13th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 63 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130080449 | System and Method for Aggregating Contextual Content - Systems, devices and methods for aggregating contextual content are disclosed. In some embodiments, an evolving subject work is analyzed, potentially relevant works are retrieved, and the potentially relevant works are categorized and presented. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080450 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING RESEARCH RELATION SERVICE - A method and system for providing a research relation service are provided. The method includes the steps of (a) acquiring research technologies of a specific conduct agent; (b) acquiring comparison conduct agents for each of the acquired research technologies; (c) obtaining a research relation between a comparison conduct agent and the specific conduct agent; and (d) sorting and providing the comparison conduct agents based on the research relation. Therefore, according to the present invention, research relations such as research similarity, research cooperativeness and research competitiveness between conduct agents performing researches can be provided. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080451 | DETERMINING SIMILARITY SCORES OF ANOMALIES - A method and system comprise abstracting configuration items (CI) in at least a first anomaly and a second anomaly based on type of CI. Further, CIs are matched of a common type between the first and second anomalies based on a cost function. Additionally, a similarity score is computed for the first and second anomalies based, at least in part, on the cost function of the matched CI's and based on topology of the first and second anomalies. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080452 | ACCESSING AND EDITING VIRTUALLY-INDEXED MESSAGE FLOWS USING STRUCTURED QUERY LANGAUGE (SQL) - At least one message flow file that stores a message flow is read by a processor. The message flow stored within the at least one message flow file is parsed. The message flow is organized within a memory as a message flow database structure. Entries within the message flow database structure represent nodes, connections, and properties used by the message flow. The message flow database structure is edited in response to receipt of a structured query language (SQL) statement that specifies a change to the message flow database structure. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080453 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY PROVIDING CONTEXTUALLY RELEVANT NEWS ON AN ARTICLE - A method and system for dynamically providing contextually relevant news on an article. The method includes extracting a list of key terms from the article on a web page. The method also includes filtering a set of posts associated with a key term in the list of key terms. The set of posts is also filtered from one of a plurality of user accounts and a plurality of editor programmed user accounts on one or more networking websites. The method further includes identifying a plurality of uniform resource locators comprised in the set of posts. Further, the method includes extracting the contextually relevant news from the plurality of uniform resource locators. The contextually relevant news is related to the key term. Moreover, the method includes displaying the contextually relevant news as news feed on the web page. The system includes electronic devices, a communication interface, a memory, and a processor. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080454 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING LOCATION-AND ENTITY-BASED WORKFLOW DATA - Implementations relate to systems and methods for processing workflow data and providing location-based and/or entity-based workflow statistics. A processing module or other logic can receive workflow data related to operations of vehicles though a supply chain network comprising a set of locations. The processing module can process the workflow data by generating various context views, filtering out some of the data, and other functions. A user or entity can request the processing module for different views or results of the workflow data to gauge efficiencies or inefficiencies in the supply chain. The user or entity can perform modifications to components of the supply chain based on results of the workflow data. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080455 | RECOMMENDER SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING A NEW SET OF MEDIA ITEMS RESPONSIVE TO AN INPUT SET OF MEDIA ITEMS AND KNOWLEDGE BASE METRICS - Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying a new set of media items in response to an input set (or “query set”) of media items and knowledge base metrics. The system uses a knowledge base consisting of a collection of mediasets. Various metrics among media items are considered by analyzing how the media items are grouped to form the mediasets in the knowledge base. Such association or “similarity” metrics are preferably stored in a matrix form that allows the system to efficiently identify a new set of media items that complements the input set of media items. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080456 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ORGANIZING DATA ITEMS HAVING TIME OF LIFE INTERVALS - A data structure for storing items of information having a time of life includes a time of life interval for each item of information, and methods for using the same. The items of information are organized in a data structure having nodes and edges connecting the nodes. This data structure is preferably a directed acyclic graph structure. The data structure includes parent nodes and child nodes. The time of life interval specified for any child node generally is contained within the time interval specified for that child node's parent node, such that the data structure includes no child nodes with a time of life interval that falls outside of the time of life interval of its parent node. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080457 | DISCOVERING AND AUTOMATICALLY SIZING A PLACE OF RELEVANCE - One or more mobile devices make measurements while moving along a path. Each measurement may comprise a specific group of identifiers of wireless transmitters, and strengths of corresponding wireless signals. A set of measurements are made in a sequence along a path, and the subsets of the measurements are identified for satisfying a test on a value of a measure of similarity of measurements included in the subset. A new place of relevance is identified, by comparing the just-described subsets of the measurements with similar subsets of additional measurements (e.g. by clustering). Alternatively, a known place of relevance (e.g. having a label) is identified, by comparing the just-described subsets of the measurements with pre-computed model of measurements. Also, the just-described subsets of the measurements may be compared with corresponding subsets of measurements of another path, e.g. to identify common portions therein. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080458 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEFINING PACKAGING COMPONENTS USING LIFECYCLE ANALYSIS - Methods and systems for defining packaging components are provided. An exemplary embodiment provides an expert system ( | 2013-03-28 |
20130080459 | DATABASE-BASED SEMANTIC QUERY ANSWERING - A computer-implemented method, computer-implemented system, and a computer program product for answering a database-based query of a computerized database system. The method includes: generating a canonical individual ind' with respect to a role and a concept, for an existential restriction in an ontology used in the computerized database system; converting implicit data in original data into explicit data using the canonical individual ind' and the ontology; and retrieving an answer meeting all query conditions in a query from the original data and the converted explicit data. The computer-implemented system includes: a canonical individual generation unit; a data conversion engine; and a query unit. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080460 | PROVIDING TOPIC BASED SEARCH GUIDANCE - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for providing topical search suggestions are provided. Topical search suggestions allow a user to receive search results related to the designated topic or subject matter. The present invention may generate multiple topics based on search input provided by a user. The search input may be a search prefix that includes one or more words entered into the search query box before the completed search query is submitted to the search engine. A search interface then presents the topics derived from the search prefix to a user before the user submits the query. In another embodiment, the user designates multiple search inputs. The present invention generates search results based on the search inputs and then presents topics extracted from the search results. In one embodiment, the topics are extracted by performing a natural language analysis of search result metadata. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080461 | SEMANTIC QUESTIONING MECHANISM TO ENABLE ANALYSIS OF INFORMATION ARCHITECTURES - Methods, computer program products and systems are directed to receiving a query regarding an information architecture, selecting a set of nodes based on the query, from a plurality of nodes in a weighted linked graph, the weighted linked graph comprising the plurality of nodes and a plurality of pathways, each of the plurality of nodes comprising a source of information regarding the information architecture, each of the plurality of pathways connecting one of the plurality of nodes to another of the plurality of nodes, each of the plurality of pathways comprising a weight, determining a path from the plurality of pathways that passes through all of selected nodes, and presenting the path in response to the query. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080462 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING EXECUTION OF A DATABASE QUERY PROGRAM - In one general aspect, a computer-readable storage medium can be configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform a process. The instructions can include instructions to receive, during a first portion of an execution of a main program including a database query program and based on a first configuration for monitoring the database query program, a parameter value representing performance of execution of the database query program. The instructions can include instructions to produce an indicator that a performance condition has been satisfied based, at least in part, on the parameter value, and instructions to trigger execution of a second configuration for monitoring the database query program during a second portion of the execution of the main program in response to the performance condition being satisfied. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080463 | SEARCHING APPARATUS, SEARCHING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING SEARCHING PROGRAM - A searching apparatus includes a processor that execute a procedure, the procedure including issuing a first instruction for searching a first data portion included in a search scope of a search request, based on a search request, issuing a second instruction for searching a second data portion included in the search scope of a search request, based on the search request, and in a case that another search request, a search scope of which includes second portion, is received before the second instruction is issued, issuing third instruction for collective searching, which includes obtaining data included in the second portion from a storage device and verifying the obtained data with both of the search request and the another search request, instead of the second instruction. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080464 | PROVIDING ENERGY PRODUCTION DATA - In at least some disclosed embodiments, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium includes executable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to receive, from a remote device, a query comprising parameters for energy production data. The one or more processors are further caused to search a database of energy production data, comprising oil production data or natural gas production data, for energy production data falling within the parameters of the query (“resultant data”). The one or more processors are further caused to send, to the remote device in response to the query, the resultant data in a form specified by the parameters of the query. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080465 | STORAGE DEVICE HAVING FULL-TEXT SEARCH FUNCTION - According to one embodiment, a storage device includes an interface, a first and second memory blocks and a controller. The interface receives a content search request. The first memory block stores files and inverted files corresponding to contents included in the files. The second memory block stores a file search table. The controller creates the inverted file for each content included in the files and stores IDs of the files including the content in the inverted file. The controller obtains, by search of the content, a corresponding inverted file from the inverted files stored in the first memory block and stores, in the file search table, the IDs of the files included in the obtained inverted file. The controller outputs the IDs of the files stored in the file search table from the interface as a search result for the content search request. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080466 | QUERY SERVICING WITH ACCESS PATH SECURITY IN A RELATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A method and system for servicing a data query in a relational database management system (RDBMS). Access path security corresponding to a user originating the data query is configured. The data query requests data from the RDBMS pursuant to a received configuration query associated with the user. The data query requests a value stored in a result field by specifying the result field and a result table of a database in the RDBMS. The configuration query specifies a usable index field associated with the result table. The access path security mandates the user to provide a search key in the data query in searching the result table. The search key includes a name identical to the usable index field specified in the configuration query such that the access path security enables users to search the result table only when the users specify the usable index field in the data query. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080467 | SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A social networking system allows users to upload information about themselves to a remote database, preferably over the Internet. Users are able to connect to other users thus establishing links. These links may be categorized based on the relationship between the users, e.g., family, friends, co-workers, etc. The uploaded information may also be categorized using the same categories of relationships. The information of each user may then only be sent to users having a connection category that matches the information category. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080468 | Web Browsing Data Retention - The present invention relates to a method to monitor retained data related to a web browsing session in a communication network, whereby a Multiservice Proxy ( | 2013-03-28 |
20130080469 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING EXTENDED SEARCH WORD - The present invention relates to an extended search word selection system and method, which provides related words associated with a search word of a user to select an extended search word. The extended search word selection system of the present invention comprises a user terminal and a search server, the search server being configured to receive a search word from the user terminal, search related words corresponding to the search word and provide the searched related words; and the user terminal being configured to display at least one word-list window horizontally disposed on the screen; transmit a search word selected from the related words displayed in a first word-list window for search request; receive at least one related word from the search server to display the related words in a second word-list window adjacent to the first word-list window; and scroll the word-list windows to the left or right to display the word-list windows that are not displayed on the screen, thereby exhibiting the history of the selection of the search words and the related words of each search word on the screen. In accordance with the present invention, the first related words of an input search word of a user and then second related words of a search word selected by the user from the first related words are provided. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080470 | Range Queries in Binary Decision Diagrams - In particular embodiments, a method includes receiving a query for data in data sets that are within a specified range, constructing a first binary decision diagram (BDD) representing the specified range, and constructing a third BDD representing the data in the specified range by performing an AND operation between the first BDD and a second BDD representing the data sets. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080471 | INTERACTIVE ELECTRONIC READER WITH PARENTAL CONTROL - An e-reader with a password protected supervisory account that controls various features and functions of the e-reader, and e-reader user profile accounts for reading users of the e-reader. The supervisory account permits the supervisor user to set up one or more e-reader user profiles that are each assigned its own customizable bookshelf for displaying the available electronic published content, such as, e-books. The electronic published content is assigned to each e-reader user profile through the supervisory account. The e-reader provides interactive content that reinforces development of reading skills and reading comprehension. The e-reader provides reading-level specific definitions and an audible pronunciation of the words. The e-reader has zooming and scrolling capabilities. The e-reader may also present suggestions and recommendations for further reading based on the aggregation of reading statistics for all readers by user profile. The e-reader tracks e-reader user information and presents the information to the password protected supervisory account. Multiple instances of the e-reader may exist and be associated with the supervisory account and e-reader user profiles. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080472 | TRANSLATING NATURAL LANGUAGE QUERIES - A system and related method to process natural queries is provided. In one aspect, it is determined whether any portion of the natural language query matches one of a plurality of semantic keywords. In another aspect, the natural language query is translated into at least one database query. In a further aspect, the database query may be executed in a database arranged in accordance with the database model. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080473 | DISTRIBUTION OF KEY VALUES - A computer apparatus and related method to reduce database congestion is provided. In one aspect, the computer apparatus and method may generate a new partition within a hierarchical data structure of interlinked nodes, if a distribution of key values stored in the hierarchical data structure is skewed in favor of a range of key values. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080474 | ACCELERATING RECURSIVE QUERIES - A computer apparatus and related method to accelerate recursive queries is provided. In one aspect, a node located within a data structure may be accessed. The data structure may emulate a hierarchy of interlinked nodes. In another aspect, a series of bits may be generated that indicate a level of the node within the hierarchy and that outline a unique path of interlinked nodes toward the node. