18th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 72 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160127203 | ARRANGEMENT OF NATIVE APPLICATIONS ON A MOBILE DEVICE USER INTERFACE BASED ON USAGE PATTERNS - A method includes performing operations as follows on a processor: detecting invocations of a plurality of native applications residing on a mobile device by a user through a user interface, determining usage patterns for the plurality of native applications based on the invocations by the user, and configuring the user interface to present the native applications for invocation based on the usage patterns that were determined. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127204 | PERFORMANCE EVALUATION METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - In performance estimation when the configuration of a computer system is changed, the influence, on performance, of a temporary increase in load to a computer system due to reallocation of a process request allocated to a degenerated server to another server as a result of server degeneration is taken into consideration. In an embodiment, an information processing device which evaluates the performance of the computer system estimates the performance of the computer system when operation of a server included in the computer system is stopped based on the throughput required for the server at the time of operation stop and outputs the estimated performance of the computer system. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127205 | Link Cost Determination For Network Links - A link cost determining method including computing, by a station, a new composite data rate using a set of data rates including an average data rate, a geometric mean data rate, and a minimum data rate for data samples, computing, by the station, a pair of hysteresis thresholds for a previous composite data rate, determining, by the station, whether the new composite data rate exceeds one of the pair of hysteresis thresholds, and advertising, by the station, the new composite data rate when the new composite data rate exceeds one of the pair of hysteresis thresholds. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127206 | RACK AWARENESS DATA STORAGE IN A CLUSTER OF HOST COMPUTING DEVICES - A method receives physical location information for racks in which application running environments are located. Each rack includes multiple host computing devices in a cluster of host computing devices. Application running environment-rack associations are generated using the physical location information for the cluster where an application running environment-rack association maps an application running environment to a rack. The application running environment-rack associations are provided to the cluster. Then, the method provides a data set for storing in the cluster of hosts where the data set is associated with a placement strategy. The cluster uses the placement strategy to store a data block in the data set for a first application running environment and store a replica data block for a second application running environment at a location in the cluster based on the first application running environment being associated with a first rack from the application running environment-rack associations. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127207 | System for Analyzing an Industrial Control Network - A system may be provided in which an industrial control network may be discovered and characterized such that useful networking data may be presented to a user and/or monitored for events. By configuring an interrogator device to send a “generic” message to ranges of network locations, presences of devices at particular locations may be determined. The generic message may direct any of numerous devices types to provide a response including multiple parameters. The interrogator may store such parameters in “data records,” and may advantageously send periodic collections of data records, or “data sets,” to a processing manager. The processing manager, in turn, may communicate with one or more data structures to format, enrich and/or monitor the networking data to more conveniently and reliably capture and maintain networks and connected devices. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127208 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS MONITORING - A system and method for synchronous and asynchronous monitoring of network resources is provided. In an example system, an asynchronous monitoring engine is in communication with the network resources and receives asynchronous data from a portion of the network resources. The asynchronous data is collected at an application layer or at an end-user application layer. A synchronous monitoring engine is also in communication with the network resources and accesses synchronous data in the application layer in response to receiving a request from the asynchronous monitoring engine. The system further identifies an anomaly corresponding to the asynchronous characteristic and the synchronous characteristic. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127209 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A SIGNAL STRENGTH MAP - A system and method are provided for generating a signal strength map by a master device. The method includes operations for receiving, from a set of fixed transmitting devices, registration information including location, a type of signal and a device identifier (ID), receiving, from at least one receiving device, a set of parameters including location of the receiving device, strength of a first signal as received by the receiving device at a first location, type of the first signal, strength of a second signal as received by the receiving device at the first location, and type of the second signal, receiving at least one of the first or the second signal from at least one of the fixed transmitting devices, storing the received set of parameters, and generating a signal strength map representing strength of the first and the second signals at the first location. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127210 | Facilitating Collection and Display of Information Related to Data Usage by a Plurality of Mobile Devices - A method for facilitating collection and display of information related to data usage by a plurality of mobile devices is disclosed. The method involves receiving first quantity information and sending a first identifier associated with the plurality of mobile devices and first activity-related information including the first quantity information to a server. The method also involves receiving group activity-related information associated with the plurality of mobile devices, the group activity-related information derived at least in part from second activity-related information including second quantity information, and producing signals for causing a display to display information derived from the group activity-related information. A method of associating a plurality of mobile devices in a group is also disclosed. Systems and computer-readable media for facilitating collection and display of information related to data usage by a plurality of mobile devices and for associating a plurality of mobile devices in a group are also disclosed. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127211 | Systems and Methods for Queuing Access to Network Resources - One embodiment of the present invention provides apparatus and methods for queuing access by large numbers of Internet or other network-based users to networked systems and resources with limited capacity. In one example embodiment, a queuing system provides user access to network resources, such as that of a ticketing system. A ticket queue queues a request received from a client system. A request processing module causes the client system to repeatedly transmit messages to the system during a first period, and in response to determining that the client system has ceased transmitting messages during the first period, the request is remove from the queue and/or cause the request goes unfulfilled. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127212 | DYNAMIC MANAGEMENT OF INTEGRATION PROTOCOLS - An illustrative embodiment of a computer-implemented process for dynamic management of integration protocols connects a set of applications to a communication fabric to form a set of connections, which are monitored to collect a set of performance metrics. In response to a determination the predetermined performance metric is not within the predetermined tolerance associated with the particular application in the set of applications an integration path in the set of connections for the particular application in the set of applications is adjusted by programmatically using a set of rules wherein each rule in the set of rules is a performance driven rule. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127213 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - A method includes calculating a size of a buffer included in a client device by multiplying a band by a round trip time, calculating an integer value by turning a real number into an integer, and setting the integer value as an unused size, the real number being obtained by dividing the size by a transmission data size, setting a value obtained by dividing the round trip time by the integer value or a value obtained by dividing the transmission data size by the band as a transmission interval, generating image data of a screen of a remote desktop and transmitting the image data to the client device when the unused size is greater than the first value, and subtracting a second value from the unused size, and every time a response to the image data is received, adding the second value to the unused size. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127214 | Tracing Host-Originated Logical Network Packets - Some embodiments provide a method for a first host machine that hosts a virtual machine connected to a particular logical network. The method receives a command to test connectivity between the first host machine and a set of at least one additional host machine that also host virtual machines on the particular logical network. At the first host machine, the method generates a packet for sending to the set of additional host machines in order to test the connectivity. The method appends to the generated packet (i) information that identifies the particular logical network and (ii) a flag indicating that the packet is for connectivity testing. The method encapsulates the generated packet with tunnel endpoint addresses, including a tunnel endpoint located at the first host machine. The method sends the encapsulated packet from the first host machine to the set of additional host machines according to the tunnel encapsulation. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127215 | Packet Loss and Bandwidth Coordination - A method of transmitting a stream of packets over a network, the method comprising the steps of: a transmitting device maintaining a measure of network quality; analyzing the measure of network quality so as to determine whether the bandwidth of the network is degrading, beyond a predetermined threshold, the network quality for a transmission over the network; the transmitting device determining a transmission bitrate and a proportion of redundancy in dependence on the analysis; the transmitting device packetising media data and redundancy data in dependence on the determined proportion to generate a stream of packets; and the transmitting device transmitting the generated stream at a rate commensurate with the determined transmission bitrate. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127216 | ENABLING SOFTWARE-DEFINED CONTROL IN PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS - A software-defined passive optical network includes a set of optical network terminals, a set of passive optical network ports, and a plurality of splitters. Each of the optical network terminals is connected to a single one of the passive optical network ports through a given one of the splitters, and the network is divided into a plurality of areas, each of which is assigned a given fraction of the passive optical network ports. Passive optical network port utilization is monitored for each of the plurality of areas; for those of the areas determined to have passive optical network port overutilization, the number of the passive optical network ports assigned thereto is increased; and for those of the areas determined to have passive optical network port underutilization, the number of the passive optical network ports assigned thereto is reduced. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127217 | BUSINESS TRANSACTION CONTEXT FOR CALL GRAPH - An application which utilizes a single thread is monitored and context for the individual requests and business transactions operating on that platform are provided. A wrapper is placed is around an object that calls a request. The wrapper renames a request object. Request objects are renamed with a unique name when they are called. When a call stack is sampled, the sampler will retrieve the unique name. Performance data associated with the unique name may be correlated to a business transaction and particular request as metrics are subsequently analyzed. For subsequent reporting, such as call graph reporting, the report or call graph will have requests in the context of a particular business transaction and a particular request instance. This provides more context in reporting of an business application request for frameworks that utilize as single request for multiple threads. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127218 | Method and System to Capture Selected Network Data - A method of capturing selected network data includes selecting a first server from a plurality of servers in accordance with a first criterion, and the first server processing a first packet of a plurality of packets; selecting a second packet from the plurality of packets in accordance with a second criterion, and providing data associated with the second packet to a capture server. The first and second criteria are based on second information associated with the second packet. The second information is associated with one of the session layer, presentation layer, and application layer. A corresponding system and computer-readable device are also disclosed. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127219 | System and Method for Data Path Validation and Verification - A method for operating a source node includes receiving a data path validation request command requesting validation of a path associated with a traffic flow identified in the data path validation request command, and determining a first hop sequence in accordance with the path being validated, wherein the first hop sequence is identical to a second hop sequence associated with a non-validation request packet associated with the path being validated. The method also includes generating, by the source node, a validation request packet in accordance with the data path validation request command, the validation request packet comprises route information associated with the first hop sequence, an alert flag set to a specified value, and a path validation header specifying processing performed by nodes receiving the validation request packet, and transmitting, by the source node, the validation request packet in accordance with the route information. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127220 | STATUS UPDATE FOR A DEVICE IDENTIFIER IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - According to one embodiment of present invention, there is provided a method of controlling access to a communication network. The method includes receiving a request from a communication device to connect to the communication network, the request including a substantially unique identifier of the device, and determining whether the identifier is contained in a local device database of the network. Where it is determined that the identifier is not contained in the local database, the method further includes authorizing the device to connect to the network, and at a subsequent update of the local device database, determining the status of the identifier from a shared device database, and updating the status of the determined identifier in the local device database with the determined status. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127221 | IGMP/MLD LEAVE UPON CLIENT DISASSOCIATION OR USER IDLE TIMER EXPIRY - According to one embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by one or more hardware processors, causes performance of operation comprising: determining that a client device, in a first Internet Protocol (IP) subnet, is subscribed to a multicast group; determining that the client device is no longer in the first IP subnet; responsive to determining that the client device is no longer in the first IP subnet, transmitting a message on behalf of the client device to unsubscribe the client device from the multicast group is shown. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127222 | Communication method - The subject matter of the invention is a communication method comprising the establishment of a communication route to a target partner not reachable by direct addressing by by-passing a node blocking the direct connection, further comprising the steps of setting up a TURN server at one or more users of the communication network in response to a definite and pre-granted request or in advance, and implementing the communication route to be established via at least one mentioned TURN server, with the effective mutual authorisation management of the users involved in the communication session. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127223 | Method for Assured Network State Configuration and Rollback in Link-State Packet Networks - According to one example embodiment, a network node initiates a desired configuration of a switching network by sending a link state message containing a configuration descriptor specifying the desired configuration and a predetermined type value. The configuration descriptor may describe an explicit path for routing data traffic through the switching network. The explicit path may comprise strict hops or a combination of strict hops and loose hops. The configuration message is propagated through the network by flooding. Each network node receiving the configuration message is instructed to take appropriate action to implement the specified configuration and send a result report indicating a result of the configuration action. The result report may be included in a link state message and propagated by flooding so that all network nodes are able to determine whether the configuration was successfully completed based upon the result reports send from the network nodes. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127224 | ELECTING DESIGNATED ROUTING BRIDGE - According to an example, a RB sends an election packet to a STP device to cause the STP device to flood the election packet in a spanning tree. The RB may receive a second election packet and perform DRB election based on the second election packet. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127225 | Label-switched Packets with Device-independent Labels - In one embodiment, a device-independent label is associated with multiple network devices such that the packet switching devices in a network will forward a packet based on the device-independent label to one of these multiple network devices. In one embodiment, these device-independent labels include, but are not limited to, domain-identifying labels and forwarding-punt labels. In one embodiment, a domain-identifying label is defined as a label that identifies a plurality of network nodes without identifying a single particular network node, single particular interface, nor single particular link. In one embodiment, a first-domain forwarding-punt label is placed at the top of the label stack to identify to forward the label-switched packet to any one of a plurality of designated forwarding nodes corresponding to the first-domain forwarding-punt label (e.g., for sending to a packet switching device which will have forwarding information for the second domain-identifying label.). | 2016-05-05 |
