Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods and storage medium associated with native cloud computing. In embodiments, a system may include a number of clusters of computing nodes, and a data communication network configured to couple the clusters of computing nodes. The system may further include a control node configured to segment or cause segmentation of the data communication network to isolate a cluster of the computing nodes from other clusters of the computing nodes, t for allocation for native execution of a computation task. The system may further include a control network coupled to the data communication network and the control node. Other embodiments may be disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: Methods of electronic scheduling for playback of media contents. Discrete items of content are scheduled for play back based upon a schedule created by the integration of five standard scheduling methods into a single scheduling algorithm. In the first scheduling method, a discrete item of content is assigned a frequency rating relative to other items of content. A second way to schedule is repeating a content item at specific intervals of time. A third scheduling method allows the content to be played at a specific date and time. The fourth scheduling method includes playing a content item upon receipt of a trigger event which is received from a source external to the scheduling system. And lastly, means are provided for selectively determining whether or not particular content is available for play in a particular venue or during a particular period of time.

Abstract: A system and method for providing multimedia communication between a firewall protected, LAN based endpoint and an endpoint that is external to the LAN. A logical port of a multimedia communications control unit is attached to the LAN behind the firewall. Another logical port of the multimedia communications control unit is attached to the external endpoint. Multimedia communication data, consisting of call management data and media data, can be exchanged between the endpoints via the multimedia communications control unit. The multimedia communications control unit allows only multimedia communication data that strictly adheres to a particular communications protocol to pass through. Thus, the security afforded by the firewall is not compromised.

Abstract: A system includes a hands free mobile communication device. Software stored on a machine readable storage device is executed to cause the hands free mobile communication device to communicate audibly with a field operator performing field operations. The operator receives instructions regarding operations to be performed. Oral communications are received from the operator and are processed automatically to provide further instructions in response to the received oral communications.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of allowing client roaming between gateways of a wireless mesh network is disclosed. The gateways are connected through a layer 3 network to an aggregation router. The method includes a first gateway sending a first route update to the aggregation router when a client joins a first cluster of the first gateway, the first gateway aging the route, and a second gateway sending a second route update to the aggregation router when the client roams to a second cluster of the second gateway.

Abstract: Methods, devices, systems and computer program products for providing secure communications between managed devices in a firewall protected area defined by a firewall and a network management station (NMS) in a network segregated from the firewall protected area are provided. Management information associated with managed devices in the firewall protected area is obtained from the managed devices by a de-militarized zone (DMZ) controller. The obtained management information is transmitted from the DMZ controller through the firewall to a gateway module associated with the NMS. Communications between the DMZ controller and the gateway module are enabled by a single firewall rule.

Abstract: Systems and methods for a dialog service interface switch are provided. In at least one embodiment, a system comprises a plurality of networks configured to enable communication transmissions from the mobile communication system to an end node, wherein at least two networks of the plurality of networks transports information through different protocol stacks that implement different protocol suites and a dialog service interface switch coupled to the plurality of networks. The system also comprises an application interface coupled to the dialog service interface switch, wherein the dialog service interface switch comprises a network selector that determines a network of the plurality of networks through which the mobile communication system will communicate and switches between different networks of the plurality of networks, wherein the application interface provides data to at least one application, executing in the application layer, in the same format for each network of the plurality of networks.

Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes determining whether a first network element with which a second network element is attempting to establish an adjacency is a client type element. If the first network element is determined to be a client type element, the method further includes determining whether the first and second network elements are in the same network area. If the first network element is a client type element and the first and second network elements are determined to be in the same network area, the adjacency is established. Subsequent to the establishing, a determination is made whether the first network element includes an inter-area forwarder (IAF).

Abstract: DNS-based content routing techniques are described. In one or more implementations, data is examined that describes interactions via a network with content via a domain name. Responsive to the examination, a policy is adjusted to change how one or more network addresses are resolved for the domain name for access to the content. A communication is formed that includes the adjusted policy to be communicated to one or more domain name system (DNS) servers, the adjusted policy configured to specify which network address are resolved for the domain name by the one or more DNS servers for access to the content.

Abstract: A firewall cluster having three or more firewall processing nodes sharing the same shared IP address. Port numbers are assigned to the firewall processing nodes within the cluster and are used to distinguish between traffic sent to the cluster. Each network connection is assigned a destination port number. Each node receives the network connection and its assigned port number and determines if the assigned destination port number matches one of its assigned port numbers. If so, the node processes the network connection. If the assigned destination port number does not match one of its assigned port numbers, the network connection is discarded.

