Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system for dynamic transaction-persistent server load balancing. The disclosed system receives a client request associated with a new transaction. In response to receiving the client request, the system dynamically infers relative capacities of a plurality of servers coupled to the device in a network. In particular, the system maintains a set of variables corresponding to the servers. Each variable indicates a number of outstanding requests transmitted from the device to a respective server. The system infers relative server capacities and transmission latencies between the device and the servers based on a comparison of current values of the variables. The system identifies and selects a server associated with high capacity or low transmission latency between the device and the server relative to one or more other servers, and transmits an outstanding request corresponding to the client request from the new transaction to the identified server.

Abstract: The present disclosure involves systems and methods of communicating between devices in a shopping session. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a session identifier associated with a shopping session of a user, the session identifier being generated based on a hash created from a shopping location and at least one other value associated with the shopping session. The method further includes notifying an electronic shopping system associated with the shopping location about a selected product from the shopping session based on the session identifier. The receiving and the notifying are each performed by a computing system.

Abstract: A method includes loading a guest virtual machine onto a host system, determining, with the host system, an encapsulation method to be used in association with a virtual network associated with the guest virtual machine, determining an overhead value based on the encapsulation method, determining an adjusted maximum transmission unit (MTU) value based on the overhead value, and passing, information related to the adjusted MTU value from the host system to the guest virtual machine.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for allocating user device parameters based on one or more Internet Protocol versions with which a user device is capable of communicating. An indication is received that the user device is requesting to be authenticated in a wireless communications network. It is determined that the user device is capable of communicating in the wireless communications network using IPv6 only. One or more configurable user device parameters, such as a DNS server, are assigned to the user device based, at least, on the user device being capable of communicating using IPv6 only and not IPv4 only or IPv6 and IPv4. This eliminates a need for a new APN to be configured on the user device.

Abstract: Playlists having media items from more than one source are described. Media items in a first library are mapped to media items from an online media item store. Media items within the playlist that can be found in the first library will be played from the first library, while media items not within the first library will be played from the online media store. By identifying media items present in both libraries and playing them only from the first library, the described method can reduce the royalties needing to be paid by the online media store. Further methods are disclosed for setting limits on the number of media items that can be shared by a second library.

Abstract: An access control policy can be received. The access control policy can identify privileges of a client to use resources to perform authorized actions with the resources. A set of related actions that are related to the authorized actions can be determined. The access control policy can be modified to include at least one related action.

Abstract: In various example embodiments, systems and methods for administering machine access to a cloud service are presented. A first device or machine can access an enrollment service in a cloud environment using user-based credential data. The enrollment service can request registration of the first device with an authorization service. If the authorization service accepts the request, then the authorization service can provide credential data for the first device to use to access one or more cloud-based services. In an example embodiment, a third party application provides devices and an enrollment service with credential data that can be used to facilitate device enrollment with cloud services.

Abstract: A realtime kernel supports realtime communications between communicants operating on respective network nodes. The realtime kernel handles the complex tasks of connecting to communicants, virtual areas, and other network resources, switching those connections in response to user inputs, and mixing realtime data streams. The realtime kernel enables developers to focus on developing high-level communications functionality instead of low-level plumbing code. The realtime kernel imposes relatively low computational resource requirements so that realtime communications performance can be achieved using a wide range of computing devices and network connections that currently are available.

Abstract: A device pairing method relates to steps of transmitting authentication information to a second device from a first device via a physical connecting line. First, a connectivity interface on the second device is electrically connected to an authentication connectivity interface on the first device via a connecting line; second, the first device in the mode of the virtual authentication disk is electrically connected to the second device; third, authentication information in the virtual authentication disk is accessed by an application program of the second device; fourth, an electrical connection between the second device and the first device is disabled with the connecting line removed; finally, the first device is accessed by the application program of the second device when the authentication information is transmitted to a network interface on the first device through some wireless networks of the second device.

Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for accessing customer relationship management (CRM) information stored in a carrier system associated with a user of an identified client device. A client device is identified based on client device identification information received from a carrier system. CRM information associated with the identified client device is received from the carrier system, and data corresponding to at least a subset of the CRM information is output to the client device. The client device may be configured to pre-populate data fields of a transaction based on the data corresponding to at least a subset of the CRM information.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to one or more systems, methods, and/or devices for secure communication between devices, such as devices within a vehicle. For example, some vehicles have integrated mobile computing platforms that enable communication with an extended productivity device. However, communication between the mobile computing platform and the extended productivity device may lack sufficient security. As such, the present disclosure provides for secure communication between the mobile computing platform and the extended productivity device by verifying, for example, an identity of the extended productivity device.

Abstract: A request to establish a bi-directional full-duplex network connection is received. The request conforms to a half-duplex network connection protocol and the half-duplex connection protocol is a HTTP based protocol. The request is processed to determine a decision on whether to allow the bi-directional full-duplex connection. In the event the decision is to allow the bi-directional full-duplex connection, the bi-directional full-duplex network connection is established using the half-duplex network connection protocol. The bi-directional full-duplex connection utilizes a WebSocket communication protocol. Establishing the bi-directional full-duplex connection utilizes a plurality of half duplex connections. A confirmation that the bi-directional full-duplex network connection has been established is provided.

Abstract: A processing system includes a processor to construct an input message comprising a plurality of padding bits and a hardware accelerator, communicatively coupled to the processor, comprising a first plurality of circuits to perform a stage-1 secure hash algorithm (SHA) hash based on the input message, wherein the hardware accelerator comprises a first data path coupled between a first reference node and a first input node of the first plurality of circuits to feed a first padding bit of the plurality of padding bits to the first input node.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for distributing data items within a plurality of nodes. A data item that is subject to a data item update request is updated from a master node to a plurality of slave notes. The update of the data item is determined to be locality-based durable based at least in part on acknowledgements received from the slave nodes. Upon detection that the master node has failed, a new master candidate is determined via an election among the plurality of slave nodes.

Abstract: Devices, server nodes and associated methods related to communication services applying webRTC are disclosed. The method performed by a device includes creating an RTCPeerConnection object and instructing the RTCPeerConnection object to create a RTCSessionDescription, SDesc_1, for a session containing audio and video components. The method further includes determining which capabilities that are supported by the device based on information in the SDesc_1, and further indicating information related to the determined capabilities to a first user on a user interface. A first user, when using the service, is enabled to select a type of user communication, based on the indicated information, that can be provided by the device.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and software described herein facilitate the management of virtual clusters in a large-scale processing environment. In one implementation, a method of operating a control node includes receiving a request to configure a virtual cluster with one or more data processing nodes, and identifying a tenant associated with the request. The method further provides identifying a namespace for the tenant, and identifying internet protocol (IP) addresses for the one or more data processing nodes. The method also includes generating namespace to IP address pairs for the one or more data processing nodes based on the namespace and the IP addresses, and configuring a domain name system (DNS) for the virtual cluster with the namespace to IP address pairs.

Abstract: Telemetry data from a plurality of peer computers of a peer-to-peer network is aggregated via a computer network. Each of the plurality of peer computers sends telemetry data relating to transfer of a digital content item within the peer-to-peer network. A designated peer computer is quarantined from transferring a digital content item within the peer-to-peer network according to one or more health metrics of the peer-to-peer network derived from the telemetry data aggregated from the plurality of peer computers.

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 a processing module operably coupled to the interface and to the memory such that the processing module, when operable within the computing device based on the operational instructions, is configured to perform various operations. For example, the computing device determines storage unit (SU)-based write transfer rates and/or a DSN-based write transfer rate for a write request of encoded data slices (EDSs) to the SUs within the DSN. Then, the computing device processes the SU-based write transfer rates and/or DSN-based write transfer rate to determine characteristics of the various SUs as well as operation of the DSN. The computing device then selectively modifies parameters (e.g., write request time interval) and/or issues additional write request(s) for some or all of the EDSs based on such characteristics.

