Abstract: Video communications between multiple computer systems configured to transmit and receive video content. A client transmitter is enabled to transmit a video message for display on the client recipient. The client transmitter is configured to transmit or record the video message to the video server. The video message is archived by the video server. When the client recipient is unavailable during the beginning of the transmission of the video message and when the client recipient is available later during the transmission of the video message, the client recipient is enabled to display the video message from the beginning of the video message while the transmission of the video message is still ongoing.

Abstract: A system comprising: a plurality of mobile edge caches integrated within a corresponding plurality of mobile environments; a local network manager coupled to each edge cache device in each mobile environment to provide network connectivity to client devices within each mobile environment; a mobile high speed network interface coupled to each mobile edge cache within each mobile environment to establish a high bandwidth link to one or more fixed high speed network interfaces when the mobile environment is within range; a fixed core cache to store content titles owned by a content provider, the content titles to be distributed to the plurality of mobile edge caches, each content title comprising a plurality of title segments; wherein the content provider is to maintain a primary website to provide access to each content title by streaming apps installed on client devices, a streaming app running on a first client device within a first mobile environment to generate a request for a first content title responsive

Abstract: A ground based content server transfers content to an aircraft based content server via courier devices that are transported by aircraft passengers. Content files to be delivered to a target aircraft are identified. Courier devices associated with persons scheduled to become passengers on the target aircraft are identified. Each of the content files are divided into content fragments, where the content fragments collectively contain all data necessary for reassembling the content files. The content fragments are distributed from the ground based content server across the courier devices, so that each courier device is distributed one of the content fragments containing data that is at least partially redundant with data contained in one of the content fragments that is distributed to at least one other one of the courier devices and that is not redundant to data contained in other content fragments distributed to still other ones of the courier devices.

Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring and correcting a cloud environment are disclosed. An alert associated with an active issue at a component is received and an issue object is generated based on the alert. A self-healing flow is executed based on an alert type of the alert to attempt to correct the active issue.

Abstract: A system to characterize water in a building includes a processor; a water sensor coupled to the processor; a water valve coupled to the processor; an encryption module executed by the processor to secure water data; and a transceiver to communicate secured water data over a network to a remote processor.

Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and systems implementing multi-sensor agent devices are described herein. The agent devices can each include a plurality of sensors for measuring parameters of interest to an entity such as an electric power utility. The sensors can be organized in individually-IP-addressable sensor clusters, with each sensor cluster including an associated microcontroller. The agent devices can be controlled by a control center of the entity to operate in a coordinated manner, such as to gather and transmit data regarding parameters of interest. The agent devices can be transported to desired areas for data collection by unmanned aerial systems such as drones, and the collected data can be stored in a distributed blockchain ledger.

Abstract: One embodiment comprises a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions executable to access a conversation-enabled document and expose the conversation-enabled document on a first conversation channel as a conversation into the conversation-enabled document. The conversation-enabled document can comprise a conversation component for controlling a conversation interface into the conversation-enabled document, the conversation component specifying conversation steps, routing between conversation steps and a document variable to accept a conversation participant response. The computer-executable instructions can be executable to set a document variable value in the conversation-enabled document based on the participant response received via the conversation interface; and render the conversation-enabled document to a second channel using the document variable and the page template.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed that implement cloud functionality in a cloud agnostic system. An example apparatus to implement cloud specific functionality in a cloud agnostic system includes a request interpreter to determine whether a first request includes an indication that a cloud resource is to be partially provisioned, a provision determiner to select the cloud resource based on the indication, and a cloud interface to transmit a first resource request to partially provision the cloud resource, and in response to a second request including constraints specific to the cloud resource, transmit a second resource request to fully provision the cloud resource.

Abstract: A communication device that is connected to a network includes: a receiver, a storage and a processor. The receiver receives meta data that includes attribution information of data and access information of the data. The storage stores the meta data received by the receiver; and a processor. The processor extracts a keyword from the attribution information that is included in the meta data and store, in the storage, index information in which the keyword and information for identifying the meta data are associated with each other. The processor transmits, to a participating node in the network, a stop request that is a request to step a transmission of meta data when an amount of the index information stored in the storage is larger than or equal to a specified threshold.

Abstract: A method for provisioning resources to a user during a meeting with another user, each user having an associated computing device is provided. The method may include detecting a meeting of a first user with a second user, each of the first and second users having an associated computing device. The method may further include obtaining historical data relating to previous activity of at least one of the first and second users during one or more earlier meetings between the first and second users. The method may further include provisioning one or more resources to at least one of the first and second users based on the obtained historical data associated with the one or more earlier meetings.

