Systems and methods relating to fragmenting content based on metadata are disclosed. In one embodiment, metadata is obtained from data that is accessible from an interface. A content descriptor, based on at least a portion of the metadata, may be utilized to determine fragment size. The content descriptor value may be derived from multiple forms of metadata, such as for example, genre, sub-genre, presence of live media, and combinations thereof. The fragments may be either virtual or physically discrete segments or files. In one aspect, the value may be the sole basis for determining the fragment lengths. In another aspect of the embodiment, the division of the content is conducted such that each resultant fragment comprises a single frame type.

A system comprises premises equipment including premises devices located at a premises. The system includes a partner device located at the premises and configured to use a partner protocol different from a protocol of the premises equipment. The system includes a system server configured to interact with the premises devices. The system server is configured to interact with the partner device via a partner proxy corresponding to the partner device. The system includes automation rules coupled to the system server. The automation rules include actions and triggers for controlling interactions between at least one of the partner device and the premises devices. The system includes a user interface coupled to the system server and configured to interact with the premises devices and the partner device.

A system comprises premises equipment including premises devices located at a premises. The system includes a partner device located at the premises and configured to use a partner protocol different from a protocol of the premises equipment. The system includes a system server configured to interact with the premises devices. The system server is configured to interact with the partner device via a partner proxy corresponding to the partner device. The system includes automation rules coupled to the system server. The automation rules include actions and triggers for controlling interactions between at least one of the partner device and the premises devices. The system includes a user interface coupled to the system server and configured to interact with the premises devices and the partner device.

Systems for providing an integrated user interface and/or authenticating a user or a device are disclosed. A system for providing an integrated user interface includes a central control server having a user interface engine and a backend application programming interface engine, a user device communicatively coupled to the central control server that is configured to provide a user interface, and a plurality of backend servers communicatively coupled to the central control server. The backend application programming interface engine generates and supplies application programming interfaces to the backend servers, the application programming interfaces including programming instructions thereon that direct a corresponding one of the plurality of backend servers to provide data to the central control server. The user interface engine generates the integrated user interface comprising the data received from the plurality of backend servers and provides the integrated user interface to the user device for display to a user.

Systems for providing an integrated user interface and/or authenticating a user or a device are disclosed. A system for providing an integrated user interface includes a central control server having a user interface engine and a backend application programming interface engine, a user device communicatively coupled to the central control server that is configured to provide a user interface, and a plurality of backend servers communicatively coupled to the central control server. The backend application programming interface engine generates and supplies application programming interfaces to the backend servers, the application programming interfaces including programming instructions thereon that direct a corresponding one of the plurality of backend servers to provide data to the central control server. The user interface engine generates the integrated user interface comprising the data received from the plurality of backend servers and provides the integrated user interface to the user device for display to a user.

Disclosed are systems and methods to provide a platform for standardizing application programming interfaces (APIs) for a plurality of different dealership management software (DMS) systems. A computer server includes one or more processors of an automotive commerce exchange platform. The one or more processors are configured to execute a plurality of different software interfaces with a plurality of different DMS systems and provide a standardized software interface. The standardized software interface is configured to enable communication between the one or more processors of the automotive commerce exchange platform and a plurality of different devices of entities involved with an automotive market. The standardized software interface is also configured to enable the plurality of different devices access to each of the plurality of different DMS systems independent of local software interfaces of the plurality of different devices with each of the different DMS systems.

Disclosed are systems and methods to provide a platform for standardizing application programming interfaces (APIs) for a plurality of different dealership management software (DMS) systems. A computer server includes one or more processors of an automotive commerce exchange platform. The one or more processors are configured to execute a plurality of different software interfaces with a plurality of different DMS systems and provide a standardized software interface. The standardized software interface is configured to enable communication between the one or more processors of the automotive commerce exchange platform and a plurality of different devices of entities involved with an automotive market. The standardized software interface is also configured to enable the plurality of different devices access to each of the plurality of different DMS systems independent of local software interfaces of the plurality of different devices with each of the different DMS systems.

Ways to associate source information with a media item are described. Source information may be validated. A media sourcing engine may receive a selected media item, collect source information associated with the selected media item, and associate the source information with the selected media item. The media source engine may be associated with, or otherwise utilized by, various publication platforms, such as social media sites, content hosting sites, etc. Source information may be associated with a media item by generating augmented media content that may be added to, embedded into, and/or otherwise associated with content associated with a received media item.

A system for managing an infrastructure includes extraction engine is in communication with a managed infrastructure that includes physical hardware. A signalizer engine includes one or more of an NMF engine (Non-negative matrix factorization), a k-means clustering engine (a method of vector quantization), and a topology proximity engine. The signalizer engine determines one or more common characteristics of events and produces clusters of events relating to the failure or errors in the infrastructure. The signalizer engine uses graph coordinates and optionally a subset of attributes assigned to each event to generate one or more clusters to bring together events whose characteristics are similar. One or more interactive displays provide a collaborative interface coupled to the extraction and the signalizer engine with a collaborative interface (UI) for decomposing events from the infrastructure. The events are converted into words and subsets to group the events into clusters that relate to security of the managed infrastructure. In response to grouping the events physical changes are made to at least a portion of the physical hardware. In response to production of the clusters security of the managed infrastructure is maintained.

A method for providing media content within a media distribution network. The method comprises transforming source media content into an interim format, thereby providing transformed content. Furthermore, the method comprises storing the transformed content on at least one core storage unit. In addition, the method comprises receiving a request for the source media content from a client. The method further comprises encoding the transformed content or intermediate coded content derived therefrom into encoded content suitable for transmission over a core network and/or an edge network, as well as sending the encoded content via the core network and/or the edge network to the client.