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A method for control in a process control system, where a graphical user interface of said process control system is arranged with graphic representations of one or more control objects for monitoring and/or control of a process or an equipment. The control system GUI is displayed by a control system client application...
1. A method for control in a process control system where a graphical user interface of said process control system comprises graphic representations of one or more control objects for monitoring and control of a process or an equipment displayed by a client application of said process control system running in a first...
A method for control in a process control system, where a graphical user interface of said process control system is arranged with graphic representations of one or more control objects for monitoring and/or control of a process or an equipment. The control system GUI is displayed by a control system client application...
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There is provided a system including a non-transitory memory storing an executable code, and a hardware processor configured to execute the executable code to receive first and second Internet protocol (IP) video packets including respective first and second video content, and to identify a common reference time for th...
1. a non-transitory memory storing an executable code; a hardware processor executing the executable code to: receive a first Internet protocol (IP) video packet including a first video content, and a second IP video packet including a second video content; identify a common reference time for the first and second IP v...
There is provided a system including a non-transitory memory storing an executable code, and a hardware processor configured to execute the executable code to receive first and second Internet protocol (IP) video packets including respective first and second video content, and to identify a common reference time for th...
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A system is provided for simultaneously displaying video data of multiple video sources ( 040, 042 ) on a display. The system comprises a video input ( 120 ) for receiving the video data ( 122 ) of the multiple video sources; a display processor ( 140 ) for generating display data ( 142 ) to display the video data of t...
1. A system for simultaneously displaying video data of multiple video sources on a display, the system comprising: a video input for receiving the video data of the multiple video sources; a display processor for generating display data to display the video data of the multiple video sources in respective viewports (1...
A system is provided for simultaneously displaying video data of multiple video sources ( 040, 042 ) on a display. The system comprises a video input ( 120 ) for receiving the video data ( 122 ) of the multiple video sources; a display processor ( 140 ) for generating display data ( 142 ) to display the video data of t...
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Methods and systems are provided for sending and/or receiving communication information by a digital subscriber line access multiplexer to customer devices at one or more customer premises, via customer lines. In particular, the digital subscriber line access multiplexer may be configured to send a communication signal...
1. A system, comprising: a digital subscriber line access multiplexer, the digital subscriber line access multiplexer being operable to send and/or receive communication signals to and/or from customer devices at one or more customer premises, via customer lines; and wherein the digital subscriber line access multiplex...
Methods and systems are provided for sending and/or receiving communication information by a digital subscriber line access multiplexer to customer devices at one or more customer premises, via customer lines. In particular, the digital subscriber line access multiplexer may be configured to send a communication signal...
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When a user is attempting to access a server application, a challenge is received, in a browser, for a one or more login credentials to access a server application (e.g., a web page). For example, a user is requested to provide a user name and password to login to the server application. In response to the user providi...
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a processor, a challenge for a one or more login credentials; sending, by the processor, the one or more login credentials; receiving, by the processor, an access token for a server application; and in response to receiving the access token for the server application, sending, by t...
When a user is attempting to access a server application, a challenge is received, in a browser, for a one or more login credentials to access a server application (e.g., a web page). For example, a user is requested to provide a user name and password to login to the server application. In response to the user providi...
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An example of an information processing system includes a plurality of information processing apparatuses each capable of displaying, on a display device, a plurality of panoramic images associated with points on a map. A transmission-side apparatus determines a target point on the basis of an operation of a user, and ...
1. An information processing system comprising a plurality of information processing apparatuses each capable of displaying, on a display device, a plurality of panoramic images associated with points on a map, a transmission-side apparatus of the plurality of information processing apparatuses comprising: a point dete...
An example of an information processing system includes a plurality of information processing apparatuses each capable of displaying, on a display device, a plurality of panoramic images associated with points on a map. A transmission-side apparatus determines a target point on the basis of an operation of a user, and ...
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A technique for status change handling in an interconnect node is described, wherein the node comprises a data plane that can assume, per service, a passive or active status. A method aspect in the node comprises transmitting, to another node, a first indication that a change has been or is about to be performed, await...
1-49. (canceled) 50. A method for status change handling in an interconnect node, wherein the interconnect node comprises a data plane, wherein the data plane in the interconnect node can assume, per service, one of a passive status and an active status, and wherein the method is performed in the interconnect node and ...
A technique for status change handling in an interconnect node is described, wherein the node comprises a data plane that can assume, per service, a passive or active status. A method aspect in the node comprises transmitting, to another node, a first indication that a change has been or is about to be performed, await...
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In one implementation, a cloud orchestration system can comprise a solution engine, a configuration engine, and an implementation engine. The solution engine can receive an implementation selection of a service. The implementation selection can be based on a plurality of implementations of a cloud to provide the servic...
1. A cloud orchestration system comprising: a solution engine to receive an implementation selection of a service, the implementation selection based on a plurality of implementations of a cloud to provide the service; a configuration engine to obtain configuration information associated with the implementation selecti...
In one implementation, a cloud orchestration system can comprise a solution engine, a configuration engine, and an implementation engine. The solution engine can receive an implementation selection of a service. The implementation selection can be based on a plurality of implementations of a cloud to provide the servic...
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Disclosed is a system and method for creation of a SIP session between a controlling endpoint and a controlled endpoint. The SIP shared control mechanism sets up a first party control channel between a softclient acting as a CTI application and a controlled endpoint. The use of labels associated with multiple controlle...
1. A method for establishing a session initiation protocol shared control channel between a first endpoint and a plurality of second endpoints associated with a user, said method comprising: providing a label and shared control support information corresponding to each of said plurality of second endpoints in a Contact...
Disclosed is a system and method for creation of a SIP session between a controlling endpoint and a controlled endpoint. The SIP shared control mechanism sets up a first party control channel between a softclient acting as a CTI application and a controlled endpoint. The use of labels associated with multiple controlle...
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A system for detecting and recording real-time law violations having an array of wide and narrow angled cameras providing a plurality of images of a substantially 360° field of view around a law enforcement unit, a recording unit for recording said images, an analyzing unit for detecting a law violation, a permanent st...
1. A system for detecting and recording real-time law violations, the system comprising: a. an array of cameras providing a plurality of images of a substantially 360° field of view around a law enforcement unit; b. a recording unit for recording said plurality of images from said array of cameras; and c. an analyzing ...
A system for detecting and recording real-time law violations having an array of wide and narrow angled cameras providing a plurality of images of a substantially 360° field of view around a law enforcement unit, a recording unit for recording said images, an analyzing unit for detecting a law violation, a permanent st...
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Techniques to allow advertising or other secondary content to be dismissed for later follow up are disclosed. In various embodiments, a user input associated with dismissing a displayed content for later follow up is received. Display of the content item discontinued and a follow up record is stored based at least in p...
1. A system comprising: a memory device; and a processor coupled to the memory device and configured to: receive from a user device via a network an indication to display the previously dismissed content; cause to be displayed on the user device a list of the previously dismissed content; track user engagement with the...
Techniques to allow advertising or other secondary content to be dismissed for later follow up are disclosed. In various embodiments, a user input associated with dismissing a displayed content for later follow up is received. Display of the content item discontinued and a follow up record is stored based at least in p...
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A video surveillance system is set up, calibrated, tasked, and operated. The system extracts video primitives and extracts even occurrences from the video primitives using event discriminators. The extracted video primitives and event occurrences may be used to create and define additional video analytic rules. The sys...
1. An event detection method, comprising: processing a first video portion to track an object in the first video portion; using, at least in part, the tracking of the object in the first video portion to create a first rule; and configuring a video surveillance system to detect an event in a second video portion using ...
A video surveillance system is set up, calibrated, tasked, and operated. The system extracts video primitives and extracts even occurrences from the video primitives using event discriminators. The extracted video primitives and event occurrences may be used to create and define additional video analytic rules. The sys...
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Examples disclosed herein relate to selection of a wireless network for use by a target computing device. Examples include a determination that a client computing device is connected to a first wireless network of a first frequency band and having a first service set identifier (SSD). Examples further include selection...
1. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising ins ructions executable by a processing resource of a client computing device to: determine that the client computing device is connected to a first wireless network of a first frequency band to which a target computing device cannot connect, the first wire...
