Abstract: An electronic device, a method, and a computer program product generate push notifications directing optimal time for surfacing notifications at a consumer device. The method includes selecting content for consumption at a second device communicatively coupled to a computing device, and encoding into metadata associated with the content, content consumption criteria related to at least one of a network quality and a second device capability for presenting the content at the second device. The method includes transmitting a notification to the second device, the notification including the metadata associated with the content, the metadata configuring the second device to determine at least one of a timing for presenting the content for consumption at the second device and presentation parameters related to the content based on the content consumption criteria.

Abstract: Generally, a computing device displays, on a display device of the computing device, a barcode to be read by a scanning device. When a barcode is displayed on the display device a determination is made as to whether the barcode is not fully displayed on the display device due to hardware of the computing device such as a punch hole in the display device for a camera, speaker, or microphone. If the barcode is not fully displayed due to the hardware of the computing device, the display of the barcode is modified so that the barcode is fully displayed on the display device despite the hardware of the computing device. Additionally or alternatively, if the scanning device has not completed the scan within a threshold amount of time, the display of the barcode on the display device is modified, such as by increasing or decreasing the resolution of the barcode.

Abstract: Techniques for managing pending data transactions are described and are implementable to enable errant data transactions (e.g., payment transactions) to be detected and resolved. For instance, when a first data transaction is unresolved and remains pending for an excessive period, a second data transaction can be initiated and resolved successfully. The pending first data transaction may subsequently resolve successfully, and thus a result of the successful first data transaction can be reversed to avoid duplicate data transactions.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a device housing supporting a user interface, one or more touch sensors, and at least one image capture device. One or more processors cause, in response to the user interface receiving user input initiating a video capture operation, the at least one image capture device to capture a plurality of video frames. The plurality of video frames are processed with a first video stabilization operation when the electronic device is supported by a multi-handed touch input and a second video stabilization operation when the electronic device is supported by a single-handed touch input. The first video stabilization operation crops less of each image than the second video stabilization operation since the electronic device is likely more stable when supported by the multi-handed touch input.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a device housing and a blade assembly carrying a flexible display and configured to translate around the device housing between an extended position, a retracted position, and a peek position. The electronic device includes one or more processors and a communication device operable with the one or more processors. When the communication device is in communication with a content presentation companion device operating as a primary display for the electronic device, the one or more processors determine a front-facing area amount required to present a controller user interface on a front-facing portion of the flexible display and cause the blade assembly to transition to a position defined by the front-facing area amount.

Abstract: A faceplate for a substrate process chamber comprises a first and second surface. The second surface is shaped such that the second surface includes a peak and a distance between the first and second surface varies across the width of the faceplate. The second surface of the faceplate is exposed to a processing volume of the process chamber. Further, the faceplate may be part of a lid assembly for the process chamber. The lid assembly may include a blocker plate facing the first surface of the faceplate. A distance between the blocker plate and the first surface is constant.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide methods, apparatus, systems, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like for performing natural language processing operations using an attention-based text encoder machine learning model that is trained using a multi-task training routine that is associated with two or more training tasks (e.g., a multi-task training routine that is associated with two or more sequential training tasks, a multi-training routine that is associated with two or more concurrent training tasks, and/or the like).

Abstract: In aspects of personal content managed during extended display screen recording, a screen recording system includes a wireless device that provides digital image content for display on an extended display device, and a screen recording session on the wireless device captures the digital image content and audio data. The wireless device implements a content control module that can determine the screen recording session would capture personal content associated with a user of the wireless device. The content control module can initiate a private screen review mode in which the personal content is displayable on a display screen of the wireless device and is prevented from visual display on the extended display device. The content control module can also generate a shareable screen recording that includes the audio data and the digital image content displayed on the extended display device, without including the personal content.

Abstract: Techniques for fingerprint encoded gesture initiation of device actions are described and are implementable to perform a variety of functionality based on touch-based gestures that are fingerprint encoded. For instance, a mobile device receives an input including a touch-based gesture. The mobile device generates fingerprint identity information based on the touch-based gesture, such as by a fingerprint sensor area that is operable to detect a pattern of a fingerprint in contact with the fingerprint sensor area. Based on the fingerprint identity information, the mobile device determines that the fingerprint identity information is associated with a user of the mobile device. The mobile device then performs an action that corresponds to the touch-based gesture, e.g., based on a shape of the gesture. In one example, the action includes display of a customized user interface associated with a user profile that corresponds to the touch-based gesture.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and software to manage energy resource usage by cameras in an environment. In one implementation, a management service monitors motion of objects in an environment using a plurality of cameras. The management service further identifies when one or more objects enter a field of view for a camera and, subsequently, identifies when one or more objects leave the field of view for the camera. Once the one or more objects leave the field of view, the management service can initiate or notify the camera to take at least one image.

