Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure provide a method for starting an application and a related apparatus. The method includes the following: A user terminal may acquire a configuration parameter of a target application from a data management server when a start instruction for the target application is detected. The configuration parameter includes plugin configuration information and code package configuration information. The target application can be executed by using a target code package and a locally cached target plugin.

Abstract: A pipeline can be constructed for implementing a software-stack resolution process. For example, a system can receive a request from a client device for a recommended software-stack for a target software item. The system can also receive pipeline configuration data specifying configurable pipeline units to be included in the pipeline. The pipeline can include a search process for identifying and analyzing a group of software-stack candidates associated with the target software item. The system can construct the pipeline using the configurable pipeline units based on the pipeline configuration data. One or more of the configurable pipeline units can be arranged in the pipeline to guide the search process by adjusting one or more parameters of the search process. The system can then execute the pipeline and transmit a response to the client device indicating a recommended software-stack for the target software item.

Abstract: Disclosed are approaches for enforcement of updates for devices unassociated with a domain or directory service. An application executing on a client device can determine that the client device is to use a locator specified in a policy to receive and install updates to software installed on the client device. The application determines whether the client device complies with the policy based at least in part on a value of a registry key stored on the client device. The application then modifies a value of a registry key stored on the client device in an instance in which it is determined that the client device is to use the locator and that the client device does not comply with the policy.

Abstract: An example computing platform is configured to (a) cause a client device associated with a user to display an interface for deploying a new data science model, where the interface presents the user with a list of deployment templates, and where each of the deployment templates includes data specifying (i) a respective executable model package and (ii) a respective set of execution instructions for the respective executable model package, (b) receive, from the client device, data indicating (i) a user selection of a given deployment template for use in deploying the new data science model and (ii) a given set of configuration parameters for use in deploying the new data science model, and (c) use the given executable model package, the given set of execution instructions, and the given set of configuration parameters to deploy the new data science model.

Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling configurations of deployments of sets of enterprise software applications to users are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: store information, including executable code for a set of enterprise software applications and a configuration database including deployment-specific configuration settings and corresponding setting values; effectuate deployment of the set of enterprise software applications on a first deployment server; obtain modification databases with updated configuration settings; and modify the configuration settings of the first deployment server based on the modification databases.

Abstract: Systems and methods for temporarily downloading an application program from a website are disclosed herein. The website provides a feature set corresponding to an anticipated user activity and a downloadable application program. The anticipated user activity is identified based on user data corresponding to future activities of a user. A correspondence between the anticipated user activity and the website is determined and the application program is retrieved from the website and installed on the user device. In response to detecting absence of a user interaction with the application program on the user device within a predefined time period, the application program is automatically uninstalled from the user device.

Abstract: In some aspects, a method for updating software using a rules engine is provided. The rules engine selects a handler for updating a non-updated string of code of a plurality of strings of code of a file and according to a set of rules. The set of rules associates the handler with updating a unique non-updated string of code. The rules engine also instructs the handler to scan the plurality of strings of code, identify, based on the scanning, the non-updated strings of code uniquely associated with the handler, and update the non-updated string of code. The rules engine further receives, from the handler, an indication that the non-updated string of code uniquely associated with the handler is an updated string of code. In addition, the rules engine generates for display on a display screen at least the updated string of code.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, a computer system and a computer program product dynamically change the user interface on a mobile device. The method includes displaying a user interface on a first device. The user interface includes a set of graphical controls corresponding to a plurality of functions of the first device. The method also includes connecting to the second device in response to a determination that the device includes a capability not included in the plurality of functions of the first device. The method further includes determining an aggregate function set for the first and second devices that includes the plurality of functions of the first device and is updated to include the capability of the second device. Finally, the method includes modifying the user interface of the first device based on the aggregate function set by adding a graphical control corresponding to the capability of the second device.

