Abstract: Aspects of a storage device are provided which allow for partitioning of memory based on partition commands received from a host device. The storage device includes a memory configured to store data, and a controller configured to partition the memory into multiple partitions based on a partition command received from the host device. The controller is further configured to switch from a first partition to a second partition in response to a partition switching command received from the host device, and the controller may execute a command received from the host device on data associated with the second partition. When the controller receives the command from the host device associated with data including a logical address, the controller may update the logical address based on the second partition and execute the command based on the updated logical address.

Abstract: Systems and methods of security monitoring using a learning process are provided. Intelligent security systems may perform a learning process to observe the paths of travel by occupants, as detected by various sensors distributed throughout a monitored location over a period of time. After the security system is initially installed, the system may learn the various paths taken by occupants of the house by keeping track of the sequence in which the sensors are activated due to normal human activity. Based on this data, a fully connected graph of sensors with all valid interconnections between sensors is available to the security system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to process for preparing a thermoplastic polyolefin composition comprising a) providing a reactive polyolefin composition comprising a polyolefin resin and a rheology modifier, which is free of peroxide initiator; b) heating the reactive polyolefin composition to a temperature of 180° C. to 300° C.; and c) subjecting the reactive polyolefin composition to a specific energy of equal to or more than 0.15 kWh/kg to obtain the thermoplastic polyolefin composition, the thermoplastic polyolefin composition obtainable by said process, an article comprising said thermoplastic polyolefin composition and the use of a rheology modifier, which is free of peroxide initiator, in said reactive polyolefin composition for increasing the viscosity at a constant shear stress of 747 Pa of the thermoplastic polyolefin composition, eta747 (Comp), by reacting the polyolefin resin and the rheology modifier at a temperature in the range of from 180° C. to 300° C.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of calibrating time interleaved analog to digital converter comprising: sampling a common input signal, said sampling is performed by an array of sub analog to digital converters, each generating individual digital analog equivalent outputs with sampling time errors, said digital outputs are fed to sampling time error estimation circuitry to calculate a digital output proportional to sampling time error between two consecutive channels, without any restriction on input signal or ADC channel design, said timing skew estimator circuitry composed of generating a delayed output of one of the two consecutive ADC channels, channel first and channel second and subtracting the said delayed output with digital output of the said second channel and producing the first subtracted output and output of said second channel subtracted with said first channel output delayed by sampling delay between the two consecutive channels and producing the second subtracted delayed output, absol

Abstract: A multilevel analog to digital converter (ADC) is composed of noise shaping filter and multi-level quantizer, where said quantizer is made from an array of comparators, each coupled with one reference level, the said quantizer is coupled with a thermometric digital to analog converters (DAC) in the feedback path, the said DAC output is compared with ADC input and error is fed to noise shaping filter, said reference levels of each quantizer is generated from a digital to analog converter coupled with a digital quantizer reference controller and said digital quantizer reference controller is randomly changing the reference levels in a way that quantizer coupled DAC elements are indirectly randomised to improve the overall linearity and noise performance of the converter.

Abstract: In some examples, a computing device may receive a request for a video segment captured by a particular camera, where the request specifies a date, a start time, and a length of the video segment. The computing device may identify stored data associated with the video segment in a storage device based on the date, the start time, the length, and an identifier associated with the particular camera and retrieve the stored data from the storage device. The computing device may determine that the stored data includes a subset of the video frames that were sent from the particular camera and excludes a remainder of the video frames and regenerate the remainder of the video frames based on the stored data to create regenerated data. The computing device may reconstruct the reconstructed video segment by merging the stored data with the regenerated data and provide the reconstructed video segment.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments relate to techniques for improving startup times of a cloud-based virtual servers in response to a spike in service usage (although other applications are contemplated and described). According to some embodiments, in response to a request to provision a new virtual server in a cluster, high-priority services (e.g., those that enable the server to respond to system health checks or that support an application providing the service) are started while lower-priority services are delayed. In some embodiments, prior to receiving such a request, a new server may be started and then hibernated to create a “hot spare.” When the request is received, the hot spare may be taken out of hibernation to quickly bring the hot spare online. It is contemplated that the delayed-startup and hot spare embodiments may be used together to further improve performance.

Abstract: A method includes parsing and compiling a software code that includes a constraint bitwise operation with a first operand associated with a first constraint range and a second operand associated with a second constraint range. A first and a second plurality of ranges that spans the first and second constraint range are generated. In some embodiments, each constrained range is converted into a binary format having an upper bit portion and a lower bit portion. The upper bit portion for the each range remains unchanged. A resultant range associated with the constraint bitwise operation is determined based on performing the constraint bitwise operation on the first and the second plurality of ranges.

Abstract: A manager for managing generation of backups for clients includes persistent storage and a backup manager. The persistent storage stored protection policies associated with the clients and native backup functionality information associated with the clients. The backup manager programmed obtains a portion of the native backup functionality information from a client of the clients; obtains at least one protection policy of the protection policies that is associated with the client; makes a determination that the at least one protection policy and the portion of the native backup functionality information are unique; in response to the determination: generates modifier data based on: the portion of the native backup functionality information and the at least one protection policy; and generates a backup for the client using a modifier associated with the modifier data.

