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The Safety Network Partnership, LLC

Xaptum, Inc.

Caerus Institute LLC

Imageworks Interactive

Gary W Grube

Timothy W Markison

Jason K Resch

S Christopher Gladwin

Greg R Dhuse

Gaetan L Mathieu

Wesley B Leggette

Igor Y Khandros

Ilya Volvovski

Benjamin N Eldridge

Andrew D Baptist

Thomas Franklin Shirley, Jr

Frank John Williams

Manish Motwani

Andrew Chu

John Edward Buchalo

Jessy Thomas

Karl Olaf Knutson

David Michael Corns, Ii

Matthew Bramlet

Steven J Garrou

Justin Douglas Drawz

David Ralph Lazzara

Stephen Emerson Sundberg

Richard Michael Lang

Dennis Arlen Roberson

Thomas James MacTavish

Ameeta Vasant Reed

Joseph Thomas Tieu

Timothy John Boundy

Steven Michael Barger

Terence Michael Lydon

Eric McHugh

Theodore Mazurkiewicz

Kurt A Estes

Richard A Herbst

Wilfredo Gonzalez, Jr

Darren Michael Boundy

George L Wilson, Iv

Evan Anderson

Niklas Josiah MacTavish

Mario Frank DeRango

Ravi V Khadiwala

Benjamin N Eldridge, Jr

Stephen Chen

Peter M Shannon, Iii

Yogesh Ramesh Vedpathak

Thomas Darrel Cocagne

Kumar Abhijeet

Michael Colin Storm

David Schuda

Thomas H DiStefano

Donald Joseph Wurzel

Joon Young Kim

Christine Mancini Varani

Bruno Hennig Cabral

Richard A Larder

Evan Edward Quisenberry

David J Schuda

Makarand S Shinde

Ahmad Abdelqader Abunaser

Paige Kristen Thompson

Kyle Edward Alberth

Zachary John McCord

Ali Fattahian

Ken S Matsubayashi

Thomas H Dozier, Ii

Bart Richard Cilfone

Thomas H Dozier

Jason Sweis

Eric Andrew Faurie

Michael A Stadt

Gaetan Mathiew

Zachary J Mark

David V Pedersen

Sebastien Vas

Pradeep Srinivas Barthur

Alec Madsen

Poya Lotfizadeh

David A Gibson

A Nicholas Sporck

Rod Martens

Venkatakumar Srinivasan

Chih-Chiang Tseng

Alexander H Slocum, Jr

Peter Alfred Gruber

Arthur R Zingher

Eric D Hobbs

Richard B Booth

Kenneth Burton Gilleo

Renars W Narubin

Rohit Pasam

Thomas W Becker

Steven Mark Hoffman

John A Grange

David Robinson Bild

Alan E Holmes

Charles A Miller

Fuad Elias Doany

Ravi F Saraf

A method executed by a computing device includes determining baseline content associated with a longevity-contingent instrument for a contingency-action token (CAT) for an object distributed ledger. The method further includes establishing CAT content to include the baseline content and further CAT content to produce the CAT. The method further includes using a securely passing process to generate a new block affiliated with the CAT via a blockchain of the object distributed ledger, where the new block includes the CAT content.

Processing a contingent action token securely

A method executed by a computing device includes selecting a contingency-action token (CAT) of an object distributed ledger that meets minimum CAT requirements. The method further includes determining to select the CAT based on an evaluation of the CAT with regards to an evaluation profile. When selecting the CAT the method further includes facilitating taking control of the selected CAT of a blockchain of the object distributed ledger using a securely passing process and updating the selected CAT utilizing the secure exchange posting information for the CAT to produce an updated CAT. The method further includes causing, using the securely passing process, generation of a new block affiliated with the updated CAT via another blockchain of another object distributed ledger for a secure exchange, where the new block includes the updated CAT.