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080475 | Employee Profiler and Database - A system for generating statistics relating to recorded employee behavior, the system including: a first database of tasks performed by employees, the first database being stored on a computer-readable storage medium; a second database of actions taken by the employees while performing the tasks, the second database being stored on a computer-readable storage medium; and a software program, stored on a computer-readable storage medium, configured to extract information from the databases regarding the tasks performed by the employees as well as the actions performed by the employees while carrying out the tasks. The software program then calculates performance statistics relating to success or failure regarding a particular task. The software program furthermore sorts the employees into subgroups based on their status in the company and then calculates performance statistics for the subgroup to compare against individual performance within the subgroup. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080476 | SEARCH APPARATUS, SEARCH METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A search apparatus includes a graph memory, a root node specification receiving unit, and a search unit. The graph memory stores data of a graph having nodes representing data elements and a link representing a relationship between the data elements. The root node specification receiving unit receives a root node specified from among the nodes in the graph. The search unit searches for an adjacent node which is connected to a target node via a link and which satisfies a search condition that at least one of the target node and the adjacent node has a predetermined attribute. The search unit searches for an adjacent node using the root node as the target node. The search unit iteratively performs a process of searching for an adjacent node using a previously determined adjacent node as the target node for a subsequent iteration to obtain a concatenation of adjacent nodes. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080477 | DATA STRUCTURE PARTITIONING IN PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - Methods for product data management and corresponding systems and computer-readable mediums. A method includes maintaining a hierarchical data structure for a complex item. The data structure includes a root node representing the complex item, at least one assembly node associated with a the partition node, and a plurality of part nodes each associated with the assembly node. The method includes defining at least two occurrences associated with the root node and corresponding to at least the root node and assembly node. The method includes defining at least one partition node representing a partition of the complex item, the partition node representing an organizational division of the occurrences of the associated with the root node that can be referenced in queries and navigation. The method includes associating at least two of the plurality of occurrences with the at least one partition node. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080478 | OCCURRENCE MANAGEMENT IN PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - Methods for product data management and corresponding systems and computer-readable mediums. A method includes maintaining a data structure for a complex item. The data structure includes a root node representing the complex item, at least one assembly node associated with the root node, and a plurality of part nodes each associated with the assembly node. The method includes defining at least two absolute occurrences associated with the root node and corresponding to at least the root node and the assembly node. The method includes defining at least one managed occurrence that includes a plurality of the absolute occurrences. The method includes using the managed occurrence as a central control authority for the plurality of absolute occurrences. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080479 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELF-EXPIRING DATA CONTENT - A system and method for supporting self-expiring data content. In accordance with an embodiment, a data record can be associated with a future expiration date and/or time, which can be specified as either an absolute date or time, or a relative date or time. When the expiration date and/or time is reached, the data record and its associated data are automatically deleted from the system. Depending on the particular implementation, the deletion can be automatic or provide some form of confirmation or acknowledgement. In accordance with an embodiment, a user inputting the data can control the record's expiration date, such that data is only retained in the system for as long as the user reasonably expects the data to be useful to them. For example, in a mobile phone contacts implementation, a user can attach an expiration date to a particular contacts data record, and that record will only remain in their mobile phone for that desired period of time. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080480 | Cloud Infrastructure Services - An aspect of the disclosed technology is a general-purpose platform that may be used to provide resilient cloud services. Tasks may be written as procedures in general-purpose programming languages that directly manipulate resources via control interfaces. In one implementation, resource states, such as router configurations and virtual machine states, associated with a cloud customer that provides communications services, may be abstracted into tables in a relational or semi-structured database. State changes that have been written to the database tables are automatically propagated by the database to appropriate customer physical devices, such as network elements, thereby implementing various customer network operations. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080481 | EXTREME LARGE SPACE ALLOCATION - Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided to efficiently allocate extremely large storage spaces for use by dynamic hash tables. A contiguous storage space is designated from which dynamic hash tables can be created. These dynamic hash tables benefit from rapid allocation by being able to reserve many allocation units (each potentially comprising a large number of pages, e.g., 256 pages) within a short span of time, rather than resorting to reserving individual pages. The efficiency from allocation and the contiguous space significantly improves performance for databases in the 50 GB-100 GB size range. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080482 | Virtual Supercomputer - The virtual supercomputer is an apparatus, system and method for generating information processing solutions to complex and/or high-demand/high-performance computing problems, without the need for costly, dedicated hardware supercomputers, and in a manner far more efficient than simple grid or multiprocessor network approaches. The virtual supercomputer consists of a reconfigurable virtual hardware processor, an associated operating system, and a set of operations and procedures that allow the architecture of the system to be easily tailored and adapted to specific problems or classes of problems in a way that such tailored solutions will perform on a variety of hardware architectures, while retaining the benefits of a tailored solution that is designed to exploit the specific and often changing information processing features and demands of the problem at hand. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080483 | PORTABLE HAND HELD CONTROLLER FOR AMUSEMENT DEVICE - A method of improving accuracy of a database of amusement device locations is described. A plurality of amusement devices are deployed at a plurality of locations. The database of amusement device locations is populated based on the deploying. A server receives over a network, from a portable device, a check-in request. The check-in request is associated with one of the amusement devices, and includes geographic location information associated with the portable device at the time the check-in request is made. The server compares the geographic location information received from the portable device with the location of the amusement device stored in the database, and updates the database based on the comparing. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080484 | RAPIDLY DEPLOYING VIRTUAL DATABASE APPLICATIONS USING DATA MODEL ANALYSIS - Techniques are described for creating a first data abstraction model for a first database. Embodiments analyze the first database to determine a first set of structural characteristics, and analyze a second database to determine a second set of structural characteristics. The analyzed second database is associated with a second data abstraction model. The first set of structural characteristics is compared with the second set of structural characteristics to identify one or more similarities between the two sets of structural characteristics. Embodiments then create the first data abstraction model for the first database, based on the identified similarities and the second data abstraction model. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080485 | QUICK FILENAME LOOKUP USING NAME HASH - A method of updating a file record on at least one of a first one or more computer readable storage media including writing at least three contiguous DirectoryEntry data structures corresponding to a directory entry set, the directory entry set corresponding to a file, the writing occurring to the at least one of a first one or more computer readable storage media. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080486 | DISCOVERY OF METADATA FOR MULTIMEDIA CONTENT STREAM TRAFFIC ON A NETWORK - A method and apparatus for constructing a metadata database of descriptor of use information relative to video and multimedia transport streams capable of being distributed across a network are provided. The method includes scanning a transport stream to detect metadata directly from the transport stream and collecting additional metadata of the transport stream from at least one headend network device. The metadata and additional metadata obtained for the transport stream is stored in the metadata database. The apparatus may include at least one module for scanning for metadata directly from a video transport stream, for collecting additional metadata known by other network devices, and for populating the metadata database with descriptor of use information for the video transport stream. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080487 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR READING AND PROCESSING POINT-CLOUD DOCUMENT - A computing device determines N number of execution units that a CPU has and creates N number of threads, divides a point-cloud document into N number of blocks, and stores data in the N number of blocks into N number of arrays. The computing device determines X, Y, Z coordinate values of each point in each block of the point-cloud document according to separators among data in the block, and stores the X, Y, Z coordinate values of each point into corresponding arrays. The computing device combines all of the N number of arrays into one array, and generates a point-cloud according to the coordinate values of each point in the combined array. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080488 | Management Apparatus and Method of Distributed Storage System - Methods and systems for managing distributed storage servers are described. The storage servers may be selected and divided into multiple sequences and multiple virtual node groups. Each sequence of the multiple sequences may include a predetermined number of storage servers, and each virtual node group may include a set of storage servers of the multiple sequences. Data may be transferred to storage severs of a virtual node group. If the storage servers have instantaneous or temporary malfunctions, the data may be transferred to temporary storage servers and then transferred back the storage servers after being revived. If the storage servers have permanent malfunctions, the data may be transferred to the temporary storage servers. The storage servers may be replaced using the temporary storage servers. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080489 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING RESPIRATION INFORMATION FROM A PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPH - A patient monitoring system may receive a photoplethysmograph (PPG) signal including samples of a pulse waveform. A plurality of morphology metric signals may be generated from the PPG signal. The system may generate an autocorrelation sequence for each of the morphology metric signals. An autocorrelation metric may be generated from each of the autocorrelation sequences and may represent the regularity or periodicity of the morphology metric signal. The autocorrelation sequences may be combined to generate a combined autocorrelation sequence, with the weighting of the autocorrelation sequences based on the autocorrelation metric. The combined autocorrelation sequence may be used to determine physiological information. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080490 | Fast Minimum and Maximum Searching Instruction - An apparatus, system and method of determining an extremum are disclosed. A reference location identifier and a reference extremum are coupled. An input extremum of an input data set is determined and a corresponding location identifier of the input extremum is also determined. The input extremum is compared with the reference extremum to determine an output extremum and output location identifier, based on the comparison. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080491 | FAST CONDITION CODE GENERATION FOR ARITHMETIC LOGIC UNIT - In one embodiment, a microprocessor includes fetch logic for retrieving an instruction, decode logic configured to identify a plurality of operands and a multiply operation specified in the instruction, and execution logic configured to receive the plurality of operands and the multiply operation. The execution logic includes a first logic path configured to perform the multiply operation on the plurality of operands and output a result, and a second logic path, arranged in parallel with the first logic path, configured to output metadata associated with the result of the multiply operation. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080492 | PROCESSING KALMAN FILTER - A method and system for processing Kalman Filter. The system includes: an Unscented Kalman Filter; and a processor device configured to: non-uniform a phase duration of a signal outputted from a plant; inputting the signal to the Unscented Kalman Filter; and restore non-uniformed phase duration of an estimated value calculated in the Unscented Kalman Filter to the phase duration. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080493 | MODULAR EXPONENTIATION WITH PARTITIONED AND SCATTERED STORAGE OF MONTGOMERY MULTIPLICATION RESULTS - Embodiments of techniques and systems for side-channel-protected modular exponentiation are described. In embodiments, during a modular exponentiation calculation, Montgomery Multiplication (“MM”) results are produced. These MM results are scattered through a table for storage, such that storage of the values may not lead to discovery of a secret exponent value by a spy process through a side-channel attack. The scattering may be performed in order to reduce a number of per-result memory operations performed during each MM result storage or retrieval. In embodiments, a window size of 4 may be used in the modular exponentiation, along with partitioning of the MM result into 32-bit partition values which are scattered with offsets of 64-bytes. In embodiments, while use of a window size of 4 may result in additional MM calculations during modular exponentiation than other window sizes, the reduction in memory operations may provide a positive performance offset. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080494 | ARITHMETIC DEVICE AND DATABASE - An arithmetic device includes a database that stores a first indicator representing a base unit included in a unit system being assigned with a prime number other than a prime factor of a prefix, and a second indicator derived by combining the base units, in a form of a simple fraction; a conversion section that obtains a plurality of physical quantities each including a quantity, a prefix, and possibly a unit, to derive a third indicator by converting the unit into the first indicator and multiplying the converted first indicator by the prefix, or when the unit belongs to the derived unit, by converting the unit into the second indicator and multiplying the converted second indicator by the prefix; and an arithmetic section that performs calculation between the quantities of the plurality of physical quantities and between the third indicators. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080495 | SOFTWARE RECONFIGURABLE DIGITAL PHASE LOCK LOOP ARCHITECTURE - A novel and useful apparatus for and method of software based phase locked loop (PLL). The software based PLL incorporates a reconfigurable calculation unit (RCU) that is optimized and programmed to sequentially perform all the atomic operations of a PLL or any other desired task in a time sharing manner. An application specific instruction-set processor (ASIP) incorporating the RCU includes an instruction set whose instructions are optimized to perform the atomic operations of a PLL. The RCU is clocked at a fast enough processor clock rate to insure that all PLL atomic operations are performed within a single PLL reference clock cycle. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080496 | OPTICAL PROCESSOR - An optical processor that incorporates optical computing in a monolithic, i.e. single unit, structure that can take the place of, or operate as a coprocessor with, traditional processor devices such as vector processors, digital signal processors, RISCs, CISCs, ASICs, FPGAs among others. The optical processor incorporates photonic devices that perform algorithmic functions on optical signals. The optical processor takes one or more incoming digital signals, converts the digital signal into an optical signal, performs the algorithmic function(s) in the optical domain, and then converts the result back into a digital signal, all in a monolithic or single unit structure. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080497 | ANALOG COMPUTATION - Some general aspects of the invention relate to a circuit and to a method for analog computation, for example, using switched capacitor integrated circuits. In some examples, a circuit includes a first group of capacitors and a second group of capacitors that may store charges during circuit operation. The first and/or the second group of capacitors may include multiple disjoint subsets of capacitors. An input circuit is provided for receiving a set of input signals and for inducing a charge on each of some or all capacitors in the first group of capacitors according to a corresponding input signal. Switches, for example, transistors controlled by a sequence of clock signals, are used to couple different sets of capacitors. Different configurations of the switches are used to form different sets of the capacitors among which charge can redistribute. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080498 | SERVER SIDE MOBILE AUDIENCE INTELLIGENCE CREATION - The present invention is directed toward a method and system for tracking webpage requests from web browsers without invading the privacy of the corresponding users. A server receives the webpage requests, and extracts from each of them a user-neutral identifier and URL. The server creates records of these webpage requests, and these records are used to create and update profiles for the corresponding user-neutral identifiers. Since the user-neutral identifiers are not tied to user-specific information, the profiles are made anonymous and user privacy can be protected. However, since each user-neutral identifier is tied to a particular web browser, useful information regarding individual browsing behavior can be obtained. Furthermore, the requested URL's can be categorized before being used to update the profiles, thus eliminating concerns that a user's browsing activity might be tracked from website to website. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080499 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a communication apparatus includes a receiving unit, an obtaining unit, and an analyzing unit. The receiving unit is configured to receive first obtaining method information, which is sent by an information processing unit to a network and which indicates a method of obtaining first data from the network. The obtaining unit is configured to, on behalf of the information processing unit, obtain the first data based on the first obtaining method information received by the receiving unit. The analyzing unit is configured to extract, from the first data obtained by the obtaining unit, second obtaining method information that indicates a method of obtaining second data which needs to be obtained along with obtaining the first data. The obtaining unit also obtains the second data based on the second obtaining method information. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080500 | ANALYSIS SUPPORTING APPARATUS, ANALYSIS SUPPORTING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM OF ANALYSIS SUPPORTING PROGRAM - An analysis supporting apparatus includes a storage device that stores communication logs obtained from a system, which runs a plurality of programs calling one another, each of the communication logs indicating a relationship of calling among the plurality of programs, and a processor that executes a procedure, the procedure including reading the communication logs concerning a transaction from the storage device that stores, and generating order information indicating an order of programs to be run in the transaction excepting at least a program having been run in the transaction repeatedly a certain number of times on the basis of the read communication logs. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080501 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING REAL-TIME VIDEO DATA OVER NETWORK - A method for transmitting real-time video data over a network involves a video source, a central server and a Web browser and comprises the following steps that: an applet is embedded into the Web browser to establish a peer-to-peer connection between the central server and the video source using UDP protocol. After receiving the video data transmitted using UDP protocol, the applet converts the received video data into TCP-based data to enable the various TCP-using video players built in the browser to play videos; and the applet converts client information from a TCP protocol format to a UDP protocol format and then sends the converted information directly to the video source. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080502 | USER INTERFACE RESPONSIVENESS MONITOR - A diagnostic mechanism monitors execution of a user interface (UI) thread to detect execution of a long running task that may have caused the UI thread to become unresponsive. The execution time of the UI thread is monitored and when it exceeds a threshold, the UI thread's call stack is preserved to a mini-dump file. The completion time of the UI thread is also tracked and stored in a delay file. The mini-dump and delay files are then uploaded to a server where the collected data is aggregated overall execution runs by multiple users to identify the cause of the unresponsiveness. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080503 | COMMAND INTERFACE FOR COMMUNICATION TEST FRAMEWORK - A protocol-independent tool for debugging and testing communication interfaces of devices and systems is disclosed. The tool is configured to receive protocol plug-ins corresponding to different communication protocols. Given a plug-in, the tool instantiates the plug-in's implementation of a tool-defined stack interface. Through this interface and its implementation by the plug-in, the tool can communicate with a device being tested. The protocol plug-in receives commands from a command interface for the device being tested, generates data packets in accordance with the communication protocol implemented by the plug-in, and transmits the data packets to the device being tested. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080504 | MANAGING MAP ELEMENTS USING AGGREGATE FEATURE IDENTIFIERS - To provide map data to a client device for rendering a raster map image including map elements corresponding to various physical entities, map data is generated in a non-raster format. A method includes generating a description of a map feature that includes two or more of the map elements and does not include at least one of the map elements, where the map elements included in the map feature correspond to related physical entities or portions of a same physical entity. Generating a description of the map feature includes providing an indication of a portion of the map data corresponding to the map feature providing a map feature identifier that uniquely identifies the map feature. The method further includes causing the map data and the description of the map feature to be transmitted to the client device via a communication network. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080505 | Web API Framework - Embodiments allow developers to use HTTP message abstractions inline within their Web API methods to directly access and manipulate HTTP request and response messages. A hosting layer is provided for in-process, in-memory and network-based services. Message handlers and operational handlers may be combined to create a message channel for asynchronous manipulations of the HTTP requests and response. A formatter may be used on the server or client for consuming HTTP and providing desired media types. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080506 | REMOTELY-HOSTED INTERACTIVE CLIENT-SERVER SESSION - Embodiments are directed to interacting with a server in a read-eval-print loop (REPL) environment. In an embodiment, a client computer system receives a proxy object from a remotely-hosted server. The server maintains an execution context with which the client computer system interacts. The client system presents the received proxy object to the user for interaction with the object. The user input indicates how the data in the proxy object is to be processed. The interaction allows the user to manipulate the remotely-hosted data through the local computer system. The client system then, based on the user interaction, sends a user-initiated command to the remotely-hosted server using the proxy object. The user-initiated command indicates various portions of data hosted on the server that are to be returned to the user. The data received from the remotely-hosted server is then displayed at the client computer system. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080507 | External Service Application Discovery Method - An external service application discovery process that connects a host with an external application server running a service application allowing a user of a client computing device to work with a file via a web browser. The host brokers the functionality of an external application server and serves as the platform where interactions between the client computing device and the external application server occur. An open interface protocol, which is a shared communication protocol, allows the host to communicate instructions from the client computing device to the external application server. Through the external service application discovery process, the external application server describes functionality provided by the service application to the host. The host selectively makes the functionality provided by the service application available to users based on the level of implementation of the open platform interface and the conventions of the external service application discovery process understood by the host. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080508 | High-Speed Low-Latency Method for Streaming Real-Time Interactive Images - An optimized ACK-less (“no acknowledgement required”) communication between the client and the server is enabled. Regardless of distance between the client and server, complete synchronization between the mouse movement, or any other updates to the three-dimensional model, and the rendered result is attained. Maximum frame rate is also attained, without requiring the inefficiency, and resulting latency, of acknowledged packets | 2013-03-28 |
20130080509 | CLOUD COMPUTING ACCESS GATEWAY AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A USER TERMINAL ACCESS TO A CLOUD PROVIDER - A cloud computing access gateway includes a cloud management module configured to store a cloud provider and information of a cloud computing service provided by the cloud provider. A user terminal interface module is configured to provide an interface with a user terminal, receive a service request indicating a cloud computing service from the user terminal, and send a result of the cloud computing service to the user terminal. A request analysis module is configured to analyze the received service request to identify the cloud computing service. A cloud selection module is configured to select a best cloud provider based on the cloud computing service. A cloud interface module is configured to provide an interface with the cloud provider, transmit the service request to the best cloud provider, and receive the result of the cloud computing service from the best cloud provider. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080510 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ACTIVE-PASSIVE ROUTING IN A TRAFFIC DIRECTOR ENVIRONMENT - Described herein are systems and methods for use with a load balancer or traffic director, and administration thereof. In accordance with an embodiment, the system comprises a traffic director having one or more traffic director instances, which is configured to receive and communicate requests from clients to origin servers. A pool of origin servers is configured so that at least one or more of the servers within the pool are assigned as primary servers, and at least one or more others of the servers within the pool are assigned as backup servers. The traffic director is configured so that it determines the availability of primary servers in the pool, and directs requests only to the primary servers while the pool includes a sufficient number of available primary servers. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080511 | SOFTWARE DETECTION - A method, system and computer program product for software discovery in a computer system comprising a server and a client. Data defining at least one file category is received at the client from the server. File information pertaining to files belonging to the respective file category is established at the client for each of the at least one file category. The file information for each of the at least one file category is communicated from the client to the server. For each of the at least one file category, a checksum is calculated from the file information. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080512 | COMMUNICATION RELAY APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION RELAY METHOD - A communication relay apparatus that relays communication between external network and internal network comprises: judgment unit that receives from terminal on external network communication start message indicative of start of communication to judge whether or not communication start message includes specific application algorithm that requests connection to specific application within internal network; acquisition unit that, if judgment unit judges that communication start message includes specific application algorithm, identifies operation type of specific application based on random number in communication start message, and acquires information about proxy that is set according to identified operation type; proxy unit that controls operation of specific application instead of terminal based on information about proxy acquired by acquisition unit; and transmission unit that inserts specific application algorithm included in communication start message in response message responsive to communication start message, and transmits response message to terminal. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080513 | MULTI-PARTY COMMUNICATION SESSIONS VIA BROADCAST NOTIFICATION NETWORK - According to example configurations, a first server in network registers a first client as a participant in a communication session. In response to receiving a message posted by the first client to the communication session, the first server initiates broadcast of a notification of receiving the message to other servers in the network. A second server in the network receives the broadcast notification at a second server in the network. In response to receiving the broadcast notification at the second server and identifying that a second client is registered as a participant in the communication session, the second server notifies the second client of the message posted by the first client. Thus, a broadcast or multicast network can be configured to support targeted communications between multiple participants in a communication session. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080514 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTO-TAB COMPLETION OF CONTEXT SENSITIVE REMOTE MANAGED OBJECTS IN A TRAFFIC DIRECTOR ENVIRONMENT - Described herein are systems and methods for providing software administration tools, for use in administering server configurations, such as in a traffic director or other type of server environment. In accordance with an embodiment, the system comprises a command-line interface and/or command-line shell which provides an autocompletion feature for remote objects including wherein, in response to an instruction from an administrator to invoke the feature, the system determines configurable remote back-end objects based on the context of the command-line at the time of invocation, and uses the information to one of autocomplete the command-line input or provide a list of remote back-end objects. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080515 | COMPUTER NETWORK STORAGE ENVIRONMENT WITH FILE TRACKING - A network server may discourage inappropriate use. Files may be altered in such a way as to not noticeably affect acceptable, desired file types, but to substantially corrupt undesirable file types. Every file copied to or from a memory of a server may be affected, or the method may be applied only to selected files or types of files. In particular, files that may be corrupted by alternation include executable software files and compressed files, which may be fault intolerant. Fault tolerant files, which may include text and graphics files, may not be noticeably affected. In some cases, copyrighted files, media files, and/or other files are altered to prevent undesirable distribution. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080516 | VIDEO DELIVERY EXPEDITION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS - The VIDEO DELIVERY EXPEDITION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“VDE”) transform Internet content data access request via VDE components into media content playback at a client device. In one implementation, the VDE may issue a notification or a user interface element to a user after delivery of a process one data from the server to a client; and trigger a background delivery of a process two data, wherein the triggering occurs when the user initiates playback of said process one data. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080517 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DATA LOAD BALANCING - The present invention is related to a method for determining a data traffic load distribution over a network in an IP Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, whereby said network comprises a client source node and at least two server destination nodes. The at least two server destination nodes have a different capacity for handling data transmission requests. The method comprises the steps of
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20130080518 | WEB PAGE SUPPLYING SYSTEM, WEB PAGE SUPPLYING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM WITH CONTROL PROGRAM STORED THEREIN - Disclosed is a web page supplying system provided with a web server and a management server, wherein the web server has stored therein control information indicating whether to insert adding information into a web page requested by a client apparatus, refers to the stored control information when receiving a browsing request, evaluates whether to insert the adding information into the web page to be transmitted to the client apparatus requesting the web page, and controls, when an evaluation is made not to insert the adding information into the web page, an adding information inserting means such that the adding information is not inserted into the web page. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080519 | Multi-modality communication participation - Disclosed herein are example embodiments for multi-modality communication participation. By way of example but not limitation, for a given communication, a remote user may interact with a remote communication device via a remote communication modality, and a local user may interact with a local communication device via a local communication modality. Described embodiments include, but are not limited to, conversion of communication data that corresponds to a remote communication modality to communication data that corresponds to a local communication modality, or vice versa. By way of further example but not limitation, for a given communication, a local user may interact with a local communication device via a user input interface in accordance with one communication modality and may interact with the local communication device via a user output interface in accordance with another communication modality. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080520 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVISIONING RESOURCE CREDENTIALS BASED ON SOCIAL NETWORKING DATA - An approach for automating the provisioning of access credentials related to one or more shared resources to one or more user devices. An access rights platform determines one or more resources associated with at least one user, at least one device associated with the at least one user, or a combination thereof. The platform also processes social networking information associated with the at least one user, the at least one device, or a combination thereof to determine one or more social networking groups to which the one or more resources are associated. One or more access rights to the one or more resources for one or more other devices based, at least in part, on membership in the respective one or more social networking groups is then determined. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080521 | RESOLVING CONTACTS IN CONFLICT THROUGH SUGGESTION - A communication application resolves contacts in conflict through a suggestive user interface. The communication application retrieves a contact that includes conflicting information with an existing contact from an external resource through a data service. External resources include social networks, e-mail servers, local address providers, etc. The user application employs a sliding scale algorithm to recognize the contact that includes the conflicting information according to a variety of categories including source of the contact, level of interaction and number of matching identifiers between the user and the contact. Subsequently, the communication application presents a suggestion to link the contact that includes the conflicting information with the existing contact to the user in a linking user interface. Upon a user acceptance of the suggestion, the communication application links the contact that includes the conflicting information to the existing contact. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080522 | BROKER-BASED MANAGEMENT OF MOBILE DEVICES - An authorized blocker application is installed on a user device to monitor application usage and enforce usage restrictions. A network device receives, from the user device, information identifying a list of applications installed on the user device and receives from a customer terminal, configuration settings including usage restrictions for at least one application from the list of applications. The network device receives, from the user device, application usage data for the at least one application from the list of applications and compares the configuration settings received from the customer terminal and the application usage data received from the user device. When the application usage data includes times exceeding the configurations settings, the network device sends, to the user device, a blocking instruction to prevent use of the at least one application. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080523 | INSTANTANEOUS RECOMMENDATION OF SOCIAL INTERACTIONS IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - As a user of a social networking system views a page that includes information provided by the system, certain types of social interactions are monitored. If an interaction monitored for is detected, at least one recommendation unit is identified to present to user on the page. The recommendation unit is identified based on a description of the interaction. The recommendation unit suggests that the user perform a social interaction in the social networking system. The recommendation unit is transmitted to a device of the user and is presented to the user on the page without having to reload the entire page. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080524 | INSTANTANEOUS RECOMMENDATION OF SOCIAL INTERACTIONS IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - When a social interaction by a user in a social networking system is detected, a description of the interaction is created. A service level auction is performed to select one or more service modules to provide recommendation units from a plurality of service modules. Each of the plurality of service modules is configured to provide recommendation units that suggest that the user engage in a social interaction in the social networking system. The description of the interaction is provided to each service module selected and recommendation units are requested. A plurality of recommendation units are received from the selected service modules. A unit level auction is performed to select one of more recommendation units to present to the user from the plurality of recommendation units. The selected recommendation units are transmitted to a device of the user for presentation. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080525 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFERRING APPLICATION STATE BETWEEN DEVICES BASED ON GESTURAL INPUT - Systems and methods are provided for transferring state between devices. In one implementation, a gestural input is detected, and a state of a source application is transferred from a first device to a second device in response to the gestural input. The second device may then generate an instance of a target application that corresponds to a representation of the state of the source application received from the first device. In an additional implementation, a state of the target application is transferred from the second device to the first device. The first device then updates a state of the source application to correspond to a representation of the state of the target application received from the second device. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080526 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING TARGET CONTENT TO MEMBERS ON A SOCIAL NETWORK - A method and system for delivering targeted content to a social network having a plurality of users is provided. The method includes and the system provides for generating a multi-layer user profile for each of the users based on the individual user's activity and/or provided information. Each layer of the multi-layer user profile defines an interest and/or characteristic of the user. Grouping the users into one or more user profile groups based on the profiles such that each member of the user profile group has at least one layer in common. Retrieving and presenting content that is associate with the at least one common layer of a particular user group to all members of that particular user group. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080527 | Online Dating Pool Sorting via Standardized Profile - A method for sorting online dating subscribers into separate pools using a set of standardized personality or trait profiles. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080528 | HOST-BASED INTELLIGENT RESULTS RELATED TO A CHARACTER STREAM - Information may be presented to a user by using a first application to receive a character stream of one or more noncompletion characters. The noncompletion characters indicate that additional characters may be received. The character stream is exchanged with a host that analyzes the character stream to generate results that are responsive to the user's predicted interest. Results are received and displayed so that the user may select one of the results to launch a code segment related to the selected result. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080529 | ORGANIZING ENTRIES IN PARTICIPANT LISTS BASED ON COMMUNICATIONS STRENGTHS - Organizing a participant list includes maintaining a participant list of users of an electronic communications system to be used by a first user of the electronic communications system. Communications strengths between the first user and each of the users included in the participant list are determined. The users included in the participant list are organized based on the corresponding communications strengths. Communications strengths may be determined for users included in a group within a participant list, and the users within the group may be organized within the group based on communications strength. An additional group in the participant list in which some or all of the users included in the participant list are organized based on communications strength may be provided. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080530 | DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM FOR INTERACTIVE COLLABORATION - A distribution management system can facilitate synchronous and asynchronous communications, take advantage of electronic scheduling tools, support a facilitator paradigm, and store meeting communications for later retrieval. The system can create a collaborative environment for members of a team in communication with a computer network. An interactive thrum can be provided in the collaborative environment in a manner offering varying degrees of structure for collecting information from the members of the team. The information can then be used to arrive at a collaboratively derived decision. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080531 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLIPPING AND SHARING CONTENT AT A PORTABLE TERMINAL - A apparatus and method for clipping and sharing content at a portable terminal are provided. The method includes receiving a selection of specific content, analyzing related information of the selected content, and classifying the selected content, and storing the classified content according to the classification. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080532 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A POSTMORTEM SOCIAL FAREWELL - A system and method for providing a postmortem social farewell having a computer implemented method of providing a postmortem social farewell from a social network user having a social network account, the method including establishing a postmortem account for the social network user, the postmortem account including postmortem subscriber information, login data for the social network account, and social farewell content; and comparing the postmortem subscriber information to death information on a trusted death index. When the postmortem subscriber information matches the death information, the method continues with accessing the social network account using the login data; and posting the social farewell content on the social network account. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080533 | Distribution of Market Data - Systems and methods are provided for communicating and processing market data. The market data may comprise quotes, orders, trades and/or statistics. A messaging structure allows for adding, re-ordering and/or expanding data, within the printable character set of any language. One or more delimiters are defined and used to delimit data elements within the message structure. The data is interpreted based on templates which may be disseminated prior to the sending of messages and used as an abstraction so that the meaning of data need not be conveyed in the message. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080534 | CONTENT PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTENT PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A content processing device calculates a content topicality degree representing a degree of topicality of a content which serves as a topic between sharing users, based on subject information relating to a subjects in the content, sharing user information and social information; extracts a sharing user who does not appear in the subject of the content as an unappearing sharing user; calculates a content appropriateness degree representing a degree of appropriateness of the content to be shared between the sharing users in such a manner that the value for the content appropriateness degree decreases, as the degree of intimacy between the extracted unappearing sharing user and the subject increases; calculates a content evaluation value based on the content topicality degree and the content appropriateness degree; determines a priority based on the calculated content evaluation value; and controls output of the content according to the determined priority. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080535 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLABORATIVE INFORMATION SERVICES - The present disclosure includes a system and method for collaborative information services. A computing system includes a plurality of collaborative information participants [ | 2013-03-28 |
