Harmonic-enhanced identification (ID) and device resolution for frequency modulating communication
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12237877
The devices and methods leverage harmonics to resolve, separate, and identify devices. The devices and methods use the harmonic patterns associated with a frequency modulating (FM) signal to discern and extract information from the FM signal using correlation learning in a crowded spectrum space where the nodes are transmitting simultaneously on multiple channels. The methods and devices leverage harmonics to resolve, separate, and/or identify wireless communication devices.
Vapor-air transition detection for two-phase liquid immersion cooling
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12238896
The disclosed technology is generally directed to vapor-air transition detection for two-phase liquid immersion cooling. In one example of the technology, a first device is cooled via two-phase liquid immersion cooling, such that the first device is submerged in a dielectric liquid in a system, and such that a boiling temperature of the dielectric liquid is a temperature that is suitable for keeping the first device cool. A portion of a first strip that is disposed in the system above…
Location-based frame skipping
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12238446
The techniques described herein implement an automated frame skipping approach used to generate a reduced set of frames for processing. In one example, the automated frame skipping approach is used to more efficiently generate a stitched map of a geographical area being surveilled by an aerial vehicle, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). A stitched map is an image mosaic that is created using the reduced set of frames such that the geographical area being surveilled by the aerial…
Flexible reference picture management for video encoding and decoding
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12238324
Innovations in flexible reference picture management are described. For example, a video encoder and video decoder use a global reference picture set (“GRPS”) of reference pictures that remain in memory, and hence are available for use in video encoding/decoding, longer than conventional reference pictures. In particular, reference pictures of the GRPS remain available across random access boundaries. Or, as another example, a video encoder and video decoder clip a reference picture…
Offensive chat filtering using machine learning models
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12238188
A server system is provided that includes one or more processors configured to execute a platform for an online multi-user chat service that communicates with a plurality of client devices of users of the online multi-user chat service that exchanges user chat data between the plurality of client devices. The one or more processors are configured to execute a user chat filtering program that performs filter actions for user chat data exchanged on the platform for the online multi-user…
Generating service-to-service dependency map from DNS and authentication logs
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12238185
A distributed computing system is provided, and configured to execute a domain name service (DNS) log analyzer configured to identify a dependency of a first service executed on a first VM at a first server, on a second service executed on a second VM at a second server, via one or more DNS logs of a DNS server. The system is further configured to execute an authentication log analyzer configured to identify a dependency of the first service on a third service executed at a third server,…
Forwarding session initiation messages
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12238147
A second device (e.g., a session border controller (SBC) receives, from a first device (e.g., a video teleconference server) of an IP communication network, an invitation (e.g., a session initiation protocol (SIP) message) to create a session between the first device and a third device (e.g., a computer of a person participating in the teleconference) of the network. The invitation includes a session description, e.g., in session description protocol (SDP) format. The second device…
Customized anomaly detection
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12238129
Methods and apparatuses for implementing customized anomaly detection. A time-series data including a plurality of data points is obtained. Anomaly detection is performed to the time-series data with an anomaly detection model. A feedback associated with an anomaly detection result of at least one data point in the time-series data is received. The anomaly detection model is updated based at least on the feedback through reinforcement learning.
Edge gateways in disaggregated networks
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12238066
Techniques are disclosed for processing data packets and implementing policies in a software defined network (SDN) of a virtual computing environment. A plurality of computing nodes are communicatively coupled to network devices. The computing nodes are configured to provide at least one cloud edge processing function. The network devices are configured to enable communications between virtual machines within a virtual network of the virtual computing environment in accordance with…
Network management engine for a cloud computing system
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12237983
Methods, systems, and computer storage media for providing a network conflict management service that is associated with a network management engine of a cloud computing system. In operation, cross-premises networking information is accessed at a cross-premises networking information database. The cross-premises networking information comprises on-premise network extension data associated with managing and routing on-premise networks and a cloud-provider network. Networking information…
Radar tracking with greater than range resolution precision
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12235341
To track an object with radar, and achieve greater than range resolution precision, the phase of a difference signal can be utilized and adjusted as the tracked object crosses between resolution ranges. Changes in the object's distance can be detected with greater than range resolution precision by utilizing the phase. Such changes can iteratively inform the determined distance across multiple phase cycles within a single distance range. As the movement of the object approaches, and then…
Integrated time away management mechanism
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12236376
A computer implemented method includes receiving a start date and an end date specifying a future absence or away-from-work time period for a user, generating an away from office communication specifying the away-from-work time period, retrieving via the computer a list of collaborators based on frequency and duration of recent interactions with the user, receiving via the computer a selection of collaborators from the list, identifying meetings involving the user during the…
Machine comprehension of unstructured text
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12236363
Described herein are systems and methods for providing a natural language comprehension system that employs a two-stage process for machine comprehension of text. The first stage indicates words in one or more text passages that potentially answer a question. The first stage outputs a set of candidate answers for the question, along with a first probability of correctness for each candidate answer. The second stage forms one or more hypotheses by inserting each candidate answer into the…
Automatic shutdown of idle virtual machines
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12236257
Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for automatically shutting down idle virtual machines (VMs). One method includes an operation for determining a number of active connections of a VM. The method further includes checking disconnect rules to determine automatic shutting down of the VM. The disconnect rules are based on the number of active connections of the VM, and the disconnect rules define criteria for determining when to shut down the VM automatically. The method…
Insights service for search engine utilization
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12235916
A method of operating a search service includes observing, on a per-user basis with respect to each user in a group of users, usage of features of a search engine over a period of in association with search queries submitted to the search engine. The method continues with identifying, on a per-user basis with respect to each of the group of users, one or more insights into the usage of the features over the period of time. The service may then enable display of the one or more insights…
Videochat
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12235898
The present disclosure provides a technical solution of multi-modal chatting, which may provide response to user query by using multi-modal response in the interaction between chatbot and human beings, so that the expressing ways and the expressed content by the chatbot could be richer by using such response in a multi-modal way.
Operation fragmentation with metadata serialization in query processing pushdowns
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12235851
Methods for operation fragmentation with metadata serialization in query processing pushdowns are performed by systems and devices. A compute node receives a query directed to database data, and generates query text fragments. Portions of metadata of the database are read from different page servers, and are serialized by the compute node. Page identities of data pages in a page server that stores the data are determined from a page index at the compute node, and the compute node…
Pointer-based sharing of a data structure between threads
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12235759
Techniques are described herein that are capable of performing pointer-based sharing of a data structure between threads. A process, including first and second threads, is executed. A first memory system associated with the first thread is created to manage a first memory page that points to a shared array buffer that includes a data structure stored in contiguous memory spaces. A second memory system associated with the second thread is created to manage a second memory page that points…
Hinge assembly for mobile computing device
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12235687
A hinged mobile computing device includes a first housing part with a first display and a second housing part with a second display. The first and second housing parts are coupled by a hinge assembly that includes a spring-loaded opening mechanism configured to bias with a biasing torque the first housing part and second housing part to rotate away from each other when the first and second displays are in a closed face-to-face orientation. An electro-magnetic closure system is configured…
Using photometric stereo for 3D environment modeling
Granted: February 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12235363
Detecting material properties such reflectivity, true color and other properties of surfaces in a real world environment is described in various examples using a single hand-held device. For example, the detected material properties are calculated using a photometric stereo system which exploits known relationships between lighting conditions, surface normals, true color and image intensity. In examples, a user moves around in an environment capturing color images of surfaces in the…
