Abstract: A system includes a marketplace portal to allow a user to order a business service, and a cloud controller to deploy an instance of the ordered business service to a cloud environment. The system includes an application programming interface (API) scanner to discover API information including at least one API exposed by the deployed instance of the ordered business service, and publish the discovered API information to another service.

Abstract: One aspect of the instant application facilitates automatic policy engine selection. During operation, a system can monitor a network including a set of network devices. The system can receive, based on the monitoring, a set of attributes associated with the network. At least two network devices are equipped with a different policy enforcement engine for enforcing one or more given policy rules. The system can apply a unified policy model to determine, based on the set of attributes, an assignment of the one or more given policy rules to the first policy enforcement engine and the second policy enforcement engine for providing an optimized policy enforcement. The system may then select based on the assignment, one or both of the first policy enforcement engine and the second policy enforcement engine. The system may activate the selected one or both policy enforcement engines for enforcing the given policy rules.

Abstract: The disclosure relates generally to providing content from a source to a user device. In one implementation, a source such as a server receives a request for a master manifest file. The server may identify one or more other manifest files and at least one data block associated with the content. The other manifest files can include manifest files referenced by the master manifest file, or can include manifest files associated with related content. The requested master manifest, the one or more other manifest files, and the at least one data block can be pushed to the user device.

Abstract: An apparatus (101) is disclosed for remotely controlling a network device (102). The apparatus comprises means for determining (200) that said network device (102) is unresponsive; means for determining a patch for application at said network device (102) for resolving said unresponsiveness; means for sending (207) said patch to an intermediary device (103) capable of communicating with said network device (102); means for signing (208) a first transaction corresponding to said patch with a blockchain network (104), wherein said first transaction is a multi-signed transaction signed by said apparatus (101) and said intermediary device (103) and wherein said first transaction is indicative of a patch result to be obtained; and means for receiving (218) a message from said intermediary device (103) that said patch has been applied. Also disclosed are a network device, an intermediary device, a blockchain network device and corresponding methods.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems manage use of shared network resources among subscribers to a data communication service. In some implementations, a first metric is computed representing a subscriber's use of the shared network resources. A second metric may also be computed that represents the amount of network congestion of the shared network resources. Data derived from the first metric and the second metric may then be presented to the subscriber. The data may be transmitted to the subscriber over a network and/or the data may be displayed to the subscriber on an electronic display.

Abstract: Embodiments herein may include systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media, for a multi-access edge computing (MEC) system. A MEC orchestrator is to receive a request for service that includes a workload from a user agent; and facilitate formation of a SLA for servicing the workload. To facilitate the formation of the SLA includes to obtain, via a decentralized contracting system, bids from a plurality of service providers to respectively service a plurality of functions or tasks of the workload. The MEC orchestrator is also to translate the workload into the plurality of functions or tasks, and schedule servicing of the functions of tasks with the one or more service providers, including one or more edge computing devices, in accordance with the SLA. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: Embodiments for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) scenes updates at VR/AR devices in a network are described. Network traffic for the scene updates is divided into traffic layers such as coarse grain (CG) layer traffic and a fine grain (FG) layer traffic for a give VR/AR scene update. The CG layer traffic is scheduled first in resource units (RUs) of a plurality a transmission opportunity (TXOP) for a VR device and FG layer traffic is scheduled in remaining RUs during the TXOP to provide synchronous viewing experiences to users of the VR/AR devices.

Abstract: There is included a method and apparatus comprising computer code configured to cause a processor or processors to perform obtaining media data, generating, from the media data, one or more event segments, appending the one or more event segments, to a first event processing buffer, the one or more event segments comprising an event start offset for each of the one or more event segments based on a time at which the each of the one or more event segments is appended to the first event processing buffer, appending the one or more event segments, to a second event processing buffer, the one or more event segments comprising event dispatch information for the each of the one or more event segments, and dispatching the one or more event segments based on the first event processing buffer and the event dispatch information in the second event processing buffer.

Abstract: Native activity tracking using credential and authentication management in scalable data networks is described, including detecting a request from an extension installed on a browser to access a data network, initiating another request from the extension to a server to retrieve authentication data to access the data network, transferring from the server to the extension the authentication data and an instruction to the extension to generate a further request, transmitting the further request to the data network from the browser, the request comprising the authentication data from the server without manual input of the authentication data, presenting an overlay on the browser, the overlay being configured to indicate a login status associated with the data network, and storing one or more portions of data transferred between the data network and the browser, the storing being performed by the extension if access to the data network has been provided to the browser in response to the request.