A processing system of a storage network operates by: sending, to at least one storage unit of the storage network, at least one read request corresponding to at least a read threshold number of a set of encoded data slices to be retrieved, wherein the set of encoded data slices correspond to data, wherein the data is coded in accordance with dispersed error coding parameters that include a write threshold number and the read threshold number, wherein the write threshold number is a number of encoded data slices in the set of encoded data slices and wherein the read threshold number is a number of the set of encoded data slices that is required to decode the data; receiving, at the at least one processing circuit and from the at least one storage unit, a first subset of the set of encoded data slices, wherein at least one missing encoded data slice was not included in the first subset and wherein a number of encoded data slices in the first subset is less than the read threshold number; generating, via the at least one processing circuit, at least one rebuilt encoded data slice corresponding to the at least one missing encoded data slice utilizing locally decodable redundancy data, wherein the locally decodable redundancy data corresponds to a second subset of the set of encoded data slices that includes the at least one missing encoded data slice and wherein the locally decodable redundancy data is stored locally to the processing circuit; and recovering, via the at least one processing circuit, the data based on the at least one rebuilt encoded data slice and the first subset.

Recovering missing data in a storage network via locally decodable redundancy data

A method executed by a computing device includes selecting a contingency-action token (CAT) of an object distributed ledger that meets minimum CAT requirements. The method further includes determining reassignment information for the selected CAT. The method further includes facilitating taking control of the selected CAT of a blockchain of the object distributed ledger using a securely passing process and updating the selected CAT utilizing the reassignment information for the CAT to produce an updated CAT. The method further includes causing generation of a new block affiliated with the updated CAT via the blockchain of the object distributed ledger using the securely passing process, where the new block includes the updated CAT.

A method for execution by a computing device of a storage network includes appending at least a decode threshold number of encoded key slices of a set of encoded key slices to at least some encrypted data segments of a plurality of encrypted data segments to produce secure packages. The method further includes error encoding, in accordance with error encoding parameters, the secure packages to produce sets of encoded data slices, where a first secure package of the secure packages is dispersed storage error encoded using an error encoding function of the error encoding parameters to produce a first set of encoded data slices of the sets of encoded data slices. The method further includes outputting the sets of encoded data slices for storage in memory of the storage network.

Securely storing secure packages in a storage network

A method includes determining a set of identigens for words of content to produce a sets of identigens and interpreting the sets of identigens to determine a most likely meaning interpretation of the content and produce a baseline entigen group. The method further includes recovering an incomplete entigen group for the topic from a first knowledge database based on a knowledge defect of the incomplete entigen group with regards to the topic. The method further includes obtaining an additive entigen group from a second knowledge database based on the knowledge defect and modifying the incomplete entigen group utilizing the additive entigen group to produce an updated entigen group to provide a beneficial cure for the knowledge defect of the incomplete entigen group.

Creating a superset of knowledge

A method for execution by a processing module of a storage network includes determining processing parameters for data based on a number of storage and execution units of the storage network to be utilized in processing the data, where the data is associated with a task. The method further includes task partitioning of the task based on the number of storage and execution units and the processing parameters. The method further includes processing the data in accordance with the processing parameters to produce slice groupings. The method further includes partitioning the task based on the task partitioning to produce partial tasks. The method further includes sending the slice groupings and corresponding partial tasks to the storage and execution units.

Efficient data encoding and processing in a storage network

A method executed by a computing device includes identifying a contingency-action token (CAT) of an object distributed ledger that meets minimum CAT requirements. The method further includes determining to select the CAT based on an evaluation of the CAT with regards to an evaluation profile. When selecting the CAT the method further includes facilitating taking control of the selected CAT of a blockchain of the object distributed ledger using a securely passing process and updating the selected CAT utilizing the secure exchange posting information for the CAT to produce an updated CAT. The method further includes causing, using the securely passing process, generation of a new block affiliated with the updated CAT via another blockchain of another object distributed ledger for a secure exchange, where the new block includes the updated CAT.

