Acquired Portfolios

This patent is generally related to peer-to-peer (P2P) networks. Disclosed is a technique to provide notification about availability of a peer device by receiving a request to access a peer device. The system determines if the peer device is connected to P2P network and provide notification to requestor after the peer device connects to the network. Also disclosed are techniques to add notification to the peer device queue. The technology may be implemented in P2P networks, multimedia sharing services, P2P services, etc.

This portfolio is generally related to a media streaming system that manages and transmits progressive video data streams to ensure high-quality video playback across a wide range of network conditions and device types and encodes video content at multiple bitrates and resolutions, enabling seamless streaming experiences. Disclosed is a technique for streaming media data by identifying a connection establishment message to download a file to a receiving device and making a connection entry in a connection table of a source device to initiate a first communication session with the receiving device. The system receives a successful first confirmation from a source device to the receiving device and receives a first segment having first data from the source device that is part of the first communication session and creates a second segment of data by substituting second data for a portion of the first data that is different than the first data. The system sends the second segment to the receiving device, and the receiving device sends an acknowledgement message to the source device. Also disclosed are techniques to receive a second acknowledgment message from the receiving device that is part of the first communication session, transform the acknowledgment message, and forward the transformed acknowledgment message to the source device. A patent in the lot discloses a technique to transfer data packets over a network as part of a temporally ordered content stream using an adaptive progressive download (APD) server by dividing the data packets of the content stream into epochs of contiguous data with the current epoch. The APD server determines the available bit rate on the network for transferring the current epoch and calculates an estimate of a playback time of the content stream buffered at a computer to which the content stream is being transferred and played back. The technology may be implemented in media streaming systems, adaptive bitrate streaming management systems, etc.

This invention is generally related to the routing of data traffic in a communication system to improve efficiency and the reliability of the redundancy of the communication system. Disclosed is a data traffic routing system consisting of a first provider edge device connectable to a backbone network, a first customer edge device providing a primary connection to the backbone network, and the data is routed between the first customer edge device and the backbone network via a primary route. The customer edge device is in an active state or an inactive state, the routing is disabled if the first customer edge device is in an inactive state, and the system provides a secondary connection to the backbone network via a secondary route. Furthermore, the system sets the state of the customer edge device, monitors the data traffic of the first customer edge, and detects failure of the data traffic. The technology may be implemented in content delivery systems, network traffic management systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to an interface device for interfacing between a network device and a software-defined networking (SDN) controller for controlling and monitoring the network devices so that the devices can be visible and programmable through the openflow (OF) protocol interface. Further disclosed are techniques to transmit the messages from the network device to the SDN controller in its native message format. The technology may be implemented in network virtualization systems, network management systems, network traffic management systems, etc.

This portfolio is generally related to photo advertisements. Techniques are disclosed to utilize user check-ins at the point of interest (PIO) to advertise points of interest, business establishments, etc. The system obtains a photo ad template for a user, obtain multiple filler images of participants which are identified for a photo ad, generate the photo ad based on the template and post a status update with the photo ad. Also disclosed are techniques for automatic social network check-ins and status updates by obtaining automatic check-in rules based on a point of interest and a time period. Further disclosed are techniques to determine user’s social context, identify whether to perform automatic check-in and automatically post check-in or status update. The technology may be implemented in advertisement services, social networks, online blogs or forums, etc.

This lot is generally related to wireless security. Disclosed is a technique to provide identity theft and illegitimate data exchange between a hosting wireless access node or a relay access node, a mobile device and a service provider. The mobile device is connected to the hosting wireless access node through a wireless communication module for data exchange using the relay access node. The system authenticates the mobile device by using a commissioning manager by handshaking with the mobile device and performs authentication in OSI layer 2. Also disclosed is a tunnel/optimization module to establish a tunnel with the relay access node to encapsulate the mobile device authentication credentials to transfer to OSI layer 2 for authentication and finally forwarded to the service provider. The technology may be implemented in home networks, airports, public areas, shopping malls, etc., where free wireless connection is available.

This lot is generally related to communication networks. Techniques are disclosed to protect a software defined network from failure which uses multi topology routing based fast reroute by discovering a physical topology of forwarding plane. The system determines a primary forwarding table for each network device and stores in multiple multi topology routing databases. Also disclosed are techniques to determine a primary path for relaying network traffic, associate virtual topology, protect the path and program each device along the switchable primary path. The technology may be implemented in network equipment such as switches, routers, modems, base stations, etc.

This invention is generally related to video content. Disclosed is a technique to generate a composite video content by receiving two different video signals, select portions of both videos based on a user requirements and combine selected portions to display on a monitor or a TV. The technology may be implemented in streaming media applications, online media, digital TV, cable TV, satellite TV, VoD, multimedia services, etc.

This patent is generally related to an electronic device. Techniques are disclosed to manufacture an electronic device having a two-dimensional semiconductor and techniques to reduce a contact resistance between a two-dimensional semiconductor layer and an electrode. Disclosed is an electronic device using a two-dimensional semiconductor having a two-dimensional semiconductor layer doped into n-type or p-type. Also disclosed is a first electrode formed on a first area of the two-dimensional semiconductor layer and a second electrode formed on a second area of the two-dimensional semiconductor layer and spaced from the first electrode. Further disclosed are techniques to form pattern in the first area and the second area, and the first electrode and the second electrode are formed on areas corresponding to the patterns. The technology may be implemented in electronic devices, solar energy systems, Magnetic NEMS, etc.

This lot is generally related to a technique to improve performance of a web browser while pre-fetching web objects. Techniques are disclosed to increase performance of HTTP over long-latency links by pre-fetching objects using flow-controlled channels. Disclosed is a technique to parse a description of a web page to identify the first group of objects which are received by a browser in a sequential order. Also disclosed are techniques to retrieve a second group of objects from a source server, retrieve the first group of objects from the source server, and disjoint the first group of objects from the second group of objects. The system has a cache for caching the first and second group of objects, and the browser retrieves the first group of objects from the cache. Further disclosed is an agent to speed up Internet transactions in bandwidth constraint connection and assist the browser to fetch the objects locally. The technology may be implemented in web browsers, content distribution networks, etc.

This invention is generally related to traffic control in a wireless network to provide quality of services (QoS). Disclosed is a radio access network (RAN) which provides fine grained traffic control outside the boundary of the RAN network for media streaming, push service, etc based on service plans. Disclosed is a RAN aware traffic monitoring and management system in a wireless network which receives cell load metrics from a client side collection module. The user mobile device has a peer agent (PA) which computes a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio of the mobile device and a ratio of RF frame arrival rate to a predetermined possible RF frame rate in low load conditions. The system transmits the cell load metrics to a fine grained traffic flow prioritization engine (FTPE) and applies dynamic control on traffic prioritization using an operator policy control engine to define policy and charging rules based on the receive cell load. The technology may be implemented in wireless networks, traffic control in radio networks, congestion control in communication networks, etc.

This patent is generally related to fabrication of a semiconductor device having a vertical tunnelling-junction of p-type graphene and n-type graphene to achieve excellent dynamic, electrical, and optical characteristics. Disclosed is a technique to fabricate a semiconductor device by doping a first doping type graphene and a second type graphene is disposed on the first graphene. The first graphene has a high resistive layer which is formed on a boundary surface between the first graphene and the second graphene. The technology may be implemented in light emitting devices, graphene semiconductor devices, solar cells, touch screens, etc.

This patent is generally related to tagging of files to improve searching, sorting and retrieving stored files. Disclosed is a technique to tag files and assign priorities to tags by associating multiple tags to multiple files. The system assigns an adjustable importance level to each tag of each file and generate a file score based on the adjustable importance levels of the tag. The tagging helps in improved searching, sorting and retrieving the files. The technology may be implemented in media management, file storage and sorting, cloud storage applications, media or file tagging services, etc.

This lot is generally related to the fabrication of semiconductor devices such as integrated circuits (ICs) and the technique to remove an oxide from a substrate to improve device performance and reliability. Techniques are disclosed to remove native oxide from a substrate by exposing the substrate to dicyclopentadienyl magnesium (MgCp2) for a predetermined time to remove the oxide. The technology may be implemented in semiconductor fabrication, substrate surface cleaning systems, etc.

This invention is generally related to a semiconductor nanowire photoelectric device for controlling an electrical signal only with light. Disclosed is a photoelectric semiconductor nanowire device consisting of a semiconductor nanowire doped with a dopant of a first conductivity type. The system has crystal semiconductor segments with one porous semiconductor segment and connected to opposite ends of the porous semiconductor segment. Also disclosed is a first electrode and a second electrode disposed in the crystal semiconductor segments around the porous semiconductor segment to provide an electrical connection. The semiconductor nanowire provides current, based on intensity of an external light when the external light is irradiated to the porous semiconductor segment. The technology may be implemented in MOSFETs, electrochemical sensing device, nanowire lasers, etc.

This lot is generally related to a wireless communication system which automatically allocate a channel temporarily to a user based on availability of the channel. Disclosed is a technique to provide intermittent communication in a communication device by receiving a reservation request from a user and detect an available channel from multiple channels. The system selects a channel based on a predetermined criteria such as power allowed on the free channel, con-channel interference, channels used by others and intermodulation interference. Also disclosed techniques to generate a reservation signal on the channel and provide the channel to the user. The technology may be implemented in wireless communication system, spectrum management system, channel allocation system etc.

This invention is generally related to wireless communication system for scheduling wireless data transmissions in time and frequency domains to efficiently provide network resources. Disclosed is a technique to transmit data using a first communication device for transmitting data packets in a wireless network by determining a first set of transmission parameters having a first central transmission frequency and a first spectral bandwidth. The system transmits a first data packet by applying the first set of parameters and determine whether the first set of data packet collides with a second data packet. Also disclosed techniques to determine a second set of parameters, if collision occurs consisting of a second central transmission frequency, different from the first central transmission frequency and a second spectral bandwidth, which is different from the first spectral bandwidth with a first non-zero probability. The system transmits a second data packet by applying the second set of transmission parameters. The technology may be implemented in wireless communication system, data transmission in wireless networks, etc.

Disclosed is a technique to provide live media streaming to improve global media distribution and enhance remote communication by using a virtual machine having preconfigured software components on a user’s computer and generates a software image of the virtual machine. The system creates an isolated physical partition on the user computer and runs the software image to form a communication channel with the network service system. The software image facilitates live streaming media to the user computer. The system provides progressive live and non-buffered streaming of business events such as sports recruiting, entertainment for fans and all other business roles. The technology may be implemented in media streaming systems, online media streaming, music streaming applications, IPTV, etc.

This patent is generally related to an audio signal processing system to improve the audio quality of voice calls in a communication device. Disclosed is a technique to improve the quality of a voice call consisting of a single microphone for receiving a near-end voice signal, a near-end noise signal, and an input audio signal from the microphone. The system reclassifies the input audio signal as a noise-only signal by determining that an active-speech signal is not present and converting the input audio signal into an input audio spectrum. Also disclosed techniques to update a noise spectrum with the input audio spectrum if the signal is classified as a noise-only signal and compare the input audio spectrum with the noise spectrum. The system updates a noise-reduced spectrum by multiplying a predetermined gain shaping factor with the input audio spectrum if the input audio spectrum is within or below a predetermined threshold in the noise spectrum. Further disclosed are techniques to convert the noise-reduced spetrum to a time-domain noise-reduced audio signal and generate a high-quality noise-reduced audio signal for a user. The technology may be implemented in noise suppressor systems, background noise reduction systems, speech recognition systems, etc.

Disclosed is a technique of audio processing to provide adaptive multi-microphone beamforming to improve the user experience. Disclosed is a technique for producing amplified enhanced audio from audio signals received by a first and a second microphone located in close proximity by receiving a first input audio signal from the first microphone and digitizing the input audio signals to produce a first and a second digitized audio input signal, respectively. The system uses the first digitized audio as an input to a first adaptive prediction filter and as a reference to a second adaptive prediction filter, and uses the second digitized audio as an input to the second adaptive prediction filter and as a reference to said first adaptive prediction filter. Also disclosed are techniques to add the prediction result signal from the first adaptive prediction filter and the adaptive prediction filter to generate an enhanced audio signal and apply them to a third adaptive prediction filter. Further disclosed are techniques to add a prediction result from the third adaptive prediction filter to the second enhanced signal to generate an amplified enhanced audio signal. The technology may be implemented in video conferencing systems, hearing aid devices, voice recognition systems, smart speakers, etc.

