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20100075661 | Method and System for Tuning and Self-Monitoring of Wireless Networks - A method includes determining a first performance indicator for a wireless network, the first performance indicator including an unperturbed value of a parameter of an access point of the network; perturbing the parameter of the wireless network by a predetermined increment to obtain a perturbed value of the parameter; determining a second performance indicator for the wireless network, the second performance indicator including the perturbed value of the parameter; and selecting the one of the unperturbed value of the parameter and the perturbed value of the parameter corresponding to a higher of the first performance indicator and the second performance indicator. | 03-25-2010 |
20100091746 | COVERAGE-HOLE DETECTION and SELF HEALING - A system, apparatus and techniques for detecting and self-healing coverage hole conditions in a wireless network are disclosed. The apparatus includes a monitor module that is configured in a data forwarding plane of a network switch and a regulatory module configured in a control plane of the switch. The monitor module is configured to detect a coverage hole condition affecting a mobile device associated with an access port and the regulatory module is configured to adjust transmission power to the access port based on the condition. | 04-15-2010 |
20100098036 | SELF-CONFIGURATION OF WIRELESS ACCESS DEVICES IN A WIRELESS NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A self-configuration method for access devices in a wireless network begins by performing wireless data collection with the access devices during an automated calibration period. During this time, each access device receives beacons from one or more transmitting access devices, the beacons being transmitted and received using a plurality of different channels available to the wireless network. The method records radio frequency (RF) data associated with the received beacons, and processes the RF data to select, from the plurality of different channels, a respective channel for each of the access devices. In addition, the RF data is processed to adjust transmit power levels for the access devices. The selected channels and adjusted transmit power levels are then used as configuration settings for the access devices. | 04-22-2010 |
20100103842 | SELF-ASSIGNMENT OF DETECTORS AND WORKERS AMONG ACCESS DEVICES IN A WIRELESS NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A self-assignment method for assigning detector and working devices among a plurality of access devices in a wireless network begins by performing wireless data collection with the access devices during an automated calibration period. During this time, each access device receives beacons from one or more other transmitting access devices. The method records radio frequency (RF) data associated with beacons received during the wireless data collection, and thereafter automatically designates at least one of the access devices as a detector device, based upon the recorded RF data. | 04-29-2010 |
20110075556 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC LOAD BALANCING IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for dynamic load balancing in a wireless network, such as a wireless local area network (WLAN) and the like. Specifically, the present invention periodically provides dynamic load balancing of mobile devices associated with a plurality of wireless access devices. This may include determining an optimum load and instructing wireless access devices that are overloaded to disassociate some mobile devices based upon predefined criteria. This disassociation is performed in a manner to minimize disruption by disassociating mobile devices with low usage, with close proximity to underutilized wireless access devices, and mobile devices not currently operating critical applications, such as voice. | 03-31-2011 |
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20120189225 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALCULATING IMAGE SHARPNESS MEASUREMENTS - Imaging systems with image sensors and image processing circuitry are provided. The image processing circuitry may calculate sharpness values for a window within an image captured by the image sensors. The window may be divided into zones. A first filter may be applied to each row of each zone. A first sharpness value may be calculated by averaging the absolute values of the outputs of the first filter that are greater than a first threshold. A second sharpness value may be calculated by averaging the absolute values of the outputs of the second filter that are greater than a second threshold. A final sharpness value for each zone may be calculated by dividing the second sharpness value by the first sharpness value and multiplying the result by corresponding scalar weights. A window sharpness value may be calculated from the weighted sum of the final sharpness values of each zone. | 07-26-2012 |
20130100314 | IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING MOTION-COMPENSATED HIGH-DYNAMIC-RANGE IMAGES - Electronic devices may include image sensors. Image sensors may be used to capture images having rows of long-exposure image pixel values that are interleaved with rows of short-exposure image pixel values. The long-exposure and short-exposure values in each interleaved image frame may be interpolated to form interpolated values. A combined long-exposure image and a combined short-exposure image may be generated using the long-exposure and the short-exposure values from the interleaved image frames and the interpolated values from a selected one of the interleaved image frames. The combined long-exposure and short-exposure images may each include image pixel values from either of the interleaved image frames in a non-motion edge region and image pixel values based only on the image pixel values or the interpolated values from the selected one of the interleaved images in a motion or non-edge region. High-dynamic-range images may be generated using the combined long-exposure and short-exposure images. | 04-25-2013 |
