43rd week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 64 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140317164 | ARITHMETIC PROCESSING DEVICE - An arithmetic processing device includes: an arithmetic unit configured to execute an arithmetic operation; and a stream engine configured to execute stream processing, wherein a data bus of the arithmetic unit and a data bus of the stream engine are tightly coupled with each other. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317165 | DIRECT DATA PLACEMENT OVER USER DATAGRAM PROTOCOL IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - An example method for direct data placement over User Datagram Protocol (UDP) in a network environment is provided and includes creating a queue pair (QP) for unreliable datagram transport in Infiniband according to an OpenFabrics Application Programming Interface (API) specification, mapping data generated by an application for transmission over the QP in a network environment to a UDP datagram, and passing the UDP datagram to a network interface for transmission. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317166 | ASSESSMENT OF BEST FIT CLOUD DEPLOYMENT INFRASTRUCTURES - A system configured to facilitate brokering hybrid cloud services selects information requests for characterizing an information technology application. The system responses to the information requests and determines a plurality of sets of the responses each used for deriving a value of a respective one of a plurality of factor functions. The system determines a plurality of assessment results each derived using values for of a respective set of the factor functions. Each one of the assessment results characterizes a respective aspect of deploying the information technology application within a cloud environment. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317167 | DISTRIBUTED MAPPING FUNCTION FOR LARGE SCALE MEDIA CLOUDS - The present document relates to cloud computing. In particular, the present document relates to methods and systems for cloud computing which enable the efficient and flexible placement of application components within a cloud. A computing device ( | 2014-10-23 |
20140317168 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND DEVICE FOR EXPOSING WIRELESS MODULE DATA STORAGE - A system, method, and device for wireless module data storage through an application programming interface. A wireless communication module includes a processor (configured to control the wireless communication module and a memory coupled to the processor for storing computer program instructions. The wireless communication module also includes a wireless module data store and an application programming interface (API) configured to interface the wireless communication module with a host application residing on the host computing device. The API enables the host application to access the wireless module data store in the wireless communication module. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317169 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SERVER SIDE DATA MASHUPS SPECIFICATION - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided in order to provide for the specification of server-side data mashups. A method is provided comprising receiving a request for data of an object type; retrieving a data model for the object type; interpreting one or more annotations specifying data to be retrieved from one or more sources to be combined with the object data; retrieving data from one or more sources based on the annotations; generating an output payload by merging the object data and the retrieved data; and causing the output payload to be returned to a client application. A corresponding apparatus and a computer program product are also provided. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317170 | Automatic generation of M2M network applications - The proposed embodiment provides a method and system for automatically generating machine to machine (M2M) network applications. The method and system includes receiving information about one or more nodes in the network and generating one or more applications for the one or more nodes based on the information. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317171 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USER INTERFACE NAVIGATION - Methods and apparatus for user interface navigation may facilitate altering the output of a user interface in response to a predetermined action. Methods and apparatus for user interface navigation may cause a user interface presenting a first resource to present a static and/or dynamically created landing resource upon a user performing a predetermined action. The landing resource may comprise a website, an application, and the like. Methods and apparatus for user interface navigation may cause the user interface to present a return resource to the user upon the user performing the same or different predetermined action. In some embodiments, the return resource may comprise the first resource. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317172 | WORKLOAD PLACEMENT IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM - A system for workflow placement in a computer system wherein the performance of a system processing a workflow is monitored against one or more performance measures. One or more logic elements from the workflow are delegated for subsequent processing to other systems in the computer system in response to one or more of the one or more performance measures being within a predetermined range. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317173 | DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A data communication system includes a centralized server arrangement coupled via a communication network arrangement to a plurality of client devices. The centralized server arrangement and the plurality of client devices exchange data. The system allocates the data into a primary type of data and at least a secondary type of data. The primary data is communicated substantially immediately within the system, and at least the secondary data is communicated in the system in association with corresponding acknowledgements (ACK) in response to receipt of the second type of data at one or more of the client devices. At least one of the one or more client devices is optionally a wireless-enabled mobile communication device or a wirelessly-connected personal computer (PC). | 2014-10-23 |
20140317174 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR UPDATING CLIENT - Embodiments of the present application relate to a method for updating a client, a device for updating a client, and a computer program product for updating a client. The method includes determining whether the client is to be updated, in the event that the client is to be updated, determining update packages for the client, determining a user's preferred functions from among functions offered by the client based on saved record of operations of the user corresponding to the client, determining update packages, from among the determined update packages, on which the user's preferred functions depend to serve as preferred packages, and releasing the preferred packages to the client to be updated. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317175 | TERMINAL FOR PROVIDING SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE AND SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE PROVIDING DEVICE - Disclosed is a social network service providing device which interworks with a terminal through a wired/wireless network, the device. The device includes: a sign agent which provides at least one of information on the wired/wireless network and unique information of the terminal for being connected with the wired/wireless network; and a social network service client which provides at least one of the unique terminal information and unique information of a member that belongs to a group using the terminal. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317176 | ENHANCEMENT OF UPLOAD AND/OR DOWNLOAD PERFORMANCE BASED ON CLIENT AND/OR SERVER FEEDBACK INFORMATION - Systems and methods for providing enhancement of upload and/or download performance based on client and/or server feedback information are disclosed. In one embodiment, the disclosed method optimizes upload performance by performing an upload speed test to measure an upload speed associated with each of multiple servers. The method detects a user request to upload a file from a client device to a host server. Based on results from the upload speed test, the method selects one of the multiple servers to upload the file. The multiple servers can include host servers providing cloud-based collaboration and/or storage services, one or more content delivery network servers and/or geographically distributed edge servers. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317177 | Methods And Apparatus For Image Delivery With Time Limits - A dynamic image delivery system receives a client request for an image at an image caching server. The image caching server measures the client's network access speed and looks for an appropriate pre-rendered copy of the requested image that is rendered for the client's network access speed in local storage. If the appropriate rendered copy is found, then the image caching server sends the rendered image to the client. If it is not found, then the image caching server dynamically renders a copy of the image and sends it to the client. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317178 | CONTROLLING CLIENT ACCESS TO A SERVER APPLICATION - An approach is provided for controlling a rate at which requests from a client computer will be received by a server application executed on a server computer. Requests are received by the server computer at different times from the client computer and time intervals between different pairs of successive requests are measured. Based on the time intervals, (1) a historical rate of requests from the client computer is determined and a limit on a rate for the server application to receive subsequent requests from the client computer is determined and enforced based on the historical rate of requests, or (2) a range of the time intervals is determined to be within a predefined range of time intervals and based on the range being within the predefined range, a denial of service attack or an overload of requests from the client computer is determined and blocked. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317179 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A SERVER AND A CLIENT DEVICE - Systems and methods providing users with a rich web experience are disclosed. In one embodiment, a client and at least one server are in communication using a dual communication link. In another embodiment, a markup language based instant messaging application is disclosed. The instant messaging application may include group instant messaging. The instant messaging application may also provide group member persistence and message persistence at the server. In another embodiment, a card based web application is disclosed, where the card information and character may be shared with other users or within a group. The cards may also be configurable by users. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317180 | Method, Device and Central Server for Providing Service for LDAP Client - The present invention relates to a device, a method and a central server for providing service to a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LDAP client from a central server with multiple back-ends. A LDAP request for accessing a service is received from the LDAP client, and the requested service is identified from the LDAP request. One or more back-ends are scheduled to provide service according to a rule predefined for the requested service, which rule indicating which back-end(s) are to be used for the requested service. The scheduled back-end(s) are queried with respective back-end requests according to the rule to obtain back-end responses. A LDAP response based on the obtained back-end responses is formed and is provide to the LDAP client. This allows a central server with multiple back-ends to provide services for LDAP client in a more efficient way. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317181 | ESTABLISHING DYNAMIC CONNECTION - The disclosure relates to a method establishing dynamic connection. Said method comprises receiving, by a management server, a connection establishment request message sent by a client, wherein said request message carries a first property information of a service source terminal to which connection is requested to be established; sending, by the management server, a connection instruction message carrying identification information of the client and said first property information to the service source terminal, so that the service source terminal determines whether to establish a connection to the client according to the first property information. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317182 | SOCIAL BADGING FOR ELECTRONIFICATION OF PAPER - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for social badging. An exemplary apparatus is configured to: receive information associated with a user's interaction with an entity; determine or receive a rating based on the interaction, wherein the rating indicates an environmental impact of the interaction; and broadcast the rating on a social network. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317183 | REDUCING REAL TIME MEDIA TRAFFIC IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - An example method for reducing real time media traffic in a network environment is provided and includes examining a plurality of first requests in a first protocol to identify participants in a media session; examining a plurality of second requests in a second protocol to determine media characteristics associated with the participants; and grouping the participants into different groups based, at least in part, on the media characteristics, wherein at least some of the participants associated with substantially identical media characteristics are grouped together. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317184 | Pre-Fetching Newsfeed Stories from a Social Networking System for Presentation to a User - A social networking system presents a viewing user with a newsfeed of stories describing actions performed by other social networking system users. In particular, the social networking system provides a pre-fetched set of newsfeed stories to a user device of the viewing user and a presentation order for the stories. The social networking system does not “lock” the set of newsfeed stories or the presentation order. The user device locally stores the pre-fetched ranked set of newsfeed stories upon receipt. When the viewing user later requests presentation of newsfeed stories, the user device retrieves the set of newsfeed stories and presents, to the viewing user, stories from the set according to the presentation order. A request is also sent to the social networking system to “lock” the presented newsfeed stories and the order in which the newsfeed stories were presented. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317185 | Systems and Methods for a Contextual Social Network - Disclosed are systems and methods to implement a contextual social network. A contextual social network adds a relationship based at least in part on a context of the relationship. For example, a child may be a student at a school and in turn a student in a particular kindergarten class at that school. As of the next school year the child can maintain the relationship with the school but replace the relationship with the kindergarten class to a relationship with a first grade class. When the child goes to a different school the original school relationship can be replaced with a new one. While the child is in a particular school or class at school the parents of the child have an indirect relationship (e.g., through their child) with the same school and class. The indirect relationship can automatically change as the relationship of the child to the school changes. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317186 | Organization of Captured Media Items - The present invention relates to mechanisms for sharing media items connected to an event between user accounts. An event for media items is created where the event is associated with a context. The created event is associated with a user account. The created event is shared with at least one further user account. The user account and the at least one further user account are associated with a specified subset of user accounts from at least one group of user accounts. Captured media items are connected to the created event. The captured media items are associated with the user account or the at least one further user account. The user account and the at least one further user are provided access to the connected media items. The connected media items are thereby enabled to be shared amongst the user account and the at least one further user account. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317187 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, DOCUMENT MANAGING SERVER, DOCUMENT MANAGING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a document management service that accepts a request for sharing a document from a user of client terminal so as to determine whether or not the document to which the sharing request was made has been successfully registered in a document management server as a sharing target among users. If the document has failed to be registered, the document management service posts the document to a microblog service. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317188 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING THEME AND LOCATION BASED PARTICIPATION IN A SOCIAL NETWORK - A method and system for associating themes of member groups of a social networking system are associated with geographic data related to group members. Network members may self identify a locale to be associated with their online identity. A non-member of the group may search for group themes and be enabled to view indications of group member locations prior to requesting group membership. Member locales may be indicated within a rendered map image. Groups include selected members of the social network and each group preferably is associated with one or more themes, e.g., ideas, concepts, images, and topics. One or more members may have a specified status within a group wherein status assignments limit and/or empower relevant members of the group with privileges, authorities and/or obligations. Resources may be associated with a group, wherein a resource may be recommended by a group member, a sponsor, and/or the social networking system. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317189 | SOCIAL NETWORK DATING SERVICE - The invention relates to an online dating system in which users of the system maintain profiles listing friends, and in which only other users within a specified degree of relationship within a given user's social network can view the user profile of that given user. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317190 | SESSION MANAGER ANTI-LOOPING - Session Manager anti-looping creates a model that is an effective barrier to looping, efficiently identifying a loop condition by maintaining temporary individual call counters for header sets within temporal parameters and terminating the loop condition upon detection. The system provides an administrator with adjustable parameters for loop detection count and loop detection interval, thereby allowing protection against loop conditions, both inadvertent and intentional. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317191 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF VIRAL ENABLEMENT OF FEATURES BY PEER-TO-PEER CONNECTION - The technology disclosed relates to identifying and notifying a user of nearby attendees at a mega attendance event who are in user's social graph by comparing the user's social graph to a list of event attendees. The identified attendees can be stratified into social graph tags that annotate, categorize and prioritize other users in the user's social graph. The technology disclosed also relates to identifying and notifying the user of nearby attendees of sessions at the event who meet introduction preferences of the user by finding matches between introduction preference attributes specified by the user and attributes of the attendees provided by the list of event attendees. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317192 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LATENT TRIGGERS FOR CELEBRATING PAST AND RECURRING EVENTS - An apparatus, system and method of providing a latent celebration of memorable events, or a recurring celebration of an event in a timely manner, which allows for a determination of a latency or recurring period, whereupon remembrances, such as photos, may be shared amongst the celebrants. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317193 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING CONVERSATIONAL AGENT TO COLLECT INFORMATION AND TRIGGER ACTIONS - A system for collecting information and triggering actions, in one example embodiment, comprises receiving conversational information from a communication session involving a user. The conversational information includes posting information. The conversational information is parsed to obtain the posting information. The posting information parsed from the conversational information is posted to a networked environment. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317194 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING PHOTOGRAPHIC CONTENT - A method and system for sharing photographic content, the method comprising generating social media content for a photograph feed associated with a photograph that is shared on a social network, the photograph located at a first location and including scannable code, receiving activity information associated with the photograph from one or more client devices, the activity information including scanning of the scannable code and geographical data of the one or more client devices, and determining movements of the photograph from the first location based on the geographical data. The method further comprises updating the social media content with geographical locations and distances traveled from the first location based on the activity information and the determined movements. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317195 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENDING TRIGGER MESSAGE TO MTC UE, AND MTC UE - The disclosure discloses a method for sending trigger message to a Machine Type Communication (MTC) User Equipment (UE), including that: an MTC server sends the trigger message to an MTC InterWorking Function (MTC-IWF); the MTC-IWF packages the trigger message as a short message, and sends the short message to a serving node of the MTC UE via an interface T | 2014-10-23 |
20140317196 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR THE SUPERVISION OF TRANSACTIONS IN A PEER-TO-PEER OVERLAY NETWORK - The present invention relates to the supervision of transactions in peer-to-peer (P2P) overlay networks. A P2P overlay network often consists of peers interconnected via different access technologies having significant different round-trip time (RTT) delays. Current time supervisions of retransmissions and transactions in P2P networks have fixed values. This has the disadvantages that if the timer values are too short, unnecessary retransmissions are performed although a response would be on its way. If the timer values are too long it results in unnecessarily long messaging delays. These disadvantages have been overcome by a method and a peer for adapting the timer values to the conditions in the P2P overlay network. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317197 | Systems And Methods For Processing Electronic Correspondence - Systems and methods for processing electronic correspondence such as, for example, email messages, text messages, and the like are provided. In one aspect, one or more electronic messages are received for delivery to an intended recipient. Information within the electronic messages (e.g., sender name/address or one or more keywords) is compared and matched with or one more criteria provided by the intended recipient, and prioritized scheduled time(s) for delivery of the one or more received electronic messages to the intended recipient are determined based on the comparison. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317198 | PREVENTING SMS MESSAGE FORWARDING LOOPS - A device may be configured to receive a message from a user device; and determine whether the message includes a parameter. When the message does not include the loop indicator parameter, the device may add the loop indicator parameter to the message to generate a first modified message, and output the first modified message toward an intended recipient of the message. When the message includes the loop indicator parameter, the device may determine whether a value of the loop indicator parameter exceeds a threshold value. When the value of the loop indicator parameter does not exceed the threshold value, the device may discard the message. When the value of the loop indicator parameter exceeds the threshold value, the device may modify the value of the loop indicator parameter value to generate a second modified message, and output the second modified message toward the intended recipient of the message. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317199 | Method and Apparatus for Determining a Notification Representation Indicative of a Cognitive Load - A method comprising determining to provide a notification to a user, the notification being associated with notification content, determining a cognitive load associated with the notification content, determining a notification representation associated with the notification such that the notification representation is indicative of the cognitive load is disclosed. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317200 | Method and Apparatus for a Textural Representation of a Notification - A method comprising determining to provide a notification to a user, determining a textural representation of the notification based, at least in part, on notification content associated with the notification, and causing rendering of the textural representation of the notification on a variable texture surface is disclosed. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317201 | EVENT DETERMINATION AND TEMPLATE-BASED INVITATION GENERATION - A computer creates an invitation on a social network. The computer receives data from a social networking post, and identifies in the data from the social networking post information about a future event that a first member of a social network intends to participate in. The computer determines an invitation template based on the information about the future event, and generates an invitation to a second member of the social network for the future event based on the information about the future event and based on the invitation template. The invitation template can be determined based on one or more of an event type and event subtype in an event record. The invitation can be generated by populating the template with information in the social networking post, other information in the social network, or other information not in the social network. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317202 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REQUESTING AND SENDING AUDIO, VIDEO, STILL PICTURES, AND TEXT FROM A SPECIFIED LOCATION - A method for requesting and viewing real time data comprising: selecting an entity to follow by a requesting user; sending a notification by the entity to the requesting user when the real time data will be sent; recording the real time data by the entity; sending the real time data to a host server; and transmitting the real time data to the requesting user. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317203 | ROLE-BASED SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR MANAGING COMPLEX PROJECTS - A system for managing complex projects with a plurality of participants and entities including people and objects comprises a server device with a processing element and associated memory element. The processing element executes a server application which includes a common database interface, a common object model, a plurality of profiles, and a role-based intelligent object model. The common database interface receives first data from software applications of each participant. The common object model includes a plurality of base terms, wherein each base term is associated with at least one property corresponding to at least one participant. There is one profile for each entity involved in the project, wherein the profile defines at least one relationship with at least one other entity and includes second data related to the project. The role-based intelligent object model sends a message to other entities when the second data for one entity changes. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317204 | TEXT-BASED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION AND STORAGE - Systems and methods are provided for incentivizing. Point(s) are provided for solutions to problems, answers to questions, resolution to issues, etc. and these points may be utilized to obtain products and/or services. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317205 | Method and Devices to Invite a User from an External Chat Service to a Group Chat Session - This is a method and devices used to invite a user from one message chat service into a preexisting group chat session located on another chat service. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317206 | SWITCHED DIRECT ATTACHED SHARED STORAGE ARCHITECTURE - Various embodiments for implementing a switched direct attached shared storage architecture as disclosed herein include: providing a plurality of compute nodes, each compute node having integrated compute capabilities, data storage, and a network interface controller (Host NIC), the plurality of compute nodes being in data communication with each other via a local area network, the plurality of compute nodes each including distributed storage processing software resident thereon; providing a plurality of physical data storage devices in data communication with a storage controller; and enabling data communications in a data store switch fabric between the plurality of compute nodes and the plurality of physical data storage devices via the Host NIC and the storage controller, the data store switch fabric encapsulating data requests from the plurality of compute nodes into data frames for transport to corresponding physical data storage devices. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317207 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING ABSTRACT INFORMATION CORRESPONDING TO LINK - The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for displaying link abstract information. The method includes: downloading content corresponding to a Uniform/Universal Resource Locator (URL) from Internet according to the URL inputted by a user in a dialogue window of an Instant Messaging (IM) client; analyzing the downloaded content, acquiring abstract information corresponding to the URL; displaying the abstract information in the dialogue window. According to the above technical solution, the abstract information corresponding to a link inputted in a window of the IM software by the user can be displayed and conveniently shared to the SNS community, so as to extend a function of the IM software and improve user experience. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317208 | CORRELATING MESSAGING TEXT TO BUSINESS OBJECTS FOR BUSINESS OBJECT INTEGRATION INTO MESSAGING - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to messaging and provide a method, system and computer program product for business object integration with messaging. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for messaging integration of a business object can be provided. The method can include embedding a business object in message text in a messaging session provided by a messenger, and applying an action to the business object from within the messaging session of the messenger. The method further can include identifying a pronoun in the message text referencing the business object and visually distinguishing the identified pronoun in the message text to draw a correlation between the business object and the pronoun. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317209 | INDEXING A MESSAGING SESSION FOR BUSINESS OBJECT INTEGRATION INTO MESSAGING - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to messaging and provide a method, system and computer program product for business object integration with messaging. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for messaging integration of a business object can be provided. The method can include embedding a business object in message text in a messaging session provided by a messenger, and applying an action to the business object from within the messaging session of the instant messenger. The method further can include indexing the messaging session with keywords in the message text and tags for the business object. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317210 | Method, Apparatus, and System for Adding Electronic Mail Attachment - A method comprising: executing an operation on a file; obtaining a mail editing task list; determining at least one mail editing task; and sending an attachment adding instruction to a mail editing apparatus that generates the mail editing task to instruct the mail editing apparatus to add the file as an attachment of a mail corresponding to the mail editing task. Through the embodiments of the present invention, when a user executes an operation on a file, a current mail editing task list can be automatically obtained, and the file is used as an attachment of a mail corresponding to at least one determined mail editing task. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317211 | MESSAGING STAMP AUTHORITY - Electronic messages may be processed using a stamp authority by receiving an electronic message, identifying a stamp associated the message, determining if the stamp is valid, and, if the stamp is determined to be valid, distinguishing the message from messages with which a valid stamp is not identified. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317212 | INLINE MEDIA - Systems and methods providing users with a rich web experience are disclosed. In one embodiment, a client and at least one server are in communication using a dual communication link. In another embodiment, a markup language based instant messaging application is disclosed. The instant messaging application may include group instant messaging. The instant messaging application may also provide group member persistence and message persistence at the server. In another embodiment, a card based web application is disclosed, where the card information and character may be shared with other users or within a group. The cards may also be configurable by users. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317213 | METHOD, SERVER AND SNS SYSTEM FOR MESSAGE INTERACTION - A method for message interaction includes: receiving, at a server, a first multi-media message recorded and published by a first terminal when the server detects that the first terminal in a social network service (SNS) system carries out a message publishing operation; performing, at the server, a transcoding process on the first multi-media message to generate at least one second multi-media message, and storing the first multi-media message and the at least one second multi-media messages; and allocating, at the server, a publishing identifier and sending the publishing identifier to the first terminal to inform the first terminal that the message publishing operation is successful. Further, a server and a SNS system are also described. In the present disclosure, message interaction can be performed based on multi-media messages in the SNS system, thereby enriching variety of message contents, improving efficiency of message interaction, and enhancing convenience of social activities. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317214 | SENDING OUT-OF-BAND INSTANT MESSAGES FROM A GAME NETWORKING SYSTEM - Techniques for sending out-of-band messages from a game networking system are described. For example, a machine identifies a friend of a user of a game networking system. The identifying of the friend may be based at least in part on a game instance of a game provided by the game networking system. The machine selects an out-of-band instant message from a plurality of messages generated by the game networking system. The one or more of the plurality of messages may be transmittable as different message types based on an activity level of the friend of the user with respect to the game networking system. The machine sends the out-of-band instant message to the friend of the user of the game networking system. The out-of-band instant message may include a request that the friend of the user perform an action with respect to the game executing on the game networking system. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317215 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING COMMUNICATIONS - The invention provides a system and method for analyzing a collection of communication messages. The communication messages may be any one of a collection of electronic mail messages, voicemail messages, instant messaging dialogues and other forms of communications. The collections of communications, such as electronic mail messages, may be selected by a user and then subsequently processed to determine the identity of any of the user's contacts within the communications. The contacts may then be arranged in a relative priority arrangement whereby contacts which have been identified as engaging in prior reciprocal communications with the user are given higher priority. Higher priority may also be given to contacts which engage in more recent communications with the user. Specific contact relationships may be inferred from the communications depending on whether specific contacts are repeatedly mentioned within the communication messages. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317216 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MESSAGE PACING - A system for managing message volume and timing, which permits first and second messages to be spaced apart over time, with the pacing controlled in part by a characteristic of the second message. The system sends the first message to an intended recipient. The system determines a separation based on a pacing algorithm and sends the second message to the recipient according to the separation. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317217 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION, ALERTS, AND/OR COMMENTS TO PARICIPANTS BASED ON LOCATION INFORMATION - The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for sharing information related to a location also referred to herein as a “spot,” such as spot alerts and/or spot comments (e.g., shared information, advertisements, etc.) received, displayed, played, and/or actuated, for example, on recipient mobile electronic devices proximately located to such location (e.g., spot). Users of the system can create spot alerts in which designated recipients can receive messages, such as spot alerts and/or spot comments (e.g., shared information, advertisements, etc.) received, displayed, played, and/or actuated, for example, on respective recipient mobile electronic devices, when located within a proximity of a defined location (e.g., spot). | 2014-10-23 |
