Abstract: The present invention proposes an imaging system and a communication platform for communication among a plurality of nodes of the imaging system. A node of the imaging system comprises a protocol module (510) for receiving a data message over the network; a network module (520) for receiving a data field of the data message from the protocol module; and at least one service module (530-1, . . . , 530-n); wherein the data field comprises a message identifier (MsgID) for indicating a type of the data message, and a payload field; each service module (530-1, . . .

Abstract: A method for determining a deployment configuration of multiple micro services that interact with each other is provided. The method includes the steps of determining a metric describing an amount of communication traffic between at least two of the micro services. Based on the metric, an execution environment may be determined for at least one of the micro services. Deployment information specifying that the at least one micro service shall be deployed on the determined execution environment may be generated.

Abstract: A method begins by a processing module identifying one or more devices of a dispersed storage network (DSN) potentially contributing to a DSN performance issue. For a device of the identified one or more devices, the method continues where the processing module determines a potential performance issue of the device and determines a performance test based on the potential performance issue. The method continues where the processing module issues a message to the device that includes test information specific for the device to execute the performance test and receives a response message that includes a specific test result data generated based on the test information. The method continues where the processing module determines, based on the specific test result data, whether the device has the potential performance issue and is contributing to the DSN performance issue.

Abstract: Various embodiments migrate a legacy application to a multi-tenant computing environment. In one embodiment, at least one virtualized computing container is instantiated on a host system in a multi-tenant computing environment. An instance of the legacy application is executed within the virtualized computing container. The legacy application having been initially configured to run on premise and serve one tenant at a time. The virtualized computing container securely isolates the executing instance of the legacy application from other executing instances of the legacy application. At least one request received from a first client is sent to the instance of the legacy application executing within the virtualized computing container. The virtualized computing container is quiesced based on at least one quiescing criterion having been satisfied by the instance of the legacy application.

Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to systems and methods for automatically scaling down network resources, such as servers or gateway instances, based on predetermined thresholds. A system is configured to detect a reduction in one or more network metrics related to a first server, and instruct the first server to issue a rekey request to a plurality of devices connected to the first server. The system is further configured to instruct a load balancer to route to at least one other server responses from the plurality of devices to the rekey request, and determine a number of connections remaining between the first server and the plurality of devices. The system may be further configured to instruct the load balancer to terminate the first server based on the detected number of connections remaining between the first server and the plurality of devices.

Abstract: The disclosed technology includes accessing a first network application programming interface exposed by a first cloud provider of the plurality of cloud providers to identify a first pricing profile, the first pricing profile associated with the first Cloud provider. Upon identifying the first pricing profile, accessing a second network application programming interface exposed by a second cloud provider of the plurality of cloud providers to identify a second pricing profile, the second pricing profile associated with the second Cloud provider. A load balancing decision is determined comparing the identified first pricing profile with the identified second pricing profile. Next, the determined load balancing decision is executed on a monitored computing-traffic.

Abstract: To reduce a load on a specific computer considering a load in association with an execution of data processing and an attribute of the data processing. A computer system executes data processing using collected data. The computer system includes a gateway configured to collect the data and a server coupled to the gateway. The data processing includes a plurality of processes. The server is configured to: manage an attribute of the data processing; monitor loads on the gateway and the server in association with the execution of the data processing; and execute process control processing whose object is reduction in the loads in association with the execution of the data processing based on the attribute of the data processing and monitoring results of the loads. The process control processing includes transfer processing configured to transfer the process and performance change processing configured to change a parameter configured to control performance of the process.

Abstract: A computing system includes a first client computing device, and a virtual desktop server. The first client computing device displays a local client surface, and a virtual client surface provided by the virtual desktop server. The virtual desktop server provides a real-time media application to provide real-time communications (RTC), and an API code redirection module to redirect intercepted APIs of the real-time media application intended for a native RTC engine based on redirection code injected into the real-time media application so that the portion of the real-time media application is redirected. The injected redirection code enumerates the local and virtual client surfaces. The first client computing device shares the local and virtual client surfaces with a second client computing device based on the intercepted APIs enumerating the local and virtual client surfaces.

