Abstract: Described is a technology by which personalization data is used to select and order video highlight clips for a personalized highlight reel that a user may play to view, such as part of a narrative arranged for that user. The narrative may include introductory content, transition content and/or ending content. The narrative may include advertising content and/or ending content. The narrative may be rearranged in response to an event.

Abstract: A diesel particulate filter system comprising: a temperature sensor on the inlet side of the diesel particulate filter; a temperature sensor on the outlet side of the diesel particulate filter; a pressure sensor on the inlet side of the diesel particulate filter; and a control module in communication with the temperature sensors and the pressure sensor, and the control module is loaded with a look-up table that correlates the amount of soot loaded in the diesel particulate filter to a change in pressure measured by the pressure sensor; wherein the control module Initiates a regeneration cycle when soot loading of the diesel particulate filter achieves a predetermined soot load.

Abstract: A controlled release pharmaceutical compositions comprising Milnacipran or pharmaceutically acceptable salts there—of is provided. The pharmaceutical composition comprises an immediate release core comprising Milnacipran or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutically acceptable excipients and a coating on the immediate release core comprising rate controlling agents.

Abstract: A power supply unit of an information handling system determines that a power consumption module of the information handling system is available. If the power consumption module is available, the power supply unit measures input power of the power supply unit and provides a representation of the input power to the power consumption module in response to receiving a power measurement request from the power consumption module. If the power supply unit determines that the power consumption module is not available, the power supply unit measures input power of the power supply unit and stores a representation of the input power at the power supply unit independent of a power measurement request from the power consumption module.

Abstract: An improvement to a predictive video encoding method or apparatus that includes selecting a mode class within which to choose an encoding algorithm to encode individual blocks of video information. Rather than implementing each algorithm in each mode class to ascertain an acceptable compression, the improvement eliminates searching through a class of encoding modes based simply on heuristics. The method comprises obtaining statistical information related to previous blocks of encoded video information, determining a mode class within which to chose a particular encoding algorithm based on the statistical information (e.g., heuristics) gathered, choosing an algorithm within the selected mode class using conventional techniques, and encoding the video information according to the chosen algorithm. Statistical information may include quantization parameters, prior encoding decisions, intensity or frequency values, or Hadamard transform coefficients of previously encoded macroblocks.

Abstract: Various techniques can be used to implement a collaborative filtering-based recommendation engine. For example, different similarity measures can be used for different users. Different similarity measures can be used for a particular user across time. A superior similarity measure can be found for a user. User-defined similarity measures can be supported.

Abstract: Polymers useful as catalysts in non-enzymatic saccharification processes are provided. Provided are also methods for hydrolyzing cellulosic materials into monosaccharides and/or oligosaccharides using these polymeric acid catalysts.

Abstract: A gas nozzle measurement apparatus comprises a controllable gas source to provide across a gas plate having gas nozzles, a flow of gas at a constant pressure or constant flow rate, and a sensor plate sized to cover an area comprising at least a portion of the front face of the gas plate. The sensor plate comprises gas flow sensors arranged in locations that correspond to positions of individual gas nozzles of the gas nozzles of the gas plate such that each gas flow sensor can measure a pressure, flow rate, density, or velocity of a gas stream passing through the individual gas nozzle that faces the gas flow sensor, and generate a signal indicative of, or display, the pressure, flow rate, density, or velocity of the gas stream passing through the individual gas nozzle.

Abstract: The invention relates to adjusting at least one of installed building service sensors (10) of a building service system. A sensor coverage area of at least one sensor (10) is adjusted based on information on a position of the installed sensor (10) relative to at least one other sensor (10). For example, to determine the position of the sensor (10) relative to said at least one other sensor (10), each sensor (10) establishes a wireless communication between said sensor (10) and at least one other sensor (10) via a wireless communication means (34) of the sensor (10). For example, information on the positions of the installed sensors (10) is used to assign to each sensor (10) at least one of installed building service supply devices (12) of the system.

Abstract: A rotor blade for a rotary wing aircraft includes a root region extending from a rotor head to about 15% to 20% of a blade radius, a main region extending from a radial extent of the root region to about 80% to 95% of the blade radius, and a tip region extending from a radial extent of the main region to a blade tip. At least a portion of one of the root region, the main region and the tip region includes an airfoil profile section defined by a scaled set of coordinates in which a set of y/c coordinates listed in Table I are scaled by a selected factor.