20140317218 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM PRODUCT AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication device that communicates with a plurality of different target devices compliant with different specifications of data communication. The communication device receives request data to control operations of the plurality of different target devices; identifies a specific target device for which operation is to be controlled among the plurality of different target devices; identifies command content to be performed by the specific target device according to the received request data; identifies a specification of data communication employed by the specific target device; identifies an operation command corresponding to the identified command content based on the identified specification of data communication employed by the specific target device; and sends the operation command to the specific target device | 2014-10-23 |
20140317219 | LOCAL DIRECT STORAGE CLASS MEMORY ACCESS - A queued, byte addressed system and method for accessing flash memory and other non-volatile storage class memory, and potentially other types of non-volatile memory (NVM) storage systems. In a host device, e.g., a standalone or networked computer, having attached NVM device storage integrated into a switching fabric wherein the NVM device appears as an industry standard OFED™ RDMA verbs provider. The verbs provider enables communicating with a ‘local storage peer’ using the existing OpenFabrics RDMA host functionality. User applications issue RDMA Read/Write directives to the ‘local peer (seen as a persistent storage) in NVM enabling NVM memory access at byte granularity. The queued, byte addressed system and method provides for Zero copy NVM access. The methods enables operations that establish application private Queue Pairs to provide asynchronous NVM memory access operations at byte level granularity. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317220 | DEVICE FOR EFFICIENT USE OF PACKET BUFFERING AND BANDWIDTH RESOURCES AT THE NETWORK EDGE - The invention relates to a hybrid network device comprising a server interface enabling access to a server system memory, a network switch comprising a packet processing engine configured to process packets routed through the switch and a switch packet buffer configured to queue packets before transmission, at least one network interface; and at least one a bus mastering DMA controller configured to access the data of said server system memory via said at least one server interface and transfer said data to and from said hybrid network device. According to one aspect of the invention, a bus transfer arbiter configured to control the data transfer from the server memory to the packet processing engine of said hybrid network device. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317221 | SYSTEM, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DIRECT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN HARDWARD ACCELERATORS IN A COMPUTER CLUSTER - Systems, methods and computer program products for direct communication between hardware accelerators in a computer cluster are disclosed. The system for direct communication between hardware accelerators in a computer cluster includes: a first hardware accelerator in a first computer of a computer cluster; and a second hardware accelerator in a second computer of the computer cluster. The first computer and the second computer differ from one another and are designed to be able to communicate remotely via a network, and the first accelerator is designed to request data from the second accelerator and/or to retrieve data by means of a direct memory access to a global address space on the second computer and/or to communicate data to the second computer. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317222 | Data Storage Method, Device and Distributed Network Storage System - A method, device and system disclosed used in storage technique, comprising: splitting a file of size M into k blocks, that is to say, each block is of size M/k; issuing the above k blocks across k different storage nodes in the distributed network storage system in a distributed manner; using the k blocks, constructing n−k independent blocks via linear coding method, and satisfying the property that any k of the n encoded blocks can be used to reconstruct the original data in the file, which means the linear coding method is a kind of Maximum-Distance Separable (MDS) code; distribute the n−k encoded blocks to the rest n−k different storage codes in the distributed network storage systems. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317223 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL DESKTOP SERVICE USING CACHE SERVER - There are provided a system and method for providing a virtual desktop service using a cache server. A system for providing a virtual desktop service according to the invention includes a host server configured to provide a virtual desktop service to a client terminal using a virtual machine, a distributed file system configured to store data for the virtual machine, and a cache server that is provided for each host server group having at least one host server, and performs a read process or a write process of data using physically separate caches when the read process or write process of the data is requested from the virtual machine in the host server. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317224 | DISTRIBUTED STORAGE NETWORK FOR STORING A DATA OBJECT BASED ON STORAGE REQUIREMENTS - A distributed storage network (DSN) includes a user device and a plurality of DSN memories, wherein each of the DSN memories includes a plurality of storage units. The user device includes at least one network interface to the plurality of DSN memories and at least one processing module that is operable to determine one of the plurality of DSN memories for storing a data object based on a comparison of one or more storage requirements of the data object and one or more DSN attributes of the plurality of DSN memories. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317225 | COMMUNITY INTERNET DRIVE - Provided herein are devices, systems, methods and various means, including those related to providing a community internet drive that may utilize a centrally-managed hub as well as storage devices distributed among various networked machines. In some embodiments, the community internet drive can also include features to enable its users to promote and utilize the user's trusted personal relationships while also enabling an open platform for peer-to-peer and/or other types of sharing schemes. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317226 | Distributed Storage Time Synchronization Based On Storage Delay - A method begins with a processing module receiving a data retrieval request and obtaining a real-time indicator corresponding to when the data retrieval request was received. The method continues with the processing module determining a time-based data access policy based on the data retrieval request and the real-time indicator and accessing a plurality of dispersed storage (DS) units in accordance with the time-based data access policy to retrieve encoded data slices. The method continues with the processing module decoding the threshold number of encoded data slices in accordance with an error coding dispersal storage function when a threshold number of the encoded data slices have been retrieved. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317227 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NETWORK MIGRATION - Methods, systems and computer readable media for network migration as described. The method can include receiving, at a processor, an indication to initiate a migrate start. The method can also include initiating, at the processor, a migrate start including forwarding traffic in a first protocol based on a first table while building a second table to forward traffic in a second protocol different from the first protocol. The method can further include performing a migrate cutover when it is determined that one or more MAC addresses for an active session have been learned and stored in the table. The method can also include completing a migration when an indication is received to complete the migration. The method can also include aborting the migration based on a received indication to abort the migration. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317228 | Integrate Application Intelligence with a Network Device for Application Transaction Visibility and Control - The proposed methodology provides an application state machine in a network device, such as a router which may be used to extract application transactions. The extracted transaction data may be provided to another entity for analysis and troubleshooting. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317229 | Automatic versioning and updating M2M network applications - The proposed embodiment provides a method and system for automatically versioning machine to machine (M2M) network applications. The method and system includes receiving information about applications associated with each node in the network, determining new versions of the applications based on the received information and versioning the new versions of the applications on each node in the network. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317230 | CACHE BASED ENHANCEMENT TO OPTIMIZATION PROTOCOL - A system, apparatus, and method for improving the user experience when accessing web pages containing embedded objects over a network. In one embodiment, information regarding the contents of a locally accessible cache is added to a request directed to a web server. The information is used to control certain aspects of a pre-fetch process that is designed to reduce network latency affects and improve network resource utilization, thereby improving a user's experience. The cache contents information may be provided to an intermediate server via a modification to an existing request-response protocol, with the information being encoded or compressed if desired to reduce data transport requirements. The information is used by the intermediate server to determine whether to request an embedded object referenced in the requested resource or web page, and to determine if a browser having access to the cache will request the object or access the object from the local cache. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317231 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PACING, ACKING, TIMING, AND HANDICAPPING (PATH) FOR SIMULTANEOUS RECEIPT OF DOCUMENTS HAVING TRADER MARKUPS - A computing device determines impactful content in transmittable content. The computing device assigns the impactful content to one or more impactful block units. Each impactful block unit comprises a determined numbers of characters and an impactful block of characters comprises one or more impactful block units. The computing device inserts an identifier associated with the impactful content into the transmittable content proximal to the impactful block of characters. The identifier causes a message concerning a financial-related action to be communicated to a plurality of intended recipients when one or more conditions are met. The computing device transmits the one or more impactful block units and the identifier to the plurality of intended recipients using a time delay for a particular intended recipient and a pacing method such that the impactful block units are received substantially simultaneously by the plurality of intended recipients. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317232 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR EXCHANGING DATA OF EDGE AREA USER ON CLOUD RADIO ACCESS NETWORK - A apparatus and system for exchanging data of an edge area user on a C-RAN are provided. The apparatus includes: at least one collaborative station of at least one neighboring C-RAN is determined for the edge area user on the C-RAN; control data is exchanged with the neighboring C-RAN collaborative station; a data exchange path used for exchanging first data with the neighboring C-RAN collaborative station is established according to the control data; the neighboring C-RAN collaborative station exchanges second data with the edge area user according to the control data. Based on the foregoing innovative mechanism, the C-RAN master station performs coupled collaboration with the neighboring C-RAN collaborative station by establishing the data exchange path, so that the neighboring C-RAN collaborative station may also exchange data with the edge area user, thereby enabling the edge area user on the C-RAN to obtain a better gain and improving system performance. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317233 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, APPLIANCE CONTROL METHOD, AND APPLIANCE CONTROL DEVICE - A communication method including: generating image data of an item on which an electric appliance performed processing; obtaining setting information of the electric appliance which indicates the processing performed on the item; converting the obtained setting information into reference setting information that is setting information in a general format; generating combined data by adding the converted reference setting information to the generated image data; and transmitting the generated combined data to a storage server. For instance, in the communication method, setting information of the electric appliance when the processing was performed on the item is obtained by performing proximity wireless communication with the electric appliance. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317234 | BANDWIDTH ADAPTATION FOR DYNAMIC ADAPTIVE TRANSFERRING OF MULTIMEDIA - Bandwidth adaptation is achieved with selection of quality levels of media content to be transferred based on network conditions. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317235 | Method, System and Program Product for Transmitting Software and Information Services - A method, system and program product comprise transmitting a broadcast wirelessly over a localized area. The broadcast comprises at least a computer-readable message indicating an availability of an information service. The broadcast is configured to be received and interpreted by at least one receiving device within the localized area. A response is received from the at least one receiving device. A connection is established with the at least one receiving device. The information service is transmitted to the at least one receiving device. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317236 | DELEGATED SERVICES PLATFORM SYSTEM AND METHOD - System and method for delegating to a local appliance some or all tasks traditionally performed by a central service endpoint in responding to a request from an end-consumer for content, an application, or a service. The local appliance is typically a computer server with associated local storage. Local appliances capable of providing the requested content, application or service, and also handling any security protocols or similar specialized requirements, are identified and selected to service the end-consumer's request, while the central service point retains overall management of the process and can, if appropriate, resume handling of the request in a manner that is substantially seamless to the end-consumer. Other capable local appliances can also be identified, based on network performance criteria, and re-delegation can occur to support movement of mobile devices or other network conditions. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317237 | Selective Content Delivery in a Real-Time Streaming Environment - Machines, systems and methods for dynamic content filtering are provided. The method comprises receiving an indication for a preference for an approximate number of content to be delivered during an indicated time period; assigning a first score to the first content according to one or more factors, in response to receiving a first content at a first point in time during the first time period; delivering the first content, in response to determining that the first score is above a first dynamically calculated threshold, wherein the first dynamically calculated threshold is calculated based on:
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20140317238 | WEBSITE SERVER REQUEST REROUTING - In one embodiment, a server administrator | 2014-10-23 |
20140317239 | REAL-TIME STREAMING MEDIA PLAYING METHOD - A real-time streaming media playing method is provided. According to the present invention, plural streaming data are stored in an electronic device, plural time stamps are assigned to respective streaming data, and the plural streaming data are arranged according to the time sequence. When the user wants to listen to a specified section of the real-time streaming media, a designated section command is generated by dragging a scroll thumb. According to the position of the scroll thumb, a corresponding time stamp is selected by the electronic device. The streaming data corresponding to the selected time stamp is decoded by the electronic device, so that a designated section audio signal is generated. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317240 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STREAMING VIDEO PROGRAMS WHILE INTEGRATING ACCOUNTABILITY AND COMMUNICATION - Systems and methods for streaming video programs while integrating accountability and communication are provided. The system may include first and second recording devices, which record first and second feeds of a target. The system may include a first computing device to stitch the first and second feeds into an integrated feed. A trigger may be activated by the target to transition between the first and second feed to create the integrated feed. A second computing device may display at least one of the feeds. Other systems of the present invention may include first and second computing devices, which may provide a communication platform between users. In addition, at least one of the users may be enabled to provide accountability information to the system, thereby enhancing communication between the users. Methods of employing a system of the present invention are also provided. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317241 | Utility-Maximization Framework For Dynamic Adaptive Video Streaming Over Hypertext Transfer Protocol In Multiuser-Multiple Input Multiple Output Long-Term Evolution Networks - A method for scheduling user equipment (UE) devices comprising sorting the plurality of UE devices based on a weight of priority associated with each of the UE devices with respect to a plurality of subbands, and assigning one or more of the UE devices to each of the subbands using the weight of priority associated with the UE devices, wherein the weight of priority is based on one or more network utility functions associated with the UE devices. A computer program product comprising computer executable instructions to receive a media content segment using a dynamic adaptive video streaming over hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) (DASH) protocol, monitor a playback buffer size of a UE device, monitor a battery energy level of the UE device, and adjust a representation quality level in a segment request based on the target requested video rate, the playback buffer size and the battery energy level. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317242 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF REGISTERING PERSONAL CLOUD APPARATUS IN USER PORTAL SERVER THEREOF - An electronic device and a method of registering a personal cloud apparatus in a user portal server thereof are provided. The method includes receiving download information of a preset application and pairing information of the personal cloud apparatus from the personal cloud apparatus via Near Field Communication (NFC), downloading and executing the preset application based on the download information of the preset application, when the preset application is executed, performing a pairing operation with the personal cloud apparatus based on the pairing information of the personal cloud apparatus, acquiring information of an Access Point (AP) and transmitting the information of the AP to the personal cloud apparatus to connect the personal cloud apparatus to a network, and, when the personal cloud apparatus is connected to the network through the AP, registering the personal cloud apparatus in the registration server. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317243 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTION OF SOFTWARE DATA CONSUMPTION PATTERNS - A method including downloading a streaming model file and at least one initial execution file from a server via a conventional download protocol without using a specialized streaming protocol. When executed, the initial execution file only partially implements an application. The model file stores information identifying additional portions of the application file to be downloaded from the server. Data is read from the initial execution file, and stored in a local copy of the application file. Then, the application is executed by executing the local copy. Until the entire application file has been downloaded and as the application is executing, the information is read from the model file to identify a next file to download, the next file is downloaded via the conventional download protocol without using a specialized streaming protocol, next data is read from the next file, and the next data is stored in the local copy. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317244 | REAL-TIME OR NEAR REAL-TIME STREAMING - Methods and apparatuses provide real-time or near real-time streaming of content, specified in one or more playlists, using transfer protocols such as an HTTP compliant protocol. In one embodiment, a method can adaptively determine a minimum overlap for an overlap in time between two streams being received concurrently in order to determine when to switch between the two streams, and the minimum overlap can be determined based on connection speed. In another embodiment, a minimum playlist duration can be set as a multiple of a target duration which specifies a maximum duration of a media file specified in a playlist. In another embodiment, a method can enforce a start point for playback at a client device. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317245 | METHOD FOR RENDERING A MULTIMEDIA ASSET, A RELATED SYSTEM, MEDIA CLIENT AND RELATED MEDIA SERVER - The present invention relates to a Method, system, and related media client and media server for rendering/PLAYING a media asset by a media client where the media asset is provided/streamed by a media server. The media client being coupled to the media server over a communications network. The method of the present invention includes the step of the media client monitoring a fragment preview signal received at the media client, interpreting the fragment preview signal and subsequently determining an associated preview Media asset fragment based on the fragment preview signal which is received at the media client. The media server further selects/retrieves the preview media asset fragment (from a media asset repository where the media asset repository is coupled to the media server and subsequently the media Client renders the preview media asset fragment retrieved by the media server. The fragment preview signal may be based on a user pointing with a mouse at a later point in time on a progress bar of a video rendering application. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317246 | GROUP COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ARRANGEMENT - A group communication system arrangement is provided. The group communication system arrangement includes a configuration of nodes, which are uniquely identified by corresponding identifiers (ID). The nodes are mutually coupled in communication, and are operable to exchange data amongst themselves. Further, the nodes are grouped into proximity segments, depending upon communication characteristics between the nodes. A node of a given second proximity segment of the proximity segments is selected for receiving data to be synchronized. The node of the given second proximity segment is selected based upon an ID of a node of a given first proximity segment of the proximity segments, which is operable to send the data to the node of the given second proximity segment. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317247 | COMPUTER SYSTEM, METHOD FOR STARTING A SERVER COMPUTER, SERVER COMPUTER, MANAGEMENT STATION, AND USE - A computer system includes a server computer including a processor, a main memory and a system management chip, a management station that manages server profiles and selects a server profile from server profiles and associates it with the server computer, and at least one data network via which the server computer and the management station are coupled to interchange data, wherein the system management chip of the server computer is set so that, when the system management chip activates, it sends an inquiry regarding a server profile associated by the management station to the management station, so that, if a management connection can be set to the management station, it configures a component of the server computer by using a network identifier transmitted by the management station, and to otherwise prevent starting of the server computer with a network identifier transmitted by the management station previously. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317248 | NETWORK TECHNOLOGY INTERWORKING VIA USER PROGRAMMABLE EVENT-ACTION PROFILES - The disclosure is directed to configuring an internetworking of a first network and a second network. Data representing one or more network events is received at a network element, data representing one or more actions to be performed by the second network in response to detection of the one or more events on the first network is received at the network element, and a mapping of the one or more network events to the one or more actions is stored by the network element. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317249 | Accelerating Network Convergence for Layer 3 Roams in a Next Generation Network Closet Campus - Accelerating network convergence may be provided. Consistent with embodiments of the disclosure, a mapping server may be configured to map an interconnection of various network elements comprising at least the following: a wireless host, at least two access switches, a plurality of distribution switches, a core switch, a mobility controller, and a mapping database. The mapping server may then receive an indication from the mobility controller that the wireless host has roamed from a first access switch to a second access switch. In response to the indication, the mapping server may remap the interconnection of network elements in the mapping database to update network routing information associated with the wireless host. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317250 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZING WITH NEIGHBOR IN A DISTRIBUTED RESILIENT NETWORK INTERCONNECT (DRNI) LINK AGGREGATION GROUP - A method of updating operational states of a network device in a distributed resilient network interconnect (DRNI) of a link aggregation group is disclosed. The method starts with initializing the network device for link aggregation, wherein the initialization includes setting variables of the network device for a first portal as configured by administrative settings, where the first portal includes the network device and at least one neighbor network device. The method continues with determining that an operational state associated with the first portal is changed and updating a set of operational states of the network device for link aggregation in response to the operational state change, where the set of operational states of the network device for link aggregation includes an operational state of the gateway of the network device. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317251 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR OPTIMIZING A CONFIGURATION SYSTEM OF A NETWORK ELEMENT OF A SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORK - A method for optimizing entity-specific configuration systems for functional entities of a network element of a software-defined network is presented. The entity-specific configuration systems are based on a network element-specific configuration system related to the whole network element and including configuration entries for determining operations to be carried out by the network element. The method includes forming ( | 2014-10-23 |
