Policy management system to provide authorization information via distributed data store
Granted: April 23, 2024
Patent Number:
11968238
A distributed policy management (PM) system (e.g., system for authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) activities on a network) is provided. Nodes of the PM system may share information of the PM system using a distributed data store (e.g., a multi-master cache). Each node of the distributed PM system may further share information from the distributed data store with other nodes of a corporate infrastructure network by augmenting information in a remote authentication dial-in…
Systems and methods for identifying correlations of certain scenarios to performance of network communications
Granted: April 23, 2024
Patent Number:
11968109
Systems and methods are provided for receiving a set of feature vectors. Each feature vector in the set may comprise feature values for a plurality of features associated with network communications. A first score for a first subset of the feature vectors that have at least one common feature value for a first feature of the plurality of features may be determined. A second score for a second subset of the feature vectors may be determined. The second subset may comprise the first subset…
Saturation of multiple PCIe slots in a server by multiple ports in a single test card
Granted: April 23, 2024
Patent Number:
11966309
One aspect provides a method and system for saturation of multiple I/O slots by multiple testing ports and verification of link health in between. During operation, the system detects a testing card with a plurality of test ports which are coupled to a plurality of input/output (I/O) slots of a computing device. The system communicates with the plurality of test ports via the plurality of I/O slots. The system generates, by the computing device, a script for each test port, wherein the…
Metered volume microfluidic devices
Granted: April 23, 2024
Patent Number:
11964277
A metered volume microfluidic device can include fluid flow microfluidics. The fluid flow microfluidics can include an inflow channel, a metered volume chamber positioned to receive working fluid from the inflow channel, a metered volume outflow channel positioned to receive and direct a metered volume of the working fluid when discharged from the metered volume chamber, and a capillary check valve. The capillary check valve can allow excess working fluid to exit the metered volume…
Write protection for storage cartridges
Granted: April 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11960414
In some examples, a controller for a storage system separate from a host system checks whether a storage cartridge in a storage system is associated with an indication set, in an electronic memory, during a configuration operation in the storage system to indicate write protection is enabled for the storage cartridge. In response to determining that the storage cartridge is associated with the indication, the controller triggers the write protection for the storage cartridge to prevent…
Blockchain-based system for connected vehicles
Granted: April 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11963077
Examples described herein relate to a system including a BC network associated with a plurality of entities in a defined geographic scope. A first entity of the plurality of entities includes a connected vehicle that generates vehicular data. The BC network is governed by a smart contract. The smart contract includes a data sharing policy defined by a user of the connected vehicle, wherein the data sharing policy allows the user of the connected vehicle to selectively share the vehicular…
Adaptive spatial reuse
Granted: April 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11963021
Systems and methods are provided for adaptively enabling and disabling spatial reuse and adapting BSS color assignments based on various factors associated with a wireless network. A first AP in a wireless network can identify a second AP in a wireless network. The first AP and the second AP may be using the same wireless channel in the wireless network. The first AP can determine a signal strength, such as a received signal strength indicator (RSSI), associated with the second AP. The…
Service reachability detection
Granted: April 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11962657
Systems and methods are provided for discoverability detection of network services. The present disclosure provides for a cloud-based network insight server that collects performance information of a network and a network agent, communicating with the cloud-based network insight server, that monitors discoverability of network services hosted by devices on the network. The network agent receives configuration information from the cloud-based network insight server and transmits…
Systems and methods for per traffic class routing
Granted: April 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11962490
Systems and methods are described for providing per traffic class routing of data within a network. A network switch has the capability to classify traffic data based on High Performance Computing (HPC) related characteristics. Traffic classes are defined based on aspects of HPC, such as routing, ordering, redirection, quiesce, HPC protocol configuration, and telemetry. A switch can receive packets at an ingress port of a switch fabric, and determine traffic classifications for the…
Modifying virtual persistent volumes based on analysis of performance metrics
Granted: April 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11960773
