12th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 43 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100076975 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SEARCH METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a search execution unit configured to execute a search on the basis of a search condition, an item specification unit configured to specify particular data as an item from data included in a result of the search executed by the search execution unit on the basis of the search condition, an item storage unit configured to store the item specified by the item specification unit in a storage apparatus, a search result generation unit configured to generate a search result without data overlap on the basis of data included in a result of a search executed by the search execution unit on the basis of a new search condition and the item stored in the storage apparatus, and a search result display unit configured to display the search result generated by the search result generation unit. | 2010-03-25 |
20100076976 | Method of Automatically Tagging Image Data - The present invention provides a method of automatic tagging of image data taken at geographical locations, which represent points of interest (POI). In addition to the image data, each image file contains image metadata, which is structured information about the image data resources. The metadata of a POI includes its title, description, associated keywords, geographical identification data, etc., and it describes the POI as a resource of information. Each POI has its unique identifier that connects it to a record in a database, which contains the metadata of a plurality of POIs. The auto-tagging method, subject to the present invention, identifies the POI where image data has been taken. It then retrieves POI metadata from the database or reads it directly from an information tag placed within the POI, and assigns this metadata to all the image files containing image data taken at the POI. In particular, this invention focuses on barcode representation of the unique POI identifier (UPIID) and of its metadata (if the metadata is read directly during the image taking process). The implementation of this method does not require additional devices for location detection (such as GPS), and is applicable to all digital cameras regardless of type and complexity. | 2010-03-25 |
20100076977 | System and Method for analyzing and reporting extensible data from multiple sources in multiple formats - A system and method for analyzing and reporting data from multiple sources is provided. The system is a foundation for an analytical platform that covers not only traditional relational data, but also a new generation of extensible data formats designed for the web, such as those based on XML (FIXML, FpML, ebXML, XBRL, ACORD, etc.), as well as HTML, E-mail, Excel, PDF, and others. In a preferred embodiment, the eXtensible on-line analytical processing (XOLAP), is a scalable client/server platform that allows the multi-dimensional analysis of modern data types, as well as traditional relational data, by bringing them all into an internal common XML-based model, without the time and expense of creating a data warehouse. | 2010-03-25 |
20100076978 | SUMMARIZING ONLINE FORUMS INTO QUESTION-CONTEXT-ANSWER TRIPLES - In this paper, we propose a new approach to extracting question-context-answer triples from online discussion forums. More specifically, we propose a general framework based on Conditional Random Fields (CRFs) for context and answer detection, and also extend the basic framework to utilize contexts for answer detection and to better accommodate the features of forums. | 2010-03-25 |
20100076979 | PERFORMING SEARCH QUERY DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS ON HETEROGENEOUS STRUCTURED DATA BASED ON RELATIVE DENSITY - A method is provided for responding to user search requests with suggested categories and attributes that have a high probability of being useful to the user for refining the search. The method is described in the context of a shared search engine platform in which multiple vertical domain repositories reside. The common search engine can search all of the repositories in a single search. The multiple vertical domain repositories can be heterogeneous in type, size, and semantics. Choosing search hints in the face of such diversity of content can be a challenge. The approach uses a “relative density” measure to determine which categories and attributes to recommend and overcomes the problem of repositories with more content dominating the chosen search terms that are returned to the user. | 2010-03-25 |
20100076980 | TOKENIZED JAVASCRIPT INDEXING SYSTEM - A client generates an index token for each of a plurality of data objects received from a server as a function of at least one of the plurality of fields of the data object. The client creates an index for the plurality of data objects based on the generated index token for each data object. The client may then utilize the index to search plurality of data objects to identify and render a subset of the data objects. | 2010-03-25 |
20100076981 | Method and Apparatus for Efficient Indexed Storage for Unstructured Content - A method and apparatus for efficient indexed storage for unstructured content have been disclosed. | 2010-03-25 |
20100076982 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAYLIST GENERATION BASED ON SIMILARITY DATA - Methods and arrangements for facilitating media playlist generation for a program participant based at least in part on media library inventory information provided by a number of program participants. The system or program in which the individuals are participating is an on-line media store. Those individuals that decide to be program participants are interested in organizing, maintaining and playing their music, based at least in part, on data derived from a population of other participants in the program that have similar or the same music in their libraries. To be a program participant, the individual music holder must send, and the on-line music store receive, data representative of that program participant's media inventory. This data typically contains identification data of the individual media items presently contained in that participant's media library regardless of the individual media item's source. The system or program determines an incidence of co-occurrence of pairs of individual media items in different program participants' media libraries. Based on this determination, a similarity rating is assigned between the pairs of individual media items based on the determined incidence of co-occurrence in the different program participants' media libraries. | 2010-03-25 |
20100076983 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAYLIST GENERATION BASED ON SIMILARITY DATA - System, method and computer program that encompasses one or more client devices cooperating with a program host's on-line data processing center to generate media playlists. Data is transmitted from a program participant's client device to the processing center and is representative of media inventory in a media library on the client device and includes identification data of contained individual media items. Data is further received from a plurality of program participants representative of each respective program participant's media inventory, regardless of the source of the members of the inventory. Co-occurrence of pairs of individual media items in different program participants' media libraries is determined and a similarity rating is assigned between the pairs of individual media items based on the determined incidence of co-occurrence in the different program participants' media libraries. From this, a media playlist is generated. | 2010-03-25 |
20100076984 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUERY EXPANSION USING TOOLTIPS - A system and method for query expansion allows the refinement and expansion of a keyword query search by combining a key concept with semantically related concepts proposed by the system and associated with that key concept. The semantically related concepts may be grouped together in a cluster, which is then presented to the user in the form of a tooltip. Once a semantically related concept is selected from the cluster, a new search is launched. This new search may use as query terms the combination of at least part of the key concept and the selected semantically related concept to thereby expand the original search. | 2010-03-25 |
20100076985 | CLASSIFICATION OF AMBIGUOUS GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCES - A location classifier generates location information based on textual strings in input text. The location information defines potential geographical relevance of the input text. In determining the location information, the location classifier may receive at least one geo-relevance profile associated with at least one string in the input text, obtain a combined geo-relevance profile for the document from the at least one geo-relevance profile, and determine geographical relevance of the input text based on the combined geo-relevance profile. | 2010-03-25 |
20100076986 | Recruitment Vendor Management System and Method - A computer system and method for identifying a matching resume for a job description. The system receives and stores the job description that includes job requirements, each including a required skill or experience-related phrase and a required term of experience. The system receives and stores resumes that include skill or experience-related phrases. When the skill or experience-related phrases include the required skill or experience-related phrase for a job requirement, the system computes a term of experience for the required skill or experience-related phrase. To compute the term of experience, the system associates a contextual use and an experience range with each skill or experience-related phrase. A resume is a match when it includes the required skill or experience-related phrase for each job requirement and the term of experience for the required skill or experience-related phrase in the resume is greater than or equal to the required term of experience. | 2010-03-25 |
