Abstract: A computer-implemented method for preserving media streams may include (i) identifying a media stream transmitted by a client device to a server that hosts the media stream for access by additional devices, (ii) detecting that the server is expected to go offline, (iii) sending, in response to detecting that the server is expected to go offline, a message to the client device indicating that the server is expected to go offline, (iv) receiving, at an additional server, a request from the client device to host the media stream, and (v) in response to receiving the request, hosting the media stream at the additional server while ceasing to host the media stream at the server that is expected to go offline. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: Methods performed by base stations and wireless devices for controlling the transmission and reception of capability information are disclosed. A method performed by a wireless device includes: receiving an indication of one or more protocols that are supported by the network for transmission of capability information; responsive to the wireless device supporting at least one of the one or more protocols for transmission of capability information, selecting a first protocol that is supported by the wireless device from the at least one of the one or more protocols, and transmitting capability information associated with the wireless device to the base station according to the first protocol.

Abstract: Provided is a process, including: obtaining a first password to a private computer network; determining, with a credential-monitoring application within the private computer network, whether the first password satisfies one or more criteria by: comparing the first password to a set of compromised credentials within a database within the private computer network; and determining whether the first password matches one or more passwords within the database; and in response to the determination that the first password satisfies the one or more criteria from among the plurality of criteria, causing a use of the first password to access the private computer network to be rejected and causing a first user associated with the first password to be notified to change the first password.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and techniques for application isolation by remote-enabling applications are provided. Example embodiments provide an Adaptive Rendering Application Isolation System (“ARAIS”), which transparently enables applications to run in an isolated execution environment yet be rendered locally in a manner that facilitates preventing theft of sensitive information while allowing users to interact with any third-party application or website via the local environment without overburdening available bandwidth or computational resources by, in some cases, evaluating only select information responsive only to select events, as compared to whitelist/blacklist techniques, monitoring all information provided by the user, or other techniques. The ARAIS typically includes an orchestrator server that comprises one or more of a sensitive-information theft-prevention logic engine, information-theft prevention engines, or a rules engine.

Abstract: This application discloses a server and a data processing method, apparatus, and system. In the method, a first server receives control stream information from a terminal, parses the control stream information, starts a game based on a game ID in the control stream information, and intercepts instruction stream information. An Android stimulator is deployed on the first server. The first server sends the instruction stream information to a second server. The second server is in a graphics processing unit GPU resource pool. The second server selects a target GPU from the GPU resource pool to process the instruction stream information, complete image rendering and encoding, and generate video stream information, and finally the second server sends the video stream information to the terminal. The terminal displays the video stream information to a user.

Abstract: A computer is programmed to instruct a vehicle to navigate to a pickup location based on a current user location received from a first device and data about a user event received from a second device.

Abstract: A method for integrating heterogeneous computing systems including identifying, by an endpoint system agent operating on a client device, a read/write operation associated with the client device based on monitoring an operation of a program executed on the client device, extracting, by the endpoint system agent from at least one of the client device or a client system in communication with the client device, data having a first syntax associated with the client system, receiving, by the endpoint system agent from an endpoint system, one or more rules describing a mapping between the first syntax and a second syntax associated with the endpoint system, executing, by the endpoint system agent, the one or more rules to modify the data to conform to the second syntax to produce mapped data, and transmitting, by the endpoint system agent, the mapped data to the endpoint system.

Abstract: A process that includes receiving a peer-to-peer connection initiation signal to establish a peer-to-peer connection with a second client computing device. The process further includes determining that a peer-to-peer connection condition is not satisfied such that the first client computing device is unavailable to establish the peer-to-peer connection with the second client computing device and storing the peer-to-peer connection initiation signal in a signal cache associated with the first client computing device.