Abstract: The techniques introduced here provide for network assisted device-to-device communication for peer-to-peer applications. The techniques include registering a user's peer-to-peer application identifier with a peer-to-peer application server, registering a user's peer-to-peer application ID with a device-to-device server, sending a peer-to-peer service request to the peer-to-peer application server, and receiving network assistance in discovering a peer with the desired P2P content/service and establishing a device-to-device communication arrangement for exchange of peer-to-peer services. The network assistance is provided over the user plane.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a computer-implemented method, an electronic device and a computer program product. In this method, an attribute description of a node is determined at the node of a computer network based on a distributed hash table The attribute description comprises a plurality of attribute items and respective attribute values. A key-identifier pair of the node in the distributed hash table is generated where the key being obtained from the attribute description based on a predetermined mapping so that the node is searchable by the distributed hash table according to the attribute description. The key-identifier pair is transmitted to at least one node connected directly with the node. Embodiments of the present disclosure can improve searching of a node in a computer network.

Abstract: System, method, and apparatus are described for enabling the lookup of metadata about navigational links on the Internet, from a centralized system. The present invention offers a Link Metadata System (“LMS”), available on the Internet, of information associated with any given, specific Internet domain and URL or URI path combination (the “link”). Software browsing user agents are then configured with the ability to request information from the LMS and perform actions based on the received information which can include navigation. The invention provides for, upon navigational action by a user on a link on a client web browser, sending a request for information to a lookup server, looking up information, using the link, in a lookup server and receiving, from the lookup server, a response with a payload of the requested information.

Abstract: Systems and methods to remotely store and provide telecast programs are provided. The method includes storing an exclusive first transcoded copy of a program in a first configuration for a user along with multiple shared transcoded copies in respective multiple configurations. The method includes receiving a request from the user to view the program, streaming the first transcoded copy, determining based on one or more criteria whether the first transcoded copy is supported, and continuing to stream the first transcoded copy or switching to a second transcoded copy from the multiple transcoded copies based on the criteria.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture manage services in distributed systems are disclosed. An example distributed system includes a first virtual machine including a first storage device to store a first service registry for a plurality of virtual machines, and a second virtual machine, of the plurality of virtual machines, including a second storage device to store a second service registry for the second virtual machine, and a proxy service registrar having an interface to selectively provide a first service from the first service registry or the second service registry responsive to a query of the second virtual machine for the first service.

Abstract: A method implemented by an application (app) store system that includes receiving a first request for a first version of an app for the mobile phone; pushing the first version of the app for the mobile in response to the first request; automatically pushing a second version of the app to a watch associated with the mobile phone, the mobile phone and the watch having different operating systems; receiving a second request for a third version of the app for the mobile phone; pushing the third version of the app for the mobile phone in response to the second request, where the third version of the app for the mobile phone comprises an update to the first version of the app; and automatically pushing a fourth version of the app to the watch, where the fourth version of the app comprises an update to the second version of the app.

Abstract: A technique to cache content securely within edge network environments, even within portions of that network that might be considered less secure than what a customer desires, while still providing the acceleration and off-loading benefits of the edge network. The approach ensures that customer confidential data (whether content, keys, etc.) are not exposed either in transit or at rest. In this approach, only encrypted copies of the customer's content objects are maintained within the portion of the edge network, but without any need to manage the encryption keys. To take full advantage of the secure content caching technique, preferably the encrypted content (or portions thereof) are pre-positioned within the edge network portion to improve performance of secure content delivery from the environment.

Abstract: System and method for for associating general data with an end-user based on the domain name system (DNS) resolver that the end-user uses to map the canonical domain names of internet services to their associated network addresses. The present invention elegantly addresses concerns of scale regarding the key-space, for example the global number of distinct DNS resolvers, and the data-space, for example the number of distinct geographical areas to associate.

