A method, system and apparatus for applying and synchronizing filter information with a multimedia presentation, such as a movie provided in a video-on-demand context, to suppress objectionable content. In one example, filter information, which includes an indicia of a portion of the multimedia presentation including objectionable content and a type of suppression action, is provided on either a set-top-box or a video-on-demand server. A user selects a particular video-on-demand presentation, and the selection is transmitted to the set-top-box. Filtering may take place at the set-top-box side such that the complete video-on-demand movie is transmitted to the set-top box and then content suppression, such as skipping, muting, cropping, and blurring, takes place at the set-top-box. Alternatively, some or all suppression may take place at the server such that some or all of the objectionable content is not transmitted to the set-top-box. Additionally, whether in a video-on-demand, DVD, or other environment it may be necessary to synchronize filter with the multimedia content so that the proper objectionable content is suppressed.

A method, system and apparatus for applying and synchronizing filter information with a multimedia presentation, such as a movie provided in a video-on-demand context, to suppress objectionable content. In one example, filter information, which includes an indicia of a portion of the multimedia presentation including objectionable content and a type of suppression action, is provided on either a set-top-box or a video-on-demand server. A user selects a particular video-on-demand presentation, and the selection is transmitted to the set-top-box. Filtering may take place at the set-top-box side such that the complete video-on-demand movie is transmitted to the set-top box and then content suppression, such as skipping, muting, cropping, and blurring, takes place at the set-top-box. Alternatively, some or all suppression may take place at the server such that some or all of the objectionable content is not transmitted to the set-top-box. Additionally, whether in a video-on-demand, DVD, or other environment it may be necessary to synchronize filter with the multimedia content so that the proper objectionable content is suppressed.

An electronic device and a method are provided for recording audio data acquired from multiple devices. The electronic device includes a microphone, a communication module, a memory, and a processor configured to establish a first communication link with a first external electronic device through the communication module, establish a second communication link with a second external electronic device through the communication module, acquire a microphone input signal by operating the microphone based on receiving a recording request from the first external electronic device, monitor a transmission environment with the communication module or the second external electronic device, determine a bit rate of audio, based on the transmission environment, encode the audio, based on the determined bit rate, and transmit the encoded audio data to the first external electronic device.

An electronic device and a method are provided for recording audio data acquired from multiple devices. The electronic device includes a microphone, a communication module, a memory, and a processor configured to establish a first communication link with a first external electronic device through the communication module, establish a second communication link with a second external electronic device through the communication module, acquire a microphone input signal by operating the microphone based on receiving a recording request from the first external electronic device, monitor a transmission environment with the communication module or the second external electronic device, determine a bit rate of audio, based on the transmission environment, encode the audio, based on the determined bit rate, and transmit the encoded audio data to the first external electronic device.

Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing an API description of an external network service and using the API to integrate the external service into a network. An embodiment operates by receiving, from a service provider, a description of an application programming interface (API), transmitting a call to the service provider using the API for creating a new instance of a service and transmitting to the service provider a traffic flow upon which the service will be applied.

Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing an API description of an external network service and using the API to integrate the external service into a network. An embodiment operates by receiving, from a service provider, a description of an application programming interface (API), transmitting a call to the service provider using the API for creating a new instance of a service and transmitting to the service provider a traffic flow upon which the service will be applied.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, comprising a first computer associated with a first service provider, a second computer associated with a second service provider, and a third computer executing a user application, wherein the third computer is arranged to obtain first registry data identifying a first endpoint associated with the first computer and second registry data identifying a second endpoint associated with the second computer; obtain, from the first endpoint, a first service resource indicative of a mapping between one or more API endpoints associated with the first computer and one or more resource types associated with the user application of the third computer, and, from the second endpoint, a second service resource indicative of a mapping between one or more API endpoints associated with the second computer and one or more resource types associated with the user application of the third computer; initiate communication with the first computer via a first API instance according to a predetermined API protocol to exchange data with the first computer in dependence on the first service resource, wherein the third computer provides a context value indicative of an identity of the user application to the first computer; initiate communication with the second computer via a second API instance according to the predetermined API protocol to exchange data with the second computer in dependence on the second service resource, wherein the third computer provides the context value indicative of the identity of the user application to the second computer.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, comprising a first computer associated with a first service provider, a second computer associated with a second service provider, and a third computer executing a user application, wherein the third computer is arranged to obtain first registry data identifying a first endpoint associated with the first computer and second registry data identifying a second endpoint associated with the second computer; obtain, from the first endpoint, a first service resource indicative of a mapping between one or more API endpoints associated with the first computer and one or more resource types associated with the user application of the third computer, and, from the second endpoint, a second service resource indicative of a mapping between one or more API endpoints associated with the second computer and one or more resource types associated with the user application of the third computer; initiate communication with the first computer via a first API instance according to a predetermined API protocol to exchange data with the first computer in dependence on the first service resource, wherein the third computer provides a context value indicative of an identity of the user application to the first computer; initiate communication with the second computer via a second API instance according to the predetermined API protocol to exchange data with the second computer in dependence on the second service resource, wherein the third computer provides the context value indicative of the identity of the user application to the second computer.

A method and system for accessing a digital object in a Human-Cyber-Physical environment are provided. A P2P network is established based on a distributed hash table (DHT); a Kademlia algorithm is used to establish a forward routing table corresponding to each node; and an index binary tree is established according to a logical distance between each node in the forward routing table and a target node. In a process of transmitting a message from a node of a storage digital object to a root node, all nodes that the message passes establish backward routing tables for the digital object, so that in a data query stage, target data may be found from any node through the forward routing table and the backward routing table, and a data identifier of a data entity in the DHT-based P2P network from a storage location of the data identifier may be decoupled.

A method and system for accessing a digital object in a Human-Cyber-Physical environment are provided. A P2P network is established based on a distributed hash table (DHT); a Kademlia algorithm is used to establish a forward routing table corresponding to each node; and an index binary tree is established according to a logical distance between each node in the forward routing table and a target node. In a process of transmitting a message from a node of a storage digital object to a root node, all nodes that the message passes establish backward routing tables for the digital object, so that in a data query stage, target data may be found from any node through the forward routing table and the backward routing table, and a data identifier of a data entity in the DHT-based P2P network from a storage location of the data identifier may be decoupled.