Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a payment tracking operation. Factors, that include input, features and attributes of various customers are received and processed. The processing includes imputing, deleting and converting the factors for further refinement for machine learning. The machine learning processes the factors using succeeding layers that include random forest to categorize customers, multivariate regression to determine which factors have the greatest effects on payment. In addition, a recurrent neural network approach is used to further refine the factors and provide a more accurate analysis.

Abstract: Provided are a device comprising a bit cell tile including at least two memory cells, each of the at least two memory cells including a resistive memory element, and methods of operating an array of the memory cells, each memory cell including a resistive memory element electrically coupled in series to a corresponding first transistor and to a corresponding second transistor, the first transistor including a first gate coupled to a corresponding one of a plurality of first word lines and the second transistor including a second gate coupled to a corresponding one of a plurality of second word lines, each memory cell coupled between a corresponding one of a plurality of bit lines and a corresponding one of a plurality of source lines. The methods may include applying voltages to the first word line, second word line, source line, and bit line of a memory cell selected for an operation, and resetting the resistive memory element of the memory cell in response to setting the selected bit line to ground.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a paint roller manufacturing system and method uses a fabric-coating applicator to apply a fabric adhesive onto a portion of a perforated paint roller cover fabric material having a plurality of perforations through which adhesive may flow, and into the plurality of perforations and into interstitial spaces of the fabric material, to yield a length of coated fabric. An inner strip and an outer strip are wound about a mandrel in offset relation. A strip-coating applicator is used to apply a strip adhesive to the outer strip as it is wound about the mandrel. Simultaneously with the step of applying the strip adhesive to the outer strip, a portion of the coated paint roller fabric material is received at the outer strip and the length of coated fabric is wound about at least the outer strip to form a paint roller tube.

Abstract: A paint roller manufacturing system includes a cover dispenser for continuously dispensing a windable width of paint roller cover fabric, a fabric supporting and advancing device for supporting the fabric and maintaining a width-wise dimension of the paint roller cover fabric as the fabric advances, a fabric coating applicator for applying a coating to the back side of the paint roller cover fabric while the fabric supporting and advancing device maintains the fabric in a width-wise dimension, and a compressing roller positioned downstream of the fabric coating applicator and configured to apply a compressive force on the coating after it has been applied to the back side of the paint roller cover fabric and while the fabric is supported by the fabric supporting and advancing device. In two-strip embodiments, first and second strip dispensers continuously dispense a first and second windable width of strip material.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for conditioning paint roller cover fabric inline in a continuous paint roller manufacturing process. The system and method provide an inline fabric conditioning unit upstream of the point in the process that the paint roller fabric cover strip is wrapped about the outer side of the outer strip, the fabric conditioning unit including a fabric conditioning device that conditions the paint roller fabric cover strip as it is being fed towards the outer side of the outer strip. The fabric conditioning unit may be used to perforate the fabric, to remove loose fibers from the fabric side of the paint roller fabric cover, to buff the paint roller fabric, and to orient the paint roller cover fibers.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for dynamically determining customer intent and related recommendations using deep learning techniques are provided herein.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for image-based search and recommendation techniques implemented via artificial intelligence are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes detecting, in response to a user search query comprising an image, an object in the image by applying one or more artificial intelligence algorithms to the image; determining one or more features of the object by applying the one or more artificial intelligence algorithms to one or more portions of the image containing at least a portion of the object; identifying the detected object as a particular enterprise offering based at least in part on the one or more determined features of the object; determining one or more additional enterprise offerings based at least in part on the identified enterprise offering; outputting, to the user, information pertaining to the identified enterprise offering and information pertaining to the one or more additional enterprise offerings.

Abstract: A memory device may include a local bit line electrically coupled to a plurality of memory cells and a global bit line electrically coupled to the local bit line through first and second selectable parallel paths having first and second impedances, respectively. The first path may be active and the second path may be in an off state in at least one of a set operation or a forming operation. The second path may be active in a reset operation, wherein the second impedance of the second path has a lower impedance than the first impedance of the first path.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for conditioning paint roller cover fabric inline in a continuous paint roller manufacturing process. The system and method provide an inline fabric conditioning unit upstream of the point in the process that the paint roller fabric cover strip is wrapped about the outer side of the outer strip, the fabric conditioning unit including a fabric conditioning device that conditions the paint roller fabric cover strip as it is being fed towards the outer side of the outer strip. The fabric conditioning unit may be used to perforate the fabric, to remove loose fibers from the fabric side of the paint roller fabric cover, to buff the paint roller fabric, and to orient the paint roller cover fibers.

Abstract: A memory device includes an array of resistive memory cells wherein each pair of resistive memory cells includes a first switching element electrically coupled in series to a first resistive memory element and a second switching element electrically coupled in series to a second resistive memory element. A source of the first switching element and a source of the second switching element receive a common source line signal.

