Abstract: Methods and systems for provisioning a secure element of a digital device with financial credentials of a consumer are disclosed. In an embodiment, an external entity computer receives from one of a merchant computer or a manufacturer computer, a consumer order for a digital device that includes a secure element (SE). The external entity computer then obtains, based on the digital device information setup data of a digital device which fulfills the order, and transmits a financial account provisioning request including the setup data and the consumer account information to a token service provider (TSP) computer. The process also includes the external entity computer receiving provisioning data including a personalization script which includes financial account token credentials of the consumer from the TSP computer, and then personalizes the ordered digital device with the financial account token credentials.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Techniques for multiple transmission reception points (TRPs) in a cluster may coordinate scheduling and communications with a user equipment (UE). Different TRPs may allocate uplink resources for one or more UEs within a coordinated cluster to transmit feedback information. A first TRP may provide a first set of resources that one or more associated UEs may use to transmit acknowledgment (ACK) feedback to indicate successful receipt of a downlink transmission of the first TRP, and one or more other TRPs of the coordinated cluster may provide a second set of resources that the one or more UEs may use to transmit negative acknowledgment (NACK) feedback to indicate that a downlink transmission of the first TRP was lost. The second set of resources may include non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) resources.

Abstract: An error correction scheme in flash memory. Methods include extending a lifetime of a memory block, including: receiving an indication that an error occurred during a write operation at a first location in a memory block, the first location associated with a faulty page of the memory block; and performing a modified exclusive OR (XOR) scheme on the memory block by: performing a de-XOR operation that generates recovery data of the faulty page; storing the recovery data in a location different from the faulty page of memory; marking the faulty page for exclusion in future de-XOR operations; and performing a parity calculation that generates an updated parity value that includes all pages of the memory block that have been programmed except for the faulty page.

Abstract: Method, apparatus, and program means for a programmable event driven yield mechanism that may activate other threads. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes execution resources to execute a plurality of instructions and a monitor to detect a condition indicating a low level of progress. The monitor can disrupt processing of a program by transferring to a handler in response to detecting the condition indicating a low level of progress. In another embodiment, thread switch logic may be coupled to a plurality of event monitors which monitor events within the multithreading execution logic. The thread switch logic switches threads based at least partially on a programmable condition of one or more of the performance monitors.

Abstract: The mounting system may be utilized for towing vehicles wherein the mounting system may selectively accommodate either a fifth wheel hitch or a gooseneck hitch. The mounting system may include a structural frame member including at least one rail capable of being connected to a vehicle frame, wherein the rail includes at least one socket. The socket may be engaged with a receiving member, wherein the receiving member may be engaged with a leg of a fifth wheel hitch. A mid rail may be connected to the rails and may include a hitch ball socket that is capable of engagement with a hitch. Also provided is an underbed hitch mounting system having at least one socket and receiving member exposed above a bed of a vehicle. The system includes trim and ring brackets configured to cover the exposed socket and receiving members along the bed of the vehicle.

Abstract: Various methods include receiving, by a controller, a temperature reading of a memory array, the temperature reading includes a temperature value; determining the temperature value is below a first threshold; in response, modifying a duration of a verify cycle of a write operation to create a modified verify cycle; then programming a first data into the memory array using the write operation that uses the modified verify cycle. Methods additionally include receiving a second temperature reading of the memory array, the second temperature reading includes a second temperature value; determining the second temperature value is below a second threshold, in response, decreasing the duration of a verify cycle of a verify cycle to create a second verify cycle, where the second verify cycle is shorter than the modified verify cycle; and then programming a second data into the memory array using the write operation that uses the second verify cycle.

Abstract: A system and method for stand-in processing are provided. The system includes a processor and a memory unit communicatively coupled to the processor. The memory unit is configured to store transaction data received from an acquirer corresponding to a transaction made by a payment card. The processor is configured to determine data representing a point of sale (POS) entry mode of the transaction from the transaction data and, using one or more stand-in rules provided by an issuer of the payment card, process the transaction on behalf of the issuer based on the data representing the POS entry mode. Processing includes approving or declining the transaction.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine that a communication from a transmission/reception point (TRP), included in a coordinated multipoint network, was not successfully received. The UE may transmit a plurality of negative acknowledgements (NACKs), corresponding to the communication, to a plurality of TRPs included in the coordinated multipoint network based at least in part on determining that the communication was not successfully received. The UE may receive a retransmission of the communication from one or more TRPs of the plurality of TRPs. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A microvascular system includes a solid polymeric matrix and a woven structure in the matrix. The woven structure includes a plurality of fibers, and a plurality of microfluidic channels, where at least a portion of the microfluidic channels are interconnected. The microvascular system may be made by forming a composite that includes a solid polymeric matrix and a plurality of sacrificial fibers in the matrix, heating the composite to a temperature of from 100 to 250° C., maintaining the composite at a temperature of from 100 to 250° C. for a time sufficient to form degradants from the sacrificial fibers, and removing the degradants from the composite. The sacrificial fibers may include a polymeric fiber matrix including a poly(hydroxyalkanoate) and a metal selected from the group consisting of an alkali earth metal and a transition metal, in the fiber matrix, where the concentration of the metal in the fiber matrix is at least 0.1 wt %.

