Abstract:
Embodiments of techniques and systems for sharing user information between proximate devices are described. In embodiments, a first device may identify a physically-proximate device that may receive user information. Upon receiving an indication that a user of the first device may desire to share user information with a user of the second device, a determination may be made as to whether the two users have matching interests. In embodiments, the interest match determination may be made by a separate interest match evaluator. Upon determination of an interest match, the first device may then send a request to share user information to the second device. If a user of the second device approves the request, user information for the user of the first device may be shared with the user of the second device. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
Abstract:
A device, method, and system for portable configuration of vehicle controls includes a mobile communication device configured to communicate with an in-vehicle computing system of a vehicle. The mobile communication device stores user vehicle configuration settings, which are selectively transmitted to the in-vehicle computing system to cause the in-vehicle computing system to adjust vehicle controls based on the user vehicle configuration settings.
Abstract:
This disclosure relates generally to a system and method for translating between virtual machines. A network adaptor can be configured to be communicatively coupled to a server, the server comprising a first virtual machine having a first format, the network adaptor to receive input from the server. A translator can be configured to identify, from the input from the server, the first format of the first virtual machine and generate an output, compatible with a second format of a second virtual machine, based on the input from the server, the second format being incompatible with the first format.
Abstract:
The invention relates to providing security for boot image exchanges by using data tunneling to protect a boot image download to a remote boot environment of a computer system. An authentication channel 503 is established between a client 501 which implements a Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) and a remote boot server 502. A remote boot image exchange then occurs between the client and the server in which the client sends a boot image request and the server responds by sending a copy of the boot image, characterised by the use of a data tunnel 504 in the authentication channel to communicate data related to the boot image exchange. The data tunnel may be a type-length-value (TLV) type or attribute-value pair (AVP) type and the tunneled data may be the entire boot exchange itself 505 and may also include credentials 506. Upon completion of the exchange the client executes the received boot image from within the resident PXE environment.
Abstract:
A method of providing a secure download of a boot image to a remote boot environment of a computer system. In one embodiment of the invention, the remote boot environment and a boot image source engage in a boot image exchange through an authentication channel. In another embodiment, data related to the boot image exchange is tunneled in the authentication channel to protect the boot image exchange from security attacks.