42nd week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 55 |
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20140310288 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES - A system and method for allocating resources including responders for responding to a request is described. A resource may be allocated based on a request, a user, availability of a responder, availability of a paid responder, a value associated with responding to a request, and a type of resource which is used to respond. Resources may be directed to a request based on expected success, popularity of a request, expected and/or actual reuse of a request, a type of request and a type of information sought. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310289 | DATA ANALYTICS WITH NAVIGATION (DAWN) USING ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN SELECTORS (TERMS) AND DATA ITEMS - Systems and methods are described which use associations between field values, more generally terms, called selectors, and data items, or structures within data items. The associative information is derived from the content of data and can be stored in optimal data structures, generally descriptively named associative matrices, which may be used to perform searches and calculations of data analytics. In some embodiments, calculations use only selector values and their counts, called frequencies, of associated data items, and/or structures within those items. Special queries, executed on the associative information, determine the frequencies. Methods of data analysis use the results of these queries. Applications can display results dynamically as a user creates queries by choosing selectors, changing the queries, and creating new ones, completely intuitively, using point and click. By comparing the results of multiple queries, such an application enables users to dynamically and quantitatively explore associations between facet values. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310290 | EFFICIENT DATA PATTERN MATCHING - Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems parse data with a plurality of pattern matching rules. Pattern matching rules are applied in an ordered sequence and a first rule is applied to the data before a second rule is applied to the data. In response to determining the second rule matches the data the second rule is determined to match the data and the sequence is reordered to apply the second rule prior to the first rule. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310291 | EFFICIENT DATA PATTERN MATCHING - Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems receive data as input to be parsed. The data is parsed using a plurality of pattern matching rules, the plurality of pattern matching rules organized according to a hierarchy including a parent rule and one or more child rules of the parent rule. Parsing includes applying the parent rule to the unstructured data, determining the parent rule is unable to find a pattern match in the unstructured data, and bypassing the application of each child rule to the unstructured data in response to the determination that the parent rule is unable to find a pattern match. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310292 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ADDING CONTENT TO A DATA CONTAINER - There is described a system for adding content to a data container, the data container comprising one or more segments arranged in a sequence, each segment containing payload data and wherein at least one of the one or more segments is compressed. The system comprises parsing through at least a portion of the data container so as to determine at least one of a beginning and an end of the sequence of segments; and adding content to the data container at the at least one of the beginning and the end of the sequence of segments, while the at least one of the segments remains compressed. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310293 | SYSTEM FOR REPLICATION-DRIVEN REPOSITORY CACHE INVALIDATION ACROSS MULTIPLE DATA CENTERS - A distributed cache invalidation system operating on multiple data centers utilizes metadata, read from a replication stream transmitted between data centers, to identify cached items to be invalidated. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310294 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING A WEARABLE DEVICE TO PREDICT THE INDIVIDUALS TYPE AND A SUITABLE THERAPY REGIME - The methods and systems described herein may involve determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and delivering content to at least one individual based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing a game, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one player of the game, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and affecting the game play based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing an interactive space, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual in the space, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and modifying at least one attribute of the space based on the analysis. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310295 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON DATA FROM WEARABLE DEVICES - The methods and systems described herein may involve determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and delivering content to at least one individual based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing a game, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one player of the game, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and affecting the game play based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing an interactive space, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual in the space, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and modifying at least one attribute of the space based on the analysis. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310296 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON DATA FROM WEARABLE DEVICES - The methods and systems described herein may involve determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and delivering content to at least one individual based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing a game, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one player of the game, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and affecting the game play based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing an interactive space, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual in the space, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and modifying at least one attribute of the space based on the analysis. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310297 | HOME AUTOMATION SYSTEMS UTILIZING DETECTED STRESS DATA OF AN INDIVIDUAL AND THE INDIVIDUALS PREDICTED TYPE - The methods and systems described herein may involve determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and delivering content to at least one individual based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing a game, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one player of the game, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and affecting the game play based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing an interactive space, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual in the space, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and modifying at least one attribute of the space based on the analysis. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310298 | CONTROLLING A SENSORY DEVICE TO REDUCE STRESS AN INDIVIDUALS TYPE AND THE DATA COLLECTED FROM A WEARABLE SENSOR DEVICE - The methods and systems described herein may involve determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and delivering content to at least one individual based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing a game, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one player of the game, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and affecting the game play based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing an interactive space, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual in the space, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and modifying at least one attribute of the space based on the analysis. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310299 | MAP TILE DATA PRE-FETCHING BASED ON MOBILE DEVICE GENERATED EVENT ANALYSIS - Map tile data for displaying graphic elements of a web-based mapping system in a mobile computing device may be pre-fetched to the device based on an analysis of the historical uses of a mapping module at that device. A user mapping activity module executing on the mobile device may retrieve user mapping activity data. The module may then extract geographic location data from the user mapping activity data and send the extracted data to a mapping system via a network connection. The mapping system may then match map tile data to the geographic location data extracted from the user mapping activity data and send the matched data to the mobile computing device for cache storage at the mobile computing device. The user mapping activity module may also analyze the user mapping activity data to determine whether the extracted geographic location data is relevant enough to warrant pre-fetching the tile data. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310300 | HYBRID BIFURCATION OF INTERSECTION NODES - A method of processing a set of intersection queries in a multi-dimensional data structure may include receiving the set of intersection queries for the multi-dimensional data structure. The method may also include determining whether to process each of the set the intersection queries individually, or whether to process the set of intersection queries together using pre-cached modifier mappings. The method may additionally include processing the set of intersection queries, and providing intersection values that correspond to the set of intersection queries. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310301 | Hierarchical Data Server - A hierarchical data server provides a query and storage system for hierarchical data with three interfaces that are, data interface for accepting hierarchical data, query interface for accepting a query, and result interface for returning output of the query. The system models hierarchical data with one data object called data vine and one data structure type called data vine list. A data vine includes a name, a property list, and a child list. A data vine list is an ordered list of data vines. A data vine is recursively defined with its child list as a data vine list. The system introduces five basic operators, cast, restrict, unique, sort, and traverse. Each operator acts on one data vine list and returns another data vine list. A property list in a data vine is unordered with set operations implemented, which include default operation, update operation, elimination operation, replacement operation, and intersection operation. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310302 | STORING AND QUERYING GRAPH DATA IN A KEY-VALUE STORE - Techniques for storing and querying graph data in a key-value store are provided. A graph statement (e.g., an RDF graph statement) includes a plurality of values, at least two of which correspond to nodes in a graph. A key is generated based on the graph statement. The key may be generated based on concatenating hash values that are generated based on the plurality of values. The key-value store stores the key. The value that corresponds to the key may be a null or empty value. In response to a graph query (e.g., in SPARQL) that includes one or more query patterns, each of which includes one or more values, a key is generated based on the one or more values and sent to the key-value store, which returns one or more other keys, each of which is a superset of the generated key. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310303 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH SERVER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A server management method includes controlling a display unit of an electronic device to display a management interface to input query information comprising a server name and a component name. The query information input from the management interface is analyzed, and the corresponding component name and the corresponding server name are obtained. A target attribute from a data tree is obtained according to the component name and the server name. A function corresponding to the target attribute is executed and a corresponding attribute list is displayed on the management interface. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310304 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FASHION RECOMMENDATIONS - Providing fashion recommendations based on an image of clothing. Color, pattern, and/or style information corresponding to the clothing may be identified and used to find relevant clothing and/or accessories in an inventory to recommend to a user. The image may be a video of clothing and/or accessories on a human body in motion. An area thereof may be sampled, detected and tracked across sequential frames of the video to obtain color, pattern, and/or style information which may be compared against clothing and/or accessories in an inventory to provide real-time (or near real-time) recommendations to the user. The image may comprise clothing of interest that is associated with a celebrity. The celebrity may be specified and the system returns recommendations of items in the inventory that are matching or complementary to the clothing/accessory of interest and which are consistent with the particular celebrity's fashion style. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310305 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLABORATIVELY ANNOTATING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - Systems and methods for sharing annotations associated with an electronic document. The annotations are created by one or more annotation authors and are shared with one or more other users. A method includes determining frequently annotated portions of the electronic document and providing indicators within the electronic document of the frequently annotated portions. In one embodiment, frequently used words within the annotations are also indicated within the text of the electronic document. In addition, or in another embodiment, the annotations can be searched based on a user's location within the electronic document. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310306 | System And Method For Pattern Recognition And User Interaction - A computer based system for pattern recognition and user interaction that assists users with extracting value from their data. The system for pattern recognition and user interaction converts text based queries into usable mathematical models and software code and provides hierarchical tracing of ongoing interrogation by way of text based queries and related answers while also providing suggestions for future queries to the user. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310307 | Exact Match Lookup with Variable Key Sizes - In a method for performing an exact match lookup in a network device, a network packet is received at the network device. A lookup key for the network packet is determined at least based on data included in a header of the received network packet. A hash function is selected, from among a plurality of possible hash functions, at least based on a size of the lookup key, and a hash operation is performed on the lookup key using the selected hash function to compute a hashed lookup key segment. A database is queried using the hashed lookup key segment to extract a value exactly corresponding to the lookup key. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310308 | Spatially Driven Content Presentation In A Cellular Environment - Techniques are provided for integrated content presentation via cells arranged geometrically in a cellular environment. Users can navigate various orientations and zoom states of the cellular environment to access information via different applications, different media types, different visual representations and from different underlying content sources. The information can be organized according to various logical relationships. Upon receiving an indication of a zoom state associated with a cell or a group of cells arranged in the cellular environment, a content reference at that zoom state is retrieved. Further, the content reference is resolved to retrieve and output content, including a visual representation associated with the zoom state. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310309 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SERVER MANAGEMENT - Exemplary systems and methods for server management are provided. An exemplary system comprises a plurality of servers, with each server having the ability to access a database or, in some embodiments, be configured to perform a calculation, computation or make a determination of a particular value, values or other information. A communications network delivers queries to each server whereby a look-up table directs query processing by the servers. Further embodiments of the system feature a program logic controller for rebalancing the workload of the network servers. Exemplary methods of processing queries on the system comprise submitting a query to the network, communicating the query to each server in the network and each server looking-up on a look-up table the processing responsibilities of the servers in the network. The query is processed by the server having primary responsibility for processing the query while other the servers monitor query processing. Transmission of a query result to a user typically completes the process. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310310 | DISPERSED STORAGE NETWORK WITH PARAMETER SEARCH AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A method begins with a processing module selecting one of a plurality of dispersed storage (DS) processing modules for facilitating access to a dispersed storage network (DSN) memory. The method continues with the processing module sending a DSN memory access request to the one of the plurality of DS processing modules. The method continues with the processing module selecting another one of the plurality of DS processing modules when no response is received within a given time frame or when the response to the access request does not include an access indication. The method continues with the processing module sending the DSN memory access request to the another one of the plurality of DS processing modules. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310311 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONCEPT DISCOVERY WITH ONLINE INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTS - Provided are systems and methods for referencing intent-based taxonomies to enable more natural approaches for users to specify problems to be solved, questions to be answered, and other content requests that can be delivered within online communities. In the medical setting, physicians and medical personnel are accustomed to provide medical information and ask questions of other physicians in the form of a narrative. Narrative medical information can be easy for a physician to define but difficult to process in an online community. The inability to classify such narratives can significantly affect the ability of the physician to obtain answers to his/her question and/or search for material in the community based on his/her question. Narrative statements can be analyzed automatically and standardized concepts returned from medical taxonomies to classify a narrative question. Standardized concepts can also be used to search and/or review material relevant to the question defined within a community. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310312 | IDENTIFYING CONTEXTUAL RESULTS WITHIN ASSOCIATIVE MEMORIES - A system including an associative memory and an input device configured to receive a first query or comparison request. The associative memory is configured to: responsive to receiving the first query or comparison request, locate an entity value having an attribute value matching a term of the first query or comparison request; responsive to locating the entity value, return a first list of results including the entity value; add, as a required search term, at least one of first results from the first list to a second query or comparison request, the second query or comparison request further including all terms of the first query or comparison request; perform the second query or comparison request and, as a result, return a second list of resource references; use the second list to retrieve source data; combine the entity value with the source data to form a combination; and return the combination. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310313 | GENERATION OF SYNTHETIC OBJECTS USING BOUNDED CONTEXT OBJECTS - A processor-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product generates and utilizes synthetic context-based objects. A non-contextual data object is associated with a context object, which comports with a predetermined set of constraints, to define a synthetic context-based object, where the non-contextual data object ambiguously relates to multiple subject-matters, and where the context object provides a context that identifies a specific subject-matter, from the multiple subject-matters, of the non-contextual data object. The synthetic context-based object is then associated with at least one specific data store, which includes data that is associated with data contained in the non-contextual data object and the context object. A request for a data store that is associated with the synthetic context-based object results in the return of at least one data store that is associated with the synthetic context-based object. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310314 | MATCHING PERFORMANCE AND COMPRESSION EFFICIENCY WITH DESCRIPTOR CODE SEGMENT COLLISION PROBABILITY OPTIMIZATION - A method and apparatus include extracting a global descriptor from a query image with a plurality of segments. The method also includes identifying segments with a desirable discriminating potential by analyzing data of the plurality of segments based on an available image database. The method also includes creating a bitmask where the identified segments are active. The method also includes masking any segment of the plurality of segments of the global descriptor that are inactive according to the bitmask | 2014-10-16 |
20140310315 | Filesystem Access for Web Applications and Native Code Modules - One embodiment provides a system that facilitates the execution of a web application. During operation, the system allocates a storage space on one or more storage devices for use by the web application. Next, the system creates, for the web application, a private filesystem comprising a private root directory within the storage space. Finally, the system enables access to the private filesystem for the web application through the private root directory in a manner that does not allow access to a host filesystem associated with the one or more storage devices from the web application. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310316 | Playlist Update in a Media Playback System - Embodiments are provided for updating a playlist that has been added to a playback queue in response to changes to the playback queue. The playback queue may be associated with a zone of a network media system such that items in the playback queue are to be rendered by the zone. The playlist may include one or more items playable by the zone, and may be stored separately from where the playback queue is maintained. Embodiments are also provided for updating a playback queue in response to modifications to a playlist included in the playback queue. In some cases, a user modifying the playlist or playback queue may be prompted upon making the modifications whether to also apply the modification to the playback queue or playlist, respectively. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310317 | LOCKING AND TRAVERSAL METHODS FOR ORDERED TREE DATA STRUCTURES - In one embodiment, two-phase mutation of an ordered tree data structure is performed, wherein a lock can be acquired on a first node in an ordered tree data structure, and an identifier for the first node can be added to a lock path data structure. A second node can also be locked, and an identifier for the second node can be added to the lock path data structure. Subsequently, a set of operations to perform on the ordered tree responsive to a modification of the second node can be determined for each node affected by the modification, and the operation for each node can be stored in the lock path data structure. Once the operations for the nodes have been determined, the operations listed in the lock path can be performed. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310318 | Generating Task Flows for an Application - The present disclosure provides a method, system and computer product for generating task flows for an application. Actions of a user of an application are monitored and key actions carried out by the user in the application are logged. Based on a determined flow of key actions a task flow is formed. A representation of the task flow is stored for access by other users. The stored representation of a task flow is associated with a goal to be achieved in the application. Representations of task flows may be stored locally to the application for access by other users of the application or remotely stored with an indication of the application to which a task flow relates to provide access to the task flows by users of other applications. A list of stored representations of task flows may be provided to enable selection of a task flow. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310319 | WEB MINING TO BUILD A LANDMARK DATABASE AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - This invention relates to building a landmark database from web data. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method builds a landmark database. Web data including a web page is received from one or more websites via one or more networks. The web data is interpreted using at least one processor to determine landmark data describing a landmark. At least a portion of the landmark data identifies a landmark. Finally, a visual model is generated using the landmark data. A computing device is able to recognize the landmark in an image based on the visual model. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310320 | CREATING MAPPING RULES FROM META DATA FOR DATA TRANSFORMATION UTILIZING VISUAL EDITING - A visual editor creates the meta rules for transforming mapping data between the source meta data and target meta data representation via a wide variety of Graphical User Interface (GUI). A set of transformation rules or scripts is generated by the editor using a transformation rule engine, e.g. XSL and sent to a standard transformation engine, e.g. XSLT which accepts an input data file and using the transformation rules generates a transformed output data file The meta rules are represented in a template and stored in a configuration file. The configuration file can be updated with other rules by the visual editor specifying in the rule file the transformation/mapping language as an element of the rule file. The editor specifies any attributes or parameters on the rule transformation/mapping element. The transformation rule engine reads in a new meta rule generated by the editor. Parameter values are added to complete the rule based on the description from a meta rule configuration file. A locking mechanism in the template is selected to lock the context to the template or portion of the rule definition selected at the time the lock is clicked. The new transformation/rule is saved into the transformation rule file. An editor-mapping engine generates a notification of the creation of a new transformation-mapping rule; updates the meta data rules file; and provide the updated rule file to the transformation engine. Input data to the transformation engine is processed using the updated rule file and the transformed data is provided as an output. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310321 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A storage section stores segment information indicative of the correspondences between segments and keys. A control section divides, according to an increase in data which belongs to a segment, the segment into a plurality of segments and updates the segment information. In addition, the control section allows data that belongs to at least one of a plurality of second segments obtained by dividing a first segment once or by hierarchically dividing the first segment N (N>1) times, at the time of the N meeting a determined condition, to be moved from a storage device which stores data that belongs to the first segment to another storage device. The control section restricts the movement of data at the time of the N not meeting the determined condition. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310322 | Method and System for Identifying File Type - A method and a system for identifying a file type. A modification interface may be provided so that a user inputs a file feature parameter, and the file feature parameter input by the user is added to a file type configuration file, then the file type configuration file is loaded to a state machine to perform file type identification. Therefore, the user can modify a file feature parameter in the original file type configuration file, and when a file feature parameter of a file of a certain type is changed or a file of a new type appears, the user can update a file feature parameter in the state machine in time to identify the changed file or the file of the new type. In this way, the user does not need to search for an identification tool on the Internet. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310323 | STORAGE DEVICE PERMITTING FILE STORAGE ACCORDING TO EXTENSION, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A storage device which enables a user to set types of files permitted to be stored without regard to extensions of the files. An image forming apparatus includes a HDD having a plurality of folders for storing files therein. A document management section extracts an extension of a file to be stored in an extension folder. The document management section manages the extracted extension as an extension specifying a type of files permitted to be stored in the plurality of folders. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310324 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY SORTING AND INDEXING ELECTRONIC FILES - Systems and methods are provided for automatically sorting and indexing electronic files. A set of emails is received from a folder for an email program. A set of nouns from a first email from the set of emails is identified, wherein the first email comprises a document attached to the first email, and wherein the set of nouns are identified from the first email, the document attached to the first email, or both. The set of nouns are sorted alphabetically. A file structure is created on a storage device for storing data from the set of emails. The file structure includes a first folder with a same name as the folder for the email program, and a second folder with a name comprising the sorted set of nouns. The document attached to the first email is stored in the second folder. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310325 | MODEL CALCULATION UNIT, CONTROL UNIT AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A DATA-BASED FUNCTION MODEL - A model calculation unit for calculating a data-based function model in a control unit is provided, the model calculation unit having a processor core which includes: a multiplication unit for carrying out a multiplication on the hardware side; an addition unit for carrying out an addition on the hardware side; an exponential function unit for calculating an exponential function on the hardware side; a memory in the form of a configuration register for storing hyperparameters and node data of the data-based function model to be calculated; and a logic circuit for controlling, on the hardware side, the calculation sequence in the multiplication unit, the addition unit, the exponential function unit and the memory in order to ascertain the data-based function model. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310326 | ADAPTIVE FILTER FOR SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION - The adaptive filter for system identification is an adaptive filter that uses an algorithm in the feedback loop that is designed to provide better performance when the unknown system model has sparse input, i.e., when the filter has only a few non-zero coefficients, such as digital TV transmission channels and echo paths. In a first embodiment, the algorithm is the Normalized Least Mean Square (NLMS) algorithm in which the filter coefficients are updated at each iteration according to: | 2014-10-16 |
