Abstract: Methods and devices for planing ice are described that include at least receiving, at a planing apparatus, an elongate ice ingot, feeding the elongate ice ingot at a configurable rate through an opening in a cutterhead assembly of the planing apparatus, and planing, by the cutterhead assembly, a plurality of surfaces of the elongate ice ingot at a predefined depth as the elongate ice ingot is fed linearly through the opening of the cutterhead assembly. The planing may result in a planed ice ingot.

Abstract: A planned maintenance system communicates with a set of user platforms that includes an onboard display device of a machine. The planned maintenance system changes a maintenance schedule for the machine based on input data received from any of the user platforms, or usage data associated with the machine. The planned maintenance system provides output data reflecting changes to the maintenance schedule to the user platforms, including the onboard display device. Accordingly, the set of user platforms, including the onboard display device of the machine, can be synchronized with consistent information about the maintenance schedule for the machine.

Abstract: Internal dienes (including supported versions) and their Periodic Groups IX, X and Pt Group Metal Complexes as catalysts for hydrosilylation/coupling reactions. A process for the hydrosilylation of an unsaturated compound comprising reacting (a) a silyl or siloxy hydride with (b) an unsaturated compound in the presence of (c) one or more platinum complex containing said internal dienic ligand or (d) a platinum compound and one or more said internal dienic ligand additive. For Ru, Os, Co, Rh, Ir, Ni, or Pd, catalyzed processes such as C—C/C—N or C—O coupling comprising reacting (a) an aromatic halide/vinyl halide/an aromatic triflate with (b) a primary/secondary amine/amide, an alcohol/aryl boronic acid/aryl boronate/vinyl halide or an activated olefin in the presence of (c) a Group IX or X or Pt Group metal complex containing said dienic ligand(s) or (d) a suitable compound of these metals and of one or more said internal dienic ligand additive.

Abstract: A method for simulating a product in a computing environment includes analyzing data related to at least constructional representation, determining a requirement of prefabricating at least one custom construction artefact for a construction project based on the analysis of the data, determining at least one of: an intent or at least one objective associated with the at least one custom construction artefact, and enabling simulation of the at least custom construction artefact based on the determination of the intent or the at least one objective to render a digital representation of the product in a graphical user interface.

Abstract: A method performed by a network node of a serving public land mobile network, PLMN, associated with a user equipment, UE, comprising: obtaining a secret identifier that uniquely identifies the UE, wherein the secret identifier is a secret that is shared between the UE and at least a home PLMN of the UE and that is shared by the home PLMN with the network node; and performing an operation related to the UE using the secret identifier. Other methods, computer programs, computer program products, network nodes and a serving PLMN are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for integrating multiple access technologies in a radio-based network. In one embodiment, first data is received from a first wireless device connected to a radio-based network via a first access technology. Second data is received from a second wireless device connected to the radio-based network via a second access technology. The first access technology and the second access technology use a different physical layer and a different media access control layer but use a network layer that is in common. The first data and the second data are processed at the network layer in the radio-based network using a common processing element.

Abstract: Some implementations include methods for replacing advertisements that have been inserted into a manifest associated with live streaming and may include receiving a request for a manifest from a player to enable a user to watch a live stream of an event. The request may be received at a first time when the live stream is already in progress. The manifest may be generated to include content fragments associated with the live event and advertisements based on first set of selection criteria. The manifest may be sent to the player to enable the user to watch the live stream. A seek back request may be received from the player to enable the user to watch the live stream at a second time earlier than the first time. The manifest may be updated to replace at least one advertisement with a replacement advertisement selected based on second set of selection criteria.

Abstract: A method includes defining a plurality of data storage policies, each of the plurality of data storage policies providing rules for storing data among a plurality of data storage locations, each of the plurality of data storage locations having a data storage cost and a data retrieval cost associated therewith; determining a baseline policy distribution among the plurality of data storage policies for an entity; receiving new data items corresponding to the entity; storing the new data items in the plurality of data storage locations using the plurality of data storage policies based on the baseline policy distribution; and determining, using the artificial intelligence engine, a selected one of the plurality of data storage policies to use in storing the new data items corresponding to the entity based on the data storage cost for each of the plurality of data storage locations, and the data retrieval cost for each of the plurality of storage locations.

Abstract: Systems and methods for data transmission within the ultra-wideband ranging protocol include a first UWB device which determines a transmission block comprising a plurality of rounds each representing a period of time. The first UWB device performs a first wireless communication to perform ranging between the first UWB device and a second UWB device, within a first round of the plurality of rounds. The first UWB device may perform a second wireless communication to communicate data between the first UWB device and the second UWB device, which may be within the first round or a second round.

