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52nd week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 87
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20210409475SIGNALING CODEC MODE NOTIFICATIONS FOR MULTIMEDIA TELEPHONY SESSIONS - Methods, systems, and storage media are described for providing codec mode notification (CMN) messages for speech to be signaled from a sender to a receiver. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.2021-12-30
20210409476METHOD AND STREAM-PUSHING CLIENT TERMINAL FOR PUSHING AUDIO AND VIDEO BASED ON WEBRTC PROTOCOL - A method and a stream-pushing client terminal for pushing audio and video based on a WebRTC protocol are provided. The method includes: calling, by a stream-pushing client terminal, an audio interface of a browser to create an audio processing module, and configuring, by the stream-pushing client terminal, a hybrid output unit on the audio processing module; inputting, by the stream-pushing client terminal, source data and additional data to the audio processing module, and generating, by the stream-pushing client terminal, processed data through the hybrid output unit; combining, by the stream-pushing client terminal, the source data and the processed data to generate hybrid sound data; and pushing, by the stream-pushing client terminal, the hybrid sound data to a resource server, to enable a stream-pulling client terminal to obtain the hybrid sound data from the resource server.2021-12-30
20210409477METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DYNAMIC ADAPTIVE STREAMING OVER HTTP - Aspects of the disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for receiving media data. One apparatus includes processing circuitry that receives a media presentation description (MPD) file including an essential property descriptor that is associated with a session-based description (SBD) file and includes a key-value element. The processing circuitry determines a value in the SBD file corresponding to a key in the key-value element. The processing circuitry sends a request to a server based on the corresponding value.2021-12-30
20210409478METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING APPLICATION FOR EDGE COMPUTING DEVICES - A method for distributing an application for an edge computing device performed by a computing device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes selecting a cluster including two or more edge devices from among a plurality of edge devices, distributing a first application to a second edge device included in the cluster, modifying routing information such that a service request incoming to a first edge device included in the cluster is transmitted to the second edge device, and replacing the first application running in the first edge device with a second application.2021-12-30
20210409479MOBILE DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR MULTI-STEP ACTIVITIES - An multistep guided system for mobile devices that facilitates the creation and dissemination of multistep guided activities from a source computer/device to a plurality of other recipient mobile devices, wherein the multistep guided activities is disseminated to the recipient mobile devices in a form that is compatible with the capabilities of the respective recipient mobile devices. The audio guided system comprises the source computer/device, the plurality of other recipient mobile devices and a server.2021-12-30
20210409480ONLINE FILE TRANSFER TASKS SCHEDULING METHOD AND STORAGE DEVICE USING SAME - An online file transfer tasks scheduling method for processing multiple file path access requests in a network, the method including: sending at least one file path access request to a corresponding one of at least one file access service module, executing a processing procedure in each of the at least one file access service module to generate a task package according to each received file path access request, and using one or more task execution units to process one or more of the task packages; and using a task execution unit balance module to periodically evaluate a load ratio between a plurality of the file access service modules, and determining the number of the task execution units for each file access service module according to the load ratio.2021-12-30
20210409481PROVIDING COMMUNICATION SERVICES USING SETS OF I/O USER DEVICES - A user terminal emulation server maintains a database identifying network addresses, UI capabilities, and locations of I/O user devices. Communication sessions are established between first and second user terminal emulation applications and respective first and second I/O user devices proximately located to respective first and second users and which provide acceptable combined I/O user interfaces to the first and second users. When a direct path criterion is satisfied for creating a direct traffic flow, a traffic flow that was from the first I/O user devices to the first user terminal emulation applications is redirected to now be from the first I/O user device to the second I/O user device without passing through either of the first and second user terminal emulation applications.2021-12-30
20210409482Application Modelling and Resource Management in Fog Networks - A method for allocating fog applications in a fog network with a plurality of fog nodes is suggested. The method includes: providing an application model; providing a fog network image that reflects the properties of the fog network; performing a resource usage test of the application model on the fog network image, and receiving resource requirements for the fog network; creating a concrete application model based on the application model, wherein the concrete application model contains the received resource requirements; and performing allocation of the concrete application model on one or more of the fog nodes of the fog network.2021-12-30
20210409483MULTI TENANCY FOR SINGLE TENANCY APPLICATIONS - A mechanism is provided for deploying software applications in a cloud computing environment. An administrator is provided an interface for allowing a software application that is designed for a single tenant to be used by a plurality of users. An aspect of the invention is to provide a mechanism for quickly and easily giving multi-user qualities to a single tenant application like autoCAD. As such, multiple users can access the application without the need to download and install a version locally on their system. The system is able to determine the period of time for which an application is in use for a given user, because every application is run on a resource that is part of the cloud environment. Therefore, it is possible for the application provider to charge for the application in a usage-based model—e.g., by the hour, or day—without any re-engineering of the existing application.2021-12-30
20210409484LIGHTWEIGHT IOT INFORMATION MODEL - A lightweight and extensible information model for machine-to-machine systems is disclosed. A service layer information management architecture uses three categories of atomic objects, subjects, actions, and descriptions. Information for use within the model is built using the atomic information objects. Application programming interfaces are used to perform operations and information processing by different nodes. Common service functions are used in the model as instances of a generic common service information model.2021-12-30
20210409485Retrieval and Playout of Media Content - An example method involves accessing a playlist defining a sequence of media content items including a first media content item and a second media content item; retrieving, from one or more server devices, first data representing the media content items of the received playlist, and using the retrieved first data to playout the media content items in accordance with the sequence defined by the playlist; determining a status of an event, and using the determined status of the event as a basis to determine a condition; making a determination that the determined condition has been satisfied; and responsive to making the determination that the determined condition has been satisfied, (i) retrieving second data representing a media content item related to the event, and (ii) using the retrieved second data to playout the media content item related to the event in between playing out the first and second media content items.2021-12-30
20210409486AUTOMATIC TAGGING OF CLOUD RESOURCES FOR IMPLEMENTING SECURITY POLICIES - Systems and methods for automatically tagging cloud resources that are spread across multiple cloud platforms are provided. According to one embodiment, information regarding each cloud provider of multiple cloud providers associated with a cloud environment used by a private network is received by a cloud-tagging orchestrator service of the private network. For each cloud resource of a plurality of cloud resources hosted by the cloud providers on behalf of the private network: (i) information associated with the cloud resource is retrieved by the cloud-tagging orchestrator service; (ii) a unified tag of multiple unified tags for the cloud resource is identified by the cloud-tagging orchestrator service based on a pre-defined global tagging policy; and (ii) the unified tag is assigned by the cloud-tagging orchestrator service to the cloud resource via an application programming interface (API) of a cloud provider of the multiple cloud providers hosting the resource.2021-12-30
20210409487APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DATA TRANSMISSION IN NETWORK SYSTEM - The present disclosure provides an apparatus for controlling data transmission in a network system. The apparatus includes a programmable chip configured to forward data in the network system, one or more storage devices configured to store a set of instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the set of instructions to cause the apparatus to: control, via a first interface, the programmable chip to provide a switching function at a data link layer or a network layer; and control, via a second interface, the programmable chip to provide a layer 2021-12-30
