At+t Corp.

AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP

Other

Sanjay Agraharam

Kenneth H Rosen

Robert Edward Markowitz

Ram S Ramamurthy

David Hilton Shur

James Fan

Peter H Stuntebeck

Steven R Polston

Joel A Winthrop

Michelle Martens

Randy Glen Goldberg

Sandeep Sibal

Carlos Guzman

Arun Gupta

Jeffrey Aaron

Chia-Chang Li

Ashok K Kuthyar

Lee Begeja

Marian Rogers Croak

Barin Geoffry Haskell

Roy Philip Weber

Joseph Thomas O'Neil

Radhika R Roy

Mehmet Reha Civanlar

Aleksandr Zelezniak

Carroll W Creswell

Richard Frank Bruno

Tom Evslin

Glenn Lawrence Cash

Antonio DeSimone

Steven Howard Nurenberg

Carlos Alberto Perea

Robert F Mortenson

Savitha Iyer

Richard T Roca

Ping Benjamin Hu

Stephen M Gurey

Prasad Balagopalan

Michael W Hodic

An example method includes receiving a plurality of data request specifications from a plurality of user endpoint devices of requesting users, aggregating a subset of the plurality of data request specifications which share a similarity into a super request, retrieving a plurality of datasets, wherein the plurality of datasets is needed to fulfill the super request, aggregating the plurality of datasets into a single data superset, and delivering the single data superset to the plurality of user endpoint devices of the requesting users via a data pipeline, where the delivering includes segregating the single data superset so that each user endpoint device of the plurality of user endpoint devices of the requesting users receives a portion of the single data superset corresponding to one data request specification of the plurality of data request specifications that was submitted by the each user endpoint device.

Secure pipeline-based data delivery

A processing system including at least one processor may obtain a first ontology of a first type of data pipeline component, map the first ontology to a second ontology for a second type of data pipeline component that is stored in a catalog of data pipeline component types, provide a second data schema for the second type of data pipeline component as a template for a first data schema for the first type of data pipeline component, and add the first type of data pipeline component to the catalog of data pipeline component types, where the adding comprises storing the first ontology and the first data schema for the first type of data pipeline component in the catalog of data pipeline component types.

Data pipeline controller

Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to managing enterprise software licenses for virtual network functions ('VNFs'). According to one aspect disclosed herein, a system can acquire a software license for a software asset to be instantiated and used by a cloud computing environment associated with an enterprise. The system can prepare, with an enterprise anchor point ('EAP') module managed by a vendor of the software asset, a certificate validation process that uses an enterprise security certificate to ensure the software license is valid for an execution instance of the software asset. The system can instantiate the execution instance of the software asset in the cloud computing environment. The system can validate, by the EAP module, the enterprise security certificate to ensure the software asset is instantiated and used in accordance with the software license.

Managing enterprise software licenses for virtual network functions

A processing system including at least one processor may obtain a first request for delivery of a first data set to a first destination, map the first request to a first information model, obtain a second request for delivery of a second data set to a second destination, map the second request to a second information model, and identify that a portion of data is part of both data sets. The processing system may next determine a plan for configuring data pipeline components for delivering the first data set to the first destination and the second data set to the second destination, the plan comprising: a combination of the first information model and the second information model, and at least one modification to the combination. The processing system may then configure the data pipeline components in accordance with the plan.

Data blending for multiple data pipelines

In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for multimedia collaboration using a social network system. In one embodiment, a method for using a social network to establish a collaborative multimedia interaction includes receiving a request from a user to establish the collaborative multimedia interaction, where the user has established the social network, and notifying one or more members of the social network of the collaborative multimedia interaction using, in some embodiments, information about the members' current or last known digital presence and a customizable set of notification rules.

Method and apparatus for multimedia collaboration using a social network system

A method for controlling sender events arriving at a recipient system is provided. An event transmitted from a sender is received at recipient system, and an event signature is determined. An elapse time between received event and a previous event is calculated. If elapse time is less than or equal to a critical time, it is determined if a counter is equal to or greater than a maximum value. If yes, event is rejected. If not, counter is incremented and the event is processed. If elapse time is greater than critical time, it is determined if elapse time is less than or equal to a grace period and if counter is greater than zero. If yes, counter is decremented and the event is processed. If not, counter is set to zero and event is processed. The critical time, maximum value, and increment/decrement factor are set based on the event signature.

