Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for optimizing application configurations in a provider network are disclosed. An application description is determined that comprises one or more resource utilization characteristics of an application. Automated analysis is performed of a plurality of potential configurations for the application based at least in part on the application description. The automated analysis comprises scoring at least a portion of the potential configurations based at least in part on a scoring function. A recommended configuration for the application is determined based at least in part on the automated analysis. The recommended configuration comprises a type and number of computing resources in a multi-tenant provider network.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive gameplay information associated with a first user playing a game on a computing device. Game-related content is generated based on the gameplay information. The game-related content is published to an ephemeral content feed on a social networking system.

Abstract: An access request processing method includes Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) in an enterprise branch network receiving an access request in the enterprise branch network, determining whether the access request is for accessing an extranet and requires accelerated processing, forwarding the access request to an acceleration network in response to determining that the access request is for accessing the extranet and requires accelerated processing, receiving response data of the access request from the acceleration network, and sending the response data to a sender of the access request.

Abstract: A client application can be configured to render user interface cards, based on card data provided by a remote card engine. An API Response as Card (ARC) engine can intercept a communication between the client application and the card engine, and determine that the communication is associated with another backend system. The ARC engine can request that the backend system perform an account action associated with a user account. The ARC engine can provide information derived from a response from the backend system, reflecting a result of the account action, to the card engine. The card action can generate card data associated with the result of the account action performed by the backend system, and the client application can use the card data to render and display a corresponding card, even if neither the client application nor the card engine are natively configured to interface with the backend system.

Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to selection of cloud service providers in a multi-cloud. The selection of cloud service providers (CSPs) in a multi-cloud environment is challenging as it depends on multiple criteria such as security, usability, latency, and service cost. In an embodiment, for each CSP and multi-CSP combination, two decision problems are solved; namely, a VM selection problem and a cloud region selection problem, taking latency requirement and DR laws constraints into consideration. By solving the VM selection and CC selection problems, the service cost and the user to cloud region mapping are estimated. Using said estimates and other qualitative criteria, a multi-cloud multi-criteria decision problem is solved using MCDM techniques to rank the CSP combinations for each application. Based on the ranks and a constraint on a service cost of the entity one of a CSP and a CSP combination is selected for each application.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a network access method and a network access apparatus for speech recognition service based on artificial intelligence. The network access method includes: judging whether there is available IP address information in an IP buffer module when a speech recognition request is received, in which the IP buffer module is configured to buffer IP address information used for a speech recognition performed successfully last time; performing an identity authentication on the available IP address information when there is the available IP address information in the IP buffer module; and accessing to the speech recognition service via the available IP address information passing the identity authentication, in which the speech recognition service is configured to recognize a speech in the speech recognition request.

Abstract: Conventional efforts for estimating the geographic location (geolocation) of devices associated with particular Internet Protocol (IP) addresses typically yield woefully inaccurate results. In many cases, the estimated IP geolocations are on the wrong continent. Embodiments of the present technology include techniques for identifying and improving incorrect estimates based on latency measurements, Domain Name Server (DNS) information, and routing information. For example, latency measurements from multiple collectors can be used to rate the plausibility of an IP geolocation estimate and, in certain cases, to increase the accuracy of the LP geolocation estimate. DNS and routing information can be used to corroborate the estimated IP geolocation. The resulting more accurate IP geolocation estimate can be used to route Internet traffic more efficiently, to enforce rules for routing sensitive information, and to simplify troubleshooting.

Abstract: Methods and devices for an automated Internet of Things (IoT) certification service to verify plug and play capabilities of one or more IoT devices for use with a cloud service provider may include receiving a device identification of an IoT device to certify with the cloud service provider. The methods and devices may include receiving a selection of one or more certification tests to perform to plug and play capabilities of the IoT device. The methods and devices may include performing the one or more certification tests. The methods and devices may include generating a device certification for the plug and play capabilities of the IoT device in response to the one or more certification tests passing.

Abstract: When a user equipment (UE) registers with an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), a serving call session control function (S-CSCF) of the IMS can obtain user profile information associated with the UE from a Home Subscriber Server (HSS). The user profile information may include a priority indicator, such as an indication that a user associated with the UE is a Wireless Priority Services (WPS) user or other high priority user. In that situation, the S-CSCF can inform a proxy call session control function (P-CSCF) of the IMS that the user is a WPS user or other high priority user by sending a dedicated priority message to the P-CSCF, separately from sending a registration confirmation message to the P-CSCF.

Abstract: A system that provides for managing deployed resource interaction devices/equipment through a gateway device that is capable of monitoring the performance of the resource interaction devices/equipment to determine a need for revisions/updates to the resource interaction event application, additional services and/or different resource interaction devices types.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products that enable client devices to install integrations of a third party application that supports variable host address identification.

