Abstract: Techniques are provided for managing resources among clusters of computing devices in a computing system. Resource reassignment message are generated for indicating that servers are reassigned and in response to resource compute loads exceed or fall below certain thresholds. Techniques also include establishing communications with the reassigned servers to assign compute loads without physically relocating the servers from one cluster to another cluster.

Abstract: Techniques for self-service orchestration are disclosed. A system deploys instances of a self-service orchestration agent to tenant-specific software-as-a-service (SaaS) environments operating in a multi-tenant SaaS environment, without reconfiguring existing software in the tenant-specific SaaS environments. Each self-service orchestration agent includes functionality to configure one or more components. Each tenant-specific SaaS environment includes a dedicated set of software operating on a dedicated logical partition of hardware infrastructure. The system receives, via a self-service orchestration interface, a request to configure a component across the tenant-specific SaaS environments.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a first computing device detects a loss of a connection to a first source of timing information that the first computing device and a second computing device use to maintain synchronization with a first clock and a second clock. The first computing device receives a second source of timing information from the second computing device. The second source of timing information is also being transmitted to a third computing device. The first computing device uses the second source of timing information to determine a first timestamp and determines a second timestamp from the first clock. The first computing device uses the first timestamp and the second timestamp to adjust a rate of the first clock where the first clock is used to transmit the second source of timing information from the second computing device to the third computing device.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for presenting content based on a generic rating are provided.

Abstract: Techniques for managing resources among clusters of computing devices in a computing system are described herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, via a computer network, a resource reassignment message indicating that a server is reassigned from a first cluster to a second cluster and in response to the received resource reassignment message, establishing communications with the server reassigned from the first cluster to the second cluster via the computer network. The method further includes subsequent to establishing communications with the server via the computer network, assigning a compute load to the server reassigned from the first cluster to the second cluster without physically relocating the server from the first cluster to the second cluster.

Abstract: In a communication system where a channel feed carrying a media stream is broadcast for delivery of the media stream to a media client, where the channel feed further includes metadata in-band and correlated with a content frame of the media stream, but where the metadata gets removed from the channel feed before the media stream reaches the media client, a computing system (i) extracts the metadata from the channel feed and (ii) transmits out-of-band to the media client the extracted metadata in correlation with reference fingerprint data representing the frame of the media stream, the correlation being useable by the media client as a basis to re-correlate the metadata with the frame of the media stream, so as to enable the media client to carry out an action, such as dynamic ad insertion, based on the correlation of the metadata with the frame of the media stream.

Abstract: An application development and deployment system allows an application developer to develop applications for a distributed data intake and query system. The application may include information that associates portions of the application with particular server groups of the distributed data intake and query system. The application may be partitioned to generate target application packages for each of the server groups of the data intake and query system.

Abstract: A method of transmitting a broadcast signal includes generating, by a broadcast transmitter, a service and service signaling information for acquiring the service and components of the service; generating, by the broadcast transmitter, signaling data for rapid service scan, the signaling data including protection information for indicating whether a component of the service is protected and information for identifying where the service signaling information is transmitted and hidden information for indicating whether the service is intended for testing or proprietary use; generating, by the broadcast transmitter, physical layer pipes (PLPs) including the service, the service signaling information and the signaling data; and transmitting, by the broadcast transmitter, a broadcast signal carrying a signal frame including the PLPs, wherein the service signaling information includes a service identifier for referencing a service related to the signaling data.

Abstract: In general, in an aspect, a method for providing an outbound gateway protection includes provisioning one or more worker gateways located in a first gateway virtual private cloud, the one or more worker gateways sharing configuration data with the controller gateway, provisioning one or more load balancer gateways in one or more client virtual clouds, the one or more client virtual clouds each comprising one or more clients, the one or more load balancer gateways distributing client requests among the worker gateways, assigning groups of the one or more clients to one of the one or more load balancer gateways based on requests from a majority of the worker gateways, and communicating outbound network traffic from the clients via the assigned load balancer gateways.

