02nd week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 71 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210014287 | ACCESSING CONTENT ITEMS FOR MEETINGS THROUGH A DESKTOP TRAY - Systems and methods for creating and accessing content items are provided. In some examples, a method can include receiving a user selection of an interface element located in a persistent user interface of an operating system desktop of a client device associated with a user account, identifying, based on a query to a meeting service, a meeting associated with the user account, displaying, in response to the user selection of the interface element, a set of user options for the meeting, the set of user options comprising an option to access a content item for the meeting, receiving a user selection of the option to access the content item for the meeting, and accessing, in response to the user selection, the content item. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014288 | Content Segment Detection and Replacement - Methods and systems for providing content are disclosed. One method can comprise receiving a request for content comprising at least a first segment. The method can also comprise determining an expiration condition of the first segment, and replacing the first segment with a second segment based on the expiration condition. The method can also comprise providing the second segment to a user or a device. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014289 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING LOSSLESS SWITCHING IN A REDUNDANT MULTICAST NETWORK - A system and method is provided for performing lossless switching in a redundant multicast network. An exemplary method includes receiving a primary media stream and a redundant media stream over different forwarding network paths by network ports of a receiver communicatively coupled to an A/V device. Furthermore, the receiver outputs media data of the media streams to the A/V device to be presented thereon. In response to a control signal to switch the receiver to a new primary media stream, the method disconnected either the primary ort the redundant media streams from the respective network port of the receiver receiving that stream. Furthermore, the method includes controlling the disconnected network port to receive the new primary media stream and then outputting media data of the new primary media stream to the A/V device to be presented thereon. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014290 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING PORTIONS OF MEDIA ASSETS FOR IMMEDIATE RETRIEVAL BY MULTIPLE DEVICES - Systems and methods are disclosed for determining portions of media assets for cooperative reception by multiple devices. The disclosed techniques herein include identifying cooperating devices that are able to communicate with a selected device for relaying portions of a media asset. For example, a group of people each travelling together in a vehicle may wish to view a media asset by cooperatively using their network resources of their smartphones to relay portions of the media asset for viewing. Network service data for each of the plurality of cooperating devices is then received. Based on the network service data, a determination is made for each cooperating device regarding reception of a respective portion of the media asset to each cooperating device. Instructions to receive and relay the respective portions of the media asset are transmitted to each cooperating device. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014291 | MEDIA ASSET STREAMING OVER NETWORK TO DEVICES - Streaming of a media asset from a cloud server computer to a media playback device is disclosed. In an embodiment, a list of media assets stored in the cloud server computer is sent over network from the cloud server computer to a portable device. In another embodiment, the list is transferred via close-range communication to the portable device from the media playback device which received the list from the cloud server computer over network. In the embodiments, a media asset is started streaming over network from the cloud server computer to the media playback device responsive to selection of one of the listed media assets at the portable device. In some embodiments, streaming is redirected from the portable device to the media playback device responsive to a user's operation or in case of disconnection. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014292 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUAL REALITY ENGAGEMENT - Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and products comprises an analytic server for VR engagement with electronic video files. The analytic server receives a plurality of electronic video files recorded by a plurality of electronic file generators for different scenarios/storylines. These different scenarios provide different choices for the story development of a movie at a particular time point. The analytic server categorizes the electronic video files and creates different scenarios at different time points by associating the image sequence, soundtrack, and subtitle of each electronic video file with a scenario and a time point. The analytic server plays a first electronic video file in a default scenario. In the meantime, the analytic server provides an interactive graphical component for the user to choose a different scenario. Upon the user selecting a different scenario, the analytic server plays a second electronic video file in the selected scenario. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014293 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA IN MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM - Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a device and a method for processing point cloud data on the basis of PCC technology in a multimedia system. To this end, a bit stream according to point cloud compression may be generated, and the bit stream may be divided to generate access units by a plurality of type-specific data elements. The plurality of data elements may include at least one layer-specific shape data, at least one layer-specific texture data, auxiliary patch information, and occupancy information. The size of each of the plurality of access units may match a maximum transmission unit in a network. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014294 | SERVER-SIDE RENDERED AUDIO USING CLIENT AUDIO PARAMETERS - A server system is provided that includes at least one processor configured to receive a set of client audio parameters from a client computing device, determine a set of audio tuning parameters based on the set of client audio parameters, execute a server-side rendered application program for the client computing device, render a stream of visual data for the server-side rendered application program based on a stream of user input received from the client computing device, render a stream of audio for the server-side rendered application program based on the set of audio tuning parameters, and send the stream of visual data and the stream of audio to the client computing device. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014295 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR MANAGING ENCODER INSTANCES IN A SERVERLESS CONTENT DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM - Systems, methods, and storage media for managing encoder instances in a serverless content distribution platform are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: receive channel information relating to content to be streamed over a networked content distribution platform; associate the channel information with an encoder function that specifies video packaging settings and bitrates to create a stateless event object; repeat the receiving step and the associating step to create multiple stateless event objects; each correspond to one or more channels of streaming content; combine the multiple stateless event objects into a state machine; monitor the state of the state machine; and apply at least one workflow based on the states to manage instances of encoders corresponding to the one or more channels of streaming content. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014296 | DETERMINING QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE FOR COMMUNICATION SESSIONS - A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for determining quality of experience for communication sessions. In an implementation, a method may include determining a plurality of intrusive quality of experience scores associated with a plurality of intrusive audio transmission samples. The method may also include determining a plurality of non-intrusive quality of experience scores associated with a plurality of non-intrusive audio transmission samples. The method may further include deriving a quality of experience coefficient based upon a relationship between the plurality of intrusive quality of experience scores and the plurality of non-intrusive quality of experience scores. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014297 | HIGHLY-SCALABLE DATA TRANSMISSION - Methods and systems for transmitting and receiving data, such as, for example, entertainment data, are presented. In one example, a data file is segmented into a plurality of data modules. A header is generated for each of the data modules, with the header including a module identifier for the data module associated with the header. An indication of a number of the plurality of data modules associated with the data file, and at least one multicast address from which the plurality of modules may be received via a multicast transmission, are generated and transmitted. The data modules with their associated headers are transmitted over a communication network in the multicast transmission. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014298 | MESSAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A message display method includes: caching, by a server, a message display page according to each original URL, extracting a fingerprint feature, and generating an alternative URL, then detecting a display status of each message at a preset time interval and marking the display status, and when receiving a display information obtaining request from a client, sending the fingerprint feature, the original URL, or the alternative URL of each message to the client according to a currently marked display status; and when receiving a message access request of a user, determining, by the client, a type of a corresponding URL, and if the corresponding URL is an alternative URL, displaying the message to the user, or if the corresponding URL is an original URL, determining whether the message is displayed normally, and if yes, displaying the message to the user. