Dynamic cloud based alert and threshold generation
Granted: July 9, 2024
Patent Number:
12032470
Embodiments monitor for faults in a cloud based network for a plurality of features comprising an application and dependent features. Embodiments generate a graphical representation of the plurality of features comprising a plurality of nodes and corresponding relationships between the nodes, each node corresponding to one of the plurality of features. Embodiments monitor for events for the plurality of features, the events corresponding to one or more of the nodes, to generate monitored…
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for determining time related parameter values for a communications network
Granted: July 2, 2024
Patent Number:
12028800
One method for determining time related parameter values for a communications network occurs at network function (NF) repository function (NRF) including at least one processor. The method includes receiving, from a first NF, a service request message. The method further includes determining, using network information and/or NF information, a time related parameter value associated with the service request message. The method further includes generating and sending, to the first NF, a…
Tracking performance of recommended content across multiple content outlets
Granted: July 2, 2024
Patent Number:
12026740
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for tracking content across multiple content outlets. Content items, characterized by first metadata, and content slots, characterized by second metadata, can be received. Third metadata for digital content slots can be generated. Fourth metadata can be received. A recommended content item package can be provided based on a comparison between a combination of the first metadata, the second metadata, and the third metadata and the…
Generalized production rules—N-gram feature extraction from abstract syntax trees (AST) for code vectorization
Granted: July 2, 2024
Patent Number:
12026631
Herein is resource-constrained feature enrichment for analysis of parse trees such as suspicious database queries. In an embodiment, a computer receives a parse tree that contains many tree nodes. Each tree node is associated with a respective production rule that was used to generate the tree node. Extracted from the parse tree are many sequences of production rules having respective sequence lengths that satisfy a length constraint that accepts at least one fixed length that is greater…
Persistent transactional memory metadata-based buffer caches
Granted: July 2, 2024
Patent Number:
12026513
Techniques for providing high-performance buffer caches for transactional input/output (I/O) systems are disclosed. The techniques include obtaining a first logical creation time of a resource to be acquired by the first transaction during a pre-commit phase of a first transaction with an I/O system. When the first logical creation time exceeds a latest logical creation time from a set of resources previously acquired by the first transaction, the first logical creation time of the…
Out-of-domain data augmentation for natural language processing
Granted: July 2, 2024
Patent Number:
12026468
Techniques for out-of-domain data augmentation for training chatbot systems in natural language processing. In one particular aspect, a method is provided that includes receiving a training set of utterances for training a machine-learning model to identify one or more intents for one or more utterances, and augmenting the training set of utterances with out-of-domain (OOD) examples. The augmenting includes: generating a data set of OOD examples, filtering out OOD examples from the data…
Bandwidth control inside a shared network interface card
Granted: June 25, 2024
Patent Number:
12021757
A smart network interface card (smartNIC) may receive first traffic for a first process configured with a first bandwidth limit. The smartNIC may receive second traffic for a second process configured with a second bandwidth limit, the second bandwidth limit corresponding to a larger value between a second transmit limit and a second receive limit associated with the second process. The smartNIC may queue the received traffic associated with the first process and the second process in a…
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for optimizing network traffic distribution using timeslot-based tracked producer network function (NF) performance during producer NF selection
Granted: June 25, 2024
Patent Number:
12022316
A method for optimizing network traffic distribution using timeslot-based tracked producer network function (NF) performance during producer NF selection is performed at a service communication proxy (SCP) including at least one processor. The method includes tracking a performance characteristic of producer NFs across different timeslots. The method further includes receiving, from a consumer NF, a service based interface (SBI) service request. The method further includes identifying…
Blockchain record of user biometrics for access control
Granted: June 25, 2024
Patent Number:
12021978
Systems, methods, and other embodiments for decentralized identity with user biometrics are presented herein. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to a request to access resources of a cloud service provider by a computing device, transmitting a request for a biometric private key to a mobile device associated with a user; in response to receiving the biometric private key, submitting the biometric private key for validation against a blockchain associated with the user and…
Protection configuration for application programming interfaces
Granted: June 25, 2024
Patent Number:
12021880
A system is configured to authorize client access to an application programming interface (API) of a host device. A proxy is configured to handle network traffic between a host and a client device. The system determines that an API request lacks a form of authentication including a token where the first API request cannot be authenticated. The API request is denied, and a challenge is transmitted to the client device. A subsequent API request from the client device is determined to…
