Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for dynamically configuring multiple instances of applications that operate on clients in a network system. The method of some embodiments uses the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) to configure the multiple instances of each application to share a pool of resources specific to the application that are used for configuring the application on each of the clients. Some embodiments of the invention store an application ID in DHCP-formatted packets to differentiate the packets from DHCP packets and to distribute shared configuration resources between various instances of the application.

Abstract: A system for hosting a website, including a mobile device having an operating system and a supervisory component installed thereon; a webserver application running on the mobile device under control of the supervisory component; a control panel application running on the mobile device, the control application configured to set parameters of the webserver application. The webserver application is in a sleep mode and wakes up in response to a command from the supervisory component. The webserver component generates a website using documents and files of other applications that are stored on the mobile device. The supervisory component wakes the webserver application in response to an HTTP request received from a network port when the mobile device is connected to a mobile network. The webserver application is given permission to access the documents and files of the other applications through the control panel.

Abstract: A method of processing a request for a service of a control plane in a computer system includes receiving the request, from a client, at a service host process executing on a software platform of the computer system; generating an operation object in the service host process that encapsulates a request/response pattern started by the request, the operation object including a plurality of fields that store a context for the request/response pattern within the service host process; determining a key based on the context stored by the plurality of fields; obtaining a rate limit associated with the key; and permitting or denying the request for the service based on whether a rate of requests targeting the service exceeds the rate limit.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to gateway path variable detection for metric collection. In some embodiments, a gateway receives a plurality of requests from one or more clients, wherein each request of the plurality of requests is directed to a service and comprises a path. In some embodiments, the gateway separates the path of each request into one or more sub-paths and inserts nodes representing each sub-path into a tree hierarchically based on the path, excluding redundant nodes. If a node has a parent node in the tree, in some embodiments, the gateway determines whether a number of child nodes of the parent node exceeds a variance threshold and, if so, identifies the sub-path as a variable and collapses all nodes at the same level into one node representing the variable, inserting child nodes of collapsed nodes as child nodes of the one node, and removing redundant child nodes.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for detecting the presence of multimedia content in one or more transactions and for classifying the multimedia content in the one or more transactions. The apparatus can include a traffic processor configured to acquire one or more handshake messages associated with the transactions. The apparatus can also include a multimedia detector configured to determine a domain name requested by a specific terminal based on the one or more handshake messages, and to detect the presence of the multimedia content data in the transactions using the determined domain name. The detection of the presence of the multimedia content can be used for at least one of optimizing or reporting of the multimedia content before the multimedia content is provided to the specific terminal.

Abstract: Assigning a given computer to a computer group of a set of computer groups. Software components installed on the given computer are scanned, resulting in a list of discovered software components of the given computer. In addition, for each computer group of the set of computer groups, a list of software components most frequently installed on the computers of the computer group is obtained. For each computer group, the list is compared with the list of discovered software components and, based on the comparison, a likelihood that the given computer belongs to the computer group is computed. In case only one of the likelihoods exceeds a threshold, the given computer is assigned to the respective computer group for which the likelihood exceeds the threshold.

Abstract: A log analysis system includes a first processor unit, a second processor unit, a third processor unit, and a fourth processor unit. The first processor unit normalizes the detection log acquired by an acquirer, allocating the detection log into predefined monitoring target units, and outputs the monitoring target units. The second processor unit appends common information based on a predefined rule to each of the monitoring target units of the detection log output from the first processor unit, arranges the monitoring target units into information granularities based on the content of the detection log and common information, and outputs the monitoring target units as analysis unit information. The third processor unit gathers the analysis unit information output from the second processor unit and setting detection target event candidates based on a predefined rule, and outputs the detection target event candidates and the determination results.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can cause a first computing system to receive an obscured version of a first media content item from a second computing system. Access to the obscured version of the first media content item can be provided by the first computing system. Access to an unobscured version of the first media content item can be prevented by the first computing system. An unobscured version of a second media content item can be acquired by the first computing system using at least one sensor. The first computing system can transmit to the second computing system at least one of the unobscured version of the second media content item or an obscured version of the second media content item generated based on the unobscured version. Access to the unobscured version of the first media content item can be provided by the first computing system.

Abstract: A method of managing an online support group to increase the odds that users will attain their wellness goals is disclosed. A request from a user to join a support group is received. A preference of the user with respect to a type of the support group is received. The support group is selected from a plurality of support groups based on the preference of the user and a preference of a member of the support group. Based on an acceptance by the user of an option to join the support group, the plurality of support groups is reorganized.

Abstract: A system and method for providing protocol independent disjoint port names for a session level restriction enabled information handling system utilizes a virtual USB device created at a host server when an input/output device is coupled to a remote client device. A symbolic link in global namespace is associated with the virtual USB device. If the symbolic link in global namespace begins with either “COM” or “LPT,” the symbolic link in global namespace is deleted and replaced with a port name symbolic link in user-session namespace based, at least in part, on the currently available port index in the user-session namespace.