Abstract: A computing device includes multiple camera systems each having one or both of a different field of view or a focus range. For example, the computing device may include a telephoto camera system, a wide angle camera system, an ultra-wide angle camera system, and a macro camera system. When a camera application is running, the scenes from each of the multiple cameras are automatically analyzed to determine whether a barcode (e.g., a 1-dimensional barcode or a 2-dimensional barcode, also referred to as a QR code) is included in one of the scenes. If a barcode is included in the scene from a particular camera system, that camera system is selected and one or more actions are taken (e.g., the barcode is displayed by the computing device, information embedded in the barcode is displayed, and so forth).

Abstract: An electronic device, method, and computer program product enable productivity of a combination desktop and mobile computing environments that are communicatively connected without distracting duplicative notifications on both a desktop and mobile user interface. A controller of the electronic device presents a first version of a user interface at an internal display of the electronic device and a second version at an external display of a second electronic device. The controller monitors input device(s) for an indication that user attention is directed to one of the internal display and the external display. The controller presents a notification via the first user interface at the internal display in response to determining that the user attention is directed to the internal display. The controller presents the notification via the second user interface at the external display in response to determining that the user attention is directed to the external display.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for generating images of synthesized bodies wearing a garment. For instance, a source image of a human or mannequin wearing a garment may be submitted to a synthesized human generation system. In response to receiving the source image, the synthesized human generation system may use a classifier to classify the image as depicting one or more body types or orientations. The synthesized human generation system may also apply segmentation to the source image to segment the garment pixels. The synthesized human generation system may then select one or more body generation machine learning models based on the classification of the source image. The synthesized human generation system may utilize the selected machine learning models to generate one or more output images of synthesized bodies that appear to be wearing the garment, using the segmented garment as input.

Abstract: A computing device includes at least one camera system and the scene from the at least one camera system is analyzed to identify one or more barcodes in the scene. In situations where multiple barcodes are identified in the scene, one or more of the multiple barcodes is selected based on a current context of the computing device. The current context can be, for example, an operating system running on the computing device, a configuration of the computing device, an operation context of the computing device, and so forth. One or more actions are taken based on the selected one or more barcodes, such as displaying a preview image with the selected one or more barcodes and one or more URLs encoded in the selected one or more barcodes.

Abstract: An electronic device, a method and a computer program product for coordinated performance degradation of an electronic device. The method includes entering the device into a secondary user mode of operation via a processor on the electronic device, which includes a display, a memory storing at least one application and a control module for controlling the electronic device, and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the display and to the memory. The method includes generating, by the at least one processor, a quality-of-service (QoS) parameter reduction for at least one quality-of-service (QoS) parameter in response to the electronic device being in the secondary user mode of operation for a predetermined duration.

Abstract: A computing device includes at least one camera system. When the camera application is running, the scene from the at least one camera system is analyzed to identify one or more barcodes in the scene. In some situations, multiple barcodes encoding payment links are identified in the scene. In such situations, for each of the multiple barcodes encoding payment links, the barcode is displayed along with the payment link encoded in the barcode and a description of the payment link (e.g., a name of the digital wallet corresponding to the payment link). Various additional information to help the user select one of the payment links may also be displayed, such as a current balance in the digital wallet corresponding to the payment link, rewards for using the digital wallet, discounts for using the digital wallet, and so forth.

Abstract: Systems, devices and automated processes are described for improving media streaming in a server device through intelligent selection of initial cache bitrates. The initial cache bitrate is selected with consideration to both historical data and operating parameters of the server device. Operating parameters can include an amount of cache memory that is available on the server device, as well as an amount of reserve space that is desired to be maintained in case of degradation in network performance or other factors that may occur during transcoding or transmission of the media stream.

Abstract: There is a need for more effective and efficient text categorization. This need can be addressed by, for example, techniques for semantic text categorization. In one example, a method includes determining an input vector-based representation of an input document; processing the input vector-based representation using a trained supervised machine learning model to generate the categorization based at least in part on the input vector-based representation, wherein: (i) the trained supervised machine learning model has been trained using automatically-generated training data, and (ii) the automatically generated training data is generated by determining an inferred semantic label for each unlabeled training document of one or more unlabeled training documents; and performing one or more categorization-based actions based at least in part on the categorization, and (iii) the labels are described by one or more short documents/short texts.

Abstract: An electronic system, a method, and a computer program product generate an image stream with spherical background effects for multiple participants presented in a shared virtual venue during a video call. The method includes generating a composite image stream of the first foreground image superimposed at a first assigned location and a second foreground image superimposed at a second assigned location on a spherical background image. The method includes communicating the composite image stream to first and second electronic devices oriented to respective first and second vantage points associated with the first and second assigned locations of a virtual venue presented within the spherical background image. The method includes rotating the spherical background image relative to the first and the second vantage point presented to a respective display device of the first and the second electronic devices in relation to movement of a corresponding first participant and second participant.

Abstract: An electronic device, computer program product, and method are provided that prompt a person who is participating in a video communication session with at least one second electronic device to gaze toward a local image capturing device. A controller of the electronic devices receives an image stream from an image capturing device having a field of view that incorporates a person that is proximate to the display device. The controller communicates the image stream to a video communication session. In response to a trigger that indicates that the first image stream is being presented as a primary image stream by the at least one second electronic device, the controller presents a prompt indicating that the participant should gaze toward the image capturing device.