Abstract: Techniques to manage remote events are described. An apparatus may comprise a processor circuit and a remote event application arranged for execution by the processor circuit. The remote event application may be operative to manage remote event notifications for a publisher entity and a subscriber entity. The remote event application may comprise, among other elements, an event monitor component operative to receive an external event notification message with a publisher entity event for the publisher entity. The event monitor component may select a custom event receiver component associated with the publisher entity from among multiple custom event receiver components, and send the external event notification message to the selected custom event receiver component. The custom event receiver component may implement custom business logic, such as code callouts designed for specific application programs or system programs. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for facilitating coordination between a fabric controller of a cloud-computing network and a service application running in the cloud-computing network are provided. Initially, an update domain (UD) that includes role instance(s) of the service application is selected, where the service application represents a stateful application is targeted for receiving a tenant job executed thereon. The process of coordination involves preparing the UD for execution of the tenant job, disabling the role instance(s) of the UD to an offline condition, allowing the tenant job to execute, and restoring the role instance(s) to an online condition upon completing execution of the tenant job.

Abstract: Techniques for throttling of rogue entities to push notification servers are described. An apparatus may comprise a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor. The memory may store an application, the application maintaining a monitored domain table, the application maintaining an offending domain table, the application operative to receive an incoming request from a client in a domain, to detect harmful activity based on the request, and to respond to the harmful activity based on one or both of the monitored domain table and the offending domain table. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: Error correction in not-and (NAND) flash memory including a system for retrieving data from memory. The system includes a decoder in communication with a memory. The decoder is for performing a method that includes receiving a codeword stored on a page in the memory, the codeword including data and first-tier check symbols that are generated in response to the data. The method further includes determining that the codeword includes errors that cannot be corrected using the first-tier check symbols, and in response second-tier check symbols are received. The second-tier check symbols are generated in response to receiving the data and to the contents of other pages in the memory that were written prior to the page containing the codeword. The codeword is corrected in response to the second-tier check symbols. The corrected codeword is output.

Abstract: A network device operating in a cut-through mode receives a current packet of an unknown length and determines if there is a known length value of a previous packet in a processing cycle associated with the current packet. When there is no known length value of the previous packet, the network device applies, to the current packet, an estimated length value for the current packet. When there is a known length value of the previous packet, the network device applies, to the current packet, the known length value of the previous packet. The network device processes the current packet based on one of the estimated length value or the known length value of the previous packet.

Abstract: Methods and systems for facilitating image-based payment transactions through the exchange of encoded images between devices connected to a communication network. The encoded images represent different parts of a contract and may be tiled to form a unique image-based mosaic that includes information to complete and validate a payment transaction.

Abstract: Constrained coding to reduce floating gate coupling in non-volatile memories including a method for storing data. The method includes receiving write data to be written to a flash memory device, selecting a codeword in response to the write data, and writing the codeword to the flash memory device. The codeword is selected to reduce floating gate coupling in the flash memory device by preventing specified symbol patterns from occurring in the codeword.

Abstract: Methods and devices for transmission of communications during a silence interval are described. A base station (BS) provides timing data to an access terminal (AT) and AT uses timing data to synchronize with BS to carry our silence and non-silence intervals for an RF air interface. AT attempts to initiate communications by transmitting an access probe (AP) to BS during a non-silence interval. Other ATs may transmit communications to BS during non-silence interval. If BS acknowledges AP during non-silence interval, AT does not transmit during a subsequent silence interval. If AP was for an emergency communication and BS does not acknowledge AP sent during non-silence interval, AT transmits another AP during the subsequent silence interval to initiate emergency communication. If AP was not for emergency communication, AT does not transmit AP during the subsequent silence interval. The other ATs do not transmit communications to BS during the subsequent silence interval.

Abstract: A method of supporting a plurality of planar substrates in a tube shaped furnace for conducting a thermal treatment process is disclosed. The method uses a boat fixture having a base frame including two length portions and a first width portion, a second width portion, and one or more middle members connected between the two length portions. Additionally, the method includes mounting a removable first grooved rod respectively on the first width portion, the second width portion, and each of the one or more middle members, each first grooved rod having a first plurality of grooves characterized by a first spatial configuration. The method further includes inserting one or two substrates of a plurality of planar substrates into each groove in the boat fixture separated by a distance.