Abstract: Disclosed is a message broker apparatus, method, and program product customizable through the use of externally administered and executed policy functions. The system uses user defined and controlled policy functions to programmatically customize the behaviors of a message broker's processing of messages and further allowing for that customization to take place on a per channel basis. This provides for greater functionality and flexibility to the users of a message system, especially when the users of the message system do not have administrative control over the message broker.

Abstract: Example techniques disclosed herein relate to location-based playlists. In an example implementation, a system receives, from a mobile device, first GPS data indicating that the mobile device is located at a first physical location, wherein an application on the mobile device is registered with a particular user account of the cloud service. The system determines that the first physical location represented in the first GPS data corresponds to a location of a first business associated with one or more first playback devices within the cloud service. The one or more first playback devices are playing back first audio tracks. As each first audio track is at least partially played back, the system adds the respective first audio track to a location-based playlist associated with the particular user account of the cloud service. The computing system causes the mobile device to display an indication of the location-based playlist.

Abstract: In some implementations, a network device may establish a connection between a client and a server instance associated with a service. The network device may identify that a timer for transmitting a periodic disconnect peer request has expired. The network device may transmit the periodic disconnect peer request to the client based on an expiry of the timer, wherein the periodic disconnect peer request includes a value for graceful connection cycling, and the graceful connection cycling is to be applied to the connection based on the periodic disconnect peer request.

Abstract: The subject disclosure presents a device that intelligently manages network connectivity between a user device and a network edge cloud instance. The device monitors a key performance metric for the network path and determines if it falls below a defined threshold. If the metric is unsatisfactory, the device responds by adjusting a network parameter associated with that path, such as signal strength, packet loss, or bandwidth. This targeted adjustment helps maintain optimal communication and service quality between the user device and the edge cloud. By actively monitoring and adapting network parameters in response to real-time conditions, the device ensures reliable and efficient access to edge cloud services, offering a more responsive and robust solution compared to conventional approaches. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: An online conference apparatus includes: a memory that stores management information for managing availability of sharing for an image; and a processor configured to: process a designation image designated as a sharing target by a participant of an online conference; and apply a sharing restriction to the designation image based on the management information.

Abstract: A method of rendering a web page that includes: receiving, by a client computing device, a first hint identifying a first web object transaction for obtaining a first web object of a plurality of web objects of the web page; and initiating, by the client computing device, the first web object transaction to obtain the first web object. The method further includes: receiving, by the client computing device, the web page; and rendering, by the client computing device, the web page utilizing the first web object.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for configuring logical routers of a logical network. The logical routers are implemented in a Kubernetes cluster as a first set of Pods that each perform logical forwarding operations for the logical routers and a second set of Pods that each perform L7 service operations for a respective logical router. From a Kubernetes control plane component, the method receives a notification that the first set requires scaling to include an additional Pod. The first-set Pods process data messages between the logical network and external networks. Within the network management system, the method defines at least one new interface for processing data messages between the logical network and external networks. The method configures the at least one interface on the additional Pod to communicate with external physical routers to receive traffic from the external networks and send traffic to the external networks.

Abstract: An in-vehicle device according to the present disclosure includes a processor, and a memory. The memory having instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations: acquiring vehicle state information indicating a state of a vehicle, and sensor data measured by a sensor provided on the vehicle, compressing the sensor data at a compression rate varying depending on the vehicle state information, and transmitting the compression rate in association with the compressed sensor data. The vehicle state information includes at least vehicle speed of the vehicle. The compression rate is a value determined according to whether the vehicle speed is higher than a first threshold.

Abstract: Techniques for ensuring symmetric forwarding between disparate networks are described herein. In active/standby hub architectures, hub nodes may be configured to convert a preference order (e.g., indicating a preferred hub node), specified by an endpoint on a wide-area network (WAN)-side of a network, into a local-area network (LAN)-side-routing-metric that is distributed to datacenter router(s) on the LAN-side of the network. When an active hub node loses connection to all of the available routing controllers, the active hub may automatically manipulate the LAN-side-routing-metric to make the metric worse than the standby hub to indicate that the routes being advertised by the active hub are “stale,” such that the datacenter routers prefer the standby hub, avoiding traffic asymmetry as a result of the lost connection.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus and computer-readable media are provided for monitoring access to one or more sites over a mobile communication network. One method is performed by a client network entity for monitoring access to one or more sites over a mobile communication network. The method includes: transmitting, to a network exposure entity of the mobile communication network, a request message for the network exposure entity to report instances of one or more wireless devices accessing one or more sites over the mobile communication network; and receiving, from the network exposure entity, a report of instances of one or more wireless devices accessing the one or more sites over the mobile communication network.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory media for detecting a positioning attack based on wireless position signaling. For example, a location server can determine a positioning reference signal having at least a first signal portion and at least a second signal portion. An indication of a positioning attack associated with the positioning reference signal can be obtained. The location server can provide, to a base station, a message of transmission preemption of the second signal portion of the positioning reference signal based on the indication of the positioning attack.

