Processing method and device for transmission control protocol (TCP) connection

The invention provides a TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) connection processing method and device, and the method comprises the steps that after a client and a server complete TCP handshake, software load balancing equipment SLB writes the connection information of established TCP connection into programmable hardware; the SLB receives a notification message sent by the programmable hardware, and the notification message is sent by the programmable hardware when the TCP connection does not wave and the data traffic corresponding to the connection information is not matched within a first preset duration; in response to the notification message, the SLB controls the programmable hardware to delete the connection information; and after the connection information is deleted, the SLB determines whether to execute an aging mechanism of the TCP connection according to whether the data traffic corresponding to the TCP connection is obtained within a second preset duration. Through the method ...

DATA OFFLOAD AND TIME SYNCHRONIZATION FOR UBIQUITOUS VISUAL COMPUTING WITNESS

In one embodiment, a road side unit (RSU) establishes a data offload session with a vehicle in the vicinity of the RSU based on a session establishment request sent by the vehicle, and stores data received from the vehicle during the data offload session in its memory. The RSU generates storage record information (including identifying information for the RSU) for the stored data, and transmits the storage record information to the vehicle.

Multi-access data connection in a mobile network

Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for establishing a multi-access data connection. One apparatus includes a processor and a transceiver that communicates with one or more network functions in a mobile communication network. The processor receives a first session management request containing: a second session management request sent by a UE, a first indication that the UE requests a single-access data connection and a second indication that the UE allows the network to upgrade the data connection. The processor sends a request to establish a data path for each access network with which the UE is registered, where each data path is anchored at a common user plane network function in the mobile communication network.

Two-way real time communication system that allows asymmetric participation in conversations across multiple electronic platforms

Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for receiving a first communication as part of a conversation, from an unauthenticated user of a web browser. A conversation identifier is determined based on the first communication. A first responder, a communication protocol, and a communication address of the first responder is determined. The first communication is sent to the first responder and a first reply is received. The conversation identifier is determined based on the first reply and the first reply is mapped to the web browser. The first reply is sent to the web browser.

Methods and apparatuses for supporting data off exempt services in a communication system

The present disclosure proposes a method of a policy controlling device in a communication network, for supporting Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) specific 3GPP Data Off Exempt Services (DOES), the method comprises providing one or more uplink filters associated with a PLMN specific list of 3GPP DOES to a terminal device in the communication network. According to various aspects and embodiments of the method, per PLMN 3GPP DOES may be supported with a simplified scheme, and/or impact to existing network can be reduced.

Method and apparatus for reducing loading time of web pages

A browser receives a web page that includes a script that is configured to control subsequent requests of the browser for at least the web page and caches a first portion of the web page that includes reference(s) to other web resource(s). A subsequent request for the web page is dispatched to the script which returns the cached first portion of the web page to the browser and a request for the full web page is made. Request(s) are also transmitted for the web resource(s) referenced in the first portion of the web page without waiting for the full web page to be received. When the full web page is received, if the first portion of the page matches the corresponding portion of the full page, that corresponding portion is removed from the full page and the remaining page is returned to the browser.

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING RESILIENCY IN INTERACTION SERVICING ACROSS DATA CENTERS

A system and a method for overcoming a partial failure of an application in a telephony communication system are provided. The method includes: receiving information indicating that a first application has experienced a partial failure; receiving, from each of a plurality of applications, metadata that relates to a corresponding ordered priority of partitions, a corresponding Availability Zone from among a plurality of Availability Zones in which the respective application is located, and a corresponding instance index within the corresponding Availability Zone; sorting the received metadata with respect to the corresponding Availability Zone and with respect to the corresponding instance index; and reassigning, based on a result of the sorting, the first application to an instance index within the Availability Zone in which the first application is located such that a number of the partitions within instance indexes in the corresponding Availability Zone is balanced.

SIGNALING FOR LINK AGGREGATION SETUP AND RECONFIGURATION

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A wireless device may identify an aggregation capability to communicate in parallel over a plurality of wireless links. The wireless device may in some cases broadcast this aggregation capability (e.g., periodically). Additionally or alternatively, the wireless device may transmit the aggregation capability in response to a request received from another wireless device. In some cases, the first wireless device may transmit a request to a second wireless device inquiring about aggregation capabilities of the second wireless device. The second wireless device may respond with its aggregation capabilities (e.g., or may broadcast its aggregation capabilities independently of receiving the response). The wireless devices may establish a multi-link session based at least in part on the indicated aggregation capabilities.

ENDPOINT CONFIGURATION FOR A COMMUNICATION SESSION

Management of unstructured PDU session types

Computer system and methods providing virtual computing session connections and re-directs based upon ordered list of virtual delivery agents

A virtual delivery appliance may include a memory and a processor configured to cooperate with the memory to connect client computing devices with virtual computing sessions provided by a host computing device(s) based upon respective connection leases each including an ordered list of virtual delivery appliances, with at least some of the client computing devices having different ordered lists of virtual delivery appliances. Each client computing device may be configured to request a new session from the virtual delivery appliances in the ordered list in descending order until receiving a connection with a new virtual computing session. The processor may be further configured to re-direct new session requests received from the client computing devices to lower virtual delivery appliances in the ordered list when existing virtual computing sessions for the client computing devices are already active with the host computing device(s) associated with the lower virtual delivery appliances.

Virtual assistant providing enhanced communication session services

Methods for providing enhanced services to users participating in communication sessions (CS), via a virtual assistant, are disclosed. One method receives content that is exchanged by users participating in the CS. The content includes natural language expressions that encode a conversation carried out by users. The method determines content features based on natural language models. The content features indicate intended semantics of the natural language expressions. The method determines a relevance of the content and identifies portions of the content that are likely relevant to the user. Determining the relevance is based on the content features, a context of the CS, a user-interest model, and a content-relevance model of the natural language models. Identifying the likely relevant content is based on the determined relevance of the content and a relevance threshold. A summary of the CS is automatically generated from summarized versions of the likely relevant portions of the content ...

BSF service registration and discovery enhancement

Systems and methods described herein provide binding support function (BSF) service registration and discovery for environments using oversubscribed network addresses. A network device in a core network receives a registration request from a binding support device. The registration request includes a binding group identifier associated with the binding support device. The network device stores, based on the registration request, a profile for the binding support device that includes the binding group identifier and receives, from a policy control device, a discovery request for a that includes a unique identifier of user equipment (UE) device. The network device provides, to the policy control device, a response to the discovery request that identifies the binding support device.

Unified, browser-based enterprise collaboration platform

A system for enterprise collaboration is associated with an overlay network, such as a content delivery network (CDN). The overlay network comprises machines capable of ingress, forwarding and broadcasting traffic, together with a mapping infrastructure. The system comprises a front-end application, a back-end application, and set of one or more APIs through which the front-end application interacts with the back-end application. The front-end application is a web or mobile application component that provides one or more collaboration functions. The back-end application comprises a signaling component that maintains state information about each participant in a collaboration, a connectivity component that manages connections routed through the overlay network, and a multiplexing component that manages a multi-peer collaboration session to enable an end user peer to access other peers' media streams through the overlay network rather than directly from another peer. Peers preferably communicate ...

ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATING WITH EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE

COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM

Embodiments of this application provide a communication method, apparatus, and system. The solution includes: A network device sends transport network information to a policy control network element; and the policy control network element formulates a control policy based on the transport network information, and sends the control policy to the network device, so that the network device correspondingly adjusts a service mode based on the control policy, thereby avoiding affecting data transmission efficiency and reliability because of a mismatch between a used service mode and a current transport network during end-to-end data transmission, and improving the data transmission efficiency and reliability.

СПОСОБ И СИСТЕМА ДЛЯ УСТАНОВЛЕНИЯ КАНАЛА УПРАВЛЕНИЯ FLEXIBLE ETHERNET

Изобретение относится к средствам установления канала управления Flexible Ethernet. Технический результат – обеспечение отсутствия потерь в канале, где расположена сигнализация управления, чтобы удовлетворить потребности сигнализации управления в занятии широкой полосы пропускания. Определяют, переносит ли физический уровень FlexE действительные потоки клиентских служб в комбинации с механизмом согласования конфигурации, предоставляемым заголовком FlexE: когда не порождается ни одного действительного потока служб, создается широкополосный канал управления и сигнализация управления переключается на широкополосный канал управления для передачи; когда потоки клиентских служб порождаются, сигнализация управления переключается на канал управления, сконфигурированный пользователем для передачи, и широкополосный канал управления удаляется. Кроме того, перед удалением части или всех потоков клиентских служб сигнализация управления для передачи переключается на неудаленный канал управления, сконфигурированный ...

Data transmission method, device and system and electronic equipment

The invention provides a data transmission method, device and system and electronic equipment, and the data transmission method comprises the steps: waiting for a preset time length when target data sent by source equipment or feedback information sent by first slave equipment is received; determining a second slave device which does not send the feedback information in the local area network as a target device; sending the target data to the target device, or sending a data sending instruction to the first slave device; according to the method, the source device only needs to send the target data once, the master device and all the slave devices can receive the target data, the source device does not need to be influenced by the fact that the second slave device does not receive the target data and sends the target data again, and waste of communication resources is reduced.

Communication method and device

A communication method and apparatus are used for optimizing a service transmission path of a terminal device. Wherein a session management function network element sends first information to a first device, and the first information is used for indicating to send destination IP address information of a first message of a terminal device to the session management network element; and after detecting the first message of the terminal equipment, the first equipment determines destination IP address information of the first message, and judges whether to send the destination IP address information to the session management function network element. And after the session management function network element receives the destination IP address information from the first device, determining a destination local session anchor serving the terminal device according to the destination IP address information. Therefore, the finally determined local session anchor point can meet the requirement of the ...

Interactive behavioral polling and machine learning for amplification of group intelligence

Systems and methods for obtaining dynamic behavioral data from a plurality of users of a plurality of computing devices in response to a stimuli, and using the dynamic behavioral data to make an optimized forecast regarding the outcome of a future event. During a first time period the system collects behavioral data of the user interaction with the dynamic user interface and a first displayed prompt, and then performs a perturbation analysis using the data collected during the first time period. A perturbation stimulus is displayed to the user, and during a second time period the user may additionally interact with the dynamic interface during a second time period, during which the system collects behavioral data of the user interaction during the second time period. The system determines a prediction based on data collected during at least one of the time periods from each of a plurality of users.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING WITH A DEVICE IN A LOW POWER MODE

A first server system is configured to communicate with a first client device through a first application executing on the first client device. The first server system determines that communication with the first client device through the first application has been lost due to the first client device entering an idle mode. The first server system receives a request from a second client device that triggers reestablishing communication with the first client device through the first application. In response, the first server system transmits a request to a second server system to wake the first client device from the idle mode. The first server system receives, from the first application on the first client device, an indication that communication has been reestablished between the first server system and the first application. The first server system transmits a control command to control the first client device.

Fine-grained SD-WAN optimization services for cloud-native applications

In one embodiment, a device of a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) receives, from a cloud-native application, contextual data for the cloud-native application that identifies microservices of the cloud-native application. The device translates the contextual data for the cloud-native application into a network policy for traffic in the SD-WAN associated with the cloud-native application. The device applies the network policy to a traffic flow in the SD-WAN between an endpoint and a particular microservice of the cloud-native application.

Multimedia Resource Playing Method, Apparatus, Terminal, and System

A multimedia playing method includes obtaining, by a terminal, an identifier of a playback device, determining, by the terminal, a multimedia resource category based on a correspondence between the identifier and the multimedia resource category, playing, by the terminal, via the playback device, a multimedia resource corresponding to the category. When the terminal is connected to different playback devices, the terminal may play multimedia resources of different categories via the playback devices based on identifiers of the playback devices, to implement an intelligent service of the terminal.

Multi-device communication management

A device implementing the subject technology may include at least one processor configured to transmit an allocation request requesting allocation of a group communication session with a plurality of devices and receive an allocation response in response to the allocation request, the allocation response including credential information for the device to use to join the group communication session. The at least one processor may be further configured to transmit an allocation bind request with the credential information to join the group communication session using the credential information and receive an allocation bind success response in response to the allocation bind request, the allocation bind success response indicating that the device has joined the group communication session. The at least one processor may be further configured to provide a join notification to the plurality of devices via an intermediary device to notify that the device has joined the group communication session ...

END-TO-END M2M SERVICE LAYER SESSIONS

MANAGING CONTENT PROVIDER MULTI-PATH POLICIES

Session-based IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) communication method and system, storage medium and equipment

The invention provides an IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) communication method and system based on session, a storage medium and equipment. The method comprises the following steps: sending an IPMI instruction to an IPMI service process through a user program; in response to an IPMI instruction received by the IPMI service process, judging whether a session for transmitting the IPMI instruction belongs to session-less communication or not; responding to the situation that the session does not belong to session-less communication, and judging whether the session information exists in a session list or not according to an index of the session; in response to the absence of the session information, communicating with the BMC through the IPMI service process to complete identity authentication of the session, and newly adding the session information in a session list; and packaging the IPMI instruction into a message of a protocol corresponding to the session through the IPMI ...

NETWORK COMPUTER SYSTEM TO SELECTIVELY ENGAGE USERS BASED ON FRICTION ANALYSIS

A network computer system and method are provided in which each user of a group of users is monitored during a respective online session where the user performs a sequence of M activities, to selectively engage users of the group. A determination is made as to the impact of friction for each user of the group of users with respect to an intention of the respective user, and an action is performed for the user based at least in part on the determined impact of friction.

Device requested protocol data unit session modification in the 5G system

Systems and methods of segregating a SDF of a PDU session are described. The UE transmits a NAS message to the network. The NAS message indicates the SDF, the desired QoS, and a segregation indication that requests that the network establish a separate QoS flow for the SDF even if an existing QoS flow is able to support the specific QoS. The SF decides whether or not to establish the separate QoS flow and updates filters in the UPF as well as providing a response to the UE containing a similar indication. The UE modifies resources related to the PDU session based on the response. The QoS is indicated as a 5QI and GBR or as a QFI of an existing QoS Flow on which the SDF is to be added if the separate QoS is not established. The QFI is in an unencrypted SDAP header of the NAS message.

DISCOVERY OF MIDDLEBOXES USING TRAFFIC FLOW STITCHING

REMOTE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND SESSION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Image forming device-based unbinding control method and image forming device

A method is provided to exert unbinding control on an image forming device such as a printer, photocopier or all in one device. The method includes: obtaining an unbinding instruction S100; sending a first unbinding request S101 to a server according to the unbinding instruction, where the unbinding request includes identification information of the image forming device; obtaining a reply message S102 from the server in response to the unbinding request; and in response to a determination that the reply message indicates unbinding failure, automatically sending a second unbinding request S103 to the server.

Method and system for realizing high availability of Spark Thrift Server

The invention relates to the technical field of big data storage and calculation, and particularly provides a method for realizing high availability of a Spark Thrift Server, which comprises the following steps of: when the Spark Thrift Server is started, acquiring a ZooKeeper client connection, and writing Spark Thrift Server information into the ZooKeeper; the method comprises the following steps: when a client is connected with a Spark Thrift Server service, firstly requesting a ZooKeeper service and acquiring all Spark Thrift Server nodes in a namespace during connection, electing one Spark Thrift Server node through an equalization algorithm, connecting to the Spark Thrift Server, and when the Spark Thrift Server service stops, cancelling node information from the ZooKeeper at the same time. Compared with the prior art, the method has the advantages that when a certain Spark Thrift Server node breaks down, the client side is not affected, and therefore high availability is achieved ...