This patent is generally related to a technique to protect digital content producers intellectual property rights on their digital content using blockchain technology to avoid unauthorized distribution and duplication of the digital content. Disclosed is a technique to protect intellectual property rights on digital content by determining whether to decode encoded digital content based on the digital data that indicates a license for the digital content recorded on a blockchain. The system controls the license using a multi-blockchain structure with a mainchain for providing participants with sequence information on contents registered with the blockchain. Also disclosed is an accountchain with information to manage the license and multiple sidechains connected to the mainchain. Each of the mainchain and the sidechain has an unmodifiable structure, and the accountchain has a modifiable structure. The technology may be implemented in secured media distribution systems, digital content protection systems, content distribution using distributed ledgers, etc.

This lot is generally related to the risk identification of personal information from a service provider that provides service software as a service. Techniques are disclosed to identify the risk of leakage of personal information from a third party or a service provider side to satisfy general data protection regulation (GDPR). The system receives personal information by receiving a specification related to data usage among services and applications of a third party from a device of the third party. The system stores the received specification in the data storage of the service/platform provider side and receives user consent information from the user side using the service. Also disclosed are techniques to inspect and monitor data storage and processes in the user environment or platform environment of the user side using the service and application. The technology may be implemented in mobile apps, web applications, user authentication systems, etc.

This portfolio is generally related to a technique to control smart home devices inside a house to keep the house in the most comfortable condition. Disclosed is a controlling device for controlling the inside house environment, consisting of a detection module, a human-machine interface (HMI), and a wireless transmission unit. The controlling device receives user settings for an indoor electronic device through HMI and detects the environment parameters around the device to generate multiple detection values. Also disclosed are techniques to receive another detection value from various slave detection devices and generate a control command based on the parameters set by the supervisor and the detection value. The system transmits the generated control command to the indoor electronic devices. The technology may be implemented in smart homes, smart home devices, intelligent HVAC control systems, etc.

Disclosed is a technique to determine an abnormal network traffic pattern using a bidirectional recurrent neural network (BRNN) to predict a pattern of very rarely observed traffic. Techniques are disclosed to collect traffic packets, extract particular field data from the traffic packets, and transform the extracted particular field data into a vector with a reduced dimension for each traffic packet. The system creates training data with the vector for each traffic packet and trains a traffic prediction model with the training data. The traffic prediction model predicts the next input traffic packet from an input traffic packet and determines whether the next input traffic packet is abnormal. Further disclosed that the system predicts with the trained traffic prediction model the frequency of abnormal traffic packets and outputs an abnormal traffic warning by comparing the predicted frequency with a threshold. The technology may be implemented in network traffic determination systems, network security systems, artificial intelligence-based network traffic management systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to multimodal vehicle routing system to determine optimal route to a destination and techniques to identify parking places along the route. Techniques are disclosed to determine routing information to a destination consisting of a navigation system which determines means of transportation for a first leg and a second leg with an intermediate stop and alternate means of transportation along the route taken by a user. The system obtains and stores travel times, tolls, mass transit information, parking information with charges, walkways, etc., along the determined route. The system uses stored data, an origin point, a destination point, a time of a day, and user route preference and relative weighting of travel costs. Then the system automatically determines the destination with in-route parking. Also disclosed is that the system has a route-finding algorithm, which is executed to generate an initial route to the destination based on the user preferences, and identifies available parking at the destination with cost parameters. Further disclosed is that if no parking is available at the destination, the system identifies secondary parking with a new route based on set cost parameters. The technology may be implemented in navigation systems, route guidance systems, parking-based route navigation systems, route search systems, etc.

This invention is generally related to nano-photonic integrated circuits capable of controlling an exceptional point using a pair of nano-sized photonic crystal resonators for controlling light propagation and manipulating optical properties. Disclosed is a photonic crystal device consisting of a two-dimensional crystal with a gain medium and having a first photonic crystal resonator and a second photonic crystal resonator. The photonic resonators are spaced apart from each other. A graphene layer is disposed to cover a portion of the first photonic crystal resonator and not the second photonic crystal resonator. The technology may be implemented in optical filters, waveguides, sensors, etc.

This lot is generally related to targeted advertising and personalized content delivery based on data analysis techniques to understand users’ interests and preferences based on the content they view, search terms they use, or actions they take online. Disclosed is a technique for providing internet-based content to viewers based on viewed internet pages by dividing the internet pages into regions and monitoring and tracking the frequency and duration of viewing by the viewer of each region. The system compiles the textural information for each region, stores words or phrases that are predetermined to be of no value for determining user interest, and determines the most frequently used words and phrases. Also disclosed are techniques to semantically compare the most frequently used words and phrases to the most frequently used words and phrases of internet-based content that can be supplied to the viewer and provide relevant internet-based content with semantic similarity above a pre-specified threshold value to the viewer on a display screen. The system also displays a link to the relevant content in the in the specified region of the webpages. The technology may be implemented in web searching systems, location-based searching systems, targeted advertising systems, personalized content delivery systems, etc.

This invention is generally related to an industrial network system that correlates disparate pieces of data and predicts the outcome of industrial processes to enhance predictive maintenance strategies, improve operational efficiency, and reduce downtime. Disclosed is an industrial automation system consisting of a coordination component for synchronizing data from multiple data streams from various sources associated with the industrial automation system. Each of the multiple data streams has data that is distinct from the data of others of the multiple data streams, and synchronization of the data is done by maintaining a timing or sequence relationship between events represented by the data. Also disclosed is a process trend component that predicts the outcome of operations for the industrial automation system based on analysis of the synchronized data. The technology may be implemented in predictive maintenance systems, process optimization systems, downtime analysis systems, etc.

Disclosed is a system for API-level intrusion detection for monitoring and analyzing API calls to detect malicious or unauthorized activities. Disclosed is an application for interface (API)-level intrusion detection that receives an API call for a service at an API sandbox module, extracts an API call name and API call parameters, and generates a copy of the API call name or the API call parameters. The system has an intrusion detection rules execution engine that determines whether the API call is in violation of security rules obtained from a security rules object and generates an indication of a violation of one or more security rules. The system receives API calls for user-selected developers and user-selected API name references for processing the received API calls for application-specific intrusion detection. The technology may be implemented in e-commerce systems, electronic health records (EHR) protection systems, financial services, IoT devices, etc.

This portfolio is generally related to a smart notification system to notify a user of a mobile device if the mobile device is left in an autonomous vehicle. The system detects the arrival at the destination and determines whether the mobile device of the user is still in the autonomous vehicle. The system transmits a signal to a device that is not a mobile device. The technology may be implemented in leftover object detection systems, autonomous vehicles, etc.

This portfolio is generally related to distributed computing system having reconfigurable system clock to alleviate delays in processing data so that memory access bottlenecks are not compounded within distributed computing systems. Also disclosed is an external communications interface which communicates with a second computing node by clocking data into or out of the first computing node using the first clock signal. The system determines the second frequency of the second clock signal to generate a substitute clock signal operating at the second frequency and communicate with the computing device using the substitute clock signal. The technology may be implemented in distributed computing system, inter-die communication system, firmware applications, data centres, etc.

This lot is generally related to location-based services. Disclosed are techniques to customize content for each user based on a location. Techniques are disclosed to receive a geographic area information and shapes with an importance level and receive multiple tags assigned to each shape. Also disclosed are techniques to determine the location of the content of requesting user and identify a shape where the user is located. The technology may be implemented in location-based services, map services, navigation services, traveler services, etc.

This lot is generally related to distribution of customized targeted advertisement messages. Techniques are disclosed to deliver focused advertisement messages based on customer needs to enhance effectiveness and provide value to customers. Disclosed is a technique to distribute web-based targeted advertising messages by an advertising party who is registered with a targeted advertising message distributor by creating an advertising campaign for products for targeting user demographic categories selected by the advertising party. The techniques allow the advertising party to customize messages for each category and store on a web server of the distributor by paying the cost of the advertising campaign. Also disclosed are techniques to allow a user to register with the distributor for receiving advertising messages through a web browser. The user provides demographic data and other information during registration and configures the web browser home page based on the user specific URL. The web browser URL has a set of targeted advertising messages which are displayed when the user opens the browser based on the demographic category. The technology may be implemented in web applications, targeted advertisement systems, search systems, mobile apps, etc.

This lot is generally related to a technique which allows a wearer to interact with each other. The system enables users of a head-mountable device to interact with other users by linking social network accounts with a unique identifier related to a personal point-of-interest beacon of other users, accessing user profile having multiple exclusion criteria and interaction preferences. Also disclosed is a technique to access other user profiles having filtering parameters and personal data. The technique mediates communication authorization by matching inclusion and exclusion criteria and profiles filtering parameters of the second user. Further disclosed are techniques to provide the head-mountable device to project the beam of the point-of-interest beacon in the direction of the user’s gaze. The technology may be implemented in head-mounted devices, AR/VR devices, etc.

This lot is generally related to pre-processing input data to a non-linear predictive system model based on a support vector machine. Disclosed is a data pre-processor for pre-processing input data for a support vector machine, having outlier values consisting of an input buffer which receives and stores the input data. The system has a data filter for detection and removal of multiple outlier values and generates corrected input data having corrected run-time data. Also disclosed is an output device for outputting the corrected input data which has the input data to the support vector machine. The support vector machine has a non-linear model with a set of model parameters for defining a representation of a system using a training model. The support vector machine is operated using the received and corrected run-time data and generate run-time output data. The technology may be implemented in eCommerce systems, financial markets, data mining systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to a technique for training a support vector machine (SVM) with process constraints to ensure quality in processes such as eCommerce, portfolio management, financial systems, etc. Disclosed is a technique to provide a model consisting of a representation of a plant or process implemented with a SVM and has multiple inputs and outputs. The plant or process has multiple attributes which specify process constraints corresponding to the known attributes. Further disclosed are techniques to train the model based on process constraints. The technology may be implemented in eCommerce applications, portfolio management systems, financial systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to a system to automatically generate samples for training models which can be used to predict a user’s emotional response from the user’s affective response. The system receives a response from a user on a segment of content consumed by the user by tracking eye movement while the user is watching the segment and determines attention level based on the gaze movement. Also disclosed are techniques to receive an affective response measurement of the user taken and training a measurement model emotional response predictor. A patent in this portfolio discloses a technique to control and reduce the amount of affective response measurement data transmitted by sensors which are attached to a user’s body. The reduction should be achieved without dramatically reducing the performance of the systems utilizing the affective response measurements to reduce possible health risks. The technology may be implemented in affective information determination systems, user emotional state determination systems, eye-tracking systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to a technique to create a detection model for use in machine condition monitoring by ranking functionality and determine a cut-off between active and non-active fault states. Disclosed is a technique for creating a model by receiving a set of labels, ranking the set of labels, and partitioning the ranked set of labels into a first subset of labels and a second subset of labels. Also disclosed are techniques to insert a zero-point label between the first subset of labels and the second subset of labels. The technology may be implemented in machine condition monitoring systems, machine fault diagnosis systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to a smart vehicle with multiple IoT (Internet of Things) sensors which share data with other vehicles and communicate with a cloud system for intelligent handling of the car. Disclosed is a smart car safety system consisting of multiple cameras mounted in a vehicle cabin to detect edges in images and translating the edges into motions of a human or a biological entity. Also disclosed are techniques to monitor safety conditions for humans from the edges and motions using a processor to determine user motion which affects the vehicle safety and controls the movement based on the monitoring parameters. The technology may be implemented in vehicle safety systems, driver-monitoring systems, smart vehicles, etc.

