Abstract: A dynamic local function binding apparatus and method are provided. In an application virtualization environment, a terminal may register local services associated with local functions of the terminal, and a remote server may call the serviced local functions to be used while the server is executing an application for the terminal. The local functions may be unique functions of various local devices installed in the terminal. The servicing of the local functions may include creating service descriptions of the functions that are provided by the individual local devices and publishing the service descriptions.

Abstract: Methods and a system for exploiting the secondary traffic generated by social networking sites are disclosed. Traffic on a commercial website is constantly monitored by a web analytics tool, which collects traffic measurements of hits, button presses, enquiries, purchases etc., as well as the referrer URL of a site such as a social networking site through which the commercial website is accessed. The collected measurements are forwarded to a Referred Traffic Analysis System. Concurrently, the Referred Traffic Analysis System crawls the Internet and collects a large number of social networking sites, analyses their content by extracting insight terms and phrases from them. In a third step, the collected traffic measurements are correlated with the collected insights from the social networking sites, and the top insights that reoccur frequently enough to appear to be a driver for the measurements observed, are presented to the client. A corresponding system is also provided.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system, and computer readable medium for classifying network traffic based on application signatures generated during a training phase. The application signatures are generated using (a) seeding flows obtained from a network trace based on a pre-determined selection criterion, and (b) for each seeding flow, a seeded flow group that is obtained from the network trace based on a pre-determined seeding criterion associated with the seeding flow. Specifically, persistent data patterns frequently occurring across multiple seeded flow groups are analyzed to generate the signatures.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that facilitate the evaluation of hosted computing devices in accordance with target patterns. A set of target patterns can be developed for elements common to a plurality of hosted computing networks. The set of target patterns can be defined utilizing a detailed pattern language to describe elements of a hosted computing device network and relationships between the elements. Thereafter, a hosted computing device network management component can utilize the set of target patterns to verify and validate a deployed hosted computing network or to process purposed modifications/configurations to a deployed hosted computing network.

Abstract: A first server including a local disk and a second server are logically partitioned by virtualization units. The first and second servers each have a storage controller LPAR with a local disk sharing function running thereon. The storage controller LPARs running on the first and second servers communicate with each other. When a disk I/O command issued by the second LPAR running on the second server is transferred to the local disk of the first server, the second LPAR reads data stored in the local disk or writes data thereto. In this way, the local disk is shared.

Abstract: Systems and methods for processing recommendations of online games to friends of social network are described. A method for processing recommendations includes identifying a gaming session of a user on an online game provider network, accessing a use profile of the user for the online games of the online game provider network, and accessing a social graph of the user to identify friends of the user and respective friend profiles from the social network. The method further includes producing a recommendation of an online game. The recommendation includes an identification of a target friend of the user and is being provided by examination of the use profile of the user and friend profiles in the social graph. The method includes providing the recommendation to the user. The recommendation also includes an offer incentive to the user to share the recommendation with the target friend.

Abstract: A method for scanning a message-list accessible to a plurality of processors includes retrieving, from a cache associated with a scanning processor from the plurality of processors, information identifying a starting message-slot. This information is then used to begin a scan of the message-list at that starting message-slot. The information indicating the starting message-slot is obtained by identifying, in the message-list, a message-slot containing a message intended for a recipient processor from the plurality of processors and obtaining, from the identified message-slot, information indicative of a location of a succeeding message-slot in the message-list. This information is then cached, for retrieval during a subsequent scan of the message-list.

Abstract: A common communications protocol is described among devices in a unified communications network. Native devices receive upstream commands and forward them to downstream devices without interpreting the commands. The native devices reformat commands intended for mapped devices in the unified communications network. The common communications protocol calls for left shifting address fields for transmitted commands until the command arrives at its intended destination.

Abstract: An exemplary method for transferring control during multiple digital content access sessions comprises initiating a first session for a first client, initiating a second session for a second client, receiving a request from the second client to obtain control over the first session, and enabling the second client to obtain control by synchronizing the first and second sessions and removing control capabilities from the first session.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for selecting a hypervisor for hosting a virtual machine (VM) image. In an embodiment of the invention, a method of selecting a hypervisor for hosting a VM image can include selecting an application for inclusion in a VM image, determining characteristics of the application and creating a VM image with the selected application. The method also can include identifying a hypervisor hosting a different VM image with an application having in common at least a portion of the determined characteristics. Finally, the method can include deploying the created VM image to the identified hypervisor. Of note, the deployment of the created VM image can be to an identified hypervisor in a node of a cloud computing cluster.

