Abstract: A method and apparatus for wirelessly transmitting data to be utilized at an incident area. A server computer defines a prioritized list of data items to be transmitted to a plurality of portable electronic devices for use at the incident area. The server computer predicts a first amount of data that can be wirelessly transferred to a first electronic device before loss of reliable wireless connectivity with the first electronic device and automatically selects a first data item for transmission to the first electronic device. The server computer then transmits the first data item to the first electronic device to be shared with at least one other portable electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices upon arrival of the first electronic device at the incident area.

Abstract: As disclosed herein a computer-implemented method includes providing a plurality of resource allocation zones corresponding to a plurality of overcommit policies. The method further includes receiving a request for a resource for a tenant, and determining a selected overcommit policy corresponding to an anticipated resource need. The method further includes selecting a resource allocation zone for the tenant from the plurality of resource allocation zones, and providing the resource to the tenant. A computer program product and a computer system corresponding to the above method are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments enable HTTP redirect messages to indicate content access policy information. In this manner, policy rules may be implemented based on the policy information in the HTTP redirect messages to control network congestion and/or quality of service (“QOS”).

Abstract: Computerized embodiments are disclosed that provide for testing an executable content page, normally run in a server environment, on a local computing device. In one embodiment, replica application program interfaces are stored on a hard drive of the local computing device in a local file at a same relative path location as corresponding application program interfaces stored in the server environment. The replica application program interfaces emulate the functionality of, and have the same names and arguments as, the corresponding application program interfaces. When an executable content page is executed on the local computing device for testing, representative state transfer (REST) calls may be made to the server environment via the replica application program interfaces stored on the local hard drive. In this manner, changes to an executable content page can be made and tested locally, without having to first upload the executable content page to the server environment.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application disclose a sharing method and a sharing device. The method comprises: determining at least one piece of first information associated with a field of view of at least one user; and determining a transmission policy of at least one hologram of the at least one user at least according to the at least one piece of first information, wherein the transmission policy comprises: a sequence that is determined, for any one of the at least one user, at least according to a degree of association between a field of view of at least one other user among the at least one user and a field of view of the any user and is for transmitting at least one hologram of the any user to the at least one other user.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to recreate real world application level test packets for network testing. Live network traffic is monitored within a live network infrastructure, and live traffic meta-data is then collected for this live traffic. Application level meta-data is then extracted from the live traffic meta-data and stored in one or more data storage systems. Subsequently, the application level meta-data is received from the one or more data storage systems, and application level test packets for network testing are then generated based upon the application level meta-data. Further, application level meta-data collected during a time slot can be segmented in multiple different data segments associated with different time periods within the time slot, and application level test packets can be generated using these different data segments. Further, the live traffic meta-data collection can occur within multiple time slots.

Abstract: Provided is a method for playing multimedia contents in a first device of a communication system, the method including receiving a buffer storage capability of a second device from the second device, upon receiving a User Backward Seek (UIBC) command from the second device, determining a play position from which multimedia contents are to be played according to the UIBC command in a buffer of the second device based on the buffer storage capability of the second device, and notifying the second device of information about the determined play position.

Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms for providing asynchronous web service calls in an on-demand services environment. In response to request from a remote client, a page is provided. The page has content including logic to retrieve information from a remote resource external to an on-demand services environment via at least one asynchronous web service call. A controller component of the page is loaded before rendering a response to the remote computing device. At least one web service call is sent to the remote resource with the controller component. A continuation object is returned with the controller component to release the first thread from waiting for a response to the web service call. The continuation object provides a label to be used when handling the response. The response to the web service call is received from the remote resource and processing is resumed with the continuation object.

Abstract: Presented herein are techniques for automatically creating communities of network-connected devices, i.e., Internet of Thing (IoT) devices. One or more of a plurality of network-connected devices are identified based on one or more policies that define one or more communities of network-connected devices. A community of network-connected devices includes network-connected devices that share common functional, physical or relational attributes. Information is stored that indicates the one or more communities of which each of the one or more of the plurality of network-connected devices is a member based on the policies that define the one or more communities and functional, physical or relational attributes of the one or more of the plurality of network-connected devices.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for maintaining a cluster topology for a cluster of application instances operating across several datacenters. On a particular machine at which a particular one of the application instances operates, the method maintains a cluster topology that identifies, for each application instance of the cluster, the datacenter in which the application instance operates. From the particular application instance, the method receives a query request for at least a portion of the cluster topology through a programmatic interface. The method provides the requested portion of the cluster topology to the particular application instance. The particular application instance uses the cluster topology for processing application data based on the locations of a set of application instances within the several datacenters.

Abstract: A software-defined media platform having one or more media processing units that may be dynamically instantiated, interconnected and configured according to changes in demand, resource availability, and other parameters affecting system performance relative to demand. In one example media processing method, a source media stream may be received via multicast or unicast. The source media stream may be processed into one or more levels of work product segments having different media characteristics by a plurality of transcoding processing units, as needed. One or more levels of work product segments, or the source media stream, may be packaged (e.g., including resegmenting) into final work product segments having select media characteristics, which may be uploaded to a cloud storage unit for delivery to end users.

