Abstract: A relay apparatus, which communicates with an operation device, operates in cooperation with a first server and a second server to send data identification information that identifies electronic data to be output from an output apparatus to the first server in response to a first request transmitted from the first server, and to send the electronic data obtained by the first server using the data identification information and output apparatus identification information that identifies the output apparatus to the second server in response to a second request transmitted from the second server to control output of the electronic data from the output apparatus.

Abstract: Example methods and systems for a network management entity to perform adaptive packet flow monitoring. One example method may comprise receiving a request to monitor a packet flow between a first virtualized computing instance supported by a first host and a second virtualized computing instance supported by a second host. The method may also comprise activating a first set of checkpoints by instructing the first host and/or the second host to monitor the packet flow using the first set of checkpoints. The method may further comprise: in response to detecting a predetermined event based on first performance metric information associated with the packet flow, activating a second set of checkpoints by instructing the first host and/or the second host to monitor the packet flow using the second set of checkpoints.

Abstract: Adaptive state detection can be provided for conferencing solutions. A monitoring service can be executed on the computing system employed by each participant to access a conference. The monitoring service on a presenter computing system can detect when the presenter has commenced sharing his/her screen or application and can identify a schema for performing state detection. The monitoring service shares the schema with the monitoring services on the listener computing systems. As the screen content is shared, the monitoring services can implement the schema to cause state notifications to be provided to the monitoring service on the presenter computing system. The state notifications can represent whether the listener computing systems are receiving the shared screen content and/or to what extent the shared screen content is delayed.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, operable on a device in a content delivery network (CDN), wherein the CDN delivers content on behalf of at least one content provider, the device implementing a content delivery (CD) service, the method includes receiving a request from a client for particular content; determining a second device in the CDN, the first device being in a first cluster and the second device being in a second cluster distinct from the first cluster; migrating the request to the second device; and then providing the second device with network traffic from the client.

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing network device fabrics. The methods and systems may entail the re-assignment of enforcement responsibilities, pertinent to one or more traffic management and/or access rules, from a service device to a network device fabric.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for improving and streamlining user engagement with co-users within a networking system. For instance, the user engagement system can detect co-user engagement with a user of a networking system. Based on one or more metrics, such as characteristics of the engaging co-user, the type of detected co-user engagement, or engagement history with the user, the user engagement system can rank, prioritize, and/or aggregate the engagement notifications. For example, the user engagement system can prioritize message requests from co-users with whom the user has not actively engaged on the networking system. In another example, the user engagement system can filter messages from co-users with whom the user has actively engaged in to one of multiple message repositories.

Abstract: An acceleration resource scheduling method includes: receiving an acceleration instruction sent by the virtual machine, where the acceleration instruction includes to-be-accelerated data; determining a virtual accelerator allocated to the virtual machine; determining, based on the virtual accelerator, a network accelerator that is to process the acceleration instruction, and sending the acceleration instruction to the network accelerator, so that the network accelerator sends the acceleration instruction to a physical accelerator that is to process the acceleration instruction; receiving a computing result that is returned after the physical accelerator performs acceleration computing on the to-be-accelerated data by using the physical acceleration resource; and sending the computing result to the virtual machine.

Abstract: A user device may receive an instruction to generate a shortcut associated with a rich communication services (RCS) messaging session that is associated with a RCS application. The user device may generate, based on receiving the instruction, a snapshot of the RCS messaging session, and may transmit, based on generating the snapshot of the RCS messaging session, the snapshot of the RCS messaging session to an application server. The user device may generate, based on transmitting the snapshot of the RCS messaging session to the application server, the shortcut associated with the RCS messaging session, where the shortcut associated with the RCS messaging session is linked to the snapshot of the RCS messaging session. The user device may display, on a display of the device, the shortcut associated with the RCS messaging session.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for receiving, at a computing device, information associated with an entity from one or more social media sites. One or more attributes for the information associated with the entity is identified. A relevance profile associated with the one or more attributes is generated. A plurality of posts from the one or more social media sites is identified, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of posts includes at least a portion of the one or more attributes for the information associated with the entity. At least the portion of the plurality of posts is ordered on a display based upon, at least in part, the relevance profile associated with the one or more attributes.

Abstract: A Network Service Descriptor (NSD) is generated, from Virtualized Network Functions (VNFs) existing in a VNF catalog, for instantiating a network service which satisfies given network service requirements. From the VNF catalog, a system selects VNFs that provide functionalities and architectural blocks required to fulfill the NS requirements. The system generates at least a VNF forwarding graph (VNFFG), which includes relations between the functionalities and the architectural blocks of the selected VNFs as well as traffic flows between the selected VNFs. The system then creates the NSD, which includes the VNFFG, for instantiating the network service.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of a device that starts an address resolution service on a network element after a boot-up of this network element is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the network element sends an indication of the boot-up. The network element further sends a request for an address resolution table and receives a reply with the requested address resolution table. In addition, the network element starts the address resolution service using the requested address resolution table.

