiter is the owner of the multimedia response. The system may embed time and location information into the multimedia; therefore, the system allows the users (candidate and recruiters) to generate authentic multimedia. Further, the system may augment more information in the multimedia automatically or based on an input from the owner of the multimedia.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a bill of material conversion method, an electronic apparatus and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. A bill of material conversion method, including steps S1 to S4: Step S1: obtaining an unprocessed first node in a first bill of material; Step S2: according to a preset correspondence, creating a second node corresponding to a second bill of material according to the obtained first node, and storing the created second node into a list; Step S3: determining whether the first node currently obtained is a last first node of the first bill of material; in response to the first node currently obtained not the last first node of the first bill of material, repeatedly performing steps S1 through S3; in response to the first node currently obtained being the last first node, performing step S4: converting respective second nodes in the list into the second bill of material.

Abstract: The disclosed system and method relate to automatically detecting empty spaces on retail store shelves, identifying the missing product(s) and causing the space to be replenished or restocked. For example, stores may use shelf-mounted imaging devices to capture images of shelves across the aisle from the imaging devices. The images captured by the imaging devices may be pre-processed to de-warp, de-skew images and stitch together multiple images in order to retrieve an image that captures a full width of a shelf. The pre-processed images can then be used to detect products on the shelf, identify the detected products. An iterative projection algorithm or product fingerprint matching algorithm can be used to identify the products. When an incorrect product listing or an empty shelf space is encountered, a message may be sent to the store employee to remedy the issue.

Abstract: A dispenser for hygiene products includes an electromechanical switch that is configured to operate when a hygiene product is dispensed. The action of dispensing the hygiene product causes the electromechanical switch to convert the mechanical energy associated with the dispensing action into electrical energy. The dispenser is configured to use the electrical energy to emit a signal such that the dispenser emits two signals each time a hygiene product is dispensed. A system for monitoring the consumption of hygiene products in a dispenser includes a dispenser as described above and a receiver for wirelessly receiving the emitted signal, the receiver being positioned remotely from the dispenser, and a central computer or server for receiving data from the receiver. A method of monitoring a dispenser for hygiene products is also provided.

Abstract: A point-of-sale terminal is provided. The point-of-sale terminal includes a processor and a memory configured to store transaction data therein. The point-of-sale terminal further includes a network interface configured to connect to a computing network. The network interface is further configured to receive, from the network, a message comprising blockchain information. The point-of-sale terminal is configured to store the transaction data in a blockchain ledger.

Abstract: A plurality of baseline information associated with at least one user is retrieved. An issue with at least one office building asset included in the plurality of baseline information is dynamically identified. A down time of the at least one office building asset is reduced by reporting the dynamically identified issues associated with the at least one office building asset.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for determining an allocation scheme of accident rescue resource in a smart city. The method comprises: obtaining accident information of an accident point based on the object platform; sending the accident information to the management platform based on the sensor network platform; determining resource demand of the accident point based on the accident information through the management platform; obtaining available resource of at least one candidate rescue point based on the object platform; sending the available resource to the management platform based on the sensor network platform; determining the allocation scheme of rescue resource based on the resource demand and the available resource through the management platform; and sending the allocation scheme of rescue resource to the user platform through the service platform.

Abstract: An online shopping concierge system sorts a list of items to be picked in a warehouse by receiving data identifying a warehouse and items to be picked by a picker in the warehouse. The system retrieves a machine-learned model that predicts a next item of a picking sequence of items. The model was trained, using machine-learning, based on sets of data that each include a list of picked items, an identification of a warehouse from which the items were picked, and a sequence in which the items were picked. The system identifies an item to pick first and a plurality of remaining items. The system predicts, using the model, a next item to be picked based on the remaining items, the first item, and the warehouse. The system transmits data identifying the first item and the predicted next item to be picked to the picker in the warehouse.

Abstract: A component authentication and validation system requests a token server to provide tokens for a product line. The system receives, from the token server, the requested tokens. The system associates each token with a unique identifier that uniquely identifies the token. The system receives, from a production line server, a request to transmit a particular number of tokens to program the components associated with the product line. The system receives, from the production line server, a report file comprising a programmed token that is programmed into a component associated with the product line. The programmed token is used to authenticate the component. The system registers the token with the token server, such that inquiries about the token are tracked by the token server.

Abstract: An information terminal for a merchandise registration system includes a camera to read a code for identifying a merchandise item and a display to display a first screen for supporting the reading of the code. A processor transmits the code to a server and receives merchandise data corresponding to the code. The processor switches between a successive-reading mode and a single-reading mode when a setting of a mode operator displayed on the first screen is changed by a user. When in the successive-reading mode, the processor displays the corresponding merchandise data in a part of the first screen and permits successive reading of codes by the camera. When in the single-reading mode, the processor displays the merchandise data in a second screen that is different from the first screen.

