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20120275377 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS OF CROWD-SOURCING ACROSS MULTIPLE DOMAINS - The various embodiments include methods, computers and communication systems for controlling services across multiple heterogeneous networks by collecting communication information from a plurality of telecommunications domains, generating a message based on the collected communication information, and sending the generated message to a public interface of a telecommunications domain to alter the functionality of the telecommunications domain component. The generated message may include information for altering a functionality of a telecommunications domain component. Generating a message based on the collected communication information may include crowd sourcing the collected information, which may include summing, averaging, aggregating, comparing and/or correlating the collected information. | 11-01-2012 |
20120275573 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS OF ESTABLISHING A CLOSED FEEDBACK CONTROL LOOP ACROSS MULTIPLE DOMAINS - The various embodiments include methods, computers and communication systems for establishing a closed feedback loop across multiple heterogeneous networks within a telecommunications system, which may include measuring a first attribute of a communication in a first telecommunications domain and sending a first request message including information relating to the measured first attribute to a server. The server may receive the first request message, identify a second telecommunications domain involved in the communication based on information in the first request message, generate a second request message that includes information for adjusting a second attribute of the communication, and send the second request message to the second telecommunications domain. A computing device in the second telecommunications domain may receive the second request message and adjust the second attribute of the communication to alter the first attribute of the communication in the first telecommunications domain. | 11-01-2012 |
20120276867 | SYSTEMS FOR ENABLING SUBSCRIBER MONITORING OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK USAGE AND SERVICE PLANS - Methods, servers and systems for directly accessing and modify charging information maintained within a telecommunications operator's business and operating systems' infrastructure from user equipment. A mobile application server may receive a charging request from a user equipment, identify a relevant charging system based on the received request, send a charging request to the identified charging system for processing, receive a first response message including charging information from the identified charging system, generate a second response message based on the charging information included in the first response message, and send the generated second response message to the user equipment. The received charging request may include various types of information, including information for transferring cost or billing information from a first billing category to a second billing category. | 11-01-2012 |
20120278378 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS OF DECOMPOSING SERVICE REQUESTS INTO DOMAIN-SPECIFIC SERVICE REQUESTS - The various embodiments include methods, computers and communication systems that enable decomposing abstract service requests into resources rules, which may include receiving an abstract service request (e.g., a request specifying a functional requirement) via an exposed public interface, generating domain-specific resource rules based on the received abstract service request, identifying relevant components in a telecommunications domain for enforcing the generated domain-specific resource rules, and send the domain-specific resource rules to the identified components (e.g., online charging server, policy management server, etc.) for enforcement. Generating domain-specific resource rules based on the received abstract service request may include generating the rules consistent with the existing resource rules of the domain. | 11-01-2012 |
20120278430 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS OF ORCHESTRATING RESOURCES AND SERVICES ACROSS MULTIPLE HETEROGENEOUS DOMAINS - The various embodiments include methods, computers and communication systems for controlling services across multiple heterogeneous networks, which may include receiving a service request, identifying two or more telecommunications domains required to fulfill the received service request, generating two or more domain specific service requests based on the received service request, associating at least one of the generated plurality of domain specific service requests with one of the identified telecommunications domains, and sending the associated domain specific service requests to exposed public interfaces of the associated telecommunications domains. A component in the telecommunications domain may receive the domain specific service request, decompose the request into resource rule(s), and send the resource rule(s) to a relevant component within the associated telecommunications domain for enforcement. | 11-01-2012 |
20120278464 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS OF DISTRIBUTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS FUNCTIONALITY ACROSS MULTIPLE HETEROGENEOUS DOMAINS - The various embodiments include methods, computers and communication systems for distributing telecommunications functionality across multiple heterogeneous domains within a telecommunications system, which may include determining policy-charging capabilities of a first telecommunications domain, determining policy-charging capabilities of a second telecommunications domain, determining policy-charging requirements required for a communication, partitioning the policy-charging requirements into a first group and a second group based on the determined policy-charging capabilities of the first and second telecommunications domains, sending a first message including the first group of policy-charging requirements to a public interface of the first domain, and sending a second message including the second group of policy-charging requirements to a public interface of the second domain. | 11-01-2012 |
