Abstract: In some embodiments, a method receives a request for an interface. A configuration for the interface includes a plurality of slots that are associated with a plurality of collection pools, wherein each collection pool is configurable with a ranking strategy. The method determines a collection pool for a slot in the interface where the collection pool is associated with a plurality of collections. A collection is received for the slot. The collection is determined by ranking the plurality of collections using a ranking strategy for the collection pool to generate a ranking of the plurality of collections. The method outputs the collection for the collection pool for display in the slot of the interface.

Abstract: A method for creating an augmented reality scene, the method comprising, by a computing device with a processor and a memory, receiving a first video image data and a second video image data; calculating an error value for a current pose between the two images by comparing the pixel colors in the first video image data and the second video image data; warping pixel coordinates into a second video image data through the use of the map of depth hypotheses for each pixel; varying the pose between the first video image data and the second video image data to find a warp that corresponds to a minimum error value; calculating, using the estimated poses, a new depth measurement for each pixel that is visible in both the first video image data and the second video image data.

Abstract: A software developer can use a local browser, running on a local machine of the developer in a first location to access a real device (e.g., a smart phone) at a second location, such as a datacenter. The developer can select and control the remote device, in the second location. A mirrored display of the remote device can be generated on the local machine by transmitting a video feed of the screen of the remote device to the local machine. The developer can interact with the mirrored display, and the interactions can be transmitted to the remote device. The developer can activate an accessibility mode via the local machine to test accessibility features of a program.

Abstract: The invention synthesizes a social network, electronic commerce (including performance based advertisement and electronic payment), a mobile internet device (MID)/mobile wearable internet device, a topological data analysis (TDA) algorithm(s), an algorithm(s) based on game theory and a machine learning algorithm(s), utilizing a classical computer or an optical computer enhanced machine learning algorithm(s), utilizing an optical computer or a quantum computer enhanced machine learning algorithm(s), utilizing a quantum computer. The synthesized social commerce further dynamically integrates stored information, real time information and real time information/data/image(s) from an object/array of objects (Internet of Things (IoT)) and automated agents (bots).

Abstract: Computer-readable media and related methods for semantic slide autolayouts are disclosed. A processor is configured to display a default layout of a presentation slide within a graphical user interface (GUI). The default layout includes a text field and an asset field. The text field is configured to receive text to be displayed in the presentation slide, and the asset field is configured to receive digital assets to be displayed in the presentation slide. The processor is also configured to automatically determine an intent to emphasize the text or the digital assets within the presentation slide, and automatically reformat the presentation slide to emphasize the text or the digital assets based on the determined intent.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are various embodiments for an augmented reality contextual menu system. An embodiment operates by receiving a request to open a file from a user. A social media channel associated with the user is identified, wherein the social media channel includes shared media. A graphical social icon representing the social media channel is generated based on the shared media. A plurality of icons, including the graphical social icon, are displayed responsive to the request. A selection of the graphical social icon causes at least a portion of the social media channel to be rendered with a computing workspace.

Abstract: Techniques and systems are described to enable users to optimize a digital marketing content system by analyzing an effect of components of digital marketing content on audience segments, environments of consumption, and channels of consumption. A computing device of an analytics system receives user interaction data describing an effect of user interaction with multiple items of digital marketing content on achieving an action for multiple audience segments. The analytics system identifies which of a plurality of components are included in respective items of digital marketing content. The analytics system generates data identifying different aspects that likely had an effect on the achieving an action on the items of digital marketing content, such as components of the items of digital marketing content, environments of consumption, channels of consumption. The analytics system outputs a result based on the data in a user interface.

Abstract: One or more implementations of the present specification provide risk control of transactions based on a graphical structure model. A graphical structure model trained by using labeled samples is obtained. The graphical structure model is defined based on a transaction data network that includes nodes representing entities in a transaction and edges representing relationships between the entities. Each labeled sample includes a label indicating whether a node corresponding to the labeled sample is a risky transaction node. The graphical structure model is configured to iteratively calculate an embedding vector of the node in a latent feature space based on an original feature of the node or a feature of an edge associated with the node. An embedding vector of an input sample is calculated by using the graphical structure model. Transaction risk control is performed on the input sample based on the embedding vector.