Abstract: A service proxy is described herein. The service proxy is configured to act as an intermediary between a client and a service. The service proxy may observe communications, modify communications, log communications, or the like, particularly so as to enhance the security and reliability of the host device. In some implementations, the service proxy may cooperate with an operating system to take over a named port object. In some implementations, the service proxy may receive messages as an intermediary between the client and the server. In some implementations, the service proxy may attach to a shared memory to intercept communications. In some implementations, the service proxy may be injected into a client process to appear to be the client itself.

Abstract: There is described an auditor system and method for a building management system environment comprising a blockchain component and an alarm remediation and auditing device. The blockchain component provides communication between the auditor system and a network of peer-to-peer nodes. The alarm remediation and auditing device provides interaction between the auditor system and one or more user, wherein the alarm remediation and auditing device is further configured to process building information associated with a selected remediation type received from the blockchain component as well as requirement for regulatory compliance. The auditor system performs an audit of transaction records of the decentralized ledger relating to the remediation type without providing any new transaction records to the decentralized ledger that relate to the remediation types of the building automation system and do not relate to the audit.

Abstract: A system designed for increasing network communication speed for users, while lowering network congestion for content owners and ISPs. The system employs network elements including an acceleration server, clients, agents, and peers, where communication requests generated by applications are intercepted by the client on the same machine. The IP address of the server in the communication request is transmitted to the acceleration server, which provides a list of agents to use for this IP address. The communication request is sent to the agents. One or more of the agents respond with a list of peers that have previously seen some or all of the content which is the response to this request (after checking whether this data is still valid).

Abstract: A computerized method for implementing a secure and private customer service automation platform. No customer data (like Name, Email, TaxID, Phone, other sensitive attributes) is stored on the customer support system (CSS). It is determined that a user queries for information. A client browser sends the request to API gateway. An application programming interface (API) gateway sends a request to an appropriate backend system after an authentication process; with the backend system.

Abstract: The invention provides a content playback system comprising a plurality of playback devices, each of which is configured to detect a voice command from a user and to play content. The system is configured to store an account conversation state associated with an account shared by the plurality of playback devices, and a device conversation state that is associated with a first playback device of the plurality of playback devices. When a voice command is detected by the first playback device, the system is configured to control the first playback device using information in the account conversation state and the device conversation state associated with the first playback device as an input. This may improve continuity of experience for a user across the plurality of playback devices.

Abstract: A secure local area network and method for using the same are disclosed.

Abstract: Techniques for configuring data protection settings for data of an industrial system or an electric power system are provided. The industrial system or the electric power system includes at least one gateway via which the data are transmitted to a computing resource for processing and/or storing. One or several privacy-preserving techniques to be applied to the data are automatically determined. The one or several privacy-preserving techniques being determined based on data privacy requirements for the data and processing operations to be performed on the data by the computing resource. The determined one or several privacy-preserving techniques are automatically applied.

Abstract: A radio access network operates by obtaining, at a scheduler, CSI corresponding to a plurality of RUs associated with a master DU and another plurality of RUs associated with at least one other DU, wherein the CSI associated with the another plurality of RUs is obtained via another scheduler or via the at least one other DU; allocating, based on the CSI, a resource allocation for resource blocks associated with the plurality of RUs and the another plurality of RUs; negotiating with the another scheduler to obtain PRB resources of RUs controlled by the another scheduler; generating, based on the CSI, precoders associated with the plurality of RUs and the another plurality of RUs; and facilitating, via the master DU and based on the precoders and the resource allocation, contemporaneous transmission to a user equipment UE via the plurality of RUs and the another plurality of RUs and contemporaneous reception from the user equipment UE via the plurality of RUs and the another plurality of RUs.

Abstract: A user terminal includes a control section that, in a case where a maximum number of secondary cells to which a beam failure recovery is applied is 1 and where a specific secondary cell for an uplink control channel is configured, applies the beam failure recovery to the specific secondary cell, and a transmitting section that transmits, in the beam failure recovery, a beam failure recovery request to one of a plurality of cells. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a BFR procedure can be appropriately executed.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe techniques for monitoring usage of data listings and pricing data listings based thereon. Metadata comprising a pricing plan may be added to a data listing to generate a monetized data listing. The monetized data listing may be imported to the consumer account. The usage data of the monetized data listing and listing data of the monetized data listing may be exported to a data warehousing and analysis module. A usage level for a set of jobs processed using the monetized data listing during a current incremental interval of a current billing interval may be calculated and combined with a usage level of all previous incremental intervals of the current billing interval to generate a cumulative usage record. An invoice for the billing interval may be generated based on the cumulative usage record.

