Abstract: A method for automatically anchoring aerial drones to cellular base stations includes controlling a transceiver of an aerial drone to scan for radio frequency signals emitted from a plurality of cells of a radio access network, obtaining a set of data, wherein the set of data includes, for each cell of the plurality of cells: an identifier of the each cell, an amplitude of the radio frequency signals emitted by the each cell as measured by the transceiver, and a physical location of the each cell, selecting a first cell of the plurality of cells based on the amplitude of the radio frequency signals emitted by the first cell, controlling a directional antenna of the aerial drone to aim at the physical location of the first cell, and controlling the transceiver to establish a connection with a base station serving the first cell.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, accessing device usage data that can be generated when end user devices connect with the network; and analyzing the device usage data according to identification information of the deployable cell site, which enables determining or estimating a location of the deployable cell site. In one embodiment, this analysis can be based on device usage reports and network performance data. A performance report and/or location map can be generated for an area associated with the deployable cell site. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining first data identifying a plurality of nodes in a wireless communications network, wherein each of the plurality of nodes includes respective radio equipment of a first manufacturer; obtaining second data identifying a new node in the wireless communications network, wherein the new node includes radio equipment of a second (different) manufacturer; correlating the new node with a first node of the plurality of nodes; obtaining first traffic data that characterizes first traffic carried by the first node; obtaining second traffic data that characterizes second traffic carried by the new node; analyzing the first and second traffic data to generate status information; and presenting the status information in visual form, in audio form, as data, as a graph, as a chart, as a table, in a graphical user interface (GUI), or any combination thereof. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for conditionally updating a target database using reference data received from a reference database. In some cases, an update management system is configured to periodically retrieve reference timestamps from the reference database and determine whether corresponding fields in the target database should be updated based on those reference timestamps. The determination of whether to update the target database may be based on automated checks of error indicators and update indicators maintained in a log database that is local to the update management system. An error indicator may represent whether a data record is associated with any error conditions that would prevent updating the target database based on that data record. An update indicator may represent whether the reference timestamp associated with a data record has already been used to successfully update the target database.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, accessing device usage data that can be generated when end user devices connect with the network; and analyzing the device usage data according to identification information of the deployable cell site, which enables determining or estimating a location of the deployable cell site. In one embodiment, this analysis can be based on device usage reports and network performance data. A performance report and/or location map can be generated for an area associated with the deployable cell site. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining building information indicative of physical characteristics of a building; obtaining first network status information indicative of first wireless network capabilities provided by first equipment inside the building; obtaining second network status information indicative of second wireless network capabilities provided by second equipment outside the building; obtaining user demand information indicative of user demand for wireless communication services within the building; providing the building information, the first network status information, the second network status information, and the user demand information to a machine learning (ML) mechanism in order to facilitate generation by the ML mechanism of an output; responsive to the providing, receiving from the ML mechanism the output; and presenting the output in visual form, in audio form, as data, as a graph, as a chart, as a table, or any combination thereof.

