Redundant and fault-tolerant power distribution system having an integrated communication network

    公开(公告)号:US11223191B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-11

    申请号:US16726633

    申请日:2019-12-24

    摘要: A power distribution and communication system includes nodes connected by power lines and communication links. The system receives power from one or more power sources. Each node contains at least one power port, data port and load port. Associated with each power port and load port is a port monitor for measuring current flowing into or out of the port and the voltage difference between the port outlet and ground, which measurements are passed to a processing element. The processing element and monitor analyze measured values to detect fault conditions. Upon fault condition detection, the port is disabled by opening a switch, disconnecting the port from the system voltage. The processing element receives power directly from the power line, thus receiving power from a live power line even if the associated power port is disabled allowing the processing element to enable a disabled node following a failure.

    Test mass compensation of mass measurement drift in a microcantilever resonator

    公开(公告)号:US10782240B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-22

    申请号:US15587284

    申请日:2017-05-04

    发明人: W. Daniel Hillis

    摘要: The present disclosure provides methods and mechanisms for measuring small masses attached to a substrate within a microcantilever. Specifically, the disclosure describes the measurement of small particles accumulated at a substrate that cannot be flowed through a microchannel within a microcantilever. A resonance measurement is acquired at a first time. A pair resonance measurements is then acquired at a second point in time—one with the test mass at a first position off or along the microcantilever, the second with the test mass at a second position along the microcantilever. Comparing the resonance frequencies determined for the two test mass positions allows for disambiguation of changes in the mass of the particles from changes in the resonant behavior of the microcantilever itself.

    Data store with lock-free stateless paging capacity

    公开(公告)号:US10552496B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-04

    申请号:US14639009

    申请日:2015-03-04

    摘要: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for limiting the number of results returned by a store in response to a query. Upon receiving an initial query, the data store returns a page of results that includes a subset of the data items within the data store satisfying the conditions of the query. The data store also provides a marker indicating the extent of the set of data items. If a subsequent query that requests additional results which satisfy the same query conditions and that includes the marker is received, the data store returns a page of results that includes a subset of data items that are disjoint from the initial subset, and provides an updated marker which indicates the extent of the union of the initial and subsequent subsets. If still further results are desired from the data store, an additional query containing the updated marker may be submitted.

    Security information caching on authentication token

    公开(公告)号:US10708262B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-07

    申请号:US16011937

    申请日:2018-06-19

    发明人: W. Daniel Hillis

    摘要: A method of operating a security token to authenticate a user in a multi-factor authentication system is disclosed. The method includes: monitoring user custody of the token, the token having an identifying characteristic representing a possession factor for use through possession factor authentication; during a period of continuous user custody of the token based on the monitoring, obtaining a knowledge factor from a user having the continuous user custody; caching the knowledge factor in a memory of the token; and in response to a second authentication request, retrieving the knowledge factor from the memory to demonstrate to an authentication system knowledge of the knowledge factor, during the period of continuous user custody.

    Security information caching on authentication token

    公开(公告)号:US10027659B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-17

    申请号:US15347762

    申请日:2016-11-09

    发明人: W. Daniel Hillis

    摘要: A method of operating a security token to authenticate a user in a multi-factor authentication system is disclosed. The method includes: monitoring user custody of the token, the token having an identifying characteristic representing a possession factor for use through possession factor authentication; during a period of continuous user custody of the token based on the monitoring, obtaining a knowledge factor from a user having the continuous user custody; caching the knowledge factor in a memory of the token; and in response to a second authentication request, retrieving the knowledge factor from the memory to demonstrate to an authentication system knowledge of the knowledge factor, during the period of continuous user custody.

    Security information caching on authentication token
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    发明授权
    Security information caching on authentication token 有权
    认证令牌上的安全信息缓存

    公开(公告)号:US09529992B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-27

    申请号:US15062501

    申请日:2016-03-07

    发明人: W. Daniel Hillis

    摘要: A method of operating a security token to authenticate a user in a multi-factor authentication system is disclosed. The method includes: monitoring user custody of the token, the token having an identifying characteristic representing a possession factor for use through possession factor authentication; during a period of continuous user custody of the token based on the monitoring, obtaining a knowledge factor from a user having the continuous user custody; caching the knowledge factor in a memory of the token; and in response to a second authentication request, retrieving the knowledge factor from the memory to demonstrate to an authentication system knowledge of the knowledge factor, during the period of the continuous user custody.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种操作安全令牌以在多因素认证系统中认证用户的方法。 该方法包括:监控令牌的用户管理,令牌具有表示通过占有因素认证使用的占有因子的识别特征; 在基于监视的连续用户托管令牌的期间,从具有连续用户保管的用户获得知识因子; 将知识因素缓存在令牌的内存中; 并且响应于第二认证请求,在连续的用户保管期间,从存储器中检索知识因子以向认证系统证明知识因素的知识。

    Physically secured network access control devices and systems

    公开(公告)号:US12081516B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-03

    申请号:US17233831

    申请日:2021-04-19

    发明人: W. Daniel Hillis

    IPC分类号: H04L9/40 A62C3/16 G07C9/00

    摘要: A network security system includes a barrier surrounding an enclosure. The enclosure contains a first network and a first networked device connected to the first network. The barrier prevents the first network from breaching the enclosure and permits a second network to penetrate a first portion of the barrier. A container located within the enclosure mounts to the first portion of the barrier, such that a second portion of the container superposes the first portion of the barrier. The container permits the first network and the second network to enter the container. The container prevents the second network from breaching the container and entering a third portion of the enclosure located outside the container. A firewall device located within the container controls network traffic between the first networked device and a second networked device connected to the second network.