Examples disclosed herein relate to selection of a wireless network for use by a target computing device. Examples include a determination that a client computing device is connected to a first wireless network of a first frequency band and having a first service set identifier (SSD). Examples further include selection...
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A method and system for handover of a video call from a packet switched network to a circuit switched network by a first network entity associated with the packet switched network in a single radio environment is provided. A need to perform a video single radio voice call continuity (vSRVCC) handover from a packet swit...
1. A method for performing a handover of a video call from a packet switched network to a circuit switched network by a first network entity associated with the packet switched network in a wireless network environment, comprising: detecting a need to perform a video single radio voice call continuity (vSRVCC) handover...
A method and system for handover of a video call from a packet switched network to a circuit switched network by a first network entity associated with the packet switched network in a single radio environment is provided. A need to perform a video single radio voice call continuity (vSRVCC) handover from a packet swit...
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Systems, methods, and software described herein provide for identifying and implementing security actions within a computing environment. In one example, a method of operating an advisement system to provide security actions in a computing environment includes identifying communication interactions between a plurality ...
1. A method of operating an advisement system to provide security actions in a computing environment, the method comprising: identifying communication interactions between a plurality of computing assets in the computing environment; after identifying the communication interactions, identifying a security incident in a...
Systems, methods, and software described herein provide for identifying and implementing security actions within a computing environment. In one example, a method of operating an advisement system to provide security actions in a computing environment includes identifying communication interactions between a plurality ...
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Systems and methods which are adapted to provide selective transport accelerator operation are disclosed. In operation according to embodiments, one or more functions of transport accelerator operation is selectively bypassed or not based upon particular criteria. Transport accelerator control logic may obtain one or m...
1. A method comprising: obtaining, by transport accelerator (TA) control logic, one or more acceleration selection attributes comprising at least one of: an attribute of a user agent's request for content from a content server; or an attribute of the content server; and based on the one or more acceleration selection ...
Systems and methods which are adapted to provide selective transport accelerator operation are disclosed. In operation according to embodiments, one or more functions of transport accelerator operation is selectively bypassed or not based upon particular criteria. Transport accelerator control logic may obtain one or m...
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Methods, systems, and computer readable media for adaptive packet filtering are disclosed. One method includes identifying at least one subset of rules and an ordered set of firewall packet filtering rules that defines a firewall policy such that the subset contains disjoint rules. Disjoint rules are defined as rules w...
1. A method, comprising: identifying, from among a plurality of rules that define a packet filtering policy, one or more groups of disjoint rules, wherein each of the one or more groups of disjoint rules comprises at least two rules that when applied to a packet either allow the packet to continue toward its destinatio...
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for adaptive packet filtering are disclosed. One method includes identifying at least one subset of rules and an ordered set of firewall packet filtering rules that defines a firewall policy such that the subset contains disjoint rules. Disjoint rules are defined as rules w...
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The present invention provides a method of reporting network information of the ZigBee network in a ZigBee coordination node of an Internet of Things, wherein the ZigBee coordination node is connected to a plurality of ZigBee nodes forming the ZigBee network, and the Internet of Things further comprises an auto-configu...
1. A method of reporting network information of a ZigBee network in a ZigBee coordination node of an Internet of Things, wherein the ZigBee coordination node is connected to a plurality of ZigBee nodes forming the ZigBee network, and the Internet of Things further comprises an auto-configuration server in an IP network...
The present invention provides a method of reporting network information of the ZigBee network in a ZigBee coordination node of an Internet of Things, wherein the ZigBee coordination node is connected to a plurality of ZigBee nodes forming the ZigBee network, and the Internet of Things further comprises an auto-configu...
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Methods and apparatus to securely measure quality of service end to end in a network. First and second endpoints are configured to detect packets marked for QoS measurements, associate a timestamp using a secure clock with such marked packets, and report the timestamp along with packet identifying metadata to an extern...
1. A method for securely measuring end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) in a network, comprising: at a first endpoint, detecting a first packet marked for QoS measurement; generating, using a secure clock, a first timestamp for the first packet; determining packet identifying metadata for the first packet; reporting the...
Methods and apparatus to securely measure quality of service end to end in a network. First and second endpoints are configured to detect packets marked for QoS measurements, associate a timestamp using a secure clock with such marked packets, and report the timestamp along with packet identifying metadata to an extern...
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In example embodiments of systems and methods of outside plant transport gateway provided herein, instead of locating the gateway/media converter inside the customer premises, the gateway/media converter is located outside the customer premises and may be configured to provide access/media conversion for multiple homes...
1. A system comprising: a media converter located outside of customer premises, the media converter configured to receive packets from an access network in a first format, to convert the packets from the first format to a second format; and to transmit packets the packets in a second format to one or more customer prem...
In example embodiments of systems and methods of outside plant transport gateway provided herein, instead of locating the gateway/media converter inside the customer premises, the gateway/media converter is located outside the customer premises and may be configured to provide access/media conversion for multiple homes...
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A system, method and computer-readable medium for request routing based on application information associated with the requested resource are provided. A DNS nameserver at an application broker obtains a DNS query corresponding to a resource requested from a client computing device and associated with a first resource ...
1. A system comprising: a data store configured to store specific computer executable instructions; and a DNS server including a processor in communication with the data store, the processor configured to execute the stored specific computer executable instructions in order to at least: obtain a DNS query from a client...
A system, method and computer-readable medium for request routing based on application information associated with the requested resource are provided. A DNS nameserver at an application broker obtains a DNS query corresponding to a resource requested from a client computing device and associated with a first resource ...
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A method of obtaining contextually relevant content by a wireless communications device is provided. The method may comprise obtaining, by a wireless communications device (WCD), a destination device identifying item, transmitting the destination device identifying item to a contextual content server, wherein the conte...
1. A method of obtaining contextually relevant content by a wireless communications device, the method comprising: obtaining, by a wireless communications device (WCD), a destination device identifying item; transmitting the destination device identifying item to a contextual content server, wherein the contextual cont...
A method of obtaining contextually relevant content by a wireless communications device is provided. The method may comprise obtaining, by a wireless communications device (WCD), a destination device identifying item, transmitting the destination device identifying item to a contextual content server, wherein the conte...
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A method for transmitting data using an Ethernet AVB transport protocol between nodes of a motor vehicle includes: reserving resources necessary for the transmission of the data by reservation messages from a dedicated protocol; setting flow of data from a node to a particular transmission rate and/or data rate; transm...
1-11. (canceled) 12. A method for transmitting data using an Ethernet AVB transport protocol between nodes of a motor vehicle, comprising: reserving resources necessary for the transmission of the data by reservation messages from a dedicated protocol; setting flow of data from a node to a particular transmission rate ...
A method for transmitting data using an Ethernet AVB transport protocol between nodes of a motor vehicle includes: reserving resources necessary for the transmission of the data by reservation messages from a dedicated protocol; setting flow of data from a node to a particular transmission rate and/or data rate; transm...
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Example embodiments relate to assessing dynamic security scans using runtime analysis and static code analysis. In example embodiments, a system performs static code analysis of a web application to identify reachable code and/or data entry points, where the data entry points are used to determine an attack surface siz...
1. A system for assessing dynamic security scans using runtime analysis and static code analysis, the system comprising: a processor to: perform the static code analysis of a web application to identify a plurality of data entry points for the web application, wherein the plurality of data entry points are used to dete...
Example embodiments relate to assessing dynamic security scans using runtime analysis and static code analysis. In example embodiments, a system performs static code analysis of a web application to identify reachable code and/or data entry points, where the data entry points are used to determine an attack surface siz...
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In various embodiments, methods and systems for providing video scrubbing based on thumbnail video players are provided. An indication to review video content on a video player is received. The video content corresponds to a thumbnail video in a playlist that supports a thumbnail video player. In particular, the playli...
1. One or more computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform a method for providing video scrubbing using thumbnail players, the method comprising: accessing a video player package, the video p...
In various embodiments, methods and systems for providing video scrubbing based on thumbnail video players are provided. An indication to review video content on a video player is received. The video content corresponds to a thumbnail video in a playlist that supports a thumbnail video player. In particular, the playli...
