Abstract: A method and apparatus for improved idle handoff a mobile station in a wireless communication system. While idling in a particular sector of the system, the mobile station will select a target sector based on a determination that the target sector has the same number of channels as the current sector, such as the same number of paging channels and perhaps the same number of frequency channels as the current sector. The mobile station will then engage in an idle handoff from the current sector to the selected target sector. By striving to hand off to a sector that has the same number of channels, particularly the same number of paging channels, the mobile station may avoid having to hash onto a channel in the target sector and may thereby minimize the likelihood of missing a page message sent while the mobile station was busy hashing onto the channel.

Abstract: Jobs submitted to a primary location of a service within a period of time before and/or after a fail-over event are determined and are resubmitted to a secondary location of the service. For example, jobs that are submitted fifteen minutes before the fail-over event and jobs that are submitted to the primary network before the fail-over to the second location is completed are resubmitted at the secondary location. After the fail-over event occurs, the jobs are updated with the secondary network that is taking the place of the primary location of the service. A mapping of job input parameters (e.g. identifiers and/or secrets) from the primary location to the secondary location are used by the jobs when they are resubmitted to the secondary location. Each job determines what changes are to be made to the job request based on the job being resubmitted.

Abstract: Apparatus, systems, processes, control systems, means and methods for near-weld gas purging and welding. A focused circumferential near-weld purge gas delivery system for pipeline welding. A near-weld purge rig which has a near-weld purge gas channel and which achieves a low oxygen concentration proximate to a pipe gap for welding. The gas used for purging is also directed against an interior surface of the pipe to be welded. The directed gas cools the pipe to a desired temperature.

Abstract: Various torque-limiting screwdrivers, systems, and methods are disclosed. The screwdriver can include a body supporting a motor configured to rotate a screw engaged with the screwdriver. The screwdriver can include a controller configured to implement torque-limiting functionality, such as by monitoring the amount of torque applied to the screw and reducing or stopping rotation of the screw when certain torque-limiting criteria are met. Some embodiments include a threshold point, after which the torque-limiting functionality can be engaged. Some embodiments include a slowdown point, after which the rotational speed of the screw is reduced.

Abstract: Homes, enterprise establishments, and other facilities often have routing devices that route traffic to locally connected client devices. A routing device may be connected to an external network (e.g., the internet) through a bridging device, such as an outdoor unit that receives network connectivity through a cellular backhaul connection. If the bridging device's backhaul connection temporarily fails (e.g., due to radio link failure), a public IP address associated with the bridging device and the routing device may change upon recovery of the backhaul connection. If the routing device is not aware of the changed public IP address, subsequent communications between the routing device and the external network may fail. Disclosed are systems and methods for recovering from connectivity failure when using bridging devices to provide network connectivity.

Abstract: Systems and methods for continuous measurement of an analyte in a host are provided. The system generally includes a continuous analyte sensor configured to continuously measure a concentration of analyte in a host and a sensor electronics module physically connected to the continuous analyte sensor during sensor use, wherein the sensor electronics module is further configured to directly wirelessly communicate sensor information to one or more display devices. Establishment of communication between devices can involve using a unique identifier associated with the sensor electronics module to authenticate communication. Times tracked at the sensor electronics module and the display module can be at different resolutions, and the different resolutions can be translated to facilitate communication. In addition, the frequency of establishing communication channels between the sensor electronics module and the display devices can vary depending upon whether reference calibration information is being updated.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a structured document of a network application, processing the structured document to generate a model representation of the structured document, tracking one or more interactions occurring during the processing of the structured document, the one or more interactions including one or more outgoing requests transmitted by the one or more computing systems or incoming responses received by the one or more computing systems, and generating a behavior model of the web application based on one or more of the interactions.

Abstract: Hierarchical preset and rule base configuration of a system-on-chip (SOC) includes receiving a user input selecting a first circuit block of the SOC for enablement and determining, using a processor, a first top level preset according to the user input for the first circuit block. Selected intermediate presets are determined from a plurality of hierarchically ordered presets for the first circuit block. Low level presets are automatically determined for the first circuit block according to the selected intermediate presets for the first circuit block. The low level presets are output, e.g., by loading them into the SOC.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for associating passenger docking locations with destinations using vehicle transportation network partitioning are disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel moisture permeation barrier system for substrates and devices and method of making the same. The permeation barrier system includes two barrier layers. The first barrier layer is disposed over the substrate or an electronic device. The second barrier layer is then disposed over the first barrier layer. This system has relatively low permeability to moisture and is flexible. It may cover particles and provide moisture protection with a relatively small width edge seal.

Abstract: A device may store and transmit data collected from sensors within a vehicle. The device may include at least one communication interface; a memory configured to store instructions; and a processor, coupled to the at least one communication interface and the memory. The processor may be configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory. The instructions may cause the processor to receive an initiation signal from an on-board interface associated with a vehicle, establish communications with the on-board interface and at least one vehicle sensor in response to the initiation signal, receive a first data stream from the at least one vehicle sensor, generate a second data stream from the least one internal sensor, combine the first data stream and the second data stream into a combined stream, store the combined stream in the memory, and wirelessly transmit the combined stream to a remote storage and retrieval system.

