Abstract: An auger system may include a powerhead, a bit, and an anchoring device. A collar on the bit may be attachable to a rotatable output shaft of the powerhead with a coupler that is positionable around the collar. The collar may include a passageway that does not intersect the rotation axis of the output shaft. The coupler may have a pin that is positionable to extend into the passageway to engage part of the output shaft to resist removal of the bit from the output shaft. The anchoring device may have a tube that is positionable to rest in slots between two lobes extending from a frame of the powerhead. A pintle assembly may pass through the tube and the lobes to rotatably mount the anchoring device on the frame. A toggle and a spring in the pintle assembly may keep the pintle assembly in position.

Abstract: Software systems and methods convert algorithms and software codes into time affecting linear pathways (TALPs) via decomposition and convert paired Input/Output (I/O) datasets into TALPs via Value Complexity polynomials. Generated TALPs can be enhanced through merging with other TALPs. TALPs can be grouped by matching the outputs of the TALP-associated prediction polynomials with some set of given criteria into families and cross-families that are useful in a new type of software optimization that allows for output values of grouped TALPs to be modeled, pooled, discretized and optimized to enhance goals or meet user goals.

Abstract: Generating and validating a subscription key based on subscription parameters associated with a jurisdiction file stored in a NVRAM, the subscription key having characters based on a subscription start date, a subscription term, a key generation date, and a cyclical redundancy check value. Parameters are extracted from the subscription key including the subscription start date, the subscription term, the key generation date, and the cyclical redundancy check value and are stored in a memory of the gaming machine. The key is checked by generating a local cyclical redundancy check value based on a MAC address of the gaming machine and one or more of the extracted parameters, and is validated when the local cyclical redundancy check value matches the cyclical redundancy check value extracted from the subscription key. The jurisdiction file may be updated during a RAM clear function during installation of the gaming machine.

Abstract: Cryptographic systems and methods are provided. A method, according to one implementation, includes a step of generating a plurality of key pairs in response to receiving a request from a client for one or more digital certificates. The key pairs are associated respectively with the one or more digital certificates. Also, each key pair includes a public key and a private key. The method further includes a step of utilizing at least the plurality of key pairs to generate the one or more digital certificates. Also, the method includes a step of encrypting the one or more digital certificates and respective private keys using a single Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) key. The method also includes a step of sending the encrypted one or more digital certificates and private keys back to the client.

Abstract: Pixelated-LED chips include substrate sidewalls with sidewall involutions and/or increased sidewall surface area regions to affect light extraction therefrom. A LED lighting device incorporates a superstrate that supports lumiphoric material and includes sidewalls with sidewall involutions and/or increased sidewall surface area regions. Methods for fabricating sidewall features may include etching (e.g., deep etching) of substrate or superstrate materials, such as by using an etch mask having edges with non-linear shapes to produce and/or enhance sidewall involutions when an etchant is supplied through the etch mask to selectively consume substrate or superstrate material.

Abstract: A cutting head body for an agricultural machine, such as a mower or a trimmer, is configured to receive a cutting line for cutting weeds, grass, or other materials. The cutting head body includes an inlet area having a cavity with a node location configured to receive a node of a cutting line, and an outlet area having a cavity configured to open to an exterior of the cutting head body. The cutting head body may include a first passageway connecting the inlet area to the outlet area and a second passageway connecting the inlet area to the outlet area. The cutting head body is rotatable about a rotational axis to move the cutting line. In some embodiments, the cutting head body is fixed to a rotatable shaft. In some embodiments, the cutting head body rotates about a fixed shaft.

Abstract: An electronic module includes a substrate or a lead frame including a primary conductive pattern and a secondary conductive pattern; a magnetic core located on or above the substrate or the lead frame; a block coil including a resin body that is located on or above the substrate or the lead frame and that extends over the magnetic core, a first terminal that is on or embedded in the resin body and that is connected to the primary conductive pattern, and a second terminal that is on or embedded in the resin body and that is connected to the secondary conductive pattern; and an electronic component located on the substrate or the lead frame.

Abstract: Systems and methods of software enhancement and management can comprise inputting one or more data transformation algorithms representing asset data; decomposing the one or more data transformation algorithms into a plurality of Time-Affecting Linear Pathways (TALPs), executing the plurality of TALPs to generate at least one or more value complexity prediction polynomials, executing a TALP execution engine using predictive analytics and external unoptimized context data to create temporally sequenced TALP output data from the plurality of TALPs, modeling predictive outcomes using at least TALP optimization criteria data and the temporally sequenced TALP output data and merging additional external unoptimized context data via a feedback loop over time, and outputting optimized and discretized temporally sequenced output data based on the modeled predictive outcomes.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to generating and processing spatiotemporal data transformation objects of an algorithm, and a Time-Affecting Linear Pathway (TALP)-based enhancement and management system that can use blockchain networks to generate and pool TALP predictive analytics.

