Trub Ag

Adobe, Inc.

Gemalto Ag

Stefan Egli

Paul Christen

Stephan Hofstetter

Urs Fawer

Christof Stutz

Oliver Fankhauser

Heidi Widmer Gomres

Thomas Mueller Graf

A flexible, scalable, and fast query system for a distributed execution environment is provided. An example method includes receiving a plurality of processor summaries, each including a list of job digests, each job digest including a job identifier for a job running on a job processor and a payload portion. The method can also include, for each job digest, determining a location in a probabilistic payload data structure for the job digest and storing the payload portion and a fingerprint portion generated from a portion of a hash of the job identifier in an entry at the location as a job summary and responding to queries using the probabilistic payload data structure. Responding to a particular query may include identifying job properties corresponding to parameters of the particular query, updating job property statistics, and using the job property statistics to change the job properties represented in the payload portion.

Scalable querying for distributed systems

The invention relates to a method for producing a multilayer data carrier comprising a first layer which is made of plastic and has an upper face on which an opaque layer partially covering said upper face, for example a metal layer, is arranged. The data carrier has a second layer made of plastic which is disposed on the first layer and is transparent at least in a sub-region of the metal layer. The metal layer is partially removed by a laser to such an extent that the metal layer has at least one break. The metal layer is preferably laminated between the first and the second plastic layers.

Method for producing a multilayer data carrier and data carrier produced by said method

The booklet comprises a number of sheets between a cover, and each sheet has a front side and a rear side. At least one data page is provided that is joined to the cover in a fixed manner. The data page comprises a flexible layer and this flexible layer projects with an area out of a data carrier. On this area, the data page is joined to the cover and to the remaining sheets. The flexible layer is flatly joined to at least one other layer, for example, by welding or bonding and is thus inseparably bound without a mechanical joining part.

Method of producing a booklet, data page produced by this method and booklet produced by the method

In order to produce a data carrier, a substrate is printed with a printing ink and personalized by means of a laser. The printing ink is laser-active and is converted at least in regions during the personalization in such a way that, for example, a silver-grade pigment is formed which is readily visible only when the substrate is inclined. In particular, the printing ink has a comparatively small proportion of carbon black that is converted by the laser essentially without disturbing combustion and overall formation.

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Basel, Switzerland

Stefan Egli