Abstract: A physiological monitoring device may comprise a sensor chamber defined by a flexible membrane on a first side and one or more walls and an exterior chamber surrounding the sensor chamber on all sides except for the first side. The sensor chamber may be airtight except for a pressure vent. The exterior chamber may comprise one or more exterior vents and may be arranged to allow for pressure escaping through the pressure vent to equilibrate the sensor chamber when the one or more exterior vents are blocked.

Abstract: Improvements to user interfaces for ophthalmic imaging systems, in particular Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) systems are described to improve how diagnostic data are displayed, analyzed and presented to the user. The improvements include user customization of display and reports, protocol driven work flow, bookmarking of particular B-scans, accessing information from a reference library, customized normative databases, and ordering of follow-up scans directly from a review screen. A further aspect is the ability to optimize the contrast and quality of displayed B-scans using a single control parameter. Virtual real time z-tracking is described that maintains displayed data in the same depth location regardless of motion.

Abstract: A method and systems for allocating wireless communication resources between access link and relay link. An example method involves determining a remaining battery level of one or more user equipment devices (UEs) that are served by a relay base station. The method also involves establishing an allocation of wireless communication resources between a relay backhaul link and a relay access link based at least on the determined remaining battery level of the one or more UEs. And the method then involves, responsive to the establishing of the allocation of the wireless communication resources, configuring the relay backhaul link and the relay access link based on the established allocation of the wireless communication resources.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques pertaining to the creation of a social document through a collaboration. A server executing a social document management application may create a document comprised of content. The social document management application may also create an adhoc workflow process associated with the document in which the workflow process includes steps to create the content of the document. Collaborators may be assigned to work on the steps of the workflow process. In addition, tasks associated with the steps of the workflow process may be assigned to the collaborators and tracked. The tasks may be assigned by selecting content directly within the document and assigning a task pertaining to the selected content. The steps of the workflow process may then be approved.

Abstract: A base station may provide wireless service on an air interface that defines different mutually exclusive groups of random access channel (RACH) instances for different uses. In one example, the air interface may define a first group of RACH instances having groupings of preambles for designating a value of a characteristic, and define a second group of RACH instances that does not have groupings of preambles. As another example, the air interface may define a first group of RACH instances that has groupings of preambles for designating a value of a first characteristic, and define a second group of RACH instances that has groupings of preambles for designating a value of a second characteristic. The base station may then differentially handle random access requests based on whether the base station receives a preamble in a RACH instance of the first group or rather the second group.

Abstract: Described herein are electronic devices that includes a display stack having a cover component atop a lightguide component and a display component below the lightguide component. In some instances, the cover component including an antiglare etching applied to a top surface of a coverglass and a touch pattern applied to a bottom surface of the coverglass. In some cases, an optically clear adhesive layer formed from two types of optically clear adhesive may be located between the cover component and the lightguide component and a ring adhesive may be applied to around an outer edge of the cover component, the optically clear adhesive and the lightguide component.

Abstract: An orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) wireless access node to facilitate contention resolution between wireless communication devices is configured to receive connection requests on a random access channel transmitted from first and second wireless communication devices, transmit a resource allocation message comprising a same resource block to both the first and second wireless communication devices, and receive competing connection request messages transmitted from the first and second wireless communication devices on the same resource block. A contention resolution message is generated and transferred to the first and second wireless communication devices, wherein the first wireless communication device determines that a contention resolution identifier received in the contention resolution message is associated with the first wireless communication device and responsively decodes connection setup information.

Abstract: Described is an optical fiber system for delivering ultrashort pulses with minimal distortions due to nonlinearity. The system is based on delivering the optical pulses in a higher order mode (HOM) of a few-moded fiber. The fiber is designed so that the dispersion for the HOM is very large. This results in a dispersion length LD for the delivery fiber that is exceptionally small, preferably less than the non-linear length LNL. Under these conditions the system may be designed so the optical pulses experience minimum non-linear impairment, and short pulse/high peak power levels are reproduced at the output of the delivery fiber.

Abstract: Honeycomb body interdigitating mixers have parallel cells extending along a common direction, the mixer comprising a first fluid path extending within a honeycomb body perpendicular to the common direction, at least a high aspect ratio portion of the first fluid path having an aspect ratio of height in the common direction to width perpendicular to the common direction and to the first path direction of at least 3:1, and a second fluid path extending perpendicular to the common direction, the second fluid also having a high aspect ratio portion having an aspect ratio of at least 3:1, wherein the first fluid path is fluidically connected to the second fluid path within their respective high aspect ratio portions via a group of apertures, the group extending in the common direction, the group of apertures taken together having a ratio of height to width of at least 3:1.