20130151710 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS OF ORCHESTRATION AND APPLICATION OF BUSINESS RULES FOR REAL-TIME CONTROL OF SUBSCRIBERS IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATOR'S NETWORK - The various embodiments include methods, computing devices and communication systems for controlling services in a communications network. A communications server may be configured to receive bounding information from a first server, decision making information from a second server, and a request to generate a decision from any of a number of different systems or components. The communications server may define bounds for generating the decision based on the received bounding information, and generate the decision based on the received decision making information and defined bounds. The communication server may send the generated decision to a third server implementing a functional system, such as a server in policy management system, policy enforcement system, charging system, or mobile application server system. | 06-13-2013 |
20130196623 | System and Method For Enabling Interactions Between a Policy Decision Point and a Charging System - A system and method for telecommunications operators to enable group based dynamic policy controls for both pre-paid and post-paid subscribers, who are typically not managed in an Online Charging System (OCS), but rather in an Charging System or a Billing System. Examples of policy controls that may be enabled by this invention include tracking spending for post-paid subscribers, managing subscriber usage across fixed-line and mobile networks, and so on. This is achieved by introducing a new component called the Enhanced Charging System (ECS) and creating a new reference point and interface between the Policy Management System and the ECS. | 08-01-2013 |
20130325983 | System and Method for Communicating in a Telecommunication Network via Common Key Routing and Proxies - A combination of a common key routing (CKR) method and data proxy architecture (DPA) method may be used to route communication messages in a telecommunication network to achieve improved data locality and reduce secondary key lookups. A processor in a multiprocessor computing system may receive a first communication message that includes subscriber identifiers that uniquely identify a subscriber, generate a common key based on the subscriber identifiers, identify a first logical scalable unit that includes a first database memory that stores subscriber data relating to the subscriber via a database application programming interface (API) and the common key, store the first communication message in the first database memory included in the first logical scalable unit, and receive a second communication message in response to storing the first communication message in the first database memory and routing the second communication message to another component the telecommunication network. | 12-05-2013 |
20130325984 | System and Methods for Communicating in a Telecommunication Network Using Common Key Routing and Data Locality Tables - A combination of a common key routing (CKR) method and a data locality table (DLT) method may be used to route communication messages in a telecommunication network to achieve improved data locality and reduce secondary key lookups. A processor in a multiprocessor computing system may receive a first communication message that includes subscriber identifiers that uniquely identify a subscriber, generate a common key based on the subscriber identifiers included in the first communication message, and identify a first logical scalable unit that includes a first database memory that stores subscriber data relating to the subscriber by querying a data locality table with the common key. The processor may also identify a first application processor in the multiprocessor computing system that is part of the first logical scalable unit and send the first communication message to the first application processor. | 12-05-2013 |
20130325985 | System and Method for Communicating in a Telecommunication Network via Independent Key Routing and Data Locality Tables - A combination of an independent key routing (IKR) method and a data locality table (DLT) method may be used to route communication messages in a telecommunication network to achieve improved data locality and reduce secondary key lookups. A processor a multiprocessor computing system may receive a first communication message that includes subscriber identifiers that uniquely identify a subscriber, generate a plurality of keys for a plurality of message types based on the subscriber identifiers, identify a first logical scalable unit that includes a first database memory that stores a first type of data relating to the subscriber by using a first key of the plurality of keys to query a data locality table, identify a first application processor in the multiprocessor computing system that is part of the first logical scalable unit, and send the first communication message and the plurality of keys to the first application processor. | 12-05-2013 |
20130325986 | System and Methods for Communicating in a Telecommunication Network via Independent Key Routing and Proxies - A combination of an independent key routing (IKR) method and a data proxy architecture (DPA) method may be used to route communication messages in a telecommunication network to achieve improved data locality and reduce secondary key lookups. A processor may receive a first communication message that includes subscriber identifiers that uniquely identify a subscriber, generate a plurality of keys for a plurality of message types, identify a first logical scalable unit (LSU) that includes a first memory that stores a first type of data via a database API and a first key, identify a second LSU that includes a second memory that stores a second type of data relating to the subscriber via the database API and a second key of the plurality of keys, store the first communication message and the first key in the first database memory, and store the first key in the second database memory. | 12-05-2013 |
20130326058 | System and Method for Seamless Horizontal Scaling using Logical Scalable Units - The performance of a scalable computing environment in a telecommunication network may be improved by configuring a server computing system to monitor a level of traffic throughput within the telecommunication network to determine whether an increase in throughput capacity is needed or a decrease in throughput capacity is acceptable, and increasing a throughput capacity of the telecommunication network when an increase in throughput capacity is needed by adding a logical scalable unit to the telecommunication network. The logical scalable unit may including a minimum combination of logical components required to provide in a single multiprocessor system a complete set of telecommunication functionalities for a subset of users in the telecommunication network. | 12-05-2013 |