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014299 | PREPROCESSING AND STORAGE OF CLOUD SERVICE USAGE REPORTS - Systems and methods for streaming billing data associated with third-party network resources consumed by a managed network to a remote network management platform are disclosed. Streaming of billing usage data associated with third-party resources may use resource identifiers to associate resources with line items in a service bill generated by the third-party network. A proxy server in the managed network may intermediate streaming from the third-party network to a remote server in a computational instance of the remote network management platform. Billing data may be recorded partly in a metric-base database configured for storing time series data corresponding to usage quantities of third-party resources consumed by the managed network per unit time, and partly in a static records database configured for storing database records associated with the time series data, and including data for identifying the third-party resources and for recording static information relating to billing for the third-party resources. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014300 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCED COMPONENT RELATIONSHIPS IN REPRESENTATIONS OF DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMS - Embodiments for representing the operational state of a distributed computing system are provided. Relationships within a distributed computing system are identified. Each of the identified relationships is associated with communication between two of a plurality of computing nodes within the distributed computing system. At least one difference between a healthy state of the distributed computing system and an impaired state of the distributed computing system is determined based on the identifying of the relationships. A representation of the determined at least one difference between the healthy state and the impaired state of the distributed computing system is generated based on information associated with a user. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014301 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO SELECT A LOCATION OF EXECUTION OF A COMPUTATION - Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to select a location of execution of a computation are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a cache digest interface to identify a node capable of performing a computation. A compute plan solver is to obtain a cost estimate of performing the computation from the node. Privacy weighting circuitry is to apply a privacy weighting value to the cost estimate to determine a weighted cost estimate. The compute plan solver is to select the node for performance of the computation based on the weighted cost estimate. A plan executor is to transmit a request for the selected node to perform the computation. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014302 | CONNECTION SERVICE DISCOVERY AND LOAD REBALANCING - In a networked data system, a discovery protocol enables clients to establish connections to one a plurality of database servers to utilize a distributed connection service. The service manages connections between application servers, i.e. clients, and databases. An initial request from the client is received by a load balancer. The load balancer responds to the client by identifying an assigned connection to one of the database servers based on load considerations. The client sends a secondary request directly to the assigned connection, bypassing the load balancer. The service establishes a persistent link on the assigned connection and assigns a time-to-live (TTL), during which the service connects data requests to the databases. Upon expiration of the TTL, the service completes a next data request received, then notifies the client that the connection is no longer valid, thereby requiring a new connection through the load balancer and rebalancing system traffic. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014303 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MANAGE QUALITY OF SERVICE WITH RESPECT TO SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS IN A COMPUTING DEVICE - Example methods, apparatus, and systems to manage quality of service with respect to service level agreements in a computing device are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first mesh proxy assigned to a first platform-agnostic application, the first mesh proxy to generate a first resource request signal based on a first service level agreement requirement from the first platform-agnostic application; a second mesh proxy assigned to a second platform-agnostic application, the second mesh proxy to generate a second resource request signal based on a second service level agreement requirement from second platform-agnostic application; and a load balancer to allocate hardware resources for the first platform-agnostic application and the second platform-agnostic application based on the first resource request signal and the second resource request signal. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014304 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RISK-AWARE SERVER LOAD BALANCING - Systems and methods are provided for managing server loads that accounts for various measures of risk associated with different workloads assigned to servers. The systems and methods may include a memory storing instructions for server load management operations, and a processor configured to execute the stored instructions. The processor may receive a workload, determine a value associated with the workload indicating a predetermined importance of the workload, receive information for a plurality of active servers in a server cluster associated with the processor, determine risk levels associated with the active servers based on the received information, and assign the received workload to one of the active servers based on the determined value and the determined risk levels. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014305 | CLUSTER SYSTEM WITH FAIL-SAFE FALLBACK MECHANISM - A fail-safe system for a cluster application is disclosed. The system includes a first subsystem comprising a graphic processing unit (GPU) that executes a high-level operating system renders a first set of parameter data, and a second subsystem that executes a real-time operating system and renders a second set of parameter data. The system also includes a controller area network connected to a parameter data source input and to the first subsystem and the second subsystem. The system further includes a quality of service (QoS) switch executing a QoS monitor module that decides to display the first set of parameter data being rendered by the first subsystem or the second set of parameter data being rendered by the second subsystem depending on an availability and load of the first subsystem as determined by a lag and a stability threshold. The system further includes a display connected to the QoS switch. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014306 | REMOTE NVME ACTIVATION - A method of accessing a remote storage subsystem from a host device separate from the remote storage subsystem and connected via interfaces to a data communications topology is disclosed. In one embodiment, the communications interface comprises an RDMA network fabric. In one embodiment, the method includes queuing a write command or a read command in a submission queue of the remote storage subsystem, and placing a write data into a memory of the remote storage subsystem. The method further includes transmitting a message to the remote storage subsystem indicating the write command or the read command has been submitted in the submission queue, and detecting a command completion status from a completion queue of the remote storage subsystem. The method further includes transmitting a message to the remote storage subsystem indicating the command completion status has been detected. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014307 | DATA TRANSMISSION AND NETWORK INTERFACE CONTROLLER - Implementations of this disclosure provide data transmission operations and network interface controllers. An example method performed by a first RDMA network interface controller includes obtaining m data packets from a host memory of a first host; sending the m data packets to a second RDMA network interface controller of a second host; backing up the m data packets to a network interface controller memory integrated into the first RDMA network interface controller; determining that the second RDMA network interface controller does not receive n data packets of the m data packets; and in response, obtaining the n data packets from the m data packets that have been backed up to the network interface controller memory integrated into the first RDMA network interface controller, and retransmitting the n data packets to the second RDMA network interface controller. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014308 | CAMERA NETWORK FOR ENHANCING INDUSTRIAL MONITORING AND SECURITY - A sensor monitoring system includes a plurality of image capture devices. Each image capture device includes one or more sensors to detect image data representing an environment about the image capture device, communications circuitry to receive sensor data from a sensor device and remote sensor data including at least one of a second image of the sensor or second position data regarding the sensor device, and processing circuitry to validate the sensor device based on the sensor data, determine first position data regarding the sensor device based on at least one of the first network connection or the remote sensor data, determine that the sensor device is in an image capture range based on the first position data, retrieve one or more images of the sensor device, and generate an alert based on the first position data. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014309 | TELEMATICS SERVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A telematics service system includes a telematics server connected to a service providing server and a telematics gateway over a network. The telematics server is configured to transmit or receive data to or from a vehicle through the telematics gateway, to select a recommendation protocol capable of being used to transmit or receive the data based on at least one of a type of the data flowing in from the service providing server or a throughput rate, and to determine a final protocol of the recommendation protocol through a handshake with the vehicle. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014310 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR QOS DETERMINATION OF IOT-BASED APPLICATIONS - The invention relates to method and devices of enabling determination of overall Quality of Service (QoS) of at least one Internet of Things (IoT) device. In an aspect of the invention, a method of a network node ( | 2021-01-14 |