Abstract: A method may include receiving peer data describing a set of peer clients associated with a demand response application server and describing how the peer clients communicate with one another. The peer data may be configured so that a subset of the peer clients directly communicate with the demand response application server and the demand response application server does not directly communicate with each of the peer clients. The method may also include receiving announcement data describing an event specified by the demand response application server and determining event response data responsive to the announcement data. The method may also include identifying, from the set of peer clients specified by the demand response application server, a set of recipient peer clients to receive the event response data.

Abstract: Provided is a content distribution server that is configured to improve the convenience of virtual space sharing formats. The content distribution server comprises: a participation accepting unit that accepts a participation request from another individual to participate in a virtual space used for distribution by a distributor; an information acquiring unit that acquires motion information indicating movement by the distributor and a participant participating on the basis of a participation request, as well as information on the virtual characters of the distributor and the participant; and a distribution unit that distributes live content based on video in virtual space obtained by synthesizing motion information acquired by the information acquiring unit with movement by the virtual characters.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to monitor streaming media. An example apparatus includes a media calibrator to calibrate video data to a calibration time-base based on audio data, the video data and audio data associated with a media stream and a signature generator to generate a signature representative of the media stream based on the calibrated video data.

Abstract: Provided is an on-vehicle communication device that includes a vehicle information acquiring unit that acquires vehicle speed information on a vehicle capable of performing self-driving and/or current location information on the vehicle. The on-vehicle communication device also includes a self-driving level acquiring unit that acquires self-driving level information indicating a self-driving level of the vehicle. Further, the on-vehicle communication device includes a controller that determines whether to enable or disable a connection to a high-confidential communication channel based on the self-driving level information and the vehicle speed information and/or the current location information.

Abstract: A method of updating software, performed by respective machines in a linear communication orbit includes, at a local server executed by a respective machine, receiving, via the linear communication orbit, update metadata. At an update module executed by the respective machine, an update module evaluates software version information using the update metadata to determine a set of one or more updates to be applied to one or more software programs. A patch module sends, via the linear communication orbit, requests for one or more software update files corresponding to the set of one or more updates, and receives the one or more software update files corresponding to the set of one or more updates. The update module then updates the one or more of the software programs by applying the received one or more software update files to the one or more of the software programs.

Abstract: Techniques for dynamic notifications including generating a machine learning model based on user profiles of a collaboration application. The technique further including receiving a first message from input to a first user interface presenting the collaboration application and associated with a first user profile, the first message including first content and a domain specific language (DSL) condition. The technique further including generating a plurality of notification groups, presenting the plurality of notification groups, and receiving a selected notification group. The technique further includes sending the first content to each user profile in the selected notification group.

Abstract: A method for managing alarms in a virtual machine environment includes receiving alarm data related to a process and storing the alarm data in a database, where the alarm data comprises one or more features. The method further includes retrieving intended state information for the process and comparing the one more features of the alarm data to the intended state information to determine whether the alarm is an outlier. The method also includes computing a normal score for the alarm if the alarm is not an outlier, and computing an abnormal score for the alarm if the alarm is an outlier. The method also includes sending a notification for the alarm and the computed score.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for managing flow tables at a switch in a network. The method includes establishing a static rule to distribute a first flow to a first server and a second flow to a second server and monitoring a first load on the first server and a second load on a second server. When, based on the monitoring, the first server is running at capacity and the third flow is to be distributed to the first server according to the static rule, the method includes establishing an exception to the static rule to yield an exception rule, distributing the third flow to a third server with capacity according to the exception rule and storing a flow table for the third flow at a switch, wherein the switch does not store a static rule flow table for the static rule.

Abstract: A method for managing multimedia services includes transmitting a first request by a first device to a communication network for reserving a sub-channel of a communication channel for a multimedia service. The first device transmits the first request when the multimedia service is initiated at a second device. The first device communicates with the first communication network by way of the communication channel. The first device receives data associated with the multimedia service from the second device. The first device receives a first acknowledgement from the first communication network. The first acknowledgement indicates a reservation of the sub-channel for the multimedia service. The first device maps the multimedia service to the sub-channel based on the first acknowledgement. The first device transmits the data over the sub-channel, thereby managing a quality of service for the multimedia service.