Machine learning modeling of candidate models for software installation usage
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12181999
This document discloses methods and systems for modeling product usage. In one practical application, the systems and methods may be utilized to model product usage based on large volume, machine generated product usage data to optimize product pricing and operations. Specifically, the systems and methods described herein may utilize methods with key components to select the maximum number of dimensions that can be modeled based on the number of data points, use a logarithm kernel…
Routing network traffic based on DNS
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12177116
A method may include receiving a domain name system (DNS) query at a network device, where the DNS query may be associated with a traffic flow identified for rerouting through an alternative path utilizing an alternative network device instead of a default path. The method may also include rewriting the DNS query such that the DNS query is routed through the alternative network device along the alternative path and to a DNS server associated with the alternative path. The method may…
Self-locking and foldable ejector arm
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12178001
A computing device is secured in an enclosure by a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism includes a jaw, a transmission lever, and an arm. The jaw is configured to abut a portion of the enclosure for holding the computing device. The transmission lever includes an arm pivot at one end and an actuating pivot at the opposite end. The arm is configured to rotate open and closed about the arm pivot and be selectively decoupled from the transmission lever. When the arm is coupled to the…
Wireless backhauling system using a mono-tunnel for fast-moving mobile domains
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12177943
In one embodiment, a gateway to a Layer-3 network forms a first Layer-2 tunnel between the gateway and a first wireless access point (AP) that communicates wirelessly with a first mobile node of a mobile system (MS) via a first wireless connection. The gateway generates a mapping that associates an onboard device of the MS with the first AP and an identifier for the MS, based on traffic conveyed via the first Layer-2 tunnel and associated with the onboard device, the traffic comprising a…
Network-initiated group disconnect for wireless devices
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12177929
Presented herein are techniques to provide a network-initiated group disconnect for wireless devices belonging to one or more device group(s). In one example, a method may include determining, by a control element of a network, that at least one device group is to be disconnected from the network, wherein the at least one device group comprises a plurality of wireless devices connected to the network; identifying one or more access network radios through which the plurality of wireless…
Three-dimensional visualization of Wi-Fi signal propagation based on telemetry data
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12177686
The present technology is directed to providing a 3-D visualization of a Wi-Fi signal propagation pattern based on telemetry data. The present technology can receive telemetry data for a Wi-Fi access point located at a location of a building plan in a Wi-Fi visualization system, store the telemetry data with a timestamp, determine a change in a Wi-Fi coverage for the Wi-Fi access point based on the telemetry data, and present a visualization illustrating the change in the Wi-Fi coverage…
Selective network slice authentication and authorization in a mobile network environment
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12177663
Presented herein are techniques to provide selective network slice authentication and authorization in a mobile network environment. In one example, a method may include obtaining, by an access management element of a mobile network, a registration request from a user equipment, wherein the registration request identifies a plurality of network slices with which the user equipment seeks authentication; determining that if authentication for the user equipment with a first network slice…
Traffic steering in a heterogeneous network
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12177651
Techniques for traffic steering are disclosed. A first signal characteristic of a first connection between an electronic device and a first wireless communications network is determined. A second signal characteristic of a second connection between the electronic device and a second wireless communications network is also determined. Based on the first signal characteristic and the second signal characteristic, the electronic device is prevented from attempting to establish the second…
Scheduling time-diced uplinks and downlinks in a dense overhead mesh of access points
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12177298
In one embodiment, a controller identifies access points forming an overhead mesh of access points in an area, each access point comprising one or more directional transmitters each configured to transmit a beam cone in a substantially downward direction towards a floor of the area. The controller determines coverage areas on the floor of the area for the one or more directional transmitters of the access points in the overhead mesh. The controller generates, based on the coverage areas,…
Automated, multi-cloud lifecycle management of digital identities of IoT data originators
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12177205
In one embodiment, an edge device of a network maintains intermediate certificates derived from root certificates of different cloud services that identify the edge device to those different cloud services. The edge device receives identity information for a particular device in the network. The edge device generates, using at least one of its intermediate certificates and the identity information for the particular device, one or more local digital identity certificates for the…
Policy utilization analysis
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12177097
An example method according to some embodiments includes receiving flow data for a packet traversing a network. The method continues by determining a source endpoint group and a destination endpoint group for the packet. The method continues by determining that a policy was utilized, the policy being applicable to the endpoint group. Finally, the method includes updating utilization data for the policy based on the flow data.
