Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, server computers, storage media, and instructions for prioritized device action triggered by device scan data are described. In one embodiment, a mobile device performs a method that involves executing a messaging application with an image capture interface and a scanning input. An associated scanning mode comprises capture of scan data from a plurality of input/output modules of the first client device, analyzes the scan data to identify one or more scan data patterns by matching at least a portion of the scan data against a set of data patterns, and selects a priority system action based on the results of the matching of the portion of the scan data against the set of data patterns. In some embodiments, the priority system action is selected based on a priority ranking for identified scan data types.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes storage circuitry to store a plurality of sound recordings, receiving circuitry to receive input data indicative of one or more sounds detected by a microphone, selection circuitry to select, from the plurality of sounds recordings, one or more candidate sound recordings in dependence upon the input data and output circuitry to output data in dependence upon one or more of the candidate sound recordings.

Abstract: Examples described herein relate to facilitating media item access via a media item database. For instance, a playlist may include audio tracks of a first streaming service (e.g., as uniform resource identifiers linking to streamable audio tracks). When a subscription to the first streaming service is not active, the playlist may be unplayable by a media playback system including a playback device. To play the playlist, a computing system may convert the playlist to audio tracks of a second streaming service and then send the converted playlist back to the media playback system for playback.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lifelog device utilizing audio recognition and a method therefor, and to a device capable of recording and classifying audio lifelogs by means of an artificial intelligence algorithm. To this end, the lifelog device of the present invention comprises: an input unit for inputting lifelog data including an audio signal; and analysis unit for analyzing the inputted data; a determination unit for classifying the class of the data on the basis of the analyzed analysis value; and a recording unit for recording the inputted data and the classified class of the data.

Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to data processing devices and, more particularly, to a method, a device, and/or a system of structuring audio session data with independently queryable segments for efficient determination of high value content and/or generation of recombinant content. In one embodiment, a system for analyzing use of audio files to determine high value content includes a database server storing a data container referencing a segment data comprising an audio data and a segment UID that is independently addressable with a database query. A playback manager receives a playback request and streams the audio data to a device of a user. An interest marker engine receives an interest notification including a first audio time point and a second audio time point and generates an interest marker. An analytics server then generates an insight data from the interest marker and stores the insight data in association with the segment data.

Abstract: A data package is received from a plurality of devices. Each data package comprises audio content captured by a respective device from the plurality of devices. Each data package further comprises metadata including a location of the respective device when the audio content was captured and a time at which the audio content was captured. A subset of the data packages that include audio content captured within a specified geographic area and within a specified time period is identified based on the metadata. A playlist for the specified area and the specified time period is generated based on the subset of data packages. The playlist may be provided to at least a first device.

Abstract: Provided are a video title generation method, an electronic device and a storage medium, which relate to a technical field of video, and in particular to a technical field of short video. The method includes: obtaining a plurality of pieces of optional text information, for a first video file; determining central text information, from the plurality of pieces of optional text information, the central text information being optional text information with the highest similarity to content of the first video file; and determining the central text information as a title of the first video file. That is, an interest point in an original video file can be determined according to user's interactive behavior data on the original video file, and the original video file can be clipped based on the interest point to obtain a plurality of clipped video files, namely, short videos.

Abstract: An online concierge system generates an item graph connecting item nodes with attribute nodes of the items. Example attributes include a brand, a category, a department, or any other suitable information about the item. When the online concierge system receives a search query to identify one or more items from a customer, the online concierge system parses the search query into combinations of terms and identifies item nodes and attribute nodes related to the search query. The online concierge system identifies item nodes and attribute nodes that are likely to result in a conversion. Information about the identified nodes is presented to the customer. The customer may select an item node to purchase the item, or an attribute node to execute a new search query based on terms associated with the attribute node.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for providing search suggestions are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving user input that includes a partial search query; identifying a group of candidate search suggestions; determining whether each candidate search suggestion is included on a list of search suggestions that are prohibited, wherein the list is generated by: receiving previously submitted search queries and search results; determining, for each of the search queries, a number of search results associated with a particular content rating; determining whether the number meets a threshold value; and in response to determining that the number does not meet the threshold value, inserting the search query to the list; generating a modified group of search suggestions by removing search suggestions that are on the list; and causing a subset of the modified group of search suggestions to be presented as the remaining portion of the search query.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computing device, text extracted from a webpage in a browser and a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of a linked webpage associated with the text; generating, by the computing device, questions based on the text; retrieving, by the computing device, content of the linked webpage using the URL; generating, by the computing device, answers to the questions using the retrieved content; and returning, by the computing device, the questions and the answers to the browser such that the browser displays the questions and the answers in the webpage.

