Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions

Pathfinder Therapeutics, Inc.

Jonathan M Waite

Adrian Xavier Rodriguez

Zachary McCain Darden

Dean Frederick Herring

David John Steiner

Phuc Ky Do

Andrew Norris

Abhishekh Padmanabhan

Brad Matthew Johnson

Andrei Khaitas

David A Bernath

Zachary Mccain Darden

Brian C Young

Valentin Mourzenok

James D Stefansic

Jessica King Snead

Brian Lennon

Senhu Li

Valentine Mourzenok

Adam Archambault

Nandan K Kandregula

Jamal Khan

Lucas Blanck

Jeffrey A Duska

Gary R Harper

Bruno Roy

A method of synchronizing data across an enterprise system including enterprise servers on an enterprise level and including store locations at a store level including edge devices operatively coupled to the enterprise servers can be provided by providing a changeplan that specifies updated data for microservice data operating within the enterprise system on an endpoint that utilizes the microservice in a microservice architecture to perform operations at a store location, executing the changeplan to initiate an export from an enterprise server that operates the microservice at the enterprise level to create an updated state for the microservice data on the endpoint, replicating the updated state for the microservice data at the enterprise server to provide an export updated state for the microservice data on the endpoint, storing the export updated state for the microservice data in an export table at the enterprise level, transmitting a message on a durable message bus from the enterprise level to the store level, initiating an import process at a store server responsive to receiving the message on the durable message bus and retrieving the export updated state for the microservice data from the export table.

Synchronized data management in a distributed computing environment using microservice architecture

A system allows users to dynamically manipulate an orchestration flow to eliminate deprecated functionality and/or to include new or modified functionality. The system provides multiple layers configured to combine the functionality provided by a graphical user interface (GUI) with fixed software code associated with the orchestration flow. With the system, users can quickly and easily configure and/or re-configure various Point-Of-Sale (POS) devices to execute the functions of the modified orchestration flow.

Point-of-sale (POS) device configuration system

Embodiments herein describe a deployment strategy where a vendor deployment system sends to each customer site the same binary that defines all the microservices offered by the vendor deployment system. That is, the vendor deployment system can build one binary image of its platform (which has all the microservices) that is deployed to every customer site. The vendor also provides a deployment descriptor that is used during runtime to activate the microservices intended for use at the customer site. In this manner, the vendor deployment system can generate a customized deployment without having to build a new binary by manipulating the data or flags in the deployment descriptor.

Microservice container deployment system

Systems and methods of identifying infinite call loops using custom tracking headers are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method is performed by a first instance of a microservice operated by a first network node in a distributed microservice system having instances of one or more microservices operated by network nodes with each instance having a data cache operable to share data between instances of that microservice. The method includes receiving an indication that includes a message to access data that may be available in a data cache of an instance of the microservice, the indication also including one or more tracking identifiers with each tracking identifier corresponding to an instance of the microservice that successively sends or receives the message so as to determine that the message corresponds to a same message previously sent or received by the same instance of the microservice.

Infinite call loop prevention system

A network node associated with a retail store receives digital images from customers who have initiated a customer transaction at a first location. The digital images are unique and are associated with the transaction. The transaction is then temporarily suspended. To resume the transaction, the customer provides information describing features of the previously provided digital image. The network node uses this information to locate the corresponding digital image, and thus, the corresponding suspended transaction, and to authenticate the customer to resume the transaction. Provided the customer is authenticated, the node resumes the suspended transaction.

Method, system, and medium for managing suspended customer transactions in a retail environment

Systems and methods of performing automated testing using a process flow of messages are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes receiving an indication that represents a time stamped message that is sent or received by a second electronic node and that is associated with a certain function. The method also includes generating a process flow of messages between the set of electronic nodes for the certain function based on the time stamped message of the second electronic node that is associated with the certain function and time stamped messages of the other electronic nodes associated with the same function so that the first electronic node is operable to simulate the certain function specific to that node based on the process flow of messages so as to test that at least one electronic node is operable to perform the certain function in conformance with the process flow of messages.

Automated process flow testing system

Method, computer program product, and system to prioritize the execution of processing task requests in a task request queue, where the processing task requests are related to an environment. The method includes adding processing task requests to a task request queue in response to the detection of predefined actions in an environment. The method also includes adding additional processing task requests or adjusting a priority level of not yet completed task requests in the task request queue, in response to detecting subsequent predefined actions in the environment.

Sensor-enabled prioritization of processing task requests in an environment

Methods and systems providing synchronization of data in a distributed system using microservice architecture in servers, store controllers, terminals and related articles of manufacture

The disclosure provides a method of generating business rules for a retail system. Particularly, a computing device receives rule data from a user interface. The rule data comprises retail context information associated with a retail business operating the retail system. A business rule template is then generated based on the retail context information included in the rule data, and validated based on the retail context information and on sample business data. Validation may occur by conditionally performing one or more Point of Sale (POS) functions on the sample business data according to the retail context information. If valid, the business rule template is activated for use in the retail system.

Retail user interface for dynamic behavior configuration

Method, computer program product, and system to provide efficient processing of image data representing an environment comprising a plurality of items available for selection by one or more persons are described. The method includes receiving image data from a plurality of visual sensors, segmenting the image data into a plurality of image segments and classifying the data into predefined image categories. The method also includes identifying an image processing task having a predefined association with the first image category and executing the identified image processing task.

Method, system, and computer program product for image segmentation in a sensor-based environment

The present disclosure provides techniques for composition enablement for extensibility of a system. The techniques include delivering an interface to a first downstream provider, where the interface includes a bean implementation format. Then performing at least one of: (i) receiving a provider level (POL) selection from the first downstream provider, where the POL selection corresponds to a POL stored in an extender, and delivering a first bean implementation to the first downstream provider based on the POL, and (ii) receiving a constructed bean implementation from the downstream provider, determining a POL of the downstream provider, and storing the constructed bean implementation in the extender at the determined POL.

Composition enablement for partner and customer extensibility of inversion of control objects

The present disclosure provides techniques for data curation and image evaluation. A first image is captured, and a first indication of a first item is received. A first identifier of the first item is then identified based on the first indication. Further, based on the first indication, it is determined that the first image depicts the first item. The first image is labeled with the first identifier, and a machine learning (ML) model of an ML system is trained based on the labeled first image.

Automated image curation for machine learning deployments

A price verification system for efficient verification of a transaction price when the price is disputed or missing is described. The price verification system uses current images of the item location within a retail environment to determine a shelf price for the item. The shelf price is compared to the price registered a point of sale terminal and displayed to the customer in order to determine if a price adjustment is needed.

Price verification at a point of sale system

Techniques for configuration management are provided. A plurality of configurations is received, where each of the plurality of configurations corresponds to a respective service and is associated with a first plan. The plurality of configurations is stored, in association with the first plan, without implementing the plurality of configurations. Upon receiving approval of the first plan, the first plan is implemented by, for each respective configuration of the plurality of configurations: identifying a respective corresponding service for the respective configuration and modifying a configuration of the respective corresponding service based on the respective configuration. Upon completing implementation of the first plan, each of the plurality of configurations is labeled with a production identifier.

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Jonathan M Waite