Abstract: Example methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to control digital video bandwidth utilization with a virtualized communication hub are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein include monitoring, with a virtual access function of the virtualized communication hub, an aggregate load on a broadband access medium to detect bandwidth utilization events. Disclosed example methods also include sending, from the virtual access function, a first notification message to a virtual set-top box of the virtualized communication hub in response to detecting a first bandwidth utilization event. Disclosed example methods further include adjusting, at the virtual set-top box and based on the first notification message, an output bandwidth for streaming digital media from the virtual set-top box to a physical set-top box via a broadband access medium.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a media session processing method, a device, and a system. The method may include: determining, by a first media device, global priorities of media streams corresponding to N media sources, where the N media sources are N media sources that can be provided by the first media device in a media session in which a second media device participates, and one of the N media sources corresponds to at least two media streams used to be simulcast in the session; and when a transmission path between the first media device and the second media device is congested, performing, based on the determined global priorities of the media streams corresponding to the N media sources, congestion control on the media streams corresponding to the N media sources that are sent by the first media device to the second media device.

Abstract: Techniques for managing resources among clusters of computing devices in a computing system are described herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, via a computer network, a resource reassignment message indicating that a server is reassigned from a first cluster to a second cluster and in response to the received resource reassignment message, establishing communications with the server reassigned from the first cluster to the second cluster via the computer network. The method further includes subsequent to establishing communications with the server via the computer network, assigning a compute load to the server reassigned from the first cluster to the second cluster without physically relocating the server from the first cluster to the second cluster.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for using opportunistically delayed delivery of content to address sub-optimal bandwidth resource usage in network infrastructures that allow subscribers to share forward link resources. According to some embodiments, content is identified as delayable and assigned to a delaycast queue and/or service flow. For example, a server system of a satellite communications system identifies content that can be delayed to exploit future excess link capacity through multicasting and to exploit subscriber-side storage resources. Some implementations attempt to exploit any excess link resources at any time, while others exploit unused bandwidth only during certain times or when a certain threshold of resources is available. Various embodiments also provide content scoring and/or other prioritization techniques for optimizing exploitation of the delaycast queue.

Abstract: The present invention relates to systems for product authentication. Unique identifiers are associated with products. Said identifiers are captured through a camera of the client device and transmitted to authentication server; whereupon said authentication server authenticates the products by contacting an authentication database which includes manufacturer-provided authentication information.

Abstract: To make it possible to enhance convenience for users and a seller of content. There is provided an information processing device including: a schema converting unit that converts content meta-information managed by a plurality of different management systems into a common schema; and a recommendation unit that determines a combination of content to be recommended and a user based on commonized content meta-information which is obtained by the conversion into the common schema and content purchase history information in the respective management systems.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate a transfer of one or more buffer chunks including an I-Frame. When a new play or media transition occurs, a transfer of buffer chunks from a buffer to a decoder may be initiated such that an I-Frame at the beginning of the buffer is transferred and available to a client for playback. A decoder may be flushed a new transfer of buffer chunks beginning with the first buffer chunk may be initiated when a determination is made that PAT/PMT acquisition is complete and A/V play has started. A first buffer chunk may be repetitively transferred from the buffer until a determination is made that PAT/PMT acquisition is complete and A/V play has started.

Abstract: A media fingerprint archive system generates and archives media fingerprints from second media content portions such as commercials. A downstream media measurement system can extract/derive query fingerprints from an incoming signal, and query the media fingerprint archive system whether any of the query fingerprints matches any archived fingerprints. If so, the media measurement system can perform media measurements on a specific secondary media content portion from which the matched query fingerprint is derived. If not, the media measurement system can analyze media characteristics of a media content portion to determine whether the media content portion is a secondary media content portion and perform media measurement if needed to. The media measurement system may send fingerprints from an identified secondary media content portion to the media fingerprint archive system for storage.

