Abstract: A water purifier includes a water purifier body including a housing and a filter provided in the housing to filter raw water introduced from outside of the water purifier body. A water discharge module including a water discharge nozzle is disposed on a front surface of the water purifier body to supply the water passing through the filter to the outside of the water purifier body. The water discharge module includes a case from which the water discharge nozzle extends at a lower end of the case. A protection cap is detachably coupled to the lower end of the case to cover at least a portion of the water discharge nozzle extending outside of the case.

Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments for determining where a license period for consuming content is expired. An exemplary embodiment involves receiving content for consumption on a client device, the content being associated with a license agreement defining a license period for consumption and determining whether the license period has expired based at least in part on a current time received from a server, the server being separate from the client device. The embodiment then involves terminating access to the content based on a determination that the license period has expired.

Abstract: A surface finish for a printed circuit board (PCB) and semiconductor wafer includes a nickel disposed over an aluminum or copper conductive metal surface. A barrier layer including all or fractions of a nitrogen-containing molecule is deposited on the surface of the nickel layer to make a barrier layer/electroless nickel (BLEN) surface finish. The barrier layer allows solder to be reflowed over the surface finish. Optionally, gold (e.g., immersion gold) may be coated over the barrier layer to create a nickel/barrier layer/gold (NBG) surface treatment. Presence of the barrier layer causes the surface treatment to be smoother than a conventional electroless nickel/immersion gold (ENIG) surface finish. Presence of the barrier layer causes a subsequently applied solder joint to be stronger and less subject to brittle failure than conventional ENIG.

Abstract: Virtual private access systems and methods implemented in a clientless manner on a user device include receiving a request to access resources from a Web browser on the user device at an exporter in a cloud system, wherein the resources are located in one of a public cloud and an enterprise network and the user device is remote therefrom on the Internet; performing a series of connections between the exporter and i) the Web browser and ii) centralized components including a crypto service, database, cookie store, and Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) Service Provider (SP) component to authenticate a user of the user device for the resources; and, subsequent to authentication, exchanging data between the Web browser and the resources through the exporter, wherein the exporter has a first secure tunnel to the Web browser and a second secure tunnel to the resources.

Abstract: A water-based bonding primer composition and a method of applying the same onto a metallic surface prior to adhesive bonding. The bonding primer composition is a water-based dispersion containing water, one or more epoxy resins, one or more curing agents, a silane compound, a low amount of propylene carbonate (PC), and optional additives. The bonding primer composition can form substantially smooth films by spraying, and at the same time, meet environmental regulations and provide high bonding performance.

Abstract: Example implementations relate to print fluid selection. For example, a system for print fluid detection may include a cloud-based printing platform coupled to a plurality of printing devices. A print fluid selection module may be implemented in the cloud-based printing platform. The print fluid selection module may determine a type of document to be printed by a printing device among the plurality of printing devices, and select a print fluid setting among a plurality of print fluid settings for printing the document, based on the determined document type. The printing fluid selection may be enabled only for printing devices that include authentic components, as verified by a printing supply verification module.

Abstract: A water-based bonding primer composition and a method of applying the same onto a metallic surface prior to adhesive bonding. The bonding primer composition is a water-based dispersion containing water, one or more epoxy resins, one or more curing agents, a silane compound, a low amount of propylene carbonate (PC), and optional additives. The bonding primer composition can form substantially smooth films by spraying, and at the same time, meet environmental regulations and provide high bonding performance.

Abstract: A water-based bonding primer composition and a method of applying the same onto a metallic surface prior to adhesive bonding. The bonding primer composition is a water-based dispersion containing water, one or more epoxy resins, one or more curing agents, a silane compound, a low amount of propylene carbonate (PC), and optional additives. The bonding primer composition can form substantially smooth films by spraying, and at the same time, meet environmental regulations and provide high bonding performance.

Abstract: A method includes detecting, by a mobile network interface card (MNIC) using a radio frequency (RF) signal, network devices of a network, generating, by the MNIC, a report identifying a network device of the network devices as detected by the MNIC, and sending, by the MNIC, the report to the network device. The method further includes forwarding, by the network device using the network, the report to a backend, identifying, by the backend, a physical location of the network device, and determining, by the backend, an approximate physical location of the MNIC based on the physical location of the network device.

