01st week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 66 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090006514 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR NUMERICALLY GENERATING A FREQUENCY - To generate a digital signal at a given frequency, a step of calculating at least one trigonometric function for consecutive phases separated by a phase gap φ | 2009-01-01 |
20090006515 | System and method for dynamic weight processing - A dynamic weight processing system. The inventive system includes a first circuit for receiving an input signal and a second circuit for filtering the input signal with dynamic weights to provide a weighted signal. In an illustrative embodiment, the dynamic weights are finite impulse response filter correlation coefficients that are dynamically generated based on a pseudo-noise code. The system may also include a dynamic weight generator that generates the dynamic weights by combining weight values stored in a lookup table in a manner dependent on the pseudo-noise code. The weighted signal may be further processed to generate nulling and beamsteering weights for the input signal. In a more specific implementation for a GPS (Global Positioning System) application, the received signal is partitioned into space frequency adaptive processing (SFAP) bands and space time adaptive processing (STAP) is performed within the SFAP bands. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006516 | Methods and systems for processing and displaying data - Methods and systems of processing and displaying data that include obtaining and processing time-time data to obtain an in-phase sum of the time-time data, and of providing and utilizing the in-phase sum of the time-time data to generate a graphical display of the Radon sum of the time-time data. The in-phase sum of the time-time data may be provided for display, for example, by outputting a data signal suitable for generating a graphical representation of the in-phase sum of the time-time data, and the output data signal may be utilized to generate a graphical representation of the in-phase sum of the time-time data. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006517 | UNIFIED INTEGER/GALOIS FIELD (2m) MULTIPLIER ARCHITECTURE FOR ELLIPTIC-CURVE CRYTPOGRAPHY - A unified integer/Galois-Field 2 | 2009-01-01 |
20090006518 | Simple MIMO precoding codebook design for a MIMO wireless communications system - The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for establishing a precoding codebook for a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) wireless communication system. The precoding codebook includes a plurality of codebook entries. Each codebook entry includes four sets of vectors for four respective corresponding transmission ranks. The vectors may be predetermined, or generated from source unitary matrices. In addition, the codebook is fully nested. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006519 | Managing a computing environment - Embodiments are provided to configure a number of computing devices based in part on a number of deployment parameters and functions, but the embodiments are not so limited. In an embodiment, a managing application can be used to define a deployment blueprint which includes a number of deployment parameters and functions associated with the configuration of a number of computing devices. The managing application can be used to define a deployment blueprint that includes a number of computing devices, including virtual devices, logical devices, and other devices, systems, and components. Other embodiments are available. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006520 | Multiple Thread Pools for Processing Requests - In embodiments, servers within a distributed system include more than one thread pool from which threads may be allocated for processing requests received at the servers. The servers have a local thread pool from which threads for processing requests that require only local resources (resources stored locally on the server) are allocated. In embodiments, the server will include a remote thread pool from which threads are allocated for processing requests that require resources stored on any remote server. In other embodiments, the server will include a corresponding thread pool for each of a number of specified remote servers. When a request requires access to resources stored on a particular server, a thread from the corresponding thread pool associated with the particular server will be allocated for processing the request. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006521 | ADAPTIVE RECEIVE SIDE SCALING - Receive side scaling in a network system may be improved by moving the task of adapting the load distribution from the operating system (“OS”) to the network device. A load feedback mechanism may be used for the OS to report per-core load to the network device. With per-core load information from the OS as well as its own knowledge of new flows, the network device is able to map new flows to the least-utilized cores by changing these cores' entries in an indirection table in the network device directly. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006522 | INTEGRATED INTERFACE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HETEROGENEOUS SENSOR NETWORKS - Provided are an integrated interface apparatus and a method for heterogeneous sensor networks. The integrated interface apparatus includes an application system interface for converting a query command of an application system into a sensor network command according to a common message protocol, analyzing a response message with respect to the sensor network command, and transmits the converted command to the application system; and a sensor network interface for converting the sensor network command according to characteristics of the corresponding sensor network, transmitting the converted sensor network command to the corresponding sensor network, converting sensing data of the respective sensor networks according to predefined data format, and transmitting the converted sensing data to the application system interface over the response message with respect to the sensor network command. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006523 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING XML-BASED ASYNCHRONOUS AND INTERACTIVE FEEDS FOR WEB APPLICATIONS - A system for providing XML-based asynchronous and interactive feeds for Web applications that provides a highly efficient and extensible XML Javascript framework allowing easy insertion of a comment/news feed control into any Web page. The framework allows for reading of any XML format and provides a new and easy way for modifying the look-and-feel of the control via HTML templates with familiar XPath bindings. The rendering performed through the system supports both flat and indented (“threaded”) views for a comment thread. The system improves the parsing speed of incoming XML, and supports a flexible event model for others to develop plug-ins and mashups in the spirit of Web 2.0. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006524 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER FEEDBACK TO CONTENT PROVIDER DURING DELAYED PLAYBACK MEDIA FILES ON PORTABLE PLAYER - A computer program product stored on machine readable media including machine readable instructions for collecting input of a user from a personal media player, the product having instructions for playing a data file using the personal media player; recording the input on the personal media player; and transmitting the input to a processing system. Also disclosed is a computer program product for receiving input from a personal media player; and transmitting the input to the another party. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006525 | Methods, systems, and products for producing persona-based hosts - Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for producing a virtual host. The virtual host is generated. A demographic trait of a user, interacting with the virtual host, is acquired. The virtual host is endowed with the demographic trait, thereby enriching the virtual host to appeal the user. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006526 | Autonomic control of a distributed computing system using finite state machines - In general, this disclosure describes techniques of managing resources in a service-oriented distributed computing system. As described in this disclosure, one or more control nodes provide for the efficient and automated allocation and management of resources within the distributed computing system. In order to provide automated allocation and management of computing functions and resources, a control node uses a set of governors. This set of governors includes a set of service governors to govern services used in the distributed computing system. The set of governors also includes a set of resource governors that govern individual resources of the services in the distributed computing system. The service governors and the resource governors may be implemented using finite state machines. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006527 | Autonomic control of a distributed computing system using dynamically assembled resource chains - In general, this disclosure describes techniques of managing resources in a service-oriented distributed computing system. As described in this disclosure, one or more control nodes provide for the efficient and automated allocation and management of resources within the distributed computing system. In order to provide automated allocation and management of computing functions and resources, a control node uses a set of governors. This set of governors includes a set of service governors to govern services used in the distributed computing system. The set of governors also includes a set of resource governors that govern individual resources of the services in the distributed computing system. The service governors and the resource governors may be implemented using finite state machines. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006528 | AVAILABILITY DETERMINATION OF A PARTY TO RECEIVE A CALL PRIOR TO CALL SETUP - Presence servers, communication devices, and methods are disclosed for determining the availability of a target party to receive a call prior to call setup. Upon initiation of a call to a target party, the communication device of a subscriber transmits an availability request message to a presence server requesting the availability of the target party to receive the call. Responsive to the availability request message, the presence server determines the availability of the target party to receive the call and transmits an availability response message indicating the availability of the target party to receive the call to the subscriber's communication device. The subscriber's communication device receives the availability response message from the presence server, displays the availability of the target party to receive the call from the subscriber, and may talk other associated actions such as setting up the call to the target party if it is available. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006529 | CLIENT SIDE BASED DATA SYNCHRONIZATION AND STORAGE - Client side based data synchronization and storage is accomplished through a smart way of data off-lining coupled with a synchronization technique implemented on the client side that does not require any modifications to the server side. The customized client utilizes the server as a temporary placeholder for document synchronization. Attached documents to an item will be off-loaded from the client based on a predetermined policy. The clients make off-line copies of the items and documents. The server will maintain only the document store skeleton or metadata for such processed items. Any client which has not made an off-line copy of an item will pass a synchronization request via the server to the other clients so that at least one of its peers may upload the document onto the server. The requesting client can then retrieve the item from the server and synchronize/off-line that item on its local store. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006530 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING DATA TO A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method of transferring data to a portable electronic device includes providing a link for pushing data to the portable electronic device, receiving a selection of the push link, receiving an identifier of the portable electronic device for delivery of the data thereto, and transmitting the data to the portable electronic device. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006531 | CLIENT REQUEST BASED LOAD BALANCING - A method for balancing load in a network system, having a plurality of clients initiating transactions with a plurality of servers. For each transaction a host name associated with one or more servers capable of completing the transaction is specified. The client initiates a request to resolve the host name and a plurality of IP addresses are returned. The client randomly communicates with one of the IPs identified as capable of completing the transaction and reports on the success of the transaction. If multiple attempts to the same IP fail, the IP is removed from service by the client. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006532 | DYNAMIC PHISHING PROTECTION IN INSTANT MESSAGING - Method, apparatus, and systems are directed to phishing detection and prevention in Instant Messaging (IM) environments. A variety of sources provide phishing data to a client phishing engine (CAE). The CAE may receive data from various applications local to the client device, from sources external to the client device, user input, and data from a plurality of other client devices. The CAE may employ the data to block access to a site and/or provide a warning message. At least some of the phishing data is provided to a centralized anti-phishing server (CAS) from a plurality of client devices. The CAS then attempts to use the received phishing data to search for the originator of the phishing site, and prevent future messages associated with the site. CAS will provide information about the detected phishing sites to a filtering application, such that the phishing site may be appropriately blocked. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006533 | SERVER-AIDED APPROACH TO IMPROVE MEDIA NEGOTIATION EFFICIENCY - A network device, system, and method are directed towards employing a media advisor to determine a media match for media types among computing devices. During a SIP communications, a caller device sends an SIP/SDP invite message to a callee device, which is received by a first proxy server and forwarded to a second proxy server. The second proxy employs the media advisor to perform a media agreement using information about the caller and callee to determine a matching codec for the given media type. The media advisor returns the match information to the second proxy server, which reformats the invite to substitute the provided codec/media information with the match information. The proxy server then forwards the modified invite message to the callee computing device. The callee computing device, confirming the match, responds with an okay type response that is sent to the caller to establish the call session. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006534 | Unified Provisioning of Physical and Virtual Images - A system for the unified provisioning of virtual and physical disk images is created. The system includes a library of disk images. Client devices are able to upload to, and select disk images from the disk library. The library is able to determine the hardware requirements of a client device, and format the disk image accordingly. The library supports both virtual machine and physical computer systems, and is able to modify the stored disk image to accommodate either type of client device. The library can modify images to be bootable from a wide variety of storage device types, including iSCSI, and DAS, for example. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006535 | Techniques For Performing Intelligent Content Indexing - Techniques for intelligent content indexing are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for performing intelligent content indexing comprising indexing by one or more processes associated with a client an initial full set of data of the client to create an index of the client data, detecting a change in the client data, and modifying the index to reflect the change in the client data. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006536 | CONTENT SHARING VIA MOBILE BROADCAST SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for sharing data content is provided. The method includes aggregating requests to share data content across broadcast networks and re-broadcasting the data content based at least in part on the number of requests or a determined capacity of the broadcast networks. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006537 | Virtual Desktop Integration with Terminal Services - An integration system is disclosed that provides a virtual desktop integration with terminal services. A client computer is connected to one the virtual desktops operating in a server. The client computer examines information contained in a remote desktop protocol (RDP) compliant packet supplied by the server. The client computer connects to one of the many virtual desktops based on information. Use of the information enables integration of the virtual desktop with the existing terminal session deployment model. Client devices can establish a session using a single network name and can be appropriately directed to either a virtual desktop or terminal session. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006538 | Automatic Distributed Downloading - Automatic distributed downloading (ADD) may involve, for example, enabling the downloading of a resource via a peer-to-peer (P2P)-based protocol from a uniform resource identifier (URI). In an example embodiment, an ADD module includes a directory client that sends to a directory service a mapping request including a URI corresponding to a targeted resource and receives a mapping response including P2P session connection information. The targeted resource can be retrieved over a P2P network via a P2P-based protocol using the P2P session connection information. In another example embodiment, a mapping data structure is accessed with reference to a URI. An entry corresponding to the referenced URI is ascertained and P2P session connection information from the entry is extracted. The URI corresponds to a source making the resource available via a client-server-based protocol, and the P2P session connection information makes the resource available via a P2P-based protocol. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006539 | System and method for switching between stateful and stateless communication modes - Methods and systems for specifying the state of an application interface during configuration of the business system are provided. A state controller can manage communication between application interfaces and interface proxies. Each interface proxy replicates the services exposed by an application interface associated with backend applications in a business system. The state controller allows each application to operate in a stateful mode, a stateless mode, or a combined mode. The mode for an application can be specified during configuration/installation of the business system, removing the need to specify communication modes for applications during design and development of the applications and business system. The use of an interface proxy allows user interface (frontend) application to be developed and/or configured individually, and without regard to the communication mode used by the backend applications. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006540 | System and method for remote machine data transfer - A method for data transfer between a client system and a server comprises receiving one or more user-defined file transfer specifications and establishing a communication channel between a client system and a server system based on the file transfer specifications. The method also includes initializing transfer of operation data between the client system and the server system via the communication channel. The method further includes providing an exception notification to one or more user-designated recipients if the transfer of the operation data between the client system and the server system is inconsistent with the file transfer specifications. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006541 | Load Distribution in Client Server System | 2009-01-01 |
20090006542 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UPDATING MEDIA LISTS IN PORTABLE MEDIA DEVICES - A method and apparatus for updating a media list or a media list collection of a portable media player device is disclosed herein. In various embodiments, the updates are generated by a proxy or a third party server, based at least in part on data gathered for media preferences for a user of the portable media play device and one or more other users of one or more portable media player devices. In various embodiments, the method is practiced respecting the access rights of the media files (if access rights are required). Other embodiments may also be described and claimed. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006543 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASYNCHRONOUS RETRIEVAL OF INFORMATION BASED ON INCREMENTAL USER INPUT - A system and method for asynchronously retrieving information over a network based on incremental input. The system comprises a client part, a communication protocol, and a server part. The server part receives incremental text-based input from one or more objects in the client part, and asynchronously returns matching information to the client part depending on server-defined content channels that each query one or more underlying or connected content sources, such as databases or search engines, to return matches for the latest input and for the latest values and state of other content channels. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006544 | System And Method For Managing Account Of Instant Messenger - A system for managing an Instant Messenger account including a process server and a database server, and the process server is adapted to receive enhanced association information of at least one account from at least one client terminal, transmit the enhanced association information to the database server; when receiving a service request from one client terminal, acquire the enhanced association information of an account corresponding to the client terminal from the database server, generate verification information according to the security level of the service request and transmit the verification information to the client terminal to verify the identity of the user using the client terminal; and the database server is adapted to save the enhanced association information of the at least one account. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006545 | Creating an interactive gaming environment - Methods for creating an interactive gaming environment are provided. In various embodiments, methods of the present invention may include initializing an interactive game application at a game server which is then characterized as having an active status, notifying a lobby server concerning the active status of the game server, registering the application with a universe management server via the lobby server, and allowing users to join the interactive gaming environment. The users joining the interactive gaming environment may be identified by a server key obtained from the game server. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006546 | MULTIPLE NODE REMOTE MESSAGING - A method for passing remote messages in a parallel computer system formed as a network of interconnected compute nodes includes that a first compute node (A) sends a single remote message to a remote second compute node (B) in order to control the remote second compute node (B) to send at least one remote message. The method includes various steps including controlling a DMA engine at first compute node (A) to prepare the single remote message to include a first message descriptor and at least one remote message descriptor for controlling the remote second compute node (B) to send at least one remote message, including putting the first message descriptor into an injection FIFO at the first compute node (A) and sending the single remote message and the at least one remote message descriptor to the second compute node (B). | 2009-01-01 |
20090006547 | ADDING PERSONAL NOTE CAPABILITIES TO TEXT EXCHANGE CLIENTS - The present invention discloses a personal note capability for a text exchange client. A personal note can be a note not transmitted in a dialog between text exchange participants. It can, however, be transmitted in a communication outside the text exchange dialog communication. The personal note can be created and presented within a text exchange window. In one implementation, a user can utilize a special symbol to denote that a personal note follows. For example, a user could enter “ | 2009-01-01 |
20090006548 | DELEGATING INSTANT MESSAGING SESSIONS - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates redirecting an instant messaging session or an instant messaging communication. An interface component can receive a portion of data related to an instant messaging session, wherein the portion of data is associated with an instant messaging communication. A delegation component can automatically route the instant messaging session to a delegate for receipt of the instant messaging communication based upon a rule. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006549 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A COMMUNITY PORTAL FOR CHAT-BASED SUPPORT SERVICES - An approach is disclosed for providing a community portal for chat-based support services. Chat sessions corresponding to customer support service are established among multiple users and one or more agents. A community of the users is created during the chat sessions. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006550 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AGENT MANAGED SUPPORT VIA INSTANT MESSAGING - An approach is disclosed for providing a managed chat session. An agent establishes a chat session with a user for customer support. Information from the user is received via the chat session, wherein the information is used to determine customized content to be presented to the user over the chat session for duration of the chat session. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006551 | DYNAMIC AWARENESS OF PEOPLE - A system for sharing collective information is provided. The system includes a profile component that receives information regarding a user's profile. A detection component determines profiles of other users related to the user's profile and a content component relays data associated with the other users in view of the user's profile. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006552 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A MULTILAYERED MESSAGE - Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to systems and methods for providing a multilayered message. These layers include a first layer and a second layer in the body of the message. A sender includes the first content in the first layer of the message, and the second content in the second layer of the multilayered message. The sender dispatches the multilayer message to a message server. The message server processes this multilayered message and distributes it to the target recipient. Each recipient sees a modified version of the multilayered message, based on the metadata associated with the message and its layers. In one embodiment, a first recipient sees only the first layer of the multilayered message, while a second recipient sees both the first as well as the second layer of the multilayered message. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006553 | Remote Collaboration Tool For Rich Media Environments - A remote collaboration tool, system and method are presented. The remote collaboration tool can be hosted by a collaboration computer for enabling collaborative communication of rich media files between a server connected with a rich media data source and a plurality of client computers over a network. The remote collaboration tool includes a locking mechanism for locking all subsequent versions of a rich media file that has been requested by one of the plurality of client computers. The remote collaboration tool further includes a synchronization engine for synchronizing the requested rich media file with all subsequent versions of the rich media file to generate a synchronized rich media file for storage in the rich media data source. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006554 | SYSTEM AND NETWORK TERMINAL FOR IP COMMUNICATIONS - A network terminal is capable of running a plurality of user environments in parallel and is connected to an interface device. The network terminal includes a plurality of communication units, a plurality of collaborating units, and a monitoring unit. The plurality of communication units are provided in one to one correspondence with a plurality of user environments. Each communication unit is configured to implement an Internet Protocol telephone call in the corresponding user environment. The plurality of collaborating units are provided in one to one correspondence with the plurality of communication units. Each collaborating unit is configured to perform a collaborative control on the corresponding communication unit and the interface device to thereby establish communications between the interface device and the corresponding communication unit. The monitoring unit monitors whether any of the collaborating units is performing the collaborative control. One of the plurality of collaborating units performs the collaborative control when the subject collaborating unit receives: notification from the monitoring unit indicating that none of the plurality of collaborating units is performing a collaborative control; and notification from the interface device specifying the subject collaborating unit as a specified collaborating unit to perform the collaborating control. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006555 | Method and System For Integration of Instant Messaging and Teleconferencing Via a Telephone Network - A system is provided comprising a plurality of instant messaging client applications ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090006556 | ASSIGNING TAGS TO NETWORK ADDRESSES FOR SUBSEQUENT RETRIEVAL OF THE NETWORK ADDRESSES - Systems and methods are provided for assigning a tag, such as a short name, to a network address of a web page for ease in subsequent retrieval of the web page. A user of a browser application may enter a tag responsive to which the browser application associates the tag with a network address of a web page. The browser application then transmits the tag and the network address to a tag server that stores the tag as assigned to the network address. At a subsequent time, a user may enter the tag into a browser application to retrieve the network address that is associated with the tag. The browser application transmits the tag to the tag server to retrieve the network address associated with the tag. The browser application may then display the web page that is associated with the retrieved network address. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006557 | REMOTE PROGRAMMING OF AN AUTOMATIC REPLY FEATURE IN AN EMAIL ACCOUNT - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing remote programming of an automatic reply feature in an email account through a communication device, such as a landline phone, a mobile phone, etc. An automatic reply server is implemented in a communication network, such as a PSTN, a cellular network, etc. The user of a communication device may access the automatic reply server with instructions to program the automatic reply feature of his/her email account. Responsive to the instructions, the automatic reply server formats the appropriate program message, and transmits the program message to the email server that is hosting the email account. The email server then programs the automatic reply feature in the email account of the user based on the program message, such as by activating or deactivating the automatic reply feature, defining a message to include in the reply emails, etc. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006558 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFORMING A THREAD OF EMAIL MESSAGES INTO A REAL-TIME MEETING - A system and method for transforming a thread of email messages into a real-time e-meeting. Collaborative processing between asynchronous and synchronous components are controlled through a UI which controls the selection of threaded messages and initiates an e-meeting including all the recipients of the thread, each participant may privately view the full content of the message by selecting the message, and the moderator has the option to terminate the real-time meeting. Any participant who accepts the invitation can see a synchronized inbox that is limited to the selected thread. A final summary of the decisions is then sent as a final message in the thread, thereby being captured in everyone's inbox. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006559 | Application Message Subscription Tracking In A High Speed, Low Latency Data Communications Environment - Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for application message subscription tracking in a high speed, low latency data communications environment that includes: receiving, by a stream administration server from a subscribing client device, a subscription initiation request, the subscription initiation request specifying a message topic, the message topic specifying application messages for transmission to the subscribing client device from a message transmitting device; brokering, by the stream administration server, establishment of a message stream that provides the application messages for the specified message topic from the message transmitting device to the subscribing client device; and updating, by the stream administration server, a client subscription repository for monitoring application message subscriptions in dependence upon the subscription initiation request. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006560 | Terminating An Application Message Subscription - Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for terminating an application message subscription that include: receiving, by messaging middleware of a subscribing client device, application messages having one or more message topics on one or more message streams from one or more message transmitting devices; receiving, by the messaging middleware from a stream administration server, a subscription termination message specifying a particular message topic for application messages that the subscription client device is no longer authorized to receive; and ceasing, by the messaging middleware, to provide the received application messages having the particular message topic to an application on the subscribing client device, including providing the received application messages having other message topics to the application. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006561 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR RETRACTING INSTANT MESSAGES - A method of and system for enabling retraction of instant messages detects a command to send an instant message from an instant message window. The system determines if the command is the first command sent from the instant message window after the window has received focus. If so, the system delays the execution of the command for a delay time according to a retraction policy, and provides a retraction control for canceling said command. The system cancels the command in response to actuation of the retraction control. The system may cancel the instant message in response to actuation of the retraction control. The system sends the instant message in response to expiration of the delay time without an actuation of the retraction control. The system may provide a control for sending the instant message before expiration of the delay time. The retraction policy may provide different delay times for different categories of recipients. The delay time may be zero for certain categories of recipients. The retraction policy may be configurable by a user. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006562 | Service Gateway Decomposition in a Network Environment Including IMS - In one embodiment, a scheme is described with respect to a service network system adapted to interoperate in an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) environment wherein signaling and message media planes are decoupled. The service network system comprises a service gateway controller (SGC) that is decomposed from a plurality of a plurality of service gateways (SGWs) operable to effectuate a message transport interface with respect to a remote services server. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006563 | Dynamic peer network extension bridge - A dynamically extended peer network is formed from a first peer network and a second peer network. The first and second peer networks are separated from each other by a boundary. A first computing system in the first peer network is configured to establish a communication link with a second computing system in the second peer network. The first computing system relays messages from the first peer network to the second computing system. The second computing system receives the messages and posts them to the second peer network. If desired, the second computing system can send a response to the message. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006564 | HIGH AVAILABILITY TRANSPORT - A system provides high availability electronic message forwarding. When an electronic message is communicated to a first server, a copy of the electronic message is maintained at a second server. The electronic message is maintained on both servers until the electronic message is successfully communicated to a third server. After the message is delivered to the third server, the electronic message is removed from both the first server and the second server. If the first server fails to communicate the electronic message to the third server, the second server does so. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006565 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MESSAGE CUSTOMIZATION - Disclosed is an apparatus for customizing messages. The apparatus includes a communications unit and a processing unit. The communications unit can be configured to receive a message from a sender and intended for one or more target recipients. The communications unit can also be configured to receive one or more message customization indicators that are from either or both of the sender and respective ones of the target recipients. The message customization indicators are respectively related to identifying characteristics of the respective target recipients and the sender when provided by the sender and respective ones of the target recipients. The processing unit can be configured to cause respective output versions of the message to be outputted to the target recipients, each respective output version being output in a format consistent with the message customization indicators and at least one of the respective output versions being different from another of the respective output versions. Also disclosed are corresponding methods and computer program products. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006566 | Providing Access to Presence Information Using Multiple Presence Objects - An approach is described for maintaining multiple presence objects associated with a single entity. The different presence objects correspond to different respective aspects of the entity's presence. Each presence object includes subscriber information and permission information associated therewith. The subscriber information identifies the subscribers that subscribe to receive notifications for a particular presence object. The permission information identifies the users who are entitled to receive notifications for the particular presence object. By virtue of the use of multiple objects, the entity can control access to its presence information with a high degree of granularity. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006567 | Providing Sender-Selected Sound Items to Conversation Participants - Functionality is described for allowing a first user to select a sound item. The first user can use a first device to send this sound item to a second device operated by a second user. Upon the occurrence of a triggering event, the sound item selected by the first user can be presented by the second device to the second user. The first device and the second device may correspond to two devices in an Instant Messaging (IM) system. According to another illustrative aspect, functionality is described that allows the first user to select the new sound item from a source sound item by adjusting the position and/or size (e.g., width) of a graphical selection unit that is presented over a graphical depiction of the source sound item. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006568 | Network-based collaboration record - A network-accessible data storage service integrated with instant messenger software. Network-based collaboration between one or more collaborators may be facilitated by enabling information exchanged in an instant messaging environment, such as files and comments, to be integrated into a network-accessible data storage service and made available to the one or more collaborators after collaboration in the instant messaging environment has ended. In some embodiments of the invention, a data storage service may comprise an instant messaging service through which the data storage service may be a collaborator. Information exchanged during the network-based conversations may be received by the data storage service as if it were one of the one or more collaborators and may be stored by the data storage service in a network-accessible location. The data may then be made available to the one or more collaborators of the network-based collaboration following the end of the network-based collaboration. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006569 | Method and apparatus for creating predictive filters for messages - A method and apparatus for creating predictive filters for messages. In one embodiment, filter information is coupled to a reputation database. One or more filters for a message feature are generated if a reputation of the message feature is associated with one or more portions of the filter information. In one embodiment, SPAM filters are generated. In yet another embodiment, one or more message features are tested using heuristics. One or more message features are blacklisted based on a determination of the heuristics. One or more additional message filters are generated if a reputation of the message feature is associated with a blacklisted feature. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006570 | Email fetching system and method in a portable electronic device - In accordance with some embodiments, a computer-implemented method for fetching email from an email server to a portable electronic device is disclosed. The method includes fetching email from the email server upon occurrence of at least one of: expiration of a first period of time after activation of an email application running on the device; expiration of a second period of time after a prior email fetch while the email application is running in the foreground; expiration of a third period of time after the prior email fetch while the email application is running in background; or expiration of a fourth period of time after the portable device is unlocked. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006571 | DATA TRANSFER PROCESS APPARATUS, DEVICE, STATUS NOTIFYING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR STATUS NOTIFICATION, AND PROGRAM FOR STATUS NOTIFICATION - Transmission data is generated depending on the status change of a device according to a message indicating the status information about the device and the destination information about the message and is transmitted by electronic mail, and the user who manages the device can be notified of the status of the device at an appropriate timing by a data transfer process apparatus, a device, a network system, a data transfer method, and a storage medium. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006572 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BOUNCING ELECTRONIC MESSAGES - A method and apparatus is provided that establishes user accounts that automatically forward a user's e-mail to the user's pre-selected forwarding e-mail address(es). Each user creates a forwarding directory, which may comprise multiple e-mail accounts, that the user activates and deactivates as needed. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006573 | Method And System For Publishing An Electronic File Attached To An Electronic Mail Message - Publishing content associated with an electronic file attached to an electronic mail message by executing instructions contained in the electronic mail attachment and accessing the content at a remote computer server identified by the attached file. The attached file includes computer-executable instructions, such as a computer program or script, which include an identifier for a remote server connected to a distributed computer network. This identified remote server typically hosts a web site containing content intended for viewing by the recipient of the electronic mail message. In response to launching the attached file of the electronic mail message with a viewer program, a browser program can be opened to enable the recipient to view the content of the identified remote server, typically a web site on an intranet or the global Internet. This supports the communication of electronic content by using an electronic mail message to transport an electronic file attachment having instructions that, when executed by the recipient's computer, enable the recipient to view the electronic content by accessing a server computer connected to distributed computer network. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006574 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DISRUPTION DETECTION, MANAGEMENT, AND RECOVERY - A task disruption and recovery system and methods are described that detects shifts away from ongoing tasks, whether by self-interruption or by disruptive events from within or outside a computing system, based on signals detected. Among other functions, the system works to enhance the efficient recovery of suspended tasks or problem-solving sessions via storing and presenting representations of the suspended sessions in a manner that facilitates recovery and continuation. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006575 | Detection and Removal of Undesirable Items in a Data Processing Environment - Functionality is described for addressing a threat to the security of a user device that utilizes a network-accessible service. The functionality operates by assessing the likelihood that the user device is infected by the undesirable item. When the user device makes a request to access the network-accessible service, the functionality can interact with the user device in a manner that is governed by the assessed likelihood that the user device is infected by the undesirable item. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006576 | COOPERATIVE LOCATION BASED TASKS - A method for providing location dependent information to a user for selective colleague assistance. The method on a Client Wireless Component includes the steps of receiving location data from a plurality of Global Positioning System GPS satellites and transmitting the location data to an Active Calendar Component. The method further includes on an Active Calendar Component the steps of receiving Client Wireless Component location data and determining if within a threshold distance a Colleague item list exists for user completion. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006577 | Gathering Statistics Based on Container Exchange - A method of tracking statistics related to a container of data is disclosed. A container created by an author may be stored on a network. Other users aside from the author may be permitted to search for containers. The other users may be permitted to obtain a copy of a selected container and statistics related to a number of copies of the container obtained may be stored. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006578 | SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY INTEGRATING REMOTE PORTLETS INTO PORTALS - The present invention discloses a system and method allowing dynamically integrating remote portlets into each Portal by providing local portlets as remote portlet Web-Services by providing, to each Portal-Server, a publishing functionality allowing electronic creation of a service description for each single local portlet and publishing it into a Central-Registry and a find/binding functionality to find remote portlet Web-Services via the Central-Registry and bind them using the service description for accessing the remote portlet. Preferably, each Portal-Server includes a Portlet-Registry component as well as a Portlet-Proxy. The Portlet-Registry provides service description to the Portlet-Proxy that establishes a SOAP-communication with a remote Portal-Server providing the remote portlet Web-Service to be selected. The main advantage of the present invention is that local portlets become available for all Portal-Server without requiring local installation of the portlet code itself. Furthermore, new remote portlets can be included into a portal by finding them in a registry and binding them. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006579 | Data Providing System, Server and Program - A data providing system of the present invention is provided with an image acquiring device, an area extracting device, a data storing device, and a data providing device. For each image data acquired by the image acquiring device, a storage destination specifying area is extracted by the area extracting device, storage destination is specified by a storage destination specifying device, and the image data is stored at the storage destination by the data storing device. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006580 | SERVER SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION THEREOF AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - It is arranged so that the history of access to a web page that has been returned to can be determined even in a case where a “BACK” button on a browser has been clicked. Owing to a transition from one web page to another in response to clicking of hot text from the one page to the other, the URL of the destination web page is transmitted to a server. As a result, the URL of the source web page and the URL of the access destination can be recognized by the server. In a case where one web page is returned to from another web page by pressing the “BACK” button on a browser, a URL is not transmitted to the server. Therefore, a URL combination in which the source URL and the access destination URL have been interchanged is generated and stored in an access history table. Thus, even if the preceding web page is restored by pressing the “BACK” button, the server is capable of ascertaining history of the access. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006581 | Method and System For Downloading Streaming Content - According to this invention a content object can be downloaded that is being sent to an access device ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090006582 | Method and Apparatus for Restructuring of Personalized Data for Transmission from a Data Network to Connected and Portable Network Appliances - A system for retrieving and disseminating information records from Internet sources includes a client device and an intermediary server system, including software, between the client device and the Internet. The system collects a record specific to a client from an individual one of said Internet sources in a first form in which the record is recorded at the Internet source, transforms the record from the first form to a second form specific to an application other than an Internet browser application, the application executable by the client device, and transmits the transformed record to the client device for display in the application other than an Internet browser application executable by the client device. In some cases the client device connects by a data link that is not Internet-compatible link. Data mining on the Internet specific to clients and client devices is taught, with aggregation services and synchronization for keeping a client up-to-date efficiently for changing data content. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006583 | Method and system for distributing restricted media to consumers - Techniques for distributing restricted media to consumers are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, personalized settings (e.g., parameters or table) are managed in a primary client device associated with a user. A copy of the personalized settings is maintained in a server. When the primary box is replaced, a copy of the personalized settings is uploaded to a different client device that is configured to respond to the personalized settings. Data pertaining to titles in a personal vault is preloaded. When there is an order for a release that is restricted for distribution over an open network, data pertaining to such a release is also loaded. As a result, the subscriber sees the familiar settings on the different client device and would not miss any release while the primary box is being replaced or repaired. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006584 | Service Personalization in a Terminal Device - Two service signals are transmitted from a service server through a first network in such a way that users' terminal devices display personalized service data items. When service signals are filtered, a terminal device extracts common data items accessible for several terminal devices and a parameter type from a service signal identified by a stored identifier. An end address is determined by applying a stored parameter, related to the parameter type, to a pre-recorded or transmitted algorithm. The end address is transmitted, through a second network, to a server which transmits a first personalized file associated with the end address and bearing personalized data items displayed with the common data items in the device. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006585 | Ip Address Allocation Method - A DHCP server allocates IP addresses to DHCP clients and the IP address validation process is moved from the client to the DHCP server. The DHCP server is required to periodically select a predefined number of validated IP addresses from its unused IP addresses. When a client applies for an IP address, the DHCP server allocates an IP address from its selected validated IP addresses to the client, and the client then directly uses the IP address allocated by the DHCP server. This method may be used for providing VoIP in mobile phones, wherein the voice session interruption is shortened sufficiently before the mobile terminal acquires a new IP address through the fast IP address re-allocation to a mobile terminal, thereby ensuring mobile VoIP communication quality. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006586 | MODEL DRIVEN PORTLET DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT - Under the present invention desired portlet behaviors are embodied as portlet patterns. When a developer wishes to create a new portlet for a portal page, the developer will select a presentation template, select one or more portlet patterns and input values for the selected portlet patterns. Thereafter, the portlet will be encoded by binding the values to the selected patterns according to the presentation template. Once encoded, the portlet will be bound to a portal server catalog corresponding to the portal page. The binding to the portal server catalog allows the portlet to be visible to end users visiting the portal page. Then, if an end user selects the portlet, an instance thereof will be created by an instantiator portlet. Any underlying functions of the portlet can then be carried out by the instantiator portlet. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006587 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THIN CLIENT CONFIGURATION - A method for configuring a thin client connected to a communications network includes the thin client sending a request for a network address to an address server. The address server sends an assigned network address back to the thin client together with a location of a configuration server. The thin client sends a request for configuration information to the configuration server. The request for configuration information includes information on the thin client. The configuration server generates a configuration file containing configuration information based on the received thin client information. The configuration file is then sent by the configuration server to the thin client, which uses the configuration file for configuration. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006588 | Method for Heterogeneous System Configuration - A method for provisioning systems within a solution which includes mapping a physical identifier of a component within a system to a logical identifier of the component within a system and mapping the logical identifier of the component within a system to an implementation identifier of the component within the system. The mapping conforms to a predetermined user identifiable naming convention. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006589 | CONTROL OF SENSOR NETWORKS - A method and apparatus is provided for generating an index and creating a network of devices based on the index. Information and data may be provided via the network. In one example, a request may be received from a user at a service. The service may maintain an index containing characteristics of devices. Any number or type of devices may be selected to participate in the network. Also, the network may be subsequently modified by the addition or removal of any device from the network. Information or data received from the network devices may be returned to the user requesting the information via the service. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006590 | Method and Apparatus for Enabling a Management System to Interface with Managed Devices - The invention includes a method and apparatus for interfacing with a managed device. A method according to one embodiment includes receiving a message including an identifier indicative of a location at which interface information associated with the managed device is stored, obtaining the interface information, and initiating a request to perform a function on the managed device using the interface information. The interface information includes information adapted for use by a management system to interface with the managed device. The interface information includes one or more interface routines and one or more interface routine descriptions. The interface routine(s) is specified using an interpreted language, such as Java, Visual Basic, and the like. The interface routine description is specified using a descriptive language, such as XML, XHTML, and the like. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006591 | DASHBOARD INTERFACE GROUP IDENTIFIER - A device receives multiple identifiers associated with a customer of a network, receives multiple products associated with the customer and provided by the network, groups the multiple identifiers into a single customer identifier, and associates the single customer identifier with the multiple products. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006592 | NETWORK EVALUATION GRID TECHNIQUES - Network evaluation grid techniques are presented. Local specifications for traffic patterns are evaluated for local traffic on local grids of a grid computing environment and reported out. The local traffic reported out is then evaluated in response to global traffic pattern specifications and a global traffic policy in order to identify one or more remedial actions to take or to recommend in response to that evaluation. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006593 | REPLICA/CACHE LOCATOR, AN OVERLAY NETWORK AND A METHOD TO LOCATE REPLICATION TABLES AND CACHES THEREIN - A replica/cache locator, a method to locate replication tables and caches in an overlay network having multiple nodes and an overlay network. In one embodiment, the method includes: (1) determining a network distance between a first node of the multiple nodes in the overlay network and each of the remaining multiple nodes, (2) calculating m clusters of the multiple nodes based on the network distances and (3) designating at least a single node from the m clusters to include a replication table of the first node. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006594 | Method and system for remote manageability of networked computers - A method and system may allow a management server in a first network to communicate via a mediator server with a management module of a computing system in a second network. The mediator server may establish a communication connection to the management module and the data transferred from the management server to the management module may be associated with the communication connection. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006595 | Edge traversal service dormancy - A system maintains a dormant state in the host, in which no beacons (or “bubbles”) are transmitted from the host when no application or service (collectively, “processes”) of the host is accepting unsolicited traffic via the edge traversal service. When at least one application or service begins to accept unsolicited traffic via the edge traversal service, the host enters a qualified state and begins transmitting the beacons. As each additional application or service begins to accept such traffic, the number of accepting applications and services is maintained. As applications and services terminate acceptance of such traffic, the number of accepting applications and services is decremented. When the last application or service terminates acceptance of unsolicited traffic via the edge traversal service, the host re-enters the dormant state and ceases transmission of its beacons. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006596 | Dynamic address redemption and routing in ZigBee networks - Dynamic address redemption and reallocation is performed in a ZigBee network. When a router node attempts to join a parent with no available address space, the parent requests available address space from child router nodes and possibly from the entire network. If available address space can be found, it is redeemed and reallocated to the router node wishing to join the network. A lookup table may be maintained at all nodes to track changes in address allocation. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006597 | Trust Evaluation - A solution for evaluating trust in a computer infrastructure is provided. In particular, a plurality of computing devices in the computer infrastructure evaluate one or more other computing devices in the computer infrastructure based on a set of device measurements for the other computing device(s) and a set of reference measurements. To this extent, each of the plurality of computing devices also provides a set of device measurements for processing by the other computing device(s) in the computer infrastructure. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006598 | System and Method for Efficient Storage of Long-Lived Session State in a SIP Server - A SIP server can be deployed in a two-tier architecture, including an engine tier for processing of SIP communications and a state tier for maintaining the state associated with these communications. The state tier can include RAM-based replicas that provide data to the engines. Some of the SIP session state can be moved to the database in order to reduce the memory requirements of the state tier. Upon determining that a transaction boundary has been reached where the session state is steady, the state replica can save the data to the database. A hint can be received from the engine tier by the state replica indicating that the state data is ready to be saved. Subsequently, the data can be removed from the state tier by nulling out the bytes of actual data, while preserving the primary key, locking and timer information so as not to impact latency. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006599 | OFF-PEAK BACKGROUND DELIVERY - Methods, systems, and machine readable media are disclosed for managing bandwidth utilization including off-peak, background delivery of content. According to one embodiment, a method of managing bandwidth used for delivering content to a plurality of users can comprise determining one or more destinations for the content and determining available bandwidth for delivering the content to the one or more destinations. A set of criteria can be applied to the content, the one or more destinations for the content, and the available bandwidth. A schedule for delivery of the content can be generated based on applying the set of criteria. The content can be delivered to the one or more destinations based on the schedule. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006600 | NETWORK IDENTIFICATION AND CONFIGURATION USING NETWORK SIGNATURE - Methods, computer program products, systems and data structures for generating a signature for a network are described. A network signature may include, for example, network information associated with a network (e.g., IP address, MAC address, domain name, DNS name, routing information, phone number, etc.). A signature of a network that has previously been created can be stored to enable identification of the network in the future and to record parameters, settings, properties and attributes previously used for that network. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006601 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD IN STORAGE SYSTEM - An object of the present invention is to recognize the presence of a business-use computer that can be a management target of a management computer, and to register the recognized business-use computer as a management target host. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006602 | MULTI-HOST MANAGEMENT SERVER IN STORAGE SYSTEM, PROGRAM FOR THE SAME AND PATH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD - Provided is a multi-host management server that includes: a reception section that receives failure information about paths from hosts and stores the received failure information in a failure information reception queue; an extraction section that extracts from the failure information reception queue plural pieces of failure information about a plurality of paths received from a common host; a retrieval section that retrieves failure information about one path from the extracted plural pieces of failure information about the plurality of paths; a registration section that registers information indicating a host in a host refresh queue for updating path information; a deletion section that deletes, after the registration, the plural pieces of failure information about the plurality of paths received from the common host from the failure information reception queue; and an execution section that executes update of path information for the relevant host. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006603 | Methods for Operating Virtual Networks, Data Network System, Computer Program and Computer Program Product - The invention relates to a method for operating virtual networks. The method comprises providing a first virtual network ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090006604 | Communication across multiple game applications - Systems for communication across multiple game applications are provided. In various embodiments, systems of the present invention may include a first application server hosting a first game application, a second application server hosting a second game application that is different from the first game application, a first client device for interaction with the first game application, a second client device for interaction with the second game application, and a universe management server for maintaining information about the first client device and the second client device. The information maintained in the universe management server may include game application interaction information, which allows the universe management server to facilitate real-time communication between a user of the first client device and a user of the second client device. The universe management system may further receive communications from both client devices via the first and second application server. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006605 | EXTENDED WRITE COMBINING USING A WRITE CONTINUATION HINT FLAG - A computing apparatus for reducing the amount of processing in a network computing system which includes a network system device of a receiving node for receiving electronic messages comprising data. The electronic messages are transmitted from a sending node. The network system device determines when more data of a specific electronic message is being transmitted. A memory device stores the electronic message data and communicating with the network system device. A memory subsystem communicates with the memory device. The memory subsystem stores a portion of the electronic message when more data of the specific message will be received, and the buffer combines the portion with later received data and moves the data to the memory device for accessible storage. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006606 | COMMAND QUEUE LOADING - A data storage system and associated method are provided wherein a policy engine continuously collects qualitative information about a network load to the data storage system in order to dynamically characterize the load and continuously correlates the load characterization to a command queue depth of data transfer requests. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006607 | SCALABLE METHODS FOR DETECTING SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC PATTERNS IN A DATA NETWORK - Methods and apparatuses are provided for detecting traffic patterns in a data network. A sequential hashing scheme can be utilized that has D hash arrays. Each hash array i, wherein 1≦i≦D, includes M | 2009-01-01 |
20090006608 | DYNAMICALLY ENHANCING MEETING PARTICIPATION THROUGH COMPILATION OF DATA - Meeting attendees can have the resources available to participate in an efficient meeting regardless of where the attendees are located (e.g., across from each other or thousands of miles apart). Information can be gathered that relates to the attendees, the subject matter of the meeting or other information. In addition, relationships between attendees, if any, can be determined and displayed to the attendees to show the interrelatedness of the group. Various aspects during the meeting can also be observed and analyzed to allow the attendees to become more aware of the dynamics between individuals as well as the entire team. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006609 | MEDIA CONTENT DISTRIBUTION INDICATOR - A method includes providing an expandable element associated with a message transmit key of a device. An outer border of the expandable element moves or expands to reflect a number of recipients of a message to be sent from the device. The message transmit key of the device is contacted to cause the initiation of the message transmitted to each of the recipients, and a size of an inner region within the outer border is expanded to reflect a state of the message transmission to each of the recipients, wherein the size of the inner regions expands to fill an area within the outer border in order to send the message to each recipient. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006610 | Event driven plugin architecture for importing scanned image data into a production workflow - Systems and methods are described that facilitate importing scanned image data into a production workflow, in accordance with various features described herein. A plurality of loosely-coupled, dynamically loaded plugins can be defined in a configuration file for a given production scanning job. The plugins can be invoked in response to a trigger with which each plugin is associated, and triggers can be associated with different phases of the production workflow, such as image data acquisition (importation), data filtering (pre-scanning), image analysis (scanning), and metadata processing (post-scanning). In this manner, the overarching scanning architecture need not have direct knowledge of which plugins are triggered, or even present, and custom plugins as well as standard plugins can be provided for each production scanning job. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006611 | COMMUNICATION NETWORK ANALYSIS SYSTEM IN MULTI-LAYERED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a communication network analysis apparatus in a multi-layered communication system and a method using the apparatus, and more specifically, to a communication network analysis apparatus in a building automation and control system, a communication method using the apparatus, and a protocol conversion method. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006612 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, PROXY SERVER, METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - It is arranged so that the history of access to a web page at a terminal device that does not have a unique IP address can be determined. To achieve this, a proxy server generates identification data of the terminal device upon accepting a request for a web page from the terminal device the first time. A link destination URL included in the web page conforming to the request is changed by the proxy server and a web page in which the URL after the change has been embedded is displayed on the terminal device. If the proxy server is requested for the web page having the URL after the change, the URL is restored by the proxy server to the URL that prevailed before the change and the web server is requested for the web page having the URL that prevailed before the change. Since the URL after the change is one that only the terminal device of the generated identification data can ascertain, the history of access by the terminal device can be determined by storing the URL, which prevailed before the change, of the requested web page in correspondence with the identification data. | 2009-01-01 |
20090006613 | System and a method for updating a user presence status on a terminal by aggregating multisource information - A method of updating a user presence status at at least one terminal connected to a telecommunications network, on the basis of presence status information provided by at least one status source of said terminal. The presence status is determined during an aggregation step comprising collecting a plurality of unit presence probability values provided by a plurality of status sources associated with said terminal; and calculating an aggregated presence status probability resulting from a linear combination of said unit presence probability values. | 2009-01-01 |