20210409488DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION OF INTER-CHIP AND ON-CHIP NETWORKS IN CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEM - A server includes a plurality of nodes that are connected by a network that includes an on-chip network or an inter-chip network that connects the nodes. The server also includes a controller to configure the network based on relative priorities of workloads that are executing on the nodes. Configuring the network can include allocating buffers to virtual channels supported by the network based on the relative priorities of the workloads associated with the virtual channels, configuring routing tables that route the packets over the network based on the relative priorities of the workloads that generate the packets, or modifying arbitration weights to favor granting access to the virtual channels to packets generated by higher priority workloads.2021-12-30
20210409489TRACKING AND CERTIFICATION OF DIGITAL MEDIA VIA DISTRIBUTED LEDGER - Copies of a distributed ledger with multiple blocks are stored on multiple computing devices and a secure server that stores a plurality of authenticated digital media asset. A first computing device with an authenticated digital media asset generates a new block to the distributed ledger, and each subsequent computing devices with modifications made to the digital media asset adds a new block identifying modification made to the digital media asset and appends a hash of at least a portion of a previous block of the distributed ledger.2021-12-30
20210409490DISTRIBUTED REGISTER INTELLIGENT NODE TRANSFER ENGINE - Embodiments of the invention are directed to an architecture modifier for intelligent node transfer and review processing. The engine collects user activity data from IoT devices and non-IoT applications to identify user activity and stores user workstation availability metrics. Upon receiving a request for review and consensus, the engine develops various user data routing configuration and schema based on live data feed for identification of nodes for transaction consensus and immediate review posting without any delay architectural delay.2021-12-30
20210409491SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR DISTRIBUTED APPLICATION EXECUTION USING A CLUSTER OF MOBILE DEVICES - A system, method, and computer program are provided for distributed application execution using a cluster of mobile devices. In use, a wireless computing device included in a wireless mesh network of wireless computing devices identifies a wireless distributed application deployed to the wireless computing devices. Further, the wireless computing device manages execution of the wireless distributed application across the wireless computing devices.2021-12-30
20210409492SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POLICY BASED FIBRE CHANNEL ZONING BASED ON STORAGE PORTS AND BUS ADAPTORS - A methodology is provided. The methodology includes: creating a virtual storage area network between one or more storage arrays and a switch; creating a service profile for a zoning configuration, wherein the service profile is associated with at least one or more servers to create the zoning configuration; updating the zoning configuration with a worldwide port name identity for each of the one or more servers; configuring virtual host bus adapters for the service profile; associating a storage target port on one of the one or more storage arrays with a specific one of the virtual host bus adapters; and associating at least one of the one or more servers to a storage policy, wherein storage target ports can be added and removed from the storage policy, wherein a change of one of the storage target ports in the storage policy causes a change of the zoning configuration.2021-12-30
20210409493PHOTOGRAPH SHARING SYSTEM - A photograph sharing system is described. The photograph sharing system allows for contributors to upload photographs of an event. Contributors or other application users may select an uploaded photograph in a desired section and digitally zoom in on a desired individual in that section and then download the zoomed in photograph.2021-12-30
20210409494MOBILE IOT EDGE DEVICE USING 3D-DIE STACKING RE-CONFIGURABLE PROCESSOR MODULE WITH 5G PROCESSOR-INDEPENDENT MODEM - A mobile Internet-of-Things (IoT) edge device, comprising a reconfigurable processor unit including a substrate; a die stack coupled to the substrate and having a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) die element and a reconfigurable die element capable of serving as storage memory or as configuration memory based on configuration information; and a processor coupled to the substrate and configured to cooperate with the die stack for processing data; and a processor-independent connectivity unit coupled to the reconfigurable processor unit and including an antenna; a radio-frequency chip (RFIC) coupled to the antenna and configured to receive incoming signals and transmit outgoing signals over the antenna; circuitry configured to translate the incoming signals to incoming data or transmit the outgoing data to outgoing signals; and a system interface configured to transmit the incoming data to the reconfigurable processor unit for processing, and configured to receive the outgoing data from the reconfigurable processor unit.2021-12-30
20210409495INTERNET OF THINGS INFORMATION SYSTEM OF MULTIPLE OBJECTS - The present invention relates to the technical field of internet of things transmission. Disclosed is an internet of things information system. The internet of things information system of the present invention comprises an object platform, a sensing network platform, and an operator management platform; the object platform establishes a communication protocol with the operator management platform through the sensing network platform; the object platform comprises a perception information system and a control information system; the perception information system acquires perception information of the object platform; the control information system controls objects by control information; the sensing network platform comprises a perception information communication system and a control information communication system; and the operator management platform comprises a perception information management system and a control information management system.2021-12-30
20210409496Policy-Based Connection Provisioning using Domain Name System (DNS) Requests - Techniques for policy-based connection provisioning using Domain Name System (DNS) requests are described herein. The techniques may include receiving policy data associated with one or more headend nodes that manage connections to computing resources. Additionally, the techniques may include receiving a DNS request from a client device to establish a connection between the client device and a first headend node of the one or more headend nodes. The DNS request may include an attribute associated with the client device. A provisioning service may determine that the connection should be established between the client device and the first headend node based at least in part on evaluating the attribute with respect to the policy data. Additionally, the techniques may include sending an internet protocol (IP) address, which is associated with the first headend node, to the client device to facilitate establishment of the connection.2021-12-30
20210409497SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LEVERAGING EXISTING DEVICE PAIRING AND INTERNET LOGIN RECORDS BETWEEN MEDIA SERVER AND HSIA CONTROLLER TO FACILITATE CROSS-SERVICE ACCESS BY MOBILE DEVICES - A media server receives network traffic from a first mobile device, queries a login database of an HSIA controller to determine whether the first mobile device is logged in for Internet access, and, when determining that the first mobile device is logged in for Internet access, causes a media device to play media content controlled according to the first mobile device. The HSIA controller receives network traffic from a second mobile device on the local area network, queries the pairing database of the media server in order to determine whether the second mobile device is paired with any of the media devices coupled to the media server, and, when determining that the second mobile device is paired with at least one of the media devices, reconfigures an access controller between the local area network and the Internet to allow the second mobile device to access the Internet.2021-12-30
20210409498TRANSACTION RESOURCES FOR STATELESS MESSAGE PROTOCOL - A communications device, such as an Internet-of-Things device, includes an entity resource to originate or consume data, and core resources to facilitate stateless messaging with a remote device, with the messaging being associated with the entity resource. Transaction resources are provided to manage a transaction with the remote device. The transaction includes a sequence of messages associated with the entity resource. The transaction resources include a transaction state machine to represent a current intra-transactional ephemeral state from among a plurality of intra-transactional ephemeral states representing progression of the transaction, a commit handler to institute a persistent state change related to the entity resource in response to a successful completion of the transaction, and a transaction communicator to conduct intra-transaction communications via the core resources directed to corresponding transactional resources of the remote device.2021-12-30
20210409499AUTOMATED ROUTING BASED ON CONTENT METADATA - Methods, computer readable media, and devices for automated routing based on content metadata are provided. One method may include receiving a user request for content with metadata from a client by a content distribution network (CDN), parsing the user request for content to generate an evaluation of the metadata, determining a routing decision representing a selection of one of a plurality of origin services for the user request for content based on the evaluation of the metadata, transmitting the user request for content to the selected one of the plurality of origin services based on the routing decision, receiving a response to the user request for content from the selected one of the plurality of origin services, and sending the response to the client.2021-12-30