20140036774 | System and Method for Controlling Advanced Triggering Operations in a Telecommunication Network - A network server may be configured to generate, modify, augment, communicate, and/or manage the triggers and signaling communications so that they may be processed and communicated in a more intelligent, efficient, and/or cost effective manner than that which is available via conventional solutions. The network server may receive a trigger communication message that includes trigger parameters and information suitable for causing a destination device to automatically initiate an operation, determining a criterion for sending the trigger communication message to the destination device based on the trigger parameters included in the trigger communication message, monitoring a condition to determine whether the criterion has been satisfied, and send the trigger communication message to the destination device when it is determined that the criterion has been satisfied. | 02-06-2014 |
20140038549 | System and Method for Controlling Advanced Triggering Operations in a Telecommunication Network - A network server may be configured to communicate triggers across a telecommunication network by receiving a trigger communication message that includes information suitable for causing a destination machine-to-machine device to perform operations in response to receiving the trigger communication message, receiving policy or charging information from a component in the telecommunication network, determining whether the trigger communication message should be sent to the destination machine-to-machine based on the received policy or charging information, and sending the trigger communication message to the destination component only when it is determined that the trigger communication message should be sent to the destination machine-to-machine based on the received policy or charging information. | 02-06-2014 |
20150079929 | Systems and Methods for Enabling Subscriber Monitoring of Telecommunications Network Usage and Service Plans - Methods, servers and systems for directly accessing and modifying charging information maintained within a telecommunications operator's business and operating systems' infrastructure from user equipment. A mobile application server may receive a charging request from a user equipment, identify a relevant charging system based on the received request, send a charging request to the identified charging system for processing, receive a first response message including charging information from the identified charging system, generate a second response message based on the charging information included in the first response message, and send the generated second response message to the user equipment. The received charging request may include various types of information, including information for transferring cost or billing information from a first billing category to a second billing category. | 03-19-2015 |
20150094019 | Systems for Enabling Subscriber Monitoring of Telecommunications Network Usage and Service Plans - Methods, servers and systems for directly accessing and modifying charging information maintained within a telecommunications operator's business and operating systems' infrastructure from user equipment. A mobile application server may receive a charging request from a user equipment, identify a relevant charging system based on the received request, send a charging request to the identified charging system for processing, receive a first response message including charging information from the identified charging system, generate a second response message based on the charging information included in the first response message, and send the generated second response message to the user equipment. The received charging request may include various types of information, including information for transferring cost or billing information from a first billing category to a second billing category. | 04-02-2015 |
20150100640 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR PIPELINE PROCESSING - Methods, servers and systems for communicating signaling information in a telecommunications signaling network implement methods that include receiving a first message encoding signaling information from a source component and processing the message using a fixed pipeline having a plurality of modules, each module having at least one procedure for performing a specific set of tasks. Application level routing operations may be performed to identify a suitable destination component. Information contained in the first message may be used to generate a second message encoding signaling information, which is sent to the identified destination component. | 04-09-2015 |
20150120668 | Method and System for Reducing Journaling Log Activity in Databases - Methods, devices and systems enable restoring a database system more efficiently. A server computing device may be configured to receive a database transaction request that includes information identifying a database operation, determine a priority value for the database operation, and add the database operation to a journaling log based on the determined priority value. After detecting a failure event, the server computing device may perform the database operations identified in the journaling log to restore the database system. | 04-30-2015 |
20150120673 | Method and System for Eliminating Backups in Databases - Methods, devices and systems enable restoring a database system more efficiently. A server computing device may be configured to determine a recovery time interval, periodically review database records to identify a database record that has not been updated within a most recent recovery time interval, add the identified database record to a journaling log, and update the identified database record to include information identifying a time at which the database record was last added to the journaling log. After detecting a failure event, the server computing device may perform the database operations identified in the journaling log to restore the database system. | 04-30-2015 |
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20120140620 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AND IMPLEMENTING POLICY CONTROLS IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A computer-implemented method of determining policy control decisions in a telecommunications network. The method comprises the steps of receiving a predictive indicator from a forecasting system, wherein the predictive indicator includes predictive network resource utilization information, responsive to receiving a service request from a gateway, determining a policy decision based on the predictive indicator, and sending the policy decision to the gateway. | 06-07-2012 |
