Abstract: A logging system for an orchestration system that implements a rollout service to deploy updates to a cloud service includes: an orchestrator service host computer hosting the rollout service; a service bus connecting the orchestrator service host computer with a network on which the cloud service is provided; and a database to which the rollout service records a log of a deployment of an update, the log comprising an entry for each of a number of subsets of network components supporting the cloud service. Each record in the log refers to a payload version deployed to a corresponding subset of the network components supporting the cloud service.

Abstract: A system for coordinating pickup of online orders provided at a quick service restaurant facility having multiple drive through lanes. The system includes a designated drive through lane for each drive through store at the quick service restaurant facility and has a designated security or barrier gate at the facility. The customers order and pay prior to arriving to the QSR facility on an online application associated with each drive through store. An arrival time and identifying gate code is communicated to either the customer or a delivery driver to enter through the security gate. If the recipient of the arrival time and the code arrive too early, the recipient is directed to a waiting area at the facility. Otherwise, the recipient is allowed to pass through the barrier gate and provided with the previously ordered online food order and the order is verified as being associated with the identifying gate code.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for facilitating information and expertise distribution via a communication network. A method at a first computing device may include receiving a request for information from a second computing device, determining at least one third computing device based on an analysis of the request for information, communicating the request for information to the determined at least one third computing device, receiving a response corresponding to the request for information from the determined at least one third computing device, adjusting a credit level of a user associated with the determined at least one third computing device based on the received response, and communicating the response to the second computing device. The credit level of the user may indicate one or more credits earned by the user.

Abstract: Provided are a live stream interface loading method and apparatus, a terminal, a server and a storage medium. The live stream interface loading method includes: acquiring live stream interaction area loading sequence information; detecting a trigger instruction, wherein the trigger instruction is used for indicating display of a live stream interface; and loading and displaying a plurality of interaction areas in the live stream interface according to the live stream interaction area loading sequence information.

Abstract: In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a method including: receiving, at a client computer, a driver script file; creating, by the driver script file, a use-case specific directory; creating, by the driver script file, an application parameters file; retrieving, by the driver script file, a core configuration script file; determining, by the core configuration script file, a required database driver; retrieving, by the core configuration script file, the required database driver; retrieving, by the core configuration script file, a database driver configuration file for the required database driver; populating, by the core configuration script file, the database driver configuration file with a plurality of entries, wherein the plurality of entries in the database driver configuration file comprise entries based on a user input; and validating, by the core configuration script file, a connection defined by the database driver configuration file.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided. The method includes launching a streaming media interface application in response to a user input, performing a first memory check to determine presence or absence of first cached data, locating first cached data that includes content of a home page of the user's account, retrieving and processing the first cached data to display the content included therein, concurrently with displaying the content included in the first cached data, performing a process for user authentication, and performing the process for user authentication is delayed until after initiating displaying the content included in the first cached data, sending a user request for content of a video stream selected by the user, receiving the content of the user-selected video stream in response to a determination that the user is authenticated, and initiating a first streaming session to play the content of the user-selected video stream.

Abstract: A first messaging app, in one embodiment receives text and detects that the text includes a URL that refers to audio or audiovisual media content in a catalog of media content, and the messaging app obtains metadata about the media content and transmits the metadata to a second messaging app. Both the first and the second messaging app can operate, through interprocess communication, with its own music extension app that displays a user interface within a view hosted by the respective messaging app.

Abstract: Techniques are described for verifying connectivity in a virtualized computing environment comprising networked computing devices having internal endpoints that are configured with operational connectivity to external endpoints. A connectivity test component is configured to execute as a virtual resource in the virtualized computing environment, execute protocol-aware connectivity tests that enable detection of connectivity errors between the internal endpoints and external endpoints, and instantiate or access network interfaces for establishing connectivity between the internal endpoints and external endpoints. A configuration file defines connectivity types between the internal endpoints and external endpoints. Based on the configuration file, the connectivity test component is executed in the virtualized computing environment. An output is generated by the connectivity test component that is indicative of results of connectivity attempts in accordance with the configuration file.