Abstract: Aspects provide methods, systems, and recording mediums for determining compliance with a location data protocol including a threshold minimum number of location data reports by users. As an example, fictitious user data including a set of locations may be generated. The set of locations may include at least one location that does not meet the threshold minimum number of location data reports by users of the location data protocol. The fictitious user data may be provided to a location data processing system that processes user location data and outputs output data including a list of locations. The output data is received and used to determine whether the at least one location is included in the list of locations. When the at least one location is included in the list of locations, it may be determined that the location data processing system has not complied with the location data protocol.

Abstract: A first device in a group of devices is assigned a role of operating as an elected leader node for the group of devices. The elected leader node determines that a sensor entity of a sensor entity type is associated with one device in the group of communication devices. The elected leader node creates a token and associates the token with the sensor entity. The elected leader node also assigns ownership for the token to one device based on the device being associated with the sensor entity and further based on one or more of: at least one incident allocation criterion; at least one sensor entity allocation criterion; and at least one node allocation criterion. One device executes at least one predefined sensor entity rule associated with the sensor resource type based on ownership of the token assigned to the sensor entity.

Abstract: A network appliance is configured to provide inline traffic inspection for all flow through the device, to selectively intercept based on traffic content or policy, and to modify intercepted traffic content, all without connection termination and re-origination. Content modification may involve substitution of traffic content with smaller or larger content, in which case the device provides appropriate sequence number translations for acknowledgements to the endpoints. This streaming rewrite may occur on a byte-at-a-time basis, while keeping the session alive and without a need to proxy it. The appliance enables transmitted TCP data to be modified inline and then reliably delivered without the overhead of forwarding packets through a full-blown TCP stack. Rather, the approach relies upon an initiator entity's TCP stack for congestion control, as well as the receiving entity's re-transmission behavior to determine how the device manages packets internally.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to prevent illicit proxy communications from affecting a monitoring result are disclosed. An example method includes accessing a log of communications from a proxy. A subnet represented in the log of communications is identified. The subnet is identified as having originated an illicit network communication if the log of communications does not include at least one record matching a signature of a mobile device heartbeat originating from the subnet. A blacklist of subnets not to be serviced by the proxy is generated, the blacklist including the subnet when the subnet is identified as having originated the illicit network communication. The blacklist is provided to the proxy. The blacklist is to prevent a subnet that originated the illicit network communication from affecting the monitoring result.

Abstract: A fabric-attachable storage drive self-monitors a prespecified parameter. Responsive to detecting satisfaction of a prespecified condition, the storage drive autonomously generates a reportable event regarding the self-monitored prespecified parameter, and autonomously transmits the reportable event to a prespecified location on a network fabric to which the drive is connected. The storage drive can interact with other fabric-attachable storage drives to create a logical volume according to a specified logical data storage topology on a self-organized storage device group in a peer-to-peer manner. The storage drive can be a programmable non-volatile memory Express (NVMe) storage drive exporting access thereto over an NVMe-over-fabric storage protocol, or a programmable storage drive lacking an external interface by which to connect to a host computing device storage device but that has a network interface connected to a network fabric.

Abstract: Mail server migration. For each mailbox, a migration utility is started on a target server to get a list of message IDs that have already been migrated. The command “list-message-ids” is executed. The migration utility is started on the source server in a backup mode. The “backup” command is executed. Then, the migration utility is started on the target server in a restore mode. A “restore” command is executed. The migration utility on the source server provides mail messages to a standard output. The migration utility on the target server accepts mail messages on the standard input and restores them. An RPC agent transfers data via TCP once it gets it from the migration utility on the source server. The migration module receives data from the RPC agent and puts data to the standard input of the migration utility on the target server as soon as it receives it.

Abstract: Systems and methods for pattern-based object serving. An example method may comprise: receiving, by a processing device, an object access pattern and an identifier of an object container to be associated with object access requests by a client; receiving an object access request from the client; selecting an object in view of the object container and the object access pattern; and providing an identifier of the object to the client.

Abstract: A first switch in a MPLS network receives a plurality of packets. The plurality of packets are part of a pair of flows. The first switch performs a packet prediction learning algorithm on the first plurality of packets and generates packet prediction information. The first switch communicates the packet prediction information to a Network Operation Center (NOC). In response, the NOC communicates the packet prediction information to a second switch within the MPLS network utilizing OpenFlow messaging. In a first example, the NOC communicates a packet prediction control signal to the second switch. In a second example, a packet prediction control signal is not communicated. In the first example, based on the packet prediction control signal, the second switch determines if it will utilize the packet prediction information. In the second example, the second switch independently determines if the packet prediction information is to be used.

Abstract: A fabric-attachable storage drive self-monitors a prespecified parameter. Responsive to detecting satisfaction of a prespecified condition, the storage drive autonomously generates a reportable event regarding the self-monitored prespecified parameter, and autonomously transmits the reportable event to a prespecified location on a network fabric to which the drive is connected. The storage drive can interact with other fabric-attachable storage drives to create a logical volume according to a specified logical data storage topology on a self-organized storage device group in a peer-to-peer manner. The storage drive can be a programmable non-volatile memory Express (NVMe) storage drive exporting access thereto over an NVMe-over-fabric storage protocol, or a programmable storage drive lacking an external interface by which to connect to a host computing device storage device but that has a network interface connected to a network fabric.