Abstract: A relay device in a mesh wireless access network (WAN) may listen for a signal during a pre-wakeup (PWU) period to determine whether to power on a radio during a wakeup cycle. If the relay device receives a signal during the PWU period, it may power on a radio to transmit a discovery broadcast or to send and receive data. The relay device may also receive synchronization signals during the PWU period to maintain timing synchronization in cases when the wakeup cycle includes long periods of inactivity. That is, different internet of everything (IoE) devices (including relay devices) may operate in different discovery modes based on different mobility patterns. Devices that move frequently may operate in a transient operating mode. Devices that rarely move may operate in a persistent operating mode, and may take advantage of the PWU synchronization signals.

Abstract: A light-based device may provide images and other light output to a user and may gather user input. The device may include a light guide array formed from a bundle of fibers. The light guide array may have an entrance surface that receives light emitted by a light-emitting device. The light-emitting device may include one or more light-emitting diodes and may be a display having an array of pixels. Light from the light-emitting device may be conveyed from the entrance surface to the exit surface by the light guide array. The exit surface of the light guide array may have a compound curvature. Optical structures may be formed over the exit surface. The light-based device may form light-field display, may form a touch sensor, may form a controller, and may form other structures.

Abstract: Systems and methods include, in a first Label Edge Router (LER) in a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network, creating a primary tunnel with a second LER; creating a Make Before Break (MBB) tunnel with the second LER for the primary tunnel; prior to switching to the MBB tunnel from the primary tunnel, sending an MPLS request to the second LER via the MBB tunnel and receiving an MPLS response from the second LER via the MBB tunnel indicating successfully creation of the MBB tunnel; switching to the MBB tunnel responsive to the successfully creation of the MBB tunnel; and, prior to tearing down the primary tunnel, checking statistics of the MBB tunnel to ensure traffic has moved to the MBB tunnel from the primary tunnel.

Abstract: A computerized system in a cloud-based computing environment for preventing an evaluation of agent recording segments having bad customer sentiment due to low network Quality of Service (QoS), is provided herein. The system may include a Session Border Controller to send metadata related to a regulated network QoS to a database; a media server to store the call interaction; an Interaction Manager (IM) module to extract metadata related to the regulated network QoS; an Indexer Micro-Service to listen to real-time data streaming service and to index and store the metadata related to the regulated network QoS, when new metadata arrives; a Multi-Channel Recording unit to retrieve: an interaction call; and indexed metadata from the document-oriented database; a Quality Planner Micro-Service to: read MOS score for the call interaction; distribute a call interaction for evaluation when the read MOS score is above a predefined threshold, according to a predefined quality plan.

Abstract: An electronic mail (email) message is received at in email transport infrastructure and has a traffic type identifier identifying a traffic type. Function processing logic in the email transport infrastructure conditionally processes the email message based on the traffic type.

Abstract: Various implementations described herein refer to an integrated circuit having a sense amplifier that operates with a clock signal, and the sense amplifier may be biased with a bias signal that affects duration of the clock signal. The integrated circuit may include a delay circuit coupled to the sense amplifier, and the delay circuit may turn-off the clock signal. The delay circuit may have a current-starved delay stage that receives an input signal having a falling edge and provides a current-starved delay signal biased by the bias signal that also biases the sense amplifier.

Abstract: A system or process may generate a summarization of multimedia content by determining one or more salient moments therefrom. Multimedia content may be received and a plurality of frames and audio, visual, and metadata elements associated therewith are extracted from the multimedia content. A plurality of importance sub-scores may be generated for each frame of the multimedia content, each of the plurality of sub-scores being associated with a particular analytical modality. For each frame, the plurality of importance sub-scores associated therewith may be aggregated into an importance score. The frames may be ranked by importance and a plurality of top-ranked frames are identified and determined to satisfy an importance threshold. The plurality of top-ranked frames are sequentially arranged and merged into a plurality of moment candidates that are ranked for importance. A subset of top-ranked moment candidates are merged into a final summarization of the multimedia content.

Abstract: A water resistant lighting device is provided. The water resistant lighting device comprises an external lens, a light source, and at least one reflective surface. The water resistant lighting device also comprises a water-resistant material filling at least some of the space between the light source and the external lens, as well as filling at least some of the space between the reflective surface and the external lens. This water-resistant material may be a relatively soft gel, softer than an LED that may provide the light source, as well as softer than the LED circuit board. This water-resistant soft gel may protect the LED and the LED circuit board from water leakage. This water-resistant soft gel may also cushion these components from expansion and compression due, for example, to temperature changes.

Abstract: A thermally degradable polymeric sheet, comprising: a poly(hydroxyalkanoate); and a metal selected from the group consisting of an alkali earth metal and a transition metal; where the volume fraction of the metal in the sheet is at least 0.1 vol %.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that support group common control channel and bandwidth part (BWP) management in wireless communications. A group downlink control channel transmission may include information from which each user equipment (UE) transmitting a negative acknowledgement (NACK) message can determine its unique retransmission resource assignment and a BWP for the retransmission. Different BWPs may be used for downlink transmissions to different UEs and downlink retransmissions responsive to the NACK messages may be transmitted using the original BWP of the UEs or a different BWP.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery state of charge (SOC) determining method and a battery managing apparatus that acquires a stochastic reduced order model (SROM) and a mean using battery conservation equations acquired based on a stochastic Pseudo 2-dimensional electrochemical thermal (P2D-ECT) model, measures state information, and assimilates the state information with the SROM and the mean to determine an accurate SOC at a relatively low calculation cost.