31st week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 71 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140215488 | TASK PROCESSOR - A task processor includes a CPU, a save circuit, and a task control circuit. A task control circuit is provided with a task selection circuit and state storage units associated with respective tasks. When executing a predetermined system call instruction, the CPU notifies the task control circuit accordingly. When informed of the execution of a system call instruction, the task control circuit selects a task to be subsequently executed in accordance with an output from the selection circuit. When an interrupt circuit receives a high-speed interrupt request signal, the task switching circuit controls the state transition of a task by executing an interrupt handling instruction designated by the interrupt circuit. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215489 | INTERFACE SPECIFIC AND PARALLEL IPMI MESSAGE HANDLING AT BASEBOARD MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER - Certain aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a baseboard management controller (BMC). The BMC includes a processor and a memory storing firmware. The firmware, when executed by the processor, is configured to include a plurality of communication interfaces and a plurality of message handlers. The plurality of message handlers each are configured to process an IPMI request message that is received from, and that is to be associated with, a respective different communication interface of the plurality of communication interfaces; to perform a management function to a host computer of the BMC in accordance with the processed IPMI request message; and to be on a respective different thread. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215490 | Managing Healthcare Information in a Distributed System - A system and method for managing healthcare information is disclosed. The data servers each include a data manager that comprises a controller, a grid engine, applications, an application manager and a user interface engine. The controller manages the core functions and the transmission of data between data manager components. The grid engine manages information sent between data servers. The applications are applications that are created by the user or downloaded as third-party applications. The application manager manages the creation and communication between applications. The user interface engine generates user interfaces for displaying the applications and collecting clinical trial data. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215491 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERNAL NETWORKING, DATA OPTIMIZATION AND DYNAMIC FREQUENCY SELECTION IN A VEHICULAR ENVIRONMENT - A system includes an on-board unit (OBU) in communication with an internal subsystem in a vehicle on at least one Ethernet network and a node on a wireless network. A method in one embodiment includes receiving a message on the Ethernet network in the vehicle, encapsulating the message to facilitate translation to Ethernet protocol if the message is not in Ethernet protocol, and transmitting the message in Ethernet protocol to its destination. Certain embodiments include optimizing data transmission over the wireless network using redundancy caches, dictionaries, object contexts databases, speech templates and protocol header templates, and cross layer optimization of data flow from a receiver to a sender over a TCP connection. Certain embodiments also include dynamically identifying and selecting an operating frequency with least interference for data transmission over the wireless network. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215492 | DYNAMIC PROVISIONING OF MESSAGE GROUPS - The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a method that includes receiving, by a processing device, one or more first requests to add multiple messages on a message queue. The first requests specify a message group for the messages. The method further includes determining, by the processing device, that the message group does not exist on the message queue in response to receiving the first requests. The method further includes automatically creating, by the processing device, the message group on the message queue in response to determining that the message group does not exist on the message queue. The method further includes adding, by the processing device, the messages to the message group on the message queue. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215493 | EVENT DETERMINATION - Event determination can include selecting a time lag, calculating a dependency value at the time lag between event pairs within a first textual stream and a second textual stream, and ordering the event pairs based on the dependency value. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215494 | NOTIFICATION CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR THE SAME - A method for controlling a notification in an electronic device includes detecting notification events, confirming whether the detected notification events exist within a first reference time, when the notification events exist within the first reference time, confirming whether the number of unconfirmed notifications including the notification events exceeds a reference number, and, when the number of unconfirmed notifications exceeds the reference number, outputting the notification events after a second reference time. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215495 | TASK-SPECIFIC APPLICATION MONITORING AND ANALYSIS - User interactions with multiple applications executed on a computational device may be monitored by intercepting messages corresponding to application-level events and recording data associated with the events, including, e.g., contents of application screens presented when the events occurred. The screen contents may be used, based on comparison with task-specific screen-sequence patterns, to link sub-sequences of the events to tasks, facilitating subsequent task-related analysis. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215496 | DEVICE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF FUNCTIONALITIES, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE DEVICE - A device having a plurality of functionalities includes an event detector for detecting a functionality setting event, a functionality setting device for referring to functionality data and setting a first functionality of the plurality of functionalities based on the functionality data, and a controller for controlling a feature associated with the first functionality to be operable in response to the setting of the first functionality. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215497 | Mobile Terminal and Method for Adjusting Operation Load Thereof - A method for adjusting operation load of a mobile terminal is disclosed in the present invention, and the method comprises a step of acquiring a processor clock speed frequency, a battery remaining capacity or a processor temperature; a step of determining whether the processor clock speed frequency is higher than a first predetermined threshold value, whether the battery remaining capacity is lower than a second predetermined threshold value, or whether the processor temperature is higher than a third predetermined threshold value; a step of closing the application program is executed through a driver layer of the mobile terminal in accordance with the strategy to release resource and reduce the processor clock speed frequency if any one or all of the conditions above are yes. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215498 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING OPERATION SYSTEM HISTORY - A mechanism for providing an operating system history is disclosed. A method includes placing, by an operating system (OS) of a processing device, a pointer to context of a first application in a history context of plurality of applications in a direct interface array (DIR) of the OS upon indication of switching from an interface of a first application to the interface of a second application. The method also includes moving the pointer from the context of the first application to the context of the second application in the DIR in view of an indication of a closing of the interface of the second application. The second application is closed in a foreground of the OS and is executing in a background of the OS. The method further includes providing the interface of the second application in the foreground of the OS upon activation of a global back function. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215499 | Image Forming Apparatus and Method that Realize Function by Installed Application - An image forming apparatus that realizes one or more functions based on a device by using an installed application includes a plurality of devices, a controller, a set of APIs, and an application platform. The plurality of devices includes a printing device. The controller executes a plurality of actual processes that control the plurality of devices. The set of APIs call the plurality of actual processes. The application platform provides each API from the set of APIs to the application. The controller further includes a support determination unit that determines, for an API from the set of APIs, whether the API is supported by the image forming apparatus based on the information for support determination of the API. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215500 | MODAL PROGRESS DIALOG - A system and method for modal progress dialog may provide progress feedback to a user when an application accesses or uses system resources on a computing platform. The application may access or use the system resource by invoking an operation via a system interface. Execution of the application may be blocked pending receiving a result of the system resource operation. The progress feedback may be provided by the system interface without the involvement of the application. The progress feedback may include displaying a progress dialog. The progress dialog may be displayed in a window associated with the application. The progress dialog may include a visual indication of a degree of completion of the system resource operation. The progress dialog may mitigate a user misinterpreting delays in completion of the system resource operation as misoperation or failure of the application. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215501 | DISC CLAMPING STRUCTURE OF OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - A disc clamping structure is provided. A fixing base is disposed on a turntable. A plurality of ball seats are disposed around a periphery of the fixing base, and each of the ball seats has an aperture. The balls are received in the ball seats. The elastic members are disposed within the fixing base. The balls are upwardly moved, and the height of the center point of the ball is adjusted according to the thickness of the disc when the disc is clamped on the turntable. A portion of the ball is projected from the aperture of the ball seat before clamping the disc. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215502 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING SUPPORT SERVICES - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, system having a controller to receive from a set-top box (STB) a request for assistance, identify a subscriber account associated with the STB, identify from the subscriber account a subscription grade, select one of a plurality of subscriber support services according to the subscriber grade, and establish communications between the STB and the selected subscriber support service. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215503 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPROXIMATING CHARACTERISTICS OF HOUSEHOLDS FOR TARGETED ADVERTISEMENT - During the display of video content to a viewing audience, a system receives feedback information from the viewing audience concerning the displayed video content. At a later time and based on the feedback, the system substitutes portions of a downloaded data stream with different content. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215504 | METHOD OF RECOMMENDING MEDIA CONTENT AND MEDIA PLAYING SYSTEM THEREOF - A method of recommending media content for a media playing system includes identifying a user in a viewing area; determining whether personal information of the user is stored in a database; and generating information related to a first media content recommendation according to the personal information when the personal information of the user is stored in the database. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215505 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLEMENTING CONTENT WITH AUDIENCE-REQUESTED INFORMATION - A system and method are described for delivering to a member of an audience supplemental information related to presented media content. Media content is associated with media metadata that identifies active content elements in the media content and supported intents associated with those content elements. A member of an audience may submit input related to an active content element. The audience input is compared to media metadata to determine whether supplemental information can be identified that would be appropriate to deliver to the audience member based on that person's input. In some implementations, audience input includes audio data of an audience's spoken input regarding the media content. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215506 | TIME CONTEXT WEIGHTED CONTENT RECOMMENDATION - Techniques and mechanisms described herein facilitate the performance of time context weighted content recommendation. According to various embodiments, information identifying one or more viewing events or actions detected in association with a designated content management account at a media system may be received. The one or more viewing events or actions may have associated therewith time information indicating a time at which the one or more viewing events or actions occurred. The designated content management account may provide access to a plurality of media content items via the media system. The designated content management account may be associated with a time context viewing profile. The time context viewing profile designating one or more of the plurality of media content items for recommendation in association with the designated content management account. The time context viewing profile may also designate a time context for recommending the designated media content items. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215507 | PERSONALIZED PASSIVE CONTENT DELIVERY - Various embodiments are directed to a media processing device that can create a personalized passive viewing experience for a user. A personalization engine may determine viewer preferences based on multiple factors including past viewing behavior, web-browsing history, calendar event topics, and email data topics. The viewer preferences may then be formed into a user profile. A content aggregator component may then search multiple content sources for content compatible with the user profile. The content aggregator component may save found content or pointers to the content for later reference. The personalization engine may organize the saved content into a series of individual content items which may be presented on a display. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215508 | Distributing Graphic Content Over a Public Network for Inclusion in a Linear Television Broadcast - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving and distributing user-generated video content. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, via a network from a remote web server, a web page defining graphics data for presentation in a linear television broadcast. The received graphics data includes data defining one or more transparent regions. The method further includes compositing the received graphics data, based on the one or more transparent regions, with video from at least one other channel using a video switcher to form a composite video image, and transmitting the composite video image for distribution in a linear television broadcast. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215509 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A SHARED FOLDER VIA TELEVISION - An enhanced television service provides a shared folder over a television network, such as a fiber optic network. Users, the service provider, or trusted sources, share use of a program folder via television. A user recommends content, such as a program listing, to other geographically dispersed subscribers, by sending the content to the subscribers' shared folder. Users may create a personal content guide for use instead of a standard program guide that contains identical listings for all subscribers. The shared folder may consist of programs from a variety of channels as well as other content and may be populated by trusted sources in remote locations. Users may search for content that matches search criteria and may delete or edit listings from the shared folder. The contents of the folder may not only include program listings, but also other content such as movies, television shows, web sites, photos, home videos, etc. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215510 | Content Rental System - A content rental system includes one data store for storing rental content. The content rental system also includes a content server for transferring content to one viewing device based upon a received request. The content server is further configured to authorize the transfer of the content from the viewing device to another viewing device. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215511 | TELEVISION INTERACTIVE SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a television interactive system provided for at least one audience. The television interactive system includes a program display device, a channel selection module, an interactive operation module and an interactive display device. The program display device receives and displays an audio/video program and/or an advertisement from a host device of a system supplier. The channel selection module is provided for the corresponding audience to control the selected audio/video program displayed by the program display device. The interactive operation module receives and displays the interactive message, and enables the audience to perform an interactive operation based on the interactive message so as to generate a response message transmitted to an interactive message server processing the interactive operation on the programs or advertisements, thereby implementing an interactive function. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215512 | COMMENT-PROVIDED VIDEO GENERATING APPARATUS AND COMMENT-PROVIDED VIDEO GENERATING METHOD - A comment-provided video generating apparatus includes: a display priority calculating unit which calculates a display priority for each of the comments and subject regions to which the comments are provided, based on comment information indicating comments to be superimposed and displayed on a video and display positions of the comments, and user information, by calculating a higher display priority for one of the comments and the subject regions specified by user information; a comment superimposing method determining unit which determines, as a method for superimposing the comments onto a video, an order of displaying the comments and the subject regions such that a comment or a subject region having a higher display priority is displayed at a position frontward than the others, according to the display priority; and an image composing unit which superimposes the comments on the video, according to the comment superimposing method. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215513 | Presentation of Search Results to Mobile Devices Based on Television Viewing History - A system for presenting targeted search results to a mobile communication facility, the system configured to perform the steps of (a) receiving information relating to a viewing history of television content including a plurality of episodes from a series viewed by a user; (b) receiving from the mobile communication facility a search request containing a word; (c) determining that the word is more contextually relevant to the series than search results unrelated to the series, wherein the determination is based on the received viewing history of television content; and (d) transmitting to the mobile communication facility information corresponding to a viewing source for one or more episodes of the series not yet viewed by the user, wherein display of the information corresponding to the viewing source is prioritized over display of the search results unrelated to the series. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215514 | APPARATUS OF RENDERING USER INTERFACE FOR PLAYING BROADCAST PROGRAMS AND THE METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed an apparatus and method of rendering user interface for playing the broadcast program, which is effective to enable a user to view the broadcast program without being limited to the past or future time zone, in the case that a user makes the current viewing point be located in the past or future time zone compared to the current broadcasting point when the broadcast program is played. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215515 | TELEVISION RECEIVER, PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE SYSTEM INCLUDING SAME - An information exchange system is provided in which users passing each other can realistically exchange opinions on a television program. Hence, the information exchange system includes a television receiver and a portable information terminal which performs short-range communication with the television receiver and another portable information tenuinal, where the television receiver acquires, from a broadcast wave, program information including an identifier and a program name of a specified program, and transmits the program information to the portable information terminal within a range of the short-range communication, and the portable information terminal acquires the program information from the television receiver, associates a comment with the acquired program information to receive an input of the comment and exchanges the comment with another portable information terminal which comes into the range of the short-range communication. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215516 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing device includes a content identification information selecting section that allows a user to select at least a single piece of content identification information from content identification information, a registered information storing section that associates the selected content identification information with user operation, one to one, and stores the associated content identification information and user operation, and a registered information output section that, when the user operation is received, outputs content identification information stored in the storage section in association with the user operation to an external destination. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215517 | PREVIEW AND PLAYBACK METHOD OF VIDEO STREAMS AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A preview and playback method of video streams is provided for a video playback device having network function. The method includes defining a virtual channel and a preview channel corresponding to the virtual channel. A video stream list of the virtual channel is established for linking a plurality of video streams. A preview list is established and description information of each of the preview data corresponding to the video streams is recorded in the preview list. When the video playback device receives a preview channel selection instruction, the preview data is obtained automatically and played continuously. When the video playback device receives a preview data selection instruction, the video stream corresponding to the preview data being selected is recognized as a selected video stream. The preview channel is switched to the virtual channel, and the selected video stream is obtained from a video stream service and played automatically. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215518 | INFORMATION DESCRIPTOR AND EXTENDED INFORMATION DESCRIPTOR DATASTRUCTURES FOR DIGITAL TELEVISION SIGNALS - According to an aspect, there is provided a digital television (DTV) data stream including program and system information protocol (PSIP) data associated with content of the DTV data stream, the PSIP data including a virtual channel table (VCT) and an event information table (EIT), the EIT comprising: a source identification field identifying a source of an associated event in a DTV data stream; an event identification field indicating an identification of the event; a start time field indicating a star time of the event; a title field indicating a title of the event; and a descriptor comprising: a descriptor tag identifying the descriptor as a genre descriptor; a descriptor length indicating a total length of the descriptor; and at least one category code for an associated event in a DTV data stream, each category code specifying genre, program type, or category information of the associated event, wherein the at least one category code specifies at least one of a set of basic categories. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215519 | INFORMATION DESCRIPTOR AND EXTENDED INFORMATION DESCRIPTOR DATA STRUCTURES FOR DIGITAL TELEVISION SIGNALS - According to an aspect, there is provided a digital television (DTV) data stream including program and system information protocol (PSIP) data associated with content of the DTV data stream, the PSIP data including a virtual channel table (VCT) and an event information table (EIT), the EIT comprising: a source identification field identifying a source of an associated event in a DTV data stream; an event identification field indicating an identification of the event; a start time field indicating a star time of the event; a title field indicating a title of the event; and a descriptor comprising: a descriptor tag identifying the descriptor as a genre descriptor, a descriptor length indicating a total length of the descriptor; and at least one category code for an associated event in a DTV data stream, each category code specifying genre, program type, or category information of the associated event, wherein the at least one category code specifies at least one of a set of basic categories. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215520 | INFORMATION DESCRIPTOR AND EXTENDED INFORMATION DESCRIPTOR DATA STRUCTURES FOR DIGITAL TELEVISION SIGNALS - According to an aspect, there is provided a digital television (DTV) data stream including program and system information protocol (PSIP) data associated with content of the DTV data stream, the PSIP data including a virtual channel table (VCT) and an event information table (EIT), the EIT comprising: a source identification field identifying a source of an associated event in a DTV data stream; an event identification field indicating an identification of the event; a start time field indicating a star time of the event; a title field indicating a title of the event; and a descriptor comprising: a descriptor tag identifying the descriptor as a genre descriptor, a descriptor length indicating a total length of the descriptor; and at least one category code for an associated event in a DTV data stream, each category code specifying genre, program type, or category information of the associated event, wherein the at least one category code specifies at least one of a set of basic categories. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215521 | INFORMATION DESCRIPTOR AND EXTENDED INFORMATION DESCRIPTOR DATA STRUCTURES FOR DIGITAL TELEVISION SIGNALS - According to an aspect, there is provided a digital television (DTV) data stream including program and system information protocol (PSIP) data associated with content of the DTV data stream, the PSIP data including a virtual channel table (VCT) and an event information table (EIT), the EIT comprising: a source identification field identifying a source of an associated event in a DTV data stream; an event identification field indicating an identification of the event; a start time field indicating a star time of the event; a title field indicating a title of the event; and a descriptor comprising: a descriptor tag identifying the descriptor as a genre descriptor, a descriptor length indicating a total length of the descriptor; and at least one category code for an associated event in a DTV data stream, each category code specifying genre, program type, or category information of the associated event, wherein the at least one category code specifies at least one of a set of basic categories. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215522 | INFORMATION DESCRIPTOR AND EXTENDED INFORMATION DESCRIPTOR DATA STRUCTURES FOR DIGITAL TELEVISION SIGNALS - According to an aspect, there is provided a digital television (DTV) data stream including program and system information protocol (PSIP) data associated with content of the DTV data stream, the PSIP data including a virtual channel table (VCT) and an event information table (EIT), the EIT comprising: a source identification field identifying a source of an associated event in a DTV data stream; an event identification field indicating an identification of the event; a start time field indicating a star time of the event; a title field indicating a title of the event; and a descriptor comprising: a descriptor tag identifying the descriptor as a genre descriptor, a descriptor length indicating a total length of the descriptor; and at least one category code for an associated event in a DTV data stream, each category code specifying genre, program type, or category information of the associated event, wherein the at least one category code specifies at least one of a set of basic categories. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215523 | INFORMATION DESCRIPTOR AND EXTENDED INFORMATION DESCRIPTOR DATA STRUCTURES FOR DIGITAL TELEVISION SIGNALS - According to an aspect, there is provided a digital television (DTV) data stream including program and system information protocol (PSIP) data associated with content of the DTV data stream, the PSIP data including a virtual channel table (VCT) and an event information table (EIT), the EIT comprising: a source identification field identifying a source of an associated event in a DTV data stream; an event identification field indicating an identification of the event; a start time field indicating a star time of the event; a title field indicating a title of the event; and a descriptor comprising: a descriptor tag identifying the descriptor as a genre descriptor, a descriptor length indicating a total length of the descriptor; and at least one category code for an associated event in a DTV data stream, each category code specifying genre, program type, or category information of the associated event, wherein the at least one category code specifies at least one of a set of basic categories. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215524 | INFORMATION DESCRIPTOR AND EXTENDED INFORMATION DESCRIPTOR DATA STRUCTURES FOR DIGITAL TELEVISION SIGNALS - According to an aspect, there is provided a digital television (DTV) data stream including program and system information protocol (PSIP) data associated with content of the DTV data stream, the PSIP data including a virtual channel table (VCT) and an event information table (EIT), the EIT comprising: a source identification field identifying a source of an associated event in a DTV data stream; an event identification field indicating an identification of the event; a start time field indicating a star time of the event; a title field indicating a title of the event; and a descriptor comprising: a descriptor tag identifying the descriptor as a genre descriptor, a descriptor length indicating a total length of the descriptor; and at least one category code for an associated event in a DTV data stream, each category code specifying genre, program type, or category information of the associated event, wherein the at least one category code specifies at least one of a set of basic categories. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215525 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, CONTENT RECOMMENDATION INFORMATION RECEIVING METHOD, SERVER AND CONTENT RECOMMENDATION METHOD - An image display apparatus, a content recommendation information receiving method, a server and a content recommendation method are disclosed. The image display apparatus includes: a communicator configured to communicate with an external server; a plurality of content receivers respectively connected to a plurality of content providers; and a controller configured to transmit to the server information related to the plurality of content receivers and the plurality of content providers which correspond to the plurality of content receivers and a user viewing history, and receives from the server content recommendation information based on the viewing history out of contents provided by all of the plurality of content providers. Thus, there is provided an image display apparatus and a method of receiving content recommendation information, which are capable of displaying comprehensive information of contents that may be provided through the plurality of content receivers. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215526 | VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS, SERVER, AND VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, a video display apparatus including, a registering module, a sending module, a receiving module, and a controller. The registering module configured to register a keyword. The sending module configured to send the keyword to a server. The receiving module configured to receive control information based on the keyword from the server. The controller controls a turning on power or switching channels or turning off power on the basis of the control information. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215527 | TV INTERFACE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH AUTOMATIC SEARCH - An automatic search system and method is disclosed which automatically displays a search menu on a TV in response to opening a remote control having an internal concealed keyboard. Since a text entry keyboard is known to be in use a streamlined search menu may be displayed without an on screen keyboard. A separate on screen keyboard search menu may be activated in a different mode by using the remote in a closed configuration. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215528 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTING WITH A PROGRAM GUIDE DISPLAYED ON A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for controlling the operation of a plurality of consumer electronic devices by displaying a plurality of broadcast channel identifiers each corresponding to a broadcast channel in a display of a controlling device adapted to command at least channel tuning operations of the plurality of consumer electronic devices. Input is accepted into the controlling device that functions to designate one of the plurality of broadcast channel identifiers and the controlling device uses the designation of the one of the plurality of broadcast channel identifiers to cause a transmission of a wireless signal from the controlling device to a one of the plurality of consumer electronic devices to thereby cause the one of the plurality of consumer electronic devices to tune to the broadcast channel corresponding to the designated one of the plurality of broadcast channel identifiers. A condition associated with at least one of the controlling device and the designated one of the plurality of broadcast channel identifiers functions to determine the one of the plurality of consumer electronic devices to which the wireless signal is transmitted. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215529 | Method and System for Interactive Selection of Items for Purchase from a Video - A computer-implemented method comprises displaying a video episode via a display screen, identifying, via a processor, the video episode with a unique play identifier, tracking, via the processor, an image of a shopable item in the displaying video, and linking a display screen coordinate location of an interactive tap zone with the image of the shopable item during the video episode. The interactive tap zone is selected to indicate selection of the tracked shopable item and the processor associates the selection with the unique play identifier. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215530 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING BROADCAST AND DATA STREAM AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING BROADCAST AND DATA STREAM IN HFC-BASED CABLE NETWORK - A method for transmitting broadcast and data streams in an HFC-based cable network includes a first transmission step of a broadcast transmission apparatus sending broadcast and data service streams in an IP-based stream or RF signal form through an optical section up to a cell node that is a contact point between the optical section and a cable section of a cable network and a second transmission step of the cell node converting the broadcast and data service streams into one of RF signal, IP-based stream, and RF/IP convergence service stream forms depending on a service type of a subscriber terminal and sending the converted broadcast and data service streams to the subscriber terminal through the cable section. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215531 | RESTRICTING USE OF A DIRECT-TO-HOME DIGITAL BROADCAST SATELLITE SIGNAL - A method and device for authentication of subscription based digital media receivers, SB DMRs are disclosed. According to one aspect, an SB DMR includes a memory, a radio, and a processor. The memory is configured to store an identification of each of at least one other SB DMR sharing a common subscription to a digital media service. The radio is configured to receive the identification of each of the at least one other SB DMR. The processor is configured to authenticate the SB DMR based on the received identifications to determine if the SB DMR is part of a group of SB DMRs sharing a common subscription. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215532 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING MEDIA CONTENT TO WIRELESS ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to a system and method for delivering media content to a wireless electronic device within a geographic coverage area associated with a venue. In some embodiments, a venue manager may identify media content to be broadcast within the geographic coverage area associated with the venue by the wireless TV transmitter; and send a media content request to a media server, the request instructing the media server to include the identified media content in a content feed sent to the wireless TV transmitter for broadcast in the geographic coverage area associated with the venue. In other embodiments, an interactive TV transmitter may identify media content to be broadcast within the geographic coverage area associated with the venue, multiplex the identified media content with other media content using a multiplexer, and broadcast the multiplex in the geographic coverage area associated with the venue. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215533 | TRANSFERRING A BROADCAST TRANSMISSION TO A REMOTE DEVICE - An approach is described that includes determining that a remote device has moved outside of a pre-defined area associated with a digital video recorder (DVR), and transmitting program data from the DVR to the remote device while the remote device remains outside of the pre-defined area. Another approach includes a digital video recorder (DVR) having a memory and a processor. The DVR operates to: receive an incoming transmission signal; transmit a selected program to a primary display device; determine that a remote device has moved outside of a pre-defined area; and transmit program data corresponding to the selected program to the remote device while the remote device remains outside of the pre-defined area. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215534 | PASSENGER SERVICE DEVICE WITH SIGNAL TRANSMISSION - The invention relates to a passenger service device for providing entertainment or service to a passenger, comprising a first passenger service unit adapted to be mounted in a ceiling compartment and a second passenger service unit adapted to be mounted to a passenger seat. According to the invention, the service device comprises a transmission device comprising a first transmission unit associated with the first passenger unit and a second transmission unit associated with the second passenger service unit, wherein said transmission device is adapted to transmit data between said first and second transmission unit via visible or invisible light signals. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215535 | CONTENT SNYCHRONIZATION - Synchronization of content, events and other executables is contemplated. The synchronization may include synchronizing events executing on one device relative to events executing on another device, such as to facilitate syncing an interactive application executing on a tablet computer or other mobile device to a television program or other content interfaced through a television or other interface. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215536 | STREAMING VIDEO SERVER WITH SEGMENT LENGTH CONTROL AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A streaming server includes a virtual file system that stores playlist data corresponding to video programs available from at least one video source and that further stores variant playlist data corresponding to each of the video programs for streaming. A command handler receives a request for a video program from a client device. A video encoder encodes the selected video program into a plurality of video program segments in response to the request. The plurality of video program segments each have a length that is controlled based on length data, wherein the plurality of video segments includes one or more initial video program segments having at least one initialization length and steady state video program segments having a steady state length where the initialization length is less than the steady state length. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215537 | Method and Apparatus for Content Delivery - A method for recording linear content and delivering it for time-shifted viewing is described. The linear content may be recorded live by the content delivery system in response to user requests. The content delivery system divides the recording into at least two portions, the first portion of sufficient duration to permit real time continuous playback of the recorded content on the customer premises equipment (CPE) if the first portion has previously been transmitted to the CPE and the second has not been transmitted. The content delivery system transmits the first portion to the CPE prior to playback, and the second portion is streamed to the CPE after playback has begun. The playback is under control of the CPE from local storage. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215538 | Method and Apparatus for Hierarchial Distribution of Video Content for an Interactive Information Distribution System - A method and apparatus for storing and distributing video information in an interactive information distribution system by storing video information on either a centralized or de-centralized secondary storage partition in a network of provider and subscriber equipment, and therein distributing the video information to a subscriber having made a request for such video information. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215539 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CATALOG DATA DISTRIBUTION - Methods and apparatus for providing enhanced catalog data capacity and functionality within a content distribution network. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an architecture configured to utilize an upstream out-of-band (OOB) channel for upstream catalog data request carriage, while a downstream in-band (IB) QAM is used for carriage of the catalog data issued by the network in response to the request. In another embodiment, the extant catalog structure is largely retained, yet modified so as to (i) eliminate redundancy within “barker” channel audio/video data delivery, and (ii) reduce the encoding resolution of the barker audio and/or video so as to utilize less bandwidth, thereby allowing enhanced capacity for catalog title expansion (and/or reduced latency in responding to catalog requests). | 2014-07-31 |
