Abstract: A computing apparatus for providing an integrated service engine on a network switch, including: one or more logic elements comprising a protocol engine operable for providing a state machine, wherein states of the state machine include: an add-in-progress state operable for receiving an automated policy-based routing (APBR) add transaction, and to set an add-in-progress flag; an add-complete state operable for receiving an APBR add-complete transaction and to clear the add-in-progress flag; a delete-in-progress state operable to receive an APBR delete transaction and to set a delete-in-progress flag; and a delete-complete state operable to receive an APBR delete-complete transaction and to clear the delete-in-progress flag.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to provision a workload in a virtual server rack deployment are disclosed. An example method includes determining, via a first resource manager executing on a processor, parameters of a request for allocating resources of a virtual server rack for performing a workload, determining logical computing resources to be utilized for performing the workload based on the parameters, determining first physical computing resources installed in a first physical rack and second physical computing resources installed in a second physical rack included in the virtual server rack to perform the determined logical computing resources, and instructing a first centralized manager of virtual hosts to provision the first physical computing resources into the logical computing resources to allocate the logical computing resources for performing the workload.

Abstract: A data processing method for an NOC without buffer and an NOC electronic element are provided. The method includes: receiving multiple packets by a routing node in one processing period, where the plurality of packets need to be transmitted to a same forwarding port; acquiring priority information of the multiple packets and determining priority levels of the packets based on the priority information, where for each packet, the priority information includes time length information of the packet and program priority information of a program corresponding to the packet, and the time length information of the packet represents a time period during which the packet is remained in the NOC; and forwarding a packet having a highest priority through the forwarding port. The method and the NOC electronic element are applied to data processing for the NOC without buffer.

Abstract: A system for device communication is disclosed. The system may include one or more memory devices storing instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to transmit a first unique identifier to a wave device, and receive a second unique identifier from the wave device. Further, the first unique identifier may exclusively identify a person, and the second unique identifier may exclusively identify a first wave receiver associated with a person, an entity, a place, or an object. In addition, at least the first unique identifier may be transmitted to the wave device based on an indication of a proximity between the first person and the first wave receiver.

Abstract: An improved media streaming device and methods are disclosed herein for receiving and modifying a streaming signal to adjust the rate of occurrence of advertisements based on sensor data collected from various sensors associated with a vehicle and a mobile device found within an interior of a vehicle. The improved media streaming device may receive a risk score based on the collected sensor data, and may determine an advertisement tier based on the risk score. Further, the improved media streaming device may select targeted advertisement content based on at least the sensor data, the calculated risk score, the advertisement tier, and other contextual attributes relating to the driver and/or the vehicle. The improved media streaming device may then modify the streaming signal to inject the selected advertisement at the frequency prescribed by the advertisement tier.

Abstract: Systems and techniques for managing user data privacy are described. Upon identification of a user device as a candidate for performing data collection relating to network performance experienced by the device, a network operator on whose behalf the data collection is to be performed is identified, and user consent information associated with the user device is examined to determine if a user of the device has given consent for data collection on behalf of the network operator. If the user has given consent, the user device is configured for data collection.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, apparatus, and methods for integrating a service console application by providing communication between a first and second network domain. In various implementations, first data is received at a second network domain, where the first data includes one or more functions. A first message may be received at the second network domain, the first message being provided at the second network domain in response to the one or more functions being invoked, and the message identifying the one or more functions. Responsive to receiving the message, the one or more functions may be executed at a computing device associated with the second network domain. Responsive to executing the one or more functions, a second message may be sent to the first domain indicating that the one or more functions have been executed, where the second message is operable to invoke and execute one or more call back functions.

Abstract: A method for assigning new Diameter sessions to policy and charging rules functions (PCRFs) may be performed at a Diameter routing agent including at least one processor. The method includes receiving input regarding central processing unit (CPU) and session utilization of each of a plurality of PCRFs. The method further includes receiving Diameter message traffic requiring processing by one of the PCRFs. The method further includes identifying, from the Diameter message traffic, traffic for new sessions that have not been assigned to one of the PCRFs. The method further includes assigning the new sessions to the PCRFs based on the input regarding the CPU and session utilizations of the PCRFs. The method further includes routing the received Diameter message traffic for the new sessions to the PCRFs assigned to the new sessions.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a client system of a first user of an online social network, an unique identifier associated with a second user of the online social network, the unique identifier being sent responsive to a communication between the second user and the first user, accessing a social graph including first and second nodes corresponding to the first and second users, respectively, identifying the second user based on the unique identifier, retrieving profile information associated with the second user and a privacy setting associated with the second user, determining whether the information is visible to the first user based on the privacy setting and a degree of separation in the social graph between the first node and the second node, and sending, to the client system, the profile information that is visible to the first user for display in association with the communication.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing remote access to an application program. A server remote access program may cooperate with a screen scraping application to provide screen data to a client computing device. The display associated with the application program may be resized or cropped by a server for display on the client computing device. The client may connect to the server using a client remote access program that receives inputs from a user interface program.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing remote access to an application program. A server remote access program may cooperate with display data interception application to provide display data to a client computing device. The client computing device may connect to the application at a Uniform Resourced Locator (URL) using a client remote access application to receive the display data. The client remote access application may provide user inputs, received at the client computing device, to the application to affect the state of the application.