Abstract: A file system and a related method are presented. The file system includes an object storage configured to store file data for one or more files and a plurality of namespace entries corresponding to file data and/or metadata of the one or more files as one or more objects. Each namespace entry of the plurality of namespace entries includes an operation type conducted on the file data and/or metadata captured in a particular snapshot and a version number corresponding to the particular snapshot. The file system further includes an indexing system configured to generate the plurality of namespace entries; store the plurality of namespace entries as one or more objects in the object storage; and identify, in response to a search query, one or more files for retrieval from the object storage based on a list of the plurality of namespace entries sorted on the version numbers.

Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for identification and tracking of device configuration parameters in a distributed network. The present invention is configured to determine that a first user is authorized to execute resource transfers within a distributed network; retrieve at least device configuration parameters associated with the first user input device; query, using an information retrieval engine, metadata associated with one or more user input devices within the distributed network for traceable instances of digital activities of the first user input device; determine, from at least one of the one or more user input devices, one or more traceable instances of digital activities associated with the first user input device; in response, populate an internal database associated with the at least one user device with at least a resource distribution account information associated with the first user.

Abstract: An account retrieval system (2) includes: a query generation apparatus (100) that generates an account name of a retrieval query based on input account information of an account; and an account collection apparatus (200) that retrieves, by using the retrieval query generated by the query generation apparatus (100), account information of an account name corresponding to the account name of the retrieval query from social media information.

Abstract: Methods for generating content summaries in a web content management service, wherein in one embodiment a digital page editor and a component browser are launched to enable selection of a first content item. A summary of the first content item is automatically generated according to parameters that may have default values or values set by a user. The parameters may specify a size for the summary as a percentage of the first content item's size, as a particular number of lines, characters or words, as a size for a particular type of device, etc. The automatically generated summary is provided to the digital page editor, which can edit it and add it to the digital page. The summary is stored in a content repository as an independent summary content item with its own metadata.

Abstract: An apparatus in an illustrative embodiment comprises at least one processing device that includes a processor coupled to a memory, with the at least one processing device being configured to obtain at least a portion of a uniform resource locator (URL) presented in a browser, to determine at least one of a domain and one or more cookies associated with the URL, to generate a file comprising information characterizing the at least one of the domain and the one or more cookies associated with the URL, to generate a multi-dimensional code based at least in part on the generated file, and to present the multi-dimensional code via the browser for scanning. The multi-dimensional code in some embodiments is presented for scanning by a mobile application of a mobile device of a user.

Abstract: Forward-looking sales activities are poorly served by existing Customer Relationship Managements systems, as the customer information those systems maintain by definition does not include the speculatively interested “leads” pursued in initial sales contacts. An Enrichment database, asynchronously loaded with corporate and optionally individual contact information in anticipation of use, provides real-time access to information in support of such first customer contacts. The Enrichment information may also be used to expedite creation and revision of CRM records.

Abstract: A system includes an application configured to: receive, from a client device, a query for a first web page of a plurality of web pages; generate a response including a shared content that is common to a plurality of web pages, a first page-specific content that defines the first web page, and a predefined token separating the shared content from the first page-specific content; and transmit, to the client device, the response. Reception of the response is configured to cause the client device to: write, to a cache memory, the shared content, render the first web page based on the response, and in response to reception of a subsequent event that references a second web page, read the shared content from the cache memory and begin rendering the shared content before receiving, from the server application, a second page-specific content that defines the second web page.