Abstract: Portable visitor stations that are easy to set up are disclosed. Portable visitor stations, including a visitor application stored on a portable computer may be set up for a facility by sending a location at which the portable computer is to be located at to a visitor processing service and sending a list of contacts associated with the facility to the visitor processing service. In some embodiments, the portable visitor station may be set up exclusively by sending only the received location and the received list to the visitor processing service.

Abstract: A method for configuring at least one device in an Ethernet-based communication network comprising a plurality of devices with Ethernet capability, wherein the topological position of a respective device to be configured, which is associated with a device type, in the communication network is ascertained, the respective device is sent configuration data, which correspond to its device type and to its ascertained topological position, from a database which contains a plurality of configuration data for at least one device type and a plurality of topological positions of the at least one device type, and the respective device is then configured based on the transmitted configuration data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a session merging entity in a communication system IMS. The merging entity is handling communication of the first user; the communication comprises a first session and a second session. The first session and the second session are merged into a single session towards the second user, if the same IMS communication service identifier has been indicated for the first session and the second session. The merging entity may also be located at the terminal device of the second user.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for acquiring an Internet Protocol (IP) address by a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) client. The method includes generating, by a controller, a first DHCP discover packet, forwarding, by the controller, the first DHCP discover packet to a DHCP server through a switch so that the DHCP server generates a DHCP offer packet, and sends the DHCP offer packet to the switch, receiving, by the controller, the DHCP offer packet and port information of the switch to communicate with the DHCP server, wherein the DHCP offer packet and the port are reported by the switch, acquiring address information of the DHCP server, and generating, by the controller according to the address information and the port, a forwarding rule for forwarding from the switch to the DHCP server, to assist the DHCP client in acquiring an IP address of the DHCP client.

Abstract: In a network system including a mirror switch, a distribution device and a plurality of recording devices, a method for recording multimedia data is provided. The mirror switch sends communication data to the distribution device and the plurality of recording devices. The distribution device obtains multimedia data identification information from a signaling message included in the communication data, generates a recording instruction which includes the multimedia data identification information, and sends the recording instruction to the recording device to instruct the recording device to record the multimedia data.

Abstract: Aspects describe using a Policy Access Gateway that can facilitate scalability within a communication network and that can provide a solution to deploy an enhanced policy gateway. The Policy Access Gateway can enhance standard defined Diameter Routing Agent (DRA) functions with session binding mechanisms. Further, the Policy Access Gateway is scalable and can be deployed in a very large network that supports hundreds of millions of users. Further, the Policy Access Gateway can provide additional policy information to enable policy information consolidation and caching capabilities.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for automated multi-party cloud connectivity provisioning are disclosed. A system includes resources of a provider network, and a connectivity coordinator. The coordinator collects network service offering metadata of a plurality of connectivity providers using a first set of programmatic interfaces. In response to a connectivity query specifying connectivity parameters, the coordinator identifies, using at least a portion of the metadata, a collection of one or more connectivity providers of the plurality of connectivity providers capable of providing connectivity between a client network and a provider network endpoint in accordance with the connectivity parameters. In response to a connectivity establishment request, the coordinator initiates, using another programmatic interface, an activation of a network connection between the client network and a selected provider network endpoint.

Abstract: Information objects model real-world objects or concepts that may be associated with users, such as vehicles, homes, people, animals, accounts, places, and the like. The objects have a set of associated properties, which have corresponding required protection levels indicating a level of permission that another user must have to the object in order to be able to receive and access the value of that property in the object. Objects are stored by a framework using techniques that reduce or eliminate the possibility of unauthorized access. For example, an object is durably stored in encrypted form in device storage, with the values of properties encrypted in different manners according to the different corresponding protection levels. When sharing an object with another user or other entity, the required protection levels of the object properties are respected in order to prohibit the other entity from obtaining access to unauthorized portions of an object.

Abstract: Access to a first instant messaging service using an online identity that is associated with a second instant messaging service is enabled. A profile is accessed. The profile indicates that another instant messaging service is to be provided with presence information regarding the use of the online identity to access the first instant messaging service. The other instant messaging service is provided with the presence information regarding the use of the online identity to access the first instant messaging service.

Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods that allow a user (e.g., cable or satellite network subscriber) to access content, such as a video program, from a location outside the subscriber's network, with dynamic or adaptive insertion of secondary content (e.g., advertisements or promotions) that are more relevant for that context. In one embodiment, a personal content server streams the content to the subscriber over a network connection from the local e.g., (subscription) network to a remote network upon authorization by a content manager process; secondary content is evaluated and selectively inserted or replaced depending on factors such as the user's remote location, the configuration of their platform, the date and time of their access request, and/or the subject matter of the primary content.