Abstract: Implementations disclose bitrate optimization for multi-representation encoding using playback statistics.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a system and a method of monitoring connectivity between a plurality of services in a computing environment. The server automatically periodically monitors and aggregates monitored data related to the at least one service through a monitoring application on the server. The monitoring involves collecting and logging status information of the services. The server then connects to the client device, via a mobile gateway, through an application interface (API) on the server. The API includes instructions for sending, receiving, and translating information between the server and the client device. The server then receives, from the client device, a status request. The server sends, from the monitoring application to the API, the monitored data related to the at least one service. Then the server translates, using the API, the monitored data related to the service to obtain the status of the service in the computing environment.

Abstract: A technique for tracking web browsing activity of a client device that includes storing, in a memory, a client profile having a client identifier associated therewith, providing a client device with a cache file having the client identifier embedded therein, receiving from the client device an identification of a client action and the client identifier, and updating the client profile to include the identification of the client action.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a system that facilitates distributed consensus in a content centric network. During operation, the system generates, by a coordinator for a plurality of nodes, a first interest that indicates a request to approve a proposed value for a variable. In response to receiving a positive acknowledgment of the first interest from a majority of the nodes, the coordinator generates a second interest that indicates a request to accept the proposed value. A name for the first interest and a name for the second interest include an identifier of the variable and a round number. A payload of the first interest and a payload of the second interest include the proposed value. In response to receiving a positive acknowledgement of the second interest from the majority of the nodes, the system generates a notification indicating that an agreed-upon value for the variable is the proposed value.

Abstract: A method of improving quality of experience (QoE) in a first device which shares a screen of the first device with a second device includes: detecting a class of a content currently displayed on the screen; determining a QoE policy based on the detected class of the content; encoding a screen image of the screen based on the determined QoE policy; and transmitting the encoded screen image to the second device. As such, when a screen is shared among a plurality of devices, optimal QoE may be achieved with respect to each class of a content.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for providing a short message metadata generation tool which performs a short message metadata generation operation which automatically generates metadata for new and/or updated products as well as augmenting short message content. The short message metadata generation operation provides users with customized metadata for various products and/or lines of business and guide official company identifiers with reliable data that can be promoted among customers with ease.

Abstract: Defining a configuration settings for an application is described. Performance data and device specification information is used to define a configuration data set, which is provided to a user device running the application. Settings of the application are further optimized according to the configuration data set.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a natural-language message including an authorization request to authorize a first user access to one or more of a number of connected devices associated with a second user; parsing the natural-language message; identifying, based on the parsed natural-language message, the first user and one or more of a number of connected devices; implicitly determining that the first user is authorized to access the identified one or more of the number of connected devices based on a calculated strength of a relationship between a node representing the first user in a social graph and a node representing the second user in the social graph satisfying a pre-determined threshold; and providing, based on the implicit authorization, access to the identified one or more of the number of connected devices.

Abstract: Various methods and systems for implementing an autonomous configuration system for configuring a service infrastructure are provided. An autonomous configuration system implements a service infrastructure configuration manager to identify discovered configuration data. The discovered configuration data supports circumventing a routing protocol for service infrastructure communications via an edge infrastructure, such that, the service infrastructure is alternatively configured to access remote configuration data based on the discovered configuration data. The discovered configuration data is discovered based an autonomous discovery service (e.g., sniffing service or a casting service). An initial configuration state is configured in the service infrastructure, based on the discovered configuration data. The service infrastructure can communicate with a service provider infrastructure associated with the service infrastructure to access the remote configuration data.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for automated configuration of a set of resources for hosting a virtual machine at a particular node in a hosting system. The hosting system includes several nodes for hosting virtual machines. The method, at a first virtual machine operating using a first set of resources of the particular node, receives a user-specified virtual machine configuration for a second virtual machine to be hosted on a second set of resources of the particular node. The method retrieves, to the first virtual machine, a software image from a computer readable hardware medium storing several software images based on the user-specified virtual machine configuration. The method modifies the retrieved software image according to the user-specified virtual machine configuration. The method configures the second set resources using the modified software image.

Abstract: A system and method for sending a message over a network are provided. An example system includes a first network interface that is assigned a first Internet Protocol (IP) address, where the network interface is linked to a logical network. The system also includes a messaging protocol module that obtains a first message to be sent over a messaging network to a target system linked to the logical network, generates a second message by encapsulating, based on a messaging protocol, the first message, and determines a destination address for the second message, where the destination address includes a text string and a second IP address of the target system. The system further includes a second network interface that sends over the messaging network the second message having the destination address, where the messaging network is based on the messaging protocol.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for extracting and adapting system configuration. The method extracts a first configuration from a first node of a first hosting system. The first node includes several resources for hosting the first configuration. The method analyzes the first configuration in order to determine attributes of the first configuration. The determined attributes may be relevant to hosting the first configuration on a second node of a second hosting system having several nodes. The method generates a second configuration based on the determined attributes. The method then hosts the second configuration at the second node of the second hosting system.

