37th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 64 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150256397 | Route Tracing in Software Defined Networks - Mechanisms are provided for tracing a route taken by a packet in a Software Defined Network (SDN). Each switch in the SDN is assigned a first color label, from a set of color labels, such that such that adjacent switches have different color labels. Rules are installed in each switch to forward a received data packet to the SDN controller in response to a second color label of the received data packet not matching the first color label assigned to the switch. A second color label, from the set of color labels, is assigned to a trace data packet. A route of the trace data packet is traced through the SDN based on the second color label and application of the one or more rules to the trace data packet at each of the switches in the SDN as the trace data packet is received by each of the switches in the SDN. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256398 | Method for monitoring a communication network - A method for monitoring a communication network, which includes a plurality of processing units which communicate with one another via a communication medium, a channel of the communication medium being measured using channel estimation; from a result of the channel estimation, a characteristic variable being produced; and, with the aid of the characteristic variable, a decision is made as to whether a manipulative change of the communication network has occurred. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256399 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ZERO-CONFIGURATION INTERWORKING BETWEEN DEVICES, AND DISTRIBUTED HOME NETWORK SYSTEM USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for zero-configuration interworking between devices, which solves an expandability problem and does not require a home gateway. The apparatus for zero-configuration interworking between devices includes: an operation mode input unit for receiving an operation mode select signal; a human life standard message generation unit for generating a human life standard message corresponding to the operation mode select signal; a message transmission unit for broadcasting the human life standard message to all other devices in a home; a message reception unit for receiving a human life standard message from the other devices in the home; a setting information storage unit storing information of a preset human life mode; and an operation processing unit for processing an operation corresponding to a human life mode within the received human life standard message, according to the information of the setting information storage unit. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256400 | SELF-CONFIGURING PORT SYSTEM - A self-configuring port system includes a first type interface device that is configured to couple to a network switch port that is configured to operate in a plurality of different modes. A plurality of second type interface devices each coupled to the first type interface device by at least one cable. Each of the plurality of second type interface devices includes an auto-negotiation engine that is configured to advertise each of the plurality of different modes. When coupled to a respective peer device and advertising each of the plurality of different modes, each of the auto-negotiation engines in the plurality of second type interface devices is configured to perform an auto-negotiation function with the respective peer device to select a first mode of the plurality of different modes for use in transmitting data between the network switch port and the respective peer device. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256401 | Systems, Methods and Devices for Networking Over a Network - The present disclosure is related to systems, methods, and processor readable media for distributing digital data over networks. Certain embodiments relate to systems, methods, and devices used within such networks where at least a substantial portion of the interconnected devices are capable of interacting with one or more neighboring devices, and then to form such a network either with no gateway and/or control point, with a single gateway and/or control point or with a number of gateways and/or control points. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256402 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GROUPING PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES USING INFORMATION PATTERN CODE - The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for grouping a plurality of personal electronic devices into one group and managing the plurality of personal electronic devices. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a method of registering personal electronic devices may include: obtaining an information code related to a second electronic device by a first electronic device; transmitting a registration request message including at least one among identification information on the first electronic device and information included in the obtained information code to a server by the first electronic device; and when the first electronic device has received a message including grouping information from the server, transmitting information related to the grouping information to the second electronic device and designating the first electronic device and the second electronic device as a group. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256403 | Information Transmission Method and Device - Provided are an information transmission method and device. The method includes that: a base station determines that a receiving bandwidth of first User Equipment (UE) is smaller than a system bandwidth or a component carrier accessed by the first UE is of a New Carrier Type (NCT); and the base station transmits downlink data to the first UE within the receiving bandwidth of the first UE according to a preset Radio Frame (RF), preset subframes and/or preset time-domain and frequency-domain resources. By the disclosure, the problem of how to correctly receive downlink information under a downlink narrowband condition in a related art is solved, UE of different types can coexist in a system, and an application range of the system is widened. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256404 | Method and system of providing computer network based limited visibility service discovery - Computer networks can have excessively varied configurations, hence the ability to easily discover and access services within a networked computing environment has become indispensable to modern business. As a result, systems such as ZeroConfiguration (ZeroConfig) have been introduced to make services such as printing more seamless. ZeroConfig enables a service (such as a printing service) to be discovered in a straightforward manner to user devices wishing to use the service without any configuration on the part of a user or administrator. While this is advantageous in some environments, in others, service visibility becomes too widespread. Hence, a system and method is provided for controlled visibility service discovery and subsequent service execution. The system and method allow only authorized users to discover services from their user device using ZeroConfig as the underlying technology. In this way benefits of systems such as ZeroConfig can be maintained while providing service visibility control. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256405 | N-Node Virtual Link Trunking (VLT) Supporting Arbitrary Topologies - Aspects of the present invention include an arbitrary N-Node virtual link trunking (VLT) system comprising a set of N nodes collectively provide a logical fabric-level view that is consistent across the set of N nodes. Embodiments of the arbitrary N-Node VLT system comprise a control plane mechanism to provide Layer 2 multipathing between access network devices (switches or servers) and the core network. The N-Node VLT system provides a loop-free topology with active-active load-sharing of uplinks from access to the core. Accordingly, the N-Node VLT system eliminates the disadvantage of Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) (active-standby links) by allowing link aggregation group (LAG) terminations on multiple separate distribution or core switches and also supporting a loop-free topology. Additional benefits of an N-Node VLT system include, but are not limited to, higher resiliency, improved link utilization, and improved manageability of the network. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256406 | System and Method for Providing a U-Space Aligned KVM/Ethernet Management Switch/Serial Aggregator Controller - A server rack includes a rack space including a plurality of rack units for receiving equipment, an aggregator module, and a plurality of management ports. Each management port is coupled to the aggregator, uniquely associated with one of the plurality of rack units, and collocated with the associated rack unit. The aggregator module is operable to determine which rack unit of the plurality of rack units that a first piece of equipment is installed into, based upon a first management port of the first piece of equipment being coupled to a second management port of the plurality of management ports. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256407 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - A control apparatus controls a hierarchized network and generates a topology in a second layer different from a first layer based on an operation policy for the network and paths in the first layer of the network. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256408 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A DISTRIBUTED INTERNET ARCHITECTURE - The present disclosure is directed at an Internet Exchange Grid (IEG) which, in one embodiment, provides a distributed Internet architecture. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256409 | System and Method for Providing U-Space Aligned Intelligent VLAN and Port Mapping - A server rack includes a mapping module having management ports that are each uniquely associated with and collocated with a rack unit of the server rack, a server installed in a rack unit of the server rack having a host port and a management controller coupled to a management port, and a rack switch including a first switch port coupled to the host port. The management module provides an indication to the mapping module that the host port is an active port, and the mapping module directs the rack switch to query the switch port to determine if the switch port is coupled to the active port in response to receiving the indication, receives a second indication that the switch port is coupled to the active port, and provides a network map for the server rack that indicates that the host port is coupled to the switch port. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256410 | Multiple petabit-per-second switching system based on orthogonal formations of sets of access nodes - A switching system having a number of nodes interfacing with external network elements and interconnected through independent switches is disclosed. The network may serve as a large-scale data center or a geographically distributed network. The nodes are arranged into a number of formations. Within each formation, the nodes are divided into a number of disjoint sets of nodes. The nodes of each set of nodes are interconnected through a respective switch and are selected so that each set of nodes of any formation is orthogonal to each set of nodes of each other formation. With such a structure, each node has a set of routes to each other node, each route of which traversing at most two switches. The switching system may grow in both capacity and coverage without disturbing an already installed configuration. A switching system of an access capacity of multiple petabits/sec and large coverage is thus realizable. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256411 | Methods For Limiting Number Of Routers In A Mesh Network - In some cases, it may be desirable to limit the number of routers in a mesh network. Various techniques to limit the number of routers, without affecting connectivity, are disclosed. In some embodiments, a node enables its router capability if there are less than a predetermined number of routers already in the network. In other embodiments, a node enables its routing capability only is it is necessary to resolve a connectivity issue or a biconnectivity issue. In some cases, a node, which previously enabled its router capability, may no longer be required to be a router. In some embodiments, this node, upon making this determination, disables its routing capability. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256412 | OPERATION OF A DATA PROCESSING NETWORK HAVING A PLURALITY OF GEOGRAPHICALLY SPACED-APART DATA CENTERS - A method and a device are disclosed for operating a data processing network which includes a plurality of geographically spaced-apart data centers and a large number of client computers, data being transmittable between each of the client computers and at least to one of the data centers, wherein one or more virtual servers is operateable in each of the data centers. According to at least one embodiment, access data is collected including information on geographical location of the client, geographical location of the virtual servers and the degree of utilization of the virtual servers. The access data collected is analyzed and, using the result of analysis, a migration plan, which is improved with respect to the mean latency, is created for the deployment of the virtual servers among the data centers. The virtual servers are migrated between the data centers in accordance with the migration plan. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256413 | NETWORK SYSTEM WITH LIVE TOPOLOGY MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A network system includes a control unit, configured to inspect one or more live network packets including one or more live data packets and live service packets being transmitted through a network; generate a topology model for mapping the network based on topology attributes obtained from the live network packets; generate a live topology representing the network based on the topology model and the live network packets; and a communication interface, coupled to the control unit, configured to communicate the live topology to a device. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256414 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONFIGURATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus configuring a control apparatus controlling a network includes: a display unit displaying a first icon corresponding to a database storing control information for controlling the network and a plurality of second icons, each of which corresponds to one of a plurality of modules, each of which operates the control information based on a predetermined algorithm, on a display; and a management unit configuring the control apparatus having a function of connecting, upon connecting the first icon with any one of the second icons, a module corresponding to the second icon to the database and operating the control information responsive to a database operation command issued by the module. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256415 | BROWSER NOTIFICATIONS - A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may comprise instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, are configured to cause an intermediary server to at least receive, from a first client device, a first login request via a first browser installed on the first client device, the first login request identifying a user account, receive, from a third-party server, a message request, the message request including an identifier and indicating a browser application or a browser extension, map the identifier to the user account, determine whether the user account has installed the browser application or browser extension, and if the user account has installed the browser application or browser extension, send a first message to the first browser based on the message request. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256416 | APPLYING POLICIES TO SUBNETS - Associations are maintained among a plurality of subnets, policies, and client types. Each subnet has an associated client type and policy. For a particular client device, (i) a client type of the particular client device, and (ii) a client type associated with the subnet on which the particular client device is hosted is determined. For the particular client device, (i) the determined client type of the particular client device with (ii) the determined client type associated with the subnet on which the particular client device is hosted is compared. Responsive to a determination that the client type of the particular client device matches the client type associated with the subnet that hosts the particular client device, a policy is applied to the particular client device. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256417 | ADMISSION CONTROL IN A SELF AWARE NETWORK - A method of admission control in a Self Aware Network carrying at least one existing user (z) specifying at least one Quality of Service metric (q | 2015-09-10 |
20150256418 | Method and Apparatus for Implementing an Active Information Model - An apparatus includes a computerized appliance connected to a network, a physical processor in the computerized appliance, a data repository coupled to the computerized appliance, and coded instructions executing on the processor from a non-transitory medium, the coded instructions providing a stand-alone executable active agent comprising: one or more specifically-defined actions executable by the active agent, one or more specifically-defined commands by which individual ones of the one or more specifically-defined actions may be initiated, rule sets associated with individual ones of the specifically-defined actions, the rule sets imposing conditions upon initiation and/or performance of the actions, and one or more interactive configuration interfaces through which actions, commands, and rule sets may be defined, related, and edited. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256419 | ENTERPRISE APPLICATION INTEGRATION ON CLIENT COMPUTING DEVICES - Systems and methods of facilitating data integration between customer relationship management (CRM) applications on client computing devices are provided. A contact toolbar application of a client computing device can publish a connection point within a user workstation of the client computing device. First and second CRM applications can establish connections with the connection point. The user workstation can create an integration channel via the connection point between the contact toolbar application, the first CRM application, and the second CRM application, for real time exchange of computer telephony integration data between the contact toolbar application and at least one of the first CRM application and the second CRM application. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256420 | IDENTIFYING WIDEBAND IMPULSE NOISE THROUGH A GROUP OF SMALL CHANNELS - Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to determine impulse noise over a wide spectrum based upon measurements of impulse noise associated with each of a plurality of channels. Impulse noise can be observed on each of the plurality of channels and the observed impulse noise signals can be summed together. In summing observed impulse noise signals, a Fourier transform can be used to convert the observed impulse noises from a time domain representation to a frequency domain representation. The sum of the impulse noises can represent the impulse noise existing on the wide spectrum and can be converted from a frequency domain representation to a time domain representation using an inverse Fourier transform. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256421 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A program stored in a computer-readable medium causes a computer to execute a process including obtaining a plurality of measurement values measured by a plurality of sensors provided in a physical server; calculating displacement values of the measurement values for the threshold values with respect to each threshold value of the load patterns which indicate combinations of threshold values of the measurement values corresponding to types of the plurality of sensors, each threshold value is stored in a storage unit; and outputting the displacement values of the measurement values and the threshold values of the measurement values. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256422 | OUTAGE REPORTING - A user interface can include an outage reporting section which has the option of adding of an outage by requesting outage information from the user and receiving the outage information from the user. An existing outage can also be viewed by providing the user with a search field for selecting an existing outage. The user interface can be configured to display information regarding the selected existing outage. The outage information from the user can be stored in a centralized database for viewing at a later time. A series of questions regarding the outage can presented to the user at a user interface, and the series of questions may include at least one drop-down menu with predetermined answers. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256423 | DATA COLLECTION, AGGREGATION, AND ANALYSIS FOR PARENTAL MONITORING - In various example embodiments, a method and system to monitor activities on a plurality of devices associated with a common user are provided. The system includes an index component coupled to receive activity data from respective monitors installed on each of the plurality of devices, the activity data being associated with the common user and including an identifier associated with the common user. An analytics component is configured to aggregate the activity data using the identifier associated with the common user to generate analytics data relating to the activities on the plurality of devices associated with the common user, and also to present in the analytics data. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256424 | NAME COLLISION RISK MANAGER - Embodiments relate to systems, devices, and computer-implemented methods for managing domain name space collisions by accessing information, such as a domain name string, corresponding to a domain name resolution request and response. Based on at least the domain name string, a type of use value associated with the request can be determined. Based on at least the type of use value, a name collision risk value for the request can be determined. If the name collision risk value indicates there is a specified risk of a domain name string collision, then a domain name collision mitigation strategy can be generated and/or implemented. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256425 | INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An information providing method includes: obtaining a template that defines one or more functions to be used; and extracting plural combinations that are used to implement the one or more functions, which are defined in the obtained template, from a data storage unit that stores, for each of computer resource providing services that provide one or plural functions, a performance indicator value for each of the one or plural functions. Each of the plural combinations includes a computer resource providing service and one or more functions in the computer resource providing service. The method further includes: calculating, for each plural combinations, a performance indicator value for the combination based on data in the data storage unit; and outputting, for at least one of the extracted plural combinations, the computer resource providing service, the one or more functions in the computer resource providing service, and the calculated performance indicator value. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256426 | USING ENDPOINT HOST CHECKING TO CLASSIFY UNMANAGED DEVICES IN A NETWORK AND TO IMPROVE NETWORK LOCATION AWARENESS - A device receives, from a managed device, endpoint information associated with an unmanaged device connected to the managed device in a network. The device also receives unmanaged device information that partially identifies the unmanaged device, and completely identifies the unmanaged device based on the endpoint information and the unmanaged device information. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256427 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING VOIP FRAME - A method for transmitting a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) by a wireless LAN Access Point (AP) in a communication system includes when a VoIP frame is input from a terminal, determining whether a buffer for eliminating a jitter generated in a wireless network is used, and storing the VoIP frame in a queue, determining whether the buffer is used, and when the buffer is used, determining a time interval for transmitting the VoIP frame stored in the queue and a service start time, and transmitting the VoIP frame stored in the queue in a wired fashion based on the determined time interval and service start time. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256428 | INTERMEDIATE NODE DETERMINING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present invention provide an intermediate node determining method and apparatus, where the method includes: collecting an original data flow used to acquire a target service; based on the original data flow, determining request nodes and response nodes that are in nodes, and determining a connection relationship between the nodes; combining the determined request nodes into a first composite node and the determined response nodes into a second composite node, and determining, based on the determined connection relationship between the nodes, a connection path between the first composite node and the second composite node; and determining, based on a selected optimization objective and from the connection paths, at least one preferred connection path, to acquire an intermediate node on the at least one preferred connection path. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256429 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - There is provided a communication control device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire a reception timing at which a second radio communication device receives a downlink signal from a base station performing radio communication with a first radio communication device or the second radio communication device, and a decision unit configured to decide a transmission timing at which the second radio communication device transmits a signal to the first radio communication device through inter-device communication based on the reception timing. The decided transmission timing is a timing later than a timing at which the second radio communication device transmits an uplink signal. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256430 | INDUCING RESPONSE SIGNATURES IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Methods and systems are provided in which a network induces different distortions in signals traversing different segments of the network. The distortions may be used to identify locations on the network of devices that transmit and receive the signals. The distortions may be reflected in equalization coefficients programmed into transmitting or receiving devices, which may be used to pre or post filter the signals to compensate for the distortions. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256431 | Selective flow inspection based on endpoint behavior and random sampling - Presented herein are techniques for determining an initiator of network traffic, collecting at each of multiple instants of time, usage data for network traffic associated with the initiator, and storing historical usage data based on updates from usage data for the network traffic over time. Current usage data are compared to historical usage data of the initiator to determine whether current usage data are within an expected distribution with respect to the historical usage data. Based upon the comparison between the current usage data and the historical usage data, an inspection threshold is selected for traffic flows from the initiator, and a proportion of traffic flows associated with the initiator is determined to be inspected based on the inspection threshold. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256432 | MANAGING RESOURCES IN A NETWORKED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - An approach for managing and optimizing available resources utilized in a networked computing environment (e.g., a cloud computing environment) is provided. In one aspect, a plurality of resources in a plurality of storage pools within the networked computing environment are monitored. Each storage pool is running at least one application workload using a corresponding subset of the plurality of resources. The storage pools are ranked based on the application workloads. In response to an over-utilized storage pool and/or an under-utilized storage pool, the plurality of resources are dynamically reconfigured. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256433 | DISTRIBUTED SMART GRID PROCESSING - Nodes within a wireless mesh network are configured to monitor time series data associated with a utility network, including voltage fluctuations, current levels, temperature data, humidity measurements, and other observable physical quantities. The nodes execute stream functions to process the recorded time series data and generate data streams. The node is configured to transmit generated data streams to neighboring nodes. A neighboring node may execute other stream functions to process the received data stream(s), thereby generating additional data streams. A server coupled to the wireless mesh network collects and processes the data streams to identify events occurring within the network. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256434 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO IDENTIFY BOTTLENECK CAUSES IN APPLICATIONS USING TEMPORAL BOTTLENECK POINT DETECTION - Methods and systems are provided for determining performance characteristics of an application processing system. The method comprises monitoring throughput of a plurality of resources of the system in a selected time window. A change rate is detected in the throughput of the resources, respectively, representative of a change to constancy of workload in at least some of the resources. Such a change in constancy comprises a knee point of a plot of resource usage comprising load relative to throughput. The time of the change rate is identified within the time window. A relatively first to occur of a plurality of resources knee points is determined wherein the resource corresponding to the first to occur is determined to have a fully loaded throughput within the multi-tier processing system. The determination of the first to occur knee point comprises pinpointing a bottleneck starting point within the application processing system. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256435 | DISTRIBUTED SMART GRID PROCESSING - Nodes within a wireless mesh network are configured to monitor time series data associated with a utility network (or any other device network). One or more servers coupled to the wireless mesh network configures a data ingestion cloud to receive and process the time series data from the nodes to generate data streams. The server(s) also configure a distributed processing cloud to perform historical analysis on data streams, and a real-time processing cloud to perform real-time analysis on data streams. The distributed processing cloud and the real-time processing cloud may interoperate with one another in response to processing the data streams. Specifically, the real-time processing cloud may trigger a historical analysis on the distributed processing cloud, and the distributed processing cloud may trigger real-time processing on the real-time processing cloud. Any of the processing clouds may encompass edge nodes configured to perform real-time processing and generate data streams. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256436 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEAMLESS SCTP FAILOVER BETWEEN SCTP SERVERS RUNNING ON DIFFERENT MACHINES - A Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) cluster of multiple SCTP-servers is defined in such manner that some of the servers are assigned Active Role where others are assigned Standby Role with the purpose of ensuring uninterrupted SCTP-connections between the SCTP-cluster and any number of SCTP-clients. The Standby Servers use the same Internet Protocol (IP)-address(es) on the SCTP bound interfaces as their assigned Active Server. The Active Servers are effectively communicating to the SCTP-clients, where the Standby Servers are communicating to their assigned Active SCTP-Server using a separate backchannel TCP-connection. Over that backchannel connection the Standby Server receives regular updates from the Active Server. These updates hold enough information so that the Standby Server could locally simulate SCTP-negotiations and create SCTP-associations as if the SCTP-negotiations were performed directly with the SCTP-Clients. In this manner the Standby Servers are fully synchronized and ready in case of an Active Server failure to continue the SCTP-communications without any interruption. This handover does not involve any subsequent action from the SCTP-clients so that the SCTP-clients are unaware that such a handover took place. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256437 | AUDITING OF CONTENT RELATED EVENTS - At times, it may be desirable to determine that a client system is, or to determine the number of client systems that are, presenting particular dynamic content when an auditable event occurs in the dynamic content. One manner of making the determination may include accessing presentation time information that indicates the time(s) at which one or more client systems present particular dynamic content and accessing event time information indicating the time(s) at which one or more auditable events occur in the dynamic particular content. Based on the presentation time information and the event time information, it may be possible to determine that a client system is, or to determine the number of client systems that are, presenting particular dynamic content when an auditable event occurs in the dynamic content. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256438 | DISTRIBUTED MONITORING AND CONTROL OF NETWORK COMPONENTS - A distributed monitoring system and a computer-implemented method monitors and controls locally situated network components through a monitoring and control device or processor querying the network component operating parameters and sending control commands for controlling the parameters queried. Reports of the status of the monitored network components are periodically generated from throughout the network and sent to a remotely located status viewing station configured to generate a monitoring interface and display the operational status of the network based on the status reports. If necessary, the status viewing station automatically transmits instructions, or a user enters instructions into the status viewing station, for instructing action be taken by the monitoring and control device or processor, e.g., to adjust one or more operating parameters queried. The distributed monitoring system may be particularly useful in monitoring and managing the health of a digital signage network. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256439 | DEPLOYING OPERATORS OF A STREAMING APPLICATION BASED ON PHYSICAL LOCATION ATTRIBUTES OF A VIRTUAL MACHINE - A streams manager monitors operator performance of a streaming application to determine when the performance of an operator needs to be improved or optimized. The streams manager in conjunction with a cloud manager automatically determines one or more preferred virtual machines in a cloud with a specified streams infrastructure that best meet the needs of the underperforming operator or application component based on physical location attributes of the preferred virtual machines. The cloud manager determines the physical location attributes of the candidate virtual machines. The streams manager or the cloud manager can then determine a preferred virtual machine of the candidates to deploy the operator based on the physical location attributes. The streams manager then modifies the flow graph so one or more operators of the streaming application are deployed to a preferred virtual machine determined according to the physical location attributes of the preferred virtual machine. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256440 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING SESSION KEEP-ALIVE FOR APPLICATION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method for controlling a session keep-alive by a user equipment in a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of: setting request information of a session lifetime for a new application and transmitting the set request information to a network if the new application starts; and acquiring the session lifetime from the network and adjusting a message transmission period of the user equipment to keep-alive the session by using the session lifetime. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256441 | NEIGHBOR RELATIONSHIP PROCESSING METHOD AND ROUTING DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a neighbor relationship processing method and a routing device. The method includes: receiving, by a first routing device, a packet that is sent by a second routing device and used for requesting establishment of a neighbor relationship; determining, by the first routing device, whether the first routing device and the second routing device are both non-designated routing devices DRothers; and if the first routing device determines that the first routing device and the second routing device are both DRothers, discarding, by the first routing device, the packet used for requesting establishment of a neighbor relationship. According to the present invention, when the first routing device and the second routing device are both DRothers, the packet used for requesting establishment of a neighbor relationship is discarded, which reduces the number of neighbors maintained by the first routing device. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256442 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED K-SHORTEST PATH FINDING METHOD - A computer-implemented method includes a principal process including performing a computational procedure in which the or each vertex preceding a particular vertex receives a notification that a computational procedure has been completed for the preceding vertex; and calculates new path lengths for the particular vertex by adding the length value attributed to the edge from the preceding vertex to the particular vertex to each of the recorded k shortest path lengths from the first vertex to the preceding vertex. A record of the k shortest path lengths calculated for the particular vertex is maintained. After the new path lengths have been calculated for the or each of the preceding vertices, a notification that the computational procedure has been completed for the particular vertex is issued. The computational procedure is performed with the source vertex as the first vertex and each vertex on a path from the source vertex to the destination vertex as the particular vertex. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256443 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING IMAGE INFORMATION AND PACKET COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Image information is transmitted from a transmission node as packets (P | 2015-09-10 |
20150256444 | MULTI-PROTOCOL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ROUTING OPTIMIZATION - A telecommunications switching system employing multi-protocol routing optimization which utilizes predetermined and measured parameters in accordance with a set of user priorities in determining the selection of a telecommunications path to be utilized for transmitting a data file to a remote destination. The switching system has a first memory for storing the data file to be transferred, a second memory for storing predetermined parameters such as cost data associated with each of the telecommunications paths, a third memory for storing a set of user priorities regarding the transmission of data files, and means for measuring the value of variable parameters such as file transfer speed associated with each of the telecommunications paths. Processor means are operatively associated with the second and third memories and the variable parameter measuring means for determining which of the plurality of telecommunications paths should be utilized for transferring the data file in accordance with the set of user priorities, the predetermined telecommunications path parameters, and the measured variable parameters. The switching system further comprises input means for allowing a user to change the user priorities in the third memory prior to transmitting a file. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256445 | AVOIDING GRATUITOUS ADDRESS RESOLUTION PROTOCOL AND UNSOLICITED NEIGHBORHOOD DISCOVERY DURING HOST MOBILITY EVENTS - Systems and methods are described for maintaining communication between hosts that, due to the roaming of a host, are no longer in the same LAN segment within a network. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving an address resolution request from the first host, the address resolution request requesting an actual media access control (MAC) address associated with an internet protocol (IP) address of the second host, obtaining the actual MAC address of the second host, the second host having roamed from away from a first network location where a first host is located, receiving a data packet from the first host that is to be delivered to the second host, and routing the data packet to the second host at its current location, the current location of the second host being determined by its actual MAC address. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256446 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RELAYING COMMANDS - A first receiving unit receives first update commands from a first information processing apparatus. These first update commands specify updates to an operation screen image for the first information processing apparatus. A second receiving unit receives second update commands from the second information processing apparatus. These second update commands specify updates to an operation screen image for the second information processing apparatus. A detection unit detects completion of a migration from the first information processing apparatus to the second information processing apparatus, based on the received first and second update commands. A forwarding unit forwards the received first update commands to a terminal device until the migration is started. The forwarding unit starts to forward the received second update commands to the terminal device when completion of the migration is detected. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256447 | Methods And Apparatuses For Performing Protection Switching Without Using Y.1731-Based Automatic Protection Switching (APS) Messages - To perform protection switching between tunnels in a network, Y.1731-based APS messages are often sent from a management system to nodes at the tunnels' end-points. If the management system is located near one node (local node) and far away from the other node (remote node), the APS message, which operates at the Ethernet service layer, travels to the remote node slower than traffic over the tunnels. This slower transmission time may prevent the remote node from performing a switch within a desired timeframe. The disclosed embodiments include a 1:1 bidirectional VLAN-based protection arrangement that accomplishes a 50 millisecond switching time without using Y.1731-based APS messages. The embodiments accomplish this by sending a switching command from the management system to the local node and modifying a message already traveling from the local node to the remote node to include a switching message that causes the remote node to perform the switch. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256448 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PATH DISCOVERY - Methods and systems for discovering a path of network traffic that travels from a source host to a destination host are disclosed. A method involves, at the source host, generating probe packets that have the same load balancing parameters as packets of an application that generates application packets for transmission from the source host to the destination host and a path discovery signature comprised of bits from at least one of the network layer header and the transport layer header. The method also involves transmitting the probe packets from the source host to the destination host. In some embodiments, the steps of the method are performed when program instructions contained in a computer-readable storage medium are executed by one or more processors. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256449 | Wired communication link for transmitting time sensitive data and bidirectional data over the same wires - A wired communication link to carry to one side a first transmission of unidirectional time sensitive application data, having a throughput of at least 1.1 Gbps, multiplexed with a first direction of a bidirectional data channel, and to carry to the other side a second transmission of a second direction of the bidirectional data channel. The first and the second transmissions are transmitted over at least one common wire, the frequency bands of the first and the second transmissions at least partially overlap, and the communication link guarantees correct reception order. As a result, the receiver that receives the multiplexed transmission can utilize a relatively small buffer that is enough to compensate for timing distortions and is not enough to rearrange the unidirectional time sensitive application data. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256450 | Generating a Shape Graph for a Routing Table - A system and method for generating shape graphs for a routing table are described herein. The method includes splitting a binary trie representing a routing table of a router into a number of layers, wherein each layer includes a number of nodes. The method also includes, for each layer, determining a number of groups of isomorphic nodes and merging the isomorphic nodes within each group to generate a shape graph. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256451 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ROUTING DATA USED IN A TREE-SHAPED CONNECTION - An apparatus generates routing data that defines, in a system in which a plurality of switches are connected to each other in a tree-shaped structure, a communication route between a plurality of end switches located at a lower level in the tree-shaped structure and a plurality of upper-level switches located at a level higher than the plurality of end switches in the tree-shaped structure, so that a first upper-level switch that switches communication data from a first node connected to a first end switch among the plurality of end switches to a second node connected to a second end switch among the plurality of end switches is identical with a second upper-level switch that switches communication data from the second node to the first node. The apparatus stores the generated routing data in a memory provided for the apparatus. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256452 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REFLECTING FEC ROUTE INFORMATION - Systems, methods, architectures and/or apparatus for reflecting information between provider equipment (PE) nodes associated with a Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) via a network element adapted to operate as a Forwarding Equivalence Class (FEC) Reflector (FR) node | 2015-09-10 |
20150256453 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR HANDLING COMMUNICATION IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM COMPRISING AN ACCESS POINT AND A WIRE LINE NETWORK NODE CONNECTED VIA WIRE LINE TO THE ACCESS POINT - A method is provided performed by an access point for handling uplink communication in a communication system comprising the access point and a wire line network node connected via wire line to the access point. The method comprises receiving an encrypted and/or integrity protected packet data unit, PDU, from a user equipment (UE) wirelessly connected to the access point and detecting type of the received PDU, the type of PDU being any of a signaling radio bearer type or a data radio bearer type. The method further comprises encapsulating the received PDU by setting a header to the PDU, which header comprises an identity indicating the detected type of PDU and an identity indicating a source address and/or a destination address of the PDU, and sending the encapsulated PDU to the wire line network node. Provided is also a corresponding method performed in the wire line network node. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256454 | METHOD FOR INFORMING A NODE IN A RADIO ACCESS NETWORK (RAN) ABOUT A TYPE OF SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH AN IP PACKET - A core network node for informing a node in a RAN about a type of service associated with an IP packet to be delivered to the node in the RAN, and a RAN node for delivering a received packet to a terminal are provided. The core network node receives the IP packet from a packet data network, the IP packet having an IP header comprising an original DSCP value, and determines a type of service associated with the packet. The core network node determines a second DSCP value based at least partly on the type of service of the packet, and adds the determined second DSCP value to the header. The core network node forwards the IP packet to the RAN node, to subsequently be delivered to a destination terminal. Thereby the RAN node is able to identify the type of service based on the second DSCP value for further processing of the packet when delivering the IP packet to the destination terminal. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256455 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, PATH INFORMATION EXCHANGE APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION NODE, FORWARDING METHOD FOR PATH INFORMATION AND PROGRAM - A communication system includes: a plurality of communication nodes; a control apparatus that controls the plurality of communication nodes based on path information collected using an internal border gateway protocol; and a path information processing apparatus that includes: a first path information processing unit that receives, via communication node(s) connected to an other autonomous system, among the plurality of communication nodes, path information from the other autonomous system using an external border gateway protocol, and a second path information processing unit that reports the path information received by the first path information processing unit to the control apparatus using an internal border gateway protocol. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256456 | SEGMENT ROUTING EXTENSION HEADERS - A system and method are disclosed for using segment routing (SR) in native IP networks. The method involves receiving a packet. The packet is an IP packet and includes an IP header. The method also involves updating the packet. Updating the packet involves writing information, including a segment routing segment identifier, to the destination address of the packet. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256457 | COMMUNICATION NODE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS, PACKET FORWARDING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The communication device comprises a first table that stores a first entry in which a match condition that includes at least a destination address is associated with an output destination of a packet matching the match condition; a second table that stores a second entry having a predetermined match condition; a destination learning unit that registers a set of a source and a receiving port of a received packet as a match condition and an output destination, respectively, in the first table; and a packet processing unit that forwards a packet to an output destination determined in the first table when an entry having a match condition matching a received packet is found from each of the first and second tables. The packet processing unit broadcasts a received packet according to a third entry when no entry having a match condition matching the received packet is found. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256458 | SWITCH DEVICE, NETWORK SYSTEM, AND SWITCH DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - A switch device includes: a first relay circuit deciding a transmission port to which the frame of the first communication is output, when the received frame is the first communication; a processor deciding a transmission port corresponding to a destination address of the received frame, and generating a second relay table including information for identifying the transmission port corresponding to the destination address of the received frame; and a second relay circuit deciding a transmission port to which the frame of the second communication is output, as the transmission port to which the frame of the second communication is output, a transmission port corresponding to the destination address of the received frame among the plurality of ports on the basis of the content of the second relay table, when the port that has received the frame of the second communication is an end port. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256459 | PACKET PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a packet processing method and apparatus. A data format of a packet does not need to be understood before the packet is processed, which features high flexibility and commonality and facilitates rapid deployment of a new service. The method includes: acquiring, by a central processing unit CPU, a location parameter of a key and an identifier of a flow table, where the location parameter of the key is used to indicate a location of the key in a packet; acquiring, by the CPU, the key from the packet according to the location parameter of the key; searching, by the CPU according to the key and the identifier of the flow table, the flow table for a flow table entry that matches the key; and processing, by the CPU, the packet according to the flow table entry. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256460 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PACKET FORWARDING USING A CONJUNCTIVE NORMAL FORM STRATEGY IN A CONTENT-CENTRIC NETWORK - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for forwarding packets with hierarchically structured variable-length identifiers (HSVLIs) in a content-centric network (CCN). During operation, the system receives a packet with an HSVLI and determines, based on the HSVLI, a plurality of ports to which the packet should be forwarded. The plurality of ports include a set of individual port groups, and a respective port group includes one or more individual physical ports. The system derives a forwarding strategy based on the set of individual port groups and the one or more individual physical ports. The forwarding strategy is expressed as a formula in conjunctive normal form that indicates a logical conjunction among the set of port groups and a logical disjunction among the one or more individual physical ports. The system then forwards the packet using the derived forwarding strategy. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256461 | CONCURRENT HASHES AND SUB-HASHES ON DATA STREAMS - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for performing concurrent hashing of packet streams. During operation, the system receives a stream of packets at a controller. The controller then identifies types and parameters for a plurality of different hashing operations based on a received packet. The controller further sends the packet concurrently to corresponding different hashing modules to produce different hash values, which can be used to facilitate packet forwarding. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256462 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RESOURCE COHERENCY AND ANALYSIS IN A NETWORK - Systems, methods, and computer programs are presented for managing network traffic. A network switch includes a switch fabric and a resource coherency and analytics engine (RCAE) coupled to the switch fabric. The RCAE includes one or more virtualizable resource groups (VRGs) for managing network traffic flow across a plurality of network switches on the network. Further, the RCAE is operable to add network entities to each VRG, add flows to each VRG, and add other VRGs to each VRG. A virtualizable resource control list (VRCL), associated with each VRG, identifies which network entities in the VRG can communicate with each other, which network entities in the VRG can communicate with network entities in other VRGs, and a guaranteed bandwidth for the VRG associated with the VRCL. Furthermore, the RCAE is operable to exchange messages with other RCAEs in other network switches to implement traffic policies defined by each VRCL. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256463 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DATA RATE OF A REVERSE LINK IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Various aspects of the invention provide for determining data rate for a reverse link communication by determining packets of data for transmission for a number of communication services, determining a data rate for transmission of the packets of data based on an arrangement of the packets of data in a queue allowing for meeting the transmission deadline for each of the packets of data. The base station determines whether available resources allow for allocation at the base station for transmission from the mobile station at the determined data rate and duration. The mobile station drops at least a packet of data of the packets of data in the queue to determine a new queue of packets of data. The new queue of the packets of data is used to determine a new data rate for communication on the reverse link. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256464 | DYNAMIC FLOW CONTROL IN MULTICAST SYSTEMS - Enhancing performance in a multicasting system. Flow rates in a multicasting system are monitored as system characteristics change. The multicasting system is operated based on a first mapping between data flows and multicasting groups. Data is disseminated by way of the mapping to subscribers to one or more of the data flows. The flow rate thresholds of satisfied flows are decreased to minimize the difference between the flow rate thresholds and respective target transmission rates of the satisfied flows, as the system's feasible data transmission workload is maintained with respect to subscriber reception rate capacities. The flow rate thresholds of unsatisfied flows are increased to minimize the difference between the flow rate threshold and respective target transmission rates for the unsatisfied flows and to limit occurrences of data transmission delays or losses, as the system's feasible data transmission workload is maintained with respect to subscriber reception rate capacities. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256465 | Software-Defined Network Control Using Control Macros - A method implemented by a network controller in a software-defined network (SDN), the method comprising obtaining a first control macro (CM) that defines at least one first flow pattern, wherein the first CM comprises at least one command and at least one parameter associated with the command, identifying a first network function associated with the first flow pattern and a first network node, determining a parameter value for the parameter according to the first network function, and sending a first CM invocation message to the first network node to request execution of the first CM to establish the first network function, wherein the first CM invocation message comprises the parameter value. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256466 | DISTRIBUTED COUNTERS AND METERS IN PACKET-SWITCHED SYSTEM - Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for counting packets and bytes in a distributed packet-switched system. The method includes receiving a packet stream having at least one packet flow at a device of a packet-switched system having a plurality of distributed devices, statistically determining whether to update a designated device based on receipt of a packet belonging to the packet flow, and transmitting packet counting information to the designated device based on the statistical determination, where the designated device counts packets of the packet flow based on the packet counting information. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256467 | SCHEDULE AND LOCATION RESPONSIVE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE CONTROLLED INFORMATION THROTTLE - Controls electronic devices and/or throttles electronic devices and/or information for electronic devices based on agreements or events and/or based on schedule, location, time, or any combination thereof. An agreement includes condition(s) to satisfy the agreement, such as task(s) or activities to be performed by an agreement performer, for example based on a schedule and/or location, at a particular time, or time period, or, or events that may be detected, and actions performed to enforce or assert the agreement. Actions may include controlling the electronic device and/or at least partially enabling/disabling or otherwise limiting, reducing or increasing the amount or type of information allowed with respect to any or all electronic devices associated with the agreement performer. Embodiments may reduce or block information from particular sources during a scheduled school class to limit web surfing for information related to that class based on a schedule and/or location of the electronic device. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256468 | CONTROL METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A control method by an information processing system including a plurality of computers and a plurality of switch devices, the control method includes storing, by a first processor, degeneration information indicating a path in which a transmission rate is decreased and a decreasing ratio of a transmission rate in a first memory when a first switch device which include the first processor detects the path and the first switch device is set as a point of origin; determining, by a second processor, whether a plurality of packets pass through the path, based on the degeneration information when the plurality of packets are transmitted from a computer including the second processor; determining a length of a gap based on the decreasing ratio when it is determined that the plurality of packets pass through the path; and transmitting the plurality of packets with a transmission interval based on the length. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256469 | DETERMINATION METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A determination method executed by a processor included in a device configured to receive a plurality of copied packets, the determination method includes receiving a first copied packet that is a copy of a first packet including an identifier and session information; determining that the first copied packet is a duplicate packet when information of the identifier is stored in a memory; storing the information of the identifier in the memory when the information of the identifier is not stored in the memory; and deleting the information of the identifier stored in the memory when a second copied packet that is a copy of a second packet that includes session information indicating a session that is the same as a session indicated by the session information included in the first packet, a communication direction of the second packet being opposite to a communication direction of the first packet, is received. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256470 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRIORITIZATION OF DATA FOR INTELLIGENT DISCARD IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Systems and methods for optimizing system performance of capacity and spectrum constrained, multiple-access communication systems by selectively discarding packets are provided. The systems and methods provided herein can drive changes in the communication system using control responses. One such control responses includes the optimal discard (also referred to herein as “intelligent discard”) of network packets under capacity constrained conditions. Some embodiments inspect a video stream to determine priorities for various elements of the video stream. The elements may be discarding using the priorities. In various embodiments, the elements include frames, slices, macroblocks, and data partitions. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256471 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA BASED ON BLUETOOTH, AND APPARATUS APPLIED TO THE SAME - Disclosed are a Bluetooth-based data transmission system and method, and an apparatus applied thereto. That is, when an original data is encoded and transmitted based on Bluetooth between a User Equipment (UE) and a beacon device, the encoded data is divided into partial data in consideration of a transmission data size and thus, various data may be transmitted irrespective of a transmission data size. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256472 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING LARGE SERVICE DATA UNIT IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus are provided for supporting a large Service Data Unit (SDU) in a receiver of a mobile communication system. The method includes receiving a Radio Link Control (RLC) Protocol Data Unit (PDU) from an upper layer; checking a Length Indicator (LI) included in an RLC header of the RLC PDU; if the LI is configured as “0”, determining that the received RLC PDU includes an RLC SDU of 2047 bytes, and if the LI is configured as a value other than “0”, determining that the received RLC PDU includes an RLC SDU of a size corresponding to the value of the LI; and reforming the RLC SDU, based on the LI. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256473 | Packet Rate Control And Related Systems For Interactive Music Systems - Packet rate control methods and related systems are disclosed for interactive music systems. In certain embodiments, an interactive music client system combines captured audio data from audio inputs with audio input data from one or more peer interactive music client systems within an interactive music session and outputs the combined audio data to an audio output subsystem. The interactive music client system further determines performance parameters associated with the interactive music sessions and adjusts audio input/output packets based upon the performance parameters. The performance parameters can include, for example, session packet rates or other parameters. Adjustments can include aggregating audio frames, reducing packet rates, and adjusting audio frames within a jitter queue receive buffer. The jitter queue receive buffer, for example, can be adjusted so that is contents are reduced towards zero and/or to zero within a predetermined time duration. Other variations can also be implemented. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256474 | RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR MULTIPLE DESKTOP CONFIGURATIONS FOR SUPPORTING VIRTUAL DESKTOPS OF DIFFERENT USER CLASSES - A service provider can efficiently allocate server computer resources to tenant users, while isolating tenants from such allocation decisions. A tenant specifies a desktop model to be used for virtual desktops to be provisioned for a pool of users. The service provider has desktop managers for each tenant, each of which manages a homogeneous set of server computers to be used for provisioning virtual desktops for the tenant. Different desktop managers for a tenant are used to manage different sets of server computers to support virtual desktops using different desktop models or desktop models with different resource requirements. A resource manager of the service provider assigns virtual desktops to a desktop manager in a manner that optimizes the utilization of the server computers by using information about the desktop model used by the virtual desktops. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256475 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DESIGNING AN OPTIMIZED INFRASTRUCTURE FOREXECUTING COMPUTING PROCESSES - This disclosure relates generally to optimizing computing resources and, more particularly, to systems and methods for dynamically determining an optimized infrastructure for processing data. In one embodiment, a method for dynamically determining an optimized infrastructure for processing data is disclosed, comprising: receiving a task-processing request. The method may also include identifying, based on the received task-processing request, one or more rules associated with performing the task-processing request. The method may further include accessing historical learning information associated with performing at least one past task-processing request. The method may further include allocating computing resources for performing the task-processing request based on the identified one or more rules, accessed historical learning information, and available computing resources associated with a distributed computing environment. The method may further include determining the optimized infrastructure based on the allocated computing resources. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256476 | RESOURCE MANAGEMENT BASED ON DEVICE-SPECIFIC OR USER-SPECIFIC RESOURCE USAGE PROFILES - Resources used by a foreground process associated with an application as well as one or more background tasks associated with the application that are running as separate processes on the computing device are tracked. Historical data relating to resource usage by the application is utilized to predict a resource usage amount for the application which is then stored. A subsequent launch of the application can be conditioned upon whether the predicted resource usage amount is available. If the predicted resource usage amount is available, it can be allocated to the application and the application can be launched. If the application then exceeds the predicted resource usage amount, other processes executing concurrently therewith may be terminated to free up the resource. Regardless of how the application performs, new resource usage data is obtained for the application, which is then used to adjust the predicted resource usage amount. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256477 | ALLOCATING OPERATORS OF A STREAMING APPLICATION TO VIRTUAL MACHINES BASED ON MONITORED PERFORMANCE - Performance thresholds are defined for operators in a flow graph for a streaming application. A streams manager deploys the flow graph to one or more virtual machines (VMs). The performance of each portion of the flow graph on each VM is monitored. A VM is selected. When the performance of the portion of the flow graph in the selected VM does not satisfy the defined performance threshold(s), a determination is made regarding whether the portion of the flow graph is underperforming or overperforming. When the portion of the flow graph is underperforming, the portion of the flow graph is split into multiple portions that are implemented on multiple VMs. When the portion of the flow graph is overperforming, a determination is made of whether a neighbor VM is also overperforming. When a neighbor VM is also overperforming, the two VMs may be coalesced into a single VM. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256478 | ALLOCATING OPERATORS OF A STREAMING APPLICATION TO VIRTUAL MACHINES BASED ON MONITORED PERFORMANCE - Performance thresholds are defined for operators in a flow graph for a streaming application. A streams manager deploys the flow graph to one or more virtual machines (VMs). The performance of each portion of the flow graph on each VM is monitored. A VM is selected. When the performance of the portion of the flow graph in the selected VM does not satisfy the defined performance threshold(s), a determination is made regarding whether the portion of the flow graph is underperforming or overperforming. When the portion of the flow graph is underperforming, the portion of the flow graph is split into multiple portions that are implemented on multiple VMs. When the portion of the flow graph is overperforming, a determination is made of whether a neighbor VM is also overperforming. When a neighbor VM is also overperforming, the two VMs may be coalesced into a single VM. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256479 | WEIGHTED REQUEST RATE LIMITING FOR RESOURCES - Methods and systems to automatically respond to consider the weight of a request when responding to requests associated with resources are described. In one embodiment, an interface module may be configured to receive a request associated with consumer identifier and a resource. A calculator module may be configured to determine a weight of the request and a usage module configured to calculate, using a processor, a usage level associated with the consumer identifier, the usage level based on a usage history associated with the consumer identifier. An enforcer module may also be configured to respond to the request based on the usage level and the weight of the request. In one embodiment, the usage module may also be configured to update the usage level associated with the consumer identifier based on the weight of the request. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256480 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RESOURCE COHERENCY AND ANALYSIS IN A NETWORK - Systems, methods, and computer programs are presented for managing network traffic. A network switch includes a switch fabric and a resource coherency and analytics engine (RCAE) coupled to the switch fabric. The RCAE includes one or more virtualizable resource groups (VRGs) for managing network traffic flow across a plurality of network switches on the network. Further, the RCAE is operable to add network entities to each VRG, add flows to each VRG, and add other VRGs to each VRG. A virtualizable resource control list (VRCL), associated with each VRG, identifies which network entities in the VRG can communicate with each other, which network entities in the VRG can communicate with network entities in other VRGs, and a guaranteed bandwidth for the VRG associated with the VRCL. Furthermore, the RCAE is operable to exchange messages with other RCAEs in other network switches to implement traffic policies defined by each VRCL. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256481 | Elastic Compute Cloud Based On Underutilized Server Resources Using A Distributed Container System - Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for leveraging available compute resources from a plurality of computing devices using containers. Each computing device from the plurality of computing devices executes a container that virtualizes a portion of an operating system executing on the computing device such that the container can execute one or more secondary applications in isolation from any incumbent applications being executed by the operating system on the computing device that have priority over the one or more secondary applications. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256482 | ALLOCATING OPERATORS OF A STREAMING APPLICATION TO VIRTUAL MACHINES BASED ON MONITORED PERFORMANCE - Performance thresholds are defined for operators in a flow graph for a streaming application. A streams manager deploys the flow graph to one or more virtual machines (VMs). The performance of each portion of the flow graph on each VM is monitored. A VM is selected. When the performance of the portion of the flow graph in the selected VM does not satisfy the defined performance threshold(s), a determination is made regarding whether the portion of the flow graph is underperforming or overperforming. When the portion of the flow graph is underperforming, the portion of the flow graph is split into multiple portions that are implemented on multiple VMs. When the portion of the flow graph is overperforming, a determination is made of whether a neighbor VM is also overperforming. When a neighbor VM is also overperforming, the two VMs may be coalesced into a single VM. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256483 | ALLOCATING OPERATORS OF A STREAMING APPLICATION TO VIRTUAL MACHINES BASED ON MONITORED PERFORMANCE - Performance thresholds are defined for operators in a flow graph for a streaming application. A streams manager deploys the flow graph to one or more virtual machines (VMs). The performance of each portion of the flow graph on each VM is monitored. A VM is selected. When the performance of the portion of the flow graph in the selected VM does not satisfy the defined performance threshold(s), a determination is made regarding whether the portion of the flow graph is underperforming or overperforming. When the portion of the flow graph is underperforming, the portion of the flow graph is split into multiple portions that are implemented on multiple VMs. When the portion of the flow graph is overperforming, a determination is made of whether a neighbor VM is also overperforming. When a neighbor VM is also overperforming, the two VMs may be coalesced into a single VM. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256484 | PROCESSING RESOURCE ALLOCATION - In an embodiment, a processing resource allocation method is disclosed. The method may include identifying an instruction mapped to data having a preselected data location. The method may also include determining whether to transfer a call of the instruction from a first processing unit (PU) to a second PU based on the preselected data location. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256485 | LOAD BALANCING BETWEEN PROCESSORS - Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating load balancing between a first processor and a second processor in at least one computing device. A request is obtained to execute a first application in the at least one computing device. In one embodiment, a second application associated with the first application is assigned to be executed in the second processor instead of the first processor when a resource usage profile associated with the first application indicates that the first application imposes a greater load on the first processor than the second processor. Conversely, the second application is assigned to be executed in the first processor instead of the second processor when the resource usage profile indicates that the first application imposes a greater load on the second processor than the first processor. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256486 | ZERO-LATENCY NETWORK ON CHIP (NOC) - Packet format configurability is extended for packets transported on physical links of an Intellectual Property (IP) core interconnect by using at least two independent parameters: one parameter governing data-width and one parameter governing latency penalty. The at least two independent parameters allow creation of transport protocol packets without additional latency insertion, which is useful for low-latency applications. The at least two independent parameters also allow creation of narrow packets with multi-cycle additional latency, which is useful for latency tolerant, area sensitive applications. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256487 | Connection Apparatus and Connection Apparatus Management Method - A method for managing a connection apparatus and a connection apparatus are disclosed. In an embodiment the connection apparatus includes a first connector configured to be connected to a service processing unit, a second connector configured to be connected to a first switching unit, a third connector configured to be connected to a second switching unit, wherein the third connector is further configured to be disconnected from the second switching unit and connected to the first switching unit. The apparatus further comprises a first transmission medium, a second transmission medium, one end of the first transmission medium being directly connected to the first connector, one end of the second transmission medium being directly connected to the first connector, another end of the first transmission medium being directly connected to the second connector, and another end of the second transmission medium being directly connected to the third connector. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256488 | ROUTING PROTOCOLS FOR ACCOMMODATING NODES WITH REDUNDANT ROUTING FACILITIES - Graceful restart in routers having redundant routing facilities may be accomplished by replicating network (state/topology) information. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256489 | ADAPTIVE GUIDANCE FOR MANAGING A COMMUNICATIONS REPOSITORY - A tool for analyzing accessible data to provide recommendations to a user for how to manage communications. The tool receives a request to provide a recommendation for how to manage a specific communication. The tool requests accessible data for the specific communication. The tool determines a recommendation for how to manage the specific communication. The tool presents the recommendation for how to manage the specific communication. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256490 | HIERARCHICAL PUBLISH AND SUBSCRIBE SYSTEM - A method of publishing a publication message includes receiving, at one of a plurality of first relays, a subscription request from a first client and transmitting the subscription request from the one of the plurality of first relays to only one of a plurality of central relays. The method also includes receiving, at another of the plurality of first relays, a publication request from a second client. The publication request includes the publication message. The method further includes transmitting the publication message from the another of the plurality of first relays to all of the plurality of central relays, transmitting the publication message from at least one of the plurality of central relays to the one of the plurality of first relays, and transmitting the publication message from the one of the plurality of first relays to the first client. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256491 | RECIPIENT SUGGESTION SYSTEM - A system that suggests recipients for a target document based on similarity of document data is provided. The system receives an indication of the target document. The system identifies documents that are similar to the target document based on a comparison of document data of the target document to document data of documents in a corpus of documents. The system then identifies entities associated with the identified documents. The system then suggests that one or more of the identified entities be considered as recipients for the target document. The system may also suggest recipients based on a recipient query. When a response to a prompt for a recipient does not match an entity in an address store, the system identifies an entity to suggest by using the response as a recipient query to identify an entity that matches the recipient query. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256492 | Method, Terminal and Computer Storage Medium for Group Sending Message in Instant Communication - Provided is a method for group sending message in instant communication, including following steps: acquiring a request for group sending message, accessing a contact list, and then acquiring information of multiple contacts selected from said contact list; acquiring inputted message to be group sent; and sending said inputted message to a respective receiving terminal of each of said contacts, according to information of each of said contacts. By implementing the technical scheme of the present disclosure, the user's time in operating is reduced, the efficiency of group sending message is improved, especially when the method is applied in a mobile terminal, the duration time of the mobile terminal is prolonged, and the security of group sending message is improved. The disclosure also provides a terminal and a computer storage medium for group sending message in instant communication. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256493 | System and Method for Document Processing - A method and system are provided for the delivery, processing, and distribution of digital content with a computational interface for one or more users. A user sends a message and attached document to a computer-based system with natural language instructions in the message subject or body, or as scripts. After user authentication, the subject and body of the message are interpreted and document processing activities to be performed are identified (e.g., convert to PDF, delete blank pages, translate to Spanish, etc.). With the document processing activities identified, the attached or referenced document is processed in accordance with the instructions by the document processing server. Other applications and software may be invoked (e.g., via APIs) and used during the document processing tasks. The system can be used to store, process and deliver resulting documents and images and other output information in a hosted or Software As A Service (SAAS) environment. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256494 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COPYING TEXT MESSAGES OF A MINOR TO BE MONITORED BY A GUARDIAN - The present invention provides methods, systems, and computer program products for copying text messages sent to or from a user, such as a child or minor to a location external to the user's mobile device, for review by a third party having a legal right to view the user's messages, such as a parent or guardian. One aspect of the invention is a method of copying a user's messages. The text message carrier server system receives a text message from a sender addressed to a receiver. It sends the text message to the receiver. It also checks a monitor list for the receiver or the sender, and when the receiver or the sender is on the monitor list, it sends a copy of the text message content to a remote text message monitoring system. | 2015-09-10 |
20150256495 | INLINE MESSAGE COMPOSING WITH VISIBLE LIST VIEW - A compose form for drafting a message is presented inline within a window along with a message list. For example, instead of overlaying the message application's user interface (UI) with a new window for composing a message, the compose form is displayed within a portion of the window reserved for viewing content of messages. While composing the message using the compose form, the rest of the message application's UI remains visible and accessible to the user. For example, the user may navigate to another folder and/or move to another message/conversation by interacting with the tree view/message list view. A draft of the message being composed may be automatically saved when the user navigates away from the compose form (e.g. by selecting another conversation in the list view). | 2015-09-10 |
20150256496 | Systems and Methods for Communicating Opinions About and/or To Individuals and/or Organizations - Systems and methods allow users to communicate opinions about one or more organizations directly to the one or more organizations. Specifically, a user may communicate praise and/or a grievance relating to an organization. The user may choose to share the communication with contacts in the public and/or private sectors, print media, social media and/or industry review organizations. Additionally, the user may include pictures, video or audio recordings to support their communications. Moreover, the communication may be directed to the specific organization about which the user is communicating prior to its submission to other groups so that grievances can be corrected prior to being made public. | 2015-09-10 |