Abstract: The subject disclosure relates to systems and methods for casting an application from a source device to a destination device. In particular, a process can include steps for causing a source application executing as a foreground process in an operating system of a source computing device to store state data, transmitting the state data of the source application to a set of destination computing devices, and transmitting a cast command to the destination computing device, where the cast command is configured to instruct the destination computing device to execute the source application on the destination computing device using the state data.

Abstract: A communication system, method, and components are described. Specifically, a communication system having one or more Back-to-Back User Agents (B2BUAs) therein is described. The communication system also includes an RFC 4579 conference focus. Mechanisms are described which enable User Agents (UAs) to subscribe to conference state events and create ad-hoc conferences even though the conference focus is operating in a B2BUA environment.

Abstract: A method for visualizing and analyzing a field area network, which includes obtaining, network, traffic data that includes atomic communications and packet detail from a packet intercept system on a field area. This field area network includes a number of network nodes. The method also includes a processor extracting connectivity and routing information from the traffic data, where the connectivity and routing information includes packet information and node information, determining network characteristics based on the extracted connectivity and routing information, retaining the network characteristics in a data structure, and importing the data structure into a computer readable storage medium that is accessible to the processor.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for using opportunistically delayed delivery of content to address sub-optimal bandwidth resource usage in network infrastructures that allow subscribers to share forward link resources. According to some embodiments, content is identified as delayable and assigned to a delaycast queue and/or service flow. For example, a server system of a satellite communications system identifies content that can be delayed to exploit future excess link capacity through multicasting and to exploit subscriber-side storage resources. Some implementations attempt to exploit any excess link resources at any time, while others exploit unused bandwidth only during certain times or when a certain threshold of resources is available. Various embodiments also provide content scoring and/or other prioritization techniques for optimizing exploitation of the delaycast queue.

Abstract: A method for decompressing data includes receiving, by a network element, a first plurality of packets. Also, the method includes receiving, by the network element, a second plurality of packets. Additionally, the method includes decompressing the first plurality of packets by a first decompressor using a first compression scheme and decompressing the second plurality of packets by a second decompressor using a second compression scheme.

Abstract: A system and method for acquiring a frequency hopped spread spectrum (FHSS) signal with no prior knowledge about the FHSS signal. In example implementations, an RF signal is received at a receiver. The RF signal is converted into a stream of digital signal levels. Energy detections are identified in the stream of digital signal as possible hops of a FHSS signal. A feature set is blindly acquired for defining an FHSS signal from the energy detections. At least one waveform classification is generated based on the feature set. Energy detections are re-acquired from the RF signal based on the waveform classification.

Abstract: A method, a client device, a server and a system for intelligent recognizing contents of short message are provided. The method includes the following steps: sending a short message verification request from a client device to a provider's server, to request a verification authenticity of information read by an application; receiving a short message fed back by the provider's server according to the short message verification request; recognizing the fed back short message and extracting key information thereof according to a pre-set message analysis template, and automatic entering the key information to the application.

Abstract: As additional channels are added to a communication system for applications, such as standard density (SD) and eventually high density (HD) Video on Demand (VOD), additional capacity can be realized by reducing the time required to transmit content. A reduction of transmission time (or an increase of the transmission rate) can be achieved by bonding chancels of the communication system. The bonded channels typically provide a statistical multiplexing gain because the additional bandwidth is treated as a large single channel for the download. Bonding channels of the communication system can provide high speed downloading of content, such as video content, far in excess of the playback rate. Using bonded channels can relax the Quality of Service (QoS) requirements of a data stream, such as a video stream, over an internet protocol (IP) network.

Abstract: A broadcast signal receiver according to the present invention comprises: a demodulator for performing OFDM demodulation on a received broadcast signal including a frame for the delivery of a broadcast service: a frame demapper for outputting the frame, the frame including a preamble that contains first signaling information, and a plurality of link-layer-pipes (LLPs) that contain PLP data, second signaling information and third signaling information, with the PLP data including a base layer and an enhancement layer of the broadcast service; and a decoder for decoding the first signaling information, for decoding the second and third signaling information, and for selectively decoding the PLP data by using the third signaling information.

