Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing cost basis optimization include a computing device that assigns a transaction identifier to a financial transaction on an asset, identifies an action and related information corresponding to the financial transaction, and generates component operations that effect the action. The component operations are matched to carry out the action. The computing device further selects a cost basis method related to one of the operations, calculates a cost basis for the transaction using the cost basis method, iterates over the selecting of a cost basis method and calculating a cost basis using the selected cost basis method for a set number of iterations, and selects one of the calculated cost basis methods based on a predetermined criterion.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing an extensibility model for a blockchain analysis platform are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of accessing digital transaction data that reflects a digital transaction on an asset. The actions further include determining a first set of actions for the digital transaction by parsing the digital transaction data, wherein each action of the first set of actions is decomposable into operation primitives of a set of operation primitives. The actions further include receiving a second set of actions, wherein each action in the second set of actions is decomposable into operation primitives of the set of operation primitives. The actions further include determining a first candidate cost basis of the asset. The actions further include determining a second candidate cost basis. The actions further include selecting a cost basis.

Abstract: Techniques for a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) platform that decentralizes generation of a financial report for cost basis operations. In one embodiment, the DAO platform may include one or more smart contracts that can define rules for filtering source or external data, processing of the external data to generate financial reports, storing of the financial reports in a blockchain, and/or authorizing a subscriber or an entity to access the financial reports. In this embodiment, subscriber approved one or more smart contracts may be leveraged to generate the financial reports that can be used by the subscriber or third parties such as a banking institution, tax agency, and the like.

Abstract: A platform may collect financial information from multiple sources, parse the collected information and store it in a database using a single unified representation. The representation may support various financial “actions”, such as trading (buying and selling an asset), debt (borrowing and paying back an asset), minting (mining or receiving an airdropped asset), fee payment (for example trading fees or transaction fees), deposit and withdrawal of an asset to/form an account, and the like. The platform may assign a price to each asset involved in each transaction and generate atomic “operations” for each action, picked from a predetermined, fixed and small set of financial primitives. The platform may then match the operations for each asset. The matching may be performed in a way that produces a desirable outcome for the subscriber, for example minimizing taxable income.

Abstract: Information on one or more microservices associated with a data processing platform that provide one or more data processing functionalities are distributed to various entities. Likewise, information on one or more data sources that provide one or more sets of financial data for processing by the data processing platform are distributed to such entities. Candidate code for a new service feature that uses at least one of microservices associated with the data processing platform that processes the financial data may be received from an entity of such entities. The new service feature coded by the candidate code is presented via a corresponding blockchain application to an organization that operates the data processing platform for potential integration into the data processing platform. The new service feature may be deployed as a part of the data processing platform in response to the set of conditions for deployment fulfilled.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing a blockchain analysis platform are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving a plurality of operation primitives for a digital transaction comprised of actions on one or more traded assets, wherein each of the actions is decomposed into one or more operation primitives. The actions further include buffering the plurality of operation primitives. The actions further include determining a digital wallet associated with each of the plurality of operation primitives. The actions further include loading the plurality of operation primitives into a graph data structure based on the digital wallet. The actions further include selecting candidate offsetting operation primitives based on a location of the digital wallet. The actions further include presenting, to a user, a subset of the candidate offsetting operation primitives for specific identification in matching.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for providing a sheet product dispenser with automated product level tracking functionality are provided herein. Various product level sensors are disclosed herein including a product level sensor configured to emit a signal toward an outer circumference of a sheet product roll on a spindle extending along a longitudinal axis and to receive a reflected signal. The product level sensor is positioned a radial distance away from the spindle and aimed to emit the signal in a direction that is not parallel and not perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The product level sensor detects a parameter of the reflected signal corresponding to the distance between the product level sensor and the sheet product roll. Other example embodiments include mechanical product level sensors. Various communication protocols may be employed to limit transmission of data to conserve battery life while still maintaining desired communication functionality.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for providing a sheet product dispenser with automated product level tracking functionality are provided herein. Various product level sensors are disclosed herein including a product level sensor configured to emit a signal toward an outer circumference of a sheet product roll on a spindle extending along a longitudinal axis and to receive a reflected signal. The product level sensor is positioned a radial distance away from the spindle and aimed to emit the signal in a direction that is not parallel and not perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The product level sensor detects a parameter of the reflected signal corresponding to the distance between the product level sensor and the sheet product roll. Other example embodiments include mechanical product level sensors. Various communication protocols may be employed to limit transmission of data to conserve battery life while still maintaining desired communication functionality.

Abstract: An interactive mobile robot system and a method for creating an invisible track for a mobile robot. The system and method allow the creation of invisible tracks by guiding objects. They also allow the use of such invisible tracks for the semi-autonomous or autonomous control of toys, including model cars and model trains, or of mobile robots to move them along a real-world path. The system includes a mobile robot, receiver circuitry to receive one or more position signals, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to determine position information associated with the mobile robot based on the one or more position signals. The processing circuitry is further configured to create an invisible track based on the position information, to determine a current position of the mobile robot, and to generate control signals based on the current position of the mobile robot and the invisible track.

Abstract: Technical challenges of efficiently and cost-effectively deriving energy from the sun are addressed using a manifold and an array of evacuated tubes in fluid connection, in a butterfly or other planar arrangement. Tube and manifold fluid guides are plumbed for coaxial flow and/or parallel flow, and thermally protected by sleeves, stainless steel piping, and/or vacuum. Tubes are provided with a selective low emissivity coating and/or internal mirror to reduce thermal loss. The solar absorption surface of evacuated tubes may be five square meters or more, with only low-quality concentration optics, or no concentration optics used. The tubes array tracks the sun with a two-axis motion platform. Fluid operating temperatures range from 150 to 300 degrees centigrade, depending on the sunlight exposure, working fluid, and supplemental heat source if any. Fluid may circulate heat between the manifold and heat engine, cogeneration facility, and/or other module.

