Abstract: An optical fiber connector of a networking module faceplate assembly includes a shuttle body, a connection assembly, and a retention clip. The shuttle body including a fiber slot extending across the shuttle body and adapted for an optical fiber to extend therethrough. The connection assembly is adapted to connect the optical fiber of the networking module to an external optical fiber connector. The connection assembly includes a ferrule flange fiber termination, a split sleeve, and a ferrule. The ferrule flange fiber termination positioned within the shuttle body and adapted to splice to an end of the optical fiber. A length of the optical fiber connector can be less than half a length of the external optical fiber connector.

Abstract: An optical fiber connector of a networking module faceplate assembly includes a shuttle body, a connection assembly, and a retention clip. The shuttle body including a fiber slot extending across the shuttle body and adapted for an optical fiber to extend therethrough. The connection assembly is adapted to connect the optical fiber of the networking module to an external optical fiber connector. The connection assembly includes a ferrule flange fiber termination, a split sleeve, and a ferrule. The ferrule flange fiber termination positioned within the shuttle body and adapted to splice to an end of the optical fiber. A length of the optical fiber connector can be less than half a length of the external optical fiber connector.

Abstract: An authentication server may not support all types of user credentials. For example, an on-premise authentication server may support credentials based on user secrets (i.e. username and password) and certificate-based credentials, but not hardware-key based credentials. A client device may use an un-supported type of credential to access resources managed by the on-premise authentication server by authenticating with a web-based authentication server. The web-based authentication server may support any type of credential, and the supported types of credentials may change over time. The web-based authentication server returns an authenticated user token indicating the user has been authenticated, but without authorizing access to any resources. The client device uses the on-premise authentication server to exchange the authenticated user token for an authorized user token. The client device then uses the authorized user token to access resources on the on-premise network.

Abstract: A universal sub slot module includes a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) including circuitry for power, a data plane, and a control plane; a faceplate connected to one end of the PCB and connectors connected to another end of the PCB, wherein the connectors are configured to connect to corresponding connectors in a host module; and a form factor containing the PCB and configured to interface a sub slot in the host module configured to operate in a chassis-based or rack mounted unit network element. The host module can include a plurality of sub slots, each being a port having one of the universal sub slot module and a filler module. The data plane can be configured to implement one of Optical Transport Network (OTN), Beyond 100G, Flexible Optical (FlexO), Ethernet, and Flexible Ethernet (FlexE).

Abstract: This application is directed to presenting a unified user interface on a network-connected television device. The unified user interface displays media content recommendations selected and organized based on knowledge of a user (e.g., search queries, search results, watch history, purchase history, physical activities). The unified user interface also includes a focus area for displaying a series of media content items (e.g., an advertisement) sequentially according to a temporal order for the purposes of promoting a media content item, product, event or service. In some implementations, playback of a media content item presented on the unified user interface relies on a collaborative implementation of a corresponding media player application and a media content casting application, particularly when the play involves a restricted mode. The content casting application is enabled to play the media content item at the restrict mode when the media player application does not operate in the restricted mode.

Abstract: A universal sub slot module is configured to be inserted in a slot in a hardware module that is configured to be inserted in one of a chassis and rack mounted unit. The universal sub slot module includes a printed circuit board; an optics component on the printed circuit board; a data plane and a control plane on the printed circuit board and communicatively coupled to the optics components; and connectors on the printed circuit board and communicatively coupled to the data plane and the control plane, wherein the connectors are configured to connect to corresponding connectors in the one or more hardware modules.

Abstract: An authentication server may not support all types of user credentials. For example, an on-premise authentication server may support credentials based on user secrets (i.e. username and password) and certificate-based credentials, but not hardware-key based credentials. A client device may use an un-supported type of credential to access resources managed by the on-premise authentication server by authenticating with a web-based authentication server. The web-based authentication server may support any type of credential, and the supported types of credentials may change over time. The web-based authentication server returns an authenticated user token indicating the user has been authenticated, but without authorizing access to any resources. The client device uses the on-premise authentication server to exchange the authenticated user token for an authorized user token. The client device then uses the authorized user token to access resources on the on-premise network.

