Abstract: Methods and systems for HLS Component Insertion in Media Manifests

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to token-based authentication mechanism. A computing device may receive information, determined by one or more sensors systems, corresponding to a user. The user information may comprise user biological information as measured by the one or more sensor systems. The computing device may generate a token based on the received user information. The computing device may store the generated token, in a memory associated with the computing device. The computing device may transmit the token to a user token device corresponding to the user. The user token device may be used to authenticate the user.

Abstract: Facilitating collaboration in a multi-user communication session may include, at a first device, providing a toolkit of system-level tools for interacting within the session with a second device. A first user interaction with a first tool is detected which results in a virtual modification to an environment of the first device. In response to the first user interaction, the virtual modification is provided for presentation in a second environment representation of the session corresponding to the second device.

Abstract: Implementations of a routing tier for highly-available applications on a multi-tenant Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) system are disclosed. A system includes a processing device to determine that, for an application running on the multi-tenant PaaS system and utilizing a first load balancer gear, a second load balancer gear is to be created for the application, and cause the second load balancer gear to be created. The processing device further to update the routing table to include information corresponding to the second load balancer gear and transmit the information associated with the second load balancer gear to a routing component of the multi-tenant PaaS system, the routing component to route traffic to the application via the first and second load balancer gears.

Abstract: A computing device may be configured to provide authorization to a first content source to provide first content to a user device. The computing device may receive a request from the first content source to identify a location of second content to be presented to the user device and respond to the request by providing an address to the first content source. At the provided address, a request for the second content from the user device may be received. When responding to the request, the computing device may retrieve information associated with the user (e.g., user preference information) from the user device. Using this information, the computing device may generate at least one parameter for selecting the second contend and send a response to the user device. The response may include an address for the second content and the at least one parameter for selecting the second content.

Abstract: Embodiments include a system and method for a real-time distributed Transport Stream (TS) analysis that utilizes many parts of an available network to concurrently monitor TSs across a geographic region. Embodiments include the selection of a profile for each combination of a TS and a collection point where the profile includes one or more sets of acceptable transmission values or ranges associated with the combination. The profile may include for example, program service information tables, service information, TS transmission parameters, and/or general TS quality index analysis rules. Embodiments include real-time concurrent monitoring and analysis of multiple TSs from collection points distributed throughout the geographic region. As services associated with the TSs at different collection points evolve, the respective profiles and rules adapt accordingly to maintain the quality of service and performance associated with respective TS and collection point combinations.

Abstract: A system receives a request for data stored in an OVSDB database server, wherein the request comprises a JSON RPC request. In response to the request, the system initiates a proxy session by: creating a first communication session between the requesting entity and a proxy daemon, wherein the request indicates a first version corresponding to the first communication session; and creating a second communication session between the proxy daemon and the database server, wherein the second communication session is associated with a second version corresponding to a model used by the database server. The system determines that the first version does not match the second version. The system extracts, from the request, a JSON RPC method and determines that the method requires translation. The system performs, based on the first and second version, translation of a payload of the request, and sends the translated payload to the database server.

Abstract: A computing infrastructure diagram is identified. A plurality of computing infrastructure components in the computing infrastructure diagram is identified. A respective component definition is associated with each computing infrastructure components of the plurality of computing infrastructure components. The computing infrastructure diagram into a searchable diagram associated with metadata comprising the component definitions of the plurality of computing infrastructure components is converted.

Abstract: An innerduct for a cable containing one or more strip-shaped lengths of woven textile fabric configured to create a flexible, longitudinal compartment for enveloping a cable. The woven fabric comprises a plurality warp yarns and a plurality of picks of weft yarns, the weft yarns contain a repeating first weft pattern of at least one monofilament yarn and optionally at least one single-inserted multifilament yarn. The woven fabric contains an alternating pattern containing first weave zones and partial float weave zones. The warp yarns in the first weave zone pass successively over and under each adjacent weft yarn and at least a portion of the warp yarns in the partial float zone float over some adjacent weft yarns.