Abstract: An apparatus and a computer implemented method for managing data streams to a terminal device according to peak levels is disclosed. A streaming device (e.g., exchange device) may provide the data streams in response to requests received from the terminal devices. A network device in the communication path between the streaming device and the terminal device may route the data streams.

Abstract: Implementations described herein relate to determining how an automated assistant should respond to a given spoken utterance received in a vehicular environment to enforce consistency between value(s) and/or unit(s) that are displayed at a given display device of an in-vehicle computing device and value(s) and/or unit(s) that are utilized in executing a given vehicular command or that are provided for presentation to a user in response to a given vehicular request. For example, implementations can receive the given spoken utterance, identify the given vehicular command/request based on processing the given spoken utterance, and determine an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) query based on the given vehicular command/request included in the spoken utterance, and transmit the OEM query to a given OEM component. Further, implementations can determine how the automated assistant should respond to the given spoken utterance based on responsive content that is received from the given OEM component.

Abstract: Techniques regarding adaptive data recovery schemes are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a system, which can comprise a memory that can store computer executable components. The system can also comprise a processor, operably coupled to the memory, and that can execute the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a data management component that can modify a data recovery scheme based on performance data exhibited by a network of data centers and a data recovery requirement. The data recovery scheme can direct a relocation of data within the network.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for property manager are described. A device may transmit a request to access information from a control panel of a property associated with a smart home automation community. The request may include credentials specific to a property management personnel. In response to the transmitted request, the device may retrieve the information from the control panel of the property based in part on an authentication of the credentials. The authentication of the credentials may include receiving, from an additional device of an occupant of the property, an acknowledgement message to the request. Once the information is retrieved from the control panel, the device may generate an account associated with the control panel of the property based in part on the information, where the account grants a level of access to the property management personnel.

Abstract: A method for media content streaming includes: receiving a command to start playback of a first media content item, wherein a first portion of the first media content item has been transcoded to generate at least one passive adaptive streamlet, and the first portion of the first media content item starts at a playback position and ends at an optimal transition point; outputting, by a content streaming device, one of the at least one passive adaptive streamlet; while outputting the one of the at least one passive adaptive streamlet, requesting, receiving, and transcoding a second portion of the first media content item to generate an active adaptive streamlet of the first media content item, wherein the active adaptive streamlet starts at the optimal transition point of the first media content item; and immediately following outputting the one of the at least one passive adaptive streamlet, outputting the active adaptive streamlet of the first media content item.

Abstract: A video playing method and apparatus are provided. The method may include transmitting a scenario obtaining request. The scenario obtaining request may be for requesting to obtain scenario information of a first scenario video. The scenario information may include a video address of the first scenario video and n scenario development options. The method may further include playing the first scenario video according to the video address of the first scenario video, obtaining scenario video data corresponding to the n scenario development options during playing the first scenario video, and adding the scenario video data corresponding to the n scenario development options into a buffer list. The method may further include obtaining scenario video data of a second scenario video from the buffer list and playing the second scenario video in response to receiving a selection instruction for a target scenario development option in the n scenario development options.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing privacy preserving fraud detection in network based transactions are described. The method may include receiving a fraud detection message during a transaction between a user system and a merchant system, the message having a set of cryptographically transformed universal resource locator (URL) components generated from a URL of a web page of the merchant system on which the transaction is to occur. The method may also include generating one or more secure and anonymous fraud detection features, each fraud detection feature comprising a select subset of the cryptographically transformed URL components. The method may also include performing fraud detection for the web page using the one or more secure and anonymous fraud detection features to determine a likelihood that fraud is occurring in the transaction.

Abstract: A page display method and an electronic device are disclosed. The method includes: displaying at least one component on a page, the component is configured to display first content; and the first content has a mapping relationship with second content, and the second content is entire or part of page content covered by the component; and updating the first content or the second content in response to a position of the component being changed relative to the page.

