Abstract: A lifting device includes a drive, a speed change gear device arranged above the drive and configured to be rotatable by means of the drive, a transmission device connected to the speed change gear device and a lifting mechanism fixed in the transmission device, and the speed change gear device is fixed to a side wall of the transmission device. Under an action of the drive and a speed change of speed change gear device, a gravity of a weight suspended on the lifting device is converted, so that the weight is lifted under a small force. The lifting device can also be driven via an electric hand tool. In addition, a first transmission device and a second transmission device are provided with a safety device to lock the lifting device when reaching a top, so as to prevent the lifting device from slipping to cause injuries.

Abstract: Systems and methods for authenticating a peripheral device prior to allowing the peripheral device access to components and data stored on user equipment. In some examples, the user equipment may include an authorization component that is configured to physically decouple a hardware interface from other components of the user equipment until the authorization component is able to authenticate the peripheral device. Both authorized peripheral devices and the user equipment may be provisioned with authorization data and/or credentials from a system outside the control of the individual users of the user equipment.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, analyzing media content to recognize an object therein, wherein the media content is provided as a video stream displayed to a user of a communication device, the media content comprising a plurality of digital frames transported to the communication device over a private network; associating product information of a product with the object; receiving a user input selecting the object; determining providers of goods or services of the product, wherein the providers of goods or services are selected during the determining based on a proximity of the providers to the user of the communication device; and providing the product information to the communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: An example method includes identifying a need and an emotional state of a user who is participating in an interaction with a support application, retrieving a set of preferences for the user, selecting a set of features for an avatar to be presented to the user, wherein the set of features is selected based at least on the emotional state of the user and the set of preferences, selecting a stored workflow based on the need of the user, and rendering the avatar to exhibit the set of features and to present the stored workflow as part of the interaction.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example determining that a first connection between a first device and a wireless access point is not functional, wherein a non-functional connection between the first device and a backhaul network causes the first connection between the first device and the wireless access point to become not functional. Information is received from a second device via a second connection, wherein the second connection includes a wireless connection via a dedicated channel of a radio access network of the second connection. The dedicated channel will not be released while providing service via the second connection, the information being provided to the first device via a wireless channel. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for extending coverage of a telecommunication network includes a user device and a cell site. The cell site includes a node management system communicatively coupled to the user device. The node management system is structured to receive one or more signal strengths associated with one or more target nodes, determine the one or more signal strengths are within a delta range threshold, determine one or more multi-technology thresholds associated with the one or more target nodes, determine a lowest multi-technology threshold based on the one or more multi-technology thresholds, and assign the user device to the one or more target nodes associated with the lowest multi-technology threshold determined.

Abstract: A wireless communication system wirelessly communicates through a physical barrier using beamforming. A serving transceiver determines and transfers downlink beamforming and power information to a network transceiver. The serving transceiver may determine the downlink power information based on the beamforming information to increase downlink power based on a beamforming aperture. The network transceiver wirelessly receives the downlink beamforming and power information from the serving transceiver. The network transceiver wirelessly receives a downlink signal from a wireless access node. The network transceiver beamforms and amplifies the downlink signal based on the downlink beamforming and power information. The network transceiver wirelessly transfers the beamformed and amplified downlink signal to the serving transceiver. The serving transceiver wirelessly receives the beamformed and amplified downlink signal from the network transceiver.

Abstract: A processing system having at least one processor may establish a communication session between a first communication system of a first user and a second communication system of a second user, the communication session including first video content of a first physical environment of the first user and second video content of a second physical environment of the second user, determine a first visualization action for a first physical object in the first physical environment in accordance with a first configuration setting of the first user for the communication session, obtain the first video content from a first camera of the first communication system, detect the first physical object in the first video content, and perform the first visualization action to modify the first video content. The processing system may then transmit first visualization information including the first video content that is modified to the second communication system.

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques that enable a Radio Frequency (RF) signal controller and optional digital signal translator to use the existing telecommunication infrastructure of a business or residential establishment to deliver wireless communication services to the business or residential establishment. The data signal controller may transceive a first data signal via a first signal interface, determine if/how to process the first data signal to generate a second data signal that is suitable to be transported into the establishment via legacy telecommunications infrastructure.

Abstract: Multi-agent input coordination can be used to for acoustic collaboration of multiple listening agents deployed in smart devices on a premises, improving the accuracy of identifying requests and specifying where that request should be honored, improving quality of detection, and providing better understanding of user commands and user intent throughout the premises. A processor or processors such as those in a smart speaker can identify audio requests received through at least two agents in a network and determine at which of the agents to actively process a selected audio request. The identification can make use of techniques such as location context and secondary trait analysis. The audio request can include simultaneous audio requests received through at least two agents, differing audio requests received from different requesters, or both.