Abstract: Techniques for automatically muting or unmuting an acoustic transducer include receiving a signal representing an output by a voice accelerometer of a device, determining whether the signal is indicative of a presence or absence of voice activity by a user of the device, and generating a control signal that causes an acoustic transducer to be muted responsive to determining that the signal is indicative of an absence of voice activity by the user, or that causes the acoustic transducer to be unmuted response to determining that the signal is indicative of a presence of voice activity by the user.

Abstract: A method of processing service data, an electronic device, and a storage medium are provided, which relate to a field of a computer technology, and in particular to a field of service deployment technology. The method of processing service data includes: determining, in response to receiving an operation request for a target service, a request type of the operation request; determining a target proxy module corresponding to the request type based on the request type; and sending the operation request by using the target proxy module, so that a service deployment cluster operates on the target service based on the operation request.

Abstract: A method of operation of a cellular communications system is disclosed. The method comprises: at a MME: receiving an attach request from a UE; sending a location update request to a HSS; receiving a location update acknowledgement; sending, to a DNS, a DNS query request comprising an APN FQDN; receiving a DNS query response comprising information that indicates candidate PGWs that satisfy the DNS query request and at least two PGWs belonging to a same PGW set; selecting the first PGW; sending, to a SGW, a first create session request that comprises information that indicates the first PGW; receiving a first create session response; sending an attach accept to the UE; and at the SGW: receiving the first create session request from the MME; forwarding the first create session request to the first PGW; receiving the first create session response; and forwarding the first create session response to the MME.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for local data transmission may include determining that data being requested from a remote server by a plurality of artificial reality devices in a shared physical location includes the same data and, in response to determining that the plurality of artificial reality devices are requesting the same data, (i) preventing downloading of the data from the remote server by a set of artificial reality devices within the plurality that excludes a designated artificial reality device, (ii) downloading, by the designated artificial reality device, the data from the remote server, and (iii) transmitting the data from the designated artificial reality device to the set of artificial reality devices via a local data transfer method enabled by the plurality of artificial reality devices being in the shared physical location. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: Management of hosted channel membership of a communication platform is described. A request can be received from a first client of a first user, associated with a first organization, of the group-based communication platform, wherein the request is to associate a second user, associated with a second organization, with a communication channel of the first organization. An invitation to join the communication channel can be sent to a second client of the second user. In response to receiving an indication of an acceptance of the invitation, the second user can be associated with the communication channel. A request can be received from the second client to associate other user(s) associated with the second organization with the communication channel and the other user(s) can be associated with the communication channel based at least in part on permission(s) associated with the communication channel.

Abstract: A method of communicating in a secure communication system, comprises the steps of assembling a message at a sender, then determining a security level, and including an indication of the security level in a header of the message. The message is then sent to a recipient.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for integrating multiple access technologies in a radio-based network. In one embodiment, first data is received from a first wireless device connected to a radio-based network via a first access technology. Second data is received from a second wireless device connected to the radio-based network via a second access technology. The first access technology and the second access technology use a different physical layer and a different media access control layer but use a network layer that is in common. The first data and the second data are processed at the network layer in the radio-based network using a common processing element.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for supporting edge data network discovery. One apparatus includes a transceiver and a processor that receives a first request from a function in the mobile communication network including a UE identity and a UE network address. The processor determines whether the UE is located in a first service area based on a UE location and forwards a DNS request received from the UE network address to a first DNS server associated with the first service area in response to determining that the UE is located in the first service area. Via the transceiver, the processor receives a DNS reply from the first DNS server and sends a second request to a policy function in the mobile communication network in response to determining that the DNS reply includes a first IP address.