Abstract: A system and method for detecting phishing cyberattacks. The method involves parsing a code segment retrieved using a suspect uniform resource locator (URL) to identify any links included in the code segment. From these links, additional code segments may be recovered in accordance with a code segment recovery scheme. Thereafter, analytics are performed on the retrieved and possibly recovered code segments. The analytics include determining whether any of the code segments is correlated with a code segment associated with a known prior phishing cyberattack. Upon completing the analytics, an alert message including meta-information associated with results from the analytics is generated to identify that the URL is associated with a known prior phishing cyberattack when one or perhaps a combination of code segments associated with the URL are correlated to any code segment associated with a known prior phishing cyberattack.

Abstract: Techniques for software dependency management are described, including receiving a query at a repository configured to store a file identifying a dependency between an application and an update, the query being configured to request retrieval and implementation of the update with the application, parsing the query to identify the update and a version of the update configured to modify the application, generating a ranking associated with the update and the version using output from a machine-learning module configured to be trained against data associated with a community, and other data associated with analyzing an issue associated with the update or the version, providing a response to the query, receiving another query requesting the update or the version, retrieving the update and the version, and implementing the update or the version, the update or the version being implemented in response to the another query.

Abstract: A system for reducing database query latency, the system comprising: a memory storing instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising: receiving data reflecting performance of a role on a virtual server; identifying tokens associated with terms in the received data; mapping an index comprising the tokens and the terms; storing the mapped index in a first database; storing a key-value pair in a second database, the key corresponding to the mapped index, and the value corresponding to a portion of the received data; receiving a query; optimizing the query to reduce query processing time; constructing a search key based on results obtained by running the optimized query against the first database; retrieving a result value from the second database corresponding to the search key.

Abstract: Various examples are provided related to automated security analysis of baseband firmware. In one example, a system includes a wireless front end and processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the wireless front end and a target device. The processing circuitry can generate mutated packets based upon a device state of the target device; provide the mutated packets for transmission to the target device; receive feedback information from the target device in response to reception of the mutated packets; and identify a firmware flaw associated with the target device in response to the feedback information. In another example, a method includes generating mutated packets based upon a device state of a target device; transmitting the mutated packets to the target device; receiving feedback information from the target device in response to reception of the mutated packets; and identifying a firmware flaw associated with the target device using the feedback information.

Abstract: A method, a computer program product, and a computer system intelligently install a component to a client system. The method includes performing an association analysis to generate a component association model based on historical installation information for historically installed components on one or more further client systems. The component association model includes a build success rate model indicative of at least one of the one or more further client systems having a close relationship to the client system based on a metric pair analysis of corresponding parameters in the historical installation information and installation information of the client system. The method includes determining an installation path to install the component to the client system based on the component association model. The method includes transmitting assistance information to the client system based on the installation path.

Abstract: A method for managing an application snippet includes: obtaining a first application snippet (S210); determining first classification information of the first application snippet (S220); determining that classification information of a first composite application on the terminal device matches the first classification information (S230); and adding the first application snippet to the first composite application (S240). According to the method for managing an application snippet, a large quantity of application snippets can be effectively managed.

Abstract: Provided are computer-implemented methods and systems for dynamically deploying a web component in an application. An example method for dynamically deploying a web component in an application may include deploying a client-side application to a web browser associated with a client device. The method may continue with receiving a request to deploy a web component in the client-side application. The method may further include dynamically loading the web component in the client-side application. With this method, web components can be dynamically added to a current operating version of a web application. Further, a user can use a web application as if it is operating locally on the web browser of the client device, even though it is not actually stored locally on the client device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling configurations of deployments of sets of enterprise software applications to users are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: store information, including executable code for a set of enterprise software applications and a configuration database including deployment-specific configuration settings and corresponding setting values; effectuate deployment of the set of enterprise software applications on a first deployment server; obtain modification databases with updated configuration settings; and modify the configuration settings of the first deployment server based on the modification databases.

Abstract: Computer implemented reconstruction of compliance mapping due to an update in a regulation in the compliance mapping by a computing device includes comparing a first version of a regulation in the compliance mapping to a second, updated version of the first regulation. A change in the second version with respect to the first version is identified. The change may be an added control description, a deleted control description, or an updated control description. Upon determining that the change is an updated control description, the updated control description is analyzed to determine a type of update. The mapping of the regulation is reconstructed based on the change and, if the change is an updated control description, the type of update, using at least one of natural language processing and/or machine learning. The risk of the reconstructed mapping is assessed, and a service owner is notified about the risk of the changes.