20140317252 | In-service software upgrade utilizing metadata-driven state translation - A method and apparatus for a metadata-driven upgrade of a network element is described. A network element comprises an active and backup controller card and receives new software to be installed on that network element. In addition, the network element installs the software on the backup controller card and synchronizes the active state of the network element to the backup controller card. Furthermore, the network element uses metadata to translate the active state to the format used by the new software. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317253 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SERVICE - System and method for agentless computing system configuration management in networked environments. A configuration management service may be implemented as a service on a network with a standard network interface. A client may communicate with the service to specify a configuration for a target system, for example through a browser interface. The specified configuration may be stored by the service. The service may generate a package according to the specified configuration. The package may be delivered to the target system via the network. The package may then install the configuration, for example, one or more software, data, or other digital components, on the target systems in accordance with the specified configuration. The clients may request that the service verify and/or update the installed configuration on the target system. The service may, in response, generate an update package for the installed configuration. Target systems may include computer systems and virtual machines. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317254 | MANAGEMENT COMPUTER, AUTOMATED OPERATION PROCEDURE OUTPUT METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A management computer manages a resource to be managed and outputs an operation procedure to be automated from an operation procedure included in an operation for changing a configuration of the resource to be managed. The operation procedure includes a manual procedure and an automatic execution procedure. The management computer stores time information including an initiation time of initiating the operation procedure and a termination time of terminating the operation procedure and time-series information about the resource to be managed. The management computer acquires time-series information corresponding to the time information of the operation procedure from the time-series information, determinates whether the operation procedure takes time mainly for the manual procedure or takes time mainly for the automated procedure based on the acquired time-series information, and outputs the determination result. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317255 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FAST NETWORK DISCOVERY UPDATING AND SYNCHRONIZATION USING DYNAMIC HASHES AND HASH FUNCTION VALUES AGGREGATED AT MULTIPLE LEVELS - Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for hash based management of a communication network. In a particular embodiment, a method provides receiving a plurality of hashes for a plurality of network elements, wherein each hash of the plurality of hashes represents at least one attribute associated with at least one network element of the plurality of network elements and the plurality of hashes includes a first hash for a first network element of the plurality of network elements. After receiving the plurality of hashes, the method provides receiving a second hash for the first network element and determining whether the second hash matches the first hash. In response to determining that the second hash does not match the first hash, the method provides determining at least one attribute associated with the first network element. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317256 | Loop and Outage Avoidance in Software Defined Network - A controller, e.g., a software-defined network (SDN) controller, stores data representing a topology of a network that includes a plurality of network elements. A move is detected of a host between network elements in the network and a destination network element to which the host has moved is determined. The destination network element is designated as a root of a tree in the network. A topology for the tree is generated using the destination network element as the root of the tree. Following the topology of the tree, starting with the root, parent network elements in the tree are updated for a traffic flow for the host before child network elements are updated. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317257 | RISK MITIGATION IN DATA CENTER NETWORKS - A method employing resource orchestration algorithms may find a fewest number of working data centers (DCs) to guarantee K-connect survivability using an overlay network representing a physical optical network. The overlay network may not include certain topological features of the physical optical network. A risk-based algorithm may result in fewer working DCs for K-connect survivability. A delay-based algorithm may be more suitable for delay-sensitive cloud applications. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317258 | Automated Topology Discovery and Management for Electric Meters - A method for automated topology discovery and management of meter nodes in a power grid is described. In the discovery mode any of the meter nodes is able to act as a proxy for a data concentrator to sort out the topology, and to determine the best path for communicating between a concentrator and each of the meter nodes. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317259 | ADVERTISEMENT OF ADJACENCY SEGMENT IDENTIFIERS - Various techniques can be used to advertise adjacency segment identifiers (IDs) within a segment routing (SR) network. For example, a method, performed by a first node, can involve identifying an adjacency segment between a first node and a second node; assigning an identifier to the adjacency segment; and sending an Intermediate-System-to-Intermediate-System (IS-IS) hello (IIH) message to another node. The adjacency advertisement includes the identifier. If the adjacency segment is part of a LAN, the IIH message can be sent to a designated node that aggregates adjacency segment ID advertisements for the other nodes on the LAN. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317260 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING CLOUD VIRTUAL BASE STATION - Disclosed are a method and apparatus for managing a cloud virtual base station system. The present invention includes setting initial resources and driving or downloading an execution file or environment file of the cloud virtual base station system and monitoring or managing a state for a failure, radio resources, or the execution file or the environment file of the cloud virtual base station system. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317261 | DEFINING INTERDEPENDENT VIRTUALIZED NETWORK FUNCTIONS FOR SERVICE LEVEL ORCHESTRATION - In one embodiment, a method comprises identifying, by an orchestrator executed by a physical machine, a plurality of virtualized network functions required for implementation of a virtualized network service for a customer, each virtualized network function having a corresponding and distinct virtualized container specifying attributes for defining execution of the corresponding virtualized network function within one or more physical machines; and setting by the orchestrator an interdependency indicator within each virtualized container based on association with the virtualized network service, enabling identification of each of the virtualized network functions as interdependent for coordinated execution of the virtualized network service. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317262 | Method, Device and System for Detecting a Quality of Service Problem - A method for locating a quality of service problem implemented on a terminal during a multi-media session between two terminals over a communication network., which includes at least one media gateway that is able to retransmit media data packets without particular processing according to a “router mode” of management. The terminals obtain a first quality of service data item relating to the multi-media session. Following a change in the mode of management to a “relay mode” in which the multi-media session initially established between the terminals is split into two separate multi-media sessions, it includes: obtaining of a second quality of service data item relating to one of the two multi-media sessions established following the change in the mode of management of the media gateway; comparing the first and second quality of service data items; and locating the quality of service problem depending on the result of the comparison. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317263 | IDENTITY MANAGEMENT IN A NETWORKED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - An approach for user identity management in a virtualized/networked (e.g., cloud) computing environment is provided. In a typical embodiment, historical command usage within a server environment is analyzed to determine the characteristics of the commands being run against a cloud resource to determine with a confidence rating the likelihood the commands are being executed by a certain user. Such an approach allows for more efficient user identity management in order to optimize cloud security and system administration. | 2014-10-23 |