Abstract: The invention discloses trusted computing nodes (TCNs) configured to control their location and migration of applications run on virtual machines resident thereon. The invention allows a controlled use of cloud computing resources and virtual network functions by sensitive applications. This is achieved by embedding a secure processing unit (SPU) and a localization unit (LU) in the TCNs. The LU acquires GNSS signals and the TCN generates a secure location message comprising a secure ID and a locstamp of the TCN. A TCN Registry may be created by an operator of a collection of TCNs as a database of trust scores of the trusted computing nodes which will be used to control the allocation of tasks to said TCNs based, at least in part; on the trust scores. The trust scores may also be used directly by the other TCNs to allocate the tasks which they have control on.

Abstract: The invention discloses trusted computing nodes (TCNs) configured to control their location and migration of applications run on virtual machines resident thereon. The invention allows a controlled use of cloud computing resources and virtual network functions by sensitive applications. This is achieved by embedding a secure processing unit (SPU) and a localization unit (LU) in the TCNs. The LU acquires GNSS signals and the TCN generates a secure location message comprising a secure ID and a locstamp of the TCN. A TCN Registry may be created by an operator of a collection of TCNs as a database of trust scores of the trusted computing nodes which will be used to control the allocation of tasks to said TCNs based, at least in part; on the trust scores. The trust scores may also be used directly by the other TCNs to allocate the tasks which they have control on.

Abstract: A system and apparatus for assigning a sequential control packet (in a sequential series) to a group of MPEG-2 compliant program packets for error recovery of a media object. The invention parses the media object into a series of program packets (254, 256) for transmission via a transport stream. A control packet (252) is then inserted into the transport stream as to correspond to a quantity of program packets, where a counter (265) of the control packet (252) is sequentially numbered. An additional control packet (260) is interleaved in the transport stream after a second quantity of program packets are parsed. Optionally, the control packets are received by a receiving device that issues a command in response to missing control packet, when there is a gap in the sequential numbering of received control packets.