Abstract: A distribution method is executed by a computer. The distribution method includes dividing a program in response to an acquisition request to acquire the program received from a terminal device connected via a network; and transferring the divided program to the terminal device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for enhancing the availability of multi-tier applications on cloud computing platforms are disclosed. An example method comprises identifying, using a processor, dependencies among application components in a multi-tier application; generating, using the processor, an application blueprint defining the multi-tier application based on the identified dependencies; generating a remediation policy based on the identified dependencies in the application blueprint, the remediation policy comprising instructions to restore availability of the multi-tier application; detecting unavailability of the multi-tier application; identifying, using the processor, one of the application components as being responsible for the unavailability of the multi-tier application; and restarting, using the processor, the identified one of the application components based on the remediation policy to restore availability of the multi-tier application.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for determining seeds for targeted notifications through online social networks are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes analyzing user mobility data associated with multiple users of a social network to identify spatio-temporal relationships among the users; computing, for each of the users, a value representing the user's level of influence in relation to other users, wherein the value is based on the spatio-temporal relationships and a product and/or service to be identified in a spread of information within the social network; segmenting the users into groups based on the computed value for each user, wherein a first group comprises each user associated with a computed value above a given threshold, and wherein a second group comprises each user associated with a computed value below the given threshold; and selecting one or more users from the first group to initiate the spread of information.

Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for migrating network resources to improve network utilization, for use in a multi-node network wherein nodes of the network share network resources. The method comprises the steps of identifying a group of nodes that share one of the network resources, and identifying one of the nodes satisfying a specified condition based on at least one defined access latency metric. The shared resource is moved to the identified one of the nodes to reduce overall access latency to access the shared resource by said group of nodes. One embodiment of the invention provides a method and system to synchronize tasks in a distributed computation using network attached devices (NADs). A second embodiment of the invention provides a method and system to reduce lock latency and network traffic by migrating lock managers to coupling facility locations closest to nodes seeking resource access.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for streaming digital content from a server to a client device in a way that is tailored to the context in which the client device is used. The context in which a client device is used may refer to, for example, the operational characteristics of the device and/or the environmental conditions under which the device is used. A client device can be configured to collect contextual data characterizing its use context. The way in which streaming media is delivered to the client device can be adjusted based on such contextual data, and in particular, can be adjusted in a way that tailors the content delivery to the specific use context. This can improve user experience and conserve battery and network resources, for example, by avoiding the streaming of high definition content to a device that, due to its use context, is able to render standard definition content.

Abstract: Described is a technology by which a seamless automatic connection to an (e.g., corporate) network is made for a client device. Upon detecting a need for a connection to a network, such as by intercepting a communication directed towards a network destination, a list of available connection methods is automatically obtained based on the device's current location data (e.g., LAN or remote) and policy information. An available connection method from the list is selected, e.g., in order, and an attempt is made to establish a connection via that connection method. If the attempt fails, another attempt is made with a different connection method, and so on, until a connection method succeeds. Additional seamlessness from the user's perspective is provided via a credentials vault, by which stored credentials may be retrieved and used in association with the access method being attempted.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine readable medium of a first middlebox element of several middlebox elements to implement a middlebox instance in a distributed manner in several hosts. The non-transitory machine readable medium stores a set of instructions for receiving (1) configuration data for configuring the middlebox instance to implement a middlebox in a logical network and (2) a particular identifier associated with the middlebox in the logical network. The non-transitory machine readable medium stores a set of instructions for generating (1) a set of rules to process packets for the middlebox in the logical network and (2) an internal identifier associated with the set of rules. The non-transitory machine readable medium stores a set of instructions for associating the particular identifier with the internal identifier for later processing of packets having the particular identifier.

Abstract: Systems, devices and methods are described to identify server nodes operating on a data network that are available to a client node. A registry server receives registration messages from each of the of server nodes and maintains a listing server nodes and their associated server addresses. When a request is received from a client, the registry server identifies server nodes having the same network address as the client, thereby indicating that the client and server nodes are likely to reside behind a common router or on a common local area network. A list of identified server nodes can then be forwarded to the client so that the client can establish connections as desired. These techniques may be used, for example, to establish video placeshifting connections between a placeshifting server device and a phone, tablet or other media client.