Abstract: A device includes a molten metal pump and a metal-transfer conduit. A clamp may be used to attach the metal-transfer conduit to the pump. The pump has a pump base including an indentation configured to receive the metal-transfer conduit and align the pump outlet with the transfer inlet. The pump outlet may be formed in the indentation and preferably near the center of the indentation in order to better align with the transfer inlet. As the pump operates it moves molten metal through a pump outlet that is in communication with a transfer inlet in the metal-transfer conduit. The molten metal enters the transfer inlet, moves upwards in a passage in the metal-transfer conduit, and out of a transfer outlet.

Abstract: Systems and devices for resecting and removing tissue or organs from the interior of a patient's body, in a minimally invasive laparoscopic procedure while preventing any dispersion of potentially malignant tissue during the resection process.

Abstract: A method for personal identification number (PIN) unlock in automated wireless communication device testing is disclosed. The method comprises initially pairing a wireless communication device undergoing automated testing with a Bluetooth-enabled microprocessor using a media access control (MAC) address and loading, by a host computer, an image file into the Bluetooth-enabled microprocessor. The method also comprises pairing the wireless communication device with the Bluetooth-enabled microprocessor based on the MAC address in response to the wireless communication device requiring the PIN and broadcasting, by the Bluetooth-enabled microprocessor, the PIN until the PIN is received by the wireless communication device. The wireless communication device is unlocked using the PIN and undergoes at least some of the automated testing after being unlocked.

Abstract: An apparatus for telephone line testing provides a tone generator that can be remotely switched to short or open via a cable pair by monitoring shorts on the cable pair itself to allow a simplified testing protocol with reduced technician travel and without the need for a remote controller carried by the technician.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for automatically generating object representations. One of the methods includes grasping, by a robot, an object at a first grasp point and generating a first partial object mesh based on one or more first sensor measurements of the object when held by the robot at the first grasp point. A second grasp point is identified for the object that is located in a region captured by the one or more first sensor measurements. A second partial object mesh is generated based on one or more second sensor measurements of the object when held by the robot at the second grasp point.

Abstract: A device includes a body having a front and a back, one or more first passages extending through the body, between the front and the back, a channel extending through the body, between the front and the back, a level disposed to be visible from the front of the body, and a protrusion extending from the back of the body.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for uplink quality enhancement. Methods include experiencing a triggering condition at a wireless device in a network and identifying at least one additional wireless device in the network within a threshold proximity to the wireless device experiencing the triggering condition. The method additionally includes forming a group with the at least one additional wireless device using a communication link and pooling uplink resources with the at least one additional wireless device to improve uplink performance of the wireless device experiencing the triggering condition.

Abstract: An aerial lighting system includes: two or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) each including a corresponding high-powered LED array arranged to illuminate an area beneath the UAVs when the UAVs are airborne; a base station configured to retain the UAVs when not airborne, wherein the base station includes a controller for controlling the UAVs; and a plurality of cables for transferring power and data, including: (i) a first cable detachably coupled between the base station and a first UAV, wherein the first UAV receives power from the base station and communicates with the controller via the first cable, and (ii) a second cable detachably coupled between the first UAV and a second UAV, wherein the second UAV receives power from the base station and communicates with the controller via the second cable.

Abstract: A communication device includes a central processing unit (CPU); a non-transitory memory; and an RFID application stored on the non-transitory memory and comprising executable instructions that when executed by the CPU, cause the communication device to be configured to provide the communication device in an environment; receive a radio frequency (RF) signal from an RFID reader at a plurality of locations in the industrial environment, wherein the RF signal comprises a frequency in the cellular frequency range; determine a receive signal strength (RSS) of the RF signal at each of the plurality of locations; determine the RSS of the RF signal at each of the plurality of locations; and generate a map of an RFID read zone in the industrial environment based on the RSS of the RF signal at the plurality of locations.

Abstract: Methods, media, and systems are provided for controlling cell site selection by a user device in a telecommunications network. A System Information Block (SIB) message (e.g., an SIB Type 1 message) is transmitted (e.g., by a cell site) for receipt by the user device for cell site selection. In some aspects, the SIB message is transmitted while the user device is camping on a serving cell of a base station other than the cell site. The SIB message comprises information that identifies a type of the cell site. The type of the cell site is a cell site other than a macro cell, such as a small cell for example. Upon selection of the cell site by the user device based on the SIB message and the type of the cell site, the user device is provided access to a telecommunications service.

Abstract: A cover for hooks of fishing lures has a body having a first half and a second half, which are connected together by a resilient biased hinge. A plurality of teeth are formed on the first half and the second half and gaps are formed between each of the teeth. The first half and the second half each have a cavity for retaining one or more hooks of a fishing lure. The first half and the second half each have a sloped end face to facilitate removal of the hook and the fishing lure from the cover. Hooks and clips are provided for securing the cover to a fishing pole.