20130208138 | IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AUTO-EXPOSED HIGH-DYNAMIC-RANGE IMAGES - Electronic devices may have camera modules that include an image sensor and processing circuitry. The image sensor may capture an image from a scene. The processing circuitry may extract image statistics and exposure levels from the image. The processing circuitry may use the image statistics and the exposure levels to generate a first exposure time, a second exposure time, and gain settings for the image sensor. The image sensor may capture additional images from the scene having long-exposure image pixel values that are captured using the first exposure time and short-exposure image pixel values that are captured using the second exposure time. The processing circuitry may generate a long-exposure image and a short-exposure image from the second image. The processing circuitry may generate auto-exposed high-dynamic-range images of the scene using the long-exposure image and the short-exposure image. | 08-15-2013 |
20130242133 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING INTERPOLATED HIGH-DYNAMIC-RANGE IMAGES - Electronic devices may have camera modules that include an image sensor and processing circuitry. The image sensor may capture an interleaved image having rows of long-exposure pixel values that are interleaved with rows of short-exposure pixel values. The image sensor may separate the interleaved image into first and second images each having empty image pixel values. The processing circuitry may generate interpolated long-exposure and interpolated short-exposure images by generating chroma-filtered interpolated pixel values for the empty pixel values in the first and second images. The processing circuitry may perform interpolation operations along one or more directions for the empty image pixels based on whether the empty image pixels are within a texture area or on a dominant edge of the captured image. The processing circuitry may combine the interpolated long-exposure image and the interpolated short-exposure image to generate a high-dynamic-range image. | 09-19-2013 |
20150062368 | IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING BINNED HIGH-DYNAMIC-RANGE IMAGES - Electronic devices may include image sensors that capture interleaved images having rows of long-exposure pixel values interleaved with rows of short-exposure pixel values. Processing circuitry in the electronic device may (spatially) partition the interleaved images into multiple bins. The processing circuitry may generate a weighted long-exposure pixel value for each bin and a weighted short-exposure pixel value for each bin. The weighted long and short exposure values in each bin may be combined to generate a binned high-dynamic-range (HDR) pixel value for that bin. The processing circuitry may output a binned HDR image formed from the binned HDR pixel values to additional circuitry such as video processing circuitry for performing additional image processing operations. If desired, the image sensor and processing circuitry may be combined into an integrated structure that generates a single binned HDR pixel value and multiple integrated structures may be used. | 03-05-2015 |
20150092079 | IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING MOTION-COMPENSATED HIGH-DYNAMIC-RANGE IMAGES - Electronic devices may include image sensors. Image sensors may be used to capture images having rows of long-exposure image pixel values that are interleaved with rows of short-exposure image pixel values. The long-exposure and short-exposure values in each interleaved image frame may be interpolated to form interpolated values. A combined long-exposure image and a combined short-exposure image may be generated using the long-exposure and the short-exposure values from the interleaved image frames and the interpolated values from a selected one of the interleaved image frames. The combined long-exposure and short-exposure images may each include image pixel values from either of the interleaved image frames in a non-motion edge region and image pixel values based only on the image pixel values or the interpolated values from the selected one of the interleaved images in a motion or non-edge region. High-dynamic-range images may be generated using the combined long-exposure and short-exposure images. | 04-02-2015 |
20150163465 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEMOSAICING OF COLOR FILTER ARRAY IMAGE - Embodiments include a method comprising: receiving a source image comprising a plurality of pixels, wherein individual pixels of the plurality of pixels of the source image comprise a corresponding pixel value that is associated with a corresponding color of a plurality of colors, and wherein a first pixel of the plurality of pixels of the source image comprises a first pixel value that is associated with a first color of the plurality of colors; and for the first pixel of the plurality of pixels of the source image, estimating (i) a second pixel value that is associated with a second color of the plurality of colors and (iii) a third pixel value that is associated with a third color of the plurality of colors. | 06-11-2015 |