20160127226 | UNIVERSAL CUSTOMER PREMISE EQUIPMENT - Systems, methods, apparatus and computer-readable medium are described for improving efficiency and robustness for processing network packets at a network device, such as a customer premises equipment (CPE). The network device may include a plurality of physical network interfaces for receiving and transmitting network packets, and one or more processing entities. The one or more processing entities may provide a first router for providing routing functionality, wherein the first router is not virtualized, enable a virtual machine to execute a second router for providing routing functionality and forward a network packet using the first router or the second router from the device. The one or more processors may be configured to execute instructions associated with the first router from user space. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127227 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS - A system includes: a switch apparatus transmitting a flow received from a first apparatus to a second apparatus; and an identification apparatus identifying a packet in the flow. The switch apparatus snoops a start packet indicating start of coupling, snoops a packet in a flow related to flow information for identifying the flow based on a snoop instruction including the flow information, and transmits the snooped packet to the identification apparatus. The identification apparatus stores correspondence information storing flow information regarding each flow in regard to the flow, registers flow information regarding a flow including the start packet in the correspondence information based on the snooped start packet, transmits the snoop instruction when a first time passes in regard to each flow of which the flow information is registered in the correspondence information, and determine whether a target flow is a predetermined flow based on the snooped packet. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127228 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING CHANNEL BANDWIDTH - A first communication device transmits one or more first communication frames during a transmit opportunity period (TXOP) of the first communication device via a first composite channel. A control frame is generated, wherein the control frame includes information indicating a bandwidth of the first composite channel. After the one or more first communication frames have been transmitted, the first communication device transmits, during the TXOP, the control frame via the first composite channel. Information from a response frame that indicates a bandwidth of a second composite communication channel is extracted, the response frame having been transmitted by a second communication device and received by the first communication device during the TXOP. The first communication device transmits one or more second communication frames during the TXOP, wherein the one or more communication frames span the second composite communication channel and do not span the entire first composite communication channel. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127229 | PACKET DATA ROUTING - Measures, including methods, systems, non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums and computer programs for use in routing packet data. At a network switching device, a data packet is received from a device located upstream of the network switching device. The received data packet comprises routing data associated with a routing decision which has been taken for the data packet upstream of the network switching device. The routing data comprises an abstract media access control (MAC) address corresponding to a next hop destination for the data packet located downstream of the network switching device. At the network switching device, the abstract MAC address in the data packet is replaced with a real MAC address of the next hop downstream destination. At the network switching device, the data packet is forwarded towards the next hop downstream destination. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127230 | INTELLIGENT TRAFFIC ROUTING - Intelligent traffic routing may be utilized to route packets of information to one or more radio access technologies and/or cells/access points based on network and/or UE conditions. Packet routes dynamically may be adjusted based on the best radio technology, cell layer, service provider specified criteria, or the like. In an example configuration, intelligent traffic routing may be SDN based utilize a simple Internet protocol. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127231 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND MANAGEMENT DEVICE - A device is configured to refer correspondence relationship information, obtain pieces of information on first packets that are transmitted and received to and from a virtual machine coupled to the device through a first interface from among interfaces and pieces of information on second packets that are transmitted and received to and from a virtual machine coupled to the through a second interface from among the interfaces when the correspondence relationship information is changed, and determine that a virtual router is deployed on the virtual machine when either the transmission source address or the destination address is identical between the set of the first packets and the set of the second packets, the virtual router transferring a packet between the first interface and the second interface and translating transmission source addresses or transmission destination addresses between a set of the first packets and a set of the second packets. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127232 | MANAGEMENT SERVER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PACKET TRANSFER - A computer detects a key server located on a path through which a packet transmitted from a terminal is transferred. The key server is one of network servers located on the path. The key server satisfies a predetermined condition. Each of the network servers is configured to receive the packet and change a destination address set in the packet. The computer detects the key server located on a first path. The computer detects the key server located on a second path upon the first path being modified to obtain the second path. The computer assigns, if the key server located on the second path is different from the key server located on the first path, a first address to the key server located on the second path. The first address has been assigned to the key server located on the first path. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127233 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE USER COMMUNICATIONS IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - Methods and apparatus for multiple user communications in wireless networks are provided. In some aspects, an apparatus for wireless communication is provided. The apparatus comprises a processing system configured to generate a clear to transmit message comprising a header having a local address field therein. The clear to send message indicates a transmission opportunity. The clear to send message further comprises a request that a plurality of devices concurrently transmit data at a specific time. The apparatus further comprises an interface configured to output the clear to send message for transmission to the plurality of devices. The processing system is further configured to insert one of a broadcast MAC address corresponding to the plurality of devices and a unicast MAC address corresponding to one of the plurality of devices into the local address field. The processing system is further configured to generate the header without generating a duration field therein. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127234 | Service Router - The invention concerns a computer executable method for routing a transaction in a transaction transmission network comprising at least one sender, at least one recipient, at least one application service and a service router. The method is characterized in that it comprises steps executable by a computer for receiving a transaction from the network at an address activated for the purpose of enabling at least one application and/or routing service for the transaction wherein the address comprises an identifier associable with the sender, executing, by the service router and while the transaction is being routed to the recipient, an address translation or verification function to enable transmission of the transaction to the recipient, associating the transaction with at least one application service for the purpose of managing availability of the received transaction and/or further data associable with the received transaction to the application service, and forwarding the transaction to the recipient in the network. An arrangement and a computer storage medium are also disclosed. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127235 | COORDINATIVE DATACENTER PROCESSING IN A NETWORK-BASED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present application details exemplary methods and systems for providing current state information to multiple active datacenters within a network-based communication system. For example, a datacenter can detect an event that occurs within the network-based communication system. Upon detecting the event, the datacenter can update a state table on the datacenter based on state information associated with the event. In addition, the datacenter can send a state information message to other datacenters in the network-based communication system. The state information message can include state information associated with the event. The other datacenters in the network-based communication system can update their respective state tables using the state information in the state information message without needing to individually process the event. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127236 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING PARTITION-AWARE ROUTING IN A MULTI-TENANT CLUSTER ENVIRONMENT - A system and method can support partition-aware routing in a multi-tenant cluster environment. An exemplary method can support one or more tenants within the multi-tenant cluster environment. The method can associate each of the one or more tenants with a partition of a plurality of partitions. The method can then associate each of the plurality of partitions with one or more nodes of a plurality of nodes, each of the plurality of nodes being associated with a leaf switch of a plurality of switches, the plurality of switches comprising a plurality of leaf switches and a plurality of root switches. Finally, the method can generate one or more linear forwarding tables, the one or more linear forwarding tables providing isolation between the plurality of partitions, wherein each of the plurality of nodes is associated with a partitioning order. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127237 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCED FORWARDING INFORMATION STORAGE - A system and method for reduced forwarding information storage includes extracting an organizationally unique identifier (OUI) and a MAC part from a MAC address, determining whether information associated with the OUI is stored in an OUI table, determining an OUI index based on the information associated with the OUI and the OUI table when the OUI is stored in the OUI table, generating the OUI index based on the information associated with the OUI when the OUI is not stored in the OUI table, forming a forwarding information table entry including information associated with the OUI index and information associated with the MAC part, and inserting the forwarding information table entry into a forwarding information table. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127238 | CONGESTION MONITORING - A method, system and computer program for congestion monitoring in a data network. The method comprises: determining, at a server in the data network, that a user device has initiated a data session with the data network; monitoring, at the server, a plurality of data flows associated with the data session to determine an average bandwidth of the plurality of data flows; and determining a congestion status of the data session based on the average bandwidth and one or more criteria. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127239 | NETWORK CONFIGURATION SETTINGS SOURCED BY USER EQUIPMENT - Systems and methods for User Equipment (UE) to request setting of a configuration of a network. One embodiment includes UE for a telecommunication network. The UE includes a transceiver configured to communicate with a base station of a mobile operator network comprising a Radio Access Network (RAN) and a packet core, and a controller. The controller is able to identify one or more applications residing on the UE, to determine a configuration for the mobile operator network that indicates how one or more elements of the mobile operator network will provide services for applications identified as residing on the UE, to generate a signaling message that describes the configuration, and to transmit the signaling message to the base station to implement the configuration at the mobile operator network for setting how packets are transferred by the mobile operator network between the UE and a Packet Data Network (PDN). | 2016-05-05 |
20160127240 | CONTENT COMPRESSION IN MOBILE NETWORK - There is provided a method of data over a radio interface in a radio communication network based on a protocol layers model, the model comprising an IP layer on which IP packets are handled, wherein before the transmission of a determined IP packet, the method comprises: determining whether the IP packet is compressible under a predetermined condition and. if the IP packet is compressible under said predetermined condition, performing a compression of the IP packet. There are also provided a user equipment (UE) and a node adapted to perform the steps of a method according to the invention. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127241 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FLOW CONTROL - Disclosed are a flow control apparatus and method. An apparatus for performing flow control in a software defined network (SDN) environment according to an exemplary embodiment includes a message receiving unit configured to receive a first packet processing inquiry message including a packet from a first switch and a control unit configured to determine whether there is a second proxy connected with a second switch and matching a first proxy connected with the first switch in response to the first packet processing inquiry message, instruct the first switch to transmit the packet such that the packet passes through the first proxy when it is determined that there is a second proxy, and instruct the first switch to transmit the packet such that the packet bypasses the first proxy when it is determined that there is no second proxy. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127242 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ASSIGNING SLOTS AND RESOLVING SLOT CONFLICTS IN AN ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION GRID - A system and method for detecting and resolving conflicts in transmissions from DTs located on the edge of an electrical power distribution grid. By examining the frame and time slot of the conflict and inferring a possible DT involved in the transmission conflict and reassigning the DT's transmission to another frame and time slot, the conflict should be resolved and the data being provided by the DT is not necessarily lost nor is its receipt unreasonably delayed. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127243 | METHOD FOR FLOW CONTROL IN NETWORK - Methods for flow control in a network are disclosed. In a dual connectivity network environment where a master base station and a secondary base station exist, an operation method of a master base station may comprise transmitting a data frame including a plurality of data packets to a secondary base station; receiving, from the secondary base station, a delivery status frame requesting retransmission of error data packet among the plurality of data packets; and retransmitting the error data packet indicated by the delivery status frame to the secondary base station. Therefore, network performance can be enhanced. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127244 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING DATA TRANSMISSION RATES THROUGH A CONTENT DISTRIBUTION NETWORK WITH CUSTOMIZED AGGREGATIONS - Systems and methods for increasing data transmission rates through a content distribution network by generating a customized aggregation comprising data packets selected to maximize a data acceptance rate are disclosed herein. The system can include a memory including a content library database having a plurality of data packets and a user profile database. The system can further include a server that can: receive aggregation information identifying a set of delivery data packets and a set of assessment data packets; receive data packet data from the content library database; identify a recipient cohort; determine a recipient cohort lapsed time; generate an estimate of data packet transfer time for the aggregation; generate an updated aggregation based on the recipient cohort lapsed time and the estimate of data packet transfer time; and provide the updated aggregation to the user devices. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127245 | System Architecture for Varying Rate Transmission - A system receives an incoming datastream at an incoming data rate or transmits an outgoing datastream at an outgoing data rate. The system may include a detection circuit to monitor the signal quality of the datastream. Responsive to changes in the monitored signal quality, the system may switch the data rate from a first data rate to a new data rate. If signal conditions are favorable, the system may switch to a higher data rate than the first data rate. If signal quality conditions worsen, the system may switch from the first data rate to a lower data rate to allow for a reduction in error rate. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127246 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR LOW-JITTER COMMUNICATION OVER A PACKET-SWITCHED NETWORK - There is disclosed a network communication system that includes data sources and of switches. Each of the data sources and switches is interconnected by a packet-switched network, and is synchronized to a common clock. The system also includes a network controller that maintains records of network characteristics including a transmission delay for each of the data sources and switches, and a transmission delay for links in the packet-switched network. The network controller processes the network characteristics to generate, for each of a plurality of packets of a given type of traffic: a path from a particular data source, and through at least one particular switch, and a schedule of departure times at each of the particular data source and the at least one particular switch. The path and the schedule are optimized to meet jitter requirements for the given type of traffic. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127247 | PACKET PROCESSING METHOD AND PACKET PROCESSING DEVICE - To provide a packet processing device that prevents a reduction in the efficiency of data communication. A packet processing device | 2016-05-05 |
20160127248 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING DATA TRANSMISSION RATES THROUGH A CONTENT DISTRIBUTION NETWORK - Systems and methods for increasing data transmission rates through a content distribution network by generating a customized aggregation comprising data packets selected to maximize a data acceptance rate are disclosed herein. The system can include a memory having a content library database storing a plurality of data packets and a user profile database. The system can further include a server that can receive aggregation information identifying a plurality of delivery data packets and a plurality of assessment data packets, receive data packet data from the content library database, and generate an updated aggregation by removing at least one data packet from the aggregation. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127249 | PACKET TRANSFER PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A write preference determination unit ( | 2016-05-05 |
