Abstract: A method for facilitating a secured data transmission in near field communication is provided. The method includes dynamically interleaving data to be transmitted, using randomization and transmitting the dynamically interleaved data and the interleaved settings/parameters to the destination. Further, a receiver device performs dynamic de-interleaving of received data using the received interleaved settings/parameters. Further, in order to ensure security to the data transmission, the system may use Random Skip Count (RSC) values. If necessary, new dynamic interleaving settings/parameters are calculated based on an RSC value and the new settings/parameters are used to dynamically interleave the data. The process of interleaving can be performed in 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional formats.

Abstract: A method and medical pump to perform a flushing procedure are provided. The medical pump is configured to execute the flushing procedure subsequent to an infusion procedure, the flushing procedure and infusion procedure lacking a specified relationship between each other until after performance of the infusion procedure. The method comprises performing an infusion procedure of a medicament with the medical pump and automatically querying in human detectable form whether to execute a flushing procedure in response to conclusion of the infusion procedure.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a financial instrument having a monetary value associated with it and a system and method for using such financial instrument. The financial instrument is generated by a bank and further issued to a retailer for further distribution. The customer who wishes to deposit a cash amount into a specific bank account in the offline environment may buy such financial instrument from the retailer's location. At the time of buying, the financial instrument is activated by the bank's server (system) upon authentication of retailer's and customer's identity. After activation, the retailer/customer may initiate the deposition of the cash amount by redeeming the financial instrument. The redemption may be carried out by various authentication techniques. Once the retailer and the customer are successfully authenticated, the cash amount is instantly deposited into the given bank account. The deposited cash amount is equivalent to the financial instrument purchased by the customer.

Abstract: A method and medical pump to perform a flushing procedure are provided. The medical pump is configured to execute the flushing procedure subsequent to an infusion procedure, the flushing procedure and infusion procedure lacking a specified relationship between each other until after performance of the infusion procedure. The method comprises performing an infusion procedure of a medicament with the medical pump and automatically querying in human detectable form whether to execute a flushing procedure in response to conclusion of the infusion procedure.

Abstract: A system and method for biometric authentication of a user using a personalised identification and associated biometric data therewith is disclosed. In one embodiment, a plurality of personalised identifiers and biometric data may be captured from a number of users and stored in a repository as stored records. The process of authentication may be divided into two phases. In the first phase, either a speech recognition or character recognition process may be applied in order to determine the text spoken or written by the user. Subsequently a few records may be fetched from the repository on the basis of text mapping. In the second phase, biometric authentication may be performed by comparing the biometric sample with the stored biometric data corresponding to the fetched records to uniquely identify a single user. Further a machine learning technique may be applied in order to periodically refine a plurality of models stored in the repository.

Abstract: A system for enabling streaming video to a mobile client includes a plurality of fixed node peers linked to the mobile client via one or more networks as well as a video source linked to fixed node peers and configured to provide streaming video data representing a video presentation to each of the fixed node peers. A decoder assembly associated with each of the fixed node peers is configured to decode the streaming video data and to transcode a portion of the decoded streaming video data for transmission to the mobile client. A video substream manager and interleaver on the mobile client is provided for receiving the transcoded output of the decoder assemblies of the fixed node peers and reconstructing the video presentation on a screen of the mobile client.

Abstract: An exhaust diffuser is provided having a center body having an inlet adapted for coupling to a turbine. The center body has an outer wall, and a guide member disposed inside the center body. A flow path reducing member is disposed inside the center body. The flow path reducing member is configured to be movable into a first position and a second position. The first position is an inactive position having no impact on an exit flow area of the exhaust diffuser, and the second position is a deployed position that reduces the exit flow area of the exhaust diffuser.

Abstract: An exhaust diffuser arrangement for a turbine system includes an inlet for receiving a flow proximate a last stage bucket of the turbine system, the flow flowing in a first flow direction. Also included is a flow redirecting component. The flow redirecting component includes a first wall having a first side of a concave surface geometry for redirecting the flow and a second side of a convex surface geometry. The flow redirecting component also includes a second wall spaced downstream of the first wall and having at least one flow exit for reducing a boundary layer along the second side of the first wall.

Abstract: A turbine bucket having an airfoil is disclosed. The airfoil may include a pressure side and a suction side extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge. In addition, the airfoil may include a tip. The tip may include a tip floor and a tip wall extending outwardly from the tip floor. The tip wall may include an inner surface defining an inner perimeter of the tip wall. Moreover, a plurality of notches may be defined by the inner surface around at least a portion of the inner perimeter.

Abstract: A turbomachine includes a housing having an inner surface, a compressor, a turbine and a rotary member including a plurality of blade members configured as part of one of the compressor and the turbine. Each of the plurality of blade members includes a base portion and a tip portion. The turbomachine also includes a honeycomb seal member mounted to the inner surface of the housing adjacent the rotary member. The honeycomb seal member includes a contoured surface having formed therein a deformation zone. The deformation zone includes an inlet zone and an outlet zone. The inlet zone is spaced a first distance from the tip portion of each of the plurality of blade members and the outlet zone is spaced a second distance from the tip portion of each of the plurality of blade members. The second distance being substantially equal to or less than the first distance.