Abstract: Technical challenges of efficiently and cost-effectively deriving energy from the sun are addressed using a manifold and an array of evacuated tubes in fluid connection, in a butterfly or other planar arrangement. Tube and manifold fluid guides are plumbed for coaxial flow and/or parallel flow, and thermally protected by sleeves, stainless steel piping, and/or vacuum. Tubes are provided with a selective low emissivity coating and/or internal mirror to reduce thermal loss. The solar absorption surface of evacuated tubes may be five square meters or more, with only low-quality concentration optics, or no concentration optics used. The tubes array tracks the sun with a two-axis motion platform. Fluid operating temperatures range from 150 to 300 degrees centigrade, depending on the sunlight exposure, working fluid, and supplemental heat source if any. Fluid may circulate heat between the manifold and heat engine, cogeneration facility, and/or other module.

Abstract: A method includes determining, at a communication device, a designation of a source communication device based on information related to a communication from the source communication device. The method further includes selecting, at the communication device and based on the designation, a prompt from multiple prompts. The prompt includes a first prompt in response to the designation being a first designation of multiple designations. The prompt includes a second prompt in response to the designation being a second designation of the multiple designations. The method includes sending the prompt from the communication device to the source communication device.

Abstract: Technical challenges of efficiently and cost-effectively deriving energy from the sun are addressed using a manifold and an array of evacuated tubes in fluid connection, in a butterfly or other planar arrangement. Tube and manifold fluid guides are plumbed for coaxial flow and/or parallel flow, and thermally protected by sleeves, stainless steel piping, and/or vacuum. Tubes are provided with a selective low emissivity coating and/or internal mirror to reduce thermal loss. The solar absorption surface of evacuated tubes may be five square meters or more, with only low-quality concentration optics, or no concentration optics used. The tubes array tracks the sun with a two-axis motion platform. Fluid operating temperatures range from 150 to 300 degrees centigrade, depending on the sunlight exposure, working fluid, and supplemental heat source if any. Fluid may circulate heat between the manifold and heat engine, cogeneration facility, and/or other module.

Abstract: An interactive mobile robot system and a method for creating an invisible track for a mobile robot. The system and method allow the creation of invisible tracks by guiding objects. They also allow the use of such invisible tracks for the semi-autonomous or autonomous control of toys, including model cars and model trains, or of mobile robots to move them along a real-world path. The system includes a mobile robot, receiver circuitry to receive one or more position signals, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to determine position information associated with the mobile robot based on the one or more position signals. The processing circuitry is further configured to create an invisible track based on the position information, to determine a current position of the mobile robot, and to generate control signals based on the current position of the mobile robot and the invisible track.

Abstract: A method includes determining, at a communication device, a designation of a source communication device based on information related to a communication from the source communication device. The method further includes selecting, at the communication device and based on the designation, a prompt from multiple prompts. The prompt includes a first prompt in response to the designation being a first designation of multiple designations. The prompt includes a second prompt in response to the designation being a second designation of the multiple designations. The method includes sending the prompt from the communication device to the source communication device.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a destination communication device, information related to a communication from a source communication device. The method further includes determining, at the destination communication device, a designation of the source communication device based on the information. The method further includes selecting, based on the designation, a prompt from multiple prompts. The method further includes sending the prompt from the destination communication device to the source communication device. The prompt is a request for second information related to urgency of the call.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a destination communication device, information related to a communication from a source communication device. The method further includes determining, at the destination communication device, a designation of the source communication device based on the information. The method further includes selecting, based on the designation, a prompt from multiple prompts. The method further includes sending the prompt from the destination communication device to the source communication device. The prompt is a request for second information related to urgency of the call.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, at an application server, information related to a call from a calling device to a called device. The method further includes determining, at the application server, a designation of the calling device. The method further includes sending a prompt to the calling device from the application server. The prompt is a request for information related to urgency of the call, where the prompt corresponds to a first prompt when the designation is a first designation and the prompt corresponds to a second prompt when the designation is a second designation. The method further includes receiving a response to the prompt at the application server and modifying a call setup message based on the response.

Abstract: Technical challenges of efficiently and cost-effectively deriving energy from the sun are addressed using a manifold and an array of evacuated tubes in fluid connection, in a butterfly or other planar arrangement. Tube and manifold fluid guides are plumbed for coaxial flow and/or parallel flow, and thermally protected by sleeves, stainless steel piping, and/or vacuum. Tubes are provided with a selective low emissivity coating and/or internal mirror to reduce thermal loss. The solar absorption surface of evacuated tubes may be five square meters or more, with only low-quality concentration optics, or no concentration optics used. The tubes array tracks the sun with a two-axis motion platform. Fluid operating temperatures range from 150 to 300 degrees centigrade, depending on the sunlight exposure, working fluid, and supplemental heat source if any. Fluid may circulate heat between the manifold and heat engine, cogeneration facility, and/or other module.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, at an application server, information related to a call from a calling device to a called device. The method further includes determining, at the application server, a designation of the calling device. The method further includes sending a prompt to the calling device from the application server. The prompt is a request for information related to urgency of the call, where the prompt corresponds to a first prompt when the designation is a first designation and the prompt corresponds to a second prompt when the designation is a second designation. The method further includes receiving a response to the prompt at the application server and modifying a call setup message based on the response.