Abstract: Data management for edge architected computing systems extends current storage and memory schemes of edge resources to expose interfaces to allow a device, such as an endpoint or client device, or another edge resource, to specify criteria for managing data originating from the device and stored in an edge resource, and extends the storage and memory controllers to manage data in accordance with the criteria, including removing stored data that no longer satisfies the criteria. The criteria includes a temporal hint to specify a time after which the data can be removed, a physical hint to specify a list of edge resources outside of which the data can be removed, an event-based hint to specify an event after which the data can be removed, and a quality of service condition to modify the time specified in the temporal hint based on a condition, such as memory and storage capacity of the edge resource in which the data is managed.

Abstract: Automated vehicle repair estimation by adaptive ensembling of multiple artificial intelligence functions is provided. A method comprises receiving, from a plurality of sources, vehicle repair recommendation sets identifying recommended vehicle repair operations for damaged vehicle components; selecting, by a trained artificial intelligence function, one of the operations for each component based on a plurality of learned states; generating a composite vehicle repair recommendation set identifying the selected operation; providing the composite vehicle repair recommendation set to one or more claims management systems; and repeatedly retraining the trained artificial intelligence function by adjusting the learned states according to the vehicle damage objects received, and the corresponding composite vehicle repair recommendation generated, since the last retraining of the trained artificial intelligence function.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for coordinating processing of data by multiple networked computing resources include monitoring data associated with a plurality of networked computing resources, and coordinating the routing of data processing segments to the networked computing resources.

Abstract: According to one general aspect, a method of executing a web application installed on an apparatus may include executing, via a processor included by the apparatus, a web browser. The method may include loading, via the web browser, the web application. In some embodiments, the web application may include a manifest and at least a portion of a web site and wherein the web application was packaged as an installable entity. The method may further include managing, by the web browser, the execution of the web application. The method may include accessing, via the web browser, from a local storage medium one or more portions of the web site included by the web application. In some embodiments, the one or more portions of the web site may have been stored in the local storage medium when the web application was installed.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein are generally directed to caching and data access improvements in a large scale data processing environment. According to an example, an agent running on a first worker node of a cluster receives a read request from a task. The worker node of the cluster to which the data at issue is mapped is identified. When the first worker node is the identified worker node, it is determined whether its cache contains the data; if so, the data is fetched from a remote data lake and the agent locally caches the data; otherwise, when the identified worker node is another worker node of the compute cluster, the data is fetched from a remote agent of that worker node. The agent responds to the read request with cached data, data returned by the remote data lake, or data returned by the remote data agent as the case may be.

Abstract: A method for fetching a content from a web server to a client device is disclosed, using tunnel devices serving as intermediate devices. The client device accesses an acceleration server to receive a list of available tunnel devices. The requested content is partitioned into slices, and the client device sends a request for the slices to the available tunnel devices. The tunnel devices in turn fetch the slices from the data server, and send the slices to the client device, where the content is reconstructed from the received slices. A client device may also serve as a tunnel device, serving as an intermediate device to other client devices. Similarly, a tunnel device may also serve as a client device for fetching content from a data server. The selection of tunnel devices to be used by a client device may be in the acceleration server, in the client device, or in both.

Abstract: Systems and methods for managing content to improve battery life of client devices. A data processing system receives requests for content items from client devices. The data processing system selects the content items from a set of content items and transmits the content items to the respective client devices. The client devices acquire battery status information related to the displaying or rendering of their respective content item. The data processing system receives the battery status information from the client devices and determines a power consumption value associated with the content items. Based on the power consumption value being greater than a threshold power consumption value, the data processing system modifies a policy for selecting the content items from the set of content items.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for collecting information may include receiving one or more inputs of information related to a business experience. In addition, the apparatus and methods may include storing the received business information. The methods may also include analyzing the received information to generate one or more targeted recommendations; and forwarding the one or more targeted recommendations to management of the business.

