A computing system and related method protect a computer network connection manager's resources from attempted resource attacks by extracting SrcIP and TTL values from received data packet headers. Extracted SrcIP and TTL values are analyzed to determine the probability that a received data packet is malicious. If the probability exceeds a specified threshold, resources are denied, and the packet is dropped. If the specified threshold is not exceeded, resources are allocated to the received data packet. The SrcIP reputation score, TTL value frequency, SrcIP frequency, SrcIP geo-location, and resource occupancy may all be used in computing the probability of a malicious data packet. These factors may be weighted and summed to calculate the probability of a malicious data packet.

A method for managing network slices for the benefit of users monitors and obtains key performance indicators configured by a user, the indicator values being collected in real time and visually presented. When a user wants to optimize the network slices, weightings, value intervals, and variables are applied by the user to target key performance indicators. The network slices are optimized by a particle swarm algorithm configured by the user. A device and a computer readable and permanent storage medium for executing the network slices management method are also disclosed.

Disclosed herein are an apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium, and method for minimizing network traffic and maintaining synchronous state information between systems.

Computer-readable media, methods, and systems are disclosed for scheduling a start time and a shutdown time of one or more online resources associated with a multi-cloud resource scheduler. A request from a first user is received to access a multi-cloud resource scheduler associated with one or more online resources. Responsive to the request from the first user, credentials of the first user are validated prior to providing access to the multi-cloud resource scheduler. Based upon validating the credentials of the first user, access to the multi-cloud resource scheduler is provided. Instructions are received from the first user to schedule a start time and a shutdown time of at least one online cloud resource connected to the multi-cloud resource scheduler. An availability of the at least one online cloud resource is established for access by a second user based on the instructions.

A creation method for creating an action resource, an execution method of an action, an electronic device, and a storage medium are provided. The creation method includes receiving a first creation request that includes a target resource; creating a first action resource, which is a resource used for triggering a first action for the target resource, according to the first creation request; creating the first action resource includes: creating at least one of a first conflict priority attribute and a first conflict priority effective time attribute for the first action resource; the first conflict priority attribute represents a priority of the first action resource relative to an action resource that conflicts with the first action resource and is aimed at the target resource, and the first conflict priority effective time attribute represents a time range in which the first action resource has exclusive access to the target resource.

Method and device for downloading resources, applicable to a peer to peer (P2P) network. The method includes: initiating a downloading task according to a downloading request from a resource requester; acquiring data of the downloading task and writing the data of the downloading task to a memory; and reading the data from the memory and providing the data to the resource requester. The present invention can reduce the amount of magnetic disk consumption due to resource downloading.

Disclosed herein are an apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium, and method for minimizing network traffic and maintaining synchronous state information between systems.

Apparatus and methods for optimizing bandwidth utilization and services in a data network infrastructure. In one embodiment, the data network is a managed Hybrid Fiber Coaxial (HFC) cable network, and the network infrastructure is configured to enable dynamic allocate of frequency bands to individual consumer premises device (e.g., DOCSIS-compliant cable modems). In one variant, the improved network infrastructure enables creation of virtual Service Groups (vSGs), and allocation of individual ones of the CM to such vSGs, to some degree irrespective of topological or “hardwired” location within the network. The allocations can be dynamic, and based on factors such as load balancing, evacuation of portions of the physical network topology (such as to support infrastructure upgrades or replacement), or for yet other reasons such as relating to subscriber tier or service level agreement (SLA).

A sub-system and method for a media processing system including a first entity and a second entity is provided. The method includes receiving, by the first entity of the media processing system from the second entity of the media processing system, a request, including a parameter having a value, to perform an action with the first entity by using the value of the parameter; and transmitting, by the first entity of the media processing system to the second entity, an acknowledgement that indicates whether the value of the parameter is accepted by the first entity to perform the action.

An example computing device is configured to receive, from a customer device, an indication of a plurality of resources and an indication of a plurality of customer services, each of the plurality of customer services being associated with a corresponding at least one requirement and a corresponding at least one constraint. The computing device is configured to automatically determine, for each requirement and each constraint, whether the requirement or the constraint can only be satisfied by a particular resource of the plurality of resources, and allocate, based on the determining, at least one resource of the plurality of resources to at least one customer service of the plurality of customer services. The example computing device is configured to provide, to the customer device and subsequent to the determining for every requirement and for every constraint, information to enable the customer device to provision the at least one customer service.