Abstract: Methods and systems of displaying substring pairs where visual demarcations delineate adjacent substring pairs from each other. The method may comprise receiving a plurality of the primary substrings, a plurality of the secondary substrings, and a plurality of visual demarcations, displaying, on an electronic display, the primary substrings and the secondary substrings arranged into substring pairs, and one of the visual demarcations in each of the correspondence areas. Additional desired visual effects may be achieved through the use of specific demarcations, demarcation placements, and substring modifications.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for solving the Lagrangian dual of a constrained binary quadratic programming problem. The method comprises obtaining a constrained quadratic binary programming problem; until a convergence is detected, iteratively, performing a Lagrangian relaxation of the constrained quadratic binary programming problem to provide an unconstrained quadratic binary programming problem, providing the unconstrained quadratic binary programming problem to a quantum annealer, obtaining from the quantum annealer at least one corresponding solution, using the at least one corresponding solution to generate a new approximation for the Lagrangian dual bound; and providing a corresponding solution to the Lagrangian dual of the constrained binary quadratic programming problem after convergence.

Abstract: Systems and methods of configuring a fixed memory array of an integrated circuit with coefficients of one or more applications includes identifying a utilization constraint type of the fixed memory array from a plurality of distinct utilization constraint types based on computing attributes of the one or more applications; identifying at least one coefficient mapping technique from a plurality of distinct coefficient mapping techniques that addresses the utilization constraint type; configuring the fixed memory array according to the at least one coefficient mapping technique, wherein configuring the array includes at least setting within the array the coefficients of the one or more applications in an arrangement prescribed by the at least one coefficient mapping technique that optimizes a computational utilization of the fixed memory array.

Abstract: The invention features a computer-implemented biological data classification method executed by one or more processors and including receiving, by the one or more processors, a first biological data set comprising a first plurality of biological sample data collected from a set of patients; processing, by the one or more processors, the first biological data set using a first variational autoencoder (VAE) to generate a first trained VAE comprising a first latent space vector of the first biological data set comprising a plurality of values corresponding to each latent space dimension of the latent space vector, the latent space vector having lower dimensionality than the biological sample data set; receiving, by the one or more processors, a second biological data set comprising a second plurality of biological sample data collected from a patient, different from the set of patients; and generating, by the one or more processors, a latent space representation of the second biological data set based on a first

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes detecting attributes and values in rules contained in a rules set. Definitions of the attributes are determined from a data model associated with the rules set. Multiple different data entries having fields corresponding to the attributes are generated by populating the fields with data according to the values detected in the rules and the definitions of the attributes determined from the data model. A labeled dataset is formed using the data entries and logic contained in the rules. At least a portion of the labeled dataset is used to train a machine learning.

Abstract: A method and system for synthetic data generation are provided that receive a schema configuration file in a synthetic data set request from a client application, create a set of worker processes to generate the synthetic data set based on the schema configuration file, upload the generated synthetic data to an analytics platform, and enable the client application to utilize the generated synthetic data in prediction models for the analytics platform.

Abstract: In a computer-implemented method and associated tangible non-transitory computer-readable medium, an image of a damaged vehicle may be analyzed to generate a repair estimate. A dataset populated with digital images of damaged vehicles and associated claim data may be used to train a deep learning neural network to learn damaged vehicle image characteristics that are predictive of claim data characteristics, and a predictive similarity model may be generated. Using the predictive similarity model, one or more similarity scores may be generated for a digital image of a newly damaged vehicle, indicating its similarity to one or more digital images of damaged vehicles with known damage level, repair time, and/or repair cost. A repair estimate may be generated for the newly damaged vehicle based on the claim data associated with images that are most similar to the image of the newly damaged vehicle.

Abstract: A method is for providing training data for training a data-based system model for operating a technical system by defining a data point determined from input variables for determining at least one output variable depending on which the technical system is operating. The method includes providing training data that are determined with a scenario other than a real operation of the technical system, the training data are defined for data points determined from the input variables, capturing operational data points determined from the input variables in real-world operation of the technical system, and splitting the training data into training data points and validation data points. The method further includes determining a k-Nearest Neighbor tree from the training data points, and determining a first distribution of distance values of distances between each of the validation data points and a predetermined number of next training data points of the training data points.