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A method and apparatus for providing a local IP access service to a User Equipment (UE) attached to a femtocell including a Packet Data Network (PDN) gateway function in a wireless communication system. A method includes receiving a service request from a User Equipment (UE), transmitting an initial UE message includin...
1. A method for supporting local Internet Protocol (IP) access of a femtocell in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving a service request from a User Equipment (UE); transmitting an initial UE message including information on a local gateway to a Mobility Management Entity (MME); storing bear...
A method and apparatus for providing a local IP access service to a User Equipment (UE) attached to a femtocell including a Packet Data Network (PDN) gateway function in a wireless communication system. A method includes receiving a service request from a User Equipment (UE), transmitting an initial UE message includin...
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The present disclosure relates to transmitting synchronization signals and in particular to so called beam sweep. In particular the disclosure relates to methods for providing synchronization using synchronization sequences that are transmitted at different points in time. The disclosure also relates to corresponding d...
1. A method implemented by a network node, for transmitting synchronization sequences of a synchronization signal to one or more receiving wireless devices, the method comprising: determining multiple synchronization sequences, such that each synchronization sequence comprises a respective timing indication, whereby ea...
The present disclosure relates to transmitting synchronization signals and in particular to so called beam sweep. In particular the disclosure relates to methods for providing synchronization using synchronization sequences that are transmitted at different points in time. The disclosure also relates to corresponding d...
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A method for performing a surgical procedure includes adjusting an encoding configuration of a video encoder in response to receiving an input associated with a change of state of a surgical system performing the surgical procedure, and encoding image data of the surgical procedure captured after the change of state ba...
1. A method of processing video of a surgical procedure, the method comprising: adjusting an encoding configuration of a video encoder in response to receiving an input associated with a change of state of a surgical system performing the surgical procedure; and encoding image data of the surgical procedure captured af...
A method for performing a surgical procedure includes adjusting an encoding configuration of a video encoder in response to receiving an input associated with a change of state of a surgical system performing the surgical procedure, and encoding image data of the surgical procedure captured after the change of state ba...
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Features of various implementations are used to enable determining what a particular consumer is watching on television in order to deliver matched functionality, content and/or services, as a part of an interactive television suite of technologies. In some implementations, the process of determining what a particular ...
1. A method of identifying a media program, comprising: at a first electronic device configured to receive the media program, the first electronic device including a processor and memory: in accordance with a determination that display data identifying the media program is not available to the first electronic device: ...
Features of various implementations are used to enable determining what a particular consumer is watching on television in order to deliver matched functionality, content and/or services, as a part of an interactive television suite of technologies. In some implementations, the process of determining what a particular ...
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A publish/subscribe interface is used to enable a non-publish/subscribe first system (such as an IP network device) to obtain status information about a publish/subscribe device that cannot be pinged by the first system. The first system sends a status request to a domain name server associated with a system known to i...
1. A device for enabling a first computer network device to determine whether a second computer network device has an online status or an off-line status where the first computer network device cannot directly contact the second computer network device, the device comprising: a processor; a memory device for use by the...
A publish/subscribe interface is used to enable a non-publish/subscribe first system (such as an IP network device) to obtain status information about a publish/subscribe device that cannot be pinged by the first system. The first system sends a status request to a domain name server associated with a system known to i...
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According to some embodiments, a delivery system comprises an interface and one or more processors. The interface is operable to receive a current preference from a recipient. The current preference indicates how the recipient prefers messages to be delivered. The processors determine whether the current preference dif...
1. A delivery system, comprising: an interface operable to: receive a current preference from a recipient, the current preference indicating how the recipient prefers messages to be delivered; and one or more processors operable to: determine whether the current preference differs from a previous preference that the d...
According to some embodiments, a delivery system comprises an interface and one or more processors. The interface is operable to receive a current preference from a recipient. The current preference indicates how the recipient prefers messages to be delivered. The processors determine whether the current preference dif...
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A rearview camera assembly includes a lens unit including a lens barrel having a sensor lens therein and a light sensor unit. The light sensor has a printed circuit board having a light sensor chip mounted thereon, a rear housing supporting the printed circuit board on a first side thereof, and a front housing coupled ...
1. A rearview camera assembly, comprising: a lens unit including a lens barrel having a sensor lens therein; and a light sensor unit, including: a printed circuit board having a light sensor chip mounted thereon; a rear housing supporting the printed circuit board on a first side thereof; and a front housing coupled wi...
A rearview camera assembly includes a lens unit including a lens barrel having a sensor lens therein and a light sensor unit. The light sensor has a printed circuit board having a light sensor chip mounted thereon, a rear housing supporting the printed circuit board on a first side thereof, and a front housing coupled ...
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A video or multimedia distribution system receives multiple video streams and transcodes them into a single stream of UDP packets with each of the plurality of video data packets for respective ones of the video streams being assigned a port number corresponding to the respective video stream. The UDP packets are route...
1. A system for the broadcast of a plurality of video streams to a plurality of mobile communication devices aboard a vehicle, comprising: a receiver configured to receive a plurality of video data streams using a unicast data protocol; a local video processor coupled to the receiver and configured to receive the unica...
A video or multimedia distribution system receives multiple video streams and transcodes them into a single stream of UDP packets with each of the plurality of video data packets for respective ones of the video streams being assigned a port number corresponding to the respective video stream. The UDP packets are route...
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Methods and systems may provide for reducing workloads of neighboring virtual machine tenants in a cloud environment with shared storage using pro-active log offloading. Additionally, logging activity may be redirected to reduce input/output resource consumption. Trends in future input/output activities may be determin...
1. A method to enhance tenant performance in a cloud shared-storage environment, comprising: determining current input/output characteristics of an application enabled on a virtual machine; selecting and offloading logs based on trends found in the input/output characteristics; and aggregating portions of the logs that...
Methods and systems may provide for reducing workloads of neighboring virtual machine tenants in a cloud environment with shared storage using pro-active log offloading. Additionally, logging activity may be redirected to reduce input/output resource consumption. Trends in future input/output activities may be determin...
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Systems and arrangements are provided for filtering language. As presently preferred, these are configured to filter inappropriate language, symbols, words, etc on web sites or used in chat rooms. Embodiments create one or more arrays of inappropriate character strings representing, for example, obscene words and chara...
1. A method for content filtering, the method comprising the steps of: receiving an input of characters entered by a user on a client device; standardizing the input of characters into one or more character strings; and comparing the one or more character strings against a blacklist. 2. The method according to claim 1,...
Systems and arrangements are provided for filtering language. As presently preferred, these are configured to filter inappropriate language, symbols, words, etc on web sites or used in chat rooms. Embodiments create one or more arrays of inappropriate character strings representing, for example, obscene words and chara...
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Methods and systems may provide for reducing workloads of neighboring virtual machine tenants in a cloud environment with shared storage using pro-active log offloading. Additionally, logging activity may be redirected to reduce input/output resource consumption. Trends in future input/output activities may be determin...
1. A computer program product comprising a cloud shared-storage medium and a computer usable code stored on the cloud shared-storage medium, where if executed by a processor, the computer usable code causes a computer to: determine current input/output characteristics of an application enabled on a virtual machine; pre...
Methods and systems may provide for reducing workloads of neighboring virtual machine tenants in a cloud environment with shared storage using pro-active log offloading. Additionally, logging activity may be redirected to reduce input/output resource consumption. Trends in future input/output activities may be determin...
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Disclosed are various embodiments for a remotely-hosted auto-discovery service. An auto-discovery request received from a client device over a network can be accessed to identify a domain associated with the auto-discovery request. A digital certificate corresponding to the domain can be identified and a configuration ...
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable in at least one computing device comprising at least one hardware processor, the program, when executed by the at least one computing device, being configured to cause the at least one computing device to: access an auto-discovery request recei...
Disclosed are various embodiments for a remotely-hosted auto-discovery service. An auto-discovery request received from a client device over a network can be accessed to identify a domain associated with the auto-discovery request. A digital certificate corresponding to the domain can be identified and a configuration ...
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A process is provided for providing network content to a client computing device by one or more content providers in conjunction with a network computing provider. The client computing device requests a network resource from the network computing provider. The network computing provider processes the network resource r...
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: under control of a server system configured to act as an intermediary between client computing devices and content providers, executing a server-side browser application in communication with a separate client-side browser application executing remotely from the server syste...