This lot discloses a sub-sampling phase-locked loop (SSPLL) used in an oscillator to reduce jitter of the clock and reduces noise to and the power consumption. Disclosed is a sub-sampling phase locked-loop having a first phase output unit for sub-sampling an output clock of a digitally controlled oscillator and generating a sign bit related to a voltage-domain phase. The system has a second phase output unit for outputting a gain bit related to a time-domain phase based on a pulse width set and a threshold time set according to a reference clock. Also disclosed is a digital loop filter for calculating a digital loop filter value based on the sign bit and the gain bit for controlling a phase of the output clock. The technology may be implemented in analog-to-digital (AD) converters, oscillators, etc.

This lot is generally related to computing system protection. Disclosed is a computing system consisting of hardware and software for reducing or eliminating vulnerabilities due to the predictable states and state transitions of microprocessor. The system has a branch target buffer (BTB), which includes multiple entries, each having a lock bit. The processing unit sets a lock bit for a BTB entry to provide better security solutions for protecting computing systems. The technology may be implemented in computers, laptops, servers, smart phones, smart appliances, industrial computers, etc.

This lot is generally related to a technique of deep learning to analyze internal electronic communications to identify potential litigation threats within an organization. Disclosed are techniques to identify litigation risks based on a company’s internal electronic communications (IECs) by creating a training dataset for all textual data and to apply deep learning algorithms for risk classifications. Also disclosed are techniques to extract the company’s IECs to identify and report threats or risks to their legal department. The system will re-train algorithms, if identified threats or risks are false positive. Further disclosed are techniques to identify health risks by analyzing internal electronic health records or to identify entertainment risks by analyzing proposed entertainment documents. The technology may be implemented in data-analyzing software, risk assessment software, cloud-based health data analytics services, business document review software, etc.

This lot is generally related to secure financial transactions. Disclosed is a technique to improve security while performing a financial transaction. The system accesses a stored authorization code from a user device and an electronic authorization code from a different user device and provides the codes to a merchant who evaluates the relation between the two. The merchant provides transaction authorization after successful evaluation and completes the requested transaction. The technology may be implemented for secure financial transactions, merchant transactions, online transactions, retail services, banking services, eCommerce services, etc.

This lot is generally related to an application for allowing information service providers to join the system and allowing the system to distribute the information to information seekers. Disclosed is a technique which allows an information service provider to send a test data to the system for evaluation. The system analyzes the quality of the test data and admits the information service provider. Also disclosed are techniques to transmit the data among information seekers and match the information seeker with the information service provider. The technology may be implemented in web applications, mobile apps, eCommerce applications, information distribution applications, etc.

This lot is generally related to customization of a user interface (UI) of a workstation based on an organization function. Disclosed is a technique to customize a user interface (UI) consisting of a user server and a display. The system receives a user input for the user server and identifies a first user with a user-specific identification. The system communicates with an administrative database consisting of a record associated with the first user and automatically configures a table for a home page with a permission level. Also disclosed are techniques to retrieve information to display the home page using the configured table and the permission level and displays the home page. The technology may be implemented in medical services management systems, user interface customization systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to hospital management software. Disclosed is a technique to outsource tasks performed in hospital software to reduce costs. The technique performs hierarchically ordered steps at a remote facility which is to be performed at the hospital facility, where data is sent from the hospital facility to a remote facility for calling up program code packages. The technology may be implemented in hospital management software, healthcare software, medical processing software, etc.

This lot is generally related to a technique to automatically create a three-dimensional (3D) image in a two-dimensional (2D) scene by adding various realistic parameters such as shadowing, reflection, refraction, transparency and other effects. Disclosed is a technique to generate an image by analyzing 2D image properties, detect edges, find objects in the 2D image and add a 3D object in the 2D image. The system estimates objects in the 2D image which are positioned in front or behind of the 3D object. The system adds a reflection, a shadow of one of the objects in the 2D on an outer surface of the 3D object and a representation of the objects in the 2D image viewable through a transparent or semi-transparent portion of the 3D object. Further disclosed are techniques to provide features such as slide show, movie, image batch processing, labelling, matching schemes across images, dimension effect, image blurring correction, noise reduction, allow a user to add text and provide painting and drawing tools. The technology may be implemented in image simulation systems, image processing systems, image correction systems, 3D scene reconstruction systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to a technique for management of enterprise assets by predicting failures of a diverse set of asset types. Disclosed is a failure prediction system for prediction of failures in a set of asset types in an enterprise by analyzing asset information related to each asset type and determines an asset type and failure mode for each of the assets. The system selects a prediction model from multiple prediction models for predicting failures in each of the assets based on the asset type and the failure mode of each of the assets. The system provides a universal failure prediction system and eliminates requirement of multiple prediction systems. The technology may be implemented in integrated test environment systems, enterprise analysis systems, root cause analysis systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to location-based services by retrieving content based on the location of a mobile device. Disclosed is a technique to receive a user preference information of a mobile device and identify a selection made by the user of a pre-determined page to be displayed by the mobile device. The system retrieves content based on user selection and displays the content having news articles selected by a content provider based on the user preferences. Also disclosed are techniques to automatically design a page layout having multiple objects for display on the mobile device. The technology may be implemented in mobile devices, location-based services, etc.

This lot is generally related to a technique to manage virtual addresses in a memory and implement various ache eviction policies to enhance performance, cost and efficiency. Disclosed is a technique to gather a virtual address of a memory by comparing the virtual address to contents of programmable hardware resources. The system determines a particular virtual address modification policy which can be applicable to the virtual address. The determined virtual modification policy has a no modification policy and a modification policy based on Morton ordering. The system selectively modifies the virtual address to generate a modified virtual address and executes a memory reference instruction by a processor. The technology may be implemented in memory management systems, cache memory control systems, etc.

his lot is generally related to accelerometers. Disclosed is an acceleration or shock-triggered smart MEMS switch which can function as a classic accelerometer and as an acceleration threshold detector. The MEMS device has a stationary and a movable element for forming a capacitor. Also disclosed is that acceleration moves the movable member with respect to the stationary member which changes the capacitance and charges the device. The system applies a bias voltage to the stationary and movable element and the electrostatic force positions the movable and stationary elements to snap down to cause physical contact between the elements and function as a switch. Further disclosed is that the predetermined acceleration allows a current to flow through the elements and an external device such as an airbag to be electrically activated. The technology may be implemented in optomechanical devices, MEMS switches, acceleration sensors, etc.

This lot is generally related to synchronization of GPS device information by transferring data stored in one GPS unit to another GPS unit. Disclosed is a technique to transfer geographic data by establishing a wireless link between a GPS based mobile device and a vehicle mounted navigation system. The vehicle mounted navigation system sends a request for geographic data to the GPS equipped mobile device including a destination, a route, waypoints, origins, distances or other information integrated with the vehicle mounted navigation system. The mobile device receives the route with a present geographic location of the vehicle mounted navigation system, a time, date, geographic region, and surrounding waypoints and calculates a geographic solution such as displaying a map having details of current location and the destination, turn-by-turn direction from the current location to the destination, etc. The technology may be implemented in mobile devices, mobile apps, navigation devices, cab-scheduling systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to a technique to retrieve and send geographical directions and locations using a GPS-enabled mobile device. Techniques are disclosed to receive a request for a geographical destination from a mobile device to a remote server. The server determines geographical coordinates of the destination and transmits the coordinates to the mobile device. Also disclosed are techniques to receive geographical coordinates of the destination and display a map showing a present location of the mobile device. The technology may be implemented in location information determination systems, vehicle tracking systems, navigation systems, location sharing systems in social networks, etc.

This lot discloses a cloud-based Wi-Fi network architecture consisting of a Central Unit (CU) and Remote Access Units (RAUs) to improve on the conventional Wi-Fi architecture with traditional Access Points (APs). It uses a method to uplink data transmission in a cloud-based Wi-Fi network where the CU coordinates RAUs so that they can operate in the same frequency band by transmitting or receiving signals through the shared wireless medium to improve spectral efficiency. Most operations for providing data services, including baseband signal processing or wireless Medium Access Control (MAC), are performed at the CU in the cloud, making service maintenance and updating new communication protocols of a cloud-based network easier.

This lot is generally related to techniques to provide balanced routing paths in a computational grid by determining a type of topology of the computational grid having multiple levels and each level has multiple switches. The system determines the type of topology of the computational grid is a fat-tree and determines whether the fat tree is odd. The technology may be implemented in a data communications network, network routing optimization, high performance computing system, etc.

This lot is generally related to a technique to implement SDN-based network virtualization for performing monitoring tasks with a small delay and reduces total control channel consumption. Disclosed is a network hypervisor implementing software defined network (SDN)-based network virtualization consisting of a statistics virtualization module for receiving a request for individual physical resource consumption statistics for a first virtual network. The system determines whether a physical resource is shared between the first virtual network and the multiple separately managed virtual networks. Also disclosed are techniques to provide individual physical resource consumption statistics to the first virtual network and the statistics virtualization module provides respective virtual flow entry statistics to the first virtual network. The system provides network virtualization by creating a specialized virtual network for increasing the efficiency of services using the network and maximizing the utilization rate of the entire physical network. The technology may be implemented in software-defined networks, data center management systems, network performance monitoring systems, etc.

This lot discloses an apparatus and a method for deploying a firewall on an SDN, which is capable of minimizing network resource waste and a network to which the apparatus or the method is applied. The data capacity of the network can be reduced by transmitting the newly merged firewall of an appropriate capacity to the switch in response to the firewall rule, which is encrypted, of the host included in the SDN. In this case, the switch is not the entire switch of the SDN, but some selected switches that perform the optimal effect. Since the host monitor receives the firewall rule of the host periodically, it is possible to quickly and accurately cope with the change in the SDN environment.

This lot is generally related to an optical receiver which minimizes a pulse-width distortion, is economical and uses low power. Disclosed is an optical receiver having an optical detector for converting a received optical signal to a current signal and a transimpedance amplifier for converting the current signal to a voltage signal. The system has a level shifter for converting the voltage signal to a threshold voltage by removing an offset of the voltage signal. The level shifter has multiple linear subtractors connected in series and a reference voltage generator for generating a reference voltage in proportion to a variation of the offset of the voltage signal. Further disclosed is a comparator for comparing the threshold voltage and the reference voltage to generate a digital signal. The technology may be implemented in optical receivers, etc.

This lot is generally related to a logic semiconductor device for performing memorization operation and inference with low power so that large data processing speed can be achieved. Disclosed is a semiconductor device consisting of stacked transistors having a semiconductor column with a first conductive region of a first conductivity type, a second conductive region of a second conductivity type. The device has an intrinsic region between the first conductive region and the second conductive region and a barrier region between the intrinsic region and the second conductive region. Also disclosed is a gate electrode covering the intrinsic region and a gate insulating layer disposed between the gate electrode and the intrinsic region. The stacked transistors have a first transistor of n-type disposed at a lower portion and a second transistor of p-type disposed above the first transistor. The technology may be implemented in logic semiconductor devices, CMOS based neuromorphic circuits, etc.

This lot is generally related to semiconductor fabrication. Disclosed are techniques to easily and efficiently fabricate site selective copper (Cu) plating on substrates. The technique provides a substrate having a wet surface with a volatile liquid, selectively inkjet prints a suspension of nanoparticles in the liquid and dries the liquid to form a second pattern of nanoparticles. The technique further selectively electroless plates the second pattern to form an inhomogeneous electrically conductive metal pattern. The technology may be implemented in fabrication of semiconductor components, parts, elements, circuits, chips, ICs, electrodes, etc.

This lot is generally related to a reconfigurable logic-in memory device to balance processing speed between a processor and a memory when processing large amounts of data. Disclosed is a reconfigurable logic-in-memory device utilizing a CMOS and silicon transistors with a drain region, a first channel region, a second channel region, a source region, and a gate region. The silicon transistor performs a first channel operation to form a first positive feedback loop and the second channel region depending on a level of a gate voltage applied through the gate region or performs a second channel operation while forming a second positive feedback loop depending on the level of a gate voltage applied through the gate region. The logic-in-memory device may provide different logic gate functions based on a first channel operation state or a second channel operation state. The technology may be implemented in semiconductor devices, reconfigurable logic-in-memory devices, etc.

