Abstract: An example system includes a vehicle having a first network zone and a second network zone of a different type than the first network zone; a gatekeeper interface circuit interposed between the first network zone and a transceiver selectively couplable to an external device, and further interposed between the second network zone and the transceiver; a policy manager circuit structured to interpret a policy comprising an external data access description; and a configuration circuit structured to configure the gatekeeper interface circuit in response to the external data access description; wherein the gatekeeper interface circuit is structured to regulate communications between end points of the first network zone and the transceiver, and to regulate communications between end points of the second network zone and the transceiver.

Abstract: One or more implementations of the present specification provide an invoice access method and apparatus based on a blockchain, and an electronic device. The method includes: generating first ciphertext data by encrypting plaintext data of the target invoice based on a first key corresponding to an invoice issuer; generating second ciphertext data by encrypting the plaintext data of the target invoice based on a second key corresponding to an invoice receiver; adding the first ciphertext data and an user identifier of the invoice issuer to the blockchain as related to one another; and adding the second ciphertext data and an user identifier of the invoice receiver to the blockchain as related to one another.

Abstract: An example method includes interpreting a policy comprising a network usage permission description; configuring a gatekeeper interface circuit in response to the network usage permission description; and regulating communications, using the gatekeeper interface circuit, between: end points of at least one network zone of a mobile system; and at least one of an external communications portal or an external device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing charged particle flooding in a charged particle beam apparatus are disclosed. According to certain embodiments, a charged particle beam system includes a charged particle source and a controller which controls the charged particle beam system to emit a charged particle beam in a first mode where the beam is defocused and a second mode where the beam is focused on a surface of a sample.

Abstract: A system including a vehicle having a network comprising a plurality of end points and a controller, where the controller includes an automation definition circuit, an automation management circuit, and an automation execution circuit. The automation definition circuit is structured to interpret a task description. The automation management circuit is structured to provide a task action plan in response to the task description. The automation execution circuit is structured to provide a task execution command in response to the task action plan, where an end point of the plurality of end points is responsive to the task execution command to implement a task for the vehicle.

Abstract: An example system includes a first network zone of a mobile system comprising a first interconnected plurality of end points; a second network zone of the mobile system comprising a second interconnected plurality of end points; a converged network device (CND) interposed between the first network zone and the second network zone, wherein the CND is configured to regulate communications between end points of the first network zone and the second network zone; a first mobile system controller on the first network zone; a second mobile system controller on the second network zone; and a network redundancy circuit structured to selectively provide a regulation control command; wherein the CND is further configured to adjust the regulating the communications between end points of the first network zone and end points of the second network zone in response to the regulation control command.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to providing a system and method for monitoring devices relative to a user defined geographic area using an enablement platform for building web sites and web applications using data storage, management and publication capabilities of hosted web services. The system and method for monitoring M2M devices relative to a user defined geographic area (geofence) are built on existing AerCloud concepts by allowing user to define location attributes and by using the user defined location attributes to configure and evaluate geofence parameters and issue alerts if the devices are performing outside the geofence parameters.

Abstract: An apparatus including a policy acquisition circuit, a parameter acquisition circuit, and a parameter storage circuit. The policy acquisition circuit interprets a vehicle policy data value having at least one requested vehicle property. The parameter acquisition circuit interprets vehicle parameter values from providing end points each on at least one network zone of a vehicle. The parameter storage circuit selectively stores a portion of the vehicle parameter values. A first portion of the stored portion of the vehicle parameter values is stored on a storage end point distinct from an associated one of the providing end points for the at least a first portion of the stored vehicle parameter values. The parameter storage circuit also determines a reserved memory amount by determining an amount of data to be collected to support the at least a portion of the vehicle parameter values.

Abstract: Provided are a method for processing model parameters, and an apparatus. The method comprises: a model parameter set to be sharded is obtained, wherein the model parameter set comprises a multi-dimensional array corresponding to a feature embedding; attribute information for a storage system used for storing the model parameter set to be sharded is obtained, wherein the storage system used for storing the model parameter set to be sharded differs from a system on which a model corresponding to the model parameter set to be sharded is located when operating; the model parameter set to be sharded is stored in the storage system according to the attribute information.

Abstract: A network connection method and device for a training participant of a joint training model are provided, the training participant operates in a master-worker mode. The method includes: acquiring communication state information of a worker, the communication state information indicating a communication connection phase that the worker is in; acquiring communication state information of a target worker as target communication state information, where the target worker includes a peer node corresponding to the worker, and the peer node belongs to a different training participant of the joint training model; and resetting, in response to determining that the target communication state information does not match the communication state information of the worker, a communication connection phase that the worker is in.