Abstract: A system and method for improved evaluation of semiconductor hardware is provided. The system comprises a firmware repository server, which firmware repository server comprises a plurality of firmware packages for the one or more evaluation hardware boards. The firmware repository server is further configured to: receive a firmware request for a user evaluation hardware board from a first of the client devices, search the plurality of firmware packages for compatible firmware packages for the user evaluation hardware board, generate a catalog of the compatible firmware packages for the user evaluation hardware board, transmit the catalog to the first client device, receive a request for a user selected firmware package from the catalog of compatible firmware packages, and to transmit firmware of the user selected firmware package to the client device for installation on the user evaluation hardware board.

Abstract: Firmware updates are packaged in a manner that enables a firmware update utility to be executed to provide control functionality for deployment of the firmware updates while leveraging an operating system provided update framework to deliver the firmware updates to pre-boot environment. Accordingly, control over the deployment of the firmware updates is provided without difficulties and security risks of employing a custom kernel-mode driver to deliver the firmware updates.

Abstract: Methods, systems comprising one or more computer systems including a combination of hardware and software, and computer program products provide at a first mobile device a user interface, the user interface displaying indications of a plurality of computer applications available for installation on the first mobile device and the user interface enabling selection by a user of the first mobile device of one or more of the computer applications for installation on the first mobile device. The method, system, and computer program product store, in a database associated with a user account, an inventory of the one or more of the computer applications selected by the user of the first mobile device, receive an indication from the first mobile device that program data associated with a first one of the computer applications included in the inventory may be stored on a second mobile device, and receive an identifier corresponding to the user account from the second mobile device.

Abstract: Techniques for a service provider network to allow users to quickly and easily establish a testing environment to test various virtual machine (VM) instance types for hosting their workloads. Rather than identifying and recommending optimized VM instance types for hosting workloads of users, the techniques allow for users to initially test the VM instance types and determine how well their workloads perform on the VM instance types. Users can quickly and easily (e.g., “one-click” input) request that a testing environment be established. The optimization service can then test one or more recommended VM instance types for the users' workloads in the testing environment. The optimization service can monitor the performance of the VM instance types while they host the “test workloads,” and provide the users with performance metrics to help them decide if they would like to migrate their workloads to the recommended VM instance types.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for a media device upgrading system. An embodiment operates by receiving a command at a media device that includes an upgrader device connected via or plugged into an input port of the media device. It is determined that the command is associated with modifying a software component of the media device, wherein both the media device and the upgrader device include operating systems configured to process the command and modify the software component. The command is provided to the upgrader device based on a determination that the media device is in an upgrader mode of operation. A visual indication corresponding to the modification is provided.

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: Methods and apparatus to facilitate infrastructure installation checks and corrections in a distributed environment are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a virtual appliance including a management endpoint. The example apparatus includes a component server including a management agent to communicate with the management endpoint. The virtual appliance is to assign a role to the component server and to determine a subset of prerequisites associated with the role based on an applicability to the role. Each of the subset of prerequisites is associated with an error correction script. The component server is to determine whether the component server satisfies the subset of prerequisites associated with the role. The component server is to address an error when the component server is determined not to satisfy at least one of the subset of prerequisites by executing the error correction script associated with the at least one of the subset of prerequisites.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of automatically installing an application in different terminals by storing terminal information of a user and allowing the user to install an application when the user installs an application in at least two terminals, and in which an installation process may be automatically conducted is provided. Information related to an application installed in a first terminal is received from the first terminal; and a second terminal is requested to install another application corresponding to the application, in the second terminal, by using the received information related to the application.