20210409500ACTION FLOW FRAGMENT MANAGEMENT - Action flow fragment management includes executing a parent action flow including multiple steps. At least two steps are distinct pages of a web application. During execution of the parent action flow, an action flow fragment expression is obtained and executed using data gathered from a data source to obtain an action flow fragment identifier. An action flow fragment corresponding to the action flow fragment identifier is selected and executed. When execution of the action flow fragment completes, execution of the parent action flow continues.2021-12-30
20210409501String Processing Of Clickstream Data - A method includes assigning unique symbols respectively to potential interactions with a website. The method includes obtaining asserted interaction symbol sequences of multiple browsing sessions, respectively. Each browsing session corresponds to a visitor of the website. For each browsing session, the asserted interaction symbol sequence of the respective browsing session is a sequence of symbols, from among the unique symbols, that corresponds, respectively, to a sequence of asserted interactions with the web site visited during the respective browsing session by the corresponding visitor. The method includes generating a master string including the asserted interaction symbol sequences by concatenating the asserted interaction symbol sequences with sentinel symbols together such that at least one sentinel symbol exists between each consecutive pair of asserted interaction symbol sequences. The method includes generating a suffix array corresponding to the master string. The method includes generating a longest common prefix (LCP) array corresponding to the suffix array.2021-12-30
20210409502TRACKING USAGE OF AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT ACROSS MULTIPLE USERS - In one or more implementations, usage of augmented reality content items may be tracked based on characteristics of respective target audiences of the augmented reality content items. User tracking components may be included with respective instances of the augmented reality content items that analyze characteristics of users of the client application access the augmented reality content items in relation to the characteristics of the target audiences.2021-12-30
20210409503PUSH NOTIFICATION DEVICE OF WARNING AREAS - A push notification device of warning areas is disclosed that comprising a transceiver connected to a third-party server to receive a plurality pieces of warning information from the third-party server. A processor determines whether a location information falling within a designated warning area of the plurality pieces of warning information based on a designated warning area of a push condition set by a push assembly, wherein the processor generates a warning signal if positive, or the processor determines another location information if negative. Then a notifier receives the warning signal, and performs a notifying operation based on the warning signal. Accordingly, as above-mentioned determination of warning areas, when the user is within the designated warning area, the push notification device can effectively alert the user to stay away from the warning area, thereby achieving the effect of warning prevention.2021-12-30
20210409504SUBSCRIPTION AND NOTIFICATION SERVICE - Mechanisms for subscription and notification may include dynamically changing notification behavior based on notification target status or support access to notification history information.2021-12-30
20210409505EXIT NODE BENCHMARK FEATURE - Systems and methods for effectively managing exit nodes are provided. The exemplary systems and methods use a Supernode to examine an Exit Node through sending and receiving a request to a Target. Information about the exit node is then stored into the Supernode. According to the information provided from the Supernode, the Exit Nodes Database systemizes the proxies according to availability and provides available exit nodes to a User Device.2021-12-30
20210409506DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANAGING NETWORK TRAFFIC FOR A DISTRIBUTED CACHE - A programmable switch includes ports, and circuitry to receive cache messages for a distributed cache from client devices. The cache messages are queued for sending to memory devices from the ports. Queue occupancy information is generated and sent to a controller that determines, based at least in part on the queue occupancy information, at least one of a cache message transmission rate for a client device, and one or more weights for the queues used by the programmable switch. In another aspect, the programmable switch extracts cache request information from a cache message. The cache request information indicates a cache usage and is sent to the controller, which determines, based at least in part on the extracted cache request information, at least one of a cache message transmission rate for a client device, and one or more weights for queues used in determining an order for sending cache messages.2021-12-30
20210409507SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOAD MITIGATION IN REQUEST HANDLING - A method includes receiving, at an intermediation server, from a requesting device, a request for one or more items provided by a provider system; generating, at the intermediation server, an intermediate reply comprising data indicative of the one or more items provided by the provider system; determining, at the intermediation server, whether the request is eligible for direct distribution; in response to determining that the request is eligible for direct distribution, generating, at the intermediation server, an adjusted reply by: communicating with a hosted offer management system to receive instructions for adjusting the intermediate reply, the hosted offer management system providing hosted provider object services for the provider system; and adjusting, at the intermediation server, the intermediate reply based on the instructions; and providing, from the intermediation server, to the requesting device, the adjusted reply in response to the request.2021-12-30
20210409508SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CACHING OF MANAGED CONTENT IN A DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT USING A MULTI-TIERED ARCHITECTURE - Embodiments as disclosed provide a distributed caching solution that improve the performance and functionality of a content management platform for sites that are physically or logically remote from the primary site of the content management platform. In particular, according to embodiments, a remote cache server may be associated with a remote site to store local copies of documents that are managed by the primary content management platform. Periodically, a portion of the remote site's cache may be synchronized with the content management platform's primary site using an extensible architecture to ensure that content at the remote cache server is current.2021-12-30
20210409509BINDING A PUBLIC CLOUD USER ACCOUNT AND A PERSONAL CLOUD USER ACCOUNT FOR A HYBRID CLOUD ENVIRONMENT - Binding a public cloud account and a personal cloud account is described. A pre-approval list indicates that a user's public cloud account and personal cloud account are approved for binding. A copy of the pre-approval list is stored on the personal cloud device; another copy is stored on the public cloud service. The user logs into the public cloud account using a client device. Based on the pre-approval list stored on the public cloud service, the client device obtains information identifying the user's personal cloud account. The personal cloud device verifies the pre-approval of the binding based on the pre-approval list stored on the personal cloud device. The personal cloud device transmits a verification to the public cloud service. Each of the public cloud service and the personal cloud device stores information indicating the binding.2021-12-30
20210409510Transmitter and Receiver, Serializer and Deserializer and Methods for Transmitting and Receiving, Serializing and Deserializing - An apparatus for transmitting a plurality of data streams is provided, having a scheduling unit for selecting a data stream as a selected data stream and a transmission unit for transmitting the selected data stream. The scheduling unit is configured to select the selected data stream depending on scheduling information and a counter value, the scheduling information having a plurality of scheduling elements. A data stream is assigned to each scheduling element, wherein the data stream information of the scheduling element is data stream information for the data stream assigned to the scheduling element. A selection criterion is fulfilled or not fulfilled depending on the selection information of each scheduling element and the counter value. Depending on an order of the plurality of scheduling elements, the scheduling unit is configured to select, as the selected data stream, a data stream, which is assigned to a selection element, for which the selection criterion is fulfilled. The scheduling unit is configured to determine for at least one scheduling element, whether or not the selection criterion is fulfilled.2021-12-30
20210409511DYNAMIC DISPLAY OF OPERATION TIMING AND SUCCESS RATE - A method and system of providing estimates or recommendations for software lifecycle management tasks by obtaining and storing local timing and result data for a current run of an application task on a local client, and gathering global timing and result data in a server computer for a plurality of clients including the local client. The local client combines its local timing and result data with the global timing and result data to generate an estimated time completion and success probability for a next run of the application task. The local client uses a rule definition file to substitute function variables for text strings and recommendation text with the appropriate values from the combined timing and result data and outputs the final time estimate UI string and recommendation through a user interface for display to a user.2021-12-30
20210409512SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-CLIENT CONTENT DELIVERY - In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to methods and systems for synchronized multi-client content delivery, and a content selection system based on individual and aggregated scores for the content items, to generate bundles or sets of content items having approximately corresponding scores. Server timers and local timers on client devices may be synchronized via notifications, and timer durations dynamically adjusted when client requests and responses are sent prior to client-side timer expiration, but received after server-side timer expiration, indicating communication latency has caused desynchronization. Timers may be adjusted on a global basis or per-client device basis. Through scoring and bundling, sets of content items that may be relevant to approximately an equal share of the recipient client devices may be selected and transmitted.2021-12-30
