Abstract: Systems, methods, and software for automatically optimizing QoS configuration in networking equipment. A network device determines performance measurements for a network connection of the network device. The performance measurements are sent by the network device to a web service over the network connection, where the web service computes configuration settings for the network device based on the performance measurements. The web service returns the computed configuration settings to the network device, and the network device applies the computed configuration settings to the QoS functions of the network device.

Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for executing an email communication import protocol in a selected group-based communication interface within a group-based communication system. The group-based communication system allows for receiving one or more email communication corpus associated with email communication accounts and parsing the email communication corpus to identify email communication account identifiers. The group-based communication system thereafter creates and transmits group-based communication interface invitations to the email communication accounts to allow access to the group-based communication interface. Upon access to the group-based communication interface, content from the email communication corpus may be included in the group-based communication interface.

Abstract: An electronic message composition support system, method and architecture including machine learning and natural language processing techniques for extending message composition capability and support and to provide feedback to a user regarding an error, condition, etc., detected in the user's message before the user sends the message, e.g., while the user is composing the message using a messaging application's user interface.

Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for generating a minimum-cost circulation topology in a mesh network is provided. The system comprises one or more processors configured to receive a service request from a client computer and identify a group of services for the service request. The one or more processors are further configured to iteratively query a global registry for each of the group of services to obtain respective groups of dependent service instances, generate an adjacency table including a plurality of service dependency paths identified from the respective groups of dependent service instances. The system determines a minimum-cost service dependency path by applying a predetermined cost algorithm on the adjacency table and executing a first service instance of the minimum-cost service dependency path and route the service request to the second service instance in the dependency path.

Abstract: A policy conflict detection system includes a determination unit configured to determine, in response to an instruction to apply to a first network operator which performs policy control based on a set of first policies, a second policy from a second network operator, whether a third policy, which matches the second policy in terms of a priority, an application period, a control target, and a control condition and which has a control content exclusive of that of the second policy is present among the first policies, thereby enabling detection of conflict of the policies.

Abstract: The present invention relates to communications methods, apparatus and systems for efficiently managing NAPT bindings and mappings. An exemplary embodiment of operating a communication system includes the steps of (i) receiving, at a real-time communications entity, a media session offer from a device, (ii) transmitting, from the communications entity to a Network Address and Port Translation entity (NAPT), a request signal to allocate a public Internet Protocol (IP) address and port number pair corresponding to an interface on the NAPT for the session; (iii) determining, at the communications entity, a remote IP address and port number pair corresponding to an interface on the device to be used for communicating media of the media session; (iv) transmitting, from the communications entity to the NAPT, a signal identifying the determined remote IP address and port number pair; and (v) releasing, at the NAPT, the allocated public IP address and port number pair.

Abstract: Managing a video conference includes connecting participants of the videoconference to at least one video conferencing server that sends and receives video streams between the participants, detecting non-verbal cues of the participants, using the non-verbal cues to track reactions of the participants to segments of a presentation provided by a speaker and to interactions among participants, determining a health index of the video conference based on the reactions of the participants, and providing to at least a subset of the participants recommendations based on the health index for modifying the video conference. The non-verbal cues may include facial expressions, body language, gestures, postures, and/or eye contact. The interactions among participants may include discussions, agreement, disagreement, interruption, and/or eye-rolling. The recommendations may include asking a participant to provide an opinion on a subject matter being discussed in the video conference. The participant may be an expert.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a web server configured to receive a screen display HTTP request from a web browser, determine whether or not the web browser is a certain web browser on a basis of the screen display HTTP request, if the web server determines that the web browser is not the certain web browser, create first HTML data including data obtained by encoding an image to be displayed on the screen, and create a first HTTP response including the first HTML data, if the web server determines that the web browser is the certain web browser, create second HTML data including link information of the image, and create a second HTTP response including the second HTML data, and return the first HTTP response or the second HTTP response to the web browser.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for machine learning-based determinations of lifespan information for devices in an Internet of Things (IoT) environment are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes automatically obtaining device telemetry data from one or more IoT-enabled devices within an IoT network, automatically determining lifespan-related information pertaining to at least a portion of the one or more IoT-enabled devices by applying a machine learning model to the device telemetry data, and initiating at least one automated action in response to the determined lifespan-related information.

Abstract: A movable device and a method for monitoring an operation cycle of an appliance are disclosed. For example, the movable device includes an operational detection component to receive operational feedback of the appliance, wherein the operational feedback comprises a vibration of the appliance and an audible signal of the appliance, a wireless interface to establish a wireless connection with a mobile endpoint device, a processor in communication with the operational detection component to determine when the appliance is in the operation cycle based upon the operational feedback and to generate a notification message that is sent to the mobile endpoint device when the appliance has completed the operation cycle, a housing enclosing the operation detection component, the wireless interface and the processor and a connection component coupled to the housing to removably couple the apparatus to the appliance.

