Abstract: A system to infer place data is disclosed that receives location data collected on a user's mobile electronic device, recognizes when, where and for how long the user makes stops, generates possible places visited, and predicts the likelihood of a user to visit those places.

Abstract: A computing device may include at least one primary notification module and at least one secondary notification module. A notification controller module may trigger a primary notification module and a secondary notification module to generate notification messages or the controller module may trigger the primary notification module to generate a notification message. A graphics device may generate a composite notification message based at least in part on the notification messages from the primary and the secondary notification modules, where representations of the notification messages are stacked one on-top of the other in the composite notification message.

Abstract: An end host redundancy elimination system and method to provide redundancy elimination as an end system service. Embodiments of the system and method use optimization techniques that reduce server central processing unit (CPU) load and memory footprint as compared to existing approaches. For server storage, embodiments of the system and method use a suite of highly-optimized data structures for managing metadata and cached payloads. An optimized asymmetric max-match technique exploits the inherent structure in data maintained at the server and client and ensures that client processing load is negligible. A load-adaptive fingerprinting technique is used that is much faster than current fingerprinting techniques while still delivering similar compression. Load-adaptive means that embodiments of the fingerprinting technique can adapt CPU usage depending on server load.

Abstract: Aspects of a method and system for estimating and compensating for non-linear distortion in a transmitter using calibration are presented. Aspects of the system may include one more circuits that may enable estimation, within a single IC device, of distortion in output signals generated by a transmitter circuit. The circuitry may enable compensation of the estimated distortion by predistorting subsequent input signals. The transmitter circuit may generate subsequent output signals based on the predistorted subsequent input signals.

Abstract: A data collection system that provides the means to collect, store and make data available for a location analytics inference pipeline. The system incorporates a feedback mechanism enabling algorithms produced from the inference pipeline to drive the collection strategy to yield higher data quality and to produce reference data for model validation.

Abstract: Aspects of a method and system for compensating for distortion in a transmitter by utilizing a digital predistortion scheme with a feedback mixer configuration are presented. Aspects of the system may include an RF transmitter that enables generation of an RF output signal in response to one or more generated input signals. One or more feedback signals may be generated by performing frequency downconversion on the RF output signal within a corresponding one or more feedback mixer circuits. The generated one or more feedback signals may be inserted at a corresponding one or more insertion points in an RF receiver. Each insertion point may be between a receiver mixer circuit and corresponding circuits that generate a baseband signal based on the corresponding one of the feedback signals.

Abstract: A system to infer place data is disclosed that receives location data collected on a user's mobile electronic device, recognizes when, where and for how long the user makes stops, generates possible places visited, and predicts the likelihood of a user to visit those places.

Abstract: A method and system to detect an evasion attack are provided. The system may include a repository to store signature fragments that together constitute an attack signature, an interceptor to intercept a data packet associated with a network connection, a string-matching module to determine whether the payload of the data packet includes any of the stored signature fragments thereby identifying a match, a responder to perform a prevention action in response to the match, and a detector to detect that a size of the data packet is less than a size threshold. The system may further include a state machine to commence maintaining a state for the network connection in response to the detector determining that the size of the data packet is less than the size threshold.

Abstract: A system to infer place data is disclosed that receives location data collected on a user's mobile electronic device, recognizes when, where and for how long the user makes stops, generates possible places visited, and predicts the likelihood of a user to visit those places.

Abstract: A computing device may include at least one primary notification module and at least one secondary notification module. A notification controller module may trigger a primary notification module and a secondary notification module to generate notification messages or the controller module may trigger the primary notification module to generate a notification message. A graphics device may generate a composite notification message based at least in part on the notification messages from the primary and the secondary notification modules, where representations of the notification messages are stacked one on-top of the other in the composite notification message.