Abstract: A method performed by one or more network node(s) of a wireless telecommunications network to dynamically manage encryption keys for multiple narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) devices of the network. The network node(s) can maintain a database that stores a device profile for each of the NB-IoT devices and obtain multiple encryption keys for the multiple NB-IoT devices. The encryption keys are associated with different encryption strengths ranging from high to ultra-low encryption strengths. The network node(s) can allocate the encryption keys to the NB-IoT devices, detect a change in the condition of the network, capability or communications service of NB-IoT devices, and refresh the encryption keys accordingly to ensure that the network nodes properly balance encryption while providing efficient network performance.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, by a first radio module at a first location, a wireless signal, to obtain a first received RF signal. The wireless signal includes information originating at a remote transmitter and conveyed via a wireless channel. An envelope of the first received RF signal is detected by the first radio module without requiring a local oscillator, to obtain a first baseband signal. The first baseband signal may be filtered and/or amplified, after which it is provided to a processor. The processor also obtains a second digital signal from a second radio module receiving the wireless signal at a second location and determines an estimate of the information originating at the remote transmitter according to the first and second signals. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining, an application requirement for a server of a data center geographically separated from a central location. A configuration file adapted for the server according to the application requirement is obtained at the central location and a host processor located at the data center is selected according to the application requirement. A static IP address preassigned to an administrative portion of the selected host processor is identified. The selected host processor is initialized remotely over a wide area network via the administrative port without utilizing any software resources pre-existing at the data center. The initializing configures the selected host processor according to the configuration file to service the application requirement. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and techniques described herein relate to timer-initiated fallback. In an example method, a message associated with Quality of Service (QoS) sensitive services is received from a core network. In response to receiving the message, a timer is initiated. If the timer expires without having received a confirmation that a dedicated tunnel associated with the QoS-sensitive services has been established in the first core network, then a fallback process can be initiated.

Abstract: Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to managing enterprise software licenses for virtual network functions (“VNFs”). According to one aspect disclosed herein, a system can acquire a software license for a software asset to be instantiated and used by a cloud computing environment associated with an enterprise. The system can prepare, with an enterprise anchor point (“EAP”) module managed by a vendor of the software asset, a certificate validation process that uses an enterprise security certificate to ensure the software license is valid for an execution instance of the software asset. The system can instantiate the execution instance of the software asset in the cloud computing environment. The system can validate, by the EAP module, the enterprise security certificate to ensure the software asset is instantiated and used in accordance with the software license.

Abstract: Personalized content delivery (e.g., using a computerized tool) is enabled. For example, a system can comprise: a processor and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: determining a quality of service metric representative of a quality of service of streamed content delivered via a content delivery network, determining a quality of experience metric representative of a quality of experience associated with a user profile of a consumer of the streamed content, and based on the quality of service and the quality of experience, modifying the streamed content.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a device having an envelope detector, an oscillator, a switch driver, a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations of comparing a first signal received from the envelope detector and a second signal received from the oscillator within a high probability interval, thereby generating a valid detection; and activating the switch driver responsive to the valid detection. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: One example of a method includes receiving a plurality of video streams depicting a scene, wherein the plurality of video streams provides images of the scene from a plurality of different viewpoints, identifying a target that is present in the scene, wherein the target is identified based on a determination of a likelihood of being of interest to a viewer of the scene, determining a trajectory of the target through the plurality of video streams, wherein the determining is based in part on an automated visual analysis of the plurality of video streams, wherein the determining is based in part on a visual analysis of the plurality of video streams, rendering a volumetric video traversal that follows the target through the scene, wherein the rendering comprises compositing the plurality of video streams, receiving viewer feedback regarding the volumetric video traversal, and adjusting the rendering in response to the viewer feedback.

Abstract: Distributed firewalls in a network are disclosed. Example firewall controllers disclosed herein are to instruct a first network node of a software-defined network to implement a first firewall instance of a distributed firewall, the first network node to implement the first firewall instance with a first virtual machine. Disclosed example firewall controllers are also to configure a second network node of the software-defined network to route network traffic through the first firewall instance and, after at least some of the network traffic is dropped by the first firewall instance, instruct the second network node to implement a second firewall instance of the distributed firewall, the second network node to implement the second firewall instance with a second virtual machine.

Abstract: A system of advanced interaction with transportable containers, such as suitcases, trolleys, trunks, backpacks, crates, or the like, includes transportable containers, each of which is equipped with a respective transponder which carries at least one corresponding identification code. Each transponder allows polling by a contactless information transmission technology, such as RFID or NFC, for communication at least of the corresponding identification code. The system also includes a remote processing unit, suitable for the management of a central data bank, which contains information related to the transportable containers and to their association with the corresponding identification codes.