Abstract: System and methods for presenting users with different App download options in response to certain search queries. In aspects, when a user enters a search query that does not explicitly request an App, systems and methods described herein analyze the results of the search and determine whether the request is an implicit request for Apps. As a result, relevant Apps are identified and presented for download. Other aspects of the present disclosure relate to analyzing and identifying URLs of companies and developers of Apps. Once analyzed and identified, embodiments relate to associating the appropriate URLs with one or more Apps.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a digital fulfillment product onboarding operation. The digital fulfillment product onboarding operation includes: receiving an order for a digital asset; deriving digital fulfillment attributes associated with the digital asset; identifying a digital asset fulfillment process flow from a plurality of digital asset fulfillment process flows, the identifying being based upon the order for the digital asset and the attributes associated with the digital asset; plotting the digital asset fulfillment process flow; and, executing the digital asset fulfillment process flow.

Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling configurations of deployments of sets of enterprise software applications to users are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: store information, including executable code for a set of enterprise software applications and a configuration database including deployment-specific configuration settings and corresponding setting values; effectuate deployment of the set of enterprise software applications on a first deployment server; obtain modification databases with updated configuration settings; and modify the configuration settings of the first deployment server based on the modification databases.

Abstract: On-demand application permissions is described, including obtaining one or more consents associated with one or more functions of an application, where the application does not allow using the functions without associated consents; receiving, from a user, a consent associated with a function; activating to allow that function to be executed; when a request from the user to use another function is received, determining that the another function requires an associated consent to activate; determining that there is no consent from the user associated with the another function; prompting for a consent associated with the another function; receiving the consent associated with another function; and activating to allow the another function to be executed.

Abstract: An information retrieval server includes a communication device and a processing device. The communication device communicates with servers of a plurality of business operators and a communication terminal of a user through a communication network, each of the plurality of business operators performing a car sharing service. The processing device presents information relevant to vehicles held by the plurality of business operators, to the user, acquires information input from the communication terminal, the information being information about a predetermined item included in a use condition for the car sharing service, causes the servers of the plurality of business operators to retrieve a vehicle satisfying a use condition determined by the acquired information, from the held vehicles, and sends information relevant to the retrieved vehicle, to the communication terminal.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to generating authentication information independent of user input. In some embodiments, an authentication application repeatedly performs operations to authenticate a client application to one or more hosts of a server system during an automated tasks. In some such embodiments, an instance of the operations includes receiving, from the client application, a request to generate authentication information. In response to the request, the authentication application may retrieve authentication data for the user and, independent of user input, generate an item of authentication information based on the authentication data. The authentication application may then output the item of authentication information to the client application, where the item of authentication information is usable by the client application to authenticate to at least one of the one or more hosts.

Abstract: In some examples, container management can include a non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions, the instructions executable by a processing resource to receive a deployment specification for operating the application within the container management system, determine whether the deployment specification includes a specified workload for scheduling the application, determine, in response to the deployment specification not including a specified workload for scheduling the application, a workload ratio associated with the application, determine a schedule in response to the determined workload ratio, and schedule the application across a plurality of nodes within the container management system based on the determined schedule.

Abstract: A method and a device for personalized automatic tagging are provided. The method includes obtaining a plurality of context-based tags based on interactions between a user of the electronic device and a plurality of data items on the electronic device. The obtained plurality of context-based tags are associated with the plurality of data items. In response to detecting at least one context-based search input, at least one context-based tag corresponding to the at least one context-based search input is determined. At least one data item associated with the at least one context-based tag identified. A display of the electronic device is caused to display the at least one data item to the user.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus, includes a first nonvolatile storage device, and a processor coupled to the first nonvolatile storage device, wherein the processor is configured to suspend, when receiving a write request of data from an application, a write process for the write request in a case where second writing of the data into a second nonvolatile storage device of a different information processing apparatus fails while first writing of the data into the first nonvolatile storage device succeeds, record, after the write process is suspended, error information indicative of an error of the second writing, resume, after the error information is recorded, the write process and issue a notification of the application of completion of the write process, and isolate, after the notification of the completion of the write process is issued, a region of the second nonvolatile storage device which is used by the application.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to managing access to an enterprise system using remote devices. Techniques are disclosed for provisioning applications on remote devices to access resources in an enterprise system. Specifically, applications may be automatically configured with access information (e.g., account information) and connection information to access a resource in an enterprise system using a remote device. Configuring an application may include determining an account for accessing a resource using the application. An account may be provisioned if one has not been established. Upon configuring an application, the device access management system may provide a configured application to the remote device(s) for which the application is configured. Once the configured application is received, the application may be automatically installed on the remote device, after which the application may be executed to access a resource.

