Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for tank level monitoring. To perform monitoring of fuel levels of fuel tanks, tank level monitor devices may be affixed to the fuel tanks. The tank level monitors may be used to provide data relating to the fuel tanks to a remote location (such as a mobile device application). A predictive algorithm may also be implemented to more effectively schedule refueling events for various fuel tanks.

Abstract: Systems, devices and methods described herein relate to endovascular devices for delivering sutures for securing grafts or other objects to patient vessels. In some embodiments, a suture includes a set of two legs having proximal ends joined to each other and elongate bodies that extend parallel to one another such that the set of two legs form a U-shaped structure. A suture delivery system can include a housing configured to contain a suture in a flattened configuration, and a deployment element having a ribbon-shaped distal portion disposed in the housing and including a set of formations, where the housing and the set of formations of the deployment element are configured to collectively constrain the suture in the flattened configuration until the suture is released through the opening of the housing.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for tank level monitoring. To perform monitoring of fuel levels of fuel tanks, tank level monitor devices may be affixed to the fuel tanks. The tank level monitors may be used to provide data relating to the fuel tanks to a remote location (such as a mobile device application). A predictive algorithm may also be implemented to more effectively schedule refueling events for various fuel tanks.

Abstract: A system for providing data to electrical devices in an interconnected network can include a user system disposed in a volume of space, where the user system has a communication range, where the user system broadcasts multiple communication signals into the volume of space. The system can also include an electrical device disposed within the communication range of the user system, where the electrical device includes a controller, where the controller can retrieve first information from a first communication signal, where the information includes a file identification for a file and a number of blocks in the file. The controller can also generate a table for the number of blocks in the file and retrieve second information from a second communication signal, where the second information comprises a first block of the file. The controller can also store the first block of the file in the table.

Abstract: A system for providing data to electrical devices in an interconnected network can include a user system disposed in a volume of space, where the user system has a communication range, where the user system broadcasts multiple communication signals into the volume of space. The system can also include an electrical device disposed within the communication range of the user system, where the electrical device includes a controller, where the controller can retrieve first information from a first communication signal, where the information includes a file identification for a file and a number of blocks in the file. The controller can also generate a table for the number of blocks in the file and retrieve second information from a second communication signal, where the second information comprises a first block of the file. The controller can also store the first block of the file in the table.

Abstract: Operating software commitment may be provided. First, a subscriber device may be configured using a factory software and a service provider software may be downloaded. Next, it may be verified that the subscriber device is properly configured. In response to verifying that the subscriber device is properly configured, the service provider software may then be committed to the subscriber device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for digital program insertion. Entitlement control messages (ECMs) may be sent over an out-of-band communication channel to a client device such that the ECMs are received proximate in time to splice points where, e.g., advertising is inserted into a scrambled program or when the scrambled program is to resume at the end of the ad or program insertion. The ECMs may be communicated over the out-of-band channel having a timing such that the client device can process the ECMs, extract a control word and begin descrambling of the scrambled program to provide near seamless splices. In some implementations, out-of-band bandwidth is conserved as the ECMs are sent a splice time, rather than continuously.

Abstract: A controllable dimmer/relay used in combination with a power cycle control lighting device, wherein the controllable dimmer/relay serves as a network interface for the power cycle control lighting device. The controllable dimmer/relay is controlled by lighting commands formatted according to any of a variety of communications protocols, which instruct the controllable dimmer/relay to output one or more power cycles (interruptions in power) rather than gradual increases or decreases in power. In response to the power cycle(s) output by the controllable dimmer/relay, the power cycle control lighting device alters some aspect of the generated light (e.g., change one or more of color, color temperature, overall brightness, dynamic effect, etc.). In this manner, a power cycle control lighting device may be made responsive, via the controllable dimmer/relay, to lighting control commands formatted according to any of a variety of industry standard (e.g., DMX, Ethernet, DALI, X10) or proprietary protocols.

Abstract: The skin friction drag acting on a surface of an article travelling at high speed such as a vehicle at supersonic or particularly hypersonic speed can be reduced by introducing a fuel into the boundary layer under conditions of the fuel introduction to ensure combustion in the boundary layer. The fuel is injected through orifice(s) or a slot provided at the surface so that the fuel enters the passing fluid with a major component of the direction of injection being parallel to the local flow direction. The fuel is injected at supersonic speed, e.g. at a speed of about Mach 1.5 or higher. The invention is applicable to scramjet engines with the fuel being injected around the entire internal circumference of the wall of the scramjet engine, upstream of the commencement of the combustion chamber.