20210409513NAVIGATION USING PROXIMITY INFORMATION - Embodiments provide techniques, including systems and methods, for locating and navigating to the location of a requestor based on proximity between a requestor device and a provider device. For example, embodiments display proximity indicators to allow a provider to quickly, easily, and safely locate a requestor upon arrival near a request location. Further, in some embodiments, graphics associated with a proximity vector may be presented on a provider communication device to clearly display the navigation directions to the provider so that the provider may easily find their matched requestor without requiring additional communication between the provider and the requestor. Additionally, embodiments provide efficient navigation to riders by limiting display of proximity indicators for navigation until the provider is within a threshold distance to the request location to conserve system resources and communication between an on-demand matching system and the provider computing device.2021-12-30
20210409514Methods, Wireless Device and Network Node for Enabling Network Functions in the Wireless Device - A wireless device (2021-12-30
20210409515Interactive Production Alerts Dashboard - Methods, computer systems, and computer storage media are provided that provide an interactive web-based alerts system. The system provides a combination of features including a mail application and a dashboard for reporting. Initially, automated emails sent from a plurality of sources are received and stored in a database. The automated emails are classified based on criteria including source, subject line, acknowledgement, and/or status. Using these classifications, various reports can be generated to provide insight into the alert quality and quantity. A dashboard interface displays the classified alerts and enables various interactions with the classified plurality of alerts. Based on the interactions, the dashboard interface is automatically updated, in real-time. In some embodiments, the interactions comprise causing an incident to be created for the alert, causing a category of the alert to be updated, or causing a shift report to be generated.2021-12-30
20210409516METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE AVATAR-BASED REAL-TIME HOLOGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION - Systems and methods provide an adaptive avatar-based real-time holographic communication service. End devices implement a customized avatar for holographic communications. With the assistance of a network edge platform, a user's facial motions and gestures are extracted in real time and applied to the customized avatar in the form of an augmented-reality-based or virtual-reality-based holographic entity. When a connection to the network edge platform is interrupted or not available, a master holographic entity provides a graceful fallback to a less resource-intensive avatar presentation using, for example, a user's prerecorded motions as a basis for rendering avatar movement. The customized avatar may be automatically adjusted/altered depending on with whom a user is communicating (e.g., a friend vs. a business associate) or a purpose for the communication (e.g., a professional meeting vs. a social activity).2021-12-30
20210409517ANALYZING AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT USAGE DATA - In one or more implementations, user interfaces may be generated that include user interface elements that enable the tracking or monitoring of interactions with augmented reality content by users of a client application. Usage metrics for augmented reality content may be collected and analyzed. In addition, information about client application users that interact with augmented reality content may be generated. In one or more examples, characteristics of users of the client application that interact with one or more augmented reality content items may be analyzed to determine a user characterization for one or more augmented reality content items. The usage metrics and user characterizations for augmented reality content items may be presented via a dashboard that is accessible to creators of augmented reality content.2021-12-30
20210409518CUSTOM ACTION INVOCATION IN A SPEADSHEET INTEGRATED WITH WEB SERVICES - Example embodiments facilitate extending client-side software functionality to leverage server-side functionality, such as server-side business logic implementing custom actions and accessible to a specialized add-in to the client-side software, e.g., a client-side spreadsheet. An example method includes exposing one or more parameters of server-side logic in a client-side spreadsheet, wherein the server-side logic includes code for implementing one or more software actions; providing input to one or more spreadsheet fields corresponding to the one or more parameters, there by allocating one or more values to the one or more parameters; detecting user selection of a User Interface (UI) control for using the server-side logic to implement the one or more software actions; and sending the one or more values to the server-side logic via one or more web services, thereby providing the one or more values as input to the server-side logic.2021-12-30
20210409519EMBEDDED REMOTE DESKTOP IN INTEGRATED MODULE - A method implements an embedded remote desktop in integrated module. An integrated application is received, by a client device, from an integrated server. The integrated application includes an access link to a remote server and integrated application content that references live information from a live application. The live application is executing concurrently with the integrated application and is configured to produce the live information responsive to the integrated application content. A connection is established to the remote application. The remote application establishes a connection to the live application. The live information is received at the client device. A user input is received responsive to the live information. The user input is transmitted to the integrated server.2021-12-30
20210409520NETWORK MANAGEMENT DATA TRANSLATION, QUERYING, AND DISCREPANCY DETECTION - A network device receives a first configuration management message from a first network element, where the first configuration management message has a first data format. The network device translates the first configuration management message from the first data format to a Common Network Data (CND) model format to produce a first translated message, where the CND model format comprises a graph schema based on nodes, edges, and properties to represent and store configuration management message data. The network device stores the first translated message in a CND model format data structure for subsequent use in message querying, message comparison, message anomaly detection, or message discrepancy detection.2021-12-30
20210409521SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATION OF BETWEEN ENTITIES WITH DIFFERENT STRUCTURES - A computer-implemented method for interoperable data exchange between a first real-world entity and a second real-world entity with both real-world entities connected to a same communication network, the first and second real-world entities having first and second digital representations, respectively, each digital representation being a virtual entity replicating data, structure, and functions associated with any one of the real-world entities, the first and the second digital representations having different formats, the method, executed by at least one computing device of the second real-world entity, including: receiving a request for data of the second digital representation to be provided to the first digital representation; evaluating a set of predefined mapping strategies with each mapping strategy being associated with a target model template, by determining a mapping similarity measure for each mapping strategy based on similarities in a structure and semantics of respective data models of the first and second digital representations.2021-12-30
20210409522Operating more than one Wireless Communication Protocol with a Hearing Device - The disclosed technology includes a method to wirelessly communicate with a wireless communication device using two wireless communication protocols. The method comprises: aligning a timing of audio frames of a first wireless communication protocol with a timing of advertising events of a second wireless communication protocol; increasing a time duration between beginnings of advertising Protocol Data Units (PDUs) transmitted during an advertising event of the second wireless communication protocol; receiving a first request to access a transceiver of the wireless communication device from the first wireless communication protocol and receiving a second request to access the transceiver of the wireless communication device from the second wireless communication protocol; and selecting the second request from the second wireless communication protocol to be executed based on priority of the second wireless communication protocol. The method can be used during audio streaming.2021-12-30
20210409523NETWORK APPARATUS - A network apparatus includes a first network interface, a second network interface and a processor. The first network interface is used for connecting to an network service host via a first network protocol to connect to the Internet. The second network interface for connecting to another network apparatus via a second network protocol. The first network interface is different from the second network interface. The processor is coupled to the first network interface and the second network interface for determining one from at least a first network mode and a second network mode. In the first network mode, the first network is activated for connecting to the Internet via the network service host and provides a network service for said another network apparatus to connect to the Internet.2021-12-30