20140215540 | SCRUBBING NOISE REMOVER AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A scrubbing noise remover includes a proxy device that is operable to intercept a request from a video player to a streaming video server for at least one scrubbing segment of a selected one of a plurality of video programs, and in response, sending at least one corresponding fixed segment to the video player, and pass a request from the video player to the streaming video server for a plurality of non-scrubbing segments of the selected one of the plurality of video programs. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215541 | DISTRIBUTION OF ADAPTIVE BIT RATE LIVE STREAMING VIDEO VIA HYPER-TEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL - A system, method and apparatus of distributing a video stream is provided. At a publishing point relay, a plurality of video files encoded from a portion of the video stream from a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Live Streaming (HLS) Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR) encoding device are received. Each of the encoded video files having a different bit-rate, the encoded video files received using a protocol for transferring files. Edge publishing point servers are determined that are registered with the publishing point relay to distribute the audio/video stream. Each of the encoded video files received by the publishing point relay are relayed to each of the determined edge publishing points as each video file is received from the HTTP ABR encoding device. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215542 | Interactive Video Advertisement in a Mobile Browser - A system and a method are disclosed for presenting an interactive video ad in a mobile web browser that does not support embedded video playback in the browser. The interactive video ad comprises an overlay of transparent frame and visible elements, wherein the visible elements include instructions on performing a gesture to interact with the video ad. The system generates an HTML underlay, which is a web page with embedded link to continue playback of the interactive video ad and one or more interactivity options. The HTML underlay is displayed when the gesture is performed. Interactions with the video ad can be selected from the one or more options presented by the HTML underlay. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215543 | Child Node, Parent Node, and Caching Method and System for Multi-Layer Video Network - The present invention discloses a child node, a parent node, and a caching method and system for a multi-layer video network. The multi-layer video network includes at least one parent node and multiple child nodes connected to the parent node. The method includes: collecting a user request arrival rate of each child node with respect to each content in a content set; and determining an optimal storage policy and an optimal upload bandwidth allocation policy of each child node with respect to each content based on the user request arrival rate, storage capacity and upload bandwidth of each child node, and a size of each content. According to the content disclosed above, the technical solution disclosed by the present invention can save network bandwidth as much as possible and implement coordination among cache nodes, and is compatible with a heterogeneous network resource environment. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215544 | MUSIC ON VIDEO SITE - A mobile device is provided that comprises a memory, a processing device, and a connector application. The connector application is, executed from the memory by the processing device to scan, at a scheduled time, a local object store for a plurality of music pieces that a user has the right to listen to, compile object information comprising music titles of the plurality of music pieces found in the local object store, send the object information to a server to identify matching videos having respective music pieces for the music titles in the object information, and receive a list of the matching videos from the server. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215545 | ONLINE VIDEO PLAYING METHOD AND VIDEO PLAYING SERVER - The present invention discloses a method for playing online video and a video playing server thereof This method includes: splitting a video play file into multiple sequentially connected video segments; receiving a video downloading request from a user, obtaining a video segment corresponding to positioning information carried in the video downloading request, and returning content of the video segment corresponding to the positioning information to a client; and confirming that returning content of the current video segment is finished, and releasing bandwidth resources occupied by the user. By applying the present invention, the bandwidth utilization rate can be improved and the bandwidth resource pressure of the video playing server can be decreased. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215546 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO DISTRIBUTION - Systems and methods for use in distributing video are provided. A first video distribution node includes a video processor configured to receive a video stream from a second video distribution node, and send the video stream to a third video distribution node, such that the video stream is sent substantially near real-time. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215547 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING REALISTIC BROADCASTING IMAGE - A method of providing a realistic broadcasting image including an ultra high definition (UHD) image, the method including generating a first encoding stream from a high definition (HD) image, generating a second encoding stream from at least one of a UHD image and an image restored from the first encoding stream, generating a third encoding stream from at least one of the UHD image and an image restored from the second encoding stream, generating a first transmission stream by applying at least one of packetization, synchronization, and multiplying to the first encoding stream and the second encoding stream, generating a second transmission stream by applying at least one of packetization and synchronization to the third encoding stream, transmitting the first transmission stream via a first transmission channel, and transmitting the second transmission stream via a second transmission channel having a lower transmission capacity than the first transmission channel. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215548 | COMMUNICATION SESSION TERMINATION RANKINGS AND PROTOCOLS - A method of handling a plurality of session requests at an access manager may include assigning a rank to each of a plurality of agents. Each of the plurality of agents may forward requests for protected resources to the access manager for authentication and/or authorization, and the access manager may establish a plurality of sessions. The method may also include establishing a first session that is associated with a first agent in the plurality of agents that is assigned a first rank, a first user device, and/or a user credential. The method may additionally include receiving a request to establish a second session that is associated with a second agent in the plurality of agents that is assigned a second rank, a second user device, and/or the user credential. The method may further include determining whether the second session should be established. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215549 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POLICY CRITERIA GENERATION - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are described herein that are configured to generate criteria that defines instances in which a policy is to be applied or otherwise activated. In some example embodiments, a method is provided that comprises receiving an indication of a selected field of one or more fields that are applicable to a criteria for a policy. The method of this embodiment may also include receiving an indication of an operation selection and a specified value related to the selected field. The method of this embodiment may also include generating a criterion that modifies the criteria for the policy. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215550 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ENHANCING SECURITY OF A WIRELESS DEVICE THROUGH USAGE PATTERN DETECTION - A method of identifying a user of a device having a security policy and including a touch sensitive input device. The method includes receiving data corresponding to use of the touch sensitive input device by the user and determining from the received data at least one feature. Based on the at least one feature and a signature associated with an identifiable user, the method determines a likelihood that the user is the identifiable user and modifies, based on the likelihood, the security policy on the device. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215551 | CONTROLLING ACCESS TO SHARED CONTENT IN AN ONLINE CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Systems and methods for controlling access to shared content in an online content management system, include receiving a request to access a content item from a requester, wherein the content item is stored in a synchronized online content management system. The example method then includes determining that the requester is in an approved list of requestors and granting access to the content item. In one variation, the request to access the content item includes activation of a shared link. In another variation, the request to access the content item includes access to a shared folder in the synchronized online content management system. In a third variation, determining that the requester is in an approved list of requesters includes determining that the requester is logged into a primary and secondary account, and that the requester is in an approved list for the secondary account. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215552 | SMART CONTAINERS - Smart containers are disclosed. A system for managing content comprises an interface to receive an operation associated with an instance of a smart container. The smart container comprises a logical structure configure using a definition to manage associated content. The system for managing content comprises a processor configured to determine whether the operation is allowable based at least in part on a policy; and in the event that the operation is allowable, perform the operation. A memory is coupled to the processor and is configured to provide the processor with instructions. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215553 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An information processing system that facilitates management of information security policy even for an extended application installed from exterior. A receiving unit receives security policy data in which a security policy is described. A management unit manages an extended application that can be added and deleted and that operates in an image processing apparatus. A notification unit notifies an administrator of error information about a security policy of an extended application managed by the management unit, when the extended application managed by the management unit does not comply with the security policy described in the security policy data, and when an identifier of an extended application that is extracted from the security policy data and that is excepted from applying the security policy does not match with the identifier of the extended application managed by the management unit. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215554 | METHOD OF CUSTOMIZING A STANDARDIZED IT POLICY - A system and method are described herein for standardizing an IT policy that is used to configure devices operating on a network. An IT policy can be generated that applies to a group of users or to one or more special users without having to define and store a new IT policy for each special user. This can be achieved by specifying global and per-user IT policy rules and merging these rules as needed to produce IT policy data. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215555 | Conjuring and Providing Profiles that Manage Execution of Mobile Applications - Various aspects of the disclosure relate to configuring and providing policies that manage execution of mobile applications. In some embodiments, a user interface may be generated that allows an IT administrator or other operator to set, change and/or add to policy settings. The policy settings can be formatted into a policy file and be made available for download to a mobile device, such as via an application store or to be pushed to the mobile device as part of a data push service. The mobile device, based on the various settings included in the policy file, may perform various actions to enforce the security constraints that are represented by the policy. The various settings that can be included in a policy are numerous and some examples and variations thereof are described in connection with the example embodiments discussed herein. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215556 | Authentication within OpenFlow Network - An OpenFlow network controller controls an OpenFlow network. A networking connection is established between the OpenFlow network controller and an OpenFlow network device attempting to become part of the OpenFlow network. After establishing the networking connection with the OpenFlow network device, the OpenFlow network controller attempts to authenticate the OpenFlow network device. Where authentication of the OpenFlow network device is successful, the OpenFlow network controller sends a message to the OpenFlow network device to indicate that the authentication was successful and permits the OpenFlow network device to join and perform OpenFlow messaging. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215557 | TETHERING ENFORCEMENT DEVICE CONTROLLER AND METHODS THEREOF - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a tethering enforcement device controller and methods thereof. The tethering enforcement device controller (TEDC) is installed on a primary device, or otherwise known as the tethered device. The TEDC is configured to detect, control and block unauthorized or inappropriate tethering with a secondary device, or otherwise known as the tethering device, via either a native or a third-party tethering application, by retrieving a configuration file from a server associated with a wireless carrier. The configuration file typically includes customer profile and currently blacklisted package names of third-party tethering applications. The customer profile typically includes subscription information, including use of tethering services. If the customer is trying to tether and tethering is not allowed, then the TEDC will prevent the secondary device from tethering with the primary device. In some embodiments, the TEDC is an untethering application installed on the primary device. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215558 | ESTABLISHMENT OF A TRUST INDEX TO ENABLE CONNECTIONS FROM UNKNOWN DEVICES - A method of controlling access to a remote system includes granting a connecting device full access to the system upon determining the device is registered to a user, upon determining the device is not registered, determining whether the device has connected to the system before, granting the device full access to the system if the device has connected before and a trust index based on a trust level for the device and a trust level of a location the device is currently connecting from exceeds a threshold, and granting the device limited access to the system otherwise. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215559 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE MULTIFACTOR AUTHENTICATION - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request for wireless connection from a supplicant device via a service path. The service path includes a peer-to-peer communication path. The method further includes, based on an indication received from the supplicant device, adapting an authentication method to the supplicant device. The adapting includes selecting at least one authentication factor from a plurality of supported authentication factors. Each of the plurality of supported authentication factors comprises an authentication path that is distinct from the service path. In addition, the method includes authenticating the supplicant device via each of the at least one authentication factor. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215560 | SECURITY DEVICE IMPLEMENTING NETWORK FLOW PREDICTION - A security device for processing network flows is described, including: one or more packet processors configured to receive incoming data packets associated with network flows where a packet processor is assigned as an owner of network flows and each packet processor processes data packets associated with flows for which it is the assigned owner; and a packet processing manager configured to assign ownership of network flows to the packet processors where the packet processing manager includes a global flow table containing global flow table entries mapping network flows to packet processor ownership assignments and a predict flow table containing predict flow entries mapping predicted network flows to packet processor ownership assignments. A predict flow entry includes a predict key and associated packet processor ownership assignment. The predict key includes multiple data fields identifying a predicted network flow where one or more of the data fields have a wildcard value. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215561 | FLOW OWNERSHIP ASSIGNMENT IN A DISTRIBUTED PROCESSOR SYSTEM - A security device for processing network flows includes one or more packet processors configured to receive incoming data packets associated with one or more network flows where a packet processor is assigned as an owner of one or more network flows and each packet processor processes data packets associated with flows for which it is the assigned owner; and a packet processing manager configured to assign ownership of network flows to the one or more packet processors where the packet processing manager includes a global flow table containing entries mapping network flows to packet processor ownership assignments. The packet processing manager informs a packet processor of an ownership assignment after one or more packets are received, and the one or more packet processors learns of ownership assignments of network flows from the packet processing manager. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215562 | EVENT AGGREGATION IN A DISTRIBUTED PROCESSOR SYSTEM - A security device for processing network flows includes packet processing cards with packet processors formed thereon where each packet processing card stores local counter values for one or more events and a packet processing manager including global event counters to maintain event statistics for events in the security device. In one embodiment, the packet processing manager stores a copy of the local counter value of an event for each packet processor reporting the event in the counter memory and the global event counter provides a global counter sum value for the event by summing the copies of local counter values in the local memory. In another embodiment, the global counter sum is compared to a threshold value to put the event in a conforming state or non-conforming state. The packet processing manager sends a multicast message to the interested packet processors indicating an event has transitioned to a non-conforming state. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215563 | METHOD OF AUTHENTICATING USER, SERVER AND MOBILE TERMINAL PERFORMING THE SAME - A user authenticating method is performed by a user authenticating server connectable to at least one mobile terminal and a user terminal. The user authenticating method includes: receiving access information of a network including an access identification code and an access location code from the user terminal; estimating an access location of a network based on the access location code; determining at least one mobile terminal associated with the access identification code; transmitting the estimated access location of a network to the at least one mobile terminal; and receiving a location-based access approval or access rejection determined based on the access location of a network and a location of a particular mobile terminal belonging to the at least one mobile terminal from the particular mobile terminal. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215564 | INDICATING ORGANIZATION OF VISITOR ON USER INTERFACE OF USER ENGAGED IN COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITY WITH VISITOR - A method, system and computer program product for indicating an organization of a visitor on a user interface of a user engaged in collaborative activity with the visitor. The visitor attempting to engage in a collaborative action (e.g., participating in an online meeting, sharing files) with a user from a different organization is authenticated to confirm that the visitor has the right to engage in collaborative activity with the user from the different organization. The identification of the organization of the visitor is extracted from the information used to authenticate the visitor. The identification of the organization of the visitor is then displayed on the user interface of the user engaging in the collaborative action with the visitor. In this manner, the organization of the visitor is easily discoverable by the user without requiring the user to perform a time consuming search to determine the organization of the visitor. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215565 | AUTHENTICATION SERVER, AND METHOD AUTHENTICATING APPLICATION - An application authentication program causes a data server and an application server to execute the processes of: accepting an access request containing application-related information and redirection information from an application running on a communication terminal; and when judging that the redirection information is legitimate, transmitting an access response being a response to the access request and containing application identification information corresponding to the application-related information to the communication terminal including a redirection destination corresponding to the redirection information. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215566 | TRANSMISSION NETWORK SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND AUTHENTICATION INFORMATION DEVICE - A transmission network system includes a network terminating device connected to a user terminal and an authentication information device connected to the network terminating device through a transmission network. The transmission network is connected to a reference clock that holds a reference time. The network terminating device includes a terminating internal clock that synchronizes with the reference clock, when receiving a first frame from the user terminal, generates a second frame including a time outputted from the terminating internal clock as a request time on the basis of the first frame, and transmits the second frame to the authentication information device. The authentication information device generates time authentication information based on the request time included in the received second frame, generates a third frame including the generated time authentication information, and transmits the third frame to the transmission network. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215567 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication system has a first communication device, and a second communication device conduct wireless communication with the first communication device. The first communication device has a first transmitter that transmits a signal to the second communication device, and a first transmission controller that controls the first transmitter. The second communication device has a first receiver that receives the signal from the first communication device, a first reception controller that controls the first receiver, a signal processor that processes the signal received by the first receiver, and a determination part that determines whether the signal received by the first receiver is a normal signal. When transmitting a predetermined first signal, the first transmission controller divides the first signal into a plurality of segments to change a transmission frequency of the first transmitter in units of segments. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215568 | REQUESTING MODIFICATION RIGHTS TO A LINKED FILE SET - A computer implemented system and method of sharing files between a link sharer and a link recipient over a network. The method comprises generating, in response to a request by a link sharer, a file sharing link to a file set, where the link does not provide a link recipient the ability to modify the contents of the linked file set. In response to receiving an indication that the generated link has been activated by a link recipient, displaying a representation of the linked file set with a display element configured to send a request for modification rights to the linked file set when activated by the link recipient. In response to receiving the request for modification rights, either automatically granting modification rights to the linked file set or sending notice to the link sharer indicating that the link recipient is requesting modification rights to the linked file set. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215569 | USER TERMINAL, UNAUTHORIZED SITE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR BLOCKING UNAUTHORIZED REQUEST - The transmission of an unauthorized request from a terminal is blocked. It is possible to provide a user terminal which blocks an unauthorized request made by malicious content by detecting the transmission of a request generated in a user terminal, investigating whether the request contains an improper word registered in an improper word database, and inhibiting the transmission of the request when it is determined that the request contains the improper word. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215570 | Systems and Methods for Collecting and Accruing Labor Activity Data Under Many-to-Many Employment Relation and with Distributed Access - A system and methods enable distributed users to have controlled and distributed access to labor data, and the labor data are produced as the results of monitoring and accruing labor activities with many-to-many employment relation. One method further comprises: (1) a method of importing data as the result of monitoring labor activities, and resolving the employment relation under which a labor activity is performed; (2) a method of accruing labor activities using input data according to the employment relation identified by method (1), and; (3) a method of enabling controlled access to labor and payroll data for distributed users. Labor monitoring software system (a) accrues labor activities from field-collected labor monitoring data, (b) identifies the employment relation, and (c) prepares payroll report based on the terms defined in the employment relation. Authorized users may access the data in raw or processed format from a variety of Internet-connected devices, including smartphones, tablets, and desktop computers. The system may be used in a variety of applications in which an employee has multiple employers, and distributed access to labor data is needed. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215571 | E-MAIL AUTHENTICATION - A system and method for determining whether an e-mail originates from a sender authorized by an address provider to send the e-mail to an intended recipient's e-mail address. The e-mail identifies an address provider from which the intended recipient's e-mail address was obtained. The e-mail is delivered to the intended recipient only upon verification that the sender is authorized by the address provider to obtain the intended recipient's e-mail address. The system and method may also provide for determining whether an e-mail originates from a forged source. A server receives data relating to an e-mail, including a purported sender and a verification host. The server queries the verification host with information pertaining to the e-mail and requests confirmation that the e-mail originates from the purported sender. The e-mail is determined to originate from a forged source unless the verification host responds that the e-mail originates from the purported sender. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215572 | Authenticating Applications to a Network Service - Authenticating applications to a network service includes authenticating an application with a certificate to access a service provider over a logical connection between the application and the service provider and confirming that the application is using an authorized port of the service provider. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215573 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLICATION ACCOUNTS - System and methods of controlling computing application interactions with an electronic learning platform are described herein. The systems and methods may involve creating application accounts for computing applications, receiving a request for a computing application to interact with an electronic learning platform, determining whether an application account corresponds to the computing application of the request, and determining whether the requested interaction is permitted based the permissions and the settings of any account for the respective computing application. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215574 | ACCESSING OBJECTS IN HOSTED STORAGE - A hosted storage service stores a virtual data object that corresponds to data. The virtual data object includes metadata that enables access to the data in a delegated storage service but does not include the data. A delegate storage service stores the data. The hosted storage service receives a request for access to the virtual object and sends a response that includes metadata to access the data in a delegated storage service. The delegate storage service receives a request for access to the data based on the metadata. In response to receiving the request for access to the data object, the delegate storage service sends the data to the client application. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215575 | ESTABLISHMENT OF A TRUST INDEX TO ENABLE CONNECTIONS FROM UNKNOWN DEVICES - A method of controlling access to a remote system includes granting a connecting device full access to the system upon determining the device is registered to a user, upon determining the device is not registered, determining whether the device has connected to the system before, granting the device full access to the system if the device has connected before and a trust index based on a trust level for the device and a trust level of a location the device is currently connecting from exceeds a threshold, and granting the device limited access to the system otherwise. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215576 | Image Processing Apparatus and Image Processing System - An image processing apparatus comprising: an image processing unit configured to perform image processing; and a control device configured to perform: transmitting the authentication information received by the input unit to the server; receiving a result of user authentication from server, the result indicating a specific user authenticated by the server; requesting individual restriction information for the specific user when the result received, determining whether the requested individual restriction information for the specific user is obtained; restricting the performance of the image processing based on the requested individual restriction information, when the requested individual restriction information is obtained; requesting common restriction information when the requested individual restriction information is not obtained, obtaining the requested common restriction information; and restricting the performance of the image processing based on the obtained common restriction information. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215577 | REMOTE ACCESS OF DIGITAL IDENTITIES - A system and method for controlling distribution and use of digital identity representations (“DIRs”) increases security, usability, and oversight of DIR use. A DIR stored on a first device may be obtained by a second device for use in satisfying the security policy of a relying party. Release of the DIR to the second device requires permission from a device or entity that may be different from the device or entity attempting to access the relying party. Further, the use of the DIR to obtain an identity token may separately require permission of even a different person or entity and may be conditioned upon receiving satisfactory information relating to the intended use of the DIR (e.g., the name of the relying party, type of operation being attempted, etc.). By controlling the distribution and use of DIRs, security of the principal's identity and supervisory control over a principal's activities are enhanced. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215578 | Adaptive Audiences For Claims In A Social Networking System - A social graph may be modeled as a collection of claims. Each claim is associated with an author, an audience, and an assertion about a fact. Probabilistic information may be collected from various sources for a claim, enabling a social networking system to evaluate a truthfulness of the assertion made in the claim. User-declared profile information may be evaluated as claims. A user, entity, or application may make claims about any assertions made in the social networking system. Reputation scores may be determined for users based on evaluations of their historical assertions. Claims may be evaluated for truthfulness using a probabilistic prediction model using heuristics analysis, regression analysis, and machine learning methods. A claims-based profile of users may be provided to viewers based on the contexts in which the claims were made. Viewers may view claims made about users, such as the users' biographical information, contact information, expertise, and interests. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215579 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING DIGITAL LIVING NETWORK ALLIANCE CONTENTS - The present document provides a method and apparatus for controlling digital living network alliance contents. One Media Access Control (MAC) recording unit is extended at the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) device side for recording which MAC addresses are permitted to access or use the service of the DLNA device or prohibited from accessing or using the service of the DLNA device; one service control program is extended at the DLNA device side, and when there is another DLNA device transmitting a request to the DLNA device, the MAC address of the DLNA device is compared with the MAC address recorded by the MAC recording unit; and if the MAC address of the DLNA device is in the permission list or the MAC address of the DLNA device is not in the prohibition list, then the request will be permitted; otherwise the request will be rejected. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215580 | AUTONOMIC NETWORK PROTECTION BASED ON NEIGHBOR DISCOVERY - In one implementation, security configuration is automated based on information gathered using autonomic neighbor discovery. The neighbor discovery establishes a realm of trust between neighbors, such as determining that some neighbors may be trusted and others may not be trusted. A dynamic security barrier is created using the trust where devices on the network border protect the entire network. Differences in trust result in differential security configuration. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215581 | PROXY DATA VIEWS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE CREDENTIALS - A method of providing an administrator with a managerial view of personnel data may include receiving a login that includes administrator credentials from a personnel administrator and receiving a command associated with the administrator credentials to view personnel data in a personnel database. The personnel data may be associated with a group of employees under a manager in a managerial hierarchy. The method may also include selecting between a manager view of the personnel data and an administrator view of the personnel data. The manager view may include a first subset of the personnel data, the administrator view may include a second subset of the personnel data, and/or the first subset may be smaller than the second subset. The method may additionally include causing the first subset of personnel data to be displayed on a display device according to the manager view. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215582 | VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND VERIFICATION METHOD - A verification system and a verification method are provided. After a user inputs an account number and a password in a display interface provided by a first electronic device, it is determined whether first geographic information of the first electronic device is located within a limited region of second geographic information or a trusted region. If it is determined that the first geographic information is located within the limited region of the second geographic information or the trusted region, the first electronic device is allowed to access a network service platform, or the first electronic device is declined to access the network service platform, thereby increasing network security without complicating operations. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215583 | Wireless Local Area Network Authentication Method and Mobile Terminal - A wireless local area network authentication method is provided that includes: automatically obtaining, by a mobile terminal, an access account and an access password; and automatically sending, by the mobile terminal, a web authentication request to a network server, where the web authentication request carries the access account and the access password. A corresponding mobile terminal is also provided. By applying the wireless local area network authentication method and the mobile terminal disclosed in the present invention, a mobile terminal can automatically complete web authentication of a wireless local area network, a user does not need to enter an account and a password, and a web authentication interface does not need to be displayed to the user either, thereby avoiding a complex and repetitive authentication operation and improving user experience. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215584 | Use of Resource Up to Extension Value by Subscription Device - A pin associated with an identification number (ID) of a subscription device and a sequence number of a credit is output to a user. The pin is inputted to the subscription device. The subscription device is to allow the user to use a resource up to an extension value stored in the subscription device, if the entered pin correlates to a stored pin of the subscription device. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215585 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING CONNECTION CREDENTIALS - In one embodiment, a method includes establishing a connection with an access-point (AP) device via a first communication path. The method further includes establishing a connection with a proxy device for the AP device via a second communication path that is distinct from the first communication path. In addition, the method includes determining a set of connection credentials maintained by the AP device. Furthermore, the method includes determining a set of connection credentials maintained by the proxy device. Additionally, the method includes identifying a correct set of connection credentials. The correct set includes at least one of the first set and the second set. The method also includes synchronizing the first set and the second set according to the correct set. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215586 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING AND USING A DERIVED AUTHENTICATION CREDENTIAL - A method for generating a derived authentication credential includes determining whether a first authentication credential obtained from an individual is valid. The first authentication credential includes device data. Moreover, the method includes verifying the individual is a first authentication credential legitimate user after the first authentication credential is validated, and determining that a second authentication credential associated with the individual is valid after the individual is determined to be the legitimate user. Furthermore, the method includes capturing authentication data from the individual with a communications device, and after successfully authenticating the individual with an authentication computer system with the captured authentication data, combining the second authentication credential with the device data. | 2014-07-31 |
20140215587 | REMOTE KEYCHAIN FOR MOBILE DEVICES - An app of a mobile device registers the mobile device for a remote credential server (RCS) and receives a device token. When a credential for a remote asset is supplied on the mobile device it is routed to the RCS and stored external to the mobile device but referenced on the mobile device via an asset token. When the credential is needed, the device token and the asset token permit the RCS to authenticate and return the credential to or on behalf of the mobile device so that the mobile device can authenticate to and access the remote asset. | 2014-07-31 |