Abstract: Techniques for detecting presence of a remote device at Layer 2 in response to an indication of an attempt to use the device and without maintaining a Layer 3 connection to the device. The techniques allow reducing power consumption without compromising the device's availability. A device that pairs with a remote wireless device may establish a Layer 3 connection to the remote device to provide services to a user. The Layer 3 connection and underlying Layer 2 connection (e.g., WI-FI, WI-FI DIRECT™ or BLUETOOTH®) may be terminated when the Layer 3 connection is not actively used. Once use of the remote device is desired, its presence may be detected using a Layer 2 device discovery mechanism and the Layer 2 and Layer 3 connections to the device may be reestablished. Services provided at Layer 3, such as steaming data, may then be performed over the reestablished Layer 3 connection.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques evaluating compute and/or thermal loads (among other things) to aid in managing a collection of one or more containerized or modular data centers. For example, forecasts (or real-time measurements) of environmental factors (as well as projected computing demands) may be used to tailor the compute loads, cooling strategies or other metric of data center operations for a network of containerized or modular data centers. Doing so allows an operator of such a data center network to manage specific operational goals in real time.

Abstract: Example methods and apparatus to poll in wireless communications are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves receiving a poll from a network during a first radio block period and identifying a resource for use in sending requested information to the network in response to the poll. The resource occurs during a subsequent radio block period, and the identifying of the resource is based on receipt of an uplink allocation indicator. The example method also involves transmitting a response to the poll.

Abstract: To facilitate account information setting, in a communication system including a management apparatus which manages account information to be used to use a service provided by a server apparatus, and a user apparatus which uses the service, the management apparatus selects, based on device classification information acquired from the user apparatus, account information to be provided to the user apparatus from one or more pieces of account information stored in a storage unit, and provides the account information to the user apparatus. The user apparatus sends the device classification information of the user apparatus to the management apparatus, receives, from the management apparatus, the account information selected based on the device classification information, and uses the service provided by the server apparatus.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for redirecting client-side storage operations to one or more remote storage devices. An HTTP message generated by a web server includes one or more client-side storage operations. Based on defined criteria, the client-side storage operations are replaced with remote storage instructions to generate a modified HTTP message. The modified HTTP message is sent towards the client device. A user agent on the client device receives the HTTP message and executes the remote storage instructions. The storage operations are implemented on the remote storage devices rather than on the client.

Abstract: There is provided a method for providing an advisory to a user of a processing system. The method includes detecting an occurrence of a term in an input to the processing system provided by the user, and providing a reminder for the user to perform an action if the term occurred. The method is particularly well suited for reminding a user to include an attachment with an email message.

Abstract: A method includes, at a first device of a first portion of an ad hoc network, receiving, from a second device of a second portion of the ad hoc network, information relating to a second set of addresses of the ad hoc network locally stored at the second device, the first and second portions of the ad hoc network having been disconnected prior to receiving the information about the second set of addresses; determining that the second set of addresses is different from a first set of addresses locally stored at the first device; requesting from the second device the second set of addresses; receiving a response from the second device including the second set of addresses; and generating a set of addresses of the coalesced first and second portions of the ad hoc network as a reunion of the first and second sets of addresses.

Abstract: A wireless mesh network server is operable to receive a message to one or more mesh network nodes from a client external to the mesh network, the message comprising an alias identifying the one or more mesh network nodes. The server is further operable to identify the one or more receiving mesh network nodes by the received message alias via an alias table, and forward the received message to the one or more mesh network nodes identified by the alias.

Abstract: Methods, network address translation (NAT) devices, network nodes and system for allowing identification of a private device in a public network or treating traffic of a private device in a public network. The NAT may allocate a private IPv4 address to the private device, reserve a block of ports on the public IPv4 address for the private device and send an identification of the block of ports to a network node in the public network. The network node of the public network may receive an identification of a block of ports on the public IPv4 address indicating that the block of ports is reserved for the private device and activate a rule for treating traffic of the private device.

Abstract: Many scenarios involve the delivery of messages received from various message sources to recipients, based on subscriptions established between various recipients and message sources. The recipients may be distributively assigned to one or more message servers, either operating independently or as part of an interoperating message server set. Respective message servers may generate a subscription filter indicating whether at least one assigned recipient subscribes to respective message sources, and may utilize the subscription filter to determine, upon receiving a message from a message source, whether to discard the message or store the message for delivery.