This lot is generally related to fabrication of an off nitride power semiconductor device. Techniques are disclosed to manufacture low cost, efficient off nitride power semiconductor device driving circuit by removing two-dimensional electron gas. Disclosed is a fabrication technique of a normally off nitride semiconductor device by forming a buffer layer on a substrate, form a first nitride semiconductor layer on the buffer layer and pattern a source region by masking a barrier made of SiO2 in a gate region. Also disclosed are techniques to form a hetero-junction layer below the source region by forming a second nitride semiconductor layer with a band gap and remove the masking layer. Further disclosed are techniques to form an insulating film on the second nitride semiconductor layer and a layer where the masking barrier is removed. The technology may be implemented in FETs, integrated circuits (ICs), digital on-off switches, etc.

This lot is generally related to manufacturing of a semiconductor device to increase a yield of device manufacturing process and prevent deterioration due to the oxygen diffusion. Disclosed is a semiconductor device consisting of a substrate, a gate dielectric film formed on the substrate, a gate electrode formed on the gate dielectric film, source and drain electrodes. The system has an interlayer insulation film which covers the gate electrode, the source, drain electrodes and formed with contact holes filled with a conductive material to form contacts. Also disclosed is a boundary between the gate dielectric film, and the substrate is formed with a fluorine terminated surface which serves as a barrier for preventing oxygen diffusion. The technology may be implemented in a semiconductor device manufacturing process, fabrication of ICs, etc.

This lot is generally related to fabrication and assembly of a three dimensional (3D) electromechanical device used in various applications, such as defense, exploration, and automotive industries, etc. Disclosed is an assembling of a 3D electromechanical device by providing a mounting fixture with a wafer member which defines first and second surfaces oppositely disposed. The wafer member has a first mounting cavity defining an opening in the first surface of the wafer member, has multiple side walls and a bottom wall which adjoins the side walls to close the cavity at the second surface. Also disclosed are techniques to place multiple chips in the first mounting cavity through the opening of the cavity and connect the first chip and the second chip on each side walls and a third chip on the bottom walls to form a 3D electromechanical device. The technology may be implemented in integrated MEMS systems, MEMS packaging systems, bonded semiconductor structures, etc.

This lot is generally related to fabrication and bonding of wafers for integrated circuit (IC) devices for compensating nonplanarities in wafer surfaces. Disclosed is a technique of wafer bonding by providing a first bonding site on a surface of a first wafer and depositing a first bonding stack on a surface of a second wafer. Also disclosed are techniques to form a groove in the surface of the first wafer and aligning and mating so that the first bonding stack on the second wafer contacts the first bonding site on the first wafer so that the first groove lies entirely within the first bonding site. Further disclosed are techniques to heat the first and second wafers to reflow the first bonding stack on the second wafer to form the bonding structure. The technology may be implemented in integrated circuits (ICs), fabricating semiconductor chips, etc.

This lot is generally related to voice-based programming of a voice-controlled device to improve utility of voice-based devices. Disclosed is a technique to program a voice-based device by executing an application for recognizing spoken programming commands. The application has multiple keyword phrases which are associated with actions. The device receives an audio signal from a first user utterance, identifies key phrases and data to trigger actions. Also disclosed are techniques to modify data structure stored by the voice-controlled device by identifying multiple keyword phrases and data. The system detects a second user utterance and executes the action using the identified data. The technology may be implemented in voice recognition systems, speech recognition systems, voice activated services systems, virtual assistants, etc.

This lot is generally related to a voice recognition system to reduce background noise and improve voice quality. Disclosed is a technique to receive a first voice input, determine an environmental audio level, a first gain adjustment value based on the environment audio, and adjust a microphone gain value. Also disclosed are techniques to receive a second input as a human voice from the microphone, determine clarity level of the human voice by adjusting the first gain-adjust value, determine second gain value to improve clarity level of the human voice, and adjust the second gain-adjust value. The technology may be implemented in mobile devices, speech recognition systems, audio processing systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to receive and send video data to a handheld device based on display of the handheld device. Disclosed is a technique to receive a request to record a television program and store a representation of the TV program. The system receives a request to transmit the representation of the TV program to the handheld device by reducing a size of the representation of the television program. The system selects a network and reduces the size of the TV program and transmits the program to the handheld device based on an attribute associated with the device. The technology may be implemented in video streaming systems, video encoding systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to a technique for encoding and decoding a depth map for images and techniques for 3D video coding for supporting free view-point television (FTV) to generate natural video which allows a user to interactively control the viewpoint. Disclosed is a technique to decode a depth map by decoding a bitplane on a bitstream in units of blocks of a pre-determined size to reconstruct the depth map and decode coding mode information for each depth map block having coding mode information. Also disclosed is a bitplane decoding technique for adaptively performing XOR operation in units of bitplane blocks to determine whether or not to perform XOR operation in units of bitplane blocks based on the decoded value of XOR operation information. The technology may be implemented in image processing systems, image coding and decoding systems, 3D video systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to a technique of video encoding using depth information to prevent the video from deterioration. Disclosed is a technique to efficiently encode video using depth information by extracting a depth value distribution details of a current largest coding unit (LCU) and predict an object structure of a coding unit (CU) based on the depth value distribution. Also disclosed are techniques to determine an optimum division structure from multiple division structure candidates of the LCU based on coding efficiency and image quality. The technology may be implemented in image processing systems, video signal encoding devices, etc.

This lot is generally related to a technique of video encoding to prevent deterioration in performance in video. Disclosed is a video encoding by selecting a current coding unit (CU) using depth information and determining whether the current CU has a single object if size of the current CU is equal to or greater than a pre-determined value. The system verifies an object information of a peripheral CU of the current CU and predicts a division structure based on the object information. The prediction of a division structure of the current CU is determined whether an upside CU and a left CU are composed of a single object. The system decides whether or not to divide the current CU has a size equal to or greater than a pre-determined value, and decides to divide the current CU when the upside CU and the left CU each have the size less than the pre-determined value. The technology may be implemented in 3D video coding systems, image processing devices, etc.

This lot is generally related to an integrated video encoder which supports multilayer pictures with different types using an encoding algorithm based on a video codec type. Disclosed is an integrated video encoder which supports multilayer pictures of different types and it has multiple chips with a base encoder for encoding both a base-layer picture and an enhancement-layer picture. Also disclosed are techniques for partial encoding based on interlayer correlation information and enhancement-layer picture information. The system has a partial encoder which uses an additional encoding algorithm module for encoding an enhancement-layer picture based on a video coding type of multilayer pictures. The technology may be implemented in multiple layer video coders, integrated video decoders, etc.

This lot is generally related to a technique of scalable video coding to improve coding efficiency. Disclosed is a technique of a scalable video encoding by determining whether a block of a base layer of a current frame to be encoded and overrides a previous weight value set for a block of an enhancement layer of a reference frame with a new weight value. The system generates a reference block for the current frame based on the block of the enhancement layer and the block of the base layer of the current frame using the new weight value. The technology may be implemented in real-time video-streaming systems, live video conferencing, surveillance systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to an improved video compression to provide additional services to users. Techniques are disclosed for a video compression by generating a reconstructed full resolution frame and coded data from an original full resolution frame and generating an unsampled reconstructed reduced spatial resolution frame and coded data for the unsampled reconstructed reduced spatial resolution frame. Also disclosed are techniques to determine a first deviation by comparing a characteristic in the reconstructed full resolution frame with one characteristic in the original full resolution frame and identify a second deviation. Further disclosed are techniques to output the coded data related to the reconstructed full resolution frame when the first deviation is less than the second deviation. The technology may be implemented in video compression systems, video encoding and decoding systems, video signal encoding systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to a video compression system which uses a predictive quantization coding to achieve high data compression ratio and small distortion loss. Disclosed is a technique of predictive quantization coding which divides a pixel to be processed into multiple pixel components and obtains one pixel component to be processed from the pixel components. Also disclosed are techniques to obtain texture direction gradients of the pixel component to be processed and obtain reference pixels based on the texture direction gradients and positional relationships between the pixel component to be processed and the remaining of the plurality of pixel components. The system obtains a prediction residual of the pixel component to be processed according to the reference pixels and obtains the prediction residual to form a prediction residual code stream. Further disclosed are techniques to divide the prediction residual code stream into multiple quantization units to obtain first rate distortion optimizations and second rate distortion optimizations. The technology may be implemented in video compression systems, video encoding and decoding systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to a video compression system which uses a predictive quantization coding to achieve high data compression ratio and small distortion loss. Disclosed is a technique of predictive quantization coding which divides a pixel to be processed into multiple pixel components and obtains one pixel component to be processed from the pixel components. Also disclosed are techniques to obtain texture direction gradients of the pixel component to be processed and obtain reference pixels based on the texture direction gradients and positional relationships between the pixel component to be processed and the remaining of the plurality of pixel components. The system obtains a prediction residual of the pixel component to be processed according to the reference pixels and obtains the prediction residual to form a prediction residual code stream. Further disclosed are techniques to divide the prediction residual code stream into multiple quantization units to obtain first rate distortion optimizations and second rate distortion optimizations. The technology may be implemented in video compression systems, video encoding and decoding systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to image hosting services. Techniques are disclosed to improve advertisement revenue by using an image hosting service. Techniques are disclosed to obtain an image, analyze metadata of the image to select additional content for the image. Also disclosed are techniques to modify the image by adding additional content and provide modified image to requesting devices. The additional content may include commercial content or ads. The technology may be implemented in image hosting services, advertisement services, image storage services, etc.

This lot is generally related to cellular networks. Techniques are disclosed to optimize communications on a channel between an access point and a client device having a center frequency and a bandwidth by establishing a connection, exchanging data through the channel, monitoring an interference level on the channel during the data exchange and switching the user device to other channels having better center frequency and/or bandwidth. The technology may be implemented in wireless communication, WLAN, etc.

This patent is generally related autonomous vehicles. Disclosed is a technique to control an autonomous vehicle consisting of an electronic control unit for calibrating sensor signals in networks in a vehicle and multiple sensors attached in the vehicle and a camera. The autonomous vehicle has a LIDAR and a radar unit which communicates with an electronic control unit. Also disclosed that the electronic control unit has a processing circuit for controlling a braking system and a steering system. The system receives an incoming signal having a detected object and determine a delay for each received incoming signals based on a predetermined master clock time. The system determines a calibration time for all received incoming signals and modify the received signal from the sensors. Further disclosed techniques to control the breaking system and steering system based on the modified signal. The technology may be implemented in autonomous vehicles, autonomous vehicle control system, etc.

This lot is generally related to a digital image processing system for identification of multi-class objects using boosted classifiers. Disclosed is a training system for identification of multi-class objects in an image or a video sequence by determining an ensemble of weak binary classifiers which are common to a set of object classes so that each object class shares a common set of features with the other object classes. Each feature of the common set features is associated with a weak binary classifier. Also disclosed are techniques to form individual strong classifiers by adapting a separate set of weights for the ensemble of weak classifiers. The technology may be implemented in video processing systems, real-time vehicle detection and tracking systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to tracking an image of an object in multiple video frames by using discrete texture traces. Disclosed is a technique for tracking an image of an object consisting of a processor for determining a first video frame in multiple video frames having a set of discrete texture traces to a target location in a patch to establish a reference model. The patch is generated by the set of discrete texture traces which connects to the target location from locations in a finite support region defined by a discrete trace length of a pre-determined length. Each discrete texture trace is a finite sequence of quantized descriptions, and each quantized description has a quantized description of a first location in the finite support region. The processor detects the target location in a second video frame by maximizing a score based on the reference model. The technology may be implemented in face recognition systems, automatic traffic signal systems, real-time image tracking systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to three-dimensional (3D) imaging using a mobile device. Techniques are disclosed to capture 3D images through a mobile phone to detect structural defects and analyze goods without physical presence, such as body scanning, garment fitting, medical imaging, etc. Disclosed is a technique for a 3D-imaging system consisting of a light source, and a modulator connected with the light source to modulate output of the light source with a frequency sweep signal. Also disclosed is an optical circuitry connected to the light source and a light sensor circuitry for sensing optical output of the optical circuitry. The optical circuitry converts the optical output into multiple electrical signals. Further disclosed is a signal processing circuit connected with the light sensor circuitry for extracting 3D information of the object from the electrical signals. Few techniques disclose a mobile phone for conveniently capturing high resolution 3D images that contain the depth information. The technology may be implemented in 3D imaging, fingerprint sensors, mobile phones, iPads, digital cameras, etc.