Abstract: A system including a vehicle having a network comprising a plurality of end points and a controller, where the controller includes an automation definition circuit, an automation management circuit, and an automation execution circuit. The automation definition circuit is structured to interpret an automation trigger description and an automation action description. The automation management circuit is structured to provide a trigger detection plan and an automated action plan in response to the automation trigger description and the automation action description. The automation execution circuit is structured to determine a trigger event value in response to the trigger detection plan, and to provide an automation command in response to the trigger event value and the automated action plan, where an end point of the plurality of end points is responsive to the automation command to implement an automated vehicle response.

Abstract: A vehicle that includes a vehicle communication system including a policy manager circuit configured to interpret a data collection policy including a trigger condition, a vehicle data identifier configured to identify vehicle data to be captured in response to a trigger event occurrence, and a trigger evaluation data identifier configured to identify trigger evaluation data to be captured in response to the trigger condition; and an end point configured to provide a raw vehicle data stream including a trigger evaluation data stream and an identified vehicle data stream in response to the data collection policy.

Abstract: An apparatus that includes a parameter acquisition circuit, a property translation circuit, a parameter conditioning circuit, and a vehicle property provisioning circuit. The parameter acquisition circuit interprets a vehicle parameter value. The property translation circuit interprets a property request value, the property request value defining, at least in part, a requested vehicle property. The parameter conditioning circuit generates, in response to the property request value, vehicle property data from the vehicle parameter value, and the vehicle property data corresponds to the requested vehicle property. The vehicle property provisioning circuit transmits the vehicle property data to an external device in response to the property request value.

Abstract: An apparatus that includes a converged network device (CND), a parameter acquisition circuit, a property translation circuit, a parameter conditioning circuit, and a vehicle property provisioning circuit. The CND regulates communications between a first network zone having a first network endpoint and a second network zone having a second network endpoint. A plurality of vehicle parameter values is generated by the first and the second network endpoints. The parameter acquisition circuit interprets the plurality of vehicle parameter values. The property translation circuit interprets a property request value that comprises at least a portion of a requested vehicle property. The parameter conditioning circuit generates, in response to the property request value, vehicle property data from the plurality of vehicle parameter values, the vehicle property data corresponding to the requested vehicle property. The vehicle property provisioning circuit transmits the vehicle property data to an external device.

Abstract: An apparatus that includes a parameter acquisition circuit, a property translation circuit, and a parameter conditioning circuit. The parameter acquisition circuit interprets a vehicle parameter value. The property translation circuit interprets a property request value, the property request value defining, at least in part, a requested vehicle property. The parameter conditioning circuit generates, in response to the property request value, modified vehicle parameter data from the vehicle parameter value, the modified vehicle parameter data corresponding to the requested vehicle property.

Abstract: An apparatus that includes a parameter acquisition circuit, a parameter conditioning circuit, and a parameter storage circuit. The parameter acquisition circuit interprets a plurality of vehicle parameter values. The parameter conditioning circuit conditions the plurality of vehicle parameter values for storage in one or more cache devices. The parameter storage circuit stores the conditioned plurality of vehicle parameter values in the one or more cache devices.

Abstract: An apparatus that includes a policy acquisition circuit, a policy processing circuit, a parameter acquisition circuit, and a parameter provisioning circuit. The policy acquisition circuit interprets a data collection policy comprising at least one requested vehicle property. The policy processing circuit determines a property request value in response to the at least one requested vehicle property. The parameter acquisition circuit interprets at least one vehicle parameter value in response to the property request value. The parameter provisioning circuit selectively transmits the at least one vehicle parameter value in response to the data collection policy.

Abstract: An apparatus that includes a policy acquisition circuit, a parameter acquisition circuit, and a vehicle data transmission circuit. The policy acquisition circuit interprets a vehicle policy data value comprising at least one requested vehicle property. The parameter acquisition circuit interprets a plurality of vehicle parameter values, responsive to the at least one requested vehicle property, from a plurality of providing end points, each of the plurality of providing end points on at least one network zone of a vehicle. The vehicle data transmission circuit selectively transmits at least a portion of a collected vehicle data.

Abstract: An apparatus that includes a policy acquisition circuit, a policy processing circuit, and a policy execution circuit. The policy acquisition circuit interprets a vehicle policy data value that includes at least a portion of a vehicle policy. The policy processing circuit generates, in response to and based at least in part on the vehicle policy data value, parsed policy data that includes of one or more vehicle sub-policies of the vehicle policy. The policy execution circuit collects vehicle data from one or more vehicle sensors in response to the parsed policy data.

Abstract: A vehicle that includes a policy manager circuit, an endpoint, and a vehicle data interface. The policy manager circuit interprets a data collection policy including a trigger condition and a trigger evaluation data identifier. The endpoint captures a trigger evaluation data stream in response to the trigger evaluation data identifier and the trigger condition. The vehicle data interface receives the trigger evaluation data stream.