Power plant internal and external network communication method and equipment based on network isolation device, and medium

The invention discloses a power plant internal and external network communication method and equipment based on a network isolation device and a medium, and the method comprises the steps: determining a first data transmission pressure value of a first data channel based on a first data set to be transmitted to an internal network in a front-end service module; determining a second data transmission pressure value of a second data channel based on a second data set to be transmitted to the external network in the rear service module; and adjusting the quantity of data processing resources allocated to the first data channel and the second data channel in the network isolation device based on the first data transmission pressure value and the second data transmission pressure value. According to the embodiment of the invention, the data processing resource quantity allocated to the two data channels is adjusted based on the difference of the data transmission pressures of the two data channels ...

Terminal exception repairing method, device and system, storage medium and electronic equipment

The invention relates to a terminal abnormity repairing method, device and system, a storage medium and electronic equipment, the gateway service state abnormity of a first gateway node is determined according to the state information of each gateway node in a gateway cluster, and when the gateway service state of the first gateway node is abnormal, the terminal abnormity is repaired. According to the first node identifier of the first gateway node, obtaining quantity information of terminal equipment connected with the first gateway node from a preset database, and determining reconnection time required by the terminal equipment to be reconnected to the second gateway node; and determining whether the terminal equipment with the abnormal connection state exists or not according to the connection state of the reconnected terminal equipment, thereby avoiding inaccurate detection of the terminal connection state caused by gateway abnormity and influence on operation of normal services, and ...

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING CONNECTIONS TO A DATABASE

A system automatically maintains a plurality of client connections associated with a plurality of clients, the plurality of client connections including active and idle connections. A first server receives a request from a client of the plurality of clients to access a second server of a plurality of second servers communicatively coupled to the first server, the plurality of second servers having varying communication protocols. The first server then identifies a first communication protocol associated with the second server and activating a link between the first server and the second server using the first communication protocol.

Method and system for traffic management using a unified network barring mechanism

A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are provided to store traffic management data that indicates different levels of congestion that are each correlated to a different category of application of an end device, a type of congestion mechanism including at least one of access class barring, enhanced access class barring, service specific access control, application specific congestion control for data communication, or unattended and background data traffic, and barring parameters; receive a request for wireless service; obtain a level of congestion; determine that the request cannot be granted based on the level of congestion; select one of the levels of congestion based on the level of congestion; generate a first barring message based on the type of congestion mechanism, barring parameters, and category of application correlated to the one of the levels of congestion; and transmit the first barring message to the end devices.

Service registration in a communications network

In an example aspect, a method for service registration in a communications network is provided. The method comprises receiving a service registration request, the request identifying a network function to provide a service, a type of the service, and a version of the service, and storing information in a repository, the information identifying the network function, the type of the service and the version of the service.

Systems and methods for attachable-and-detachable database sessions

In an embodiment, a database platform maintains a first account and a second account, where the second account has stored therein an attachable-and-detachable database session. The database platform receives, from a second-account user in the second account, a request to grant, to a first-account user in the first account, access to the attachable-and-detachable database session, and responsively grants the requested access. The database platform receives, from the first-account user, an attachment request requesting that the first-account user attach to the attachable-and-detachable database session, and responsively sets the attachable-and-detachable database session as a current database session for the first-account user. The database platform executes at least one command received from the first-account user with respect to the attachable-and-detachable database session.

COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS

This application provides a communication method and apparatus. The method includes: A first session management function network element determines whether a first session management function network element is able to serve a first data network access identifier (DNAI). The first session management function network element sends first information to a first access and mobility management function network element when the first session management function network element is able to serve the first DNAI, where the first information is used by the first access and mobility management function network element to remove an intermediate session management function network element.

USAGE-BASED BANDWIDTH OPTIMIZATION

Systems, graphical user interfaces, and methods are provided to optimize bandwidth usage associated with a local network. As part of the bandwidth optimization techniques, a network regulation entity may maintain a plurality of usage statistics for a plurality of electronic devices. These usage statistics may be presented by an electronic device as part of a usage summary interface. In addition to displaying the usage statistics, the usage summary interface may enable a user to modify how the network regulation entity regulates traffic. Accordingly, the network regulation entity may update an access profile in accordance with the modification. Subsequently, the traffic received from the electronic device is processed based on the user-indicated modification. Thus, compliance with network neutrality principles may be maintained.

HARDWARE-TRUSTED NETWORK BEARERS IN NETWORK FUNCTION VIRTUALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE (NFVI) SERVERS THAT EXECUTE VIRTUAL NETWORK FUNCTIONS (VNFS) UNDER MANAGEMENT AND ORCHESTRATION (MANO) CONTROL

Tenant data processing method, agent component, electronic equipment and storage medium

The embodiment of the invention is applicable to the technical field of computers, and provides a tenant data processing method, a proxy component, electronic equipment and a storage medium, the tenant data processing method is applied to the proxy component of a Redis server, and the method comprises the following steps: acquiring request information of a client; determining a tenant corresponding to the client based on the request information; each tenant of the Redis server corresponds to a plurality of clients; determining whether a connection corresponding to the tenant exists between the proxy component and the Redis server; each tenant only corresponds to one connection between the proxy component and the Redis server; and if a connection corresponding to the tenant exists between the proxy component and the Redis server, forwarding the request information to the Redis server based on the connection.

Zero-trust system access control method and device and zero-trust system

The invention discloses an access control method and device of a zero-trust system and the zero-trust system. The zero-trust system comprises a trusted access client, a trusted access controller, a continuous trust evaluation center and a trusted access control gateway, the method comprises the following steps: acquiring an access request of an access subject to a service system intercepted by a trusted access client, and acquiring subject identity information of the access subject and whether the subject identity information is legal information; when the subject identity information of the access subject is legal information, obtaining a decision result generated by the continuous trust evaluation center; and controlling a trusted access control gateway to establish or disconnect network connection between the trusted access customer service side and the service system according to the decision result. According to the technical scheme, under the condition that the original business system ...

Network management type switch communication method

The invention provides a network management type switch communication method. The method comprises the following steps: network equipment periodically sends a TLV query message to surrounding equipment; when the neighbor relationship is not established between the network devices, a TLV message requesting to establish connection is sent, if the network devices start the LLDP function and reply to agree connection, description information of the network devices is obtained through connection, and if the network devices do not agree connection, Mac address information of the first network device is cached, and sending of a TLV query message is stopped; and when connection needs to be established, if the Mac address of the second network equipment is not cleared in the first network equipment, after a connection request is received, the first network equipment directly sends a TLV message requesting connection and stores the Mac address of the second network equipment into a TLV list, and ...

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVISIONING OF LOCALIZED TEMPORARY SERVICES (LTS) HOSTING NETWORK CREDENTIALS

A method implemented in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) of provisioning the WTRU for communication in a temporary local network includes transmitting, to an onboarding network, information regarding a capability of the WTRU to communicate with the temporary local network. Configuration information for temporary local network provisioning is received from the onboarding network. A message identifying a provisioning configuration for use by the WTRU with the temporary local network is received from the onboarding network, using the received configuration information. A message is sent to the temporary local network using the provisioning configuration.

Allocating one or more items during a live event inside a venue

Systems and methods for selecting tiering protocols based on data transmissions over mesh networks within defined spatial areas can be provided. A mesh network can be established within a defined spatial area. Each network device within the mesh network can be a user device or a supernode. Further, a wireless communication link can be established between the user devices and supernodes. A plurality of tiered protocols for tiering data transmissions can be accessed. Data to be transmitted over the mesh network can be analyzed to determine which tiered protocol to select. Path data that identifies a routing path from the a user device to a supernode can be generated, and the data can be transmitted according to the path data.

Communicating over multiple radio access technologies (RATs)

A user equipment (UE) may transmit a service request using a first frequency band, the first frequency band being paired to a second frequency band to operate using frequency division duplex (FDD). The UE may further transmit a setup message over the second frequency band, the setup message indicating a third time division duplex (TDD) frequency band for communication. The UE may receive downlink data simultaneously over the second frequency band and the third TDD frequency band, wherein multimedia data is received on the third TDD frequency band.

Communications apparatus, systems, and methods for preventing and/or minimizing session data clipping

The present invention is directed to communications apparatus, systems, and methods for preventing and/or minimizing session data clipping/loss when using the ICE protocol procedures on a session border controller. An exemplary method embodiment of operating a Session Border Controller (SBC) includes, receiving, at the SBC, an initial offer message from a first user equipment device directed to a second user equipment device, said initial offer message including one or more candidate addresses for the first user equipment device; and establishing a data path between the SBC and the second user equipment device in response to receiving said initial offer message prior to establishing a data session between the first user equipment device and the session border controller.

CONCURRENT COLLABORATION CONFERENCE PORT MANAGEMENT

Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods for a collaboration conferencing system to track a total number of concurrently utilized ports across any number of conferencing bridges of the network for a particular customer and one or more billing actions may occur based on this tracking. This may result in an alternate billing option for the customer's use of the system. Further, a telecommunications network administrator may provide access to the collaboration conferencing system based on a total number of concurrently utilized ports rather than on a per conference or per minute basis. With the information of the number of purchased ports by the customer, the administrator may more accurately predict an available capacity for the collaboration conferencing system needed to support all of the users of the system and the potential collaboration conferences.

Session management

One or more embodiments of techniques or systems for session management, security scoring, and friction management are provided herein. Sessions may be monitored for commonalities or other attributes or aspects and closed, terminated, or a freeze placed on additional sessions from being initiated. A security score may be provided which is indicative of how secure a user is with respect to one or more ways the user interacts with a resource. One or more suggested actions or score improvement strategies may be suggested to facilitate improvement of a security score for a user. Friction management may be provided by having one or more additional layers of security applied to an account of a user or an entity based on suspicious behavior or other factors.

METHODS FOR HANDLING SESSIONS ON THE BASIS OF THE SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL

QUALITY OF SERVICE CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVISIONING OF LOCALIZED TEMPORARY SERVICES (LTS) HOSTING NETWORK CREDENTIALS

CONGESTION CONTROL IN SMF

Device data retrieval

Several network concentrators 20 each communicate with a subset of several data-providing devices 10 (such as IoT or M2M). Session management servers 30 retrieve data from the network concentrators relating to one or more devices. An information retrieval server 40 obtains information describing the subset of devices connected to each network concentrator, and the maximum number of devices that can simultaneously communicate with each network concentrator, and instructs the session management servers to request data from the devices by limiting requests such that the number of devices communicating with each network concentrator is at or below the maximum number. The information retrieval server may obtain updated information about the subset of devices or the maximum number of devices communicating with each network concentrator, either periodically or in response to a change, and possibly from the network concentrators. The devices may provide sensor data or utility data.

System and method for flexible routing

The invention discloses a system and method for flexible routing. A request to establish a communication session with a second communication device is received. The request to establish the communication session includes one or more routing attributes for routing the communication session. The one or more routing attributes for routing the communication session are looked up in a dynamic routing framework. The communication session is routed to the third communication device or destination, rather than the second communication device, based on the one or more routing attributes and one or more rules defined in the dynamic routing framework. For example, a communication session is routed to a particular contact center queue based on routing attributes, rather than being routed to an interactive voice response (IVR) system at the beginning.

Enterprise process discovery through network traffic patterns

Implementations of the present disclosure include executing, within a computer network, multiple instances of a process, each instance including a simulation of execution of the process within the computer network, receiving session datasets representative of sessions performed during execution of each instance of the process, generating a set of session traces, each session trace representing a sequence of sessions performed during an instance of the process within the computer network, processing the set of session traces using a clustering algorithm to cluster sessions of each session trace into two or more clusters, each cluster having an associated label, and providing a process model that generically represents multiple executions of the process within the computer network, the process model comprising a sequence of labels of the two or more clusters corresponding to session traces in the set of session traces.

Systems and methods for credentialing of non-local requestors in decoupled systems utilizing a domain local authenticator

Embodiments as disclosed provide systems and methods that use a local authenticator within a domain to provide a credential to access a resource of the domain to a non-local requestor. When a request is received from a non-local requestor at the domain the non-local requestor can be authenticated based on the request. The local authenticator can then be accessed to obtain a credential. This credential may be the same type of credential provided to members of the domain when they authenticate using the local authenticator. The credential is provided to the non-local requestor so the non-local requestor can access the resource of the domain using the credential and authentication of the non-local requestor with respect to these accesses can be accomplished using the local domain authenticator and the credential.

METHODS AND NODES FOR FACILITATING A PDU SESSION PROCEDURE IN INTERWORKING NETWORKS

A method at an Access and mobility Management Function (AMF) for facilitating a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session procedure for a User Equipment (UE) in a 5th Generation System (5GS) network, wherein the 5GS network is interworking with an Evolved Packet System (EPS) network, and a Packet Data Network Gateway Control plane Function+Session Management Function (PGW-C+SMF) supporting the interworking is selected for managing the PDU session. The method comprises determining whether the PDU session supports interworking with the EPS network, based on at least one of a capability of the UE and a subscription data of the UE; and sending an indication which indicates whether the PDU session supports interworking with the EPS network to the PGW-C+SMF.

Electronic control module wake monitor

A vehicle includes a controller powered by a controller power source independent from a vehicle power supply, programmed to responsive to detecting an in-vehicle network wakeup initiated by an electronic controller unit (ECU) requesting to communicate during a vehicle OFF state, record an ECU communication via the in-vehicle network; and responsive to detecting a vehicle ON state, send the recorded ECU communication to a server.

Systems and methods for remote computing sessions with variable forward error correction (FEC)

A computing device may include a memory and a processor cooperating with the memory to generate data to correct errors in transmission of packets to a client device based upon a ratio of a first bandwidth in which to transfer content of a buffer and a second bandwidth in which to transfer the generated data, the packets to transfer the content and the generated data to the client device via a channel. The processor may further adjust the ratio based upon a parameter of the channel, and send the content of the buffer and the generated data via packets and through the channel to the client device based on the adjusted ratio.

Authenticated session management across multiple electronic devices using a virtual session manager

A virtual session manager of an electronic device maintains a web session for a user across multiple electronic devices. The virtual session manager receives an authentication request from a first electronic device that is in a communication range of the device. The virtual session manager transmits the authentication request to an endpoint device with a grant token without providing the first electronic device with any access to the grant token. The virtual session manager will receive, from the endpoint device, a first access token in response to the first authentication request. The virtual session manager will transmit the first access token to the first electronic device so that the first electronic device can establish a virtual session with the first web resource.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING CONTENT BASED ON LINKED DEVICES

The present disclosure is directed to associating computing devices with each other based on computer network activity for selection of content items as part of an online content item placement campaign. A first linking factor is identified based on a connection between a first device and the computer network via a first IP address during a first time period, and based on a connection between a second device and the computer network via the first IP address during the first time period. A number of devices that connect with the computer network via the first IP address is determined. A positive match probability is generated. A second and third linking factors are monitored. A negative match probability is determined based on the second and third linking factors. The first device is linked with the second device based on the positive and negative match probabilities.