20100076987 | Trust Profile Aggregation from Various Trust Record Sources - Trust-based relationships may be formed among many types of entities, and such entities may wish to rely on such relationships as part of a trust profile in future endeavors. However, it may be difficult to compile records of existing trust-based relationships into a trust profile in a credible and efficient manner. Techniques may be developed for centralizing the formation and management of a trust profile for the entity in an efficient manner that both promotes the integrity of the compiled information and extends to the entity a measure of control over the contents of the trust profile. | 2010-03-25 |
20100076988 | Masked Data Service Profiling - Computer based methods, systems and software for generating pangenetic based data profiles of services are presented in which pangenetic (genetic and epigenetic) features of consumers are correlated with outcomes experienced by the consumers with respect to those services. The pangenetic based profiles that are generated can be used to recommend the most appropriate services for future consumers based on comparisons of pangenetic features. Data masking is used to maintain privacy of sensitive portions of the pangenetic data. | 2010-03-25 |
20100076989 | Method and system for displaying email thread information - A method and apparatus for discerning and displaying an email-thread chart of senders and recipients (“senders/recipients”) included in an email thread, are disclosed. The email-thread chart may include the senders/recipients arranged in chronological order matching the order in which individual related emails, included in the email thread, were sent and received (the sending/receiving of related emails is hereinafter referred to as “transactions”). The email-thread chart may further include the date-and-time-stamp of the transactions and the labeling of the transactions by transaction type (e.g. “Cced”, “forwarded”, “replied”, etc.) The senders/recipients may be discerned from the body of the email. The body of the email may contain quoted text containing the email thread. The email-thread chart may be displayed automatically in response to a user's attempt to send the email to a remote user, or in automatic response to any other user action. The email-thread chart may include a graphical user interface (“GUI”) and may allow the user to select one of the senders/recipients displayed, and to perform numerous functions related to the selected senders/recipients (e.g. delete all references to the selected sender/recipient from the email thread, etc.) | 2010-03-25 |
20100076990 | INFORMATION ANALYSIS SYSTEM, INFORMATION ANALYSIS METHOD, AND INFORMATION ANALYSIS PROGRAM - A system includes a time-series data pattern checking means that receives time-series data from an input device and extracts a time-series pattern corresponding to the received time-series, and an effective period determination means that extracts an effective period corresponding to the time-series pattern from a time-series pattern/effective period correspondence table stored in a time-series pattern/effective period correspondence table storage means. The effective period determination means determines effective period time-series data which is a portion of the time-series data received from the input device in the effective period, according to the determined effective period and causes an output device to outputs the determined effective period and the determined effective period time-series data. | 2010-03-25 |
20100076991 | APPARATUS AND METHOD PRODUCT FOR PRESENTING RECOMMENDED INFORMATION - A recommended information presentation apparatus, including a display unit which displays text data, an extraction unit which extracts keyword candidates from the text data, a storage unit which stores semantic attributes of the keyword candidates, semantic attribute rules which contain scoring criteria for semantic attributes, descriptive phrases describing the keyword candidates and descriptive phrase rules which contain scoring criteria for descriptive phrases. The scores of the keyword candidates are calculated by a selection unit based on the semantic attribute rules and descriptive phrase rules and the highest scoring keyword candidates are selected as keywords. The selected keyword is used to search an information database by a search unit which also receives the search results which are displayed on the display unit by a control unit as recommended information with regards to the text information. | 2010-03-25 |
20100076992 | Methods and Systems for Data Integration - A preferred method embodiment of the subject invention comprises a method for dynamically creating hierarchies to be used in database searches, comprising the steps of: (a) defining a data network; (b) receiving a query regarding data stored in one or more databases; and (c) based at least in part on said query and on said data network, dynamically building a hierarchy. A preferred system embodiment of the subject invention comprises a system for dynamically creating hierarchies to be used in database searches, comprising: (a) means for defining a data network; (b) means for receiving a query regarding data stored in one or more databases; and (c) means for, based at least in part on said query, dynamically building a hierarchy from said data network. | 2010-03-25 |
20100076993 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTELY DISPLAYING A LIST BY DETERMINING A QUANTITY OF DATA TO SEND BASED ON THE LIST SIZE AND THE DISPLAY CONTROL SIZE - A system and method for remotely displaying a plurality of data items is disclosed. The system determines a total quantity of displayable data items and optionally receives an indication of a display control size from a remote client. The server stores a threshold value indicating a relationship between a quantity of data items and a size of a display control. The server compares the quantity of data items and the received indication of the display control size. If the comparison exceeds the threshold value, the server sends a subset of the items to the remote client for display, and sends additional items as requested by the remote client. If the comparison is less than the threshold value, the server sends each of the items to the remote client for display. The server repeats this comparison for changes in the quantity of data items or the size of the display control. | 2010-03-25 |
20100076994 | Using Mobile Communication Facility Device Data Within a Monetization Platform - In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for using a monetization platform to receive, analyze, select, aggregate, and deliver data relating to mobile communication facilities' devices characteristics, to store this data in a mobile communication facilities characteristics database, and use this data, in part, to select content that is relevant to a content request received from a publisher, and appropriate for delivery to the mobile communication facility of the user whose behavior prompted the request. | 2010-03-25 |
20100076995 | Method and System of Displaying Related Keywords - A method and a system of displaying related keywords are provided. The method includes: receiving a primary keyword inputted by a user and a request for retrieving keywords related to the primary keyword; recording a frequency of the retrieving request corresponding to the primary keyword; selecting a candidate group of related keywords based on the frequency from the groups of related keywords corresponding to the primary keyword; and displaying the related keywords in the candidate group of related keywords. The system includes: an interface unit, a recording unit, an acquiring unit and a displaying unit. The disclosed method and system retrieve different groups of related keywords based on the frequency of the request for retrieving keywords related to a certain primary keyword, and display the retrieved related keywords in a rotating manner and allow a user to obtain the related keywords in an easier and more complete way. | 2010-03-25 |
20100076996 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUDIO HOT SPOTTING - Audio hot spotting is accomplished by specifying query criterion to include a non-lexical audio cue. The non-lexical audio cue can be, e.g., speech rate, laughter, applause, vocal effort, speaker change or any combination thereof. The query criterion is retrieved from an audio portion of a file. A segment of the file containing the query criterion can be provided to a user. The duration of the provided segment can be specified by the user along with the files to be searched. A list of detections of the query criterion within the file can also be provided to the user. Searches can be refined by the query criterion additionally including a lexical audio-cue. A keyword index of topic terms contained in the file can also be provided to the user. | 2010-03-25 |
20100076997 | GENERATION OF HOME NETWORK USE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON COLLECTED METADATA OF PRIOR CONNECTED ITEMS - Particular embodiments provide home network use recommendations to a user. The home network use recommendations may involve recommendations on items, which may include devices, applications, and/or services. When users connect an item (e.g., a device) to a home network, information associated with the item may be received. Metadata for the information is generated that describes the information. The metadata may be stored in storage in a user profile for the user. The user profile may then be analyzed to determine home network use recommendations. For example, recommendations may be how to use or configure the home network. | 2010-03-25 |