Abstract: The invention concerns amongst other things a user (11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e, 11f, 11g) to an intercom network (10) for carrying out real-time audio communication with other users of this intercom network, comprising an audio input, in particular a microphone (14, 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d, 14e, 14f) or a microphone port (28) and a connection port (29) or a communication module (30) for connecting with a switching center (19a, 19b) of the intercom network, comprising at least one functionality that can be set as a parameter, in particular manually set, such as key assignment, direct-dial key, brightness, volume or the like, characterized in that an NFC element (22, 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d, 22e, 22f) is provided on the user that can be used to carry out a communication with a counterpart NFC element (23) assigned to an operator (25).

Abstract: Techniques are provided for optimizing the operations of an ICN, particularly for an ICN with clustered nodes. A cluster head node may function as an orchestrator and a coordinator for efficient caching, routing, and computing and for co-existence of ICN and IP nodes in the network. A content store of an ICN router may include an indication of the time after which data expires and the new data is to be swapped in place of the expired data after that point in time. Digital rights management (DRM) enforcement is provided by managing access to a DRM engine in at least one of the ICN nodes in a cluster. Congestion control is provided by minimizing the number of ICN scoped interest requests and thereby minimizing the potentially high volume of data responses. These techniques optimize interest packet forwarding and processing through collaboration with neighboring ICN nodes.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a device obtains telemetry data regarding a plurality of traffic flows in a network. The device forms a directed graph based on the telemetry data, wherein nodes of the graph represent devices in the network. The device simulates traffic for one or more of the devices by performing random walks starting at a particular node on the directed graph to generate a set of trails, each trail representing a sequence of one or more flows. The device clusters the set of trails to form one or more clusters. The device generates an application fingerprint for an application based on one of the one or more clusters. The device uses the application fingerprint to identify traffic in the network as associated with the application.

Abstract: Embodiments for representing the operational state of a distributed computing system are provided. Relationships within a distributed computing system are identified. Each of the identified relationships is associated with communication between two of a plurality of computing nodes within the distributed computing system. At least one difference between a healthy state of the distributed computing system and an impaired state of the distributed computing system is determined based on the identifying of the relationships. A representation of the determined at least one difference between the healthy state and the impaired state of the distributed computing system is generated based on information associated with a user.

Abstract: An ambience adjustment method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium, includes identifying an ambient condition in a user profile for a most similar first device to a second device and setting the ambient condition of the most similar first device as the ambient condition in the user profile of the second device.

Abstract: A method and system for improving shared hardware and software resource system is provided. The method includes detecting and registering an Internet of things (IOT) device connected to a network. Hardware/software resources and sensors associated with hardware and software operations executed by the IOT device are identified and all available data and associated metadata associated with the hardware/software resources and the sensors are stored in a database. Additional available hardware/software resources and sensors associated with a plurality of IOT devices connected to the network are displayed and a command signal for assigning a specified hardware/software resource or sensor to the IOT device is executed. A network identification code associated with a location of the specified hardware/software resource or sensor is retrieved and enabled with respect to said IOT device.

Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for managing asset placement with respect to a distributed computing environment having a set of hosts is provided. The present invention may include detecting a set of host computing resource requirement data for an asset, wherein the distributed computing environment includes a stream computing environment and the asset includes a rookie asset in the stream computing environment. The present invention may include identifying a set of computing resource profile data for a set of hosts in the distributed computing environment. The present invention may include determining, by comparing the set of host computing resource requirement data for the asset and the set of computing resource profile data for the set of hosts, an asset placement arrangement. The present invention may include establishing, based on the asset placement arrangement, the asset in the distributed computing environment.

Abstract: Disclosed is an information processing device capable of remote sharing with one or a plurality of other information processing devices. The information processing device acts as a reference information processing device, and includes a memory; and one or more processors coupled to the memory and configured to display one or more of the other information processing devices as a candidate for remote connection, the one or more of the other information processing devices being used by same participants as participants determined in the reference information processing device; prompt a user of the reference information processing device to select any of the one or more of the other information processing devices displayed as a candidate for remote connection; and remotely connect the reference information processing device to the selected one or more of the other information processing devices.

Abstract: A method for execution by one or more processing modules of one or more computing devices of a dispersed storage network (DSN), the method begins by determining, in advance of a DSN data access request, an optimal routing configuration for the DSN data access request to a collection of one or more DS processing units. The method continues by assigning a final destination identifier (FDI) to the collection of one or more DS processing units. The method continues by associating a request router with the collection of one or more DS processing units and distributing the optimal routing configuration to each of the collection of one or more DS processing units and to the associated request router.

Abstract: The present invention relates to system and methods for segmented data transmission. One example comprises steps of: connecting a plurality of computerized devices to each other; designating at least one master device from the plurality of computerized devices; designating remainder of devices as slave devices; producing a content originated from said at least one master device; segmenting the content into a plurality of data-streams; transmitting at least one data-stream of said plurality of data-streams to slave devices; uploading said plurality of data-streams to a server-computer; assembling said plurality of data-streams into said content.