20150195497 | Methods and Apparatus for Demosaicking Artifacts Suppression - The present disclosure describes systems and techniques relating to demosaicking artifact suppression. According to an aspect of the described systems and techniques, a device includes: demosaicking circuitry configured to generate interpolated data from raw data received from an image sensor in a three color data format; first circuitry configured to filter a chrominance component of a luminance-chrominance data format version of the interpolated data to suppress false color; and second circuitry configured to filter a luminance component of the luminance-chrominance data format version of the interpolated data to suppress isolated dots. | 07-09-2015 |
20150195501 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPENSATING FOR COLOR IMBALANCE IN IMAGE DATA - A method of correcting color imbalance in a captured image includes deriving gradient data from a group of pixels in the captured image, determining a compensation value based on the gradient data, and applying that value to at least one pixel. Apparatus for correcting color imbalance includes a digital image processor that corrects color imbalance, in an image that is output by an image detector, according to the method. Each pixel may represent a color from a set of colors, with one particular color being a selected color, and each pixel to which the compensation value is applied representing the selected color. Where the group of pixels forms a rectangular shape, the gradient data may include horizontal and vertical gradients. The classifying may be performed according to a visual characteristic of a portion of the image, where determining the compensation value is based also on the visual characteristic. | 07-09-2015 |
20150201109 | System and Method for Tone Mapping of Images - A method and imaging device are provided. An image is divided into N zones, and a histogram is generated for each of the N zones. A tone curve is determined for each of the N zones, where tone curve parameters including the controlling of shape and transition point of the curve are based on the histogram of each zone. A tone-mapped value for each pixel of the image is determined based on a sum of M weighted values determined by applying tone curves of M zones to a value of the pixel. | 07-16-2015 |
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20080309315 | ENHANCED PRECISE LOCATION - A line locator includes a signal detector to detect signals from an underground line; an error modeler that models a phase error in the signal from neighboring underground lines; and an enhanced electromagnetic field modeler that provides a location of the underground line based on the signal and a result from the error modeler. | 12-18-2008 |
20090128156 | ENHANCED PRECISE LOCATION - A method for determining the location of underground cables and pipes is disclosed. In some embodiments, the method includes measuring a set of electromagnetic field magnitudes and phases at a plurality of positions while traversing a target line parallelly using 3D electromagnetic coil sensors, the 3D electromagnetic coil sensors being orthogonally oriented to the target line, modeling a set of expected complex electromagnetic field magnitudes of a single underground conductor at each of the positions to form a set of values corresponding to a set of individual models for the target line, determining which of the set of individuals models is a best model, determining confidence information at each of the positions based on a comparison between the measured set of complex electromagnetic magnitudes and phases and the best model, and determining parameters at each of positions related to the target line from the best model. | 05-21-2009 |
20120232837 | ENHANCED PRECISE LOCATION - A line locator includes a signal detector to detect signals from an underground line; an error modeler that models a phase error in the signal from neighboring underground lines; and an enhanced electromagnetic field modeler that provides a location of the underground line based on the signal and a result from the error modeler. | 09-13-2012 |
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20100203030 | PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION - A pharmaceutical formulation for a PKC modulatory peptide and a transport moiety comprising the aforementioned components and an anti-aggregant. | 08-12-2010 |
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20140066642 | METHOD OF SYNTHESIS OF SUBSTITUTED HEXITOLS SUCH AS DIANHYDROGALACTITOL - The present invention provides an efficient method of synthesizing and purifying dianhydrohexitols such as dianhydrogalactitol. In general, as applied to dianhydrogalactitol, the method comprises: (1) reacting dulcitol with a concentrated solution of hydrobromic acid at a temperature of about 80° C. to produce dibromogalactitol; (2) reacting the dibromogalactitol with potassium carbonate in t-butanol to produce dianhydrogalactitol; and (3) purifying the dianhydrogalactitol using a slurry of ethyl ether to produce purified dianhydrogalactitol. Another method produces dianhydrogalactitol from dulcitol; this method comprises: (1) reacting dulcitol with a reactant to convert the 1,6-hydroxy groups of dulcitol to an effective leaving group to generate an intermediate; and (2) reacting the intermediate with an inorganic weak base to produce dianhydrogalactitol through an intramolecular S | 03-06-2014 |
20140315318 | ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR ANALYZING AND DETERMINING IMPURITIES IN DIANHYDROGALACTITOL - An improved analytical method for analysis of dianhydrogalactitol preparations provides a method for determining the purity of dianhydrogalactitol and detecting impurities in preparations of dianhydrogalactitol, as well as identifying any such impurities. The method employs high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), in particular, HPLC with evaporative light scattering detection (ELSD); the HPLC can be followed by tandem mass spectroscopy. The method can further comprise the step of performing preparative HPLC collection of at least one specific substance peak present in a preparation of dianhydrogalactitol. | 10-23-2014 |