20120155389 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR DYNAMIC CONTEXT-BASED ROUTING - Methods, servers and systems for performing dynamic context based routing operations in a telecommunications signaling network in which a dynamic context based router may receive a first message encoding signaling information from a source component, decode the message into an internal representation, perform application level routing operations using contextual information derived from the internal representation to identify a destination component, encode signaling information contained in the internal representation into a second message, and send the second message to the identified destination component. Application level routing operations using contextual information may include generating keys based on the internal representation, transmitting the generated keys to an external resource, receiving supplementary information in response to the generated keys, and using the supplementary information to identify the destination component. The information in the internal representation may be modified to send a subset or a superset of the information contained in the first message. | 06-21-2012 |
20120155470 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR MULTIPHASE DECODING - The various embodiments include methods, servers and systems for communicating signaling information in a telecommunications signaling network that involves decoding a first portion of the received first message, determining if the decoded first portion identifies a destination component, determining if the destination component can be derived from the decoded first portion when the decoded first portion does not identify a destination component, recursively decoding subsequent portions of the received first message when previously decoded portions do not identify the destination component and that the destination component cannot be derived using the previously decoded portions, performing context-based routing operations using information extracted from the previously decoded portions to identify the destination component, packaging the previously decoded portions along with a remainder of the first message into a second message encoding signaling information, and sending the second message encoding signaling information to the identified destination component over a second communications link. | 06-21-2012 |
20120158872 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR HORIZONTALLY SCALABLE HIGH-AVAILABILITY DYNAMIC CONTEXT-BASED ROUTING - Methods, servers and systems for communicating information in networks enable efficient expansion while maintaining high-availability. A first message associated with an entity may be received on a first server. An operation may be performed on certain information included in the first message associated with the entity to identify a first data repository in which information associated with the first message or the entity is to be stored. Information extracted from the first message may be stored in the identified first data repository. When a second message associated with the entity is received, the same operation may be performed on the same certain information included in the second message to identify the first data repository in which information associated with the first message or the entity is stored. The information related to the first message or the entity from the first data repository may then be used. | 06-21-2012 |
20120158993 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR PIPELINE PROCESSING - Methods, servers and systems for communicating signaling information in a telecommunications signaling network implement methods that include receiving a first message encoding signaling information from a source component and processing the message using a fixed pipeline having a plurality of modules, each module having at least one procedure for performing a specific set of tasks. Application level routing operations may be performed to identify a suitable destination component. Information contained in the first message may be used to generate a second message encoding signaling information, which is sent to the identified destination component. | 06-21-2012 |
20120158994 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR DYNAMIC CONTEXT-BASED ROUTING USING A TOPOLOGY TREE - Methods, servers and systems for communicating signaling information in a telecommunications signaling network may involve using a topology tree categorizing network nodes into groups, receiving a first message encoding signaling information from a source, decoding the received first message into an internal representation of the message, determining if the internal representation identifies a destination component in the topology tree, performing application level routing operations by hierarchy to determine if information contained in the internal representation identifies a destination component in the topology tree, packaging the information contained in the internal representation into a second message encoding signaling information, and sending the second message encoding signaling information to the identified destination component. The topology tree may include one or more domains as root nodes, a peer-group as an internal node for each of the one or more domains, and a peer as a terminal node for the at least one peer-group. | 06-21-2012 |
20120158995 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR FORKED ROUTING - Methods, servers and systems for communicating signaling information in a policy and charging control network within a telecommunications signaling network, may include receiving a message encoding signaling information in a dynamic context router operating at the application layer. The dynamic context router may determine whether the received message is to be replicated, and if so, the dynamic context router may identify a primary destination to which the received message is to be sent and secondary destinations to which replicated messages (“fork-routed messages”) are to be sent. The message may be replicated into multiple fork-routed messages, with the original message sent to the primary destination and the fork-routed messages sent to secondary destination components. The replicated fork-routed messages may be the same as or different from the received message, and may be sent using the same protocol or different protocols. | 06-21-2012 |