Abstract: A system for managing electronic data representing emergency alerts comprises a computing device associated with an asset and a server. The server receives threshold data from the computing device and one or more data records representing reports of an event. The server computes an anomaly metric based on a comparison of the event to recent events and, if the anomaly metric does not exceed a threshold, computes a trend metric based on the frequency of similar events over time. If either metric exceeds its respective threshold, the server transmits a control signal comprising an alert to the computing device. The system may apply natural language processing, machine learning, and knowledge graphs to evaluate event characteristics and generate contextual summaries. By filtering alerts based on relevance and context, the system conserves computing resources and enables early detection of emerging threats, improving the responsiveness and efficiency of emergency alert infrastructure.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide for application-level data transportation in a distributed computing system. In particular, various embodiments described herein provide application-level protocol, encoding, and decoding methodologies for data transport via application-level messages, which can be implemented by a distributed software application operated on a distributed computing system.

Abstract: A computation offloading device includes a plurality of communication nodes, each configured to wirelessly send and receive data; a processor, configured to instruct a computation node of a plurality of computation nodes to process a data payload received from a robot at a first communication node of the plurality of communication nodes; select one or more second communication nodes of the plurality of communication nodes, different from the first communication node, based on a predicted location of the robot; and instruct the one or more second communication nodes to send a result of the processed data payload to the robot at the predicted location.

Abstract: Devices, systems and processes for providing local alerts to users via non-local channels are described. A process may include receiving, by a content distributor system, an alert message. The alert message includes a first alert condition and a second alert condition. The first alert condition and the second alert condition are identified in the alert message, and an alert notice is generated, based on the identified alert conditions, and transmitted to a user device coupled to the content distributor system. The first alert condition specifies an alert type. The second alert condition specifies a time period. The alert message may include a third alert condition specifying an action for a user of the user device to take or refrain from taking during the time period and the alert notice may identify the action. The alert message may include a target condition and the alert notice identifies actions to be performed.

Abstract: Technologies for optimizing performance of virtual switches in networking and accelerated computing are described. A virtual switch can identify an addition of a first data path (DP) rule in a flow table. The virtual switch can determine that the first DP rule and a second DP rule in the flow table overlap. The addition of the first DP rule causes the second DP rule to be deleted in the flow table. Before the second DP rule is deleted, the virtual switch can simulate receipt of a simulated packet comprising the specified portion of the network header corresponding to a second DP rule identifier of the second DP rule. The receipt of the simulated packet causes a third DP rule to be added to the flow table. After the third DP rule is added, the virtual switch can delete the second DP rule.

Abstract: A system for screening and routing incoming phone calls or text messages that includes an interceptor device which is operatively engaged with the phone and is arranged to receive all incoming calls or texts to the phone. When an incoming call or text to the phone is received by the interceptor device, programming provided in the interceptor device compares a phone number associated with the incoming call or text with a list of stored contact phone numbers. The incoming phone call may be disconnected if the phone number associated with originating the incoming call or text fails to match any of the stored contact phone numbers. The incoming call or text is routed to a known or designated contact from the stored contact phone numbers for approval.

Abstract: Congestion signaling by receiving a packet at a node, the packet comprising a congestion signal tag including a congestion signal value, the congestion signal value having been set by another node among one or more other nodes through which the packet has traveled; comparing the congestion signal value to a mask that is determined according to a local signal value; and replacing the congestion signal value with the local signal value when the comparing indicates that the node is a bottleneck for the packet relative to the another node.

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for performing operations for providing a shared augmented reality experience in a video chat. A video chat can be established between a plurality of client devices. During the video chat, videos of users associated with the client devices can be displayed. During the video chat, a request from a first client device to activate a first AR experience can be received, and in response, and body parts of users depicted in the videos are modified to include one or more AR elements associated with the first AR experience.

Abstract: This application discloses a communication method and apparatus. The method includes: A UE sends a registration request message to an AMF, where the registration request message includes indication information, and the indication information indicates whether a disaster scenario exists. The AMF receives the registration request message, and sends a registration response message to the UE based on the indication information and a load status. The UE receives the registration response message.