Abstract: A media file system, apparatus, computer program product and method are provided for storing a file relationship graph and media data files. An exemplary method includes obtaining a new media file and determining the one or more portions of essence data from which the new media file is derived. The method further including generating a new materials data file for the new media file indicating the determined one or more portions of essence data. Moreover, storing the new materials data file in the media file system, and updating the file relationship graph using the new materials data file.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods and system for handling immersive services with feature tags in an 3GPP IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) and 3GPP mission critical services (MCX). A user equipment uses the media tags, feature tags with unique IMS communication service identifier (ICSI) and IMS application reference identifier (IARI) to communicate with the IMS network for determining the immersive services in the communication. Accordingly, a method includes: performing, a registration with a network for handling immersive call services based on feature tags included in a session initiation protocol (SIP) REGISTER request; determining whether the network provides a provision for the handling of immersive call services based on an SIP REGISTER response; and sending an SIP INVITE request including feature tags to a second client device via the network based on determining that the network provides the provision of handling immersive media streams.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing an integration platform for abstracting and interacting with one or more third party platforms provided by one or more third party computing systems can include the utilization of one or more abstraction blocks and one or more application programming interfaces. In some implementations the systems and methods can include a user interface that can leveraged as an intermediary for intaking user inputs, processing the user inputs, and providing abstracted versions of the inputs to the third party computing systems in order to provide access to the third party platforms to the user.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for automating replacement and disablement of one-time password (“OTP”) generators are provided. The apparatus and methods may include an authentication engine on a server and an OTP generator that may generate a standard OTP or an enhanced OTP that includes additional information beyond the standard OTP. The authentication engine may analyze the additional information when an enhanced OTP is received, and in response to that additional information, execute an operation. The operation may include initiating the sending of a new OTP generator to a user when the OTP generator's battery is failing or the OTP generator has been damaged or disabling an OTP generator when the OTP generator has been tampered with.

Abstract: A technique of processing storage cluster performance metrics involves obtaining access to performance metrics from storage appliances of a storage cluster, the performance metrics identifying performance for storage objects managed by the storage appliances. The technique further involves, after access to the performance metrics is obtained, disregarding a duplicate set of performance metrics for a storage object that migrates from a first storage appliance of the storage cluster to a second storage appliance of the storage cluster. The technique further involves, after the duplicate set of performance metrics is disregarded, archiving the performance metrics to an archive. After archiving the performance metrics to the archive, the technique may provide a performance analysis based on the performance metrics from the archive as well as adjust operation of the storage cluster according to the performance analysis.

Abstract: In general, embodiments of the technology relate to a method and system for implementing a dynamic content type (DCT) in a content management system. More specifically, embodiments of the technology relate to using a DCT in order to change and/or extend the functionality of the content management system.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for handling file operations from a hosted computing instance via a secure compute layer. The secure compute layer is presented to the instance as a virtualized service device that is locally addressable by the instance. Software within the instance can submit file operations to the virtualized service device, which the secure compute layer can translate into calls to a network-accessible storage service. Results from the calls can then be passed back to the instance through the virtualized service device. As a result, the instance can communicate with a variety of different network services, without itself implementing network communications for those services.

Abstract: Various embodiments describe methods, systems, and devices for establishing a packet cable multi-media (PCMM) session. Exemplary implementations may receiving, a call initiation request message; determine whether a negative PCMM response associated with the call initiation request message is received; determine whether to ignore the negative PCMM response based on a call preferences parameter associated with the first UE in response to determining that the negative PCMM response is received; and establish a call associated with the call initiation request message in response to determining to ignore the negative PCMM response based on the call preferences parameter associated with the first UE.

Abstract: A computing device may request service from a service provider, and authorization to receive the service may be based, at least in part, on a network access device that is providing the computing device with network access. The service provider may request a value from the computing device, and the value may be based on address information of the computing device and the network access device.