Abstract: Aspects of a method and system for compensating for estimated distortion in a transmitter by utilizing a digital predistortion scheme with a quadrature feedback mixer configuration are presented. Aspects of the system may include an RF transmitter that enables generation of an RF output signal in response to one or more generated input signals. One or more feedback signals may be generated by performing frequency downconversion on the RF output signal within a corresponding one or more feedback mixer circuits. The generated one or more feedback signals may be inserted at a corresponding one or more insertion points in an RF receiver. Each insertion point may be between a receiver mixer circuit and corresponding circuits that generate a baseband signal based on the corresponding one of the feedback signals.

Abstract: A method and system to detect an evasion attack are provided. The system may include a repository to store signature fragments that together constitute an attack signature, an interceptor to intercept a data packet associated with a network connection, a string-matching module to determine whether the payload of the data packet includes any of the stored signature fragments thereby identifying a match, a responder to perform a prevention action in response to the match, and a detector to detect that a size of the data packet is less than a size threshold. The system may further include a state machine to commence maintaining a state for the network connection in response to the detector determining that the size of the data packet is less than the size threshold.

Abstract: A data collection system that provides the means to collect, store and make data available for a location analytics inference pipeline. The system incorporates a feedback mechanism enabling algorithms produced from the inference pipeline to drive the collection strategy to yield higher data quality and to produce reference data for model validation.

Abstract: Aspects of a method and system for compensating for estimated distortion in a transmitter by utilizing a digital predistortion scheme with a quadrature feedback mixer configuration are presented. Aspects of the system may include an RF transmitter that enables generation of an RF output signal in response to one or more generated input signals. One or more feedback signals may be generated by performing frequency downconversion on the RF output signal within a corresponding one or more feedback mixer circuits. The generated one or more feedback signals may be inserted at a corresponding one or more insertion points in an RF receiver. Each insertion point may be between a receiver mixer circuit and corresponding circuits that generate a baseband signal based on the corresponding one of the feedback signals.

Abstract: A data collection system that provides the means to collect, store and make data available for a location analytics inference pipeline. The system incorporates a feedback mechanism enabling algorithms produced from the inference pipeline to drive the collection strategy to yield higher data quality and to produce reference data for model validation.

Abstract: A system to infer place data is disclosed that receives location data collected on a user's mobile electronic device, recognizes when, where and for how long the user makes stops, generates possible places visited, and predicts the likelihood of a user to visit those places.

Abstract: Techniques involving a simulated start-up or “boot” process to detect the introduction of unauthorized code or data into the boot process. In one embodiment, a boot process is performed to initiate a computing system. The boot process is then simulated using the initiated computing system to detect unauthorized modifications introduced into the computing system prior to the computing system's operating system being operational.

Abstract: Aspects of a method and system for estimating and compensating for non-linear distortion in a transmitter using calibration are presented. Aspects of the system may include one more circuits that may enable estimation, within a single IC device, of distortion in output signals generated by a transmitter circuit. The circuitry may enable compensation of the estimated distortion by predistorting subsequent input signals. The transmitter circuit may generate subsequent output signals based on the predistorted subsequent input signals.

Abstract: A system, computer-readable storage medium, and computer-implemented method for determining a maturity level for a business process. Responses to questions relating to a business process for a business are received. A first business process maturity level is determined using the responses to the questions. Performance statistics are obtained from a database including historical data related to the business process. A second business process maturity level is determined using the performance statistics. A weight factor is determined using the first business process maturity level and the second business process maturity level, the weight factor corresponding to a correlation between the first business process maturity level and the second business process maturity level. A weighted business process maturity level is calculated for the business process using the first business process maturity level and the weight factor.

Abstract: Network worms or viruses are a growing threat to the security of public and private networks and the individual computers that make up those networks. A content sifting method if provided that automatically generates a precise signature for a worm or virus that can then be used to significantly reduce the propagation of the worm elsewhere in the network or eradicate the worm altogether. The content sifting method is complemented by a value sampling method that increases the throughput of network traffic that can be monitored. Together, the methods track the number of times invariant strings appear in packets and the network address dispersion of those packets including variant strings. When an invariant string reaches a particular threshold of appearances and address dispersion, the string is reported as a signature for suspected worm.