Abstract: A method executed by a computing device includes identifying a contingency-action token (CAT) of an object distributed ledger that meets minimum CAT requirements. The method further includes producing a selected CAT and determining reassignment information for the selected CAT. The method further includes facilitating taking control of the selected CAT of a blockchain of the object distributed ledger using a securely passing process and updating the selected CAT utilizing the reassignment information for the CAT to produce an updated CAT. The method further includes causing generation of a new block affiliated with the updated CAT via the blockchain of the object distributed ledger using the securely passing process, where the new block includes the updated CAT.

Abstract: A method for implementing a slice security zone (SSZ) in a 5G network. The method comprises storing by an SSZ function executing on a first network server an SSZ security profile of the SSZ in a secure storage function, receiving by the SSZ function from a slice management function a slice registration request comprising information relating to a slice security profile of a slice managed by the slice management function, if the slice security profile complies with the SSZ security profile, storing by the SSZ function a slice registration association between the slice and the SSZ in the secure storage function, and sending by the SSZ function to the slice management function a slice registration response comprising information relating to whether the slice was registered in the SSZ.

Abstract: A polymer composition comprising a modified polypropylene modified with at least one selected from the group consisting of an unsaturated carboxylic acid and a derivative thereof.

Abstract: Systems and methods for optimal reservoir model adaptation based on spatiotemporal well connectivity analysis are disclosed. The methods include obtaining production time-series data and metadata from a plurality of wells in a subsurface; preprocessing the production time-series data and the metadata; training a ML model with the preprocessed production time-series data and metadata; predicting a future production times series data with the ML model; determining well connectivity scores of a subsurface with the ML model; detecting a change in reservoir dynamics with a change point method; and modifying a well development plan based on the change in reservoir dynamics.

Abstract: A method executed by a computing device includes identifying a contingency-action token (CAT) of an object distributed ledger that meets minimum CAT requirements. The method further includes producing a selected CAT and determining reassignment information for the selected CAT. The method further includes facilitating taking control of the selected CAT of a blockchain of the object distributed ledger using a securely passing process and updating the selected CAT utilizing the reassignment information for the CAT to produce an updated CAT. The method further includes causing generation of a new block affiliated with the updated CAT via the blockchain of the object distributed ledger using the securely passing process, where the new block includes the updated CAT.

Abstract: A method executed by a computing device includes identifying a contingency-action token (CAT) of an object distributed ledger of a secure exchange that meets minimum CAT requirements. The method further includes determining whether to select the CAT based on an evaluation with regards to an evaluation profile. When selecting the CAT the method further includes producing a selected CAT and determining reassignment information for the selected CAT. The method further includes facilitating taking control of the selected CAT of a blockchain of the object distributed ledger using a securely passing process and updating the selected CAT utilizing the reassignment information for the CAT to produce an updated CAT. The method further includes causing generation of a new block affiliated with the updated CAT via another blockchain of another object distributed ledger using the securely passing process, where the new block includes the updated CAT.

Abstract: A method executed by a computing device includes interpreting a request to generate a non-fungible token (NFT) for an object distributed ledger to produce baseline content that includes an obligation provider identifier (ID) and an outcome recipient ID. The method further includes verifying, validity of the baseline content. When the baseline content is valid, the method further includes determining whether a beneficial improvement to a present estimate of a triggered outcome is provided when a hypothetical change to the obligation provider ID is made. The method further includes an outcome evaluation and establishing NFT content based on the outcome evaluation to include the baseline content. The method further includes causing generation of a new block affiliated with the NFT via a blockchain of the object distributed ledger, where the new block includes the NFT content.

Abstract: A method executed by a computing device includes identifying a contingency-action token (CAT) of an object distributed ledger that meets minimum CAT requirements. The method further includes determining whether to select the CAT based on an evaluation of the CAT with regards to an evaluation profile. When selecting the CAT the method further includes producing a selected CAT and determining reassignment information for the selected CAT. The method further includes facilitating taking control of the selected CAT of a blockchain of the object distributed ledger using a securely passing process and updating the selected CAT utilizing the reassignment information for the CAT to produce an updated CAT. The method further includes causing generation of a new block affiliated with the updated CAT via the blockchain of the object distributed ledger using the securely passing process, where the new block includes the updated CAT.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for a real-time robotics control framework that implements a real-time clock with transferable ownership. One of the systems being configured to operate a real-time control loop for a robot in multiple modes include a base mode and an augmented mode, wherein when operating the robot in the base mode, the system is configured to operate a base real-time control loop in which a start of each tick of the base real-time control loop is initiated by a real-time software control module, and wherein when operating the robot in the augmented mode, the system is configured to operate multiple real-time control loops comprising the base real-time control loop and a robot real-time control loop in which a start of each tick of the real-time control loop is initiated by the real-time software drive module.