52nd week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 67 |
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20140379859 | DATA TRANSFER METHOD AND APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a data transfer method and apparatus by establishing, at a source device, a plurality of data connections with a target device in response to a data connection establishment request from a client, the data connection establishment request carrying information on a plurality of receiving ports that have been enabled by the target device; and transferring data from the source device to the target device via the plurality of data connections, and data transfer/receiving method and apparatus according to the embodiments of the present disclosure leverage a plurality of parallel data connections from a source device to a target device to transfer data, thereby enhancing the speed and reliability of data backup or restoration. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379860 | METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING DATA BETWEEN A DOMESTIC APPLIANCE AND A USER TERMINAL, A DOMESTIC APPLIANCE, AND A SYSTEM COMPRISING A DOMESTIC APPLIANCE AND A USER TERMINAL - The invention relates to a method for communicating data between a domestic appliance and a user terminal of a user of said domestic appliance. In the course of said data communication, control data comprising control commands are transmitted to the domestic appliance, and/or status data comprising information on a current state of the domestic appliance are transmitted from the domestic appliance to the user terminal. The data communication between the domestic appliance and the user terminal takes place at least partially over the Internet, via an Internet server. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379861 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING UNSUPPORTED DOCUMENT TYPES BETWEEN COMMUNICATION DEVICES - An improved system and method are disclosed for sharing a document between two communication devices that do not have an application that can display the document. In one example, the document is sent by the communication device that is sharing the document to a document server for processing into pages of one or more different document types, and both communication devices retrieve the stored pages as needed for display. The sharing communication device updates the other communication device when a new page is to be retrieved from the document server. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379862 | NETWORK SYSTEM, MACHINE ALLOCATION DEVICE AND MACHINE ALLOCATION METHOD - There is provided a load distribution function that enables an application of a user to be freely allocated to a machine even if an address of a terminal or the application used by the user is duplicated between VPNs for each user. An access detector of a machine allocation device detects a start packet from received communication packets, and determines the type of the start packet and the type of the application used by the terminal. A machine allocation manager determines a machine on which the determined application operates, and operates the machine. A network manager configures a user virtual network on a second virtual network between the determined machine and the machine allocation device. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379863 | Proximity Routing For Session Based Applications Using Anycast - Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, which can comprise automatically providing content to an information device from a content distribution node of a plurality of content distribution nodes. The information device can be adapted to send a request for the content from the first content distribution node utilizing an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the content distribution node. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379864 | Intermediary Content Provider - Methods of providing published content are presented. Content providers, including advertisers, can have their network addresses become black listed through no fault of their own. Content providers can utilize one or more intermediary providers each having their own distinct network address, possibly a registered domain name. An advertiser or other content provider can engage members of a distribution channel to disseminate promotional information to consumers where the promotional information comprises a network address of the intermediary provider. Upon a request directed toward the network address, the intermediary transforms published content obtained from the primary provider to make the content appear as though it originated from the intermediary provider. Should a black listing event occur, only the intermediary provider would be affected. An updated or new intermediary provider having a new, distinct network address can be instantiated to replace the black listed provider. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379865 | LOCATING AND EXECUTING OBJECTS IN A DISTRIBUTED NETWORK - The subject disclosure relates to interaction and execution of objects in a distributed network or in the cloud. Each object comprises a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) path that names the object in the cloud through a distributed object directory. A client device can directly interface with a live instance of an object based on the URI path. The object can be agnostic to remote procedure call semantics. In some aspects, the object can be connected to an interacted with either remotely or locally. Further, single instances or multiple instances of the object can exist at substantially the same time. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379866 | System and Method for Compressing Streaming Interactive Video - A server center for hosting low-latency streaming interactive audio/video (A/V) includes a plurality of servers that run one or more applications and an inbound routing network that receives packet streams from users via a first network interface and routes the packets to one or more of the servers. The packet streams include user control input. One or more of the servers are operable to compute A/V data responsive to the user control input. A compression unit is coupled to receive the A/V data from the one or more of the servers and output compressed A/V data therefrom. An output routing network that routes the compressed A/V data to each of the users over a corresponding communication channel via a second interface, the compression unit is operable to modify a compression rate responsive to current characteristics of the corresponding communication channel for each user so as to optimize performance of the one or more applications. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379867 | RUI SYSTEM, RUI SERVER, RUI TERMINAL APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A remote user interface (RUI) system, an RUI server, an RUI terminal apparatus and a controlling method are provided. The controlling method of the RUI server includes receiving stream data from an external server in response to streaming service request information being received a requesting RUI terminal apparatus among a plurality of RUI terminal apparatuses, determining whether it is possible perform, in the RUI server, trans-coding of the received stream data, and performing, based on a result of the determining, at least one of trans-coding the stream data, and transmitting trans-coding process information regarding the received stream data to RUI terminal apparatuses that can perform trans-coding among the plurality of RUI terminal apparatuses, other than the requesting RUI terminal apparatus. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379868 | HOME SCOREBOARD SYNCHRONIZED IN REAL-TIME TO GAME-SPECIFIC DATA - A system delivers game-specific data via a network from a database to a home scoreboard, which displays the data to its user. In response to receiving an order linked to the home scoreboard via the network from a network-connected device, the system retrieves the data from a database and transmits the data to the home scoreboard in real-time. Upon receiving the data, the display configures the display to display the data in real-time. The home scoreboard has a transparent fascia that covers the display, while allowing its display fields to be visible to its user. The home scoreboard also has a light source that illuminates in response to receiving data indicative of a specified game event. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379869 | REMOTE BROWSING SESSION MANAGEMENT - A remote browsing process is directed to the generation and management of a remote browse session at a network computing and storage provider. A client computing device loads a local browser process and obtains network content from content providers. The local browser process additionally requests a browse session instance corresponding to the network content at a network computing and storage provider. The network computing and storage provider instantiates a browser process in response to the request. The remote browser process retrieves the network content, and generates a processing result corresponding to a first representation of the network content. The processing result may be provided to the client computing device for display. The local browser process may display either the first representation of the network content corresponding to the processing result or a second representation of the network content processed locally at the client computing device. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379870 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CACHING STREAMING MULTIMEDIA ON THE INTERNET - An apparatus and method to enhance existing caches in a network to better support streaming media storage and distribution. Helper machines are used inside the network to implement several methods which support streaming media including segmentation of streaming media objects into smaller units, cooperation of Helper machines, and novel placement and replacement policies for segments of media objects. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379871 | Network-Initiated Content Streaming Control - Methods and systems are described for enabling network-initiated control of streaming of segmented content from a content delivery node to at least one client, said client being configured to access at least part of said segmented content on the basis of a manifest file, wherein a method may comprise: receiving a first manifest file identifying one or more segments and location information for locating one or more content delivery nodes configured to transmit said one or more segments to said at least one client; in response to said reception of said first manifest file, providing channel set-up information; and, establishing at least one streaming control channel between said at least one client and a control channel server function associated with said content delivery node on the basis of said control channel set-up information, said at least one client being configured for receiving at least one manifest file update message via said streaming control channel. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379872 | CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE MANAGEMENT INTERACTION WITH CACHING - One embodiment includes a method and apparatus for allocating resources for the streaming of multimedia content in a network. The method includes analyzing multimedia content to determine media characteristics of the multimedia content, receiving a request to access the multimedia content from a user, and sending a request for resources for the multimedia content to a traffic management node. The request for resources includes the determined media characteristics of the multimedia content. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379873 | PLAYLISTS FOR REAL-TIME OR NEAR REAL-TIME STREAMING - Methods, systems and machine readable storage medium for allowing playback of streaming media at playback rates of other than 1× are described. In one embodiment, a method can determine different sets of I-frames that are available before a display deadline, where each set can have a different cadence, and one of the sets can be selected for download and display to achieve playback at other than 1×. Byte range requests from a client device can be used to retrieve each of the I-frames. Other methods, system and media are also described. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379874 | MEDICATION DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A medication delivery system includes a medical server configured to send and receive and process data, a medication device configured to administer a preselected medication, a sensor circuit configured to detect selected parameters relating to medication delivery and transmit information, a transmission hub configured to communicate with the medical server and the sensor circuit. The transmission hub is configured to receive a signal from the sensor circuit and exchange the information. An application is configured to facilitate exchange of information between the sensor circuit and the medical server. The application has a preselected set of protocols. The application monitors usage of the medication device and location of the medication device by connecting to the medication device via the transmission hub. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379875 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING PEER TO PEER CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PCS AND SMART PHONES USING NETWORKS WITH OBSTACLES - A method of circumventing network obstacles to provide a peer-to-peer communication channel between peers utilizing hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) includes communicating a HTTP request from a peer device to a relay through a network including an obstacle where the HTTP request is intended for another peer device. The method further includes communicating a HTTP response from the relay to the peer device and establishing a communication channel between the peer device and the another peer device via the relay. The communication channel permits the peer device and the another peer device to send and receive data. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379876 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING POLICIES ON A COMPUTER - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for managing policies on a computer having a foreign operating system. Policies may specify hardware or software configuration information. Policies on a first computer with a native operating system are translated into configuration information usable on a second computer having a foreign operating system. In an embodiment, a translator manager manages the association between the policy on the first computer and the translator on the second computer. Computer management complexity and information technology management costs are reduced by centralizing computer management on the native operating system. Further reductions in management complexity are realized when the present invention is used in conjunction with network directory services. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379877 | CIRCLE-MESH OVERLAY NETWORK CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTAIN METHOD - A method of constructing and maintaining a circle-mesh overlay network is disclosed. The method of constructing a circle-mesh overlay network includes: (a) determining a reference member number of a circle overlay by using a total number of participating peers; (b) creating a new circle overlay and adding member peers from among the participating peers to the new circle overlay in consideration of the reference member number; and (c) forming a circle-mesh overlay network by way of interconnection between the new circle overlay and a different circle overlay. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379878 | Generic Device Attributes for Sensing Devices - A method and system is provided for optimizing time and complexity during an interoperation of at least two smart sensing device's operating in a heterogeneous environment, each device is configured to predetermined characteristics for a heterogeneous environment with a dynamic degree of prioritization in interoperation. The said method and system is adapted for creation of generic device attributes for smart sensing devices by an edge gateway system during the device discovery phase and at the same time performing semantic analysis on the content of the attributes to optimize the device interoperation mechanism in any smart environment. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379879 | PROVIDING CONFIGURABLE WORKFLOW CAPABILITIES - Techniques are described for providing clients with access to functionality for creating, configuring and executing defined workflows that manipulate source data in defined manners, such as under the control of a configurable workflow service that is available to multiple remote clients over one or more public networks. A defined workflow for a client may, for example, include multiple interconnected workflow components that are specified by the client and that each are configured to perform one or more types of data manipulation operations on a specified type of input data. The configurable workflow service may further execute the defined workflow at one or more times and in one or more manners, such as in some situations by provisioning multiple computing nodes provided by the configurable workflow service to each implement at least one of the workflow components for the defined workflow. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379880 | INHERENT POWER-OVER-DATA BUS SIGNALING FOR SECURE OPERATING MODE SWITCHING - A method for changing an operating mode of a processing unit of a network node is described. The processing unit is connected to a communication and supply line for providing data communication and for providing a supply voltage. The method includes an establishing of a communication connection of the processing unit of the network node via the communication and supply line, a determination of a change of the supply voltage of the communication and supply line by the processing unit, and a setting of an operation mode of the processing unit based on the determined change of the supply voltage. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379881 | Network Device Configuration Management - Method and system are provided for network device configuration management. The method includes: receiving a set of user commands for configuration of a network device; retrieving a syntactic model of a network device configuration interface for a network device type and generating a modelled configuration of a current configuration of the network device; predicting the effect of the user command on the modelled configuration to generate a predicted modelled configuration; and applying rules for a user and/or network device type to determine if the command is permitted based on the predicted modelled configuration of the network device. Predicting the effect of the user command predicts in near real-time the effect on the network device configuration of a command that the user enters. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379882 | SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC CONNECTION BETWEEN NVR AND IP CAMERA - A system of a network video recorder (NVR) device for automatic connection to an IP camera is provided. The system is implemented to make it possible to automatically establish a connection between the NVR device and the IP camera while reducing a user's intervention, and thereby a user not having enough expertise knowledge of IP network settings may be able to avoid experiencing inconvenience in manual settings, and also it is possible to prevent errors which may occur in manually adjusting the network settings and to prevent unnecessary time wasted on the network setting management process. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379883 | NETWORK MODE CONFLICT RESOLUTION - Technology for managing operational modes of a network adapter is disclosed. The technology includes features for selectively preempting (e.g., canceling, suspending, deferring, pausing, changing to a “no-op” state, changing to a passive state, or otherwise deprioritizing) execution for a current operational mode of the network adapter, executing a requested network control operation, and optionally restoring the preempted operational mode. The operational mode may be selectively preempted based on priority information associated with the current operational mode and the requested network control operation. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379884 | PRIORITIZATION OF NETWORK CONTROL OPERATIONS - Technology for prioritizing and executing network control operations is disclosed. The technology includes prioritizing requested network control operations against other network control operations and executing network control operations based on this prioritization. The prioritization may be based on priority information and classes with which the network control operations are associated. The classes may be based on expected durations of time for executing the network control operations. The technology also includes prioritizing and executing network control operations in a virtualized networking system. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379885 | Systems and Methods to Construct Engineering Environment Supporting API Enablement for Software Defined Networking - The embodiments herein relate to software defined networking (SDN) and, more particularly, to a system and method to construct an engineering environment for API enablement in Software defined networking. The system enables the device use SDN functionality by designing an API model specific to that device. In order to design the device specific API model, an API enablement system initially leverages functionality/capabilities of the device. Further, by analyzing the leveraged device capabilities, the system designs the API model for the device. After implementing the API model on the device, the system performs a review function to ensure that the designed API model is in compliance with set rules and policies. The API model may be refined based on results of the review function. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379886 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING POWER CONSUMPTION IN A HOME NETWORK VIA A BROADBAND GATEWAY - A broadband gateway, which enables communication with a plurality of devices, handles at least one physical layer connection to at least one corresponding network access service provider. Before allowing the devices to access content from the service provider, the broadband gateway may identify a device power profile for each of the devices, and a network power profile for the content to select a corresponding content delivery mechanism to optimize power consumption. The content may be communicated to the devices utilizing the corresponding selected content delivery mechanism. Depending on configuration, content transcoding may be performed at the broadband gateway and/or at the devices. The content may be burst downloaded and stored in a local storage to be consumed by the devices thereafter. Upon completion of download, the broadband gateway may shut down receiving components to save resources and power. The receiving components may be tuned on to receive additional content when needed. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379887 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELFISH CHILD CLUSTERING - A system and method for selfish child clustering are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system comprises a selfish node; and a plurality of servicing nodes each connected to the selfish node, wherein the selfish node selects a first one of the servicing nodes to service requests therefrom; and wherein the selfish node evaluates a responsiveness of the first one of the servicing nodes and, responsive to a determination that the responsiveness of the first one of the servicing nodes is unacceptable, the selfish node selects a second one of the servicing nodes to service requests therefrom. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379888 | HOST DEVICE AND SLAVE DEVICE CONTROLLING METHOD - A host device is provided, which includes a network communication unit connected to network; a local communication unit locally connected to a slave device; a virtualization unit to virtualize the slave device as a network device within the network; and a controlling unit to control the virtualized slave device as the network device. Therefore, a developer may implement an application in consideration of a single type of network without considering various physical input and output ports. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379889 | AUTONOMOUS METRIC TRACKING AND ADJUSTMENT - Example embodiments relate to autonomous metric tracking and adjustment. In some examples, a computing node may include a processor to run a main operating system and an application that runs on top of the main operating system. The computing node may include a hardware-level controller that dynamically adjusts individual hardware components of the computing node via control signals that do not pass through the main operating system. The adjustments may be based on a target metric from a scheduling service external to the computing node and individual performance metrics from the computing node. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379890 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING AGENT LOGIN IN A CONTACT CENTER - An agent login optimization system for optimizing login of agents at communication managers of a contact center is provided. The agent login optimization system includes a monitoring module for monitoring predetermined activities at a plurality of communication managers in the contact center. The monitoring includes monitoring call traffic at the plurality of communication managers and monitoring login requests of agents. The agent login optimization system further includes a determination module configured to determine a suitable communication manager from the plurality of communication managers based upon the monitoring to login an agent. The agent login optimization system further includes an agent login module for logging the agent into the suitable communication manager. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379891 | Methods and Apparatuses to Identify User Dissatisfaction from Early Cancelation - In the present disclosure methods and apparatuses for identifying web page transactions causing user dissatisfaction is presented. The description disclose method steps and means for determining at least one network characteristic for all transactions associated with a web page and said user, determining a network characteristics function dependent on said at least one network characteristic using the transactions not associated with cancellations and for each cancelled transaction determining a value indicative of if said cancelled transaction was a result of user dissatisfaction by comparing said at least one network characteristic for said cancelled transaction with a value derived from said network characteristics function. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379892 | SORTED EVENT MONITORING BY CONTEXT PARTITION - An event monitoring system that includes two stages, an event sorting stage and an event processing stage. The event sorting stage receives events provided by at least one application, and includes multiple event sorting systems. The event processing stage includes at least one event processing system that processes events forwarded by the event sorting stage. The event processing system(s) is/are capable of processing events that fall within a particular set of one or more context partitions that correspond to the respective event processing system. As the event sorting system receives an event, the event sorting system identifies which context partition the event falls within. The event sorting system then identifies the event processing system that corresponds to the identified context partition of the event, and then forwards the event to the identified event processing system. The event processing system then applies the set of one or more monitoring rules. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379893 | Frequent Sites Based on Browsing Patterns - Various embodiments provide a frequent sites module which is designed to generate frequent sites for a user that include websites that are relevant to the user based on browsing patterns of the user. In one or more embodiments, the frequent sites are generated from user-engagement data that indicates engagement by the user with websites identified in the user's browsing history. A web platform, e.g., a web browser, can display the frequent sites for the user in a frequent sites user interface container to enable the user to efficiently navigate to the websites that are relevant to the user by selection of websites from the frequent sites user interface container. Various embodiments describe other aspects of frequent sites based on browsing patterns, including multiple-device frequent sites, device-specific frequent sites, domain-specific frequent sites, URL-specific frequent sites, decaying of frequent sites, recent frequent sites, and contextual frequent sites. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379894 | USING DIFFERENT CONNECTIVITY CHECKS TO DETERMINE CAUSES OF CONNECTIVITY ISSUES - Connectivity is tested using different locations and contexts selected from different possible failure zones. The failure zones may include: client failure zones; Internet failure zones; and online service failure zones. The results relating to different connectivity tests performed using the different failure zones are correlated and analyzed in an attempt to determine a root cause of the connectivity issue. For example, the root cause may be determined to be a configuration problem of the client, a problem with the client's networking equipment, an ISP problem, an Internet backbone problem; a problem of the online service, and the like. Different contexts may also be used when performing the tests. These results may be compared to the other connectivity test results. The results from the tests may be provided to the client experiencing the problem. Aggregated test results may also be used to detect service wide issues and trigger an alert. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379895 | NETWORK EVENT PROCESSING AND PRIORITIZATION - The described implementations relate to processing of electronic data. One implementation is manifest as a system that can include an event analysis component and one or more processing devices configured to execute the event analysis component. The event analysis component can be configured to obtain multiple events that are generated by network devices in a networking environment. The event analysis component can also be configured to identify impactful events from the multiple events. The impactful events can have associated device-level or link-level impacts. The event analysis component can also be configured to determine one or more failure metrics for an individual impactful event. The one or more failure metrics can include at least a first redundancy-related failure metric associated with redundant failovers in the networking environment. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379896 | DISTRIBUTED LIVENESS REPORTING IN A COMPUTER NETWORK - In one embodiment, liveness reporting is performed using a distributed approach. The embodiments include a management node that is configured to receive a message containing an indication of activity or inactivity of one or more subject nodes, and determine which of the one or more subject nodes are active based on the received message. The indication is derived from one or more observer nodes observing network traffic of the one or more subject nodes. The embodiments further include one or more observer nodes configured to observe network traffic of the one or more subject nodes in the network, generate the message containing the indication of activity or inactivity of the one or more subject nodes, and transmit the message to the management node. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379897 | Low-Risk Deployment of Web Services - There are provided systems and methods for providing low-risk deployment of a web service. In one implementation, such a method includes testing the web service on one or more virtual machines assigned to a testing environment of the system, and reassigning the one or more virtual machines to a production environment of the system configured to service live traffic for the web service. The method also includes hosting the web service using the same one or more virtual machines used to test the web service. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379898 | VISUAL DIAGRAMMING TOOL FOR HARDWARE CONFIGURATIONS - A system and method for diagramming a remote hardware system. A method may include receiving data from a monitoring module about hardware components forming the remote hardware system, automatically organizing the data into a logical data structure, representative of the hardware components and communicative connections therebetween, and based on the logical data structure, automatically creating and outputting a visual diagram of the hardware components and the communicative connections therebetween to a display device, the diagram being a schematic representation of the remote hardware system's configuration. In one embodiment, connectivity errors may be automatically identified and flagged in the displayed diagram. Additionally, in some embodiments, the displayed diagram may be interactive, permitting manipulation of one or more of the hardware components or communicative connections therebetween. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379899 | AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT OF APPLICATION LAUNCH ENDPOINTS - The adjustment of a number of application launch endpoint servers that may be used to service incoming connection requests. Application launch endpoints are entities, such as running code, that may be used to launch other applications. Examples of endpoints include virtual machines or sessions in a session management server. The system load associated with the incoming connection rate and number of users is monitored. In response, an add threshold and a perhaps a remove threshold is calculated. If the system load rises above the add threshold, application launch endpoint server(s) are added to the set of endpoints that can handle incoming connection requests. If the system load falls below the remove threshold, application launch endpoint server(s) are removed from to the set of endpoints. The add and remove thresholds may be calculated per tenant, and adjusted based on tenant behavior. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379900 | CUMULATIVE NODE HEARTBEAT RELAY AGENTS IN CONSTRAINED COMPUTER NETWORKS - In one embodiment, a message instructing a particular node to act as a heartbeat relay agent is received at the particular node in a network. The particular node is selected to receive the message based on a centrality of the particular node. Heartbeat messages are then collected from child nodes of the particular node in the network. Based on the collected heartbeat messages, a heartbeat report is generated, and the report is transmitted to a collecting node in the network. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379901 | PROGRESSIVE DEPLOYMENT AND TERMINATION OF CANARY INSTANCES FOR SOFTWARE ANALYSIS - A data processing method, comprising: using computing apparatus, causing instantiating a plurality of baseline application instances that are running a first version of software, and one or more canary application instances that are running a second version of the software; using computing apparatus including a load balancer, causing selectively routing a first proportion of incoming requests to the baseline instances, and routing a second proportion of the incoming requests to the canary instances; monitoring the plurality of canary instances to collect performance data for performance metrics; determining that the performance data indicates a negative performance issue, and in response thereto: using computing apparatus, automatically updating the first proportion to be larger and updating the second proportion to be smaller, and then reconfiguring the load balancer based upon the first proportion and the second proportion; terminating one or more of the canary application instances. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379902 | CONFIDENCE SCORING OF DEVICE REPUTATION BASED ON CHARACTERISTIC NETWORK BEHAVIOR - The technology disclosed relates to detection of anonymous proxies and bots making requests to a cloud based resource on the Internet, such as a web server or an App server. The technology can leverage one or more of: instrumentation of web pages that samples response times and other characteristics of communications by a requestor device over multiple network segments; lack of prior appearance of the requestor device across multiple, independently operated commercial web sites; and resolver usage by the requestor. These signals can be analyzed to score a requesting device's reputation. A location reported by a user device can be compared to a network characteristic determined location. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379903 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RATE ADAPTATION IN MOTION PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP MEDIA TRANSPORT - Apparatus and methods for a Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) media transport (MMT) device for sending or receiving media content is provided. The MMT device comprises a memory unit and a controller. The controller is configured to measure an available bandwidth, receive fragments of a first encoded stream of the media content and fragments of a second encoded stream of the same media content based on the available bandwidth and a current transmission bandwidth. A mixed encoded stream comprises the fragments received from the first encoded stream and the fragments received from the second encoded stream. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379904 | TIME SERIES DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, TIME SERIES DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING TIME SERIES DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM - A time series data processing device for processing time series data that is a sequence of data received from a system that is a processing target over time includes a time series data search processing unit that receives, for details of the time series data and occurrence time information, a time series data search condition including events of a plurality of the time series data and an interval condition that is a condition of time intervals of the events occurring, and changes the interval condition using an allowable time lag that is allowable time of a set time lag in a transmission source of the time series data to thereby reflect the set time lag in the time series data search condition; and a data monitoring unit that monitors the time series data received from the system that is the processing target, using the time series data search condition changed by the time series data search processing unit. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379905 | NODE DEVICE AND NETWORK SYSTEM - A node device provided on a network has a log-information storage unit in which log information on the node device is stored, a control unit that performs processing of producing the log information during operation to store the log information in the log-information storage unit, a first sending and receiving unit that receives data from an outside of the node device and to send data to the outside of the node device, and a log processing unit that receives the data from the outside of the node device through the first sending and receiving unit and to perform processing of reading the log information from the log-information storage unit to cause the first sending and receiving unit to send the log information irrespective of the control unit when the received data comprises a log request command expressing a request for the log information. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379906 | METHOD FOR TRACKING USER INTERACTION WITH A WEB PAGE - The present invention relates to a method and a system for tracking user interaction between a user device ( | 2014-12-25 |
