21st week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 65 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120131122 | DATA TRASMISSION DEVICE FOR REMOTE MONITORING AND REMOTE CONTROLLING IN A DISTRIBUTED PROCESS SYSTEM - A data transmission device remotely monitors and controls a distributed process system, which exchanges data with a superordinate communication unit via an interface and a communication connection in accordance with the IEC 61850 standard, and which is connected to a subordinate process via a further interface and a station bus. The data transmission device includes functional units integrated therein which are implemented as interfaces for connecting the process to at least one superordinate communication unit in accordance with the IEC 61850 standard. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131123 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FLOW IN A STACK SYSTEM AND CHASSIS SWITCH IN A STACK SYSTEM - A method for controlling flow and a chassis switch in a stack system are provided. The stack system includes multiple chassis, each of the multiple chassis includes a main control board and an interface board, traffic flow and control flow in each of the multiple chassis are independent of each other when each of the multiple chassis operates normally. In the method, when a main control board in a chassis in the stack system is unavailable, control flow to be transferred to a destination interface board is switched to a traffic flow channel corresponding to the destination interface board from a control flow channel, and the control flow is transmitted to the destination interface board through the traffic flow channel. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131124 | RDMA READ DESTINATION BUFFERS MAPPED ONTO A SINGLE REPRESENTATION - A computer-implemented method, system, and article of manufacture for data communication between a requester and a responder in a remote direct memory access (RDMA) network, where each of the requester and the responder is an RDMA-enabled host of the network. The method includes: sending a request for the responder to provide data, where the request includes a mapped steering tag that is obtained by mapping a set of memory buffers of the requester onto a single representation that allows for identifying each of the memory buffers of the set; and receiving the requested data together with the mapped steering tag and assigning the data being received to the memory buffers of the set consistently with the mapping. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131125 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF DYNAMICALLY MANAGING CONTENT FOR USE BY A MEDIA PLAYBACK DEVICE - Some embodiments provide systems and/or methods of managing content in providing a playback experience associated with a portable storage medium by detecting access to a first portable storage medium with multimedia content recorded on the first portable storage medium; evaluating content on the first portable storage medium; evaluating local memory of the multimedia playback device; determining, in response to the evaluation of the content on the first portable storage medium and the evaluation of the local memory, whether memory on the local memory needs to be freed up in implementing playback of multimedia content in association with the first portable storage medium; and moving one or more contents stored on the local memory of the multimedia playback device to a virtual storage accessible by the multimedia playback device over a distributed network in response to determining that memory on the local memory needs to be freed up. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131126 | Mirroring Solution in Cloud Storage Environment - A system configured to provide access to shared storage includes a first network node configured to provide access to the shared storage to a first plurality of client stations. The first network node includes a first cache memory module configured to store first data corresponding to the first plurality of client stations, and a first cache control module configured to transfer the first data from the first cache memory module to the shared storage. A second network node is configured to provide access to the shared storage to a second plurality of client stations. The second network node includes a second cache memory module configured to store second data corresponding to the second plurality of client stations and store the first data, and a second cache control module configured to transfer the second data from the second cache memory module to the shared storage. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131127 | ADVANCED CONTENTION DETECTION - A multiple computer system disclosed in which n computers (M | 2012-05-24 |
20120131128 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A CONSISTENT USER NAME-SPACE ON NETWORKED DEVICES - Implementing a consistent user name-space on networked computing devices includes various components and methods. When a network connection between a local or host computing device and one or more remote computing devices is present, remote items are represented using the same methodology as items located on the host computing device. To the user, remote and local items are indistinguishable. When the network connection is lost or items located on a remote computer are otherwise unavailable, the unavailable items remain represented on the host computing device. Unavailable items are represented in a way that informs the user that the items may not be fully accessed. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131129 | NETWORK LATENCY ESTIMATION FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Embodiments calculate an estimated latency between computing devices. A latency service aggregates latency records defining latency measurements and corresponding latency factors from a plurality of computing devices. From the aggregated latency records, the latency service defines relationships between the latency measurements and the corresponding latency factors. Responsive to a request for an estimated latency from a mobile computing device, the latency service applies the defined relationships to estimate the latency based on the latency factors associated with the received request. In some embodiments, the estimated latency includes three portions: a first latency value representing the latency from the mobile computing device to a cell site, a second latency value representing the latency from the cell site to an access point, and a third latency value representing the latency from the access point to a destination computing device. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131130 | Network Control Architecture and Protocol for a Distributed Control, Data Acquisition and Data Distribution System and Process - A system and process for distributed control, data acquisition and data distribution. The system and process comprise a one or more chain of nodes configured to remove and add packets to a synchronous data stream without management or control of a master node. Additionally, the nodes are provided with offset parameters to affect synchronous activity. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131131 | SHARING OF MOBILE CODE INFORMATION - An apparatus and method for sharing information corresponding to a Mobile Code (MC) by a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes scanning an MC by the mobile terminal, transmitting an identifier of the scanned MC to a server, and transmitting an identity of group members authorized to receive information corresponding to the scanned MC to the server. By sharing information corresponding to an MC according to the present invention, scanning efficiency is improved and duplication of scanning among group members is avoided. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131132 | IF-NONE-MATCH FOR AGGREGATED PAGE DISTRIBUTION - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for page request management for aggregated page content. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for page request management for aggregated page content can include issuing on behalf of a user a request for dynamically aggregated components in a page. The method further can include inserting into a header of the request a key computed as a combination of identifiers for the aggregated components and last modified data for the aggregated components. Finally, the method can include receiving in response to the request a new page of dynamically aggregated components for the user only if the computed key does not match a key computed for the new page. Otherwise, only a response is received indicating that the page has not been modified. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131133 | FILE SHARING METHOD AND FILE SHARING SYSTEM UTILIZING THE SAME - A file sharing system includes a storage device for storing files and an electronic device. The electronic device is coupled to the storage device, obtains information pertinent to the files, transmits a file sharing message having the information to a predetermined network address, receives a first data access request message from a first peer electronic device receiving the file sharing message, accessing one or more of the files in response to the first data access request message, and communicates with the first peer electronic device so as to share the one or more file(s) with the first peer electronic device. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131134 | UE Initiated IUT Transfer Based on Policy - Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed to control an inter user equipment transfer (IUT). A first user equipment (UE) may control an inter user equipment transfer (IUT) associated with a communication flow currently terminated at the first UE. The first UE may receive an indication of an environment change. An evaluation of an IUT policy may be performed in response to the environment change. It may be determined that a second UE is preferred to receive the communication flow. An IUT operation may be performed in relation to the communication flow. For example, the communication flow may be transferred from the first UE to a second UE. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131135 | NONCONFORMING WEB SERVICE POLICY FUNCTIONS - Arrangements for enforcing a nonconforming web service policy document are presented. A request for a web service policy document may be received by a web service. A conforming web service policy document may be generated using the nonconforming web service policy document. The nonconforming web service policy document may comprise one or more functions unsupported by the web service description language. The conforming web service policy document may be transmitted to the web service client. The nonconforming web service policy document may be enforced by the web service, wherein the functions that are unsupported by the web service description language standard modifies enforcement of the web service policy document by the web service computer system. The conforming web service policy document may comprise sufficient information for the web service client computer system to comply with the nonconforming web service policy document. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131136 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TARGETED CONTENT TO A USER BASED ON USER CHARACTERISTICS - A system and method for providing a personalized advertisement for a good or service for display to a user is described. The system includes a communications device operated by the user; a virtual person database comprising information about the user; and a search engine useful for finding advertisements of interest to the user and generating personalized advertisements for display on the communications device. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131137 | Method and Apparatus Pertaining to Energy Efficient Task Execution Offloading - A control circuit (such as a smartphone processor) having access to a wireless two-way transceiver (such as a short-range transceiver) determines a need to offload execution of a task to a server and then determines present unavailability of that server. This control circuit then transmits a first message to the server to prompt the server to awaken. The control circuit then transmits a second message to the server to establish a wireless connection that the control circuit employs to offload execution of the task to the server. By one approach, the aforementioned first message can include a unique identifier for the server. If desired, this unique identifier can have been provided earlier by the server via a general broadcast. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131138 | Client-Selected Network Services - A system and a method are disclosed for authenticating a user request to determine whether to optimize content requested by the user based on a user profile, a network provider profile, network conditions and the user's service level with an application requesting the content. A user profile provides, for example a data rate plan subscribed to by the user, the user's device type, etc. Network provider profile provides whether the network provider has subscribed to optimization services. Similarly, user's service level provides whether the application is subscribed to receive optimized data. If the user, the network and the application provide for optimization or if the network is congested or busy, the user is provided with a destination address wherein the user may retrieve optimized content. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131139 | PROCESSING DATA FEEDS - Exemplary embodiments allow performance of stream computations on real-time data streams using one or more map operations and/or one or more update operations. A map operation is a stream computation in which stream events in one or more real-time data streams are processed in a real-time manner to generate zero, one or more new stream events. An update operation is a stream computation in which stream events in one or more real-time data streams are processed in a real-time manner to create or update one or more static “slate” data structures that are stored in a durable manner. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131140 | FINGERPRINTS AND MACHINE-READABLE CODES COMBINED WITH USER CHARACTERISTICS TO OBTAIN CONTENT OR INFORMATION - The present invention relates generally to processing audio and video data. One claim recites a method of accessing content stored in a remote database. The method includes: receiving video or audio data; decoding an auxiliary machine-readable code from the video or audio data; deriving a fingerprint, which fingerprint is separate from the machine-readable code, from the video or audio data itself; providing user characteristics or an index to user characteristics; and by using the machine-readable code, fingerprint and user characteristics or information obtained with the index to user characteristics, accessing the content stored in the remote database. Of course, additional combinations and claims are provided as well. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131141 | Asynchronous Context Data Messaging - An acceleration engine that stores context data is operatively disposed between a network and at least one web server. Incoming requests from the network are inspected by the acceleration engine and passed on to the web server. If the inspection reveals a reference to context data, the acceleration engine retrieves the context data and asynchronously sends the context data to the web server. The web server synchronizes that request and context data and generates a response message accordingly. The response message is forwarded back to the initiator of the request with or without interception by the acceleration engine. Should context data be generated during processing of the request, such context data is sent to the acceleration engine for updating purposes. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131142 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, RELATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND DATA STRUCTURE FOR DISTRIBUTED STORAGE OF SERVICE PROVISION-RELATED INFORMATION - A method and related apparatus determine, at a serving entity, whether a memory resource of the serving entity is insufficient for storing service provision-related information required for service provision from the serving entity to a served entity. Then the serving entity transmits, after the determination, the service provision-related information to the served entity based on a result of the determination; and a method (and related apparatus) provides for receiving, at a served entity, the service provision-related information, holding the received service provision-related information, and transmitting, from the served entity to the serving entity, the held service provision-related information. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131143 | USER DEVICE IDENTIFYING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A Web application receives a request from a Web browser, and provides an instruction to a Web browser to redirect the Web browser to a signature application. The Web browser is redirected to the signature application, and then the signature application generates a signature and provides an instruction to the Web browser to redirect the Web browser to the Web application. The Web application which has received the redirect confirms that the signature is correct, and the Web application identifies a user device on which the Web browser of the redirect source operates as a user device on which the Web browser which transmits the request operates. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131144 | Methods, Devices, and Computer Program Products for Providing a Plurality of Application Services via a Customized Private Network Connection - A plurality of application services are provided to subscriber devices in a cloud computing network. A plurality of requests for application services are received from a subscriber device via a customized private network connection assigned to the subscriber device, and the requests for application services are aggregated with requests for application services from other subscriber devices. The requests are transmitted to application servers within the cloud computing network hosting applications for performing the application services. The subscriber device is provided with the requested plurality of application services via the customized private network connection. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131145 | POWER BASED CONTENT MODIFICATION, TRANSMISSION, AND CACHING - Methods and apparatus for operating a mobile device based upon a power capability of the mobile device are disclosed. In one embodiment, the mobile device includes a network selection component configured to select a particular transceiver for communication based upon the power capability of the mobile device and a quality of service associated with available networks. In addition, a cache management component is configured to increase, based upon an indication of the power capability of the mobile device, a size of the cache that is available for requested content so as to increase the likelihood that subsequent requests for the content will be loaded from the mobile device. Moreover, some variations of the mobile device are capable of providing an indication of a power capability of the mobile device to a remote server so the remote server may modify the requested content based upon the power capability. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131146 | Scalable Content Streaming System with Server-Side Archiving - Some embodiments provide a scalable content streaming system that performs server-side archiving. The content streaming system includes a set of streaming server clusters, a remote storage server, and a set of distributed servers. Each streaming server cluster includes at least one streaming server and a local storage server. Each streaming server of a particular cluster distributes a content stream that is uploaded to the streaming server while also recording the content stream to the local storage server of that particular cluster. The remote storage server stores files from the local storage servers that are transferred when recording to those files is complete. The set of distributed servers distribute a live stream of content from a particular streaming server when the content is being uploaded to the particular streaming server and distribute a recorded stream of the content from the remote storage server when the upload is complete. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131147 | Method And Network Node For Distributing Customized Content - By using embodiments of the present invention, a targeted advertisement, or other customized content, can be published to a consumer when visiting a website. The consumer is connected to a mobile broadband network and is authenticated and authorized to this broadband network. Further, the consumer is given an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the mobile broadband network and this IP address is used to identify the consumer when the targeted advertisement is determined according to a profile of the consumer. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131148 | CLIENT DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - There is provided a client device including a storage section which stores content data, a control section which acquires content identification information for identifying the content data stored in the storage section, and a transmission section which transmits, to a server device, a registration request including user identification information for identifying a user who uses the client device and the content identification information acquired by the control section, and which, when the server device holds the content data identified by the content identification information, causes the server device to hold information obtained by associating the user identification information with the content identification information as user-specific registration information. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131149 | File system for portable device - The present application teaches a special kind of filesystem and/or connection for a computer device and especially for a computer device of the type which includes reduced resource capability. In one embodiment,** | 2012-05-24 |
20120131150 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONTENT IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for providing users with electronic book (e-book) content by means of a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes receiving an e-book from a provider server; transmitting a character request message containing identity information of the e-book to the provider server; receiving character information corresponding to the identity information from the provider server; displaying a character according to the character information; and outputting, when a page having a link to an event, the event by means of the character. A user may enjoy various activities such as collecting characters, promoting character level, and uploading character as well as reading e-books. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131151 | LOCATOR AND MESSAGING SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS - Methods, graphical user interfaces, systems and devices for remotely tracking location of a subject, such as a child, and for remotely communicating with the subject. The devices can be low cost, low function devices, having limited input members, which can be used for encoding a small set of frequently-used messages. In some embodiments, the low function devices do not have display screens, but can receive messages by generating vibration pulses using a vibration motor. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131152 | MANAGING RICH PRESENCE COLLECTIONS IN A SINGLE REQUEST - A method and system for increasing the computational and network efficiency of presence servers having collections of publications is provided. The presence system uses several techniques that enable a presence server to provide rich presence information without requiring expensive processing. First, the presence system accepts batches of publication updates in a single presence update request. Similarly, the presence system accepts batches of subscription requests. Next, the presence system supports new expiration types for publication update requests that eliminate the need for a publishing user to continually refresh presence information that has not changed. Finally, the presence system accepts access lists that contain membership groups rather than an individual list of users that are to have access to a particular presence collection. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131153 | DISCOVERY OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES IN A COMBINED NETWORK - Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to discovery of electronic devices in a combined network. An embodiment of a method includes determining an identifier for a first device in a combined network according to a first network protocol, the combined network including a first network using the first network protocol and a second network using a second network protocol, where the identifier is determined based on a unique designation for the first device, and determining addressing information for the first device according to the second network protocol, where determining the addressing information includes establishing a physical address and a logical address for the first device. The method further includes broadcasting one or more messages containing identification information and capabilities of the first device to devices in the first network and to devices in the second network. The first device records and processes information from messages received by the first device, the messages being one or more messages under the first network protocol and one or more message under the second network protocol. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131154 | Synchronous Transport of Business Configuration Data in a Distributed Computing System Environment - Methods, systems, and articles are provided for synchronously exchanging configuration settings in a distributed software system in which interrelated software-implemented business processes execute on both a service provider and a customer landscape. The service provider and the customer landscape each comprise at least one server that in turn include at least one data processor and memory. The service provider includes a test environment and a service provider production environment. The customer landscape includes a quality assurance (QA) environment and a customer landscape production environment. Such an arrangement allows for synchronous transfer of business configuration data in a distributed computing environment. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131155 | CONTEXT-BASED DYNAMIC POLICY SYSTEM FOR MOBILE DEVICES AND SUPPORTING NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE - Systems and methods dynamically adapt network policies for mobile devices by accessing context-based values to allocate or restrict capabilities on the mobile devices or within the network. Context-based values may include position or velocity as well as more general environment features such as proximity of other devices, the presence or absence of other wireless signals or network traffic, parameters measured by local or remote sensors, user credentials, or unique user or signal inputs to the device. Relevant capabilities may include access to hardware and software interfaces and related parameter sets including priority settings. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131156 | OBTAINING UNIQUE ADDRESSES AND FULLY-QUALIFIED DOMAIN NAMES IN A SERVER HOSTING SYSTEM - A server hosting system provides managed servers for tenants. Managed servers for different tenants can have the same IP addresses and fully-qualified domain names (FQDNs). A management system of the server hosting system receives a DNS data message from a tenant router in the server hosting system. The DNS data message specifies an IP address of one of the managed servers, a tenant-side FQDN for the managed server, and an IP address of the tenant router. The managed server and the tenant router are associated with a given tenant. The IP address is also an IP address of another one of the managed servers. In response, the management system obtains a management-side IP address and a management-side FQDN for the managed server. The management system then updates a Domain Name System (DNS) record to associate the management-side FQDN with the management-side IP address. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131157 | NAMING NETWORK INTERFACE CARDS - A method and system for network interface naming is described. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131158 | ACTIVATING A DEVICE VIA A MODULE-BASED DEVICE INTERACTION SYSTEM - A system that enables a person to monitor and/or control a device via a network, such as the Internet, via an interactive hardware module that interfaces with the device and communicates with a module server located locally or remotely from the placement of the module. The hardware module allows for the transmission and receipt of data between the device interfaced to the hardware module and the module server, thereby enabling the user manually or automatically to control or monitor the device via an access medium, such as an API. Furthermore, the hardware module and the module server may enable the activation of an inactive device from a remote location. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131159 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING MESSAGE PASSING FOR CONTENTION DETECTION IN DISTRIBUTED SIP SERVER ENVIRONMENTS - A method, a system, and a computer program product are provided for reducing message passing for contention detection in distributed SIP server environments. The method is implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions operable to determine that a first site is waiting for a first object locked by a second site. The programming instructions are further operable to determine that a third site is waiting for a second object locked by the first site, and to send a first probe to the second site to determine whether the second site is waiting. A second probe is received and indicates that a site is waiting for an object locked by the first site. The second probe further indicates a deadlock in a distributed server environment to be resolved. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131160 | DISASSOCIATING AND FREEING MANAGED CONNECTIONS BASED ON USAGE PATTERNS - A method, system and computer program product for disassociating and freeing managed connection objects. Managed connections are dissociated from their connection handles based on their usage patterns, determined by various connection parameters, which more effectively reduces the idle time of the managed connections. The managed connections whose cost of disassociating and reassociating is less than the cost of keeping the managed connections idle are targeted and released to the free pool of managed connections via the dissociation from its connection handles. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131161 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MATCHING A USAGE HISTORY TO A NEW CLOUD - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for identifying usage histories and end users that may benefit from being redeployed to a new cloud-based network. In particular, a new cloud can receive usage histories corresponding to end user usage in a respective set of other pre-existing clouds. In embodiments, the new cloud can determine whether the new cloud provides sufficient resources to properly host each end user recorded in the usage histories. Further, the new cloud can determine whether there is a cost benefit or other advantage for a user to move to the new cloud. In embodiments, a deployment recommendation may be sent to an administrator of the cloud associated with the desirable usage history. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131162 | USING A WEB SERVICE TO DELETE DNS RECORDS IN A SERVER HOSTING SYSTEM - A server hosting system provides managed servers for tenants. Managed servers for different tenants can have the same IP addresses and fully-qualified domain names. A server manager for the server hosting system detects a deletion event for one of the managed servers. In response to detecting the deletion event, the server manager sends a web services request to a Domain Name Service (DNS) web service having a web API. The web services request requests invocation of a deregister method in the web API. The deregister method removes DNS records that associate a management-side fully qualified domain name (FQDN) for the managed server with a management-side IP address for the managed server. No other managed server in the server hosting system has the management-side IP address. No other managed server in the server hosting system has the management-side FQDN. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131163 | BALANCING THE LOADS OF SERVERS IN A SERVER FARM BASED ON AN ANGLE BETWEEN TWO VECTORS - A system and computer program product for balancing the loads of servers in a server farm. A vector, referred to herein as the “DesiredVector,” is computed to hold the load factors for each of the servers. Upon receipt of a client request, a vector, referred to herein as the “ActiveConnections,” is modified for each scenario where the new client request is considered to be serviced by a different server. The ActiveConnections vector holds the current number of client requests being serviced by each of the servers. Angles made by each of the different ActiveConnections vectors with the DesiredVector are computed. Upon identifying the ActiveConnections vector that produces the smallest angle with the DesiredVector, the client request is directed to the server which corresponds to the identified ActiveConnections vector. In this manner, the best possible distribution of requests among the servers is made for every client connection. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131164 | ATTACHING WEB SERVICE POLICIES TO A GROUP OF POLICY SUBJECTS - In one set of embodiments, methods, systems, and apparatus are provided to attach one or more quality of service policies to resources in an enterprise system by receiving a first global policy attachment that references an attachment attribute value and a first service policy, receiving a request to access a policy subject associated with a subject attribute value, identifying an effective policy set referenced by the first global policy attachment, the effective policy set including the first service policy if the attachment attribute value equals the subject attribute value, and granting the request to access based upon the at least one effective policy. The at least one effective policy may further include a first service policy referenced by the first global policy attachment if a first policy attachment scope referenced by the first global policy attachment matches or contains a subject scope associated with the policy subject. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131165 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MOBILITY MANAGEMENT IN NETWORK - A method implemented by a gateway device which handles sessions over a network to which the gateway device is connected and which also enforces conditions of service provided to those network sessions, the method involving: receiving from a policy server a policy rules package, wherein the policy rules package specifies a set of rules that are to be applied to certain sessions handled by the gateway device and a set of criteria for identifying among a plurality of subscribers a group of all subscribers to which the rules are to be applied by the gateway device; based on set of criteria in the policy rules package identifying all subscribers with currently active sessions to whom the policy rules are to be applied; and applying the set of rules to the sessions of the identified subscribers. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131166 | SERVER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - A system for managing one or more services during the provision of an application to a user is provided. The system comprises an application component operably connected to a network and configuration data for the user. The configuration data specifies: one or more partner servers configured to supply one or more respective services within one or more respective service categories, each partner server in a service category being chosen from a plurality of available partner servers for the service category and communication parameters for each partner server that allow communication with the partner server over the network. During the provision of the application to the user, the application component uses the configuration data for the user to access a service provided by an appropriate partner server. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131167 | Method and Apparatus for User Registration in IMS - A method for user registration in Internet protocol multimedia subsystem is provided including receiving a registration request including a first identification of a control function, comparing said first identification of the control function with a second identification of the control function, and proceeding with the registration request based on the result of said comparing. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131168 | XDMS FOR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN M2M - The use of existing XDMS frameworks in M2M communications allows network functionality to be used and allows the obviation of redesign of resource management functionality. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131169 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN UN-ADDRESSABLE NETWORK APPLIANCE - A network appliance is provided. The network appliance includes an un-addressable communication sub-system positioned in a communication path electronically connecting a control computing device to a target computing device that are both addressable via one or more standard networking protocols that can employed to achieve addressed communications in a structured communications network, the un-addressable communication sub-system being configured to access a data stream traveling through the communication path. The network appliance further includes memory comprising code executable by a processor to determine that a control command is present in the data stream, and permit the control command to control the network appliance only in response to an affirmative determination that the control computing device and the network appliance possess mating key portions, the mating key portions being constructed from a master key. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131170 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FULFILLING REQUESTS USING A MOBILE DEVICE - A method and system of providing an on-demand service to a requester selectable from a group of requesters is provided, each of the requesters having a mobile device at an associated location. The requesters use the mobile device to request a service from a server. The server makes available the requests to eligible service providers for display and selection. On selection of a request by a service provider, the request is removed from display. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131171 | INVITE ABUSE PREVENTION - Techniques for invite abuse prevention are described. In an implementation, data that describes mutual activities of the clients with one or more resources available via a service provider is obtained from multiple clients. The service provider may use this data regarding mutual activities to ascertain activity scores between clients that interact directly. The ascertained activity scores may then be used to compute a score between two subject clients to control invites and/or other interactions between the clients. Computing the score may include determining one or more connections between the two clients through clients that interact directly, calculating candidate values for the one or more connections, and selecting one of the candidate values as the computed score using various techniques. The computed score may be used in various ways to control invites and/or other interactions between the clients using the one or more resources. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131172 | MANAGING SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS USING STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL IN A NETWORKED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Embodiments of the present invention relate to the use of event processing (e.g., for complex events) in a cloud infrastructure using Statistical Process Control (SPC) techniques to detect changes in a holistic system. Specifically, events (e.g., complex events that occur over multiple layers in the architecture) may be detected and/or correlated by an event processor. Thereafter, an SPC engine will determine if the events impact a set of SLAs based on a set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), which are measurements indicating actual performance of the cloud computing environment versus stated goals. The SPC engine will then determine if a set of actions is needed to address the events to avoid the SLAs terms from not being met. If so, a provisioning engine can carry out any needed actions. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131173 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MIGRATING SOFTWARE MODULES INTO ONE OR MORE CLOUDS - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for migrating software modules into one or more target clouds. The systems and methods can analyze system data to determine software modules supported by the system, and target cloud data to determine which target clouds have a capacity to support a migration of the software modules. In embodiments, benefits of migrating any or all of the software modules to the target clouds can be determined. Based on the benefits, the software modules of the system can be segmented and migrated into systems associated with the multiple target clouds. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131174 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING USAGE HISTORIES FOR PRODUCING OPTIMIZED CLOUD UTILIZATION - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for identifying usage histories for producing optimized utilization in a cloud-based network. In particular, a target cloud can receive usage histories corresponding to end user usage in a respective set of other clouds. In embodiments, the target cloud can simulate an execution of the usage histories on resources in the target cloud to generate a set of utilization ratios. Further, the target cloud can determine a desirable usage history from the set of utilization ratios based on highly optimized resource usage within the target cloud. In embodiments, an administrator of the target cloud can provide a deployment recommendation to an administrator of the cloud associated with the desirable usage history. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131175 | Cooperative neighboring hardware nodes determination - A hardware node locates one or more neighboring hardware nodes. The hardware node maintains a general list of the neighboring hardware nodes. The hardware node can determine one or more selected neighboring hardware nodes within the general list with which the hardware node is interested in cooperating, such as to create an interest list of the selected neighboring hardware nodes. The hardware node contacts each selected neighboring hardware node, such as each node within the interest list, to determine a corresponding level of cooperation of each selected neighboring hardware node. The hardware node generates a cooperating list that includes the corresponding level of cooperation of each selected neighboring hardware node, after contacting each selected neighboring hardware node. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131176 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION OF MULTIPLE RESOURCES ACROSS A SET OF CLOUD-BASED NETWORKS - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for combinatorial optimization of multiple resources across a set of cloud-based networks. In aspects, a set of usage histories can store patterns for users in a host cloud-based network recording the consumption of processor, memory, storage, operating system, application, or other resources subscribed to by the user. The user can be a corporation or other collective user. A deployment engine can identify similar target resources available in a set of target clouds. The engine can receive selection criteria for selecting target clouds for a migration of the user's deployment. In the combinatorial selection, each target cloud can independently supply one or more target resources. The engine can thus identify a series of combinations of target resources and target clouds supplying those resources to discover combinations of target clouds and target resources that can satisfy or optimize the selection criteria, such as cost or others. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131177 | SNOOPING DNS MESSAGES IN A SERVER HOSTING SYSTEM PROVIDING OVERLAPPING ADDRESS AND NAME SPACES - A server hosting system provides managed servers for tenants of the server hosting system. Managed servers for different tenants can have the same IP addresses and fully-qualified domain names (FQDNs). Furthermore, the server hosting system provides routers for the tenants. The router for a tenant can receive a Domain Name System (DNS) update message. The DNS update message is a request for a DNS server to associate a tenant-side FQDN with a tenant-side IP address. This tenant-side IP address can concurrently be an IP address of a managed server of another tenant. In response to receiving the DNS update request, the router sends a DNS data message to a management system for the server hosting system. The DNS data message indicates the IP address, the tenant-side FQDN, and an IP address only associated with the given tenant. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131178 | Multimedia Aware Cloud for Mobile Device Computing - Techniques for configuring and operating a multimedia aware cloud, particularly configured for mobile device computing, are described herein. In some instances, clusters of servers are organized for general computing, graphic computing and data storage. A load balancing server may be configured to: identify multimedia types currently being processed within the multimedia edge cloud; determine desired quality of service levels for each identified multimedia type; evaluate individual abilities of devices communicating with the multimedia edge cloud; and assess bandwidth of each network over which the multimedia edge cloud communicates with a mobile device. With that information, multimedia data may be adapted accordingly, to result in an acceptable quality of service level when delivered to a specific mobile device. In one example of the techniques, graphic computing server clusters may be configured to process workload using a configuration that includes elements of both parallel and serial computing. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131179 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE OS INSTALLATION CAPABLE OF MONITORING AN INSTALLATION PROCEDURE - A method for remote OS installation capable of monitoring an installation procedure, is applied to a host computer installing an OS remotely on at least one client computer, wherein the host computer includes a control platform, and the method includes: enabling the client computer to connect to the control platform of the host computer through a Pre-Boot execution environment (PXE) to obtain an IP address; enabling the control platform to transmit a virtual platform installation file to the client computer and installing a virtual platform on the client computer; enabling the host computer to obtain administration authority of the client computer through the virtual platform and establishing a control connection and a monitoring channel between the control platform and the virtual platform; and enabling the host computer to install the OS on the client computer via the control connection and obtaining displays of the installation procedure of the client computer via the monitoring channel. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131180 | SERVER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING THE SAME - Provided is a technique for adequately allocating hardware resources of physical hardware to virtual hardware that operates on the physical hardware, and achieving a server integration effect in accordance with the performance of the physical hardware. According to the present invention, before resources are added to the virtual hardware, the residual amount of the resources in the entire physical hardware and resources that will run short in the virtual hardware are predicted, so that a server configuration is changed in accordance with the prediction result, and resources that are actually running short in the virtual hardware are supplemented. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131181 | WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT IN HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS - A system for managing a workload in a heterogeneous environment comprising at least one application, an interoperability layer for inter-application communication, and at least one adapter for connecting the at least one application to the interoperability layer, is disclosed. Such a system includes a self-adapting application connector management component which includes the following: a monitoring component for monitoring the performance and workload characteristics of one or more applications and/or one or more adapters; a computing component for computing a configuration change based on the monitored performance and workload characteristics; a change component for changing the configuration of the one or more adapters in accordance with the computed configuration change; and a change component for changing the configuration of the one or more applications in accordance with the computed configuration change. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131182 | Background synchronization - Systems, methods and computer program products for determining a schedule for synchronizing a server and a client are described herein. The method operates by tracking user usage of the client to develop usage patterns. A sync schedule is generated using the usage patterns, where the sync schedule enhances at least one of sync usefulness and sync transparency. The server and client are synchronized according to the sync schedule. More particularly, a sync fitness measure for an interval t is determined. The sync fitness measure is based on at least one of (a) sync transparency; and (b) sync usefulness. It is determined whether the sync fitness measure satisfies a threshold. If the sync fitness measure satisfies the threshold, then the server and client are synchronized during interval t. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131183 | INTERACTING WITH A SUBSCRIBER TO A SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICE BASED ON PASSIVE BEHAVIOR OF THE SUBSCRIBER - In an embodiment, an application server is configured to manage privacy settings of a subscriber for one or more social networking services. The application server determines a set of privacy settings (e.g., a manually configured or default set of privacy settings) of the subscriber for the one or more social networking services, and then receives, from the subscriber, permission to dynamically modify the set of privacy settings. The application server monitors, responsive to the received permission, passive behavior of the subscriber that is separate from interactions between the subscriber and the one or more social networking services (e.g., calls, text messages, instant messages made to/from the subscriber, a location of the subscriber, etc.). The application server triggers a modification to the set of privacy settings based on the monitored passive behavior of the subscriber. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131184 | ALIGNING DATA TRANSFER TO OPTIMIZE CONNECTIONS ESTABLISHED FOR TRANSMISSION OVER A WIRELESS NETWORK - Systems and methods for aligning data transfer to optimize connections established for transmission over a wireless network are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, for aligning data transfer to a mobile device to optimize connections made by the mobile device in a cellular network. The method includes batching data received in multiple transactions directed to a mobile device for transmission to the mobile device over the cellular network such that a wireless connection need not be established with the mobile device every time each of the multiple transactions occurs. For example, the data received in the multiple transactions for the mobile device can be sent to the mobile device, in a single transaction over a single instantiation of wireless network connectivity at the mobile device. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131185 | Advanced Intelligence Engine - An advanced intelligence engine (AIE) for use in identifying what may be complex events or developments on one or more data platforms or networks from various types of structured or normalized data generated by one or more disparate data sources. The AIE may conduct one or more types of quantitative, correlative, behavioral and corroborative analyses to detect events from what may otherwise be considered unimportant or non-relevant information spanning one or more time periods. Events generated by the AIE may be passed to an event manager to determine whether further action is required such as reporting, remediation, and the like. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131186 | SERVERS FOR DEVICE IDENTIFICATION SERVICES | 2012-05-24 |
20120131187 | COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING INTERNET TRAFFIC - Site metrics are presented in association with search results. The site metrics are derived from site analytics that uses clickstream data collected from a panel of internet users to generate and present internet activity metrics. Data collected from a community of internet users may be augmented by clickstream data store content, third party content, search results, and other sources to form estimates of internet activity that is structured and analyzed to produce metrics of nearly any internet web site or domain. The data may be further augmented with ratings, retail deals, and analysis of web site content to form a comprehensive set of data that is mined to formulate various metrics of internet activity about web sites. Metrics of internet activity, provides analysis that represents aspects of internet user access to a web site. Such aspects may include activity related to visitors, engagement, growth, trust, deals, and the like. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131188 | NETWORK CONCENTRATOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided is a method of controlling a network concentrator | 2012-05-24 |
20120131189 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INFORMATION SHARING AND PRIVACY ASSURANCE - An apparatus for information privacy assurance includes a data processing engine to restrict access to data received from a plurality of data sources and to a predefined data relationship query. The data processing engine includes a data input component restricted to receive the data from the plurality of data sources, a data relationship component configured to generate data relationships associated with the data, a query input component restricted to receive the predefined data relationship query associated with the data relationships, a query execution component configured to execute the predefined data relationship query, and a data output component restricted to render a result including information associated with an execution of the predefined data relationship query. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131190 | VALUE PROCESSING NETWORK AND METHODS - Various arrangements for processing a transaction involving at least two parties are provided. Rules may be established that define transaction processing between combinations of a plurality of origination entities and a plurality of destination entities. Transaction information may be received relating to the transaction between the two parties. One of the parties is an origination entity and one of the parties is a destination entity. The transaction information contains at least an identifier from which at least one of the parties may be identified. The transaction information may be used to identify at least one of the parties. The rules may be used to define transaction processing for the at least one party. Processing of the transaction may be at least partially based on the rules. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131191 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, SERVER, AND METHOD OF FACILITATING RESOURCE RESERVATIONS - To facilitate resource reservation, a server can preemptively determine resource availability. Indeed, upon receiving an availability request for a desired attendee for a calendar event, the request specifying a date and time, the server can transmit a search request to a server maintaining an organization resource cache, which stores availability information for resources. Upon receiving, from the server, a search result, and based on the search result, the server can store, in a memory, an indication of a specific resource that is available at the date and time. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131192 | REQUEST ROUTING PROCESSING - Generally described, the present disclosure is directed to managing request routing functionality corresponding to resource requests for one or more resources associated with a content provider. The processing of the DNS requests by the service provider can include the selective filtering of DNS queries associated with a DNS query-based attack. A service provider can assign DNS servers corresponding to a distributed set of network addresses, or portions of network addresses, such that DNS queries exceeding a threshold, such as in DNS query-based attacks, can be filtered in a manner that can mitigate performance impact on for the content provider or service provider. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131193 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING SERVICE DEPENDENCIES IN A CLOUD DEPLOYMENT - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for identifying service dependencies in a cloud deployment. In particular, a deployment module can receive usage data from a host cloud comprising data related to end user operation of a set of services in the host cloud as well as service dependencies among the set of services. In embodiments, the deployment module can determine candidate target clouds in which to deploy the set of services. Further, in embodiments, the deployment module can determine whether the candidate target clouds have a capacity to support the set of services, as well as whether services within the candidate target clouds are compatible based on the service dependencies. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131194 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE LIMITS IN CLOUD NETWORK USING VARIABLE OR INSTANTANEOUS CONSUMPTION TRACKING PERIODS - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for managing subscribed resource limits in a cloud network using variable or instantaneous consumption tracking periods. A set of aggregate usage history data can record consumption of processor, memory, software, or other resources subscribed to by a user across multiple host clouds. An entitlement engine can analyze the usage history data to identify a subscription margin for the subscribed resources, reflecting under or over-consumption of cloud resources against subscription limits across multiple clouds. The entitlement engine can by default track the short-term subscription margin for one or multiple resources each hour of a day, and/or over other intervals. The entitlement engine can also generate a set of variable consumption periods over which to track the user's resource consumption, based on trends or conditions demonstrated in that consumption pattern. In aspects, consumption can be metered on smaller intervals when the consumption rate is rapidly changing. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131195 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AGGREGATING MARGINAL SUBSCRIPTION OFFSETS IN SET OF MULTIPLE HOST CLOUDS - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for aggregating marginal subscription offsets in a set of multiple host clouds. A set of aggregate usage history data can record consumption of processor, memory, operating system, or other resources subscribed to by a user across multiple host clouds. An entitlement engine can analyze the aggregate usage history data to identify a short-term subscription margin for one or more subscribed resources, such as processor throughput, operating system instances, or other resources reflecting the under or over-consumption of a cloud resource against subscription limits on an hourly or other basis across multiple clouds. The entitlement engine can track the short-term subscription margin for one or multiple resources each hour of a day, and/or over other intervals, and determine the positive or negative subscription offset cost for each interval. The offsets can be combined to generate a net or aggregate subscription offset cost, or to provide other subscription adjustments. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131196 | COMPUTER SYSTEM MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND MANAGEMENT METHOD - The present invention manages response performance of a virtual volume. A performance monitoring server | 2012-05-24 |