Detection of overlapping subnets in a network
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12177077
Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer-readable media for assuring tenant forwarding in a network environment. Network assurance can be determined in layer 1, layer 2 and layer 3 of the networked environment including, internal-internal (e.g., inter-fabric) forwarding and internal-external (e.g., outside the fabric) forwarding in the networked environment. The network assurance can be performed using logical configurations, software configurations and/or hardware configurations
Systems and methods for providing SDWAN IP multicast without a rendezvous point
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12177032
According to certain embodiments, a method by a router in a software-defined wide-area network (SDWAN) includes determining one or more replicators in the SDWAN and generating a multicast distribution tree that includes the determined one or more replicators. The method further includes receiving multicast traffic from a source and creating a (S,G) route for the received multicast traffic. The method further includes replicating the multicast traffic using the multicast distribution…
Deterministic generation of quantum resource states
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12175331
A method is provided for deterministically generating a photonic resource state for computational quantum computing. The method includes producing a sequence of emitted photonic qubits. The sequence of emitted photonic qubits is directed to an optical circulator of a passive entanglement component. The passive entanglement component includes the optical circulator, a delay line, and a Controlled-Z (CZ) gate. Each photon in the sequence of emitted photonic qubits is reflected at the end…
Reflection runtime protection and auditing system
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12174941
In one embodiment, a method may comprise: instrumenting, by a process, runtime of a software application; detecting, by the process, a reflection call made within the runtime of the software application; determining, by the process and from the reflection call, a reflection target and a reflection caller; comparing, by the process, the reflection target, the reflection caller, and the reflection call against a security policy; and performing, by the process, one or more mitigation…
Filesystem destinations
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12174797
A method for file system destinations includes obtaining events for storage on one or more of the storage systems. For each event, the method includes extracting at least one field value from the event, comparing the at least one field value to configurations of the storage systems to identify at least one storage system of the plurality of storage systems having a matching configuration, transmitting the event to an ingest module queue for the at least one storage system, selecting a…
Sampling and holding electrical signals with rail-to-rail equivalent output swing
Granted: December 17, 2024
Patent Number:
12170509
A sample and hold circuit providing rail-to rail equivalent output is described. The circuit includes a sample and hold amplifier containing two separate sets of sampling capacitors, one set is coupled to a PMOS transistor differential stage and the other set is coupled to an NMOS transistor differential stage. The differential stages drive a current mirror based push-pull output differential stage to provide an output signal with ranges equivalent to a rail-to rail output signal swing.
Sensor measurement timestamp differences
Granted: December 17, 2024
Patent Number:
12170573
In one embodiment, a device may transmit, via a network to an application, a series of sensor measurements captured by the device, each sensor measurement having an associated timestamp based on a clock of the device. The device may receive, from the application, an indication that at least a portion of the series of sensor measurement were not received by the application. The device may determine, for those sensor measurements not received by the application, timestamp differences…
Simulation of Wi-Fi signal propagation in three-dimensional visualization
Granted: December 17, 2024
Patent Number:
12170546
The present disclosure is directed to 3-D visualization of wireless signal propagation representing wireless signal strength and interference in 3-D space. The present technology can identify a plurality of access points (APs) in the 3-D space, determine a wireless signal strength for each of the plurality of APs, and determine an interference with the wireless signal strength of each of the plurality of APs, wherein the interference is caused by a neighboring AP of the plurality of APs…
Power efficient transformer-based interface circuit to interface a differential current sinking DAC to laser anode
Granted: December 17, 2024
Patent Number:
12170525
An interface circuit that interfaces a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) to a vertical-cavity surface emitting laser. The apparatus includes a first cascode amplifier that receives as input positive and negative differential outputs of the DAC and provides a positive amplified output and a negative amplified output, and a second cascode amplifier having a positive input and a negative input. The positive input of the second cascode amplifier being coupled to the positive amplified output…