Abstract: An intermediary server provides secure access to a web page of a web-based service to a client terminal upon request of a web server. The intermediary server includes an operating system that runs an instance of a web browser engine, which is configured to produce an image of the web page rendered in the instance of the web browser engine. The web browser engine transmits an access web page to a web browser of the client terminal. The access web page is configured to retrieve the image from the web browser engine and display the image in the web browser.

Abstract: A system includes a device and a payload warehouse. The device receives a user request to initiate a feature of the device. In response to receiving the request, device information is provided to a payload warehouse. The payload warehouse stores an inventory which includes a digital payload. The digital payload includes data, such as a digital certificate, which may be used by the device to implement the user-requested feature. The payload warehouse receives the device information provided by the device and determines an encryption vector based at least in part on the received device information. Using the encryption vector, the digital payload is encrypted. The encrypted digital payload is provided to the device.

Abstract: A custom client authenticator is installed on non-server entity. The custom client authenticator authorizes communication between a client application of a client and requested entities of a server. A native authentication technology for the client is different than a native authentication technology for the server. The custom client authenticator is registered in a descriptor file that is accessible by the server. The custom client authenticator generates an authorization token for the client. The authorization token is transmitted as part of a request message for the client application to the server. The custom client authenticator validates the authorization token on behalf of the server. The request message is forwarded to the requested entities executing on the server based on the validating.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for managing and sharing picture files. In one embodiment of the present invention, the method comprises providing a server platform and providing a datastore on the server platform for maintaining full resolution copies of the files shared between a plurality of sharing clients. A synchronization engine is provided on the server platform and is configured to send real-time updates to a plurality of sharing clients when at least one of the sharing clients updates or changes one of said files. A web interface may also be provided that allows a user to access files in the datastore through the use of a web browser.

Abstract: A system (20) includes a network interface (32) and a processor (34). The processor is configured to (i) receive, via the network interface, a request originating from a request-origin application and directed to a request-destination application (24b) that runs on a request-destination device (24), (ii) subsequently to receiving the request, communicate the request to the request-destination device, (iii) subsequently to communicating the request to the request-destination device, receive a response, from the request-destination application, to the request, (iv) while holding the response, identify information contained in at least one log entry that was recorded by the request-destination application responsively to the request, and (v) perform a function in response to the information. Other embodiments are also described.

Abstract: Some underlying networks such as Low-Power Wide-Area Networks (LPWAN) have limited communication bandwidth and strict requirements on maximum message size. It is recognized herein that these requirements may pose a challenge for data or resource exchange between two service layer (SL) entities, for example, because resource representations to be exchanged may have too large a size to be supported by the underlying networks. In some cases, traditional data compression algorithms can be used to alleviate this problem to some degree, but it is recognized herein that there are associated computation costs due to compression and decompression that may not be affordable for constrained IoT devices. Various embodiments described herein address this problem, among others, by defining a Resource Representation Common Part (RRCP) and storing it at the service layer. In some cases, the RRCP is not transmitted between SL entities, thereby reducing SL message sizes to cater to the constraints of underlying networks.

Abstract: A message management service can enable a client to search and retrieve of messages from one or more messaging services. The message management service can stage delivery of results to the client to reduce response time for identification of messages satisfying a query. Initially, the message management service can send information descriptive of results, which the client can display. The message management service can send subsequent responses including supplemental information associated with a result and/or actual messages.

Abstract: A hosts file manager is provided that displays a user interface with a list of selectable server groups. The list may comprise, for example, identifications server groups. Each server group corresponds to an IP address, and the hosts file manager has access to such IP address data. A user selection of a first server group may be made and received via said user interface. A computer's hosts file may then be modified to correlate a hostname with an IP address of the selected server group.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of remotely influencing a performer at a live event via a customer mobile device is disclosed herein. The method includes: displaying a graphical user interface configured to receive user inputs; receiving a first user input including a user request for the performer at the live event; presenting predetermined terms and conditions associated with the user request; receiving a second user input including a user acceptance of the terms and conditions associated with the user request; transmitting the user request to a host server upon receiving the user acceptance of the terms and conditions associated with the user request; receiving a confirmation of the terms and conditions associated with the user request from the host server; and transmitting the user request for receipt by a performer mobile device of the performer during the live event.

