Abstract: A network device includes at least one port and a processor for use in a network for communicating a packet. The processor is configured to obtain a packet header for a packet and perform telemetry using postcard and/or passport approaches. The processor uses a repurposed field in the packet header to indicate telemetry is to be performed on the packet.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for serial peripheral interfaces are provided, particularly for PVT compensated serial peripheral interfaces with slow transition serial interface IO transmitter with reduced delay. The serial peripheral interfaces may include driver circuitry, pre-driver circuitry, PVT compensated current sink circuitry, and PVT compensated current source circuit. The PVT compensated current sink circuitry and PVT compensated current source circuit may generate and transmit signals compensating for PVT to the pre-driver circuitry, which may generate and transmit signals controlling IO data signals generated by the driver circuitry. The IO data signals generated may be compensated for process, voltage, and temperature. The compensation may provide IO data signals with slower transition times and with reduced delays.

Abstract: A method of leveraging artificial intelligence for post-call actions in contact center systems according to an embodiment includes receiving, by a computing system, a transcript of a contact center interaction between a contact center agent and a client in real time, analyzing, by the computing system, the transcript of the interaction to identify one or more action items to be performed with respect to the contact center interaction based on an artificial intelligence model, determining, by the computing system and for each action item of the identified one or more action items, at least one predefined action associated with the respective action item, receiving, by the computing system, an indication that the contact center agent has selected a particular predefined action associated with a particular action item, and performing, by the computing system, the selected predefined action.

Abstract: Systems and methods for performing single I/O writes are provided. According to one embodiment, responsive to receipt of a write operation from a client by a file system layer of a node of a distributed storage system and a data payload of the operation having been determined to meet a compressibility threshold, an intermediate storage layer of the node logically interposed between the file system layer and a block storage media is caused to perform a single input/output (I/O) write operation that persists the compressed data payload and corresponding metadata to support asynchronous journaling of the write operation. The single I/O write operation coupled with the use of a new pool file that maintains a list of available blocks for single I/O write operations and a modified node crash recovery approach allows the write operation to be acknowledged to the client while the journaling is performed asynchronously.

Abstract: Example methods and systems for dynamic site selection in a global server load balancer (GSLB) environment are described. In one example, a computer system may obtain first health information from a first entity and second health information from a second entity. The first health information may be generated based on multiple first traffic flows between (a) multiple first client devices and (b) a first pool of backend servers. The second health information may be generated based on multiple second traffic flows between (a) multiple second client devices and (b) a second pool of backend servers. In response to receiving a request to access the service, the computer may select a selected site based on the first health information and/or second health information. A response may be generated and sent to cause a third client device to access the service by directing a third traffic flow towards the selected site.

Abstract: Systems and methods include extracting item parameters from images of items positioned at a POS system. UPC features included in the item parameters associated with each item when combined are indicative as to an indication of the UPC of each item. The UPC features are analyzed to determine whether the UPC features associated with each item when combined match a corresponding combination of UPC features stored in a database. The database stores different combinations of UPC features with each different combination of UPC features associated with a corresponding item thereby identifying each corresponding item based on each different combination of UPC features associated with each item. Each item positioned at the POS system is identified when the UPC features associated with each item when combined match a corresponding combination of UPC features as stored in the database.

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein involve processing a battery pack to determine a structure of the battery pack and a state of health (SOH) of the battery pack; and based on the state of health of the battery pack, determining appropriate recycling, refurbishing, repurposing, or reusing instructions according to an estimated distribution of viable cell count and/or module count.

Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions and dosage forms of (N,N-diethylcarbamoyl)methyl methyl (2E)but-2-ene-1,4-dioate and/or methyl 4-morpholin-4-ylbutyl (2E)but-2-ene-1,4-dioate, containing low levels of certain impurities are disclosed.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a user interface, a communication device, and one or more processors operable with the user interface and communication device. The one or more processors are configured to determine a prospective financial transaction with a merchant requiring an on-site payment, retrieve, using the communication device, one or more payment modes accepted by the merchant using electronic signals across a network, and cause the user interface to present an offered payment mode notification identifying the one or more payment modes accepted by the merchant prior to the prospective financial transaction.

Abstract: The present invention is related to data processing methods and systems thereof. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a method of processing claim deduction documents using a machine learning model. The process begins by accessing data files and extracting information from them, which is subsequently stored. This document information, along with the machine learning model trained on various document formats, is used to classify the data files and generate tabular data. From this tabular data, data objects are created and included in an output data file. The information from the output file is then used to update the data of the machine learning model, optimizing it for improved future document processing. There are other embodiments as well.

