Abstract: A system for detecting proximity of a conductive object to an antenna element is provided. The system includes a cover layer including a thin film resistive element and cover glass, an antenna layer including an antenna element, and a dielectric gap layer including an electrically insulating material. The antenna element is configured to transmit a signal. The thin film resistive element includes a material having greater conductivity than the cover glass and is configured to detectably capacitively couple with the conductive object when the conductive object is within proximity of the thin film resistive element. The dielectric gap layer is positioned between the cover layer and the antenna layer and electrically insulates the antenna element from the thin film resistive element.

Abstract: The disclosed technology is generally directed to a mobile device with an active rear cover. In one example of the technology, an apparatus comprises a mobile device, including: a chassis that has a recessed region, electronic components disposed in the chassis, and, embedded in the recessed region, a rear cover. The rear cover is removable. The rear cover has flexural rigidity. The rear cover includes: a cover layer that is RF-transparent and a functional layer that is disposed beneath the cover layer. The functional layer includes a plurality of electrical connections. The functional layer is laminated to the cover layer. At least one electrical connection of the plurality of electrical connections is connected to the electronic components disposed in the chassis. The functional layer is structured such that inclusion of the functional layer in the rear cover provides a majority of the flexural rigidity of the rear cover.

Abstract: System and method herein interpret results of a semantic clustering Structured Query Language (SQL) Cognitive Intelligence (CI) query by identifying dominant traits of a query input to determine a ranking of query results by identifying influential tokens of the query input based on data statistics and observing the dominant traits in influential tokens of a query output, wherein the identifying the dominant traits of the query input comprises incorporating co-occurrence measurements.

Abstract: This disclosure describes one or more implementations of systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods that utilize a drawing application technique that enables a simulation of digital spirograph designs within electronic drawing applications. In some embodiments, the disclosed systems receive a user selection of a primary shape. Moreover, in one or more implementations, the disclosed systems detect a user interaction with a contact point within a secondary shape to move the contact point from a first location to a second location. Furthermore, in one or more instances, the disclosed systems generate, for display, a digital line drawing from the first location to the second location utilizing a movement of the contact point in relation to a rotation of a secondary curve of the secondary shape along a movement path corresponding to a primary curve of the primary shape based on the user interaction with the contact point.

Abstract: A data processing system for conditioning productivity application file content for ingestion by an artificial intelligence (AI) language model includes a server system hosting a conversion service, the server system comprising processing and memory resources; an Application Programming Interface (API) for the conversion service to receive productivity application files at any scale; and a format converter of the conversion service, the format converter converting a productivity application file to a format compatible with the AI language model to enable the AI language model to operate on the file content based on a user instruction submitted with the file content as output by the format converter.

Abstract: An evacuation slide light system may comprise a sensor, a controller configured to receive a signal from the sensor, and a projector light operably coupled to the controller. The sensor may be configured to measure at least one of a pressure of the evacuation slide or a stretch of a material of the evacuation slide. The controller may determine the pressure of the evacuation slide based on the signal from the sensor. The controller may be configured to command the projector light to emit a first image if the pressure of the evacuation slide is less than a threshold pressure and to emit a second image if the pressure of the evacuation slide is greater than or equal to the threshold pressure.

Abstract: A system and method for predicting financial transaction patterns is disclosed. The method includes receiving invoice data of one or more customers. The method further includes receiving granularity levels, thereby generating a set granularity level instances based on various invoice data attributes. The method further computes payment frequency bucket features for all the generated set of granularity level instances and assigns invoices to clusters based on the set of payment frequency bucket features. The set of payment frequency bucket features assigns a customer to be one of: a weekly payer, alternative weekly payer, a monthly payer, a bi-monthly, a quarterly payer, a half yearly payer and an annual payer. The method further includes the generation of a set of payment pattern features based on the set of payment frequency bucket features of the cluster. Further, the method includes selection of an optimal pattern with highest probability of adherence.

Abstract: A sequence of data entry screens are configured to collect the data from a user. The method and system receive data entered by a user into a data entry screen. The method and system then determine metrics of the collected data, and ranks the collected data and the data entry screens based on the determined metrics. The ranking is then used to display the next best screen in the sequence for collecting data.

Abstract: Video decoding systems and techniques are described. The decoder applies a deblocking (DB) filter to the plurality of sub-blocks of a block of video data to generate a DB-filtered plurality of sub-blocks. The decoder applies the DB filter to one or more lines (e.g., columns) of pixels in an additional sub-block of the block to generate a DB-filtered portion of the additional sub-block. The one or more lines of pixels in the additional sub-block are filtered without filtering an entirety of the additional sub-block using the DB filter. The additional sub-block is adjacent to at least one of the plurality of sub-blocks. The decoder applies a constrained directional enhancement filter (CDEF) to the DB-filtered plurality of sub-blocks and the DB-filtered portion of the additional sub-block to generate a CDEF-filtered plurality of sub-blocks.

