Abstract: A management apparatus for executing a management application for managing network devices on a network, configured to register, as a function of the plug-in for adding a service to the management application, remote tasks having different priorities in an execution waiting task queue according to the priorities, and to sequentially execute the first one of the remote tasks registered in the execution waiting task queue.

Abstract: A value is distributed in a distributed computing system having a master system in communication with a plurality of worker systems. Partitions of a graph are assigned to the worker systems. The graph represents relationships among a set of tangible items that model a real-world condition having an associated problem. Configuration information is determined that describes a configuration of the distributed computing system. A distribution scheme is selected for distributing a value from the master system to the plurality of worker systems based on the configuration information. The value is distributed from the master system to the worker systems according to the selected distribution scheme. The worker systems are configured to use the value to produce an output representing a solution to the real-world problem.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving an application that includes a rendering portion; receiving code implementing a plurality of functions used by the application; defining a plurality of subsets of the plurality of functions, each of the plurality of subsets including at least one of the plurality of functions; monitoring which ones of the plurality of subsets has one or more of the at least one functions included therein invoked during execution of a portion of the application that includes the rendering portion; generating information indicating which ones of the plurality of subsets had one or more of the at least one functions included therein invoked during the execution of the portion of the application; and generating a first set of one or more files that includes: (i) code implementing ones of the plurality of functions that are included in or more of the plurality of subsets that had one or more of the at least one functions included therein invoked during execution of the portion of the

Abstract: According to an instruction for starting processing for connecting to another communication apparatus, a communication apparatus prompts a user to select whether the communication apparatus joins an existing network or establishes a new network, searches another communication apparatus establishing the existing network when the user selects to join the existing network, searches another communication apparatus not establishing the existing network when the user selects to establish the new network, and then connects to the another searched communication apparatus.

Abstract: An approach for user identity management in a virtualized/networked (e.g., cloud) computing environment is provided. In a typical embodiment, historical command usage within a server environment is analyzed to determine the characteristics of the commands being run against a cloud resource to determine with a confidence rating the likelihood the commands are being executed by a certain user. Such an approach allows for more efficient user identity management in order to optimize cloud security and system administration.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for reproducing media data are provided. The method includes: receiving a first file including information about a period of first content and information about a period of second content; receiving and reproducing media data of the first content based on the received first file; stopping reproducing of the media data of the first content and receiving and reproducing media data of the second content based on the first file; and receiving and reproducing the media data of the first content when the reproducing the media data of the second content is completed, wherein the information about the period of the second content includes location information about the second media data of the second content or location information of a second file including the location information about the second media data of the second content.

Abstract: A system (10) for optimizing wireless data downloads is described. An embodiment of the system is manifest as a file server (18) comprising: a data storage device (22) adapted to store multimedia content; and a wireless access point (36) adapted to wirelessly interconnect, via a wireless data signal, the data storage device (22) to a wireless device (52), the file server (18) being configured to wirelessly transmit selected portions of the stored multimedia content to the wireless device (52), and being characterized by: a directional signal strength gauge (60) configured to determine the strength of the wireless data signal at the wireless device and to determine a direction (72) from the wireless device to the wireless access point.

Abstract: One exemplary embodiment is directed to a network management system that uses physical layer information in performing a network management function. Another exemplary embodiment is directed to a method of tracking channel compliance using physical layer information.

Abstract: There is provided a system and method for providing customized experiences to a plurality of client stations in a shared environment. There is provided an accounts database having data relating to a plurality of clients, an online server having a server processor and hosting the shared environment for access by the plurality of client stations, and an online client application for execution by a client processor of a client station. The server processor is configured to retrieve client data from the accounts database relating to a client, determine client preferences of the client based on the client data, create a customized environment from the shared environment according to the client preferences, and send the customized environment to the online client application of a client station associated with the client for rendering the customized environment on a client display. User interactions may be filtered to maintain a shared environment perception.

Abstract: Systems and method for the management of migrations of virtual machine instances are provided. A migration manager monitors the resource usage of a virtual machine instance over time in order to create a migration profile. When migration of a virtual machine instance is desired, the migration manager schedules the migration to occur such that the migration conforms to the migration profile.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for generating a location-based ranking for a set of measurements. Client devices located within a geographic area are identified. The geographic area is expanded when the quantity of client devices identified within the geographic area fails to meet or exceed a predefined threshold. Additional client devices are identified within the expanded geographic area. A performance ranking of task measurements associated with a performance of a task performed by the client devices within the expanded geographic area is generated.