20150329511 | METHOD OF SYNTHESIS OF SUBSTITUTED HEXITOLS SUCH AS DIANHYDROGALACTITOL - The present invention provides an efficient method of synthesizing and purifying dianhydrohexitols such as dianhydrogalactitol. In general, as applied to dianhydrogalactitol, the method comprises: (1) reacting dulcitol with a concentrated solution of hydrobromic acid at a temperature of about 80° C. to produce dibromogalactitol; (2) reacting the dibromogalactitol with potassium carbonate in t-butanol to produce dianhydrogalactitol; and (3) purifying the dianhydrogalactitol using a slurry of ethyl ether to produce purified dianhydrogalactitol. Another method produces dianhydrogalactitol from dulcitol; this method comprises: (1) reacting dulcitol with a reactant to convert the 1,6-hydroxy groups of dulcitol to an effective leaving group to generate an intermediate; and (2) reacting the intermediate with an inorganic weak base to produce dianhydrogalactitol through an intramolecular S | 11-19-2015 |
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20090112858 | EFFICIENT METHOD OF USING XML VALUE INDEXES WITHOUT EXACT PATH INFORMATION TO FILTER XML DOCUMENTS FOR MORE SPECIFIC XPATH QUERIES - A system and method is provided for query processing comprises: creating an index of a database and ordering a set of index candidates from the index into a list based on a set of heuristic rules. A query defining a query path is then reduced into a list of single path expressions. Each index candidate is matched against the list of single path expressions according to the ordering of the index candidates. The matched candidate nodes are also verified to insure that they satisfy the query path. | 04-30-2009 |
20130013617 | INDEXING TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE VALUE - Techniques are described for processing a query to produce query results, the query specifying at least a first timestamp value. Embodiments receive the query for processing and access a database index containing a plurality of database keys. The database index contains one or more database index keys, each of which includes at least a timestamp value and a time zone value. Embodiments compare the first timestamp value specified in the query with a portion of one the database index keys to locate at least a portion of the query results. More specifically, the compared portion of the database index key excludes the time zone value. The located portion of the query results is then retrieved. | 01-10-2013 |
20130124500 | QUERY REWRITE FOR PRE-JOINED TABLES - Various aspects of this disclosure are directed to receiving, by a computing device, a first table join query that may include a first group of table identifiers that identify the two or more tables. The computing device may determine whether the first table join query includes an outer join command. When the first table join query includes the outer join command, the computing device may compare the first group of table identifiers and a second group of table identifiers of one or more pre-joined tables to determine whether each of the first table identifiers matches at least one of the second group of table identifiers. The computing device may further determine whether a predicate associated with each table identifier matches a predicate associated with a matching second table identifier. When each of the predicates match, the computing device may rewrite the first table join query. | 05-16-2013 |
20140095441 | Archiving Data in Database Management Systems - According to one embodiment of the present invention, at least a portion of data from a first processing system is archived onto a second processing system based on partitions of the data. A query received at the first processing system is processed at the second processing system to retrieve archived data satisfying the received query in response to determining at the first processing system that the received query encompasses archived data. Embodiments of the present invention further include methods, systems, and computer program products for archiving and accessing data in substantially the same manner described above. | 04-03-2014 |
20140095443 | Archiving Data in Database Management Systems - At least a portion of data from a first processing system is archived onto a second processing system based on partitions of the data. A query received at the first processing system is processed at the second processing system to retrieve archived data satisfying the received query in response to determining at the first processing system that the received query encompasses archived data. Embodiments of the present invention further include methods, systems, and computer program products for archiving and accessing data in substantially the same manner described above. | 04-03-2014 |
20150199449 | EFFICIENT METHOD OF USING XML VALUE INDEXES WITHOUT EXACT PATH INFORMATION TO FILTER XML DOCUMENTS FOR MORE SPECIFIC XPATH QUERIES - A system and method is provided for query processing comprises: creating an index of a database and ordering a set of index candidates from the index into a list based on a set of heuristic rules. A query defining a query path is then reduced into a list of single path expressions. Each index candidate is matched against the list of single path expressions according to the ordering of the index candidates. The matched candidate nodes are also verified to insure that they satisfy the query path. | 07-16-2015 |