Abstract: A virtual private router (VPR) intercepts DNS requests and returns a pseudo IP address to the requesting application and the pseudo IP address is mapped to a domain name in the request. Requests for content including the pseudo IP address are modified to include the corresponding domain name and transmitted to an intermediary server, which resolves the domain name to a real IP address and forwards the content request. The content is received by the intermediary server, which returns it to the requesting application, such as by way of the VPR. Real IP addresses may be returned by the intermediary server such that subsequent content requests to the domain name may bypass the intermediary server. Requests for certain domains, ports, and/or protocols may bypass the intermediary server such that the VPR resolves the domain names to real IP addresses.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a system, method, and computer program product for recovering a structure of network function virtualization orchestration (NFV-O) domains, including: providing an initial structure of NFV-O domains, the initial structure representing assignment of network resources to the domains; providing a current structure of NFV-O domains, the current structure representing a modification of the initial structure due to reassignment of network resources between the domains; identifying at least one network resource reassigned by at least a first domain to at least a second domain; and instructing the at least second domain to surrender the network resource to the at least first domain; wherein the at least one network resource is a part of a communication network using network function virtualization (NFV-based network) orchestration; and wherein the NFV-based network comprises a plurality of network resources assigned to domains managed by respective NF

Abstract: An communication apparatus includes a communication unit configured to establish a connection with another communication apparatus and generate one or a plurality of streams based on the connection, a determination unit configured to determine not to newly establish a stream based on the connection established with the another communication apparatus, and an adding unit configured to add to a message that is to be transmitted to the another communication apparatus in accordance with the determination made by the determination unit a communication parameter usable for reestablishing a communication path with the another communication apparatus.

Abstract: When an application is installed, a list of one or more communication ports used by the application is received. In addition, a list of communication ports that are currently open in a firewall is received. The two lists are compared to determine if there is a conflict. In response to finding a conflict, a control port option is taken. For example, a control port option may be: 1) where a port management window is displayed that allows the administrator to change the list of one or more communication ports and/or the list of communication ports currently in use, 2) where an auto configuration option window is displayed, or 3) where open communication ports are automatically selected to resolve the conflict. If a conflict is not found, a message is sent to a firewall to automatically open the one or more communication ports for the application.

Abstract: A system for facilitating communications in a mesh network is provided. One or more devices of the mesh network may participate as routing nodes to provide range extension for any other devices in the mesh network that would otherwise be out of range from one another. In one or more implementations, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) may be used as the physical transport of the mesh network.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is described. The method includes receiving a network communication from a source device (where the network communication is received at a network device, and the network communication comprises a sequence number) and determining whether the sequence number is to be modified. In response to a determination that the sequence number is to be modified, the method further includes extracting the sequence number from the network communication, modifying (by a processor of the network device) the sequence number to produce a modified sequence number, and inserting the modified sequence number in the network communication, in place of the sequence number, to produce a modified network communication. Further still, the method includes transmitting the modified network communication to a destination device, where the network communication is transmitted from the network device.

Abstract: Example methods are provided to perform data transfer between a first endpoint and a second endpoint. The method may comprise detecting an elephant flow of data from an application executing on the first endpoint for transfer to the second endpoint; and splitting the elephant flow to obtain first packets and second packets. The first endpoint may have cognizance of a first path and a second path between a first network interface of the first endpoint and a second network interface of the second endpoint. The method may comprise establishing a first subflow and a second subflow of a multipath connection with the second endpoint; and sending, over the first network interface, the first packets on the first subflow and the second packets on the second subflow to the second network interface.

Abstract: The method including, receiving a transfer command at a transfer coordinator node of a first node cluster at a first site to initiate a transfer of data from the first node cluster to a second node cluster at a second site. The method further including causing a status of the second site to be switched from an inactive status to an active status at the nodes of the first node cluster. The method further including initiating a transfer of the data from the first node cluster to the second node cluster. The method further including determining that the second node cluster has the active status at the nodes of the first node cluster and causing the data transaction request to be transferred from the nodes at the first node cluster to the second node cluster during the transfer of the data.

Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for constructing a complementary calendar and/or a shadow calendar. A user may maintain a primary calendar within which the user may schedule user specified tasks and/or meetings, but may inadvertently omit other entries. Accordingly, a complementary calendar may be constructed based upon inferences derived from user signal data (e.g., information used to identify/infer activities of the user, such as social network profile information, messages, temporal information, locational information, documents, etc.). The complementary calendar may be automatically populated with entries corresponding to inferences derived from user signals and/or real-time conditions (e.g., weather, store hours, traffic conditions, etc.). The primary calendar and the complementary calendar may be merged to create a shadow calendar.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods described herein are configured to allow use of network addresses in an internal or private network that are outside of private address ranges as specified by communication protocols (e.g., IPv4). In some embodiments, the systems, apparatus and methods described herein are further configured for use of placeholder addresses to facilitate communication with external computing devices that may have network addresses that overlap the local address space.

Abstract: A method of a UE being served by a eNB for supporting device to device (D2D) communication is disclosed. The method includes the UE receiving a message that includes information pertaining to a first resource pool provided by the eNB, wherein resources of the first resource pool are common resources shared by more than one UE using the first resource pool. The method further includes the UE being configured with a second resource pool provided by the eNB, wherein the second resource pool is different from the first resource pool. Furthermore, the method includes the UE selecting resource(s) from the second resource pool and uses the selected resource(s) for D2D transmission.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for a single sign-on (SSO) enterprise system with multiple data centers that can use a lightweight cookie on a user's client device. The lightweight cookie can include a reference to a data center in which the user is already authenticated, and a new data center can contact the old data center for creating a session for the user on the new data center. If the old data center is unavailable, then the new data center may fall back to accessing a local security store, a backup of keys, security tokens, and/or other security data, in order to create a local session for the user on the new data center.

Abstract: A method for controlling a power output by an electronic device is provided. The method includes determining whether power is supplied by the electronic device to an external electronic device, by checking a connection unit of the electronic device, determining whether data communication with the external electronic device is possible, based on the determination, and controlling the output of power through the connection unit, based on a result of the determination of whether the data communication is possible.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating the distribution of files from a file repository. Files from a file repository can be distributed via peer to peer transmissions where the peer devices can perform authentication functions. The authentication can be performed based upon metadata associated with the files as well as based upon authentication requests submitted to an authentication server.

Abstract: For assessing a risk associated with a Wi-Fi network, an analysis to evaluate a risk element associated with the Wi-Fi network is performed at a mobile device. From a result of the analysis, a risk value is determined. An overall risk value of the Wi-Fi network is to the risk value. Whether the overall risk value exceeds a risk tolerance threshold is evaluated. An activity on the device is prevented from using the Wi-Fi network at least when the overall risk value exceeds the threshold, and permitted when the overall risk value does not exceed the threshold. A visual attribute is assigned to the risk value according to a scale on which the risk value is measured. The visual attribute is presented on the device as a reason for preventing the use. The Wi-Fi network, the risk element, and the overall risk value are reported to a repository.

Abstract: A system is provided. The system includes a processor, a memory, and an I/O device, an interaction engine unit stored on the memory and including a configuration unit and an execution unit. The configuration unit includes an entity module, an entity type module, a service module, and a flow module. The entity module stores an entity name of more than one server component and client component, representing at least one networked device. The entity type module stores an entity type. The service module stores at least one service. The flow module stores a control flow among the at least one service. The at least one service includes at least one source service and at least one target service. The execution unit, upon receipt of a trigger, executes the control flow. The execution unit can break down output data from the at least one source service, and parses, maps, or transforms the output data readable to the at least one target service in accordance with a predetermined setting.

Abstract: In a method of providing a backward and forward compatible speech codec payload format, performing the steps of providing a RTP package. Subsequently, including payload according to a first codec into the provided RTP package, and appending payload according to a second codec into the provided RTP package. In addition, locating at least one unused bit in the included first codec payload, and designating the located at least one unused bit as a codec compatibility bit. Finally, utilizing the designated at least one codec compatibility bit to provide an indication of the presence of the appended second codec payload.