20140379907 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS USING NETWORK-ON-CHIP TECHNOLOGY AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A data processing apparatus which enables power saving in a NoC structure that is not limited in routing. The data processing apparatus has a plurality of data processing modules, which performs data processing, and a plurality of routers, which relays data transmission between the plurality of data processing modules. It is determined whether or not data is stored in a connected data processing module among the plurality of data processing modules, and according to a result of the determination, a power saving instruction or a wakeup interrupt is issued for the connected data processing module. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379908 | CLIENT IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEM THAT MONITORS SERVICE TIME REPORTED BY SERVER IN ORDER TO DETECT PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS AND AUTOMATICALLY ISSUE ALERTS - A client device in a distributed system sends a request to a server via a network and receives a service time duration from the server. The service time duration corresponds to time that the server spent servicing the request. A processor of the client device compares the service time duration with a dynamically generated service time threshold, and automatically issues one or more alert messages to a network operation center (NOC) when the service time duration is greater than the service time threshold. The service time threshold is dynamically calculated according to historic service time durations received from the server for a plurality of previous requests sent by the client device. The service time threshold is dynamically calculated according to historic service time durations of only previous requests of a same type as the request, where the previous requests sent by the client device are of a plurality of types. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379909 | Methods, Systems, And Computer Program Products For Providing Intelligent Monitoring Services - Methods, systems, and computer program products for intelligent monitoring services are provided. A method includes sampling data over a defined time period and calculating a normative value for the defined time period based on the sampled data. The method also includes monitoring incoming data, comparing a monitored value for the incoming data to the normative value, and generating a responsive action when the monitored value deviates from the normative value. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379910 | CONTROLLING BANDWIDTH ACROSS MULTIPLE USERS FOR INTERACTIVE SERVICES - Embodiments are directed to controlling bandwidth usage using a token-based crediting and debiting scheme and to allowing connections to temporarily exceed bandwidth allocations using token credits. In one scenario, a bandwidth managing service receives a request to establish a connection with a network. The connection is associated with various subscribers that are part of a subscription. The bandwidth managing service assigns tokens to the connection, which are distributed from a pool of tokens that represents a total available bandwidth for the network. The bandwidth managing service receives a data transfer request from a logical user to transfer data over the network connection, where the data transfer request includes at least some of the assigned tokens. The bandwidth managing service also allocates to the connection a specified amount of bandwidth commensurate with the number of assigned tokens provided in the data transfer request. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379911 | Network Activity Association System and Method - A method is provided for associating a networking device with a profile by analyzing a usage pattern of communicating over one or more network and comparing the usage pattern with a benchmark pattern of the profile. The method may authenticate the networking device that correlates with a profile within a threshold level of confidence. The method may identify the networking device using an address, such as a MAC address. The method may detect and analyze application usage for authentication. A system is provided for authenticating a networking device in accordance with the method. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379912 | RADIUS SESSION LIMIT PER SERVICE TYPE - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a policy server in a communication network. The method includes: receiving an access request message including a vendor class identifier describing a device requesting network access; determining a service type based on the vendor class identifier; determining whether adding an additional session exceeds a limit for the service type; and performing a management action responsive to the additional session exceeding the limit for the service type. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379913 | Managing Web Applications On Multi-Function Peripherals - A MFP includes a Web application and an encoded data generator that is configured to generate encoded access data for the Web application. The encoded access data is generated based upon access data that specifies data for accessing the Web application over a network. The generation of the encoded access data may be initiated in response to installation of the Web application on the MFP, in response to a change in configuration of the MFP or the Web application, or in response to the satisfaction of other criteria. Encoded access data may also be re-generated in response to a change to the access data for a Web application, a change to the configuration of an MFP, or in response to satisfaction of other criteria. The encoded access data for the Web application may be made available to users via a user interface of the MFP, printed by the MFP on a printed medium or transmitted to a client device of a user. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379914 | SERVICE CONSUMPTION BASED ON GAMIFICATION LEVEL CLASSIFICATION - Methods and systems of enabling service consumption based on gamification level classification are described. A request to use a first service of a service provider may be received from a user. A usage measure for the user and a first usage measure requirement for the first service of the service provider may be determined. The usage measure may be a measure of how much the user has used services of the service provider. It may be determined if the usage measure satisfies the first usage measure requirement. The user may be enabled to use the first service of the service provider in response to a determination that the usage measure satisfies the first usage measure requirement. The stored usage measure may be increased by a first amount in response to the user using the first service. The usage measure may be a level classification or a number of points. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379915 | CLOUD BASED DYNAMIC ACCESS CONTROL LIST MANAGEMENT ARCHITECTURE - In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving, by a router, network traffic having been generated by one or more client devices; parsing information from the network traffic; forwarding the information associated with the network traffic to an access control list management server; receiving, from the access control list management server, policy values describing an access control list policy associated with the network traffic; and implementing the policy values for enforcement of the access control list policy by the router. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379916 | METHODS AND GATEWAYS FOR PROCESSING DNS REQUEST - Methods and systems for processing Domain Name Service (DNS) request in a gateway with a plurality of WAN network interfaces. After receiving a first DNS request via one of network interfaces of the gateway, the gateway selects at least one DNS server and at least one access network and then transmits a plurality of new DNS requests to the selected at least one DNS server through the selected at least one access network and via one of network interfaces of the gateway. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379917 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus capable of displaying information acquired by accessing a web server, by using a web browser, includes a communication control part for receiving a cookie write request from an access destination accessed by the web browser, a discrimination part for discriminating whether the cookie write request is sent from the first type of access destination or from a second type of access destination, and a cookie control part for controlling processing on a cookie shared by a plurality of users. The cookie control part performs write operation of a predetermined cookie when the cookie control part receives the cookie write request from the second type of access destination. The cookie control part deletes the predetermined cookie at a timing when access to the second type of access destination is ended with access transition from the second type of access destination to the first type of access destination. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379918 | INTERNET CONNECTION USER COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A method for communicating in real-time to users of a provider of Internet access service, without requiring any installation or set-up by the user, that utilizes the unique identification information automatically provided by the user during communications for identifying the user to provide a fixed identifier which is then communicated to a redirecting device. Messages may then be selectively transmitted to the user. The system is normally transparent to the user, with no modification of its content along the path. Content then may be modified or replaced along the path to the user. For the purposes of establishing a reliable delivery of bulletin messages from providers to their users, the system forces the delivery of specially-composed World Wide Web browser pages to the user, although it is not limited to that type of data. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379919 | APPLYING A PLATFORM CODE LEVEL UPDATE TO AN OPERATIONAL NODE - Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for applying a platform code level update to update a source partition in a computing system. Computational resources in the computing system are allocated to a destination partition. A code load is applied to the destination partition to implement an updated platform code level comprising an update to the platform code level on the source partition while the source partition is operational and processing computing requests. Submission of new transactions to the source partition is blocked in response to applying the code load to the destination partition. An operational environment and system state at the source partition are migrated to the destination partition in response to blocking submission of new transactions to the source partition. Transactions are directed to the destination partition intended for the source partition in response to migrating the operational environment and system state to the destination partition. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379920 | Server Behavior Based on Paired Device Identification - A method on a server for providing content to a mobile device is provided. Paired device identity information associated with a device that has been paired to the mobile device is received. Content available from the server based upon the paired device identity information is determined and sent to the mobile device. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379921 | RESOURCE SILOS AT NETWORK-ACCESSIBLE SERVICES - Methods and apparatus for resource silos at network-accessible services are disclosed. A subset of resources used for a database service, including at least one resource from each of a plurality of data centers, is selected for membership in a resource silo based on grouping criteria. A silo routing layer node identifies the resource silo as the target silo to which a client work request is to be directed. The client work request is sent to a front-end resource of the target silo either by the client, or by the silo routing layer node on behalf of the client. The front-end resource of the target silo transmits a representation of the work request to a back-end resource of the target silo, where a work operation corresponding to request is performed. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379922 | EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF EXCESS SHARED-RESOURCE THROUGHPUT CAPACITY - Methods and apparatus for equitable distribution of excess shared-resource throughput capacity are disclosed. A first and a second work target are configured to access a shared resource to implement accepted work requests. Admission control is managed at the work targets using respective token buckets. A first metric indicative of the work request arrival rates at the work targets during a time interval, and a second metric associated with the provisioned capacities of the work targets are determined. A number of tokens determined based on a throughput limit of the shared resource is distributed among the work targets to be used for admission control during a subsequent time interval. The number of tokens distributed to each work target is based on the first metric and/or the second metric. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379923 | COMPONENTIZED PROVISIONING - A provisioning system can separately and independently provision different components for different purposes on a computing platform, and enforce component-specific purposes associated with the use of the individual provisioned components during operation of the platform. Some versions of the provisioning subsystem may operate on a virtualized mobile computing device and networked devices under control of the computing device. In some embodiments, the provisioning subsystem can enforce a desired “purpose” of a provisioned component while simultaneously denying a corresponding “anti-purpose.” | 2014-12-25 |
20140379924 | DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES WHILE CONSIDERING RESOURCE RESERVATIONS - Described herein are technologies relating to computing resource allocation among multiple tenants. Each tenant may have a respective absolute reservation for rate-based computing resources, which is independent of computing resource reservations of other tenants. The multiple tenants vie for the rate-based computing resources, and tasks are scheduled based upon which tenants submit the tasks and the resource reservations of such tenants. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379925 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERWORKING BETWEEN APP STORE SERVERS TO SHARE APPLICATION INFORMATION - An apparatus and method for interworking between a plurality of app store servers to share app information therebetween, which enables conventional app store servers to access app information of apps registered with each app store server through one app store server based on an open service interface. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379926 | Compute Followed by Network Load Balancing Procedure for Embedding Cloud Services in Software-Defined Flexible-Grid Optical Transport Networks - A method entails an efficient procedure, namely Compute followed by Network Load Balancing (CNLB), that first maps virtual nodes over physical nodes while balancing computational resources of different types, and finally, maps virtual links over physical routes while balancing network spectral resources | 2014-12-25 |
20140379927 | Network Followed by Compute Load Balancing Procedure for Embedding Cloud Services in Software-Defined Flexible-Grid Optical Transport Networks - A method for solving a cloud embedding problem includes first mapping virtual links over physical links followed by virtual nodes over physical nodes. The inventive method entails an efficient procedure, namely network followed by compute load balancing (NCLB), that first maps virtual links over physical links while balancing network resources, and finally, maps virtual nodes over physical nodes while balancing different types of computational resources. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379928 | METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING NETWORK USING DISTRIBUTED VIRTUAL SWITCH, APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME, AND NETWORK SYSTEM BASED ON DISTRIBUTED VIRTUAL SWITCH - Disclosed are a method for implementing a network using a distributed virtual switch, an apparatus performing the same, and a network system based on the distributed virtual switch. A method for implementing a network using a distributed virtual switch comprises implementing network control functions as a plurality of virtual machines; grouping the plurality of virtual machines into several groups according a preconfigured policy; and implementing at least one virtual machine belonging to a same group in a same server having a virtualization structure based on a distributed virtual switch. Thus, a mobile communication network may be implemented flexibly and efficiency of operating the network may be enhanced. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379929 | DATA TRANSPORT - A public network links a plurality of nodes, each associated with at least one network address. A transport network connects a plurality of routers, each of which is also connected to the public network. A database holds geographical location information associated with respective network addresses on the public network. The database is used to determine which of the routers is closest to geographical locations associated with the network addresses. Information is stored that identifies these closest routers. The information is suitable for use in a routing protocol for routing data packets through the transport network to a destination outside the transport network. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379930 | LOAD BALANCING IN CLOUD-BASED NETWORKS - A record of computing resources for a cloud computing environment and an additional cloud computing environment may be maintained. Available computing resources in the cloud computing environment and the additional cloud computing environment may be determinable from the record of computing resources. A request to instantiate a virtual machine in the cloud computing environment may be received. The virtual machine may be instantiated in the additional cloud computing environment in response to determining that the cloud computing environment lacks the available computing resources and inactive reserve resources to support the virtual machine. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379931 | WEBRTC DATA CHANNEL FACILITATING IMS SUPPORT OF RCS FEATURES - A gateway may be configured to establish a first data connection between the gateway device and a client device. The first data connection may be based on a Web Real-Time Communication application programming interface. The gateway may establish a second data connection between the gateway device and an Internet Protocol (“IP”) Multimedia Subsystem (“IMS”) core; and facilitate communications, that are based on a Rich Communication Services (“RCS”) standard, between the client device and the IMS core. Facilitating the communications may include outputting communications, that are based on communications received from the client device via the first data connection, to the IMS core via the second data connection, and outputting communications, that are based on communications received from the IMS core via the second data connection, to the client device via the first data connection. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379932 | SETTING UP COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A WEB APPLICATION AND A TERMINAL - A method and apparatus are provided for setting up a communications session between an instance of a web application installed in a terminal and a called entity. The method includes sending a first request for setting up a communications session between the application instance and the called entity, the first request being formulated in a first protocol; receiving a response indicating that it is not possible to route the first request, and sending a second request for setting up the communications session formulated in a second protocol. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379933 | HANDLING OF AUXILIARY NAS - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including: receiving, at the network device, a traffic message including an IP address; identifying the traffic message as belonging to a new session; generating a request message based on identifying the traffic message as belonging to a new session, wherein the request message includes the IP address; transmitting the request message to a policy server; and receiving, from the policy server, a policy message including a policy. Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including: receiving, at the policy server, a request message from a network device, the request message including a subscriber IP and a network device identifier; identifying a subscriber session associated with the IP address; recording the network device identifier in association with the subscriber session; retrieving a policy associated with the subscriber session; and transmitting the policy to the network device. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379934 | MANAGING A NETWORK CONNECTION FOR USE BY A PLURALITY OF APPLICATION PROGRAM PROCESSES - A method, system, and/or computer program product manages a network connection for use by a plurality of application program processes. A set of application program processes, which utilize a network connection, are categorized into a plurality of categories. An optimum network connection parameter value is identified for each category of application program processes. A network connection is established for use by the set of application program processes. A usage of the network connection is determined by each of the application program processes. A network connection parameter is set for the network connection dependent on a respective usage and optimum network connection parameters of the application program processes. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379935 | MOBILE DEVICE PERCEPTIVE AUDIO AND VIDEO QUALITY ANALYSIS USING ONBOARD TEST SIGNALS - Techniques described herein may use perceptual quality measurement techniques to test and/or evaluate communication sessions between mobile devices. A method may include receiving, by a mobile device and as part of an audio or video call with a second mobile device, a streamed version of a reference audio or video file; and reading a version of the reference audio or video file that was previously stored locally to the mobile device. The method may further include calculating, based on a comparison of the streamed version of the reference audio or video file to the version of the reference audio video file that was stored locally, a perceptual quality score for the streamed version of the reference audio or video file. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379936 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING INTERACTION ROUTING PERFORMANCE - An interaction router includes a computerized server executing a routing engine stored on a machine-readable medium, an interface at the server receiving information from an interaction switching element, the information regarding an interaction received at the switching element to be routed, an interface at the server to a wide area network (WAN), a function of the routing engine judging if one or more business-logic determinations are to be made to select a routing destination for the interaction, and a function for controlling the switch to route the interaction. If if one or more business-logic determinations are to be made, the routing engine requests the business-logic determination from a remote server over the WAN, and upon receiving the determination from the remote server, uses the determination in controlling the switching element to route the interaction. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379937 | Communications Scheduler - A system for providing communications over a communications network includes a communications interface and a processor. The communications interface communicates over the communications network. The processor directs a communications scheduler to determine at least one metric for a path within the communications network. The processor also selects a data flow for the path and determines whether to transmit a packet in the selected data flow based on the at least one metric. The processor then directs a communications protocol handler to generate the packet for the selected data flow. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379938 | HIERARCHICAL LOAD BALANCING IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - An example method for load balancing in a network environment is provided and includes receiving a packet from a first stage load-balancer in a network environment, where the packet is forwarded from the first stage load-balancer to one of a plurality of second stage load-balancers in the network according to a hash based forwarding scheme, and routing the packet from the second stage load-balancer to one of a plurality of servers in the network according to a per-session routing scheme. The per-session routing scheme includes retrieving a session routing state from a distributed hash table in the network. In a specific embodiment, the hash based forwarding scheme includes equal cost multi path routing. The session routing state can include an association between a next hop for the packet and the packet's 5-tuple representing a session to which the packet belongs. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379939 | SYSTEM AND METHODS OF INSTALLING AND OPERATING DEVICES WITHOUT EXPLICIT NETWORK ADDRESSES - A method of discovering addressing information of one or more upstream devices to respond to specific messages by a second device on behalf of the one or more upstream devices in a network includes acquiring the addressing information in an upstream direction from one or more downstream devices to the one or more upstream devices. The method further includes acquiring the addressing information in a downstream direction from the one or more upstream devices to the one or more downstream devices. The method further includes responding to specific messages using the acquired addressing information about the one or more upstream devices. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379940 | PERFORMANCE AND POWER MANAGEMENT FOR ROTATING DATA STORAGE DEVICE - A data storage device may generally be directed to a buffer that stores a plurality of command requests pending for a data storage medium and a processor that is configured to skip a first command request and execute a second command request in response to the second command request having an access latency within a first predetermined performance impact range and a power consumption within a second predetermined power savings range compared to the first command request. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379941 | RECEIVING DEVICE, TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a receiving device configured to receive a stream transmitted from a transmitting device connected by an MHL cable in compliance with an MHL standard, including, two or more HDMI terminals, to which the MHL cable is connected, two or more MHL processors, each configured to process signals of the stream input to the HDMI terminals in compliance with an MHL standard, and a switch configured to switch connection between the terminals and one of the MHL processors based on whether the MHL cable is connected thereto. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379942 | Computing Device and an Apparatus Having Sensors Configured for Measuring Spatial Information Indicative of a Position of the Computing Devices - Sensor fusion algorithm techniques are described. In one or more embodiments, behaviors of a host device and accessory devices are controlled based upon an orientation of the host device and accessory devices, relative to one another. A combined spatial position and/or orientation for the host device may be obtained based on raw measurements that are obtained from at least two different types of sensors. In addition, a spatial position and/or orientation for an accessory device is ascertained using one or more sensors of the accessory device. An orientation (or position) of the accessory device relative to the host computing device may then be computed based on the combined spatial position/orientation for the host computing device and the ascertained spatial position/orientation for the accessory device. The relative orientation that is computed may then be used in various ways to control behaviors of the host computing device and/or accessory device. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379943 | MEASURING PERFORMANCE OF STORAGE SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for measuring performance of a storage system. The method comprises: causing one or more entities to execute a task set comprising multiple tasks, each of the multiple tasks being used for accessing the storage system; obtaining an indicator set of the storage system based on a result of the execution, the indicator set comprising one or more indicators for indicating performance of the storage system; and adjusting the task set based on the indicator set, for subsequent execution by the one or more entities. The method can be executed iteratively. By means of the present invention, workloads for the next round's execution can be intelligently improved according to execution results after each round's execution of workloads, so that performance of the storage system can be obtained more pertinently and efficiently so as to better utilize the storage system. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379944 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOVERING HIGHER SPEED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DEVICES - A method of operating a device is disclosed. The method includes attempting communication between the device and a separate connecting device. The attempt utilizes a first resistance and determines whether communication is able to occur at a higher speed mode or lower speed mode. If communication is able to occur at the higher speed mode, using the first resistance, communication continues at the higher speed mode. If communication is not able to occur at the higher speed mode, another attempt through a second resistance is tried. The method again includes determining whether communication is able to occur at the higher speed mode through the second resistance. If communication is able to occur at the higher speed mode through the second resistance, communication continues at the higher speed mode. If communication is not able to occur at the higher speed mode, communication stays at the lower speed mode. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379945 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VECTOR-BASED SIGNAL ROUTING - An apparatus includes a memory, and a control circuit. The memory stores a vector that identifies a signal that is to be provided by an input/output (I/O) interface to a peripheral and indicates a time value. The control circuit is adapted to process the vector and route the identified signal to the peripheral and regulate a time that the signal is routed to the peripheral based on the time value. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379946 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INPUT SHARING BETWEEN MULTIPLE DEVICES - An apparatus may include a processor arranged to receive an input signal from an input device and a first event conversion module. The first event conversion module may receive an input event from the input device as an operating system (OS)-specific event arranged in a format operable by a first operating system, convert the OS-specific event into a converted event having an OS-independent format, and dispatch the converted event for processing. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379947 | METHOD AND ARCHITECTURE FOR HIGHLY SCALABLE DATA STORAGE - An invention is provided for highly scalable data storage. The invention includes a logical storage device having a logical device queue, where the logical device queue includes a plurality of command slots for storing input/output commands. Also included is a plurality of I/O worker processes, each associated with a command slot of the logical device queue, and a logical device queue process which is associated with the logical storage device. When a command is placed in the logical device queue, the logical device queue process provides an index for the command to an I/O worker process associated with the command slot storing the command. The I/O worker process then obtains the command from the logical device queue and facilitates completion of the command. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379948 | PROVIDING INDIRECT DATA ADDRESSING IN AN INPUT/OUTPUT PROCESSING SYSTEM WHERE THE INDIRECT DATA ADDRESS LIST IS NON-CONTIGUOUS - A computer program product for processing input/output (I/O) data is provided for performing a method, which includes receiving a control word having an indirect data address including a starting location of a list of storage addresses, gathering the data and transmitting gathered data to a control unit in the I/O processing system. Gathering includes accessing an entry of the list, the entry located at an entry storage location and including an address. Based on the entry of the list indicating that the address is a data address, data is gathered from a data storage location, and a next entry of the list is accessed. Based on the entry of the list indicating that the address is an address of a next entry of the list, the next entry of the list is obtained from another storage location that is located non-contiguously to the entry storage location. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379949 | DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, SLAVE, AND MASTER - A data communication system includes a master and a slave. The master transmits a first subject signal including a first subject data to the slave via a transmission line. The slave extracts a clock signal from the first subject signal by performing a clock data recovery process and determines the first subject data based on the first subject signal. The slave transmits a second subject signal including a second subject data to the master during an existing period of the first subject signal without interfering an extracting of the clock signal and a determination of the first subject data. The master receives the second subject signal and cancels a waveform component of the first subject signal from a waveform of the second subject signal, and then determines the second subject data based on the second subject signal. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379950 | MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS BY USING A HIERARCHY OF AUTONOMIC MANAGEMENT ELEMENTS - A method and system for managing a computing system by using a hierarchy of autonomic management elements are described. The autonomic management elements operate in a master-slave mode and negotiate a division of management responsibilities regarding various components of the computing system. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379951 | SYSTEM AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an external device includes a switching module configured to switch an external display, which is to be connected to a port of a display control circuit in an information processing device, between first and second external displays connected to the external device. A controller detects a state of a first detection signal representing whether or not a first external display is connected to the external device and a state of a second detection signal representing whether or not a second external display is connected to the external device. The controller controls the switching module based on the detected states of the first and second detection signals and a display priority. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379952 | TABLET ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A tablet electronic device configured to electrically connect to a portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a first connecting interface and a processing module. The tablet electronic device includes a body and a touch panel. The body includes a second connecting interface connected to the first connecting interface. The touch panel is disposed in the body to generate a touch signal after a touch, and when the portable electronic device is connected to the tablet electronic device, the touch panel displays information of the portable electronic device. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379953 | CONTINUOUS IN-MEMORY ACCUMULATION OF HARDWARE PERFORMANCE COUNTER DATA - In-memory accumulation of hardware counts in a computer system is carried out by continuously sending count values from full-speed hardware counter units to a memory controller. A sending unit periodically samples performance data from the hardware counter units, and transmits count values to a bus interface for an interconnection bus which communicates with the memory controller. The memory controller responsively updates an accumulated count value stored in system memory using the current count value, e.g., incrementing the accumulated count value. A count value can be sent with a pointer to a memory location and an instruction on how the location is to be updated. The instruction may be an atomic read-modify-write operation, and the memory controller can include a dedicated arithmetic logic unit to carry out that operation. A data harvester can then be used to harvest accumulated count values by reading them from a table in system memory. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379954 | RELAY DEVICE, COMMUNICATION HARNESS, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided are a relay device where a routing table can be replaced in order to accommodate diverse relay variations and the storage capacity of the routing table can be saved, a communication harness including the relay device and a communication system including the relay device. In the relay device, a routing program for a CPU to execute relay processing and a routing table for identifying the relay destination by the relay processing are stored in an information rewritable flash memory. The routing table includes a first table that manages whether the CAN message is to be relayed or not, a second table storing the received CAN message, a third table storing the CAN message to be transmitted (relayed), a fourth table that manages the signal storage position, and a fifth table that manages the number of effective records in the second to fourth tables. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379955 | MEMORY MIRRORING AND REDUNDANCY GENERATION FOR HIGH AVAILABILITY - A virtualization based system comprises a host and a plurality of virtual machines that may each comprises a guest memory. A virtual machine monitor has access to underlying platform hardware in the system and may control physical resources in the platform. The platform hardware comprises a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. Further, the VMM may manage guest software including guest operating systems running on the virtual machines. A binary translation logic may replace guest memory writing instructions corresponding to a hot spot in guest application with translated codes to generate a mirrored content for the guest memory. The binary translation logic may combine one or more of the guest memory writing instructions in a region and keep the region atomic. The processor may execute the translated codes in an atomic region together to write a content in the guest memory and a mirrored content in a mirroring memory. The VMM may allocate a memory region in the host memory for the mirroring memory. The guest memory comprises one or more guest memory pages and the mirroring memory may comprise one or more mirroring memory pages. The VMM may add an offset to a virtual address of a guest memory page to obtain a virtual address of a mirroring memory page. The VMM may manage or emulate a guest page table comprising a mapping between virtual address to guest physical addresses for the guest memory. The VMM may synchronize a shadow page table with the mapping in the guest page table. The shadow page table comprises a mapping of virtual addresses to host physical addresses for the guest memory and a mapping of virtual addresses to host physical addresses for the mirroring page. Upon a memory failure in the guest memory page, the VMM may restore the content of the corrupted guest memory page from the mirroring memory page. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379956 | MANAGING A TRANSLATION LOOKASIDE BUFFER - Method and apparatus for managing a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) at hardware in a virtualization enabled system. According to embodiments of the present invention, a series of operations caused by TLB miss would not need intervening from the hypervisor. On the contrary, when a TLB miss occurs, the hardware directly issues an interrupt to a virtual machine. In this way, the TLB can be efficiently managed by means of a hardware-level auxiliary translation table. Therefore, system overheads can be greatly reduced and system performance can be improved. Methods and apparatuses associated with hardware, hypervisor, and virtual machine in a virtualization enabled system are disclosed, respectively. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379957 | Firmware Storage and Maintenance - A mechanism is provided for improved firmware storage and maintenance. For each master device in a plurality of master devices: an amount of flash memory space required by the master device is identified and the amount of Flash memory space from a Flash component is allocated to the master device as a virtual Flash memory allocation. An initial sector location of the virtual Flash memory allocation in a data structure is recorded as an offset into the Flash component and a length of the virtual Flash memory allocation and device information is also recorded in the data structure. Data that allows the master device to boot up is then loaded into the virtual Flash memory allocation. | 2014-12-25 |
20140379958 | Firmware Storage and Maintenance - A mechanism is provided for improved firmware storage and maintenance. For each master device in a plurality of master devices: an amount of Flash memory space required by the master device is identified and the amount of Flash memory space from a Flash component is allocated to the master device as a virtual Flash memory allocation. An initial sector location of the virtual Flash memory allocation in a data structure is recorded as an offset into the Flash component and a length of the virtual Flash memory allocation and device information is also recorded in the data structure. Data that allows the master device to boot up is then loaded into the virtual Flash memory allocation. | 2014-12-25 |