Abstract: A system and a method are provided for transmitting data of a vehicle for efficiently managing a server or a communications network by at least a communications network infrastructure by determining a first list of priorities of vehicle information by a second server, transmitting the first list of priorities to a first server, comparing the transmitted first list of priorities of the vehicle information with traffic data to generate a second list of priority information, and informing the second server and a computing device of the vehicle of the generated second list of priority information.

Abstract: Aspects and implementations of the present disclosure are directed to an indirect generalized hypercube network in a data center. Servers in the data center participate in both an over-subscribed fat tree network hierarchy culminating in a gateway connection to external networks and in an indirect hypercube network interconnecting a plurality of servers in the fat tree. The participant servers have multiple network interface ports, including at least one port for a link to an edge layer network device of the fat tree and at least one port for a link to a peer server in the indirect hypercube network. Servers are grouped by edge layer network device to form virtual switches in the indirect hypercube network and data packets are routed between servers using routes through the virtual switches. Routes leverage properties of the hypercube topology. Participant servers function as destination points and as virtual interfaces for the virtual switches.

Abstract: Systems and method for the management of migrations of virtual machine instances are provided. A migration manager monitors a resource usable for migration of a virtual machine instance in order to predict availability of the migration resource. When migration of a virtual machine instance is desired, the migration manager schedules the migration to occur at a future point in time identified based on the predicted availability of the migration resource.

Abstract: The invention relates to signaling of MGW identity in SIP-I. A Call Control Unit of a network includes an Input/Output unit. The Call Control Unit includes a processing unit in communication with the input/output unit. The Call Control Unit includes a memory unit in communication with the processing unit, the processing unit producing a signal having information which identifies a seized Media Gateway (MGW) related to a call establishment or one or more offered Media Gateways, which is sent via Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) to a Mobile Switching Center (MSC)-Server in the network which is in charge to seize a MGW. A computer readable medium storing a computer program, which, when executed by at least one processing unit, signals a media gateway (MGW) identity. A method in a telecommunications node for signaling a Media Gateway (MGW) Identity.

Abstract: An approach is provided for providing services via cloud based analytics. An analytics platform determines one or more data propagation policies associated with propagating user information from at least one device to one or more cloud components. The analytics platform also processes and/or facilitates a processing of the one or more data propagation policies to cause, at least in part, a propagation of the user information to the one or more cloud components, wherein the propagation causes, at least in part, the user information to be available to one or more applications, one or more services, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A transformation engine that enables content and information to be transformed from one format, a source format, to a format that is compatible with the requesting device, a destination format. Advantageously, various device types can access and share content via a network without concern as to the original format of the content. When a client device provides a request for content, the transformation engine identifies delivery characteristics of the client device, and identifies a source for the requested content. The transformation engine then transforms the source formatted content into a format identified through a best fit analysis of the delivery characteristics of the device.

Abstract: A method for prohibiting email content propagation that receives, at a server, an email message. At the server, at least one email address associated with the email message which is designated not to receive a content of the email message is identified. At the server, the email message is modified by selectively removing a content of the email message to be conveyed to the at least one email address. The server conveys the modified email message to the at least one email address. The server conveys the email message to one or more recipient email addresses except the at least one email address. Consequently, the server has sent a submitted message to multiple email addresses, while modifying the content sent to a subset of the addresses that received the email message.

Abstract: An exemplary system includes a plurality of connector assemblies. Each of the connector assemblies includes a plurality of ports. Each of the connector assemblies is configured to read information stored on or in physical communication media that is connected to the ports of the respective connector assembly. An aggregation point is communicatively coupled to the plurality of connector assemblies. The aggregation point is configured to automatically discover the connector assemblies and cause each of the connector assemblies to send to the aggregation point at least some of the information read from the physical communication media that is connected to its ports. The aggregation point is configured to store at least some of the information sent by the connector assemblies to the aggregation point. The aggregation point can also be configured to provide at least some of the information it stores to at least one other device via the network.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage device, for: receiving messages from a plurality of publishers; assigning each of the messages to one of a plurality of channels, wherein each channel comprises an ordered plurality of messages; storing messages of each of the channels in respective storage buffers according to the order, wherein each storage buffer comprises a respective time-to-live of a first time duration; for a particular channel, retrieving messages of the particular channel from respective storage buffers; storing the retrieved messages of the particular channel in a delivery buffer, the delivery buffer comprising data blocks, wherein each data block comprises a respective time-to-live of a second time duration; and providing the messages stored in the delivery buffer to a plurality of subscribers of the particular channel.