A process is provided for providing network content to a client computing device by one or more content providers in conjunction with a network computing provider. The client computing device requests a network resource from the network computing provider. The network computing provider processes the network resource r...
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In one embodiment, a method includes sending videos to users that use a video delivery service. The videos include shows that have episodes released sequentially. The method records historical records of video views for the video based on the sending of the videos to the users. For a show, a show-specific model is dete...
1. A method comprising: sending, by a computing device, videos to users that use a video delivery service, wherein the videos include shows that have episodes released sequentially; recording, by the computing device, historical records of video views for the video based on the sending of the videos to the users; for a...
In one embodiment, a method includes sending videos to users that use a video delivery service. The videos include shows that have episodes released sequentially. The method records historical records of video views for the video based on the sending of the videos to the users. For a show, a show-specific model is dete...
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The invention proposes a method of encoding data packet by encoding type information and size information of said data packet into the same field. The invention also proposes a method of processing data packets received. The data packet comprises a header part and a message part. The header part comprises at least one ...
1. A method of processing data packet comprising a header part and a message part, said header part comprising at least one bit for indicating the type of said data packet, said method comprising: obtaining (101) the size information of said data packet, based on said at least one bit. 2. A method as claimed in claim 1...
The invention proposes a method of encoding data packet by encoding type information and size information of said data packet into the same field. The invention also proposes a method of processing data packets received. The data packet comprises a header part and a message part. The header part comprises at least one ...
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A network ( 100 ) includes multiple gateways ( 135, 140 ) and a router ( 105 ) connected to at least one of the multiple gateways ( 135, 140 ). The router ( 105 ) is configured to receive packets that include multiple first virtual circuit identifiers associated with the multiple gateways in the network ( 100 ), assign...
1. A packet-based network comprising: a first gateway node communicatively coupled between a first routing node and a first local area network (LAN); a second gateway node communicatively coupled between a second routing node and a second LAN; and at least one virtual circuit established between the first gateway node ...
A network ( 100 ) includes multiple gateways ( 135, 140 ) and a router ( 105 ) connected to at least one of the multiple gateways ( 135, 140 ). The router ( 105 ) is configured to receive packets that include multiple first virtual circuit identifiers associated with the multiple gateways in the network ( 100 ), assign...
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Within a social network, a user may establish a set of contacts who share with the user various content items and comments related thereto. However, these content items are often hosted by a content source outside of the social network, and the user may have to transition to the content source to view the content item,...
1. A system configured to notify a user of content items hosted by a content source shared with the user by a contact within a social network, the system comprising: a content item receiving component configured to receive from a social network a content item hosted by a content source and shared with a user by a conta...
Within a social network, a user may establish a set of contacts who share with the user various content items and comments related thereto. However, these content items are often hosted by a content source outside of the social network, and the user may have to transition to the content source to view the content item,...
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A method of coordinating a communication network comprising a self-coordination network coordinator is provided, wherein the method comprises receiving dynamic context information at the self-coordination network coordinator and performing a coordination of at least one self-organising network function instance based o...
1. A method of coordinating a communication network comprising a self-coordination network coordinator, the method comprising: receiving dynamic context information at the self-coordination network coordinator; performing a coordination of at least one self-organizing network function instance based on the received dyn...
A method of coordinating a communication network comprising a self-coordination network coordinator is provided, wherein the method comprises receiving dynamic context information at the self-coordination network coordinator and performing a coordination of at least one self-organising network function instance based o...
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A method in a relay station includes communicating with a base station, determining if a control signal is included in a subframe, and decoding data in the subframe if the control signal is included in the subframe. The control signal includes a parameter which is related to a quantity of resource blocks.
1. A method in a relay station, the method comprising: communicating with a base station; determining if a control signal is included in a subframe; and decoding data in the subframe if the control signal is included in the subframe, wherein the control signal includes a parameter which is related to a quantity of reso...
A method in a relay station includes communicating with a base station, determining if a control signal is included in a subframe, and decoding data in the subframe if the control signal is included in the subframe. The control signal includes a parameter which is related to a quantity of resource blocks.1. A method in...
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There is provided a method of operating a security token, said security token comprising a secure element and a microcontroller unit being coupled to said secure element, wherein: the secure element receives an authentication command from a host device while the microcontroller unit is in a first sleep state; the secur...
1. A method of operating a security token, said security token comprising a secure element and a microcontroller unit being coupled to said secure element, wherein: the secure element receives an authentication command from a host device while the microcontroller unit is in a first sleep state; the secure element decod...
There is provided a method of operating a security token, said security token comprising a secure element and a microcontroller unit being coupled to said secure element, wherein: the secure element receives an authentication command from a host device while the microcontroller unit is in a first sleep state; the secur...
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An image decoding method includes: restoring a selected prediction mode used in prediction at a time of coding; and decoding a current block included in coded image data to generate a decoded block, according to the prediction based on the selected prediction mode. The restoring includes: determining a first estimated ...
1-5. (canceled) 6. An decoding method for decoding an image on a block-by-block basis, the decoding method comprising: decoding mode information that specifies one selected prediction mode, the one selected prediction mode being selected from among a plurality of prediction modes including a plurality of direction pred...
An image decoding method includes: restoring a selected prediction mode used in prediction at a time of coding; and decoding a current block included in coded image data to generate a decoded block, according to the prediction based on the selected prediction mode. The restoring includes: determining a first estimated ...
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An apparatus and method for effectively implementing a wireless television system may include a communications processor and a transmitter device that combine at least one of a local-area network interface, a wide-area network interface, and one or more television data interfaces for effectively performing a wireless n...
1-20. (canceled) 21. A system comprising: a network interface configured to receive a broadcast stream generated by a base station over a network, the broadcast stream including program information from a selected one of a plurality of program sources associated with the base station; a display controller configured to...
An apparatus and method for effectively implementing a wireless television system may include a communications processor and a transmitter device that combine at least one of a local-area network interface, a wide-area network interface, and one or more television data interfaces for effectively performing a wireless n...
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Embodiments of the disclosure provide techniques for partitioning a resource object into multiple resource components of a cluster of host computer nodes in a distributed resources system. The distributed resources system translates high-level policy requirements into a resource configuration that the system accommodat...
1. A method for partitioning a resource object into multiple resource components in a cluster of host computer nodes of a distributed resources system, the method comprising: determining an allocation for the resource components based on a set of requirements for the resource object; identifying one or more available r...
Embodiments of the disclosure provide techniques for partitioning a resource object into multiple resource components of a cluster of host computer nodes in a distributed resources system. The distributed resources system translates high-level policy requirements into a resource configuration that the system accommodat...
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The present invention relates to a device ( 10 ) for obtaining and processing measurement readings including at least a component representative of a physical phenomenon in a living being ( 16 ), comprising a sensor ( 12 ) for obtaining measurement readings from at least one body part of a living being ( 16 ) from a di...
1. A device for obtaining and processing measurement readings including at least a component representative of a physical phenomenon in a living being, comprising: a sensor for obtaining measurement readings from at least one body part of a living being from a distance having at least a component representative of the ...
The present invention relates to a device ( 10 ) for obtaining and processing measurement readings including at least a component representative of a physical phenomenon in a living being ( 16 ), comprising a sensor ( 12 ) for obtaining measurement readings from at least one body part of a living being ( 16 ) from a di...
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Methods and apparatus for using geocoding information from a user's mobile device to determine program and advertising media content to deliver to the user.
1. A method, comprising: identifying at a television receiver user geocoding information associated with a mobile device of at least one user; comparing the user geocoding information with a geocoded assets database containing locations of geocoded assets to identify matched locations the at least one user is currently...
Methods and apparatus for using geocoding information from a user's mobile device to determine program and advertising media content to deliver to the user.1. A method, comprising: identifying at a television receiver user geocoding information associated with a mobile device of at least one user; comparing the user ge...
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Setting of security for communication is automatically changed for each application that is started up. An electronic device includes a communication unit which communicates with another electronic device, a storage unit which stores setting information of security for communication corresponding to each application, a...
1. An electronic device comprising: a communication unit which communicates with another electronic device; a storage unit which stores setting information of security for communication corresponding to each application; an execution control unit which starts up and executes one application among a plurality of applica...