Abstract: A backup system (100) installed in an airplane comprises a controller (130), storages (140, 150), a detector (120), and an input apparatus (180). The first storage (140) stores a large amount of data needing to be backed up, such as software for on-board equipment and usage information for an entertainment apparatus (160) and a payment apparatus (170). Based on information from the detector (120) and the input apparatus (180), the controller (130) determines/predicts a transition to stable flight and determines a timing at which a backup operation will be carried out. In addition, an interruption of stable flight is predicted/determined and a backup process is interrupted. A priority is decided for each piece of data to be backed up, and a backup order is decided based on the priority. The backup system (100) predicts sections in which stable flight will be possible from meteorological information, etc., and performs backup.

Abstract: A system for storing and moving data based on the location of a user or a change in location of a user is described herein. Data associated with a user may be stored at one or more storage devices associated with a location of the user. Some or all of the data associated with the user may be moved to one or more other storage devices if, for example, the user moves to a different location or is expected to move to a different location, so that the user's data may be more efficiently accessed by the user.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a file processing device, a file processing method, and a program that enable efficient reproduction of a HEIF file. A high efficiency image file format (HEIF) file in which a related image associated with an image in the HEIF file is arranged in a top part of an mdat box is generated. Additionally, a top part of such a HEIF file is read. The present technology can be applied to generation and reproduction of a HEIF file.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a computer-implemented method and system for generating personalized recommendations for a target user based at least on stored data about the target user. The method comprises obtaining, at the server computer, data from a plurality of data sources, including entity data associated with a plurality of entities, stored in an entity database, or personal data associated with a plurality of users, stored in a user database. The personalized recommendations system then merges the entity data or personal data and maps the entity or personal data to a corresponding entity or target user, respectively. The entity or personal data is differentiated, a relevance is determined, a weight is assigned to the data and corresponding source to canonicalize the data, the respective databases are updated with the corresponding data, and then a set of personalized recommendations to the target user is generated using the updated databases.

Abstract: A method and system for controlling media-content presentation. An example method includes a computing system detecting that a media-player device has moved from a home location of the media-player device to a visited location and that the media-player device is connected with a media-presentation device at the visited location. Further, the example method includes, responsive to the detecting, the computing system causing the media-player device to output, for presentation by the media-presentation device at the visited location, media content selected by the computing system based on the media-player device having moved from the home location to the visited location. For instance, the computing system could cause the media-player device to output, for presentation by the media-presentation device, a message welcoming a user to the visited location and/or information about the visited location such as information about tourist attractions at the visited location for instance.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for providing updated manifests for content items. The updated manifests may present one or more expected characteristics for a given one or more segments of the content items. The device receiving the content item may use the updated manifests to select a representation of the content item or portion thereof.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided with a first connection unit configured to perform connection to a first cloud service; a second connection unit configured to perform connection to a second cloud service; and a connection support unit configured to support an initial connection to the second cloud service, which is performed after the connection to the first cloud service has been established. The first connection unit receives settings information including an access token, and a command to start the connection to the second cloud service from the first cloud service, which is already connected, before the initial connection to the second cloud service. The connection support unit activates the second connection unit in response to the command from the first cloud service via the first connection unit. The second connection unit executes initial connection to the second cloud service in response to the command using the settings information without receiving an authentication.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein to perform edge computing in 4G and 5G cores based on application usage. Networks identify highly requested content at an access point and may use network data analytics functions to identify which content is popular in the area served by an access point. The highly requested content may be applications, webpages, or similar content. Once the highly requested content has been identified, tunneling to at least one application server to download the highly requested content occurs. The content may then be stored in a dynamically caching server near the access point. The network data analytics operations to identify highly requested content may be performed on a periodic basis, and content that no longer meets a predetermined threshold may be flushed from the dynamically caching server.

Abstract: To provide dynamic generation and suggestion of map tiles, a server device receives from a user device a request for map data for a particular geographic region. The server device obtains a set of user contextual data and a set of candidate map tiles associated with the particular geographic region. The server device then selects one or more of the set of candidate map tiles based on the set of user contextual data, and transmits the one or more selected map tile to the user device for display.