20210409524INTER-PACKET COMMUNICATION OF MACHINE LEARNING INFORMATION - A network switch includes one or more queues to hold packets received from a first input flow and a second input flow. The network switch also includes a packet communication switch configured to access a first header of a first packet in the one or more queues and a second header of a second packet in the one or more queues. The first header includes first machine learning (ML) information that represents a first set of state transition probabilities under a set of actions performed at the network switch. The second header includes second ML information that represents a second set of state transition probabilities under the set of actions performed at the network switch. The packet communication switch is configured to selectively modify the first header or the second header based on a comparison of the first ML information and the second ML information.2021-12-30
20210409525MOBILE TERMINAL - Provided is a mobile terminal including a front case, a display disposed at a front surface of the front case, a rear case disposed to oppose a rear surface of the front case, and a finger scan sensor part coupled to the rear surface of the front case. The finger scan sensor part may be configured to sense at least a portion of light incident after passing through the display and the front case among light reflected by an external object. Other embodiments are implementable.2021-12-30
20210409526MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE TERMINAL - Disclosed are a mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same. The mobile terminal includes a master device and a slave device detachably mounted on the master device. The master device includes a housing, a bracket, a master controller and a switch assembly. The housing is provided with a groove to receive the bracket. The bracket can be rotated into or out of the groove relative to the housing. The switch assembly is arranged on the housing and directly faces the groove. When the bracket is rotated out of the groove relative to the housing and the rotation angle thereof meets a first angle, the switch assembly generates a first signal and sends it to the master controller. The master controller controls, according to the first signal, at least one component of the master device to be switched to a first usage state.2021-12-30
20210409527Mobile Terminal and Middle Frame - A mobile terminal and a middle frame, the mobile terminal comprising: a display screen assembly, comprising a display screen, the display screen having a planar region; and the middle frame, comprising a light transmission part and a frame body, the frame body enclosing to form an installation space, and the display screen assembly being provided in the installation space. The light transmission part forms a first edge line at an edge of a forward projection of a reference plane, the frame body forms a second edge line on the forward projection of the reference plane, and the region enclosed by the first edge line is partially or completely located at a side of the second edge line away from the display screen. The reference plane is a plane on which the planar region of the display screen is located.2021-12-30
20210409528MOBILE 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.2021-12-30
20210409529TERMINAL DEVICE - A terminal device includes a frame and a touched notch screen and a back plate which are disposed one behind the other. A camera assembly is disposed at a concave place located at an upside section of the touched notch screen. The camera assembly includes a case body and a camera which is disposed therein. The case body includes a front transparent panel section and a rear transparent panel section which are oppositely disposed at a front side and a rear side, wherein the front transparent panel section and the touched notch screen are combined to form a plane, the rear transparent panel section and the back plate are combined to form a plane. The camera is disposed on a rotatable body which is between the front and the rear transparent panel section and can only rotate 180 degrees clockwisely or counter clockwisely.2021-12-30
20210409530TERMINAL DEVICE - A terminal device includes a first screen assembly configured to display an image and including a first opening; an image collecting assembly under the first screen assembly, configured to collect an image based on external light when the opening is not shielded; a second screen assembly configured to display an image and shield the opening, and movably disposed between the first screen assembly and the image collecting assembly; a driving assembly configured to drive the second screen assembly to move between first and second positions; at the first position, the opening is shielded and the second screen assembly is in a display state displaying an image not displayed at the opening in the first screen assembly, forming a complete image with the image displayed by the first screen assembly; at the second position, the opening is not shielded, thereby the image collecting assembly can collect the image.2021-12-30
20210409531MOBILE TERMINAL - The present disclosure provides a mobile terminal including a pair of bodies being folded around a hinge portion, a sensing unit for sensing a folded angle of the bodies, an obtaining unit for obtaining external information, a display for outputting visual information, and a controller connected to the sensing unit, the obtaining unit, and the display, wherein the controller controls the sensing unit to sense the continuously varying folded angle of the bodies, and controls the obtaining unit to obtain the external information corresponding to the sensed folded angle.2021-12-30
20210409532ELECTRONIC DEVICE CAPABLE OF FOLDING MOTION AND SLIDING MOTION - An electronic device includes: a base housing, a sliding housing at least partially overlapping the base housing and slidably coupled to the base housing, a folding housing least partially overlapping the base housing and connected to the sliding housing, a display disposed on the folding housing and the sliding housing, at least part of the display being located inside the base housing, a rolling module comprising a rollable support coupled to a rear surface of the display and having one side connected to the sliding housing and an opposite side extending into an inner space of the base housing, and a hinge module comprising a hinge connected to the folding housing and the sliding housing wherein the sliding housing is configured to rotate about a first axis of rotation and the folding housing is configured to rotate about a second axis of rotation. The electronic device is configured to be capable of performing a sliding motion in which the folding housing and the sliding housing move in a sliding direction to extend or retract a display area of the electronic device and a folding motion in which the folding housing is folded or unfolded relative to the sliding housing to fold or unfold part of the display area.2021-12-30
20210409533MOBILE TERMINAL AND AUXILIARY DEVICE CONNECTED THERETO - The present disclosure provides an auxiliary device that implements both free-stop hinge and click hinge and includes a seating member forming a seating area for a mobile terminal to implement a neat appearance and a hinge module rotatably connecting the cover member to the seating member, wherein the hinge module includes a holder, a rotation member including a first rotation member fixed to the seating member to form a first rotation axis between the holder and the seating member, and a second rotation member fixed to the cover member to form a second rotation axis between the holder and the cover member, the second rotation axis being parallel with the first rotation axis, and an elastic member configured to elastically press the rotation member to prevent a rotation due to a predetermined magnitude of force or less.2021-12-30
20210409534Methods and Systems for Providing Status Indicators with an Electronic Device - An electronic device includes one or more sensors, one or more processors operable with the one or more sensors, and a status indicator configured to indicate whether an authorized user of the electronic device is busy, free, or somewhere in between. The status indicator can operate in at least a first state and a second state that is different from the first state. The first state indicates the authorized user is busy and should not be disturbed, while the second state indicates the authorized user is free. Red light can be emitted in the first state, and green light in the second state. The state of the status indicator can be set manually, such as with a chopping gesture, or automatically, such as from a type of audio signal being received by a communication device of the electronic device.2021-12-30
20210409535UPDATING AN AVATAR STATUS FOR A USER OF A MESSAGING SYSTEM - Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for updating an avatar status for a user of a messaging system. The program and method provide for receiving, by a messaging application running on a device of a user, a request to identify at least one object depicted in an image captured by a device camera; determining, in response to receiving the request, an attribute of an object depicted in the image; selecting, from plural candidate avatar poses for an avatar of the user, an avatar pose corresponding to an activity that relates to the attribute of the object; and displaying the selected avatar pose for the user.2021-12-30
20210409536Notification Processing Method and Electronic Device - A notification processing method includes displaying a lock screen on a touchscreen, receiving a new notification, determining whether the notification is a specified notification, where the specified notification is a notification bound to a second area on the lock screen, and if the notification is a specified notification, displaying the notification in the second area on the lock screen or if the notification is not a specified notification, displaying the notification in a first area on the lock screen, where the first area and the second area are two different display areas on the lock screen.2021-12-30
