11th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 61 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090070400 | CARRY-SELECT ADDER - A carry select adder to add two binary addends to produce a binary sum. In a first section a first addition block adds 6-bit addend slices having 3-bit lower-half and higher-half slices. A first adder block receives and adds the lower-half slices and outputs an adder-carry-out and a 3-bit lower-half value. A zero-carry-loaded second adder block receives and adds the higher-half slices and outputs a 4-bit zero-related intermediate-value. A one-carry-loaded third adder block receives and adds the higher-half slices and outputs a 4-bit one-related intermediate-value. A 4-bit multiplexer then passes either the zero-related intermediate-value or the one-related intermediate-value as a 1-bit section-carry-out and a 3-bit higher-half value based on the adder-carry-out, wherein the higher-half value and the lower-half value form a 6-bit sum slice corresponding to the 6-bit addend slices. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070401 | CONFIGURABLE DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEM - A configurable distributed information sharing system includes a process for controlling the sharing of data entities among a plurality of interconnected computers including one or more servers and a plurality of client computers. As transactions are processed by the client computers, the client computers log new data records, modified data records, and deleted data records. During communication sessions with servers, the client computers convey the changed data entities to the server for relay to other client computers according to a data sharing table. The data sharing table includes a data source column listing all data sending computers, a data destination column matching all data receiving computers with data sending computers from which they will receive changed data, and a data identification column matching all the types of data that will be shared among specific data sending and data receiving computers. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070402 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR A DISTRIBUTED NETWORK OF QUANTUM COMPUTERS - A problem solving system includes a number of special-purpose computers including at least one quantum computer. Problems are decomposed into sub-problems and routed to one of the special-purpose computers based on the problem class to which the problem belongs. Sub-solutions produced by the special-purpose computers are complied to produce at least an approximate solution to the problem. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070403 | DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT CONTROLLED ACCESS FACILITY - A computer implemented web based access control facility for a distributed environment, which allows users to request for access, take the request through appropriate approval work flow and finally make it available to the users and applications. This program also performs an automatic task of verifying the health of data, access control data as well as the entitlements, to avoid malicious user access. The system also provides an active interface to setup a backup, to delegate the duty in absence. Thus this system provides a comprehensive facility to grant, re-certify and control the entitlements and users in a distributed environment. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070404 | Methods and Systems for Providing, by a Remote Machine, Access to Graphical Data Associated with a Resource Provided by a Local Machine - A method for providing, by a remote machine, access to graphical data associated with a resource provided by a local machine includes initializing, by a remote agent on a remote machine, a proxy icon handler. The proxy icon handler receives, from an icon handler on a local machine, data associated with an icon for a resource provided by the local machine. The proxy icon handler modifies a window in a remote desktop environment displaying a plurality of icons including at least one icon associated with a resource provided by the remote machine and the icon associated with the resource provided by the local machine. The remote agent transmits, to the local machine, window attribute data associated with the modified window and graphical data representing the window displaying the plurality of icons. The local agent displays the received graphical data in a window formed according to the received window attribute data. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070405 | Methods and Systems for Providing, by a Remote Machine, Access to Functionality Associated with a Resource Executing on a Local Machine - A method for providing, by a remote machine, access to functionality associated with a resource executing on a local machine includes receiving, by a remote agent executing on a remote machine, an identification of a shell extension associated with a resource provided by a local machine. The remote agent installs a proxy handler associated with the identified shell extension. The proxy handler receives a request for access to the shell extension and redirects the request to a shell extension invoker executing on the local machine. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070406 | Systems and methods for dynamically registering endpoints in a network - Various systems and methods for dynamically registering a communication device with a network are disclosed. As one example, a system is disclosed that includes a home feature server, a central feature server, and a floating feature server. The floating feature server is communicably coupled to at least the home and central feature servers, and the home feature server is communicably coupled to at least the central feature server. The home feature server is associated with a communication device. The floating feature server is communicably coupled to a computer readable medium that includes instructions executable by the floating feature server to: receive an access request from the communication device; issue a services request to the home feature server; and service the access request. In some cases, the computer readable medium further includes instructions executable to determine that the first services access request failed, and to issue a second services access request to the central feature server. Various other embodiments and/or features are also disclosed. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070407 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCHEDULING, PRODUCING, AND DISTRIBUTING A PRODUCTION OF AN EVENT - According to various embodiments, an event management system is provided that provides a single interface through which a production team can schedule a production of an event, produce the production of the event, and direct distribution of the production. For example, in one embodiment, the event management system provides a web interface through which a member of the production team can create, or build an event, by specifying the name of the event, type of event, specific details about the event, whether the event will be broadcast live, and the date and time of the broadcast for the event. The event management system stores this information and provides at least a portion of it to a distributor that will be distributing (or broadcasting) the event to viewers. In addition, the event management system displays a pre-production checklist to guide the production team through the testing and production set-up process. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070408 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DELIVERY OF MEDIA CONTENT - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set top box having a controller to receive primary multimedia content from available multimedia content where a determination of the primary multimedia content is based at least in part on monitored user activity associated with the set top box, store the primary multimedia content, and present the primary multimedia content in response to a request from a user. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070409 | System and Method of Inter-Widget Communication - A method and apparatus enabling inter-widget communication and control uses a central server to receive selected widgets and settings associated with at least one widget, wherein the received settings are used to at least partly determine the settings of the other selected widgets according to a pre-defined relationship between or among the widgets. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070410 | Managing Presence Information Of A Presentity - Methods, apparatus, and products for managing presence information of a presentity through a network according to a loosely-coupled network architecture style, the presentity representing a user of the network, are described that include receiving, by the presence information server, a request message to administer presence information of the presentity in a presence information document, the presence information document implemented as a markup document that includes one or more dedicated sections for presence information of the presentity, the request message identifying an action to administer presence information in the presence information document, and an identification of a dedicated section; retrieving, by the presence information server in response to the request message, the presence information document; and modifying, by the presence information server, the presence information document, including administering, in accordance with the request message, the presence information of the presentity in the presence information document. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070411 | Mobile and pervasive output client and device - Pervasive output capability is provided so that an information apparatus can pervasively output digital content to an output device regardless of the processing power, display screen size and memory space of the information apparatus. This allows small mobile devices with limited display, processing power, and memory to be able to output a digital document (e.g., PDF, HTML, PowerPoint etc) in its full original richness, without resorting to downsizing, truncating, reducing, clipping or otherwise altering the original document. A data output service method for rendering at an output device output content managed from an information apparatus may include obtaining by wireless communication from the information apparatus at least part of a document object relating to the output content, obtaining at least part of an output device object with one or more attributes relating to the output device, and providing the document object and the output device object to a server application operated on a server that is distinct from the information apparatus and the output device, and generating with the server application output data relating to the output device. The output data may then be provided to the output device for rendering the output content as the data output service. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070412 | Providing Personalized Platform Application Content - A social networking website maintains a profile for each user of the website. The profile includes data associated with a user, such as a connection to one or more plurality of other users of the social networking website or user preferences. The social networking website communicates with one or more third-party application servers to provide one or more applications to social networking website users. When a social networking website user requests an application provided by a third-party application server, the social networking website communicates a subset of the user's profile to the third-party application server, allowing the third-party application server to use this profile data to personalize the application performed for the user. A privacy settings associated with a user profile allows the social networking website to limit the profile data communicated to the third-party application server. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070413 | Displaying Content on a Mobile Device - A method for facilitating the rendering of a web page on a mobile device includes providing an enhanced DOM tree for the web page that includes web page components and their display coordinates. A rule set is applied to the DOM tree, thereby selecting components for display on the mobile device. A mobile-device-specific version of the source code is generated based on the selected components. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070414 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING MEDIA CONTENT USING TRANSFER FILE THAT ELIMINATES NEGOTIATI0N BETWEEN SERVER AND CLIENT IN POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTION - Transfer file format, system, signal, and method for performing distribution of media content across computer networks. Transfer file and signal includes signature identifying format of file, header containing information about various parts of transfer file, asset metadata describing technical details about media content, media content that is capable of being displayed to user by client computer system using media player program, and user metadata that is capable of being displayed to user. Server is capable of connection to asset metadata database, file system, and user metadata database, and includes extractor module for retrieving asset metadata from media asset database, media content from file system, and user metadata from user metadata database, and assembling them into transfer file. Extractor module places header and signature in transfer file, and transfer file is sent across computer network to clients that parse and install parts of transfer file into local systems. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070415 | ARCHITECTURE FOR MIXED MEDIA REALITY RETRIEVAL OF LOCATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF IMAGES - A MMR system for publishing comprises a plurality of mobile devices, an MMR gateway, an MMR matching unit and an MMR publisher. The mobile devices send retrieval requests including image queries and other contextual information. The MMR gateway processes the retrieval request from the mobile devices and then generates an image query that is passed on to the MMR matching unit. The MMR matching unit receives an image query from the MMR gateway and sends it to one or more of the recognition units to identify a result including a document, the page and the location on the page. The MMR matching unit includes an image registration unit that receives new content from the MMR publisher and updates the index table of the MMR matching unit. A method for automatically registering images and other data with the MMR matching unit, a method for dynamic load balancing and a method for image-feature-based queue ordering are also included. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070416 | Dual-Component State Token with State Data Direct Access Index for Systems with High Transaction Volume and High Number of Unexpired Tokens - Access to state data by a client process such as state data in an Online Transaction Processing arrangement is controlled through generation of and exchanging of a dual-component token. The first component of the token is an Index value which indirectly points to a block of state data assigned to process or user. The second component of the token is a sequence value, such as a Random Unique Sequence value, which is also associated with the block of state data for a process. With each transaction request, a user process provides the token to the OLTP server, which then verifies the sequence numbers of the state data and the token match before allowing access to the data. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070417 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE OF GROUP SESSION - A system and method for realizing group talk QoE includes the following: a group talk control server determining the group talk QoE type according to preset QoE type corresponding with a group when group talk is established; and the group talk control server configuring the established talk characteristic, according to the QoE type corresponding with the group. A system for realizing group talk QoE includes a user device, a shared group server for storing group information and a group talk control server. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070418 | System for Maintaining State Information on a Client - The present invention provides a system and method of maintaining state information on a client. In response to a client request for a file located on a server, the file is transmitted from the server to the client. An unmodifiable cookie that specifies state information from the server is also transmitted to the client. The client then stores the unmodifiable cookie. A user is unable to alter the unmodifiable cookie on the client machine. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070419 | Administering Feeds Of Presence Information Of One Or More Presentities - Methods, apparatus, and products for administering feeds of presence information of one or more presentities including creating a feed definition; adding to the feed definition one or more identifications of presentities; receiving a feed request; creating the feed, the feed including presence information for presentities identified in the feed definition; and sending a response to the feed request including the feed. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070420 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA SIGNALS - Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a system and method for listeners, or “virtual fans,” to exist in a monitor mode during a real-time multimedia collaboration via a global computer network. In one embodiment, a system for processing data signals via a communication network comprises a first data signal received from a first client, a second data signal received from a second client, a mixer for mixing the first and second data signals, a first unique data mix, for the first client, generated by the mixer, a second unique data mix, for the second client, generated by the mixer, and a third unique data mix, for a fan room, generated by the mixer. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070421 | Real-time Chat and Conference Contact Information Manager - An extension or accessory to a real-time, online virtual collaboration session, meeting and messaging system, which scans a participant's contact list for partially complete contact records, accesses an administered contact information store such as a corporate personnel contact database, and completes the partially complete records in the participant's contact list. This enables each participant in such an online meeting or conversation to rely upon his or her contact list to contain a consistent level of information regarding each participant in previously conducted meetings and conversations, avoids the entry of inaccurate and deceptive participant information into the contact list, and allows for reliable communication to the members of a participant's contact list. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070422 | Multicast Group Management in Infiniband - A mechanism for managing multicast groups with send-without-receive (SWR) joiners without the use of traps on creation and deletion of groups is provided. Group information is maintained continuously while the SWR member exists. When an SWR join is attempted and the group does not already exist, the group information (MLID) is marked as used and the first switch to which the SWR packets are sent is routed to discard all packets sent to the group. When receiving members join the group, the routing is updated so that the SWR member begins sending to the receiving members. When the last receiving member leaves the group, the first switch is again routed to discard the packets. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070423 | Apparatus and methods for information transfer using a cached server - Apparatus and methods for information transfer using a cache server are disclosed. A user requests a file via a file requesting device, over a network, from a host. The host transfers the file to a cache server over a connection at a first scheduled time. The cache server then transfers the file, over a second network, to a file receiving device at a second scheduled time. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070424 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROVIDE A CENTRALIZED ALERTING AND AWARENESS SYSTEM THROUGH THE USE OF AN EAR PIECE OR OTHER USER INTERFACE - The personal information manager system comprises a centralized information manager (CIM) and a personal information manager (PIM) device. The centralized information manager is encoded on a server and is accessable by the PIM device through Internet protocols over a wireless medium. The PIM, to be carried by a user, is connected to the CIM by a wireless transmitter, receives context-sensitive, customized, prioritized, filtered, and aggregated information from the CIM, and can directly receive GPS data and other sources of local information. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070425 | Data processing system, method of updating a configuration file and computer program product - Provided is a managed node comprising: a management agent comprising:—at least one monitoring element for monitoring at least one of a plurality of managed objects on the managed node according to at least one configuration file, the monitoring element adapted to send a message to a server over a network concerning the, or each managed object;—a discovery element for detecting a discovered state of the managed objects;—a repository for storing a stored state of the managed objects;—a delta detection module for detecting differences between the discovered state and the stored state;—a configuration element for updating at least one configuration file using the detected changes. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070426 | CONTENT CONTRIBUTION AND PLACEMENT THROUGH EXTERNAL SOCIAL COMMUNITIES - A method and system for content distribution and placement through external social communities is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes building a work of authorship through a collective coordination of authors of the work of authorship in a community environment, providing a portion of content of the work of authorship on an external social community through a feed from the community environment to the external social community, processing a response of a user of the external social community in contributing to the work of authorship, and integrating the response of the user of the external social community in the work of authorship. The method may include providing the feed as of a Real Simple Syndication feed, as an embeddable widget, and/or an activity announcement based on an update of the work of authorship in the community environment. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070427 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVICE-DIRECTED PROCESSING OF REMOTE DESKTOP DOCUMENTS - The subject application is directed to a system and method for device-directed processing of remote desktop documents. A controller functionally integrated with a document processing device is first connected with remote workstations via a computer network. An electronic document is received from one of the workstations having an associated document identifier. Identification data is then received from an associated user via a user interface associated with the controller. A received electronic document is associated with the received identification data according to the associated identifier. A workstation is then identified based upon such association. Active document data is then received representing active electronic documents on each of the workstations. Indicia is generated on a display associated with the user interface corresponding to the received active document data. Selection data is received corresponding to a selected electronic document. A document processing operation is then commenced according to the received selection data. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070428 | Method and device for sending e-mail according to postal address - Directory and storage of addresses in electronic form arranged according to the physical postal address. Directory including sub-directory according multiple email addresses at the same physical address. Computer program to support search for addresses. Computer program to store electronic mail giving access to the recipient. Security provision to allow access only to authorized persons. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070429 | INFORMATION EXCHANGE IN WIRELESS SERVERS - Systems and methods for wireless systems provide a mechanism for resource sharing. In an embodiment, e-mail messages is routed between mobile wireless clients without first processing the e-mail message through an external e-mail domain identified in the e-mail message. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070430 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NOTIFYING LEGAL STATUS OF PATENTS - A method for notifying a legal status of a patent is disclosed. The method includes: setting notification parameters, the notification parameters including one or more patent numbers and/or patent application numbers and an assignee information; downloading a new legal status of patents in a database from the patent office website and updating the legal status of the patents in the database if the patent office website has issued new legal status of the patent; sending a message including the updated legal status to assignee according to the assignee information, if the updated legal status are of the one or more patents and/or patent applications. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070431 | AUTOMATED INSTANT MESSAGING STATE CONTROL BASED UPON EMAIL PERSONA UTILIZATION - Communication services are integrated. A communication suite includes several communications accounts for a first communications service and several communications accounts for a second communications service. Logic is configured to detect when one of the communications accounts in the first communication suite for the first communications service is being actively utilized by a user. Upon detection, the logic is configured to make the second communications service available to the user via the communications accounts in the communication suite for the second communications service. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070432 | ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A computer system and associated method to distribute an electronic communication object. The electronic communication object comprises a main communication and a first sub-communication object. The first sub-communication object is embedded within a main communication object. The main communication object comprises a first set of attributes and a first addressee. The first sub-communication object comprises a second set of attributes and a second addressee. A hierarchal relationship exists between the main communication object and the first sub-communication object such that the first sub-communication object inherits one or more of the first set of attributes from the main communication object if said one or more of the second set of attributes is not specified in the first sub-communication object. The main communication object and a first outline of the first sub-communication object is sent to the first addressee. The first sub-communication object is sent to the second addressee. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070433 | Instant Message User Management - Techniques are disclosed for improving management of user information in instant messaging systems. Expiration criteria are defined, whereby one or more users or user groups may be considered as having “expired” from consideration by instant messaging functions such as presence determination. In particular, instant messaging activity is preferably used as an expiration criterion. Absence of inbound or outbound messages for a specified amount of time (or since a particular date/time) can therefore be used as a trigger for treating a user or group of users as expired. As a result, efficiency of an instant messaging system is improved by omitting the expired users and groups from subsequent management operations. Optionally, an expired user or group may be revived upon occurrence of certain events (such as a newly-arriving instant message from, or a change in presence status of, the user or group). “On-demand” expiration and revival are preferably provided as well. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070434 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENTLY ACCESSING INTERNET RESOURCES - A system, method and apparatus for efficiently accessing Internet resources are disclosed. The system, method and apparatus employ a portable device for receiving and transmitting information such as contact information, voting information and medical information, for example. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070435 | Targeted websites based on a user profile - A method, apparatus and system of targeted websites based on a user profile are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes generating profile information of a user based on interests of the user in a social network, associating links to the user based on contact information added by the user and by other users, creating a character profile of the user based on the profile information and the contact information, and selecting a targeted website address based on the character profile when the user requests access to a particular entity associated with targeted website. The method may further include applying a time of year filter when selecting the targeted website, such that the time of year filter automatically determines what information to show the user in the website based on an age an a marital status of the user captured through the profile information. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070436 | Networked Touchscreen With Integrated Interfaces - An integrated security system integrates broadband and mobile access and control with conventional security systems and premise devices to provide a tri-mode security network that with remote connectivity and access. The integrated security system includes a touchscreen providing security keypad functionality as well as content management and presentation, and is used as a security system interface and an interface for interacting with a network. The integrated security system delivers remote premise monitoring and control functionality to conventional monitored premise protection and complements existing premise protection equipment. The integrated security system integrates into the premise network and couples wirelessly with the conventional security panel, enabling broadband access to premise security systems. Automation devices can be added, enabling users to remotely see live video or pictures and control home devices via a personal web portal, mobile phone, or other client device. Users can receive notifications of detected events via electronic message. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070437 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO MANAGE THE VIRAL TRANSFER OF RENTAL MEDIA - The technology described herein provides systems and methods for the viral transfer of entertainment media with a “media exchange” established based on tools over the internet in a “buddy list,” peer-to-peer, social networking environment, or the like, without utilizing a service provider's distribution system. Additionally, this technology provides tangible media exchange in a geographically local area, wherein the media exchange is prearranged based on the “buddy list,” peer-to-peer, social networking environment, and so forth. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070438 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND POSTING MEDIA LISTS FOR PURPOSES OF SUBSEQUENT PLAYBACK - A method and apparatus for creating and posting media is provided. For example, the invention allows a user to quickly create, signal process, encode, and transfer media files to a server for storage, posting, distribution, and retrieval. Thus, media such as audio, video, display, photo, spreadsheet, Web Clips, and HTML pages can be combined into a media file for uploading to a server and accessed from listings posted at web sites. In accordance with embodiments, a user downloads and installs a plug-in at the user's client computer. The user then registers and logs onto the server to perform various tasks. For example, the user can create a combined audio and photo media file at the client computer, in accordance with server based control parameters received from the system server. The plug-in then allows the user to perform digital signal processing and encoding of the media file at the client computer. After the file is encoded, it may be uploaded to a server for storage, posting, distribution, and retrieval. A file management system provides copies and listings of the file to other servers and web sites as permitted. Thus, other user having access to the database or web site lists via other client computers may select the file for retrieval. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, an information management system provides file and file list rankings based upon selection or click through of files and file listings. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070439 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A PLUGGABLE NETWORK STACK INTERFACE - The subject application is directed to a system and method for generating a pluggable network stack interface. A plurality of common network communication features associated with each of a plurality of network stacks are first mapped via a network interface stack. A network stack associated with an installed network communication component is then sensed. Features associated with a sensed network communication component are then mapped in accordance with the mapping of the plurality of common network communication features. Network services are then commenced in accordance with the output of the mapping of features associated with a sensed network communication component. Thereafter, configuration file data corresponding to commenced network services is communicated to an associated data storage. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070440 | CONTROLLING PRESENTATION ENGINE ON REMOTE DEVICE - A communication mechanism or facility for enabling interaction with, and control of, a remote presentation engine for presenting a rich media application, such as one written using animated graphics allows the presentation engine to be configured or instructed remotely to perform certain actions, to send requests, and/or to send information, independently of the animated graphics application being executed. The communication facility between a workstation enables a presentation engine to pass a request by the application for resource stored on a workstation—an image file or a data file, for example—thereby creating a virtual file system. Local resource references can thus be maintained in the application during development without having to download all resources to the device in connection with testing | 2009-03-12 |
20090070441 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTER NETWORK CONFIGURATION AND OPERATION - A system for simplifying the configuration and administration of computer networks. A the server system first sends a broadcast message out to the other network nodes on the computer network to learn configuration of each other network nodes on the local network. Next, network software within each other network node (not shown) responds to the broadcast message with a response containing configuration information and an identifier key value. In one embodiment, the identifier key value may be a randomly generated number. The server system then builds a table of network nodes using the information received in the response messages sent in response to the broadcast message. The server may then communicate with systems having duplicate addresses using the identifier key value. In some embodiments, the server system may send request messages to one or more network nodes specifying a network configuration change. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070442 | Architecture And Protocol For Extensible And Scalable Communication - A system performs information technology (IT) tasks using a computer. Examples of IT tasks include installing or configuring software, displaying alerts, executing programs or scripts on the endpoint, or logging activities. In an embodiment of the system, a connection initialization module receives a request for a persistent connection over a network from a managed endpoint. The request is accepted and a persistent connection is opened with the managed endpoint. A tier-1 module then receives configuration information from the managed endpoint over the persistent connection. The configuration information includes a list of functional plugins on the managed endpoint, where a functional plugin comprises a software module for performing an IT task. The tier-1 module stores this configuration information along with information describing the persistent connection and maintains the persistent connection in an open state. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070443 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETERMINING USER DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILES OF ANONYMOUS USERS - A method determines a user demographic profile of an anonymous user that visits one or more websites of a predetermined group of websites. The method includes determining whether an anonymous user's computer has user identification data installed thereon. Determining whether the user identification data is installed is performed upon the anonymous user visiting a website of the predetermined group of websites. The user identification data is unique to the anonymous user. The method further includes installing the user identification data on the anonymous user's computer if the anonymous user's computer does not have the user identification data installed thereon. The method further includes generating a first record of visits by the anonymous user to the websites of the predetermined group of websites. The method further includes providing one or more website profiles comprising demographic characteristics of each website visited by the anonymous user of the predetermined group of websites. The method further includes calculating an estimated user demographic profile of the anonymous user by using the first record of visits by the anonymous user and the one or more website profiles. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070444 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SUPPLY OF DIGITAL CONTENT - Digital content is stored in a logical volume provided in a storage system connected to a communications network. A sub-management computer selects a destination computer forming a supply destination for digital content from a plurality of business computers or virtual computers, further selects the address information corresponding to the selected destination computer from a plurality of address information components, and allocates the selected address information to the digital content itself or to the storage device. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070445 | Dynamic configuration of mobile station location services - On startup, a mobile station application will determine the current carrier network and submit a query to an application server that will return the correct location server configuration for the specified network. This information will be used on the mobile station to dynamically configure the device through the available GPS chipset API. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070446 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURING OF DOCUMENT PROCESSING DEVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH USE PATTERNS - The subject application is directed to a system and method for securing of document processing devices in accordance with use patterns. Operational data is first received associated with the historic operation of an associated document processing device is first received. Next, feature data corresponding to the available capabilities of the associated document processing device is received. Utilization data is then generated according to the received operational data and the feature data, which includes data representing underutilized capabilities of the associated document processing device. An electronic document is then output inclusive of the generated utilization data. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070447 | ENERGY MONITORING SYSTEM USING NETWORK MANAGEMENT PROTOCOLS - A system and method are disclosed for integrating an intelligent electronic device (IED) in a network management system. The IED may be configured to communicate using the network management protocol of the network management system. IED variables may be mapped to associated network management protocol variables to allow the network management system to access the IED variables using the network management protocol. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070448 | Techniques to allocate virtual network addresses - Techniques to allocate virtual network addresses are described. An apparatus may include a virtual network address management module. The virtual network address management module may be capable of determining an approximate age for a virtual network address, referred to herein as a virtual network address age value. The virtual network address management module may include a virtual network address assignment module, a virtual network address age generator and a message filter module. The virtual network address assignment module may be arranged to assign a virtual network address to a device at a virtual network address assignment time. The virtual network address age generator may be arranged to receive a message arrival time for a message with the virtual network address, and determine a virtual network address age value for the virtual network address with the virtual network address assignment time and the message arrival time. The message filter module may be arranged to determine whether to send the message to the device based on the virtual network address age value. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070449 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - There is described a management system which makes it possible to appropriately manage the managed apparatus, while securely maintaining the productivity of the managed apparatus. The system includes the management apparatus, the managed apparatus and the HTTP server. The managed apparatus is provided with a connection controlling section that periodically connects the managed apparatus itself to the HTTP server at a regular connecting timing, so as to read information sent from the management apparatus and to write apparatus information into the HTTP server. The connection controlling section determines whether or not the managed apparatus is coupled to the HTTP server at the regular connecting timing, based on its loading status and/or a presence or absence of the current job and connects it to the HTTP server asynchronously with the regular connecting timing, when determining that the managed apparatus is not coupled to the HTTP server at the regular connecting timing. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070450 | MAIN ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATING WITHIN A NETWORK AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MAIN ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATING WITHIN THE NETWORK - The present invention relates to a main electronic device ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090070451 | DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, DESTINATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, ADDRESS BOOK ACQUISITION METHOD AND PROGRAM - When a destination management device requests an address book of each user, a data transmission device transmits the address book to the destination management device. The destination management device stores the address book received from the data transmission device. If location information of destination information is included in the address book, the destination management device transmits the location information to the data transmission device. The data transmission device transmits the location information to an LDAP server to request the destination information. Upon receipt of the destination information, the data transmission device transmits the destination information to the destination management device. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070452 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - Functional information about a plurality of workflow executing apparatuses capable of executing a processing flow including a plurality of processing steps is managed by obtaining a first set value information for executing the processing flow in a first workflow executing apparatus, and when a second workflow executing apparatus executes the processing flow, generating a second set value information for the second workflow executing apparatus based on functional information about the second workflow executing apparatus and the first set value information. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070453 | Method and Apparatus for Limiting Reuse of Domain Name System Response Information - A method of limiting reuse of domain name information includes the steps of requesting the information by a local domain name server from an authoritative domain name server, and providing this information to a requestor, such as a client or server. The domain name information includes an allowable usage limit that represents a maximum number of times that the information can be provided to the requestor before revalidating the information. A system for limiting reuse of domain name information includes an authoritative domain name server, a local domain name server, and a requestor. The authoritative server provides the information, which includes the allowable usage limit, in response to a request by the local server. The request from the local server may include the number of times that the local server provided the information to one or more requestors as an observed usage. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070454 | Allocating access across shared communication medium - A method of providing network access across a shared communications medium between competing users ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090070455 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR VISUAL LOG ANALYSIS - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for visual log analysis. The apparatus for visual log analysis is provided with a plurality of modules configured to functionally execute the necessary steps of retrieving log entries from a plurality of devices on a network, parsing the log entries to determine an execution flow of commands executed of the network, and displaying a graphical representation of such execution on the network. These modules in the described embodiments include a log consolidation module, a parsing module, and a display module. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070456 | PROTOCOL FOR ENABLING DYNAMIC AND SCALABLE FEDERATION OF ENTERPRISE SERVICE BUSES - In a method and system for creating a federation of a plurality of enterprise service buses (ESBs), a plurality of ESB nodes provide connectivity to one or more services. According to a protocol, at least a portion of the ESB nodes transmit policy-based service advertisement messages to other ESB nodes, wherein the policy-based service advertisement messages include service state information. In response to receiving the policy-based service advertisement messages, each of the ESB nodes stores the service state information received from other ESB nodes in respective distributed registries to create a local view of routable service endpoints in the federation. Each of the ESB nodes then uses its respective distributed registry to make routing decisions when routing service requests. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070457 | Intelligent Performance Monitoring of a Clustered Environment - A method, system and computer-usable medium for selectively monitoring transactions in a cluster computing environment are disclosed. A transaction is received by a load balancer. A transaction monitoring manager determines if the received transaction is a candidate for monitoring. If it is, then the resource thresholds defined in the transaction's corresponding TMP are determined. The load balancer is then interrogated to determine which application server instance is assigned to process the transaction. Once determined, resource usage information is collected from the target application server instance and provided to the transaction monitoring manager. The collected resource information is compared to the transaction's corresponding TMP. If resource usage exceeds resource threshold values contained in the TPM, then the transaction is monitored. Otherwise it is not. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070458 | SERVER DEVICE, INFORMATION REPORT METHOD, AND INFORMATION REPORT SYSTEM - A server device including a management unit for receiving and managing a status of equipment or a user operating the equipment as status information and detecting a load status of the server device from receiving situation of the status information, a notification request receiving unit for receiving a notification request message that requests notification of the status information from a reference person terminal; a notification response transmitting unit for transmitting a notification respond message that responds to the received notification request message; and a status notification transmitting unit for transmitting an information notification message including the status information received by the management unit to the reference person terminal according to the load status. The server device can precisely transmit information from a user device, and the like, to the reference person terminal when the server device is in an overload state. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070459 | High-Performance Context-Free Parser for Polymorphic Malware Detection - The invention provides a method and apparatus for advanced network intrusion detection. The system uses deep packet inspection that can recognize languages described by context-free grammars. The system combines deep packet inspection with one or more grammar parsers ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090070460 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS - Methods and system for social network analysis are described. In one embodiment, a strongly connected component value, an in-component value, an out-component value, a disconnected component value, a tendril value, and a tube value of a social network for a time period may be accessed. A social strength of the social network for the time period may be calculated by combining the strongly connected component value, the in-component value, the out-component value, the disconnected component value, the tendril value, and the tube value. The social strength of the social network for the time period may be utilized for analysis of the social network. The strongly connected component value may have a greatest weight and the disconnected component value may have the lowest weight in the combining. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070461 | DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF REPLACING CACHE DATA IN THE DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM - Provided are a distributed file system and a method of replacing cache data in a distributed file system capable of replacing cache data based on the degree of network instability between a server and a client. The method includes monitoring network instability between the first apparatus and the second apparatus, determining whether an empty space exists in a storage space of the second apparatus if the second apparatus needs data of the first apparatus, if an empty space does not exist in the storage space, deleting at least one cache data item already stored in the second apparatus according to the monitored network instability, and storing data obtained from the first apparatus in the empty space generated by deleting the cache data. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070462 | SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MONITORING PERFORMANCE OF APPLICATIONS IN A DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT - A system and computer program for monitoring the performance of applications running on a server in a distributed computing environment includes prompting the user to select information for monitoring, monitoring application performance in accordance with the selected information, and making the monitored performance information available to the user. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070463 | Preliminary Classification of Events to Facilitate Cause-Based Analysis - The present invention provides methods and systems for performing preliminary cause-based classification of events in a computer or networked computer system. Methods are provided in which, based on an event message, cause-based preliminary classification of an associated event is performed. The result of the preliminary classification is used to facilitate subsequent cause-based analysis, such as root cause analysis, relating to the event. Methods are provided in which preliminary classification is performed using a database including a catalog associating event messages with appropriate preliminary classifications of events associated with the event messages. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070464 | Autonomic Content Load Balancing - Techniques are disclosed for providing autonomic content load balancing. A programmatic selection is made from among alternative content versions based upon current conditions. Preferably, the alternative selectable versions specify content to be used in a Web page, and a version is selected responsive to receiving a request for the Web page. The selectable version may comprise the Web page, or a component of a Web page may have selectable versions. Optionally, the Web page may include more than one component with dynamically-selectable content. In this case, the versions may be selectable independently of one another. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070465 | Method and Device for Making Clients Rapidly Access to the Peer-to-Peer Network - A method and device for making clients rapidly access to the peer-to-peer network comprise that the accessed clients, which are separated into one or more normal state groups; the clients that intend to log in are separated into one or more login groups; and the required contents, the variant of the contents or the content-related information are selectively transmitted to the members of the login groups immediately. After a certain login group becomes stable, the normal state groups which the login groups intend to be added into are selected and each member of the login groups is added into the selected normal state groups. In this invention, there is no need to frequently send notification individually when each client loges in, rather than send group notification, thus it can reduce network dithering, at the same time the user can receive the content or the related variant of the content immediately and watch the playing of the content without any wait when accessing to the network. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070466 | System and Method for Securely Managing Data in a Client-Server Application Environment - Systems and methods for securely managing data in a client-server application environment are provided. According to a method for securely managing data in the client-server environment, a network connection of a client device is monitored. It is determined when one of a plurality of IP addresses is accessed by the client device, and a process ID of the application (web browser, thin-client, etc.) used to access the accessed IP address is sent to a client application. A criteria is created based on the process ID, and the criteria is sent to a file system driver for controlling access of the client device to information from the IP address. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070467 | Enabling access to remote entities in access controlled networks - In network access control networks, it may be difficult to provide certain remote accesses such as remote boot or remote storage access. An available network connection established through chipset firmware (e.g. active management technology (AMT)) may be utilized to establish a connection and to enable the remote access. Then as soon the completion of the activity is detected, such as remote booting, then the connection may be immediately terminated to prevent access by improper agents. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070468 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - In a case where a first relay device | 2009-03-12 |
20090070469 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR PROVIDING SERVICES IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK USING INTEROPERABILITY SPECIFICATION/SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL (IOS/SIP) ADAPTER - The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing services in a telecommunications network using an IOS/SIP adapter. According to one aspect of the subject matter described herein, a method for providing supplementary services to IMS devices and non-IMS devices using common IMS network components is provided. The method includes providing an interoperability specification/session initiation protocol (IOS/SIP) adapter configured to communicate with a base station subsystem and an IMS network. The method further includes, at the IOS/SIP adapter, receiving, from the base station subsystem a request for providing a supplementary service to a non-IMS device in communication with the base station subsystem. In response to the request, the method includes sending a message to an IMS node in the IMS network that provides the supplementary service to the non-IMS device and to IMS devices. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070470 | Priority Based LDAP Service Publication Mechanism - A method and system are provided for directing a client to a preferred service instance. At creation of a service instance, the service binding attribute of the created instance is extended to include assigned domains and associated priorities. There are then two phases to directing a client to the preferred service instance. The first phase is compilation of a list of domains and priorities for the service in response to a query. Upon completion of the first phase, a second phase is executed to determine a preferred service for the client by comparing fully qualified domain name entries and assigned priority entries. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070471 | Method for recovering a video-on-demand session - The present invention relates to a method for recovering a downloading section that has been interrupted, in a device comprising an interface with a network enabling access to a remote server and means for implementing a downloading session with the said server, comprising the steps for starting up a downloading session of a content from the remote server, by means of more than one signalling channel with at least the said server, detecting a premature interruption of the downloading session, verifying the availability of all the channels, as long as one of the channels is unavailable, the session is not recovered and when all the channels are again available, the session is recovered. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070472 | AUTOMATIC AND SECURE CONFIGURATION OF WIRELESS MEDICAL NETWORKS | 2009-03-12 |
20090070473 | Method for Data Routing in Networks - An integrated security system integrates broadband and mobile access and control with conventional security systems and premise devices to provide a tri-mode security network having remote connectivity and access. The integrated security system delivers remote premise monitoring and control functionality to conventional monitored premise protection and complements existing premise protection equipment. The integrated security system integrates into the premise network and couples wirelessly with the conventional security panel, enabling broadband access to premise security systems. Automation devices can be added, enabling users to remotely see live video or pictures and control home devices via a personal web portal or other client device. Camera management enables automatic configuration and management of cameras in the premise network. The camera management extends to remote control and monitoring from outside the firewall of the premise network to include routing of images or video from a streaming source device to a requesting client device. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070474 | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol - Dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) is extended in order to assist with secure network location awareness. In an embodiment a DHCP client receives a signed DHCP response message from a DHCP server, the signed message comprising at least a certificate chain having a public key. In that embodiment the DHCP client validates the certificate chain and verifies the signature of the signed message. If this is successful the DHCP client accesses stored settings for use with the server. The stored settings are accessed at least using information about the public key. In some embodiments signed DHCPOFFER messages and signed DHCPACK messages are used. In another embodiment the signed DHCP message comprises a location identifier which is, for example, a domain name system (DNS) suffix of a DHCP server. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070475 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND RESPONSE METHOD THEREOF - A communication device connected to a first network receives a connection request transmitted from a second network, and sets a service existing in the first network to a data request wait state in accordance with receiving the connection request. The communication device transmits a response to the connection request in accordance with the service having been set to a data request wait state. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070476 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING THE APPEARANCE OF A PERSON ON THE RTP STREAM COMING FROM A MEDIA TERMINAL - Method for replacing an input RTP stream coming from a media terminal by an output RTP stream integrating an environment which improves the appearance of a person on said input RTP stream, said method providing for the identification of the media terminal user and of a person, the providing of the data for the environment to be integrated in the input RTP stream of the identified user, the integration in the input RTP stream of data for the environment, and the sending back of the output RTP stream thus obtained to the media terminal. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070477 | Controlling Data Routing Among Networks - An integrated security system integrates broadband and mobile access and control with conventional security systems and premise devices to provide a tri-mode security network having remote connectivity and access. The integrated security system delivers remote premise monitoring and control functionality to conventional monitored premise protection and complements existing premise protection equipment. The integrated security system integrates into the premise network and couples wirelessly with the conventional security panel, enabling broadband access to premise security systems. Automation devices can be added, enabling users to remotely see live video or pictures and control home devices via a personal web portal or other client device. Camera management enables automatic configuration and management of cameras in the premise network. The camera management extends to remote control and monitoring from outside the firewall of the premise network to include routing of images or video from a streaming source device to a requesting client device. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070478 | REMOTE COMPUTER SYSTEM MANAGEMENT THROUGH AN FTP INTERNET CONNECTION - A method for remote computer systems management through an FTP Internet connection. A user operating on a remote client issues requests to the host server. These requests are first sent to an FTP server which enforces security measures. Upon authentication, the FTP server issues appropriate commands and then passes these commands on to the operation system of the host server through an FTP transfer. The commands perform standard features of the operation system which are not normally allowable by traditional FTP. Responses are sent back through the FTP server to the original requestor's remote client computer. A web-based management application may be used to provide an intuitive, user-friendly graphical user interface to be operated in conjunction with a web browser on the local client computer. The user submits requests through this web control panel to initiate operations to be executed on the remote operating system of the host server. These HTTP web requests are initially transmitted to a web server which processes the HTTP requests and then submits the requests to the FTP server by establishing an IP connection. Likewise, responses sent back through the FTP server are passed on to the web server and reported to the user through HTML over HTTP to the original user's web browser for display. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070479 | GENERATING AND IMPLEMENTING A SIGNAL PROTOCOL AND INTERFACE FOR HIGHER DATA RATES - A data Interface for transferring digital data between a host and a client over a communication path using packet structures linked together to form a communication protocol for communicating a pre-selected set of digital control and presentation data. The signal protocol is used by link controllers configured to generate, transmit, and receive packets forming the communications protocol, and to form digital data into one or more types of data packets, with at least one residing in the host device and being coupled to the client through the communications path. The interface provides a cost-effective, low power, bi-directional, high-speed data transfer mechanism over a short-range “serial” type data link, which lends itself to implementation with miniature connectors and thin flexible cables which are especially useful in connecting display elements such as wearable micro-displays to portable computers and wireless communication devices. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070480 | System and Method for Conveying Information - A system and method for conveying data include the capability to determine whether a transaction request credit has been received at a computer module, the transaction request credit indicating that at least a portion of a transaction request message may be sent. The system and method also include the capability to determine, if a transaction request message is to be sent, whether at least a portion of the transaction request message may be sent and to send the at least a portion of the transaction request message if it may be sent. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070481 | Method and Apparatus for an Improved Bulk Read Socket Call - An apparatus and method for an improved bulk read socket call are provided. With the apparatus and method, a new field, so_rcvlen, is added to the socket structure that identifies the bulk read size requested by the user. The kernel of the prior art recv( ) function is also modified so that it sets the so_rcvlen to the size requested by the user prior to the recv( ) function going to sleep and waiting for the full data size requested by the user. A new flag, SP_MSGWAITALL, is also provided in the socket structure. In the TCP input processing, when data is received for a particular socket, the current setting of the SP_MSGWAITALL is checked. If the SP_MSGWAITALL flag is set, it is determined whether the amount of data stored in the socket receive buffer is less than the value of so_rcvlen. If not, the TCP input processing does not wake up the recv( ) thread. However, for every alternate segment, the TCP input processing sends back an acknowledgment (ACK). In the TCP output processing, when the SP_MSGWAITALL flag is set and the amount of data in the socket receive buffer is less than so_rcvlen, the full window is advertised. Once the TCP input processing determines that there is at least an amount of data in the socket receive buffer equal to the value of so_rcvlen, the TCP input processing will wake up the recv( ) thread and the SP_MSGWAITALL flag is reset. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070482 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COOPERATIVE FILE DISTRIBUTION WITH TARGET DATA DELIVERY RATE - Methods and apparatus are provided for cooperative file distribution with a target data delivery rate. A file is provided in a cooperative file distribution system by obtaining a target delivery rate for the at least one file; obtaining at least a portion of the file from one or mole unreliable data sources at an unreliable data delivery rate; and obtaining at least a portion of the file from one or more reliable data sources based on a throttle rate if the unreliable data delivery rate is below the target delivery rate. The one ox more unreliable data sources comprise one or more of a sender of the file and one or more peels. The one or more reliable data sources comprise one or more of one or more web servers and one or more storage proxies. The throttle rate can be adjusted to substantially maintain the target delivery rate. The target delivery rate can be dynamically determined based on one or more business rules. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070483 | GROUP JUDGMENT DEVICE - In a server, an echo-request transmitting unit | 2009-03-12 |
20090070484 | Framing Format Selection in a Communications Network with a User Plane - The invention relates to a technique for selecting a framing format to be used for communications on the user plane of a layered communications network. The selection technique includes the provision of a first user plane component (such as a media gateway, MGW) bridging transmission regimes and operable in accordance with two or more different framing formats. The first user plane component is controllable via control messages received from a control plane without being responsive to any framing format instructions possibly included in the control messages. The first user plane component or any other user plane equipment in communication with the first user plane component selects the framing format to be used for user plane communications. The selected framing format is then implemented by the first user plane component for communications with a second user plane component. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070485 | Automated Media Delivery System - An automatic graphics delivery system that operates in parallel with an existing Web site infrastructure is provided. The system streamlines the post-production process by automating the production of media through content generation procedures controlled by proprietary tags placed by an author within URLs embedded within Web documents. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070486 | System and Method for Service Assurance in IP Networks - A system and method for providing service assurance in a data network is provided. Resource control points are positioned throughout a data network, such as an IP data network. The resource control points obtain network topology information and correlates that information with information associated with a particular service session. The resource control points utilize the correlated information to generate quality service records and to provide status information regarding the network topology and particular sessions. The information collected by the resource control points may also be utilized to provide reports regarding resource management for services within the data network, the path used by the session across the data network, fault information for the session in the context of the network topology and congestion information as concerns the resources in the data network used by the session. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070487 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISTRIBUTING DATA ACROSS NETWORK COMPONENTS - A network device and associated operating methods interface to a network. A network interface comprises a plurality of registers that receive data from a plurality of data sending devices and arrange the received data into at least a target address field and a data field, and a plurality of spreader units coupled to the register plurality that forward the data based on logic internal to the spreader units and spread the data wherein structure characteristic to the data is removed. A plurality of switches is coupled to the spreader unit plurality and forwards the data based on the target address field. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070488 | Data Communication Method - A data communication method between a first communication user arranged at a motor vehicle and a second communication user arranged outside the motor vehicle is provided. The first communication user can be addressed by the second communication user by way of a network address. The network address of the first communication user is defined by an address management unit arranged outside the motor vehicle and is transmitted to the first communication user. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070489 | CONTENT-AWARE APPLICATION SWITCH AND METHODS THEREOF - The content-aware application switch and methods thereof intelligently switch client packets to one server among a group of servers in a server farm. The switch uses Layer 7 or application content parsed from a packet to help select the server and to schedule the transmitting of the packet to the server. This enables refined load-balancing and Quality of-Service control tailored to the application being switched. In another aspect of the invention, a slow-start server selection method assigned an initially boosted server load metric to a server newly added to the group of servers under load balancing. This alleviates the problem of the new server being swamped initially due to a very low load metric compared to that of others. In yet another aspect of the invention, a switching method dependent on Layer 7 content avoids delayed binding in a new TCP session. Layer 7 content is not available during the initial handshaking phase of a new TCP session. The method uses the Layer 7 content from a previous session as an estimate to help select the server and uses a default priority to scheduling the transmitting of the handshaking packets. Updated Layer 7 content available after the handshaking phase is then used to reset the priority for the transmit schedule and becomes available for use in load balancing of the next TCP session. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070490 | Dynamic Characterization of Nodes in a Semantic Network for Desired Functions Such As Search, Discovery, Matching, Content Delivery, and synchronization of Activity and Information - The present invention provides a system of computers on a wide area network that establishes connections between nodes on the basis of their multidimensional similarity at a particular point in time in a certain setting, such as a social learning network, and sends relevant information to the nodes. Dimensions in the definition of similarity include a plurality of attributes in time and community space. Examples of such dimensions and attributes may include a position in a learning community's project cycle, titles of readings and projects, the genre or subject matter under consideration, age, grade or skill level of the participants, and language. The network's nodes are represented as a vector of attributes and are searched efficiently and adaptively through a variety of multidimensional data structures and mechanisms. The system includes synchronization that can transform a participant's time attributes on the network and coordinate the activities and information for each participant. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070491 | Method for executing target programs with compound quick keys - Disclosed is a method for executing target programs with compound quick keys, which is applicable to a computer that is pre-loaded with a compound quick-key program matching list that contains data of at least one function key, at least one single-key quick key, and an event signal and a target program associated with the quick key. After the computer loads the operating system, a compound quick-key management program is activated to read the compound quick-key program matching list. When a user actuates the function key and the single-key quick key simultaneously, the keyboard controller transmits the event signal associated with the actuated function key and the single-key quick key and executes the target program associated with the actuated function key and the single-key quick key in accordance with compound quick-key program matching list. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070492 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDICATING A PRESENCE OF A PORTABLE MEMORY MEDIUM - The subject application is directed to a system and method for a presence of a portable memory medium. A plurality of graphical elements are first generated on an associated display, each of which correspond to a unique portable data storage medium interface. Device data is then received representing a presence of a portable data storage medium in at least one of the portable data storage medium interfaces. An indicator is then generated on the associated display corresponding to each graphical element associated with a portable data storage medium interface for which a presence of a portable data storage medium is indicated via received device data. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070493 | Interconnect component and device configuration generation - A method of generating a configuration of an integrated circuit | 2009-03-12 |
20090070494 | NETWORK DEVICE, NETWORK DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - This invention solves the problem of RSS, i.e., the possibility of notification failure while taking its advantage that allows use of existing software such as a browser. For this purpose, an RSS control unit detects failure occurrence via an internal interface, gives a level corresponding to the type of the failure to the failure information, generates an RSS information unit that describes the failure information, and registers the RSS information unit in a database. A client accesses a WWW server of a multi-function device based on an URL registered in advance at a predetermined timing, and displays the contents of an RSS information unit acquired by searching the newly registered RSS information units. If an event of recovery from failure has occurred, the RSS control unit lowers the level corresponding to the RSS information unit of the recovered failure. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070495 | Serial Redirection Through a Service Processor - A method for remotely communicating with a computer system in a headless environment is provided. The system includes a service processor in communication with a computer through a UART communication channel and in communication with a remote console through a communication connection. The service processor manages communication commands between the computer and the remote console. The service processor transmits data communication received from the remote console to the computer through the UART channel, and the service processor transmits data communication received from the computer to the remote console through the UART channel. In addition, a multiplexer may be employed to direct communication between one of a plurality of computers and the service processor in combination with a multiplexer control to select one of the computers for communication with the service processor. The multiplexer directs the communication through the UART channel. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070496 | METHOD FOR REDIRECTION OF WEB STREAMING CLIENTS USING LIGHTWEIGHT AVAILABLE BANDWIDTH MEASUREMENT - In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a method for selecting a server to provide content to a client is presented. A media controller receives a request from a client for content. The media controller instructs a plurality of servers each storing the content required by the client to perform a bandwidth measurement referred to in the disclosure as a bandwidth probe. The result of the bandwidth probe is communicated to the media controller. The media controller selects a server (i.e., an identified server) for communication with the client based on the result and communicates the selection in the form of a redirect command to the client. The client then communicates directly with the identified server. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070497 | APPARATUS AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR STORING FIBRE CHANNEL INFORMATION ON AN INFINIBAND ADMINISTRATION DATA BASE - Host computing systems with the ability to efficiently identify the Infiniband™ (IB) addressing parameters corresponding to Fibre Channel I/O devices that are accessible through IB-to-Fibre Channel adapters. An efficient apparatus and program product is described to store the IB addressing parameters pertaining to individual Fibre Channel I/O devices on a subnet administration database, and an efficient mechanism to recover from the database, the IB addressing parameters corresponding to all physical paths by which a desired Fibre Channel I/O device is accessible. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070498 | Dynamic Data Transfer Control Method and Apparatus for Shared SMP Computer Systems - As a performance critical (high or full speed) request for a computer system data bus travels down a central pipeline, the system detects whether the interface data bus is currently empty or there is an ongoing half-speed transfer. If there is an ongoing low speed transfer, the system dynamically time shift or slows down the read rate out of the interleave buffer to half speed, and utilizes the free half of the bandwidth. This dynamic “zippering” or time shifting of data prevents a pipe pass from being rejected because the whole data bus is unavailable. | 2009-03-12 |
20090070499 | CONTENT REPRODUCTION APPRATUS, CONTENT REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND CONTENT REPRODUCTION SYSTEM - A content reproduction method is provided, which acquires, from a data transmission apparatus, first streaming data that is used to play a content at a first speed, and records the first streaming data on a storage medium. The content reproduction method plays the content at the first speed, based on the stored first streaming data. The content reproduction method also starts acquisition of second streaming data in response to a varied-speed reproduction request for the content, wherein the second streaming data is used to play the content at a second speed, and plays the content at a transition speed based on the stored first streaming data, in response to the varied-speed reproduction request. The content reproduction method plays the content at the second speed based on the second streaming data, after the acquisition of the second streaming data progresses to a reproduction preparation complete state. | 2009-03-12 |