Abstract: According to one example embodiment, a computer implemented method performed by a funds transfer computing system, includes registering a beneficiary to a rating system. Registering the beneficiary comprises receiving identifying information including at least one of a receiving account, a financial institution associated with the receiving account, a beneficiary location, a beneficiary name, and an authentication factor. An identity of the beneficiary is validated in response to the received identifying information. A trust score for the beneficiary is generated. The trust score is indicative of the beneficiary's likelihood of being approved to receive funds in an international funds transfer between the beneficiary and a payor.

Abstract: An apparatus to facilitate at-scale telemetry using interactive matrix for deterministic microservices performance is disclosed. The apparatus includes one or more processors to: receive user input comprising an objective or task corresponding to scheduling a microservice for a service, wherein the objective or task may include QoS, SLO, ML feedback; identify interaction matrix components in an interaction matrix that match the objective or tasks for the microservice; identify knowledgebase components in knowledgebase that match the objective or tasks for the microservice; and determine a scheduling operation for the microservice, the scheduling operation to deploy the microservice in a configuration that is in accordance with the objective or task, wherein the configuration comprises a set of hardware devices and microservice interaction points determined based on the interaction matrix components and the knowledgebase components.

Abstract: At least one data of a set of data stored at a memory cell of a memory component is determined to be associated with an unsuccessful error correction operation. A determination is made as to whether a programming operation associated with the set of data stored at the memory cell has completed. The at least one data of the set of data stored at the memory cell that is associated with the unsuccessful error correction operation is recovered in response to determining that the programming operation has completed. Another memory cell of the memory component is identified in response to recovering the at least one data of the set of data stored at the memory cell that is associated with the unsuccessful error correction operation. The set of data including the recovered at least one data is provided to the other memory cell of the memory component.

Abstract: This application discloses a computing system implementing a design verification tool to perform functional verification on a circuit design describing an electronic device and collect samples of performance data during the functional verification. The computing system can also include a performance visualization tool to generate a profile presentation based on the samples of performance data. The profile presentation, when displayed, can annunciate portions of the circuit design corresponding to at least one performance hotspot. The performance visualization tool can receive a data reduction request based on the performance hotspot annunciated by the profile presentation. The data reduction request can identify a subset of the performance data in the profile presentation. The performance visualization tool can generate a refined profile presentation based, at least in part, on the samples of performance data and the subset of the performance data identified in the data reduction request.

Abstract: A method and system for continuously supplying power to an image capture device during an image capture session are disclosed. The image capture device includes an integrated internal battery located internal to the image capture device and a removable battery connected to the image capture device. Power is provided to the image capture device from the removable battery. When the removable battery is disconnected from the image capture device, power is provided to the image capture device from the integrated internal battery. When a new removable battery is connected to the image capture device, power is provided to the image capture device from the new removable battery. Power is continuously supplied to the image capture device from the integrated internal battery while the removable battery is disconnected and replaced with the new removable battery.

Abstract: A pulse width modulator circuit with circuitry for providing a first and second pulse width modulation signal with dead time periods between the first and second pulse width modulation signals, an input for receiving a signal representative of a current in a load adapted to be driven in response to the first and second pulse width modulation signals, and circuitry coupled to the input for adjusting the dead time periods in response to the signal representative of a current.

Abstract: Presented herein are certificate-based techniques through which a Radio Interface Unit may be securely onboarded to a service provider network. In one example, a method is provided that includes obtaining, by a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server, an address assignment request for the, wherein the address assignment request comprises a vendor device certificate, a signed nonce, a non-encrypted serial number for the RIU, a signed serial number for the RIU, and a vendor identifier; validating the vendor device certificate, the signed nonce, and the signed serial number for the RIU based on a vendor root certification authority certificate; validating the non-encrypted serial number for the RIU; and generating an address assignment response based on validating the non-encrypted serial number for the RIU, the vendor device certificate, the signed nonce, and the signed serial number for the RIU.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for encoding and decoding a packet buffer for data exchange over a communications network, including parsing a data container definition file to determine a packet format; generating a code file based on the data container definition file; inserting the code file into a source tree of an application; compiling the source tree to generate an executable file; and executing the executable on a computing device in communication with the communications network, wherein the executable file encodes and decodes the packet buffer for data exchange over the communications network.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for an object file system for an object store. Data, maintained by a computing device, is stored into slots of an object. The data within the slots of the object is represented as a data structure comprising a plurality of nodes comprising cloud block numbers used to identify the object and particular slots of the object. A mapping metafile is maintained to map block numbers used to store the data by the computing device to cloud block numbers of nodes representing portion of the data stored within slots of the object. The object is stored into the object store, and the mapping metafile and the data structure are used to provide access through the object file system to portions of data within the object.