Abstract: An electronic module includes a substrate or a lead frame including a primary conductive pattern and a secondary conductive pattern; a magnetic core located on or above the substrate or the lead frame; a material located between the substrate and the magnetic core; a block coil including a resin body that is located on or above the substrate or the lead frame and that extends over the magnetic core, a first terminal that is on or embedded in the resin body and that is connected to the primary conductive pattern, and a second terminal that is on or embedded in the resin body and that is connected to the secondary conductive pattern; and an electronic component located on the substrate or the lead frame.

Abstract: A medical device includes an elongate hollow shaft having a shaft proximal end, a shaft distal end, and a lumen extending along the elongate hollow shaft. A handle is disposed at the shaft proximal end. A connector assembly having a connector assembly proximal end and a connector assembly distal end, the connector assembly proximal and distal ends being opposite ends of the connector assembly. An expandable frame is detachably disposed at the connector assembly distal end, the expandable frame including a plurality of interconnected members formed of an electrically conductive material, wherein the interconnected members in a first portion of the expandable frame are coated with a dielectric layer, and wherein the interconnected members in a second portion of the expandable frame are uncoated and configured as an electrode region of the expandable frame.

Abstract: A host computer and method implemented in a host computer system associated with a site having one or more appliances that communicates with the host computer system via one or more networks. The host computer having code operable to turn off or disable an appliance or an electrical function associated with a maintenance issue by operation of the host computer.

Abstract: A system according to certain aspects of the disclosure provides drug pricing information from multiple PBMs to users. For example, the system may obtain, calculate, and/or estimate drug prices that are available under contracts or agreements between PBMs and various pharmacies. These prices may be prices of drugs for purchase at the various pharmacies. In response to requests for prices of particular drugs, the system can display relevant prices. For example, the system displays a price for each pharmacy chain and/or displays prices for a particular geographical area. The users can compare the prices for a particular drug and determine which pharmacy they would like to purchase the drug from. The system can provide a discount coupon that allows the users to purchase the drug at the price listed by the system at the selected pharmacy.

Abstract: Solid state light emitting components include novel lens structures arranged in contact with at least one solid state light emitters, without an intervening air gap, to provide desirable combinations of output characteristics and dispensing with the need for secondary optics. A lens structure includes an inclined or curved surface having an orientation configured to produce total internal reflection (TIR) of light emissions toward light exit surfaces. A non-Lambertian lens structure is configured to produce focused output emissions or dispersed output emissions with specified distributions over angular ranges. A unitary lens structure may include a recess shaped as an inverted pyramid, an inverted cone, or a trench with a nadir that is registered with an emissive center of a solid state emitter, with walls configured to produce TIR.

Abstract: Software systems and methods convert algorithms and software codes into time affecting linear pathways (TALPs) via decomposition and convert paired Input/Output (I/O) datasets into TALPs via Value Complexity polynomials. Generated TALPs can be enhanced through merging with other TALPs. TALPs can be grouped by matching the outputs of the TALP-associated prediction polynomials with some set of given criteria into families and cross-families that are useful in a new type of software optimization that allows for output values of grouped TALPs to be modeled, pooled, discretized and optimized to enhance goals or meet user goals.

Abstract: A progressive pool controller within a gaming environment can have programmable contents thereof retrieved or changed without need for user interaction with the controller other than inserting a dynamically-linkable and reprogrammable storage device (e.g., a USB flash drive) into an I/O receptacle of the controller. The controller has a service automatically repeatedly executing therein, checking for insertion of the storage device, checking for recognizable commands within the inserted storage device after it is inserted, executing command following programs for the recognizable commands, saving output results of the executed programs into the inserted storage device and signaling that the storage device should be removed from the I/O receptacle upon completed execution of all the command following programs. Contents of the storage device remain encrypted when in transit and are exposed within secured confines of the controller.

Abstract: A device may receive sensitive attribute data, model prediction data, and true target data associated with a regression machine learning model, and may determine quantities of Gaussian components for Gaussian mixtures. The device may generate Gaussian mixtures of the quantities of Gaussian components based on the sensitive attribute data, the model prediction data, and the true target data, and may determine parameters of estimates of conditional densities by the Gaussian mixtures based on the sensitive attribute data, the model prediction data, and the true target data. The device may calculate an independence measure, a separation measure, and a sufficiency measure of the regression machine learning model based on the Gaussian mixtures and the parameters of the estimates of the conditional densities. The device may perform actions based on one or more of the independence measure, the separation measure, or the sufficiency measure.

Abstract: A device may receive protected attribute data, observation data, and target variable data associated with a machine learning model, and may include intersectional groups in the protected attribute data to expand a quantity of demographic subgroups and to generate modified protected attribute data. The device may calculate an expected proportion of individuals with the modified protected attribute data being in a particular group and the target variable data being positive, and may calculate an observed proportion of individuals with the modified protected attribute data being in the particular group and the target variable data being positive. The device may determine observation weights based on the expected proportion and the observed proportion, and may utilize the observation data and the observation weights to train the machine learning model and generate a trained machine learning model.

Abstract: The invention provides methods of treating metastatic or unresectable pancreatic cancer through the administration of a combination of an immune modulator and radiation therapy.