Flow control of events based on threshold, grace period, and event signature

A system and method allow an Internet user to act as a broadcast session conductor by assembling audiovisual information in a multimedia document, and broadcasting that information to a predetermined group for simultaneous viewing. During the network broadcast, members of the predetermined group can interact with the Internet conductor using a standard telephone or other audio connection. The broadcast information may be used for such sessions as on-line training/teaching seminars, telemarketing, teleshopping and other multimedia events.

Network communications system and method for worldwide web broadcasting

A method and apparatus that enhances a multicast information stream, such as an IP multicast session, in a communication network is provided. The stream is received through the communication network and is enhanced at substantially the time the first stream is received. The information stream may be enhanced by adding transcribed content, such as content generated by speech recognition software, or translated content, such as from a first language to a second language, to the stream. The information stream may also be enhanced by adding content to the first information stream, such as content is related to the original content. The enhanced stream may be sent to a user as a second multicast information stream. The enhanced stream may be received by the user in place of, or along with, the original information stream. The enhanced content may be sent to the user at the conclusion of the information stream, if desired.

Method and apparatus to enhance a multicast information stream in a communication network

A network-based voice messaging system is provided. A voice message is received at a network. The network converts the voice message into a text message by utilizing speech recognition software. The text message is transmitted to the intended recipient as an electronic mail (e-mail) message or facsimile document and is received by the intended recipient on conventional text receiving equipment.

Voice messaging system

The present invention provides an apparatus and method for conducting a video conference. The video conference apparatus is connected to at least one network. The video conference apparatus includes a MCU, an environment processor, a user database interface and an environment database interface. When users log onto the video conference apparatus, it is determined whether each user has designated an alternative environment from that normally detected by the camera device during the video conference. If the user has designated an alternative environment, the environment processor obtains the environment from the environment database and the video conference apparatus uses the designated environment during the video conference. However, if the user has not designated an alternative environment, the environment processor sends a request message providing a listing of possible environments which may be used during the video conference. Thus, the user may select a desired environment from the listing and use it during the video conference. If the user does not wish to select an alternative environment, a default environment corresponding to the environment normally detected through the camera device is used during the video conference.

Apparatus and method for incorporating virtual video conferencing environments

A method and apparatus that enhances a multicast information stream, such as an IP multicast session, in a communication network is provided. The stream is received through the communication network and is enhanced at substantially the time the first stream is received. The information stream may be enhanced by adding transcribed content, such as content generated by speech recognition software, or translated content, such as from a first language to a second language, to the stream. The information stream may also be enhanced by adding content to the first information stream, such as content related to the original content. The enhanced stream may be sent to a user as a second multicast information stream. The enhanced stream may be received by the user in place of, or along with, the original information stream. The enhanced content may be sent to the user at the conclusion of the information stream, if desired.

A mobility support technique provides home agents and foreign agents in mobility aware access networks. Participating mobile hosts are assigned a home address that is used by other hosts as the mobile host's address. The home address actually addresses the home agent provided in the mobility aware access network. The home address provides additional privacy to the mobile host because it does not identify the mobile host's home premises network where the mobile host resides permanently absent any mobility of the mobile host. By providing home agents and foreign agents in a mobility aware access network, the agents may cooperatively establish optimal routing paths for data transmitted to a mobile host. The agents may identify a pseudo home agent, an agent in a mobility aware access network located near to a transmitting mobile host, that acts as the home agent of a destination mobile host. The pseudo home agent tunnels data directly to the destination mobile host without requiring the data to be routed first to the true home agent. In this regard, the pseudo home agent establishes a more direct routing path between the transmitting and destination mobile hosts.

Mobility support services using mobility aware access networks

Network broadcasting system for broadcasting audiovisual information to an identified audience

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Marlboro, NJ, United States of America

Sanjay Agraharam