A systematic literature review of blockchain-based applications: Current status, classification and open issues

A method for providing unequal allocation of rights among agents while operating according to fair principles, comprising assigning a hierarchal rank to each agent; providing a synthetic economic value to a first set of agents at the a high level of the hierarchy; allocating portions of the synthetic economic value by the first set of agents to a second set of agents at respectively different hierarchal rank than the first set of agents; and conducting an auction amongst agents using the synthetic economic value as the currency. A method for allocation among agents, comprising assigning a wealth generation function for generating future wealth to each of a plurality of agents, communicating subjective market information between agents, and transferring wealth generated by the secure wealth generation function between agents in consideration of a market transaction. The method may further comprise the step of transferring at least a portion of the wealth generation function between agents.

Multifactorial optimization system and method

Blockchain technology and the sustainable supply chain: Theoretically exploring adoption barriers

The present invention provides flexible call processing. For example, a call processor system can receive an inbound call intended for a called party and place an outbound call to the called party. The call processing system can provide the called party with a call transfer option.

Methods and apparatus for providing expanded telecommunications service

Software defined networking (SDN) decouples the network control and data planes. The network intelligence and state are logically centralized and the underlying network infrastructure is abstracted from applications. SDN enhances network security by means of global visibility of the network state where a conflict can be easily resolved from the logically centralized control plane. Hence, the SDN architecture empowers networks to actively monitor traffic and diagnose threats to facilitates network forensics, security policy alteration, and security service insertion. The separation of the control and data planes, however, opens security challenges, such as man-in-the middle attacks, denial of service (DoS) attacks, and saturation attacks. In this paper, we analyze security threats to application, control, and data planes of SDN. The security platforms that secure each of the planes are described followed by various security approaches for network-wide security in SDN. SDN security is analyzed according to security dimensions of the ITU-T recommendation, as well as, by the costs of security solutions. In a nutshell, this paper highlights the present and future security challenges in SDN and future directions for secure SDN.

Security in Software Defined Networks: A Survey

Peer-to-peer applications, such as file sharing, real-time
communication, and live media streaming, use a significant amount of
Internet resources. Such applications often transfer large amounts of
data in direct peer-to-peer connections. However, they usually have
little knowledge of the underlying network topology. As a result, they
may choose their peers based on measurements and statistics that, in
many situations, may lead to suboptimal choices. This document
describes problems related to optimizing traffic generated by peer-to-
peer applications and associated issues such optimizations raise in
the use of network-layer information.

Application-Layer Traffic Optimization (ALTO) Problem Statement

E-residency and blockchain

A call screening method allows a subscriber to screen calls made to the subscriber from callers using the PSTN while the subscriber uses another communications medium. An enhanced services platform (ESP) receives a first call from a caller using a particular public telephone number for the particular subscriber. The ESP identifies the particular public telephone number for the particular subscriber. The ESP accesses a database storing a public telephone number and a private packet-based address for subscribers to retrieve a private packet-based address of the particular subscriber on the basis of the particular public telephone number. An introductory message is provided to the caller and prompts the caller to leave a message. The ESP accesses the particular subscriber based on the particular subscriber private packet-based address to establish an audio connection via the communication medium. The subscriber is notified of the first call. If the subscriber answers the call, a communication path is provided between the caller and the subscriber via the communication medium so that the subscriber may hear the caller leave the message but the caller does not hear or know that the particular subscriber is listening. The ESP connects the caller and the subscriber for two-way communication upon the authorization of the subscriber. In another embodiment, both the caller and the subscriber use a packet-based network. In another aspect of the invention, the ESP records the caller's voice in response to the prompt, and plays the recording to the subscriber if the subscriber answers the call. In yet another aspect of the invention, the ESP provides a method for anonymously connecting an accesser to a subscriber using a packet-based network.

Voice call processing methods

The cyber threat intelligence information exchange ecosystem is a holistic approach to the automated sharing of threat intelligence. For automation to succeed, it must handle tomorrow's attacks, not just yesterday's. There are numerous ontologies that attempt to enable the sharing of cyber threats, such as OpenIOC, STIX, and IODEF. To date, most ontologies are based on various use cases. Ontology developers collect threat indicators that through experi-ence seem to be useful for exchange. This approach is pragmatic and offers a collection of useful threat indicators in real-world scenarios. However, such a selection method is episodic. What is useful today may not be useful tomorrow. What we consider to be chaff or too hard to share today might become a critically im-portant piece of information. Therefore, in addition to use case-based ontology, ontologies need to be based on first principles. In this document we propose taxonomy for classifying threat-sharing technologies. The purpose of this taxonomy is to classify existing technologies using an agnostic framework, identify gaps in existing technologies, and explain their differences from a sci-entific perspective. We are currently working on a thesaurus that will describe, compare, and classify detailed cyber security terms. This paper focuses on the classification of the ontologies them-selves.

Taxonomy Model for Cyber Threat Intelligence Information Exchange Technologies

A system and method for providing a call management service subscriber with options for handling incoming calls, without using voice channel resources, is disclosed. When an incoming call is received by the call management system, caller information and menu options are provided to the subscriber in text form on a display, using a data channel, rather than in spoken form over a voice channel. This conserves air time and network resources while providing the subscriber with call handling options in a convenient and user-friendly form.

Eric W. Burger

Papers

Application-Layer Traffic Optimization (ALTO) Problem Statement

E-residency and blockchain

Voice call processing methods

Taxonomy Model for Cyber Threat Intelligence Information Exchange Technologies

System and method for call management with voice channel conservation