Abstract: An information bridge device, IBD (10, 20), comprising: —an API interface (application programming interface) (300) comprising: —an API input (301), for receipt of user input or request via an application (APP) (30) arranged located on a user device (1100) associated with a user (1000), and, an API output (302), for facilitating transfer of data (300F) relating to at least one Enterprise (2000) to the application (APP) (30), the information bridge device further comprising: —a metadata store (310), for storing metadata specific to the at least one Enterprise (2000), said metadata comprising, access information arranged to facilitate access to the at least one Enterprise (2000) by the information bridge device (IBD) (1020), an Enterprise data collector (330), arranged capable of receiving or collecting (300G 300H) Enterprise data from at least one contact option (2100) arranged in association with the at least one Enterprise (2000), and further arranged in co-operation with the metadata store (310) for identif

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods of providing microservices are disclosed. A remote computing device provides a gateway service that consolidates data communications between the remote computing device and a host computing device. A wearable computing device provides a data routing service that emulates a network socket interface for one or more programs executed by the processor of the wearable computing device and a personal area network service that data communicatively couples the wearable computing device and the host computing device. The host computing device provides a host personal area network service that data communicatively couples the wearable computing device and the host computing device, a host network service that data communicatively couples the host computing device and the at least one remote computing device, and a host routing service that routes communications between the gateway service and the data routing service.

Abstract: An illustrative method includes receiving a write request to write payload data to a virtual storage volume; transmitting the write request to a plurality of storage nodes each storing a replica of the virtual storage volume; acknowledging the write request only after a quorum of the storage nodes has stored the payload in their respective kernel memory; and flushing the payloads stored in each kernel memory to persistent storage only after a threshold number of outstanding write requests that have been acknowledged, but not yet flushed, has been reached, the flushing configured to optimize performance for synchronous workloads.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable mediums for receiving media data of a session. One apparatus includes processing circuitry that receives a media presentation description (MPD) file and one or more session-based description (SBD) files. The MPD file includes one or more essential property descriptors for session-based dynamic adaptive streaming over hypertext transfer protocol (DASH). Each of the one or more essential property descriptors is associated with a different SBD file in the one or more SBD files. The processing circuitry determines, for a period in the MPD file, whether the period has a supplemental property descriptor for session-based DASH. The processing circuitry applies one of the one or more SBD files to the period in response to the period having the supplemental property descriptor. An identification value in the supplemental property descriptor is included in one essential property descriptor associated with the SBD file.

Abstract: A server-side administrative interface for a social media platform allows for restriction of defined geographical areas. Social media items originating from such restricted areas are automatically filtered or age-restricted for availability via a map-based graphical user interface of the social media platform.

Abstract: A method comprising: receiving, at a vector processor, a request to store data; performing, by the vector processor, one or more transforms on the data; and directly instructing, by the vector processor, one or more storage device to store the data; wherein performing one or more transforms on the data comprises: erasure encoding the data to generate n data fragments configured such that any k of the data fragments are usable to regenerate the data, where k is less than n; and wherein directly instructing one or more storage device to store the data comprises: directly instructing the one or more storage devices to store the plurality of data fragments.

Abstract: An automatic code analysis tool is disclosed. The automatic code analysis tool can automatically analyze an application code of a subject application and application-specific additional information of a resource used by the subject application. The automatic code analysis tool can implement a method to receive the application code for analysis. A determination is made as to how application-specific information from resources operably coupled to the application code is implemented via the application code. The determination is performed with an automatic analysis without running the application code.