Abstract: A method determines a distance metric for determining a distance to a data point having heterogeneous classes of variables. The method includes providing training records each assigning a label to a data point, the training records partitioned into training data points of a training amount and validation data points of a validation amount, and training a data-based system model with the training amount, such that the data-based system model associates data points with a model output, respectively. The method further includes for each validation data point of the validation amount, determining a quality level of the data-based system model and a distance value to a nearest training data point for each of the heterogeneous classes of variables. The distance value to the nearest training data point is determined separately with respect to a respective class of variables.

Abstract: Classifying unknown samples for scalable automatic labeling are disclosed. Unknown samples are soft labeled at edge nodes. When a node cannot soft label a sample, a candidate node is selected. The candidate node is selected based on why the sample cannot be labelled. The sample is communicated to the candidate node for labeling. If the candidate node is unsuccessful, a different candidate node may be identified to process and label the sample.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a multi-class classification method, a multi-class classification program, and a multi-class classification device which can robustly and highly accurately classify a sample having a plurality of feature amounts into any of a plurality of classes based on a value of a part of the selected feature amount. In addition, the present invention is to provide a feature amount selection method, a feature amount selection program, a feature amount selection device, and a feature amount set used for such multi-class classification. The present invention handles a multi-class classification problem involving feature amount selection. The feature amount selection is a method of literally selecting in advance a feature amount needed for each subsequent processing (particularly, the multi-class classification in the present invention) from among a large number of feature amounts included in a sample.

Abstract: A system may be configured to perform a method for generating customized training. The system may receive first user interaction data associated with a user. The system may determine, using a machine learning model (MLM), whether the first user interaction data exceeds a predetermined threshold. Based on such determination, the system may assign a training module to the user. The system may access a user profile associated with the user, the user profile comprising a plurality of training modules. The system may generate a training plan based on the training module and the plurality of training modules. The system may receive second user interaction data associated with the user, and may determine an efficacy level of the training plan based on the second user interaction data. The system may dynamically update the training plan based on the efficacy level, and may dynamically display the training plan in the user profile.

Abstract: A method is provided that determines whether to allow an application (app) for use or restrict the app on a set top box (STB). The method includes the steps of measuring at the STB, one or more resources used by the app; comparing at the STB, one or more thresholds set by an operator; and determining if the one or more resources used by the app exceed one or more thresholds set by the operator. Another method is provided that monitors applications (apps) that are installed a set top box (STB) for illegal or harmful activity by a policy manager. This method includes downloading and copying an app from an external source; installing or uninstalling the app into an application folder; providing a notification informing the policy manager of the installing or uninstalling of the app; and evaluating the app be installed or uninstalled.

Abstract: Using various embodiments, methods and systems for verification of a digital asset owner in a digital environment are described. In one embodiment, a system is configured to receive a non-fungible token (NFT) associated with a digital asset, the NFT providing proof of ownership of the digital asset through a cryptographic public key and retrieve the digital asset. The system then retrieves a secret pattern from the digital asset, wherein the secret pattern was previously embedded into the digital asset, the secret pattern associated with the cryptographic public key and computes a first identification hash value using a hash function, the hash function receiving a parameter value derived from the secret pattern. The system then receives a second identification hash value and compares the first identification hash value to the second identification hash value. If the first and second identification hash values are identical, then the digital asset is determined to be authentic.

Abstract: A system and method for receiving one or more non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that are associated with links to digital assets, ownership information, NFT metadata, media content metadata, or other media content information. The system may associate the one or more NFTs with other NFTs to create a collection of NFTs that form a song, album, video, or other collection/combination of media content. The system may provide a NFT collectible player to interact with the combination of NFTs in a particular order or for a particular duration.

Abstract: A software and/or hardware facility that can be used by content owners to assert ownership of content so that copyright friendly websites and services can take action against copyright piracy effectively, efficiently and is scalable is disclosed. The facility makes available to all content owners watermarking/fingerprinting technology so an identifier (e.g., a unique code) can be embedded in the content (e.g., video/audio portion of each video content asset). The facility utilizes blockchain technology to add information related to each unique identifier in a database and allows an authorized user (e.g., the owner) to update the information through a blockchain transaction.

