Abstract: A storage system is provided. The storage system includes a plurality of storage nodes, each of the plurality of storage nodes having a plurality of storage units with storage memory. The system includes a first network coupling the plurality of storage nodes and a second network coupled to at least a subset of the plurality of storage units of each of the plurality of storage nodes such that one of the plurality of storage units of a first one of the plurality of storage nodes can initiate or relay a command to one of the plurality of storage units of a second one of the plurality of storage nodes via the second network without the command passing through the first network.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of providing a server-based feature cloud model of a realm includes receiving by a server a series of digital contributions that collectively originate from a plurality of remote computing devices, characterizing portions of the realm. The method also includes processing by the server the received digital contributions to associate them with a global coordinate system and storing the processed contributions in a realm model database as components of the feature cloud model of the realm. Finally, the method includes, in response to a query message over the Internet from a computing device of an end-user, serving, over the Internet by the server to the computing device, digital data defining a selected portion of the feature cloud model for integration and display by the computing device.

Abstract: A standalone and virtual proactive services (vPAS) implementation is described. The vPAS is entirely self-contained, encrypted, and can be hosted within the customer's network. Furthermore, data collected by the vPAS can be analyzed without the data leaving the customer's firewall, thereby providing additional assurance to the network operator's data security and privacy. Moreover, the solution is developed based on an architecture that enables the platform to run in a variety of computing environments, including cloud-based environments. The vPAS system addresses data security and privacy concerns, enables different budgeting options, enables in-line predictive analysis, provides flexible delivery options, and increases the performance of preemptive services.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for deploying a networking test tool in a cloud computing system are disclosed. An example method includes receiving user input specifying configuration information for a networking test tool for deployment in a cloud computing system. The user input specifies a range of networking test ports. The method includes deploying a central test server in the cloud computing system and deploying one or more public test agents in the cloud computing system. The method includes configuring the central test server, the one or more public test agents, and one or more private test agents in a network outside the cloud computing system to exchange test traffic using the range of networking test ports specified by the user input. The method includes configuring a firewall for the cloud computing system to open the range of networking test ports in the firewall for the test traffic.

Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to various methods to discover, configure, and leverage relationships in Internet of Things (IoT) networks. More particularly, the methods disclosed herein may support automated processes to create configurable sub-divisions and access controls in an IoT network based on usage associated with objects that are registered in the IoT network and interactions among the registered objects. Furthermore, in one embodiment, relationships between IoT devices that belong to different users may be implicitly discovered and/or ranked based on meetings (e.g., interactions) between the IoT devices, and relationships between the different users may likewise be implicitly discovered and/or ranked. Moreover, locations and interactions associated with IoT devices may be tracked over time to further discover user-specific and potentially asymmetric relationships among the IoT devices and/or the users associated therewith (e.g.

Abstract: An apparatus in one embodiment comprises a plurality of container host devices of at least one processing platform. The container host devices implement a plurality of containers for executing applications on behalf of one or more tenants of cloud infrastructure. One or more of the container host devices are each configured to compute distance measures between respective pairs of the containers and to assign the containers to container clusters based at least in part on the distance measures. The distance measures may be computed as respective content-based distance measures between hash identifiers of respective layers of layer structures of the corresponding containers. The apparatus may further comprise an interface configured to present a visualization of the container clusters. User feedback received via the interface is utilized to alter at least one parameter of the computation of distance measures and the assignment of clusters to container clusters.

Abstract: Described are systems, methods, and apparatus that enable constraint based communications between two or more devices. For example, a first user of a first device may submit a communication request to establish a communication session with a second user and provide a constraint for that communication session, such as a time-limit (e.g., limit the communication session to five minutes). In such an example, if the second user accepts the communication request with the constraint, a communication session is established and the system monitors the communication session to determine when a condition corresponding to the constraint has been satisfied. When the condition is satisfied, the communication session is terminated by the system.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, including a method for providing content. A user of an initiating device is identified. Profile information for the identified user is located. The initiating device includes a display for presenting content to the user. An indication is received from an application running on the initiating device of an intent by the user to receive a first content item on a separate but co-located presentation device having enhanced presentation characteristics for presenting content. Additional content items are selected for delivery along with the first content item. The selection includes identifying a second different content item based on the profile information for the identified user and the enhanced presentation characteristics.

Abstract: A provider edge router for handling 9-1-1 call routing is disclosed herein. The provider edge router can receive an Internet protocol (“IP”) call and can determine whether the IP call is associated with a 9-1-1 service. If so, the provider edge router can set a priority for the IP call to be routed to a 9-1-1 edge router. The IP call, in some embodiments, includes a session initiation protocol (“SIP”) call. In some embodiments, the provider edge router includes one or more dedicated 9-1-1 outbound interfaces through which the provider edge router routes the IP call to the 9-1-1 edge router or multiple 9-1-1 edge routers. In some embodiments, the priority can be set in a differentiated services field (“DSF”) that includes a differentiated services codepoint (“DSCP”) marking that cannot be removed by any router along a routing path for the IP call.

Abstract: A user posting content to a social networking system provides a conversion definition along with the content. The conversion definition identifies a type of interaction associated with the content, such as type of interaction with the content that the user would like to track. After the content is presented to additional users, the social networking system identifies additional users performing the type of interaction with the content identified by the conversion definition. One or more metrics describing the interactions of the type of interaction associated with the content are provide to the user that posted the content.