Abstract: A user of a storage system can upload files for a media asset, which can include a high quality media file and various related files. As part of the upload process, the storage system can extract metadata that describes the media asset. The user can specify one or more lifecycle policies to be applied for storage of the asset, and a rules engine can ensure the application of the one or more policies. The rules engine can also enable the use of simple media processing workflows. A filename hashing approach can be used to ensure that the segments and files for the asset are stored in a relatively random and even distribution across the partitions of the storage system. As part of the lifecycle for the asset, the high quality media file can be moved to less expensive storage once transcoding of the asset or another such action occurs.

Abstract: An interactive control system according to an embodiment includes one or more hardware processors configured to function as a detection unit, a conversion unit, first and second estimation units, and an attribute determination unit. The detection unit detects an input keyword from input information. The conversion unit converts the input information into information including the input keyword and the input-keyword-excluded context information. The first estimation unit estimates, from the context information, at least a first estimate information piece in which the input keyword's first attribute is associated with a first likelihood of the first attribute. The second estimation unit estimates, from the input keyword, at least a second estimate information piece in which the input keyword's second attribute is associated with a second likelihood of the second attribute. The attribute determination unit determines the input keyword's attribute based on the first and second estimate information.

Abstract: Techniques for enabling system redundancy for group-based communication platforms are discussed herein. In some examples, a user may post a message to a virtual space of a communication platform. The communication platform may transmit the message to virtual space servers which manage the virtual space within which the message originated. In such examples, a virtual space may be associated with a plurality of geographically distributed virtual space servers. Based on the virtual space servers receiving the message, the virtual space servers may send the message to one or more gateway servers that are subscribed to the virtual space servers. Gateway servers may be connected to client devices associated with user profiles. Upon receiving the message from the virtual space servers, the gateways servers may send the message to the recipient client devices. The recipient client devices may display the message via a user interface of the communication platform.

Abstract: The present information on processing apparatus accepts identification information that identifies a predetermined group of a customer organization; acquire from an installation management server, installation data related to the accepted identification information; execute the installation processing of the information processing apparatus in accordance with the acquired installation data; and, in a case where a registration key for the device management server that manages the information processing apparatus within a network is included in the installation data, when the installation processing is ended, requests registration of the information processing apparatus to the device management server using the registration key.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media may be configured for establishing at least one session for delivery of multimedia. In an aspect, a first transmission of data fragments of a first component and a second transmission of data fragments of a second component may be transmitted and synchronized for presentation. If an inactivity event is detected the session may be maintained while reducing bandwidth consumption.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for connecting a client to a desired network endpoint. Example systems and methods include receiving, at a server, a request identifying a network endpoint to be accessed, configuring a proxy instance, the proxy instance being configured to receive a connection from a client to forward that client connection to the identified network endpoint, and deleting the proxy instance upon occurrence of a session end criteria. In some embodiments, the request identifying a network endpoint to the server is received from the network endpoint. In some embodiments, the request identifying a network endpoint to the server is received from the client. In some embodiments, a platform as a service is used to configure the proxy instance. In some embodiments, the request identifying a network endpoint is made to the platform as a service rather than to the server, which is not included in the embodiment.

Abstract: Various implementations of the present application set forth a method comprising generating three-dimensional data and two-dimensional data representing a physical space that includes a real-world asset, generating an extended-reality (XR) stream representing a remote collaboration session between a host device and a set of remote devices, where the XR stream includes a combination of the three-dimensional data and the two-dimensional data, a set of augmented-reality (AR) elements associated with the real-world asset, and a set of performed actions associated with a portion of the digital representation or at least one AR element, serializing the XR stream into a set of serialized chunks, transmitting the serialized chunks to the remote devices, where the remote devices recreate the XR stream in a set of remote XR environments, and transmitting the serialized chunks to a remote storage device, where a device subsequently retrieves the serialized chunks to replay the remote collaboration session.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for identification of streaming activity and source for cached media on streaming devices.