Abstract: A graphical structure model trained by using labeled samples is obtained. The graphical structure model is defined based on an enterprise relationship network that includes nodes and edges. Each labeled sample includes a label indicating whether a corresponding node is a risky credit node. The graphical structure model is configured to iteratively calculate an embedding vector of at least one node in a hidden feature space based on an original feature of the at least one node and/or a feature of an edge associated with the at least one node. An embedding vector corresponding to a test-sample is calculated by using the graphical structure model. Credit risk analysis is performed on the test-sample. The credit risk analysis is performed based on a feature of the test-sample represented in the embedding vector. A node corresponding to the test-sample is labeled as a credit risk node.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services.

Abstract: A system and approach having a display that shows a dashboard of smart buttons or tiles. The smart buttons or tiles may be situated in a matrix-like or other arrangement on the dashboard. The display may be customized. A smart button or tile may be operated like a standard button but conveniently pull summary information about a particular area of, for instance, a building controls system, for a user. The arrangement may permit the user to view the health of the whole system at a glance and permit the user a shortcut to see details of the particular area of the system quickly.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for managing image sensors communicably coupled to an information handling system includes accessing a device inventory storing a list indicating the image sensors; identifying, from the list, an image sensor having a login functionality and a capture functionality, the login functionality causing the image sensor to capture identifying features of a user of the information handling system, the capture functionality causing the image sensor to capture images of the user; accessing a configuration inventory storing configuration policies indicating user permissions associated with the information handling system; determining that the login functionality of the image sensor is permitted based on the user permissions; programmatically enabling the login functionality of the image sensor; determining that the capture functionality of the image sensor is not permitted based on the user permissions; and programmatically disabling the capture functionality of the image sensor.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for analyzing one or more online shopping missions to determine an estimated stage of a user within the mission and to adjust content for display to the user based on the estimated stage of the user within the mission. The estimated stage of the user within the mission may be determined using a model, such as a machine learning model, that accepts as input signals corresponding to the online shopping mission. The signals may represent user interface interactions and/or other data relating to the user and the mission.

Abstract: Methods and devices for redirecting calls made to a customer service center of an enterprise include monitoring activities of a mobile device user, predicting (e.g., based on the monitored activities, information stored in memory, or information received from another device, etc.) a reason that the mobile device user has commenced calling the customer service center or will commence calling the customer service center in the near future, selecting a media element based on the predicted reason that the mobile device user has commenced calling the customer service center or will commence calling the customer service center in the near future, and rendering the selected media element on a screen of a mobile device of the mobile device user prior to completing a call to the customer service center associated with the enterprise and until the mobile device user interacts with the mobile device or the rendered media element.

Abstract: Systems and methods for a media content user interface. A media content provider includes storage for storing and serving video content to subscribers. The media content provider records and or otherwise stores video content from around the world. Subscribers are provided a user interface to the system that includes a side bar. The side bar includes multiple elements representing different categories of video content. By selecting a given category, available content is filtered according to the selected category and presented. Content which is presented may include live broadcast video for multiple channels on multiple television networks or other content providers. The side bar may further include a collection category specific to a given viewer. Selection of such a category may display video content within the collection. Subcategories in the side bar may be selected for further filtering of available content.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to user-centric access to blockchain-based services accessed through a telecom network. User devices may each include a Digital Passport Application (“DPA”), which may be stored at an eSIM of the user device. The DPA may be directed to and anchor to an Edge Digital Gate (“EDG”) entitled to provide access to blockchain-based services. The DPA may store a digital persona that digitally represents an entity such as a user or machine so that the DPA may access and interact with blockchain-based services on behalf of the entity. For instance, the digital persona may bind a physical identity of the entity with a digital identity through a private key of the entity. The private key may be used to digitally signed the access token. The digital persona may further link the digital identity with one or more (typically multiple) virtual identities each associated with a blockchain-based service.