Example implementations relate to virtual persistent volumes. In an example, a storage virtualization system receives performance metrics related to usage of a virtual persistent volume by a containerized application. The performance metrics are identified in an application data store profile, and the application data store profile is identified based on an application manifest of the containerized application. The virtual persistent volume is modified based on an analysis of the…
Integrated circuit
Granted: April 16, 2024
Patent Number:
D1022931
Customized thermal and power policies in computers
Granted: April 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11960337
Example approaches for customization of thermal and power policies in computers, are described. In an example, a microcontroller of a computing system, also referred to as system, validates thermal policy custom data stored in a firmware storage medium of the system, in response to a supply of power to the system. On a successful validation of the thermal policy custom data, thermal control settings is updated with a customized thermal policy included in the thermal policy custom data.…
Computing devices with retractable hinges
Granted: April 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11960329
An example computing device includes: a display housing including a first recess and a base including a second recess; and a hinge to rotate the display housing from a closed configuration to an open configuration, the hinge comprising: a central bar; a first link coupled to the central bar at a first pivot point, the first link rotatable about the first pivot point; and a second link coupled to the central bar at a second pivot point, the second link rotatable about the second pivot…
Power allocation to heat a processing chip of a network device
Granted: April 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11960268
Examples discussed herein relate to managing power allocation for devices, such as network devices, with processing chip. In some examples, based on determining that a first temperature measurement of the processing chip does not satisfy an operating temperature threshold, the network device allocates power from a power source to a first heating element of the network device to heat the processing chip & allocates power from the power source to a second heating element of the network…
Liquid electrophotographic ink composition
Granted: April 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11960241
A liquid electrophotographic ink composition is disclosed herein. One example of the liquid electrophotographic ink composition includes a resin, a liquid carrier, a pigment chosen from titanium oxide, and a spacer chosen from barium sulfate, calcium carbonate, clay, magnesium silicate and mixtures thereof, in an amount from 5 to 15 wt. % of the total solids of the composition. A method for making a liquid electrophotographic ink composition is also disclosed herein.
Nozzle arrangements
Granted: April 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11958293
In some examples, a fluid ejection die includes a plurality of nozzles arranged in a plurality of nozzle columns, the plurality of nozzle columns distributed across a width of the fluid ejection die in a staggered manner, wherein nozzles of each respective nozzle column of the plurality of nozzle columns are spaced apart along a length of the fluid ejection die, wherein the plurality of nozzle columns includes a first pair of neighboring nozzle columns that are spaced by a first distance…
Shoe manufacturing
Granted: April 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11958261
Example shoe manufacturing methods and related computer readable medium for implementing a portion of said manufacturing methods are disclosed herein. In some examples, the method includes placing an upper member about an upper portion of a last, wherein the last is a form for the shoe. In addition, the method includes producing a lasting based on data relating to a foot of a user, and attaching the lasting to the upper member, wherein the lasting extends over a lower portion of the…
Three-dimensional printing with organosilanes
Granted: April 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11958240
A multi-fluid kit for three-dimensional printing can include a fusing agent and a detailing agent. The fusing agent can include water and a radiation absorber. The radiation absorber absorbs radiation energy and converts the radiation energy to heat. The detailing agent includes a lipophilic phase discontinuously dispersed within an aqueous phase by a surfactant. The lipophilic phase includes an organosilane having a central silicon atom coupled to a C6 to C24 aliphatic or alicyclic…
Three-dimensional printing
Granted: April 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11958110
In an example of a method for three-dimensional printing, a first amount of a binding agent is selectively applied, based on a 3D object model, to individual build material layers of a particulate build material including metal particles to forming an intermediate structure. The binding agent and/or a void-formation agent is selectively applied, based on the 3D object model, to at least one interior layer of the individual build material layers so that a total amount of the binding…
Three-dimensional printing
Granted: April 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11958109
An example three-dimensional (3D) printing kit includes a particulate build material, which includes from about 80 wt % to 100 wt % metal particles based on a total weight of the particulate build material. In some examples, the kit also includes a binder fluid, which includes water and a curable polyurethane adhesion promoter in an amount ranging from about 0.5 wt % to about 15 wt % based on a total weight of the binder fluid. The curable polyurethane adhesion promoter is formed from a…