Abstract: A water-based bonding primer composition and a method of applying the same onto a metallic surface prior to adhesive bonding. The bonding primer composition is a water-based dispersion containing water, one or more epoxy resins, one or more curing agents, a silane compound, a low amount of propylene carbonate (PC), and optional additives. The bonding primer composition can form substantially smooth films by spraying, and at the same time, meet environmental regulations and provide high bonding performance.

Abstract: A multicast router is coupled with a multicast enabled layer 2 device that is coupled with a source of multicast data traffic for multicast groups. Responsive to determining that the amount of bandwidth currently being attributed as being used by the subscriber exceeds its allowed bandwidth limit due to oversubscription of multicast groups, the multicast router switches from periodically transmitting multicast membership general query messages to the multicast hosts of the subscriber, to transmitting one or more multicast membership group-specific query messages to one or more multicast hosts of the subscriber for a subset of the subscribed multicast groups to impede the subscribed multicast groups that are not part of the subset from being refreshed to cause the multicast data traffic for those multicast groups from being transmitted on the access network to the multicast hosts of the subscriber.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for locating objects. The system includes a set of passive tags such that each tag is being exclusively associated with each object. The system further employs an identification module and a mobile device. Configuration of the identification module allows communication between the module and the passive tags. Further, the mobile device selectively and/or continuously processes the communication between the identification module and the passive tags.

Abstract: A system and method according to which travel data is received, a projected times forecast is generated using the travel data, a probable times forecast is generated using the projected times forecast, and a postable times forecast is generated using the probable times forecast. In an exemplary embodiment, the travel data is airline flight data.

Abstract: A method for replicating a control packet in a forwarding plane of a network element, the control packet being destined for a plurality of subscriber end stations. The forwarding plane receives the control packet from a control plane and detects a replication indicator associated with the control packet. The forwarding plane determines the plurality of subscriber end stations as each of the plurality of subscriber end stations is associated with the control packet. The forwarding plane then replicates the control packet for each of the plurality of subscriber end stations and distributes the replicated control packets to the plurality of subscriber end stations.

Abstract: A computerized device can implement a content player to access a content stream using a network interface, the content stream comprising encrypted content and an embedded license comprising a content key encrypted according to a global key accessible by the content player. The content player determines whether a token meeting an authorization condition is present and uses the global key to decrypt the content key only if such a token is present. The authorization condition may be evaluated at least in part based on data included in the content stream. The authorization condition can include presence of a token having a content ID matching a corresponding ID in the license; presence of a token with a correct device ID; presence of a token signed according to a digital signature identified in the licenses; and/or presence of a token that is unexpired, with expiration evaluated based on a time-to-live indicator in the token.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for locating objects. The system includes a set of passive tags such that each tag is being exclusively associated with each object. The system further employs an identification module and a mobile device. Configuration of the identification module allows communication between the module and the passive tags. Further, the mobile device selectively and/or continuously processes the communication between the identification module and the passive tags.

Abstract: A system and method for managing multiple transportation operations according to which one or more vehicles such as, for example, airplanes, arrive at, and depart from, one or more specific locations such as, for example, airports.

Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments for determining where a license period for consuming content is expired. An exemplary embodiment involves receiving content for consumption on a client device, the content being associated with a license agreement defining a license period for consumption and determining whether the license period has expired based at least in part on a current time received from a server, the server being separate from the client device. The embodiment then involves terminating access to the content based on a determination that the license period has expired.

Abstract: A system for managing transportation transactions is described. In an exemplary embodiment, one or more diverted transportation transactions, such as, for example, one or more diverted airline flights, are managed.

Abstract: A method for replicating a control packet in a forwarding plane of a network element, the control packet being destined for a plurality of subscriber end stations. The forwarding plane receives the control packet from a control plane and detects a replication indicator associated with the control packet. The forwarding plane determines the plurality of subscriber end stations as each of the plurality of subscriber end stations is associated with the control packet. The forwarding plane then replicates the control packet for each of the plurality of subscriber end stations and distributes the replicated control packets to the plurality of subscriber end stations.