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Synchronizing playback by media playback devices

Example systems, apparatus, and methods receive audio information including a plurality of frames from a source device, wherein each frame of the plurality of frames includes one or more audio samples and a time stamp indicating when to play the one or more audio samples of the respective frame. In an example, the time stamp is updated for each of the plurality of frames using a time differential value determined between clock information received from the source device and clock information associated with the device. The updated time stamp is stored for each of the plurality of frames, and the audio information is output based on the plurality of frames and associated updated time stamps. A number of samples per frame to be output is adjusted based on a comparison between the updated time stamp for the frame and a predicted time value for play back of the frame.

Synchronizing playback by media playback devices

Example systems, apparatus, and methods receive audio information including a plurality of frames from a source device, wherein each frame of the plurality of frames includes one or more audio samples and a time stamp indicating when to play the one or more audio samples of the respective frame. In an example, the time stamp is updated for each of the plurality of frames using a time differential value determined between clock information received from the source device and clock information associated with the device. The updated time stamp is stored for each of the plurality of frames, and the audio information is output based on the plurality of frames and associated updated time stamps. A number of samples per frame to be output is adjusted based on a comparison between the updated time stamp for the frame and a predicted time value for play back of the frame.

Cybersecurity risk analysis and mitigation

A method comprises acquiring anomaly data including a plurality of anomalies detected from streaming data, wherein each of the anomalies relates to an entity on or associated with a computer network. The method determines a risk score of each of the anomalies, and adjusts the risk score of an anomaly according to a set of factors. The method further determines, for each of a plurality of sliding time windows of different lengths, an entity score of the entity in relation to the sliding time window, based on an aggregation of risk scores of all anomalies related to the entity that were detected within the sliding time window, where the entity score corresponds to a risk level associated with the entity. An action to prevent the entity from performing an operation can be determined and caused to occur based on the entity score.

Cybersecurity risk analysis and mitigation

A method comprises acquiring anomaly data including a plurality of anomalies detected from streaming data, wherein each of the anomalies relates to an entity on or associated with a computer network. The method determines a risk score of each of the anomalies, and adjusts the risk score of an anomaly according to a set of factors. The method further determines, for each of a plurality of sliding time windows of different lengths, an entity score of the entity in relation to the sliding time window, based on an aggregation of risk scores of all anomalies related to the entity that were detected within the sliding time window, where the entity score corresponds to a risk level associated with the entity. An action to prevent the entity from performing an operation can be determined and caused to occur based on the entity score.

STREAM RESERVATION CLASS CONVERTER
20180007157 · 2018-01-04 ·

There is provided a network device for processing data packets transmitted between nodes of a network, the network device to intercept data packets of a first traffic class transmitted by a first network node and addressed to a second network node, convert the intercepted data packets into data packets of a second traffic class, and transmit the converted data packets to the second network node.

CONCURRENT SERVING OF A MEDIA STREAM
20180007103 · 2018-01-04 ·

Online content is served to participant devices using two or more systems. The content served by each system is not the same. Rather, the content streams coming from each system is a partial or lower-quality version of the original high-quality version of the content stream. A single one of the partial data streams can be used by the participant device to output a lower-quality version of the original content stream to the user. Alternately, the received partial content streams can be combined to output, to the user, a high-quality version of the original content stream.

APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A TUNNELING CLIENT ACCESS POINT
20180013864 · 2018-01-11 · ·

The disclosure details the implementation of an apparatus, method, and system comprising a portable device configured to communicate with a terminal and a network server, and execute stored program code in response to user interaction with an interactive user interface. The portable device contains stored program code configured to render an interactive user interface on a terminal output component to enable the user the control processing activity on the portable device and access data and programs from the portable device and a network server.

REAL-TIME MESSAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS

A system and method for the late-biding of time-based media in real-time. With late binding, the sender may create time-based media before or at the same time an active delivery route to the recipient is discovered. As soon as the route becomes available, the media is transmitted. The existing DNS and email infrastructure is possibly used for route discovery, while any real-time transmission protocol may be used for the actual delivery of the media. “Progressive” emails may also be used for the real-time delivery of time-based media.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROUTING MEDIA
20180014045 · 2018-01-11 ·

In one aspect, a method for managing streaming of video content to a client device includes providing the video content to a content distribution network for storage in a plurality of geographically separated resources of the content distribution network and receiving, from the client device via a packet-based telecommunication network, signaling to have the stored video content streamed to the client device. In response to the received signaling, one or more files are transmitted to the client device via the packet-based telecommunication network, each of the one or more files being in a format compatible with a media player on the client device, the one or more files comprising (i) an identification of one or more of the resources of the content distribution network available to facilitate streaming of one or more segments of the stored video content to the client device, the identification being dependent at least in part on a relationship between a geographic location of the client device and geographic locations of the resources of the content distribution network, and (ii) an identification of an advertising server, the identification of the advertising server being dependent at least in part on a relationship between the geographic location of the client device and a geographic location of the advertising server, wherein the one or more files, when processed by the client device, cause the client device to communicate with the identified one or more resources of the content distribution network and the advertising server to cause the one or more segments of the stored video to be streamed to the client device by the identified one or more resources of the content distribution network and cause one or more advertisements to be streamed from the advertising server to the client device.

MEDIA STREAM FROM SENDER SEEN ON RECEIVER SIDE BEFORE CONFIRMING RECEIPT OF MEDIA STREAM

The present disclosure relates to electronic communication devices, and more specifically to streaming media between the electronic communication devices. The present disclosure relates to a method for setting up a media stream connection between a sending device 100, 110 and at least one receiving device 200, 210. The method comprises sending a session initiation message S10 to the at least one receiving device, sending a request S20 for a list of IP-addresses of the at least one receiving device and receiving S30 the list of IP-addresses from the at least one receiving device. The method further comprises setting up uni-directional or bi-directional connection between the sending device 100, 110 and the at least one receiving device 200, 210 by using the received list of IP-addresses and sending the media stream S50 via the uni-directional or bi-directional connection to the at least one receiving device.