Abstract: A media fingerprint archive system generates and archives media fingerprints from second media content portions such as commercials. A downstream media measurement system can extract/derive query fingerprints from an incoming signal, and query the media fingerprint archive system whether any of the query fingerprints matches any archived fingerprints. If so, the media measurement system can perform media measurements on a specific secondary media content portion from which the matched query fingerprint is derived. If not, the media measurement system can analyze media characteristics of a media content portion to determine whether the media content portion is a secondary media content portion and perform media measurement if needed to. The media measurement system may send fingerprints from an identified secondary media content portion to the media fingerprint archive system for storage.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is a channel loading method, comprising: storing channel parameters; generating a channel loading instruction according to a status of an operation menu and a user instruction; acquiring the channel parameters when the channel loading instruction is obtained, and loading the acquired channel parameters into a television service list database. Another embodiment is a display device having a channel parameter storing module and a channel loading method. A non-transient storage medium is also a part of the present invention.

Abstract: A system for providing a zero copy transmission in virtualization environment includes a hypervisor that receives a guest operating system (OS) request pertaining to a data packet associated with a guest application, where the data packet resides in a buffer of the guest OS or a buffer of the guest application and has at least a partial header created during the networking stack processing. The hypervisor further sends, to a network device driver, a request to transfer the data packet over a network via a network device, where the request identifies the data packet residing in the buffer of the guest OS or the buffer of the guest application, and the hypervisor refrains from copying the data packet to a hypervisor buffer.

Abstract: A method implemented in a computer system for inserting advertisements into an audio/video stream. The method receives the audio/video stream, and monitors it to detect an advertisement insertion notification for the audio/video stream. The advertisement insertion notification references an advertisement insertion point at a position in the audio/video stream. The method determines a disposition of the audio/video stream at the position, and examines at least one advertisement stream to identify a matching advertisement stream having an advertisement disposition that agrees with the disposition of the audio/video stream at the position. The method inserts the matching advertisement stream into the audio/video stream at the position.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for changing a theme form of an application to conform the user experience to a web application or a native application in a portable terminal. The apparatus for changing the application theme in the portable terminal may comprise a controlling unit for changing an application theme into an application theme of a different device type, a displaying unit for outputting a change process of the application theme and the application to which the changed theme is applied, an inputting unit for generating a change request of the application theme and a theme application managing unit for converting theme data, obtained from compiled data of an application, through an inverse-compiling process, to data suitable for the theme form of a second application.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for tracking and managing resource usage through a ledger feature that can trigger complex real-time reactions. The resource tracking can be managed through a ledger module and a ledger data structure. The ledger data structure can be updated each time a task requests a resource. Additionally, as part of the update, the ledger module can verify whether a resource has been over consumed. In response to the detection of an over consumption, the ledger module can set a flag. At some later pointer when the thread is in a stable, well-understood point, the ledger module can check if the flag has been set. If the flag has been set, the ledger module can call the appropriate callback function, which can react to the over consumption in a resource specific manner.

Abstract: A method is provided for use in an IP Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, in which a session control protocol (such as the Session Initiation Protocol, SIP) is used to establish and manage sessions within the IMS. The method comprises using session control protocol messages (such as Session Initiation Protocol messages) to carry node-specific charging information, where the charging information is required for charging purposes at a charging control system of the IMS. A private header part (such as a P-Charging-Vector header) of the session control messages may be used to carry the node-specific charging information.

Abstract: A micro-head mounted display device that may be detachably affixed to eye-glasses and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. A method for controlling a detachable HMD device, detecting that the HMD device is affixed to eye-glasses, acquiring identification information of the eye-glasses, acquiring a look up table related to the identification information, receiving an input signal generated when the eye-glasses to which the HMD device is affixed are touched, from the sensor unit, acquiring a control input related to the input signal from the look up table, and performing a function corresponding to the control input.