Abstract: For data writing, a first input device performs a first wavefront multiplexing transform on a first input stream and a first probing stream to generate L first intermediate streams. An en-route processing device generates J output streams from the stored L first intermediate streams and at least a second probing stream. For data reading, an en-route processing device generates L first intermediate streams and at least a first recovered probing stream from J input streams including a first stored probing stream. The L first intermediate streams are stored in a first storage site. A first output device performs a first wavefront demultiplexing transform on the L first intermediate streams to generate a first output stream and a second recovered probing stream. The J input streams are stored in a distributed storage structure having at least a second storage site that stores P of the J input streams.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for reducing distributed storage operation latency using segment routing. In some examples, a method can involve receiving, from a client, a message identifying an intent to store or retrieve data on a distributed storage environment, and sending to the client a segment routing (SR) list identifying storage node candidates for storing or retrieving the data. The method can involve steering a data request from the client through a path defined by the SR list based on a segment routing header (SRH) associated with the request, the SRH being configured to steer the request through the path until a storage node from the storage node candidates accepts the request. The method can further involve sending, to the client device, a response indicating that the storage node has accepted the request and storing or retrieving the data at the storage node that accepted the request.

Abstract: A computing device includes an interface configured to interface and communicate with a dispersed storage network (DSN), a memory that stores operational instructions, and processing circuitry operably coupled to the interface and to the memory. The processing circuitry is configured to execute the operational instructions to perform various operations and functions. The computing device detects at least one available memory device within a storage unit (SU). The computing device identifies storage capacities of each of the memory devices within the SU and identifies a DSN address range associated with the SU. The computing device maps the DSN address range to each of the memory devices within the SU based on the storage capacities to generate a memory mapping of the memory devices within the SU. The computing device then facilitates redistribution of some EDS from a first memory device to the at least one available memory device within the SU.

Abstract: A distributed storage network (DSN) includes a DSN memory and a distributed storage (DS) processing unit. The DS processing unit determines a particular revision of source data for persistence, and generates a protocol message associated with the particular revision of source data. The protocol message is generated based on a balance between durability and persistence associated with the particular revision. The protocol message is transmitted from the DS processing unit to the DSN memory, and indicates to the DSN memory a particular persistence protocol. The DSN memory process data slices corresponding to the particular revision of source data in accordance with the particular persistence protocol.

Abstract: A computer controls deduplication of data. The computer generates a hash of a remote data and a hash of a local data. The computer generates a set of unmatched hash data based on a comparison of the hash of the remote data against the hash of the local data. The computer generates a splitting cost that is associated with splitting the set of unmatched hash data. The computer sends a request to a server based on a comparison of the splitting cost to a threshold. The request dictates sending of the remote data to a storage controller.

Abstract: Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for reducing the time required for a node to take over for a failed node or to boot. An apparatus includes an access component to retrieve a metadata from a storage device coupled to a first D-module of a first node during boot, the metadata generated from a first mutable metadata portion and an immutable metadata portion, and the first metadata specifying a first address of a second D-module of a second node; a replication component to contact the second data storage module at the first address; and a generation component to, in response to failure of the contact, request a second mutable metadata portion from a N-module of the first node and generate a second metadata from the second mutable metadata portion and the immutable metadata portion, the second mutable metadata portion specifying a second address of the second D-module.

Abstract: Various embodiments include a method for operating an automation network comprising a gateway device and a plurality of network devices. The methods include: subscribing a network device to subscription data with a respectively associated subscription identifier; publishing data on the gateway device under a identifier; publishing publication data as subscribed subscription data under a subscription identifier corresponding to the publication identifier so each of the plurality of network devices subscribed with the same subscription identifier as the respective identifier receive the data transmitted with the subscription identifier. The respective network devices each comprise: a field device subscribing to, collecting, and/or publishing measurement or control data, and a database subscribing to, storing, providing or publishing the data of the field device, device data about network devices present in the automation network, and data about users of the network devices.