EMAIL-BASED TRANSACTIONS WITH FORMS

A method and apparatus for improving digital transaction using Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). The method includes determining to whether an alert related to a task is sent to a registered individual, on a condition that the alert related to the task should be sent, generating an email message, wherein the email includes at least one mailto link and a form for the registered individual to complete, transmitting the email message to the registered individual, receiving a response email from the registered individual, authenticating the email message and decoding a token, and updating an information database.

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING E-BOOK CONTENT WITH VIDEO CONTENT

Intra application container direct communication protocol

An example operation may include a method comprising one or more of starting a communication session by a first application container, initiating a poll, by the first application container, when the first application container has data in its queue, responding, by at least one second application container, data, wherein the data includes one or more of an identification, a state, a percentage of utilized resources by type, a list of data elements in a queue of the application container, a list of data elements in a queue, and data that is pre-allocated to be shared, requesting the data, by the at least one second application container, and ending the communication session when one or more of the first application container sends a FIN, and the at least one second application container sends a FIN.

Systems and methods for attachable-and-detachable database sessions

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for attachable-and-detachable database sessions. In an embodiment, a database platform receives an attachment request from a client during a connection-specific database session that is set as a current database session for the client at the database platform, requesting that the client attach to an attachable-and-detachable database session that is maintained in data storage by the database platform. The database platform sets, in response to receiving the attachment request, the attachable-and-detachable database session as the current database session for the client at the database platform. The database platform determines that the client has detached from the attachable-and-detachable database session, and continues to maintain the attachable-and-detachable database session in the data storage.

Cold quanta as a service

A cold-quanta station and a cloud-based server cooperate to provide cold quanta as a service (CQaaS). The cold-quanta station serves as a system for implementing “recipes” for producing, manipulating, and/or using cold (<1 mK) monatomic or polyatomic molecules, e.g., cold Rubidium 87 atoms. The cloud-based server acts as an interface between the station (or stations) and authorized users of account holders. To this end the server hosts an account manager and a session manager. The account manager manages accounts and associated account-based and user-specific permissions that define what actions any given authorized user for an account may perform with respect to a quantum-mechanics station. The session manager controls (in some cases real-time) interactions between a user and a quantum-mechanics station, some interactions allowing a user to select a recipe based on results returned earlier in the same session.

Packet delay parameter obtaining method, system, and apparatus

A packet delay parameter obtaining method, apparatus, and system are provided. The method provides a session management network element determines whether a first QoS flow satisfying a parameter condition exists, where the first parameter indicates information corresponding to a PSA UPF transmitting the first QoS flow, the first parameter indicating information corresponding to a PSA UPF transmitting the first service flow. If no first QoS flow satisfying the parameter condition exists, a second QoS flow for the first service flow is established, and the session management network element sends a first message to an access network element, the first message including identification information of the second QoS flow and a packet delay parameter corresponding to the second QoS flow.

Method and system for interaction servicing

A system and a method for servicing user interactions are provided. The method includes: receiving, from each respective user, a respective request for a corresponding interaction; obtaining, for each interaction, request-specific information that relates to the received respective request and user-specific information that relates to the respective user; analyzing the request-specific information to determine at least one corresponding microservice that is usable for handling the interaction; and routing the request-specific information and the user-specific information to a respective destination that relates to the determined microservice. For any particular interaction, several corresponding microservices and several corresponding routes and destinations may be determined, and workload distribution metrics may be used to select optimum routes.

DISTRIBUTION OF MESSAGES WITH GUARANTEED OR SYNCHRONIZED TIME OF DELIVERY

Various embodiments of apparatuses and methods for multi-cast, multiple unicast, and unicast distribution of messages with time synchronized delivery are described. In some embodiments, the disclosed system and methods include a reference timekeeper providing a reference clock to one or more host computing devices. The one or more host computing devices host compute instances, and also contain respective isolated timing hardware outside the control of the compute instances. The isolated timing hardware of the one or more host computing devices then receive respective packets, and obtain the same time to deliver the respective packets. Each isolated timing hardware provides either the packet, or information to access the packet, to its respective destination compute instance subsequent to determining that the same specified time to deliver the packet has occurred. Thus, the respective packets are delivered near simultaneously to the one or more destination compute instances.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING REAUTHENTICATION OF DN AUTHORIZED PDU SESSION AND MANAGING PDU SESSION ACCORDING TO CHANGE OF DN AUTHORIZATION DATA

Methods and apparatus for recovering network association information

The techniques described herein relate to methods, apparatus, and computer readable media configured to determine a current data transmission sequence number for a next packet in a communication session with a remote computing device. An interruption in the communication session is detected. Checkpointed data for the communication session is determined that is indicative of a previous sequence number used for a previous packet sent to the remote computing device. A resolution procedure is performed to determine the current data transmission sequence number for the next packet in the communication session, including determining an estimated next sequence number for transmitting data in the communication session based on the checkpointed data, transmitting a first packet to the remote computing device, receiving a second packet from the remote computing device that has an associated sequence number, and determining the current sequence number for the next packet in the communication session ...

Method and system for providing high efficiency, bidirectional messaging for low latency applications

A system and a method for routing a message to an application over a connection oriented session in a Kafka messaging platform environment are provided. The method includes: acquiring a plurality of partitions from the Kafka messaging platform; designating a first partition from among the plurality of partitions as a sticky partition; generating a plurality of routing keys that are configured to route to the sticky partition; receiving a subscription from a service that corresponds to a first application; transmitting, to the first application, a first routing key that identifies the subscription from among the plurality of routing keys; and receiving messages from Kafka services that are routed by the first routing key to the first application. For any particular application or set of applications, a plurality of connection oriented sessions may be used to achieve load balancing and high availability.

Data sending method and apparatus, and device

This disclosure provides a data sending method and apparatus, and a device, and pertains to the field of communications technologies. An example method includes: receiving an uplink data packet sent by UE; if a signaling message is carried in the uplink data packet, separating the signaling message from the uplink data packet, where the signaling message is used to request to establish a PDU session or request to activate an established PDU session; forwarding the signaling message to a control plane device; and before an available PDU session exists, forwarding, based on a data forwarding message carried in the uplink data packet sent by the UE, data in the uplink data packet sent by the UE.

QUALITY OF SERVICE CONTROL METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM

This application discloses a QoS control method, device, and system, to implement QoS control when a 5G core network or another future network is accessed through a fixed network. The method includes: obtaining, by an access gateway function entity, a correspondence between a QoS file and a virtual local area network VLAN priority, where the correspondence between the QoS file and the VLAN priority includes a correspondence between a first QoS file and a first VLAN priority; sending, by the access gateway function entity, a first message to a terminal, where the first message includes the correspondence between the QoS file and the VLAN priority; receiving, by the access gateway function entity, an uplink data packet from the terminal, where a QoS file corresponding to the uplink data packet is the first QoS file, and the uplink data packet carries the first VLAN priority; and performing, by the access gateway function entity, QoS control on the uplink data packet based on the first VLAN ...

INCREASING SYNCHRONIZATION OF VIRTUAL REALITY SCENE ELEMENTS WITH SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORK (SDN) ORIGINATED INFORMATION

INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

Session control synchronization method and device and medium

The invention discloses a session control synchronization method, a session control synchronization device and a medium, which are suitable for the technical field of computers. Comprising the following steps: acquiring a plurality of sessions and corresponding data block structural bodies; performing corresponding locking processing on the information of the plurality of sessions in the data block structural body to create respective lock files; and when the session synchronization is completed, carrying out unlocking processing on the lock file corresponding to the session after the synchronization is completed. According to the invention, when locking processing is carried out in the session synchronization process, respective corresponding lock files are created for a plurality of sessions, different sessions are synchronized with different lock files, respective session synchronization processes are not affected, even if the lock file of the current session is not released in time, ...

Request to establish protocol data unit session with time sensitive network parameters

A method may include receiving, by a wireless device from a time sensitive network, TSN, translator device, one or more TSN parameters. The method may also include sending, by the wireless device to an access and mobility management function (AMF), a non access stratum, NAS, message indicating a request to establish a protocol data unit (PDU) session comprising the one or more TSN parameters. The method may further include receiving, by the wireless device from the AMF, a message indicating acceptance of the PDU session.

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PSA-UPF RELOCATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

The present disclosure relates to a 5thgeneration (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4thgeneration (4G) communication system such as long-term evolution (LTE). According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, provided is a method for operating a network node such as an application function (AF) node in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: generating an AF request including information related to one or more data path latencies; and transmitting the information related to the one or more data path latencies to a session management function (SMF) node through a network exposure function (NEF) node.

RESPONSE ENDPOINT SELECTION

A computing system has multiple endpoint computing devices in local environments to receive verbal requests from various users and a central or remote system to process the requests. The remote system generates responses and uses a variety of techniques to determine where and when to return responses audibly to the users. For each request, the remote system understands who is making the request, determines when to provide the response to the user, ascertains where the user is when it is time to deliver the response, discovers which of the endpoint devices are available to deliver the response, and evaluates which of the available devices is best to deliver the response. The system then delivers the response to the best endpoint device for audible emission or other form of presentation to the user.

Communication Method and Communications Apparatus

In a communication method, a first access network device sends first information to a second access network device, where the first information is used to indicate that the first access network device has notified a core network device that a quality of service requirement of at least one quality of service flow cannot be met; the second access network device may send second information to the core network device, where the second information is used to notify the core network device that a quality of service requirement of a first quality of service flow in the at least one quality of service flow can be met, and the first quality of service flow is a quality of service flow that has been handed over from the first access network device to the second access network device.

Methods and nodes for facilitating a PDU session procedure in interworking networks

A method at an Access and mobility Management Function (AMF) for facilitating a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session procedure for a User Equipment (UE) in a 5th Generation System (5GS) network, wherein the 5GS network is interworking with an Evolved Packet System (EPS) network, and a Packet Data Network Gateway Control plane Function+Session Management Function (PGW-C+SMF) supporting the interworking is selected for managing the PDU session. The method comprises determining whether the PDU session supports interworking with the EPS network, based on at least one of a capability of the UE and a subscription data of the UE; and sending an indication which indicates whether the PDU session supports interworking with the EPS network to the PGW-C+SMF.

Unifying Web and Phone Presence

The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a computer-implemented method that includes obtaining, at a computer system, a plurality of contact identifiers for a computer account holder, wherein the identifiers represent a plurality of different communication modes; identifying a handle for the account holder, wherein the handle is associated with a uniform resource locator; and correlating the handle with the plurality of contact identifiers, and storing the handle and plurality of contact identifiers together so as to permit retrieval of the contact identifiers in response to identification of the handle.

NETWORK CONNECTION MANAGEMENT

A network apparatus receives (200) a first message relating to a transport layer security (TLS) handshake process for an initialization phase of a Quic user datagram protocol (UDP) Internet Connection (QUIC) connection from a client computing device toward a target computing device, wherein the first message of the TLS handshake process comprises at least a connection identifier. The network apparatus generates (205) a second message relating to the TLS handshake process in response to the first message, wherein a cipher suite value of the second message is set to an invalid cipher suite value for the client computing device and wherein the invalid cipher suite value is unsupported by the client computing device, and sends (206) the second message to the client computing device to cause the client computer device to close the QUIC connection.

Enhancing transmission control protocol (TCP) performance and scalability on multicore processor architectures

The disclosed technology teaches TCP session processing architecture for conducting numerous TCP sessions during testing of a network-under-test: multiple processor cores running, allocated to TCP session handling, and program instructions configured to distribute processing of each TCP session across multiple cores with a first set of cores allocated to handle TCP control, a second set of cores allocated to handle TCP packet transmission, and a third set of cores allocated to handle TCP packet receiving. The disclosed architecture also includes a shared memory accessible to the first, second and third sets of cores, that holds PCBs for each of numerous TCP sessions during the testing with update access controlled by an atomic spinlock processor instruction that each TCP state machine running on a core must engage to secure the update access to a respective PCB, in order to proceed with state processing of its respective TCP session.

Real-time content integration based on machine learned selections

A content integration system is configured to rapidly select online content for distribution in response to a user-generated request. The content integration system can analyze available online content items and data describing the user to generate one or more numerical likelihoods estimating how the user will interact with each of the given online content items. The highest scoring content can be selected and transmitted to the user without a noticeable delay.

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR STATEFUL NETWORK SECURITY

A destination host on a first network may attempt to initiate a communication session with a source host on a second network. The attempt may be intercepted by a first policy enforcement point, which may forward a message to the source host associated with the communication session. The source host may send an acknowledgment to the destination host via the first policy enforcement point. A policy decision point may determine that the communication session is permissible. The policy decision point may send a response to the first policy enforcement point and a second policy enforcement point. The response may indicate an approval of the communication session. The source host may respond to the destination host through either a first connection path and the first policy enforcement point or a second connection and the second policy enforcement point.

Prioritized formation of BGP sessions

A network device is described that includes one or more processors configured to select a prioritized sub-set of a plurality of routing protocol sessions based on peer priority information. The one or more processors are configured to establish one or more routing protocol sessions of the prioritized sub-set. The one or more processors are configured to, in response to determining that a threshold for establishing the prioritized sub-set of the plurality of routing protocol sessions is satisfied, establish one or more routing protocol sessions of the plurality of routing protocol sessions that are not included in the prioritized sub-set. The one or more processors are configured to forward network traffic using the established one or more routing protocol sessions of the prioritized sub-set and the established one or more routing protocol sessions of the plurality of routing protocol sessions that are not included in the prioritized sub-set.

Remote storage gateway management using gateway-initiated connections

A storage gateway serves as an interface between processes on a customer network and a service provider. The storage gateway is located on-premise with the customer processes. To customer processes, it appears that data is stored locally. However, the storage gateway interfaces with a remote storage service to store the data. For cached gateways, the primary data store is a remote data store, while frequently accessed data may be locally cached by the gateway. Reads may be satisfied from the local cache or from virtual data storage; writes are handled so as to appropriately update data blocks in the local cache and/or in virtual data storage. For shadowing gateways, the primary data store is the local data store; reads are passed through to a local data store, and writes are shadowed to virtual data storage as well as being sent to local data store.

Methods and systems for information streaming to user interface

Methods and systems are disclosed for information streaming to a user interface via a networked contact center. In one example, a system includes communications computer circuitry to receive, at a networked contact center, a request to stream information to a user interface, the user interface being associated with the networked contact center and an agent to be contacted by others. Information streaming circuitry streams the requested information and to open a network connection between the user interface and a server of a networked contact center, and the information streaming circuitry keeps the network connection between the user interface and the server open as a persistent network connection to the user interface. The communications computer circuitry also pushes one or more events to the user interface via the persistent network connection to cause a change in the user interface without further network requests to the server from the user interface.

