Abstract: The present invention provides for employing SQL to introduce blockchain technologies into a relational database, and thereby leverage the inherent tamper-resistant properties of blockchain, without the need to completely rewrite existing or legacy relational database software. The invention creates a relational database inside of a blockchain and uses a conventional SQL interface for standard database operations. This reduces the burden of introducing blockchain technologies, while providing the benefits of the intrinsic security and verification features of blockchain technology. The invention provides a rich historical record of every transaction thereby greatly reducing, if not eliminating, the relational database's susceptibility to tampering. This allows for temporal queries on arbitrary records within the database and the generation of reports and audits for any point in the history of the database.

Abstract: A security system includes a camera having a field of vision. The camera sends image frames to a machine readable memory. A processor is accessible to the machine readable memory. The processor performs acts of receiving from the camera a plurality of frames; detecting an object entering the field of vision; determining whether the object is a person; tracking a moving path of the person; and performing facial recognition on the person using at least one of the plurality of frames.

Abstract: Methods and systems for defining a solution within an enterprise security management configuration server is disclosed. One method includes, based on network concordance data, grouping a plurality of nodes within an enterprise network into a plurality of profiles and identifying one or more channels among the plurality of profiles within a project of an enterprise security management configuration tool. The method also includes displaying the plurality of profiles in a configuration user interface, and automatically identifying one or more solutions among the plurality of profiles. The method further includes collapsing each of the one or more solutions into a single icon within the configuration user interface, each single icon representing a solution.

Abstract: The present invention provides for employing SQL to introduce blockchain technologies into a relational database, and thereby leverage the inherent tamper-resistant properties of blockchain, without the need to completely rewrite existing or legacy relational database software. The invention creates a relational database inside of a blockchain and uses a conventional SQL interface for standard database operations. This reduces the burden of introducing blockchain technologies, while providing the benefits of the intrinsic security and verification features of blockchain technology. The invention provides a rich historical record of every transaction thereby greatly reducing, if not eliminating, the relational database's susceptibility to tampering. This allows for temporal queries on arbitrary records within the database and the generation of reports and audits for any point in the history of the database.

Abstract: Systems and methods for non-stop computing in a virtualization fabric are disclosed. One system includes a computing fabric comprising a plurality of host platforms, the plurality of host platforms including at least a first host platform and a second host platform communicatively connected to the first host platform. The system also includes an interconnect service partitions residing on the first host platform. The system includes a plurality of guest partitions distributed across the plurality of host platforms. The system further includes a DNS server instance managed by at least one of the plurality of interconnect service partitions and defining at least one zone, the at least one zone including one or more partitions from among the plurality of guest partitions distributed across the plurality of host platforms.

Abstract: An application services broker includes a plurality of adapter modules, each of which are associated with a respective application service. Application service data is received from a first application service and converted to a first message having a predefined message format by a first adapter module associated with the first application service. The first message is sent from the first adapter module to a second adapter module associated with a second application service. The first message is converted to application service data for the second application service by the second adapter module.

Abstract: A computing system architecture includes a service server and a first validator. The first validator is communicable to the service server. A validation request is sent from the service server to the first validator for validating a transaction. The validation request including a first facial image of a party of the transaction. The validator performs a facial recognition using the first facial image of the party for validating the transaction.

Abstract: A computing system architecture includes a service server and a first validator. The first validator is communicable to the service server. A validation request is sent from the service server to the first validator for validating a transaction. The validation request including a first facial image of a party of the transaction. The validator performs a facial recognition comparing the first facial image with a second facial image using a facial recognition algorithm.

Abstract: In a cryptographically-segmented network, a server establishes a cryptographically-segmented communication channel for use by authorized endpoints in an operationally-deployed configuration. In response to a received endpoint-isolation command to isolate a first endpoint, the server de-authorizes the first endpoint from the channel of the operationally-deployed configuration. In response to the de-authorization, the server issues a configuration instruction to the first endpoint to join a first cryptographically-segmented isolation communication channel that is communicatively coupled with at least one monitoring endpoint configured to monitor operation of the first endpoint via the first cryptographically-segmented isolation communication channel.

Abstract: Methods and systems for configuring security management settings within an enterprise network are disclosed. One method includes receiving network concordance data at an enterprise security management configuration tool from a plurality of nodes within an enterprise network, and, based on the network concordance data, classifying each of the plurality of nodes based on an affinitization between the two or more nodes. The method also includes defining a profile for one or more nodes or grouped nodes, and defining one or more solutions within the enterprise security management configuration tool, the one or more solutions each including one or more nodes of the plurality of nodes. The method also includes receiving a deployment selection identifying at least one of the one or more solutions, and, in response to the deployment selection, generating a security settings file describing security settings for each of the one or more nodes.