20210014311 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AN ENVIRONMENTAL ANOMALY AND INITIATING AN ENHANCED AUTOMATIC RESPONSE USING ELEMENTS OF A WIRELESS NODE NETWORK USING ID NODES AND ENVIRONMENTAL THRESHOLD CONDITIONS PER ID NODE - Systems and methods are described for monitoring, detecting, and initiating a response to an environmental anomaly within a shipping container of packages involves sensor-based ID nodes, a command node and an external transceiver on a transit vehicle. Each ID node generates and broadcasts sensor data on environmental conditions proximate the respective ID node within the shipping container. The command node detects the sensor data from each ID node and compares it with locally maintained context data (an environmental threshold condition) for that ID node to detect the environmental anomaly when sensor data exceeds a respective threshold condition. The command node then generates a layered alert notification related to the environmental anomaly identifying a targeted mediation recipient and targeted mediation action, and establishing a mediation response priority. The command node initiates a mediation response related to the targeted mediation action by transmitting the layered alert notification transmitted to the external transceiver. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014312 | SECURITY SYSTEM WITH NETWORKED TOUCHSCREEN - Methods and systems for monitoring a premises are described. A computing device may receive data from a premises management system. The computing device determines one or more actions to perform by analyzing the data. The computing device may determine to output, via a user interface, an indication associated with the data. A user may request video associated with the data. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014313 | DISTRIBUTION HUB FOR INTERNET-OF-THINGS DATA - An internet-of-things (IoT) distribution hub enables delivery of formatted IoT data to any of multiple hosting platforms as dynamically configurable by an IoT device owner. A service node in a distributed network provides, to an IoT device, a device key for accessing an IoT distribution network. The service node receives a selection of a hosting platform for the IoT device, wherein the selected hosting platform is one from a group of available hosting platforms available through the IoT distribution network. The service node maps the IoT device to a virtual device proxy for the selected hosting platform and receives a request from the IoT device to forward IoT data. The request includes the device key. The service node forwards the IoT data to the selected hosting platform via the virtual device proxy. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014314 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD - A device management system includes: a server; base stations for long-distance wireless communication; and a device that communicatively connect to one of the base stations and that each sequentially transmit, to the server via the one base station, operation information indicating the current operation state of the device. Upon sequentially receiving the operation information, each of the base stations sequentially transmits, to the server, unique information unique to the base station together with the sequentially received operation information. The server sequentially receives, and sequentially stores in association with each other, the operation information and the unique information. When first and second unique information received at first and second times, respectively, are different, the server separately manages first operation information received in a first period ending at the first time and second operation information received in a second period starting at the second time. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014315 | Communication with Home Dialysis Machines Using a Network Connected System - This disclosure relates to remote control of dialysis machines. In certain aspects, a method includes receiving a request for a network connection from a dialysis machine and establishing the network connection with the dialysis machine. The method also includes receiving, from a client device, a request to access the dialysis machine, authorizing the client device to access the dialysis machine, receiving, from the dialysis machine, information pertaining to an operation of the dialysis machine, and providing, to the client device, the received information. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014316 | VIRTUAL CONNECTED VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE - A system and method for remote execution of applications for a connected vehicle infotainment system (CVIS). The method comprises establishing a network connection between the CVIS and a cloud server hosted in a cloud computing platform, sending a remote execution request for at least one application, wherein the at least one application is executed by the cloud server, receiving execution results from the at least one application cloud server, and rendering the execution results on the CVIS while allowing interoperability with applications executed over at least one other computing environment included in the vehicle. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014317 | VIRTUALIZED REMOTE WORKING PLACE - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to management of resources. Embodiments include receiving, from a user of a client device, first input indicating a location on a remote device and a file type. Embodiments include identifying a file corresponding to the file type at the location. Embodiments include generating a graphical representation of the file and providing the graphical representation of the file to the user. Embodiments include receiving, from the user, second input corresponding to the graphical representation of the file. Embodiments include identifying stored credentials based on the second input and initiating a virtual desktop session using the stored credentials. Embodiments include providing a remote interface to the virtual desktop session on the client device. Embodiments include launching an application within the virtual desktop session and opening the file within the application. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014318 | DIAGNOSTIC METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE, AND RELATED DEVICE THEREOF - Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of diagnostic technologies of a vehicle, and specifically disclose a diagnostic method for a vehicle. The method includes: receiving, by a diagnostic server, a connection request message sent by a terminal, the connection request message being used to request address information of a diagnostic server corresponding to a to-be-diagnosed vehicle; determining the corresponding diagnostic server according to the connection request message; and sending the address information of the diagnostic server to the terminal, so that the terminal establishes a communication connection with the diagnostic server according to the address information. According to the foregoing technical solutions, in the embodiments of the present invention, a plurality of vehicle can be diagnosed by using the terminal, improving diagnostic efficiency and achieving relatively high user experience. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014319 | NETWORK POLICY ENFORCEMENT FOR EXTERNALLY-HOSTED APPLICATION USAGE - Systems and methods are provided for network policy enforcement for externally-hosted application usage. A method for a policy management server in an enterprise network includes: grant permission to a user of the enterprise network to access an application hosted outside the enterprise network; determine a usage of the application by the user subsequent to granting the permission; and revoke the permission responsive to the usage of the application by the user exceeding a predetermined usage limit of the application for the user. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014320 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-PROVIDER VIRTUAL NETWORK SERVICES - Methods and apparatus for providing multi-provider services in a virtualised network. The method in a first lifecycle management, LCM component, in a virtual network; wherein the virtual network comprises trusted provider configured to provide a decentralised trust system between a plurality of LCM components controlled by different service providers in the virtual network. The method comprises storing a detailed description of one or more local services that the first service provider is capable of providing; generating a local tag representative of the one or more local services, wherein the local tag comprises less detail about the one or more local services than the detailed description; and enrolling with the decentralised trust system using the local tag. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014321 | ACCESS METHOD, INTERNET OF THINGS PLATFORM, APPLICATION DEVICE, SERVICE DEVICE - The present disclosure provides an access method, an internet of things platform, an application device and a service device. The access method applied to the internet of things platform includes: receiving an operation request message transmitted by an application device for accessing a service device, where the operation request message carries position information of the application device; determining whether the application device is capable of establishing connection with the service device according to the position information of the application device; when determining that the application device is capable of establishing connection with the service device, transmitting an operation response message carrying instruction information to the application device, where the instruction information is used to instruct the application device to access the service device. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014322 | Service Subscription Method and System for Reporting Service Change in Communication System - A service subscription method for reporting service change in a communications system is provided. In the method, a first network function network element sends a first message to a second network function network element to subscribe a first service on behalf of a third network function network element. The first service is provided by the second network function network element and the first message includes a first address of the first network function network element. When the second network function network element is changed to a fourth network function network element, the fourth network function network element sends a third message to the first network function network element according to the first address to notify the first network function network element that a subscription of the first service has changed. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014323 | VALUE-BASED TRANSMISSION IN AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE - Value-based data transmission in an autonomous vehicle may include acquiring sensor data from a plurality of sensors of the autonomous vehicle, the sensor data comprising a plurality of portions; determining, for each portion of the sensor data, a value; determining, based on the values for the sensor data, an upload policy; and transmitting, based on the upload policy, one or more portions of the sensor data to a server. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014324 | CACHE AND MEMORY CONTENT MANAGEMENT - Examples described herein relate to a network interface apparatus that includes an interface; circuitry to determine whether to store content of a received packet into a cache or into a memory, at least during a configuration of the network interface to store content directly into the cache, based at least in part on a fill level of a region of the cache allocated to receive copies of packet content directly from the network interface; and circuitry to store content of the received packet into the cache or the memory based on the determination, wherein the cache is external to the network interface. In some examples, the network interface is to determine to store content of the received packet into the memory based at least in part on a fill level of the region of the cache being identified as full or determine to store content of the received packet into the cache based at least in part on a fill level of the region of the cache being identified as not filled. In some examples, the network interface is to indicate a complexity level of content of the received packet to cause adjustment of a power usage level of a processor that is to process the content of the received packet. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014325 | DATA CAPTURING DEVICE AND DATA CALCULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A data capturing device and a data calculation system and method are provided. The data capturing device transmits sensing data to a computing device, and receives a machine learning model and a library corresponding to a current scene from the computing device. The data capturing device runs the machine learning model to capture feature data from the sensing data, runs the library to convert a requirement into a service task, and then transmits the feature data and the service task. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014326 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONTEXTUAL SERVICES - Provided are systems and methods for contextually providing services via a portable computer at a selected location. According to some embodiments, the systems and methods include processes for determining location-specific information about the selected location, determining status information about a user of the portable computer interface, and displaying an available service to the user on a display screen of the portable computer, the available service being selected based on the location-specific information and the status information. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014327 | SELECTING USER PROFILES ON PLATFORMS BASED ON OPTIMAL PERSONA OF A USER IN A GIVEN CONTEXT - A system and method for selecting a user profile for use with a platform based on an optimal persona of the user includes inferring a context of a user based on data received from a plurality of data sources, determining a persona of the user according to the context of the user from a plurality of user personas, and selecting a user profile associated with a platform that corresponds to the persona, in response to detecting that the user is accessing the platform. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014328 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING OTT APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES - A computer implemented method for determining the identity of an Over-the Top (OTT) application or service being accessed over the Internet from a HTTP, HTTPS or QUIC connection request received in a network monitoring device. Determine if one or more entries are present in the received connection request have an IP address that matches a known server IP address. A determination is then made as to whether if the received connection request is one of a HTTP, HTTPS or QUIC connection request, and if this cannot be determined than determine if a subject field in the received connection request is available. And determine if a candidate domain name is available from IP cache created from one or more of the above steps if a subject field is not available in the received connection request. Identify and categorize OTT applications associated with the received connection request if it is determined: the connection is either a HTTP, HTTPS or QUIC connection type; a subject field is available; or a candidate domain name is available utilizing a lookup table that is periodically updated with new OTT applications. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014329 | Managing Data Delivery - Methods and systems for managing data and/or operations on data such as content are disclosed. A method can comprise receiving data from a source, determining timing information associated with the source and automatically modifying a storage operation of data received from the source based upon the timing information. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014330 | HTTP RESPONSE FAILOVER IN AN HTTP-OVER-ICN SCENARIO - A method and a first network access point (NAP) in an Information Centric Network (ICN) is disclosed. The first NAP is configured to receive a request for a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) resource from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The first NAP is configured to request the HTTP resource from a first server. The first NAP is configured to receive an error message. The error message may indicate that the HTTP resource is not available from the first server. The first NAP is configured to request the HTTP resource from a second NAP. The first NAP is configured to receive the HTTP resource from the second NAP. The first NAP is configured to send the HTTP resource to the WTRU. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014331 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to: acquire a first traffic amount of communication performed between a user terminal and a virtual machine that operates in a first information processing apparatus or a second information processing apparatus and executes a processing according to an operation from the user terminal to respond with a result, the second information processing apparatus being accessible from the user terminal in a shorter response time than the first information processing apparatus; acquire a second traffic amount of communication performed between the virtual machine and a storage; and determine whether to cause the virtual machine to operate in the first information processing apparatus or the second information processing apparatus based on the first traffic amount and the second traffic amount. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014332 | METHOD FOR MANAGING A GROUP OF DEVICES, ASSOCIATED SERVER AND SYSTEM - A method is provided for managing a group of equipment, as well as an associated server and system. The method may be implemented by a main referring server, and includes defining a subgroup of equipment from the group of equipment, the subgroup of equipment comprising at least two pieces of equipment from group of equipment, having the same value for at least one common configuration parameter. The method also includes determining a piece of equipment delegated to implement at least one portion of a maintenance operation on at least one piece of equipment of the sub-group of equipment, where the delegated piece of equipment is another piece of equipment from the sub-group of equipment. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014333 | MOBILITY OF USER APPLICATIONS ACROSS CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURES - An aspect of the present disclosure facilitates mobility of user applications across cloud infrastructures. In one embodiment, a mobility server maintains a setup data which indicates that a user application is to be operative based on a specific set of application components when the user application is to be hosted on a cloud infrastructure. Upon receiving a request to move the user application currently executing in a source cloud infrastructure to the cloud infrastructure, mobility server provisions the specific set of application components in the cloud infrastructure in view of the setup data and then executes the user application in the cloud infrastructure based on the specific set of application components. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014334 | ACCESS CONTROL IN THE REMOTE DEVICE OF NETWORK REDIRECTOR - An approach for accessing one or more resources at a virtualized desktop infrastructure (VDI) client running on a client device by a remote virtual machine (VM) is provided. The method includes intercepting, via a VDI agent, a request to access one or more resources at the client device, transferring the request from the remote VM to the client device via a network redirector protocol, and filtering the request to determine if the request complies with one or more rules. For a first resource of the one or more resources, if the request does not comply with any one of one or more first rules of the one or more rules, access to the first resource is denied. If the request complies with the one or more first rules, access to the first resource is granted and a response is sent to the VDI agent via the network redirector protocol. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014335 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE TRANSFER OF CONTENT BETWEEN DEVICES - An exemplary method and computing device for receiving a user input and determining whether the user input is a casting action for outputting content from the client device to one or more target devices. The computing device at least one target device of the one or more target devices that is eligible to output the content and identifies content source information associated with the content to be output by the at least one identified target device. One or more content output instructions are generated for outputting the content to the at least one identified target device. The computing device sends the one or more content output instructions to the at least one identified target device over a wireless connection. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014336 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERFACING NETWORKS REGARDLESS OF COMMUNICATION SCHEME - A computer-implemented system for interfacing a set of one or more communication networks and a second communication network is disclosed. The system may comprise a memory strong instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions. The instructions may comprise: receiving a first message from a first communication network, the first message comprising a first non-standardized message header and a first non-standardized message body; parsing the first non-standardized message header to determine a first variable corresponding to the identity of the first communication network and a second variable corresponding to a first destination; identifying a first communication protocol of the first message based on the first variable; converting the first non-standardized message body into a standardized format for the second communication network based on the first identified communication protocol; and transmitting the first standardized message body to the first destination based on the second variable. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014337 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERFACING NETWORKS USING A UNIFIED COMMUNICATION SCHEME - A computer-implemented system for interfacing a set of one or more communication networks and a second communication network is disclosed. The system may comprise a memory strong instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions. The instructions may comprise: receiving a first message from a first communication network, the first message comprising a first unknown message header and a first unknown message body; parsing the first unknown message header to determine a first variable corresponding to the identity of the first communication network and a second variable corresponding to a first destination; identifying that the first unknown message header and the first unknown message body are in a predetermined format; converting the first unknown message body into a standardized format for the second communication network through an accelerated conversion process; and transmitting the first standardized message body to the first destination based on the second variable. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014338 | CELLULAR CONVERTER APPARATUS AND METHOD - A cellular conversion apparatus, system and method is disclosed and described. A cellular conversion apparatus comprises circuitry for communicating with a first local cellular device and circuitry for communicating with a second wide-area cellular system, where the first local cellular device and the second wide-area cellular system use different communication protocols. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014339 | PDCP Layer Active Protocol Stack Implementation to Reduce Handover Interruption - Apparatus and methods are provided to support dual active protocol stacks (DAPS) to reduce mobility interruption time in communication system. In novel aspect, the PDCP reconfiguration includes reconfiguring a normal PDCP to a DAPS PDCP such that the DAPS PDCP is associated with both the source cell and the target cell, and reconfiguring a DAPS PDCP to the normal PDCP by releasing the association with the source cell. In one embodiment, the PDCP entity receives a PDCP reconfiguration request from upper layers of the UE configured with DAPS establishes a header compression protocol, a ciphering function, and an integrity protection function for the target cell. In one embodiment, the PDCP reconfiguration request triggers the DAPS PDCP to be normal PDCP. The DAPS PDCP releases the source header compression, ciphering and integrity protection functions. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014340 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ANALYZING SERVICE-ORIENTED COMMUNICATION - A device and a method for analyzing service-oriented communication in a communications network. A data packet includes a first header of an application layer for service-oriented communication, and a second header of a presentation layer, a session layer, a transport layer, a network layer, a data link layer, or a physical layer. The data packet is analyzed based on information concerning a sender and/or receiver of the data packet from the first header and as a function of information concerning a sender and/or receiver from the second header, for whether or not the data packet meets a criterion, the criterion defining a setpoint value for the sender and/or receiver in the first header as a function of the content of the second header, and/or the criterion defining a setpoint value for the sender and/or receiver in the second header as a function of the content of the first header. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014341 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ANALYZING SERVICE-ORIENTED COMMUNICATION - A device and method for analyzing service-oriented communication in a communications network. A data packet includes a header for service-oriented communication. It is analyzed for the data packet depending on information about at least two data fields of the header whether or not the data packet meets a criterion, the criterion defining a setpoint value for values from the at least two data fields permitted in the communications network or a combination of information from the at least two data fields permitted in the communications network. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014342 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Disclosed is a data transmission method including the following operations: generating, by a transmitting terminal, a data packet according to a preset generation rule, and transmitting the data packet to a receiving terminal in a streaming transmission way, wherein the data packet at least comprises a header identification code, sub-packet quantity information, data packet byte sum quantity information, a check bit, at least one sub-packet and an end-of-packet identification code; parsing, by the receiving terminal, the received data packet according to a preset parsing rule to extract the at least one sub-packet in the data packet; creating, by the receiving terminal, a data packet object, and establishing an internal link to each extracted sub-packet. The present disclosure also discloses a data transmission device and a computer readable storage medium. With the present disclosure, a starting position and an ending position of data can be determined and confusion of a data structure can be avoided. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014343 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROCESSING DATA - Data is received at a buffer used by a protocol processing stack which protocol processes the received data. The received data is made available to, for example, an application, before the protocol processing of the data is complete. If the protocol processing is successful, the data made available to the application is committed. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014344 | PHYSICAL MEDIUM DEPENDENT LAYER BONDING - A first protocol stack for communication on a first physical line is implemented. At least parts of a second protocol stack for communication on a second physical line are implemented. The first protocol stack and the second protocol stack are bonded at the Physical Medium Dependent layer of the first protocol stack and the Physical Medium Dependent layer of the second protocol stack ( | 2021-01-14 |