Abstract: A system using a server including a server application AS having at least a database containing third-party applications to be suggested and a hardware and software communication arrangement for automatically or semi-automatically downloading at least one application selected from the database to an intelligent and mobile communicating IT object OMI including a client application ACOMI installed on the intelligent, mobile IT object using rules R that can evolve or be modified.

Abstract: Provided are techniques for authenticating a device. Accepted communication patterns representing accepted modes of communication between devices in an internet of things network are stored. In response to receiving a new communication from a requesting device of the devices, it is determined whether the new communication matches at least one of the accepted communication patterns. In response to determining that the new communication matches, there is a response to the new communication. In response to determining that the new communication does not match, flagging the new communication as an anomaly and determining how to process the new communication based on the flagging.

Abstract: A method and a corresponding runtime environment for migrating an instance of an actor of an application are provided. An initiating runtime environment performs a method comprising selecting, based on obtained security attributes for a set of target runtime environments, a target runtime environment from the set of target runtime environments for migration of the instance of the actor. The method comprises migrating the instance of the actor to the selected target runtime environment once the target runtime environment has been selected.

Abstract: The disclosure sets forth techniques that enable mobile devices to send and receive multimedia files across dissimilar communication platforms. Multimedia files being sent between mobile devices may be subject to file size limits, based on the communication platform being used and the capability metrics of the mobile devices. This disclosure describes techniques for transmitting a multimedia file as a plurality of segment files, for the purpose of conforming with file size limits associated with a sending device or a recipient device. A multimedia file may be partitioned into a plurality of segment files that may be re-combined into a single multimedia file that substantially reproduces the multimedia content of the original multimedia file. Further, a multimedia file may be partitioned into a plurality of playable segment files that, when executed or played individually and in sequential order, substantially reproduce the multimedia content of the original multimedia file.

Abstract: A method for providing a customizable chat window for a webpage is disclosed. The method comprises: receiving a user-specific component customized by a first user that identifies user-selected customizations for a chat message user interface (UI) of the first user; providing a snippet of code from a host chat application to a computing device associated with the first user to add to the webpage of the first user wherein activation of the snippet of code at the webpage of the first user causes the host chat application to be bootstrapped and causes the chat message UI of the first user to be loaded with the user-selected customizations; providing second code for rendering the chat message UI of the first user along with the user-selected customizations for the chat message UI, over a network, to a computing device associated with a second user; and modifying an actual chat message that is communicated using the chat message UI by applying the user-selected customizations to the chat message.

Abstract: A pairing method includes sharing, between a position indicator and a position detecting apparatus, predetermined sharing information that becomes sharable if the position indicator and the position detecting apparatus are proximate to each other at or within a predetermined distance; and determining, by a first one of the position indicator and the position detecting apparatus and using the shared sharing information, whether information received by a first communication device having a range longer than the predetermined distance is transmitted by a second one of the position indicator and the position detecting apparatus, the first one of the position indicator and the position detecting apparatus being different from second one of the position indicator and the position detecting apparatus.

Abstract: Methods, systems comprising one or more computer systems including a combination of hardware and software, and computer program products provide at a first mobile device a user interface, the user interface displaying indications of a plurality of computer applications available for installation on the first mobile device and the user interface enabling selection by a user of the first mobile device of one or more of the computer applications for installation on the first mobile device. The method, system, and computer program product store, in a database associated with a user account, an inventory of the one or more of the computer applications selected by the user of the first mobile device, receive an indication from the first mobile device that program data associated with a first one of the computer applications included in the inventory may be stored on a second mobile device, and receive an identifier corresponding to the user account from the second mobile device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for performing application aware backups and/or generating other application aware secondary copies of virtual machines are described. For example, the systems and methods described herein may access a virtual machine, automatically discover various databases and/or applications (e.g., SQL, Exchange, Sharepoint, Oracle, and so on) running on the virtual machine, and perform data storage operations that generate a backup, or other secondary copy, of the virtual machine, as well as backups, or other secondary copies, of each of the discovered applications.