20120233656 | Methods, Systems and Devices for the Detection and Prevention of Malware Within a Network - Methods, systems and devices examine data flows in a communication system control network for known malware threats and suspicious properties typically associated with malware threats. A policy management system inside the control network accesses a user repository and a charging network, and performs pattern matching and/or observed behavior detection methods to determine if the data flows carry content (e.g., malware) that poses a security risk to network or wireless devices. The policy management system generates policy rules based on user preferences and risk-level. The policy management system sends the generated policy rules to a gateway/PCEF, which blocks the data flows, allows the data flows, or restricts the data flow based on the policy rules. | 09-13-2012 |
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20130266125 | SOCIAL QUALITY-OF-SERVICE DATABASE - A method, computer program product, and system for a quality-of-service history database is described. Quality-of-service information associated with a first participant in a first electronic call is determined. The quality-of-service information is stored in a quality-of-service history database. A likelihood of quality-of-service issues associated with a second electronic call is determined, wherein determining the likelihood of quality-of-service issues includes mining the quality-of-service history database. | 10-10-2013 |
20130266126 | SOCIAL QUALITY-OF-SERVICE DATABASE - A method, computer program product, and system for a quality-of-service history database is described. Quality-of-service information associated with a first participant in a first electronic call is determined. The quality-of-service information is stored in a quality-of-service history database. A likelihood of quality-of-service issues associated with a second electronic call is determined, wherein determining the likelihood of quality-of-service issues includes mining the quality-of-service history database. | 10-10-2013 |
20130279326 | QUALITY OF SERVICE PREDICTION AND CALL FAILOVER - A method, computer program product, and system for a quality-of-service history database is described. One or more characteristics of an electronic call are monitored. A current quality-of-service score is determined, based upon, at least in part, the one or more characteristics. A predicted quality-of-service score is determined based upon, at least in part, one or more of the current quality-of-service score and the one or more characteristics, wherein the predicted quality-of-service score is associated with one or more future times. A failover connection associated with the electronic call is provided. A current connection associated with the electronic call is replaced with the failover connection based upon, at least in part, one or more of the predicted quality-of-service score and a threshold quality-of-service score. | 10-24-2013 |
20130301809 | INFERRING QUALITY IN UT CALLS BASED ON REAL-TIME BI-DIRECTIONAL EXPLOITATION OF A FULL REFERENCE ALGORITHM - A method, computer program product, and computer system for inferring quality of unified telephony calls based on real-time bi-directional exploitation of a full reference algorithm. A client copy of an audio file may be received from a client device associated with a unified telephony call. The client copy of the audio file may be compared to a local copy of the audio file using a reference algorithm. A quality of service associated with the client device may be determined based upon, at least in part, a difference between the client copy of the audio file and the local copy of the audio file. | 11-14-2013 |
20130301810 | INFERRING QUALITY IN UT CALLS BASED ON REAL-TIME BI-DIRECTIONAL EXPLOITATION OF A FULL REFERENCE ALGORITHM - A method, computer program product, and computer system for inferring quality of unified telephony calls based on real-time bi-directional exploitation of a full reference algorithm. A client copy of an audio file may be received from a client device associated with a unified telephony call. The client copy of the audio file may be compared to a local copy of the audio file using a reference algorithm. A quality of service associated with the client device may be determined based upon, at least in part, a difference between the client copy of the audio file and the local copy of the audio file. | 11-14-2013 |
20140282822 | IMPLEMENTING SECURITY IN A SOCIAL APPLICATION - Implementing security in social applications includes inferring a closeness level of a connection to a user's profile of a social application based on a closeness policy and implementing a security level individualized to the connection based on the closeness level. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282845 | IMPLEMENTING SECURITY IN A SOCIAL APPLICATION - Implementing security in social applications includes inferring a closeness level of a connection to a user's profile of a social application based on a closeness policy and implementing a security level individualized to the connection based on the closeness level. | 09-18-2014 |
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20130311820 | FORECASTING WORKLOAD TRANSACTION RESPONSE TIME - Reliability testing can include determining a transaction time for each of a plurality of transactions to a system under test during the reliability test, wherein the plurality of transactions are of a same type. Forecasts of transaction times can be calculated for the transaction type. The forecasts can be compared with a threshold time using a processor. A remedial action can be implemented responsive to at least one of the forecasts exceeding the threshold time. | 11-21-2013 |
20130311835 | FORECASTING WORKLOAD TRANSACTION RESPONSE TIME - Reliability testing can include determining a transaction time for each of a plurality of transactions to a system under test during the reliability test, wherein the plurality of transactions are of a same type. Forecasts of transaction times can be calculated for the transaction type. The forecasts can be compared with a threshold time using a processor. A remedial action can be implemented responsive to at least one of the forecasts exceeding the threshold time. | 11-21-2013 |