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for conditionally updating a target database using reference data received from a reference database. In some cases, an update management system is configured to periodically retrieve reference timestamps from the reference database and determine whether corresponding fields in the target database should be updated based on those reference timestamps. The determination of whether to update the target database may be based on automated checks of error indicators and update indicators maintained in a log database that is local to the update management system. An error indicator may represent whether a data record is associated with any error conditions that would prevent updating the target database based on that data record. An update indicator may represent whether the reference timestamp associated with a data record has already been used to successfully update the target database.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including collecting performance data associated with a communication network operating at a venue, providing the performance data for the communication network to a performance map graphical user interface, where the performance map graphical interface presents a plurality of discrete polygons and a plurality of graphical keys, and where the plurality of graphical keys are superimposed onto the plurality of polygons associated with a plurality of zones associated with the venue, detecting a first performance attribute associated with a first zone of the plurality of zones associated with the venue exceeding a threshold according to a first graphical key of the plurality of graphical keys that is superimposed onto a first discrete polygon of the plurality of discrete polygons, and triggering a notification according to the detecting the first performance exceeding the threshold. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A method according to the present disclosure may include receiving information associated with a user; generating, via a computing device, a limited account for the user, the limited account having at least one restriction, according to the received information; causing a code associated with the limited account to be applied to a physical token; providing, to a mobile device that scans the code, limited access to the limited account; receiving, from the mobile device, an instruction to transfer an asset to or from the limited account; and causing the asset to be transferred according to the instruction.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including collecting performance data associated with a communication network operating at a venue, providing the performance data for the communication network to a performance map graphical user interface, where the performance map graphical interface presents a plurality of discrete polygons and a plurality of graphical keys, and where the plurality of graphical keys are superimposed onto the plurality of polygons associated with a plurality of zones associated with the venue, detecting a first performance attribute associated with a first zone of the plurality of zones associated with the venue exceeding a threshold according to a first graphical key of the plurality of graphical keys that is superimposed onto a first discrete polygon of the plurality of discrete polygons, and triggering a notification according to the detecting the first performance exceeding the threshold. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: The invention provides in some aspects a transport system comprising a guideway with a plurality of propulsion coils disposed along a region in which one or more vehicles are to be propelled. One or more vehicles are disposed on the guideway, each including a magnetic flux source. The guideway has one or more running surfaces that support the vehicles and along which they roll or slide. Each vehicle can have a septum portion of narrowed cross-section that is coupled to one or more body portions of the vehicle. The guideway includes a diverge region that has a flipper and an extension of the running surface at a vertex of the diverge. The flipper initiates switching of vehicle direction at a diverge by exerting a laterally directed force thereon. The extension continues switching of vehicle direction at the diverge by contacting the septum. Still other aspects of the invention provide a transport system, e.g.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, accessing device usage data that can be generated when end user devices connect with the network; and analyzing the device usage data according to identification information of the deployable cell site, which enables determining or estimating a location of the deployable cell site. In one embodiment, this analysis can be based on device usage reports and network performance data. A performance report and/or location map can be generated for an area associated with the deployable cell site. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including collecting performance data associated with a communication network operating at a venue, providing the performance data for the communication network to a performance map graphical user interface, where the performance map graphical interface presents a plurality of discrete polygons and a plurality of graphical keys, and where the plurality of graphical keys are superimposed onto the plurality of polygons associated with a plurality of zones associated with the venue, detecting a first performance attribute associated with a first zone of the plurality of zones associated with the venue exceeding a threshold according to a first graphical key of the plurality of graphical keys that is superimposed onto a first discrete polygon of the plurality of discrete polygons, and triggering a notification according to the detecting the first performance exceeding the threshold. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including generating a plurality of discrete polygons from a digital image of a location, modifying a boundary of a first discrete polygon of the plurality of discrete polygons based on a user input at a venue map graphical user interface, assigning, at the venue map graphical user interface, a first zone of a plurality of zones associated with a first venue of a plurality of venues to a second discrete polygon of the plurality of discrete polygons, and presenting a performance map graphical user interface for the first venue of the plurality of venues including the second discrete polygon of the plurality of discrete polygons overlaid onto the digital image of the location. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: An electronic display comprises a support system comprising a plurality of support chassis, each support chassis comprising a plurality of chassis components each formed from one or more pieces of sheet metal, wherein the plurality of chassis components are welded together with a plurality of laser weld joints to form the support chassis having a front wall with a planar or substantially planar front mounting face, and a plurality of planar or substantially planar side walls, wherein the planar or substantially planar mounting faces of the plurality of support chassis are aligned to collectively form a front mounting surface, and a plurality of display modules mounted to the front mounting face, wherein each display module comprises an array of light-emitting element pixels, wherein the plurality of display modules collectively form a display surface.

Abstract: An initialization geo-locking system includes a chassis housing a location determination subsystem and an initialization management subsystem. During an initialization process that begins in response to receiving initialization power, the initialization management system determines that geo-locking is activated and, in response, causes power to be provided to the location determination subsystem and then subsequently identifies a first current location determined by the location determination subsystem. The initialization management subsystem then determines whether the first current location determined by the location determination subsystem corresponds to an authorized initialization location stored in the initialization management subsystem and, if so, halts the initialization process while, if not, allows the initialization process to complete.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including generating a plurality of discrete polygons from a digital image of a location, modifying a boundary of a first discrete polygon of the plurality of discrete polygons based on a user input at a venue map graphical user interface, assigning, at the venue map graphical user interface, a first zone of a plurality of zones associated with a first venue of a plurality of venues to a second discrete polygon of the plurality of discrete polygons, and presenting a performance map graphical user interface for the first venue of the plurality of venues including the second discrete polygon of the plurality of discrete polygons overlaid onto the digital image of the location. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: An initialization geo-locking system includes a chassis housing a location determination subsystem and an initialization management subsystem. During an initialization process that begins in response to receiving initialization power, the initialization management system determines that geo-locking is activated and, in response, causes power to be provided to the location determination subsystem and then subsequently identifies a first current location determined by the location determination subsystem. The initialization management subsystem then determines whether the first current location determined by the location determination subsystem corresponds to an authorized initialization location stored in the initialization management subsystem and, if so, halts the initialization process while, if not, allows the initialization process to complete.

Abstract: The invention provides in some aspects a transport system comprising a guideway with a plurality of propulsion coils disposed along a region in which one or more vehicles are to be propelled. One or more vehicles are disposed on the guideway, each including a magnetic flux source. The guideway has one or more running surfaces that support the vehicles and along which they roll or slide. Each vehicle can have a septum portion of narrowed cross-section that is coupled to one or more body portions of the vehicle. The guideway includes a diverge region that has a flipper and an extension of the running surface at a vertex of the diverge. The flipper initiates switching of vehicle direction at a diverge by exerting a laterally directed force thereon. The extension continues switching of vehicle direction at the diverge by contacting the septum. Still other aspects of the invention provide a transport system, e.g.

Abstract: The invention provides in some aspects a transport system comprising a guideway with a plurality of propulsion coils disposed along a region in which one or more vehicles are to be propelled. One or more vehicles are disposed on the guideway, each including a magnetic flux source. The guideway has one or more running surfaces that support the vehicles and along which they roll or slide. Each vehicle can have a septum portion of narrowed cross-section that is coupled to one or more body portions of the vehicle. The guideway includes a diverge region that has a flipper and an extension of the running surface at a vertex of the diverge. The flipper initiates switching of vehicle direction at a diverge by exerting a laterally directed force thereon. The extension continues switching of vehicle direction at the diverge by contacting the septum. Still other aspects of the invention provide a transport system, e.g.