Abstract: A system assigns, to selected network devices in an intelligent transport network, a policy domain marker that identifies a particular network operation policy. The network devices that receive the policy domain marker delineate a region of enforcement for the particular policy. After an appropriate waiting period to permit the selected network devices to advertise their policy domain marker, the system distributes, to all network devices in the intelligent transport network that support control plane signaling or control plane routing, an enforcement signal to enforce the particular network operation policy for the delineated region.

Abstract: A network-on-chip system, method, and computer program product are provided for transmitting messages utilizing a centralized on-chip shared memory switch. In operation, a message is sent from one of a plurality of agents connected on a messaging network. The message is received at a central shared memory switch, the central shared memory switch being in communication with each of the plurality of agents. Further, the message is transmitted from the central shared memory switch to a destination agent, the destination agent being one of the plurality of agents.

Abstract: A messaging system may operate on multiple processor partitions in several configurations to provide queuing and topic subscription services on a large scale. A queue service may receive messages from a multiple transmitting services and distribute the messages to a single service. A topic subscription service may receive messages from multiple transmitting services, but distribute the messages to multiple recipients, often with a filter applied to each recipient where the filter defines which messages may be transmitted by the recipient. Large queues or topic subscriptions may be divided across multiple processor partitions with separate sets of recipients for each partition in some cases, or with duplicate sets of recipients in other cases.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a solution for performing a sharing an ongoing data session between a first user and a group of at least one additional user in a telecommunication system. The basic idea of this invention is to provide a network integration node with a shared streaming session logic, replication logic and group membership management functions of a conference node, like for example the “Push to-talk over Cellular (PoC)” application. Using this functionality the conference system is to be included into the ongoing streaming session, shall invite additional members and forward the streaming traffic to them as well. This results into a shared streaming service using unicast communication resources.

Abstract: Disclosed is a periodic broadcasting of data packets in an ad hoc network formed by a plurality of mobile nodes that can move along traffic lanes forming junctions and can be located. A data packet is broadcast by a broadcaster node elected from a set of candidate nodes at each junction. The broadcaster node is elected in a decentralized manner at each candidate node by comparing the estimated travel time to reach the center of the junction with a particular reference time period between two successive broadcasts.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method for communication between an initiator system and a block storage cluster. The method may comprise initiating an input/output (I/O) request from the initiator system to a first storage system included in a plurality of storage systems of the block storage cluster, each of the plurality of storage systems comprising a plurality of data segments; receiving a referral response from the first storage system, the referral response providing information describing a layout of data requested in the I/O request; obtaining a virtual disk count, a segment size, and at least one indexed port identifier based on the referral response; and directing the I/O request from the initiator system to the block storage cluster based on the virtual disk count, the segment size, and the at least one indexed port identifier.

Abstract: A primary application comprising one or more executables is defined, and a network ontology for the primary application is determined and stored in a database, where the network ontology comprises one or more nodes of an enterprise network that communicate during execution of the one or more executables. Next, a change of state for at least one of the nodes is detected and used to determine one or more elements of the network ontology for the primary application that have a changed state. Further, an impact summary view is generated to indicate the elements of the primary application that have a changed state, and the impact summary view is displayed to a user.

Abstract: A composer of integrated systems solves the technical problem of enabling graphical user interface applications (GAPs) to interoperate (e.g., exchange information) with each other and web services over the Internet, effectively and non-invasively. The system provides a user friendly visualization mechanism that interacts with an accessibility layer to enable organizations to economically and easily define web service driven information exchange between GAPs, by performing point-and-click, drag-and-drop operations on GAPs. The system allows users to rapidly create integrated systems composing GAPs enabled to interoperate with other GAPs and web services, so that organizations extend the life-cycle use of their legacy GAPs in business operations.

Abstract: Digital certificate public information is extracted using a processor from at least one digital certificate stored within at least one digital certificate storage repository. The extracted digital certificate public information is stored to at least one dynamically-created certificate public information directory. At least a portion of the digital certificate public information stored within the at least one dynamically-created certificate public information directory is provided in response to a digital certificate public information request.

Abstract: A method for creating a virtual Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is disclosed. The method includes extracting one or more niceties of a physical WSN and embedding at least one of the extracted niceties in a soft object to represent one or more sensor nodes of the physical WSN. The method includes, sending equivalent command to the one or more sensor nodes of the physical WSN, when one or more changes are performed on corresponding niceties of the soft object. Further, the method adding or deleting one or more niceties corresponding to the one or more sensor nodes from the soft object upon ingress or egress of the one or more sensor nodes in the physical WSN. The method also includes steps of building application using the soft object of the virtual WSN.