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20100103994 | Interface With Variable Data Rate - A device includes a transmitter coupled to a node, where the node is to couple to a wired link. The transmitter has a plurality of modes of operation including a calibration mode in which a range of communication data rates over the wired link is determined in accordance with a voltage margin corresponding to the wired link at a predetermined errorrate. The range of communication data rates includes a maximum data rate, which can be a non-integer multiple of an initial data rate. | 04-29-2010 |
20130013878 | Levelization of Memory Interface for Communicating with Multiple Memory Devices - In a memory system in which a system clock signal is forwarded from the memory controller to multiple memory devices, the phase of the system clock signal forwarded to the slower memory device is advanced relative to the system clock signal forwarded to the faster memory device by a phase corresponding to the skew on the data links corresponding to the memory devices. This causes the state machine of the slower memory device to change states and advance earlier than the state machine in the faster memory device, and as a result, the data read from both the slower memory device and the faster memory device are unskewed on the data links between the memory controller and the memory devices. | 01-10-2013 |
20130148709 | Interface with Variable Data Rate - A device includes a transmitter coupled to a node, where the node is to couple to a wired link. The transmitter has a plurality of modes of operation including a calibration mode in which a range of communication data rates over the wired link is determined in accordance with a voltage margin corresponding to the wired link at a predetermined error rate. The range of communication data rates includes a maximum data rate, which can be a non-integer multiple of an initial data rate. | 06-13-2013 |
20130301368 | Supporting Calibration For Sub-Rate Operation In Clocked Memory Systems - The disclosed embodiments related to a clocked memory system which performs a calibration operation at a full-rate frequency to determine a full-rate calibration state that specifies a delay between a clock signal and a corresponding data signal in the clocked memory system. Next, the clocked memory system uses the full-rate calibration state to calculate a sub-rate calibration state, which is associated with a sub-rate frequency (e.g., ½, ¼ or ⅛ of the full-rate frequency). The system then uses this sub-rate calibration state when the clocked memory system is operating at the sub-rate frequency. This calculation of the sub-rate state calibration states eliminates the need to perform an additional time-consuming calibration operation for each sub-rate. | 11-14-2013 |
20140047158 | SYNCHRONOUS WIRED-OR ACK STATUS FOR MEMORY WITH VARIABLE WRITE LATENCY - A memory controller comprises a command interface to transmit a memory command to a plurality of memory devices associated with the memory controller. The memory controller also comprises an acknowledgement interface to receive an acknowledgment status packet from the plurality of memory devices over a shared acknowledgement link coupled between the memory controller and the plurality of memory devices, the acknowledgement status packet indicating whether the command was received by the plurality of memory devices. In addition, the memory controller comprises a memory controller core to decode the acknowledgment status packet to identify a portion of the acknowledgement status packet corresponding to each of the plurality of memory devices. | 02-13-2014 |
20150092869 | Interface with Variable Data Rate - A device includes a transmitter coupled to a node, where the node is to couple to a wired link. The transmitter has a plurality of modes of operation including a calibration mode in which a range of communication data rates over the wired link is determined in accordance with a voltage margin corresponding to the wired link at a predetermined error rate. The range of communication data rates includes a maximum data rate, which can be a non-integer multiple of an initial data rate. | 04-02-2015 |
20150310903 | Supporting Calibration For Sub-Rate Operation In Clocked Memory Systems - The disclosed embodiments related to a clocked memory system which performs a calibration operation at a full-rate frequency to determine a full-rate calibration state that specifies a delay between a clock signal and a corresponding data signal in the clocked memory system. Next, the clocked memory system uses the full-rate calibration state to calculate a sub-rate calibration state, which is associated with a sub-rate frequency (e.g., 1/2, 1/4 or 1/8 of the full-rate frequency). The system then uses this sub-rate calibration state when the clocked memory system is operating at the sub-rate frequency. This calculation of the sub-rate state calibration states eliminates the need to perform an additional time-consuming calibration operation for each sub-rate. | 10-29-2015 |
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20140188476 | CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH BARGE-IN MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a content delivery system includes: receiving a command phrase based on determining an utterance type according to a travel context; determining a trigger match with a control unit based on the command phrase matching a trigger phrase; and stopping a prompt according to a prompt type based on the trigger match for controlling the prompt presented by a device. | 07-03-2014 |
20140195700 | COMPUTING SYSTEM WITH MULTIMODAL INTERACTION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a computing system includes: receiving a interrupt request for an interrupt task request; determining a request intent, with a control unit, from the interrupt request; generating a system notification for the interrupt task request based on the request intent; and determining a presentation order of the system notification relative to an existing system notification based on a notification priority associated with the interrupt task request. | 07-10-2014 |