Abstract: A backup storage for managing backups of clients includes persistent storage and a backup analyzer. The persistent storage includes the backups, protection policies, and an early deletion schedule. The backup analyzer obtains a request to analyze a protection policy of the protection policies; in response to obtaining the request: obtains backup data information associated with the protection policy; makes a determination, based on the backup data information and the protection policy, that a portion of the backups associated with the protection policies overprotect a client of the clients associated with the protection policy; and modifies the early deletion schedule based on the determination to obtain a modified early deletion schedule.

Abstract: A backup manager for managing backup services includes persistent storage and a backup analyzer. The persistent storage includes a backup data repository and protection policies. The backup analyzer identifies a new backup stored in backup storage; performs a backup compatibility analysis on the new backup to determine inter-backup compatibility of the identified new backup; updates the backup data repository based on the inter-backup compatibility to obtain an updated backup data repository; and modifies a backup schedule using the updated backup data repository to meet a requirement of a protection policy of the protection policies.

Abstract: An example apparatus includes means for generating an application blueprint during a design phase, the application blueprint to bind a service template to a node of an application to be deployed in a cloud environment, the service template to be mapped to a plurality of services that are selectable during a runtime phase; and means for generating a deployment profile during the runtime phase, the deployment profile generating means to: select a first service and a second service from the plurality of services mapped to the service template when the application is to be deployed in the cloud environment, the first service different from the second service; generate a first deployment profile to deploy a first instance of the application based on the first service; and generate a second deployment profile to deploy a second instance of the application based on the second service.

Abstract: A manager for providing services to clients includes persistent storage and an orchestration manager. The persistent storage includes protection policies. The orchestration manager obtains a backup from a client of the clients based on a protection policy of the protection policies; makes a determination that an application catalog associated with the client is not stored in backup storages; in response to making the determination: obtains the application catalog from the client; stores the application catalog in the backup storages; and stores the obtained backup in the backup storages.

Abstract: Technologies for path selection in wireless mesh network of wireless network devices are described. One method includes receiving a first response from a second mesh network device and a second response wirelessly from the second mesh network device, the first response associated with a first request to establish a first wireless path with a third mesh network device and the second response associated with a second request to establish a second wireless path with a fourth mesh network device. The method determines that the first response and the second response include a same sequential number (SN) for the second mesh network device. The method forwards the first response to the third mesh network device and forwards the second response to the fourth mesh network device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for peer-to-peer secure document exchange are disclosed. The system may allow a document provider to securely transmit a certified document to a document verifier using decentralized storage. The verifier system may generate a session key pair and transmit the session public key to a trusted API provider. The trusted API provider may generate a session nonce. The verifier system may transmit the session nonce to the provider system. The provider system may use the session nonce to retrieve the session public key. The provider system may encrypt a certified document using the session public key and store the encrypted certified document in the decentralized storage. The verifier system may retrieve the encrypted certified document by polling the trusted API provider based on the session nonce. The verifier system may decrypt the encrypted certified document using the session private key.

Abstract: Network hardware devices organized in a wireless mesh network (WMN). A first mesh network device performs a three-stage discovery protocol; in a first stage, a discovery scan uses a first radio to find a set of neighbor devices in proximity; in a second stage, a discovery locate probe process is performed on a secondary discovery channel that is from a same frequency band group as a first DFS channel; in a third stage, a CAC is performed via the first DFS channel and, after the CAC, a neighbor peering request is sent and a neighbor peering response is received from a second mesh network device via a second radio. The neighbor peering response confirms establishment of a first communication channel between the second radio of the first mesh network device and a radio of the second mesh network device over the first DFS channel.

Abstract: Technologies for preventing insider attacks in a wireless network are described. A processor of a first device receives a disconnect frame with i) a source address that identifies a wireless access point (WAP) device in a wireless network and ii) a destination address that the disconnect frame is addressed to all devices in the wireless network. The processor sends a frame to the WAP device after expiration of a configurable delay and receives an acknowledgment frame from the WAP device. The processor determines that the disconnect frame is a non-authorized disconnect frame received from a second device and is not to be processed. The processor can increment a first counter value to a second counter value, the second counter value indicating how many times a non-authorized disconnect frame is received at the first device. The processor sends a management frame with the second counter value to the WAP device.

Abstract: A method of extruding filament comprises the steps of cutting a bulk source material into pieces having size S1, performing a first extrusion pass comprising the steps of melting the pieces in an extruding device at a temperature T1 and extruding a first filament at an extrusion speed V1, and performing at least one additional extrusion pass k comprising the steps of cutting the first filament into pieces having size Sk, melting the pieces in an extruding device at temperature Tk, and extruding a final filament at an extrusion speed Vk. A system for extruding filament is also described.

Abstract: A method performed by user equipment (UE) for selecting a camera among multi-camera includes receiving a user instruction indicative of capturing of a scene and detecting Time of Flight (TOF) sensor information relating to scene. The TOF sensor information pertains to details relating to depth of each pixel in an image and an IR image of the scene. The method includes determining depth information of the scene based on the TOF sensor information and is indicative of a ROI in the scene, information about at least one object in the scene, and a type of the scene. The method includes determining scene information based on the depth information including identification information of the at least one object in the scene and distance information to the UE from each object from among the at least one object. The method includes selecting a camera, from among a plurality of cameras based on the scene information.