20100076998 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A DYNAMIC HELP DOCUMENT - A method for generating a dynamic help document involves obtaining question-answer pairs associated with a client-server application, determining rankings of the question-answer pairs based on user feedback about the question-answer pairs, and determining a first preferred question-answer pair based on rankings of question-answer pairs. The method further involves generating the dynamic help document using the first preferred question-answer pair, updating rankings of the question-answer pairs based on additional user feedback about the question-answer pairs, determining a second preferred question-answer pair based on updated rankings of the question-answer pairs, and updating the dynamic help document by replacing the first preferred question-answer pair with the second preferred question-answer pair. | 2010-03-25 |
20100076999 | DOCUMENT SEARCHING DEVICE AND DOCUMENT SEARCHING METHOD - In registering a new document file in an index, the accumulated percentage of the number of registered keys A from registered keys associated with one posting data, including registered data, is computed. The posting data of a registered key associated with the number of posting data items, which is at most a threshold N, is stored in a leaf page of a balanced-plus tree constituted of the registered keys, and the posting data of a registered key associated with the number of posting data items, which is greater than the threshold N, is stored in a page of a posting-storing unit. When the accumulated number i of registered documents is a predetermined document number, the threshold N of the number of posting data items is changed to the maximum number of the posting data items that are associated with a registered key where the accumulated percentage is less than 60 percent. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077000 | INFORMATION RETRIEVAL FROM A COLLECTION OF INFORMATION OBJECTS TAGGED WITH HIERARCHIAL KEYWORDS - The present invention can include a data processing system-implemented method or a data processing system readable media having software code for carrying out the method. The method can comprise formulating queries, searching for a plurality of information objects, or a combination thereof. In a specific embodiment, an original query with at least one keyword can be automatically expanded to an expanded query that includes at least one keyword that is not in the original query. The expanded query may be used to search for information objects that are relevant to the expanded query. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077001 | SEARCH SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERENDIPITOUS DISCOVERIES WITH FACETED FULL-TEXT CLASSIFICATION - A search system and method for uncovering unexpected links between different concepts related to a user's query during a search comprise a semantic indexing server, which builds a faceted classification index of text objects, and a query server, which receives and analyzes the user's query. A query thus processed is then sent from the query server to the semantic indexing server through an interface in order to perform a search in the faceted classification index. The search system and method further comprise a result handler, which provides the user with a search result set comprising a list of unexpected links and a list of result elements. The list of unexpected links corresponds to filters which allow the user to narrow down or refine the original query. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077002 | DIRECT ACCESS METHOD TO MEDIA INFORMATION - An event provider, such as a media player, and a method of operating the media player in which the events stored therein or available thereto are divided/filtered into groups, where all groups comprising all of the events, and where, when a group of events is provided is offered for the user in a non hierarchical mode of operation. Media players with improved user interfaces are illustrated. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077003 | IMAGE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND IMAGE RECOGNITION METHOD - To provide an image recognition device which eliminates the necessity of managing a database for recognition even in the case of a number of objects to be recognized. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077004 | Interactive educational program having dynamic data fields and method of exchanging same - Systems and methods for disseminating data to users and enabling user customization of the data are disclosed herein. Access to the database is provided to one or more user devices, which are usable to select one or more items of data. Upon receiving a selection of one or more items of data, one or more customized notes can be received from a user device and stored in association with the selected data. Each note can be provided with a designation which selectively controls whether viewing of the note is permitted to all other users, or whether viewing of the note is restricted to the user from which it originated or users within a selected user group. A note screen containing all viewable notes associated with a selected item of data can thereby transmitted to the user device. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077005 | VARIABLE USER INTERFACE BASED ON DOCUMENT ACCESS PRIVILEGES - Users may be presented with different viewing interfaces for a document based on a combination of factors relating to display rights possessed for the document and user specific information. In one implementation, the user's location is used to determine portions of the document that can be displayed to the user. More particularly, access privileges to a document for a user are determined based on geographical location information of the user and based on access rights possessed for the document. Portions of the document may then be formatted for display to the user based on the determined access privileges. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077006 | Re-identification risk in de-identified databases containing personal information - A system and method of performing risk assessment of a dataset de-identified from a source database containing information identifiable to individuals is provided. The de-identified dataset is retrieved comprising a plurality of records from a storage device. A selection of variables from a user is received, the selection made from a plurality of variables present in the dataset, wherein the variables are potential identifiers of personal information. A selection of a risk threshold acceptable for the dataset from a user is received. A selection of a sampling fraction wherein the sampling fraction define a relative size of their dataset to an entire population is received. A number of records from the plurality of records for each equivalence class in the identification dataset for each of the selected variables. A re-identification risk using the selected sampling fraction is calculated. The re-identification risk meets the selected risk threshold is determined. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077007 | Method and System for Populating a Database With Bibliographic Data From Multiple Sources - There is disclosed a method of populating a relational database of bibliographic data associated with one or more document-based collections, wherein the bibliographic data is sourced from two or more sources having distinct source-specific formats. The method generally comprises the steps of accessing source data from the two or more sources; independently standardizing the accessed data from each of the two or more sources in accordance with a common intermediate source-independent format dictated by an intermediate data structure, such that similar data elements from distinct source-specific formats are commonly identified within the intermediate format; and further interpreting the standardized data in relation to stored database elements comprising at least some database elements derived from each of the two or more sources, for populating the database in accordance with the relation with at least some repetitive elements replaced with reference thereto, consistent with a refined database data structure distinct from the intermediate data structure. A system and computer-readable medium for implementing the above method are also disclosed. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077008 | Dynamic Online Presentation of Solutions Based on Customer Symptoms - A knowledge management system is disclosed providing the ability to use an issue's symptoms as search criteria for potential solutions within a solution network. User, system, and diagnostics information is received by the solution network. Symptoms of the issue are provided, which are then used with the user, system, diagnostics, and additional information to search the solution network for potential solutions. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077009 | CONTENTS PLAYING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a contents playing apparatus and a control method thereof, in which the contents playing apparatus includes: a connection unit to which an external device is connected; a storage unit; and a controller which, if the external device is connected through the connection unit, automatically searches for contents stored in the external device in a search, and stores each of the found contents in the storage unit. With this, it is convenient for a user to store the contents in the contents playing apparatus from the external device. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077010 | System and Method For Identifying Entry Points of a Hierarchical Structure - A method for identifying entry points of a hierarchical structure having a plurality of nodes includes the operations selecting a node of a hierarchical structure and testing it for identification as an entry point. The node is identified as an entry point, and the selection, testing, and identification operations are repeated for at least one additional node of the hierarchical structure to identify at least a second node as a respective second entry point for the hierarchical structure. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077011 | FRAME-SLOT ARCHITECTURE FOR DATA CONVERSION - A machine based tool and associated logic and methodology are used in converting data from an input form to a target form using context dependent conversion rules. In particular, a frame-slot architecture is utilized where a frame represents an intersection between a contextual cue recognized by the machine tool, associated content and related constraint information to specific to that conversion environment, whereas a slot represents an included chunk of information. An exemplary conversion system ( | 2010-03-25 |