Abstract: Systems and methods for customizing a kiosk device are disclosed. The methods may include, by a processor: providing a web-interface portal that enables a user to generate a customized application package for customization of a kiosk device that provides document processing services via a print device, receiving one or more custom files to be included in the customized application package from the user via the web-interface portal, and generating the customized application package. The customized application package includes the received one or more custom files stored in a format compatible with the kiosk device. The user does not have access to the format, and the customized application package when installed on the kiosk device will cause customization of the kiosk device in accordance with the one or more custom files.

Abstract: There is disclosed a recommendation server comprising a processor configured to: generate a set of recommendations for a user; allocate a weighting to each recommendation; and transmit a recommendation message to a user terminal of the user, the recommendation message including the recommendations and their associated weightings.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to provide optimized scheduling of calendar events based on flexibility scores of calendar events. A flexibility score may be representative of a probability or likelihood that a calendar event can or will be rescheduled in response to a conflicting calendar event. Flexibility scores of calendar events may be calculated based on one or more factors, which may be weighted, using one or more machine-learning models. Factors may include: event densities of invitees' calendars, organizational rankings of respective invitees, the remaining time before an event start time, an urgency of respective calendar events, etc. In this way, if open time slots are not available for all invitees to a proposed calendar request, an event organizer may identify time slots occupied by existing calendar events with the highest likelihood of being rescheduled in view of the proposed calendar event, thereby facilitating scheduling of the proposed calendar event.

Abstract: A method for retrieving data objects based on a spatial-temporal database includes modeling a to-be-managed object in consideration of temporal and spatial statuses of the to-be-managed object; setting specific attributes of the to-be-managed object that are expressed in a natural language according to resultant management models of the managed object; and performing retrieval based on types of the management models of the managed objects and a spatial and/or temporal attribute that is expressed in the natural language and defined by the models so as to determine the operational status of the to-be-managed object. Since data information about monitoring and management of production is described over three temporal periods that are associated to historical data, real-time data and plan data, a user can know spatial-temporal operational statuses of the to-be-managed object by performing retrieval using a spatial-temporal metalanguage, making data management simple and saving storage in computers.

Abstract: Techniques for provisioning electronic devices that may not have a local provisioning agent (LPA), such as Internet of Things (IoT) devices, to a mobile network of a mobile network operator (MNO), are discussed herein. The IoT devices and/or the associated embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) may have one or more device profile templates stored thereon, where individual ones of the device profile templates are associated with a particular MNO. A device provisioning system of an MNO may provision the IoT device in a machine-to-machine (M2M) manner over the air (OTA) by communicating, such as via a radio node, one or more configuration parameters to the IoT device. The IoT device may identify a device profile template associated with the MNO to which the IoT device is to be provisioned and configure that device profile template based at least in part on the configuration parameters received from the device provisioning system.

Abstract: A building management system includes a search and control system coupled to a building network. The building network includes a plurality of devices of building equipment that operate to affect a variable state or condition within a building. The search and control system is configured to provide a search interface, receive filter criteria, perform a search regarding the devices of building equipment based on the filter criteria, return a set of search results based on the filter criteria, receive a selection of one or more devices of building equipment of the set of search results, receive command criteria regarding a command to provide to the one or more selected devices of building equipment, and provide the command to the one or more selected devices of building equipment. The command causes the one or more selected devices of building equipment to affect the variable state or condition within the building.

Abstract: A program orchestration method includes displaying at least one atomic service icon on a touchscreen of an electronic device, where the atomic service provides a service capability in an API manner. The method further includes displaying an orchestration area, where the orchestration area is used for accommodating atomic service icons. The method further includes detecting a first touch event for a first atomic service icon, displaying the first atomic service icon in the orchestration area, detecting a second touch event for a second atomic service icon, displaying the second atomic service icon in the orchestration area, detecting a third touch event, and orchestrating the first atomic service icon and the second atomic service icon that are in the orchestration area, to generate a first program.