Abstract: In one aspect, a device may include at least one processor and storage accessible to the processor. The storage may include instructions executable by the processor to identify a threshold amount of time related to authentication failure based on an activity for which the device is currently being used and at least one method of authentication to be used for authenticating a user while the user performs the activity. The instructions may also be executable to take at least a first action based on an interruption that prevents repeated authentication not exceeding the threshold amount of time, and to take at least a second action based on successful authentication resuming subsequent to the interruption but within the threshold amount of time. The instructions may also be executable to take at least a third action based on the interruption exceeding the threshold amount of time.

Abstract: The system generates a validation tool in response to receiving an indication to initiate validation. The system identifies at least one media content item based on a user profile, and generates at least one question based on the at least one media content item. The at least one media content item may include an image, a video, text, or a combination thereof. The system determines at least one answer corresponding to the at least one question. The question and answer may be determined based on a question template. For example, the template may be selected based on attribute types or values of the at least one media content item. The system generates the at least one question for output on an output device. Upon receiving input indicative to an answer, the system compares the inputted answer to the determined answer to determine whether to validate the user.

Abstract: A method for online authentication includes receiving membership authenticating information specific to members of a particular affiliation from the members and from one or more remote databases. The information is aggregated and stored in an aggregate database. An individual is authenticated, via a widget at least one of integrated into, and accessible by, at least one of a mobile application and a website of a provider of at least one of a particular program and a particular service, as a member of the particular affiliation based on a comparison of authenticating indicia provided online by the individual and the information stored in at least one of the aggregate database and the remote databases. Digital credentials are provided to the individual for access to the at least one of the particular program and the particular service when the individual is authenticated. The credentials include a unique identifier, a login and password.

Abstract: A machine detects a request to execute a transaction specified by a first set of user inputs. The machine determines, based on the first set of user inputs that specified the transaction, that the request to execute the transaction is to be verified with a corresponding challenge prompt that is to be generated for the request to execute the transaction. The machine then generates the challenge prompt that corresponds to the request to execute the transaction specified by the first set of user inputs that specified the transaction, and the machine causes presentation of the generated challenge prompt that corresponds to the request to execute the transaction. In response to the presented challenge prompt, the machine may receive a second set of user inputs. Based on the second set of user inputs, the machine then generates an indication of whether the request is verified.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a requester that requests a user to perform an action in response to the user seeking permission, an obtainer that obtains user information about the user in response to the user being requested to perform the action, a determiner that determines whether to provide the permission to the user based on the user information, and a controller that performs control to repeatedly cause, in response to the determiner determining that the permission is not to be provided to the user, the requester to request the user to perform a new action not previously requested by the requester, the obtainer to obtain new user information about the user, and the determiner to determine whether to provide the permission based on the new user information.

Abstract: Provided is a system for face authentication which can operate separately for individual providers of face authentication service in a stable and efficient manner, which system includes: face authentication machines 1; an administrator terminal 2; a face management server 5 for storing registered users' face image data; and face matching servers 6 each configured to generate face feature amount data of a person to be verified from image data acquired from the camera of a face authentication machine 1, and perform a matching operation by comparing the face feature amount data of the person with that of registered users, wherein, prior to face authentication, data of associations between face authentication machines 1 and face matching servers 6 entered by an administrator is transmitted from the administrator terminal 2 to the face management server 5.

Abstract: A system translates a first biometric template of a first type to enable comparison with a second biometric template of a second type. In one example, a canonical template structure to which the first and second biometric templates adhere may be identified and used to compare corresponding portions of the first and second biometric templates. In another example, types and associated formats of the first and second biometric templates may be identified to enable both to be translated to a general format that can then be compared. In still other examples, an identification system may use the first biometric template to determine an identity associated with first biometric data to either retrieve second stored biometric data associated with the identity of a same type as the second biometric template or verify that an account in an external system having a record storing the second biometric template is associated with the identity.