This lot is generally related to playing of media content over multiple devices. Techniques are disclosed to play media content among multiple devices by receiving by a second device an instruction to play a second copy of the media content, the second device obtains a progress information such as a current progress in a playing of a first copy of the media content from the first device and creates a second copy of the media content along with the progress information. Also disclosed are techniques to fetch a second copy of the media content by the second device based on the second progress information to play the content on both devices. Further disclosed are techniques to update the first progress information by the first device based on the playing of the first copy of the media content by the first device and updating the second progress information by the second device based on the playing of the second copy of the media content by the second device. The technology may be implemented in online video, online media content, mobile apps, networked television sets, etc.

This lot is generally related to media streaming. Disclosed is a technique to provide high quality media streaming by determining media quality and download duration time. Techniques are disclosed to obtain complete media download time, duration time, determine media quality based on the download duration time and transmit quality of the media to a user. The system has a Graphical User Interface (GUI) widget on a display of the client device having a download duration time input component for providing the download duration time to a content delivery device for providing a media content within the download duration time. Also disclosed are techniques to modify media quality and transmit the updated version to the user. Further disclosed is a graphical user interface for displaying media quality. The technology may be implemented in media streaming, online media download services, etc.

This lot is generally related to a technique of monitoring performance of applications for an entity. Techniques are disclosed to retrieve performance information of an application from various sources and analyze the performance using the retrieved information. The system identifies multiple entity variables affecting the performance of the application and determines trends, deviations, performance data related to the performance and prediction data for evaluation of the performance. The technology may be implemented in software performance analysis systems, software performance predictive analysis, etc.

This lot is generally related to tagging of images. Techniques are disclosed to tag images with group level tags so that group members can easily search for shared image content. The system provides a virtual group with each member having separate media collection and sharing with selected media files with the group. Also disclosed are techniques to define the group tags and enable members to tag their media files with few tags from the group tags. The technology may be implemented in online image sharing services, social networks, cloud media storage services, etc.

This lot is generally related to a technique to repair a three-dimensional semiconductor circuit. Disclosed is a technique to fabricate a stacked semiconductor device by integrating multiple semiconductor platforms having multiple IC chips. The integrated subsurface is interconnected using an input/output plug or high-performance cables. All semiconductor elements are interconnected using a flip chip connector which allows replacement of any defective element. The technology may be implemented in substrates, circuits, connectors, ICs, PCBs, testers, heat sinks, cooling systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to a smart interactive search system. Disclosed is a search engine which displays relevant results and generates an audio output with an animated sequence. Disclosed is a technique to receive a user search query and displays relevant results to the user. The system extracts textual content, such as words of an article from a first web page or data, transmits to a text-to-speech synthesizer to generate a speech output to improve the user experience. Also disclosed are techniques to animate the audio output using an animation synchronization unit and determine an optimal animation sequence for the searched text. The technology may be implemented in new language training, mobile applications for people with difficulty in reading or writing, web applications, text-to-speech conversion software, etc.

This lot is generally related to retail management. Disclosed are efficient and economical systems to manage retail stores using an interface to order, collect or pick up or deliver products to the customer on-site. Also disclosed are displays of 3D models of products, browse products, make suggestions, check price and receive additional information from customers. Further disclosed is collection of payments using a secured online facility. The technology may be implemented in department stores, retail stores, mobile retail stores, etc.

This lot is generally related to inventory management. Techniques are disclosed to improve efficiency and accuracy in inventory identification and quantification by capturing a video of an inventory, identifying inventory items in each video frame, assigning coordinates to each item, statistically comparing coordinates to select coordinates that are significantly different from previous coordinates and generating an inventory dataset for reordering of items. Also disclosed are techniques to identify an optical flow of items in a warehouse. The technology may be implemented in inventory management software, manufacturing facilities, warehouses, brick and mortar stores, shopping malls, retail shops, airports, etc.

This lot is generally related to route planning and navigation systems. Techniques are disclosed to efficiently determine a route from a starting point to a destination and help in re-routing the navigation in case of route deviation. Disclosed is a route planning system for navigation from a starting point to a destination by acquiring the current position of the electronic device and obtaining a decision point corresponding to the current position in a planned route. The decision point has a dedicated moving direction which is planned by the planned route and a plurality of possible moving directions. The system generates multiple candidate routes for the destination and navigates the electronic device to the destination by utilizing the planned route or the candidate route. Also disclosed is that all possible moving directions of the candidate route are planned in advance so that one of the pre-planned candidate routes is used as a replacement route without any calculations for route re-planning. The technology may be implemented in navigation systems, mobile apps, map software, etc.

This lot is generally related to a navigation system. Disclosed is an efficient navigation system to perform complex computations such as maps matching, route following and storing large amounts of map data. The disclosed navigation system receives commands from a user device by displaying a user interface (UI) on the user device and transmits navigation information to the user device. Also disclosed are techniques to receive information such as updated map information, traffic information, news information, weather information, event-related information, business-related information from the user device and transmit the information to the navigation device. The technology may be implemented in mobile apps, maps, vehicle navigation systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to the control of a mobile device based on a context and environmental paraments such as location-based information using various sensors. Disclosed is a mobile device consisting of multiple sensors such as accelerometers, temperature sensors, location sensors, heart rate sensors or photometers and changes context based on context recognition algorithm. The mobile device collects usage data to control and perform an action given by a user. The system determines a vector to classify various feature values to an alternative context class. Also disclosed are techniques to check availability of data transfer connections between a service device and transmit the vector of feature values to a server. The system receives a classification result from the server and determines a change of context. The technology may be implemented in mobile devices, mobile apps, smart watches, PDAs, etc.

This lot is generally related to a technique to securely store and determine errors in a semiconductor device of a computer system. Techniques are disclosed to identify defects in a region of a memory by comparing detected defects with a previously created defect map, associate with the memory and store in another memory. The system confirms the memory’s identity if the defects are matched with the previously created defect map and denies the identity if the defects do not match. A patent in the portfolio discloses a technique to store the mapped defect map in a second memory using the stored defect map and uniquely identifies the memory using the unique identification for security purposes between the memory drive and second memory. The technology may be implemented in memory fault detection systems, memory identification systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to a semantic image segmentation system to combine local information and global context in a balanced manner to accurately identify an object in an image. Disclosed is an image segmentation device consisting of an encoding module for obtaining multiple feature maps having different resolutions of an input image. The system uses an artificial neural network with residual blocks and a decoding module for generating a prediction map using pairs of adjacent feature maps. Also disclosed is a decoding module for performing decoding rounds using attention-embedded threefold fusion (ATF) modules to generate a combined feature map using a high-resolution feature map. The technology may be implemented in autonomous driving systems, augmented reality, 3D image segmentation systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to an application for location-based services. Disclosed is a location-based information system to provide customized location-based services on a portable device having an information platform, a user setting database to store preference conditions and location range from the user. The system receives position information of the portable device using a positioning module, determines database condition, selects location information, and transmits the location details on the portable device. Also disclosed are techniques to register the user using identification data or phone number data associated with the portable electronic device and preference setting with the login information. The technology may be implemented in mobile apps, maps, etc.

This lot is generally related to image tagging based on suggested keywords. Techniques are disclosed to automatically suggest keywords to tag images by receiving a request and a location for a digital media. The system generates a list of keywords based on the location information and the keywords of previous images related to the location. Also disclosed are techniques to capture data from the location keyword registry service. The generated keywords will be provided to a user as suggestions for tagging images. The technology may be implemented in image tagging services, online image management services, image storage services, location-based services, social networks, etc.

This lot is generally related to an intruder alarm system. Disclosed is an intruder alarm using infrared radiation for detection of an intruder and generates an alarm signal. The disclosed alarm system uses an infrared camera for monitoring a pre-determined area and transmits video signals to a remote-monitoring device. The system has a video analysis module which is in communication with the camera and provides video analysis of multiple video frames. Also disclosed is an alarm signal module for generating an alarm signal when an activity of the intruder is detected in a restricted area. The technology may be implemented in smart security systems, IOT based security devices, intruder-monitoring systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to Internet of Things (IoT). Disclosed is a system to provide dynamic logical grouping of IoT devices using device identifiers independent of subscription topic. The system uses a manager to receive a connection request from a device and assigns it to a particular message queuing telemetry transport (MQTT) broker to the device. Also disclosed are techniques to receive an identifier at an MQTT broker and a load processor to store the identifier and the topic. The technology may be implemented in IoT applications, smart homes, smart offices, intelligent buildings and environments, etc.

This lot is generally related to an image processing system to generate good quality images from complex images which are used in medical applications. Disclosed is a technique to process a set of images consisting of first nodes. The system measures affinity between neighboring nodes in the first nodes using a weighting function. Also disclosed are techniques to downsize the first set of images to generate a second set of nodes so that the second set of nodes is less than the first nodes. The system measures the affinity between neighboring nodes in the second set of nodes based on the affinity between the neighboring nodes in the first nodes. The technology may be implemented in image segmentation systems, digital image processing systems, medical imaging systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to a technique to automatically segment digital image data which is useful in medical imaging. Disclosed is a technique to segment target structures in three-dimensional (3D) image data by pre-segmenting training images of structures representing the target structures and generating a model having inter-structure ordered spatial dependency for each of the target structures by placing all pre-segmented training images using neighboring structures as reference anchor structures. Also disclosed are techniques to integrate the ordered spatial dependency with a segmentation algorithm and sequentially segmenting each of the target structures based on the optimal sequence. The technology may be implemented in automatic medical image segmentation systems, smart image segmentation systems, interactive 3D image segmentation systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to multilevel image segmentation to identify an object of interest from the background of the image. Techniques are disclosed to segment an object of interest from a background of an image by receiving a high-resolution original digital image. A set of partial labels with some pixels are labelled as object and other pixels are marked as background and few pixels as unlabeled. Also disclosed are techniques to reduce resolution of the partially labelled high-resolution image and both the image intensities. The system segments the reduced resolution image to convert the partial labelling on the reduced resolution image into a full labelling and generates a new high-resolution image with all pixels. The technology may be implemented in digital image processing, medical image processing, multilevel image segmentation, etc.

This lot is generally related to a technique of real-time face recognition. Disclosed is a real-time face detection device consisting of a down-scaling unit and a face region comparison unit. The down-scale unit down-scales an input image by one ratio and the face region comparison unit creates multiple windows for the down-scaled image. The system determines a face region confidence of each of the window images by comparing the window image with a classifier and identify whether the window image corresponds to a face region. The technology may be implemented in face detection systems, real-time face tracking, object detection in an image, etc.

This lot is generally related to a data migration system for migrating legacy systems to a target system. Disclosed is a data migration system for migrating legacy system to a target system by staging the data associated with the legacy system by defining the data relationship between tables on primary keys and other arbitrary relationship required for a business data object. The staging data extracts the data from the legacy system and incrementally loads the data into a staging area. The system enables history tracking of cleaned and edited data and maps the data between the legacy system and the target system at an object level to minimize data migration errors. Also disclosed is a tool which facilitates migration of the data. Further disclosed are techniques for viewing and correcting records associated with the data by automatically generating graphical user interface (GUI) screens. The technology may be implemented in data migration systems, cloud-based data migration software, etc.

This lot is generally related to custom content suggestions. Disclosed are techniques to generate and transmit content based on real time and historical data. The technique extracts multiple information items from real-time data, determines attribute associations, aggregate scores, attributes, content and its target location. The technique sends the content to the identified location. The technology may be implemented in eCommerce services, social networks, multimedia services, streaming services, advertisements, custom content provision services, etc.

This lot is generally related to a content-centric network for retrieving relevant content based on a content name. Disclosed is a content centric network for transmitting a content to a mobile device using multiple routers. The system allows a mobile router to send an access registration message to the content-centric network and allows the transmission management agent to determine whether the mobile node has moved from an access router based on the mobile node identifier. Also disclosed are techniques to allow the transmission management agent to transmit information related to a content transmission path between the mobile node and a source router to provide the content. The technology may be implemented in content distribution systems, content-centric wireless networks, etc.