20210409537SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CALLS - A computer-implemented method for managing calls in a collaboration environment is provided. The method includes receiving, by a processor, a call into a collaboration session of the collaboration environment. The method also includes identifying, by the processor, a user from a plurality of users associated with the collaboration session, based on at least one of contextual information regarding the call and information regarding the plurality of users. The method further includes providing, by the processor, an interface on a device associated with the identified user, wherein the interface enables the identified user to instruct the device to handle the call within the collaboration session.2021-12-30
20210409538Favorite-Object Display Method and Terminal - Embodiments of this application provide a favorite-object display method. The method manages favorite objects in different applications, and after an input operation performed by a user on a favorite object is received, the method displays in an original application the content corresponding to the favorite object. The method further includes the following steps: displaying a favorites management interface, where a first favorite object and a second favorite object are displayed on the favorites management interface; receiving an operation entered by a user; and if the operation is directed to the first favorite object, responding to the operation by displaying, in a first application, a content corresponding to the first favorite object; or if the operation is directed to the second favorite object, responding to the operation by displaying, in a second application, a content corresponding to the second favorite object.2021-12-30
20210409539QUICK LAUNCHER USER INTERFACE - Methods executed by a processor of computing device for launching a selected application on a computing device are disclosed. Various embodiments may include authorizing a user based on a fingerprint of a finger detected on a fingerprint sensor portion of a touchscreen display matching a fingerprint of an authorized user of the computing device, determining a selected application installed on the computing device from a selective engagement of the finger on the touchscreen display, continuous from the fingerprint sensor portion, which provides an indication of a user selection of an application, and unlocking the selected application in response to the selective engagement of the finger on the touchscreen display. In some embodiments, selection of an application may be based a continuous swipe movement by the finger on the touchscreen display from the fingerprint sensor portion toward an icon on the touchscreen display representing the selected application.2021-12-30
20210409540CUSTOMIZATION OF CNAM INFORMATION FOR CALLS PLACED TO MOBILE DEVICES - One example method of operation may include identifying a call from a calling device destined for a mobile device, responsive to identifying a calling device number assigned to the calling device, accessing a call content application programming interface (API), operated by a content delivery device, configured to deliver to the mobile device a first caller identification name (CNAM) or a second CNAM, assigned to the calling device number, determining a context assigned to a mobile device number assigned to the mobile device, selecting one of the first CNAM and the second CNAM based on the context, and assigning the selected CNAM to the call.2021-12-30
20210409541SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHIFTING CALL HANDLING ACROSS MULTI-REGION SERVICE CLUSTERS - A system for handling calls in a network includes a memory storing instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations. The operations include receiving information about the calls for a time interval, determining, for the time interval, a total cost associated with handling the calls, including a network cost associated with transmitting data over the network, a processing cost for processing the information related to the calls, and a cost of dynamically reassigning master and slave roles to a plurality of nodes in the network. The operations further include determining an assignment of the master and slave roles for a plurality of accounts being handled by the plurality of nodes that results in the total cost having a minimum value, and implementing the optimal assignment among the plurality of the accounts based on the determination.2021-12-30
20210409542INTELLIGENT INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE (IVR) NAVIGATOR - A method and system are described that interact with a self-service system on behalf of a customer and without requiring a presence of the customer during the interactions. An illustrative method includes receiving one or more inputs from a customer, where the one or more inputs define a desired action to take on behalf of the customer with the self-service system in the absence of the customer's presence, obtaining contact information for the self-service system, using the contact information to automatically establish a communication session with the self-service system, receiving a prompt from the self-service system, and performing the desired action as a response to the prompt, where the desired action is performed during the communication session on behalf of the customer and in the absence of the customer's presence.2021-12-30
20210409543CUMULATIVE AVERAGE SPECTRAL ENTROPY ANALYSIS FOR TONE AND SPEECH CLASSIFICATION - A contact center system for performing call progress analysis including tone and speech classification according to an embodiment includes at least one processor and at least one memory comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the at least one processor, causes the contact center system to determine a cumulative average of an entropy of an audio signal received by the contact center system, determine a cumulative average power spectral amplitude and a cumulative average spectral entropy of the audio signal, calculate a difference measure of the audio signal as a difference between the cumulative average of the entropy and the cumulative average spectral entropy, distinguish tones from speech of the audio signal based on the difference measure, and process one or more tones of the audio signal in response to identification of the one or more tones in the audio signal.2021-12-30
20210409544VOICE AND SPEECH RECOGNITION FOR CALL CENTER FEEDBACK AND QUALITY ASSURANCE - A computer-implemented method for providing an objective evaluation to a customer service representative regarding his performance during an interaction with a customer may include receiving a digitized data stream corresponding to a spoken conversation between a customer and a representative; converting the data stream to a text stream; generating a representative transcript that includes the words from the text stream that are spoken by the representative; comparing the representative transcript with a plurality of positive words and a plurality of negative words; and generating a score that varies according to the occurrence of each word spoken by the representative that matches one of the positive words, and/or the occurrence of each word spoken by the representative that matches one of the negative words. Tone of voice, as well as response time, during the interaction may also be monitored and analyzed to adjust the score, or generate a separate score.2021-12-30
20210409545Machine-Learning System for Incoming Call Driver Prediction - A method includes selecting a customer of a company; constructing a digital footprint of the selected customer. The method includes inputting the digital footprint to an artificial intelligence (AI) engine. The method includes obtaining one or more probability values from the AI engine based on the input digital footprint. The method includes selecting a call driver, from among a plurality of call drivers, as a predicted call driver. The method includes providing the predicted call driver to a call center associated with the company.2021-12-30
20210409546PROMPT FEATURE TO LEAVE VOICEMAIL FOR APPROPRIATE ATTRIBUTE-BASED CALL BACK TO CUSTOMERS - Systems and methods are provided for attribute-based client callbacks. A client is prompted to leave a voice message. Attributes are extracted from the voice message and, based on the attributes, tokens created for the selection of an appropriate agent is connected to the client, such as having skills or attributes matching one or more tokens. A callback application server transmits prompts and receives requests for client callbacks. an interaction manager determines agent availability and arranges callback handling, and a session management server initiates callbacks to connect the selected agent with the client.2021-12-30
20210409547SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO AUTOMATICALLY JOIN CONFERENCE - Systems and methods are described to enable a device of a user to automatically join an ongoing conference, where the device is not currently joined to the conference. A first audio signature is generated based on voices of users already in the conference, and a second audio signature is generated based on an audio signal captured by a microphone of the device associated with the first user when the device associated with the first user was not joined to the conference. The first audio signature and the second audio signature are compared, and in response to determining that first audio signature matches the second audio signature, the device associated with the first user is joined to the conference.2021-12-30
20210409548SYNTHETIC NONLINEAR ACOUSTIC ECHO CANCELLATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A communication system and method is disclosed. The system and method provides for acoustic echo cancellation. For instance, a processor implements a non-linear loudspeaker model to approximate loudspeaker performance. Using the model, a cancellation signal may be generated to ameliorate cross-talk between a loudspeaker and microphone to diminish an echo.2021-12-30
