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Publication number: US20220114590A1
Application number: 17/555,313

Abstract:
Systems, methods, and storage media for payment collection are disclosed. An example method comprises: obtaining, at a code scanner, payment account information comprised in a payment code of a purchasing user by scanning the payment code; sending, at the code scanner, the payment account information to a processor; determining, at the processor, a payment amount due, to construct a payment request comprising the payment amount due, the payment account information, and the device identifier; sending, at the processor, the payment request to a communication module; and sending, at the communication module, the payment request to the target server for the target server to, according to the payment request, deduct the payment amount due from a payment account of the purchasing user corresponding to the payment account information, and add the payment amount due to the payment receiving account corresponding to the device identifier.

Publication date: 2022-04-14
Applicant: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
Inventors: Jiao Lei

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Publication number: US20220083522A1
Application number: 17/538,748

Abstract:
A data processing method including: acquiring information of multiple first data blocks of a first level to be merged and information of multiple second data blocks of a second level to be merged, wherein each of the first data blocks of the first level has the same first size, and each of the second data blocks of the second level has the same second size; performing, according to the information of the multiple first data blocks and the information of the multiple second data blocks, data comparison on each of the first data blocks and each of the second data blocks; and performing, according to a comparison result, data compaction on the first level and the second level. The embodiments of the present disclosure effectively reduce system overheads caused by I/O data read and write and data comparison, thereby improving the system throughput.

Publication date: 2022-03-17
Applicant: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
Inventors: Gui Huang

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Publication number: US20220086469A1
Application number: 17/537,471

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for performing adaptive resolution change during video encoding and decoding. The methods include: comparing resolutions of a target picture and a first reference picture; in response to the target picture and the first reference picture having different resolutions, resampling the first reference picture to generate a second reference picture; and encoding or decoding the target picture using the second reference picture.

Publication date: 2022-03-17
Applicant: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
Inventors: Golam Mohammed Sarwer

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