This lot is generally related to data storage in a virtual data sharing environment. Techniques are disclosed to provide a virtual data storage medium using data storage federation consisting of a heterogeneous data storage medium with multiple data storage media, each using different interfaces, protocols, and commands for using stored data. The system has a federation unit for generating a virtual data storage medium by federating the heterogeneous data storage medium for directing a user input to a first virtual data storage or the second external storage device. When the user input is compatible to the second external storage device, the system is connected via network and when the user input is only compatible to the first storage device, then it is connected to the system via dedicated cable. The technology may be implemented in virtual storage systems, network attached storage devices, etc.

This lot is generally related to policy-based storage services to provide high speed data access and efficient data management. Disclosed is a technique of performing policy-based storage service federation consisting of a request interceptor for receiving a request from a client and identifying whether or not a policy is applicable for the client request. The system obtains a policy by evaluating request information related to the request and a policy status and performs policy-based storage service federation to provide efficient data access for big datasets. The technology may be implemented in cloud data storage, policy based storage services, shared community storage networks, etc.

This lot is generally related to energy efficient cloud computing. Disclosed is a profiling based energy aware cloud system consisting of a cloud mediator interface which collects usage data of a cloud node over pre-determined intervals of time. The system generates an energy usage profile for each node and stores the collected usage data. Also disclosed are techniques to acquire real-time usage data from the cloud node and compare the real-time usage data with the generated energy usage profile and calculate a recommendation value. The technology may be implemented in cloud systems, dynamic load adjustment in cloud systems, virtualized data centers, etc.

This lot is generally related to a software application for grid computing on a network. Disclosed is a technique of grid computing a network of computing nodes consisting of a configurable service container executable at the nodes for dispatching message, communication, network membership, and persistence modules. The service container has multiple pluggable modules such as a membership service module for maintaining network connectivity between the nodes and a scheduler service module for receiving multiple tasks from a client based on an index node and schedules tasks on the nodes. Also disclosed is an executor service module for receiving more tasks from the scheduler service module and executes the tasks and returns a response to the scheduler service module. Further disclosed is that the system creates multiple parallel programming models based on the response for execution by a computer program running on the network. The technology may be implemented in distributed computing systems, resource management systems, grid processing systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to a technique to deploy applications onto multiple heterogeneous cloud environments. Disclosed is a technique to deploy a software from a source platform to a target platform by obtaining configuration data on interdependency between the target platform and the software application. The system checks the source and the target platform for readiness for initiating deployment once the readiness is verified. Also disclosed are techniques to perform a post-deployment assessment of the software application after the deployment. The technology may be implemented in cloud-based software deployment systems, intelligent software deployment systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to a vehicle-sharing application. Disclosed are techniques to provide ride-sharing vehicles having a driver mobile device for receiving a request for ride sharing and a server communicated with the mobile device. The server receives a group purchase of rides, establishes a customer-defined group identity, and provides ride-sharing vehicles based on the group identity. Also disclosed is a ride service network for storing calendars for riders, aggregating vehicle’s capacity and determining the vehicle schedule. Further disclosed are techniques to determine availability of the vehicle if a selected driver has an open time slot for the user and to schedule an appointment time. The technology may be implemented in cab services, taxi aggregators, ride-sharing services, etc.

This lot is generally related to selection of advertisements based on video on demand. Disclosed is a technique to select an advertisement based on video on demand by receiving a request from a video player connected to a video content provider by determining a popularity count for the video content and a geographical area of the video player, selects and sends the video content combined with the advertisement to the video player. Also disclosed are techniques to select the advertisement with an advertising condition, which specifies a required popularity count and geographical area. If the condition is satisfied, then the advertisement is selected which increases the effectiveness of the advertisement. The technology may be implemented in VOD services, media content providers, online ad services, etc.

This lot is generally related to a smart remote to control advertisements. Disclosed are remote control devices by storing advertising content, receiving a fast forward selection from the user to initiate a fast forwarding, beginning outputting of the stored content and receiving a play selected content by terminating a fast-forwarding action. The technology may be implemented in remote control devices for managing advertisements, etc.

This invention is generally related to an authentication system for a user login details. Techniques are disclosed to authenticate login information to avoid unauthorized access to a computer system. The authentication system checks whether an appropriate token is stored in the computer system that originates the login. The system initiates a communication with the user through a secondary communication channel and authenticates the login by generating private question/private answer dialogue with the user. The technology may be implemented in computer authentication system, computer security systems, user login verification system, etc.

This patent is generally related to parallel video processing. Disclosed is a technique to process video content in parallel to achieve better performance in processing high-resolution video content. Techniques are disclosed to parallelly process video content by obtaining parallelized unit information for video and obtain performance information to indicate performance of multiple cores. The system allocates multiple video unit data to various cores based on the performance and parallelized unit information having complexity information of the video unit data. Also disclosed are techniques to determine whether the data is allocated to the cores or not. The system increases processing speed of an input video and reduces power consumption. The technology may be implemented in video compression systems, image processing systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to user authentication. Techniques are disclosed to authenticate a user on bank accounts or secured websites without a need of entering the password at multiple applications. The system discloses a technique to generate a reusable identifier such as QR code etc. that is only valid for a finite and predetermined period of time (minutes or hours or days). The identifier has a copy of the reusable identifier and user verification information for authentication. The identifiers are very safe and do not require complex and time-consuming encryption/decryption process to protect sensitive data, since it does not have user or transaction-specific information. Also disclosed are techniques to provide a first identifier to a verification server, provide a resource identifier with a second identifier to the user device, receive authorization information from the user device and allow the user to access requested service or application. The technology may be implemented in online services, banking services, secured web login, security services, facility entry systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to a technique to calibrate transmission rate in wireless communication. Disclosed is a technique to adapt transmission rate between a customer premises equipment (CPE) and a base transceiver station (BTS) by sending multiple probe packets based on a static module and coding schemes (MCS) probe table associated with a current MCS. The system determines percentage of probe packets successfully received by a receiver for each of the set of probe MCSs associated with the current MCS, based on a link adaptation statistic packet received from the receiver. The system identifies an MCS from the set of probe MCSs for subsequent transmissions based on the determined percentage. The technology may be implemented in wireless communication, WiMAX, etc.

This lot is generally related to a technique of compression of high quality video data using tone mapping. Techniques are disclosed to compress a video data stream by compressing high dynamic range video frames by using a bilateral filter which extracts a base frame with luminance information. The system compares the base data frames with the original frames to provide a detail frame with chroma information and selects a tone-mapping operation. The tone mapping is applied to the base frame to generate a compressed low dynamic range base frame. The technology may be implemented in video data compression, video compression software, mobile apps, etc.

This lot is generally related to software testing. Techniques are disclosed to automatically generate test scripts to reduce testing effort, manual intervention and maintain consistency. The technique acquires multiple test steps from a database, identifies testing actions to be performed and generates the test script based on the actions. The techniques further identify an expected test result associated with each step and generate a validation script. The technology may be implemented in software testing services, software development, testing databases, etc.

This lot is generally related to computer networks. Techniques are disclosed to analyze port performance to improve multi-protocol switching in a storage area network (SAN). The technique monitors operating parameters of ports, compares the parameters with a predefined criterion and identifies eligible ports for which parameters do not deviate much. The technique further compares port traffic data with a threshold, determines rank for the eligible ports and processes I/O operations based on the port ranks. The technology may be implemented in storage area networks, computer networks, servers, network devices, network switches, routers, modems, gateways, etc.

This lot is generally related to security of communication networks. Disclosed is a technique to monitor incoming traffic patterns to determine abnormality or deviation in the traffic and protect communication networks from intrusion. Disclosed is an intrusion detection system consisting of a network activity observer for monitoring network traffic, data packets and create data profiles of the monitored traffic elements. Also disclosed is a misuse detector for determining a first numerical indication of a probability, between 0 and 1 of the profiled traffic which indicates malicious activity. The system has an anomaly detector for determining a second numerical indication of a probability between 0 and 1 of the profiled traffic and a classifier which operates on the first and second numerical indications and generates a joint classification decision which indicates normal traffic or malicious or anomalous traffic. The technology may be implemented in network security systems, intrusion detection systems, network data management systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to location-based services. Techniques are disclosed to dynamically trigger devices within a closed space, so that only necessary devices are allowed to be operating. The technique accesses closed space and multiple sensor information, determines device location and creates a 3D grid coordinate system of the closed space. The technique further compartmentalizes the closed space, determines device position in the compartments, accesses a user profile and triggers the device accordingly. The technology may be implemented in location-based services, navigation devices, safe vehicle driving systems, automobiles, portable devices, etc.

This lot is generally related to a security system for protection of a user identity. Disclosed is a technique to protect the identity of a person such as a social security number and birthdate to protect the person from losses or fraud. Disclosed is a technique to authenticate a person’s identity to a business entity using a third party trusted entity having a secure repository for storing the identity information. The person registers with the trusted entity and accesses their account using a user name and password. Also disclosed are techniques to grant a unique code to the person so that the person can authenticate the identity to the business and deliver the unique code to the transaction entity. The technology may be implemented in user authentication systems, personal information security systems, theft protection systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to a multiplayer online game. Disclosed is a multiplayer gaming environment which allows a user to capture and control multiple game characters for playing various games, such as fighting, crafting, etc. Techniques are disclosed to provide a gaming environment consisting of a memory associated with profiles of characters and have information about characters. The system provides the position of a subject player character in the game and determines a proximity point of a user location with the subject player character. Further disclosed are techniques to capture and manipulate the subject player character if the proximity is less than the user radius. The system allows the user to release the game character after a certain time period and to grab another character or the same character again. The technology may be implemented in online games, multiplayer gaming systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to data analysis. Disclosed are techniques to verify the accuracy of information by automatically analyzing broadcasted information, compare with source information and present real time status. Also disclosed are techniques to monitor broadcasted information with multiple devices before checking accuracy. Further disclosed are different fact-checking techniques using IoT, reverse processing, separation method, random method, etc. The technology may be implemented in software, mobile APPs, web services, social networks, facts/accuracy-checking services, etc.

This lot is generally related to communications in a call center. Disclosed is a technique to record a customer call and retrieve the call using a search query to provide quality services. Disclosed is a technique to log a call by receiving a call log associated with a user. The call log includes call time, date, and an identification of a caller. The system receives a context of the call from the user, stores in a call record and associates the call record with the user. The system performs a search based on a query requested by the user and displays the result of the search query. The technology may be implemented in call centers, call management systems, mobile apps, etc.

This lot is generally related to an intelligent system for load balancing in an IT infrastructure. Disclosed is a technique to provide a software-based hyper-converged infrastructure to provide all the necessary components for an IT infrastructure within a single appliance. Techniques are disclosed to extend storage capacity in a hyper-converged infrastructure by installing an Ethernet-based host bus adapter to a first host node having a computing component for allocating resources to guest machines. The system connects an external storage device to the first host node to a first port and connects a second end of the cable to the Ethernet cable to a first port of an Ethernet-based host bus adapter. The first host node and the external storage device communicate using the Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) protocol over Ethernet (AoE) data packets so that the communication protocol, storage drives within the external storage device appear as direct-attached storage. The technology may be implemented in virtualized networking systems, data centers, IT management systems, etc.

This portfolio is majorly related to delivery of targeted advertisements on a mobile device. Various techniques are disclosed to deliver online sponsored advertisements based on the user profile and bid amount from the sponsor. A set of patents disclose techniques to forward a mobile subscribers’ characteristic such as geographic region, transaction history to a sponsored content provider to deliver relevant content. The system transmits time details to the sponsor to match the content based on the relevancy parameters score of the subscribers’ characteristic and deliver the content through a link using an API. Also disclosed are techniques to update search results based on location of searchers’ device past search history, receive a bid amount along with an associated rendering capability from content providers. Second set of patents discloses techniques to deliver sponsored content by weighing of interaction information of the subscriber such as transaction events, purchase history, user history, geographic location, expertise, income bracket, home address etc. Few patents disclose a technique to associate a survey question with interactive sponsored content based on the subscribers’ response to the questions, analyse the user responses and select sponsored content for delivery on the user mobile device. Few more patents disclose techniques to receive the user selection of products, identify merchants who sell such products and send an ordered list of merchants to the user. Further disclosed are various techniques for delivery of targeted sponsored content based on user profile and history of events, matching one user with multiple devices based on routes travelled by these devices, etc. The technology may be implemented in ecommerce, online content distribution system, online shopping system, search engines, location based services, managing user profiles, navigation devices, mobile APPs, etc.