Abstract: A data broadcasting file based on HTML5 is transported in an MMT method. In a data content management table, information of a list of broadcasting transport files and a central file constituting a presentation unit, and a list of files to be pre-cached is described for each data broadcasting presentation unit. When a list of broadcasting files constituting a data broadcasting presentation unit to be referred to next after a current data broadcasting presentation unit is designated as a pre-cache target, a receiver side can pre-cache file data necessary for a data broadcasting presentation unit to be transitioned to next, and a timely data broadcasting service interoperating with a broadcast program can be realized.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer implemented method provides a client computing device network access to a private network by a network traffic manager, and the method includes: obtaining context parameters related to a context of the client computing device; selecting as a function of the context parameters one or more policies as selected policies, wherein each policy is associated with one or more network entitlement rules defining network access rules to a networking device or an application in the private network according to the policy; retrieving the one or more network entitlement rules associated with the selected policies; and providing the network traffic manager with the one or more network entitlement rules, thereby providing the client computing device the network access.

Abstract: A hybrid reconfiguration scheme can allow for fast partial network reconfiguration with different routing algorithms of choice in different subparts of the network. Partial reconfigurations can be orders of magnitude faster than the initial full configuration, thus making it possible to consider performance-driven reconfigurations in lossless networks.

Abstract: An RDP server may query a web client to determine one or more capabilities of the web client. The RDP server may receive a packet from the web client that indicates the one or more capabilities of the web client. The RDP server may identify one or more applications running on a remote machine to be accessed by the web client. The RDP server may provide one or more virtual channels between the RDP server and the web client. The one or more virtual channels may each be associated with an identified application running on the remote machine and a capability of the web client. The virtual channels may be provided to facilitate the generation of an interface for viewing and interacting with content of the remote machine at the web client.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A method for performing device-to-device (D2D) communication by an in-coverage user equipment (UE) in a cellular communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a scheduling grant through a downlink control channel from a base station (evolved Node B (eNB)) and transmitting a scheduling assignment (SA) message in an SA region of a D2D communication frame and data in a data region of the D2D communication frame, based on the scheduling grant, wherein the scheduling grant indicates a resource pattern for transmission (RPT) corresponding to a set of resource units or a subset of a resource unit in a time domain and a frequency domain that is used for transmission of the data.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a content supply device, a content supply method, a program, a terminal device, and a content supply system in which the reception side that acquires a FLUTE session can be notified of the reception mode. A content supply device according to the present disclosure includes: a fragment stream generating portion that generates a fragment stream on the basis of source data of content; a FLUTE-stream generating portion that generates a FLUTE stream from the generated fragment stream; an SDP creation portion that creates an SDP including a reception mode in the case of a reception side receiving a FLUTE session including the FLUTE stream; and a multicast delivery portion that delivers the FLUTE stream over FLUTE multicast and, prior to delivery of the FLUTE stream over FLUTE multicast, delivers the SDP over FLUTE multicast. The present disclosure can be applied to a system that delivers content over FLUTE multicast.

Abstract: A method for facilitating the configuration, resource installation, and direct printing of print jobs to a printer device from a host system that may not require installation of drivers or host software is described. The printer device is coupled to a host system via a universal serial bus (USB) interface. The printer device presents to the host system a USB mass storage profile that includes one or more smart folders. The printer device receives from the host system a data file and stores the data file in one of the one or more smart folders causing a corresponding action event to automatically be triggered in the printer device. The corresponding action events may include setting-up a printer configuration, printing a print file or image file, installing a font file or an image file, and installing a firmware upgrade.

