Abstract: Systems maintain synchronicity among elements intended to be displayed at various points during a live media stream. At a multimedia player, start playback of a live media stream. The systems receive input from a user selecting a new time of the media stream to playback, which is different than the current playback time of the media stream. The systems adjust playback of the media stream to restart at the new selected time, such that the current playback time of the output media stream is updated to the new selected time. The systems monitor the current playback time of the media stream as adjusted. The systems determine a user-initiated command to execute for displaying one or more visual elements at the multimedia player by polling a command manifest file based on the current playback time as adjusted.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a system and method for data management whereby a data management application manages data across a managed service environment, a mail server environment, and a client environment. The present invention allows a customer to optimize data management functions such as archiving, recovering, monitoring, authenticating, synchronizing, transferring, copying, stubbing, chunking, harvesting, and securing.

Abstract: In example embodiments, a shortest path first-based isolation trace function is provided to determines what switchable elements need to be closed to stop flow of a quality to a location in an infrastructure model arranged as a network. The shortest path first-based isolation trace function may perform shortest-path traces from the location to each source. For each successful shortest-path trace finding one or more switchable elements, the first switchable element encountered on the path of the trace is added to a solution set, and marked as active to prevent further traversal in subsequent shortest-path traces. When all the shortest-path traces are complete, the solution set may be returned as a result. If no switchable element is found on a path of one of the shortest-path traces, it may be concluded that the location cannot be isolated and such conclusion returned as the result instead of the solution set.

Abstract: First sensor data can be received from a first set of IoT devices. Sensor data collection rates can be determined for a first artificial intelligence model by analyzing the first sensor data using a second artificial intelligence model. Based on the sensor data collection rates, sensor control commands can be communicated to a second set of Internet of Things devices. The sensor control commands can specify, to the second set of Internet of Things devices, sensor data communication rates that respective ones of the second set of Internet of Things devices are to implement for communicating, to the first artificial intelligence model, second sensor data generated by sensors of the respective ones of the second set of Internet of Things devices.

Abstract: Examples described herein relate to configuring a Network Interface Card (NIC) of a compute node, such as a server. The NIC may receive an LLDP frame with a first configuration for the NIC. The first configuration is compared with a second configuration. The second configuration corresponds to an existing configuration of the NIC. In response to determining that the second configuration does not match the first configuration, the NIC is configured with the first configuration during a boot-up of the compute node.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for implementing reciprocal data sharing in a data exchange system. Limitations may be placed on the amount of data an exchange member may access based on the amount of data contributed. The system may include determining a data contribution associated with a first member of the data exchange, determining a data access limit for the first member based on the data contribution, and providing data to the first member when the first member has not exceeded the data access limit. In some embodiments, there may be separate data access limits for each member of the data exchange, so that a first member may have different access limits when accessing data from a second member, data from a third member, and data from a fourth member. Further, the system may limit a requester to a type of data that corresponds to the type of data contributed.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and techniques for transferring device content using radio frequency (RF) sensing. For instance, a first wireless device can identify a first user of the first wireless device based on a first radio frequency (RF) signature associated with the first user. The first wireless media device can determine a disengagement of the first user from the first wireless media device. In response to the disengagement, content information associated with usage of the first wireless device by the first user can be captured.

Abstract: Techniques are described herein for generating network topologies based on models, and deploying the network topologies across hybrid clouds and other computing environments that include multiple workload resource domains. A topology deployment system may receive data representing a logical topology model, and may generate a network topology for deployment based on the logical model. The network topology may include various services and/or other resources provided by different tenants in the computing environment, and tenant may be associated with different set of resources and deployment constraints. The topology deployment system may determine and generate the network topology to use the various resources and comply with various deployment constraints of the different tenants providing the services, and the tenants consuming the network topology.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for creating a custom service in a communication network are disclosed. For example, the method implemented via a processor determines that the custom service does not exist, receives one or more desired functions for the custom service, creates the custom service having the one or more desired functions and modifies one or more network elements within the communication network to perform the one or more desired functions to deploy the custom service.

Abstract: Certain exemplary aspects directed to customization of communications services wherein a data communications server provides virtual office features to remote client entities.

Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to transformations of data provided by an Internet of Things (IoT) device. A processor defines a data transformation corresponding to data transmitted by the IoT device in an IoT system. The data transformation includes a definition of a transformation of data from a first format to a second format and an identification (ID) of the IoT device. The processor then compiles the data transformation to produce compiled executable code for performing the data transformation. The processor registers the compiled executable code for the data transformation as an available transformation for various components of the IoT system. The processor facilitates execution of the compiled executable code so as to perform the data transformation upon a data stream provided by the IoT device.

