Abstract: Systems and methods provide for execution of different provisioning engines within a resource provider environment. A user may submit a request to provision one or more resources using a particular provisioning engine, which may include a provisioning engine that is non-native to the resource provider environment. A control plane may evaluate and transmit requests to the provisioning engine executing within the resource provider environment. Operations associated with the provisioning engine may be executed and stored within a data store, which may be processed upon completion and made accessible.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards providing a list of potential friends to a user based on an analysis of friends' contact lists. The user may provide a subset of friends within a contact list for analysis, along with a degree of separation over which to perform the analysis, and/or a minimum threshold number of occurrences for identifying a candidate friend. The subset of friends' contact lists may then be recursively traversed and merged, where common friends may be identified as members of a candidate set for suggesting friends to the user. In one embodiment, the candidate members may be retained within the candidate set if there is a commonality between the friends and the candidate that exceeds the minimum threshold. The candidate list may also be rank order using various approaches, including a weighted energy diffusion model based in part on a number of communications between the candidates.

Abstract: An example of a method comprises receiving a search query initiated by the user and transmitted from the user terminal to the server and identifying, by using server software that communicates with the user terminal, an area of interest in the interface. The method also comprises identifying a context based on at least one of the area of interest and the search query. The method further comprises obtaining, by using server software that communicates with the user terminal. Furthermore, the method comprises extracting, based on the one or more browser parameters and a plurality of predetermined preferences and also extracting advertisements from the database based on the set of rules and the context. The method comprises communicating the advertisements to the user terminal and rendering the advertisements on a display based on the context, the one or more browser parameters and the set of rules. Other embodiments disclose a system.

Abstract: Astrology based content selection. A method includes receiving a plurality of inputs associated with a user. An astrological profile of the user is determined electronically in a computer system based on the plurality of inputs. Further, contents are selected based on the astrological profile. The contents are then provided to the user.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards providing a list of potential friends to a user based on an analysis of friends' contact lists. The user may provide a subset of friends within a contact list for analysis, along with a degree of separation over which to perform the analysis, and/or a minimum threshold number of occurrences for identifying a candidate friend. The subset of friends' contact lists may then be recursively traversed and merged, where common friends may be identified as members of a candidate set for suggesting friends to the user. In one embodiment, the candidate members may be retained within the candidate set if there is a commonality between the friends and the candidate that exceeds the minimum threshold. The candidate list may also be rank order using various approaches, including a weighted energy diffusion model based in part on a number of communications between the candidates.