20100077012 | Method For Using An OTP Storage Device - The invention provides a method of managing data updates in DOS-based data storage device having an OTP memory die that comprises a code region having a first memory capacity and a code region access resolution and a data region having a second memory capacity and a data region access resolution. The second memory capacity is larger than the first memory capacity and the code region access resolution is finer than the data region access resolution. The method comprises chronologically writing a log entry in the code region indicating the change in FAT and root directory for each change in user data written in the data region. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077013 | COMPUTER STORAGE DEDUPLICATION - A data center comprising plural computer hosts and a storage system external to said hosts is disclosed. The storage system includes storage blocks for storing tangibly encoded data blocks. Each of said hosts includes a deduplicating file system for identifying and merging identical data blocks stored in respective storage blocks into one of said storage blocks so that a first file exclusively accessed by a first host of said hosts and a second file accessed exclusively by a second host of said hosts concurrently refer to the same one of said storage blocks. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077014 | SECOND ORDER REAL ALLPASS FILTER - A digital all-pass filter has an input port leading to an input sum block and a first feed forward path. Within the first feed forward path is a multiplier. The filter also has an output port coupled to an output sum block that receives a signal from the first feed forward path. A first feedback path is also provided from the output port to the input sum block. The first feedback path includes a multiplier therein. Nested within this structure is a first order all-pass filter having a feed forward path including a forward path delay and forward path that is delayed and a feedback path absent a separate delay element and beginning after the forward path delay element. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077015 | Generating a Hash Value from a Vector Representing a Data Object - To generate at least one hash value for a feature vector that represents a data object, a discrete orthogonal transform is applied on a second vector produced from the feature vector. Applying the discrete orthogonal transform on the second vector produces a third vector. At least one value is selected from the third vector to produce the hash value. The at least one hash value is used to perform an action. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077016 | Estimating a Signal Based on Samples Derived from Random Projections - A system and method for estimating a signal based on a stream of randomly generated samples. The method includes: (a) receiving a sample; (b) generating a sampling vector; (c) multiplying the sample and the sampling vector to obtain a current back projection; (d) computing a first intermediate vector that represents an average of the current back projection and previous back projections; (e) transforming the first intermediate vector to determine a second intermediate vector; (f) identifying locations where the second intermediate vector attains its k largest values; (g) computing an estimate for the transformation of the signal by solving a system of equations based on the identified locations, the received sample value, previously received sample values, the sampling vector and previously generated sampling vectors; (h) inverse transforming the transformation estimate to determine an estimate of the signal; and (i) storing the signal estimate. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077017 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING MEDIA RELATED TO A LOCATION - A system and method for distributing media related to a location. The physical location of a media presentation device is received over a network. The physical location of a plurality of end users are identified, via the network, wherein each of plurality of users is associated with a user device capable of storing media files. At least one of the end users is identified who is located in such proximity to the media presentation device that the user can perceive media that presented on the media presentation device. At least one media file that is currently being presented on the media presentation device is identified and transmitted over the network to each of the identified end users. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077018 | Virtual Presence Server - Techniques are disclosed for generating and managing presentities in accordance with a virtual presence server. By way of example, a method for requesting information from at least one server comprises the following steps. A client request, which expresses a request that can not be satisfied by a single existing presentity, is obtained at an intermediate server, wherein the intermediate server operates as a virtual presence server. The virtual presence server (i.e., intermediate server) creates a set of software objects for a virtual presentity, the set of objects embodying logic to combine presence information from one or more of existing presentities and external information sources, in accordance with at least one existing presence server. The virtual presence server creates an association between the request of the client and the created virtual presentity that allows the presence information to be propagated back to the client. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077019 | REDIRECTION OF MULTIPLE REMOTE DEVICES - Example embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for multiple audio device capture and playback during a remote desktop session. A custom device manager may instantiate proxy audio input and output devices on the server corresponding to each real device on the client computer. The proxy devices may redirect their respective audio input and output data to the physical device on the client. In an embodiment, multiple audio devices may be instantiated during a remote session, and multiple independent audio streams may be redirected to the selected device on the client computer. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077020 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING INTELLIGENT UPDATES OF EMISSION VALUES - An apparatus for providing intelligent updates of emission values may include a processor. The processor may be configured to send a user context to request updated emission values associated with the user context. The processor may be further configured to receive the requested emission values associated with the user context and update current emission values with the received emission values. The processor may be additionally configured to provide for an output of the updated emission values. Associated methods and computer program products may also be provided. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077021 | REMOTE DESKTOP CONTROL SYSTEM USING USB INTERFACE AND METHOD THEREOF - A desktop sharing and remote control system where the server (the computer being controlled) and the client (the computer controlling the server) are connected by a connecting device using the USB protocol. The connecting device includes a control unit (MCU) and two USB controllers. The MCU transfers data between the two USB controllers. The server-side USB controller emulates a USB CD-ROM/keyboard/mouse composite device; the client-side USB controller emulates a USB CD-ROM. The server continuously writes video data (desktop image) to the server-side emulated CD-ROM and the client continuously reads the data from the client-side emulated CD-ROM and applies it to its monitor. Keyboard and mouse data is transferred in the opposite direction via the client-side emulated CD-ROM and server-side emulated keyboard and mouse devices. The connecting device stores applications programs to be automatically executed by the server and client using auto-run functions of the emulated CD-ROMs to accomplish plug-and-play. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077022 | Media delivery platform - An improved method for delivery and playback of sound and image files is provided as exemplary embodiments. This method may include the use of sound and/or image clips, which can be snippets or full files, as alerts for a variety of electronic devices or for playing on a handheld device, and for use as a promotion to sell items associated with the files. A collection or library of uniquely selected and/or edited clips may also be provided to the consumer in a manner far more conveniently on conventional telephone equipment than previously available. Exemplary embodiments may provide algorithms for the delivery, storage and playback of the sound files, including a delivery method algorithm, and preferably a parametric optimization and compression algorithm, and an error correction algorithm. In contrast to the conventional ring tones or musical chimes used to ring cellular phones currently on the market, the current invention provides a method for ringing cellular phones, electronic devices, and landline telephones with real sound recordings including real music, which may be songs sampled from copyright registered CD tracks, and may comprise human voice, various instrument sounds, and other sound effects of a high quality. A software based system for encoding the hardware of existing cellular phones at the time of manufacturing with delivery, storage, and playback capabilities in accordance with the exemplary embodiments may be provided, such that additional hardware may not be required. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077023 | Method and Apparatus for Establishing a Session - A method and Domain Name System (DNS) server for establishing a communication session in an Internet Protocol (IP)-based communication network. The DNS server receives a query containing a DNS name of a destination terminal as a search key, and determines whether an IP address for the DNS name is registered with the DNS server. If so, the DNS server returns the registered IP address to the sender of the query. If not, the DNS server sends a wake-up message to the destination terminal which, in response, establishes an IP data session with the communication network. The DNS server then receives an IP address for the destination terminal from an access server or from a Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP) server, and returns the received IP address to the sender of the query. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077024 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA TRANSMITTED INCOMPLETELY BETWEEN SERVER AND CLIENT - There is provided a method for data transmission in a communication system, including: transmitting part of data to be transmitted from one terminal to another terminal depending on a maximum transmission tolerable capacity; when the transmission of the data is stopped during the transmission, storing information on a capacity of the partial data lastly validly transmitted from said another terminal and information on a corresponding session; when a next session begins after stop of the current session, transmitting the information from said another terminal to said one terminal to recognize the information as a session upon restart; and finding, at said one terminal, data at the time when the transmission is stopped, and transmitting the data following partial data at the stopping time to said another terminal. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077025 | WORKFLOW AUTOMATION & REQUEST PROCESSING - Methods and systems for transparently and seamlessly integrating various process and project management systems into a single system with a single point of entry for all users are disclosed. The system creates a web, tying together each of the independent systems to provide an intelligent, end-to-end workflow management system. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077026 | METHOD OF REGISTERING ACCESS PERMISSION AND A SERVER APPARATUS - A method of registering access permission from a client apparatus into a server apparatus connected to one network, includes: notifying device information about the server apparatus to the client apparatus connected to the same network; starting reception of a registration request for access permission from the client apparatus to the server apparatus; counting a certain period starting from a point in time at which the reception of the registration request for access permission is started; determining whether the server apparatus which receives the registration request for access permission is selected from the client apparatus and the registration request for the access permission of the access to the selected server apparatus is received within the certain period; and registering the access permission for the client apparatus requesting for the registration of access permission into the server apparatus, when the registration request for access permission is received within the certain period. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077027 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESS AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A CONVERGED NETWORK-BASED ADDRESS BOOK SYSTEM AND A USER DEVICE - A method of sharing contacts within a converged address book system having a converged address book server, the method receiving from a requestor, at the converged address book server, a request for a contact to be shared with a recipient identified in the request; obtaining contact information for the contact from a repository; and delivering the shared contact to the recipient. Also, a method for interaction with a legacy address book system from a network based converged address book system, the method receiving a request to import legacy address book data from a legacy address book system; contacting the legacy address book system and supplying access parameters; retrieving data from the legacy address book system; and storing the imported data in a network based address book storage. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077028 | ANNOTATION OF COMMUNICATIONS - A calendar event that is addressed to a plurality of recipients is generated. At least one of the plurality of recipients is designated as a first annotation recipient. A first annotation is associated with the calendar event, the first annotation addressed to the first annotation recipient. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077029 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT MULTI-PERSON CHAT HISTORY INJECTION - A method, system, and program is provided for automatically searching and injecting a multi-person chat history into a chat session, and allowing users to inject a multi-person chat history into a new chat session. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077030 | METHOD OF REPRESENTING SUBSCRIBE RELATION IN DESIGN PROCESS USING RELATIONS AMONG COMPONENTS - Provided is a method of representing a subscribe relation in a design process using a relation between components. The method includes establishing a resource description framework (RDF) site summary (or really simple syndication; RSS) subscribe relation between multiple design units dependent on each other in a design process using relation between product components, triggering, by the multiple design units, an event occurring in the design process of each component of a final product, to convert update information by the design modification event into an extended RSS subscribe format, and transmitting the extended RSS subscribe format to a corresponding design unit affected by the design modification. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077031 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing device includes: a first receiving unit to receive, from a first other information processing device, equipment information of a second other information processing device that differs from the first other information processing device, via a first communication and first connecting information useful for connecting with the second other information processing device by a second communication that differs from the first communication; a first transmitting unit to transmit second connection information that is useful for connecting with the device itself by the second communication to the first other information processing device, via the first communication; and a second receiving unit to receive content data transmitted from the second other information processing device by the second communication, based on the first connection information and the second connection information. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077032 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED MATCHING BASED ON QUESTION RESPONSES - In one example embodiment, an apparatus is provided that includes a central website that interfaces with one or more end users to establish a profile for each of the end users to be used in matching the end users to each other for a potential relationship. Information is provided in the profile and the information includes relevant characteristics of corresponding end users. A first end user is asked one or more questions after their profile is established, the questions being posed to a second end user whose respective profile has also been established and whose profile has already been matched to the first end user's profile. Answers for the questions from the first and second end users are compared and a subsequent message is sent to the first end user if the answers provided by the first end user and the second end user are compatible. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077033 | Method and System for Facilitating Contacting People Using Electronic Devices - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using improved approaches to contact users that can be contacted in a variety of different ways are disclosed. According to one aspect, one user is able to be automatically informed of an appropriate (e.g., preferred) way to contact another user. Once informed of the appropriate way, another user can be contacted (automatically or on user request) using the appropriate way. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077034 | MODIFYING ENVIRONMENTAL CHAT DISTANCE BASED ON AVATAR POPULATION DENSITY IN AN AREA OF A VIRTUAL WORLD - A mechanism for modifying a chat distance associated with an environmental chat based on the avatar population density of an area of a virtual universe associated with the environmental chat. An initial environmental chat distance may be determined based on the avatar population density, i.e., the number of avatars, in the area of the virtual universe associated with the environmental chat. The environmental chat distance may be modified in response to a change in the number of avatars in the area of the virtual universe associated with the environmental chat. The environmental chat distance may be modified such that the environmental chat distance is inversely proportional to the detected number of avatars in the virtual universe area associated with the environmental chat. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077035 | Optimized Polling in Low Resource Devices - Methods and systems for optimizing server polling by a mobile client are described, thereby allowing mobile terminals to conserve battery life by more efficiently using resources such as the processor and transceiver in the mobile terminal. A broker system may be used to minimize wireless communication traffic used for polling. A broker stub intercepts server polling messages at the client, multiplexes the sever requests together, and forwards the multiplexed message to a broker skeleton that de-multiplexes and forwards the messages as appropriate. Polling may also be dynamically adapted based on user behavior, or a server guard may be used to monitor changes to data, and notify a client to poll its respective server when the server guard detects new or updated data on that server for that client. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077036 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVELY OBTAINING ACCESS TO RESTRICTED CONTENT - The present invention is directed to a system, method and program product for interactively obtaining access to restricted content. A system is disclosed that includes a first device operable by a restricted party to transmit an access request to a restricting party. The access request requests access to the restricted content or to restricted event. A server receives the access request and relays it to the restricting party. A second device that is operable by the restricting party receives the access request from the server and transmits an access request response to the first device via the server. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077037 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING EMAILS TO A RECIPIENT IN THE FASTEST POSSIBLE FASHION - The present invention relates generally to a method and system for delivering a message from a sender computing system to a recipient computing system and specifically to a method and system for delivering the message directly to the recipient or as close to the recipient's location as possible in order to enhance the recipients experience. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077038 | Method and Arrangement For Handling A Subscription For Client Data - A method and arrangement for temporarily withholding notifications with client data of at least one observed client to a watching client when the watching client has an ongoing subscription for receiving the notifications from a client data server. When the watching client receives a subscription suspend trigger, the watching client sends a subscription suspend message to the client data server indicating that client data notifications should be temporarily withheld while retaining the subscription. When the watching client subsequently receives a subscription resume trigger, the watching client sends a subscription resume message to the client data server indicating that the suspended subscription shall be resumed and allowing client data notifications to be delivered again. The watching client then subsequently receives client data notifications according to the subscription. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077039 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PLAYING VIDEO ON A MOBILE DEVICE - The invention provides a system and a method for automatically switching from a local storage to a remote storage for recording a broadcast video stream, the switching being triggered by the fact that the local storage is almost full, and for automatically switching from a local storage to a remote storage for playing a broadcast video stream in a delayed manner, the switching being triggered by the fact that the video frames in the local storage are exhausted. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077040 | DETECTION OF OUTBOUND SENDING OF SPAM - The invention provides for at least three processes for detecting the probability of abusive use of a message account for sending large amounts of unsolicited messages, such as spam, to other message accounts. For example, information provided at registration for a new message account can be processed to determine the likelihood of abusive use of that message account. Also, inbound messages can be processed to determine if the message account that sent the inbound message is abusing the use of that message account. Additionally, outbound messages can be processed to determine if the message account that is attempting to send an outbound message is abusing the use of that message account. Each of these three processes can operate separately or in any combination with each other to further improve the probability that abusive use of a message account will be detected promptly and accurately. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077041 | Ranking Messages in an Electronic Messaging Environment - The present invention provides methods and systems to score messages exchanged over a network. The methods and systems may gather message interactions of a recipient. A message originating from a sender and destined for the recipient may be received at an email client. A sender score of the message may be determined based on one or more of sender information, the gathered message interactions, and one or more attributes associated with the message. The message may be marked with the determined score in a user interface associated with the email client. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077042 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING ONE OR MORE PROCESSES IN A BUSINESS CENTER - The present invention provides a system and a method for managing a customer contact center. The system includes a one click sign-in module, a client-host, and a control module. The one click sign-in module enables one-click authentication of an agent for logging in to a plurality of applications during a data transaction. The client-host displays the plurality of applications to the agent on a single screen to enable access to critical information related to the data transaction from the plurality of applications. Further, the control module records the critical information of the data transaction for data analysis to manage one or more processes related to the data transaction. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077043 | DETECTING SPAM FROM A BULK REGISTERED E-MAIL ACCOUNT - The invention provides for at least three processes for detecting the probability of abusive use of a message account for sending large amounts of unsolicited messages, such as spam, to other message accounts. For example, information provided at registration for a new message account can be processed to determine the likelihood of abusive use of that message account. Also, inbound messages can be processed to determine if the message account that sent the inbound message is abusing the use of that message account. Additionally, outbound messages can be processed to determine if the message account that is attempting to send an outbound message is abusing the use of that message account. Each of these three processes can operate separately or in any combination with each other to further improve the probability that abusive use of a message account will be detected promptly and accurately. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077044 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A controller of a mobile communication apparatus, such as a cellular phone, that detects whether an external apparatus is connected to an interface, and transmits an email received from a base station to the external apparatus when the external apparatus is connected to the interface. The controller of the mobile communication apparatus also sets an email address of the mobile communication apparatus to a sender address of an email created by the external apparatus connected to the interface, and transfers the email created by the external apparatus to a base station. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077045 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING MESSAGING BETWEEN USERS OF DIFFERENT SOCIAL NETWORKS AND BETWEEN USERS OF SOCIAL NETWORKS AND USERS OF OTHER COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A method for enabling messaging between users of different social networks is disclosed. Additionally, a method for enabling messaging between users of social networks and users of other communication systems which are not social networks is displosed. This is done by providing an identification mechanism to allocate unique user IDs guaranteeing user ID uniqueness across the different social networks and the other communication systems and by a mediation system comprised of social network specific and communication system specific interfaces and a mediation server connected to these interfaces. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077046 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MANAGING MAINTENANCE INFORMATION IN AN AIRCRAFT - The invention in particular has as an object a method and a device for management of maintenance information items in an aircraft comprising a centralized maintenance system. After a maintenance message has been received ( | 2010-03-25 |
20100077047 | System and method for broadcasting messages to user sessions - Methods, apparatus, systems and computer program product for broadcasting a message to multiple users in a terminal server environment. Messages can be sent from the administrator to one or more user sessions using a communication path such as a file, a pipe, a socket, or a system protocol, such as Mach messaging. By using such a communication path rather than a central messaging system daemon or driver, user sessions can remain isolated from one another and established boundaries between user sessions can be maintained. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077048 | INTERNET IDENTITY GRAPH AND SOCIAL GRAPH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A server computer provides to a client computer a web page permitting an internet user to enter an internet identity to be secured. The server receives an input indicating that an internet user has entered an identity and requested that the identity be secured on a plurality of web sites. The internet identity is registered on the plurality of web sites and the registration is verified to said internet user. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077049 | Reconfiguring an Electronic Message to Effect an Enhanced Notification - An electronic message may be reconfigured to effect an enhanced notification using an input interface to receive at least one electronic message created by or on behalf of a message source for delivery to an intended recipient. A matching engine determines whether the electronic message corresponds to a predetermined definition of an enhanced notification. An enhancement engine reconfigures the electronic message to the enhanced notification if stored information related to the intended recipient indicates that the intended recipient is subscribed to receive the enhanced notification. Reconfiguring the electronic message may include reconfiguring the message to provide special handling, routing or presentation. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077050 | Tracking of Electronic Mail Messages - Electronic mail messages are tracked for the sender by allowing the sender to flag the electronic mail messages. Flagging the electronic mail messages allows for various notifications to be provided to the sender. For example, notification may be provided to the sender by placing an item in a to-do bar for the sender that corresponds to the electronic mail message. As another example, notification may be provided to the sender by firing a reminder at some future time that corresponds to the electronic mail message. As another example, notification may be provided to the sender by including an indication in a related incoming electronic mail message that the incoming electronic mail message is related to the electronic message sent by the sender. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077051 | Phonetic Filtering of Undesired Email Messages - Several embodiments, among others, provided in the present disclosure teach a filtering of email messages for spam based on phonetic equivalents of words found in the email message. In some embodiments, an email message having a word is received, and a phonetic equivalent of the word is generated. Thereafter, the phonetic equivalent of the word is tokenized to generate a token representative of the phonetic equivalent. The generated token is then used to determine a spam probability. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077052 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOGNIZING DESIRED EMAIL - A system and method for recognizing an incoming email as a desired email examines outgoing email messages to arrange the email into fragments for which representations are created and stored. When an incoming message is received, the message is arranged into fragments for which representations are created. The representations of the incoming message are compared to the stored representations and if the matches between stored representations and the representations of the incoming message meet a predefined threshold test, the incoming message is recognized as being desirable. An incoming email message which has been recognized as being desirable can be subjected to a lesser examination to recognize a SPAM message, or to no further examination to recognize a SPAM message. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077053 | Alias Management Platforms and Methods - Systems and methods of managing aliases are disclosed. An alias management system can be configured to offer access to one or more aliases that point to distribution lists, where aliases can be managed as distinct objects relative to distributions lists or addresses. An alias user can submit desirable criteria for content distribution chain that includes properties of a desirable alias. An alias management server can be used to identify distributions lists that satisfy at least some of the desirable criteria. Additionally, an alias can be created that adheres to at least some of the properties or attributes of the desirable alias. Alias users can be permitted to utilize the alias subject to any rules or polices in place. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077054 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A controller of a mobile communication apparatus, such as a cellular phone, that determines whether a received email is urgent by comparing words and phrases contained in the received email with keywords and phrases in a database. The controller generates notice information, such as an icon, when the received email is determined to be urgent, so that a user can recognize that there is an email whose sender wants to contact the user. When the notice information is selected by manipulating a key input device, the controller makes a communication with the sender of the received email. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077055 | Remote user interface in a terminal server environment - Methods, apparatus, systems and computer program product for updating a user session in a terminal server environment. Transfer of display data corresponding to an updated user interface can occur via a memory shared between an agent server and an agent client in a terminal server environment. Access to the shared memory can be synchronized via token passing or other operation to prevent simultaneous access to the shared memory. Token sharing and synchronized input/output can be performed using FIFOs, sockets, files, semaphores and the like, allowing communications between the agent server and agent client communications to adapt to different operating system architecture. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077056 | CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK STREAM SERVER VIGNETTE DISTRIBUTION - A system and method for delivering content objects over the Internet to an end user system with a content delivery network (CDN) is disclosed. The system and method allow for dynamically storing and distributing a portion of content streams. When a content object is requested by an end user media player, the request is assigned to an edge server within the CDN. Characteristics of the content object are used to determine the portion of the content object where the portion is less than all of the requested content. The portion of content object is then retrieved from the content and is stored within the CDN. The portion of requested content is streamed to the end user media player. Ultimately, the whole content is streamed to the end user media player if the remainder of content is requested by the end user media player. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077057 | File Transfer in Conference Services - Systems, methods, devices and software according to these exemplary embodiments provide techniques for transferring files in a conference. Upon receiving a request for a file transfer to multiple endpoints, media descriptions associated with those endpoints can be modified and used to transmit invitations to those endpoints for the file transfer. Based on the responses to the invitations, the file transfer may then proceed. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077058 | SENDING A REMOTE USER INTERFACE - In one embodiment, a method for providing a user interface to a client device is provided, the method comprising: sending, to the client device, a browser web page compatible with a browser operable on the client device, the browser web page including a capability to receive content updates from a server according to a server-defined protocol and a capability to send events from the client device to the server; receiving content from a content source; sending the content to the client device according to the server-defined protocol; and sending a partial update of the content to the client device according to the server-defined protocol. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077059 | WEBSITE NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A system and method for website navigation are provided to implement users' individually defined website navigation. The system and method include a website navigation server and a database, which stores the navigation items of relationships between website pages and character strings respectively according to the specific user. Upon the website page redirection requests with character strings from the user, the website navigation server finds the matched address according to the character strings in the stored navigation items of the current user and then redirects the page to the corresponding address. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077060 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING CONTENT - A system for transmitting multimedia content, the system includes: (a) a session manager, configured to initiate a unicast session with an end-user device over a dedicated channel; and to transmit to the end-user device over the dedicated channel an identification unicast multimedia stream that causes an end user multimedia device to provide an end user recognizable service identifier; and (b) an interface configured to receive a content transmission command which includes the service identifier; wherein the system is further configured to transmit a content multimedia stream that includes multimedia content to the end-user device in response to the content transmission command. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077061 | REMOTE DESKTOP CONTROL SYSTEM USING USB INTERFACE AND METHOD THEREOF - A desktop sharing and remote control system where the server (the controlled computer) and the client (the controlling computer) are connected by a USB cable. Either the server or the client includes a connecting section, which includes a control unit (MCU) and two USB controllers. The MCU transfers data between the two USB controllers. The server-side USB controller emulates a USB CD-ROM/keyboard/mouse composite device; the client-side USB controller emulates a USB CD-ROM. The server continuously writes video data (desktop image) to the server-side emulated CD-ROM and the client continuously reads the data from the client-side emulated CD-ROM and applies it to its monitor. Keyboard and mouse data is transferred in the opposite direction via the client-side emulated CD-ROM and server-side emulated keyboard and mouse devices. The connecting section stores applications programs to be automatically executed by the server and client using auto-run functions of the emulated CD-ROMs to accomplish plug-and-play. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077062 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVISIONING A COMMUNICATIONS CLIENT ON A HOST DEVICE - An apparatus for provisioning a data communications client on a host communications device, the host communications device adapted to operate on a communications network, the apparatus comprising: a first data store adapted to store variant configuration information; a second data store adapted to store provisioning information; a provisioning module adapted to select the provisioning information stored in said second data store as a function of the variant configuration information stored in said first data store and apply the selected provisioning information to provision the data communications client; and a user interface interacting with said provisioning module to enable a user of the host communications device to provision the data communications client. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077063 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EMULATING A COMPUTING DEVICE - A system apparatus and method for emulating a computing device are provided. Operational parameters of a server may be obtained and provided to an emulating computing device. An emulating device may emulate the server. While being emulated, a server may operate in a reduced functionality mode. Emulation of a server may be transparent to client or other machines associated with an emulated server. Conditions requiring a termination of an emulation of a server may be detected. Upon detecting conditions requiring a termination of an emulation of a server, operational or other parameters may be provided to the server and the server may assume full, or other, operational mode. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077064 | METHOD FOR MANAGING ADDRESS SPACES AT AN OPENING OF A COMMUNICATIONS TUNNEL, CORRESPONDING TUNNEL END-POINT, AND STORAGE MEANS - A method is proposed for providing a remedy to the problem of address conflict when setting up a communications tunnel between a first tunnel end-point of a first communications sub-network and a second tunnel end-point of a second communications sub-network distinct from said first sub-network, in proposing an efficient method for the dynamic management of the address spaces of each sub-network, implemented by a tunnel end-point upon detection of a request for linking two sub-networks by a tunnel. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077065 | COMMUNICATING SYSTEM, COMMUNICATING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATING METHOD, RECORD MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - A server system in the form of an automatic vending machine is disposed in a store. A distributor has a main server. A reproducing and connecting device is disposed in a home. The server system and the main server are connected through a bi-directional dedicated line and whole music information (music data and additional information) is transmitted therebetween. The main server | 2010-03-25 |
20100077066 | BOOT IMAGE DISCOVERY AND DELIVERY SYSTEM - A boot image discovery and delivery system includes one or more subsystems to provide a host device, provide an image discovery client on the host device, transfer control of a start-up initialization to the image discovery client, receive authentication credentials from a centralized database, provide a first boot image to the host device for a first set of credentials and provide a second boot image to the host device for a second set of credentials. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077067 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDIRECTING DATA TRAFFIC BASED ON EXTERNAL SWITCH PORT STATUS - Method for redirecting outbound VLAN traffic away from an inactive external port of a switch. A first switch monitors the active or inactive status of a designated external port. A host computer periodically queries the first switch requesting the status of the designated external port. The first switch replies to the query indicating the current status of the designated external port. If the external port is inactive, the host computer redirects data traffic away from the inactive designated external port to an alternate external port without deactivating the designated internal port. Preferably, the designated internal port continues to be used for secure internal LAN communications, such as between a host computer and a management entity. When the designated external port is again active, data traffic is returned to the designated external port. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077068 | Processing of Service-Oriented Tasks within a Grid Computing Environment - Embodiments of the present invention enable processing of tasks within a service-oriented architecture (SOA). In embodiments, an echo mediator is a mediator SOA component that acts as a service provider by processing a service request associated with a service requester and returning the result to the service requester. In embodiments, an echo mediator handles a received sequential service request by synchronously processing it. In embodiments, an echo mediator handles a received parallel service request by storing it in a persistent store, and an echo mediator with processing capacity retrieves the stored parallel service request and asynchronously processes it. In embodiments, a group of echo mediators may be distributed among the nodes of a grid, forming an echo mediator grid in which each of the echo mediators interfaces with a common data store deployed within the grid. In embodiments, the grid of echo mediators balances the processing of stored service requests. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077069 | COLLABORATION SYSTEM AND METHOD AMONG HETEROGENEOUS NOMADIC AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS USING GRID SERVICES - The present invention relates to a collaboration system and method among heterogeneous nomadic/mobile communication networks using a grid service. By using a system in which GSI (Grid Service Infrastructure) is overlaid on heterogeneous nomadic/mobile communication networks, access to resources that are accessible with different interfaces can be made with a single standard interface. Further, a vertical hand-off among heterogeneous networks and access to location information can be easily performed. In addition, mutual operationality among networks can be improved and an efficient collaboration environment can be constructed. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077070 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIRECTLY MAPPING WEB SERVICES INTERFACES AND JAVA INTERFACES - A method and system for directly mapping web services interfaces and Java interfaces. In one embodiment, a web services mapping is generated from a common mapping descriptor associated with a web services interface; updated mapping information is received, and, based on the web services mapping and the updated mapping information, a customized interface comprising a common web services and web services client interface is generated. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077071 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC NETWORK CONNECTION ESTABLISHMENT IN CASE OF NETWORK ADDRESS RENEWAL - A method and system for maintaining a connection in a communication network is provided. One implementation involves activating a first network interface for obtaining a first network address for communication over the network; monitoring the network and determining a first lease time for the first network address; activating a second network interface for obtaining a second network address for communication over the network upon approaching end of the lease time, thereby maintaining communication over the network via the second network address; and deactivating the first network interface. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077072 | Test Driven Deployment and Monitoring of Heterogeneous Network Systems - A test system (and corresponding method and computer program product) for generating unit tests for a heterogeneous network system and validating test results to ensure that the network system functions properly is described. In one embodiment, the test system is an appliance that is capable of normalizing communication protocols supported by component systems of the network system. The test system creates objects and methods corresponding to component systems and their supported protocol commands in the network system, and generates unit test cases based on the objects, the methods, and the normalized protocols. The test system transmits the unit test cases to the component systems, receives test results, and validates the test results to ensure that the network system functions properly. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077073 | EXECUTING RESOURCE CONSUMPTION CONTROL LIMITS - A resource consumption control execution method and system. The method includes a computing system receiving a resource consumption rate limit value for a portlet/servlet and action data associated with the resource consumption rate limit value from a portlet/servlet. The computing system receives monitor data associated with a resource consumed by the portlet/servlet. The monitor data comprises a resource consumption rate value for the portlet/servlet. The computing system compares the resource consumption rate value to said resource consumption rate limit value. The computing system determines if the resource consumption rate value exceeds the resource consumption rate limit value. The computing system stores data indicating whether the resource consumption rate value exceeds the resource consumption rate limit value. | 2010-03-25 |
20100077074 | TECHNIQUES FOR HIERARCHICAL REPORT TOOL SESSION MANAGEMENT - Techniques are presented for hierarchical report tool session management. A user interacts with a hierarchical reporting tool during a first session and reaches a specific nested level within the tool for a particular hierarchy being accessed by the user. At some point in time the user exits the tool (normally or abnormally). The specific nested level is maintained on behalf of the user. So, when the user initiates a second and subsequent session with the tool, the user is presented with the specific nested level when the tool is started for that subsequent session. | 2010-03-25 |