Abstract: An electronic device package comprises a primary microphone having a frequency response having a first resonance frequency, and a reference microphone having a frequency response including a second resonance frequency, the primary microphone and the reference microphone configured to substantially simultaneously receive a same acoustic signal to produce a transduced signal of the primary microphone and a transduced signal of the reference microphone, the second resonance frequency of the reference microphone being different than the first resonance frequency of the primary microphone, the package having dimensions that cause the primary microphone and reference microphone to be acoustically isolated from one another at the resonance frequency of the primary microphone, there being less than 3 dB of acoustic coupling between the primary microphone and reference microphone at the first resonance frequency.

Abstract: A method and system for virtual machine protection. Specifically, the disclosed method and system dynamically protect virtual machine state from impactful events, such as accidental virtual machine deletions and shutdowns. The disclosed method and system work to stall the fulfillment of these impactful events while instigating the backup of protected virtual machine state, and thereafter, only permit these impactful events to proceed upon completion of the backup operation.

Abstract: A method of forming a microphone device includes: forming a through-hole in a substrate wafer; providing a second wafer; bonding the second wafer to the substrate wafer; and forming a top electrode over a first surface of a single-crystal piezoelectric film of the second wafer. The second wafer may include the single-crystal piezoelectric film. The single-crystal piezoelectric film may have a first surface and an opposing second surface. The second wafer may further include a bottom electrode arranged adjacent to the second surface, and a support member over the single-crystal piezoelectric film. The through-hole in substrate wafer may be at least substantially aligned with at least one of the top electrode and the bottom electrode.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for defining a content relevance model for determining whether a content segment is relevant to a particular category. The method receives a first set of content segments that contain content relevant to the particular category and a second set of content segments that contain content not relevant to the particular category. The method identifies a set of key word sets more likely to appear in the first set of content segments than the second set of content segments. The method defines a content relevance model that comprises a set of groups of word sets and a score for each group, each of the groups of word sets comprising a key word set from the set of key word sets and at least one word set found in a context of the key word set in at least one of the received content segments.

Abstract: A computing system may (A) determine that a target service is to receive portions of a first file in a particular sequence from the computing system via a first hypertext transport protocol (HTTP) connection between the computing system and the target service, (B) receive a first portion of the first file from a client device via a second HTTP connection established between the computing system and the client device, (C) determine that the first portion of the first file is next in the particular sequence of file portions to be sent to the target service, (D) send, to the target service via the first HTTP connection, the first portion of the first file based at least in part on the first portion of the first file being next in the particular sequence, (E) receive a second portion of the first file from the client device via a third HTTP connection established between the computing system and the client device, (F) determine that the second portion of the first file is next in the particular sequence, and (G)

Abstract: The invention provides systems, methods and computer program products for implementing a prepaid currency transaction. The invention comprises (i) receiving a payment instruction for incrementing or debiting a prepaid currency value stored in a first payment account, (ii) implementing the payment instruction, (iii) identifying a set of POS terminals for implementing a memory update memory within each POS terminal in the identified set of POS terminals, wherein the memory update comprises recording an incremented or decremented prepaid currency value stored in the first payment account as a result of implementing the payment instruction, and (iv) performing the memory update within each POS terminal in the identified set of POS terminals.

Abstract: The disclosure herein describes enabling authentication of a user's identity based on a user identification (ID) token. An enrollment request is received by an identity platform from a computing device of the user. The enrollment request includes face data and payment account data associated with a payment account of the user. A face identification template of the user is generated based on the face data. Based on verifying the user's identity using data in the enrollment request, an ID token is generated including the face identification template and the payment account data. The ID token is then provided to the computing device of the user, wherein the computing device is enabled to verify the user's identity based on comparison of the captured image data of the face of the user to the face identification template of the ID token during transactions associated with the computing device.

Abstract: A method of forming a MEMS device includes providing a substrate having a device stopper. The device stopper is integral to the substrate and formed of the substrate material. A thermal dielectric isolation layer may be arranged over the device stopper and the substrate. A device cavity may be formed in the substrate and the thermal dielectric isolation layer. The thermal dielectric isolation layer and the device stopper at least partially surround the device cavity. An active device layer may be formed over the thermal dielectric isolation layer and the device cavity.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and method for enabling power sharing in a multi-port power sourcing device. The system comprises of a multiport power sourcing device having a plurality of ports and a plurality of pre-defined resistances configured to each port of the plurality of ports and is configured to receive input parameters related to plurality of ports, total power capacity of the device and maximum power of each port, determine a second set of parameters associated with pre-defined resistances, execute a first set of instructions based on the input parameters and the second set of parameters, execute a second set of instructions based on the executed first set of instructions to facilitate implementation via a request-response communication interface to discover and track any or a combination of number and status of the plurality of ports based on the determined second set of parameters.

Abstract: There is provided a system and for simultaneously displaying multiple graphical user interfaces via the same display. The multiple graphical user interfaces are hosted by one or more remote host controllers. A user device is in operative communication with the one or more remote host controllers and comprises an interface display for displaying one or more of the multiple graphical user interfaces. A system controller is in operative communication with the user display device. The system controller has a processor with an associated memory of processor executable code that when executed provides the controller with performing computer-implementable steps comprising separating the interface display in two or more interface display portions and selectively providing for two or more of the graphical user interfaces to be simultaneously displayed via respective ones of the two or more interface display portions.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a web content management system is coupled to remote resources via a framework that has one or more corresponding adapters which enable editing of content by invoking editors which are native to the respective remote resources. The system retrieves a content item from a remote resource and stores a copy of the content item in a local repository, while the original content item remains in the repository of the remote resource. A content item can be selected in in a local authoring tool, causing the system to examine the content item's metadata to identify the source repository and invoke the native editor of the corresponding remote resource, enabling editing of the content item using the native editor. The copy of the content item in the local repository can then be synchronized to the edited version of the content item in the remote resource.