Setting of security for communication is automatically changed for each application that is started up. An electronic device includes a communication unit which communicates with another electronic device, a storage unit which stores setting information of security for communication corresponding to each application, a...
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Protection of transmission and reception of clear channel assessment (CCA)-exempt transmission (CET) is disclosed in which channel reserving signals or protection signals may be transmitted by the transmitter or receiver of the CET. The transmitted signals may be received by the neighboring access points that could pot...
1. A method of wireless communication, comprising: generating a control-reference transmission using network information; transmitting a channel reserving signals on an unlicensed carrier, prior to a scheduled transmission time of the control-reference transmission; and transmitting the control-reference transmission o...
Protection of transmission and reception of clear channel assessment (CCA)-exempt transmission (CET) is disclosed in which channel reserving signals or protection signals may be transmitted by the transmitter or receiver of the CET. The transmitted signals may be received by the neighboring access points that could pot...
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Methods for wirelessly transmitting user data and control information using a plurality of transmission layers include encoding bits of control information to form control codewords and encoding bits of user data to form user data codewords. The method also includes generating a plurality of vector symbols based on the...
1. A method for wirelessly transmitting user data and control information using a plurality of transmission layers, comprising: encoding bits of a first type of control information to form one or more control codewords of the first type of control information; encoding bits of a second type of control information to fo...
Methods for wirelessly transmitting user data and control information using a plurality of transmission layers include encoding bits of control information to form control codewords and encoding bits of user data to form user data codewords. The method also includes generating a plurality of vector symbols based on the...
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Methods, apparatus, and systems for implementing in Network Interface Controller (NIC) flow switching. Switching operations are effected via hardware-based forwarding mechanisms in apparatus such as NICs in a manner that does not employ use of computer system processor resources and is transparent to operating systems ...
1. A method implemented within a computer system having at least one host processor and having first and second Network Interface Controller (NIC) ports communicatively coupled to a physical network external to the computer system, the method comprising: receiving a Media Access Channel (MAC) frame at the first NIC por...
Methods, apparatus, and systems for implementing in Network Interface Controller (NIC) flow switching. Switching operations are effected via hardware-based forwarding mechanisms in apparatus such as NICs in a manner that does not employ use of computer system processor resources and is transparent to operating systems ...
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A device, method and system of video and audio sharing among communication devices, may comprise a communication device for generating and sending a packet containing information related to the video and audio, and another communication device for receiving the packet and rendering the information related to the audio ...
1-30. (canceled) 31. A communication device, comprising: an audio encoding module to encode a piece of audio into an audio bit stream; an avatar data extraction module to extract avatar data from a piece of video and generate an avatar data bit stream; and a synchronization module to generate synchronization informatio...
A device, method and system of video and audio sharing among communication devices, may comprise a communication device for generating and sending a packet containing information related to the video and audio, and another communication device for receiving the packet and rendering the information related to the audio ...
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Systems and methods are presented for insertion of assets into a stream of content (e.g., audio and/or video programming). Such assets may be targeted to network users separate from the surrounding content and deliveries thereof confirmed. Among other things, these systems and methods enable a new advertising paradigm ...
1.-133. (canceled) 134. A method for use in connection with delivering assets to users of a communications network, said method comprising: receiving a request for dissemination of one or more assets via said communications network, said request defining one or more dissemination parameters relating to a desired dissem...
Systems and methods are presented for insertion of assets into a stream of content (e.g., audio and/or video programming). Such assets may be targeted to network users separate from the surrounding content and deliveries thereof confirmed. Among other things, these systems and methods enable a new advertising paradigm ...
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A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to support flexible reconfiguration of a network chip by an external entity, such as a baseboard management controller (BMC), while maintaining a secured environment for the chip so that it can booted securely. Specifically, the network chip is configured...
1. A system to support flexible chip configuration while maintaining a secured boot environment, comprising: an external baseboard management controller (BMC) of a network chip configured to: directly access a plurality of registers of the network chip in order to configure one or more networking ports designated for c...
A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to support flexible reconfiguration of a network chip by an external entity, such as a baseboard management controller (BMC), while maintaining a secured environment for the chip so that it can booted securely. Specifically, the network chip is configured...
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Identity authentication comprises: determining, in response to a request from a first device operated by a source user, that an identity authentication is to be performed for the source user; identifying a target user who is deemed to satisfy at least a preset condition, the target user being a user other than the sour...
1. A method, comprising: determining, in response to a request from a first device operated by a source user, that an identity authentication is to be performed for the source user; identifying a target user who is deemed to satisfy at least a preset condition, the target user being a user other than the source user; g...
Identity authentication comprises: determining, in response to a request from a first device operated by a source user, that an identity authentication is to be performed for the source user; identifying a target user who is deemed to satisfy at least a preset condition, the target user being a user other than the sour...
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A method and system. A computer iteratively processes a unique condition digest of at least two condition digests in each iteration of a loop for a sufficient number of iterations to process all condition digests of the at least two condition digests. The processing in each iteration includes concatenating a reference ...
1. A method, said method comprising: a computer iteratively processing a unique condition digest of a plurality of condition digests in each iteration of a loop for a sufficient number of iterations to process all condition digests of the plurality of condition digests, said processing in each iteration comprising conc...
A method and system. A computer iteratively processes a unique condition digest of at least two condition digests in each iteration of a loop for a sufficient number of iterations to process all condition digests of the at least two condition digests. The processing in each iteration includes concatenating a reference ...
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The disclosure provides for a compressed mode transmission gap in wireless communications. A user equipment (UE) may receiving a downlink dedicated physical channel (DPCH) having a slot-format and a spreading factor during a first compression interval. The downlink DPCH may not include a compressed-mode transmission ga...
1. A method of providing a compressed mode transmission gap in wireless communications, comprising: receiving a downlink dedicated physical channel (DPCH) having a slot-format and a spreading factor during a first compression interval, wherein the downlink DPCH does not include a compressed-mode transmission gap during...
The disclosure provides for a compressed mode transmission gap in wireless communications. A user equipment (UE) may receiving a downlink dedicated physical channel (DPCH) having a slot-format and a spreading factor during a first compression interval. The downlink DPCH may not include a compressed-mode transmission ga...
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A remote computing session management process is directed to the execution and management of aspects of virtual instances executed on data center computers at a program execution service (PES) platform. A computing session may be established between the PES platform and a computing device connected to the PES platform ...
1. A system comprising: one or more computers of a Program Execution Service (PES) including processors and memory, the memory including instructions that, upon execution, cause the one or more computers to: receive a request from a client computing device to access a virtual desktop instance, the request identifying a...
A remote computing session management process is directed to the execution and management of aspects of virtual instances executed on data center computers at a program execution service (PES) platform. A computing session may be established between the PES platform and a computing device connected to the PES platform ...
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The present invention relates to a network node ( 14, 18, 21 ) and a method of a network node of controlling data delivery to a mobile terminal ( 11, 12, 13 ) in case of data rate throttling after having reached a data download cap. The method comprises the steps of acquiring (S 101 ) the data to be delivered to the mo...
1-11. (canceled) 12. A method by a network node of controlling data to be delivered to a mobile terminal, the method comprising: acquiring the data to be delivered to the mobile terminal; receiving an indication that a data download cap for the mobile terminal has been reached; and responsive to receiving the indicatio...
The present invention relates to a network node ( 14, 18, 21 ) and a method of a network node of controlling data delivery to a mobile terminal ( 11, 12, 13 ) in case of data rate throttling after having reached a data download cap. The method comprises the steps of acquiring (S 101 ) the data to be delivered to the mo...
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A method ( 300 ) for enabling self-coexistence of devices in a flexible wireless system ( 200 ) that includes first and second wireless networks sharing a frequency band. The method includes discovering a second device operable in the second wireless network that overlaps with the first wireless network (S 310 ); repor...
1. A method (300) for enabling self-coexistence of devices in a flexible wireless system (200) that includes first and second wireless networks sharing a frequency band, the method comprising: discovering a second device operable in the second wireless network that overlaps with the first wireless network (S310); repor...