Abstract: Techniques for establishing and implementing application-based routing policies for multi-mode wireless communication devices such as a user equipment (UE) are generally described herein. In some examples, information particular to the profile and platform configuration of the UE is communicated to an Access Network Discovery Function (ANDSF) server. The ANDSF server may provide an inter-system routing policy (ISRP) to handle appropriate network offloading actions for the particular application and device configuration. In some examples, the ISRP may be specific to flow-based or non-seamless based traffic offloading from certain software applications. The techniques described herein may be propagated from the ANDSF server and implemented in a variety of multi-mode UE mobile computing devices in connection with offloading policies established in a 3GPP Long Term Evolution/Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE/LTE-A) Evolved Packet Core (EPC) network architecture.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system are described for a route server that connects network users to network providers. The route server may connect to network elements, including routers, from a plurality of Internet network service providers (ISP) to the network elements of a plurality of users through the route server. The route server also may make routing decisions for the plurality of users and the plurality of ISPs and is programmed to maintain multiple views of the routing table as well as implement multiple BGP instances, each instance representing different autonomous systems, in a single instance of the route server. The route server also may match a first user to one or more of the ISPs based on criteria including not only the best possible routes of each ISP but a full listing of all possible routes to a destination address from each ISP matching the user's criteria in order to construct a route table to get IP packets of a user to a destination address.

Abstract: The invention facilitates remote management of a computer via a network. Remote computer management in which communication between a managed computer and a remote computer management server is initiated by the managed computer is implemented so that the communication is formatted in accordance with a network communications protocol that can be used to format communication that is allowed to pass through a firewall and/or gateway that mediates communication with the managed computer.

Abstract: Techniques are described for providing managed computer networks. In some situations, the techniques include managing communications for computing nodes of a managed computer network by using a pool of multiple alternative intermediate destinations to forward at least some communications to other final destinations. For example, a manager module associated with a source computing node may select a particular one of multiple alternative intermediate destinations to use for one or more particular communications from the source computing node to an indicated final destination, such as based on network addresses associated with the source computing node and/or the final destination.

Abstract: Systems and methods for downloading customized applications from a server are described. In some embodiments, a server receives a request from a client device to download an application. The server identifies a type of the client device and a user characteristic. In response to the request, the server obtains a customized environment file associated with the user characteristic for the application, where the customized environment file defines an interface appearance of the application. The server sends to the client device, the customized environment file and the application appropriate for the type of the client device, such that the customized environment file gives the application running on the client device an appearance associated with the user characteristics. Other embodiments are also described.

Abstract: A communication device having an IP address set therein includes a purpose determining unit that determines a communication purpose of a packet to be transmitted; a source address selection unit that, in the case where the communication purpose determined by the purpose determining unit is a predetermined purpose, selects, as a source address, a formal node identification address provided separately from the set IP address in order to identify the communication device, this formal node identification address having a property such that there exist no communication device that receives, through the formal node identification address, a packet having the formal node identification address set therein as a destination address; and a transmitting unit that transmits a packet having the formal node identification address selected by the source address selection unit set therein as the source address.

Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program product for efficiently pooling network client-server connections. The apparatus is implemented within an interface unit connecting a plurality of servers to the Internet, which is in turn connected to a plurality of clients. The method includes the steps of opening a connection between a first client and the interface unit; determining whether a connection between the interface unit and a server is finished being utilized by the first client; opening a connection between a second client and the interface unit; if no free connection is open between the interface unit and the server, then allowing the second client to access information on the server via the same connection utilized by the first client without waiting for the first client to initiate closing the connection; and delinking the connections between the first and second clients and the interface unit while keeping open the connection between the interface unit and the server.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an indication of an availability from a primary registration server that is associated an endpoint associated an Internet Protocol (IP) protocol. The method also includes determining whether the primary registration server is available, and notifying the endpoint that the primary registration server is available if the primary registration server is available.

Abstract: An intelligent lookup service for a network is provided for clients of a network requesting services of the network that intelligently determines, based on a service requirement of the requested service, optimal service endpoint(s) for providing the requested service. The intelligent lookup service can incorporate predetermined mapping policy and traffic measurements into the determination. In addition, a feedback loop is provided from clients and/or service endpoints to the lookup service concerning measurements about prior connections in the network. The lookup service can include a set of beacons distributed in the network and against which measurements about the network are recorded. A client receives, from the lookup service in response to a request for a network address, a set of candidate service endpoints that pertain to the requested network address and the client connects to one of the candidate service endpoints based on policy or context.