Abstract: A PMUT includes a substrate, a membrane, and a sacrificial layer. The substrate has a cavity penetrating the substrate. The membrane is disposed over the cavity and includes a first piezoelectric layer, a bottom electrode, a top electrode, and a second piezoelectric layer. The first piezoelectric layer is disposed over the cavity and includes an anchor portion, where the anchor portion of the first piezoelectric layer is in direct contact with the substrate. The top and bottom electrodes are disposed over the first piezoelectric layer. The second piezoelectric layer is disposed between the bottom electrode and the top electrode. The sacrificial layer is disposed between the substrate and the first piezoelectric layer, and a vertical projection of the sacrificial layer does not overlap a vertical projection of portions of the membrane disposed over the cavity.

Abstract: A piezoelectric microelectromechanical system microphone assembly comprises a carrier substrate including one of a through-hole or a recess, and a package including a microelectromechanical system die having a piezoelectric microelectromechanical system microphone mounted on a microphone substrate and a lid, at least a portion of the package disposed within the one of the through-hole or recess.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a bidirectional hybrid power converter that may include an input circuit consisting of an input power supply and input capacitor, a plurality of switches connected to each other, to input power supply to a set of passive electronic components, to ground and to an output circuit comprising one or more output terminals, each consisting of an output capacitance. The plurality of switches is connected directly or through passive electronic components in an arrangement to obtain a plurality of power converter networks for battery charging as well as other applications by reuse of a set of plurality of switches. The input power supply and the output load are referred to based on the direction of the power conversion flow, forward or reverse. The first terminal can be connected to both a power source as an input and load as an output.

Abstract: In general, techniques are described for a computing device including a virtual router, a pod comprising a container, and a network plugin. The virtual router includes a virtual router agent. The network plugin includes processing circuitry configured to receive, from the virtual router agent, an indication of an interface type for a virtual network for the pod and to configure, for the pod, a virtual network interface having the interface type, the virtual network interface for communicating on the virtual network.

Abstract: An electronic device package comprises an electronic acoustic device including a primary microphone having a frequency response having a resonance frequency, and a reference microphone having a frequency response including a resonance frequency. The primary microphone and the reference microphone are configured to substantially simultaneously receive a common acoustic signal to produce a transduced signal of the primary microphone and a transduced signal of the reference microphone, the resonance frequency of the reference microphone being different than the resonance frequency of the primary microphone. An equalization module is configured to equalize the frequency response of the microphone based on the transduced signal of the microphone and the transduced signal of the reference microphone. The package defines a first back cavity of the primary microphone and a second back cavity of the reference microphone, the second back cavity being acoustically isolated from the first back cavity.

Abstract: A system for watermarking a USB Type-C and PD protocol hardware sub-system existing as a part of a SOC/IC system includes a tester to generate a watermarking signal, a device under test (DUT), wherein the DUT is configured with a USB Type-C port with power delivery implementation and including a hardware subsystem configured for watermarking the DUT and transmit a response signal upon receipt of the watermarking signal from the tester. The tester includes a controller including one or more processors that execute a set of executable instructions that are stored in a memory, upon which execution, the processor causes the controller to generate the watermarking signal, the watermarking signal comprises a custom signal and a custom packet associated with a configured custom signal stored in a data buffer that is associated with the SOC/IC system, and transmit the watermarking signal on one or more configuration channel (CC) lines.

Abstract: A side-port piezoelectric microelectromechanical system microphone package includes a microelectromechanical system die disposed on the microphone substrate and including a microphone membrane and a membrane support substrate, the microphone membrane being disposed on a wall of a membrane support substrate, and an acoustic port defined by an aperture passing through a portion of the wall of the membrane support substrate.

Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC), including: a current mirror, including: a first field effect transistor (FET) including a first drain, a first gate, and a first source, wherein the first source is coupled to a first voltage rail; and a second FET including a second drain, a second gate, and a second source, wherein the second gate is coupled to the first gate of the first FET, and the second source is coupled to the first voltage rail; and a selective coupling circuit configured to selectively couple the first drain of the first FET to the first and second gates of the first and second FETs based on a voltage at the first drain of the first FET.

Abstract: An Augmented Reality (AR)-enabled Automated Teller Machine (ATM) receives a request to dispense cash equal to amount of an AR document. The AR document comprises an AR check. The AR-enabled ATM fetches a first AR check image from a memory. The AR-enabled ATM extracts a first set of features from the first AR check image. The AR-enabled ATM receives a second AR check image from a computing device associated with the receiver. The AR-enabled ATM extracts a second set of features from the second AR check image. The AR-enabled ATM compares the first AR check image with the second AR check image. The AR-enabled ATM determines whether the first AR check image corresponds to the second AR check image. In response to determining that the first AR check image corresponds to the second AR check image, the AR-enabled ATM dispenses cash equal to the amount.