20140177480 | DETERMINING THE AVAILABILITY OF PARTICIPANTS ON AN ELECTRONIC CALL - A method, computer program product, and system for determining the availability of participants on a communication session is described. According to an embodiment, a method for determining a participant's availability may include receiving status information associated with a first user participating in a unified telephony call, the status information indicative of an availability of the first user. The method may also include determining an availability status for the first user based on, at least in part, the status information. The method may further include providing, by the one or more computing devices, a status indicator associated with the first user to at least a second user participating in the unified telephony call based on the availability status for the first user. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181138 | ESTIMATING RISK OF BUILDING A COMPUTING SYSTEM - Risk assessment for a computing system being developed can include receiving a user input specifying a proposed topology for a computing system. The proposed topology is defined by a first software product to be used and an architecture having a first non-functional component. A problem knowledge repository is searched using a processor for records of problems correlated with the proposed topology. A level of risk in implementing the computing system using the proposed topology is calculated according to the searching using the processor. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181139 | ESTIMATING RISK OF BUILDING A COMPUTING SYSTEM - Risk assessment for a computing system being developed can include receiving a user input specifying a proposed topology for a computing system. The proposed topology is defined by a first software product to be used and an architecture having a first non-functional component. A problem knowledge repository is searched using a processor for records of problems correlated with the proposed topology. A level of risk in implementing the computing system using the proposed topology is calculated according to the searching using the processor. | 06-26-2014 |
20140344357 | COMMUNICATION TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT - A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for managing communication traffic relaying in a multiparty communication session. In an implementation, a method may include receiving a request from a first computing device to join a multiparty communication session. The method may also include associating the first computing device with a second computing device for the multiparty communication session, the second computing device participating in the multiparty communication session via a multipoint control unit. The method may further include relaying communication traffic for the multiparty communication session from the multipoint control unit to the first computing device by the second computing device. | 11-20-2014 |
20140344361 | COMMUNICATION TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT - A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for managing communication traffic relaying in a multiparty communication session. In an implementation, a method may include receiving a request from a first computing device to join a multiparty communication session. The method may also include associating the first computing device with a second computing device for the multiparty communication session, the second computing device participating in the multiparty communication session via a multipoint control unit. The method may further include relaying communication traffic for the multiparty communication session from the multipoint control unit to the first computing device by the second computing device. | 11-20-2014 |
20150082127 | MANAGING QUALITY OF SERVICE FOR COMMUNICATION SESSIONS - A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for managing quality of service for communication sessions. In an implementation, a method may include determining network condition associated with a communication session. The method may also include calculating one or more anticipated performance attributes for each of a plurality of error correction codes based on the network condition. The method may also include determining a quality of experience metric for each of the plurality of error correction codes based on the calculated one or more anticipate performance attributes for each of the plurality of error correction codes. The method may further include establishing one of the plurality of error correction codes for the communication session based on the quality of experience metric for each of the plurality of error correction codes. | 03-19-2015 |
20150082130 | MANAGING QUALITY OF SERVICE FOR COMMUNICATION SESSIONS - A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for managing quality of service for communication sessions. In an implementation, a method may include determining network condition associated with a communication session. The method may also include calculating one or more anticipated performance attributes for each of a plurality of error correction codes based on the network condition. The method may also include determining a quality of experience metric for each of the plurality of error correction codes based on the calculated one or more anticipate performance attributes for each of the plurality of error correction codes. The method may further include establishing one of the plurality of error correction codes for the communication session based on the quality of experience metric for each of the plurality of error correction codes. | 03-19-2015 |
20150117232 | CODEC SELECTION AND USAGE FOR IMPROVED VOIP CALL QUALITY - Codec selection and usage for calls includes identifying a call scheduled for a time in the future from an electronic calendar associated with a user and prior to the call, ordering a plurality of codecs used by an Internet Protocol (IP) phone of the user for the scheduled call. During the call and using a processor, a mean opinion score for the call is calculated and stored as part of call data for the call within a data storage device including historical call data. | 04-30-2015 |
20150117236 | CODEC SELECTION AND USAGE FOR IMPROVED VOIP CALL QUALITY - A method of implementing calls includes identifying a call scheduled for a time in the future from an electronic calendar associated with a user and prior to the call, ordering a plurality of codecs used by an Internet Protocol (IP) phone of the user for the scheduled call. The method further includes, during the call and using a processor, calculating a mean opinion score for the call and storing the mean opinion score as part of call data for the call within a data storage device comprising historical call data. | 04-30-2015 |
20150120877 | MANAGING QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE FOR MEDIA TRANSMISSIONS - A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for quality of experience for media transmissions. In an implementation, a method may include determining a first quality of experience metric associated with a media stream at a first network node. The first quality of experience metric may be transmitted with the media stream. The method may also include determining a second quality of experience metric associated with the media stream at a second network node. An updated quality of experience metric may be transmitted with the media stream. The updated quality of experience metric may be based upon, at least in part, the first quality of experience metric and the second quality of experience metric. | 04-30-2015 |