Abstract: A method for personalizing content and functionality in a computer application includes: learning user behavior based on detected input and feature usage by analyzing communication requests and response between client device and application services; creating a product adoption learning model based on user behavior and profile by applying training algorithm of feature usage in relation to user behavior following the feature usage of the user throughout the user lifecycle; and determining feature adoption schedule and time window and applying the adoption learning model based on user behavior, user profile and feature usage.

Abstract: A method for the automated driving of a transportation vehicle to approach a parking position which includes providing a trajectory for a controller of the transportation vehicle and generating signals for controlling a movement of the transportation vehicle along the trajectory provided, wherein the provision of the trajectory includes determining a current position of the transportation vehicle by a position-determining device, setting up a communication link to a server outside the transportation vehicle by a communication device, transmitting the current determined position of the transportation vehicle to the server via the communication link, retrieving and receiving at least one trajectory, stored at the server, via the communication link, wherein the retrieved and received trajectory runs at least through a tolerance range about the current determined position of the transportation vehicle. Also disclosed is a transportation vehicle device, a method for operating a system, and an associated system.

Abstract: The present technology pertains to a organization directory hosted by a synchronized content management system. The corporate directory can provide access to user accounts for all members of the organization to all content items in the organization directory on the respective file systems of the members' client devices. Members can reach any content item at the same path as other members relative to the organization directory root on their respective client device. In some embodiments novel access permissions are granted to maintain path consistency.

Abstract: In a computer-implemented method for provisioning a host of a workload domain of a pre-configured hyper-converged computing device, a pre-configured hyper-converged computing device comprising a plurality of hosts is managed, where the plurality of hosts is allocable to workload domains, and where allocated hosts of a particular workload domain are of a same operating system version. A pool of unallocated hosts is maintained within the pre-configured hyper-converged computing device, where the unallocated hosts of the pool have operating system versions within a range of supported operating system versions.

Abstract: Responsive to a request from a user device, a content server may perform an electronic discovery function. The request may include information on a quantity of data objects desired from a collection of data objects stored in a repository. Objects stored in the repository may be managed by the content server. The content server may determine a number of batches and process the collection of data objects into batches, each having a batch size. An efficient selection process may be determined and utilized in selecting data objects from each of the batches such that a total number of data objects selected from the collection is not less than the quantity of data objects desired. The content server may make a disk image of the selected data objects and communicate same to the user device over a network.

Abstract: A new snapshot of a storage volume is created by suppressing write requests. Once pending write requests from the computing nodes are completed, storage nodes create a new snapshot for the storage volume by allocating a new segment to the new snapshot. Subsequent write requests to the storage volume are then performed on the segments allocated to the new snapshot. An orchestration layer implements a bundled application that is provisioned with storage volumes and containers. A snapshot of the application may be created and used to rollback or clone the application. The amount of processing cores, memory, and containers may be increased or decreased based on usage. Components of the bundled application may be assigned to nodes to satisfy affinity and anti-affinity rules. Device sets may be generated according to these rules and used to plan for the assignment of storage volumes and containers of the bundled application.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing educational and/or other information to a user of a user device, in response to the receipt of one or more wireless signals, are described. Educational information is loaded into a user device along with information on locations where the information can be accessed and/or suggestions on how to position the user device to obtain access to the stored information and/or capture an image to be used in a virtual reality experience in which stored educational content is presented. Short range wireless signals are transmitted in an area corresponding to a device or apparatus to which training or other education information relates. Receipt of one or more wireless signals trigger access on a user's communications device to training information, operational information or other information such a service information relating to the apparatus or device associated with the short range wireless signal which is received.