Abstract: A control device is usable in a plurality of different data transmission systems in vehicles, where the control device includes a database which stores a set of configuration data records and is connected to a data transmission system selected from the plurality of data transmission systems. The control device is configured to establish data transmission between the selected data transmission system and the control device by initializing a configuration data record from the set of configuration data records. The control device is also configured to check the initialized configuration data record by receiving validation data relating to the selected data transmission system and comparing said validation data with previously-determined data-transmission-system-specific validation data stored in a memory of the control device.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for enabling container networking are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request from a first network container on a source server to establish a data session with a second network container on a destination server; determining a destination switch of the destination server based on the request; identifying a communication tunnel between the source server and the destination server; generating a data stream to be embedded in the pre-established communication tunnel, wherein a communication protocol associated with the request is different from a communication protocol used by the data stream; receiving a data packet to be sent to the destination container; mapping the data packet to the data stream; and sending the data packet to the destination server via the data stream over the communication tunnel.

Abstract: User devices configured to select subsets of network identities and network devices configured to deliver messages based on those subsets are described herein. The user devices each receive multiple network identities for a service account, select a subset of the network identities based on preferences, and provide the selected subset to the telecommunication network in message headers. The preferences indicate network identities for which a user wishes the user device to receive communications. A network device receives and caches the subsets. The network device further utilizes the subsets in determining which user device to deliver messages to.

Abstract: A system and method for robotically arbitrating cloud computing services utilizes resource parameters, tolerance values, and client system requirements to configure a meta-orchestrator to select a validated compatible service from a service resource pool and employ an orchestrator to migrate a client system to the selected service and utilize block chain technology for logging transactions, storing metadata and data.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine responsiveness information for a page in a social networking system, wherein the responsiveness information describes at least a rate at which an administrator of the page replies to messages sent to the page. A request can be received from a user of the social networking system to access the page through a computing device. Data describing the page can be provided to be displayed through the computing device, wherein the responsiveness information is included in the page.

Abstract: Weight image object tagging includes acquiring digital images based on a user browsing webpages, automatically tagging the digital images based on weighting individual image objects, where automatically tagging a digital image of the digital images is based on a relative weighting between objects recognized from that digital image, and building a user preference profile based on recurrences of tags across the digital images.

Abstract: Communication session data pertaining to a first user can be received during an electronic communication session in which the first user and at least a second user participate. The communication session data can be analyzed. Based on the analysis, a concentration level score of the first user can be determined. A contextual indicator indicating the concentration level score of the first user can be generated. The contextual indicator can be communicated to a second client device used by the second user. Communicating the first contextual indicator to the second client device can initiate the second client device to present, in a user interface used by the second user for the communication session, a first user interface element indicating the concentration level score of the first user.

Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for scanning a shared resource in a network is provided. The present invention may include, assigning, to a set of active nodes of a network, a list of stored files associated with identifying software signatures in a shared resource of the network in a first scan cycle. The present invention may also include, receiving, from the set of active nodes of the network, a set of software signatures identified in the shared resource of the network, based on the assigned list of stored files. The present invention may further include, in response to at least one performance benchmark value associated with the set of active nodes of the network, adjusting the assigned list of stored files to optimize utilization of the set of active nodes for identifying software signatures in the shared resource in a subsequent scan cycle.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include computer-implemented systems, apparatuses, and processes that dynamically generate and provision contextually relevant notifications to network-connected devices. For example, an apparatus receives a first signal that includes information indicative of an authorized data exchange involving a terminal device and a client device. The apparatus identifies and loads data specifying a notification template from the storage unit, and generates notification data that is populated with a portion of the received information in accordance with the notification template. The apparatus further transmits a second signal that includes the notification data to the client device. In some instances, the second signal is transmitted through a programmatic interface associated with an application program executed by the client device, and the client device is configured to display the notification data on a corresponding interface.

Abstract: A method for providing high availability Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) includes determining, by a VDI client and based on connection information for a first VDI broker associated with a first datacenter, whether a connection to the first VDI broker is available, and responsive to determining that the connection to the first VDI broker associated with the first datacenter is available, connecting the VDI client to a first VDI broker associated with a first datacenter.

Abstract: A system and method for temporally and spatially aggregating content to a mobile cache.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for routing content requests. On a given server network, content requests comprising a character string may be routed up a hierarchical network topology until a linear chain, corresponding to the character string, is identified. Thus, the content request is forwarded up the hierarchy until an intersecting server network is reached. Then the content request is forwarded down the hierarchy until, along a published linear chain corresponding to the character string, until a content source is reached. Content is provided to the requestor along a reverse path of the content request.