Abstract: A head-mounted wearable device includes a frame mountable on a head of a user; an infrared imaging device arranged to image a face of the user when the frame is mounted on the head of the user; and a computing system configured to perform operations including causing the infrared imaging device to capture an image of the face of the user using infrared light received at the infrared camera and initiating a biometric authentication process based on the image. The head-mounted wearable device may include a visible-light imaging device to image the face of the user with the computing system configured to perform operations including causing the visible-light imaging device to capture a second image of the face of the user using visible light received at the visible-light imaging device, with the biometric authentication process being based in part on the second image.

Abstract: A system and method for confirming the identity of a user seeking access to a protected account or physical place by using the sequenced selection of one or more colors from one or more panels and/or palettes of color that are presented visually to the user seeking access. An identification key is built based on the hidden unique identifiers assigned for each said color selected by the user and the sequence in which the colors were selected by the user. Each color displayed has an assigned unique identifier that is not visible to the user seeking access but is used by a first software programing operating on the uses device to assemble the identification key required to gain account access.

Abstract: A method of auto-provisioning AI-based dialog services for a plurality of target applications includes storing a plurality of dialog templates, generating a deployment object associating one or more of the dialog templates with a target application from among the plurality of target applications, extracting textual data from the target application, assembling the extracted textual data into inquiries or inquiry responses according to the one or more dialog templates associated with the deployment object, and deploying an AI-based dialog service to the target application based on the assembled inquiries or inquiry responses. Each of the dialog templates may include one or more sets of common inquiries or common inquiry responses.

Abstract: Systems and methods support transferring control of a workspace that operates on an Information Handling System (IHS). An authorization policy is established on the IHS that is modifiable only by an arbiter of a remote orchestration service. The authorization policy specifies authorized administrators of the workspace. The authorization policy is modified to specify the arbiter and a first remote orchestrator as authorized administrators of the workspace. Administration of the workspace by the first orchestrator is allowed based on credentials that validate it as an authorized administrator specified by the policy. A notification is received of a transfer of orchestration of the workspace to a second remote orchestrator. The authorization policy is modified to specify the arbiter and the second orchestrator as authorized administrators of the workspace.

Abstract: A mobile device comprises a functional arrangement for performing a function of the mobile device, a coupling device for connecting the mobile device to a stationary device, an authentication device for authenticating the stationary device and an activation device. The authentication device authenticates the stationary device based on information on the stationary device. The activation device activates the functional arrangement when the mobile device is connected to the stationary device by the coupling device, and when the stationary device has been authenticated by the authentication device.

Abstract: In example implementations, a computing device is provided. The computing device includes a basic input/output system (BIOS), a memory, and a controller. The memory is to store a BIOS password, wherein the BIOS password includes a first part and a second part. The controller is to associate a first device with the first part and a second device with the second part.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a secondary authentication of a memory module. A nonce key is written to a nonce register of a register array on the memory module, the nonce register being accessible over two different interfaces. In various embodiments, the nonce key may be generated by a management system of the computing platform after performing one or more authentication processes for a memory module over a management interface. Authentication information for use in performing authentication can be stored in an identification component on the memory module. If authentication is successful, the management system can generate the nonce key and write it to the nonce register. Upon receiving a request to access an address, a memory controller can read the nonce register of the memory module at the requested address and compare the nonce key to an identifier included in the request.

Abstract: A framework for managing credentials for access to a secured entity of an infrastructure service. For example, techniques for maintaining credentials for access to the secured entity within a trusted environment while utilizing the credentials for performance of actions within the infrastructure service.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for delegating administrator tasks from a primary administrator to a secondary administrator. A secondary administrator can create a temporary user account and cause a temporary client device to be enrolled with a management service. The temporary user and/or temporary client device can be provided with access to certain enterprise resources to which the secondary administrator is empowered to grant access.

Abstract: The present application relates to a method for manufacturing a battery management system and a method for starting up a battery management system. The battery management system includes a plurality of battery management units, the plurality of battery management units include a first battery management unit and a second battery management unit, the first battery management unit includes a main core micro control unit, a first data transmission micro control unit and a hardware security module, and the second battery management unit includes a second data transmission micro control unit. According to the embodiments of the present application, a comprehensive verification for the battery management system including a plurality of battery management units can be achieved with one hardware security module.