Abstract: A spring clip for securing a heating element in a cooktop is provided and includes a seat portion that supports the heating element thereon. A first tab extends upwards from the seat portion from a first junction therewith and a second tab extends vertically downward from the seat portion from a second junction therewith, located remote from the first junction. A spring tab extends downward from the seat portion and is elastically biased to a resting orientation. The spring tab is deflectable upward from the resting orientation upon engagement of the spring clip against a wall below the spring clip.

Abstract: A system and method are provided to enable first and second devices coupled to a SPI bus to operate as master devices on the SPI bus without collisions between the two devices or race conditions with respect to obtaining control over the SPI bus.

Abstract: A liquid dispenser having immersive motion graphics is provided and includes a base portion, a display portion, a liquid supply portion and an electrical control portion, where the display portion is disposed in an accommodating space formed by the base portion, such that when the electrical control portion controls the liquid supply portion to inject a liquid into a target object located in the accommodating space, the electrical control portion simultaneously controls the display portion to display a motion graphic in the accommodating space to generate an interaction between the motion graphic and the liquid. Therefore, consumers can be informed of rich beverage information and be provided with an immersive experience via the display of the motion graphic.

Abstract: A water filtration system for producing filtrated drinking water having increased persistence of free hydrogen, pH and ORP level, includes a pre-filtration device having an inlet terminal configured for being connected with a water source and an outlet terminal; the water filtration system being characterized in further comprising a far-Infrared, fIR, filtration device having an inlet terminal in connection with the outlet terminal of the pre-filtration device and an outlet terminal; and an elemental hydrogen releasing device having an inlet terminal in connection with the outlet terminal of the fIR filtration device and an outlet terminal, the elemental hydrogen releasing device configured for utilizing a reaction between elemental magnesium, Mg, or a magnesium mineral and water flowing there through and configured for releasing free hydrogen and Mg2+ ions to water flowing there through with a Mg2+ release rate in the range from 20 to 40 mg/l of Mg2+ ions.

Abstract: A system and method are provided to enable first and second devices coupled to a SPI bus to operate as master devices on the SPI bus without collisions between the two devices or race conditions with respect to obtaining control over the SPI bus.

Abstract: A liquid dispenser having immersive motion graphics is provided and includes a base portion, a display portion, a liquid supply portion and an electrical control portion, where the display portion is disposed in an accommodating space formed by the base portion, such that when the electrical control portion controls the liquid supply portion to inject a liquid into a target object located in the accommodating space, the electrical control portion simultaneously controls the display portion to display a motion graphic in the accommodating space to generate an interaction between the motion graphic and the liquid. Therefore, consumers can be informed of rich beverage information and be provided with an immersive experience via the display of the motion graphic.

Abstract: A spring clip for securing a heating element in a cooktop is provided and includes a seat portion that supports the heating element thereon. A first tab extends upwards from the seat portion from a first junction therewith and a second tab extends vertically downward from the seat portion from a second junction therewith, located remote from the first junction. A spring tab extends downward from the seat portion and is elastically biased to a resting orientation. The spring tab is deflectable upward from the resting orientation upon engagement of the spring clip against a wall below the spring clip.

Abstract: A valve body structure is provided and includes a main pipe, a secondary pipe and a liquid storage tank, where the liquid storage tank stores a second liquid from the secondary pipe and controls whether the second liquid in the liquid storage tank flows into the main pipe by a solenoid valve, so that the second liquid is mixed with a first liquid in the main pipe. Therefore, the valve body structure can mix liquids without combining other components and has a lower cost and a smaller volume. As such, the issue of the remaining residual liquid when combined with other components for control, which reduces the control accuracy and even causes the problem of mixed pollution, can be avoided.

Abstract: A water filtration system for producing filtrated drinking water having increased persistence of free hydrogen, pH and ORP level, includes a pre-filtration device having an inlet terminal configured for being connected with a water source and an outlet terminal; the water filtration system being characterized in further comprising a far-Infrared, fIR, filtration device having an inlet terminal in connection with the outlet terminal of the pre-filtration device and an outlet terminal; and an elemental hydrogen releasing device having an inlet terminal in connection with the outlet terminal of the fIR filtration device and an outlet terminal, the elemental hydrogen releasing device configured for utilizing a reaction between elemental magnesium, Mg, or a magnesium mineral and water flowing there through and configured for releasing free hydrogen and Mg2+ ions to water flowing there through with a Mg2+ release rate in the range from 20 to 40 mg/1 of Mg2+ ions.

Abstract: An optimal combination of content items may be determined and served to increase the likelihood of a predefined user interaction. A user can request content which may include an entity (such as a web page, document, advertisement, and the like) that has multiple components through which content items may be provided. For example, a web page may include multiple slots where content items may be displayed on the web page. Each component may be associated with multiple possible content items, resulting in many combinations of layouts for an entity. A content server may determine which layout to provide using a content selection model that is weighted based on a likelihood of groupings of content items resulting in a user interaction that satisfies a success condition (e.g., selecting a hyperlink, selecting a content item, initiating a transaction, etc.).