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20150332673 | REVISING LANGUAGE MODEL SCORES BASED ON SEMANTIC CLASS HYPOTHESES - Techniques for improved speech recognition disclosed herein include applying a statistical language model to a free-text input utterance to obtain a plurality of candidate word sequences for automatic speech recognition of the input utterance, each of the plurality of candidate word sequences having a corresponding initial score generated by the statistical language model. For one or more of the plurality of candidate word sequences, each of the one or more candidate word sequences may be analyzed to generate one or more hypotheses for a semantic class of at least one token in the respective candidate word sequence. The initial scores generated by the statistical language model for at least the one or more candidate word sequences may be revised based at least in part on the one or more hypotheses for the semantic class of the at least one token in each of the one or more candidate word sequences. | 11-19-2015 |
20160086617 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDRESSING DISCONTINUOUS TRANSMISSION IN A NETWORK DEVICE - Embodiments included herein are directed towards a system and method for addressing discontinuous transmission (DTX) in a network device. Embodiments may include receiving, at a computing device, an audio signal and generating at least one silence descriptor (SID) frame associated with the audio signal. Embodiments may also include generating at least one no data frame associated with the audio signal. Embodiments may also include initiating a speech decoder, voice enhancement, and speech encoder operation for the at least one SID frame during a DTX operation and bypassing the speech decoder, voice enhancement, and speech encoder functions for the at least one no data frame. | 03-24-2016 |
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20110066551 | Method and System for Providing Risk Information in Connection with Transaction Processing - A system for providing real-time risk mitigation for an authorization system. The system receives authorization requests from multiple merchants (or their respective acquirers) and processes such requests. Each processed request is then forwarded to its corresponding issuer for further authorization. Each processed request includes an authorization message. The authorization message can include a risk score, a number of reason codes, and a number of condition codes. The use of the risk score, reason codes and condition codes allows issuers to make better informed decisions with respect to providing authorizations. | 03-17-2011 |
20110112954 | Method and System for Providing Risk Information in Connection with Transaction Processing - A system for providing real-time risk mitigation for an authorization system. The system receives authorization requests from multiple merchants (or their respective acquirers) and processes such requests. Each processed request is then forwarded to its corresponding issuer for further authorization. Each processed request includes an authorization message. The authorization message can include a risk score, a number of reason codes, and a number of condition codes. The use of the risk score, reason codes and condition codes allows issuers to make better informed decisions with respect to providing authorizations. | 05-12-2011 |
20140188697 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING RISK INFORMATION IN CONNECTION WITH TRANSACTION PROCESSING - A system for providing real-time risk mitigation for an authorization system. The system receives authorization requests from multiple merchants (or their respective acquirers) and processes such requests. Each processed request is then forwarded to its corresponding issuer for further authorization. Each processed request includes an authorization message. The authorization message can include a risk score, a number of reason codes, and a number of condition codes. The use of the risk score, reason codes and condition codes allows issuers to make better informed decisions with respect to providing authorizations. | 07-03-2014 |
20150227936 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING RISK INFORMATION IN CONNECTION WITH TRANSACTION PROCESSING - A system for providing real-time risk mitigation for an authorization system. The system receives authorization requests from multiple merchants (or their respective acquirers) and processes such requests. Each processed request is then forwarded to its corresponding issuer for further authorization. Each processed request includes an authorization message. The authorization message can include a risk score, a number of reason codes, and a number of condition codes. The use of the risk score, reason codes and condition codes allows issuers to make better informed decisions with respect to providing authorizations. | 08-13-2015 |
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20100192018 | Methods of Measuring Consistability of a Distributed Storage System - A method for measuring consistability of a distributed storage system is disclosed. The method includes determining at least one consistency level that the distributed storage system can provide. A plurality of failure classes can be determined for the distributed storage system. A probability of the distributed storage system to be in each of the plurality of failure classes can be measured. Each failure class can be mapped to the at least one consistency level. The probability of each failure class for each consistency level can be summed to determine an expected portion of time that the distributed storage system provides each consistency level. | 07-29-2010 |
