Abstract: To form a layer separating two volumes of aqueous solution, there is used an apparatus comprising elements defining a chamber, the elements including a body of non-conductive material having formed therein at least one recess opening into the chamber, the recess containing an electrode. A pre-treatment coating of a hydrophobic fluid is applied to the body across the recess. Aqueous solution, having amphiphilic molecules added thereto, is flowed across the body to cover the recess so that aqueous solution is introduced into the recess from the chamber and a layer of the amphiphilic molecules forms across the recess separating a volume of aqueous solution introduced into the recess from the remaining volume of aqueous solution.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining whether dissimilar device identifiers in a network actually represent the same physical device. A method, according to one implementation, includes obtaining first and second sets of operational parameters related to first and second set of devices operating in a section of a network. The first and second sets of operational parameters include first and second sets of device identifiers representing the first and second sets of devices, respectively. The method also includes comparing the first set of device identifiers with the second set of device identifiers to find non-matching device identifiers. With respect to the non-matching device identifiers, the first and second sets of operational parameters are analyzed to determine if a device identifier of the first set of device identifiers and a device identifier of the second set of device identifiers likely represent the same device.

Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure enable improved network security by authenticating the identity of the user initiating the network activities. A network operations center of a wireless communication network system may implement an authentication service to monitor for network activities initiated via communications through a router of the wireless communication network system. The router may identify communications to be authenticated and provide the communication and/or associated data to the authentication service. The authentication service may analyze the data based on usage and performance data associated with the router(s) as well as user profile data associated with the user to verify that the user is the sender of the communication, thus authenticating the identity of the user. The authentication may then be communicated to third-party entities associated with the network activity to enable such third-party entities to confirm or deny the network activity.

Abstract: A time associated with last selection of a content item at a user device may be determined. A time associated with a last user interaction with the user device may be determined. During presentation of the content item at the user device, it may be determined that a supplemental content insertion opportunity is available. A request for a supplemental content item may be sent to a server, wherein the request comprises data indicating the time associated with the last selection of the content item at the user device and data indicating the time associated with the last user interaction with the user device.

Abstract: A wheel cutter tractor for inserting a cable into a trench is disclosed. The tractor comprises a wheel cutter for cutting a trench, and tracks for moving the tractor relative to the trench. A cable support tray supports the cable in a first position displaced from the wheel cutter in a direction transverse to a direction of travel of the tractor, and in a second position above the wheel cutter. A cable grab and lifting device transfers the cable into the cable support tray.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for determining viewership of a content item are described herein. Machine learning techniques may be used to determine which user(s) among a user group at a multi-user location is consuming a content item. A machine learning model may be trained using demographic attributes and content attributes associated with a plurality of single-user locations. A probability engine may train a machine learning model using the demographic attributes and content attributes and one or more machine learning algorithms. The trained machine learning model may be used to determine which user(s) among at least two users is consuming a content item at a multi-user location at which multiple people reside.

Abstract: Methods and systems for content optimization are described. A computing device may determine a predictability score that indicates a probability that a device will access a first content item. The computing device may send a second content item associated with the first content item. The second content item may be based on the predictability score, and the predictability score may be modified. Additional content consumption and/or recommendations may be adjusted based on the predictability score.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods that provide a computerized device management framework that adaptively determines and applies security and configuration parameters to a device on a first network, and enables the adaptive application of such parameters as the device disconnects and connects to other networks. The disclosed framework enables the automatic detection of different networks being relied upon by the device for access to the Internet, upon which, management control policies of the device's activities can be controlled and managed in a unified manner. Accordingly, the disclosed framework can enable security and configuration mechanisms applied on a first network, upon which they are associated, to be seamlessly applied on another disparate network via a virtual private network connection enabled via proprietary mechanisms implemented on the device.

Abstract: To form a layer separating two volumes of aqueous solution, there is used an apparatus comprising elements defining a chamber, the elements including a body of non-conductive material having formed therein at least one recess opening into the chamber, the recess containing an electrode. A pre-treatment coating of a hydrophobic fluid is applied to the body across the recess. Aqueous solution, having amphiphilic molecules added thereto, is flowed across the body to cover the recess so that aqueous solution is introduced into the recess from the chamber and a layer of the amphiphilic molecules forms across the recess separating a volume of aqueous solution introduced into the recess from the remaining volume of aqueous solution.

Abstract: A time associated with last selection of a content item at a user device may be determined. A time associated with a last user interaction with the user device may be determined. During presentation of the content item at the user device, it may be determined that a supplemental content insertion opportunity is available. A request for a supplemental content item may be sent to a server, wherein the request comprises data indicating the time associated with the last selection of the content item at the user device and data indicating the time associated with the last user interaction with the user device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for smart network steering of wireless devices determining cellular throughput, over a cellular link, available to a given subscriber; determining wired broadband speed to the given subscriber where the wired broadband speed is to a gateway providing a Wi-Fi network; analyzing the cellular throughput and the wired broadband speed; and based on the analyzing, causing one or more wireless devices associated with the subscriber to prefer one of the cellular link and the Wi-Fi network.

