Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method includes interacting with a gate access device that is capable of preventing access to a location, where the gate access device subsequently sends an authorization request message to an issuer for approval, the authorization request message including a request to charge a predetermined amount of money to pay for access to a location, and entering the location if the gate access device receives an authorization response message indicating that the charge is authorized.

Abstract: Provided is a process of identifying an offers engine configured to provide information about offers to users, the method including: receiving, at an offers engine, a request for an offers interface website from a mobile computing device; and in response to the request, transmitting to the mobile computing device a website configured to cause a browser of the mobile computing device to perform steps, including: detecting an offers intent in the transmitted website; retrieving from memory of the mobile computing device an identifier of a native application offers interface mapped to the offers intent; and in response to retrieving the identifier of the offers engine, launching the native application, the native application being stored in memory of the mobile computing device and configured to provide an offers interface to the offers engine.

Abstract: A filter tube respirator having a filter tube and at least one breathing orifice interface. The filter tube is made of filtration material so that it is gas permeable, is substantially hollow, and has a pair of ends. The breathing orifice interface may include a nose piece, a mouth piece, and a flap piece. The filter tube has a tube breathing hole located between the ends for accepting the breathing orifice interface and has a tube valve hole opposed to the tube breathing hole for accepting a one-way valve. An attachment device selectively connects the filter tube to an individual during use.

Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at an invitee device with one or more processors, non-transitory memory, an input device, and a display. The method includes receiving, from an organizer, an invitation for a calendar event. The method includes displaying, on the display, a calendar user interface including a first graphical representation of the calendar event displayed at location of the calendar user interface corresponding to a time of the calendar event. The method includes detecting, via the input device, a proposed new time input indicative of a proposed new time for the calendar event. In response to detecting the proposed new time input, the method includes displaying a second graphical representation of the calendar event at a location of the calendar user interface corresponding to the proposed new time and sending a notification to the organizer including an indication of the proposed new time.

Abstract: A cable connector system can include a board connector that attaches to a die package, a cable connector that attaches to the board connector, and a 1RU panel I/O connector attached to the cable connector.

Abstract: An electrical contact for an electrical connector includes a body having a mounting end and a mating end, a contact beam, and an anchoring region. The contact beam includes first and second edges that are laterally spaced from one another, and first and second broadsides that extend between the first and second edges. The anchoring region includes first, second, and intermediate portions. The first portion extends from the contact beam towards the mounting end, and has a first side that is spaced laterally outwards from the first edge. The second portion extends from the mounting end towards the first portion, and has a first side that is spaced laterally outwards from the first edge. The intermediate portion extends between the first portion and the second portion, and has a first side that is recessed laterally inwards from the first sides of the first and second portions.

Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method includes generating an initial key after interacting with an access device, storing the initial key at a key storage location, altering the initial key with a public key to form an altered key, and sending the altered key to a server computer along with an identifier for the access device. The altered key is changed to the initial key at the server computer and is stored with the identifier in a database in operative communication with the server computer. The initial keys that are stored at the key storage location and in the database are used to alter and restore transaction data associated with multiple financial transactions that are conducted using the access device.

Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium for performing cognitive computing operations comprising receiving streams of data from a plurality of data sources; processing the streams of data from the plurality of data sources, the processing the streams of data from the plurality of data sources performing data enriching for incorporation into a cognitive graph; defining a cognitive persona within the cognitive graph, the cognitive persona corresponding to an archetype user model, the cognitive persona comprising a set of nodes in the cognitive graph; associating a user with the cognitive persona; defining a cognitive profile within the cognitive graph, the cognitive profile comprising an instance of the cognitive persona that references personal data associated with the user; associating the user with the cognitive profile; and, performing a cognitive computing operation based upon the cognitive profile associated with the user.

Abstract: Systems and method for improved consumer and portable consumer device authentication are disclosed. Such systems and methods may include using dynamic verification values, challenge questions, and consumer notification as ways to prevent fraudulent transactions from being conducted.

Abstract: A cable connector includes a cable including a center conductor and a housing supporting a portion of the center conductor. An imaginary line divides a cross-section of the center conductor into two semicircles, and when the cable connector is mated with a mating connector, only one of the two semicircles is directly connected with a corresponding contact of the mating connector.