20100235581 | Cooperative Caching Technique - A method of caching data in a global cache distributed amongst a plurality of computing devices, comprising providing a global cache for caching data accessible to interconnected client devices, where each client contributes a portion of its main memory to the global cache. Each client also maintains an ordering of data that it has in its cache portion. When a remote reference for a cached datum is made, both the supplying client and the requesting client adjust their orderings to reflect the fact that the number of copies of the requested datum now likely exist in the global cache. | 09-16-2010 |
20110173162 | SCRUBBING PROCEDURE FOR A DATA STORAGE SYSTEM - A method is provided for scrubbing information stored in a data storage system where the information is stored as a plurality of encoded fragments across multiple storage devices. The method includes maintaining on a first storage device a list of metadata entries corresponding to values that are stored in the data storage system at an At Maximum Redundancy (AMR) state, verifying that encoded fragments associated with each of the metadata entries are stored on a second storage, verifying that a corresponding metadata entry is stored on the first storage device for each encoded fragment that is stored on the second storage device, and scheduling for recovery any missing encoded fragments and/or any missing metadata entry. | 07-14-2011 |
20120017140 | NON-MDS ERASURE CODES FOR STORAGE SYSTEMS - Erasure-encoded data is stored across a plurality of storage devices in a data storage system. The erasure-encoded data includes k data elements to store on k data storage devices and m parity elements to store on m parity storage devices, wherein for a given minimum Hamming distance d of the data storage system and m≧(d−1), data elements are assigned only to corresponding unique combinations of parity elements of size (d−1). | 01-19-2012 |
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20120131583 | ENHANCED BACKUP JOB SCHEDULING - Systems and methods of enhanced backup job scheduling are disclosed. An example method may include determining a number of jobs (n) in a backup set, determining a number of tape drives (m) in the backup device, and determining a number of concurrent disk agents (maxDA) configured for each tape drive. The method may also include defining a scheduling problem based on n, m, and maxDA. The method may also include solving the scheduling problem using an integer programming (IP) formulation to derive a bin-packing schedule that minimizes makespan (S) for the backup set. | 05-24-2012 |
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20120127086 | Touch Screen - One embodiment of the present invention comprises a mobile computing device comprising processing components, memory components, a wireless receiver/transmitter, and an electronic display. The electronic display is adapted to detect a location of a touch and comprises a first icon adapted to toggle the mobile computing device between a mobile computing device browsing mode and a mobile computing device editing mode, wherein the mobile computing device editing mode comprises a second icon comprising a first element and a second element. The first element is adapted to select one or more objects displayed on the electronic display and display a menu. The second element is adapted to move the second icon, change editing mode functions, establish an editing start position, and establish an editing end position. | 05-24-2012 |
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20120268568 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF REDUCING VISUAL VIBRATION OF A MOBILE ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - A mobile computing device comprising one or more sensors and an electronic display is disclosed herein. The one or more sensors are adapted to determine a distance between the mobile computing device and a mobile computing device user, and are also adapted to determine a position of the mobile computing device relative to the mobile computing device user. The electronic display is adapted to modify visual content on the electronic display relative to a change in at least one of, the distance between the mobile computing device and a mobile computing device user, and the position of the mobile computing device relative to the mobile computing device user. | 10-25-2012 |
20120297466 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM TO SHARE INFORMATION BETWEEN MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES - A mobile computing device comprising a first application adapted to provide information to a server. The information is adapted to be shared by the server with at least one additional mobile computing device when the at least one additional mobile computing device is located within a specified range of the mobile computing device. Additionally, a password entered through a second application located on the additional mobile computing device may be required to correspond to a password received from the mobile computing device in order to share the information. Furthermore, the additional mobile computing device may be required to access the information within a specified time period. | 11-22-2012 |
20130191397 | LOCATION BASED APPS RANKING FOR MOBILE WIRELESS COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATING DEVICES - Systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed for presenting applications to a user, via a mobile wireless communication device (user equipment), that are selected and ranked based on context information describing a location and type of motion of the user equipment, and/or a time that the ranking request was made, compared to context information describing the applications. | 07-25-2013 |