Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system enabling a video hosting server to create a sequenced video segment mix that summarizes video content of a collection of videos. A sequenced video segment mix is a sequential mix of popular video segments from various videos within the video collection. The sequenced video segment mix provides users an interactive medium to discover videos of interest by viewing short clips of videos within the collection that have been strategically ordered in a manner that best provides the user with a representation of the video content in the collection of videos.

Abstract: A system and method for emulation of a network link include an application programming interface (API) for testing distributed applications by way of a network emulator. According to aspects of the invention, a method and computer program product are disclosed for providing an interface to a user application for configuring a network emulator. According to another aspect of the invention, a system for configuring a network emulator by way of a user application is provided. The API includes exposed functions for creating a virtual channel, creating a virtual link in the virtual channel, deleting the virtual channel, deleting the virtual link, obtaining trace data, obtaining a packet filter for the virtual channel, obtaining a link rule and the number of instances of the virtual link, initializing the emulator, modifying the virtual channel, modifying the virtual link, setting trace information for the emulator, shutting down the emulator, and stopping the emulation.

Abstract: A security flag stored in a trusted store is utilized to determine if the trusted store has been subjected to tampering. The security flag is indicative of a globally unique identifier (GUID), the version of the trusted store, and a counter. The security flag is created when the trusted store is created. Each time a critical event occurs, the security flag is updated to indicate the occurrence thereof. The security flag also is stored in a write-once portion of the system registry. At appropriate times, the security flag stored in the trusted store is compared with the corresponding security flag stored in the write-once registry. If the security flags match within a predetermined tolerance, it is determined that the trusted store has not been subjected to tampering. If the security flags do not match, or if a security flag is missing, it is determined that the trusted store has been subjected to tampering.

Abstract: A system and method for emulation of a network link include an application programming interface (API) for testing distributed applications by way of a network emulator. According to aspects of the invention, a method and computer program product are disclosed for providing an interface to a user application for configuring a network emulator. According to another aspect of the invention, a system for configuring a network emulator by way of a user application is provided. The API includes exposed functions for creating a virtual channel, creating a virtual link in the virtual channel, deleting the virtual channel, deleting the virtual link, obtaining trace data, obtaining a packet filter for the virtual channel, obtaining a link rule and the number of instances of the virtual link, initializing the emulator, modifying the virtual channel, modifying the virtual link, setting trace information for the emulator, shutting down the emulator, and stopping the emulation.