Abstract: Technologies are provided in embodiments for receiving policy information associated with at least one security exception, the security exception relating to execution of at least one program, determining an operation associated with the security exception based, at least in part, on the policy information, and causing the operation to be performed, based at least in part, on a determination that the at least one security exception occurred.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising: a coding rate determiner configured to determine a first coding bitrate for at least one first frame audio signal multi-channel parameter and a second coding bitrate for at least one second frame audio signal multi-channel parameter, wherein the combined first and second coding bitrate is less than a bitrate limit; a channel analyser configured to determine for a first frame the at least one first frame audio signal multi-channel parameter and configured to determine for a second frame the at least one second frame audio signal multi-channel parameter; a multi-channel parameter determiner configured to generate an encoded first frame audio signal multi-channel parameter within the first coding bitrate from the at least one first frame audio signal multi-channel parameter and configured to generate an encoded at least one second frame audio signal parameter within the second coding bitrate from the at least one second frame audio signal multi-channel parameter; and a multiplexer config

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for anonymizing the communication of mobile terminals which permit speech communication, using an anonymizing network which comprises a series of routers and which has at least one access node, wherein each mobile terminal establishes a connection with at least one access node, comprising the following steps: signing the mobile terminal onto the network via an access node; preparation of an identity in the network; communication via the anonymized network, wherein the network selects different random routes through the network for communication, so that back-tracing is prevented and wherein communication is encrypted.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for access, enablement and control of devices in TV white space are provided. Methods and apparatus for channel scanning by a device are provided that shorten channel scanning time by using a 5 MHz Measurement Pilot frame at a predetermined location within an enabling device's channel, regardless of the operating bandwidth of the enabling device. Also provided are methods and apparatus for multi-band dynamic station enablement that locate information regarding an enabling device's supported regulatory classes and channel numbers within one accessible frame of information and also provide request and response messages to arrange for enablement of a requesting device on a network. Further, methods and apparatus are provided for identifying an interfering device on a network by providing increased information from within a DSE Registered Location element.

Abstract: A method includes buffering a plurality of video streams within a buffer of a video server and generating a unicast video output and a multicast video output at the buffer.

Abstract: A broadcast signal receiver according to the present invention comprises: a demodulator for performing OFDM demodulation on a received broadcast signal including a frame for the delivery of a broadcast service: a frame demapper for outputting the frame, the frame including a preamble that contains first signaling information, and a plurality of link-layer-pipes (LLPs) that contain PLP data, second signaling information and third signaling information, with the PLP data including a base layer and an enhancement layer of the broadcast service; and a decoder for decoding the first signaling information, for decoding the second and third signaling information, and for selectively decoding the PLP data by using the third signaling information.

Abstract: A visual dynamic range (VDR) signal and a standard dynamic range (SDR) signal are received. A first (e.g., MPEG-2) encoder encodes a base layer (BL) signal. A second encoder encodes an enhancement layer (EL). The EL signal represents information with which the VDR signal may be reconstructed, e.g., using the BL and the EL signals. The first encoder encodes the SDR signal with inverse discrete cosine transform (IDCT) coefficients that have a fixed precision, e.g., which represent fixed-point approximations of transform coefficients that may have arbitrary precisions. The BL signal is encoded in a stream that conforms with an Advanced Television Standards Committee (ATSC) standard. The EL is encoded in a stream that conforms with an ATSC enhanced vestigial sideband (E-VSB) standard. The BL and EL signals are combined; e.g., multiplexed, and transmitted together.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems are presented for switching between channels of encoded media data involving receiving encoded media data including reference frames and dependent frames for a plurality of channels, wherein each dependent frame refers to at least one reference frame. Frames associated with a first channel from the plurality of channels are decoded to generate a decoded signal for the first channel. While decoding frames associated with the first channel, data corresponding to at least one reference frame associated with a second channel from the plurality of channels are stored. In response to a control signal for switching from the first to the second channel, at least one dependent frame associated with the second channel is decoded by utilizing the stored data corresponding to the at least one reference frame associated with the second channel, to generate a decoded signal for the second channel.