Abstract: An electronic device that classifies and stores content is disclosed. In an electronic device, an electronic device is provided which comprises: a memory; a display; a memory; and a processor which is set to associate a first portion of the content displayed on the display with first color information in accordance with input from a user and to store the associated first portion in the memory.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for modifying a graphical user interface (GUI) in response to detecting an accessibility pattern. In an embodiment, a user interacting with an application of a mobile phone may experience difficulty viewing the GUI elements or supplying commands to the application. Data from sensors on the mobile phone may be recorded and analyzed to detect an accessibility pattern indicating that the user is experiencing difficulty interacting with the application. For example, a proximity sensor may indicate that the user has placed the mobile device close to the user's face. In response to detecting an accessibility pattern, the application may modify the GUI of the application according to the particular accessibility pattern detected.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of sizing merchandise in a virtual environment, including receiving and storing in a database, measurements from sensors in one of a body covering or from an image capturing device which captures images of a body and creates an avatar with the measurements; processing the measurements to obtain sizing; and utilizing the measurements from the body covering or the avatar, to obtain the merchandise with the sizing.

Abstract: A method and device for executing an object on a display. The method of executing an object includes receiving a user input to an object displayed on a display; gradually enlarging and displaying the object; and executing the application corresponding to the object as the object is enlarged.

Abstract: Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure describe an application command control user interface menu to facilitate user interaction between a user and a mobile application. On a processing device, a mobile application is launched where the mobile application comprises an application command control user interface menu displayable within a defined display space of the mobile application. The application control user interface menu is displayed within the defined display space. A tab comprises one or more user interface elements for application command control. Input is received for selection of a tab of the application control user interface menu. In response to the received input, display of the application command control user interface menu is modified to display one or more tabs within the defined display space. Other examples are also described.

Abstract: Technologies for computing context replay include a computing device having a persistent memory and a volatile memory. The computing device creates multiple snapshots that are each indicative of a user's computing context at a corresponding sync point. The snapshots may include metadata created in response to system events, memory snapshots stored in a virtual machine, and/or video data corresponding to the computing context. At least a part of the snapshots are stored in the persistent memory. The computing device presents a timeline user interface based on the snapshots. The timeline includes multiple elements that are associated with corresponding sync points. The timeline elements may visually indicate a salience value that has been determined for each corresponding sync point. In response to a user selection of a sync point, the computing device activates a computing context corresponding to the snapshot for the selected sync point. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: An information processing device capable of executing at least one function: displays an icon selection screen displaying an icon including an image indicating the function and a name of the function; accepts selection of the icon through the displayed icon selection screen; executes processing of the function corresponding to the icon, in accordance with the acceptance of the icon: and switches a language used for display of the name of the icon on the icon selection screen to a different language every predetermined time.

Abstract: A system and approach having a display that shows a dashboard of smart buttons or tiles. The smart buttons or tiles may be situated in a matrix-like or other arrangement on the dashboard. The display may be customized. A smart button or tile may be operated like a standard button but conveniently pull summary information about a particular area of, for instance, a building controls system, for a user. The arrangement may permit the user to view the health of the whole system at a glance and permit the user a shortcut to see details of the particular area of the system quickly.

Abstract: A system and methods for a real-time web application framework including a server controlled real-time web application with synchronized server components mapped to client widgets, a method for modal execution support in a real-time web application environment, a pixel perfect designer having a designer, an image renderer, and server components, the image renderer configured to render a client widget based on the properties of a server component, and a theming system implemented by the real-time web application during run-time.