Abstract: A sensor assembly for equipment for aiding the traceability of agri-food products includes: a casing having a first face, configured to be coupled to a planar structure, and a second face; a weighing device responding to a load on the second face of the casing, an inclinometer, and an accelerometer configured to supply an acceleration signal indicative of accelerations along an axis perpendicular to the first face of the container. A processing unit detects a measured weight bearing on the weighing device based on load signals supplied by the weighing device, on an inclination signal supplied by the inclinometer and on the acceleration signal supplied by the accelerometer.

Abstract: A system for asset inventory and resupply for supplying individuals in remote locations is disclosed. The individuals may be people and/or machines. The system and method involve providing multiple individuals in the field with sensors that automatically collect data on the expenditure of their supplies. In some cases, wearable sensors are provided to people in the field. The data is sent to a central depository which tracks their inventory of supplies and anticipates needed supplies, compiles and packages additional supplies so that the additional supplies can be delivered to the individuals in the field. A precision supply delivery system is provided for delivering the supplies.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method for identifying items. The method includes scanning a first item using a first barcode scanner and a second barcode scanner and determining, based on signals from the first barcode scanner and the second barcode scanner, a first two-dimensional light grid indicating where the first item broke beams of the first barcode scanner and the second barcode scanner. The method also includes predicting, using a machine learning model and based on the first two-dimensional light grid, a first category for the first item, receiving, from a camera, an image of the first item, and comparing the image of the first item to a first set of images assigned to the first category to determine an identity of the first item.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-accessible mediums for user verification through the interaction of a short-range transceiver, such as a contactless card, with a client device are presented. User verification may be provided in the context of reading two types of data from the short-range transceiver, such as a contactless card, using a client device, sending the data to a server, obtaining identifiers from each data type and comparing with stored user identifier data. Matching stored user identifier data to two forms of identification data obtained from a short-range transceiver, such as a contactless card, provides an enhanced ability to verify that the short-range transceiver is being used by an authorized user.

Abstract: A system for authenticating components using software security tokens receives, from a remote server, a security token that is a software security artifact that is used to uniquely identify a component. The system programs the security token into the component, where programming the security token into the component comprises encoding the component with the security token such that the security token in retrievable upon request for authenticating the component. The system generates a report file comprising the programmed security token. The programmed security token is used to authenticate the component. The system transmits the report file to the remote server.

Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of receiving, by a dealer node, a request for a transport with a set of properties, querying, by the dealer node, a plurality of dealer nodes for the transport based on the set of the properties, responsive to receiving transport availability notifications, requesting a transfer of the transport from at least one dealer node of the plurality of the dealer nodes, receiving agreements from the plurality of the dealer nodes for the transfer of the transport, and recording the transfer of the transport on a remote storage.

Abstract: A social network for merchants is described. A payment processing service can receive first merchant information associated with characteristic(s) of a first merchant and second merchant information associated with characteristic(s) of a second merchant. The payment processing service can determine a similarity between the first merchant and the second merchant based on analyzing the first merchant information and the second merchant information with a data model. Based at least in part on the similarity, the payment processing service can associate the first merchant and the second merchant with a merchant group and enable the first merchant and the second merchant to access a service associated with a merchant social network based at least in part on the association with the merchant group.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of matching a customer with a service provider, the method comprising: creating, by a computing device, a profile of a customer having a plurality of categorical values descriptive of or liked by the customer; creating, by the computing device, a profile of a service provider having a plurality of categorical values descriptive of or liked by the service provider; creating, by the computing device, a request by the customer to recommend a service provider, wherein the request includes one or more requested categorical and discrete values; and providing, by the computing device, ranked recommendations of service providers to the customer based on a comparison of the categorical values in the profiles of the customer and the service provider and the requested categorical and discrete values by the customer. A service provider can be a hair stylist.

Abstract: A method and system of providing customer-specific information and guidance to support agents during calls with customers. The information includes a summary of in-app activity by the customer prior to the call between the customer and a support agent. The method includes receiving and storing the in-app activity in an activity record associated with the customer's account. The activity record is retrieved in response to a communication session being initiated or occurring between the customer and support agent and presented to the support agent in order to facilitate the conversation and expedite the resolution process.

Abstract: A control system performs a shipping process, a replenishing process, a moving process, and a returning process. The replenishing process is for, in a case in which the number of first-type articles located in a first warehouse has become less than or equal to a quantitative threshold, transporting the first-type articles located in a second warehouse to the first warehouse, thereby stocking the articles into the first warehouse while the articles are in containers. The moving process is for transporting second-type articles that have become the picking target articles and are located in the second warehouse to the first warehouse, thereby stocking the articles into the first warehouse while the articles are in the containers. The returning process is for transporting the containers accommodating the second-type articles that have been returned to the first warehouse upon completion of the shipping process, from the first warehouse to the second warehouse.