Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium are described that enable agent instances to be instantiated in secure, containerized environments. When a new container is detected, a list of agent instances expected to be running in a compute instance or in a container may be obtained and compared with status information regarding which agent instances are active. For a non-active agent instance, an agent object and configuration information for the agent instance may be obtained from a storage. Based on the available name, the agent object, and the configuration information, the agent instance may be instantiated and connected to an agent status server. An application related to the new agent instance may be deployed in the secure containerized environment.

Abstract: An lighting system includes a mounting assembly configured for mounting on a host structure above a ceiling, and a lighting module for attachment to the mounting assembly, including a lighting unit having a mounting side configured for attachment to the mounting assembly approximately flush with the ceiling. An electronics module supported by the mounting assembly includes an onboard battery and circuitry that powers the lighting module by use of the battery upon detecting a power failure. The lighting unit has a predefined depth extending from the ceiling, defining a low profile system. The mounting assembly is generally occluded above a ceiling. A ring bezel circumferentially surrounds the lighting unit and opens at least in the direction of the an illuminating side thereof. The bezel has a downward facing annular ring by which the illuminating side is offset to protect same from incidental contact in handling, packaging, installation, and use.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle roof, a liftgate rotatably connected to the vehicle roof, and an airbag. The airbag has a first segment supported by the vehicle roof and a second segment supported by the liftgate. The first segment of the airbag defines a first inflation chamber and the second segment of the airbag defines a second inflation chamber. The airbag includes a conduit fluidly connecting the first inflation chamber and the second inflation chamber.

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or “drone” executes a neural network to assist with inspection, surveillance, reporting, and other missions. The drone inspection neural network may monitor, in real time, the data stream from a plurality of onboard sensors during navigation to an asset along a preprogrammed flight path and/or during its mission (e.g., as it scans and inspects an asset).

Abstract: A warhead includes a tubular warhead body including a plurality of serially arranged preferentially fragmenting projectile rings, and warhead high explosive in the warhead body.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to manage workload domains in virtual server racks are disclosed. An example apparatus includes processor circuitry to, in response to detecting that a number of available physical racks satisfies a threshold number of physical racks, apply a first resource allocation technique by reserving requested resources by exhausting first available resources of a first physical rack before using second available resources of a second physical rack; in response to detecting that the number of available physical racks does not satisfy the threshold number of physical racks, apply a second resource allocation technique by reserving the requested resources using a portion of the first available resources without exhausting the first available resources and using a portion of the second available resources without exhausting the second available resources; and execute one or more workload domains associated with a number of requested resources.

Abstract: Lightweight, dynamic mechanisms are provided to support service layer interworking and resource extensibility. For example, one mechanism disclosed herein comprises defining a new service layer (SL) resource definition registration procedure that allows for specifying custom attributes of service layer resources to represent third party technology resources. A second mechanism disclosed herein comprises defining a new SL data model mapping registration procedure to map service layer resources to third party data models and to provide a new interworked retargeting indicator to the service layer. Further, a third mechanism disclosed herein comprises defining a SL generic interworking procedure to intelligently retarget requests toward interworked resources based on the interworked retargeting indicator provided by the data model mapping.

Abstract: A baggage bar assembly may be provided for a passenger seat such as but not limited to an aircraft passenger seat. The baggage bar assembly includes a baggage bar and a support for supporting the baggage bar relative to the passenger seat. The support of the baggage bar assembly also allows for movement of the baggage bar relative to the passenger seat.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for drying electronic devices are disclosed.

Abstract: A launching system for an air gun includes a compression cylinder. The compression cylinder includes a cylinder body having an open rearward end and a closed forward end with an interior bore therebetween. The forward end has a transfer port configured for fluid communication with a barrel of an air gun. The piston includes a piston body. The piston body has a forward portion disposed within the interior bore. A sealing device is disposed on the forward portion of the piston body. One of a ferromagnetic section or magnet is disposed on a rearward portion of the piston body. A drive coil assembly is disposed over the one of a ferromagnetic section or magnet. When the drive coil assembly is energized with a first polarity, the piston is drawn from a reset position to a firing position relative to the compression cylinder by the drive coil assembly with increasing force.

Abstract: This patent document describes a method and system which enables website operators to classify the behaviors of website visitors using a measurement script, without the use of third party cookies. The method includes providing multiple user-behavior-classification rule sets, each rule set including user actions for a corresponding behavior class, and including the rule sets in a measurement script. The script is configured to cause each user electronic device on which it is installed to, in response to detecting device interaction that correspond with at least one predefined user action of a behavior class, store, in a first party cookie, identifiers corresponding to the behavior classes. The method further includes making the script available to multiple web servers, each of which serves a unique website including one or more pages that provide access to the script, wherein the network server is not provided access to the first party cookies.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for performing deep packet inspection (DPI) for an SD-WAN (software defined, wide area network) established for an entity by a plurality of edge nodes and a set of one or more cloud gateways. At a particular edge node, the method uses local and remote deep packet inspectors to perform DPI for a packet flow. Specifically, the method initially uses the local deep packet inspector to perform a first DPI operation on a set of packets of a first packet flow to generate a set of DPI parameters for the first packet flow. The method then forwards a copy of the set of packets to the remote deep packet inspector to perform a second DPI operation to generate a second set of DPI parameters. In some embodiments, the remote deep packet inspector is accessible by a controller cluster that configures the edge nodes and the gateways.