Message forwarding method and device, electronic equipment and storage medium

The invention provides a message forwarding method and device, electronic equipment and a storage medium, and can be applied to the technical field of distributed middleware. The method comprises: determining message forwarding information corresponding to a first message-oriented middleware and a second message-oriented middleware, the first message-oriented middleware and the second message-oriented middleware being different in type, the message forwarding information being used for indicating respective transmission configurations of the first message-oriented middleware and the second message-oriented middleware; based on the message forwarding information, respectively establishing long connection with the first message middleware and the second message middleware; receiving a first message sent by the first message-oriented middleware according to the long connection with the first message-oriented middleware; converting the first message into a second message according to the message ...

Apparatus and method for passive detection of middleboxes within computer networks

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium has instructions executed by a processor to receive network session information from network monitoring devices distributed throughout an enterprise network. The network session information characterizes communications between a client device within the enterprise network and a server external to the enterprise network. The network session information is transformed into vectors of network communication session parameters. The vectors are combined into different time series of data. A similarity measure is computed between the different time series of data to detect unique sessions between the client device and a middlebox network device within the enterprise network or unique sessions between a middle box network device within the enterprise network and the server. The unique sessions are evaluated to infer relationships between networked devices within the enterprise network. A visualization of the relationships to characterize enterprise ...

Drawing verification system, client apparatus, recording medium, server apparatus and control method

In a system, a server establishes a session for verification of drawing information and implements information communication between clients connected to the session. The verification in the session is performed by laying out rendering object information used to render an object of the drawing information in a virtual 3D space based on layout information. The system comprises: establishing, upon receiving a session start request from one of the clients storing a verification target drawing information, the session to which the client storing the drawing information is able to connect; managing state information indicating a state of the 3D space for the session; receiving information of a verification input made at the clients; changing the state information upon receiving the verification input; and transmitting, to the connected clients, shared information necessary to render the 3D space.

Systems and methods for credentialing of non local requestors in decoupled systems utilizing a domain local authenticator

Embodiments as disclosed provide systems and methods that use a local authenticator within a domain to provide a credential to access a resource of the domain to a non-local requestor. When a request is received from a non-local requestor at the domain the non-local requestor can be authenticated based on the request. The local authenticator can then be accessed to obtain a credential. This credential may be the same type of credential provided to members of the domain when they authenticate using the local authenticator. The credential is provided to the non-local requestor so the non-local requestor can access the resource of the domain using the credential and authentication of the non-local requestor with respect to these accesses can be accomplished using the local domain authenticator and the credential.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SESSION AUDIT FOR CONTROL AND USER PLANE SEPARATION

There is provided a method for a session audit in a communication system having a first plane and a second plane. The method can be employed in a case in which the first plane is a control plane and the second plane is a user plane, or a case in which the first plane is a user plane and the second plane is a control plane. The first plane performs operations of (1) sending to the second plane, an association update request that contains a first vendor-specific information element (IE) having (a) a bit set to indicate a desire for a single control plane (CP) fully-qualified session identification (CP F-SEID), and (b) a CP F-SEID, and (2) receiving from the second plane, an association update response that contains a second vendor-specific IE having (a) the CP F-SEID, and (b) a mapped user plane (UP) fully-qualified session identification (UP F-SEID).

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENTLY MANAGING SESSIONS IN A MOBILE NETWORK

Connection management method of node equipment, equipment and storage medium

The embodiment of the invention discloses a node equipment connection management method, equipment and a storage medium, and the node equipment connection management method comprises the steps: responding to an access event of a slot of connection equipment, and obtaining a slot identifier of the slot accessed by the node equipment; acquiring network connection information corresponding to the slot position identifier according to the established mapping relationship between the slot position identifier and the network connection information; and performing network configuration on the network interface of the node equipment according to the network connection information, and establishing connection with the network equipment through the network connection information after the configuration is completed. By adopting the method and the device, each node device in the multi-node system can be monitored more conveniently, user management of the multi-node system of a certain scale is facilitated ...

Traffic Control by IP Multimedia Subsystem

Apparatus configured to implement a Proxy Call Session Control Function for use within an IP Multimedia Subsystem core network. The apparatus comprises a receiver for receiving a session initiation request in respect of an IP Multimedia Subsystem service, and a threshold determiner for determining a threshold applicable to user traffic associated with said service. The apparatus further comprises a sender for sending a session authorisation request to a policy decision function, the request including said threshold and a service data flow identifier identifying the user plane flow for said session.

Service shifting method, shift management server, terminal, service server, service shift program and service shift system

A method makes possible the transfer independent services used on a certain terminal to another terminal and easy use of them. A service transferring method of transferring service being used at a transferring source terminal (TST) to a transferring destination terminal (TDT), in which information about correlation between a session ID which identifies a session between a service server which provides the service and the TST using the service and a terminal ID of the TST is stored in at least either one of the service server and a transfer management server (TMS), and either one of the TST and TDT transmits terminal IDs of the one terminal and the other terminal to the TMS to notify service transfer and upon receiving the notification of the service transfer, the information about correlation between the session ID and the terminal ID recorded in either the service server or the TMS updates.

Graphical user interface system for background intelligent transfer service

A graphical user interface system for BITS. The system includes a set of input modules, a set of output modules, and notification modules. The set of input modules allow selection of files for transfer to the BITS Server Virtual Directory and activate BITS functions. The BITS functions may include starting file transfer, cancelling file transfer, retrying file transfer, or removing the selected files. The set of output modules show dynamic status and real-time progress of the transfer automatically upon activation of the transfer of the selected files. The set of output modules also display an error message upon detecting an error in the transfer. Further, the notification modules provide a real-time notification on completion of the transfer.

Method of identifying telematics calls

A method of identifying telematics calls includes the steps of receiving at a vehicle telematics unit a paging message used to connect a call over a wireless carrier system; determining at the vehicle telematics unit if the paging message used to connect the call includes a Mobile Identification Number (MIN) or a Mobile Equipment Identifier (MEID); and establishing the call and, if the vehicle telematics unit determines that the paging message includes the MEID, entering into a mode in which the vehicle telematics unit uses a modem for receipt and transmission of data

Apparatus and method for operation according to squeezing in portable terminal

A method and apparatus perform pressure detection in a mobile terminal. method determines a squeezing pressure of the mobile terminal. The method determines whether a user squeezes the mobile terminal using the squeezing pressure determined and a value of a proximity sensor. The method transitions the mobile terminal to a wakeup state in response to determining that the user squeezed the mobile terminal.

Predictive synchronization for clustered devices

A method and system is provided for a scalable clustered system. The method and system may handle asynchronous traffic as well as session backup. In the method and system, a home cluster member having ownership of a local session predicts designation of a an other cluster member to receive a packet associated with the local session and sends appropriate state information or forwarding instruction to the other network member.

Social networking with autonomous agents

A system and method that allow non-human autonomous agents to participate in a social internet network. The system defines the autonomous agent by a standard email address, website address, or other such identification, that allows human participants of the social network to contact the non-human autonomous agent to perform some operation through the Internet. In one non-limiting example, the non-human autonomous agent is a vehicle that allows the vehicle owner, or user, to contact the vehicle through the social network to perform some operation, such as unlocking the vehicle doors, and allow authorized participants of the social network to see the vehicle as a participant of the network to gain information therefrom, such as the location of the vehicle.

Mitigating connection identifier collisions in a communication network

A new instance of a connection that is in the wait state can be established while mitigating connection identifier collisions. Based on a connection identifier in a connection request received at a server from a client, it is determined that a previous instance of a connection represented by the connection identifier is in a wait state. An acknowledgement message comprising wait state parameters associated with the connection identifier and original connection parameters associated with the previous instance of the connection in the wait state is provided from the server to the client. In response, the server receives a compliance message comprising updated wait state parameters and updated connection parameters from the client. The new instance of the connection represented by the connection identifier that previously represented the previous instance of the connection is established based, at least in part, on the updated wait state parameters and the updated connection parameters.

Method and apparatus for providing shared connectivity

An approach is provided for providing shared path connectivity among devices. A connection sharing platform determines to specify at least one group of devices, the at least one group including at least a first path to establish a network connection and a second path to establish a local connection among the devices. The connection sharing platform also determines to cause at least in part an activation of one or more of the devices to establish the network connection, wherein one or more unactivated devices share the network connection over the local connection.

Adaptable License Platform for Remote Sessions

Disclosed are techniques for providing an adaptable licensing platform. In one embodiment, a declarative remote presentation client access license is described that provides for the dynamic introduction of new client access licenses and redefinition of existing client access licenses. For example, remote presentation client access licenses may be declaratively defined in terms of features or capabilities, the client access license enforcing model, supported remote presentation server versions, and other attributes. The client access licenses may be defined in a client access license details configuration file that can be used to assist the remote presentation licensing platform to adapt to the dynamic business model. In another embodiment, a feature rank based selection of suitable client access licenses may be used to provide a “best client access license selection” feature.

Distributed cache for state transfer operations

A network arrangement that employs a cache having copies distributed among a plurality of different locations. The cache stores state information for a session with any of the server devices so that it is accessible to at least one other server device. Using this arrangement, when a client device switches from a connection with a first server device to a connection with a second server device, the second server device can retrieve state information from the cache corresponding to the session between the client device and the first server device. The second server device can then use the retrieved state information to accept a session with the client device.

Method and apparatus to implement secured, event-based layered logout from a computer system

A secure, layered logout of a user session is implemented in a web-based management tool, such as a middleware appliance. A logout strategy is provided to include a set of security levels of varying sensitivity, with each security level having a set of permissions associated therewith and that are enforced upon occurrence of an event. A succeeding security level in the set of security levels is reached upon occurrence of an event associated with that level, in which case the set of permissions associated with the security level are then enforced against at least one managed object while the user session continues. As each next security level is reached, the set of permissions associated with the security level are then enforced (with respect to the managed object or against one or more other managed objects), once again while the user session continues. Each of the objects preferably is managed independently of at least one other object; thus, the layered logout may enforce different permissions with respect to different managed objects while at the time maintaining the user session. If the user takes no action, and as a result of the occurrence of the events, eventually a final security level of the set of security levels will occur, at which point the user session is finally terminated.

Methods, systems and computer-readable media for conducting communications

The present disclosure relates to methods, systems, and computer-readable media for conducting communications. One method includes determining a context associated with a communication between a first participant and a second participant while the communication is occurring, determining a failure of the communication, and resuming the communication based, at least in part, on the context.

Full-Duplex Bi-Directional Communication Over a Remote Procedure Call Based Communications Protocol, and Applications Thereof

Systems and methods for reducing the cost but increasing the performance caused in streaming data between a client and a server are described herein. Embodiments of the present invention relate to reducing the cost but increasing the performance by the traditional data streaming where two TCP connections, one for each direction of traffic is used. Further embodiments allow a server in communication with one or more clients using a RPC based communication protocol to bi-directional stream not on two TCP connections but a single TCP connection. In one embodiment, this is achieved, by transmitting from the client to the server an initial handshake. If the server receives the handshake, then the client streams a request stream to the server and the server streams a response stream to the client simultaneously over the same single TCP connection establishing full-duplex streaming.

Systems and methods for asynchronous notification using http

Methods and apparatus for asynchronous notification using HTTP. An application server configured to host one or more web applications and process HTTP requests associated with the one or more web applications includes a long polling mechanism configured to maintain an open HTTP connection, and a notification server configured to provide an asynchronous notification to one or more notification clients through the open HTTP connection, wherein the notification includes an identifier for the one or more notification clients with no application data payload.

UE Initiated IUT Transfer Based on Policy

Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed to control an inter user equipment transfer (IUT). A first user equipment (UE) may control an inter user equipment transfer (IUT) associated with a communication flow currently terminated at the first UE. The first UE may receive an indication of an environment change. An evaluation of an IUT policy may be performed in response to the environment change. It may be determined that a second UE is preferred to receive the communication flow. An IUT operation may be performed in relation to the communication flow. For example, the communication flow may be transferred from the first UE to a second UE.

Object-Based Transport Protocol

Methods and apparatuses are provided that facilitate providing an object-based transport protocol that allows transmission of arbitrarily sized objects over a network protocol layer. The object-based transport protocol can also provide association of metadata with the objects to control communication thereof, and/or communication of response objects. Moreover, the object-based transport protocol can maintain sessions with remote network nodes that can include multiple channels, which can be updated over time to seamlessly provide mobility, increased data rates, and/or the like. In addition, properties can be modified remotely by network nodes receiving objects related to the properties.

Hot Standby Neighbor Discovery Protocol for Internet Protocol Version 6

Techniques are provided herein for receiving synchronization messages at a second network device that is in a hot standby configuration from a first network device that is maintaining Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) state machines for one or more neighbor devices. The synchronization messages are configured to indicate an IPv6 state for each state machine maintained in the first network device. An IPv6 state for corresponding state machines is updated in the second network device based on the synchronization messages such that the IPv6 states in the second network device allows the second network device to actively process IPv6 traffic for the one or more neighbor devices upon traffic switchover from the first network device to the second network device without restarting the corresponding IPv6 state machine associated with each of the one or more neighbor devices in the second network device. The roles of the first and second device with respect to active and standby state are reversed after a switchover.

Increased Communication Opportunities with Low-Contact Nodes in a Computer Network

In one embodiment, a particular node (e.g., root node) in a directed acyclic graph (DAG) in a computer network may identify a low-contact (e.g., wireless) node in the DAG that is at risk of having an invalid path when attempts are made to reach the low-contact node. In response, the particular node may identify neighbors of the low-contact node, and may establish a multicast tree from the particular node to the low-contact node through a plurality of the neighbors to reach the low-contact node. When sending traffic to the low-contact node, the particular node sends the traffic on the multicast tree, wherein each of the plurality of neighbors attempts to forward the traffic to the low-contact node. In another embodiment, the low-contact node itself indicates its status to the particular/root node, along with its list of neighbors in order to receive the multicast traffic.

Method, apparatus, computer program product and system for providing dynamic assignment of session capabilities

An apparatus for providing dynamic assignment of session capabilities such as buddy list capabilities includes a processing element. The processing element may be configured to receive a message associated with a communication session with a network node, acquire service plan based capabilities associated with the network node, receive device based capabilities associated with the network node, and determine session based capabilities associated with the service based on the device based capabilities and the service plan based capabilities on a per subscriber basis.

Mobile node assignement to a router in a wpan

A method to assign a mobile node ( 1 ) to a router in a wireless multihop mesh network, the network comprising a plurality of routers ( 3, 5, 7 ), said method comprises: in a first router ( 5 ): receiving ( 52 ) from the mobile node a request to join the network; then informing ( 54 ) a server ( 9 ) that the mobile node has joined or attempted to join the network; and sending ( 58 ) to the mobile node a positive response and recording the connection of the mobile node; and in the server ( 9 ): recording ( 60 ) an association record between the mobile node and the router; and if an association record already exists between the mobile bile node and another router, sending ( 62 ) a message to the other router for suppressing any connection record between the mobile node and the other router.

Method and Apparatus for Redirection of Server External Hyper-Link References

A message is provided to a tracking server system in response to a client system referencing a predetermined resource locator that corresponds to a resource external to the tracking server system. The tracking server system indirectly provides for the client system to have an informational element selectable by the client system, where the informational element is graphically identified on the client system with informational content obtainable from a content server system through use of a content resource locator. The informational element includes a tracking resource locator, referencing the tracking server system, and data identifying the informational element. The selection of the informational element causes the client system to use the tracking resource locator to provide the data to the tracking server system and to use the content resource locator to obtain the informational content from the content server system.

Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving machine to machine data in a wireless communication system

An apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving Machine to Machine (M2M) data between a Base Station (BS) and a terminal in a wireless communication system are provided. The terminal receives a downlink Media Access Control (MAC) packet from a Base Station (BS), and obtains the M2M data by interpreting MAC layer control information included in the downlink MAC packet.

System and method for managing a computing cluster

A method and system for managing a computing cluster including hosting a plurality of machines in a networked computing cluster, wherein the plurality of machines include service instances running on hosts, where the services have configured machine state; and wherein machine state includes configuration data and software of the machine; integrating the plurality of machines of the cluster with at least one configuration controller component; and the at least one configuration controller component, altering the machine state of at least one service instance.

Communications system

A client device ( 6 ) may be connected to a network ( 2 ) through a private network and one of several connection servers ( 10, 11, 12, 13 ) associated with a router ( 1 ). In such a configuration a server ( 5 ) external to the private network cannot provide a complete routing address for data to be transmitted to the device ( 6 ), as it does not have visibility of the control processors ( 10, 11, 12, 13 ). To allow such connection to be made, when a connection request for a target client device ( 6 ) is transmitted from an external server ( 5 ) to the router ( 1 ), the router retrieves connection history of the target device ( 6 ) from each of the connection servers, and the router 1 then attempts communication with the client device 6 through the connection server ( 10 ) reporting the most recent connection.

Methods and apparatus to determine media impressions using distributed demographic information

Example methods involve based on a first request to log a first media impression, generating a first identifier associated with a first client device that generated the first request, and sending a communication to the first client device. The communication includes the first identifier, and the communication is to cause the first client device to send the first identifier associated with the first client device to a database proprietor in association with a cookie identifier of the first client device. Second media impressions are logged in association with the first identifier of the first client device and second identifiers associated with second client devices based on second requests received from the first and second client devices. A batch including the second media impressions and the first and second identifiers is sent to the database proprietor. Demographic information associated with the second media impressions is received from the database proprietor.

Method and apparatus for updating and synchronizing information between a client and a server

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for integrating applets running on a client with the application logic for applications running on a server. Instead of using the FORM element available in HTML, individual active applets are available and may be created that obtain user input (e.g. a checkbox, textbox, button, etc.). A hidden applet called the Applet Group Controller is created which handles communication between the applets on the browser and the application logic on the server.

Method and system for providing a session in a heterogeneous environment

A computer-implemented method and system are disclosed for providing a user with a consistent view of user session in a distributed environment, wherein the session requires establishing conversations between the external device and application servers (A1, . . . , C4) of a system. The system is provided with at least a routing means configured to establish, for a given session, a conversation between the external device and one of the application servers. Establishing the conversation includes the following steps performed at the routing means with at least one data processor: receiving a call from one among the application server and the external device to reach the other among the application server and the external device; determining if the call includes a session identifier (ID), If the call does not include a session ID, then opening a session for said conversation, creating a session ID that uniquely identifies said session, adding the session ID to the call, storing the session ID and routing the call to the other among the application server and the external device, establishing thereby the conversation; If the call already includes a session ID, then routing the call to the other among the application server and the external device and allowing said conversation to join an already opened session that is uniquely identified by said session ID, thereby establishing the conversation and enabling the conversation to share the context of said already opened session.

System and method for improved handshake protocol

In order to enable a dynamic handshake procedure, a client device is configured with a list of handshake contributors. The client device initiates a handshake by determining the handshake contributors and writing properties of the handshake contributors in a client handshake, which is then sent to a server device. The client handshake is processed at the server device by invoking an appropriate handler, which handles the handshake result. The server can also send its contributors and their properties to the client. Once the client receives the properties, the client can call an appropriate handler to handle the properties. Connections may be created based on the exchanged properties. New contributors and contributor handlers may be added to both the client and server devices.

System and method for managing a computing cluster

A method and system for managing a computing cluster including hosting a plurality of machines in a networked computing cluster, wherein the plurality of machines include service instances running on hosts, where the services have configured machine state; and wherein machine state includes configuration data and software of the machine; integrating the plurality of machines of the cluster with at least one configuration controller component; and the at least one configuration controller component, altering the machine state of at least one service instance.

Database load balancing through dynamic database routing

A computing cluster may include servers that connect database servers. In one implementation, a server may receive a resource request from a client and extract a session identifier from the resource request. The server may determine, based on the session identifier, one of the database servers to use in fulfilling the resource request.

Method and apparatus of configuring a data broadcast service

Disclosed are an apparatus and method of broadcasting a message to one or more servers operating in one or more domains. One example method of operation may include creating a message to be broadcasted via user input provided by a user of a computer interface. The method may also include serializing the message to a predetermined format and transmitting the message to an application programming interface (API). The method may also provide scheduling a broadcast of the message based on the user input, and transmitting the message to the at least one server responsive to the scheduled broadcast.

Method for providing ip services to a user of a public network

A method for providing IP services to a user of a public network is disclosed. The user accesses the public network using a user equipment which supports a first set of IP services. The network provides a second set of IP services. A third set of IP services, included in a first set and second set of IP services, is identified and the user is allowed to access a plurality of IP services of a third set. A public network suitable to implement the method is also disclosed.

Server connection method, information providing method for device, device adopting the same, cloud computing network, and operation method thereof

A server connection method for a device provides that if a connection of a client device to a preset file server is not normally performed, requesting connection information of the preset file server by the client device from another client device in the same network, and if the connection information is received by the client device from the other client device, performing the connection to the file server by the client device using the received connection information.

Proximity session mobility

A system and method for seamless exchange and interaction of multimedia content between communication devices in a network are disclosed. The method can include the discovery and identification of devices within proximity of a sending device. The found devices can be authenticated through unique identifiers established during registration. Connection requirements can be determined based on the identifiers associated with the found devices and the sending device. In turn, the sender can establish a connection with the found devices using the connection requirements. The sending device can share or serve as a remote control to redirect and navigate the content, with a simple action or a gesture command, to the found device. The shared multimedia content, can either reside on the sender's mobile device or on a remote server within a connected network.

Associating communications in collaboration sessions

A method, computer program product, and system for associating communications in collaboration sessions is described. A method may comprise displaying, via one or more computing devices, a document accessible to one or more collaborators of a first collaboration session. The method may further comprise associating, via the one or more computing devices, a first communication session of the first collaboration session with a first portion of the document. The method may additionally comprise indicating, via the one or more computing devices, the association between the first communication session of the first collaboration session and the first portion of the document.

Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and program

An information processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a receiver unit configured to receive, from an external device, a content identifier identifying content processed for output by the external device. The apparatus further comprises a content data acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a server device, content data corresponding to the content, based on the received content identifier. The apparatus further comprises a content generation unit configured to receive the content data from the content data acquisition unit, and generate at least a portion of the content based on the received content data.

Method and apparatus for application costing for service provisioning

Various methods for application costing to provide decision making for service provisioning are provided. One example method may comprise providing for transmission of a request for a service. The method may further comprise receiving a message comprising an ordered list of entries for providing the service. Each entry may comprise requirements. The method may further comprise iteratively evaluating the entries in the order specified by the ordered list. Evaluating a respective entry may comprise determining attributes related to the requirements associated with the respective entry, and evaluating whether the attributes satisfy the requirements. The method may additionally comprise providing for delivery of the service as specified in an entry upon a determination that the attributes satisfy the requirements of the entry. Similar and related example methods, example apparatuses, and example computer program products are also provided.

System and method for communicating events at a server to a remote device

Examples of systems and methods are provided for communicating events at a server to a remote client device. A method may comprise facilitating directing display output of an application when run on the server to the remote client device, receiving notification of the event at the server, determining an action, based on the event, to be performed by the remote client device on a remote view at the remote client device, wherein a portion of the display output is to be visible in the remote view, generating the message based on the determined action, wherein the message includes a command to perform the determined action, and facilitating directing the message to the remote client device. The action to be performed by the remote client device on the remote view comprises adjustment of the portion of the display output of the application that is to be visible in the remote view.

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for self-learning interactive communications privileges for governing interactive communications with entities outside a domain

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for self-learning interactive communications privileges for governing interactive communications with entities outside a domain are disclosed. The interactive communications privileges can be used to process interactive communications requests between entities inside and outside a domain. The requested interactive communications are allowed if the interactive communications privileges configured for the entity outside the domain allow for the requested interactive communications. The interactive communications privileges are determined in an automated, self-learning manner in response to monitoring communication interactions between the entities inside and outside the domain. In this manner, the interactive communications privileges are not required to be provisioned and maintained by an administrator. The interactive communications privileges can be determined by gathering insight about the entities outside the domain. Insight about an entity outside the domain is information that is useful in determining which interactive communications privileges to configure for an entity outside the domain.

Methods and Systems for Enabling Multiple Accounts Support

Embodiments allow communication for a first and second account on one device to be sent and received over a single socket connection. A unique identifier may be associated with each account on the device. Communications sent from each account on the device may be encapsulated with the unique identifier for the account. Similarly, communications received for each account on the device may be encapsulated with the unique identifier for the account by a mobile endpoint.

Communication terminal and application control method

A communication terminal includes: an application control unit that controls execution of an application; a communication control unit that controls a communication unit to establish communication with a communication network, and a suspension control unit that, after detecting a terminal operation that becomes a factor in suspending the application, transmits a suspend command to suspend the application that is running to the application control unit. The suspension control unit is, in response to the terminal operation thus detected, capable of selecting a keep-alive state for transmitting the suspend command to the application control unit without disconnecting communication connection with the communication network by the communication unit. The communication terminal prevents unnecessary disconnection of communication by a suspend operation and improving convenience and comfortableness of application operation.

Remote browsing session management

A remote browsing process is directed to the generation and management of a remote persistent browsing context at a network computing provider. A client computing device requests a remote persistent browsing context instance at a network computing provider. The network computing provider provides processing results corresponding to processed representations of requested content to the client computing device. The persistent browsing context may be maintained at the network computing provider subsequent to the user ending his interaction with the browser application at the client device. A client computing device may subsequently request access to the persistent browsing context maintained at the network computing and storage device.

Information processing apparatus, information processing system, method of detecting sign of abnormality in information processing apparatus, and abnormality sign detecting program

A synchronization controller has a synchronization determiner for determining a synchronization deviation in a CPU, an abnormality sign related information obtainer for obtaining abnormality sign related information on the basis of transaction monitoring information, and an abnormality determiner, when there is a synchronization deviation, for determining the presence/absence of a sign of abnormality in the CPU on the basis of the abnormality sign related information.

System And Methods For Data Communications In A Wireless Communication System

Techniques for use by a mobile device configured to operate in a wireless network for the communication of data messages with a server are described. When the mobile device does not have an open session with the server, the mobile device receives from a service node via the wireless network a message which informs the mobile device that a data message has arrived at the server and needs to be retrieved. The message includes an identifier which identifies the data message at the server. In response to opening an application at the mobile device, the mobile device communicates directly with the server via the wireless network for retrieving the data message. This involves commencing an open session with the server, sending to the server a command for retrieving the data message, and receiving from the server the data message in response to sending the command. The mobile device may use the identifier for retrieving the data message from the server.

Method and system for selecting a computing device for maintaining a client session in response to a request packet

A server farm for processing client requests comprising a first server having a first processor and a first network interface controller communicatively coupled to the first processor, and a second server comprising a second processor and communicatively coupled to the first server, wherein the first network interface controller is configured to maintain a state table associated with at least the first server and the second server and respond to receipt of a request packet from a client by, initiating by the first processor execution of a software application associated with the request packet when the state table corresponds to a first state, and selectively forwarding the request packet to the second server when the state table corresponds to a second state.

Services controlled session based flow interceptor

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving session information at a traffic interceptor in communication with a plurality of service devices, the session information transmitted from one of the service devices and identifying flows associated with a session and the service device associated with the session, storing the session information at the traffic interceptor, and transmitting traffic received at the traffic interceptor to the service device selected based on the session information. An apparatus is also disclosed.

Crisscross cancellation protocol

Technologies, systems, and methods for ordered message delivery that avoid message races or crisscrosses between communicating nodes. For example, if Node A sends message 3 towards Node B and, shortly thereafter, Node B sends message X to Node A. Node A would like to know whether or not message X reflects Node B's state after receiving message 3. If Node B received message 3 prior to sending message X, then proper state may be maintained between the nodes. But if messages 3 and X crisscrossed, or if message 3 was never properly received by Node B, then the state between the nodes may be corrupt. Technologies, systems, and methods are provided to avoid such corruption.

Uncoupled application extensions including interactive digital surface layer for collaborative remote application sharing and annotating

Systems and method for providing for uncoupled application extensions to a remote access application. The application extensions are provided as part the remote access application to provide features and functionalities that otherwise are not provided by underlying the application programs that are made available by the remote access program. These features and functionalities may be provided without a need to modify the underlying application program, as they are integral with the remote access application.

Multicast write commands

Techniques for implementing a multicast write command are described. A data block may be destined for multiple targets. The targets may be included in a list. A multicast write command may include the list. Write commands may be sent to each target in the list.

INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

An information processing system () includes a unit () of separating at least one piece of media information from a plurality of pieces of media information acquired through a session established with at least one server based on profiles of a plurality of terminal devices, a unit () of structuring each of contents to be respectively transmitted to the plurality of terminal devices from the at least one piece of media information separated by the unit (), and a unit () of transmitting each content structured by the unit () to each terminal device. 1. An information processing system , comprising:a session control unit that separates at least one piece of media information from a plurality of pieces of media information acquired through a session established with at least one server based on profiles of a plurality of terminal devices;a content structuring unit that structures each of contents to be respectively transmitted to the plurality of terminal devices from the at least one piece of media information separated by the session control unit; anda transmitting unit that transmits each content structured by the content structuring unit to each terminal device.2. The information processing system according to claim 1 ,wherein the session control unit separates audio information from video information serving as media information in the session established with a video server, andthe transmitting unit transmits the audio information to a mobile phone included in the plurality of terminal devices.3. The information processing system according to claim 1 , further comprising claim 1 ,a managing unit manages the profile,wherein the content structuring unit structures a content according to the profile managed by the managing unit.4. The information processing system according to claim 1 ,wherein the content structuring unit individually structures a plurality of contents in order to divide and deliver a content to be delivered to one user to the plurality of terminal ...

Session transfer method, application server, and communications system

Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications and provide a session transfer method, an application server, and a communications system, which implement a cross-network session transfer between a CS domain and an IMS domain. The method includes: after receiving a session transfer request sent by user B or user C in the IMS domain, sending a release message to the user B currently in a call to terminate a session between user A in the CS domain and the user B, and negotiating media information of the user A and media information of the user C to establish a session between the user A and the user C. The embodiments of the present invention apply to a cross-network session between the CS domain and the IMS domain.

Platform-Specific Notification Delivery Channel

In one embodiment, a social networking system the social networking system filters content objects based upon the compatibility between the application and the detected device platform. In particular embodiments, content objects are only displayed on a particular platform if there exists an optimized version of the application generating the content object for the particular platform.

