Abstract: A method includes receiving audio data encoding an utterance and obtaining a set of bias phrases corresponding to a context of the utterance. Each bias phrase includes one or more words. The method also includes processing, using a speech recognition model, acoustic features derived from the audio to generate an output from the speech recognition model. The speech recognition model includes a first encoder configured to receive the acoustic features, a bias encoder configured to receive data indicating the obtained set of bias phrases, a bias encoder, and a decoder configured to determine likelihoods of sequences of speech elements based on output of the first attention module and output of the bias attention module. The method also includes determining a transcript for the utterance based on the likelihoods of sequences of speech elements.

Abstract: A method for enhanced call control using User Equipment (UE)-triggered fallback procedure is provided. A UE starts a guard timer in response to initiating or receiving an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) call in a mobile communication network which utilizes a first Radio Access Technology (RAT). The UE determines whether a condition for call continuation in the mobile communication network is met when the guard timer expires. The UE triggers a fallback from the first RAT to a second RAT in response to the condition for call continuation in the mobile communication network not being met.

Abstract: A pluggable CDN system and method include an edge node that is installed at each premises and caches/serves content/data to that premises that may be an individual user or a community. The edge node may use a hybrid push/pull caching scheme and may serve data to users even without any Internet connectivity.

Abstract: After reading a 3D (three dimensional) NAND array, the wordlines of the 3D NAND array can be transitioned to ground in a staggered manner. The 3D NAND array includes a 3D stack with multiple wordlines vertically stacked, including a bottom-most wordline, a top-most wordline, and middle wordlines between the bottom-most wordline and the top-most wordline. A controller that controls the reading can set the multiple wordlines to a read voltage for reading operations and then transition a selected wordline of the multiple wordlines from the read voltage to ground prior to transitioning the other wordlines to ground. Thus, the controller will transition the other wordlines from the read voltage to ground after a delay.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video conference and/or telepresence. In some examples, video conference/telepresence can be performed by multiple client devices, user devices and a media control device (e.g., server device). For example, a first client device determines a grouping control that limits a grouping of an overlay media from a second client device with an immersive media of the first client device, and transmits a grouping control signal indicative of the grouping control to inform a media control device. Further, the first client device provides one or more media including the immersive media to the media control device. The media control device can group a plurality of immersive media streams in a single or multiple groups based on the grouping control signal received from the first client device.

Abstract: Various arrangements for performing transmodulation of a forward feeder link are presented. A first data stream and a second data stream can be modulated into a higher-order modulation forward feeder link having a higher-order digital modulation scheme. A satellite can receive the higher-order modulation forward feeder link. The satellite can demodulate the higher-order modulator forward feeder link into a bit stream. This bit stream may then be remodulated and retransmitted as multiple forward user links.

Abstract: The system and methods described herein may be utilized to perform operations in a faster and less complex manner than provided by conventional systems. An encrypted record may be stored at a user device. The encrypted record may include entries related to operations that were previously requested by the user device. The encrypted record may have been encrypted using a dynamic value and a key that is associated with an entity associated with the user. A recipient computer of a request by the user device may be configured to utilize the dynamic value provided in the request and the key associated with the entity to derive the encryption key(s) last used to encrypt the record. The recipient computer may decrypt and modify the encrypted record to perform the requested operation while the user device is precluded from doing so.

Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include generating feedback information by a small cell radio and a macro cell radio; setting a high mobility handover threshold for the macro cell radio based, at least in part, on the feedback information, wherein the high mobility handover threshold is used to trigger handover of one or more high mobility user equipment (UE) associated with the macro cell radio to the small cell radio; and setting a maximum downlink transmit power for the small cell radio based, at least in part, on the feedback information and the high mobility handover threshold.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for training a global machine learning model. A hierarchical structure for nodes in which the global machine learning model is located at a primary node in the hierarchical structure is identified. Authorized nodes in which local data is authorized for use in training in the authorized nodes for a local training of local machine learning models are determined. The machine learning models in the authorized nodes are trained using the local data in the authorized nodes to generate local model updates to weights in the local machine learning models. The local model updates to the weights are propagated upward in the hierarchical structure to the global machine learning model, wherein a node receiving local model updates to the weights from nodes from a lower level aggregates the weights in the local model updates received from the nodes in the lower level.