Abstract: A module for use in a hardware platform for networking, computing, and/or storage includes a printed circuit board assembly having a primary side and a secondary side, wherein the primary side includes more physical space, in a vertical direction extending out from the printed circuit board assembly, than the secondary side; electrical and/or optical components disposed on the primary side of the printed circuit board assembly; and a secondary side heatsink located on and extending from the secondary side, wherein the secondary side heatsink is disposed to one of i) an electrical and/or optical component disposed on the secondary side, and ii) an optical component disposed on the primary side, for thermal management.

Abstract: A module for use in a hardware platform for networking, computing, and/or storage includes a printed circuit board assembly having a primary side and a secondary side, wherein the primary side includes more physical space, in a vertical direction extending out from the printed circuit board assembly, than the secondary side; electrical and/or optical components disposed on the primary side of the printed circuit board assembly; and a secondary side heatsink located on and extending from the secondary side, wherein the secondary side heatsink is disposed to one of i) an electrical and/or optical component disposed on the secondary side, and ii) an optical component disposed on the primary side, for thermal management.

Abstract: A thermal control system for pluggable optics in an optical platform. The thermal control system includes a heatsink and an actuator. The heatsink is configured to dissipate heat from a pluggable optical module in the optical platform. The heatsink includes a mating surface configured to make thermal contact with a module surface of the pluggable optical module inserted into the optical platform. The actuator is configured to manipulate the mating surface to change a contact area between the mating surface and the module surface such that the contact area between the mating surface and the module surface is larger for a temperature above a predetermined temperature than for a temperature below a predetermined temperature.

Abstract: A universal sub slot module is configured to be inserted in a slot in a hardware module that is configured to be inserted in one of a chassis and rack mounted unit. The universal sub slot module includes a printed circuit board; an optics component on the printed circuit board; a data plane and a control plane on the printed circuit board and communicatively coupled to the optics components; and connectors on the printed circuit board and communicatively coupled to the data plane and the control plane, wherein the connectors are configured to connect to corresponding connectors in the one or more hardware modules.

Abstract: A heatsink for pluggable optical devices that incorporates features to limit the travel and deformation of the mating/mated spring clip that holds the heatsink to the cage of a pluggable optical device. The heatsink bearing surface takes the shape and contour of the leaf spring portion of the spring clip, thereby contacting and supporting it well before it plastically yields and permanently deforms. The shape of this feature, which may be coupled to or integrally formed with the heatsink bearing surface, can match exactly the shape of the spring clip or approximate the shape using a curved, variable, or other easier to manufacture profile, as long as the associated protrusions extend up into the corners of the leaf spring portion of the spring clip. This feature effectively acts as a hard stop and prevents the spring clip from being compromised due to improper handling or installation.

Abstract: A heatsink for pluggable optical devices that incorporates features to limit the travel and deformation of the mating/mated spring clip that holds the heatsink to the cage of a pluggable optical device. The heatsink bearing surface takes the shape and contour of the leaf spring portion of the spring clip, thereby contacting and supporting it well before it plastically yields and permanently deforms. The shape of this feature, which may be coupled to or integrally formed with the heatsink bearing surface, can match exactly the shape of the spring clip or approximate the shape using a curved, variable, or other easier to manufacture profile, as long as the associated protrusions extend up into the corners of the leaf spring portion of the spring clip. This feature effectively acts as a hard stop and prevents the spring clip from being compromised due to improper handling or installation.

Abstract: A module includes a physical form factor with one or more openings in a faceplate for receiving a corresponding sub-slot module; module high-speed connectors configured to mate with high-speed connectors in the corresponding sub-slot module; and one or more micro latches for each of the one or more openings to engage a compliant faceplate insert on the corresponding sub-slot module, wherein a single micro latch is utilized to engage a single sub-slot module to provide built-in physical compliancy with a biasing force sufficient to engage the high-speed connectors with the module high-speed connectors. Each of the one or more micro latches includes a latching pin which engages an integrated channel in the compliant faceplate insert on the corresponding sub-slot module and which engages an end of the integrated channel to apply a force to a spring on the compliant faceplate insert.