Abstract: A content serving data processing system is configured for trending topic cache eviction management. The system includes a computing system communicatively coupled to different sources of content objects over a computer communications network. The system also includes a cache storing different cached content objects retrieved from the different content sources. The system yet further includes a cache eviction module. The module includes program code enabled to manage cache eviction of the content objects in the cache by marking selected ones of the content objects as invalid in accordance with a specified cache eviction strategy, detect a trending topic amongst the retrieved content objects, and override the marking of one of the selected ones of the content objects as invalid and keeping the one of the selected ones of the content objects in the cache when the one of the selected ones of the content objects relates to the trending topic.

Abstract: A capability for updating a cache. The capability includes identifying, in a query instance that has led to a filling of the cache, a parameter whose values are monotonic—in particular monotonically increasing or decreasing—over time, wherein the query instance has a first execution time. When generating a new query instance, at a second, later execution time instead of the previous value of the parameter, a new value may be used that corresponds to the monotonic previous value at the second execution time. The new query instance is executed, wherein the cache is updated with the results of the new query instance.

Abstract: Concepts for associating an enterprise workspace user account with a service user account of a service are presented. One such concept comprises associating an identifier with service data provided by the service to the enterprise workspace, the service data being provided via a service authorization for a service user account. The identifier is provided to a user associated with the enterprise workspace user account. Responsive to the enterprise workspace user account executing a predetermined function with the identifier as a parameter of the function, the service data associated with the identifier is identified, and the service authorization the service data was provided via is determined. The enterprise workspace user account is then associated with the service user account that the service authorization is for.

Abstract: A system configured to perform operations to receive, via a network communication interface, an indication of a power event occurring at a first device. The first device is for an online identity. The power event causes the first device to switch from an external power source to an internal battery. The first device represents that the online identity is online while the first device receives power from the internal battery. The system is further configured to perform operations to hold, at a second device, at least one status update for an online contact of the online identity while the first device receives power from the internal battery. Furthermore, the system is configured to perform operations to release, for transmission to the first device, the at least one status update in response to determining that the first device switches back to the external power source.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for requesting data in a distributed system. Embodiments include receiving a query from an application running on a client device. Embodiments further include generating a plurality of subqueries based on the query, each subquery corresponding to an entity of the plurality of entities that is requested in the query. Embodiments further include determining that a group of subqueries of the plurality of subqueries corresponds to particular entities that are provided by particular providers of the plurality of providers that are included within a single service. Embodiments further include sending a batch request to the single service, the batch request comprising the group of subqueries. Embodiments further include receiving the particular entities from the single service in response to the batch request and providing the particular entities to the application in response to the query.

Abstract: A method is provided that includes receiving a tenant identifier. The method also includes identifying a quality of service (QoS) policy associated with a tenant identified by the tenant identifier, by looking up the tenant identifier in a memory data structure. The QoS policy includes a threshold value of a performance parameter. The threshold value is a minimum or a maximum threshold value. The method also includes receiving a service request from the tenant. The method also includes determining an estimated value of the performance parameter in view of the request. The method also includes, responsive to successfully evaluating a validity condition with respect to the estimated value in view of the threshold value, forwarding the request to a servicing component for execution. The validity condition is provided by the estimated value not exceeding the maximum threshold value or the estimated value not falling below the minimum threshold value.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive a first data request, wherein the first data request is associated with a deadline and requests data to be transmitted to a computing device. It is estimated whether the first data request will be fulfilled before the deadline based on estimated response sizes of responses to a set of pending data requests and a bandwidth associated with the computing device. A data transmission mode of operation is determined for the computing device based on the estimating whether the first data request will be fulfilled before the deadline.

