Abstract: A method includes obtaining first data including a first identifier of a first product determine in association with a content item based on first metadata of the content item. The method further includes obtaining a first confidence value associated with the first product and the content item. The method further includes obtaining second data including a second identifier of the first product and a second confidence value. The method further includes providing the first data and the second data to a trained machine learning model. The method further includes obtaining a third confidence value from the trained machine learning model associated with the first product. The method further includes adjusting second metadata of the content item in view of the third confidence value.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of distributing files over a network, which can attain a proper balance of transfer rates of active spanning trees used between a transmitting node and a receiving node and minimize the time taken for transferring a large file in a P2P (Peer-to-Peer) environment by forming an optimal set of distribution trees with reference to the link costs between the transmitting node and the receiving node and distributing chunk files through the optimal set of distribution trees. The method comprises the steps of: forming a set of spanning trees between a transmitting node and a receiving node and forming a minimum cost tree group by the sum of the link costs of links constituting each of the spanning trees; adjusting the transfer rate of each spanning tree belonging to the minimum cost tree group in accordance with the link cost of each spanning tree belonging to the minimum cost tree group; and transferring chunk files through the spanning trees whose transfer rate is adjusted.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for computing a congestion indicator in a communications switch including monitoring at least one first congestion indicator in the communication switch, computing an arrival rate and a first and a second service rate, incrementing a second congestion indicator using the arrival rate, and decrementing the second congestion indicator using the first and second service rates. The method and apparatus are used for deciding to store the data and electronic code that arrives at a communications switch when the second congestion indicator is below a first threshold, and for deciding not to store the data and electronic code that arrives at a communications switch when the second congestion indicator equals or exceeds the first threshold. The method and apparatus are also used for controlling the data transfer rates of data sources in an ATM-based network when both available bit rate and other traffic is present in a communications switch.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling the data transfer rates of data sources in an asynchronous transfer mode-based network utilizing intelligent marking to identify those data sources with a data transfer rate exceeding a marking threshold and to direct those thus-identified data sources to reduce their data transfer rates, and to identify those data sources with a data transfer rate lower than a marking threshold and to direct those thus-identified data sources to increase their data transfer rates when the maximum data transfer rate at a communications switch exceeds a first threshold When the maximum data transfer rate at the communications switch exceeds a second thresholds directing all data sources to reduce their data transfer rates. The first and the second thresholds are based on a congestion indicator of available bit rate traffic stored in a buffer in the communications switch.