Abstract: A system and method of creating an entity relationship map includes receiving a stream of lexical matter associated with one or more categories (302) and identifying one or more tokens from the received lexical matter based on the one or more categories (304). A frequency of one or more of unique lexical token and recurring lexical token are determined (306) and one or more outliers based on a standard deviation range associated with the at least one category is eliminated (308). Sentences with the one or more recurring lexical tokens are selected (310) to find one or more lexical neighbors and the entity relationship map is created based on an association between the unique lexical tokens and the at least one lexical neighbor (312).

Abstract: Systems and methods for digital coin exchange. A digital coin platform receives a distribution request from an entity server comprising digital multimedia content associated with an entity. Digital coins are created responsive to the request. Each digital coin comprises a first coin associated with the entity and a second coin associated with consumers. The first and second coins are linked via linking information. The first coins are transferred to the entity server. A consumption request including the digital multimedia content is transmitted to a consumer device. Responsive to an indication that the content is at least partially consumed via the consumer device, one or more second coins are transferred to the consumer device. The digital coins and the transferred first and second coins are recorded. The transferred second coins permit the consumer device to perform transactions associated with the entity.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for cloud-based monitoring and control of physical environments. A system comprises a computing cloud with at least one processor configured to execute one or more application modules and a data analytics module for analyzing diagnostic and environmental metric data. The system further comprises a building server communicatively coupled with the computing cloud, at least one gateway communicatively coupled with the building server, and at least one system device communicatively coupled with the at least one gateway. The at least one system device generates environmental metric data for further analysis and display, and the data is communicated to the computing cloud by way of the at least one gateway and the at least one building server.

Abstract: A method and system can implement error and event log correlation in an apparatus and include extracting one or more log information associated with a storage location and creating a flexible structure of the one or more log information. The one or more log information is translated to a database store based on a user input. A match level is determined between an event and error data through the one or more log information extracted. When the match level exceeds a predetermined value, a relationship between the event and error data is created through an algorithm and a shareable entry is created for the relationship in a format usable by another apparatus.

Abstract: A method and/or system for heterogeneous predictive models generation based on sampling of big data is disclosed. The method involves receiving a dataset and a target column associated with the dataset at a data processing engine from a distributed data warehouse. One or more columns associated with the dataset are classified at the data processing engine as a categorical column or a continuous column. One or more parameters in the dataset are identified to extract a sample data from the dataset. The sample data from the dataset is extracted based on the identified one or more parameters. One or more rank ordered machine learning algorithms are recommended to one or more users, to generate one or more predictive models from the sample data. One or more heterogeneous predictive models are generated based on the rank ordered algorithm through one or more iterations.

Abstract: An exemplary system according to the present disclosure comprises at least one mobility networking module implemented in at least one lower tier radiolet. The mobility network module performs one or more traffic data plane functions. The exemplary system further comprises at least one mobility application module implemented in at least one upper tier radiolet. The mobility application module performs one or more application data plane functions. The exemplary system further comprises at least one mobility cloud module implemented in the at least one lower tier radiolet and the at least one upper tier radiolet. The mobility cloud module performs computing execution functions of a cloud session.

Abstract: An exemplary system according to the present disclosure comprises at least one mobility networking module implemented in at least one lower tier radiolet. The mobility network module performs one or more traffic data plane functions. The exemplary system further comprises at least one mobility application module implemented in at least one upper tier radiolet. The mobility application module performs one or more application data plane functions. The exemplary system further comprises at least one mobility cloud module implemented in the at least one lower tier radiolet and the at least one upper tier radiolet. The mobility cloud module performs computing execution functions of a cloud session.

Abstract: An autonomous mobile robot is configured to move across a floor area in accordance with a floor covering strategy and includes: based on a topological map of the floor area, designating a location of a current cell that is bounded by a primary boundary; executing a series of double strokes into and within the current cell, while mapping obstructive objects within the current cell onto an obstacle map; from the obstacle map, determining a secondary boundary of the current cell that encloses an area of the current cell covered by the executed double strokes, and distinguishes between secondary boundary portions thereof at which an obstructive object is located, and secondary boundary portions thereof at which no obstructive object is located; and adding the determined secondary boundary to the topological map of the floor area.

Abstract: An exemplary system according to the present disclosure comprises at least one mobility networking module implemented in at least one lower tier radiolet. The mobility network module performs one or more traffic data plane functions. The exemplary system further comprises at least one mobility application module implemented in at least one upper tier radiolet. The mobility application module performs one or more application data plane functions. The exemplary system further comprises at least one mobility cloud module implemented in the at least one lower tier radiolet and the at least one upper tier radiolet. The mobility cloud module performs computing execution functions of a cloud session.

Abstract: An autonomous mobile robot configured to move across a floor area in accordance with a floor covering strategy that includes: •based on a topological map of the floor area, designating a location of a current cell that is bounded by a primary boundary (302); •executing a series of double strokes into and within the current cell, while mapping obstructive objects (306) within the current cell (300) onto an obstacle map; •from said obstacle map determining a secondary boundary (304) of the current cell, which boundary encloses an area (308) of the current cell covered by the executed double strokes, and distinguishes between secondary boundary portions thereof at which an obstructive object (306) is located, and secondary boundary portions thereof at which no obstructive object is located; and •adding the determined secondary boundary (304) to the topological map of the floor area.