Abstract: A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for splitting viewport bitstreams. A first coded video bitstream is at least partially encoded using a first Group-of-Pictures (GOP) structure at a first resolution. A second coded video bitstream structured into a plurality of tiles is encoded using a second GOP structure at a second resolution, whereby the second GOP structure includes fewer coded pictures than the first GOP structure. A streaming bitstream for decoding or rendering is created using the first coded video bitstream and the second coded bitstream.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for obtaining a vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) image using a discrete frequency infrared (DFIR) microscope are disclosed. The method includes generating a pulsed laser beam comprising a spectral frequency, which may be tunable; modulating the laser beam to generate circularly polarized light; illuminating a sample and collecting, and detecting an optical signal transmitted or transflected from the location of the sample. The detected signal is demodulated at, for example, both the pulse frequency and the sum or difference of the pulse frequency and the modulating frequency to obtain an intensity value that correspond to the absorbance, and a polarization-dependent value that corresponds to the VCD. Other configurations of the apparatus may be employed to measure VCB and VLD.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a system may include one or more processors forming central processing units (CPUs) in the system, a display controller configured to display frames on a display device, a memory controller configured to control a memory, and a power management circuit. The power management circuit may be configured to establish one of a plurality of power states in the system. In a first power state, the display controller and the memory controller are powered on while the CPUs are powered off. The display controller may be configured to read a plurality of prerendered frames from the memory and display the plurality of prerendered frames at times specified for each of the plurality of prerendered frames.

Abstract: A utility-scale energy storage and conversion system can operate two or more inverter groups such that their reactive power commands are proportional to their available reactive power range. The control system can therefore distribute the reactive power commands in proportion to the available Q range, thereby ensuring that all inverters in the utility-scale energy storage and conversion system 100 operate with the same Q “headroom”. In addition, the utility-scale energy storage and conversion system can use an on-load tap changer (LTC) to adjust a terminal voltage associated with a first group of inverters and a second group of inverters. The first group of inverters can be associated with a first rating and the second group of inverters can be associated with a second rating that is greater than the first rating.

Abstract: A OneAPP platform system and method provide hyperlocal searching. Each computing device has a OneApp that identifies a user action on the computing device that indicates an interest in a point of interest (PoI) and transform, in response to the user action on the computing device, the OneApp stored on the computing device into a PoI specific App that delivers PoI specific content and offers to the computing device.

Abstract: An electronic gaming machine includes a display, a player input device, a credit input mechanism, and a processor programmed to perform operations comprising: (i) display a search pattern matrix to a player on the display, the search pattern matrix includes a plurality of cells that are selectable by the player; (ii) receive an input selection of cells of the search pattern matrix from the player; (iii) search a pay table associated with a wagering game provided by the gaming machine for winning patterns included within the pay table and having at least the same plurality of cells daubed as are indicated by the search pattern matrix; and (iv) display the winning patterns identified by the searching to the player via the display, the displaying including presenting the winning patterns in a matrix display format identifying one or more daubed cells of the associated winning patterns within the matrix display

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for imaging a response of a sample to radiative heating. A method in accordance with one embodiment has steps of: illuminating a first area of the sample with a radiative heating beam; illuminating a portion of the first area with a probe beam; collecting light exiting the sample due to interaction of the probe beam with the sample; superimposing the light exiting the sample with a reference beam derived from the probe beam, wherein the reference is characterized by an optical phase relative to the probe beam; detecting a spatial portion of the light exiting the sample and the reference beam with at least one detector to generate an interference signal; and processing the interference signal to obtain an image of the sample associated with absorption of the radiative heating beam.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for an automated calling system are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving audio data of an utterance spoken by a user who is having a telephone conversation with a bot. The actions further include determining a context of the telephone conversation. The actions further include determining a user intent of a first previous portion of the telephone conversation spoken by the user and a bot intent of a second previous portion of the telephone conversation outputted by a speech synthesizer of the bot. The actions further include, based on the audio data of the utterance, the context of the telephone conversation, the user intent, and the bot intent, generating synthesized speech of a reply by the bot to the utterance. The actions further include, providing, for output, the synthesized speech.

Abstract: A series of appliances including a first shell and a second shell can be designed to incrementally implement a treatment plan. The first and second shells can have cavities designed to receive teeth of a jaw. A first number of bite adjustment structures can be formed of a same material as the first shell, extending therefrom and designed to interface with teeth of a second jaw. The first number of bite adjustment structures can have a first shape and location specific to a first stage of the treatment plan. A second number of bite adjustment structures can be formed of a same material as the second shell, extending therefrom and designed to interface with teeth of the second jaw. The second number of bite adjustment structures can have a second shape and location, different than the first shape and location, specific to a second stage of the treatment plan.

Abstract: A warm mission-mode reset may be performed in a portable computing device. Assertion of a signal indicating an error condition may be detected. In response to detection of the signal indicating an error condition, a signal indicating a request to preserve memory contents may be provided to a DRAM subsystem. Then, in response to a signal acknowledging the DRAM subsystem is preserving the memory contents, a system reset signal may be asserted.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for computer-generating responses and sending responses to communications when the recipient of the communication is unavailable are disclosed. An individual may send a message (either audio or text) to a recipient. The recipient may be unavailable to contemporaneously respond to the message (e.g., the recipient may be performing an action that makes is difficult or impractical for the recipient to contemporaneously respond to the audio message). When the recipient is unavailable, a response to the message is generated and sent without receiving an instruction from the recipient to do so. The response may be sent to the message originating individual, and content of the response may thereafter be sent to the recipient to receive feedback regarding the correctness of the response. Alternatively, the response content may first be sent to the recipient to receive the feedback, and thereafter the response may be sent to the message originating individual.