A method includes identifying a plurality of layers of audio content available on a local device, each of the plurality of layers corresponding to one or more audio sources, receiving user input indicating a selection of a subset of two or more of the plurality of layers, storing, based on the user input, data identifying the selected layers of the plurality of layers of the audio content available on a local device, capturing, based on the stored data, the selected layers of the audio content, creating an output layer by mixing the selected layers of the audio content without including any unselected layer of the plurality of layers, determining an output frame rate for the output layer, and transmitting the output layer at the determined output frame rate to a media hosting service for presentation at a remote device.

A method for a remote support service performed by a remote control device includes receiving, from a controlled terminal, a first image packet including image data for a first image, rendering the first image based on the image data, transmitting a control packet including control data corresponding to an administrator's input to the controlled terminal when the administrator's input for the rendered first image is detected, receiving a second image packet including image data for a second image obtained by capturing the screen of the controlled terminal and identification information on whether or not the second image data is an image generated for the first time after a control event based on the control data is performed, determining whether or not to render the second image based on the identification information, and rendering the second image based on the image data for the second image according to the determination result.

A method of operating a user equipment (UE) gateway through a transactive network is disclosed. The method includes sending a service request to one or more distributed units in the network, receiving a proposed contract from each of the one or more distributed units, deciding on a winning proposed contract, notifying a winning distributed unit associated with the winning proposed contract, and connecting to receive services through the winning distributed unit. A method of operating a distributed unit includes receiving a service request from a UE gateway, requesting service from a provider according to the service request, receiving a provisional contract from the provider, providing a proposal with the provisional contract to the service request to the UE gateway; and, if notified that the proposal is a winning proposal, arranging services to the UE gateway according to the proposal.

In accordance with some embodiments, a method of operating a user-equipment (UE) gateway device to establish access for an end-point device coupled to the UE gateway device includes receiving a connection request from the end-point device; creating a registry entry with a digital identity for the end-point device in a security registry of the UE gateway device, transmitting a second registry entry derived from the registry entry to a network device coupled to the UE gateway device, recording activities with devices in communications with the end-point device into the registry entry, and locking the registry entry in the security registry after a set period of time. Security registries are recorded in network devices and communications with then end-point device may be monitored and alerts provided according to the registry entries for the end-point devices in the security registries.

A dynamic mesh network is presented. A dynamic mesh network according to some embodiments includes a plurality of user equipment (UE) gateways, each UE gateway comprising a radio device, a router, and one or more device interfaces, each gateway configured to couple with one or more of the other gateways over radio links with the radio device; and one or more subnet base stations formed with the plurality of UE gateways, wherein in each subnet base station one of the plurality of UE gateways in the subnet base station includes a centralized unit coupled to cloud internet services, one of the plurality of UE gateways in the subnet base station includes a distributed unit, and one of the plurality of UE gateways in the subnet base station includes a radio unit.

A network device module formed from distributed device modules is disclosed. The network device module includes a computing platform; one or more radio device modules coupled to the computing platform; and one or more networking device modules coupled to the computing platform. The one or more network devices include one or more of a centralized unit, a distributed unit, and a radio unit. The network device can then form at least a part of a network base station. In some embodiments, the network device module may be a UE gateway device. The UE gateway device can include native gateway device modules and unaffiliated gateway device modules and can interact with protected end-point devices.

Systems and methods for capturing and monitoring the health, safety, and/or activity of a user are described. In one aspect, the system generates a data usage pattern for the user and monitors the user's current data usage activity to detect data usage deviations from the user's usage pattern. When a deviation is detected, the system may send an alert message to the user or another user indicating that an anomaly may have occurred, permitting the user or another user to respond to the anomaly.

A content delivery network (CDN) includes a plurality of CDN components including at least one CDN rendezvous mechanism and at least one control core. The CDN components are controlled by control core data from the at least one control core. Some CDN components obtain CDN resources including control core data from at least some other CDN components. The CDN components use the CDN rendezvous mechanism to select one or more CDN components from which to obtain CDN resources.

Apparatus and methods are described, including a method for use with a first content delivery network (CDN) and a second CDN that are used by a content source. A processor is used to identify that a device is requesting an exchange of content with the content source, identify a property of the requested exchange of content, and based on the property, select one of the first CDN and the second CDN. Subsequently, content is exchanged between the device and the selected CDN. Other embodiments are also described.

A method may include starting a content delivery micro edge server module to generate a content delivery micro edge server on a web server. The content delivery micro edge server is a virtualized edge server associated with a service provider and the web server is associated with a host entity that is different than the service provider. The method may include partitioning web server capacity associated with the web server into the content delivery micro edge server and host entity assigned web server capacity. The method also includes activating at least one application associated with the content delivery micro edge server to provide content delivery services. The method includes registering, with the service provider, the content delivery micro edge server to provide content delivery services. The method further includes receiving a request for content to be provided to a client device, and delivering the content to the client device.