Abstract: A method in an example embodiment can include polling a first cable modem in a cable network and receiving a first response message from the first cable modem identifying a downstream frequency detected by the first cable modem. The method further includes determining the downstream frequency is split between at least two fiber nodes and determining a cable modem termination system (CMTS) service group topology, where the topology includes the at least two fiber nodes. In specific embodiments, determining that the downstream frequency is split is based on at least the first response message from the first cable modem and a second response message from a second cable modem. In more specific embodiments, the method includes constructing a hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) topology map of the cable network based on at least the first and second response messages, where the HFC topology map indicates the CMTS service group topology.

Abstract: A streaming media system employs dynamic rate adaptation. The method includes a file format compatible with legacy HTTP infrastructure to deliver media over a persistent connection. The method further includes the ability for legacy client media players to dynamically change the encoded delivery rate of the media over a persistent connection. The method provided works transparently with standard HTTP servers, requiring no modification and leverages standard media players embedded in mobile devices for seamless media delivery over wireless networks with high bandwidth fluctuations. A system is also specified for implementing a client and server in accordance with the method.

Abstract: A compression method applies a selection rule to input symbols and generates a reduced partial set of symbols. The partial set is checked against a dictionary-index for a match. A match identifies a range of matching symbols in a dictionary. The length of the matching range is iteratively increased by checking previous and next symbols in the input data and the dictionary until a matching range length meets a threshold limit or the length of the matching range cannot be increased further. Compressed data corresponding to the input symbols is provided where input symbols are copied over and symbols in a matched range of data are replaced with a representation of their corresponding start location and length in the dictionary.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and a device for fast pushing a unicast stream in a Fast Channel Change (FCC), and relates to the field of Internet Protocol Television (IPTV). A server obtains a multicast join delay of a terminal, determines a minimum value of a data amount between a starting position of a fast unicast stream and a latest packet position according to the multicast join delay of the terminal, a decoding rate, a unicast push rate, and a lowest buffer data amount required for decoding, judges whether a latest I frame completely arrives according to a packet buffer state; and fast pushes the unicast stream starting from the latest I frame if the latest I frame completely arrives, and an arrived data amount starting from the latest I frame is greater than or equal to the minimum value.

Abstract: The present invention relates to video provided over one or more networks. Methods and systems for providing, playing, and/or editing video having multiple tracks of timed text are provided in different embodiments of the present invention.

Abstract: A carrier indication method for a carrier aggregation function, which aggregates a plurality of carriers for a transmission between a network and a user equipment of a wireless communication system, includes indicating a first control signal in a first carrier of the plurality of carriers to control a second carrier of the plurality of carriers, wherein the second carrier is different from the first carrier.

Abstract: A satellite broadcasting system is achieved where remote beam forming processors combined with wavefront multiplexers located among distributed ground stations are used to control downlink beam footprints and pointing directions. Digital beam forming (DBF) techniques allow a single satellite download broadcast antenna array to generate multiple independently pointed simultaneous downlinks, which may contain distinct information content. Allocation of some uplink back-channel elements as diagnostic signals allows for continuous calibration of uplink channels, improving downlink broadcast array and user broadcast performance. Wavefront multiplexing/demultiplexing allows all array element signals to be radiated by the broadcasting antenna array, with simultaneous propagation from ground stations to the broadcasting satellites through available parallel propagation channels in the uplinks of feeder links, with equalized amplitude and phase differentials.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the invention provide novel apparatus, methods and systems for providing relatively high-speed bandwidth to enable, inter alia, video transmission services over media previously unable to support such services. In accordance with certain embodiments, a device located at the telecommunication service provider can logically couple two or more physical media to provide a single, consolidated source of bandwidth, which can be used to transmit data, which can represent a video signal. In accordance with other embodiments, a device located at the subscriber's location can be used to receive the data from each of the two physical media and recreate the video signal from the data, such that the video signal can be transmitted to a display device, such as a television, monitor, etc.