The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A method of operating a management service (MnS) in a communication system supporting a plurality of architectures according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes identifying an architecture supported by a first instance which is running and a list of functions for the architecture, determining whether to use the first instance based on a result of the identification and a requirement for service provision, and terminating the first instance and generating a second instance in case that the MnS determines not to use the first instance.

The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A method of operating a management service (MnS) in a communication system supporting a plurality of architectures according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes identifying an architecture supported by a first instance which is running and a list of functions for the architecture, determining whether to use the first instance based on a result of the identification and a requirement for service provision, and terminating the first instance and generating a second instance in case that the MnS determines not to use the first instance.

Provided are systems, methods, and computer-program products for a proxy network that can determine, for a set of objects, an initial differential, where the initial differential is determined using a rules data store of a host network. The proxy network can further determine a supplemental differential for the set of objects. The proxy network can further determine a final differential that is the sum of the initial differential and the supplemental differential. The proxy network can further determine a final sum for the set of objects that is the object value less the final differential. The proxy network can further generate an outbound data packet that includes values corresponding to the set of objects and the final sum. When the host network receives the outbound data packet, the host network can modify an object data store using the values corresponding to the set of objects and the final sum.

A system and method for distributing content in an adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming network. In one embodiment, an origin server receives an initial content request from a client device for a particular content, the client device operative with an ABR streaming media player. Depending on the information received in the initial content request, a local cache proximate to the client device requesting the particular content is located. The requested is then pushed to the local cache, whereupon a response message is generated to the client device, responsive to the initial content request, the response message including location information of the particular content with respect to the local cache.

A data server includes a data storage section that stores first information collected from devices; a master-slave management section that sets whether the data server has a master function for managing a data server or a slave function for being managed by the data server; and a configuration management section. In a case where the master function is set by the master-slave management section, the configuration management section sends, in response to receiving a data collection request from an external client, information corresponding to the data collection request from the data storage section or the data server to the client. In a case where the slave function is set by the master-slave management section, the configuration management section sends the first information to the data server in which the master function is set.

Embodiments of the present application disclose a method and an apparatus for pushing information. One embodiment of the method comprises: in response to the receipt of an information push request sent by a user by means of a terminal, determining object information about at least one object associated with user information included in the information push request; determining target push information according to the user information, the object information, and a pre-established information determination model, the information determination model being used for characterizing a correlation between user information, object information, and target push information; and pushing the target push information to the terminal for the user to view by means of the terminal.

Embodiments of the present application disclose a method and an apparatus for pushing information. One embodiment of the method comprises: in response to the receipt of an information push request sent by a user by means of a terminal, determining object information about at least one object associated with user information included in the information push request; determining target push information according to the user information, the object information, and a pre-established information determination model, the information determination model being used for characterizing a correlation between user information, object information, and target push information; and pushing the target push information to the terminal for the user to view by means of the terminal.

A system for real-time resource consumption control in a distributed environment and a corresponding method can include a multitude of server instances having access to shared resources, whereby each request for a shared resource issued by a client application is handled by one of the server instances. A global resource consumption counter, representing the overall resource consumption of the multitude of server instances at a given time and a multitude of proxy servers can also be included. Each proxy server can include a receiver module for receiving resource consumption requests issued from a client application, a resource consumption decision module, a queue for collecting resource consumption requests, a local resource consumption counter representing the global resource consumption as seen by the respective proxy server, and/or a synchronization module for synchronizing the global resource consumption counter by interfacing with all other server instances.

The invention refers to a system for real-time resource consumption control in a distributed environment and a corresponding method, the system comprising: a multitude of server instances (Sx) having access to shared resources, whereby each request for a shared resource issued by a client application (CA) is handled by one of the server instances (Sx); a global resource consumption counter (G), representing the overall resource consumption of the multitude of server instances (Sx) at a given time; and a multitude of proxy servers (Lx), each proxy server comprising a receiver module (R) for receiving resource consumption requests issued from a client application (CA), a resource consumption decision module (Dm) for accepting or rejecting a resource consumption request, a queue (Q) for collecting resource consumption requests that have been locally accepted by the respective proxy server (Lx), a local resource consumption counter (L), representing the global resource consumption as seen by the respective proxy server (Lx), said local resource consumption counter (L) being updated every time a resource consumption request is accepted by the decision module (Dm), the updated value being provided in turn as an input to the decision module (Dm), and a synchronization module (S) for synchronizing the global resource consumption counter (G) by interfacing with all other server instances (Sx).

Techniques for sharing secrets over one or more computer networks using proxies are provided. In one technique, a proxy server receives, from a client device, over a computer network, a request for a secret. In response to receive the request, the proxy server causes a tunnel to be created with a resource server that is separate from the client device, retrieves the secret from a secrets repository, and causes the secret to be transmitted through the tunnel to the resource server.