Abstract: A wireless communication device includes: a transmission unit that transmits a request frame indicating a request for traffic information; a receiving unit that receives a response frame in which the traffic information is stored; and a control unit that controls transmission of a frame related to permission of transmission directed to a first wireless communication device that is identified on the basis of the traffic information stored in the received response frame and that is permitted to perform multiple access. A wireless communication device includes: a receiving unit that receives a request frame indicating a request for traffic information; a transmission unit that transmits a response frame in which the traffic information is stored in response to the received request frame; and a control unit that controls transmission of a frame related to the traffic information on the basis of a communication parameter related to multiple access.

Abstract: Provided are a read-write method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a readable memory medium. The method includes: receiving a write instruction; determining a write policy corresponding to the write instruction according to read information in a registry, wherein the read information is information that, after a read instruction is received, corresponds to the read instruction and is stored in the registry; and executing the write instruction based on the write policy. It can be seen that, according to the present application, a registry is set, read information is registered in the registry when a read instruction is executed, a write policy corresponding to a write instruction is determined according to the read information in the registry before the write instruction is executed, and the write instruction is then executed based on the write policy. Therefore, the read-write processing efficiency is improved.

Abstract: Synchronization of clocks among computing devices in a network includes determining master/slave relations among the computing devices. Some computing devices (e.g., switches) include trunk ports configured to carry traffic for several logical networks; e.g., virtual local area networks, VLANs. A trunk port can be associated with a master/slave setting for each logical network that it is configured for. Synchronization of clocks among the computing devices further includes running a synchronization sequence between a trunk port and each computing device on each of the logical networks configured on the trunk port.

Abstract: A data center comprises a first gateway that connects with a terminal using a VPN (Virtual Private Network) through a wireless LAN and a first wide area network, a second gateway that connects to a second wide area network (WAN2), a virtual network connected to the first gateway and the second gateway; and a function block that is provided between the first gateway and the second gateway and that performs filtering of at least one of a packet input from the first wide area network side and a packet input from the second wide area network.

Abstract: A mobile terminal having an integrated radio function according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an antenna configured to receive a digital radio signal, a radio connection module configured to support connection and communication with an analog radio, a display configured to play at least one of an audio signal, an image signal, and additional information, and a radio application configured to restore the audio signal, the image signal, and the additional information by decoding the digital radio signal and then play the audio signal, the image signal, and the additional information through the display, and transmit the audio signal to the analog radio when the analog radio is connected.

Abstract: A system and method for a cloud callback platform, comprising at least a profile manager, callback manager, interaction manager, media server, context analysis engine, and context aggregator mechanism, allowing users to call a business, agents in contact centers, or other users who are connected to cloud callback platform, and, failing to connect to the individual they called, or by request, allow for an automatic callback object to be created, whereby the two users may be automatically called and bridged together at a time when both users are available, and a context summary report is sent to one or more user. The system and method implement predictive logic to determine the most successful alternative communication channel to use to bridge the two parties.

Abstract: A computerized method for establishing a secure channel between a virtual private network (VPN) client processing on a network device for a user and a network gateway is disclosed. The computerized method includes operations of the controller of transmitting an authentication request to an identity provider based on receipt of a resource request from the VPN client, receiving an authentication response from the identity provider, generating an authentication token based on the authentication response and transmitting the authentication token to the VPN client, wherein the controller further stores the authentication token.

Abstract: Provided are a connection establishment method, a server, an accessed node, an access node, and a storage medium. The method includes: receiving a connection establishment request from an accessed node, establishing a connection to the accessed node, and acquiring accessed connection information of the accessed node; receiving an accessed address request from an access node and determining access connection information of the access node; sending the access connection information to the accessed node so that the accessed node opens up a connection channel between the access node and the accessed node according to the access connection information; and sending the accessed connection information of the accessed node to the access node so that the access node establishes a connection to the accessed node according to the accessed connection information in the case where the connection channel is opened up.