A method ( 300 ) for enabling self-coexistence of devices in a flexible wireless system ( 200 ) that includes first and second wireless networks sharing a frequency band. The method includes discovering a second device operable in the second wireless network that overlaps with the first wireless network (S 310 ); repor...
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An apparatus (IP) and a method to point-wisely reconstruct 3D image a 3D image volume of one or more 3D image volumina (Vp, Vc, Vv) to record changes of configuration of an embolus (E) introduced in an embolization procedure into a region of interest (ROI) of an object (OB)
1. An image processing apparatus, comprising: an input unit for receiving from a first channel a stream of projection images of an object acquired along a first projection direction and from a second channel a stream of projection images of the object acquired along a second projection direction, the images in both cha...
An apparatus (IP) and a method to point-wisely reconstruct 3D image a 3D image volume of one or more 3D image volumina (Vp, Vc, Vv) to record changes of configuration of an embolus (E) introduced in an embolization procedure into a region of interest (ROI) of an object (OB)1. An image processing apparatus, comprising: ...
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A three-dimensional source device provides a three-dimensional display signal for a display via a high speed digital interface, such as HDMI. The three-dimensional display signal comprises a sequence of frames. The sequence of frames comprises units, each unit corresponding to frames comprising video information intend...
1. A source device for transferring three-dimensional image data to a three-dimensional display device, comprising: an input circuit that receives the three-dimensional image data; a processor circuit that: generates a three-dimensional display signal that comprises a sequence of frames corresponding to the three-dimen...
A three-dimensional source device provides a three-dimensional display signal for a display via a high speed digital interface, such as HDMI. The three-dimensional display signal comprises a sequence of frames. The sequence of frames comprises units, each unit corresponding to frames comprising video information intend...
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A technique for using an MSO-based network of DVRs to share content includes receiving a request for content from a first digital video recorder (DVR) in an establishment of a first customer in a multiple system's operator (MSO) video network including at least a second DVR in an establishment of a second customer. The...
1. An apparatus comprising: at least one computer memory that is not a transitory signal and that comprises instructions executable by at least one processor to: receive a request from a first digital video recorder (DVR) in an establishment of a first customer in a multiple systems operator (MSO) video network to acce...
A technique for using an MSO-based network of DVRs to share content includes receiving a request for content from a first digital video recorder (DVR) in an establishment of a first customer in a multiple system's operator (MSO) video network including at least a second DVR in an establishment of a second customer. The...
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A method of providing spectrum allocation fairness in a wireless network includes providing an unlicensed communication spectrum. The method also includes co-locating a plurality of wireless systems ( 101, 102, 103 ), wherein at least two of the subsystems have different bandwidth requirements and channel capacities. I...
1. A method of providing spectrum allocation fairness in a wireless network (100), the method comprising: providing an unlicensed communication spectrum; co-locating a plurality of wireless systems (101,102,103), wherein at least two of the plurality of wireless systems have different spectral bandwidths and channel ...
A method of providing spectrum allocation fairness in a wireless network includes providing an unlicensed communication spectrum. The method also includes co-locating a plurality of wireless systems ( 101, 102, 103 ), wherein at least two of the subsystems have different bandwidth requirements and channel capacities. I...
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Techniques for imaging an iris are described. An example of an electronic device includes a camera and a Light Emitting Diode (LED) assembly to provide light for an iris image. The LED assembly comprises an LED and a tunable filter disposed over the LED. The tunable filter tunes the wavelength of the light emitted by t...
1. An electronic device for imaging an iris, comprising: a camera; and a Light Emitting Diode (LED) assembly to provide a light for an iris image; the LED assembly comprising: an LED; and a tunable filter disposed over the LED, the tunable filter to tune a wavelength of the light emitted by the LED assembly. 2. The ele...
Techniques for imaging an iris are described. An example of an electronic device includes a camera and a Light Emitting Diode (LED) assembly to provide light for an iris image. The LED assembly comprises an LED and a tunable filter disposed over the LED. The tunable filter tunes the wavelength of the light emitted by t...
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Systems and methods for providing remote access to a cinematic production. A server may generate and cache frames for a cinematic production while creating frame descriptors that are placed in the catalogue. A synchronization process synchronizes the catalogue with one or more clients. Using the catalogue, the client i...
1. A method of providing remote access to a cinematic production, comprising: generating a frame from the cinematic production at a server; generating a frame descriptor associated with the frame at the server; storing the frame in a first memory; storing the frame descriptor in a catalogue in a second memory; and sync...
Systems and methods for providing remote access to a cinematic production. A server may generate and cache frames for a cinematic production while creating frame descriptors that are placed in the catalogue. A synchronization process synchronizes the catalogue with one or more clients. Using the catalogue, the client i...
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a set of instructions executable by a processor. The set of instructions is operable to receive a request from a node to join a trusted ad hoc network. The set of instructions is further operable to authenticate the node to join the trusted ad hoc network. The a...
1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a set of instructions executable by a processor, the set of instructions being operable to: receive a request from a node to join a trusted ad hoc network; authenticate the node to join the trusted ad hoc network, the authentication performed based on a verif...
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a set of instructions executable by a processor. The set of instructions is operable to receive a request from a node to join a trusted ad hoc network. The set of instructions is further operable to authenticate the node to join the trusted ad hoc network. The a...
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A block prediction search method includes at least following steps: utilizing a data buffer to store bit-depth reduced sample values of a plurality of samples in a first pixel line; detecting occurrence of an edge in the first pixel line according to restored sample values derived from stored sample values in the data ...
1. A block prediction search method, comprising: utilizing a data buffer to store bit-depth reduced sample values of a plurality of samples in a first pixel line; detecting occurrence of an edge in the first pixel line according to restored sample values derived from stored sample values in the data buffer; and determi...
A block prediction search method includes at least following steps: utilizing a data buffer to store bit-depth reduced sample values of a plurality of samples in a first pixel line; detecting occurrence of an edge in the first pixel line according to restored sample values derived from stored sample values in the data ...
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There are provided methods and apparatus at an encoder and decoder for supporting single loop decoding of multi-view coded video. An apparatus includes an encoder for encoding multi-view video content to enable single loop decoding of the multi-view video content when the multi-view video content is encoded using inter...
1. An apparatus, comprising: an encoder for encoding multi-view video content to enable single loop decoding of the multi-view video content when the multi-view video content is encoded using inter-view prediction. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the multi-view video content includes a reference view and other vie...
There are provided methods and apparatus at an encoder and decoder for supporting single loop decoding of multi-view coded video. An apparatus includes an encoder for encoding multi-view video content to enable single loop decoding of the multi-view video content when the multi-view video content is encoded using inter...
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According to one embodiment, a method for improving accessibility to a plurality of live-streamed media content is provided. The method may include generating a plurality data corresponding to a media source, whereby the media source may be a video game engine, a teleconferencing program, or a television broadcast. A p...
1. A processor-implemented method for improving accessibility to a plurality of live-streamed media content, comprising: generating, by a processor, a plurality of live-streamed source media data corresponding to a plurality of user interactions with a video game program; creating a plurality of media streams from the ...
According to one embodiment, a method for improving accessibility to a plurality of live-streamed media content is provided. The method may include generating a plurality data corresponding to a media source, whereby the media source may be a video game engine, a teleconferencing program, or a television broadcast. A p...
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A user device generates a key for encrypting and decrypting data of an application suite, uses a long secret to encrypt the key, and stores the key locally only as encrypted. The key is stored, along with a user-provided short secret, in a non-volatile memory of a server. Preferably, the key is generated only if an ind...
1. A method of providing secure use of an application suite on a user device, comprising the steps of: at the user device: (a) generating an original version of a key; (b) encrypting said original version of said key, using a long secret, thereby providing an encrypted version of said key; and (c) storing said key, in ...
A user device generates a key for encrypting and decrypting data of an application suite, uses a long secret to encrypt the key, and stores the key locally only as encrypted. The key is stored, along with a user-provided short secret, in a non-volatile memory of a server. Preferably, the key is generated only if an ind...
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An electronic message may be reconfigured to effect an enhanced notification using an input interface to receive at least one electronic message created by or on behalf of a message source for delivery to an intended recipient. A matching engine determines whether the electronic message corresponds to a predetermined d...