Abstract: A smart network may include a smart network host device as well as one or more client devices configured to connect to the smart network. Each of the client devices may implement one or more services that the client device exposes to other devices connected to the smart network. Each of the client devices includes network layer 2 and 3 attributes as well as network layer 7 application attributes. The application attributes are enumerated as named services, which each client device registers with the smart network host device. When a client device needs access to a named service, the smart network host device uses layer 2, 3, and 7 attributes associated with the client device to select a suitable server for providing the named service to the client device.

Abstract: A system and method for automatically redirecting a job in a community of networked devices. A peer-based device community can be created by connecting at least two networked devices utilizing a manual/self-discovery approach based on a set of rules and policies in order to interact and publish a device capability within the device community. A self-assessment approach can be employed to monitor and track the status and consumables of each networked device. A device can perform a self-assessment based on particular criteria and then determine, based on such criteria, whether to request assistance. Such a request is broadcast by the device and includes job ticket data and data indicating why such a request is being made. Devices receiving the request then perform a self-assessment in relation to the specific job and determine if they can provide better service.

Abstract: Implementations for network resource modification for enabling higher network connection concurrence are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a request from a client for a network resource having references to objects, and retrieving the network resource from one or more servers. The method further includes modifying the network resource to cause the client to open a greater number of concurrent TCP connections to the network appliance than otherwise would have been opened had the network resource not been modified due to a browser program imposed limit on a number of concurrent TCP connections. The method further includes sending the modified network resource to the client, receiving a plurality requests for the objects from the client over the greater number of concurrent TCP connections, and replying to the plurality of requests for the objects by sending the objects to the client over the greater number of concurrent TCP connections.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods for implementing transaction applications using a handheld document data capture device are described herein. The handheld device captures information from a rendered document. The captured information is processed to identify an electronic document corresponding to the rendered document. Information captured from the rendered document by the handheld capture device is used to perform a transaction. In one embodiment, a portable scanner is used to select items from a catalog. Information scanned from the catalog is used to identify the catalog, the items to be purchased, and complete an order via the Internet.

Abstract: A DNS server receives a DNS query based on a predetermined syntax, with the DNS query having a domain name having a highest level domain (HLD). The DNS server uses a root zone file having a resource record to resolve the DNS query in response to determining that the HLD is a top level domain alias (TLDA) that is not an HLD registered in the DNS server. The resource record of the root zone file includes an IP address corresponding to a network resource that is configured to determine a namespace provider that can process the domain name having the TLDA.

Abstract: A Proxy Unit is connectable to a communication network and is arranged to enable IP Communication with a Machine to Machine Unit. The Proxy Unit receives and stores in a session data base a first IP address a device identifier and a unique ID of the Machine to Machine Unit. The Proxy Unit then receives from a Machine to Machine application a message destined to the Machine to Machine Unit and comprising the unique ID of the Machine to Machine Unit. The Proxy Unit finds the associated device identifier and the first IP address in the session data base, using the received unique ID. If the Proxy Unit detects no active session for the Machine to Machine Unit, it uses the device identifier to send a wake up message to the Machine to Machine Unit for enabling IP communication.

Abstract: According to a first aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of facilitating the end-to-end transfer of a URI between a plurality of SIP entities. The method comprising generating a SIP message and including the URI to be transferred in a Contact header of the message and including in the Contact header a parameter indicating to a back-to-back user agent that this URI is not to be changed or replaced.

Abstract: In a network of wireless communications apparatuses connected by a plurality of routes, a wireless communications apparatus includes a packet generating unit that generates a packet for each of the plurality of routes in the network; an operating unit that generates power consumption information for each of the routes, the power consumption information indicating power consumption for transmitting the packets; an attaching unit that attaches the power consumption information to the packets; and a transmit unit that transmits the packets to which the power consumption information is attached via the corresponding routes.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for managing resources. In one implementation, a method is provided in which a management server determines whether a condition related to one or more resources has occurred. The management server further determines at least one program instance to terminate. The at least one program instance executes on one of a plurality of servers. The management server further terminates the determined at least one program instance, which was used by an excess program execution capacity user.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a computing system capable of providing feedback to a controller in a software-defined network. The computing system includes a policy management module and a communication module coupled to the policy management module. During operation, the policy management module recognizes a local policy indicating how a data flow is to be processed and identifies a data flow associated with the policy. The communication module constructs a request for a flow definition from a controller in a software-defined network. A flow definition indicates how the data flow is processed in the software-defined network.