Abstract: A first connection is established between a meeting server and a first endpoint device associated with a user. At least one multimedia stream for an online collaborative session is provided from the meeting server to the first endpoint device. The meeting server obtains an indication that a first strength of a first short-range wireless communication connection between an audio device and the first endpoint device is less than a second strength of a second short-range wireless communication connection between the audio device and a second endpoint device associated with the user. A second connection is established between the meeting server and the second endpoint device. The at least one multimedia stream is provided from the meeting server to the second endpoint device via the second connection in response to obtaining the indication.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for interacting with at least one data item obtained from at least one source utilizes computer processes responsive to a user selection of the at least one data item and include causing configuring of each of the data items into a distinct information object by extracting, from each data item, extracted data including a picture, a heading, and a link to the data item, and causing storing of data corresponding to each of the information objects in a database system. The processes further include displaying a representation of each of at least two of the information objects in the database system, the representation being in a uniform format, wherein the format includes a card, and, within the card, in uniform locations thereof, the picture, the heading, a set of indicators, and a set of graphically accessible functions.

Abstract: A method for providing individualized communication service includes (1) recognizing a first client being communicatively coupled to a first local communication network, (2) determining an identity of the first client, (3) transporting first data between the first client and a first operator communication network, using the first local communication network in accordance with a first service profile associated with the first client, and (4) transporting the first data using the first operator communication network in accordance with the first service profile.

Abstract: Clusters of users of networked services are defined based on tasks performed by such users during such networked services. Activities of the users during sessions of the networked services are tracked, and representations of such users or such activities are used to train a model to predict activities of users in the future, including but not limited to services utilized by such users, or pages visited by such users. Subsequently, when a user accesses a networked service during a session, activities of the user may be determined, and a representation of the session is provided as an input to the model, along with contextual information such as an identifier of the persona of the user. A next action, e.g., a service or a page utilized by the user, may be predicted based on outputs received from the model.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a media delivery application transmits encoded chunks of a media title to a playback application. In operation, the media delivery application receives, via a media channel, an encoded chunk request that has been transmitted over a TCP connection. The media delivery application also receives, via a side channel, a pacing specification that is associated with the encoded chunk request and has been transmitted over the TCP connection. As per the encoded chunk request, the media delivery application retrieves encoded chunk content. The media delivery application sets a parameter associated with the TCP connection equal to a parameter value based on the pacing specification. Subsequently, the media delivery application causes TCP segments corresponding to the encoded chunk content to be transmitted, via the media channel, over the TCP connection in accordance with the first parameter value.

Abstract: A technology is disclosed for the browser side capturing of user interaction session data and replay of the session data for a high-fidelity reconstruction of the experience the user perceived. In addition to capturing central structuring and markup documents and browser side updates thereof, additional resource documents that are loaded and used by the browser to render the central documents are captured and added to the session recording data. Identification information is created for resource documents, based on the content of those documents, which allows the capturing system to distinguish different versions of those content documents that share the same name but have different content. The captured session data contains data to identify the correct versions of resource documents during replay. Various measures to reduce the amount of transferred resource content data are applied, that consider already captured resource document versions or the usage frequency of a monitored application.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a mobile device, in particular a vehicle, or an application server, wherein the mobile device or the application server comprise: a processor, configured to: receive a notification from a network entity, in particular a base station, wherein the notification comprises information about available Quality of Service, QoS, and transmit a confirmation message to the network entity informing the network entity about an acceptance of the notified QoS. The disclosure further relates to a network entity, comprising: a network entity controller, configured to: transmit a notification to a mobile device, in particular a vehicle, or an application server, wherein the notification comprises information about available Quality of Service, QoS, and receive a confirmation message from the mobile device or the application server informing about an acceptance of the notified QoS.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for managing predetermined functions on a mobile device, the operating system (OS) installed on the device including an event application programming interface (API) configured to enable voice over internet protocol (VoIP) applications to assume priority over other applications and functions of the mobile device when VoIP calls are detected. A mobile device management software application installed and running on the mobile device emulates a VoIP software application and uses event API calls to trick the OS into believing that a VoIP call has been detected and, in response, causes the OS to block or interfere with one or more predetermined functions on the mobile device based on the status and location of the mobile device.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a session management function (SMF) network element obtains first information identifying a data stream, where the first information is used to instruct a transmit end to send a user stream using the data stream and to instruct a receive end to receive the user stream using the data stream; and the receive end is an access network element, and the transmit end is a user plane function network element, or vice versa; the SMF network element sends the first information to the user plane function network element and/or the access network element; the SMF network element obtains second information, where the second information is used to indicate a forwarding rule of transmitting the user stream by the user plane function network element on a data network side; and the SMF network element sends the second information to the user plane function network element.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for configuring a plurality of network devices to connect to a cloud-based provisioning system via a single web socket connection. The connection may be established between the provisioning system and a first gateway that serves as the entry point to the Internet from a branch office. Other network devices may connect to this first gateway, including such as routers, switches, access points, and second gateways. The single web socket connection can dramatically reduce the number of connections that need to be established with the cloud-based provisioning system.

