Abstract: A method of controlling a set of devices (101, 102, 103, 104 and 105) is proposed. The method is performed by a voice-controll ed device (100). In response to receiving (S201) a first voice command of a user comprising a first reference to at least one device of the set of devices and a control command to be performed on the at least one device of the set of devices, the voice-controlled device presents (S202) an identifier in association with each of the at least one device of the set of devices. In response to receiving (S203) a second voice command from the user comprising a second reference to one or more of the identifiers, the voice-controlled device controls (S204) one or more of the at least one device of the set of devices which can be identified based on the second reference comprised in the second voice command to execute the control command comprised in the first voice command.

Abstract: It is presented a method performed in a deployment server being configured to deploy a software container. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a trigger to deploy a software container; obtaining an image intended for the software container comprising a set of at least one module; injecting a security module in the image; obtaining a container specification of the image; configuring the security module to forward incoming communication to the set of at least one module in accordance with the obtained container specification; modifying the container specification such that the at least one service is accessed externally only via the security module and that all outgoing communication, from the set of at least one module, is directed via the security module; publishing the modified container specification in a service discovery repository; and deploying the software container on at least one execution server.

Abstract: It is presented a method performed by a first software container comprising an implanted agent, which is configured to run in said first software container. The method comprise the steps, performed by the implanted agent, of: resolving an Internet Protocol, IP, address and a port of the first software container; and registering a microservice identity, the IP address and the port of the first software container in a first distributed hash table for enabling a second implanted agent running in a second software container to configure a reverse proxy running in the second software container.

Abstract: It is provided a method for managing a lifecycle of a software container announced in a distributed peer-to-peer repository, wherein the method is performed in a server. The method comprises the steps of: initialising execution of the software container in the server; setting the software container in a standby state; receiving a start message from a remote device, the start message comprising at least one start parameter for the software container; and starting a main process of the software container and applying the at least one start parameter for the main process, to progress the software container to a running state.

Abstract: It is provided a method for allocating a software container executing on a server of a set of servers. The method is performed in a container allocator and comprising the steps of: receiving a request to invoke a software container for a client; calculating a lookup key associated with the software container; performing a lookup in a distributed peer-to-peer repository using the lookup key, giving a result set of active software containers; selecting one software container from the set of software containers; and connecting to the selected software container to allocate the selected software container to the client.

Abstract: It is presented a method performed in a deployment server being configured to deploy a software container. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a trigger to deploy a software container; obtaining an image intended for the software container comprising a set of at least one module; injecting a security module in the image; obtaining a container specification of the image; configuring the security module to forward incoming communication to the set of at least one module in accordance with the obtained container specification; modifying the container specification such that the at least one service is accessed externally only via the security module and that all outgoing communication, from the set of at least one module, is directed via the security module; publishing the modified container specification in a service discovery repository; and deploying the software container on at least one execution server.

Abstract: It is provided a method for allocating a software container executing on a server of a set of servers. The method is performed in a container allocator and comprising the steps of: receiving a request to invoke a software container for a client; calculating a lookup key associated with the software container; performing a lookup in a distributed peer-to-peer repository using the lookup key, giving a result set of active software containers; selecting one software container from the set of software containers; and connecting to the selected software container to allocate the selected software container to the client.

Abstract: It is presented a method performed by a first software container comprising an implanted agent, which is configured to run in said first software container. The method comprise the steps, performed by the implanted agent, of: resolving an Internet Protocol, IP, address and a port of the first software container; and registering a microservice identity, the IP address and the port of the first software container in a first distributed hash table for enabling a second implanted agent running in a second software container to configure a reverse proxy running in the second software container.

Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product is provided for deploying software containers by a container engine manager, CEM. The CEM instantiates a first container engine and instantiates a second container engine. The CEM determines that a first software container utilizing a first port number should be deployed. In response to determining that the first software container should be deployed, the CEM selects a container engine from a set of available container engines. The set of container engines comprises the first container engine and the second container engine. The CEM then causes the selected container engine to instantiate the first software container. The CEM associates the first port number with an IP address of the selected container engine.

Abstract: Speech frames of a first speech coding scheme are utilized as speech frames of a second speech coding scheme, where the speech coding schemes use similar core compression schemes for the speech frames, preferably bit stream compatible. An occurrence of a state mismatch in an energy parameter between the first speech coding scheme and the second speech coding scheme is identified, preferably either by determining an occurrence of a predetermined speech evolution, such as a speech type transition, e.g. an onset of speech following a period of speech inactivity, or by tentative decoding of the energy parameter in the two encoding schemes followed by a comparison. Subsequently, the energy parameter in at least one frame of the second speech coding scheme following the occurrence of the state mismatch is adjusted. The present invention also presents transcoders and communications systems providing such transcoding functionality.

Abstract: Speech frames of a first speech coding scheme are utilized as speech frames of a second speech coding scheme, where the speech coding schemes use similar core compression schemes for the speech frames, preferably bit stream compatible. An occurrence of a state mismatch in an energy parameter between the first speech coding scheme and the second speech coding scheme is identified, preferably either by determining an occurrence of a predetermined speech evolution, such as a speech type transition, e.g. an onset of speech following a period of speech inactivity, or by tentative decoding of the energy parameter in the two encoding schemes followed by a comparison. Subsequently, the energy parameter in at least one frame of the second speech coding scheme following the occurrence of the state mismatch is adjusted. The present invention also presents transcoders and communications systems providing such transcoding functionality.