20210409549System, Network, Device and Stacked Spectrum Method for Implementing Spectrum Sharing of Multiple Contiguous and Non-Contiguous Spectrum Bands Utilizing Universal Wireless Access Gateways to Enable Dynamic Security and Bandwidth Policy Management - A system and method in various embodiments implements a virtual spectrum band stacking technique facilitating spectrum sharing by converting and combining spectrum bands consisting of several different RF channels, common air interfaces, and radio channel protocols in the radio frequency channel domain to form IP Virtual Radio Channels (IP-VRCs) in the packet data domain. This virtual spectrum stacking technique combines the transmissions of contiguous and non-contiguous RF channels with differing physical layers into IP-VRCs. This technique enables simultaneous parallel high-speed wireless transmission; virtual radio channel hopping for enhanced security; and customized security schemes for different IP-VRC Groups. The deployment of the combination of IP-VRC Groups; Universal “Small Cell” Base Stations; and Universal Wireless End-Point Devices allows the aggregation of all available spectrum bands for use within a building environment. Some benefits of this deployment include expansion of spectrum utilization, service quality, security, applications and transmission throughput for wireless end-point devices.2021-12-30
20210409550DATA INPUT SUPPORT APPARATUS, DATA INPUT SUPPORT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The data input support apparatus in the present disclosure acquires item information relating to a combination of an item name and an item value described in a business form image based on character recognition results of the business form image, and displays an item value display area and an image preview display area having an overview image display area and an enlarged image display area. The item value display area displays an item value of an item name corresponding to a specific item type from the item information. The overview image display area displays the entire business form image or an overview image in which the displayed item value and the item name are highlighted. The enlarged image display area displays an enlarged image including the displayed item value. The display unit switches and displays display contents in the image preview display area in accordance with the acquired item information.2021-12-30
20210409551PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In a system that verifies a print detect in a printed sheet, inconsistency between the sheet side at the time of reference image registration and that at the time of verification processing is prevented from occurring without imposing complicated work on a user. An image on a sample sheet is registered in advance as a reference image in association with the sheet side and at the same time, the sheet discharge setting for the sample sheet is stored. Verification is performed by matching the sheet side associated with the reference image and the verification-target side of the printed sheet based on the sheet discharge setting stored as a sheet discharge setting in the print processing.2021-12-30
20210409552ORIGINAL READING APPARATUS - An original reading apparatus includes: a reading unit configured to read an original placed on a platen while moving in a predetermined direction in a housing; a sensor provided in the housing and configured to detect presence of the original in a predetermined position on the platen to identify a size of the original; a holding member movable in the housing and configured to hold the sensor and a cable extending from the sensor; and a cover configured to cover a predetermined space on a rear side of the platen mounted to the housing. A grip portion used by an operator to move the holding member is provided at one end of the holding member extending to the predetermined space through an opening portion in a wall on a rear side of the housing. When the cover is removed, the operator is allowed to grip the grip portion.2021-12-30
20210409553OPERATION DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - An image to be printed is displayed in an image display region EA2021-12-30
20210409554IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus to communicate with a cloud service via a network includes a reading unit configured to read an image on a document, a transmission unit configured to transmit the read image to the cloud service, a request unit configured to request the cloud service to generate information for downloading the transmitted image, a reception unit configured to, based on the request, receive the information transmitted from the cloud server, and a notification unit configured to notify a user of the received information.2021-12-30
20210409555INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, DATA OUTPUT SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An apparatus, system, and method, each of which associates a region subjected to image processing with identification information, receives, in response to a device accepting selection from a user, the identification information and image data from the device, and outputs a result of the image processing performed on the region subjected to image processing associated with the identification information.2021-12-30
20210409556IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus that communicates with a chat server which controls displaying of received image data in a talk room of a chat service provided by the chat server, based on received information about the talk room, and controls transmission of a notification, based on received user information on a notification destination user, the image processing apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read an image of a document to generate image data based on the image, a registration unit configured to register the talk room of the chat service and the notification destination user in association with an object, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the image data generated by reading of the reading unit, the information about the talk room, and the user information on the communication destination user to the chat server, in response to selection of the object.2021-12-30
20210409557IMAGE READING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE READING METHOD FOR DIVIDING EACH AREA INTO BLOCKCHAINS - Provided is an image reading system that can disperse and improve the image quality of a document. The document reading unit reads a document page by page and outputs it as image data. The area classification unit classifies the read image data into area data for each content. The blockchain creation unit creates a block in which identification information is added to the classified area data, and sequentially calculates and includes the previous hash value of the previous block, thereby creating the blockchain of the document. The image processing unit in information processing apparatus processes or deletes the area data for each received block. The block acquisition unit acquires a block processed by the information processing apparatus. The document output unit collectively reconstructs the block that is acquired into document data and outputs the document data.2021-12-30
20210409558IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus communicates with a chat server configured to control sharing of received image data in a transmission destination group based on received information about the group. The image processing apparatus includes a registration unit configured to register a group of the chat server in association with an object, the group serving as a transmission destination of image data, an obtaining unit configured to obtain identification information corresponding to the group from the chat server, a display unit configured to display the registered object, and a transmission unit configured to transmit, if the displayed object is selected, the image data and the information about the group serving as the transmission destination to the chat server. The display unit displays the identification information with the object.2021-12-30
20210409559SCANNING SYSTEM, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE SCANNER FOR CONFIGURING SETTING INFORMATION FOR THE IMAGE SCANNER - A scanning system includes an image scanner, an information processing terminal, and a server interconnected via a network. The information processing terminal includes a terminal-side controller to configure setting information according to an operation received via a terminal-side input interface and transmit the setting information to the server along with identification information for identifying the information processing terminal. The image scanner includes a scanner-side controller to store the setting information and the identification information forwarded from the server, into a memory in association with each other, and when receiving, via a scanner-side input interface, an operation for instructing the image scanner to perform image scanning and an operation for specifying the information processing terminal as a destination, perform the image scanning to generate scanned data with the information processing terminal as the destination of the scanned data, based on the setting information associated with the identification information in the memory.2021-12-30
20210409560IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing system capable of managing image data using a plurality of boxes, comprises a microphone that obtains a sound, an obtaining unit that obtains a user identifier based on voice information of a user obtained via the microphone, a specifying unit that specifies one box among the plurality of boxes based on specification information including at least the user identifier, and an informing unit that informs the user of information related to the specified one box.2021-12-30
20210409561IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH INTERACTIVE AGENT FUNCTION, METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming system capable of improving the usability of an interactive agent function. The image forming system receives voice input thereto as an instruction related to execution of a job. The image forming system executes a job based on settings indicated by voice input thereto, and in a case where a specific word is included in the input voice, the image forming system executes the job based on a plurality of types of settings registered in advance in association with the specific word.2021-12-30