20160127250 | Low Jitter Traffic Scheduling on a Packet Network - A data traffic scheduling method that includes selecting, using a network controller, plurality of flows that traverses a network node, generating an augmented graph based on a flow rate of the plurality of flows and link capacities of the network node, computing a flow schedule for the flow using the augmented graph to minimize delay or delay variance of the flows, and outputting the flow schedule. A data traffic scheduling method that includes obtaining, using a network controller, a network topology for a network, generating an augmented graph based on the network topology, converting the augmented graph to a mixed-integer linear program, scheduling a flow in the network using the mixed-integer linear program to minimize delay or delay variance of the flow, and outputting a flow schedule. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127251 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF QOS FOR AND SINGLE STREAM ICA - The present solution provides quality of service (QoS) for a stream of protocol data units via a single transport layer connection. A device receives via a single transport layer connection a plurality of packets carrying a plurality of protocol data units. Each protocol data unit identifies a priority. The device may include a filter for determining an average priority for a predetermined window of protocol data units and an engine for assigning the average priority as a connection priority of the single transport layer connection. The device transmits via the single transport layer connection the packets carrying those protocol data units within the predetermined window of protocol data units while the connection priority of the single transport layer connection is assigned the average priority for the predetermined window of protocol data units. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127252 | GUEST-INFLUENCED PACKET TRANSMISSION - A method performed by a physical computing system includes, with a hypervisor, receiving a first packet from a virtual machine managed by the hypervisor, the first packet for transmission to a destination, the first packet including a first queue identifier, selecting a first transmission queue from a plurality of available transmission queues to transmit the first packet, the first transmission queue being based on the first queue identifier, receiving a second packet from the virtual machine, the second packet for transmission to the destination, the second packet including a second queue identifier, and selecting a second transmission queue from the plurality of available transmission queues to transmit the second packet, the second transmission queue being based on the second queue identifier. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127253 | ROUTING HANDLER FOR RULE-BASED ACTION TRIGGERING - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for implementing a routing handler for rule-based action triggering are disclosed. A request is received at a routing handler from a client. The request specifies a particular operation at a particular one of a plurality of sub-services. The sub-services comprise one or more operations for defining a plurality of rules; the rules are defined to bind triggers to actions. The sub-services also comprise one or more operations for performing the actions in a provider network comprising a plurality of resources. The particular operation in the request is determined at the routing handler. The particular one of the sub-services is determined at the routing handler based on the particular operation, using a routing map. The routing map is dynamically updated when operations provided by sub-services are modified. The request is routed to the particular one of the sub-services. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127254 | ORCHESTRATION ENGINE FOR REAL-TIME CONFIGURATION AND MANAGEMENT OF INTERCONNECTIONS WITHIN A CLOUD-BASED SERVICES EXCHANGE - In some examples, a cloud-based services exchange comprises a plurality of interconnection assets configured to connect at least one customer of the cloud-based services exchange to a plurality of cloud service providers; and an orchestration engine configured to modify the plurality of interconnection assets by receiving an indication of a client request for cloud exchange services offered by the cloud-based services exchange; selecting a workflow for providing the cloud exchange services, wherein the workflow specifies a set of tasks to be performed to fulfill the client request for the cloud exchange services; call one or more microservices to perform the tasks of the set of tasks as specified by the selected workflow; consolidate responses received from the microservices after performing the tasks; and send a response to the client request for the cloud exchange services based on the consolidated responses. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127255 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CAPACITY PLANNING OF SYSTEM RESOURCES - In various example embodiments, a system and method for managing system resources are presented. For one embodiment, determining allocated resource budgets for a plurality of groups using system resources. A determination is made that a group from the plurality of groups is over-consuming the allocated resource budget based on a first set of rules. A determination is made that the system is operating in a busy state based on a second set of rules. A determination is made whether to enforce capping on the allocated resource budget of the group based on the over-consuming of the allocated resource budget by the group and the busy state of the system. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127256 | LOAD BALANCING FOR MULTI-TIERED QUERYING - Technology is disclosed for establishing a querying system and load balancing the multi-tiered querying system. A multi-tiered targeted query system can comprise three tiers: a web tier, an aggregator tier, and a shard tier. When load balancing of shards is performed, fan-out can occur, increasing latency. The disclosed technology performs load balancing while minimizing the amount fan-out increase. Selecting the databases to move can comprise determining which databases on that server are causing the most load, and determining if moving any of these databases will increase an expected amount of fan-out above an acceptable threshold value. Determining the expected amount of fan-out increase incurred by moving a database can be based on an analysis of a number of friend relationships between that database and other databases on the same or other servers. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127257 | Resource Allocating in a Network - In one aspect, a method includes receiving, at a first node in a network, a resource reservation request from a second node in the network, determining, at the first node, if there is another node in the network that can be used to reach a destination and meet the resource reservation request and notifying the second node a result of the determining. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127258 | GENERATING NETWORK RESOURCE - The techniques of the present disclosure acquire requirement description information of a user, acquire at least one resource component according to the requirement description information, the resource component being a component that constitutes a network resource desired by the user, or a function component for realizing a part of functions of the network resource; and assemble the network resource according to the at least one resource component. The techniques of the present disclosure enhance a matching degree between the network resource and the user's requirement, thereby meeting the requirement of the user with respect to the network resource. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127259 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SAFE DOWNTIME OF SHARED RESOURCES WITHIN A PCD - A method and system for managing safe downtime of shared resources within a portable computing device are described. The method may include determining a tolerance for a downtime period for an unacceptable deadline miss element of the portable computing device. Next, the determined tolerance for the downtime period may be transmitted to quality-of-service (“QoS”) controller. The QoS controller may determine if the tolerance for the downtime period needs to be adjusted. The QoS controller may receive a downtime request from one or more shared resources of the portable computing device. The QoS controller may determine if the downtime request needs to be adjusted. Next, the QoS controller may select a downtime request for execution and then identify which one or more unacceptable deadline miss elements of the portable computing device that are impacted by the selected downtime request. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127260 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SESSION-BASED RESOURCE ASSIGNMENT, DELIVERY, PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND MEASUREMENT IN A NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT - Techniques for serving a manifest file of an adaptive streaming video include receiving a request for the manifest file from a user device. The video is encoded at different reference bitrates and each encoded reference bitrate is divided into segments to generate video segment files. The manifest file includes an ordered list of universal resource locators (URLs) that reference a set of video segment files encoded at a particular reference bitrate. A source manifest file that indicates the set of video segment files is identified based on the request. An issued manifest file that includes a first URL and a second URL is generated based on the source manifest file. The first URL references a first domain and the second URL references a second domain that is different from the first domain. The issued manifest file is transmitted to the user device as a response to the request. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127261 | REALLOCATING RESOURCE CAPACITY AMONG RESOURCE POOLS IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - In general, the embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for rebalancing/reallocating cloud resource capacities between resource pools that provide variable customer assurances and delivery penalties when assurances are not met. The variables that are considered hereunder include, overall ‘reservations’, total current capacity, remaining capacity against unused reservations and penalties that apply for failing to satisfy ‘reservation’ commitments. The approach uses a rate of capacity consumption to calculate the risk of consuming the available capacity in each resource pool (e.g., resource pools allocated to satisfy different levels of service with different SLA failure penalties). Based on the relative available capacity in each pool (as determined by the pool rate of consumption), resources are reallocated to maximize revenue (e.g., reduce financial penalty) across a resource pool set. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127262 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO THROTTLE MEDIA ACCESS BY WEB CRAWLERS - Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to throttle resource access by web crawlers. An example method disclosed herein includes obtaining, at a server, a media request message for media hosted by the server, the media request message requesting access to the media, characterizing a media-requesting source associated with the media request message, and inserting a time delay in a media response message to the media-requesting source based on the characterization. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127263 | Admission Control Of A Communication Session - Aspects of the disclosure relate to admission control of a communication session in a network. The admission control can be implemented by a network node at the boundary of the network or a subsystem thereof. In one aspect, the admission control can be implemented during a predetermined period and can be based at least on an admission criterion, which can be specific to an end-point device, e.g., a target device or an origination device. The admission criterion can be configurable and, in certain implementations, it can be obtained from historical performance associated with establishment of communication session. Such historical performance can be assessed within a period of a configurable span. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127264 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USING BANDWIDTH SUBJECT TO CELLULAR INTERFERENCE - Methods and apparatus for using communications channels corresponding to frequency bands subject to cellular network, e.g., LTE, interference and/or other interference are described. The methods are well suited for use of cable networks where communications over a coax cable or via cable device may be subject to LTE interference. In various embodiments data traffic is classified based on whether the traffic corresponds to a protocol that supports a retry communications mechanism in the event of a communication error, the type of traffic data and/or the priority of the traffic data. In some embodiments data being communicated using a protocol which supports a retry mechanism are routed over channels subject to interference even if, in some cases, the packets correspond to data which has a higher priority or QoS requirements than packets, e.g., best effort packets, which are transmitted using a protocol that does not support a packet retry mechanism. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127265 | DISTRIBUTED POLICY ENFORCEMENT WITH OPTIMIZING POLICY TRANSFORMATIONS - A policy is incorporated into a first set of policies at least in part by generating a second set of policies corresponding to the policy. An index of the first set of policies is generated based at least in part on a policy element of a normal form. Based at least in part on the index, a subset of the first set of policies that is relevant to at least one of a plurality of policy enforcement components is identified and provided to at least one of the plurality of policy enforcement components of a virtual resource provider identified as relevant. A request subject to the policy is received, and the policy is enforced at least in part by evaluating the request with respect to the subset of the first set of policies. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127266 | MESH PLATFORM UTILITY COMPUTING PORTAL - A utility computing portal supports public and private modules for application development in a cloud computing environment. The public nodules support downloads, customer support and access to a development community. The private modules are accessible to users with valid login credentials or those authenticated via a related entity, such as a Live ID. The private modules may include modules for testing, analysis, and billing. The utility computing portal also supports access to application configuration, for example, allowing a manager to change the number of front end and backend physical/virtual machines available to various application roles. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127267 | Distributed Switch Architecture - A distributed switch architecture supports very high bandwidth applications. For instance, the distributed switch architecture may be implemented for cloud networks. The architecture scales by organizing traffic management components into tiled structures with distributed buffering. The tile structures are replicated and interconnected to perform transfers from ingress to egress using an interconnect bandwidth scheduling algorithm. Bandwidth scaling may be achieved by adding more tiles to achieve higher bandwidth. The interconnect in the architecture may be swapped out depending on implementation parameters, e.g., physical efficiency. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127268 | Network Arrangement and Method Prioritization of Real-Time Telegrams in a Convergent Network - A method for the prioritization of real-time telegrams in a convergent network, in particular in an industrial network and/or a “time-sensitive network” (TSN), wherein the convergent network has a central distribution infrastructure and a decentralized distribution infrastructure, and within the convergent network a service sends and/or receives real-time telegrams, and wherein the convergent network has a switching node forming a central network node for connection of central distribution infrastructure and decentralized distribution infrastructure, and which has a coupling port via which the switching node is connected to the decentralized distribution infrastructure, wherein the switching node has central network ports via which the switching node is integrated into the central distribution infrastructure, where real-time telegrams received at central network ports of the switching nodes are assigned a higher priority level than the real-time telegrams received at the coupling ports so as to provide efficient prioritization of real-time telegrams. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127269 | DUAL STACK ROOT BASED mLDP TREE MERGE - In one embodiment, a first device in a multicast label distribution (mLDP) network receives a first label mapping message that includes IPv4 and IPv6 addresses of a root node of a multicast tree. The first device also receives a second label mapping message from a second device that identifies the multicast tree and includes one of: the IPv4 address or the IPv6 address of the root node. The first device determines that the second label mapping message is associated with the multicast tree. In response to determining that the second label mapping message is associated with the multicast tree, the first device adds the second device to the multicast tree. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127270 | Relay System and Switching Device - When relaying a frame received at a MCLAG port to a bridge port, a MCLAG identifier adding unit adds a MCLAG identifier to the frame. When an encapsulated frame to which a MCLAG identifier has been added is received at the bridge port and the encapsulation of the frame, is performed by a peer device, a learning information control unit does not learn an encapsulation address contained in the encapsulated frame. More specifically, the learning information control unit learns a source customer address contained in the frame in association with the MCLAG identifier added to the frame to the address table, but does not learn a source encapsulation address. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127271 | Relay System and Switching Device - When a first case and a second case are both satisfied, a destination address setting unit determines an encapsulation address of a peer device as a destination encapsulation address. The first case corresponds to the case where an unencapsulated frame received at a lower-link port is converted into an encapsulated frame. The second case corresponds to the case where a MCLAG identifier corresponding to the lower-link port is acquired by retrieval of an address table using a destination customer address of the unencapsulated frame as a retrieval key. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127272 | VIRTUAL NETWORK - A SDN controller receives a forwarding request message including a header portion of a layer-2 packet. The SDN controller determines whether a source host and a destination host of the layer-2 packet are in the same virtual network according to a virtual network table. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127273 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING AND REDUCING LTE-SYSTEM COVERAGE HOLES DUE TO EXTERNAL INTERFERENCE - Disclosed herein are methods and systems for identifying and reducing LTE-system coverage holes due to external interference. One embodiment takes the form of a process that includes receiving a signal in a first wireless band. The received signal comprises a signal of interest. The process also includes determining that a received signal quality of the signal of interest is less than a signal-quality threshold. The process also includes determining that the received signal quality of the signal of interest is less than the signal-quality threshold due to interference external to the first wireless band, and responsively attenuating the received signal. The process also includes demodulating the attenuated received signal to obtain the signal of interest. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127274 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPLICATING NETWORK INFORMATION BASE IN A DISTRIBUTED NETWORK CONTROL SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE CONTROLLER INSTANCES - A network control system that includes several controllers for managing several switching elements. Each controller includes a network information base (NIB) storage that stores data regarding the switching elements and a secondary storage for facilitating replication of at least a portion of data across the NIB storages of the different controllers. In some embodiments, the primary purpose for one or more of the secondary storage structures is to back up the data in the NIB. In these or other embodiments, one or more of the secondary storage structures serve a purpose other than backing up the data in the NIB. In some embodiments, the NIB is stored in system memory while the system operates for fast access of the NIB records. In some embodiments, one or more of the secondary storage structures are stored on disks which can be slower to access. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127275 | Command Injection to Hardware Pipeline for Atomic Configuration - A command processing system facilitates pipeline configuration. Each stage of a packet processing pipeline may access certain memory locations for processing of a data packet as it passes through each stage. The command processing system facilitates changing the memory locations in an atomic manner. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127276 | PACKET CAPTURE ENGINE FOR COMMODITY NETWORK INTERFACE CARDS IN HIGH-SPEED NETWORKS - A method, systems for a packet capture engine for commodity network interface cards (NICs) in high-speed networks that provides lossless zero-copy packet capture and delivery services by exploiting multi-queue NICs and multicore architectures. The methods, systems include a ring-buffer-pool mechanism and a buddy-group based offloading mechanism. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127277 | Electronically Processing Bounceback Messages from Communications Networks - Examples of systems and methods for processing email bounceback messages are disclosed. One disclosed method includes the steps of receiving a bounceback email message, determining a classification for the bounceback email message, determining a corrective action for the bounceback email message based on the classification, and executing the corrective action. In another example, program code for performing such a method is encoded on a non-transitory computer-readable media. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127278 | EXTENDED OUT OF OFFICE MESSAGE PROCESSING - Message processing includes activating an out-of-office function for a messaging account, wherein the out-of-office function has a scheduled end time. A determination is made, using a processor, that a current time is after the scheduled end time and that a deactivation condition for the out-of-office function has not occurred. Responsive to the determination, an out-of-office action is performed using the processor. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127279 | EXTENDED OUT OF OFFICE MESSAGE PROCESSING - Message processing includes activating an out-of-office function for a messaging account, wherein the out-of-office function has a scheduled end time. A determination is made, using a processor, that a current time is after the scheduled end time and that a deactivation condition for the out-of-office function has not occurred. Responsive to the determination, an out-of-office action is performed using the processor. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127280 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS WITH IN-CONTEXT MESSAGING - A communication apparatus, a system, and a method are provided that allow in-context electronic communication. In particular, communications received by a user is organized with in-context information, such as pictures or profiles of senders or recipients, forwarding history of the communication, relationship among the senders or recipients, subject matter and flow of conversation, and the like. As such, the user may review the received communication in context. For example, a graphical interface may be provided to present received messages as graphical conversations among different characters or persons using their pictures. The graphical interface may depict participants, listeners, and speakers in different panels to represent a flow of group conversation. In an embodiment, the communication may be depicted in a story or comic based format to layout messages or comments from different people. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127281 | Enhanced Video Instant Messaging Processing - An enhanced instant messaging processing method is presented to users in an instant messaging communication environment. For a user having two or more communication terminals that have logged into a same instant messaging account of the user, a communication server monitors invitations sent to the instant messaging account. Responsive to one communication terminal responding to the invitation and the type of the response, the communication server generates a response policy for each of other communication terminals of the user, where the response policy optimizes the instant communication performance enhances the user experience. The disclosed embodiments also support simultaneous instant communications among a large number of users connected to multiple data processing servers. The disclosed solution for support simultaneous instant communications balances the load of the data processing servers while keeping multiple communication terminals of a user informed of the status of the instant communication. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127282 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ADDING AN ANONYMOUS PARTICIPANT TO A CHAT SESSION - A system provides the ability for a chat or IM participant to add another participant invisibly and chat with the added participant without the knowledge of the other participants of the original chat session. A first user and a second, employing at least two devices, begin a chat or IM session. A second user initiates a side chat session with a third user. During the side chat session, the third user can selectively receive IM messages being exchanged between the first user and the second user without the knowledge of the first user. Further, the third user and second user may exchange messages that are not provided to the first user. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127283 | Method and apparatus for creating booklets and the use of the same - Techniques for creating electronic messages with interactive images and audio are described. The electronic messages can be shared with another user or a group of users, published to a whitewall and iteratively commented in voice. According to one aspect of the present invention, an image is interactively marked while recording a spoken commentary to accompany marks provided by a user. A result of such a electronic message is referred to as a booklet herein. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127284 | CLOUD MESSAGING SERVICES OPTIMIZATION THROUGH ADAPTIVE MESSAGE COMPRESSION - Intelligent adjustment of compression levels of messages being brokered or otherwise handled by message service providers in a cloud-computing environment to strike a balance between the reduction in network usage and storage requirement resources owing to message compression on one hand and the increase in CPU resource usage owing to message compression on the other hand for reducing usage-based charges from the cloud customer's point of view and reducing the equipment and operational cost from the cloud provider's point of view (resulting in the ability of the provider to take on and/or retain customers). Determination of an “optimal” compression level that strikes an appropriate balance among resource usage may include consideration of a current messaging load (e.g., bytes of data per unit time), a current compression level, and current usage levels of one or more of the various resources. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127285 | BEARING PERFORMANCE AUTOMATIC CALCULATION SERVICE DEVICE - A bearing performance automatic calculation service device is provided which allows a user to receive an automatic calculation service at any time in any location, which easily ensures reliability in terms of leakage of transmitted/received data, and which is easily used in terms of an input operation. An e-mail address is assigned, which is used only for receiving a request for an automatic calculation service. It is determined whether authentication information and a description content of a file | 2016-05-05 |
20160127286 | Apparatus and method for secure elective message tag provisioning - A computer-implemented method and apparatus for the secure provisioning of elective message tags in a digital environment. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127287 | METHOD OF PROVIDING INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM THAT RECORDS PROGRAM THEREFOR, AND TERMINAL - Disclosed are a method of providing an instant messaging service, a recording medium that records a program therefor, and a terminal. A real time camera capture image is output to a background screen of a dialog window for displaying an instant message so that a user can keep his/her eyes forward through the background screen of the dialog window and use an instant messaging service while moving. Moreover, the real time camera capture image is transmitted to a partner in a conversation through the background screen of the dialog window according to the user's simple input so that it is possible for the user to share circumstances around him or her with the partner in real time. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127288 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INVITING USERS TO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES BASED ON INTERACTIVE RECORDINGS - A method for inviting users to participate in activities comprises receiving from a first client device a recording of at least a part of an activity provided via the first client device to a first user and one or more parameters related to a configuration of the activity on the first client device, embedding an interactive element into the recording of the activity, thereby generating an invitation to participate in the activity, wherein the invitation is published. The method further comprises receiving from a second client device an indication of an interaction of a second user with the embedded interactive element, and providing the one or more parameters for initiating the activity on the second client device according to the configuration. Furthermore, a system enabling inviting of users to participate in activities and a corresponding client device are defined. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127289 | OPERATING A MATCH COOPERATIVE WITHOUT HANDLING PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION - The present disclosure provides a detailed description of techniques used in systems, methods, and in computer program products for building and operating a match cooperative without handling personally identifiable information. The various embodiments address the problem of discovering attributes pertaining to a particular user without sharing personally identifiable information pertaining to that particular user. More specifically, the claimed embodiments are directed to approaches for receiving online and offline PII and NPII associated with various users, obfuscating (e.g., hashing) the PII, and matching the obfuscated PII to the NPII based on various data (e.g., common attributes, etc.) and methods (e.g., deterministic matching, probabilistic matching, etc.). The matched NPII attributes can then be used to target the user associated with the obfuscated PII in online advertising campaigns. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127290 | Method and system for detecting spam bot and computer readable storage medium - Disclosed is a method for detecting a spam bot, including: each mail sent by a monitored host in a network is scored, and it is determined whether the each mail is a normal mail or a junk mail according to comparison between a score of the each mail and a preset classification threshold; it is determined whether the monitored host is a spam bot according to a determination result of the each mail sent by the monitored host. Further disclosed are a system for detecting a spam bot and a computer readable storage medium. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127291 | ANONYMOUS MOBILE GROUP COMMUNICATIONS - A text-notification application for iOS and Android devices that facilitates broadcasting group messages for any size group, for any purpose, without requiring users to disclose email or cell phone contact information. Users can configure their own group channels to send and receive messages anonymously. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127292 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING POLLING IN MESSAGE CONVERSATIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE DEVICES - A method and apparatus for controlling polling in message conversations across multiple devices are provided herein. The method includes displaying a poll in a messaging conversation display screen on a first participant device, wherein the poll comprises at least two polling options; receiving an instruction to update the poll based on a response to the poll from at least one of the multiple devices; and updating the poll per the received instruction. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127293 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GRAPHIC CODE PROCESSING - A method and system for processing graphical codes are disclosed. A device with one or more processors and memory obtains a respective graphic code (e.g., a QR code, barcode, SKU or the like) and identifies an operation corresponding to the respective graphic code. The device detects a trigger condition for diverting from a default processing procedure for executing the operation corresponding to the respective graphic code. In response to detecting the trigger condition, the device: delays execution of the operation corresponding to the respective graphic code; and stores at least one of the respective graphic code and data decoded from the respective graphic code in a graphic code library, where the graphic code library includes zero or more previously obtained graphic codes distinct from the respective graphic code or corresponding data decoded from the zero or more previously obtained graphic codes. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127294 | Method and Apparatus for Location Related Social Reminder Provision - A system includes a processor configured to determine a vehicle destination. The processor is also configured to access a driver-owned media delivery account to determine context-relevant information relating to the destination. The processor is further configured to prepare a driver alert based on the context-relevant information and deliver the driver alert. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127295 | SOCIAL PRESENCE - Publishing social presence data associated with users in flight to other users associated with messaging services is described. Technologies described herein include determining messaging services offered by a telecommunications service provider are enabled to facilitate an exchange of communication data between a first user device associated with a first user that is physically located in an aircraft and associated with a connectivity services service provider and at least one second user device associated with a second user. The technologies described herein can include, based at least partly on determining that the messaging services are enabled, receiving communication data from the first user device, accessing presence data from the first user device, sending the communication data to the at least one second user device, and causing the presence data to be presented on the at least one second user device. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127296 | EMAIL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENDING DESIGNATED CONTENTS OF EMAILS - A method for sending and receiving an email includes providing an email interface for an email sender to compose the email, inputting a number of recipients and an email message of the email to corresponding input fields of the email interface, setting a reading privilege for each recipient, sending the email to the number of recipients according to the reading privileges, and receiving the email sent from the email sender. The email received by each recipient only contains designated contents of the email according to the reading privilege set by the email sender. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127297 | PERSONALIZED MESSAGES FOR PRODUCT ONBOARDING - Techniques for onboarding users to online product features are described. According to various embodiments, email content data describing an email type of an email to be transmitted to a particular member is accessed. Information identifying a plurality of candidate onboarding content items associated with the email type is also accessed. Feature data including member onboarding content item interaction data describing the particular member's interactions with various onboarding content items is also accessed. Thereafter, for the particular member and the email type, a relevance score is generated for each of the candidate onboarding content items, based on the email content data and the member onboarding content item interaction data. Each of the relevance scores may indicate a likelihood that the particular member selects the corresponding candidate onboarding content item. A specific onboarding content item is then selected from the plurality of candidate onboarding content items, based on the generated relevance scores. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127298 | CROWD DETERMINED MESSAGE RESPONSE SYSTEM - A crowd determined message response system may be provided. A message sent from a sender to at least one recipient over a communication network may be received. The message may be presented on a user interface device. A selection of a designated recipient for responding to the message may be received. A priority of the message sent to the designated recipient may be adjusted. The priority of the message sent to an unselected recipient of the message not selected as the designated recipient may be adjusted. The priority may be adjusted differently for the designated recipient and the unselected recipient. Based on the adjusting of the priority of the message sent to the unselected recipient, the order of importance in which the unselected recipient's messages are presented may be rearranged. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127299 | CROWD DETERMINED MESSAGE RESPONSE SYSTEM - A crowd determined message response system may be provided. A message sent from a sender to at least one recipient over a communication network may be received. The message may be presented on a user interface device. A selection of a designated recipient for responding to the message may be received. A priority of the message sent to the designated recipient may be adjusted. The priority of the message sent to an unselected recipient of the message not selected as the designated recipient may be adjusted. The priority may be adjusted differently for the designated recipient and the unselected recipient. Based on the adjusting of the priority of the message sent to the unselected recipient, the order of importance in which the unselected recipient's messages are presented may be rearranged. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127300 | DYNAMIC GRANULAR MESSAGING PERSISTENCE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for dynamic, granular messaging persistence in a messaging system. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for dynamic, granular messaging persistence in a messaging system is provided. The method includes monitoring operational performance of a message broker and receiving a message for queuing in a message queue of the message broker. The method also includes parsing the message to extract different fields and corresponding priorities and selectively storing in fixed storage, data for corresponding ones of the different fields based upon consideration of corresponding ones of the priorities and the monitored operational performance. Finally, the method includes queuing the message in the message queue. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127301 | Messaging System for Determining Reliability of Push Messages - A method for controlling voice emoticons in a portable terminal for providing a recipient portable terminal with various voice files according to the emotions and feelings of the user in place of text-based emoticons, thereby enabling the various voice files to be played and to express rich emotions compared to the existing monotonous and dry TTS-based voice files. The method includes steps of: displaying a voice emoticon call menu for calling a voice emoticon menu on one area of a touch screen; displaying the voice emoticon menu provided with a voice emoticon list after the voice emoticon call menu is user-selected; and transmitting a voice emoticon user-selected from the voice emoticon list to a recipient portable terminal in place of the voice of the user. | 2016-05-05 |
20160127302 | INTELLIGENTLY SHARING MESSAGES ACROSS GROUPS - Identifying recipients to receive communication based on content selection may be provided. An indication of content selected by a user is received. The content may be part of group communication that is communicated among users via an online communication application. The content and an author of the content are identified. One or more criteria may be applied to the content to determine the recipients of the communication. The communication may be transmitted as a single message to the recipients simultaneously. | 2016-05-05 |