1.-49. (canceled) 50. A method comprising: identifying, using one or more processors, content of a first notification intended for a recipient; identifying, using the one or more processors, content of a second notification intended for the recipient; and prioritizing the display of the first notification over the disp...
An electronic message may be reconfigured to effect an enhanced notification using an input interface to receive at least one electronic message created by or on behalf of a message source for delivery to an intended recipient. A matching engine determines whether the electronic message corresponds to a predetermined d...
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The invention relates to a device for the transmission and/or reception of signals in an MIMO system consisting of: a MIMO module consisting of N inputs/outputs to deliver or receive N signals, where N≧2, an antenna system for transmitting or receiving said N signals, said system consisting of at least one a...
1. Device for the transmission and/or reception of signals in a MIMO system comprising: a MIMO module comprising N inputs/outputs to deliver or receive N signals, N being greater than or equal to 2; an antenna system to transmit or receive said N signals, wherein the antenna system comprises at least one multi-sector a...
The invention relates to a device for the transmission and/or reception of signals in an MIMO system consisting of: a MIMO module consisting of N inputs/outputs to deliver or receive N signals, where N≧2, an antenna system for transmitting or receiving said N signals, said system consisting of at least one a...
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Users of a social networking system initiate conversations between other users and additional users who may not be registered to use the social networking system. Each additional user is identified by an item of contact information, and conversation messages are sent to an additional user using the contact information....
1. A method comprising: receiving, by an online system, a request to establish a conversation within the online system from an initiating user, the conversation including an initial message to a registered user of the online system and an additional user identified by an item of contact information not associated with ...
Users of a social networking system initiate conversations between other users and additional users who may not be registered to use the social networking system. Each additional user is identified by an item of contact information, and conversation messages are sent to an additional user using the contact information....
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Systems and methods for generating and validating certified electronic credentials are disclosed. A certified electronic credential may comprise a computer-readable file representative of a credential bestowed upon a recipient, in which the file is protected with one or more document integrity and document usage securi...
1. An electronically implemented method for validating a certified electronic academic credential, the method comprising: storing, in a validation database, a plurality of certified electronic credential records corresponding to a plurality of certified electronic academic credentials and associated authentication info...
Systems and methods for generating and validating certified electronic credentials are disclosed. A certified electronic credential may comprise a computer-readable file representative of a credential bestowed upon a recipient, in which the file is protected with one or more document integrity and document usage securi...
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A touch display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of touch sensing lines, and a plurality of gate lines. The data lines are disposed above the substrate, and extend along a first direction. The touch sensing lines are disposed above the substrate, extend along a second direction differe...
1. A touch display panel, comprising: a first substrate; a plurality of data lines, disposed above the first substrate, extending along a first direction; a plurality of touch sensing lines, disposed above the first substrate, extending along a second direction and intersecting with the plurality of data lines to form ...
A touch display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of touch sensing lines, and a plurality of gate lines. The data lines are disposed above the substrate, and extend along a first direction. The touch sensing lines are disposed above the substrate, extend along a second direction differe...
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A display device includes a frame; and a transparent display module in the frame, the transparent display module including a horizontal cross-section including a closed curve and configured to emit light from opposite surfaces thereof.
1. A display device comprising: a frame; and a transparent display module in the frame, the transparent display module having a horizontal cross-section comprising a closed curve and configured to emit light from opposite surfaces thereof. 2. The display device of claim 1, wherein the horizontal cross-section of the di...
A display device includes a frame; and a transparent display module in the frame, the transparent display module including a horizontal cross-section including a closed curve and configured to emit light from opposite surfaces thereof.1. A display device comprising: a frame; and a transparent display module in the fram...
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Some embodiments provide an elastic architecture for providing a service in a computing system. To perform a service on the data messages, the service architecture uses a service node (SN) group that includes one primary service node (PSN) and zero or more secondary service nodes (SSNs). The service can be performed on...
1. A non-transitory machine readable medium of a primary service node (PSN), the medium storing a program for performing a service on data messages, the program comprising sets of instructions for: receiving a data message and identifying a service node (SN) in a SN group to perform the service on the data messages tha...
Some embodiments provide an elastic architecture for providing a service in a computing system. To perform a service on the data messages, the service architecture uses a service node (SN) group that includes one primary service node (PSN) and zero or more secondary service nodes (SSNs). The service can be performed on...
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A remote automation system is described herein that allows application accessibility information to be used remotely and extended to allow custom UI elements to be automated. The remote automation system receives a request at a remote computer for automation data related to an application running on the remote computer...
1. A computer-implemented method for providing automation data from a remote computer to a client computer, the method comprising: receiving at the remote computer a request over a network for automation data related to an application running on the remote computer; requesting automation data from the application runni...
A remote automation system is described herein that allows application accessibility information to be used remotely and extended to allow custom UI elements to be automated. The remote automation system receives a request at a remote computer for automation data related to an application running on the remote computer...
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A method and technique for communications over multiple protocol interfaces in a computing environment includes identifying a first communications protocol of a network interface for ingress data packet communications. Responsive to the identified first communications protocol of the network interface differing from a ...
1. A method, comprising: identify a first communications protocol of a network interface for ingress data packet communications; responsive to the identified first communications protocol of the network interface differing from a second communications protocol used for the data packet communications, derive fragmentati...
A method and technique for communications over multiple protocol interfaces in a computing environment includes identifying a first communications protocol of a network interface for ingress data packet communications. Responsive to the identified first communications protocol of the network interface differing from a ...
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A method of supporting a Handover (HO) by a master evolved Node B (eNB) in a wireless communication system supporting dual connectivity of a User Equipment (UE) for the master eNB and a slave eNB is provided. The method includes when an HO of the UE to the slave eNB is determined, transmitting an HO request message to ...
1. A method of supporting a Handover (HO) by a master evolved Node B (eNB) in a wireless communication system supporting dual connectivity of a User Equipment (UE) for the master eNB and a slave eNB, the method comprising: when an HO of the UE to the slave eNB is determined, transmitting an HO request message to a targ...
A method of supporting a Handover (HO) by a master evolved Node B (eNB) in a wireless communication system supporting dual connectivity of a User Equipment (UE) for the master eNB and a slave eNB is provided. The method includes when an HO of the UE to the slave eNB is determined, transmitting an HO request message to ...
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A technique is introduced that can securely displaying decrypted images while preventing these decrypted images against an attempt to capture such. Some aspects of the technique include loading a cryptographic shader into a graphics processor unit (GPU) in the recipient's computer device separate from the CPU in the re...
1. A method in a mobile computing device for protecting sensitive information that is to be displayed by the mobile computing device, the method comprising: loading a cryptographic shader into a graphics processor unit (GPU) in the mobile computing device separate from a central processing unit (CPU) in the mobile comp...
A technique is introduced that can securely displaying decrypted images while preventing these decrypted images against an attempt to capture such. Some aspects of the technique include loading a cryptographic shader into a graphics processor unit (GPU) in the recipient's computer device separate from the CPU in the re...
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Network insights may be useful in various communication networks. For example, certain cellular or similar networks may benefit from the delivery of cellular network insights to subscriber devices based on virtual international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI). For example, a method can include detecting, by a device,...
1. A method, comprising: detecting, by a device, at least one paging message over a cellular system; and extracting, from the at least one paging message, at least one cellular network insight comprising at least one cellular network condition. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein an international mobile subscriber identi...
Network insights may be useful in various communication networks. For example, certain cellular or similar networks may benefit from the delivery of cellular network insights to subscriber devices based on virtual international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI). For example, a method can include detecting, by a device,...
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Systems and computer program products may rank one user's connections in an electronic social network. The computer system may include a processor and a memory. The computer system may additionally include a program comprising a plurality of instructions stored in memory that are executed by the processor to identify o...
1-8. (canceled) 9. A computer system, comprising: a processor; a memory; and a program comprising a plurality of instructions stored in the memory that are executed by the processor to: identify one user's connections with other users in an electronic social network; analyze a plurality of data sources for electronic c...
Systems and computer program products may rank one user's connections in an electronic social network. The computer system may include a processor and a memory. The computer system may additionally include a program comprising a plurality of instructions stored in memory that are executed by the processor to identify o...