Abstract: An apparatus and program product manage virtual machines in a virtualized computing environment based at least in part on limitations associated with storage fabrics through which virtual machines may access one or more storage systems in such an environment. The storage fabric limitations may be used, for example, in connection with placing virtual machines on hosts in a virtualized computing environment. As another example, storage fabric limitations may be used in connection with deploying virtual machines into a virtualized computing environment to reduce the likelihood of boot errors. As still another example, storage fabric limitations may be used in connection with load balancing across multiple fabrics in a virtualized computing environment.

Abstract: A method manages virtual machines in a virtualized computing environment based at least in part on limitations associated with storage fabrics through which virtual machines may access one or more storage systems in such an environment. The storage fabric limitations may be used, for example, in connection with placing virtual machines on hosts in a virtualized computing environment. As another example, storage fabric limitations may be used in connection with deploying virtual machines into a virtualized computing environment to reduce the likelihood of boot errors. As still another example, storage fabric limitations may be used in connection with load balancing across multiple fabrics in a virtualized computing environment.

Abstract: The various embodiments described herein include methods and/or systems for content delivery based on network congestion. In one aspect, a method of congestion-based content delivery includes receiving, via a network, a first request for content from a client device. The method also includes prioritizing a first type of content item over one or more other types of content items based, at least in part, on a degree of congestion of the network. The method further includes, in response to the first request, providing to the client device one or more content items of the first type in accordance with the prioritizing.

Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for using synthetic resource records to configure and manage web applications and various online services. A user is provided with the ability to setup a single synthetic resource record for their domain such that all of the associated dependent resource records are automatically configured and added to the domain as well. The methods and systems provided utilize synthetic resource records as a way of logically grouping resource records into “human readable” sets of resource records. Through synthetic resource records, users are able to address common configuration issues without having to know the technical specifications of associated zone files or resource records. Additionally, users can complete a variety of configuration tasks related to setting-up web applications without having to look-up resource record values from external sites (e.g., from the domain host).

Abstract: A method for distributing documentation for an application service includes receiving, at an endpoint configured to provide an application service, a documentation request from a requester, preparing a response that includes documentation corresponding to the application service, and transmitting the response to the requester. The method may also include receiving, at the endpoint, a service request for the application service and responding to the service request. The documentation may conform to a requested format.

Abstract: A method for distributing documentation for an application service includes receiving, at an endpoint configured to provide an application service, a documentation request from a requester, preparing a response that includes documentation corresponding to the application service, and transmitting the response to the requester. The method may also include receiving, at the endpoint, a service request for the application service and responding to the service request. The documentation may conform to a requested format. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A data processing, and more specifically, to a method and system for portlet scheduling. The method for scheduling a plurality of portlets according to the present invention comprising: obtaining invocation time of the plurality of portlets; obtaining weights of the plurality of portlets; assembling the plurality of portlets into a plurality of threads according to the invocation time and the weights, wherein the assembled plurality of threads has similar thread invocation time. With the method and system for scheduling a plurality of portlets according to illustrative embodiments, the plurality of portlets are assembled into a plurality of threads having similar thread invocation time according to invocation time and importance of each portlet, and the above problems are better solved, thus loading time of the portlets can be significantly reduced, loading efficiency of the portlets can be improved, thereby better improving user experience.

Abstract: A system facilitates co-use of an interface by multiple client computer, such as co-browsing of a webpage. A first user computer using an interface transfers a state of the interface to a server, which uses the state to recreate the interface in a virtual client executed by the server. The interface is rendered on a virtual screen and images of the screen are transmitted to the first user computer and one or more second user computers performing co-use with the first user computer. For example, a browser rendering a webpage on a first computer transmits session data and cookies associated with the webpage to a virtual browser executing on a server system. The virtual browser retrieves the webpage and uses the session data and cookies to render the webpage on the virtual screen.

Abstract: A method for sharing information among multiple devices is provided. The method includes a sensing device sensing signals of at least one object associated with a targeting device and extracting at least one feature of the object from the sensed signals. The method also includes the sensing device broadcasting the extracted feature of the object on a determined network containing a plurality of targeting devices and receiving feedbacks from the plurality of targeting devices on the network in response to the broadcasting. Further, the method includes the sensing device automatically identifying one of the plurality of targeting devices based on the received feedbacks, synchronizing information with the identified targeting device and displaying the information to a user of the sensing device.