Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery pack including a housing, wherein the housing has a bottom portion and side walls extending upward around a periphery of the bottom portion; an upper portion opening is formed at top ends of the side walls extending upward; an upper cover is mounted on the upper portion opening of the housing; and the battery pack comprises: multiple flat battery cells; and a first end plate and a second end plate, wherein when the multiple battery cells are sequentially arranged and mounted into the housing from the upper portion opening, the first end plate and the second end plate are located at two end sides of the sequentially arranged multiple battery cells to laterally fix the sequentially arranged multiple battery cells. The two end plates may absorb deformation of the battery cell while expanding.

Abstract: In some examples, a system may include a first computing device communicatively coupled to a second computing device. Additionally, the first computing device is configured to obtain, from the second computing device, check-in data indicating an arrival of the user of the second computing device at a first location, and in response to obtaining the check-in data, determine current wait times. Moreover, the first computing device is configured to determine a first number of customers waiting for service, determine a first number of associates available to assist the first number of customers, and determine an expected wait time for the user operating the second computing device based at least on the current wait times. In some examples, the first number of customers waiting for service, and the first number of associates available. Further, the first computing device is configured to transmit the expected wait time to the second computing device.

Abstract: A movement detection device includes a signal transmission device configured to transmit a radar signal transmission toward a target area and to receive reflected radar signals, and a signal analysis device configured to analyze the reflected radar signals to detect a movement in the target area that is indicative of micro-shivering. In response to detecting the micro-shivering, the movement detection device generates an alarm.

Abstract: A method of system monitoring in multi-tier application environments. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a script is periodically initiated. System monitoring information is collected in accordance with the script. The system monitoring information is sent to a log file.

Abstract: A method of block box testing in multi-tier application environments. A multi-tier application is divided into a plurality of tier-specific modules. Each of the plurality of tier-specific modules is tested as a black box. Output from testing a tier-specific module can be stored in a computer usable media. Output from a first tier-specific module of the plurality of tier-specific modules can be used as input to a subsequent tier-specific module. Absent actual output, simulated input can used to test tier-specific modules.

Abstract: System and method for implementing a policy in a network, the network having a device-agnostic policy implementation; a plurality of network devices, at least two of the devices being dissimilar; and a plurality of device translators, each device translator corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of network devices, at least two of the device translators being dissimilar, each of the plurality of device translators translating the device-agnostic policy implementation into corresponding device-specific implementations.

Abstract: A method for displaying a communication network in a graphical user interface (GUI) display is disclosed. The method includes displaying at least a portion of the communication network in the GUI display, including a plurality of network element icons representing a plurality of network elements and logical connections among the plurality of network element icons. The method further includes ascertaining a first set of properties associated with a first network element of the plurality of network elements, the first set of properties representing properties associated with the first network element in the communication network.

Abstract: An article of manufacture comprising a program storage medium having computer readable code embodied therein is disclosed. The computer readable code is configured to implement a graphical user interface (GUI) template. The GUI template is configured to create one of a plurality of graphical user interfaces (GUIs). The programmable storage medium includes computer readable code for rendering a plurality of GUI components. There is further included computer readable code for implementing a plurality of functions, each of the plurality of functions being associated with one of the plurality of GUI components. One of the plurality of functions is invoked when a respective one of the plurality of GUI components is activated by a user via the one of the plurality of GUIs. There is additionally included computer readable code for implementing a calling mechanism, the calling mechanism permitting a user to specify a subset of the plurality of GUI components to be rendered in the one of the plurality of GUIs.