Abstract: A device monitors performance by a subject of a physical activity. The device includes first and second assemblies that each includes a housing, a set of sensors, and a communication link to the other one of the assemblies. Each assembly is configured for removable attachment to corresponding body parts of the subject that have relative motion about a joint of the subject. The device has a resilient physical link that couples the assemblies and allows relative motion of the assemblies. The device further includes a controller disposed in the device for processing data from the sensors, memory for storing the data, and a wireless transceiver disposed in the system for transmitting the data to a destination.

Abstract: A failure information acquirer of a network service management apparatus acquires, from a network system, a VNF recovery permission request and makes an inquiry to a virtualized infrastructure manager about a state of corresponding hardware to determine a cause of a failure. A recovery process controller grants, when the failure is caused by software, the network system recovery permission, and requests, when the failure is caused by hardware, the virtualized infrastructure manager to cause state information on a virtual machine to indicate an error and then grants the recovery permission.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the mechanochemical activation of low-kaolinite feedstocks. The invention further relates to the activated materials obtainable by said methods and uses thereof. The invention further relates to compositions comprising the mechanochemically activated materials and a further material selected from the group consisting of asphalt, cement, geopolymers, polymers and combinations thereof. The invention further relates to concrete and methods of their preparation.

Abstract: Tokenized rows of a training portion of a database are selected, each of the selected tokenized rows having a first token value stored in a first column of the database. Training row vectors are grouped into clusters. From the clusters, prototypes are generated, each prototype comprising a numerical representation of a cluster. From input tokens, an input row vector is generated, the input row vector comprising a numerical representation of input tokens representing data in an input row of the database, the input row excluded from the training portion, each input token comprising a textual representation of data in a cell of the input row. Based on similarity with the input row vector, a prototype is selected. Data derived from the selected prototype is inserted into the first column of the input row.

Abstract: A security system used by an organization maintains a PKI used for issuing digital certificates (hereinafter for brevity also referred to simply as “certificates”) and provides the PKI to the organization as a network service. In order to simplify the use of the PKI for purposes such as obtaining certificates, the security system additionally provides a mechanism for using a designated flow protocol to interface with whichever MDMs the organization uses. This mechanism permits administrators or other users to provision certificates to their organization's client devices with just a few actions within a user interface.

Abstract: A method includes automatically configuring a cluster using pre-defined templates of one or more servers positioned in an edge location. The method also includes creating a plurality of configuration profile templates. The method also includes obtaining one or more parameter values. The method also includes defining a plurality of parameters in each of the plurality of configuration profile templates based upon the one or more parameter values obtained. The method also includes creating a master template based on the plurality of configuration profile templates. The method also includes storing the master template in a repository. The method also includes automatically creating a planned inventory file based on the master template. The method also includes configuring the cluster of the one or more servers based on the planned inventory.

Abstract: A count of unique values in a column of a database table is determined. A query on the database table is performed, wherein a technique for performing the query is selected based on the count of unique values.

Abstract: An auto-commissioning server may be used in the auto-commissioning of virtualized Radio Access Networks (vRANs) by receiving a plurality of parameters from a site controller of a cell site, an inventory, and a plurality of network entities; automatically generating a day zero configuration based on the received plurality of parameters; deploying the network function(s) of the vRANs into a cloud server based on the automatically generated day zero configuration; receiving a power-on notification message from a RU of the cell site, wherein the power-on notification message may indicate the RU of the cell site is ready for radio signal transmission; and activating the deployed network function(s) of the vRANs before transmitting a radio signal from the RU of the cell site.

Abstract: A device for upscale filtering video data includes one or more processors configured to generate a number of upscaled pixels that is an integer multiple of one half of a size of a filter used to upscale filter the video data. The device may then store the remaining pixels to be used to upscale filter a subsequent, right-neighboring block. In this manner, the device may avoid generating upscaled pixels that will result in being unaligned with the block and that may not be output due to being unaligned.

Abstract: A method and system for providing a virtual assistant to participants in a meeting. The method includes receiving a set of data associated with the meeting. The set of data includes meeting details, participant details, discussion details, audio details, and video details. Next, the method includes analyzing, using a trained model, the set of data to provide the virtual assistant to the participants in the meeting. Thereafter, the method includes assisting the participants in the meeting based on the analysis of the set of data.

Abstract: Future computer resource utilizations are predicted using at least one machine learning model among a group of one or more trained machine learning models. Based on the predicted future computer resource utilizations, a backup time is determined. An amount of storage to reserve for a backup is estimated using at least one machine learning model among the group of one or more trained machine learning models. At the backup time, the backup is initiated to a portion of the storage reserved based on the estimated amount.