Abstract: A telecommunication and multimedia management apparatus and method that supports voice and other media communications and that enables users to: (i) participate in multiple conversation modes, including live phone calls, conference calls, instant voice messaging or tactical communications; (ii) review the messages of conversations in either a live mode or a time-shifted mode and to seamlessly transition back and forth between the two modes; (iii) participate in multiple conversations either concurrently or simultaneously; (iv) archive the messages of conversations for later review or processing; and (v) persistently store media either created or received on the communication devices of users. The latter feature enables users to generate or review media when either disconnected from the network or network conditions are poor and to optimize the delivery of media over the network based on network conditions and the intention of the users participating in conversations.

Abstract: Example implementations relate a system and method for storing configuration files of a host computing device in a secure storage of a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC). The secure storage includes configuration files associated with the host computing device. The BMC is communicatively connected to the host computing device using a communication link. The secure storage is emulated as a storage device to the host computing device. The BMC monitors the secure storage to detect changes in the configuration files. When there is a change in a configuration file, the BMC performs a security action in the host computing device.

Abstract: A method for authorizing a field value of a form field by means of a third-party field is provided. The method includes selecting one or more grantees; selecting a form to be authorized, and displaying fields which need control authorization of the permission to view field values by means of third-party fields; selecting one or more third-party fields for each field respectively, where the third-party field includes one or more options; and authorizing a viewing permission of a field value of an authorized field of form data corresponding to each option of each third-party field respectively.

Abstract: Methods and systems for automated application launching are described herein. A computing device may receive a message, the message indicative of an application for a given event and a time in which to launch the application for the given event, from a client device. Based on the content of the message, the computing device may generate a plurality of text strings based on content of the message. The computing device may identify the application based on a comparison of the plurality of text strings with one or more entries of a database of applications and may launch the application in response to the identification of the application and at the time indicated in the received message, so as to make ready the application for use for the given event.

Abstract: Systems and methods for connecting a private device to a public device based on various connection parameters. For example, a media guidance application may receive a communication requesting to use the public device from a private device that is implementing a private interface application (e.g., Netflix™ a streaming media application). In response, the media guidance application may generate an authorization key that is unique to the private device and comprises connection parameters. The media guidance application may transmit the authorization key to the private interface application to initiate a session between the public device and the private device. Whenever a command is received from the private device, the media guidance application may verify the authorization key and determine whether the connection parameters are satisfied. In response to verifying the authorization key and the connection parameters, the public device may execute the received command.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a set of tools that enable traffic safety developments across multiple participants and industries, with location and other safety related data being shared in an anonymized fashion. Specifically, a location based server is provided that implements a vulnerable road user protocol. This vulnerable road user protocol avoids the use of global vehicle identification numbers and does not utilize persistent storage for such information, thereby mitigating location based privacy concerns. Further, the present disclosure provides a “hybrid” simulation engine that can be used to tailor and provide specific road user alerts, and specifies a risk assessment module that acts as a logic for quantifying the risk level associated with each unique road user relationship. Finally, the present disclosure provides an alert methodology for certain vulnerable road users based on noise-cancelling headphone and 3D audio algorithm technologies.

Abstract: Systems and methods for performing bulk actions on multiple graphical objects are described herein. The presently disclosed systems and methods may provide a client interface which may allow a user to select multiple objects and a bulk action interface which may allow a user to select one or more bulk actions that may be applied to issues associated with the previously selected multiple objects. In response to a selection of the one or more bulk actions, the systems and methods disclosed may cause the selected one or more bulk actions to be performed with respect to each of the selected multiple objects.

Abstract: Methods and systems for blockchain and smart contract-supported decentralized computation are provided. A computation task from a task initiator node is registered on a blockchain, and assigned to an edge computing node within a decentralized computing network, with task details sent by the task initiator to the edge computing node through a secure peer-to-peer connection. The edge computing node determines a solution to the computation task. The solution may be verified on-chain by a smart contract, and a token reward from the task initiator may be given to the edge computing node by the smart contract correspondingly. The solution may alternatively be verified off-chain by the task initiator node, and a token reward may be given to the edge computing node by the smart contract upon solution verification.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for attributing conversion events to viewable content impressions using multiple efficacy attributes.