Abstract: A method for monitoring tunneled Internet Protocol (IP) traffic in a communication network includes monitoring tunnel signaling flows to determine relationships between tunnels and subscriber sessions for each established tunnel. A first tunnel signaling state is stored in a data repository for each established tunnel. The first tunnel signaling state is indicative of the determined relationship between the tunnel and corresponding subscriber sessions. A second tunnel signaling state is validated based on the stored first tunnel signaling state to identify incorrect association between a monitored tunnel and corresponding subscriber session, in response to detecting a monitoring gap.

Abstract: Representative embodiments disclose mechanisms to improve the perceived responsiveness of a search engine. As a user types a query prefix into a browser or other interface to the search engine, the search engine returns query completion suggestions to the browser. The query completion suggestions, user history, user favorites and/or other information are presented to a trained machine learning model on the client device to predict a desired location that the user is attempting to navigate to. When the confidence level of the predicted location surpasses a threshold, content from the desired location is preloaded into a hidden tab in the browser. When the user submits a query, the browser submits feedback to a system responsible for updating and refining the machine learning model. Updated machine learning model coefficients can be received by the browser from the system to make predictions more accurate.

Abstract: Representative embodiments disclose mechanisms to improve the perceived responsiveness of a search engine. As a user types a query prefix into a browser or other interface to the search engine, the search engine returns query completion suggestions to the browser. The query completion suggestions, user history, user favorites and/or other information are presented to a trained machine learning model on the client device to predict a desired location that the user is attempting to navigate to. When the confidence level of the predicted location surpasses a threshold, content from the desired location is preloaded into a hidden tab in the browser. When the user submits a query, the browser submits feedback to a system responsible for updating and refining the machine learning model. Updated machine learning model coefficients can be received by the browser from the system to make predictions more accurate.

Abstract: A method for monitoring tunneled Internet Protocol (IP) traffic in a communication network includes monitoring tunnel signaling flows to determine relationships between tunnels and subscriber sessions for each established tunnel. A first tunnel signaling state is stored in a data repository for each established tunnel. The first tunnel signaling state is indicative of the determined relationship between the tunnel and corresponding subscriber sessions. A second tunnel signaling state is validated based on the stored first tunnel signaling state to identify incorrect association between a monitored tunnel and corresponding subscriber session, in response to detecting a monitoring gap.

Abstract: Provided is a backguard panel for an appliance with an integrated front-mounted proud-glass control unit. An opening is defined within the front wall of the backguard panel has for receiving the control unit. A recessed seat, configured to receive a sealing gasket for sealing the space between the control unit and the backguard panel, surrounds the opening. The control unit has a housing suspended from a proud glass pane that protrudes forward of the front wall of the backguard panel when the housing is fully inserted into the opening. Rearwardly projecting brackets establish a friction fit to temporarily hold the control unit in place until fasteners can be installed to apply a compressive force on the sealing gasket between the glass pane and the backguard panel. A cooking appliance with a backguard panel with an integrated front-mounted proud-glass control unit is also provided.

Abstract: A system and method for rendering a graphical user interface. The method includes accessing, within a mobile device, a data store corresponding to a social media multimedia container. The social media multimedia container comprises a plurality of objects and a first subset of the plurality of objects comprises a first social media application and second social media application and a second subset of the plurality of objects comprises a first social media widget. The social media multimedia container is operable to comprise one or more applications, widgets, pieces of content, and other multimedia containers. The method further includes displaying a first plurality of images each corresponding to the first social media application and the second social media application in a linear configuration and displaying a first image corresponding to the first social media widget. The first image is adjacent to a second image of the plurality of images corresponding to the first social media application.

Abstract: A sampling device including a Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) fiber optic probe and methods of using the device are provided. The sampling device performs both NIRS data collection and physical sample collection. The sampling device operates by inserting the device into a powder or blend to be sampled, collecting a sample within the sample chamber in the device, and performing NIRS analysis of the sample within the sample chamber.

Abstract: Systems and methods for request isolation protection at a first server. The first server receives a resource request from a client device. The first server may receive multiple requests from the same client device or other client devices. The first server caches the multiple requests so that only one resource request is made to a second server storing the resource. The first server detects when the client device cancels the request to the resource. In response, the first server cancels the request made to the second server if there are no other requests made to the resource. If there are other requests remaining, then the first server does not cancel the request to the second server.

Abstract: A system and method for a home multimedia container. The method includes accessing, within mobile device, a portion of an operating system corresponding to the mobile device and accessing a datastore corresponding to a home multimedia container. In one embodiment, the home multimedia container comprises a first object and a second object. The first object may be a first portion of content and the second object may be an application. The datastore may comprise information about the first object and the second object. The method further includes determining a first image based on the information about the first object and determining a second image based on an application icon corresponding to the application. The method further includes displaying the first image and the second image. In one embodiment, selection of the first image is operable to launch a first application operable to render the first portion of content.

Abstract: Transaction and session processing of packets within a network monitoring system may be distributed among tightly-coupled processing elements by marking each received packet with a time-ordering sequence reference. The marked packets are distributed among processing elements by any suitable process for transaction processing by the respective processing element to produce transaction metadata. Where a session-owning one of the processing elements has indicated ownership of the session to the remaining processing elements, the transaction-processed packet and transaction metadata are forwarded to the session owner. The session owner aggregates transaction-processed packets for the session, time-orders the aggregated packets, and performs session processing on the aggregated, time-ordered transaction-processed packets to generate session metadata with the benefit of context information.