20210409562IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND RESPONSE NOTIFICATION METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: a hardware processor that: executes processing corresponding to an instruction input via an external device; sends a first notification to the external device according to a completion of execution of the processing; and upon estimating that the execution of the processing is not completed before a timeout time, sends a second notification different from the first notification to the external device. The external device sets the timeout time for the first notification.2021-12-30
20210409563BELT TRANSFER TYPE MULTI-FUNCTION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a belt transfer type multi-function device for printing an image transferred on a belt to paper moving between a transfer roller and a belt roller, including a control device performing controlling such that an image to be printed on paper already caught between the transfer roller and the belt roller is printed as it is, and if printing should not be performed on next paper along a movement direction of paper, movement of the next paper is stopped on a transfer path of paper before the next paper is positioned between the transfer roller and the belt roller, the image already transferred on the transfer belt is deleted in a state in which the next paper is maintained to be stopped on the transfer path of paper, and the next paper in a stopped state is ejected as a blank paper through a ejection port of printed paper along the transfer path of paper, so that the image already transferred to the transfer belt, which is to be printed on the next paper along the movement direction of paper, is not printed on the next paper.2021-12-30
20210409564IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a transparent member on which an original is placed, a reading unit configured to read the original placed on the transparent member while moving in a first direction, and at least one processor configured to detect at least one edge of the original based on a reading result by the reading unit, wherein the at least one processor is configured to determine a candidate of a size of the original placed on the transparent member based on an edge, among the at least one detected edge, in the second direction orthogonal to the first direction, wherein the reading unit is configured to move in the first direction by a predetermined distance based on the candidate of the determined size.2021-12-30
20210409565IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a selection unit, a determination unit, and a control unit to set candidates to be selected by the selection unit. If determination unit determines that there is not a set of a size and an orientation of a document of which the orientation cannot be correctly determined, the control unit sets, as selection unit selection candidates, candidates of sets of sizes and orientations of a plurality of documents. If the determination unit determines that there is a set of a size and an orientation of a document of which the orientation cannot be correctly determined, the control unit sets, as selection unit selection candidates, candidates obtained by excluding the set of the size and the orientation of the document of which the orientation cannot be correctly determined from the candidates of the sets of the sizes and the orientations of the plurality of documents.2021-12-30
20210409566READING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A reading device includes a visible light source to irradiate a subject with light having a visible wavelength; an invisible light source to irradiate the subject with light having an invisible wavelength; first and second image sensors to receive reflected light from the subject being irradiated with the light having the visible wavelength and the light having the invisible wavelength, and circuitry. The first image sensor generates visible image data containing a first invisible component, and the second image sensor generates invisible image data of a second invisible component. The circuitry removes the first invisible component contained in the visible image data using the invisible image data. The circuitry multiplies the invisible image data with the correction coefficient that absorbs an individual variation in removal of the first invisible component, and the correction coefficient is generated based on the visible image data and the invisible image.2021-12-30
20210409567COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE FILE RETRIEVED ACCORDING TO FILE PATH - A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable control program instructions configured to, when executed, cause an information processing device to obtain an image file, store the image file in association with related information, generate a file path for the image file, the file path including a plurality of virtual directories based on the related information, the plurality of virtual directories belonging to respective different hierarchical layers, and in response to receiving, from browser program instructions stored in the information processing device, a request for one or more virtual directories belonging to a first lower layer that is hierarchically one level lower than a specified virtual directory in a top layer, retrieve and send the one or more virtual directories to the browser program instructions, thereby enabling the browser program instructions to display the retrieved one or more virtual directories belonging to the first lower layer.2021-12-30
20210409568RESPONSE DELAY TIME DETERMINATION TO MAINTAIN LONG POLLING CONNECTION - An image forming apparatus and method for determining a response delay time for maintaining a long polling connection are provided. In an example, the image forming apparatus includes a communication device to communicate with an external device, a processor, and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor. The processor may execute the instructions to request the external device for a response about whether a job to be performed by the image forming apparatus is present based on a response delay time for long polling the external device by the image forming apparatus. The processor may also execute the instructions to detect an error from the response, adjust the response delay time, and determine a final response delay time for maintaining connection of the long polling by re-adjusting the adjusted response delay time based on a result of performing the long polling based on the adjusted response delay time.2021-12-30
20210409569IMAGE READING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE READING METHOD THAT PERFORM IMAGE PROCESSING FOR EACH AREA - Provided is an image reading system capable of improving the image quality of a document in which text and images are mixed in the same page. A camera captures a document in page units to obtain captured image data. A document reading unit is an image scanner having a higher resolution than the camera. An area classifying unit classifies the captured image data captured by the camera into areas for each content. An area selecting unit selects, for each classified area, whether to output captured image data based on the area classification and the state of the captured image data. An image processing unit processes the captured image data or the scanned image data for each area, and outputs or deletes the data as area data. The document output unit collects the processed area data, reconstructs the data into document data, and outputs the document data.2021-12-30
20210409570IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a scanner and a control unit. The scanner reads an image formed on a sheet, generates image data at a reading resolution, then stores the image data in a storage unit at a recording resolution. The control unit combines a reading direction image with the stored image data to generate synthesized image data, then records the synthesized image data in the storage unit. The control unit determines a position and size for the reading direction image in a synthesized image corresponding to the synthesized image data based upon the reading resolution and recording resolution.2021-12-30
20210409571APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus prints images for a density adjustment on a plurality of sheets, reads the image on a sheet printed later among the plurality of printed sheets, determines a representative value by carrying out a calculation from at least a first density value read from an image at a predetermined position on a first sheet and a second density value read from an image at the predetermined position on a second sheet, which are printed later, and performs a print density adjustment using the determined representative density and a target density.2021-12-30
20210409572IMAGE PRINTING - An image file is prepared for printing. The image file is received. The image file includes a cell having pixels. A pixel of the pixels of the cell corresponds with a command to apply a print substance to a medium. For the pixel, the command to apply the print substance is selectively replaced with a command to not apply the print substance.2021-12-30
20210409573METHOD AND IMAGE-PROCESSING DEVICE FOR ANONYMIZING A DIGITAL COLOUR IMAGE - A method for anonymizing a digital colour image comprising obtaining the digital colour image, and applying a linear random function to a respective colour vector representing colour components of a respective pixel of the digital colour image to obtain a monochrome image. The linear random function varies over the pixels of the digital colour image, and is further dependent on at least one random parameter.2021-12-30
20210409574PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus comprises a printer engine and a sensor that performs color measuring of tone correction patches printed on a sheet, the patches including at least a set of first color tone correction patches and a set of second color tone correction patches. The printing apparatus controls to cause, when the tone correction patches are to be printed on sheets respectively having a predetermined size, the printer engine to print the sets of the first and second color tone correction patches on first and second sheets, respectively, and executes control such that, in a case where the first sheet and the second sheet are printed one after another, a color measurement result of the tone correction patches printed on the first sheet and the second sheet are used in correcting image data for printing.2021-12-30
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