Abstract: A connection maintenance method for an Internet of Things (IoT) device is disclosed in the present invention. The connection maintenance method includes establishing a virtual connection between the IoT device and a server, receiving a connection maintenance request from the IoT device, obtaining an identification code of the IoT device according to the connection maintenance request, transmitting a paging signal to the IoT device by using a first cycle according to the connection maintenance request to confirm whether the IoT device is alive, and when it is confirmed that the IoT device is alive, generating and transmitting a heartbeat packet carrying the identification code to the server by using a second cycle.

Abstract: Example methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to estimate waiting times of prescriptions are disclosed herein. An example computer-implemented method, executed by a processor, to estimate a waiting time of a prescription for a medication includes training a machine learning model using, for each of a plurality of previously filled prescriptions, a set of characteristics of the previously filled prescription, and a fill time for the previously filled prescription, receiving a prescription for a medication for a patient, receiving a request for an estimated waiting time for filling the prescription medication for the patient, identifying a set of characteristics of the prescription medication for the patient, applying the set of characteristics of the prescription medication to the machine learning model to determine the estimated waiting time for filling the prescription medication for the patient, and providing an indication of the estimated waiting time for display on a client device.

Abstract: A method by a first security edge protection proxy (SEPP) for security edge protection of messages being communicated between first and second communications networks of a communications system. The method receives, from a first network function of the first communications network, a first message containing an address identifying a second network function which is located in the second communications network. The method receives, from a second SEPP operating to protect communications with the second communications network, a second message containing a fully qualified domain name, FQDN, reference for a combination of the second SEPP and the second network function. The method stores the FQDN reference for the combination of the second SEPP and second network function in a label-to-FQDN mapping data structure with a logical association to a substitute locally-unique label, and sends a third message containing the substitute locally-unique label to the first network function.

Abstract: A method and system for maintaining persistent network policies for a virtual machine (VM) that includes determining a name of the VM executing on a first host connected to a first network device; binding the name of the VM to a network policy for the VM on the first network device; acquiring from VM management software, using the name of the VM, a universally unique identifier (UUID) of the VM; associating the UUID to the network policy on the first network device; applying the network policy for the VM on the first network device; subscribing to receive notifications from the VM management software of changes to the configuration of the VM corresponding to the UUID; receiving notification from the VM management software of a configuration change made to the VM corresponding to the UUID; and updating the network policy of the VM to reflect the configuration change of the VM.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for deleting messages. The systems and methods include operations for: establishing, by a computing device, a communication session between a plurality of users, the communication session being associated with a first feature of a plurality of features of a messaging application; automatically deleting a first set of messages exchanged in the communication session based on a default deletion policy of the first feature; changing the default deletion policy of the first feature to a second deletion policy; and automatically deleting a second set of messages exchanged in the communication session based on the second deletion policy instead of the default deletion policy.

Abstract: Systems and processes for providing response suggestions are provided. In one example process, a textual representation of a message is received. Based on the textual representation of the message, one or more response categories and a predetermined number of suggested inputs corresponding to each of the one of more response categories are obtained. Based on the predetermined number of suggested inputs corresponding to each of the one of more response categories, one or more suggested inputs for each of the one or more response categories are determined. The one or more suggested inputs are provided as response suggestions to the message.

Abstract: Techniques are described herein for service chaining in fabric networks such that hardware resources can be preserved without service nodes needing additional capabilities. The techniques may include storing a first configuration associated with a first VRF instance of a service forwarding node that is connected to a first service of a service chain sequence. The first configuration may indicate an identifier and a type associated with a second service of the service chain sequence where traffic is to be sent after the first service. Additionally, the techniques may also include storing a second configuration associated with a second VRF instance of the service forwarding node that is connected to the second service. The second configuration may indicate that the second service is a last service of the service chain sequence. When traffic is received at the service forwarding node, the service forwarding node can determine whether the traffic is pre-service traffic or post-service traffic.

Abstract: The invention relates to central controller (3) for remote communication with a plurality of network controllers, NC, (20) the plurality of NCs (20) being provided in communication nodes (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) and being configured for near field communication with each other, the central controller (3) being configured to be in communicative connection with each NC of the plurality of NCs. The central controller (3) comprises a data processing device (32) configured to receive ID and position information and a list of communicable neighboring NCs from each NC (20), based on the received ID information, position information and lists of communicable neighboring NCs identify at least one NC of the plurality of NCs as providing accurate position information and use the thus identified NC as an anchor point NC (20a), and identify missing and/or position drifting NCs by analyzing the received ID and position information and lists of communicable neighboring NCs.

Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically defining features for machine learning models in classification systems are disclosed. Such systems and methods may be usefully applied to train and utilize machine learning models in a variety of contexts, including email classification systems.