Abstract: A workflow is expressed as an arrangement of a set of executable tiles. In some embodiments, the tiles include operations expressed in different programming languages. A tile can include a declarative specification of datatypes so that external agents, e.g., workflow services, can identify the datatypes and schemas required as arguments and produced as result; this simplifies the defining of a workflow, e.g., by a workflow coder. A tile can have zero, one, or plural user interfaces; selection of a user interface from plural user interfaces can be based on a user selection, on user roles, or on tile lifecycle stage. Workflow services can communicate with each other so that workflows can be distributed and shifted among processor nodes.

Abstract: A server device, a client device and a dynamic image transmission method for a virtual desktop infrastructure are provided. The dynamic image transmission method for the virtual desktop infrastructure includes the following steps. A region information of a dynamic image displayed on a server device is detected by the server device. The region information is transmitted to a client device by the server device. The dynamic image is rendered on the client device according to the region information. The dynamic image is obtained from an Internet by the client device according to a network link information obtained from the server device, or the dynamic image is obtained by decompressing a compressed data provided from the server device.

Abstract: A system and methods for a real-time web application framework including a server controlled real-time web application with synchronized server components mapped to client widgets, a method for modal execution support in a real-time web application environment, a pixel perfect designer having a designer, an image renderer, and server components, the image renderer configured to render a client widget based on the properties of a server component, and a theming system implemented by the real-time web application during run-time.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an interface switching method, including: loading a display interface of a default style based on a preset parent theme type when an application starts; monitoring whether a data type processed by the application changes in real time operation of the application; obtaining a preset child theme type corresponding to a data type currently processed by the application based on the data type currently processed by the application if the data type changes, wherein a value of an attribute name of which a display style needs to be changed relative to the parent theme type is defined in the child theme type; and switching a display style of the display interface based on the value of the attribute name defined in the child theme type and of which the display style needs to be changed relative to the parent theme type.

Abstract: Described herein include systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media related to display of user-specific navigation screen upon start of a media content display system. A system comprises a playback engine and an interactive programming guide engine. The playback engine is configured to present media content through a display device. The interactive programming guide engine is configured to generate a user profile based on user interaction with the media content presented by the playback engine, transmit the user profile to an external system, and responsive to the transmitted user profile, receive data of user-specific content options that are generated based on the user profile. The interactive programming guide engine is further configured to generate a user-specific navigation screen based on the data of the received user-specific content options, and cause the user-specific navigation screen to be displayed on the display device upon start of the system.

Abstract: There is disclosed a computer device for providing recommendations to a user device associated with a user, the computer device including a processor configured to: determine a set of recommendations for the user based on a current user con text; transmit a recommendation message to the user device based on the determined set of recommendations; monitor the information from which the set of recommendations are derived; wherein at least one recommendation is associated with a perishable asset, the processor being configured to determine the set of recommendations additionally based on the state of the perishable asset.

Abstract: A method of providing virtual items based on location-based action is disclosed. An indication is received of a performance of a location-based action by a player of a computer-implemented game. A virtual item is provided based on the receiving of the indication of the performance of the location-based action by the player of the computer-implemented game. The virtual item may be usable within the computer-implemented game.

Abstract: A head mounted display (HMD) device including a display configured to display content; a communication processor configured to communicate with a massage chair; and a controller configured to acquire information about an urgency degree of the displayed content, and transmit a control command to the massage chair for controlling the massage chair to perform a massage corresponding to the urgency degree.

Abstract: Structure data is received from a database. The structured data may comprise data values and specifying relationships among the data values. A method is provided to include receiving selections of operations to be performed on the structured data and an order of the operations. The operations may include at least one permutation operation. The method may include determining a graphically displayable data format based on the selections of operations. The method may include representing the structured data and the relationships among the data values in the graphically displayable data format. The method may comprise performing operations according to the selections, including, permuting entries of the graphically displayable data format. The permuting may comprise bringing the entries of the graphically displayable data format into a logical order while maintaining the relationships. The method may also include displaying the entries for analysis after performing the operations.

