35th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 72 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080208933 | MULTI-CLIENT CLUSTER-BASED BACKUP AND RESTORE - Backup and restore technology comprising a backup engine, one or more client backup modules coupled to the backup engine via a backup protocol, and a backup database coupled to the backup engine, the backup database including a set of clusters, the set of clusters forming one or more backups, wherein each cluster of the set of clusters is unique such that single-instance storage across clients is achieved. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208934 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UPDATING ATTACHMENT FILES - A method of updating a file attached to an electronic document can include attaching a file to an electronic document and storing a reference to the attached file. The reference can specify a location from which the attached file was obtained. Responsive to a user input, the attached file can be replaced with a file specified by the reference. The attached file also can be updated from newly specified locations. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208935 | Computer Program Product and Computer System for Controlling Performance of Operations within a Data Processing System or Networks - Provided are methods, apparatus and computer programs for identifying matching resources (data files and executable files) within a data processing network, by comparison of hash values computed for each of a set of resources. A match between a newly computed hash value and a previously computed hash value for a resource indicates that the resource has not changed since the previous computation. A match between hash values for different resources indicates that they are identical. The result of the comparison can be used to determine whether a virus scan is currently required for a resource, on the basis that a resource which is unchanged since it was classified virus-free remains virus-free and a resource which is identical to a virus-scanned resource does not require duplication of the virus scan. The methods, apparatus and computer programs enable more efficient use of antivirus scanning or management of a backup copy process. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208936 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDIA FOR A PORTABLE MEDIA DEVICE - A method is provided for managing media for a wireless communications device having a memory with media files stored therein. The method comprises the steps of: retrieving information related to the media files stored in the memory of the wireless communications device that are protected; retrieving information related to the media files stored in the memory of the wireless communications device that are flagged; determining space available in the memory of the wireless communications device for replacement media files, the space available including space occupied by the flagged media files but not the protected media files; and generating a selection of replacement media based on the calculated space available on the wireless communications device, the selection of replacement media being chosen from available media stored external to the wireless communications device. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208937 | IMAGE INPUT APPARATUS AND INFORMATION REGISTRATION METHOD - A disclosed image input apparatus is connected via a network to one or more information processing apparatuses and is capable of registering multiple service entries at once according to a registration request sent from any one of the information processing apparatuses. The disclosed image input apparatus includes a service entry storage space; a service entry area reservation unit configured to reserve service entry areas in the service entry storage space; and a service entry update unit configured to register the service entries in the reserved service entry areas if available and to register the service entries in non-reservation areas of the service entry storage space if the reserved service entry areas are not available. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208938 | Distributed Database System Providing Data and Space Management Methodology - A distributed database system providing data and space management methodology. In a distributed system comprising a plurality of servers sharing access to data pages, a method for setting a timestamp indicating when modifications to data pages are made in a non-regressing fashion comprises steps of: maintaining a local sequence at each server and an allocation page timestamp on an allocation page; upon allocation of a data page, applying a timestamp to the data page which is greater than the allocation page timestamp; upon modification of a given data page at a particular server, setting the timestamp on the given data page to the greater of the local sequence at the particular server and an existing timestamp already on the given data page; and when data pages are deallocated, adjusting the allocation page timestamp to a value greater than the timestamp value on any deallocated data page. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208939 | Decoder device and decoding method - A decoder having an element decoding unit generating external information for input data, including an exponent position determining unit, when the external information output from the element decoding unit is input, of information excluding a sign bit from the external information, specifying an exponent that is a bit position where a value different from a sign bit first appears, a mantissa obtaining unit obtaining information of 1-bit or a plurality of bits in a position next to the exponent as a mantissa out of the external information, a storage unit storing the exponent and the mantissa and a restoring unit restoring the external information by reading the exponent and the mantissa stored in the storage unit, wherein the element decoding unit performs iteration decoding based on the restored external information is utilized. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208940 | RECONFIGURABLE CIRCUIT - A reconfigurable circuit including a multiplier for multiplying a value, an accumulator for cumulatively adding said multiplied value and a round-off processing unit for rounding off said cumulatively added value; wherein said multiplier, said accumulator and said round-off processing unit are disposed within a single processing element and said accumulator provides an output at a timing according to a control signal. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208941 | Interpolation Process Circuit - There are included a three-tap FIR calculating part ( | 2008-08-28 |
20080208942 | Parallel Architecture for Matrix Transposition - An extension to current multiple memory bank video processing architecture is presented. A more powerful memory controller is incorporated, allowing computation of multiple memory addresses at both the input and the output data paths making possible new combinations of reads and writes at the input and output ports. Matrix transposition computations required by the algorithms used in image and video processing are implemented in MAC modules and memory banks. The technique described here can be applied to other parallel processors including future VLIW DSP processors. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208943 | Data transform method and apparatus, data processing method and apparatus, and program - When sample data is played back, audio guide data G | 2008-08-28 |
20080208944 | DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR STRUCTURE FOR PERFORMING LENGTH-SCALABLE FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMATION - A digital signal processor structure by performing length-scalable Fast Fourier Transformation (FFT) discloses a single processor element (single PE), and a simple and effective address generator are used to achieve length-scalable, high performance, and low power consumption in split-radix-2/4 FFT or IFFT module. In order to meet different communication standards, the digital signal processor structure has run-time configuration to perform for different length requirements. Moreover, its execution time can fit the standards of Fast Fourier Transformation (FFT) or Inverse Fast Fourier Transformation (IFFT). | 2008-08-28 |
20080208945 | METHOD TO COMPUTE AN APPROXIMATION TO THE RECIPROCAL OF THE SQUARE ROOT OF A FLOATING POINT NUMBER IN IEEE FORMAT - Approximations of reciprocal square roots are provided in IEEE floating point binary format by obtaining an index from an input value, accessing a pair of table values and performing a limited number of simple and rapidly performed manipulations. The maximum relative error in the approximation thus provided is less than 0.75/2 | 2008-08-28 |
20080208946 | Method Of Data Analysis - A method of analysis of incomplete data sets to detect fraudulent data is disclosed. The method comprises computing constant values for various leading digit sequence lengths, computing artificial Benford frequencies for the digit sequence lengths, computing a standard deviation for each of the sequence lengths, and flagging any digit sequences in the data set that deviate more than an upper bound number of standard deviations from the artificial Benford frequencies, the upper bound used to determine if the observed data deviates enough to be considered anomalous and potentially indicative of fraud or abuse. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208947 | METHOD AND APPRATUS FOR EVALUATING VISITORS TO A WEB SERVER - Different web pages on a web server are associated with different qualification profiles, each of which is assigned a value by the web-site proprietor. Traffic data hits at the web-site are analyzed to determine which web pages the visitor viewed on the web server. Each qualifying visitor is thereafter associated with a qualification profile and a corresponding value. In another aspect of the invention, visitors arriving as a result of an advertisement on a remote web-site are tracked. The web-site proprietor is consequently able to determine a return on advertising investment based on the value of visitors brought to the site by the tracked advertisement. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208948 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USING BOOLEAN DERIVATIVES TO PROCESS DATA - Method and apparatus for generating an Nth order Boolean derivative from r bit-array Qth order partial derivatives combined using fusion. Exemplary applications include multimedia, e.g., signal, image and video, processing systems; security systems; edge detection, compression, filtering, multimedia data, e.g., signal, image, video, interpolation and resizing systems; biometrics and recognition systems; networking and communication systems; static hazard free circuit design, simplifying gates in circuits; circuit testing, fault detection, and analysis systems. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208949 | Distribution Request Control Method and Unit, and Program for Distribution Request Control Method - To provide a distribution request management method and so on in which a communication service providing side can perform data signal distribution while keeping high reliability. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208950 | Method and Apparatus for Integrating and Managing Information of Mobile Terminal - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for integrating and managing information of mobile terminal which provide content in accordance with an efficiency of a mobile terminal. Method comprises the steps of A) adjusting whether a mobile terminal supports a user agent profile and requesting an information of the mobile terminal; B) deciding an approval on the information of the mobile terminal after identifying a registration content of the information of the mobile terminal; C) extracting a subscriber information and a device ID from a log file generated in the case that the mobile terminal accesses a wireless internet network, comparing the same with pre-stored data and updating the subscriber information and the device ID in accordance with the result of the comparison; D) inquiring and requesting the information of the mobile terminal from a content providing unit based on the subscriber information in the case that the mobile terminal accesses the content providing unit through the wireless internet network; and (E) transmitting an inquiring result of the information of the mobile terminal to the content providing unit. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208951 | Method for Processing Mailed Items - An exemplary method for processing mailpieces is adapted to be performed in a data network having a plurality of processing units connected to each other within the data network, wherein an image of a surface of the mailpiece is recorded in a first one of the plurality of processing units, and wherein mailing data associated with the mailpiece is ascertained from the image of the surface in other of the plurality of processing units, and wherein a process order is determined in which the mailing data is ascertained by the plurality of processing units. The exemplary method comprises storing first information about a second one of the plurality of processing units, the second one of the plurality of processing units either preceding or following the first one of the plurality of processing units in the process order, providing connection information for establishing a data connection between the first one of the plurality of processing units and the second one of the plurality of processing units, the connection information being associated with the first information, and employing the connection information to establish a data connection between the first one of the plurality of processing units and the second one of the plurality of processing units to transmit the image therebetween. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208952 | Information processing apparatus and method and program - Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus configured to distribute stored content to a client reproducing apparatus connected to the information processing apparatus via a network, which may include acquiring means; real item information generating means; extracting means; virtual item generating means; reproduction sequence list generating means; virtual item information generating means; collecting means; and distributing means. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208953 | Method for notifying presence information, a presence server, a client and a system - The present invention provides a method for notifying presence information, a presence server, a client and a system. A watcher subscribes to presence information of the presentity via the presence server. The presence server receives the published message sent by the presentity client or application sever and judges whether the watcher has defined notification rules, if notification rules have been defined, the presence server processes the published message according to content-related process rules predefined by the watcher and presentity and the notification rules. If it is determined that the notification rules have not been defined, the presence server processes the published message according to content-related process rules predefined by the watcher and presentity. The presence server sends the processed published message to the watcher. The notification rules can be predefined in the presence XDMS or the presence server by the watcher, and also can be created in response to subscription. By using the method and system, the presence server can determine whether the user is to be notified and which presence information is to be sent according to the requirement of the user. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208954 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING DISTRIBUTED ADMINISTRATION - A master defines properties for a resource. The master assigns the properties to an owner. The owner associates the properties to an administrator object, the administrator object being an administrator of a company. The administrator can then associate the property to other objects associated with the company, thereby granting other company users access to the resource property. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208955 | Don't Disturb Service Management System And Implementation Thereof - The present invention discloses a Don't Disturb Service management system and implementation thereof. The system includes a Don't Disturb Service management center and a subscriber identify module with the Don't Disturb function. In the Don't Disturb Service management center, a content management device records the content of messages and sets attributes for each recorded message; a downlink instruction sending and processing device selects the corresponding message from the content management device according to the service identifier included in the service request up-sent by the subscriber identify module, and constructs the data short messages to be sent, with the content and attribute of the selected message and its attributes in the predetermined format. In the subscriber identify module with Don't Disturb function, a downlink instruction receiving and processing device stores the complete information included in the received data messages into the designated storage file; the interface output device is used to send the information belonging to a category to a user according to the attributes of message stored in said storage file when the user finds out said category. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208956 | CONTENT AGGREGATION AND SHARING SYSTEM - A system for the aggregation and sharing of entertainment content on a global communications network, such as the Internet. A hosted service provides at least one server, one database, and software operating the server and the database to provide a web site on the network. The web site permits users to each set-up one or more accounts in accord with a JokeBox metaphor for storing instances of the entertainment content in the database. At least some of the users send emails to the hosted service containing entertainment content for inclusion in their accounts, with the hosted service permitting them to specify classes of the users which can view the entertainment content in their said accounts. The hosted service then presents the entertainment content in the accounts at the web site, thus aggregating and sharing the entertainment content. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208957 | Quarantine Over Remote Desktop Protocol - Described are systems and methods for implementing quarantine over a remoting protocol. The systems and methods verify whether remotely connected computing devices or client devices comply with specified system health requirements. This includes determining whether the remotely connected computing devices have correct security software installed, current operating system updates, correct configuration, etc. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208958 | RISK ASSESSMENT PROGRAM FOR A DIRECTORY SERVICE - Testing and evaluating a directory service of a distributed computing environment. Information related to the directory service is collected and a ruleset is executed to identify one or more problem issues as a function of the collected information. The identified problem issue includes a corresponding solution that may be applied to the directory service. A report representative of the identified problem issue and corresponding solution is generated and provided to a directory service administrator or a service engineer. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208959 | Hanging request system and method for client/server communication - A communication system for a computer network is described. The system has a Client Process configured to open a connection for requesting and receiving data across the computer network and a web server process operating on a web server configured to respond to a request across the computer network. The Client Process issues a hanging request to the web server process. The hanging request contains from zero to many event subscription demands. The hanging request maintains the connection to the web server process open. The web server process, in response to the hanging request, generates an event notification when an event occurs. The event notification is sent to the Client Process and the web server process closes the open connection after transmission of the event notification. The Client Process can further open a subsequent hanging request connection to the Web Server process. The Client Process is configured to detect an undesired disconnection from the web server process and can reconnect to the web server process by reissuing the hanging request. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208960 | Directory server plug-in call ordering - A method and apparatus for ordering callbacks for server plug-ins of a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory server. Each plug-in registers with the LDAP server and has a designated priority and set of dependencies. The priority and dependency data are stored in an LDAP callback configuration entry or set of entries. The LDAP server analyzes the priority and dependencies to determine the order of each plug-in or individual callback relative to one another. This allows the LDAP directory server and LDAP operations to rely on the order of callbacks thereby improving the efficiency of the system. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208961 | Parallel retrieval system - In a parallel retrieval method for a web request to a particular web host from a client, a request for a target object is redirected to a best agent. The request for the target object is sent according to a designated domain name for agents instead of a domain name of the particular web host. The target object includes a first object and a second object. At the best agent, the request for the first object is associated with a domain name of a first server and the request for the second object is associated with a domain name of a second server. The request for the first object is sent to the first server and the request for the second object is sent to the second server. The client obtains in parallel, the first object from the first server and the second object from the second server. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208962 | Real time automatic update system and method for disaster damage investigation using wireless communication and web-gis - Disclosed are a real time automatic update system and method for disaster damage investigation using wireless communication and a web-GIS (Geographic Information System), which are able to prevent disaster recurrence by effectively acquiring various data associated with a disaster area in disaster investigation, quickly establish a disaster register and enable easy searching by loading corresponding data on the web. The system includes a field equipment kit which is comprised of various kinds of equipments for capturing the location of a damaged area, damage cause information, damage images and moving images, and voice information and transmitting them to a server; a damage investigation information receiving server which receives data that is created in the field equipment kit and transmitted therefrom through wireless communication, analyzes/stores disaster data, and classifies/processes the disaster data; a web server which receives data classified suitably for a homepage, a disaster register, a web-GIS, etc. and establishes a disaster register DB and a web DB; a web-GIS server which updates and stores geographical information and geographical property information linked with the web server; and a client terminal which connects to the web server and the web-GIS server to generate a retrieval signal of disaster information and displays the information on the screen. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208963 | Online File Sharing - Systems and methods are disclosed involving sharing data files amongst a group in a networked system. In a first embodied system and method, a user uploads a video file to a file sharing server over a network and the server makes the file available for access by a group of users. In a second embodied system and method, the user shares a file with the group of users using a peer-to-peer model. The systems and methods may be operated in conjunction with a separate social networking system, in which case certain features may operate jointly, such as user authentication. Even if the file sharing server or social networking system are not involved in the actual file transfer, each may be used to facilitate group generation, group information storage, file preview storage, file availability notification, messaging, user verification, and other features. The group with whom a file is shared may be defined by the user who uploads the file, may be automatically generated, such as by analysis of the user's settings in the social networking system, or may be generated by the user or file sharing server sending invitations to a chosen or defined set of users. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208964 | Client-Server Information System and Method for Providing Graphical User Interface - Described is an information system consisting of a server computer and one or more client computers connected with the server by a communication channel, wherein a data modification and retrieval operation being executed by the server computer, and the client computers executing the requests to the server for the data modification and retrieval and representing the advanced graphical user interface, characterized in using, at each client computer, an extendable universal system of dynamically created self-sufficient objects. Also a method is proposed for providing an advanced, dynamically created graphical user interface at a client computer in a client-server information system, characterized in using a developed system of self-sufficient objects operated according to a certain algorithm, i.e., a program object system functioning without using event handlers. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208965 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR INPUTTING INFORMATION RELATING TO A SERVICE OR A PRODUCT SELECTED ONLINE BY A USER INTO A PORTABLE SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CAPABLE DEVICE - A system for inputting information relating to a service or a product selected online by a user into a portable, short-range wireless communication device includes: a first server for storing a first information facilitating the user to select a product or a service, the first server generating a second information relating to the product or the service selected by the user, a second server generating a third information from the second information and embedding the third information in a short-range wireless communication data unit; a client device providing access to the first server; a communications network interconnecting the first server and the client device; a portable, short-range wireless communication capable device for receiving the short-range wireless communication data unit; and a communications system for forwarding the short-range wireless communication data unit from the first server to the portable, short-range wireless communication capable device. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208966 | Hierarchical Temporal Memory (HTM) System Deployed as Web Service - A web-based hierarchical temporal memory (HTM) system in which one or more client devices communicate with a remote server via a communication network. The remote server includes at least a HTM server for implementing a hierarchical temporal memory (HTM). The client devices generate input data including patterns and sequences, and send the input data to the remote server for processing. The remote server (specifically, the HTM server) performs processing in order to determine the causes of the input data, and sends the results of this processing to the client devices. The client devices need not have processing and/or storage capability for running the HTM but may nevertheless take advantage of the HTM by submitting a request to the HTM server. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208967 | Method and System for Improved Internet Color - The present invention provides a technique for providing color corrected images to a user over a network. In particular, the present invention allows multiple image providers to provide color corrected images to a user when the user's computer and its associated devices are not calibrated and/or characterized, or the calibration and/or characterization data is not available over the network to the image providers. This abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the rules requiring an abstract to allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure contained herein. This abstract is submitted with the express understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208968 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED DOCUMENTATION FOR SOLICITED TRADES - A system and method are provided that allow for automated documentation of all advice interactions between broker representatives on one end and clients, or prospective clients, on the other. This is accomplished by providing a computer system for storing appropriate data for each advice interaction with a client. The advice interaction data can be used to assess compliance with existing regulations, as well as for analytical and training purposes. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208969 | AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF ONLINE CONTENT FOR SHARING - Embodiments of the present invention provide a way to combing websites that can be edited over the Internet using distributed revision control. This also makes it possible to use writable web sites while not being connected to the Internet. In some embodiments, the present invention is applied to wikis. When a wiki reconnects, differences are automatically sent over and changes from other wikis are merged automatically. Wikis may also be synchronized on a periodic or event driven basis. Embodiments of the present invention may also be used for load balancing between wikis, or to share information with users who can only occasionally connect to the Internet. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208970 | Systems and Methods for Enabling Selective Communications between Participants - Systems and methods for selective communications, including: establishing a communication between one or more participants, where the communication is established according to configuration instructions, where the configuration instructions determine whether a one-way communication exists between one of the participants and another one of the participants. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208971 | Social Networking via Communications over Interactive Devices - A social networking part for a mobile phone that allows initiating communications with persons within a vicinity. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208972 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STATEFUL WEB SERVICES ENABLEMENT - A web services enablement system includes a computer adapted to send and receive information to and from a first service, to send and receive information to and from a second service, which may not be a web service, to manage a connection with a third, stateful, service and to send and receive information via the stateful service based on information received from the first service or the second service. Also a method of enabling two-way web services and stateful transactions that includes steps of providing an architecture of base services and meta-services, defining a first base service comprising a core component and an extension component, combining the first base service and a meta-service to create a first usable service, managing a relationship between the first usable service and a second service through dependency or binding or utility, and performing a stateful transaction using the first usable service. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208973 | CONTEXTUAL MOBILE LOCAL SEARCH BASED ON SOCIAL NETWORK VITALITY INFORMATION - A system, apparatus, and method are directed to managing contextual based mobile searches. A context oriented user interface interprets inputs from a mobile user based on vitality information. In one embodiment, the input may be interpreted as a request to perform a context-based search over a network using at least some of the vitality information. Vitality information may include a location of the mobile device, a time of day, an event, information from the mobile user's calendar, past behavior of the mobile user, weather, social networking data, aggregate behaviors, or even information about proximity of a social contact. By employing vitality information to perform a mobile search, better search results and a richer user experience may be provided that includes a sense of community, a sense of presence (e.g., a sense of “here-ness.”). In one embodiment, the mobile user may provide comments to others regarding the search results. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208974 | METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING A MEDIA OBJECT - A method, electronic device, computer program product, system and apparatus are provided for sharing a media object and, in particular for sharing the discussions and comments surrounding the media object. A user's device may automatically keep track of one or more comments and discussions surrounding a particular media object by, for example, storing information associated with those comments and discussions in a data source either internal to or external from the electronic device, such that the stored information is somehow linked to the corresponding media object. When the user attempts to transmit the media object (e.g., upload the media object to an online sharing server, transmit the media object to a friend, or the like), the user's device may automatically gather the stored information associated with that media object and then transmit that information along with the media object. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208975 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for accessing a discussion forum and for associating network content for use in performing a search of a network database - Methods, systems, and computer program products for accessing a discussion forum and for associating network content for use in performing a search of a network database are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method can include receiving identification of a subject from a client device. Further, the method can include receiving selection of at least one of a plurality of predetermined discussion forum categories for accessing a discussion forum associated with the identified subject and the at least one of the plurality of predetermined discussion forum categories. The method can also include presenting a discussion forum to the client device based on the received identification of the subject and the received selection of the at least one of the plurality of predetermined discussion forum categories. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208976 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING QUALITY OF SERVICE-ENABLED CONTENTS IN PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKS - A system and method of providing quality of service (QoS)-enabled digital content in peer-to-peer (P2P) networks are provided. The QoS-enabled service system on the P2P network includes: a service provider capable of providing digital content; one or more user nodes receiving digital content from the service provider; one or more donor nodes lending resources for providing digital content; and a supernode receiving information on user nodes and donor nodes, and a copy of digital content from the service provider, allowing the exchange of digital content among the user nodes through P2P networking, and when at least one user node experiences a P2P networking error during the exchange of the digital content, arranging for a predetermined number of donor nodes from among the one or more donor nodes to join the P2P networking. According to the system and method, even when the function of a peer does not normally work on a P2P network, a donor as a replacement of the peer is utilized, thereby providing QoS-enabled digital content to a user requesting the digital content. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208977 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESOLVING A UNIT OF WORK - A method for resolving a unit of work involving a plurality of participants, the method comprising the steps of: generating logic comprising an identifier generator; aggregating the logic with an owning application of a unit of work; and in response to the owning application initiating the unit of work, generating, by the identifier generator, an identifier associated with the unit of work. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208978 | Data Processing Device for Use in an Ad-Hoc Network, and Corresponding Ad-Hoc Network - In one aspect, a data processing device which comprises an application for use in an ad-hoc network whereby the application is provided with a data interface to a central service for the processing of the first data is provided. A proxy instance is connected to the application via a first data connection for the exchange of the first data, while the proxy instance is connected to a plurality of additional data processing devices via the ad-hoc network for the exchange of second data. The proxy instance is adapted to generate the first data from the second data and to generate the second data from the first data, the exchange of the first data between the application and the proxy instance being carried out via the data interface. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208979 | DISPATCHING CLIENT REQUESTS TO APPROPRIATE SERVER-SIDE METHODS - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for dispatching client requests to appropriate server-side methods. When a client request is received, a Web server refers to a service contract framework that maps URI paths and HTTP methods to corresponding server implemented methods. A server implemented method corresponding to a URI path and/or an HTTP method included in the client request is identified. The server implemented method is invoked to process the client request message. Accordingly, embodiments of the invention provide a uniform mechanism to dispatch HTTP requests to designated server implemented methods based solely on URI path and HTTP method. That is, an HTTP request can be dispatched to a designated server implemented method without having to include additional dispatch metadata within the HTTP request (e.g., in a SOAP envelope). | 2008-08-28 |
20080208980 | EMAIL AGGREGATION SYSTEM WITH SUPPLEMENTAL PROCESSING INFORMATION ADDITION/REMOVAL AND RELATED METHODS - An electronic mail (email) system may include a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices, a plurality of email storage servers, and an email aggregation system operatively connected between the plurality of mobile wireless communications devices and the plurality of email storage servers for directing emails therebetween. The email aggregation system may include an inbound gateway server for receiving inbound emails and selectively adding supplemental processing data thereto, as well as at least one mail user agent (MUA) server downstream from the input gateway server for processing received emails based upon the selectively added supplemental processing data. The email aggregation system may further include an outbound gateway server downstream from the at least one MUA server for sending outbound emails after removing the supplemental processing data therefrom. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208981 | Providing Information Regarding Mailing List Aliases - A method for providing information regarding mailing list aliases, the method including displaying an email message including at least one mailing list alias, and displaying an email address of a recipient of the email message in association with the mailing list alias. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208982 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING STATUS INFORMATION RELATING TO A RELATION BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF PARTICIPANTS - Methods and systems are described for providing status information relating to a relation between a plurality of participants. One method includes receiving a first message from an agent associated with a relation principal for a relation between a plurality of participants, the message including relation status information of the relation. A relation tuple associated with the relation principal for the relation is provided. The relation tuple includes a party element having information identifying at least one of the plurality of participants in the relation and a status element having a status of the relation. In response to providing the relation tuple, a notification message including at least a portion of the received relation status information is generated. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208983 | Providing Information Regarding Mailing List Aliases - Systems and methods for providing information regarding mailing list aliases to recipients of email messages that are sent using mailing list aliases are provided in the present invention. A method for providing information regarding mailing list aliases in an email message is provided. The method includes displaying an email message including at least one mailing list alias, and displaying a scope indicator in association with the mailing list alias, wherein the scope indicator provides a visual indication that a plurality of email addresses are mapped to the mailing list alias. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208984 | User interface for transitioning between chat and email - Instant messaging, also known as chat, is integrated with electronic mail in a user interface that provides for conversion of messages between electronic mail (email) and instant messaging. A user interface is provided for allowing a user who is composing an email message to convert the message to a chat message. The chat message will include any content that was present in the electronic mail message, and the user can continue to compose the chat message, and then send it to a chat address determined automatically from the email address of the original email message. Notifications are provided that indicate when chat users have logged on to or logged off from the chat service. These notifications assist a user composing a message to select the most appropriate communication method based upon the current online presence of the intended recipient. A user interface for converting messages in the opposite direction, from chat to email, is also provided. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208985 | System and method for preloading content segments to client devices in an electronic network - A system and method for supporting content distribution in an electronic network includes a peer-to-peer network of electronic devices. The electronic devices are initially preloaded in a distributed manner with various content segments from corresponding content items. When a system user selects a particular content item on a corresponding electronic device, a download manager of the electronic device may automatically generate content segment requests to other appropriate electronic devices in the peer-to-peer network. The download manager may then download and automatically reassemble the content segments to produce the selected content item for utilization by the system user. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208986 | System and method for targeted healthcare messaging - A system and method for targeted pharmaceutical messaging is provided. The system includes a central targeted messaging server for receiving targeted advertisements or messages from a plurality of data sources, a notification database for storing the targeted messages and associated, pre-defined criteria, and a web server which can communicate with a plurality of message requesters to receive requests for targeted messages and to convey same to the plurality of message requesters. A customized web site could be provided for allowing vendors (e.g., pharmaceutical companies, etc.) to upload targeted message text files and/or voice files to the system of the present invention. In response to prescription-related activity, requests for targeted messages are transmitted by the plurality of message requesters to the system of the present invention. The targeted messaging server queries the notification database to identify a matching targeted message, and responds with the location of a matching targeted message text and/or voice file. The matching targeted message can then be transmitted and conveyed to the recipient. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208987 | Graphical spam detection and filtering - Some embodiments of graphical spam detection and filtering have been presented. In one embodiment, an electronic mail addressed to an electronic mail account is screened. If a graphic image is embedded in a body of the electronic mail and a sender of the electronic mail is unidentified, then the electronic mail is classified as unsolicited bulk electronic mail. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208988 | Automatic restriction of reply emails - In one embodiment, a method includes detecting, by an automated program, an attempt by a recipient of an email addressed to a plurality of addressees that includes the recipient to send a reply-all email. The automated program rejecting the reply-all email based on a pre-set policy rule that limits a number of reply-all email in a thread. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208989 | Method for Provision of an Address in a Data Network - The invention relates to a method for provision of an address of an online computer, connected to a data network, for at least one receiving computer. The aim of the invention is the provision of an address, in particular, a temporary IP address in which known disadvantages do not occur. Said aim is achieved, whereby the online computer carries out the following steps: transmission of a first data set, with the identification for at least one server structure globally accessible by the data network, to the receiver computer, whereby the server structure is selected from a number of available server structures, transmission of a second data set, identifying at least one code designator, to the receiving computer and storage of the address of the online computer together with the code designator on the identified server structure. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208990 | PRESENCE SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, SERVER AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREFOR - A presence system in which communication terminals and a presence server may cooperate to provide status notifications. A communication terminal may provide the server a store message to suspend transmission of status notifications to that communication terminal. The presence server may be arranged so that in response to a store message requesting storage of status notifications the transmission of status notifications from the server to that communication terminal is suspended. Several approaches to release the suspension are provided. The presence system, communication terminal and/or the communication presence server may include hardware and/or computer code or software to provide the respective functions and operations. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208991 | Data Processing Arrangement - A data processing arrangement (BBP) comprises a system-host processor (SHP) and a system-guest processor (SGPl). The system-host processor (SHP) is provided with an operating system (OS) and an operating-system-message transceiver (SI) for receiving an operating-system-related message corresponding with a service request and for sending an operating-system-related message corresponding with a service response. The system-guest processor (SGPl) is provided with an operating-system simulator (SOI). The operating-system simulator (SOI) sends an operating-system-related message to the system-host processor (SHP) in response to a service request from a task (A, B) that the system-guest processor carries (SGP) out. The operating-system simulator (SOI) provides a service response to the task (A, H) in response to an operating-system-related message from the system-host processor (SHP). | 2008-08-28 |
20080208992 | Mechanism for discovering and recovering missing emails in an email conversation - A mechanism is disclosed for generating a composite email for an email conversation. The composite email includes content automatically extracted from a plurality of the emails in the email conversation, and may be generated in response to a user accessing just one of the emails in the email conversation. A mechanism is also disclosed for discovering and recovering lost emails in an email conversation. A mechanism is further disclosed for automatically moving emails from one container to another after an email has been read. These and other advantageous email generating, manipulation, and organization mechanisms are disclosed herein. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208993 | Method For Distributing New Services in an Internet Multimedia Subsystem (Ims), and a Node Adapted Therefore - The present invention relates to a node in an Internet Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, adapted to carry Session Initiated Protocol, SIP, traffic between inviting and invited users, comprising means for distributing at least one address from where an SIP based application, required for a communication between the users, wherein the type of communication is defined in the invitation form the inviting user, can be downloaded. The node comprises means for including the at least one address from where the SIP based application can be downloaded into a SIP message from the inviting user to the invited user, wherein the SIP message is associated with the invitation for immediate communication via the required application. The present invention also relates to a method in an IMS for distributing the at least one address from where an SIP based application can be downloaded. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208994 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY OF EMAIL DISCUSSION WITHIN EMAIL CLIENTS - A method and email system for improving efficiency of email discussion within an email client comprising: an email tag filter for filtering a special tag in email contents, extracting original email contents, and identifying tag related information which includes at least an author name corresponding to the email contents; and a content style setting component for receiving and keeping the tag related information fed by the email tag filter, then identifying which part of the email contents is written by which author according to the tag information, and assigning correct style to corresponding contents using a user customization style for each author. The invention differentiates different users mainly by automatically labeling the contents input by the users, and the input contents can be distributed in different positions within a single email, which matches the natural convention of the current users to use the email system. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208995 | ELECTRONIC MAIL PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC MAIL PROCESSING SYSTEM - Even when setting a complicated spam judging condition, it is possible to reliably determine a necessary electronic mail in reality (i.e a mail that is not a spam mail), without deleting a necessary electronic mail or the like. Based on the assumption that an electronic mail from a mail address to which transmission was performed in the past has a high possibility of not being a spam mail, a transmission destination mail address of an electronic mail transmitted to outside the organization is recorded as a permitted mail address (Step 506-Step 510), and when a transmission source address of an electronic mail destined to inside the organization matches a mail address registered in a permitted mail address database (Step 511: Yes), processing is performed to unconditionally receive this electronic mail (Step 504). | 2008-08-28 |