Abstract: A module includes a physical form factor with one or more openings in a faceplate for receiving a corresponding sub-slot module; module high-speed connectors configured to mate with high-speed connectors in the corresponding sub-slot module; and one or more micro latches for each of the one or more openings to engage a compliant faceplate insert on the corresponding sub-slot module, wherein a single micro latch is utilized to engage a single sub-slot module to provide built-in physical compliancy with a biasing force sufficient to engage the high-speed connectors with the module high-speed connectors. Each of the one or more micro latches includes a latching pin which engages an integrated channel in the compliant faceplate insert on the corresponding sub-slot module and which engages an end of the integrated channel to apply a force to a spring on the compliant faceplate insert.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for binding and/or cleaving a single stranded target nucleic acid. Subject compositions include a Cas9 polypeptide, a guide nucleic acid, and a PAMmer. A subject PAMmer is a single stranded oligonucleotide having a proto spacer adjacent motif (PAM) sequence and at least one of: a specificity segment positioned 5? of the PAM sequence, and an orientation segment positioned 3? of the PAM sequence. In some embodiments, the Cas9 polypeptide is a variant Cas9 polypeptide having reduced nuclease activity relative to a corresponding wild type Cas9 polypeptide. In some cases, methods of binding are for visualizing single stranded target nucleic acids using a detectable label. In some cases, methods of binding are for isolating, collecting, and/or analyzing at least one of: (i) bound single stranded target nucleic acids; and (ii) polypeptides associated with bound single stranded target nucleic acids.

Abstract: A fiber tray with an adjustable fiber boot exit angle includes one or more trays each including a base layer and a retention mechanism for one or more optical fibers at various positions about the base layer, wherein the one or more trays provide management of the one or more optical fibers in a fiber optic assembly; a fiber boot at an exit point of a tray of the one or more trays, wherein the fiber boot provides an exit for the one or more optical fibers from the fiber tray; and an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust an exit angle of the one or more optical fibers by changing position of the fiber boot, wherein the exit angle is set based on a type of the fiber optic assembly.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for binding and/or cleaving a single stranded target nucleic acid. Subject compositions include a Cas9 polypeptide, a guide nucleic acid, and a PAMmer. A subject PAMmer is a single stranded oligonucleotide having a protospacer adjacent motif (PAM) sequence and at least one of: a specifity segment positioned 5? of the PAM sequence, and an orientation segment positioned 3? of the PAM sequence. In some embodiments, the Cas9 polypeptide is a variant Cas9 polypeptide having reduced nuclease activity relative to a corresponding wild type Cas9 polypeptide. In some cases, methods of binding are for visualizing single stranded target nucleic acids using a detectable label. In some cases, methods of binding are for isolating, collecting, and/or analyzing at least one of: (i) bound single stranded target nucleic acids; and (ii) polypeptides associated with bound single stranded target nucleic acids.

Abstract: A fiber tray with an adjustable fiber boot exit angle includes one or more trays each including a base layer and a retention mechanism for one or more optical fibers at various positions about the base layer, wherein the one or more trays provide management of the one or more optical fibers in a fiber optic assembly; a fiber boot at an exit point of a tray of the one or more trays, wherein the fiber boot provides an exit for the one or more optical fibers from the fiber tray; and an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust an exit angle of the one or more optical fibers by changing position of the fiber boot, wherein the exit angle is set based on a type of the fiber optic assembly.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for binding and/or cleaving a single stranded target nucleic acid. Subject compositions include a Cas9 polypeptide, a guide nucleic acid, and a PAMmer. A subject PAMmer is a single stranded oligonucleotide having a proto spacer adjacent motif (PAM) sequence and at least one of: a specifity segment positioned 5? of the PAM sequence, and an orientation segment positioned 3? of the PAM sequence. In some embodiments, the Cas9 polypeptide is a variant Cas9 polypeptide having reduced nuclease activity relative to a corresponding wild type Cas9 polypeptide. In some cases, methods of binding are for visualizing single stranded target nucleic acids using a detectable label. In some cases, methods of binding are for isolating, collecting, and/or analyzing at least one of: (i) bound single stranded target nucleic acids; and (ii) polypeptides associated with bound single stranded target nucleic acids.