20210014345 | MOBILE TELEPHONE CASE FACILITATING WIRELESS CHARGING - A mobile telephone case that includes a housing structured to receive a mobile telephone, the housing includes a perimeter frame disposed about a perimeter of the mobile telephone to substantially cover and protect the mobile telephone, an at least partially open front face to provide access to a display screen of the mobile telephone, and a protective rear panel that is at least partially movable between an open orientation and a closed orientation when the housing is operatively disposed on the mobile telephone. The protective rear panel substantially covers and protects a rear surface of the mobile telephone when in the closed orientation, with at least a portion thereof being at least partially separable from the perimeter frame to define the open orientation that provides wireless charging access to the rear surface of the mobile telephone with the housing still disposed on the mobile telephone. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014346 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING CAMERA MODULE - According to certain aspects of the disclosure, an electronic device comprises a housing including a first plate facing a first direction, a second plate facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side member configured to surround a space between the first plate and the second plate; a camera module, at least part of which is disposed in the space; a printed circuit board disposed in the space; and a flexible printed circuit board connecting the camera module and the printed circuit board, wherein between a first position in which the at least part of the camera module is located in the space and a second position in which the at least part of the camera module is located outside the housing in a third direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction, the camera module moves in the third direction and rotates to face the first direction or the second direction, wherein the camera module includes a flexible printed circuit board frame configured to receive or shield at least part of the flexible printed circuit board, wherein the flexible printed circuit board includes: a rollable portion including a first distal end of the flexible printed circuit board and a rollable area, wherein the first distal end is connected to one area of the camera module, and at least part of the rollable area is wrapped or unwrapped in the same direction as the rotation of the camera module; a movable portion including a curved area and a second distal end of the flexible printed circuit board, wherein the second distal end extends from the curved area and is connected to the printed circuit board, and a position of the curved area is changed to correspond to the motion of the camera module in the third direction; and a connecting portion configured to connect the rollable portion and the movable portion, and wherein the flexible printed circuit board frame includes: a cylindrical area configured to receive or shield at least part of the rollable portion; and a planar area configured to receive or shield at least part of the movable portion and at least part of the connecting portion, wherein the at least part of the connecting portion is fixed to the planar area. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014347 | Mobile Terminal - This application provides a mobile terminal which includes two housings that are rotatably connected, and a flexible screen component fastened to the two housings, wherein the flexible screen component is fastened to two groups of position-limiting components, one group of sliding slots is disposed on each housing, the two groups of position-limiting components are respectively located in two groups of sliding slots in a one-to-one correspondence, and the two groups of position-limiting components are configured to limit a relative vertical distance between the flexible screen component and the housings. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014348 | MOBILE DEVICE AND COMPUTER DEVICE STAND - The mobile device and computer device stand comprises a second platy body, a first platy body, a support piece, and a peripheral portion. One side of the second platy body is connected to the back of the mobile device and computer device. One end of one side of the first platy body is connected to one end of another side of the second platy body. The peripheral portion of the first platy body further comprises at least one main fold line. The first platy body is bendable relative to the second platy body. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014349 | CONTACT INFORMATION EXCHANGING AND CONTENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NETWORKING AND MARKETING - An application for storing on a server for download to a client device for executing on the client device. The client device comprising a processor executing steps for performing various functionalities including: •sharing entered contact information of a user with the client device of another person using the same or similar application when the respective client devices are in a prescribed proximity to each other, and that other person being able to reciprocate sharing of their entered contact information into their client device with the client device of the user; •viewing, optionally joining, and/or creating a meeting where contact information between the participants is shared by the client devices of users joining or engaged in the meeting; •a user accessing, viewing and/or searching a list of contact information objects captured by the client device of the user; •entering of profile data details associated with a user and storing these in the client device for the purposes of constituting contact information for sharing with the client device of another user operating the application. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014350 | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON A CALLER - To provide a called one with information on the caller, a reference to a resource containing real-time or near-realtime information relating to the caller, or information deduced using the real-time or near-real-time information, or the real-time or near-real-time information, or the information deduced using the real-time or near-real-time information, is transmitted with a connection establishment request, and the information in the resource or the received information is displayed to the called one before the requested connection is established so that the called one can make a decision whether or not to answer the call. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014351 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus comprises a communication unit and a controller. The communication unit acquires first information regarding another side device. The controller performs first processing based on first information in response to a transmission instruction from a user regarding a first telephone communication with the another side device. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014352 | AUXILIARY USER INTERFACE AND METHOD - An auxiliary user interface for a mobile device is disclosed herein. The auxiliary user interface includes a mobile device encasement configured to enclose the mobile device and an auxiliary capacitive touchscreen fixed to the mobile device encasement and configured to communicably couple with the mobile device when the mobile device encasement is attached to the mobile device. The auxiliary capacitive touchscreen is configured to operate as a user interface of the mobile device. The auxiliary user interface may be useful for providing protection and an auxiliary interface for the mobile device. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014353 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND DEVICES FOR FACILITATING MANAGING CONNECTIONS FROM ONE OR MORE CALLER DEVICES - Disclosed herein is a callee device for detecting a spoofed call from a caller device. Further, the callee device may include a communication device and a processing device. Further, the communication device may be configured for receiving a first connection request from a first caller device of the caller devices and receiving at least one signaling message from a second caller device of the caller devices. Further, the processing device may be configured for initiating a second connection to the second caller device based on the caller identification, determining an inferred call state based on the at least one signaling message, comparing an expected call state of the first caller device and the inferred call state based on the determining of the inferred call state, determining an indication of spoofing based on the comparing, and performing an action based on the determining of the indication of the spoofing. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014354 | HANDLING CALLS ON A SHARED SPEECH-ENABLED DEVICE - In some implementations, an utterance that requests a voice call is received, the utterance is classified as spoken by a particular known user, the particular known user is determined to be associated with a personal voice number, and in response to determining that the particular known user is associated with a personal voice number, the voice call is initiated with the personal voice number. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014355 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING UNWANTED CALL ORIGINATION IN COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS - A method and system for discovering and locating the source of unwanted communication origination in a communications network, the method comprising compiling a communication campaign database storing data of one or more communication campaigns along with automatically identified instances of those campaigns, and simultaneously or sequentially matching those instances against known communication traffic of a set of cooperating telecommunication carriers. The one or more communications campaigns include a grouping of related fingerprints and patterns that identify a sequence of characters, audio or video associated with instances of a same likely campaigns, either legitimate or illegitimate/fraudulent. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014356 | INTERACTION BASED AUTO ANSWER TIME FOR BETTER PREPARED CONTACT CENTER AGENTS AND FASTER CALL RESOLUTION - Agents in a contact center are often connected to communications (e.g., calls, real-time text chats) automatically and without human intervention. By analyzing the communication and/or a history associated with the customer on the communication, an auto-answer delay may be determined that is better able to provide the agent with sufficient time to prepare for the communication. The auto-answer delay may be determined as a variation from a default auto-answer delay. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014357 | FEEDBACK BASED COMMUNICATION ROUTER - An inbound communication is received by a contact center. For example, the inbound communication may be a text-based communication. The inbound communication is classified based on feedback from one or more prior inbound communications. For example, the feedback may be based on whether a previous communication was transferred, was dropped, based on feedback provided by a contact center agent, based on feedback provided by a user, and/or the like. In response to classifying the first inbound communication, the inbound communication is routed differently in the contact center. For example, the inbound communication is routed to a different contact center queue based on the feedback of the previous communication. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014358 | CHARGING AND COLLECTION FUNCTION IN MICROSERVICES - Various methods for a 3GPP defined Charging and Collection Function are employed that may use a microservices approach. The microservice approach may decompose the function of the network elements into component level functions that may be deployed as separate functional elements. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014359 | TIME-BASED NANO-TRANSACTION SYSTEM FOR REDUCING UNSOLICITED COMMUNICATIONS - A telecommunications system for selectively connecting originator nodes to recipient nodes includes an account database with one or more accounts each associated with corresponding ones of the originator nodes and the recipient nodes. There is a contacts database with recipient contact lists each associated with a specific one of the accounts of the recipient nodes. A transaction processor is receptive to an incoming telecommunications initiation request, which includes a recipient node identifier and a nano-transaction payment submission defined at least by a payment amount. The transaction processor responsively directs the establishment of the telecommunications link between the one of the originator nodes and the one of the recipient nodes upon receipt of the telecommunications initiation request. The nano-transaction payment submission is settled based at least in part upon an active duration of the telecommunications link. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014360 | DETERMINING DEFECTS HAVING A CHARACTERISTIC SEPARATION DISTANCE - A first separation distance is determined between a first pair of defects in a scanned image of a first printed sheet, and a second separation distance is determined between a second pair of defects in a scanned image of a second printed sheet. The defects are determined as having a separation distance in that the first and second separation distances are each within a first threshold of a specified separation distance and/or a difference between the first and second separation distances is below a second threshold. A source of the defects can be determined based on the characteristic separation distance. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014361 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes
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20210014362 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method of controlling an information processing apparatus, includes the steps of a first presentation for presenting postings on a social networking service, that have been posted by a user, a second presentation for presenting images stored in the information processing apparatus, based on a posting that the user selects from the presented postings, and analyzing an image that the user selects from the images presented in the second presentation step. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014363 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method of controlling an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a step of downloading an image which a user selects on a social networking service, from a server apparatus that provides the social networking service, a step of replacing the downloaded image with an image that corresponds to the downloaded image and is stored in the information processing apparatus, and a step of analyzing the replaced image. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014364 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an image processing apparatus that is characterized by: reading an original document and generating image data; performing transmission of an electronic mail to which the image data is attached; performing, according to an end of the transmission of the electronic mail, transmission of an end notification mail for notifying the end of the transmission of the electronic mail; setting a transmission destination to which the end notification mail is transmitted; and deciding whether or not to permit the attachment of the image data to the end notification mail, according to the transmission destination. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014365 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS ASSOCIATING WITH EXTERNAL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus including a transmission function for transmitting an image sets whether to permit use of a destination not previously registered. The image processing apparatus also receives, from an external apparatus, data including at least a destination field. The image processing apparatus sets the transmission destination based on destination information included in the destination field of the received data upon a condition that a setting is set permitting use of a previously un-registered destination and does not set the transmission destination based on the destination information included in the destination field of the received data upon a condition that a setting is set prohibiting use of a previously un-registered destination. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014366 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, SERVER, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention enables job log records concerning an image processing apparatus to be managed in such a manner that the job log records can be searched on a server such as a cloud server using attributes and a character string included in an image as the job log records remain encrypted, thereby solving a problem concerning privacy. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014367 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit and a controller. The obtaining unit obtains environment information concerning a user terminal when a service request is received from the user terminal. Providing of a service to the user terminal has previously failed. The controller performs control to store the environment information obtained by the obtaining unit in a storage device. Data is read from and written into the storage device without operating the user terminal. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014368 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When a setting target apparatus accepts an instruction to start up setup software, a controller starts displaying wizard screens. The controller acquires reference information on a reference apparatus. The reference information includes an actual value and attribute information on it. The actual value is a set value actually set on the reference apparatus. The controller, using the attribute information, creates a list which lists actual values acquired in accordance with a selected category. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014369 | EXTENSION OF REMOTE FRAME BUFFER (RFB) PROTOCOL - A remote frame buffer server configured to send a table of command IDs and command text labels to a remote frame buffer client. This table allows an operator to use text-based interactions in addition to pixel-based interactions to remotely manipulate a display managed by the remote frame buffer server. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014370 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND STORAGE MEDIUM - To make it unnecessary to repeat the same work in a case where a destination color is set for each of a plurality of adjustment-target colors within a printing-target image. A plurality of adjustment-target colors is set at a time for a printing-target image, a patch in a color having a desired tint is selected from among each similar color patch group for each adjustment-target color, and a destination color is determined, which is a conversion destination for each adjustment-target color. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014371 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND APPARATUS - An information processing system includes a service providing system and an apparatus that mutually communicate via a network. The service providing system includes a processing method storage configured to register a processing method in association with identification information of output data; and a first communicator that transmits, to the apparatus, the output data to which the identification information is appended. The apparatus includes an outputter that outputs the output data received from the service providing system together with the identification information; an inputter that accepts input of input data based on the output data output by the outputter; and a second communicator that transmits, to the service providing system, the input data input by the inputter, to which the identification information is appended. The service providing system performs a process on the input data by the processing method associated with the identification information appended to the input data. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014372 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a memory that stores a usage history of using an image forming apparatus by a user and a number of times of viewing report information by the user; and circuitry configured to determine an arrangement of the report information relating to a function of an application and display the report information, based on the usage history and the number of times of viewing the report information by the user. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014373 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus, including: a hinge configured to support an original conveying unit pivotably relative to an image reading unit; a swing pedestal configured to support the hinge; a swing axis configured to support the swing pedestal swingably relative to the image reading unit; and a first abutment portion and a second abutment portion configured to abut the image reading unit so as to form a space between the image reading unit and the original conveying unit, wherein the first abutment portion that is in a state not in contact with the image reading unit can be brought into contact with the image reading unit by the swing pedestal swinging about a swing axis in a state in which the second abutment portion is in contact with the image reading unit. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014374 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes a first detector, a second detector, and a determination section. The first detect detects a first skew angle of a sheet. The second detector is located downstream of the first detector and detects a second skew angle of the sheet. The determination section determines whether or not to stop conveyance of the sheet based on the first skew angle and the second skew angle. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014375 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a case section, a conveyance section, a controller, an acquiring section, and storage. The controller controls the image forming section and the conveyance section according to mechanical settings information corresponding to a type of the sheet. The acquiring section acquires an identification image for identifying the type of the sheet. The storage stores therein mechanical-settings-information candidates and registered images associated with the mechanical-settings-information candidates. The controller determines whether or not a matching image exists when a sheet is loaded in the case section. Here, the matching image is a registered image matching the identification image of the registered images. The controller adjusts mechanical settings information based on a mechanical-settings-information candidate associated with the matching image of the mechanical-settings-information candidates when determining that the matching image exists. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014376 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a first controller that controls an overall operation of the apparatus, and a second controller that outputs an image stored in a specific area of a storage medium to a display device if a predetermined time has elapsed from activation. The second controller generates a second image and writes the second image in the specific area. If a first image is received from the first controller after the second controller writes the second image, the second controller overwrites the second image in the specific area with the first image. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014377 | READING DEVICE - The reading device of the present disclosure includes a housing, a first irradiation part, an imaging device, and a first diffusion part. The housing has an opening in an upper portion with a transparent reading window member. The first irradiation part emits an infrared light. The imaging device is disposed on a bottom portion such that an optical axis is directed to a reading window member. The first diffusion part is disposed on a left side wall connecting the upper and bottom portions. The first diffusion part diffuses the infrared light. The first diffusion part is made up of a light-transmitting first diffusion plate and a light-transmitting second diffusion plate. The first diffusion plate is disposed on the bottom surface side and inclined toward the upper portion. The second diffusion plate is disposed on the upper surface side and inclined toward the bottom portion. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014378 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a platen on which a document is to be placed, an image sensor configured to read an image of the document on the platen, an opening/closing member configured to cover and uncover the platen, a document pressing layer disposed on a surface of the opening/closing member and configured to press the document on the plate when the opening/closing member covers the platen, elastic layers located between the document pressing layer and the opening/closing member and spaced apart from each other on a surface of the document pressing layer, and connection layers connecting the elastic layers to the opening/closing member. An area of the elastic layer is larger than an area of the connection layer. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014379 | DUPLEX PRINTING METHOD WITH SHRINKAGE COMPENSATION - A duplex printing method includes, determining an amount of shrinkage of a media sheet onto which a front side image has been printed; scaling an image to be printed on a back side of the sheet with a scaling function that depends upon the determined shrinkage; and printing the scaled image on the back side of the sheet. The step of determining includes predicting a shrinkage of a media sheet on the basis of process parameters, and on the basis of a model that is defined by a set of model parameters and that describes a dependence of the shrinkage on the process parameters, the process parameters including at least an amount of marking material to be applied to the front side of the sheet; measuring an actual shrinkage of the sheet; and adjusting the model parameters based on a comparison between the predicted shrinkage and the measured shrinkage to improve a prediction of a shrinkage for a subsequent sheet. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014380 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - The present invention provides an image processing device capable of correcting an image formation position page by page. The image processing device has: an obtaining unit obtaining a print job corresponding to a plurality of pages; a determination unit obtaining a read image of a sheet in which an image is formed for at least two pages in the plurality of pages and determining a deviation amount in the at least two pages; a calculation unit calculating at least two correction values on the basis of the deviation amount in the at least two pages; and a correction unit performing image correction on each of the plurality of pages on the basis of a corresponding correction value in the at least two correction values. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014381 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing system comprises a first image processing apparatus and a second image processing apparatus. The first image processing apparatus obtains image data and transmits, to the second image processing apparatus, the obtained image data and information relating to the image data. The second image processing apparatus receives the image data and sets a condition for determining whether the image data is the image data to be processed, and determines whether or not the received image data is the image data to be processed, based on the set condition and the information. The second image processing apparatus executes, when it is determined that the received image data is the image data to be processed, image processing on the image data, based on the information and stores a result of the execution of the image processing. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014382 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus forms an image, and includes: an inputter that inputs image data; an image former that executes image forming processing to form an image on a sheet for each page with the image data inputted by the inputter; a controller that controls the image data processed at the image former; and a noise detector that detects noise, wherein the controller controls to perform, at the image former, image re-forming processing for a page corresponding to image data when the noise detector has detected noise when the image data is being processed. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014383 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A binary image is generated from a multivalued image based on a threshold, an edge is extracted from the multivalued image, an edge image is generated by correcting a position of the extracted edge, and a synthetic binary image is generated by synthesizing the edge image and the binary image. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014384 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to receive a designation of a to-be-corrected color that is a process color or a special color different from the process color and is to be corrected; identify, on the basis of the designation, a tone correction pattern, and generate rendering data of the tone correction pattern to be used for forming an image on a recording medium; obtain a standard value of the to-be-corrected color; and correct the to-be-corrected color on the basis of a difference between a color measuring result obtained from measuring a color of the image, of the tone correction pattern formed on the recording medium and the standard value. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014385 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY SYNCHRONIZING AUDIO-VIDEO INPUTS IN A MULTI-CAMERA ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods for synchronizing video generated by a camera with media content generated by a media source external to the camera. A calibration procedure is performed in which a time delay is determined that includes a camera delay associated with the camera. A display device displays a sequence of images comprising a first image displayed for a first time period and a second image displayed for a second time period. The camera captures a plurality of captured images capturing display of the sequence of images and a transmitter device coupled to the camera transmits the captured images to a hub. The hub determines a target image of the captured images corresponding to display of the second image. The time delay is determined based on a difference between a time associated with the target image and a time associated with the second image. | 2021-01-14 |
20210014386 | SYNCHRONIZING MEDIA IN MULTIPLE DEVICES - A system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive first and second media units with respective first and second time stamps that are assigned based on a first clock cycle time and a data transmission rate, and to assign an adjusted time stamp to the second media unit based on the first clock cycle time, a second clock cycle time, the first time stamp, and the data transmission rate. | 2021-01-14 |