Methods and systems for enabling features provided by a first presentation layer protocol in a session implemented according to a second presentation layer protocol

A method for enabling a feature provided by a first presentation layer protocol, within a session established according to a second presentation layer protocol includes intercepting, by a hooking component executing on a first machine, a request, by an operating system executing on the first machine, for an indication whether the first machine established a session with a second machine according to a first presentation layer protocol. The method includes determining that the first machine established a session according to a second presentation layer protocol. The method includes identifying a type of a function within the operating system that generated the request for the indication. The method includes indicating that the first machine established the session according to the first presentation layer protocol, responsive to the identification of the type. The method includes enabling functionality provided for use in sessions established according to the first presentation layer protocol.

Method for Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) Informing Centralized Deployment Functional Architecture (BPCF) of User Equipment Access Information

A system and method for performing quality of service control on a user equipment are provided in the present invention. The method includes: after establishing an Internet Key Exchange version 2 (IKEv2) security association between the user equipment and a packet data network gateway to establish an Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) tunnel, the packet data network gateway sending IPSec tunnel information to a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF), the PCRF then sending the IPSec tunnel information to a Broadband Policy Control Function (BPCF), and the BPCF performing quality of service control on services of the user equipment according to the received IPSec tunnel information. With the technical scheme of the present invention, it enables the BPCF to acquire tunnel information of the user equipment and then perform quality of service control on the user equipment. 1. A method for performing quality of service control on a user equipment , comprising:after establishing an Internet Key Exchange version 2 (IKEv2) security association between the user equipment and a packet data network gateway to establish an Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) tunnel, the packet data network gateway sending IPSec tunnel information to a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF), then the PCRF sending the IPSec tunnel information to Broadband Policy Control Function (BPCF), and the BPCF executing a service quality control procedure on services of the user equipment according to the received IPSec tunnel information.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:the IPSec tunnel information comprises a local IP address of the user equipment;the step of the BPCF executing a service quality control procedure on services of the user equipment according to the received IPSec tunnel information comprises: the BPCF executing the service quality control procedure on part or all of services using the local IP address in the user equipment according to the local IP address.3. The method ...

METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING APPLICATION CLIENT BEING ALWAYS ONLINE

A method supporting an application client being always online is provided, and the method includes: establishing a long link between an always online engine AOE () located in a terminal () and an always online service gateway AOG () located at a network side, where at least two application clients each communicate with one or more application servers () through the long link; and in the process of establishing the long link, providing, by a user management server () at the network side, routing information for the AOE (), and providing authentication information for the AOG (). 110110200405. A method supporting an application client being always online , wherein a long link is established between an always online engine AOE () located at a terminal () and an always online service gateway AOG () located at a network side , at least two application clients each communicate with one or more application servers ( , ) through the long link , the method comprising:{'b': 30', '101', '101', '30', '20, 'proving, by a user management server () located at the network side, routing information for the AOE (), wherein, the AOE () requests establishment of the long link according to the routing information; and the user management server () is further configured to provide authentication information for the AOG () during a process of establishing the long link.'}2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:{'b': 30', '20, 'acquiring and storing, by the user management server (), correspondence between terminal identity information and user identity information, and storing an address of a home AOG () of the user identity information;'}{'b': 101', '30', '101, 'when the AOE () sends a routing information request carrying the terminal identity information, providing, by the user management server (), the AOE () with the address of the home AOG of the user identity information, according to stored correspondence between the terminal identity information and the user ...

Adaptive timing of distributed device response to maximize channel capacity utilization

Embodiments of systems and methods for providing access to a server by remote devices are shown. In some embodiments, the system includes a scheduling module, a connection module, and/or a timer module. The scheduling module may compute a timer period and timer offset for each remote device on the server to facilitate evenly distributing connections by remote devices and avoid exceeding the maximum bandwidth of the communication channel. The connection module may initiate a connection from each remote device to the server to retrieve the timer period and timer offset. The timer module on each remote device may be controlled by the timer period and timer offset, and trigger the initiation of the connection module. A remote device's status may be offline if the initiation of the connection falls outside a tolerance window corresponding to the timer period and timer offset.

Communication system offering remote access and communication method thereof

A communication system offering remote access and a communication method thereof are provided. The communication system includes a remote device, a relay node, and at least one server device. The relay node controls a connection from the remote device to a local area network (LAN). The at least one server device is located in the LAN. The remote device communicates with the relay node by using a web access protocol. The relay node converts a first command compliant with the web access protocol into a second command compliant with a LAN data access protocol, so that the remote device can remotely access the at least one server device through the relay node. Thereby, the remote device can remotely access the at least one server device without setting parameters of related network nodes.

Methods, Apparatuses and Systems Facilitating Seamless, Virtual Integration of Online Membership Models and Services

Methods, apparatuses and systems facilitating integration of the functionality associated with a first on-line service entity with the functionality associated with a second on-line service entity. Embodiments of the present invention allow a first on-line service entity having its own membership model to efficiently collaborate with a second on-line service entity to offer its users the services of the second on-line service entity in a seamless and consistently branded manner. One implementation obviates the need for synchronization of the membership models between the first and second on-line service entities. One implementation allows the second on-line service entity to provide services to the users associated with the first on-line service entity in a seamless manner without the first on-line service entity having to proxy the session between the second online service entity and the users.

SESSION TRANSFER AND SUSPENSION IN A REMOTE ACCESS APPLICATION FRAMEWORK

Systems and method for providing for suspension and transfer of remote access sessions. In accordance with the methods, a request to suspend a session may be received at a server tier. The server tier prepares a URL that may be used at a later time by a client to resume the session. The URL is communicated to a client tier from which the request was received and, thereafter, a connection between the client tier and the server tier is closed. At a subsequent time, a request may be received to resume the session at the URL. After receipt of the request to resume the session, a connection with the requesting client tier is established by the server tier, and the session is resumed. 1. A method of suspending and resuming a remote access session in a tiered framework , comprising:receiving a request to suspend the session at a server tier;preparing, at the server tier, a URL to resume the session;communicating the URL to a client tier;closing a connection at the client tier with the server tier; andat a subsequent time, receiving a request to resume the session at the URL2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising saving application state information with the request.3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising suspending an application being accessed within the remote access session.4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising saving application-related information associated with the remote access session.5. The method of claim 2 , further comprising resuming the session using the application state information.6. (canceled)7. The method of claim 3 , further comprising maintaining the application in a running state in the server tier for a predetermined period of time after receiving the request.8. The method of claim 3 , further comprising suspending a virtual machine in which an application being accessed is executing.9. The method of claim 3 , further comprising migrating the application from a first server to a second server.10. The method of claim 9 , further ...

Methods and apparatuses for synchronizing and managing content over multiple devices

In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses detect an active device configured to utilize content; identify the content and a current location of the content; detect an idle device configured to selectively deliver the content; detect a transition parameter for determining a transition to the idle device; and transition the content from the active device to the idle device wherein the idle device is capable of utilizing the content based on the transition parameter.

Sustaining session connections

In an embodiment, techniques for sustaining session connections are provided. The techniques send heartbeat messages when not sending a message may cause the session connection to close because of a timeout condition. Heartbeat messages are valid transport layer messages that will be ignored by protocols at higher levels of a data communications stack. As an example, the techniques may send a TCP message containing only a carriage return and line feed (“CRLF”) in its payload. Because the TCP layer considers a message containing only a CRLF to be a valid TCP message, intermediary computing devices such as proxy servers may not interpret heartbeat messages as “keep alive” messages, and may sustain session connections.

CONNECTION FORWARDING

Two or more network traffic processors connected with the same LAN and WAN are identified as neighbors. Neighboring network traffic processors cooperate to overcome asymmetric routing, thereby ensuring that related sequences of network traffic are processed by the same network proxy. A network proxy can be included in a network traffic processor or as a standalone unit. A network traffic processor that intercepts a new connection initiation by a client assigns a network proxy to handle all messages associated with that connection. The network traffic processor conveys connection information to neighboring network traffic processors. The neighboring network traffic processors use the connection information to redirect network traffic associated with the connection to the assigned network proxy, thereby overcoming the effects of asymmetric routing. The assigned network proxy handles redirected network traffic in much the same way that it would handle network traffic received directly. 1. A method , comprising:receiving, at a first client-side proxy, first connection setup information for a first connection between a client and a server;sending, from the first client-side proxy to a second client-side proxy, second connection setup information that comprises at least a portion of the first connection setup information;storing at the second client-side proxy, the second connection setup information;receiving, at the second client-side proxy, a) connection setup response information, and b) server-side proxy identifying information that indicates the presence of a server-side proxy;based at least in part on the stored second connection setup information, forwarding to the first client-side proxy from the second client-side proxy both the connection setup response information and the server-side proxy-identifying information; andin response to receiving the connection setup response information and the server-side proxy-identifying information, establishing at the first ...

Performing An Allreduce Operation On A Plurality Of Compute Nodes Of A Parallel Computer

Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for performing an allreduce operation on a plurality of compute nodes of a parallel computer, each node including at least two processing cores, that include: establishing, for each node, a plurality of logical rings, each ring including a different set of at least one core on that node, each ring including the cores on at least two of the nodes; iteratively for each node: assigning each core of that node to one of the rings established for that node to which the core has not previously been assigned, and performing, for each ring for that node, a global allreduce operation using contribution data for the cores assigned to that ring or any global allreduce results from previous global allreduce operations, yielding current global allreduce results for each core; and performing, for each node, a local allreduce operation using the global allreduce results. 1. A method of performing an allreduce operation on a plurality of compute nodes of a parallel computer , the compute nodes connected through a data communication network , each compute node comprising at least two processing cores , each processing core having contribution data for the allreduce operation , the method comprising:establishing, for each compute node, a plurality of logical rings, each logical ring including a different set of at least one processing core on that compute node, each logical ring including the processing cores on at least two of the compute nodes;iteratively, for each compute node, until each processing core of that compute node is assigned to each logical ring established for that compute node: assigning each processing core of that compute node to one of the logical rings established for that compute node to which the processing core has not previously been assigned during the allreduce operation, and performing, for each logical ring for that compute node, a global allreduce operation using the contribution data for the processing cores ...

Sustaining session connections

In an embodiment, techniques for sustaining session connections are provided. The techniques send heartbeat messages when not sending a message may cause the session connection to close because of a timeout condition. Heartbeat messages are valid transport layer messages that will be ignored by protocols at higher levels of a data communications stack. As an example, the techniques may send a TCP message containing only a carriage return and line feed (“CRLF”) in its payload. Because the TCP layer considers a message containing only a CRLF to be a valid TCP message, intermediary computing devices such as proxy servers may not interpret heartbeat messages as “keep alive” messages, and may sustain session connections.

NETWORK ENTITY AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL COMMUNICATIONS TOWARDS A USER ENTITY IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK

A network entity for managing Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) communications towards a user entity in a communication network. The network entity has a receiver and a processor. The receiver is configured to receive a first SIP message. The processor is configured to generate a second SIP message in response to receiving the first SIP message, the second SIP message having user-specific data relating to the user entity. 1. A network entity for managing Session Initiation Protocol communications towards a user entity in a communication network , the network entity comprising:a receiver for receiving a first Session Initiation Protocol message; anda processor for generating a second Session Initiation Protocol message in response to receiving the first Session Initiation Protocol message, the second Session Initiation Protocol message having user-specific data relating to the user entity.2. The network entity of claim 1 , further comprising a transmitter for transmitting the second Session Initiation Protocol message over the communication network claim 1 , in particular towards a further network entity.3. The network entity of claim 1 , wherein the first Session Initiation Protocol message is a Session Initiation Protocol message claim 1 , in particular a Session Initiation Protocol Invite message claim 1 , requesting to establish a communication link towards the user entity.4. The network entity of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to insert the user-specific data into the first Session Initiation Protocol message for generating the second Session Initiation Protocol message.5. The network entity of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to insert the user-specific data in the Extensible Markup Language format into the first Session Initiation Protocol message for generating the second Session Initiation Protocol message.6. The network entity of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to provide the user-specific data claim 1 , the user- ...

Remote Session Management

Provided is reporting session information for a session upstream from a server. A data processing system receives a session handshake from a first client for a session between the server and the first client. The system receives a session-descriptor for a session between a second client and the first client before handling a nested session. The system determines whether a user has made an upstream session request. The system obtains session data from an upstream data structure, responsive to a determination that the user has made an upstream session request. The system renders the session data based on the upstream session request. 1. A computer implemented method for reporting session information for a session upstream from a server , the method comprising:a server receiving a session handshake from a first client for a first session between the server and the first client;the server receiving a session descriptor for a second session between a second client and the first client before handling a nested session;the server determining whether a user has made an upstream session request;responsive to a determination that the user has made an upstream session request, the server obtaining session data from an upstream data structure, wherein the upstream data structure is obtained from the first client, stored local to the first client, and references a client upstream from the first client; andthe server rendering the session data based on the upstream session request.2. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the session descriptor comprises a source Internet protocol address claim 1 , a source transport control protocol port claim 1 , a destination Internet protocol address claim 1 , a destination transport control protocol port claim 1 , and an association with at least one additional session descriptor.3. The computer implemented method of claim 2 , further comprising:storing the session descriptor to a linked order data structure, wherein the ...

Quantum and promiscuous user agents

A call processing system includes a call processing server. The call processing server processes calls for an internal network that employs SIP features and functions. The call processing server can receive calls from or send calls to one or more external communication endpoints that are not part of the internal network. However, the call processing server can associate a floating user agent with the communication from the external communication endpoint and lock the floating user agent to a gateway. After locking onto a gateway and initiating the call, the floating user agent can then publish call event status and receive SIP primitives similar to other SIP-enabled devices.

Predictive synchronization for clustered devices

A method and system is provided for a scalable clustered system. The method and system may handle asynchronous traffic as well as session backup. In the method and system, a home cluster member having ownership of a local session predicts designation of a an other cluster member to receive a packet associated with the local session and sends appropriate state information or forwarding instruction to the other network member.

Intelligent handoffs for enhancing or avoiding dropped and interrupted communication sessions

Systems and methods for intelligently enhancing communication sessions or avoiding dropped and interrupted communication sessions between or among communication devices. Characteristics of a communication link are monitored and are compared to intelligent communication session data to predictively determine whether a handoff may be needed or whether multi-streaming should be invoked or terminated. Intelligent communication session data may be monitored, recorded and/or stored by a handoff service, a bridging service and/or a multi-streaming service, as well as applications executed on communication devices or other network devices. Intelligent communication session data may be any data relating to a communication session, including detected signal strengths, available networks, protocol and buffer statistics and analysis, environmental and/or geographical factors, the performance of access points and other network components, past interactions between or among communication devices, and access points and other network components, context of conversations during voice calls.