This portfolio is generally related to communication networks. Disclosed are techniques to identify a VoIP proxy server with the lowest load to serve requesting devices, communicate audio data between devices where one device is behind a network address translation (NAT) firewall and provide uninterrupted VoIP communication between private network users. The system discloses a technique for load balancing in a VoIP system by sending a request to each proxy server, receive responses at a load balancing server and send identity of the server having lowest load to requesting user device. Also disclosed are techniques to communicate audio between devices which are behind a NAT firewall, by establishing a reliable call between a private network user and an Internet user, establish an outbound audio data channel between the network and the user, send an outbound data packet and utilize the packet to identify a reverse channel for inbound packets. Further, disclosed are techniques to establish and maintain Internet telephony calls between users even if a user is on a private network behind a NAT firewall. The technology may be implemented in VoIP services, Internet telephony services, communication networks, IP communication services, etc.

This patent is generally related to an illuminated charging port receptacle. Disclosed is a device having a light source which illuminates when inserted into a charging port. Disclosed device has a housing, a light, a connecting tip for charging portable devices, a cord, and a power source connector. When the device is connected to a power source the light illuminates the charging port and automatically shuts off when the connector is fully inserted into the port. The technology may be implemented in power cord, electronic device charger, etc

This lot is generally related to wireless communication. Disclosed are improved networks for supporting large numbers of low user message rate devices having a network concentrator to authenticate user devices, a client registry to register user devices, and a low user message rate concentration point to send a broadcast control message to the devices. The technology may be implemented in wireless networks, base stations, network switches, routers, modems, etc.

This lot is generally related to a radio transceiver for down-converting radio frequency signals to provide gain control, a good noise and low power consumption. Disclosed is a signal down-converter consisting of a pair of passive double sideband mixers for receiving quadrature RF signals. The system mixes the quadrature RF signals with local oscillator driving signals to provide mixed differential signals. The system feeding the mixed differential signals are fed to a differential difference feedback amplifier having high frequency and provides a down-converted output signal. The technology may be implemented in mobile phones, set-top boxes, etc.

This lot is generally related to wireless transmitters. Disclosed is an improved OFDM transmitter which has low latency, multi-rate support, reduced turnaround time and uses less complex components. The transmitter uses a MAC interface to synchronize MAC-transmitted data to a system clock and a parallel scrambler to scramble synchronized data. The transmitter also uses a parallel convolutional encoder to convolutionally encode data received from the parallel scrambler. The technology may be implemented in OFDM transmitters, transceivers, wireless devices, portable devices, wireless network equipment, base stations, etc.

This lot is generally related to OFDM networks. Disclosed are techniques to perform least square (LS) equalization on an OFDM signal which makes full use of channel state information (CSI), improves performance and requires minimal and simple calculations. The technique receives a modulated signal, demodulates by using fast Fourier transform (FFT) and processes FFT demodulated signal. The technique further processes channel estimator output signal to produce a CSI signal and decodes the CSI aided LS equalized signal. The technology may be implemented in OFDM networks, ultra-wideband devices, wireless networks, mobile communication networks, cellular networks, network switches, modems, routers, base stations, etc.

This lot is generally related to bookmarks. Disclosed is a technique to better access, search, share and rate a database of intelligent bookmarks. The technique displays an Internet document, receives a user selection of content, retrieves document address, extracts identifier of selected content and receives user supplemented video information. This technique further associates and stores the addresses and the identifiers to access the document and document content. The technology may be implemented in web services, bookmark services, web browsers, bookmark databases, etc.

This lot is generally related to online content selling. Techniques are disclosed to provide an online platform to publish news, blogs or other content along with readers’ thoughts and generate revenue from readers in terms of subscription of paid comments. Disclosed is an online system to receive content such as a news story or blog entry, etc., from various content providers and allow readers to share comments by paying a fee to the providers. Also disclosed are techniques to provide various templates by using pre-selected color, font or an a la carte selection of various colors, borders, fonts, and the like so that the reader can choose their own attributes of distinctiveness for comments. Further disclosed are techniques to place readers’ comments section or a distinctive appearance and/or position on a web page and auction prominent comment locations on a webpage for a certain time period. The technology may be implemented in online news content providers’ websites, blog websites, websites for stories, social networks, political analysis systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to a wearable electrocardiogram (ECG) system. Disclosed is a wearable ECG device for frequently and constantly monitoring the heart condition of a user. The wearable ECG device has multiple electrodes, a multiplexer with an input terminal, two output terminals and a control terminal. Also disclosed is a detection module connected with one output end of the multiplexer, and a digital detection module is connected with the other end of the multiplexer. The processor is connected with the multiplexer and the digital detection module. The system has a motion-sensing module connected with the processor for sensing the acceleration of the wearable ECG system and outputs an electrical signal based on the acceleration. The wearable ECG has a digital signal processing circuit consisting of three filters. The second and third filters are connected with the first filter and a waveform buffer is connected with the first, second and third filters. The technology may be implemented in wearable ECG systems, wearable heart monitors, etc.

This lot is generally related to video games. Techniques are disclosed to utilize physical location information in video games to provide better gaming experience to players. Techniques are disclosed to receive position of a game player and obtain images of the location. Also disclosed are techniques to map the images into a virtual game environment by displaying images along with virtual objects. Further disclosed are techniques to store location data of players when the game is not played for later analysis. The technology may be implemented in video games, virtual games, location-based services, VR applications, etc.

This lot is generally related to video processing. Techniques are disclosed to model a background of a video which accounts for dynamic background change according to a pattern. The technique generates a combined color covariance matrix of a video image and input image, estimates a probability density, and updates a background model. Few techniques generate a feature point space, develop an uncertainty model and perform a variable bandwidth mean shift on the feature space points. The technology may be implemented in video processing services, surveillance applications, object detection and monitoring, computer vision applications, video segmentation, etc.

This lot is generally related to image processing. Techniques are disclosed for modelling of dynamic scenes and detecting changes to efficiently identify foreground and background in moving pictures and videos. The technique inputs a current image and previously stored images, represents the current image in a subspace, learns a dynamical model, and adapts the subspace based on the scene changes. The techniques further adapt dynamical model parameters in accordance with the scene changes, determine difference between prediction and current image and outputs an indication of a new object. Few techniques compute optical flow for an image, perform an invariant transformation and estimate probability for a current input to belong to the background. The technology may be implemented in video modeling services, video processing applications, object detection, object tracking, object classification, event analysis, industrial automation, security and surveillance, real time video analysis, etc.

This lot is generally related to video processing. Techniques are disclosed for automatic scale selection for feature space analysis and partitioning for applications such as video segmentation. The technique receives a video, determines a color bandwidth and a local spatial bandwidth for each pixel and clusters the video using a variable bandwidth mean shift by applying the bandwidths. Few techniques also determine data modes using the process. Few more techniques select multiple analysis scales, partition the data into modes, determine most stable mean/covariance pair and select the covariance as a variable bandwidth. The technology may be implemented in video background modelling, object or human tracking, video segmentation, real time image and video processing, computer vision, animation, etc.

This lot is generally related to image processing. Disclosed is a technique to provide tunable kernels for improved mean shift tracking of objects in consecutive image frames for improving tracking performance. The technique encodes image data of consecutive frames using multiple kernels, determines a spatial configuration expression and optimizes bandwidth of kernels. The technology may be implemented in video processing applications, image processing applications, machine vision applications, animations, tracking humans or objects in a video, etc.

This lot is generally related to automobile safety. Disclosed is a technique for real time obstacle detection from a moving vehicle to avoid accidents and enable autonomous driving. The technique calibrates a camera, receives multiple images and camera ego motion information, selects multiple real- world points and applies motion estimation on the real-world points and images. The technique further determines a true motion flow of the real-world points and when any real-world point is an obstacle. The technology may be implemented in automobile safety devices, autonomous driving, vehicle safety equipment, image processing software, vehicle cameras, etc.

This lot is generally related to a voice-enabled user authentication system. Disclosed is a voice user interface to authenticate a user and allows access to various data services on a mobile device. The system uses a device speaker to receive a first voice through the voice user interface, calculating a confidence score by comparing the first voice with a voice model associated with the authorized user. The system identifies the specific request from the user and allows access if the confidence score exceeds the minimum confidence score. The technology may be implemented in user authentication systems, voice recognition software, in-car systems, fighter aircrafts, etc.

This lot is generally related to semiconductor devices. Disclosed are techniques for manufacturing castellated gate MOSFET devices which are vertically oriented and used for high performance analog and mixed-signal applications. Disclosed is a castellated-gate MOSFET tetrode device consisting of a semiconductor substrate region having an upper and lower portion with a top surface and a bottom surface. The substrate has a source and a drain region with primary and secondary channel-forming regions that are disposed to form an integrated cascode structure. Also disclosed are multiple thin semiconductor channel elements formed by etching spaced gate slots having a first predetermined depth into the substrate. Further disclosed are second gate structures provided by interposing castellated second gate elements between secondary channel elements and a second gate member interconnects at the upper vertical ends to cover the secondary channel elements which are separated by second dielectric layers from the second gate structure to form an integrated cascode device structure to provide high speed integrated vertical I/O device. Few patents disclose fabrication of castellated-gate MOSFET device for analog and mixed-signal applications having reduced sensitivity to substrate noise and crosstalk generated by the digital logic functions. The technology may be implemented in memory chips, microprocessors, power MOSFET, digital circuits, etc.

This lot is generally related to semiconductor devices. Disclosed is an IC-based module having Setup, Capture, Process and Scan (SCPS) module which is flexible, configurable and expandable up to a granular addressability. The SCPS module uses an interpreter sub module and a register bank with multiple registers to respond to an I3C supplemented with the SCPS sequences on reception of an instruction preceded by any I3C addresses. Also disclosed are techniques to respond to I2C addresses by SCPS module. The technology may be implemented in ICs, semiconductor devices, programmable logic devices, field programmable gate arrays, semiconductor substrates, etc.

This lot is generally related to computer networks. Techniques are disclosed for efficient multi-protocol translation in storage area networks (SANs). The technique associates two ports with two network protocols, assigns virtual addresses to the ports, and establishes mapping tables. The technique further provides virtual addresses to the network device, identifies the connected destination port, and sends data through that port. The technology may be implemented in computer networks, storage area networks, servers, network devices, network switches, modems, routers, gateways, etc.

This lot is generally related to memory management in multiple devices in a distributed network environment. Disclosed is a technique to perform memory management in a network device consisting of a processor to determine memory space requirements for execution of an application and create a memory pool based on the memory requirements. The system aggregates physical memories of multiple devices and executes the application in the memory pool using semaphores and a mutex application programming interface (API). The technology may be implemented in network management, cloud computing systems, memory management systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to control access of a network resource. Techniques are disclosed to control usage of network resources in a common access point. Disclosed is a technique to control access of a common shared access point based on a controllable amount of connection performance such as bandwidth, latency or packet loss. The system controls the bandwidth, latency or packet loss for each user who is spending more time on the access point by providing less bandwidth or connection performance. The system automatically provides high bandwidth to new users and discourages users from spending long periods of time occupying the physical space, such as cafes. Further disclosed are techniques to measure performance parameters to encourage certain types of activity such as video streaming, voice over IP, etc. The system also allows users to enjoy high bandwidth who are purchasing stuff from the cafe or involved in other activity such as viewing an advertisement, completing a survey or participating in some other activity. The technology may be implemented in cafes at the airports, access points at restaurants, mobile applications, etc.