Abstract: A content access device and system may allow portable remote devices to be paired with a variety of different devices, allowing remote control through a network connection. Content access devices may expose application program interfaces, allowing incoming network traffic to control operation of the device much in the same way that a local infrared remote would. Routing content commands through an external application server may also yield other benefits, such as allowing more customized selection of information and advertising content to users based on their viewing history.

Abstract: The present disclosure that relates to automatic generation of activity determinations of a vehicle and generation and provision of notifications thereof. As an example, a trained model is applied that is adapted to execute a contextual analysis of signal data, including activity signal data retrieved from analysis of signals provided by a mobile computing device onboard a vehicle, and generate activity determinations therefrom. Exemplary graphical user interface (GUI) notifications can be automatically generated pertaining to activity determinations of a vehicle (vehicle activity determinations), where the GUI notifications can be automatically provided to one or more users. For instance, a GUI notification is automatically provided to an emergency contact of a driver in real-time (or near real-time) when it is detected that a vehicle has stopped (e.g., on a specific road such as a highway). Additional examples of the present disclosure pertain to an improved GUI for a driving safety application/service.

Abstract: In some implementations, a remediation engine may receive an indication of the cloud-based application. The remediation engine may generate the data structure for the cloud-based application. The remediation engine may receive an indication of a corresponding user. The remediation engine may update the data structure to associate the corresponding user with the cloud-based application. The remediation engine may receive an indication of a corresponding category. The remediation engine may update the data structure to associate the corresponding category with the cloud-based application. The remediation engine may receive an indication of a first label and an indication of a first module of the cloud-based application. The remediation engine may update the data structure to associate the first label with the first module of the cloud-based application. The remediation engine may provide the data structure for processing alerts associated with the cloud-based application.

Abstract: Aspects and techniques of the present disclosure relate to a fiber optic connector assembly including a fiber optic connector with a front end and a back end. A ferrule positioned at the front end. The ferrule has a distal end face with a central region and recessed regions on opposite sides of the central region. The assembly includes a dust cap mounted on the ferrule. The dust cap has an open end and an opposite closed end. The fiber optic connector assembly also includes a tape member that covers the central region of the ferrule. The tape member can be secured to the dust cap such that when the dust cap is removed, the tape member simultaneously comes off with the dust cap.

Abstract: Various examples are disclosed for predictive allocation of computing resources based on the predicted location of a user. A computing environment can generate a predictive usage model that predicts a location of a user and allocate computing resources, such as VDI sessions or VMs, to a host device that optimizes latency to the predicted location.

Abstract: A system includes a primary playback system and a secondary playback system. The primary playback system plays back selected content. The secondary playback system plays back supplemental media associated with the content played back on the primary playback system. A media playback function (such as associated with the secondary playback system) monitors playback of the content on the primary playback system. For example, a first processing thread of the media playback function initially synchronizes playback of supplemental media on the secondary playback system with respect to playback of the content on the primary playback system. Based on further monitoring of playing back the content on the secondary playback system, a second processing thread of the media playback function verifies synchronization (and, when needed, initiates re-synchronization) of playback of the supplemental media on the secondary playback system with respect to playback of the content on the primary playback system.

Abstract: A vehicle head unit comprising a memory configured to store an operating system, and one or more processors may be configured to perform various aspects of the techniques. The one or more processors may obtain an indication of one or more vehicle networks, and execute the operating system that presents a single application programming interface that provides function calls by which to configure the one or more vehicle networks within the operating system. The one or more processors may also configure, via the single application programming interface, one or more network interfaces for the one or more vehicle networks in the operating system by which one or more applications, executing in an application space presented by the operating system, interface with the one or more vehicle networks.

Abstract: An automated computer-controlled sampling system and related methods for collecting, processing, and analyzing agricultural samples for various chemical properties such as plant available nutrients. The sampling system allows multiple samples to be processed and analyzed for different analytes or chemical properties in a simultaneous concurrent or semi-concurrent manner. Advantageously, the system can process soil samples in the “as collected” condition without drying or grinding. The system generally includes a sample preparation sub-system which receives soil samples collected by a probe collection sub-system and produces a slurry (i.e. mixture of soil, vegetation, and/or manure and water), and a chemical analysis sub-system which processes the prepared slurry samples for quantifying multiple analytes and/or chemical properties of the sample. The sample preparation and chemical analysis sub-systems can be used to analyze soil, vegetation, and/or manure samples.