Method And Apparatus For Messaging In The Cloud

The distributed message handling system is created by using session states to represent the plurality of session contexts in the message handling system. The session states are flat representations of the session context which completely describe the session. Utilizing the session states to handle system message requests allows the message handling system to distribute the handling of the message requests to a plurality of state machines. Advantageously, the distributed messaging system allows the message handling system to dynamically allocate message handling resources to application instances based on demand. Such dynamic allocation allows providers to efficiently allocate resources to meet demand while meeting application execution demands.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AGGRESSIVE WINDOW PROBING

The present application is directed towards systems and methods for aggressively probing a client side connection to determine and counteract a malicious window size attack or similar behavior from a malfunctioning client. The solution described herein detects when a connection may be under malicious attach via improper or unusual window size settings. Responsive to the detection, the solution described herein will setup probes that determine whether or not the client is malicious and does so within an aggressive time period to avoid the tying up of processing cycles, transport layer sockets and buffers, and other resources of the sender. 1. A system for probing a connection of a client , the system comprising:a device intermediary to a client and a server, the device configured to establish a first transport layer connection with the client responsive to receiving a request by the client to establish a transport layer connection with the server, the client identifying a window size for the first transport layer connection less than a maximum segment size; andwherein the device is configured to drop packets sent from the client identifying that the window size is still less than the maximum segment size in response to a window probe, and upon determining that the client has not increased the window size responsive to a predetermined number of window probes, the device is configured to disestablish the first transport layer connection.2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the device is configured to establish a first transport layer connection with the client without linking the first transport layer connection to a second transport layer connection between the device and the server.3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the device is configured not to establish the second transport layer connection between the device and the server responsive to the request by the client.4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the device is configured to transmit the predetermined number of ...

Session completion through co-browsing

A method, system and computer program product for session completion through co-browsing is claimed. The method can include establishing a content browsing session between a first computing device and a content server serving access to content to the first computing device and maintaining state data for the content browsing session. A co-browsing arrangement of the content can be created as between the first computing device and a second computing device and at least a subset of the state data can be cloned for use by the second computing device during co-browsing of the content. Thereafter, a modified form of the subset of the state data can be received from the second computing device resulting from the co-browsing of the content by the second computing device and the modified form of the subset of the state data can be provided to the first computing device for use during the content browsing session.

Medical Device Connectivity to Hospital Information Systems Using Device Server

The present invention employs a system and method to allow for connectivity of a plurality of medical devices in a health care setting. The present invention utilizes a device server which may connect the plurality of medical devices to a hospital information system. The system may identify and authenticate a medical device and provide an administrator or privileged user accessing the information received from the medical device at a remote location. It is contemplated that the system utilizes a device server to connect the plurality of medical devices to the hospital information systems. 1. A system for integrating and connecting medical devices into a medical facility network , comprising:a device server/terminal interfacing with the medical facility network;a medical device which is attached to the device server either wired or wirelessly; andwherein the medical facility network is configured to transmit an initialization signal to the medical device and is configured to automatically initialize in response to receiving the initialization signal.2. The system of claim 1 , wherein a display is in communication with the device server to show status and other information.3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the medical device is automatically detected by the medical facility network upon introduction into the medical treatment area.4. The system of claim 1 , wherein initializing comprises of powering the medical device into an active power state.5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the medical facility network is connected to the Internet claim 1 , thereby facilitating data exchange between the medical facility network and another entity.6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the wireless range is limited to approximately the medical treatment area.7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the medical facility network comprises of a local network or facility wide network.8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system is further configured to remotely monitor and diagnose remote ...

APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANAGING COMMUNICATION, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

A communication management system that manages a plurality of communication terminals transmits, to a request communication terminal, one of operation state information indicating that an operation state of a candidate counterpart communication terminal is unknown or information indicating that a communications protocol of the candidate counterpart communication terminal is different from a communications protocol of the request communication terminal, when the communications protocol is different between the candidate counterpart communication terminal and the request communication terminal. The request communication terminal displays information to a user, which is generated based on the information received from the communication management system. 1. A communication management system that manages a plurality of communication terminals , the communication management system comprising:a terminal state information manager configured to manage, for each one of the plurality of communication terminals, communications protocol information indicating a communications protocol of the communication terminal in association with identification information of the communication terminal;a candidate list manager configured to manage, for each one of the plurality of communication terminals, candidate counterpart terminal information indicating a candidate counterpart communication terminal of the communication terminal, the candidate counterpart communication terminal being one or more communication terminals that are associated with the communication terminal;a receiver configured to receive identification information of a request communication terminal from the request communication terminal, the request communication terminal being one of the plurality of communication terminals;a extractor configured to operate in cooperation with the candidate list manager to extract identification information of a candidate counterpart communication terminal that is associated with the ...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING PREFERRED CLIENT CONNECTIVITY TO SERVERS VIA MULTI-CORE SYSTEM

The present application is directed towards systems and methods for providing a cookie by an intermediary device comprising a plurality of packet processing engines executing on a corresponding plurality of cores, the cookie identifying a session of a user that was redirected responsive to a service exceeding a response time limit. The cookie may be generated with identifiers based off a name of a virtual server managing a service of a server, and a name of a policy associated with the virtual server. Each packet processing engine of the plurality of packet processing engines may interpret cookies generated by other packet processing engines due to the name of the virtual server and name of the policy, and may provide preferred client connectivity based on cookies included in requests for access to a service. 1. A method for providing a cookie via a device comprising a plurality of cores , the method comprising:(a) establishing, by a device comprising a plurality of cores and intermediary to a plurality of a clients and one or more servers, a policy identifying a predetermined threshold of a server of the one or more servers upon which a client's request to access the server is deferred;(b) generating, by a first core of the plurality of cores, a first identifier for an association of the policy to a virtual server executing on the device to manage access to the one or more servers;(c) determining, by a second core of the plurality of cores responsive to a request from a client to access the server, that the server has exceeded the predetermined threshold of the policy; and(d) transmitting, by the second core responsive to the determination, a communication to the client identifying an amount of time that the request is deferred, the communication comprising a cookie identifying the first identifier, and a second identifier for the policy.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein step (a) further comprises propagating claim 1 , by the first core claim 1 , a configuration ...

SESSION ESTABLISHING DEVICE, SESSION ESTABLISHING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

A session establishing device includes a storage that stores therein establishment-finished information and under-establishment information in a manner associated with each other with respect to each session used by a terminal unit; an information determining unit that, when having received a session start request from a terminal unit, determines whether under-establishment information corresponding to the session indicates not in the process of establishment when there is a not-yet-established session; an assignment control unit that, when the under-establishment information corresponding to the session indicates not in the process of establishment, assigns the session to the terminal unit which issued the session start request; and an information registering unit that, when the session has been assigned to the terminal unit, registers session identifying information and terminal identifying information in a manner associated with the session and changes content of the under-establishment information corresponding to the session to in the process of establishment. 1. A session establishing device comprising:a storage that stores therein establishment-finished information indicating whether a session has already been established or not and under-establishment information indicating whether a session is in the process of establishment or not in a manner associated with each other with respect to each session used by a terminal unit; anda processor coupled to the storage wherein the processor performs a process comprising:first determining whether there is any session whose establishment-finished information indicates not-yet-established in the storage when having received a session start request from a terminal unit and whether under-establishment information corresponding to the session indicates not in the process of establishment when there is a not-yet-established session;assigning the session to the terminal unit which issued the session start request when the ...

COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND METHOD

The present invention provides a novel communications apparatus that includes a plurality of wired LAN functions and wireless LAN functions and facilitates determining which network interface is to be enabled more flexibly. The communications apparatus of this invention switches a plurality of wired LAN functions and wireless LAN functions and includes a network interface control unit that enables and disables wired LAN and wireless LAN, a wired LAN communication availability status acquisition unit that detects that there is a change in the status of communication availability of wired LAN and acquires the status of communication availability of wired LAN, and a network interface determining unit that enables only one network interface from communication availability status of wired LAN acquired by the wired LAN communication availability status acquisition unit and a plurality of operating states of the apparatus. 1. A communications apparatus , comprising:a network interface control unit to enable and disable wired LAN and wireless LAN;a wired LAN communication availability status acquisition unit to detect that there is a change in status of communication availability of wired LAN and acquire the status of communication availability; anda network interface determining unit to enable only one network interface determined based on the status of communication availability of wired LAN acquired by the wired LAN communication availability status acquisition unit and a plurality of operating states of the apparatus.2. The communications apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a network setting acquisition unit to detect a change of network settings and acquire network setting set in the communications apparatus claim 1 ,wherein the communications apparatus includes the network setting acquired by the network setting acquisition unit as condition to determine which network interface gets enabled.3. The communications apparatus according to claim 1 , further ...

Systems and Methods for Managing Emulation Sessions

A method and system for managing an emulation session of a computer product. The method and system involves receiving a request from a user device to establish the emulation session; establishing an electronic communication link between the user device and an emulation server for providing the emulation session to the user device; operating at least one server processor, the at least one server processor being in electronic communication with the user device and the emulation server and being separate from the user device processor, to determine emulation session data based on the received request and by monitoring the emulation session; to determine a plurality of emulation session parameters based on the received request; to determine a session action to be applied to the emulation session based on the plurality of emulation session parameters and the emulation session data; and to control the emulation session based on the session action. 1. A method for managing an emulation session of a computer product , the method comprising:receiving a request from a user device to establish the emulation session, the user device comprising a user device processor;establishing an electronic communication link between the user device and an emulation server for providing the emulation session to the user device; and determine emulation session data based on the received request and by monitoring the emulation session;', 'determine a plurality of emulation session parameters based on the received request;', 'determine a session action to be applied to the emulation session based on the plurality of emulation session parameters and the emulation session data; and', 'control the emulation session based on the session action., 'operating at least one server processor, the at least one server processor being in electronic communication with the user device and the emulation server and being separate from the user device processor, to'}2. The method as defined in claim 1 , ...

Information sending method, device, and system

Embodiments of the present invention disclose an information sending method, device, and system, which are applied in the field of communications technologies. In the embodiments of the present invention, a control point sends a connection request to a target user equipment, where the connection request includes a guidance identifier, so as to request the target user equipment to receive detail information sent by the control point; after displaying the guidance identifier to a user and receiving a guidance identifier selected by the user, the user equipment sends a connection request acceptance message to the control point; and the control point may send detail information that corresponds to the guidance identifier to the target user equipment, where the guidance identifier is selected by the user and included in the connection request acceptance message, thereby implementing information guidance for the user by the control point.

Connection management in a computer networking environment

The present subject matter discloses a system and a method for managing a connection between a client and an application within a server in a network. In one implementation, the method includes receiving a connection request from the client. The method further includes associating with a worker thread, a unique identifier (UID) that uniquely identifies the received connection request. Further, the method involves, communicating a message that includes client data associated with the connection request to the application by the worker thread. The method also includes obtaining, by a reverse worker thread, a reply message associated with the UID from the application. The reverse worker thread is configured to communicate the reply message to the client.

System And Method For Main Page Identification In Web Decoding

Web pages may be rendered from a main page data element and a plurality of embedded data elements, which are separately fetched by a browser. Herein is provided a web decoder which includes a learning engine adapted to receive human indications of data elements which are unimportant and accordingly to adjust the web decoder's procedures for determining which data elements are displayed to the user. The learning engine may receive human indications of important data elements and uses both types of indications in its further determinations. Optionally, rule generalizations are performed in a manner which searches for parameters which differentiate between important and unimportant data elements. The rule generalizations optionally concentrate on groups of data elements having at least a predetermined number of parameters having the same values for both important and unimportant data elements, reducing the chances that a generalization rule will find important data elements as unimportant. 1. A method for communication analysis , comprising:accepting communication packets exchanged over a network during at least one network session associated with a target user;processing the packets so as to identify data elements viewed by the target user during the network session;displaying identified data elements to an operator, as web pages;receiving feedback from the operator as to which displayed data elements are important; anddetermining which ones of identified data elements processed from packets accepted after receiving the feedback are to be displayed to the operator, responsive to the received feedback.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein displaying the identified data elements comprises displaying at least some of the data elements without a request for feedback and at least some of the data elements with a request for feedback.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein displaying identified data elements comprises displaying data elements identified as a main page ...

METHOD FOR EFFICIENT INITIALIZATION OF A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

A method for efficient initialization of a telecommunications network includes: establishing a physical communication channel between an access node of the telecommunications network and a configuration device; providing, by the telecommunications network, via an Internet Protocol Edge node, a public or private Internet Protocol address to the configuration device for use by the configuration device to communicate with the Internet Protocol Edge node of the telecommunications network; and assigning, by the telecommunications network, a configuration and installation functionality level to the public or private Internet Protocol address. 114-. (canceled)15. A method for efficient initialization of a telecommunications network , the telecommunications network comprising an access node , and an operation support system , the access node providing a plurality of network ports , and a configuration device being connected to one of the network ports , the one of the network ports being specified by a network port identification information , wherein the method comprises the following steps:establishing a physical communication channel between the access node of the telecommunications network and the configuration device;providing, by the telecommunications network, via an Internet Protocol Edge node, a public or private Internet Protocol address to the configuration device for use by the configuration device to communicate with the Internet Protocol Edge node of the telecommunications network; andassigning, by the telecommunications network, a configuration and installation functionality level to the public or private Internet Protocol address;wherein the Internet Protocol address is associated with the network port identification information and an Internet Protocol session (IP session) or connection realizes a logical communication channel initiated between the Internet Protocol Edge node of the telecommunications network and the configuration device, wherein the ...

System and method for innovative management of transport layer security session tickets in a network environment

An example method includes identifying a transport layer security (TLS) session between a client and a server, parsing one or more TLS messages to identify a session ticket associated with the session, transforming the session ticket into a fixed size session token, and managing the session using the session token to identify the session. The transforming may include computing a hash value of the session ticket using a hashing algorithm. If any of the TLS messages is spread across more than one TLS protocol record, the method can include computing a hash value of a portion of the session ticket encountered in a TLS protocol record using a hashing algorithm, incrementally computing another hash value of another portion of the session ticket encountered in a subsequent TLS protocol record from the previously computed hash value, and repeating the incremental computing until portions of the session ticket have been processed.

Processing data for transferring or mirroring a media stream

A method of processing data for limiting, during a multimedia session involving a first user terminal, transferring or mirroring a media stream to other user terminals, including: a) receiving a request to transfer or mirror a media stream transmitted by the first user terminal, the request containing information relating to a second user terminal which is the target of the transfer or mirroring operation, and information relating to the media stream to be transferred or mirrored; b) comparing the information relating to the second user terminal and to the media stream to be transferred or mirrored with a series of information elements relating to transfer or mirroring operations authorized for the multimedia session, and determining, according to the comparison, an authorization for the transfer or mirroring operation; and c) when the transfer or mirroring operation is authorized, transferring or mirroring the media stream to the second user terminal.

Adapting authentication flow based on workflow events

Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for managing virtual sessions. A plurality of workflow events may be received at a central server computer system from a plurality of different terminal devices. A context of a user associated with a virtual session at the central server computer system may be determined, and an authentication flow for the user may be determined based on the context of the user and at least one of the received workflow events. The user may be authenticated for access to the virtual session at a terminal device according to the determined authentication flow.

Methods and apparatus to identify session users with cookie information

Methods and apparatus are disclosed to identify session users with cookie information. An example method includes identifying activity associated with a first cookie having a first type, in response to identifying the first, parsing the first cookie to identify a first panelist, when the first cookie includes an identifier associated with a first panelist, associating current usage activity of the computing device with the first panelist, and when the first cookie includes an identifier unassociated with the first panelist, associating current usage activity of the computing device with a guest.