20150120896 | MANAGING QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE FOR MEDIA TRANSMISSIONS - A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for quality of experience for media transmissions. In an implementation, a method may include determining a first quality of experience metric associated with a media stream at a first network node. The first quality of experience metric may be transmitted with the media stream. The method may also include determining a second quality of experience metric associated with the media stream at a second network node. An updated quality of experience metric may be transmitted with the media stream. The updated quality of experience metric may be based upon, at least in part, the first quality of experience metric and the second quality of experience metric. | 04-30-2015 |
20150127751 | SENDING AN OUT-OF-FACILITY NOTIFICATION BASED ON AGGREGATED CONTENT FRM A TASK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Historical content corresponding to activity of a user in at least one social networking service is aggregated. The historical content indicates a plurality of collaboration partners with whom the user collaborated via the at least one social networking service in an occupation context. Based on the aggregated historical content, at least one of the collaboration partners can be identified as at least one priority collaboration partner. Whether the user currently is not in a facility where the user works can be automatically determined. Responsive to determining that the user is not in the facility where the user works, a message indicating that the user is not in the facility where the user works can be automatically sent to the at least one priority collaboration partner. | 05-07-2015 |
20150135245 | USE OF SIMULTANEOUSLY RECEIVED VIDEOS BY A SYSTEM TO GENERATE A QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE VALUE - A first instance of a reference video is stored. A primary video and a second instance of the reference video are simultaneously received. At least one quality of experience value that infers a perceptual quality of the primary video as received by a system is generated by comparing the first instance of the reference video to the second instance of the reference video on a pixel-by-pixel, frame-by-frame, basis and determining whether each pixel and each frame contained in the first instance of the reference video are contained in the second instance of the reference video. | 05-14-2015 |
20150135246 | USE OF SIMULTANEOUSLY RECEIVED VIDEOS BY A SYSTEM TO GENERATE A QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE VALUE - A first instance of a reference video is stored. A primary video and a second instance of the reference video are simultaneously received. At least one quality of experience value that infers a perceptual quality of the primary video as received by a system is generated by comparing the first instance of the reference video to the second instance of the reference video on a pixel-by-pixel, frame-by-frame, basis and determining whether each pixel and each frame contained in the first instance of the reference video are contained in the second instance of the reference video. | 05-14-2015 |
20150138994 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NOTIFICATION OF QoE ISSUES - A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computer system for notification of a QoE (Quality of Experience) issue in a network service. An end user device sends the notification to a server providing the network service, in response to determining that calculated QoE metrics is below a predetermined level for a predetermined time period. The server resolves the QoE issue, in response to determining that the QoE issue is listed to be resolved by the server. The server forwards the notification of the QoE issue to a system administrator, in response to determining that the QoE issue is not listed to be resolved by the server. | 05-21-2015 |
20150142145 | DETERMINING QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE FOR COMMUNICATION SESSIONS - A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for determining quality of experience for communication sessions. In an implementation, a method may include determining a plurality of intrusive quality of experience scores associated with a plurality of intrusive audio transmission samples. The method may also include determining a plurality of non-intrusive quality of experience scores associated with a plurality of non-intrusive audio transmission samples. The method may further include deriving a quality of experience coefficient based upon a relationship between the plurality of intrusive quality of experience scores and the plurality of non-intrusive quality of experience scores. | 05-21-2015 |
20150142146 | DETERMINING QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE FOR COMMUNICATION SESSIONS - A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for determining quality of experience for communication sessions. In an implementation, a method may include determining a plurality of intrusive quality of experience scores associated with a plurality of intrusive audio transmission samples. The method may also include determining a plurality of non-intrusive quality of experience scores associated with a plurality of non-intrusive audio transmission samples. The method may further include deriving a quality of experience coefficient based upon a relationship between the plurality of intrusive quality of experience scores and the plurality of non-intrusive quality of experience scores. | 05-21-2015 |
20150263961 | QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE FOR COMMUNICATION SESSIONS - A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for managing quality of experience for communication sessions. In an implementation, a method may include analyzing network conditions relative to a plurality of codecs and a plurality of network paths. The method may also include determining a quality of experience associated with each of the plurality of codecs across each of the plurality of network paths. The method may further include transacting communication traffic using a codec-network path combination having a quality of experience above a predetermined threshold. | 09-17-2015 |