Abstract: Techniques for analyzing and enhancing performance of oilfield assets are presented. The techniques can include: receiving oilfield data input; projecting production for multiple wells in a field based at least in part on the oilfield data input and using one or more of Decline Curve Analysis (DCA), a machine learning model, Rate Transient Analysis (RTA); aggregating the projected production for the plurality of wells; identifying one or more wells for additional completion operations; determining one or more completion operations to conduct for the one or more identified wells, wherein the determining uses a machine learning model to forecast results of the one or more completion operations; computing, for the one or more identified wells, generational analytics related to well behaviors and based at least in part on respective well ages; and displaying, for the one or more identified wells, analytics, recommendations, or projections using a display dashboard.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to techniques in which a first user in an environment scans visual indicia associated with an item, such as a barcode, before handing the item to a second user. One or more computing devices may receive an indication of the scan, retrieve image data of the interaction from a camera within the environment, identify the user that received the item, and update a virtual cart associated with the second user to indicate addition of the item.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided herein for recommending a media asset based on a geographic location at which that media asset was frequently consumed. For example, the system may monitor a location, such as New York City or Times Square, to determine popular media assets watched there, such as “The Avengers,” and when another user visits New York City, the system may then notify the user that the movie, such as “The Avengers,” is associated with New York City. The system stores the geographic locations associated with the media asset in the database based on the consumption of the media asset so that other users may be notified which media assets are associated with each geographic location.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, according to one approach, includes: receiving observability data produced by a first portion of a distributed application. The observability data is evaluated and in response to determining that the observability data indicates the first portion of the distributed application is degraded, the amount of the observability data produced by the first portion of the distributed application is increased. Additionally, the amount of observability data produced by other portions of the distributed application that are correlated with the first portion of the distributed application is also increased.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a user interface, a communication device, and one or more processors operable with the user interface and communication device and operating a digital wallet application. The one or more processors are configured to determine a probable failure of the digital wallet application to complete upcoming financial transactions due to one or more merchant or payment processor system malfunctions and cause the user interface to present a potential payment failure mode notification identifying the one or more merchant or payment processor system malfunctions prior to the upcoming financial transactions occurring.

Abstract: In conventional networked computing systems, stream-processing software is utilized to handle real-time data feeds. For example, a stream-processing software may sort incoming data feeds into data logs, which are then consumed by various application servers within the computing system. However, this consumption process is susceptible to failure as application servers often fail to consume a full payload of data comprising a particular message. As such, a need exists for a streaming architecture with improved fault tolerance. The system provided herein solves the problem via a reliable streaming process, which regularly generates partitions within a series of data lakes. As streaming data is received, the payloads are synced into the different data lakes based on metadata associated with the streaming data. The system can then perform individual quality checks on each partition of data, enabling the system to continuously monitor data quality over time.

Abstract: A semiconductor processing chamber may include a pedestal configured to support a substrate during a plasma-enhanced chemical-vapor deposition (PECVD) process that forms a film on a surface of the substrate. The chamber may also include one or more internal meshes embedded in the pedestal. The one or more internal meshes may be configured to deliver radio-frequency (RF) power to a plasma in the semiconductor processing chamber during the PECVD process. An outer diameter of the one or more internal meshes may be less that a diameter of the substrate. The chamber may further include an RF source configured to deliver the RF power to the one more internal meshes. This configuration may reduce arcing within the processing chamber.

Abstract: Various systems and methods are presented herein regarding automatically identifying one or more entities to for assignment to resolving an issue and/or removing an entity from a group of entities assigned to resolve the issue. The issue can relate to an information technology/computer-based environment. The entities can be subject matter experts, having expertise identified to be related to the issue. A summary of the issue and activity relating to resolving the issue can be automatically generated and supplied to an entity who is being onboarded after the project is underway to resolve the issue. By implementing automated assignment/removal of entities, efficiency of the resolution is improved.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for instructing a user (20) for post-harvest trimming a bud (22) of a plant, preferably a cannabis plant. The method comprises presenting a side of the harvested bud (22) to an imaging system (16). The method also comprise illuminating, with a light source (14) system, a harvested bud (22) with illumination light (5). The illumination light (5) causes response light (7) from the harvested bud (22). The method also comprises an imaging system (16) receiving the response light (7) for forming an image of the harvested bud (22). In this method, (i) illuminating the bud (22) comprises illuminating with at least partially polarized illumination light (5) and/or (ii) detecting the response light (7) comprises polarization filtering the response light (7). The method also comprises an image processing system (100) determining, based on the formed image, a part of the bud (22) that is to be trimmed off.

Abstract: The current document is directed to an infrastructure-as-code (“IaC”) cloud-infrastructure-management service or system that automatically generates parameterized cloud-infrastructure templates that represent cloud-based infrastructure, including virtual networks, virtual machines, load balancers, and connection topologies. The IaC cloud-infrastructure manager automatically transforms cloud-infrastructure-specification-and-configuration files into a set of parameterized cloud-infrastructure-specification-and-configuration files and a parameters file that together comprise a parameterized cloud-infrastructure template.