Abstract: Disclosed is an environment including a device (105) for creating a computing system. The device (105) includes circuitry (120), a first network interface (110), and a second network interface (115). The device (105) may be a gateway. The processing circuitry (120) is arranged to receive a system definition pertaining to a first network. The first network may include OCF clients (140), such as a home automation control panel (140B) or a remote monitor (140A). The OCF clients (140) may communicate to the device (105) using OCF conventions. The system definition includes function identifiers and pertains to the first network. The system definition parameterizes the functions via the function identifiers of the system. Preferably, the first network operates in accordance with the OCF (Open Connectivity Foundation) family of standards. The system definition may be an OCF collection. Here, the function identifiers include the resources linked or batched by the OCF collection.

Abstract: Embodiments described include systems and methods for reusing content across a plurality of network applications. A client application establishes sessions with the network applications via an embedded browser. The client application identifies a plurality of content provided as input to each of the network applications and stores the plurality of content to storage. The client application determines a point in a first user interface of a first network application in which input from content of the plurality of content is available as input. The embedded browser provides a second user interface from which to select at least a first content of the plurality of content stored in storage from a second network application as input to the first user interface of the first network application. The embedded browser receives, as input to the first user interface, the selection via the second user interface of the first content.

Abstract: A service apparatus and method for providing a deferred message, and a storage medium. The service method for providing a deferred message comprises: receiving a message parameter sent by a first client and to be forwarded to a second client (S1); determining whether a user associated with the second client is online (S2); if the user associated with the second client is not online, determining that the message parameter to be forwarded is a message parameter of a deferred message, and saving the message parameter into a database of a server (S3); and when receiving an online prompt of the user associated with the second client, delivering the message parameter to the second client (S4). The method can significantly reduce the network traffic and occupation of the storage space.

Abstract: Methods and systems for inter-user communication that can provide data transmission management for more efficient communications are disclosed. The methods and systems can provide enhanced electronic communications, such as via electronic mail or text messaging. Improved communication tools can be provided to better management and/or control communications. The enhanced communication tools can be implemented by electronic devices, namely, computing devices, including portable or handheld electronic devices.

Abstract: A mesh-type scaler is selected for performing overall mesh-wide scaling of a microservices mesh. The microservices mesh is scaled with the mesh-type scaler and one or more mesh scaling rules to generate a predicted value for a monitoring parameter of one or more monitoring parameters. A single-service-type scaler is selected. The monitoring parameter is measured with the single-service-type-scaler to generate a measured value. For an individual service associated with the microservices mesh, a target value is calculated for the monitoring parameter using the predicted value and the measured value. The target value is compared against a defined threshold to generate a scaling value used to determine if scaling is needed with respect to the individual service.

Abstract: A method for migrating a data schema comprising combining a first deterministic finite automaton with a second deterministic finite automaton to generate a modified deterministic finite automation. Identifying a state of the modified deterministic finite automaton without computed followers. Computing a new vector of original states for each state of the modified deterministic finite automaton corresponding to the identified state.

Abstract: A system for delivering live streaming content based on accurate media data fragment size and duration. A media server may generate custom data identifying a size and duration of a current fragment of a media file. The media server may insert the custom data (e.g., as a custom header or unique packet identifier) and send the custom data to a client media player. The client media player may be configured to decode the custom data and determine the current fragment size and duration.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provided herein can be used to improve the control, selection and transmission of data to a remote video conferencing environment, by use of a plurality of wired or wirelessly connected electronic devices. In one example, the transmission of data from a local environment can be improved by switching the source of visual inputs (e.g., cameras or display of an electronic device, such as laptop) and/or audio inputs (e.g., microphones) to the one or more appropriate visual and audio sources available within the local environment. The most appropriate visual and audio sources can be the sources that provide the participants in the remote environment the most relevant data giving the remote users the best understanding of the current activities in the local environment.

Abstract: Techniques for presenting information about a network, virtualization infrastructure, cluster, or other computing environment, which may involve presentation of user interfaces that may enable nuanced, unique, and/or comprehensive insights into how infrastructure elements, instances, and/or computing resources are being used and information about patterns of usage and/or utilization. Techniques for communicating, within a computing system, information used to create, update, and/or modify the user interfaces that present information about a network, virtualization infrastructure, cluster, or other computing environment. Techniques in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure may involve use of separate interfaces for collecting or accessing data used to draw a user interface that presents information about a network, and for collecting or receiving data used to update the user interface as changes occur to the utilization of infrastructure elements represented within the user interface.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture for distributing communication of a data stream among multiple devices are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein include sending a message from a first electronic device to a second electronic device to announce the first electronic device is available for inclusion in a shared connection to be established by the second electronic device with a service provider, the shared connection to split a first data stream from a source into a plurality of partial data streams to be distributed among a plurality of electronic devices. Disclosed example methods also include establishing a data connection with the service provider to receive a first one of the partial data streams associated with the shared connection. Disclosed example methods further include relaying the first one of the partial data streams associated with the shared connection from the service provider to the second electronic device.