Abstract: There is provided a computer device for providing recommendations to a user device associated with a user, the computer device including a processor configured to: determine a set of recommendations for the user based on a current user context; transmit a recommendation message to the user device based on the determined set of recommendations; monitor the information from which the set of recommendations are derived; in dependence on identifying a change in the information, transmitting a modified recommendation to the user device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for presenting a message to a user via a user's computing device are configured to cause the message to be presented to the user while the user's computing device is not connected to the Internet. In part, this is accomplished by setting up a trigger condition for presentation of the message, where the trigger condition is that the user's computing device is not connected to the Internet. Information about the message and the trigger condition are delivered to the user's computing device in advance of when the user's computing device becomes disconnected from the Internet.

Abstract: A desktop sharing method and a mobile terminal are disclosed. The method includes: determining, by a first terminal, a desktop drawing file according to a desktop of the first terminal when a first operation of a user received by the first terminal meets a first preconfigured condition, where the desktop drawing file includes a desktop description file and a file package of at least one screen interface on the desktop of the first terminal, the desktop description file includes a location of at least one application interface element on the desktop of the first terminal, and the file package includes a thumbnail of the at least one application interface element. The method also includes sharing, by the first terminal, the determined desktop drawing file, so that a second terminal updates a desktop of the second terminal according to the shared desktop drawing file.

Abstract: Techniques to facilitate provision of different user experiences to different groups of users of a mobile application are disclosed herein. In at least one implementation, a manifest provided by an application development and optimization platform is received that defines a plurality of user segments and a plurality of feature variants individually associated with the plurality of user segments. The manifest is processed to determine a segment of the plurality of user segments associated with a user of the mobile application along with a feature variant of the plurality of feature variants associated with the segment of the user. Execution of the mobile application is monitored for an occurrence of an event that triggers a default feature of the mobile application, and responsive to the event, the default feature is replaced with the feature variant associated with the segment of the user.

Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a method for determining, for a set of co-ordinate records associating co-ordinates with incident values, the numbers of incidents associated with co-ordinates within a query area. Co-ordinate data is stored as data representing a binary tree comprising leaf nodes, a root node and branch nodes wherein the leaf nodes are associated with individual items of co-ordinate data identified by the set of co-ordinate records, and the root node and branch nodes are each associated with a pair of child nodes, and are each associated with split values. In response to a query identifying a query area the binary tree is then recursively processed starting with the root node.

Abstract: A head mounted display (HMD) device including a display configured to display an image; a communication processor configured to communicate with a massage chair; a sensor configured to acquire data about a gaze direction of a user wearing the HMD device; and a controller configured to select a massage part of the massage chair among a plurality of massage parts based on the gaze direction of the user, and transmit a control command to the massage chair for controlling the massage chair to massage the selected massage part.

Abstract: A head mounted display (HMD) device including a display configured to display an image; a communication processor configured to communicate with a massage chair for performing a massage; and a controller configured to receive massage information from the massage chair about the massage, and display an image on the display corresponding to the massage based on the received massage information.

Abstract: A head mounted display (HMD) device including a display; a communication processor configured to communicate with a massage chair performing a massage; a sensor configured to acquire data about movement of the HMD device during the massage; and a controller configured to display an image on the display corresponding to a specific region of an entire image, and maintain displaying the image corresponding to the specific region when the acquired data indicates the HMD device is moved.

Abstract: A method and a system are provided for correlation detection in multiple spatio-temporal datasets for event sensing in a geographical area. The method includes extracting datasets, comprising information about one or more events, from one or more data sources. The method further includes identifying a primary data source and secondary data sources from the one or more data sources. The method further includes extracting primary features from the datasets associated with the primary data source and secondary features from the datasets associated with the secondary data sources. The primary features are categorized into one or more categories. The method further includes training classifiers based on the primary features and/or the one or more categories. The method further includes detecting a correlation among the information associated with the one or more events based on a category transfer distribution from the primary data source to the secondary data sources.