Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes detecting, at a virtual authenticator in an endpoint device, a linkup event, transmitting, to a supplicant in the endpoint device, a request for an identity associated with the endpoint device, receiving, at the virtual authenticator, a response from the supplicant, wherein the response comprises the identity, receiving, from an authentication server, an authorization result, wherein the authorization result is based on authenticating the endpoint device using the received identity, and enforcing, by the virtual authenticator, the authorization result at the endpoint device.

Abstract: A method for aggregating data to facilitate gamification of employee contributions is provided. The method includes compiling, via an application programming interface, raw data from a source, the raw data including employee contribution data, employee achievement data, and employee engagement data; mapping the compiled raw data based on a predetermined guideline; generating a structured data set based on a result of the mapping; identifying a user record from the structured data set; determining a characteristic for the identified user record; and updating a user profile that corresponds to the identified user record with information relating to the determined characteristic.

Abstract: An approach is provided for determining a negative observation of a road feature (e.g., traffic sign). The approach involves, for example, querying a spatial data structure for a set of location points based on a spatial radius around a location of the road feature. The spatial data structure stores a plurality of location points from a plurality of location traces that did not have a road feature observation. The approach also involves map matching each location trace in the set of location points to a matched path of road links. The approach further involves determining that said each location trace is a negative observation of the road feature based on determining that the location of the road feature falls between two map-matched location points of said each location trace that are on the matched path of road links.

Abstract: An approach is provided for traffic sign learning. The approach involves, for example, receiving a plurality of traffic sign observations generated using sensor data collected from a plurality of vehicles. Each of the plurality of traffic sign observations includes location data and sign property data for an observed traffic sign corresponding to said each of the plurality of traffic sign observations. The approach also involves clustering the plurality of traffic speed sign observations into at least one cluster based on the location data and the sign property data. The approach further involves determining a learned sign for the at least one cluster, and determining a learned sign value indicated by the learned sign based on the location data, the sign property data, or a combination of the plurality of traffic sign observations aggregated in the at least one cluster.

Abstract: An approach is provided for traffic sign learning. The approach involves, for example, receiving a plurality of traffic sign observations generated using sensor data collected from a plurality of vehicles. Each of the plurality of traffic sign observations includes location data and sign property data for an observed traffic sign corresponding to said each of the plurality of traffic sign observations. The approach also involves clustering the plurality of traffic speed sign observations into at least one cluster based on the location data and the sign property data. The approach further involves determining a learned sign for the at least one cluster, and determining a learned sign value indicated by the learned sign based on the location data, the sign property data, or a combination of the plurality of traffic sign observations aggregated in the at least one cluster.

Abstract: An approach is provided for determining a negative observation of a road feature (e.g., traffic sign). The approach involves, for example, querying a spatial data structure for a set of location points based on a spatial radius around a location of the road feature. The spatial data structure stores a plurality of location points from a plurality of location traces that did not have a road feature observation. The approach also involves map matching each location trace in the set of location points to a matched path of road links. The approach further involves determining that said each location trace is a negative observation of the road feature based on determining that the location of the road feature falls between two map-matched location points of said each location trace that are on the matched path of road links.

Abstract: A method and system of assigning DSP resources in a voice gateway which first seeks to assign the calls to DSPs on a best fit basis using information in a best fit (BF) pool. If a call can not be assigned on a BF basis, the call is assigned to a DSP based on information in a load balancing (LB) pool. The BF pool indicates which DSPs will be completely loaded by calls using various codecs and which DSPs have calls that have a first channel penalty (FCP). The LB pool indicates the number of calls each DSP is handling.

Abstract: A method for enabling a first telecommunication device to conduct multiple simultaneous telecommunication sessions through a single carrier connection is provided. A first telecommunication session, which includes a first carrier connection between the first telecommunication device and the mobility server and a second carrier connection between the second telecommunication device and the mobility server, is established. Also, a mid-call signaling channel is established to handle interaction between the mobility server and the first telecommunication device while the first telecommunication device is connected through the first carrier connection. The mid-call signaling channel is also employed to notify the first telecommunication device of an incoming telecommunication session request from a third telecommunication device.

Abstract: An active call handover arrangement for managing a handover between a plurality of telecommunication devices associated with a public extension number is provided. The arrangement includes a mobility server configured to manage a telecommunication session between a telecommunication device of a third-party caller and a first telecommunication device of the plurality of telecommunication devices. The arrangement also includes a switch component configured to be associated with at least one telecommunication device of the plurality of telecommunication devices. At least one telecommunication device is configured to include mobility client software. The switch component is also configured to enable a user to perform the handover between the first telecommunication device and a second telecommunication device of the plurality of telecommunication devices.

Abstract: A client device capable of utilizing a plurality of media for facilitating communication. The plurality of media may include a first medium implemented based on a first set of communication standards and a second medium implemented based on a second set of communication standards, wherein the second set of communication standards is different from the first set of communication standards. The client device may include a protocol module for translating a user request into a data set, wherein the user request may pertain to a communication feature among a plurality of communication features. The client device may also include a mapping module for ascertaining a utilized medium that is utilized by the client device, wherein the utilized medium is one of the plurality of media. The mapping module may also convert the data set into at least part of a signal suitable for signaling through the utilized medium.

Abstract: An active call handover arrangement for managing a handover between a plurality of telecommunication devices associated with a public extension number is provided. The arrangement includes a mobility server configured to manage a telecommunication session between a telecommunication device of a third-party caller and a first telecommunication device of the plurality of telecommunication devices. The arrangement also includes a switch component configured to be associated with at least one telecommunication device of the plurality of telecommunication devices. At least one telecommunication device is configured to include mobility client software. The switch component is also configured to enable a user to perform the handover between the first telecommunication device and a second telecommunication device of the plurality of telecommunication devices.

Abstract: A method of debugging an active unit in a computer system having an active unit for routing computer connections and a standby unit configured to route computer connections in the event the active unit fails. The method comprises the standby unit receiving synchronization data from the active unit in the form of update messages; storing the received synchronization data in local storage; receiving a request for data to be used to perform debugging on the active unit; searching local storage for the requested data; if the requested data is found on the local storage then returning that data to the source of the request; if the requested data is not found on the local storage then requesting the requested data from the active unit, receiving the requested data from the active unit, and returning the received requested data to the source of the request.