Abstract: A vehicle for deploying a cable into a trench in the sea bed is disclosed. The vehicle comprises a body adapted to move relative to the trench in the sea bed, and a bellmouth for engaging the cable and mounted to the body, wherein the bellmouth is adapted to define an open channel in a direction facing the trench for engaging the cable.

Abstract: A plough for inserting a cable into a trench in the seabed is disclosed. The plough comprises a plough share for forming a trench in the seabed and a drawbar for enabling attachment of tensile members to the plough. The drawbar is moveable relative to the plough share between a first position, in which the plough is adapted to be towed by a towing cable to move the plough share relative to the seabed to form a trench, and a second position, in which the plough is adapted to be supported by the towing cable to enable the plough apparatus to be deployed to the seabed. A cable path receives the cable and an attachment part of the drawbar is moveable relative to the plough share between the second position and a third position, to enable the cable to be received in the cable path from above the plough.

Abstract: Systems and methods for creating and implementing a Wi-Fi sharing community or global Wi-Fi network are provided. According to one implementation, a method includes a step of providing, for an owner of each of a plurality of independent Wi-Fi networks, an opportunity to enroll as a member of a Wi-Fi sharing community. For enrollment, each member agrees to designate a portion of bandwidth of the member's Wi-Fi network for use by other members as a hotspot. Also, the method includes a step of issuing a digital certificate to each member to allow the member to utilize any Wi-Fi network in the Wi-Fi sharing community.

Abstract: A method, implemented in a router in a Communication Service Provider (CSP) network, includes connecting to a device via at least two connections where a first connection includes a first Wide Area Network (WAN) interface and a second connection includes a second WAN interface; receiving an encapsulated packet from one of the at least two connections where the encapsulated packet is destined for an Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address on the Internet; and creating an IPv4 packet from the encapsulated packet by de-encapsulating the encapsulated packet and including an IPv4 public address in an IPv4 packet, wherein the IPv4 public address is associated with the router.

Abstract: Systems and methods for home security include monitoring people and Wi-Fi client devices that connect and operate on a Wi-Fi network; and, responsive to an event, providing information related to people currently at a home associated with the Wi-Fi network. The method can include, prior to the monitoring, associating a person to one or more of the Wi-Fi client devices. The present disclosure leverages the ubiquitous deployment of Wi-Fi networks to provide various functions related to home security, elder care, safety, wellness, monitoring, and the like via a Wi-Fi network, and particularly by monitoring who is home, including even what room, location, etc. users are located.

Abstract: To form a layer separating two volumes of aqueous solution, there is used an apparatus comprising elements defining a chamber, the elements including a body of non-conductive material having formed therein at least one recess opening into the chamber, the recess containing an electrode. A pre-treatment coating of a hydrophobic fluid is applied to the body across the recess. Aqueous solution, having amphiphilic molecules added thereto, is flowed across the body to cover the recess so that aqueous solution is introduced into the recess from the chamber and a layer of the amphiphilic molecules forms across the recess separating a volume of aqueous solution introduced into the recess from the remaining volume of aqueous solution.

Abstract: Systems and methods include obtaining measurements from a Wi-Fi network that includes i) a plurality of access points interconnected to one another and at least one connected to a gateway, and ii) a plurality of Wi-Fi client devices that each connect to an access point of the plurality of access points; learning usage patterns in the Wi-Fi network through analysis with one or more machine learning algorithms; and providing a configuration to the Wi-Fi network based on the learned usage pattern where the configuration includes a topology of the plurality of access points.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for using multiple Wi-Fi radios at different frequency bands to maintain full rate through a leaf node. One exemplary method detects when a client device connects to a first Wi-Fi component over a new fronthaul link and determines Wi-Fi communication capabilities of the client device. Based on the Wi-Fi communication capabilities, the method determines which one of the current topology and a new topology of the Wi-Fi network would result in greater throughput of packets through the Wi-Fi network. When it is determined that the new topology would result in greater throughput, the method includes adjusting the topology by designating one of a first radio and a second radio of the first Wi-Fi component for communication over a backhaul link with one or more other Wi-Fi components and designating the other of the first radio and second radio for communication over the new fronthaul link.

Abstract: Systems and methods for selecting Wi-Fi channels are provided. A method, according to one implementation, includes obtaining a first measurement of a sojourn time associated with operating a Wi-Fi radio at a first Wi-Fi channel, where the first Wi-Fi channel has a first bandwidth. The sojourn time is a metric related to the length of time that packets are queued before being transmitted within a Wi-Fi network. The method also includes the step of obtaining one or more additional measurements of one or more sojourn times associated with operating the Wi-Fi radio at one or more additional Wi-Fi channels. Each of the one or more additional Wi-Fi channels has a bandwidth that is different from the first bandwidth. Also, the method includes selecting a channel from among the first Wi-Fi channel and the one or more additional Wi-Fi channels based on the bandwidth and sojourn time of each respective channel.