Abstract: Various examples described herein are directed to systems and methods for providing a user interface at a plurality of computing devices. A first interface application executing at a first computing device may determine a first state for a user interface. The first interface application may detect a set of user computing devices for providing the user interface to a user and select a second computing device that is in the set of user computing devices based at least in part on the first state of the user interface. The first interface application may send a description of the user interface to the second computing device.

Abstract: The present invention enables a user to share his/her listening experience selectively with others without sharing headphones and without disturbing others who do not want to listen. In a preferred embodiment, a first listener can accomplish this by storing in a Portable Electronic Device or similar device a library of listening experiences, listening to one of the listening experiences, and while listening to that one listening experience streaming the one listening experience to at least one other Portable Electronic Device or similar device. A second listener at the other Portable Electronic Device can then listen to the same listening experience as the first listener at the same time. It is expected that the listening experiences will typically be songs or other music but the invention may be practiced with any type of audio content. The first listener may also create a playlist of the listening experiences in the library and make the playlist available to others.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for managing concurrent requests from clients for services. Client computing devices may be permitted to use available capacity beyond their associated thresholds. If a total quantity of current connections associated with a service is greater than or equal to a total connection threshold, connections with a client exceeding its connection threshold may be closed. A request for a new connection from another client may be granted based on closing the connections.

Abstract: A bridge application receives a request from a remote device to access a support server. Subsequently, the bridge application established a secure connection between the bridge application and the support server and establishes a secure connection between the bridge application and the remote device. Once these secure connections are both established, communications are relayed between the remote device and the support server to effect a software change to network device. The secure connections are later terminated upon completion of the software change to the remote device. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.

Abstract: A system for integrating a telephone system and a computing system is provided. The system includes an interactive voice response (IVR) platform configured to: obtain a computer-readable command based on user input; determine a goal in the web application associated with the computer-readable command; and obtain information indicating a shortest navigation path to the goal, relative to other navigational paths to the goal in the web application. The system includes a cobrowse client configured to receive a document object model (DOM) of a current state of the web application from a cobrowse session for a web server hosting the web application. The IVR platform is configured to, based on the DOM, determine a next navigation action along the shortest navigation path; generate a user prompt based on the next navigation action; and monitor user progress to reach the goal in the web application using one or more updated DOMs.

Abstract: An example method includes recording, by a node out of a plurality of nodes, occurrence of one or more baseline node events, generating a statistical data corresponding to a recorded occurrence of the one or more baseline node events over a pre-determined period, comparing one or more subsequent node events with the statistical data, and communicating data corresponding to the one or more subsequent node events to the central control device, in response to determining that the one or more subsequent node events satisfy the event deviation threshold.