Abstract: A personalization platform is provided, which interprets user behavior and attributes along with the content users are interacting with, to build optimized predictive models of what content the user may want to see next. Those predictive models can be utilized to personalize content in one or more environments, including email, mobile and applications. An extensible and highly flexible framework can be implemented. In some embodiments, when calculating for a single user, recent behavior is scored against an ensemble of analytic models and the totals are amalgamated into a final recommendation. Any combination of analytic models may be explored and tested in a multivariate framework on this final ranking function. Models may be added and removed on a per-application basis.

Abstract: A method for implementing application program installation by cloud compilation includes sending, by a terminal device, hardware configuration information of the terminal device and version information of a target application program to an application market server, receiving, by the terminal device from the application market server, the upgrade information of the target application program, and performing, by the terminal device, optimized installation of the target application program according to the upgrade information to update a version of the target application program.

Abstract: Provide, to a user, a banner with which it may be possible to arouse an interest of the user with respect to a specific application. A banner relating to an application that has been executed on a terminal device can be displayed on the terminal device. The banner can be generated on the basis of information unique to the terminal device or to a user thereof, the information being collected by a server device during execution of the application. Examples of the unique information include information relating to video displayed on the terminal device during execution of the application, and information relating to manipulations inputted to the terminal device during the execution of the application. Examples of a banner include media that include the video, and media that reproduce the manipulations on the terminal device on the basis of information relating to the manipulations.

Abstract: Method and systems of providing remote access to an application in a tiered remote access framework that includes a server tier and a client tier. In the server tier, an application that is remotely accessed and a server remote access application execute on a server. In the client tier, a client remote access application executes on a client device. A server SDK may be associated with the application in the server tier, where the server SDK being adapted to communicate display information to the client tier. A client SDK may be associated with a client application executing on the client device, where the client SDK receives the display information from the server tier. The client device connects to the server at an enumerated Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to initiate the reception of the display information.

Abstract: A method for X2 interface communication is disclosed, comprising: at an X2 gateway for communicating with, and coupled to, a first and a second radio access network (RAN), receiving messages from the first RAN according to a first X2 protocol and mapping the received messages to a second X2 protocol for transmission to the second RAN; maintaining state of one of the first RAN or the second RAN at the X2 gateway; executing executable code received at an interpreter at the X2 gateway as part of the received messages; altering the maintained state based on the executed executable code; and receiving and decoding an initial X2 message from the first RAN; identifying specific strings in the initial X2 message; matching the identified specific strings in a database of stored scripts; and performing a transformation on the initial X2 message, the transformation being retrieved from the database for stored scripts, the stored scripts being transformations.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosed technology provide virtualized solutions for processing media frames. A process of the disclosed technology can include steps for receiving unprocessed media packets, de-packetizing the unprocessed media packets to produce unprocessed media frames, and sending the unprocessed media frames to a virtual media application. In some aspects, the process may further include steps for processing the unprocessed media frames, using the virtual media application, to produce processed media frames. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.

Abstract: Obtain, from a subscriber premises gateway, a data packet having a header field including a unique identifier for a combination of the gateway and a connected subscriber IP device. Transport the data packet through an internal network of a broadband service provider. Remove the header field after the transporting and prior to the data packet exiting the internal network of the broadband service provider to an external network. Store, in a subscriber internet protocol device data repository of the broadband service provider, data, including the header field, representing transport of the data packet through the internal network of the broadband service provider to the external network. Detect, based on the data repository, at least one of an internal and an external anomaly associated with the data packet. Initiate at least one mitigation action in response to the detecting of the at least one of an internal and an external anomaly.

Abstract: Network access node virtual fabrics configured dynamically over an underlay network are described. A centralized controller, such as a software-defined networking (SDN) controller, of a packet switched network is configured to establish one or more virtual fabrics as overlay networks on top of the physical underlay network of the packet switched network. For example, the SDN controller may define multiple sets of two of more access nodes connected to the packet switched network, and the access nodes of a given one of the sets may use a new data transmission protocol, referred to generally herein as a fabric control protocol (FCP), to dynamically setup tunnels as a virtual fabric over the packet switched network. The FCP tunnels may include all or a subset of the parallel data paths through the packet switched network between the access nodes for a given virtual fabric.