| 05th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 72 |
| Patent application number | Title | Published |
|---|
| 20160036657 | DEEP PACKET INSPECTION (DPI) AWARE CLIENT STEERING AND LOAD BALANCING IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN) INFRASTRUCTURE - Methods and systems are described for intelligently steering client devices operating in an enterprise network system to an appropriate access point based on types of traffic on each client device and/or types of traffic on access points. In particular, client devices may be moved to a different access point when the wireless channel provided by a current access point fails to meet the signal strength requirements of latency sensitive traffic utilized by the client device. Client devices may be further steered to new access points based on load conditions on access points. For example, client devices with low priority traffic sessions may be steered away from access points with high traffic load levels. Accordingly, the methods and systems described herein ensure improved network access for latency sensitive access categories and/or access categories that are considered important to an enterprise system with minimal disruptions to these sessions. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036658 | METHOD FOR TESTING A MOBILITY DEVICE - A method for performing a real time testing of a mobility device located at a remote location using a test framework communicatively coupled with the mobility device by means of either a TCP/IP protocol or a UDP protocol, and configured to execute a client application is provided. A server application receives a remote command is received from the client application, for retrieving a test information. The test information is generated by communicating with an operating system of the mobility device, in response to the remote command. The test information includes information related to the operating system, the server application, and screenshot of a region of interest area on a display unit of the mobility device. The test information is compressed using a custom compressor, and is sent to the client application. Further, tests are performed by a test system based on the received test information from the test framework. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036659 | Port Mirroring for Sampling Measurement of Network Flows - Mechanisms are provided for analyzing data traffic through a network. The mechanisms sample data packets of a data flow through a normal port of a network forwarding device of the network. The sampling is performed at least by configuring the network forwarding device to implement port mirroring of the normal port to a designated mirror port of the network forwarding device. The mechanisms forward sampled data packets, copied to the mirror port by virtue of the port mirroring, to a collector computing device. The mechanisms process, by the collector computing device, the sampled data packets to analyze the data flow through the normal port of the network forwarding device. The mechanisms perform, by the collector computing device, an operation based on results of the analysis. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036660 | Dynamic Audio/Video Channel Bonding - A data communication architecture delivers a wide variety of content, including audio and video content, to consumers. The architecture employs channel bonding to deliver more bandwidth than any single communication channel can carry. In some implementations, the communication architecture communicates content according to an initial bonding configuration. The communication architecture may adjust the bonding configuration to adapt to bonding environment changes affecting the communication capabilities or requirements associated with transmitting the content. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036661 | REVISING CONNECTION STRENGTHS IN A SOCIAL GRAPH - During a feedback technique, a system that provides a social network requests feedback regarding an initial connection strength associated with an edge between two nodes in the social graph, which are associated with an entity and a counterparty, respectively. Note that the social graph represents interactions among users of the social network. Based on the feedback, the system determines a directional asymmetry between revised connection strengths received from the entity and the counterparty. Then, the system performs a remedial action based on the determined directional asymmetry, such as adjusting the connection strength of the edge. In addition, the remedial action may include: feedback about an accuracy of the initial connection strength, estimating a power distance between the entity and the counterparty, and/or encouraging interaction between the entity and the counterparty. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036662 | Communication Visualization System - A communication visualization system includes a wireless power-feeding device for transmitting electromagnetic energy in a wireless manner and a communication visualization device for notifying that a LAN cable connected to an information communication apparatus is performing information communication. The communication visualization device includes an antenna part for receiving the electromagnetic energy transmitted from the wireless power-feeding device, a rectifier circuit for rectifying the electromagnetic energy received by the antenna part to generate a DC voltage, an amplifier circuit for amplifying a communication signal transferred to the communication cable at the time of information communication by using the DC voltage generated by the rectifier circuit as operation power, a rectifier circuit for converting the amplified communication signal into a DC voltage, and a light-emitting circuit for emitting light when the DC voltage after conversion is supplied. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036663 | METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR GENERATING A MODEL OF NETWORK APPLICATION HEALTH - Provided are methods and computer program products for generating a model of network application health. Methods may include receiving activity data that corresponds to activities of multiple applications that are operable to execute on at least one networked device, and combining the received activity data to remove redundant portions thereof and/or to reconcile inconsistencies therein. Based on the received activity data, ones of the multiple applications are identified, and relationships between the identified applications are determined. A model is generated including the identified applications and the relationships therebetween, and a representation of the model is displayed. Related computer program products are also provided. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036664 | CONTINUED DEEP PACKET INSPECTION CLASSIFICATION AFTER ROAMING - A non-transitory computer readable medium when executed by one or more devices, causes performance of operations including forwarding, by a network device, a set of messages corresponding to a particular connection to a server, the set of messages being forwarded between a client device and a server via the network device, receiving, by the network device, a copy of a second set of messages corresponding to the particular connection that are transmitted between the client device and the server via without being transmitted through the network device, and analyzing, by the network device, both sets of messages to obtain a classification associated with the particular connection to the server. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036665 | DATA VERIFICATION BASED UPGRADES IN TIME SERIES SYSTEM - A time series system is updated using a data-verification system. The aggregation system may include one or more aggregators. When an upgrade is appropriate, a shadow aggregator may be added to the set of active aggregators. Metrics are provided from one or more collectors to an active aggregator. The shadow aggregator may receive the metrics intended for a particular aggregator, process the metric, and then pass the metric to the intended aggregator for processing. After a period of time, the shadow aggregator data is verified against the intended aggregator data. If the shadow aggregator data is verified, the shadow aggregator becomes an active aggregator and processes data as normal. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036666 | INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION TERMINAL - An information sharing system includes a first information terminal, an information processing apparatus capable of displaying an image providable from the first information terminal, and a second information terminal. The information processing apparatus includes a shutdown detector to detect a shutdown of data communication between the information processing apparatus and the first information terminal, and a reporting unit to report the shutdown of the data communication between the information processing apparatus and the first information terminal to the second information terminal when the shutdown detector detects the shutdown of the data communication. The first information terminal includes a shutdown detector to detect a shutdown of the data communication between the first information terminal and the information processing apparatus, and a reporting unit to report the shutdown of the data communication between the first information terminal and the information processing apparatus to the second information terminal. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036667 | CUSTOMIZED DEPLOYMENT IN INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - According to certain aspects, an information management system may be configured to: receive system information relating to one or more data storage requirements associated with a first user; access an electronic database containing deployment configuration rules usable in determining information management cell configurations; generate a recommended deployment configuration for an information management cell associated with the first user based at least in part on the system information and the deployment configuration rules; receive computing infrastructure information relating to computer hardware components within the information management cell that are available for use in implementing the recommended deployment configuration; and generate an installation script for the information management cell based at least in part on the recommended deployment configuration and the computing infrastructure information. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036668 | ADAPTIVE CENTRALIZED COLLECTION OF PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT DATA USING A METAMODEL - A method is provided for obtaining performance measurements via metamodels streamed from multiple types and models of network devices connected to a network. The method comprises installing a generic collection agent on a server connected to the network, retrieving the metamodels from the network devices by the collection agent, storing the metamodels in a collection of metamodels on the server to be accessed by the collection agent and the network devices, analyzing the metamodels to provide the network devices with addressing information, streaming the performance measurements from the network devices to the collection agent using the addressing information, and analyzing and storing the performance measurements for later use. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036669 | SELECTION OF MESSAGE PASSING COLLECTIVES IN PRESENCE OF SYSTEM NOISE - Consideration of system jitter in selecting a “message passing collectives algorithm” used in a message passing interface. A set of multiple message passing collectives algorithms are ranked against each other with at least some consideration of relative jitter-related performance as between the algorithms. The consideration of jitter includes consideration of “system jitter” (OS jitter and/or network jitter). In some embodiments, multiple rankings are performed for different levels of system jitter. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036670 | DETECTION OF OUTAGE IN CLOUD BASED SERVICE USING SYNTHETIC MEASUREMENTS AND ANONYMIZED USAGE DATA - Outage detection in a cloud based service is provided using synthetic measurements and anonymized usage data of the cloud based service. Synthetic measurements and usage data are processed through a shared aggregator to generate aggregated data. The synthetic measurements and the usage data are analyzed through a decision tree to correlate an outage based on the synthetic measurements and the usage data. A confidence value is assigned to the outage. An alert is generated that includes information associated with the outage and the confidence value. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036671 | FAILURE ANALYSIS IN CLOUD BASED SERVICE USING SYNTHETIC MEASUREMENTS - A failure analysis of a cloud based service is provided using synthetic measurements of the cloud based service. The synthetic measurements associated with a customer experience is executed on the cloud based service to determine a health of the cloud based service. The synthetic measurements simulate the customer experience which includes a use scenario of a customer of the cloud based service. Failures associated with the health of the cloud based service are aggregated, where the failures are detected from the synthetic measurements. A distribution is generated from the failures. The distribution is presented to a stakeholder. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036672 | TESTING BY SIMULATION USING VARIATIONS OF REAL-TIME TRAFFIC - A system with at least one device including a hardware processor, performs the steps of receiving, by the system, a packet from a second system to be transmitted to a third system, forwarding, by the system to the third system, the packet received from the second system; modifying a portion of the packet to obtain a modified packet that falsely identifies a fourth system as a source of the modified packet, and transmitting, by the system to the third system, the modified packet identifying the fourth system as the source of the modified packet. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036673 | METHOD AND NETWORK ENTITY FOR EVALUATING A LINK BETWEEN A FIRST NETWORK NODE AND A SECOND NETWORK NODE - A method and a network entity for evaluating a link between a first and a second network node are disclosed. The link is configured to carry data packets between the network nodes via a third network node. The link comprises a first segment and a second segment. The network entity obtains an indication of a measurement tool to be used in a measurement session for evaluation of the link. The network entity selects a mathematical model based on the indication. The network entity generates measurement values by executing the measurement session. The network entity determines a first and a second value relating to lost data packets of the first and second segments, respectively, based on the measurement values and the selected mathematical model. The network entity identifies at least one of the first and second segments based the first and second values. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036674 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSYEM, CONTROL METHOD OF THE SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND WIRELESS COMMUNITATION BASE STATION - A wireless communication terminal ( | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036675 | IDENTIFYING A BOTTLENECK IN A DATA TRANSFER - A system, methods and apparatus are provided for determining the locus of a bottleneck in a data transfer between a data receiver (e.g., a client device) and a data sender (e.g., a computer server). The locus may be one of a receiver realm encompassing the data receiver (especially a receiver application that consumes the data), a sender realm encompassing the data sender (especially a sender application that produces the data), and a communication link realm that encompasses the communication link(s) over which the data are conveyed (and possibly network-layer protocols and lower that use the communication link(s)). A monitor entity may employ a state-machine model to represent and track progress of a given data transfer between states, using information collected from the data receiver and data sender to identify state transitions. Given a time at which a transfer was delayed or halted, the monitor outputs the locus of the problem. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036676 | Algorithm for Latency Saving Calculation in a Piped Message Protocol on Proxy Caching Engine - Methods and systems for determining latency in a communication network may be provided. A plurality of commands may be sent in the communication network. A response may be received for each of the plurality of commands from the communication network. A pipeline round trip time may be calculated for each of the plurality of commands based on a time of the response for each of the plurality of commands. A total round trip time for the plurality of commands may be calculated based on the calculated pipeline round trip time. A time saving may be calculated for at least one of the plurality of commands serviced locally. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036677 | MONITORING DEVICE USAGE - Monitoring a level of utilization is provided. An initial numerical range based, at least in part, on a count of service channels of a device is determined. A candidate numerical range, defined by an upper value and a lower value, based, at least in part, on the initial numerical range, is determined. A level of utilization of a first measurement interval of the device is estimated by: repeatedly updating the lower value and the upper value based, at least in part, on the level of utilization, until the lower value and the upper value differ less than a pre-determined threshold; and determining an estimated level of utilization based, at least in part, on the lower value and the upper value. The estimated level of utilization is reported. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036678 | NETWORK RESOURCE MONITORING - According to an example of the present disclosure, a service template providing a service may be found according to type of the service. A resource zone matching the service template may be found from a resource pool. A network resource matching a service unit in the service template may be found from the resource zone. A network parameter configured for the service unit may be sent to the network resource. Usage state information of the network resource may be updated. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036679 | Predicting the Future State of a Mobile Device User - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving first data indicating a current usage of a mobile device by a user. The method includes accessing second data associated with past user states of the user, where each user state corresponds to a temporal, spatial, or modal accessibility of the user. A future user state of the user is determined based on a weighted set of predictor functions, each predictor function comprising a machine-learned algorithm for a particular user state. The probability of each user state is based on past user states of the second data, wherein each past user state is weighted by a decay factor based on the corresponding time. One of the user states is selected as the future user state, and the operation of the mobile device is adapted at a future time to account for that future user state. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036680 | PACKET MONITORING METHOD, PACKET MONITORING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A packet monitoring method includes storing acquisition time indicating time when a packet including the transmission source information and the destination information is obtained lastly, and a first counter value into a first memory, in association with a combination of transmission source information and destination information of a plurality of packets; receiving a first packet; extracting acquisition time associated with a combination of transmission source information and destination information included in the first packet from the first memory; determining whether a time period from the extracted acquisition time to acquisition time of the first packet is shorter than a predetermined time; and increasing the first counter value stored in the first memory and associated with the combination of transmission source information and destination information included in the first packet by a predetermined value when it is determined that the time period is shorter than the predetermined time. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036681 | SELF-FORMING NETWORK - A connected computer may be operated as node by inspecting communications from other nodes that pass through that node. From the communications, two or more pointers may be determined for the given node. These pointers may include a first pointer identified by a default designation that links the given node to a first node in the network, and a second pointer to another node. The second pointer may be identified by a determination that a designated criteria has been satisfied after the given node is placed on the network. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036682 | DIAGNOSTIC HEARTBEAT THROTTLING - A method, system, and computer program product for a diagnostic heartbeat throttling are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A component, executing using a processor and a memory in a data processing system, sends diagnostic heartbeat packets over a communication link at a first rate, wherein a diagnostic heartbeat packet is a packet comprises a header, a set of heartbeat parameters, and a set of diagnostic attributes. The component detects a change in data traffic over the communication link. The component changes a rate of sending diagnostic heartbeat packets from the first rate to a second rate responsive to the change in the data traffic over the communication link. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036683 | SYNTHETIC CLIENT - A system with a device including a hardware processor is configured to perform operations: receiving, by the device, a message over a wired medium, wherein the message has a frame including (a) a MAC address as a source MAC address for the frame and (b) a second MAC address as a destination MAC address for the frame, extracting, by the device, the frame from the message received over the wired medium, and wirelessly transmitting, by the device, the frame without modifying the source MAC address and without modifying the destination MAC address. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036684 | Method And Apparatus To Provide Both High Speed And Low Speed Signaling From The High Speed Transceivers On An Field Programmable Gate Array - A programmable logic device, such as a field programmable gate array (FPGA), is disclosed that allows for both high speed and low speed signal processing using the existing high speed transceiver. The programmable logic of the device may be programmed to include a sampling logic block that determines the low speed bit patterns from a device under test (DUT). The logic may further include a bit replication logic block that replicates bits such that the output of the device's high speed transceiver looks like a low speed signal to the DUT. The device, therefore, can communicate with the DUT at both the high and low speeds without the need for intermediate hardware. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036685 | Concurrency Method For Forecasting Impact Of Speed Tiers On Consumption - A forecast model processes performance data from a site, e.g., a cable modem termination system (CMTS), to obtain a set of concurrency equations for existing speed tiers that is based on an observed subscriber bandwidth for the site. A new set of concurrency equations is obtained for new speed tiers so that a new subscriber bandwidth can be predicted for the new speed tiers. Based on the new subscriber bandwidth, expected subscriber growth, and changes in data consumption, the site is reconfigured with additional ports based on the forecast. This process can be repeated for the other sites. Sites may be grouped together based on the observed subscriber bandwidth. A new subscriber bandwidth may be predicted for the group with the new speed tiers so that additional ports can be configured for each of the sites in the group. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036686 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SERVICE REQUESTS USING LOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS - Systems and methods for processing service requests using logical environments. One of the methods includes receiving, by a router in a communication service provider system, a user service request from a first communication device; determining, by the router, an identifier of a first user of the communication service provider system associated with the first incoming service request; determining, by the router, a logical environment for the first user, wherein the logical environment for the first user identifies a plurality of components of the communication service provider system used to process service requests associated with the first user; identifying, by the router, a first application cluster of a first version of an application identified in the logical environment for the first user; and routing, by the router, the first incoming service request for processing by the first application cluster of the first version of the application. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036687 | Inter-Medium Bridging With Inter-Domain Routing And Multi-Medium Domain Coordination - Various embodiments of inter-medium bridging are described. In one aspect, a method may involve a plurality of inter-domain bridging devices transmitting a message that describes inter-domain routing capability of the inter-domain bridging devices to a respective domain master of each of a plurality domains to which the inter-domain bridging devices are connected. The method may also involve the plurality of domain masters exchanging messages that describe the inter-domain routing capability of the plurality of inter-domain bridging devices connected to the respective domain of each domain master. The method may further involve each domain master determining one of the domain masters to serve as a global domain master for calculating inter-domain routing paths. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036688 | PREVENTING A LOOP IN A VERTICAL STACK NETWORK - According to an example, a Port Extender (PE) device is bundled with a Core Backbone (CB) device to prevent a loop in a vertical stack network including the PE device and the CD device. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036689 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING RESPONSE TIME IN INFORMATION-CENTRIC NETWORKS - A method for reducing response times in an information-centric network includes receiving an indication from an ingress node of a content object entering a network, the content object associated with a new delivery flow through the network. An egress node in the network for the content object and a size of the content object are identified. A backlog and bandwidth for the new delivery flow is determined based in part on the size of the content object. Backlogs and bandwidths for existing delivery flows in the network are determined. A set of candidate paths in the network for the new delivery flow from the ingress node to the egress node is determined. For each candidate path, a total response time is estimated for completion of all delivery flows for each candidate path based on the backlog and bandwidth. The candidate path having the lowest total response time is selected for the new delivery flow. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036690 | DISTRIBUTING NON-UNICAST ROUTES INFORMATION IN A TRILL NETWORK - The present invention discloses a method for processing non-unicast routes information in a TRILL network and a corresponding RBridge, wherein the RBridge has a neighbor relation with a plurality of other RBridges in the TRILL network, and the RBridge is the RBridge which computes non-unicast routes information in the neighbor relation, and in the method, the RBridge executes steps of: sending an acknowledgement message to the plurality of other RBridges, wherein the acknowledgement message acknowledges that the RBridge is the RBridge which computes the non-unicast routes information; obtaining a network topology related to the non-unicast routes information in the TRILL network; computing the non-unicast routes information based on the network topology; and distributing the computed non-unicast routes information to the plurality of other RBridges. The method and the corresponding RBridge are capable of reducing consumption of CPU resource of RBridges in the TRILL network. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036691 | ADAPTOR IMPLEMENTATION FOR INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESS AND PORT HOPPING - A system and method of deploying a network hopping adaptor is disclosed. In some embodiments, a network hopping adaptor may be configured to manipulate network traffic so as to change at least one network characteristic of the network traffic, and at least one network interface of a machine selected from a group of machines may be configured to send the network traffic to the network hopping adaptor. The network hopping adaptor may manipulate such characteristics as an IP address, a port number, an encryption algorithm or a compression algorithm. The group of machines may be deployed as virtual machines being executed by a virtualization server, and the network hopping adaptor may be implemented on another virtual machine being executed by the virtualization server. Alternatively, or in addition, the group of machines or the network hopping adaptor may be implemented as physical machines. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036692 | Propagating Routing Awareness for Autonomous Networks - Techniques for propagating routing awareness for autonomous networks are described. In at least some embodiments, routing awareness refers to attributes of autonomous networks that route communication sessions between different endpoints. According to various embodiments, routing awareness indicates whether a particular autonomous network supports a protocol for propagating routing awareness among different autonomous networks. Routing awareness may also include performance attributes of autonomous networks. Such routing awareness enables entities involved in routing communication sessions to make informed decisions regarding routing and handling of communication sessions. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036693 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENSURING RELIABILITY OF UNICAST VIDEO STREAMING AT A VIDEO STREAMING PLATFORM - A method implemented in an electronic device serving as a stream distributor distributing unicast video and audio streams of a streaming platform system is disclosed. The stream distributor receives a unicast data flow containing data of a video and audio stream from a load balancer, the unicast data flow being transmitted in user datagram protocol (UDP) packets. The method includes the electronic device detecting initiation of a maintenance activity on a virtual machine or its host associated with the stream distributor. The method includes the electronic device indicating a failure mode of the stream distributor, where the failure mode indication is to cause the load balancer to switch the unicast data flow to an alternate stream distributor. The method also includes the electronic device detecting a completion of the load balancer switching the unicast data flow to the alternate stream distributor, and halting the distribution of the unicast data flow. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036694 | CONTINUITY CHECK PROTOCOL OPTIMIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A Continuity Check (CC) protocol optimization method in a switch includes operating a plurality of CC sessions with a peer switch, wherein, for CC intervals, N sessions of the plurality CC sessions are set to a short interval and M sessions of the plurality of CC sessions are set to a long interval, wherein N and M are integers; switching a first session of the N sessions with a second session of the M sessions based on one of a fault and user provisioning; and exchanging the CC intervals between the first session and the second session subsequent to the switching. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036695 | Self-bootstrapping BFD session over MPLS LSP - A method is implemented by a network device in a network implementing penultimate hop popping (PHP) for Internet Protocol (IP)/Multi-Protocol Label Swapping (MPLS). The network has a plurality of nodes. The method establishes a bi-directional forwarding detection (BFD) session between an active node and a passive node of an MPLS label switched path (LSP) without an out of band bootstrapping process. In this method the network device is the passive node. The passive node generates a My Discriminator for the passive node, where the Your Discriminator is empty and the source label and My Discriminator are known to the passive node. The passive node sends further BFD control packets to the active node that include the generated My discriminator for the passive node. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036696 | Processor with Messaging Network Technology - An advanced processor comprises a plurality of multithreaded processor cores each having a data cache and instruction cache. A data switch interconnect is coupled to each of the processor cores and configured to pass information among the processor cores. A messaging network is coupled to each of the processor cores and a plurality of communication ports. In one aspect of an embodiment of the invention, the data switch interconnect is coupled to each of the processor cores by its respective data cache, and the messaging network is coupled to each of the processor cores by its respective message station. Advantages of the invention include the ability to provide high bandwidth communications between computer systems and memory in an efficient and cost-effective manner. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036697 | HETEROGENEOUS OVERLAY NETWORK TRANSLATION FOR DOMAIN UNIFICATION - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving first overlay network traffic via a first input overlay tunnel at a multi-protocol virtual tunnel end point (VTEP) implemented in an accelerated network interface card (NIC) of a server. The method also includes routing the first overlay network traffic to a second overlay network tunnel which adheres to a second overlay network protocol in response to a determination that a destination of the first overlay network traffic is specified as the second overlay network tunnel. Moreover, the method includes receiving second overlay network traffic via the first input overlay tunnel at the multi-protocol VTEP. The method also includes bridging the second overlay network traffic to a first destination overlay network tunnel terminated at the multi-protocol VTEP in response to a determination that a destination of the second overlay network traffic is specified as the first destination overlay network tunnel. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036698 | PROVIDING EXPLICIT, PERIODIC, PROTOCOL AND/OR INTERFACE LIVENESS INFORMATION - The liveness of routing protocols can be determined using a mechanism to aggregate liveness information for the protocols. The ability of an interface to send and receive packets and the forwarding capability of an interface can also be determined using this mechanism. Since liveness information for multiple protocols, the liveness of interfaces, the forwarding capability of interfaces, or both, may be aggregated in a message, the message can be sent more often than could individual messages for each of the multiple protocols. This allows fast detection of failures, and sending connectivity messages for the individual protocols, such as neighbor “hellos,” to be sent less often. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036699 | Increased Network Scalability by Router Aware Switches - Handling of ELS REQ and RSP packets that contain addresses in the payload is shifted to the edge fabric switches connected to the node devices issuing and receiving the ELS REQ packet, the ingress and egress switches. This allows the ELS REQ and RSP packet payload address modification operations to be removed from the tasks handled by the router processor. As this removes a processing burden from the router processors, those router processors are free to handle other normal operations, thus allowing more processor bandwidth to be provided to those other operations, which allows further growth of the network as one limitation has been removed. The need to replicate or provide commands between switches or routers is avoided as there are no redundant paths at that point. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036700 | DISTRIBUTED VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK - A system includes: multiple access points, the multiple access points including at least a first access point and a second access point; the system performs operations including: receiving, by the second access point from a client device, a data packet to be transmitted to a device outside of the system; forwarding the data packet by the second access point to the first access point; assigning, by the first access point, a first sequence number to the data packet to be used for transmitting the data packet outside of the system; transmitting the data packet with the first sequence number to the device outside of the system. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036701 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS TO SIGNAL AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT POLICY IN A SHORT FRAME - Logic may define a new short frame format with an acknowledgement (ACK) policy field. Logic may define the new short frame format to include an ACK policy field as a subfield of a frame control field in the new short frame format. Logic may define the new short frame format with a truncated and redefined type field and a new ACK policy subfield in a frame control field to minimize impact of the introduction of the new short frame format. Logic may implement a short frame format with a redefined frame control field with respect to a current short frame format. Logic may define the ACK policy subfield to include more than one ACK policy such as a normal ACK, a block ACK, and a no ACK to increase the utility of the short frame format and to increase device compatibility with devices of different designs and from different vendors. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036702 | FORWARDING PACKETS - A first access switch in the first Fabric receives a notification sent by a second access switch in the first Fabric, and the notification includes a nickname of the second access switch. The first access switch identifies an egress interface to a TRILL path from the first access switch to an access switch corresponding to the nickname in the notification. The first access switch stores the egress interface to the TRILL path in a fiber channel (FC) forwarding table. The first access switch forwards a received FCoE packet by using the egress interface stored in the FC forwarding table. The FCoE packet is forwarded by the first access switch without encapsulation with a TRILL header. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036703 | SCALABLE MAC ADDRESS VIRTUALIZATION - One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes one or more ports, a media access control (MAC) address management apparatus, and a forwarding apparatus. The MAC address management apparatus generates a routable MAC address mapped to an end device's MAC address learned from one of the one or more ports. The routable MAC address includes an endpoint identifier identifying an endpoint for the end device. The forwarding apparatus swaps the learned MAC address with the routable MAC address in a header of a packet. Alternatively, the MAC address management apparatus provides one or more routable MAC addresses to a hypervisor for assigning to virtual machines running on the hypervisor. The forwarding apparatus then determines an egress port from the one or more ports for a packet comprising a routable MAC address based on the endpoint identifier. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036704 | Method for Adjusting Media Stream Transmission Bandwidth and Related Apparatus - A method for adjusting media stream transmission bandwidth and a related apparatus are provided. A media stream sending end acquires scores that are given, according to identifiers of multiple media streams, by a media stream receiving end to the media streams, where the multiple media streams are transmitted at a same transmission port, and these identifiers are described based on media stream content; when it is detected that congestion occurs or congestion is resolved, the media stream sending end performs transmission bandwidth adjustment on a corresponding media stream according to these scores, and therefore media stream transmission bandwidth adjustment may be performed, based on the media stream content, on the multiple media streams transmitted at the same transmission port. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036705 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONFIGURING LINK IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM - A method and device for configuring a link in a wireless LAN system are disclosed. The wireless link configuration method comprises the steps of: acquiring a first probe request message transmitted by a first mobile terminal; delaying the transmission of a second probe request message when the first probe request message is similar to the second probe request message which is prepared for transmission by a second mobile terminal; receiving a probe response message, which is a response to the first probe request message, from a wireless access device; and withdrawing the transmission of the second probe request message when information included in the probe response message satisfies requirements of the second mobile terminal. Therefore, a time for configuring a link between wireless LAN devices can be reduced. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036706 | TRAFFIC CONTROL ACROSS A LAYER 2 LAYER 3 BOUNDARY IN A SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORK - Traffic control can be provided across a Layer 2-Layer 3 boundary in a software defined network. A network controller can receive information related to a number of conditions in a software defined network (SDN) from a number of network devices. The network controller can provide network traffic control across a Layer 2-Layer 3 boundary in the SDN based on the received information. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036707 | Flow Based Network Service Insertion - Techniques are provided to generate and store a network graph database comprising information that indicates a service node topology, and virtual or physical network services available at each node in a network. A service request is received for services to be performed on packets traversing the network between at least first and second endpoints. A subset of the network graph database is determined that can provide the services requested in the service request. A service chain and service chain identifier is generated for the service based on the network graph database subset. A flow path is established through the service chain by flow programming network paths between the first and second endpoints using the service chain identifier. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036708 | RF-AWARE PACKET FILTERING IN RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS - Methods and systems are provided for filtering packets in a wireless communication system in the to-subscriber direction. This filtering is at least in part based on RF circuit state information. For example, a packet filter is used that either permits or denies packets from reaching a mobile subscriber based on whether there is already an established RF circuit to provide packets to the mobile subscriber. Alternatively, or in addition, the packet filter may consider the history of circuit state transitions associated with a particular mobile subscriber, the percentage (or aggregate number) of available airlink resources that are currently in use, and/or the length of time associated with the dormancy of a mobile subscriber's RF connection. In various embodiments, the packet filter may cause one or more packets to be sent to a mobile subscriber using a special data channel that does not require the establishment of an RF circuit. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036709 | LOAD CONDITION BASED TRANSFER OF PROCESSING RESPONSIBILITY - According to one embodiment, a method comprises an operation of determining whether an ingress control message is locally terminated control traffic on a digital device prior to the ingress control message being forwarded to a hardware processor of the digital device for processing. A priority is assigned to the ingress control message based on information within the ingress control message, if the ingress control message is determined to be locally terminated control logic. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036710 | NETWORK SYSTEM, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND BASE STATION MANAGEMENT SERVER - In a traffic management server, base station control corresponding to application information is instructed and it is instructed to control traffic, with respect to a specific application of a specific user, on a core network-side in cooperation with information related to a radio area calculated in a base station management server, whereby quality of experience (QoE) in a mobile terminal of a subscriber is improved. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036711 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information terminal | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036712 | RECEIVE WINDOW AUTO-TUNING - Methods of tuning a receive window. A receiving device and a sending device may be in communication over a network. The receiving device may advertise a receive window to the sending device. The size of the receive window may be adjusted over time based on one or more connection parameters, application parameters and/or operating system parameters. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036713 | SECURE HANDLE FOR INTRA-AND INTER-PROCESSOR COMMUNICATIONS - A protocol element referred to as a secure handle is described which provides an efficient and reliable method for application-to-application signaling in multi-process and multi-computer environments. The secure handle includes an absolute memory reference which allows the kernel to more quickly and efficiently associate a network data packet with an application's communication context in the kernel. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036714 | DYNAMIC PACKET TRAFFIC PERFORMANCE ADJUSTMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method, a network, and a network element use dynamic packet traffic performance adjustment techniques. In an exemplary embodiment, the dynamic resizing techniques utilize different packet connections providing connectivity to same sites between which bandwidth resizing is needed. Each of the packet connections has a separate and independent bandwidth profile that governs an amount of traffic that is dispatched over each packet connection. A network element sourcing traffic into the packet connections uses bridge functionality that dispatches client traffic onto all of the packet connections or an individual packet connection. This effectively means that the transport network bandwidth utilization is only consumed by a single packet connection, i.e., the packet connection-A (even through there are multiple configured). The network element sinking the traffic selects from a single active packet connection. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036715 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A wireless communication device including: a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: wirelessly receive a packet including a header that is compressed by another wireless communication device, decompress the compressed header based on a set compression mode among a plurality of compression modes, each of the plurality of compression modes having a different amount of feedback information transmitted from the wireless communication device to the another wireless communication device, obtain a quality of a wireless channel from the another wireless communication device to the wireless communication device, and select the set compression mode based on the obtained quality of the wireless channel. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036716 | PRIORITY-BASED PROCESSING OF MESSAGES FROM MULTIPLE SERVERS - Systems and methods for priority-based processing of messages received from multiple servers. An example method may comprise: receiving, by a first processing thread, in a non-blocking mode, a plurality of sub-application layer protocol packets from a plurality of servers; processing one or more sub-application layer protocol packets received from a first server of the plurality of servers, to produce a first application layer message; writing the first application layer message to a first message queue of a plurality of message queues associated with the plurality of servers, the first message queue corresponding to the first server; processing one or more sub-application layer protocol packets received from a second server of the plurality of servers, to produce a second application layer message; writing the second application layer message to a second message queue of a plurality of message queues associated with the plurality of servers, the second message queue corresponding to the second server; and reading, by a second processing thread, an application layer message having a most recent timestamp among a plurality of application layer messages in the plurality of message queues, the plurality of application layer messages including the first application layer message and the second application layer message. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036717 | DETERMINING AN ACTIVE MANAGEMENT UPLINK - A method and system for determining an active management uplink including adjusting a bridge priority value, based on connectivity conditions, to lower the value of a bridge ID stored in a memory region of a network module. The method and system to also identify a network module as a root network module if it has a lower bridge ID than all other stacked network modules. The bridge ID of a network module may be based on the bridge priority value and a MAC address stored in a memory region of the network module. The system and method to also enable the management uplink port of the root network module to actively manage data between the management network and other stacked network modules. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036718 | NETWORK SERVICE ANALYTICS - A device may determine a performance metric associated with a network service management process. The device may determine a key question that may identify a business issue associated with improving the performance metric. The device may perform a root cause analysis that identifies a solution to the key question. The solution may identify a manner in which the network service management process is to be modified in order to improve the performance metric. The device may forecast, based on the solution, a network service demand that may identify a quantity of expected future network service actions expected based on implementing the solution. The device may perform, based on the forecasted network service demand, capacity planning that may identify network service resources required to satisfy the forecasted network service demand. The device may schedule the network service resources such that the solution is implemented within the network service management process. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036719 | DYNAMIC SCALING OF REDUNDANCY ELIMINATION MIDDLEBOXES - Systems and methods for dynamic scaling of RE middleboxes in a communication network are described. According to the present subject matter, the method comprises determining a load of incoming data at an encoding middlebox in the communication network. Further, the method comprises modifying a number of encoder instances in the encoding middlebox and a number of decoder instances in a decoding middlebox based on the load of incoming data. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036720 | Storage Device Access Mediation - A system is configured to use a de-randomizer and budget data structure to economize I/O operations for a shared storage device while still allowing access to the device to a number of different entities. Embodiments can identify a comparatively low cost next operation as compared to other I/O operations, including a cost for seek time, for a first entity to dispatch to the storage device when the first entity has sufficient budget to have the I/O operation performed on its behalf and to identify an I/O operation for a second entity to dispatch to the storage device when there is insufficient budget for the first entity | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036721 | System for Detecting and Managing Application Traffic in Mobile and Fixed Networks - A system capable of detecting data within user application streams to manage or control the chains. For example, the system can receive bandwidth information from the application, and based on that information, determine a level of network traffic caused by the application. Such bandwidth information can include any one or more of subscription information, information provided by an application running on a user device, information provided by an application function, and a detected application type. Based on the bandwidth information, the system can either determine a service chain route for the stream, or determine how to bill for the traffic caused by the application. For example, such determinations may be conducted dynamically based on previously determined if/then rules established by a user of the system. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036722 | MONITORING COMPUTER PROCESS RESOURCE USAGE - Techniques are disclosed relating to improving resource usage on a computer system. In one embodiment, a computer system identifies a plurality of processes running on the computer system and determines an importance value and a resource consumption value. In such an embodiment, the importance value is indicative of an importance of an identified process, and the resource consumption value is indicative of a resource consumption of the identified process. The computer system evaluates the importance value and the resource consumption value relative to a usage policy, and takes a corrective action with respect to the identified process based on the evaluating to reconcile resource consumption with process importance value. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036723 | LOW-COST FLOW MATCHING IN SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKS WITHOUT TCAMS - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method for processing data packets by a first-hop switch in a data network, including: receiving a first data packet associated with a flow; determining whether the flow associated with the first data packet is found in a flow table in the first-hop switch; modifying the first data packet by replacing a packet header field with flow definition information; and transmitting the modified first data packet based upon the flow definition information. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036724 | Automatic Multi-Application Scanner for Application Migration to Cloud - A system for estimating the costs to migrate a non-tenant-aware application to an equivalent tenant-aware application is disclosed. The system scans and identifies local resources used by the non-tenant-aware application and matches the identified local resources with cloud resources capable of sustaining an equivalent tenant-aware application. The system estimates the cost to migrate the non-tenant-aware application based upon the matched resources and exports a summary of the estimated costs. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036725 | Multi-Dimension Topology Mapper for SaaS Applications - A system that generates deployment topology maps for various modules of a non-tenant-aware application to migrate to a tenant-aware application on a tenant-aware cloud-based infrastructure. The system analyzes the non-tenant-aware application and constructs various deployment topology maps for the non-tenant-aware application, and then maps the deployment topology maps to the virtualized cloud-based infrastructure. Various migration plans are then developed to assist in deployment of the non-tenant-aware application to the cloud-based infrastructure to create a tenant-aware application installed on the cloud-based infrastructure. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036726 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A MULTICAST PACKET - The embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of computer networks, and disclose a method and an apparatus for processing a multicast packet. The method includes receiving a multicast packet, acquiring a local router interface corresponding to the multicast packet according to a multicast routing entry carried in the multicast packet, and forwarding the multicast packet through the acquired local router interface to a clustered routing system interface for further transfer. The embodiments of the present invention can cluster several routing devices into a virtual routing system which externally acts as a single routing node for supporting a multicast service, so as to implement the efficient and reliable forwarding of the multicast packet in a clustered routing system with virtual aggregation, and enable the clustered routing system to support the multicast service with high efficiency and quality. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036727 | CABLE BACKPLANE - A main unit of a director-class switch including a wire-based backplane located in a chassis, having a plurality of slots configured to receive switch boards. The wire-based backplane includes a plurality of harnesses each including first and second cartridges, a plurality of interface port units mounted on each of the first and second cartridges and cables connecting each of the interface port units of the first cartridge to each of the interface port units of the second cartridge. The harnesses are mounted in the chassis such that the interface port units face ends of the slots in a manner configured to mate with corresponding connectors of switch boards inserted into the slots. A plurality of interface port units are mounted in each slot. Each cartridge includes interface port units which are located in a plurality of different slots. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036728 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VTEP REDUNDANCY IN A MULTICHASSIS LINK AGGREGATION DOMAIN - A method for transmitting MAC frames. The method includes receiving, by a first switch in the MLAG domain, a first media access control (MAC) frame from an external device, wherein the external device is directly connected to the first switch, where the MLAG domain consists of the first switch and the second switch. The method further includes making a first determination that the external device is not a singly-connected external device and based on the first determination, encapsulating the first MAC frame in a first VXLAN frame using a first virtual tunnel endpoint (VTEP), where the first VXLAN frame comprises a virtual VTEP Internet Protocol (IP) address, where the virtual VTEP IP address is associated with the MLAG domain. The method further includes transmitting the first VXLAN frame to an IP fabric, where the first switch is directly connected to the IP fabric. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036729 | COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication management apparatus includes a token-circulation-order-information storing unit that stores token circulation order, a token-frame processing unit that determines whether transmission right acquiring apparatus information of the token frame indicates the own apparatus and transmits a token frame in which first transmission right acquisition determination information indicating a sequence number of a communication apparatus that can acquire a transmission right in the token circulation order, second transmission right acquisition determination information indicating the number of frames that can be transmitted during one token frame circulation, and transmission right acquiring apparatus information indicating the next transmission destination of the token frame after the own apparatus acquired from the token circulation order are set, and a data-frame-communication processing unit that transmits and receives the data frame, thereby to reduce time required until a communication node that acquired the token frame transmits data. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036730 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN INFORMATION CENTRIC NETWORK - A method and system provide an information centric network with a software defined network based on an information centric networking protocol on top of a physical network based on the internet protocol. There are forwarding elements in the physical network and a controller in the software defined network for controlling the forwarding elements. A publicly routable network address per domain for outside data object requests of named data objects is announced via the information centric network, and upon a first packet of an object request being received by an ingress element of the information centric network, the first packet is forwarded to the controller. The controller determines an object source for the requested named data object, encodes a message id into a header of the packet and establishes a forwarding path to forward the packet and further packets to the determined object source. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036731 | VIRTUAL OUTPUT QUEUE LINKED LIST MANAGEMENT SCHEME FOR SWITCH FABRIC - Implementations of the present disclosure involve an apparatus, device, component, and/or method for a virtual output queue linked list management scheme for a high-performance network switch. In general, the linked list management scheme utilizes one or more look-ahead links associated with one or more descriptors in the linked list of descriptors that describe the storage of the incoming data packets to the switch. The look-ahead links allow the switch to schedule reads of memory locations included in the descriptors at the same speed at which the data packets are stored in memory. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036732 | System and Method for Network Protocol Offloading in Virtual Networks - Disclosed herein are a system and method for network protocol offloading in virtual networks. An embodiment method of offloading a network protocol processing task for a message includes receiving, at a virtual switch, the message from a virtual source node destined for a virtual receiver node. The network protocol processing for the message is offloaded from the virtual source node and deferred when the virtual receiver node is safe for network protocol offloading. When the virtual receiver node is unsafe for network protocol offloading, the network protocol processing task is executed within the virtual switch. When the virtual receiver node is safe for network protocol offloading and a path between the virtual switch and the virtual receiver node includes a physical network interface, the network protocol processing task is executed using the physical network interface. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036733 | PACKET QUEUE DEPTH SORTING SCHEME FOR SWITCH FABRIC - Implementations of the present disclosure involve an apparatus and/or method for an efficient packet queue depth sorting scheme for a ‘longest queue first’ based switch fabric device. In general, the sorting scheme compares a data queue length on an incoming port to a sorted queue of available ports based on longest queue. Based at least on the results of the comparison of the data queue length on the input port, a port designator is inserted into a re-sorted longest queue available port list in the proper position based on the incoming or outgoing port data length. The remaining entries are then sorted around the inserted port designator. Because the comparison and insertion of the port designator can occur in one clock cycle of the switch fabric device, efficiency of the switch is improved. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036734 | SHORT MESSAGES - A message converter can be configured to generate a reply notification message for a gaming server in response to a reply short message provided from a mobile device. The reply short message can be sent in response to an original short message previously sent to the mobile device in response to a request initiated by a client associated with a player of a virtual world implemented by the gaming server. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036735 | Instant Messaging - A method implemented by a client application when executed on a user device during an instant messaging communication between said user device and at least one further device, the method comprising: transmitting a first message comprising media data over a communication network from said user device to said at least one further device; receiving a second message comprising further media data transmitted over said communication network from said at least one further device; determining that the media data and the further media data are of the same data type; and generating a composite media object based on the media data and the further media data in response to said determination and displaying the composite media object on a display of said user device. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036736 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING SUBJECTS IN INSTANT MESSAGING SESSIONS ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method are provided that incorporate subjects or subject lines into instant messaging sessions or conversations on a mobile device. During an instant messaging session, the user is provided with an option to specify a subject for at least the current portion of the session or for the entire session. The subject is proposed to the other users in the session, who can accept, ignore or modify the subject at their end. Multiple subjects can be specified for a single conversation if desired, and the subjects can be displayed with the contact in a message list. The instant messaging sessions may then be searched using search tools that are typically used for search email and other data messages. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036737 | Instant Messaging - An instant messaging communication method implemented by a client application when executed on a user device, the method comprising: detecting selection by a user of the user device to transmit a poll message to at least one further device of an instant messaging communication session over a communications network; receiving a search term input by the user using an input device of the user device; transmitting a search request comprising the search term over the communications network to a network entity configured to perform a search for web content; and automatically populating a plurality of poll option fields in a poll message to be transmitted to the at least one further device based on search results received from the network entity in response to transmitting the search request. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036738 | NOTIFYING A USER OF AN INSTANT MESSAGING (IM) SERVICE ABOUT A MODIFICATION MADE TO AN OPPORTUNITY - Notifying a user of an instant message (IM) service about a modification made to an opportunity includes receiving at least one modification to an opportunity stored in a customer relationship management (CRM) system, the opportunity representing a complex record structure in the CRM system, identifying a first user associated with the modification made to the opportunity stored in the CRM system, determining, from a list of users associated with the opportunity, a second user associated with the first user through an IM service, and sending an alert to the second user on the IM service, the alert indicating to the second user the modification made to the opportunity by the first user. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036739 | THANK YOU MESSAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ONLINE GIFTING - A thank you message generation system includes a server that functions with a recipient computing device to generate a graphical user interface (GUI) on a display of the recipient computing device to receive gratitude information directed to a giver of a gift in which the gift received via a gift message received by the recipient computing device. The server extracts at least one element of gift information from the received gift message, generates a thank you message using the gratitude information and the gift information, and transmits the thank you message to a giver computing device of the giver. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036740 | AUTOMATIC TRANSLATOR IDENTIFICATION - The technology described in this document can be embodied in a method that includes receiving information via a user interface provided on a display of a user device from a first user associated with a pre-determined user group. The information includes an identification of a) a source language and b) a target language to which translation from the source language is requested. The method also includes determining that one or more second users of the pre-determined user group is associated with the source language and associated with the target language. This can be determined based on accessing a data repository that stores language capabilities of users within the pre-determined user group, wherein the language capabilities are determined automatically based on mining a corpus of electronic documents associated with the pre-determined user group. An identification of the one or more second users can be displayed on the user interface. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036741 | ELECTRONIC MESSAGING SYSTEM INVOLVING ADAPTIVE CONTENT - An electronic messaging system is provided to generate and send electronic messages that contain adaptive content to customize the electronic messages for each recipient. The system operates to receive an adaptive content asset and a content rule, select a set of adaptive content elements from the adaptive content asset based upon the content rule, and send a content locator to an author computing device to permit the author computing device to include the content locator in the electronic message and send the electronic message to a recipient computing device. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036742 | MESSAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of cross-platform messaging including receiving, by a messaging system, at least one initial message having a message format, an initial message layout and data indicative of at least one user associated with the at least one initial message, and before delivery to a destination communication device associated with the at least one user, converting, by the messaging system, an initial message into an adapted message, and facilitating, by the messaging system, delivery of the adapted message to the destination communication device. The adapted message is characterized by, at least, an adapted message layout, and the adapted message layout differs from the initial message layout in a characteristic associated with respective message layout such as number of media objects, a graphical image of a media object, a size of a placeholder related to a media object, and a location of a media object within a respective message layout. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036743 | MESSAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of cross-platform messaging including receiving, by a messaging system, at least one initial message having a message format, an initial message layout and data indicative of at least one user associated with the at least one initial message, and before delivery to a destination communication device associated with the at least one user, converting, by the messaging system, an initial message into an adapted message, and facilitating, by the messaging system, delivery of the adapted message to the destination communication device. The adapted message is characterized by, at least, an adapted message layout, and the adapted message layout differs from the initial message layout in a characteristic associated with respective message layout such as number of media objects, a graphical image of a media object, a size of a placeholder related to a media object, and a location of a media object within a respective message layout. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036744 | MESSAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of cross-platform messaging including receiving, by a messaging system, at least one initial message having a message format, an initial message layout and data indicative of at least one user associated with the at least one initial message, and before delivery to a destination communication device associated with the at least one user, converting, by the messaging system, an initial message into an adapted message, and facilitating, by the messaging system, delivery of the adapted message to the destination communication device. The adapted message is characterized by, at least, an adapted message layout, and the adapted message layout differs from the initial message layout in a characteristic associated with respective message layout such as number of media objects, a graphical image of a media object, a size of a placeholder related to a media object, and a location of a media object within a respective message layout. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036745 | MESSAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of cross-platform messaging including receiving, by a messaging system, at least one initial message having a message format, an initial message layout and data indicative of at least one user associated with the at least one initial message, and before delivery to a destination communication device associated with the at least one user, converting, by the messaging system, an initial message into an adapted message, and facilitating, by the messaging system, delivery of the adapted message to the destination communication device. The adapted message is characterized by, at least, an adapted message layout, and the adapted message layout differs from the initial message layout in a characteristic associated with respective message layout such as number of media objects, a graphical image of a media object, a size of a placeholder related to a media object, and a location of a media object within a respective message layout. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036746 | MESSAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of cross-platform messaging including receiving, by a messaging system, at least one initial message having a message format, an initial message layout and data indicative of at least one user associated with the at least one initial message, and before delivery to a destination communication device associated with the at least one user, converting, by the messaging system, an initial message into an adapted message, and facilitating, by the messaging system, delivery of the adapted message to the destination communication device. The adapted message is characterized by, at least, an adapted message layout, and the adapted message layout differs from the initial message layout in a characteristic associated with respective message layout such as number of media objects, a graphical image of a media object, a size of a placeholder related to a media object, and a location of a media object within a respective message layout. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036747 | AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES USED IN SOCIAL NETWORKS - A computer processor determines a first language in which a message posted on a social network is composed, the message corresponds to a user of a social network. The computer processor compares the first language of the message to a set of one or more languages understood by the user of the social network. In response to the first language of the message failing to match one language of the set of one or more languages understood by the user, the computer processor prompts the user to confirm continued use of the first language, within the social network. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036748 | EXCLUDING RECIPIENTS OF A MESSAGE BASED ON CONTENT OF THE MESSAGE - In an approach for excluding contacts from receiving a message within a social network environment, a computer receives a message to be sent by a first user in a social network environment and determines that content of the message includes objectionable language, wherein the objectionable language includes at least one of: a negative connotation, a negative term, and a negative content. Based on the determination of the named user in the message content and the objectionable language in the message content, the computer recommends excluding, prior to sending the message, the named user from receiving the message to be sent. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036749 | USER INITIATED RULE-BASED RESTRICTIONS ON MESSAGING APPLICATIONS - A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for user initiated rule based restrictions on sending messages from a sender to a receiver in a communications network. The receiver establishes a set of rules for the sender that allows the sender a limited number of defined messages events with the receiver. The defined message events may be messages or message sessions. When the sender attempts to send a message to the receiver, it is determined whether a message session currently exists between the sender and the receiver. If a current session exists, the rules set by the receiver are used to determine if the message is allowed to be sent to the receiver. If a session does not currently exist, the rules are used to determine whether a new session is allowed. If a new message session is allowed, a new session is established, and the message is sent to the receiver during the new session. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036750 | PRODUCT ONBOARDING VIA MESSAGES - Techniques for onboarding users to various product features are described. According to various embodiments, information identifying a set of candidate onboarding content items associated with an email type of an email to be transmitted to a particular member of an online social network service is accessed. Thereafter, a first subset of the candidate onboarding content items is removed from the set, responsive to determining that the particular member has already been onboarded to products associated with the candidate onboarding content items in the first subset. Further, a second subset of the candidate onboarding content items is removed from the set, responsive to determining that the particular member has previously viewed and not interacted with the candidate onboard* content items in the second subset. A specific onboarding content item is then dynamically selected from the remaining set of candidate onboarding content items. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036751 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION - An electronic apparatus includes a display configured to display one or more messages in response to an execution of an application for exchanging the one or more messages between the electronic apparatus and another electronic apparatus; and a processor configured to extract a keyword from the one or more messages for processing a search query by using the keyword and location information of the electronic apparatus. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036752 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING A MESSAGE - Systems, methods and devices are provided for communicating a message prior to enabling communication over a communication link between user devices. In one aspect, a method is provided for communicating a message prior to enabling communication over a communication link between a user device and a second user device. The method includes receiving a request to initiate the communication link from the second user device, causing a notification of the request to initiate the communication link to be generated at the user device, receiving an acknowledgement from a user of the user device that the notification has been received, causing a message to be communicated to the user of the user device, receiving a user initiated acknowledgement from the user of the user device that the message has completed, and enabling communication between the users of the user device and second user device upon receipt of the user initiated acknowledgement. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036753 | Mobile device power management in data synchronization over a mobile network with or without a trigger notification - A method for transferring data between a mobile device and a client includes sending transactions from the mobile device to the client over a first connection and determining how often to receive new data. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036754 | METHOD TO REFINE ADDRESSEES IN A GROUP ENVIRONMENT - For an electronic communication environment, an apparatus for refining addresses in a group messaging environment is disclosed. The apparatus may include a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor, including code that identifies a message addressed to a group, resolves the group into a plurality of addressees, and sends the message to a subset of the addressees. The apparatus may notify the user that the message is addressed to the group. The apparatus may further receive user input defining the subset of the addressees, wherein the message is addressed based on the user input. Additionally, the apparatus may prompt for confirmation in response to the user selecting all addressees in the group. A method and computer program product also perform the functions of the apparatus. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036755 | INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEM, INFORMATION SHARING METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE - An information sharing system includes a computer network formed of terminals and a server and allows information about a posted message to be shared among users. The system or a terminal acquires a question message input via the terminal together with positional information associated with the question message and causes the acquired question message to be accessible to the users. The system or terminal acquires an answer message input by a respondent via the terminal as an answer to the question message and causes the acquired answer message to be accessible to the users. The system or terminal acquires positional information of the respondent and restricts the respondent from inputting the answer message to the question message on the basis of question positional information that is the positional information associated with the question message and respondent positional information that is the acquired positional information of the respondent. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160036756 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPILING, CURATING, AND SHARING DIGITAL CONTENT - Systems and methods are disclosed for compiling, curating, and sharing digital content. A content clearinghouse server can compile digital content items received from a number of content sources and curate the digital content items for a user of a client device. The content clearinghouse server can also receive information from client devices to be broadcast to a number of different platforms. Digital content items received from content sources and broadcast information can each be de-duplicated at the content clearinghouse server. | 2016-02-04 |