Abstract: A method includes identifying, by a Domain Name Service (DNS) server, a dynamic configuration file. The method further includes receiving, by the DNS server from a first client device, a first request for a network resource. The first request includes first client context associated with the first client device. The method further includes identifying, by the DNS server based on the network resource of the first request, a dynamic variable in the dynamic configuration file. The dynamic variable includes one or more algorithmically-defined rules. The method further includes determining, by the DNS server based on at least one of the one or more algorithmically-defined rules of the dynamic variable and the first client context, a first response to the first request. The method further includes providing, by the DNS server, the first response to the first client device.

Abstract: A Logically Composed System (LCS) data provisioning system includes an orchestrator device that includes a cache subsystem and that is coupled to client devices and storage subsystem(s). When the orchestrator device identifies that a first client device has exclusive access to the storage subsystem(s), it activates read data caching for the storage subsystem(s). The orchestrator device then receives a first read request from the first client device that is directed to first data that is stored in the storage subsystem(s) and, in response, retrieves the first data from the cache subsystem and provides the first data to the first client device. When the orchestrator device identifies that the first client device no longer has exclusive access to the storage subsystem(s), it deactivates the read data caching for the storage subsystem(s).

Abstract: The invention introduces a method for performing operations to namespaces of a flash memory device, by a processing unit of a storage device, at least including the steps: receiving a cross-namespace data-movement command from a host, requesting to move user data of a first logical address of a first namespace to a second logical address of a second namespace; cutting first physical address information corresponding to the first logical address of a first logical-physical mapping table corresponding to the first namespace; and storing the first physical address information in an entry corresponding to a second logical address of a second logical-physical mapping table corresponding to the second namespace.

Abstract: A method of selectively providing data from a caching edge device includes receiving a request from a local device for data stored on a server, the caching edge device configured to receive requests from the local device and to selectively forward the requests to the server and determining whether to deliver to the local device a copy of the data by analyzing the request using a forwarding rules engine, the copy of the data stored to a memory of the caching edge device. The method further includes, after determining to deliver the copy of the data to the local device, electronically transmitting the copy of the data from the memory of the edge caching device to the local device and blocking, by the edge caching device, the request from the local device to the server.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for accessing information associated with an organization hierarchy. In one aspect of the disclosure, a method includes transmitting, from a device to a server in which multiple group models are stored, an access request to access a first group model of the multiple group models. Each group model of the multiple group models is associated with a different organization and includes multiple group data structures, multiple group type data structures, and multiple group member data structures. Each group model is associated with group hierarchy information that indicates a hierarchy associated with the multiple group data structures associated with the group model. The method further includes receiving, at the device and based on the access request, first hierarchy information associated with a first group model. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for determining a subset of user devices from among a complete set of user devices based on a set of received information, i.e., attributes associated with a photograph or user device that transmitted the photograph and attributes, where the disposition of the information may be used to determine the subset and then perform facial recognition on the subset of user associated photographs in order to accurately identify each user or users present in the photograph.

Abstract: A system and method for PIN authentication issuance from a MFP QR Code includes a QR code presented on an authentication screen of multifunction peripheral display. A user requiring a personal information number to access a multifunction peripheral printing system managed by a print server scans the QR code with their secure smartphone or tablet. The scanned QR code opens a web portal to the server on the user's device where they can select a new PIN. The new PIN is stored on the server for the user's account and access to the MFP is then granted when the user enters their new PIN.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide systems and methods for providing suggested locations for pick up and destination locations. Pick up locations may include locations where an autonomous vehicle can pick up a passenger, while destination locations may include locations where the vehicle can wait for an additional passenger, stop and wait for a passenger to perform some task and return to the vehicle, or for the vehicle to drop off a passenger. As such, a request for a vehicle may be received from a client computing device. The request may identify a first location. A set of one or more suggested locations may be selected by comparing the predetermined locations to the first location. The set may be provided to the client computing device.