Abstract: A logistics management system (LMS) may include receiving, at a server, a reservation request from a requestor for a booking on an air carrier's cargo hold for a designated route; validating, by the server, an availability of the requested booking with the air carrier; generating, by the server, a price quote for the booking; communicating, by the server, the price quote to the requestor; and receiving, by the server, an acceptance of the price and terms from the requestor to form commercial terms for the booking.

Abstract: A logistics management system (LMS) may include receiving, at a server, a request from a requestor to amend a booking on an air carrier's cargo hold for a designated route; amending, by the server, at least one of a group consisting of a routing, a weight, a volume, a special handling codes, a product, an allotment, a flight, a container type, and a change of responsible participant for charges of the booking based on the received request; and assigning, by the server, a new price for the booking based on the amendment unless a total price for the amended booking and a rate for the amended booking are both lower than an original total price and an original rate for the booking created at a time of the booking.

Abstract: A logistics management system (LMS) may include receiving, at a server, a reservation request from a requestor for a booking on an air carrier's cargo hold for a designated route; receiving, at a server, a selected agreement for assignment to the booking corresponding to a campaign; assigning, by the server, the terms of the selected agreement to the booking according to the campaign; and generating, by the server, a price quote for the requested booking based, at least in part, upon the terms of the selected agreement.

Abstract: Database performance may be improved by creating additional backups from an existing backup, rather than the original database or audit log source. A second backup may be created from a first backup by copying the files from the first backup to the second backup. The replication from a first backup to a second backup with modification of the file history information allows identical backups to exist on different types of storage devices, including virtual storage devices. Continue functionality may be implemented during a move function to restart replication at a new starting point while retaining the existing move set. Tape-type-override functionality may be implemented during the replication to replace the tape type for the backups with another compatible type while retaining the original type for history file entries, tape trailers, and messages.

Abstract: A system for providing a system for providing network communications organized using communities of interests defined by a common encryption key. IoT devices are located at the edge of a network while providing secure and isolated communications for its applications and data through a common network infrastructure. The system's functionality provides the IoT network with secure communications to obtain data from devices by host applications over public networks. The data may be organized and segmented in a manner that isolates and protects the data with only authorized applications gaining access the data to see its existence and read its contents.

Abstract: Methods and systems for logging data in a computing system are disclosed. The methods and systems include receiving a first request to create log data of an activity of the computing system. The methods and systems further include acquiring information about the activity of the computing system. The methods and systems further include creating the log data of the activity of the computing system. The methods and systems further include retrieving stored log data.

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing interactive features associated with multimedia content are disclosed. One method includes applying a container to multimedia content using one or more computing systems, the container defining an interface through which metadata external to the multimedia content is linked with one or more portions of the multimedia content. The method further includes receiving a request for the multimedia content from a content consumer. The method also includes associating a set of metadata describing one or more interactive features with the multimedia content, the set of metadata linked to at least a portion of the multimedia content via the container and selected from a database including metadata defining interactive features capable of being associated with the multimedia content. The method also includes, upon receiving a request for playback of the multimedia content, providing the multimedia content and the one or more interactive features to the content consumer.

Abstract: Methods and systems for configuring a security policy for an enterprise within an enterprise security management tool are disclosed. In some aspects, such systems receive a definition of at least one custom classification within a user interface of the enterprise security management configuration tool, including a name of a profile and network activity associated with one or more nodes to be included within the profile. Such systems also generate a security settings file to be applied within the enterprise, the security settings file including, for each profile, a common security policy to each of the nodes included in the profile. The profiles to which the security settings file is applied include the profile defined by the at least one custom classification.

Abstract: Technology may be used to modify and improve the process of assembling a response. An automated proposal may be generated by storing databases with information regarding experts and their availability. The database may be generated by monitoring other server systems within a network, such as email and instant messaging systems. A method may include identifying topics of interest in a request for proposal; identifying a credible expert based, at least in part, on the identified key topics; accessing time availability of the credible expert; requesting approval from a supervisor for participation by the credible expert, wherein the approval request includes the time availability of the credible expert; and assembling a response to the request for proposal that identifies the credible expert when approval from the supervisor is received.

Abstract: A method and system for providing a plurality of host systems shared access to data files from a file server. The method includes monitoring a control file for updates, the control file located within a corresponding host directory located within the file server; receiving a request for access to a data file stored on the file server, the access request being written to the control file, the access request including a requested data file operation; performing the requested data file operation in response to the control file being updated with the access request; creating a status file in the host directory in which the requested data file operation was performed upon completion of the requested data file operation; writing status data in the status file, the status data including a result of the performance of the requested data file operation; and allowing access to the host directory in which the requested data file operation was performed in response to the status data being written to the status file.