Abstract: A system and method for managing a system topology of a distributed computing system comprising: providing a network of clusters with at least a first cluster and a second cluster; configuring the first cluster with an external gateway configuration of the second cluster; distributing the external gateway configuration across at least a subset of nodes of the first cluster; establishing a connection between all clusters from the network of clusters, which for the first and second cluster comprises: for each node of the first cluster, establishing a single outbound connection to a select node of the second cluster; and managing communication over the system topology comprising: at a receiver node of the second cluster, propagating a subscription interest, and at an origin node of the first cluster, transmitting communications over the connection according to the subscription interest.

Abstract: A permissions management system (PMS) defines the permissions associated with a user and thereby the activities the user can perform with any specific object and/or application or class of objects and/or applications. However, such a PMS requires an administrator to either authorise each permission individually or default permissions to a configuration previously established. The former is time consuming and the latter does not eliminate the former in establishing the roles initially or new roles or custom configurations. According, methods and systems for automating the establishment of permissions and their ongoing maintenance are presented based upon an initial discovery phase of actions performed by either the user or an administrator followed by an automated harmonization phase and a verification phase. This verification phase may employ human interactions or be automated exploiting an artificial intelligence engine.

Abstract: An information management apparatus includes a memory configured to store view histories of information relating to inquiry information including identifiers of users and contents of inquiries, and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to perform extraction of a first view history of a first user from the view histories in response to receiving first inquiry information including an identifier of the first user and a content of a first inquiry, perform, based on the content of the first inquiry, determination of whether the first view history of the first user includes first information relating to the first inquiry information, and perform modification of a first evaluation value associated with the first information when it is determined that the first view history includes the first information.

Abstract: A resource security integration platform may be configured to establish API integration between software applications and various APIs. The security platform may be configured to register for authorization with multiple APIs in order to communicate with those API such that so that the source applications do not need to authenticate or communicate with the API themselves. A source request is received from a source system including an indication of a resource and an address of an application programming interface of a destination system. A definition of the application programming interface is determined based on the address. Authorization for accessing the destination system is obtained using the definition. Then an interface request message is generated and sent it to the destination system using the authorization. The interface response message is received from the destination system and response data based on the interface response message is sent to the source system.

Abstract: A file is created in a standardized format that defines a type of a containerized application and includes information for deployment of the containerized application. A single parser of the standardized format is thus enabled to deploy different types of containerized applications. The standardized file format includes an application definition. The application definition includes a service, a port list, a container list, a volume mount list, an access mode list, a resource usage list, or any suitable combination thereof. A client device presents a user interface that allows a user to select a containerized application to execute. An application server parses an application template file for the selected containerized application and, based on the information in the application template file, causes one or more servers (e.g., one or more Kubernetes cluster nodes) to execute the containerized application.

Abstract: In an approach to defining and symphonizing serverless functions of hybrid multi-cloud services, a mapping table that contains quality of service (QoS) attributes for applications and service providers is created. Responsive to receiving a request from a runtime application to access specific serverless functions, specific QoS attributes for the runtime application are determined. Supporting service providers that provide the specific serverless functions and the specific QoS attributes for the runtime application are determined. A supporting service provider is selected from the supporting service providers. The specific serverless functions for the runtime application are bound to the supporting service provider.

Abstract: When a subscriber terminal (100A) connects to the other party vCPE (310B), a communication system (1) determines whether a connection between the other party terminal (100B) and the other party vCPE (310B) and a connection between the subscriber terminal (100A) and the other party vCPE (310B) are to be established through the same network segment based on connection permission conditions of the other party vCPE (310B) and the subscriber terminal (100A), and the other party vCPE (310B) allocates a network segment, which is the same as or different from a network segment allocated to the other party terminal (100B), to the subscriber terminal (100A) according to the determination.

Abstract: A machine includes a processor and a memory connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions executed by the processor to receive a message and a message parameter indicative of a characteristic of the message, where the message includes a photograph or a video. A determination is made that the message parameter corresponds to a selected gallery, where the selected gallery includes a sequence of photographs or videos. The message is posted to the selected gallery in response to the determination. The selected gallery is supplied in response to a request.

Abstract: To allow the multiple communication endpoints that support different protocols to communicate, a protocol specific message (e.g., a SIP INVITE message) is converted to a protocol neutral message and sent to a protocol neutral bus. The bus delivers this message to a session processing engine, which then applies one or more rules to the protocol neutral request for the first communication session message. The rules are used to apply communication application logic to the first communication session message, then generate a first offer for a communication session message. This message is published to the protocol neutral bus. One or more edge servers supporting one or more protocols may receive that first offer message. The protocol neutral message is converted, by each edge server recipient of that message, to a protocol specific message (e.g., in a different protocol) and is then sent to one or more communication endpoints.