Abstract: A content delivery network (CDN) includes UE gateways, a service switch (SS) mesh network, and server gateways. The CDN nodes maintain cache lists of mappings identifying corresponding upstream system nodes for content items available at content servers connected to the server gateways. When a CDN node receives an upstream service instance request for a specific content item by a corresponding UE connected to a UE gateway, upon determining that a mapping for the specific content item is in its cache list, the CDN node forwards the upstream service instance request to the corresponding upstream system node as part of a process of defining a downstream data path for the specific content item from the corresponding content server to the corresponding UE. The CDN enables service-level content delivery at lower levels of latency than conventional DNS-based systems.

Abstract: A node of a database system is operable to receive a plurality of data blocks from a set of source nodes via a set of relay nodes. At least one feedback data block to be sent to at least one of the set of source nodes is generated. Feedback relay node selection data selecting at least one of a plurality of nodes in the database system for facilitating routing of the at least one feedback data block from the node to the at least one of the set of source nodes via a prioritized feedback communication mechanism is generated. The at least one feedback data block is sent to the at least one of the plurality of nodes selected in the feedback relay node selection data. The at least one feedback data block is routed from the node to the at least one of the set of source nodes via the prioritized feedback communication mechanism.

Abstract: Implementations are directed to developing and facilitating a data collaboration using a debug mode that permits debugging a data pipeline without exposing collaborator data. In an example implementation, collaborators that contribute production data into a data pipeline specify sample data such as mock, random, or expired data for each production dataset they contribute. When one of the collaborators triggers the data pipeline in debug mode, a modified data pipeline that substitutes the production data for the sample data is executed to generate sample derived data in a data trustee environment, without exposing the production data. Since debug mode does not use production data, a data pipeline may run in debug mode even if a governing contract has not been signed (and entitlements have not been granted), and/or diagnostic logs generated by the modified data pipeline in debug mode may be exposed to the collaborators for debugging purposes.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for new radio (NR) sidelink relay of small data transmissions (SDT) are provided. One method may include determining whether conditions to use SDT via at least one relay user equipment are met. When it is determined that the conditions to use the SDT are met, the method may include transmitting a SDT relaying request comprising a SDT payload to the at least one relay user equipment. The method may also include receiving a SDT response, from the at least one relay user equipment, based on how the SDT relaying request is transmitted.

Abstract: A fencing service receives a cluster message based on a first service's removal from membership in a first node in a cluster, and generates an access key based on a generation identifier in the cluster message. The fencing service sends the access key to a shared storage, thereby enabling the shared storage to create signing keys based on the access key, and which are used to validate signed requests to access resources stored by the shared storage. A second service in a second node in the cluster receives the cluster message, and generates the access key based on the generation identifier. The second service accesses a resource previously accessed by the first service, by generating a signing key based on the access key and a request to access the resource stored by the shared storage, and then sending the request signed by the signing key to the shared storage.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for providing interactive content to a user. In a non-limiting embodiment, an apparatus, such as a media device, may provide interactive content to a user. The media device may receive content comprising primary and secondary content from a content provider, and then determine whether the secondary content is a candidate for an interactive experience. The media device may also provide the interactive experience to the user when the secondary content is a candidate for the interactive experience. Furthermore, the media device may monitor tracking information of the interactive experience.

Abstract: Generating and assigning metadata relating to action objects which arise in audio and/or visual media contents. The action objects are visual and/or audible objects or elements which can be perceived by a viewer and/or listener in audio and/or visual media contents and which originate from different production steps of the audio and/or visual media contents.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods enable layer 2 (L2) relaying optimizations for a remote user equipment (UE) to receive system information (SI) from a relay UE. The relay UE may establish a sidelink communication channel with the remote UE that is in a radio resource control (RRC) idle state, an RRC inactive state, or an out-of-coverage (OOC) state with respect to the base station. The relay UE decodes a relay SI request received through the sidelink communication channel from the first remote UE. The relay SI request indicates requested system information. The Relay UE obtains the requested system information or a subset of the requested system information from a memory device or from the base station and encodes a relay SI response to send to the first remote UE. The relay SI response includes the requested system information or the subset of the requested system information.