Optimized tree ensemble based demand model
Granted: June 25, 2024
Patent Number:
12020196
Embodiments generate an optimized demand model for a retail item. Embodiments train a tree ensemble machine learning model comprising a plurality of trees, the training comprising storing upper bounds for each of the trees, the trees comprising levels and branches that correspond to the demand features that influence demand for the item. Embodiments generate an objective function for the demand model. At a top split of each tree, embodiments determine optimal child nodes using the stored…
Sparse ensembling of unsupervised models
Granted: June 25, 2024
Patent Number:
12020131
Techniques are provided for sparse ensembling of unsupervised machine learning models. In an embodiment, the proposed architecture is composed of multiple unsupervised machine learning models that each produce a score as output and a gating network that analyzes the inputs and outputs of the unsupervised machine learning models to select an optimal ensemble of unsupervised machine learning models. The gating network is trained to choose a minimal number of the multiple unsupervised…
Distance-based logit value for natural language processing
Granted: June 25, 2024
Patent Number:
12019994
Techniques for using logit values for classifying utterances and messages input to chatbot systems in natural language processing. A method can include a chatbot system receiving an utterance generated by a user interacting with the chatbot system. The chatbot system can input the utterance into a machine-learning model including a set of binary classifiers. Each binary classifier of the set of binary classifiers can be associated with a modified logit function. The method can also…
Accessing application services from forms
Granted: June 25, 2024
Patent Number:
12019647
A method, system, and computer program product for computer-aided deployment of mobile system apps for accessing enterprise applications. A form field service request originates from a non-native system. The service request comprises at least one form field identifier. The native computer system processes the service request using the form field identifier to identify corresponding forms stored at locations accessible to the native system (e.g., in a database engine). The native computer…
Bot extensibility infrastructure
Granted: June 25, 2024
Patent Number:
12019621
The present disclosure relates generally to techniques for extending or customizing base skills (e.g., chatbots). According to certain embodiments, a bot extension infrastructure is provided to facilitate customization and/or extension of base skills, separately tracking different versions of the base skills and the extensions, applying an extension to different versions of a base skill, or applying different versions of extensions to a same base skill. The extensions to the base skills…
System support for persistent cache flushing
Granted: June 25, 2024
Patent Number:
12019556
Techniques are described herein for flushing volatile system memory to persistent memory after the loss of alternating current (AC) power. In some embodiments, the techniques include implementing an extended hold-up window long enough to complete a full flush of processor caches and memory controller buffers using energy available in the bulk capacitors of one or more power supplies after a power outage event. The voltage on the bulk capacitors within the one or more power supply units…
Lazy compaction in garbage collection
Granted: June 25, 2024
Patent Number:
12019541
Techniques for lazy compaction are disclosed, including: selecting, by a garbage collector, multiple regions of a memory for inclusion in a relocation set; populating, by the garbage collector, a lazy free list (LFL) with the multiple regions selected for inclusion in the relocation set; subsequent to populating the LFL: determining, by an allocator, that an ordinary free list managed by the garbage collector is depleted; responsive to determining that the ordinary free list is depleted:…
Out-of-the-box telemetry for rich-client application runtime frameworks
Granted: June 25, 2024
Patent Number:
12019534
Disclosed systems relate to automatically instrumenting a web application for tracing. In an example, a method includes providing a web page application to a web browser on a client device. The web page application includes a tracer application. The method further includes detecting a start of the web page application and instantiating tracer application. The tracer application is configured to log tracing data for the web page application. The method further includes detecting an event…
Methods for polymorphic data in spreadsheets
Granted: June 18, 2024
Patent Number:
12014139
A spreadsheet user interface shows polymorphic records. The records include global fields, discriminator fields, and context-sensitive fields. A context-sensitive field is available or unavailable dependent on a discriminator field value. Record fields associate with spreadsheet columns, regardless of field availability. User confusion is prevented by marking a record's unavailable context-sensitive fields as unavailable and visually distinguishing them from available fields. A…
Techniques for out-of-domain (OOD) detection
Granted: June 18, 2024
Patent Number:
12014146
The present disclosure relates to techniques for identifying out-of-domain utterances. One particular technique includes receiving an utterance and a target domain of a chatbot, generating a sentence embedding for the utterance, obtaining an embedding representation for each cluster of in-domain utterances associated with the target domain, predicting, using a metric learning model, a first probability that the utterance belongs to the target domain based on a similarity or difference…