Abstract: An optimal path suggestion tool in a Software-Defined Networking (SDN) architecture to predict a router's future usage based on an analysis of the router's historical usage over a given period of time in the past and to recommend an optimal routing path within the network in view of the predicted future usages of the routers/switches in the network. The optimal path suggestion tool is an analytical, plug-and-play model usable as part of an SDN controller to provide more insights into different routing paths based on the future usage of each router. A Long Short-Term Memory Recurrent Neural Network (LSTM-RNN) model in the suggestion tool analyzes the historical usage data of a router to predict its future usage. A Deep Boltzmann Machine (DBM) model in the suggestion tool recommends an optimal routing path within the SDN-based network upon analysis of the LSTM-RNN based predicted future usages of routers/switches in the network.

Abstract: A memory cell includes a first resistive memory element, a second resistive memory element electrically coupled with the first resistive memory element at a common node, and a switching element comprising an input terminal electrically coupled with the common node, the switching element comprising a driver configured to float during one or more operations.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for learning machine behavior related to install base information and determining event sequences based thereon are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes parsing data storage information based at least in part on parameters related to install base information comprising temporal parameters and event-related parameters; formatting the parsed set of data storage information into a parsed set of sequential data storage information compatible with a neural network model; training the neural network model using the parsed set of sequential data storage information and additional training parameters; predicting, by applying the trained neural network model to the parsed set of sequential data storage information, a future data unavailability event and/or a future data loss event; and outputting an alert based at least in part on the predicted future data unavailability event and/or predicted future data loss event.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for proactively predicting large orders and providing fulfillment support related thereto are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes classifying, via a first set of one or more machine learning techniques, a transaction quote as a transaction quote that exceeds one or more size-related parameters or a transaction quote that does not exceed the one or more size-related parameters; determining, if the transaction quote is classified as a transaction quote that exceeds one or more size-related parameters, supportability of converting the transaction quote into a transaction order via a second set of one or more machine learning techniques; and outputting, based on the determined supportability, information pertaining to converting the transaction quote into a transaction order and fulfilling the transaction order to one or more entities associated with transaction order fulfillment.

Abstract: A paint roller manufacturing system and method are described. In an embodiment, an inner strip of material and an outer strip of material are wound about a mandrel in offset relation. The inner strip of material and the outer strip of material each comprise material that results in a final paint roller which shrinks by less than 2.5 percent of the final paint roller axial length, or which has shrinkage that varies by less +/?0.1%, upon hardening and setting. An adhesive is applied to at least a portion of the outer strip as it is wound about the mandrel. A length of fabric is wound about at least the outer strip to form a paint roller tube, and compression is applied to the paint roller tube while advancing the paint roller tube in a direction parallel to the mandrel. A precision measuring or sensing device is used to control a cutting device causing the cutting device to cut the advancing paint roller tube into pre-selected lengths prior to the paint roller tube hardening and setting.

Abstract: A memory cell includes a first resistive memory element, a second resistive memory element electrically coupled with the first resistive memory element at a common node, and a switching element comprising an input terminal electrically coupled with the common node, the switching element comprising a driver configured to float during one or more operations.

Abstract: A memory device includes an array of resistive memory cells wherein each pair of resistive memory cells includes a first switching element electrically coupled in series to a first resistive memory element and a second switching element electrically coupled in series to a second resistive memory element. A source of the first switching element and a source of the second switching element receive a common source line signal.

Abstract: A processing device in one embodiment comprises a processor coupled to a memory and is configured to obtain data characterizing a plurality of network sessions for a given user identifier. The network sessions are initiated from one or more user devices over at least one network and may comprise respective virtual private network (VPN) sessions. The processing device is further configured to extract features from the obtained data, to detect at least one potentially anomalous network session among the plurality of network sessions for the given user identifier by applying the extracted features to a support vector machine model, and to apply a rules-based verification process to the detected potentially anomalous network session in order to verify that the detected potentially anomalous network session is an anomalous network session. An alert is generated based on a result of the rules-based verification process and transmitted to a security agent.

Abstract: Provided are a device comprising a bit cell tile including at least two memory cells, each of the at least two memory cells including a resistive memory element, and methods of operating an array of the memory cells, each memory cell including a resistive memory element electrically coupled in series to a corresponding first transistor and to a corresponding second transistor, the first transistor including a first gate coupled to a corresponding one of a plurality of first word lines and the second transistor including a second gate coupled to a corresponding one of a plurality of second word lines, each memory cell coupled between a corresponding one of a plurality of bit lines and a corresponding one of a plurality of source lines. The methods may include applying voltages to the first word line, second word line, source line, and bit line of a memory cell selected for an operation, and resetting the resistive memory element of the memory cell in response to setting the selected bit line to ground.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a paint roller manufacturing system and method uses a fabric-coating applicator to apply a fabric adhesive onto a portion of a perforated paint roller cover fabric material having a plurality of perforations through which adhesive may flow, and into the plurality of perforations and into interstitial spaces of the fabric material, to yield a length of coated fabric. An inner strip and an outer strip are wound about a mandrel in offset relation. A strip-coating applicator is used to apply a strip adhesive to the outer strip as it is wound about the mandrel. Simultaneously with the step of applying the strip adhesive to the outer strip, a portion of the coated paint roller fabric material is received at the outer strip and the length of coated fabric is wound about at least the outer strip to form a paint roller tube.