20150264104 | QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE FOR COMMUNICATION SESSIONS - A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for managing quality of experience for communication sessions. In an implementation, a method may include analyzing network conditions relative to a plurality of codecs and a plurality of network paths. The method may also include determining a quality of experience associated with each of the plurality of codecs across each of the plurality of network paths. The method may further include transacting communication traffic using a codec-network path combination having a quality of experience above a predetermined threshold. | 09-17-2015 |
20150280960 | SYSTEM FOR SELF ORGANIZATION OF AN INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION GRID - A self-organizing internet protocol television (IPTV) grid system that: establishes an internet protocol television grid including an IPTV server, a plurality of grid nodes, a first end user device and a second end user device; communicates an IPTV channel signal over a first communication path that begins at the IPTV server and ends at the first end user device; communicates the IPTV channel signal over a second communication path that begins at the IPTV server and ends at the second end user device; determines that a quality issue condition exists for the channel signal as communicated to the second end user device; and responsive to the determination of the quality issue condition, communicates the IPTV channel signal over a third communication path that begins at the first end user device and ends at the second end user device. | 10-01-2015 |
20150281753 | SYSTEM FOR SELF ORGANIZATION OF AN INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION GRID - A self-organizing internet protocol television (IPTV) grid system that: establishes an internet protocol television grid including an IPTV server, a plurality of grid nodes, a first end user device and a second end user device; communicates an IPTV channel signal over a first communication path that begins at the IPTV server and ends at the first end user device; communicates the IPTV channel signal over a second communication path that begins at the IPTV server and ends at the second end user device; determines that a quality issue condition exists for the channel signal as communicated to the second end user device; and responsive to the determination of the quality issue condition, communicates the IPTV channel signal over a third communication path that begins at the first end user device and ends at the second end user device. | 10-01-2015 |
20150350602 | ADAPTIVE VIDEO STREAMING FOR COMMUNICATION SESSIONS - A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for managing quality of experience for video conferences. In an implementation, a method may include determining a capacity of a participant associated with a video conference. The method may also include determining a number of remote participants of the video conference. The method may further include implementing a video distribution architecture for the participant based upon, at least in part, the capacity of the participant and the number of remote participants. Implementing the video distribution architecture for the participant may include implementing a distributed architecture session for the participant if the capacity of the participant is greater than or equal to the number of remote participants of the video conference. Implementing the video distribution architecture for the participant may also include implementing a centralized architecture session for the participant if the capacity of the participant is less than the number of remote participants of the video conference. | 12-03-2015 |
20150350603 | ADAPTIVE VIDEO STREAMING FOR COMMUNICATION SESSIONS - A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for managing quality of experience for video conferences. In an implementation, a method may include determining a capacity of a participant associated with a video conference. The method may also include determining a number of remote participants of the video conference. The method may further include implementing a video distribution architecture for the participant based upon, at least in part, the capacity of the participant and the number of remote participants. Implementing the video distribution architecture for the participant may include implementing a distributed architecture session for the participant if the capacity of the participant is greater than or equal to the number of remote participants of the video conference. Implementing the video distribution architecture for the participant may also include implementing a centralized architecture session for the participant if the capacity of the participant is less than the number of remote participants of the video conference. | 12-03-2015 |
20150381693 | SHARING A CONFIGURATION STATE OF A CLIENT DEVICE THAT MEETS A THRESHOLD LEVEL OF QoE - Arrangements described herein can include automatically monitoring, on a first client device receiving multimedia content, a first QoE associated with presenting the multimedia content by the first client device. The arrangements also can include automatically determining a configuration state of the first client device while presenting the multimedia content. The method further includes sharing, by the first client device, with at least a second client device at least a portion of the configuration state of the first client device while presenting the multimedia content, wherein the portion of the configuration state of the first client device is included in a candidate configuration that is a candidate for implementation on the second client device to improve a second QoE associated with presenting the multimedia content, or other multimedia content, by the second client device. | 12-31-2015 |
20150382060 | SHARING A CONFIGURATION STATE OF A CLIENT DEVICE THAT MEETS A THRESHOLD LEVEL OF QoE - Arrangements described herein can include automatically monitoring, on a first client device receiving multimedia content, a first QoE associated with presenting the multimedia content by the first client device. The arrangements also can include automatically determining a configuration state of the first client device while presenting the multimedia content. The method further includes sharing, by the first client device, with at least a second client device at least a portion of the configuration state of the first client device while presenting the multimedia content, wherein the portion of the configuration state of the first client device is included in a candidate configuration that is a candidate for implementation on the second client device to improve a second QoE associated with presenting the multimedia content, or other multimedia content, by the second client device. | 12-31-2015 |