Abstract: An application deployed in a public cloud is enabled to access an on-premises resource securely and without requiring additional ports on a firewall. A pair of security gateways is instantiated, one at the cloud, and another located on-premises. Each gateway can access information that is necessary to locate and establish a secure connection to the on-premises resource. In response to a determination that the application needs to access the on-premises resource, the data set is used to locate the resource. A communication request is then issued from the cloud gateway to the on-premises gateway over a socket-based communication channel established between the gateways. The communication request is sent over an HTTP-based protocol such that the application is able to access the on-premises resource without requiring an additional IP address/port to be defined at the firewall. Proxied connectivity is then enabled from the application to the on-premises resource.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus that attaches a consumable including a memory that stores information for indicating use results of a consumable material and that forms an image by using the consumable material accommodated in the consumable, in a case that an obtainment of information from the attached consumable succeeds, creates a record of the attached consumable based on the obtained information, and in a case that the obtainment of the information fails, creates a record of the attached consumable that makes identification information of the attached consumable be predetermined information. Then, in a case that identification information of the consumable included in obtained the information does not match identification information of the consumable obtained previously, changes the identification information of the consumable obtained previously based on the information obtained currently.

Abstract: The disclosure relates generally to transfer of audio and/or video streams, and, more particularly, to system and method for real-time transfer of the audio and/or video streams through an Ethernet audio/video bridging (AVB) network. In one embodiment, multiple audio and/or video streams from multiple AVB enabled devices are received by an AVB enabled network device. Each of the multiple AVB enabled devices has a static priority based on criticality of an application that each of the multiple AVB enabled devices is performing. Further, each of the multiple audio and/or video streams is dynamically queued, by the AVB enabled network device, based on the static priority of the associated one of the AVB enabled devices. Furthermore, real-time transfer of the multiple audio and/or video streams to a user device is enabled, by the AVB enabled network device, through an Ethernet AVB network upon queuing the multiple audio and/or video streams.

Abstract: An application deployed in a public cloud is enabled to access an on-premises resource securely and without requiring additional ports on a firewall. A pair of security gateways is instantiated, one at the cloud, and another located on-premises. Each gateway can access information that is necessary to locate and establish a secure connection to the on-premises resource. In response to a determination that the application needs to access the on-premises resource, the data set is used to locate the resource. A communication request is then issued from the cloud gateway to the on-premises gateway over a socket-based communication channel established between the gateways. The communication request is sent over an HTTP-based protocol such that the application is able to access the on-premises resource without requiring an additional IP address/port to be defined at the firewall. Proxied connectivity is then enabled from the application to the on-premises resource.

Abstract: A method for delivering content in a communication network includes receiving, by a cache, a request message requesting content to be served. The method includes storing multiple cache manifests corresponding to indicating content and capabilities of a plurality of caches. Each cache manifest indicates content and capabilities of a respective one of the caches and lists descriptions of the content stored in the respective cache. The method includes determining, based on information in the plurality of cache manifests, to serve the requested content, by selecting a cache from which to serve the requested content. The method includes in response to the determination, instructing the selected cache to transmit the requested content to a client device that generated the request message; and alternatively determining to not serve the requested content, based on the information in the plurality of cache manifests, and forwarding the request message to a higher level device.

Abstract: An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) context-aware environment may be provided. A user's interactions and operations within the context-aware environment may be tracked, recorded, and/or analyzed. Upon receipt of an action request, a context state may be updated. The context state may be analyzed to determine whether the context state is associated with at least one predicted objective. If so, a suggested next action associated with the at least one predicted objective may be provided. The environment may use other context clues to evaluate relative probabilities of each objective and present the suggested next action associated with the highest probability objective.

Abstract: An infrared converter tag device is disclosed. A housing contains an infrared receiver that is ported through the housing to receive infrared encoded data and provide an electrical signal representing the encoded infrared data as an output. A display or a radio transmitter is provided and a processor is programmed to receive the electrical signal output from the infrared receiver and convert the output to a signal that is provided to the display where the display represents the signal as a visual image or provide a signal that is transmitted as an RF signal.

Abstract: A cloud-based media content management system for managing access to media content items is disclosed. Managing access to media content items by a cloud-based media content management system may include, for example, managing uploads of media content items from a population of media devices, reducing duplication of media content data stored in cloud-based storage, and providing user-controlled access to media content items stored in cloud-based storage across any number of user devices. In this context, a cloud-based media content management system and cloud-based storage system generally refer to hosted computing and data storage services that may be accessed by media devices and other devices over a digital network such as the Internet.