Abstract: A system, apparatus and method are provided for testing a secondary servo control circuit in a redundant control configuration. A first circuit is configured to receive a control signal and to control an attribute of an actuator based on the control signal using a first control input of the actuator. A second circuit is configured to test operation of an actuator circuit using a test signal. The actuator circuit includes at least part of the second circuit and a second control input of the actuator. The test signal is selected to avoid causing independent motion of the actuator. The actuator could be a dual coil servo valve, and the test signal could be a current (such as a DC current, an AC current, or a pulsed current) having a magnitude less than a bias current of the actuator.

Abstract: A method for facilitating a secured data transmission in near field communication is provided. The method includes dynamically interleaving data to be transmitted, using randomization and transmitting the dynamically interleaved data and the interleaved settings/parameters to the destination. Further, a receiver device performs dynamic de-interleaving of received data using the received interleaved settings/parameters. Further, in order to ensure security to the data transmission, the system may use Random Skip Count (RSC) values. If necessary, new dynamic interleaving settings/parameters are calculated based on an RSC value and the new settings/parameters are used to dynamically interleave the data. The process of interleaving can be performed in 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional formats.

Abstract: A method and system for negating a series of packed data bytes simultaneously based on conditional flags is used to descramble the data, as opposed to negating each byte with respect to each conditional flag bit. Sets of scrambled binary values are received. A descrambling code that corresponds to a flag bit sequence used to scramble the sets of binary values is generated. Then the sets of scrambled binary values are descrambled using the descrambling code. The method is particularly suitable for use in a wireless base band receiver.

Abstract: A method for streaming audio data in a network, the audio data having a sequence of samples, includes encoding the sequence of samples into a plurality of coded base bitstreams, generating a plurality of enhancement streams, and transmitting the coded base bitstreams and the enhancement bitstreams to a receiver for decoding. Each of the enhancement bitstreams is generated from one of a plurality of non-overlapping portions of the sequence of samples.

Abstract: A method is provided for delivery of content data to a plurality of hosts. Each host is configured to operate as at least one of a content uploading host and a content downloading host. The plurality of hosts form a peer-to-peer network.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided and includes a first member with a flow diverting member extending from a surface thereof and a second member disposed proximate to the first member with a clearance gap area defined between a surface of the second member and a distal end of the flow diverting member such that a fluid path, along which fluid flows from an upstream section and through the clearance gap area, is formed between the surfaces of the first and second members. The second member is formed to define dual vortex chambers at the upstream section in which the fluid is directed to flow in vortex patterns prior to being permitted to flow through the clearance gap area.

Abstract: The invention includes a method of detecting out-of-stock conditions for retail products, and for dynamically updating associated replenishment plans, sales forecasts, and event scripts for product stocking events such as turn stock products, promotional products, new product introductions and modular resets. The invention accesses RFID data associated with product stocking events for identifying product movements in a retail supply chain and within a retail store. The invention optionally accesses point-of-sale and perpetual inventory data for detecting out-of-stock conditions. The invention also includes a method for dynamically improving product layout and optimized planograms based on out-of-stock velocity detection.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel thermophilic ethanol producing yeast strain, a microorganism, Kluyveromyces sp. IIPE453 MTCC 5314, classified as yeast, which exhibits growth and sugar fermentation at higher temperature range between 37° C. to 55° C. The novel yeast strain is capable of utilizing wide range of mono and di-saccharide sugars belongs to hexose and pentose carbohydrate family individually or in a mixture that obtained from hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass, such as sugarcane bagasse or starch based biomass such as cassava, potato, corn etc. for its growth and produce ethanol by fermentation process at temperature range 40° C. to 55° C. It also relates to a novel process for the preparation of ethanol by Kluyveromyces species IIPE453. Thus application of thermophilic yeast strain Kluyveromyces sp. IIPE453 MTCC 5314 has wide scope for industrial production of bioethanol from low cost renewable biomass as alternate feedstock to molasses.

Abstract: A system, apparatus and method are provided for testing a secondary servo control circuit in a redundant control configuration. A first circuit is configured to receive a control signal and to control an attribute of an actuator based on the control signal using a first control input of the actuator. A second circuit is configured to test operation of an actuator circuit using a test signal. The actuator circuit includes at least part of the second circuit and a second control input of the actuator. The test signal is selected to avoid causing independent motion of the actuator. The actuator could be a dual coil servo valve, and the test signal could be a current (such as a DC current, an AC current, or a pulsed current) having a magnitude less than a bias current of the actuator.

Abstract: A method and medical pump to perform a flushing procedure are provided. The medical pump is configured to execute the flushing procedure subsequent to an infusion procedure, the flushing procedure and infusion procedure lacking a specified relationship between each other until after performance of the infusion procedure. The method comprises performing an infusion procedure of a medicament with the medical pump and automatically querying in human detectable form whether to execute a flushing procedure in response to conclusion of the infusion procedure.