Securely processing a contingent action token

A data distribution server includes a first interface for communicating with a plurality of content providers and a second interface for comminating with a plurality of wireless transceivers. The data distribution server includes memory storing operational instructions and processing circuitry operably coupled to the first and second interfaces and to the memory, where the processing circuitry is configured to execute the operational instructions to receive a portion of a data object from a content provider of the plurality of content providers, generate a plurality of data slices from the portion of the data object, distribute the plurality of data slices between the plurality of wireless transceivers for temporary storage and facilitate transmittal of the plurality of data slices to a user device that is adapted to wirelessly communicate with each wireless transceiver of the plurality of wireless transceivers.

Managed data distribution using a wireless network

A method includes a computing entity issuing to an asset authenticity computing entity a request to select and authenticate a digital record that represents an available contingent asset based on a digital record representing a hypothetical contingent asset to produce a selected contingent asset. The method further includes determining that authenticity information associated with the selected contingent asset indicates that the selected contingent asset matches the hypothetical contingent asset. The method further includes, when approved, generating a smart contract to indicate availability of the selected contingent asset and obtaining a copy of an object distributed ledger. The method further includes causing inclusion of a next block on the object distributed ledger that includes the smart contract to represent the selected contingent asset.

One action based processing of a contingent asset secure token

A method executed by a computing device includes determining a set of identigens for each word of a sequence of words to produce sets of identigens. The method further includes generating a set of identigen permutations based on the sets of identigens to produce interim knowledge representing the sequence of words. The method further includes updating the set of identigen permutations based on clarifying sets of identigens to produce an updated set of identigen permutations as updated interim knowledge. When the updated interim knowledge contains a single identigen permutation of the updated set of identigen permutations, the method further includes establishing the single identigen permutation as curated knowledge representing the sequence of words.

Perfecting a query to provide a query response

A method executed by a computing device includes determining whether baseline content associated with a longevity-contingent instrument is qualified for a proposed a non-fungible token (NFT) for an object distributed ledger. The baseline content includes an obligation provider identifier (ID) and an outcome recipient ID. When the baseline content is qualified, the method further includes determining an availability status for the NFT and establishing NFT content. The method further includes causing generation of a new block affiliated with the NFT via a blockchain of the object distributed ledger, where the new block includes the NFT content.

A head unit system for controlling an object includes a head unit device that include shear thickening fluid (STF) and a chamber configured to contain the STF. The chamber further includes a gate between a front channel and a back channel. The gate includes a set of bypass openings. The head unit device further includes a piston housed at least partially radially within the chamber. The gate is configured to control flow of the STF between the front channel and the back channel to control contraction of the chamber to provide the controlling of the object.

Telescoping shear thickening fluid based object control mechanism

A method for execution by a computing entity to produce video in a virtual world environment includes selecting a lesson package based on a learner requirement for a learner to produce a selected lesson package. The method further includes identifying a set of active virtual world environments that each include a different instance of execution of the selected lesson package. The method further includes selecting one active virtual world environment of the set of active virtual world environments based on learning assessment results for the selected lesson package to produce a selected virtual world environment. The method further includes rendering updated first descriptive asset video frames of a first descriptive asset and updated second descriptive asset video frames of a second descriptive asset within the selected virtual world environment to produce a new video stream for the learner.

Producing video of a lesson package in a virtual world

A method for execution by a computing entity includes interpreting an electric response from a set of electric field sensors to produce a piston velocity and a piston position of a piston associated with a head unit device. The head unit device includes a chamber filled with a shear thickening fluid (STF) that includes a multitude of piezoelectric nanoparticles. The method further includes determining a shear force based on the piston velocity and the piston position. The method further includes determining a desired response for the STF based on the shear force, the piston velocity, and the piston position. The method further includes generating an electric activation based on the desired response for the STF and outputting the electric activation to a set of electric field emitters positioned proximal to the chamber.

Dilatant fluid based object movement control mechanism

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