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A mechanism for providing secure feature and key management in integrated circuits is described. An example integrated circuit includes a secure memory to store a secret key, and a security manager core, coupled to the secure memory, to receive a digitally signed command, verify a signature associated with the command ...
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a security manager of an integrated circuit, a digitally signed command; obtaining, by the security manager, a secret key from a secure memory of the integrated circuit; verifying, by the security manager, a signature associated with the command using the secret key, and executing,...
A mechanism for providing secure feature and key management in integrated circuits is described. An example integrated circuit includes a secure memory to store a secret key, and a security manager core, coupled to the secure memory, to receive a digitally signed command, verify a signature associated with the command ...
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An apparatus and method are provided for transmitting data and control information in a wireless communication system. The method includes determining a number of symbols for control information based on a number of data bits and scheduled resources; generating coded control information based on the number of symbols f...
1. A method for transmitting data and control information, the method comprising the steps of: determining a number of symbols for control information based on a number of data bits and scheduled resources; generating coded control information based on the number of symbols for the control information; generating coded...
An apparatus and method are provided for transmitting data and control information in a wireless communication system. The method includes determining a number of symbols for control information based on a number of data bits and scheduled resources; generating coded control information based on the number of symbols f...
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A system for computing an optimal deployment of at least one web application in a multi-datacenter system comprising a collector for collecting performance measurements with regard to a web application executed in the multi-datacenter system and grouping the performance measurements according to locations of a pluralit...
1. A method for an optimal deployment of at least one web application in a multi-datacenter system, comprising: collecting performance measurements with regard to a web application executed in the multi-datacenter system, wherein the performance measurements are collected from at least probes and measuring units that a...
A system for computing an optimal deployment of at least one web application in a multi-datacenter system comprising a collector for collecting performance measurements with regard to a web application executed in the multi-datacenter system and grouping the performance measurements according to locations of a pluralit...
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A method and system implemented by a network entity. The method comprising accessing communication routing information associated to a party. The communication routing information being indicative of at least a first termination device to which incoming communications for the party are to be routed. The method further ...
1. A method implemented by a network entity, said method comprising: accessing communication routing information associated to a party, the communication routing information being indicative of at least one termination device to which incoming communications for the party are to be routed; monitoring behavior informati...
A method and system implemented by a network entity. The method comprising accessing communication routing information associated to a party. The communication routing information being indicative of at least a first termination device to which incoming communications for the party are to be routed. The method further ...
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Embodiments relate to insertions in 3D video. Virtual camera models enable insertions to be reconciled relative to left and right channels of the 3D video to maximize 3D accuracy and realism of the insertions. Cameras are formed as composites, and can be derived from other models. The camera models can be based on a vi...
1. A method comprising: determining a first camera data parameter based on at least a first channel of a 3D video; determining a second camera data parameter based on at least a relationship between the first channel of the 3D video and a second channel of the 3D video; generating a composite camera model reconciled wi...
Embodiments relate to insertions in 3D video. Virtual camera models enable insertions to be reconciled relative to left and right channels of the 3D video to maximize 3D accuracy and realism of the insertions. Cameras are formed as composites, and can be derived from other models. The camera models can be based on a vi...
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Examples perform asynchronous encrypted live migration of virtual machines (VM) from a source host to a destination host. The encryption of the memory blocks of the VM is performed optionally before a request for live migration is received or after said request. The more resource intensive decryption of the memory bloc...
1. A system comprising: a memory area associated with a computing device, said memory area storing memory blocks; and a processor programmed to: encrypt, at a first host, one or more memory blocks associated with a source virtual machine (VM); transfer the one or more encrypted memory blocks to the one or more second h...
Examples perform asynchronous encrypted live migration of virtual machines (VM) from a source host to a destination host. The encryption of the memory blocks of the VM is performed optionally before a request for live migration is received or after said request. The more resource intensive decryption of the memory bloc...
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Video information intended to be reproduced on a television screen often includes additional information such as graphics information or subtitles in addition to the main information such as film images. This additional information is transmitted separately, so that the user may choose whether the additional informatio...
1. A method of producing a presentation, comprising: providing basic information including information frames during the presentation of the basic information to an audience; and providing overlay information during the presentation of the basic information, the overlay information including a predetermined duration of...
Video information intended to be reproduced on a television screen often includes additional information such as graphics information or subtitles in addition to the main information such as film images. This additional information is transmitted separately, so that the user may choose whether the additional informatio...
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A system and method providing semi-private conversation using an area microphone between one local user in a group of local users and a remote user. The local and remote users may be in different physical environments, using devices coupled by a network. A conversational relationship is defined between a local user and...
1. A method of providing a semi-private conversation between a local user and a remote user, comprising: receiving voice input from at least a first user of at least two users in a first physical environment via an area microphone; localizing a voice in the first physical environment; associating a voice with the first...
A system and method providing semi-private conversation using an area microphone between one local user in a group of local users and a remote user. The local and remote users may be in different physical environments, using devices coupled by a network. A conversational relationship is defined between a local user and...
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Apparatus and methods are provided to implement a technique for an interactive video system that allows a user to place supplemental items such as images on a main image being displayed. In one implementation, a user causes images of flying food to be displayed on top of a playing movie. Supplemental item data may be p...
1. A system for enhancing a main item of video data with a supplemental item, comprising: a. a processor having a capability for executing programming to implement playback of items of video data; b. means for receiving video data for display; c. means for receiving a non-transitory computer-readable medium; d. storage...
Apparatus and methods are provided to implement a technique for an interactive video system that allows a user to place supplemental items such as images on a main image being displayed. In one implementation, a user causes images of flying food to be displayed on top of a playing movie. Supplemental item data may be p...
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A first interface is transmitted from the server computer system to a user computer system, the first interface having a field for entering a mobile telephone number. A mobile phone number entered into the field for the mobile phone number is received from the user computer system at the server computer system. A passw...
1. A computer-based method of providing access to a user-specific homepage, comprising: transmitting a phone number interface to a user computer in response to receiving an indication that a download selector has been activated; receiving, from the phone number interface, an identifier associated with a mobile device; ...
A first interface is transmitted from the server computer system to a user computer system, the first interface having a field for entering a mobile telephone number. A mobile phone number entered into the field for the mobile phone number is received from the user computer system at the server computer system. A passw...
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Many services measure quality of service (QoS) according to abstract metrics based on general heuristics of QoS determinants (e.g., VoIP service providers may presume that QoS is predominantly determined by network performance). However, users' QoS perceptions are often based on their experiences with particular activi...
1. A method of identifying a service quality of a service comprising activities provided by sources to users on a computer having a processor, the method comprising: executing instructions on the processor configured to: for respective activities of the service: identify a service path of the activity from the source t...
Many services measure quality of service (QoS) according to abstract metrics based on general heuristics of QoS determinants (e.g., VoIP service providers may presume that QoS is predominantly determined by network performance). However, users' QoS perceptions are often based on their experiences with particular activi...
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The present invention relates generally to a system and method for the monitoring of email and other message traffic on a network. The intent of the monitoring to determine if message traffic is abnormal, thus indicating unwanted messages such as spam. A number of methods may be utilized by the invention to recognize u...
1. A method for detecting sources of abnormal message traffic on a network, said method comprising the steps of: a) utilizing an abnormality detection engine to detect said abnormal message traffic; and b) reporting on said abnormal message traffic. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein said abnormality detection engine c...
The present invention relates generally to a system and method for the monitoring of email and other message traffic on a network. The intent of the monitoring to determine if message traffic is abnormal, thus indicating unwanted messages such as spam. A number of methods may be utilized by the invention to recognize u...
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Methods, apparatus and software for implementing enhanced data center congestion management for non-TCP traffic. Non-congested transmit latencies are determined for transmission of packets or Ethernet frames along paths between source and destination end-end-nodes when congestion along the paths is not present or minim...
1. A method for implementing congestion management of non-TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) traffic in a network, comprising: determining a non-congested transit latency for a path between a source end-node and a destination end-node, wherein the path traverses at least one switch; measuring transmit latencies for tr...
Methods, apparatus and software for implementing enhanced data center congestion management for non-TCP traffic. Non-congested transmit latencies are determined for transmission of packets or Ethernet frames along paths between source and destination end-end-nodes when congestion along the paths is not present or minim...
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