METHOD AND SYSTEM OF TRANSFERRING CONTENT TO COMPLETE A TASK FROM ONE USER EQUIPMENT TO THE OTHER IN A NETWORK

The present invention relates to a method and system of preserving an active session with a site at a first user equipment and downloading or uploading contents or data on at least one second user equipment in a communication network. In one embodiment, this can be accomplished by registering the first user equipment, at least one second user equipment and a server with at least one lookup server, the first user equipment, the second user equipment and the lookup server are tagged with a unique identifier, browsing to select the content in the site at the first user equipment via a first communication link and redirecting automatically the selected temporarily content from the first UE to the identified second available UE for downloading or uploading, wherein the redirection is based on the unique ID of the content. 1. A method of preserving an active session with a site at a first user equipment and downloading or uploading contents or data on at least one second user equipment in a communication network , the method comprising:registering the first user equipment, at least one second user equipment and a server with at least one lookup server, the first user equipment, the second user equipment and the server are tagged with a unique identifier;browsing to select the content in the site at the first user equipment via a first communication link; andredirecting automatically the selected content from the first UE to the identified second available UE for downloading or uploading, wherein the redirection is based on the unique ID of the content.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:{'b': 1', '2, 'checking periodically integrity of the path between UE and server, and UE and server, wherein the checking integrity of the connection between the server and the user equipments by way of TCP acknowledgement, Continuity Check Message (CCM) of CFM IEEE 802.1ag, BFD (bidirectional fault detection), etc.'}3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:redirecting the ...

Connection Leasing for Hosted Services

Aspects herein describe brokering hosted resources in a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) using connection leases to reduce demand on connection brokers and to allow hosted services to be maintained even in the event of a broker outage. When a client device desires to connect to a hosted resource (e.g., a hosted desktop or a hosted application), the client device may present a lease token to the session host. The lease token is a self-sustaining package of data from which a session host can determine whether the requesting client device is authorized to access one or more resources hosted by that session host. The lease token may be cryptographically signed to ensure its contents have not been altered, and further that the lease token originated from a trusted source. Lease tokens may be stored independently from a connection broker, thereby still being usable if the connection broker goes offline

Full-Duplex Bi-Directional Communication Over a Remote Procedure Call Based Communications Protocol, and Applications Thereof

Systems and methods for reducing the cost but increasing the performance caused in streaming data between a client and a server are described herein. Embodiments of the present invention relate to reducing the cost but increasing the performance by the traditional data streaming where two TCP connections, one for each direction of traffic is used. Further embodiments allow a server in communication with one or more clients using a RPC based communication protocol to bi-directional stream not on two TCP connections but a single TCP connection. In one embodiment, this is achieved by transmitting from the client to the server an initial handshake. if the server receives the handshake, then the client streams a request stream to the server and the server streams a response stream to the client simultaneously over the same single TCP connection establishing full-duplex streaming. 1. A computer implemented method for providing a full-duplex capable client to establish a full-duplex bi-directional communication stream over a remote procedure call based communication protocol by following a series of full-duplex bi-directional communication semantics comprising:initiating full-duplex communication over a single protocol connection between the full-duplex capable client and a server via a network, wherein the full-duplex capable client is configured to engage the server by sending an initial handshake to the server, the initial handshake including a request and a body;receiving one or more response headers, from the server in response to the initial handshake request, the one or more response headers signaling an acceptance of the initial handshake by the server, wherein the acceptance of, the initial handshake by the server establishes communication between the full-duplex capable client and the server;streaming a client request stream by the full-duplex capable client to the server following the acceptance of the initial handshake by the server via the network over the ...

METHOD FOR PROVIDING A COMMUNICATION SESSION AND DEVICE

A method for providing a communication session may include establishing, during an established communication session between a first communication device and another communication device, a communication connection with a second communication device; determining, as to whether one or more communication services provided in the communication session by the first communication device should be provided by the second communication device; and in case at least one of the communication services provided in the communication session should be provided by the second communication device, establishing a communication session connection for the at least one communication service of the communication session, and providing the at least one communication service by the second communication device within the established communication session. 1. A method for providing a communication session , the method comprising:establishing, during an established communication session between a first communication device and another communication device, a communication connection with a second communication device;determining, as to whether one or more communication services provided in the communication session by the first communication device should be provided by the second communication device; andin case at least one of the communication services provided in the communication session should be provided by the second communication device, establishing a communication session connection for the at least one communication service of the communication session, and providing the at least one communication service by the second communication device within the established communication session.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:determining device capabilities of the second communication device with respect to at least one communication service.3. The method of claim 1 ,wherein the at least one communication service is provided using one or more communication service parameters ...

IPV6 ADDRESS GENERATION TO TRIGGER A VIRTUAL LEASED LINE SERVICE

Various embodiments relate to a communications system and related method for determining an address of a service access point (SAP) upon establishment of a service over a packet data network. A customer SAP connected to a provider SAP may request a link-local address for another customer SAP on the far-end of the packet data network. When the service, such as a virtual leased line (VLL) is not yet established, the provider SAP may generate an address for the customer based on another value, such as its own media access control (MAC) address. The generated address may then allow the service to become established, which may allow Neighbor Solicitation and Neighbor Advertisement packets to be sent, analyzed, and extracted. The provider SAP may then replace the generated address with the address extracted from the Neighbor Solicitation or Advertisement packet received after the service was established. 1. A method performed by a network device for establishing a network connection , the method comprising:generating, by the network device, a substitute address to act as an address for a first device;negotiating a session with a second device using the substitute address;receiving a true address of the first device after negotiation of the session using the substitute address; andrenegotiating the session with the second device using the true address of the first device.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the substitute address is generated based on an address of the network device.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the substitute address is an IPv6 address and the address of the network device is a MAC address of the network device.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the network device receives the true address via a service that utilizes the session.5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the session is an IPv6CP session and the service is a virtual leased line (VLL) service.6. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the true address comprises:receiving a message from the ...

Optimal Source Interface Selection

Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to selecting a source interface with which to establish a connection. In aspects, a profile for each network location a host has seen is maintained in a data store. The profile includes information about the network interfaces available to a source host at the network location. This information indicates, among other things, the reliability of each interface of the source host. Based on the profile, an interface is selected with which to establish a connection. If the interface is unsuccessful in establishing the connection, the interface is de-prioritized and another interface may be selected. 1. A computing device and at least one program module together configured for performing actions comprising selecting a communications interface from a plurality of communications interfaces to use in establishing communications with another device , where the selecting is based on information associated with a particular network location , where the information relates to attempts to establish communications at the particular location via ones of the plurality of communications interfaces , where the information is based on previous attempts to establish communications at the particular location via the ones of the plurality of communication interfaces.2. The computing device and the at least one program module of where the information indicates reliability based on attempts to establish communications at the particular location via the ones of the plurality of communication interfaces.3. The computing device and the at least one program module of where the information indicates speed of communications claim 1 , security of communications claim 1 , or cost of communications of the ones of the plurality of communication interfces at the particular location.4. The computing device and the at least one program module of claim 1 , the actions further comprising prioritizing and de-prioritizing the ones of the plurality of ...

SIP Media Retry

Methods, apparatuses and computer programs for selecting a codec for use by a communications device for a session over a network, having a transcoding resource, are provided. It is determined whether the transcoding resource is available for the communications session and, if the transcoding resource is available, a subset of codecs available to the communications device is used in a signalling process used to determine a codec for the session. The subset is selected based on an operative condition affecting the communications device. 1. A method of selecting a codec for use by a communications device having a connection to a network apparatus , the communications device being configured so as to be able to communicate using any one of a plurality of codecs during a communications session , wherein the network apparatus comprises at least one transcoding resource configured to transcode communications within the network , and wherein the network apparatus is configured such that the transcoding resource can be selectively made available to the communications session , the method comprising:determining if the transcoding resource is available for the communications session;determining at least one operative condition affecting said communications device;selecting, if the transcoding resource is available, a subset of the plurality of codecs based on the at least one operative condition; andconducting a signalling process whereby to establish a communications session, wherein said signalling process comprises using said subset to determine a codec for use during said communications session.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the communications session is held between the said communications device and a second communications device having a second connection to the network apparatus claim 1 , the communications session being conducted via a first link established through the said connection and a second link established through the said second connection.3. The method ...

NETWORK NODES THAT ESTABLISH SESSIONS USING EXISTING CONNECTIONS IDENTIFIED IN A CENTRAL DATABASE

Network nodes can add information to a central database () that identifies their connections to other network nodes. The central database () can thereby serve as a repository of information indicating connections between network nodes. When a first network node (Node ) needs to establish a session to a second network node (Node ), it can interrogate the central database () to learn what existing connections, if any, can be used for the session. When existing connections provide more than one available pathway between the first and second network nodes (Node , Node ), the first network node (Node ) may select among the existing connections in response to quality of service values that are provided by the central database () for those connections. 1. A first network node configured to add information , which identifies connections established to other network nodes , to a central database that forms a repository of information indicating connections between network nodes , to respond to a request to establish a communication session to a second network node by interrogating the central database to identify any existing connections between the first and second network nodes , and , when an existing connection is identified , to establish , the communication session with the second network node using the existing connection.2. The first network node of claim 1 , further configured to generate a Quality of Service claim 1 , QoS claim 1 , value per established connection to another network node that indicates a level of QoS being provided by the first network node for communications using said connection claim 1 , and to communicate the generated QoS value to the central database.3. The first network node of claim 2 , further configured to receive from the central database claim 2 , responsive to the interrogation claim 2 , at least one QoS value for each existing connection claim 2 , and to use the received at least one QoS value for each existing connection to decide ...

PORT TEST DEVICE FOR MOTHERBOARDS

A port test device for a motherboard includes a conversion member and a test apparatus. The motherboard comprising a serial attached small computer system interface (SAS) port and a serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) port. The conversion member includes a SAS connector and a SATA connector, the SATA connector is coupled to the SATA port, and is electronically connected to the SAS port. The test apparatus is selectively coupled to the SAS port or the SAS connector. 1. A port test device for a motherboard , the motherboard comprising a serial attached small computer system interface (SAS) port and a serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) port , the port test device comprising:a conversion member comprising a SAS connector and a SATA connector, the SATA connector coupled to the SATA port, and electronically connected to the SAS port; anda test apparatus configured to couple to the SAS port or the SAS connector.2. The port test device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the conversion member further includes a cable that is electronically connected between the SAS connector and the SATA connector.3. The port test device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein SAS connector includes a plurality group of signal transmission pins claim 2 , the SATA connector includes a group of signal connection pins claim 2 , and the group of signal connection pins are respectively and electronically connected to one group of signal transmission pins via the cable.4. The port test device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the test apparatus tests SAS signals output from the SAS port or the SATA port of the motherboard.5. The port test device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein if the SAS port is tested claim 1 , the test apparatus is coupled to the SAS port.6. The port test device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein if the SATA port is tested claim 1 , the test apparatus is coupled to the SAS connector.7. A port test device for a motherboard claim 1 , the motherboard comprising a serial attached ...

RELAY DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

A relay device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor executes a process including storing association relationship information in which a session identifier for identifying a session established between a server and a client by a program running on the server is associated with a server identifier for identifying the server. The process includes determining whether a session identifier contained in a message received from a distributing device is contained in the association relationship information stored at the storing. The process includes selecting a relay system used when the received message is transferred to the server in accordance with a program that has established a session indicated by the session identifier contained in the message. The process includes transferring the message by using the relay system selected at the selecting. 1. A relay device comprising:a memory; anda processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor executes a process comprising:storing association relationship information in which a session identifier for identifying a session established between a server and a client by a program running on the server is associated with a server identifier for identifying the server to the memory;determining whether a session identifier contained in a message received from a distributing device is contained in the association relationship information stored at the storing;selecting, when it is determined at the determining that the session identifier contained in the received message is not contained in the association relationship information, a relay system used when the received message is transferred to the server in accordance with a program that has established a session indicated by the session identifier contained in the message; andtransferring the message by using the relay system selected at the selecting.2. The relay device according to claim 1 , wherein the selecting includes selecting the relay ...

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING AUDIO AND VIDEO COMMUNICATION CONNECTION

A method and apparatus for establishing an audio and video communication connection is provided. The method comprises the steps of establishing server-relayed connections with a plurality of clients; attempting to establish direct or client-relayed connections with the plurality of clients; and if the attempt to establish direct or client-relayed connections with the plurality of clients is successfully, disconnecting the server-relayed connections with the plurality of clients. The apparatus comprises a first building module for establishing server-relayed connections with a plurality of clients, a second building module for attempting to establish direct or client-relayed connections with the plurality of clients; wherein the first building module is configured to disconnect the server-relayed connections with the plurality of clients if the attempt to establish direct or client-relayed connections with the plurality of clients is successfully. 1. A method for establishing an audio and video communication connection , comprising the steps of:establishing server-relayed connections with a plurality of clients;attempting to establish direct or client-relayed connections with the plurality of clients; andif the attempt to establish direct or client-relayed connections with the plurality of clients is successfully, disconnecting the server-relayed connections with the plurality of clients.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of establishing server-relayed connections with a plurality of clients further comprises measuring a network status of a client claim 1 , and establishing an audio and video communication connection with the client when the network status of the client meets a first preset criterion.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first preset criterion is at least partially based on a minimum network speed required for server-relayed connection claim 2 , a distance between the server and the client claim 2 , or a communication time.4. The method of ...

Methods and Apparatus for Transmitting Data Streams Via A Heterogeneous Network

Methods and apparatus that enable a community of devices having differing underlying protocols to stream media data such as video or audio data. In one exemplary embodiment, this invention enables IEEE 1394-compliant (“FireWire” enabled) devices to communicate across an Ethernet infrastructure, such as one enabled by the Ethernet AVB Standard(s). This enhances connectivity, and also supports obviating one or more physical ports within the device(s). In another embodiment, or more wireless transports are utilized.

PEER-TO-PEER TIME LIMITED DATA SHARING

System and methods for performing time limited data sharing over peer-to-peer data connections. A sharing data communications device sends a data sharing invitation with an end time specification to another device. Upon accepting the invitation, a data sharing relationship is established that will terminate at the specified end time. The invitation specifies a data set that can be shared over the data sharing relationship. The sharing data communications device is able to send the specified data set to the other device until the end time or until the data sharing relationship is terminated by either device. In one example, the establishment and maintenance of the data sharing relationship and shared data exchange is performed by the two end user devices over a peer-to-peer data protocol without an intermediate data sharing server. 1. A method of establishing a peer-to-peer , time limited data sharing relationship , the method comprising:sending, from an initiating device to a receiving device, an invitation to share data within a data set, the data set being accessible to the initiating device, the invitation comprising an indication of a relationship end time;determining that a receipt of a request to send the data set occurs before the relationship end time; andsending the data set to the receiving device in response to determining the receipt of the request to send the data set occurs before the relationship end time.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sending the data set further comprises sending the data set in a packet further comprising an indication of time remaining until the relationship end time.3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:receiving, prior to the relationship end time, an indication to terminate a time limited data sharing relationship; andterminating, in response to receiving the indication to terminate the time limited data sharing relationship, andwherein the sending is further in response to a determination that the time limited ...