This lot is generally related to network management. Disclosed is a technique to automate network traffic management using visual analytics to reduce cost and time. The technique pre-processes network log data, analyzes network nodes and traffic flow using visualization technology and presents analyzed data to a network operator. The technology may be implemented in network switches, network management software/devices, communication networks, etc.

This lot is generally related to pairing of a portable device to share wireless connectivity and a secondary gesture input mechanism for touchscreen devices. Techniques are disclosed to connect various portable devices, such as cellular telephones, fitness tracking devices, smart watches, emergency response devices, to share a common network connectivity and provide a secondary touch-enabled gesture input located near edges of a touchscreen. Disclosed is a gesture input mechanism which is located near an edge of a touchscreen and allows a user to interact with a touchscreen device with minimal or no blocking of the display portion of the device. The input device may be useful on smaller touchscreen devices, such as wrist watches or other devices, where a user’s finger may block much of the viewable surface. Also disclosed are techniques to pair a set of portable devices to share common connectivity by evaluating connectivity strength, battery power, and other factors for routing connections between devices to external networks. Further disclosed is that an incoming phone call may be answered by any of the connected devices, even though the connection may have been originally received by a different device. The technology may be implemented in mobile phones, fitness tracking devices, smart watches, emergency response devices, etc.

This lot is generally related to distribution of media content. Disclosed is a technique to record and distribute notable live events to users across a network. The system receives multiple time stamped media data such as audio, video of live events from various user devices into a server. The server read captured media and triggered data having time stamps indicating real time trigger event to generate media segments corresponding to a trigger datum from the media capture devices. The server has a display unit for displaying multiple media segments consisting of time datum corresponding to the media segment from each of the multiple cross-registered devices without disclosing a reference of received trigger from a particular cross-registered device. Also disclosed are techniques of cross-registration of devices by enrolling devices in a group created on a communication network. Further disclosed are techniques to transfer the stored media data from a temporary memory to a permanent storage as a media segment when the trigger datum is received. The technology may be implemented in media streaming services, mobile phones, media distribution systems, social networks, etc.

This lot is generally related to multimedia. Techniques are disclosed to render multimedia content on user devices without losing media continuity and which can blend content from multiple sources. The technique receives multimedia content from a server and transforms the media chunks based on a user preference by modifying the sequence of chunks and adjusting content time duration. The techniques further render the transformed content on the user devices. The technology may be implemented in multimedia services, streaming media, media broadcasts, online media, digital TV, satellite TV, VoD, multimedia networks, etc.

This lot is generally related to multimedia services. Disclosed is a technique to ensure commercial breaks are provided to the media viewer even when the viewer fast forwards media content and improve revenues for media providers from advertisers. The technique provides media stream with multiple sets of which are consecutive and contain identical content frames related to commercial breaks. These frames occur prior to fast forwarding of stream so that the viewer has to watch commercial breaks. The technology may be implemented in multimedia networks, streaming services, VoD, online media, satellite TVs, Internet media, etc.

This lot is generally related to smart assistants. Disclosed is an automated assistant for a user by receiving a user request for assistance to determine semantics and a domain of the user request, determine a task and a parameter related to the user request by parsing the user request having meaning or interpretation, location and personal information of the user such as telephone, user activity, access an application program interface (API) to retrieve matched data for the domain, and generate personalized recommendations for activities, products, services. Also disclosed are techniques to send a possible response to the user by interacting with the semantic web services and extracting options or suggestions from the semantic web services. The technology may be implemented in virtual assistants, smart speakers, smart phones, mobile apps, etc.

This lot is generally related to a metadata management tool. Disclosed are techniques to collect, analyze and manage massive amounts of data from multiple metadata repositories in an enterprise environment. Techniques are disclosed to obtain metadata from various information sources in real time and receive a user request related to source metadata objects residing in multiple source metadata repositories. The system responds to the user request in real time by identifying a data management application, which corresponds to the source metadata object and retrieves the source metadata objects using an application program interface (API). Also disclosed are various user interfaces, which assist users in creating customized, extended metadata such as tables, reports, etc. The technology may be implemented in data management systems, data repositories, CRM applications, database management systems, modeling tools, etc.

This lot is generally related to human machine interactions. Techniques are disclosed to provide interactions between a user and an embodied conversational agent (ECA), with true emotional feedback and dynamic dialogue. The technique receives conversation data, computes a user behavior score based on behavioral parameters of the conversation data, and determines user’s emotional state. The technique further identifies ECA’s response state corresponding to user’s emotional state and transitions ECA behavior. The technology may be implemented in human machine interactions, chat bots, automated customer service applications, etc.

This lot is generally related to a long range (LoRa) network. Disclosed is a technique for reliable communication in a LoRa communication and minimize packet loss in a communication system. Also disclosed is a network coding system consisting of a network server connected with an end node for receiving a packet and a stationary gateway installed between the network server and the end node for delivery of packets transmitted by the end node. Further disclosed is a temporary gateway which is installed between the stationary gateway and the end node for delivery of packets to the end node and the stationary gateway to minimize a lost packet and reduce power wastage. The technology may be implemented in low power wide area networks, LoRa communication systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to delivery of content based on a user’s mobile device location. Disclosed is a technique to help small business owners to deliver marketing and advertising information on a user device based on the presence location of the user device. Disclosed system delivers content to a mobile device having a network device with an uplink port, a downlink port, a memory, and a processor. The device establishes a connection with the downlink port and establishes first connection between the mobile device and a webserver through the downlink port. Also disclosed are techniques to determine a media access control (MAC) address of the mobile device, receive user history information associated with the MAC address, and provide targeted information to the mobile device. Further disclosed are techniques to update user history using the MAC address. The technology may be implemented in location-based services systems, content delivery systems, online shopping, etc.

This lot is generally related to a technique to generate personalized views of live video feeds of an event. Disclosed is a live video streaming technique to provide information about individual players, teams and better views of important incidents of an event and various options from a user perspective. Disclosed is a technique to generate personalized views of live video feeds of an event by determining personalized inputs associated with each user. The system receives a live video feed of an event from each of the imaging units and generates a map of an area where the event is going on. Also disclosed are techniques for receiving real-time location of a participant in the event from a tracking unit, correlate the real-time location of the participant with the mapped area and select a video feed along with the live video feed. Further disclosed are techniques to generate personalized views of the live video feeds and transmit the video feed to respective users through a web server. The technology may be implemented in live video capturing systems, broadcasting systems, live streaming systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to instant messaging or text-based messaging. Disclosed are techniques to provide SMS messages at no extra cost using a mobile phone and cloud services in global communication networks. Techniques are disclosed to send and receive text-based messages consisting of a mobile device connected to a wireless network and a server via the network. The server is configured to send an outgoing text message to the mobile device through a communication network, and the mobile device is configured to receive and send a response to the received text message. Also disclosed is a cloud- based network service to provide a server-based file or tasks to various network-connected devices. The technology may be implemented in an instant messaging service, mobile devices, mobile apps, cloud computing, etc.

This patent is generally related to augmented reality (AR). Disclosed is a technique to project synthetic information or supplementary information into the real environment to enhance the real world experience. Disclosed system projects synthetic information into a real environment by generating a camera image of the real environment and assigning the image to a 3D model through image processing or pattern recognition. Also disclosed are techniques to calculate a position of the information and a correction of the projection position is implemented through a feedback between the camera image and the projection unit. The technology may be implemented in medical field, tourism, Industrial manufacturing, etc.

This portfolio is generally related to augmented reality (AR) application. Various techniques are disclosed to provide an accurate and seamless AR experience to users by using fiducial markers having encoded data. Techniques are disclosed to accurately register real world or physical world object coordinates to the relative coordinates of an AR system by encoding data into high-contrast markers or QR codes labeled as Digitally Encoded Markers (DEMs). The system allows mobile device or a viewing device to extract the metadata of the DEM. Also disclosed are techniques to superimpose digital data onto the real world by registering the geographic world coordinates on the DEM to produce an AR experience to the user in real time. The technology may be implemented in AR applications, mobile apps, etc.

This lot is generally related to a technique of audio compression in a material exchange format (MXF) file to maintain audio quality. Disclosed is a technique to select an optimal audio codec by creating multiple processed audio clips by compressing and decompressing an original audio clip with different audio codec algorithms. The system creates a matched filter using the original audio clip to determine a power spectrum of each of the processed audio to identify a selected audio codec algorithm for compression. The technology may be implemented in audio processing software, audio and video packaging systems, media players, etc.

This portfolio is generally related to techniques of monitoring heart condition of a patient. Various techniques are disclosed to monitor electrophysiological signals, electrical signal changes based on vector analysis, ECG systems having ASICs, biological tissue functions and other techniques to determine heart conditions. Disclosed is a technique to analyze patients electrical signals received from a patient signal data waveform and generate a set of vectors to point of interest. The system extracts multiple vector parameters and determine vector ratios on the vector parameters to monitor changes in the patient signal data waveform. A set of patents disclose a technique to automatically detect and measure ST deviation of a heart wave ECG signal with noise and determine baseline variation of the signal. Few patents in the portfolio disclose an electrocardiography (ECG) system which produces output signal by monitoring a voltage differential on the leads and has a drive circuit for cancelling a common mode noise among the electrodes. The ECG system has a lead fault detection unit with current source, a control module which measures parameters at each electrode and determine an amount of current leakage. Few patents in the lot disclose techniques for biological tissue function analysis based on saturation of haemoglobin with oxygen (SPO2) signal data which is synchronized with respiration signal data. Further disclosed is a system for heart ablation by automatically determining ablation pulse characteristics to determine the thickness of tissue and determined area of abnormality. The technology may be implemented in ECG systems, ECG signal analysis system, heart monitoring systems, etc.

This patent is generally related to an application to detect a face in an image and automatically edit to make it more attractive. Disclosed is a technique to automatically modify the image based on country, culture and other pertinent user information using machine learning techniques. Disclosed is an application to select a face in an image, construct a face structure mask based on model face masks and modify the face image. Also disclosed are techniques to display modified image to a user display and receive the user feedback for further modification. Further disclosed are techniques to upload modified face image to various social networking portals. The technology may be implemented in picture editing software, mobile applications, media editing software, etc.

This portfolio is generally related to secured cloud services. Techniques are disclosed to provide collaborative environment for secured and confidential data sharing such as a document file, spreadsheet, picture file, chat session, instant message, video recording, audio-video recording, etc. Disclosed is a secured cloud data management system which allows a subscriber user to share information with a guest user. The subscriber user controls the information and does not allow the guest users to alter or share the information to third party or other devices. The system provides linking and controlling of all the elements of the work and maintains document viewing access history for future reference. Also disclosed are techniques to set the default life cycle policy for accessibility of the document and the document can be deleted by subscriber user any time. The technology may be implemented in cloud services, web applications, online document management systems, etc.

This portfolio is generally related to internet protocol (IP) based storage networks. Various techniques are disclosed for high performance network storage processors to accelerate the network data traffic and reduces the TCP/IP protocol stack overhead from the host processor and enables high line rate security processing including firewall, encryption, decryption, intrusion detection, etc. Disclosed is a technique to enable retrieval of data in a memory subsytem using a hardware-implemented processor consisting of a flash memory in a target system with a host processor which is connected to a TCP/IP network. The system has TCP/IP protocol with a transport layer and a network layer for receiving a request to register a region of flash memory from an application running on the target system. The system makes the region of the flash memory available to multiple peers and receives data packets by the hardware-implemented processor at the target system. Also disclosed are techniques to receive a remote direct memory access request in the data packets with a location of a region of the flash memory to store data or retrieve the data from the memory subsystem without the host processor controlling memory access during the storing or retrieving. Few patents in the portfolio disclose a hardware processor which drastically reduces the TCP/IP protocol stack processing overhead from the host CPU and enables security processing features like firewall at various protocol layers such as link, network and transport layers to substantially improve the host CPU performance for intended applications. Few more patents disclose programmable IP processor architecture which allows customer specific applications such as network management, storage firewall or other security capabilities, bandwidth management, quality of service, virtualization, performance monitoring, zoning, LUN masking to be deployed seamlessly. The technology may be implemented in storage area network, IP Storage Networking solutions, shared-disk file systems, etc.