Abstract: Access control methods include receiving an access authorization message from an authentication server computer at a blocking device that connects a first network to a second network, modifying access criteria of a transparent firewall at the blocking device responsive to the received access authorization message and operating the transparent firewall according to the modified access criteria to control transfer of messages between the first and second networks. The invention may also be implemented as apparatus and computer readable media.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods and the like for the management of filtered messages and filtering settings. Embodiments use the interaction of a user and a notification message to execute commands/requests. In one aspect, a notification message is used to notify a computer user of filtered incoming electronic messages that are stored in a quarantine server and database. In one embodiment, the notification message comprises message data having information regarding incoming messages blocked from reaching the destination server and stored in the quarantine server and database. Also in this embodiment, the message includes user interface data selectable by the user to manage the handling of incoming messages. In addition, the message includes action logic associated with the user interface data and configured to execute the selections made by the user by sending commands from the user's computer to the quarantine server and database via a computer network.

Abstract: A NAS load balancing system for distributing NAS loads of a NAS unit including a plurality of nodes and accessed via a network by multiple NAS clients is disclosed. In the NAS load balancing system, the NAS unit has multiple virtual IP addresses.

Abstract: A log message collection system selects a configured host and fetches a log message. The log message collection system examines the fetched message to identify one or more DLLs necessary to translating the log message and determines whether the necessary DLL(s) have been loaded into a cache. If so, the log message is translated. If the DLLs are not in the cache, the log message collection system fetches from the log message host only the DLLs necessary to translate that fetched message. After the message is translated, the log message collection system fetches the next log message, identifies the necessary DLLs for that log message, and fetches the DLLs necessary to translate that message.

Abstract: A method and system for leaking routes between routing engines in a communication network. The method and system includes a route distribution service that receives and stores routing information from one or more exporting routers. The stored routing information includes the identity of one or more shared routes and may also include related route exportation criteria such as restrictions on which importing routers may receive shared routes. The route distribution service receives from one or more importing routers a request for one or more shared routes and provides one or more shared routes to the importing router. Importing routers can register with the service in order to receive shared routes or be notified when shared routes become available.

Abstract: A method may include receiving, via a first network, a message identifying an event, where the event is associated with an entity, and the event is destined for at least one user. The method may include determining, by a processor of a computing device, a type of the event, and accessing, by the processor, a user profile associated with a first user of the at least one user, where the user profile associates the first user with the entity. The method may include determining, by the processor, a communication channel for delivering information associated with the event to the first user, where the user profile includes an association between the communication channel and the type of the event. The method may include forwarding, via a second network, to the first user, the information associated with the event, where the information associated with the event is forwarded via the communication channel.

Abstract: A communication system comprises: a plurality of forwarding nodes processing an incoming packet in accordance with a processing rule (packet handling operation) in which a matching rule for determining a packet to be processed and a processing content applied to a packet matching the matching rule are associated with each other; an address management apparatus giving an address to a host; and a control apparatus first setting a first processing rule for realizing communication between the host and the address management apparatus in a forwarding node between the host and the address management apparatus and thereafter setting a second processing rule for realizing communication between a host given an address by the address management apparatus and a predetermined network resource.

Abstract: Content is received from a content source that is to be converted and provided to a subscriber. The subscriber is then associated with a document object model and rules for transforming the content according to the document object model. The content is mapped to the document object model using the rules to result in modified content so that the modified content can be provided to the subscriber. In one arrangement, an accompanying architecture includes a mobile device, an intelligent content gateway server (or group of servers), and one or more remote content sources. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a distribution information acquisition section which acquires distribution information indicating that content-related data is distributed from a first user to a second user through a social network to which the first user and the second user belong, and a route information generation section which generates route information based on the distribution information, the route information indicating a route through which the content-related data is distributed among users belonging to the social network.

Abstract: The present invention sets forth a method for content responding, a method for content requesting, a content responder and a content requester. A content responder receives a first request from a content requester via a network. Then, the content responder generates a first content based on the first request. Then the content responder receives a second request from the content requester via the network. Then, the content responder generates a second content based on the second request. Next, the content responder compares the second content with the first content. After that, the content responder transmits a second response with regard to the second request to the content requester via the network. The second response is generated based on the result of comparison.

Abstract: A start node acquires coupled state information indicating a connectibility of nodes from a network. By executing simulation in accordance with a computational model constructed based on the coupled state information, the start node determines for each node a first link that transmitted an oscillation or a signal first to the node. A path that extends from a target node to the start node via the first link of intermediate nodes is selected.