20080208996 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DATA TRANSFER IN NETWORKS USING DISTRIBUTED FILE LOCATION INDICES - Methods and apparatus for data transfer according to various aspects of the present invention operate in conjunction with a peer-to-peer (p2p) network associated with distributed file location index. For example, a system according to various aspects of the present invention may identify a high-demand file item according to communications on the p2p network and store a copy of the high-demand file item. The system may assign a non-random node identifier to the system for identifying the computer system in the p2p network. The system may then respond to requests for the high-demand file item. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208997 | Electronic mail communication device - An electronic mail communication device may be provided with a receiving device that receives an electronic mail, a sequence map creation device, and an output device. The sequence map creation device may create a sequence map in which correspondent objects corresponding to the correspondents of a series of electronic mails relating to the electronic mail received by the receiving device are arranged along an x direction, and transmission objects indicating from whom and to whom each of the series of electronic mails was transmitted are arranged along a y direction in order of the date and time of communication. The output device may output the sequence map created by the sequence map creation device. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208998 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN A SERVER AND A CLIENT - A system and method for improved client and server communications, more particularly, an improved protocol that may be used for communication between a client and a server, such as in an email environment. Many features are provided for improved communications. An email server may provide the best message body available for an email message, may transfer an entire data object if requested property or properties are not well defined within the data object, may provide progress data for use in tracking download progress, and may send error information for a data object having an error. Email changes may be optimized at an email server component, even if the email changes occurred at another email server component. An email server may maintain a table of changes that occur to folders at an associated data store, and may notify a subscribed email client component of changes that occur in the table. | 2008-08-28 |
20080208999 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEDIATING PUBLISHED MESSAGE STREAMS FOR SELECTIVE DISTRIBUTION - A computer implemented method, system and computer program product for delivering published messages to at least one subscriber in a publish-subscribe messaging system. A computer implemented method for delivering published messages to a subscriber includes receiving a plurality of message streams, and analyzing at least one message from each of the plurality of message streams in accordance with criteria established by the subscriber specifying a message content and a message content quality. At least one message that satisfies the criteria is delivered to the subscriber. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209000 | Community-based Method and System for Creating and Subscribing to Dynamic Push Channels - A system and method are provided for allowing a user to define and subscribe to channels of information to be pushed to a wireless device. In defining a channel a specific area of a web page is selected by the user to be monitored for change. The user may also select data to be pushed should a change be detected. A regular expression is created to match the area of interest for changes and if changes occur to push the desired content to the wireless device. Icons on the wireless device alert the user to any unread pushed content. Users may also subscribe to predefined channels, or modify predefined channels should they have the security authorization to do so. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209001 | Media approval method and apparatus - An apparatus ( | 2008-08-28 |
20080209002 | ALERT MANAGEMENT MESSAGING - Techniques are described for providing alert management messages in a broadcast environment to individual recipients or to identifiable groups of recipients. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209003 | MONITORING DEVICE AND MONITORING METHOD - A computer executes a monitoring control by receiving a first notification which has been transmitted from another communication apparatus to a network, and acquiring first identification information which is identification information of the communication apparatus at a predetermined first layer, from the first notification. The computer acquires second identification information which is identification information of the communication apparatus at a second layer being lower in hierarchy than the first layer. The computer associates the first identification information and the second identification information, and acquires a connection state between the network and the communication apparatus at the second layer. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209004 | FULL MESH RATES TRANSACTION IN A NETWORK - In one embodiment a communication method comprises the steps of receiving a query at Layer 2 from an entry node by way of a coordinated network, the query requesting data rates of network resources of the coordinated network; transmitting a Layer 2 request for an available data rate to each of a plurality of nodes connected to the coordinated network in response to the query; receiving a first Layer 2 response to said request from one or more of the plurality of nodes, wherein the first response includes a data rate with which each of the one or more nodes is capable of transmitting or receiving data; and transmitting a list of the received data rates to at least the entry node on the coordinated network. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209005 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, OPERATION MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND PROGRAM IN A DISTRIBUTED NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - An operation management system capable of simultaneously detecting and managing, in a computer distributed processing environment, employs physical location information about locations where computers are located and logical location information of software programs running on the computers. Physical location information of a network connection device, such as a network switch, is described in a master data library or the like in advance, and is created as configuration items and discovered by a software dependency discovery unit. Configuration items stored in a configuration management database are associated with the configuration items for the physical location information. Preferably, the physical location information is configured as structured data. This makes it possible to establish hierarchical associations between configuration items for the physical location information. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209006 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, DATA PROCESSOR, AND METHOD OF OPERATING DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A data processor is communicable with a host device via a network. The data processor includes a media connecting unit, a file creating unit, a data transmitting unit, and an operation executing unit. The media connecting unit is capable of connecting a storage medium. The file creating unit creates a controlling file for controlling the storage medium. The data transmitting unit transmits data identifying the controlling file to the host device for allowing the host device to access the file. The operation executing unit executes an operation of the storage medium in response to receiving a transmission request of the controlling file. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209007 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for accessing data associated with a plurality of similarly structured distributed databases - Methods, systems, and computer program products for accessing data associated with a plurality of similarly structured distributed databases are disclosed. According to one method, a first value of a data element associated with a first distributed database is received from the first distributed database. A second value of a data element associated with a second distributed database is received from the second distributed database. The first and second values of the data element are included in a third merged database. The first and second values of the data element in the third merged database are accessed. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209008 | Method and apparatus for processing remote control key data in home network device - Provided are a method and apparatus for receiving remote control key data in a home network and requesting a server to perform an operation corresponding to the remote control key data. The method includes converting the remote control key data to a code which can be referred to in a web document received from the server, determining an operation corresponding to the code by referring to the web document, and requesting the server to perform the determined operation. Accordingly, even when an item corresponding to a function supported by the server is not displayed on a menu screen, a user receiving a service from the server using a client device in the home network can use the function by instinctively pressing a remote control key corresponding to the function. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209009 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SYNCHRONIZING CACHED SEARCH RESULTS - Search result files are synchronized among multiple servers so that each of the servers stores copies of the search result files stored by others of the servers. Such synchronizing may be performed periodically. In cases where search result files stored at different servers have similar labels, older ones of the similarly labeled search result files may be replaced by newer ones thereof at each respective one of the servers during the synchronization process. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209010 | INFORMATION SHARING BETWEEN IMAGES - A content-based image retrieval technique for sharing image information between images. In the present image information sharing technique digital photographs containing relevant comments and links to web pages are supplied by a set of authors. A user of the image information sharing technique takes a digital picture of something that interests them, such as, for example, a poster, a product, a painting, and uploads it to an image information sharing server. The image information sharing technique then matches the photo to an image in an image information sharing database. The comments and web links associated with the matched photo are subsequently sent to the user. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209011 | Systems and methods for automatically locating web-based social network members - Systems and methods for automatically locating web-based social network members are provided. According to one embodiment, contact content including an associated GPS identifier and status for web-based social network members located at or near the same location automatically appears on a GPS-enabled device. A further exemplary system includes a GPS-enabled device configured to receive a GPS identifier and a status representing a location and a current state for a web-based social network member, a processing module that associates the received GPS-identifier and the received status, and a communications module that sends the associated GPS-identifier and status to a server comprising a web-based social network database. Contact content in a web-based social network database record in the web-based social network database is updated to include the associated GPS identifier and status for the web-based social network member. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209012 | METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING SECURE REMOTE ACCESS OVER A NETWORK - A method and apparatus that provides means for remotely accessing a device over a network. The method and apparatus includes connecting, by a first device, to a server over a network for communication with a second device over the network, sending a request for remote access from the first device to the second device over the network by utilizing information provided by the server, storing, by the second device, remote access data in an image file, wherein the remote access data stored includes information to remotely access the second device or resources of the second device over the network, sending the image file with the remote access data to the first device over the network and accessing, by the first device, the second device or resources connected to the second device over using the remote access data stored in the image file. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209013 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING PLAYLISTS - A system for sharing playlists utilizes a network, such as the Internet. A player device other than a general purpose computer, such as a dedicated media player or a remote control for a dedicated media player, is in communication with the server over the network. The player device is configured to receive a playlist, queue the playlist, display the playlist, and play a selection from the playlist. A user profile may be used to identify playlists that are likely to contain selections of interest to the user. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209014 | Meta-Application Architecture For Integrating Photo-Service Websites For Browser-Enabled Devices - A method and system for integrating web photo-services for a browser-enabled device is disclosed. The method and system include providing a server that communicates with a browser-enabled device over a network. Further, an image-related web application is provided to the device over the network, the web application executable on the device. The web application receives a list of images stored on the device from the device and a list of images stored at a remote location from the server. The method and system further include providing, by the web application, content combining the lists of images received from the device and the server, wherein the content is presentable on the device and includes an image reference for each image included in the combined lists of images and an indication of whether each image is stored on the device or at the remote location. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209015 | CHECKING AND REPAIRING A NETWORK CONFIGURATION - A technique for performing configuration checking of a network is provided. A network data store is scanned for at least one transaction. At least one event is generated for the transaction. At least one configuration policy is associated with the event. The configuration policy is compared with configuration data associated with the event. It is determined whether the configuration policy has been violated based on the comparison. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209016 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POLICY-BASED PROVISIONING IN A VIRTUALIZED SERVICE DELIVERY ENVIRONMENT - In a distributed computing network having computers interconnected with each other, a method and apparatus of providing policy based provisioning of middleware components to provide a solution for a service. With this invention, the middleware components that are necessary to provide the solution are determined. Then, the configurations of the computers are determined so as to satisfy a selected configuration policy for a selected solution. Finally, the necessary middleware components are installed on the configured computers so that the solution can be provided. Some of the selected configuration policies are: maximization of server utilization policy, provisioning of software components requiring external access based on availability of external resources, and minimization of total time to install said determined components. The progress of installation of the middleware components can also be monitored to make any necessary adjustments in the configuration of the virtual machines so that the selected configuration policy can be satisfied. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209017 | MANAGEMENT OF BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION IN A NETWORK SERVER - A method and system for operating a network server to discourage inappropriate use are disclosed. A server is connected to a plurality of connected client devices, and is configured to transfer information between any selected one of the client devices and a memory for static storage of information. The method comprises the steps of receiving a request to transfer a file between the memory and one of the plurality of client devices, removing a packet comprising a defined number of information bits from the file, transferring the packet between the memory and the client device per the request, then pausing for a defined delay period, and repeating the removing, transferring, and pausing steps in order until all of the file has been transferred. Preferably, the method further comprises increasing the defined delay period after each execution of a packet transfer cycle, thereby discouraging the transfer of unacceptably large files. The delay period may be initiated, and the amount of increase or other adjustment to the delay period during the transfer cycle may be controlled, by selected a predetermined value from a table, or by calculating a value based on variable input parameters such as the file size, server load, network response time, and number of transfer requests from the client device within a defined prior period. The number of information bits in the packet may similarly be initiated, and adjusted during the transfer cycle. The system comprises the server having an application for performing the method according to the invention. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209018 | Method to Enable Infiniband Network Bootstrap - Firmware of an InfiniBand (IB) host computer device provides a representation of an IB Host Channel Adapter (HCA) within the hierarchical data structure during system initialization. An ib-boot support package encapsulates arguments for booting over an IB network using an ibport device. The ib-boot support package supports keywords identifying a network support package or a Sockets Direct Protocol (SDP) support package. When the first keyword is provided, the IPoIB network protocol is used to access the boot server and retrieve the boot file. When the second keyword is provided, the IB network boot method is implemented, whereby the SDP network protocol is used to access the boot device. Access to the boot server is thus provided via one of the support packages, and the boot image is returned to the host device via the IB network for completion of boot operations. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209019 | Method and System for Automatic Detection, Inventory, and Operating System Deployment on Network Boot Capable Computers - A system for the automatic detection and inventory of a network boot capable computer and for the automatic deployment of an appropriate operating system to the network boot capable computer. First, an initial broadcast packet from the network boot capable computer is received. In response to receiving the initial broadcast packet, a discovery kernel is sent to the network boot capable computer. The discovery kernel generates a hardware details file. The hardware details file is received from the network boot capable computer and is analyzed. After the hardware details file is analyzed, an appropriate operating system is deployed to the network boot capable computer. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209020 | DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT - A dynamic power management technique to optimize the performance to a pre-defined power or temperature limit. A computing system may comprise a performance management unit that may reconfigure the performance parameters, dynamically, based on the pre-defined power or temperature limit. Such an approach may provide performance enhancements as the power consumed by various components of the computing system may be reduced. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209021 | Synchronous delivery of media content in a collaborative environment - An apparatus and method for facilitating a synchronous display of a time-based media object (e.g., a video or audio file) with a remote device is provided. In one example, the apparatus comprises control logic for controlling the display of a media object in response to a user entered command with a first device, and communication logic for causing communication of the user entered command (e.g., play, pause, skip, etc.) and a metric (e.g., time or frame reference) associated with the media object to a second device for synchronizing the display of the media object with the first and second devices. The first and second devices may communicate via peer-to-peer communications, for example, in a collaborative or social application such as an IM application. Further, the apparatus may include various devices such as a personal computer, mobile phone device and/or mobile personal entertainment device, DVR, or the like. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209022 | Systems and methods for managing computer systems - A method of managing a plurality of computer systems is disclosed. The method includes using one or more scripts to provide a list of n computer system identifiers corresponding to n computer systems, wherein n is an integer greater than 1. The method further includes establishing concurrent management sessions between a base computer system and a plurality of the n computer systems, and determining whether the total number of established management sessions between the base computer system and the plurality of computer systems is greater than a threshold amount. If the total number of determined management sessions is greater than the threshold amount, the method additionally includes waiting for a predetermined period of time before attempting to establish any additional management sessions. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209023 | Method and apparatus for processing system management messages - Method and apparatus for processing system management messages are described herein. In one embodiment, a throttling policy associated with a network node is determined for throttling system management messages to be sent to a system management server over a network. The system management messages are then sent to the system management server according to the throttling policy, where the system management server is configured to manage multiple network nodes over the network. Other methods and apparatuses are also described. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209024 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING VISITORS TO A WEB SERVER - Different web pages on a web server are associated with different qualification profiles, each of which is assigned a value by the web-site proprietor. Traffic data hits at the web-site are analyzed to determine which web pages the visitor viewed on the web server. Each qualifying visitor is thereafter associated with a qualification profile and a corresponding value. In another aspect of the invention, visitors arriving as a result of an advertisement on a remote web-site are tracked. The web-site proprietor is consequently able to determine a return on advertising investment based on the value of visitors brought to the site by the tracked advertisement. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209025 | STORAGE SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONNECTION METHOD - The storage system in the present invention includes: plural control units for controlling data sending/reception independently for each network; a management unit provided between a management computer and the control units, for managing the control units based on a command sent from the management computer; a virtual communication channel creation unit for creating a virtual communication channel between the management unit and the control units; a virtual communication channel connection unit for separately connecting the management unit and each control unit to the virtual communication channel created by the virtual communication channel creation unit; and a sending unit for sending, to each control unit, a command sent from the management computer via the virtual communication channel connected by the virtual communication channel connection unit. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209026 | METHOD FOR ADAPTIVELY MODIFYING THE OBSERVED COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR OF INDIVIDUAL SENSOR NODES BASED ON BROADCASTING OF PARAMETERS - A method for continually controlling the collective behavior of a set of computing devices in a distributed data processing system. A gateway node disseminates a specification request comprising a set of parameters to a set of computing devices. The gateway node may be unaware of the number and identity of individual computing devices. Each computing node receiving the request determines whether its attributes satisfy the predicates expressed in the specification request. If so, the node processes the parameters in the specification request and modifies its own behavior based on the values in the parameters of the specification request. Subsequently, the gateway node may also observe the quality of information (QoI) values communicated from the set of computing devices. The gateway node iteratively modifies the parameters disseminated in subsequent specification requests based on a divergence between a computed quality of information value and a desired quality of information value. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209027 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECORDING BEHAVIOR HISTORY FOR ABNORMALITY DETECTION - Disclosed is an autonomic abnormality detection device having a plurality of agents, a server with a one or more processors, a data storage device and a corrective actions engine. The device is adapted to detect and diagnose abnormalities in system components. Particularly, the device uses agents to track performance/workload measurements of system components and dynamically compiles a history of those performance/workload measurements for each component. In order to detect abnormalities a processor compares current performance/workload measurements for a component to the compiled histories for that component and for other components. The processor can further be adapted to determine possible causes of a detected abnormality and to report the abnormality, including the possible causes, to a corrective actions engine. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209028 | DISCOVERING AND DETERMINING CHARACTERISTICS OF NETWORK PROXIES - A device, system, and method are directed towards determining network information. A network address is determined for a possible proxy. A determination is made whether a port on the possible proxy is open and/or if the port supports an HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) proxy request. A request is sent to the possible proxy over the port, the request being configured to be forwarded to a network device. A type of the possible proxy is determined based in part on a behavior of the network device. The behavior may indicate whether the request is received by the network device, or whether the possible proxy obscures an origin of the request. The proxy type may include whether the possible proxy is a non-proxy, an anonymous-proxy, a controlled-proxy, and/or an open-proxy. Various types of network analysis may then be performed using the possible proxy and the determined proxy type. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209029 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING BUSINESS PERFORMANCE USING MONITORING ARTIFACTS - A method (and system) of monitoring business performance using a monitoring artifact includes processing an incoming event using the monitoring artifact | 2008-08-28 |
20080209030 | Mining Web Logs to Debug Wide-Area Connectivity Problems - Internet service providers and their clients communicate by transmitting messages across one or more networks and infrastructure components. At various points between the service provider and the clients, inclusively, records may be created of each messages occurrence and status. These records may be read and analyzed to determine the effects of the networks and infrastructure components on the provided quality of service. User-effecting incidents (e.g., failures) occurring at networks may also be identified and described. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209031 | Method of collecting and managing computer device information - A method of collecting and managing computer device information is provided to collect, analyze, and manage device information of a plurality of client computers in a network through a server/client application program. The method includes installing and running a client server application program on client computers in a network and installing and running a server management application program on a server in the network; after each of the client computer is booted, selecting a corresponding data acquisition method according to the type of the operating system of the client computer, so as to perform data acquisition on the device information of the computer in real time; analyzing and summarizing the acquired device information and then sequentially assorting and storing the information; monitoring and recording the changes of the information in real time; and sending the stored information and the changes thereof to the server for statistical analysis and tracking management. | 2008-08-28 |
20080209032 | Alarm method for insufficient storage space of network storage system - An alarm method for insufficient storage space of a network storage system is provided. The method includes the following steps. Preset a time alarm threshold value according to a current operation state of the system when allocating storage spaces to users. Estimate a time that written data fully occupy a current remaining space according to a data writing speed to the storage space, a current idle memory of the system, total dirty data in a cache of the system, and the current remaining space in the storage space. Compare the estimated time value and the time alarm threshold value. And, send alarm information when the estimated time value is smaller than the time alarm threshold value. By setting the alarm threshold value of a time concept, a timely alarm of insufficient storage space is realized, which enhances the effective management of the storage space. | 2008-08-28 |