Abstract: A digital payment system for facilitating seamless transactions from a user system to a buyer system. The system includes a service provider system which further includes a service interaction component. The service interaction component is configured to collect predefined information about the user system and the associated user. The service provider system also includes a payment engine for processing payments digitally based on data worth associated with the data owned by the user and authorized for sharing by the service provider to the buyer system. The payment engine calculates a payable amount payable digitally by the user to the service provider based on a digital transactional value indicative of the data worth associated with the data owned by the user and authorized for sharing, among other things. The system further includes a pre-consenting system configured to facilitate user authorization.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, devices, and the like for performing financial transactions. In one embodiment, a system is introduced that enables a communication between a user and a wireless personal assistant. The communication occurs through the use of a vocal command which is recognized and authenticated by the wireless personal assistant for the request and transfer of a monetary amount between a user and a contact. The communication occurs using a financial institution associated with the user and linked with the wireless personal assistant for the manipulation of funds from the user account.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a packet comprising a destination address in a destination address field of the packet, where the destination address including at least a first global identifier and a second global identifier, determining that the first global identifier corresponds to the first network apparatus, determining that a local identifier in the destination address is associated with the first global identifier, identifying one or more instructions associated with the local identifier, performing one or more functions instructed by the one or more instructions, updating the destination address in the destination field of the packet to an updated destination address, determining a forwarding rule associated with the packet, and forwarding the packet with the updated destination address based on the forwarding rule.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for assigning operations of a computational graph to a plurality of computing devices are disclosed. Data characterizing a computational graph is obtained. Context information for a computational environment in which to perform the operations of the computational graph is received. A model input is generated, which includes at least the context information and the data characterizing the computational graph. The model input is processed using the machine learning model to generate an output defining placement assignments of the operations of the computational graph to the plurality of computing devices. The operations of the computational graph are assigned to the plurality of computing device according to the defined placement assignments.

Abstract: Methods and systems for facilitating photo-based estimation are described. In an aspect, a computing device is configured to receive, from the camera, a signal comprising image data. The image data may represent at least a portion of a vehicle. The computing device may also retrieve data representing a preferred scene of the vehicle and determine, based on the image data and based on the data representing the preferred scene of the vehicle, whether the image data corresponds to the preferred scene of the vehicle. The server may, when the received image data corresponds to the preferred scene of the vehicle, enable capture of the image data. The server may send, via the communications module, a signal representing the captured image data to a processing server configured to analyze the captured image data to assess vehicular damage.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for confirming trade actions are disclosed. An example method includes displaying a trade action cell corresponding with a trade action, receiving an initiation command, determining that the trade action was initiated based on the initiation command, receiving a confirmation command, wherein the confirmation command is a selection of the same trade action cell, and executing the trade action based on reception of the confirmation command.

Abstract: A digital camera processing system with software to manage taking photos with a digital camera. Camera software controls the digital camera. A downloaded software component controls the digital camera software and causes a handheld mobile device to perform operations. The operations may include instructing a user to have the digital camera take photos of a check; displaying an instruction on a display of the handheld mobile device to assist the user in having the digital camera take the photos; or assisting the user as to an orientation for taking the photos with the digital camera. The digital camera processing system may generate a log file including a bi-tonal image formatted as a TIFF image.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating a Physical Layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU). For example, an Enhanced Directional Multi-Gigabit (DMG) (EDMG) station (STA) may be configured to encode a Physical Layer (PHY) Service Data Unit (PSDU) of at least one user in an EDMG PHY Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) according to an EDMG Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) encoding scheme, which is based at least on a count of one or more spatial streams for transmission to the user; and transmit the EDMG PPDU in a transmission over a channel bandwidth in a frequency band above 45 Gigahertz (GHz).

Abstract: Systems, methods, computer program products, and apparatuses to determine, by a neural network based on training data related to wireless signals exchanged by a device and a plurality of wireless access points in an environment, a respective distance between the device and each wireless access point, receive location data related to a respective location of each wireless access point of the plurality of wireless access points, determine a geometric cost of the neural network based on a geometric cost function, the respective distances, and the received location data, and train a plurality of values of the neural network based on a backpropagation and the determined geometric cost.

Abstract: Remote deposit of checks can be facilitated by a financial institution. A customer's general purpose computer and image capture device may be leveraged to capture an image of a check and deliver the image to financial institution electronics. Additional data for the transaction may be collected as necessary. The transaction can be automatically accomplished utilizing the images and data thus acquired.