Abstract: The MERCHANT-CONSUMER BRIDGING PLATFORM APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“MCB-Platform”) various activity requests (e.g., transaction request, merchant information update request, offer issuance request, etc.) via MCB-Platform components into transaction records and merchant database updates outputs.

Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method includes interacting with a gate access device that is capable of preventing access to a location, where the gate access device subsequently sends an authorization request message to an issuer for approval, the authorization request message including a request to charge a predetermined amount of money to pay for access to a location, and entering the location if the gate access device receives an authorization response message indicating that the charge is authorized.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of using bacterial strain 1687A6 in detecting, diagnosing and treating disease or disorders of the GI tract. The present invention also relates to modulating the immune responses of an individual by inducing Th17 cell differentiation, proliferation, or accumulation. Further, the invention relates to therapeutic compositions containing strain 1687A6 or compounds derived from it and methods for treating disease in a subject using such compositions.

Abstract: The disclosure provides novel solid state forms of Compound I selected from Form B, citric acid cocrystal Form A, piperazine cocrystal Form A, urea cocrystal Form A, nicotinamide cocrystal Form A, nicotinamide cocrystal Form B, aspartame cocrystal Form A, glutaric acid cocrystal Form A, L-proline cocrystal Form A, L-proline cocrystal Form B, vanillin cocrystal Form A, and 2-pyridone cocrystal Form A, compositions comprising the same, and methods of using the same, including use in treating APOL1 mediated kidney disease.

Abstract: In order to make it more difficult to obtain numbers that can be used to conduct fraudulent transactions, a portion of a real account number is encrypted. The encrypted portion of the account number is used to generate a new account number, a new expiration date, and a new verification value. This information can be determined using processor that may reside in a point of sale terminal, a smart card, or a computer operated by a user. The new account number, the new expiration date, and the new verification value can be used in a payment transaction. A server computer in a central payment processing network may determine that the new account information is not the real account information, and may subsequently generate a modified authorization request message using the real account information and may send it to an issuer for approval. The transmission of data is more secure, since real account information is not sent from the merchant to the payment processing network.

Abstract: An analytics platform processor-implemented method comprising obtaining a computer-based electronic message including a request for an analytics recommendation including a user identifier. Upon obtaining the electronic message, querying a distributed linking node mesh for entities correlated with the user identifier. Generating a user behavior profile based on the queried entities correlated with the user identifier. Determining a product or service using the user behavior profile. Providing an indication of the product or service to the server in response to the request for the analytics recommendation. Wherein the distributed linking node mesh includes a node representing an observable entity and a node representing a deduced entity derived through aggregating information associated with the user.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a method for treating a subject afflicted with a lung cancer, which method comprises administering to the subject therapeutically effective amounts of: (a) an antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof that specifically binds to a Programmed Death-1 (PD-1) receptor and inhibits PD-1 activity; and (b) an antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof that specifically binds to a Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Antigen-4 (CTLA-4) and inhibits CTLA-4 activity.

Abstract: Introduced here are various embodiments for selectively assigning a query to an expert. A network-accessible server system may receive a query from a client device indicating a question or project proposal. The query text may be parsed and attributes of the query may be determined by inspecting the parsed query text. The query attributes may be compared with attributes associated with a pool of experts with various specialties and expertise in various fields. The network-accessible server system may match the query attributes with attributes associated with a first expert with a similarity that exceeds a threshold similarity level to identify that an expertise of the first expert matches the requested expertise in the query. The first expert may be assigned to the query and prompted to provide a response to the query.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a method for treating a subject afflicted with a lung cancer, which method comprises administering to the subject therapeutically effective amounts of: (a) an anticancer agent which is an antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof that specifically binds to a Programmed Death-1 (PD-1) receptor and inhibits PD-1 activity which can be administered by infusion for less than 60 minutes; and, optionally, (b) another anti-cancer agent which is administered by infusion for less than 90 minutes. The other anti-cancer agent can be an anti-Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Antigen-4 (CTLA-4) antibody.

Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method includes generating an initial key after interacting with an access device, storing the initial key at a key storage location, altering the initial key with a public key to form an altered key, and sending the altered key to a server computer along with an identifier for the access device. The altered key is changed to the initial key at the server computer and is stored with the identifier in a database in operative communication with the server computer. The initial keys that are stored at the key storage location and in the database are used to alter and restore transaction data associated with multiple financial transactions that are conducted using the access device.