20130080536 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AUTOMATED DATA DISCOVERY SERVICE - The present disclosure includes a system and method for an automated data discovery system [ | 2013-03-28 |
20130080537 | Methods and Apparatus for Meeting Location Management - A computer implemented method includes receiving a meeting notification lacking a meeting location designation. The method also includes searching at least one website for a possible meeting location. The method further includes selecting at least one possible meeting location from the at least one website based at least in part on one or more meeting attendees or a domain name associated with a meeting planner. Additionally, the method includes presenting the at least one possible location for verification and utilizing a verified location as the meeting location designation. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080538 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR AFFECTING USER ASSOCIATIONS IN OVER THE TOP (OTT) SERVICE PLATFORMS - According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for affecting user associations in over the top (OTT) service platforms. The method includes receiving a first message for initiating associations or disassociations between a first user and a second user of over the top (OTT) service platforms. The OTT service platforms are controlled and operated by distinct entities. The method also includes determining, using at least one of information in the first message and stored information, the OTT service platforms in which associations are to be established or disestablished. The method further includes sending at least a second message for establishing or disestablishing an association between the first user and the second user in the OTT service platforms. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080539 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING QUICK LINK COMMUNICATIONS - Various systems and methods for performing quick link communications are described. One embodiment is a method for initiating communications on a communications device. The method comprises retrieving, by the communications device, communication information from a display terminal, the communication information being derived by the display terminal. The method further comprises displaying, by the communications device, at least one quick link according to the communication information. Based on a user input relating to the at least one quick link, a communications session is initiated by the communications device. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080540 | ARCHIVE CONTROL FOR TEXT MESSAGES - Systems and methods for controlling how text messages are archived. A system identifies a text message for delivery over a mobile network, and identifies protection information for controlling archiving of the text message. The system inserts the protection information in the text message, and transmits the text message with the protection information towards a destination. The same or another system, such as a message center, receives the text message, and identifies the protection information inserted in the text message. The receiving system further identifies an end user associated with the text message, and identifies privacy policies provisioned for the end user. The receiving system then processes the privacy policies and the protection information to determine if the text message is authorized to be archived, such as in an archive server. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080541 | Peer-Based Messaging Systems and Methods - Peer-based messaging systems and methods are provided. In one embodiment, a method for transmitting electronic messages may include receiving an electronic message, originated at a first communication device, over a first protocol. The electronic message is received at a second communication device. The method may also include converting, at the second communication device, the electronic message to a second protocol. The first protocol is different from the second protocol. The method may also include sending the electronic message to a third communication device over the second protocol. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080542 | INTERFACE GATEWAY AND METHOD OF INTERFACING A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH A GUEST SERVICE DEVICE - An interface gateway interfaces between a first device and a second device serving a hospitality establishment. The first device is one of a property management system (PMS) and a guest service device, and the second device is the other of the property management system (PMS) and the guest service device. One or more communication ports perform data communications with the first device and the second device. One or more processors receive a message from the first device, determine that the message is in a first format, convert the message from the first format to an internal data structure, parse the message in the internal data structure to determine that the message is applicable to the second device, determine that the second device supports a second format, convert the message from the internal data structure to the second format, and send the message in the second format to the second device. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080543 | ELECTRONIC MESSAGE MONITORING - A tool for preventing incorrect addressing of an electronic message. The tool analyzes incoming and outgoing electronic messages for indications that the user previously sent a message to a recipient mistakenly. The tool flags the recipient as potentially incorrect for future electronic messages. When selecting a recipient from a list, flagged recipient IDs display lower than other recipient IDs. The tool may require verification if a flagged recipient ID is selected. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080544 | SOCIAL NETWORK STEALTH AND COUNTER MESSAGING - Stealth and counter messaging, in some embodiments in the context of social networking sites, is disclosed. A first user may provide a first, counter-message along with a second, stealth message. When posting the first message, its corresponding identifier as set by the social networking site is recorded in a linked relationship to the second message. When an authorized second user retrieves the first message from the social networking site, its identifier is queried to determine whether there is a corresponding second message. After locating the identifier for the first message, the associated second message is retrieved and transmitted to the second user. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080545 | AUTOMATIC ACCESS SETTINGS BASED ON EMAIL RECIPIENTS - A system is provided for automatically designating access and permission settings for documents in a collaborative authoring environment. The system may automatically configure the access and permission settings based on an email message with a link to a document for collaborative editing. The system may determine that certain recipient users in the “CC:” line of the email message be granted read only access while other recipient users in the “To:” line of the email message be granted editing access. Designating the access and privilege settings for the linked document in the email may be transparent to the sender and the recipients of the email. The system may automatically designate the access and privilege settings to the linked document for the recipients of the email without requiring any external input by the sender of the email. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080546 | PERSISTING CONTACT INFORMATION IN MAILBOX - Multiple contacts are aggregated through contact linking into a unified profile view addressing conflicting data, duplicates, etc. By persisting contact information in a server-maintained mailbox that is used as a storage model and as the contact linking system, roaming solution across form factors (mobile, slate, PC, etc.) can be provided with higher accuracy and fewer false positives. By centralizing the solution in the mailbox, redundancy and manual work by the user is substantially reduced. Contact data, communication heuristics, corporate directory meta-data, instant messaging data, etc. can be leveraged in linking contacts. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080547 | Network facilitation of multi-modality communication modification - Disclosed herein are example embodiments for a network communication device in conjunction with multi-modality communication modification. By way of example but not limitation, a network communication device may propagate first communication data of a communication that relates to at least a first and a second communication device and may determine to modify at least one user interaction communication modality associated with the second communication device after at least a portion of the first communication data has been propagated between the first and second communication devices. It may effectuate at least one conversion with regard to second communication data of the communication, with the at least one conversion causing at least a portion of the second communication data to comport with the at least one modified user interaction communication modality. It may further propagate the second communication data of the communication responsive at least partially to the at least one conversion. | 2013-03-28 |
20130080548 | Email Enabled Project Management Applications - A web application for managing multiple matters may have an email interface that may be used to update status items as well as upload and categorize documents. The web application may authenticate the source of the information, and may apply the various input received via email to an appropriate matter. The email interface may generate email queries for users, and the queries may include various identifiers that may be used to apply a response to the appropriate matter. The email interface may allow a user to create new matters or activities within matters. An email's subject line, contents, attachments, or other information may be analyzed. | 2013-03-28 |