Abstract: A communication system is configurable to operate in either a transparent mode or a data streaming mode. In the transparent mode data is transferred to a data requesting component from a data source using a request-response protocol. In the data streaming mode a second data transfer component is configured to obtain data from the data source component via a third data link, and to transfer the data to a first data transfer component via a second data link, which has a relatively higher latency, without using the request-response protocol. The first data transfer component is configured to store the transferred data and to transfer the stored data to the data requesting component via the first data link upon receiving a request for the stored data from the data requesting component.

Abstract: A method including receiving a message at a source gateway of the local network, the message includes message data corresponding to a plurality of message elements, assigning a unique group ID based on the type of message received at the source gateway, extracting a message format from the received message, the message format defines how the message data is organized with respect to the message elements, and associating the extracted message format with the unique group ID. The method further including storing, locally, the extracted message format together with the associated unique group ID, establishing a dedicated connection between the source gateway and a target gateway of the remote network based on the unique group ID, encoding the message based on the extracted message format, and sending the encoded message from the source gateway to the target gateway across the dedicated connection.

Abstract: A system and methods for sharing data among multiple standalone applications include: receiving, by a framework executing on a computing device, at least one keyword based upon a user input on a display of one of a plurality of standalone applications loaded via the framework; and storing the at least one in a context object, wherein the context object is accessible by each of the plurality of standalone applications for sharing the at least one keyword. One or more operations may be further performed based on the shared context object and results including content related or matching with the context object may be gathered from multiple standalone applications loaded in the framework.

Abstract: In one example, a method includes receiving, by a computing system, first data defining an alarm associated with an infrastructure asset, the alarm having an alarm condition that causes a notification to be output indicating the alarm condition is met, and receiving, by the computing system, second data defining a one-time trigger condition for the alarm. The method also includes, in response to determining that the alarm condition is met and the one-time trigger condition for the alarm has not been met at least once, suppressing, by the computing system, output of notifications for the alarm, and in response to determining that the alarm condition is met and the one-time trigger condition for the alarm has been met at least once, outputting, by the computing device and for display, the notification indicating the alarm condition is met.

Abstract: A pseudonymous proximity location device and methods of operating and/or interacting with the same are provided. The pseudonymous proximity location device is configured to provide meaningful information to authorized reading devices but useless information to non-authorized reading devices, thereby prohibiting the use of the pseudonymous proximity location device by unauthorized reading devices.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a contextual user experience (UX) that utilizes contextual information such as artifacts including quanta of data accessible to the contextual UX, user input, and information retrieved from other sources to determine relevant correlations of interest to the user, which may then be generated and displayed on a computing device. Also described is a method and system for a contextual UX that may generate related but personalized contextual UXs for participants in a shared interaction according to each user's context.

Abstract: An information processing method includes: activating the SNMP module, and controlling an SNMP module to obtain device configuration information of an image forming apparatus from the image forming apparatus by using SNMP-based-communication information stored in Queue Property Bag by means of SNMP-based communication via a communication interface, the SNMP-based-communication information being authentication information necessary for the SNMP-based communication, and to store the obtained device configuration information in the Queue Property Bag; and determining a function that the image forming apparatus is configured to execute on the basis of the device configuration information obtained and stored in the Queue Property Bag by the SNMP module, and generating a first customized UI supporting the determined function, the first customized UI being a customized UI of the V4 printer driver.

Abstract: An autoscaling system for scaling resource instances in a cloud network includes an autoscaling application is stored in memory and executed by a processor. The autoscaling application is configured to provide an interface to define an autoscale policy including scale in rules and scale out rules for a plurality of different types of resource instances of a tenant. The autoscaling application is configured to receive capacity data corresponding to a first type of the plurality of different types of resource instances; calculate an estimated instance count for scaling in the first type based on the capacity data and scale in rules; calculate a projection factor based on an estimated instance count and a current instance count; generate adjusted capacity data based on current capacity data and the projection factor; compare the adjusted capacity data and the scale out rules; and selectively scale in the first type based on the comparison.

Abstract: A method of providing process data to a remote computing device includes receiving configuration data describing a configuration of at least part of the process control system. The configuration data includes information associated with a plurality of process control entities, and the information regarding each entity includes at least one tag associated with a level in a hierarchy of the system. The method includes identifying a plurality of levels within the system based upon the tags, including at least a first-level identifier and a plurality of second-level identifiers associated with the first-level identifier. Further, the method includes identifying a plurality of control modules, each associated with a second-level identifier, and each associated with the entities based upon the configuration data. The method includes generating a hierarchical list of available process data, and selecting from the hierarchical list a set of information to include on a watch list or alarm list.

Abstract: A computing platform executing an application may receive a response to a request for opening a network port for utilization by the application from a computing platform distinct from the computing platform executing the application. The computing platform executing the application may determine whether to open the network port for utilization by the application based on the response to the request. In some embodiments, the application may invoke at least one call to an application program interface (API) of an operating system (OS) running on the computing platform executing the application, and the request may be generated responsive to the at least one call to the API of the OS.