Abstract: An optimal network is constructed in a case in which a plurality of IoT standards or IoT platforms coexist. According to the present disclosure, provided is a terminal management device including a receiving unit that receives, from a terminal that collects information from a sensor, access timing information related to an accessible timing to the terminal and a transmitting unit that transmits the access timing information to a server that searches for the information. With this configuration, it is possible to construct an optimal network in a case in which a plurality of IoT standards or IoT platforms coexist.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for remote configuration and management of internet of thing devices, whereby applications do not need to explicitly participate in a particular configuration scheme and the application configuration and management can be performed securely and remotely while the Secure Remote Management engine is architecturally decoupled from the bearing protocols used by the remote enterprise to configure and manage the device or devices.

Abstract: A system includes a marketplace portal to allow a user to order a business service, and a cloud controller to deploy an instance of the ordered business service to a cloud environment. The system includes an application programming interface (API) scanner to discover API information including at least one API exposed by the deployed instance of the ordered business service, and publish the discovered API information to another service.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein address the need to more efficiently backup a network-based storage environment that may be remote from a primary storage environment. For example, embodiments herein can provide a more efficient backup of a storage managed by a third-party entity. To improve the backup process, embodiments herein may optimize the number of scanning threads that are used to identify files that are to be backed up by, for example, analyzing the characteristics of the network and/or the network storage system to determine a number of scanning threads that will enable faster scanning of the network storage system while at the same time not overburden or be slowed down by a network between the network-based storage environment and the primary storage environment.

Abstract: The disclosure relates generally to providing content from a source to a user device. In one implementation, a source such as a server receives a request for a master manifest file. The server may identify one or more other manifest files and at least one data block associated with the content. The other manifest files can include manifest files referenced by the master manifest file, or can include manifest files associated with related content. The requested master manifest, the one or more other manifest files, and the at least one data block can be pushed to the user device.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for orchestrating communications between different application services through a unified connector platform. Embodiments include receiving, via a connector between a first system and a connector platform, a request to pull a specified data set from one or more second systems. The specified data set is obtained from each of the one or more second systems via a connector between each of the one or more second systems and the connector platform. For each of the obtained data sets, intermediary data sets are generated by converting the obtained data set to a common data format, and a result data set is generated by converting the intermediary data sets are converted to a format associated with the first system. The result data set is transmitted to the first system via the connector between the first system and the connector platform.

Abstract: A method of tracking device IDs for virtualized applications includes receiving, at a proxy server, a network message originating from an emulated application, inspecting the network message to determine if a device ID is set for the network message, obtaining an originating device ID corresponding to the device ID in the network message, replacing the device ID in the network message with the originating device ID, and transmitting the network message to a specified destination server. Alternatively, the method may include intercepting the network message at a network message inspector. Alternatively, the method may include specifying the originating device ID by way of an application programming interface (API).

Abstract: Prior to connecting to a gateway associated with an electronic health record system, a user device can check in with a server. The server can send configuration information useable by the user device for connecting to the gateway for downloading medical record data. The configuration information may include an update value that is useable by the user device to determine a time frame for contacting the gateway. In some examples, the user device determines when to contact the gateway without using the update value.

Abstract: A method includes: defining, by a computer device, an audio collaborative environment; defining, by the computer device, an access control of the audio collaborative environment, wherein the access control includes a geofence; receiving, by the computer device, a request from at least one user device to connect to the audio collaborative environment; determining, by the computer device, the at least one user device satisfies the access control; connecting, by the computer device, the at least one user device to an audio channel of the audio collaborative environment; recording, by the computer device, audio data transmitted on the audio channel by the at least one user device; storing, by the computer device, the audio data in a record; tagging, by the computer device, respective portions of the audio data in the record; and presenting one of the respective portions of the audio data to a user based on the tagging.

Abstract: A method for controlling controller area network (CAN) communication in a vehicle including a plurality of electronic control units (ECUs) and a plurality of CAN databases accessible by the plurality of ECUs can include: storing CAN message information in the plurality of CAN databases such that each CAN database stores a unique configuration of the CAN message information; establishing a plurality of periodic intervals; and when a subsequent interval among the plurality of periodic intervals begins: receiving a plurality of measurement values deriving from a plurality of sensors equipped in the vehicle, calculating a database reference number based upon the plurality of measurement values, the database reference number newly identifying a particular CAN database among the plurality of CAN databases, and performing CAN communication, by each ECU, based upon the uniquely configured CAN message information stored in the newly identified CAN database.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems manage use of shared network resources among subscribers to a data communication service. In some implementations, a first metric is computed representing a subscriber's use of the shared network resources. A second metric may also be computed that represents the amount of network congestion of the shared network resources. Data derived from the first metric and the second metric may then be presented to the subscriber. The data may be transmitted to the subscriber over a network and/or the data may be displayed to the subscriber on an electronic display.