Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Apple Inc.

Juniper Networks, Inc.

Oracle America, Inc.

Facebook Technologies, LLC

Ashley N Saulsbury

Daniel S Rice

Michael W Parkin

Sriram Hariharan

Quinn Able Jacobson

Robert D Watson

Augustin Prats

David John Shaw

Ganesha Adkasthala Ganapathi Batta

Duy N Phan

Tad J Dreier

Christopher S Wiebe

Paul Joseph Jordan

Fong Pong

Travis J McQueen

Nyles I Nettleton

Andreas G Nowatzyk

Dana Cook

Chris Cole

David Nedde

James E Kocol

Sandra C Lee

Earl T Cohen

Manish K Shah

John Johnson

David R Emberson

Thomas M McWilliams

Liang T Chen

Derek E Pappas

Jeffrey B Rubin

Nicholas Isaac Reid

Jeffrey M Broughton

Greg F Grohoski

Venkatesh Iyengar

Shailender Chaudhry

James B Burr

Gunes Aybay

Antonio John Miller

Ricky C Hetherington

Rabin Sugumar

Jacob Ryan Donley

Scott Phillips Porter

David S Allison

Ankur Narang

Mark Debbage

David J Redman

Gregory Charles Onufer

Michael Francis O'Gorman

Jenn-Yuan Tsai

William Kwei-Cheung Lam

David M Kahn

Brian McGee

Ihao Chen

Michael S Ball

Bruce J Chang

William J Kucharski

Roman Zajcew

John D Davis

Cong Fu

Oyekunle A Olukotun

Jeff Gibson

Travis J Mcqueen

Robert Doran Watson

Ear buds are provided that communicate wirelessly with an electronic device. To determine the current status of the ear buds and thereby take suitable action in controlling the operation of the electronic device and ear buds, the ear buds may be provided with sensor circuitry. The sensor circuitry may include proximity sensors. The ear buds may each have a housing with a main body portion that is configured to be inserted into the ear of the user and an elongated stem portion that extends from the main body portion. The proximity sensors may include sensors on the main body and sensors on the stem. The proximity sensors may be light-based sensors that emit light that passes through the housing.

Wireless ear buds with proximity sensors

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for performing a role swapping operation between a pair of non-tethered wireless ear buds after detecting a triggering event. Further, state information can be coordinated between devices, including in connection with performing a role swap between buds in a pair of wireless, untethered ear buds, where one wireless ear bud is in a primary role and is responsible for a connection with a companion device, and another wireless ear bud in the pair is in a secondary role.

Swapping roles between untethered wirelessly connected devices

In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a network management module configured to execute at a network device operatively coupled to a switch fabric. The network management module is configured to receive a first set of configuration information associated with a subset of network resources from a set of network resources, the set of network resources being included in a virtual local area network from a plurality of virtual local area networks, the plurality of virtual local area networks being defined within the switch fabric. The first set of configuration information dynamically includes at least a second set of configuration information associated with the set of network resources.

Hierarchical resource groups for providing segregated management access to a distributed switch

A system may include at least one audio transducer and a controller. The controller may generate at least one actuation signal. The at least one actuation signal may drive the at least one audio transducer such that the at least one audio transducer generates evanescent wave audio signals in proximity to a wearer's ear. The evanescent wave audio signals may decay in strength with distance from the at least one audio transducer. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.

Systems, methods, and devices for producing evancescent audio waves

A manufacturing process for providing an assembly formed of a first piece and a best fitted second piece is described. The manufacturing process is carried out by performing at least the following operations: receiving the first piece characterized in accordance with at least a first attribute, selecting the best fitted second piece from a buffer, the selecting based in part upon a best matching value of a second attribute in relation to the first attribute, replacing the selected best fitted second piece with another second piece such that the number of second pieces in the buffer remains about the same, and forming the assembly the first part and the second part to form the assembly.

Method and apparatus for component assembly using continuous selection

A manufacturing process for providing an assembly formed of a first piece and a best fitted second piece is described. The manufacturing process is carried out by performing at least the following operations: receiving the first piece characterized in accordance with at least a first attribute, selecting the best fitted second piece from a buffer, the selecting based in part upon a best matching value of a second attribute in relation to the first attribute replacing the selected best fitted second piece with another second piece such that the number of second pieces in the buffer remains about the same, and forming the assembly the first part and the second part to form the assembly.

In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a network management module. The network management module is configured to send a request for power output data from a first network element having a first power supply configured to be coupled to a first power outlet, and a second power supply configured to be coupled to a second power outlet. The network management module is configured to receive a first confirmation from the first network element that the first power supply and the second power supply are receiving power. The network management module is configured to send a request to disable a third power outlet and to receive, after sending the request to disable the third power outlet, a second confirmation from the first network element that the first power supply and the second power supply are receiving power. The network management module is configured to define a power distribution table after receiving the second confirmation, the power distribution table designating the third power outlet as unused.

Methods and apparatus for dynamic mapping of power outlets

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Ashley N Saulsbury