Abstract: A method is described for transmitting a frame in a wireless network. The method includes setting, by a wireless device, a first field of the frame according to a first characteristic of the frame; setting, by the wireless device, a second field of the frame according to a second characteristic of the frame; setting, by the wireless device, a puncturing field of the frame in response to the first field of the frame meeting a first criteria and the second field of the frame meeting a second criteria, wherein the puncturing field is associated with puncturing a set of sub-channels of a transmission bandwidth of the frame; and transmitting, by the wireless device, the frame based on the transmission bandwidth and according to the set of sub-channels.

Abstract: Embodiments of an apparatus and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method of multi-link communications involves at a first multi-link device, generating a management frame having reduced neighbor report (RNR) information related to the first multi-link device, and at the first multi-link device, transmitting the management frame having one of the RNR information and a multi-link element (ML IE) or both the RNR information and the ML IE to a second multi-link device.

Abstract: Methods are described for managing the delivery of electronic data, such as media content, through a network. An indication of a quantity of data transmitted via a network during a first time period may be received, the quantity of data including a first portion of a content item. Based on the quantity of data transmitted during the first time period, it may be determined that a first bandwidth utilization threshold of the network has been satisfied, and the network may be optimized for delivery of a second portion of the content item.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating a Physical Layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU). For example, an Enhanced Directional Multi-Gigabit (DMG) (EDMG) station (STA) may be configured to encode a Physical Layer (PHY) Service Data Unit (PSDU) of at least one user in an EDMG PHY Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) according to an EDMG Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) encoding scheme, which is based at least on a count of one or more spatial streams for transmission to the user; and transmit the EDMG PPDU in a transmission over a channel bandwidth in a frequency band above 45 Gigahertz (GHz).

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for allocating wireless channels are disclosed. For example, the method, by an aggregator, aggregates sensed information received from a plurality of sensing devices, by an analyzer, analyzes the sensed information that is aggregated and determines when an incumbent is not detected based on the analysis, and allocates, by a channel allocator, a wireless channel of the targeted frequency spectrum to a user equipment when the incumbent is not detected.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first wireless node may receive a first indication of an energy-saving configuration for traffic routing associated with a traffic path between the first wireless node and a second wireless node. The first wireless node may transmit a second indication of the energy-saving configuration for traffic routing to the second wireless node. The first wireless node may communicate, with the second wireless node on the traffic path, in accordance with the energy-saving configuration. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, an apparatus for privacy protection includes a housing arranged to hold a second device, a local communication device at least partially supported by the housing, and a controller, where the apparatus is associated with a radio frequency (RF) power detector. The RF power detector monitors energy emitted from one or more antennas of the second device in response to determining that the second device indicates that the second device has transitioned from a first mode of operation to a second mode of operation. The apparatus further establishes a communication channel between the apparatus and the second device, and obtains, through the communication channel, a communication status of the second device. The apparatus can then report compromise of the second device upon determining that a discrepancy between the communication status and the energy emission.

Abstract: A k-anonymization device includes: a list creation unit 1 that creates, based on generalization hierarchies about attribute values of attributes of a database, lists of values, each being obtained by generalizing each attribute value of each attribute of the database to each generalization level of the corresponding generalization hierarchy, and codes representing the values; a search unit 3 that searches for a node with k-anonymity of a lattice structure in parallel by determining whether a generalized database obtained by generalizing the database to generalization levels corresponding to each node of the lattice structure has k-anonymity based on the generalized database represented by the codes, which is obtained by referring to the created lists; and an output unit 4 that outputs a generalized database obtained by generalizing the database to generalization levels corresponding to a node with k-anonymity, which was found by the search, of the lattice structure.

Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for increasing the transmit power of wireless communication devices operating on power spectral density (PSD)-limited wireless channels. Some implementations more specifically relate to tone mapping techniques and physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) designs that support duplicate (or “DUP mode”) transmissions with channel puncturing. In some implementations, a wireless communication device may transmit a PPDU carrying user data over a wireless channel excluding one or more punctured subchannels, where the user data is transmitted in a DUP mode. As such, the user data may be mapped to a number (N) of tones spanning a first portion of the wireless channel and a duplicate copy of the user data may be mapped to N tones spanning a second portion of the wireless channel.

Abstract: A communication method and a system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of things (IoT) are provided. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The disclosure relates to schemes for improving an operation of a terminal in an RRC inactive mode.