Abstract: An exemplary system according to the present disclosure comprises a lower tier Radiolet™ that is in communication with a local switching office of a mobile data network, and an upper tier Radiolet™ that is in communication with the lower tier Radiolet™ and an Internet datacenter. In operation, the upper tier Radiolet™ receives data extracted from the Internet datacenter and distributes at least a portion of the received data to the lower tier Radiolet™. At the lower tier Radiolet™, the portion of received data is stored. The lower tier Radiolet™ then receives a data request (relating to a portion of received data) and in turn, transmits data from the portion of received data to a source of the data request. The lower tier Radiolet™ is located closer to the source of the data request than the Internet datacenter to improve application performance and efficiency of network as well as datacenter.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods of using content information for encoding multimedia data are described. A method of processing multimedia data includes classifying content of multimedia data, and encoding the multimedia data in a first data group and in a second data group based on the content classification. The first and second groups are associated with quality levels. A user can request a target quality level.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods of using content information for encoding multimedia data are described. A method of processing multimedia data includes obtaining content information of multimedia data, and encoding the multimedia data so as to align a data boundary with a frame boundary in a time domain, wherein said encoding is based on the content information. In another aspect, a method of processing multimedia data includes obtaining a content classification of the multimedia data, and encoding blocks in the multimedia data as intra-coded blocks or inter-coded blocks based on the content classification to increase the error resilience of the encoded multimedia data. Apparatus that can process multimedia data described in these methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: An exemplary system according to the present disclosure comprises a lower tier Radiolet™ that is in communication with a local switching office of a mobile data network, and an upper tier Radiolet™ that is in communication with the lower tier Radiolet™ and an Internet datacenter. In operation, the upper tier Radiolet™ receives data extracted from the Internet datacenter and distributes at least a portion of the received data to the lower tier Radiolet™. At the lower tier Radiolet™, the portion of received data is stored. The lower tier Radiolet™ then receives a data request (relating to a portion of received data) and in turn, transmits data from the portion of received data to a source of the data request. The lower tier Radiolet™ is located closer to the source of the data request than the Internet datacenter to improve application performance and efficiency of network as well as datacenter.

Abstract: An exemplary system according to the present disclosure comprises a lower tier Radiolet™ that is in communication with a local switching office of a mobile data network, and an upper tier Radiolet™ that is in communication with the lower tier Radiolet™ and an Internet datacenter. In operation, the upper tier Radiolet™ receives data extracted from the Internet datacenter and distributes at least a portion of the received data to the lower tier Radiolet™. At the lower tier Radiolet™, the portion of received data is stored. The lower tier Radiolet™ then receives a data request (relating to a portion of received data) and in turn, transmits data from the portion of received data to a source of the data request. The lower tier Radiolet™ is located closer to the source of the data request than the Internet datacenter to improve application performance and efficiency of network as well as datacenter.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses to encode multimedia data enabling, among others, for example, improved decoded video quality, improved error recovery capabilities and/or improved decoding efficiency are described. A method according to the application includes one or more of the following: initializing a pixel-level reference counter for a current frame, performing a prediction of a next frame referring to the current frame, incrementing the pixel-level reference counter for each pixel of the current frame that is referenced during the prediction of the next frame, readjusting a macroblock bandwidth map of the current frame, repeating the steps of initializing, performing and readjusting for each next frame in a plurality of next frames referring to the current frame, and encoding the current frame based at least in part on the readjusted macroblock bandwidth map of the current frame.

Abstract: There can be problems with the security of social networking communications. For example, there may be occasions when a number of friends wish to communicate securely through a social network infrastructure, such that non-trusted 3rd-party entities, such as a Social Network Operator or host that provides the application infrastructure, does not overhear the communication. In response to the above problems, embodiments presented propose a set of innovative, lightweight solutions, considering that in certain scenarios the Social Network Operator may not be a trusted entity. Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and apparatuses for secure information sharing in social networks using random keys.

Abstract: Methods and systems to generate derivative information sources, from original information sources, use an ontology that provides a logic-based representation formalism of each of a number of original information sources, the original information sources having heterogeneous representation formalisms. The original information sources are transformed to the ontology. A number of derivative information sources, corresponding to the original information sources, may be automatically generated from the ontology.

Abstract: A communication network includes an overload control algorithm that adapts to changing circumstances. In a disclosed example, an acceptance fraction for each of a plurality of message types depends upon the arrival rates of the message types. As at least one of the arrival rates changes, the acceptance fraction is responsively changed to provide an overload control algorithm that adapts to changes in message traffic.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to process multimedia data enabling faster channel acquisitions, improved error recovery and improved efficiency. An encoder device encodes a first portion of multimedia data using inter-coding to generate a first version, and encodes the first portion of multimedia data using intra-coding to generate a second version. A decoder device receives a first version of a first portion of multimedia data, wherein the first version is inter-coded, receives a second version of the first portion of multimedia data, wherein the second version is intra-coded, and selectively decodes the first and second received versions.