20120131197 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY RESOLVING CONFLICTING DEVICES ON A NETWORK - A method and apparatus are disclosed for automatically detecting and resolving conflicts between devices on a security network by comparing the IP addresses of all devices on the network. When one or more conflicts are detected, the user is presented with the option of reassigning the conflicting device to a DHCP address, or to a new static IP address. The new static IP address can be configured to lie within a user defined range. In one embodiment, a default changes the address to any free address on the network. The disclosed method and apparatus automates the conflict resolution process without requiring that network devices (e.g., cameras, camera encoders) be individually and sequentially connected to the security network in order to resolve conflicts. The disclosed approach results in reduced human interaction and is much faster than the traditional approach of adding devices one at a time to the network. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131198 | System And Method For Processing Computational Elements Allocation | 2012-05-24 |
20120131199 | Systems and Methods for Layered Resource Management - Systems and methods for encapsulating computing resources in one or more layers are provided. In some embodiments, a set of computing resources are encapsulated in a layer. The layer is mobile from a first storage to a second storage. A request for a specific computing resource is received by an application of a computing device. A determination is made whether the layer includes the requested computing resource. The request is processed if the layer includes the requested computing resource. The processed request is provided to the operating system of the computing device. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131200 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPDATING INFORMATION USING LIMITED BANDWIDTH - A system and method detects an amount of data attributed to a device including reports sent to the device, and reduces the amount of data being used to provide reports to the device if the amount of data attributed to the device exceeds an amount assigned to the device. Data uploaded from the device is also minimized. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131201 | Virtual Hot Inserting Functions in a Shared I/O Environment - A blade server system and method for virtually hot plugging and virtually hot removing functions in a shared I/O environment. A management node physically hot inserts and hot removes an I/O node in the server system without a compute node being aware of the hot insert and hot removal. The management node and the compute node create and remove virtual links between the compute node and the virtual functions. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131202 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR CONFIGURING FAILOVER COMMUNICATION SERVICES - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a Home Subscriber Server having a processor adapted to receive from a Serving CSCF (S-CSCF) device a request for a subscription profile of a communication device to register the communication device, to detect from the request that the communication device is registered with a primary communication resource and that the communication device is to be registered with the S-CSCF device as a secondary communication resource, and to provide the S-CSCF device the subscription profile without de-registering the communication device from the primary communication resource and without directing the S-CSCF device to the primary communication resource. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131203 | Processor Allocation for Multi-Core Architectures - Methods, computing devices, and computer readable storage media for testing network connections are disclosed. A first processor of a plurality of processors may define a new TCP connection. The first processor may apply a hash function to determine an appropriate one of the plurality of processors to open the new TCP connection. The first processor may write data defining the new TCP connection to a queue associated with the appropriate processor. The appropriate processor may retrieve the data defining the new TCP connection from the queue and open the new TCP connection. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131204 | SELECTIVELY GRANTING A FLOOR DURING SET-UP OF A COMMUNICATION SESSION WITHIN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - An embodiment is directed to an application server configured to set-up a communication session within a wireless communications system. The application server receives, from a session originator, a request to initiate the communication session with a set of session targets, and then transmits one or more call announcement messages for announcing the communication session to the set of session targets. The application server determines information associated with a probability that the set of session targets will fail to accept the announced communication session, and/or delay information associated with when call responses will arrive from the set of session targets in response to the one or more call announcement messages. The application server selectively grants a floor of the communication session to the session originator based on the determined information. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131205 | Predetermined Ports for Multi-Core Architectures - Methods, computing devices, and computer readable storage media to test network connections using a port unit having a plurality of processors. A plurality of transmission control protocol (TCP) connections to be initiated by the port unit during a test session may be defined. For each processor, an associated set of predetermined source port numbers corresponding to the plurality of TCP connections may be determined. A first processor of the plurality of processors may open TCP connections, via the network, from the defined plurality of TCP connections, wherein each TCP connection may be opened using the corresponding source port number from the set of source port numbers associated with the first processor. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131206 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR COMMUNICATION CONNECTION BY POLLING - A communication connection system, a communication connection method, and a communication connection program is capable of establishing push-type communication by not connection request from a client side but a server side, in communication between terminals or a terminal and a server. A polling server | 2012-05-24 |
20120131207 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR RELEASING RESOURCES - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, an apparatus, and a system for releasing resources. The method includes: querying a reservation record according to information about a current session; judging whether a reservation record exists according to a result of the query; judging whether a conflicting session exists according to reservation information in the reservation record if the reservation record exists; obtaining reservation information of the conflicting session if the conflicting session exists, and releasing a corresponding reserved service unit according to the reservation information of the conflicting session; and reserving a service unit for the current session, storing reservation information of the current session, and forming a reservation record for the current session if no reservation record exists or no conflicting session exists or the corresponding reserved service unit is released. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131208 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING A PLURALITY OF USER SESSIONS IN A VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - Methods for establishing an SSL/VPN session on behalf of a user of a client where the user has a previously existing session are described. Methods include receiving, by an appliance, a request from a first client operated by a user to establish a virtual private network session; creating, by the appliance, a temporary virtual private network session with the client; identifying, by the appliance, an existing virtual private network session previously established on behalf of the user; terminating the previous session; and creating a new virtual private network session with the client using the temporary session. Other methods may further include transmitting a request to a user corresponding to whether to terminate one or more previous sessions, and transferring session data from a previously existing session to a current session. Corresponding systems are also described. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131209 | NEARBY ADDRESS NETWORK SERVICE INFORMATION PROVISIONING FOR MARKETING REPRESENTATIVES - A network device receives a geographic location of a mobile device. The network device accesses a database to identify addresses within a distance parameter of the received geographic location, and retrieves attributes associated with the identified addresses from the database, wherein the attributes comprise attributes associated with one or more network services provided to customers from a network service provider. The network device sends the identified customer addresses and the retrieved network service attributes to the mobile device. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131210 | TRANSPORT LAYER CONNECTION - A system identifies a network socket on a machine by assigning a non-IP address socket anchor and a port number to the network socket. A socket anchor may comprise a globally unique number. In some embodiments, a socket anchor comprises a number having a preselected number of bits. The number having the preselected number of bits may comprise a selected number associated with the machine concatenated with a number of randomly generated bits. The number of bits of the selected number plus the number of randomly generated bits is equal to the preselected number of bits. In some embodiments, the selected number associated with the machine is a Media Access Control (MAC) address of a network interface associated with the machine. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131211 | OPTIMIZED NETWORK DEVICE DISCOVERY - A computing device retrieves a set of configuration files of devices associated with a network to be analyzed and extracts from the set of configuration files Internet protocol (IP) address information to form an IP address database. The computing device also extracts from the set of configuration files border gateway protocol (BGP) routing protocols to form a BGP routing database. The computing device analyzes the IP address database and the BGP routing database to generate a database of calculated network connection information for the devices associated with the network. The computing device conducts live network discovery, on the network and based on the IP address database, to generate a database of discovered connection information, and merges the database of calculated network connection information and the database of discovered connection information to form a master database from which output files may be generated. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131212 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH SESSION TRANSFER MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: establishing a navigation session for routing from a starting point to a destination on a device; setting a transfer condition for continuing the navigation session between the device and a further device; and transferring the navigation session when the transfer condition is satisfied for routing with the further device for displaying on the further device. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131213 | NETWORK DEVICE AND POINT TO POINT CONNECTION DISTINGUISHING METHOD - A network device connects a terminal device to the Internet using a plurality of connections. The network device obtains a quantity of different destination port numbers employed by the plurality of connections, calculates a ratio of the quantity of the different destination port numbers to a quantity of the connections, and determines that the connections include at least one point to point connection if the calculated ratio is larger than a predetermined ratio. The network device further determines that one of the connections is the point to point connection upon the condition that a communication protocol of the one of the connections is the transmission control protocol, that the destination port number of the one of the connections is larger than a predetermined port number, and that the average size of the packets of the one of the connections is larger than the predetermined size. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131214 | RELAY APPARATUS, RELAY APPARATUS CONTROLLING METHOD, AND DEVICE CONTROLLER - A relay apparatus includes a storing unit configured to store information related to a connection state between the relay apparatus and a device connected thereto, a determining unit configured to determine whether a change is a temporary change, based on a change factor responsible for the change in the connection state, in a case in which the change occurs in the connection state between the relay apparatus and the connected device. The relay apparatus includes a notifying unit configured to discontinue notifying a higher level apparatus of the change in the connection state when it is determined by the determining unit that the change in the connection state is a temporary change, and notify the higher level apparatus of the change in the connection state when it is determined by the determining unit that the change in the connection state is not a temporary change. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131215 | MANAGING HIERARCHICALLY ORGANIZED SUBSCRIBER PROFILES - Methods are provided for managing hierarchically organized subscriber profiles. According to one embodiment, a connection for a subscriber is created based on a service context of the subscriber. A connection request is received from a subscriber of a network service delivery environment. The subscriber is associated with a first-level profile identifier indicative of a service context for the subscriber. One or more other subscribers can be associated with the first-level profile identifier. Lower-level profile identifiers are determined using the first-level profile identifier. The lower-level profile identifiers indicate a set of services that is available to the subscriber during the connection. Creating a connection for the subscriber that enables forwarding of packets based on the lower-level profile identifiers. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131216 | Active-Active Multi-Homing Support for Overlay Transport Protocol - Techniques are provided for active-active multi-homing support over an overlay transport virtualization protocol for an edge switch at a data center site. At an edge switch that is configured to operate in an active-active multi-homing mode with at least one other edge switch in an edge switch cluster at a first data center site that comprises one or more endpoint devices, information is stored indicating a media access control (MAC) address of at least one endpoint device at the first site. The edge switch in the edge switch cluster at the first site sends via an overlay transport virtualization protocol a Layer-3 message that is configured to advertise the MAC address of the at least one endpoint at the first site to enable the at least one edge switch at the second site to perform multipath routing to the endpoint device at the first site based on each of the edge switches in the edge switch cluster at the first site. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131217 | METHODS OF INTEGRATING MULTIPLE MANAGEMENT DOMAINS - An integrated solution strategy that integrates multiple domains together in a seamless and standardized way for increasing a users control over facilities and equipment. This integrated approach can lead to a reduction of energy usage, more efficient energy usage, increased safety, health, and security of a facility and its occupants, optimized production in industrial settings, and associated and other economic advantages. Accurate, reliable information about a facility or equipment is essential to making timely, informed decisions. Enhanced automation provides a reliable means of collecting and assembling a variety of operating data and archiving that data into a central database for evaluation, reporting, forecasting, and negotiation with resource marketers. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131218 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATING DISPARATE MEDIA FORMATS IN A NETWORKED MEDIA SYSTEM - A media system includes at least a source media device and a playback media device coupled through a network. The source media device presents media to the network. The media comprises at least one digital content file with a first format. A transcoder, also coupled to the network, converts the first file format of the digital content file to a second format. The playback device receives the digital content file, formatted in the second format, over the network, and processes the digital content file in the second format to generate processed signals. The processed signals drive the playback device to play the digital content file. In another embodiment, the transcoder operates in conjunction with one or more media servers. For this embodiment, media, stored on the media, stored on the media servers, is converted to one or more different file formats. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131219 | Systems and methods for media stream processing - Portions of streaming media are selectively removed for storage and/or delivery over a computer network medium. The amount of data in a media stream itself may be selectively reduced for and, the amount of data in the media stream may be selected for delivery and/or storage so that it is reduced in a manageable and consistent fashion. Data within a media stream of a given temporal duration may be selected for delivery and/or storage in such a way that leads to a proportional increase in the maximum speed at which data from the given temporal duration of the media stream may be transmitted and reviewed while simultaneously providing the benefit of reducing overall storage capacity requirements. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131220 | PROTOCOL TRANSLATION - Methods and systems are provided for protocol translation. One system includes a number of servers configured for protocol translation including logic to receive a number of network packets associated with a particular transaction from a source delivery server. The logic interrogates the number of network packets received to synchronously determine a data format and a protocol of the received network packets and apply a number of rules-based protocols. The rules-based protocols reformat the data format and the protocol of the received network packets according to a data format and a protocol of a destination server, relay the reformatted network packets to the destination server, and provide a response to the source delivery server to permit maintenance of a system state. | 2012-05-24 |
20120131221 | System and Method for Dynamically Managing Message Flow - System and method for dynamically managing message flow. According to the example embodiments, an intermediary network device or a client device dynamically manages the flow of messages received from an electronic exchange by analyzing the client device's capabilities, such as CPU utilization. Based on a percentage of total CPU utilization, the level of throttling is dynamically adjusted, such that if the percentage of CPU utilization, or load, increases, then throttling is increased from a lower level to a higher level. Similarly, if the percentage of CPU utilization decreases significantly enough, then throttling is decreased to a lower level. | 2012-05-24 |