20140310327 | SYNCHRONIZATION ACROSS APPLICATIONS - Mechanisms of synchronization between different types of application, using communication between client and server devices, are described. As an example, synchronization between a script running in a browser and a native application may be implemented using a lock service on a server. Mechanisms for synchronization also allow for applications on different client devices to be automatically synchronized. Identifiers may be automatically used by a synchronization mechanism implemented by a service. Identifiers may include user, machine, application or other identifiers. Messages and protocols between the client devices and server services to create, use, and destroy a lock are described. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310328 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATED GENERATION OF MINIMAL PARTITIONING OF A PROCESS SPECIFICATION FOR SUPPORTING ITS DISTRIBUTED EXECUTION - A process definition is partitioned for execution in a system architecture that enables the communication and meta-orchestration of multiple distributed engines. The partitioning method creates separate scripts for each group (execution engine, computer, distributed computer, etc.) where each script has the same representation as the original control flow, but keeps local services and replaces remote services with data flow messages and synchronization points. This method ensures that the resulting process has the same result as the original process executed with a single engine. Additional advantages include: the number of partitions of the process is minimized to equal to the number of distributed engines; the communication between engines is minimized to only data flow messages; there is no dependency on a specific process representation such as BPMN; and reduced implementation complexity. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310329 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ASSIGNING TOPICS TO ANSWERERS - A system and method for ranking topics for presentation to a responder is based on a corpus, requests and responder actions is described. A topic list is ranked based on correlation of topics, frequency of usage, registration frequency, response type and frequency. Topics are presented explicitly and/or implicitly to a responder based on a ranking of topic which is adjusted for the responder. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310330 | ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ENTITIES IN A SHARED NETWORK - A method, system, and/or computer program product establishes a communication session between two entities on a shared network. A request to locate a desired entity on a shared network, which hosts one or more entities that are unknown to a requesting entity, is received from the requesting entity. A desired environment with which the desired entity is associated is selected by the requesting entity. An inquiry packet is broadcast to all entities on the shared network. The inquiry packet, which does not specify a data link layer by which any particular entity communicates with the shared network, includes a request for an identity of any entity on the shared network that is assigned to the desired environment. A response to the inquiry packet provides an identity and data link layer address of the desired entity, thus enabling the establishment of a communication session between the requesting and desired entities. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310331 | MONITORING AND DISTRIBUTING EVENT PROCESSING WITHIN A COMPLEX EVENT PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT - A method for event processing within a complex event processing environment. The method includes monitoring a plurality of event processing paths of the complex event processing environment. The method includes determining that utilization of server resources in the complex event processing environment has exceeded a threshold value and identifying one or more event processing paths responsible for the high utilization of server resources. The method includes determining that the one or more event processing paths contain an independent rule, wherein an independent rule includes a rule or a rule subset where data for processing of the rule or rule subset is accessible by a client computing device. The method then includes determining the client computing device can perform processing of the independent rule and transferring processing of the independent rule to the client computing device. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310332 | METHOD FOR ACCESSING PLURAL CLOUD STORAGES, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A method for accessing plural cloud storages, an electronic apparatus and a non-transitory computer readable medium are disclosed herein. The method for accessing plural cloud storages includes steps of: providing a unified interface on the data processing system, the unified interface being configured for offering a unified interface format instruction to plural application programs to access each of the cloud storages; linking the unified interface with a plurality of configuration plug-ins, each of the configuration plug-ins comprises at least one distinct instruction for accessing a particular cloud storage; and, converting a request with the unified interface format instruction from one of the application programs to one of the at least one distinct instruction according to the configuration plug-ins for accessing a destination cloud storage of the cloud storages. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310333 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING REMOTELY STORED APPLICATIONS AND INFORMATION - The present invention includes computerized method and apparatus for user interactivity with a network application executing on a server. The method and apparatus includes receiving, via a wireless network, an event message from a mobile device, the event message representing an input from a user interface on the mobile device where the user interface is executing based on a mobile application. The method and apparatus further includes generating data values based on the input in the event message and information relating to the mobile device. Moreover, the method and apparatus includes sending an update message to the mobile device based on the data values for updating a display of the mobile device. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310334 | System, Method and Apparatus for Media Submission - A system, method and apparatus for media submission. The submission mechanism is configurable to perform a variable amount of intelligent preprocessing on media objects prior to upload. In the example of digital images, the tool can perform sizing and formatting, for example. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310335 | PLATFORM FOR CREATING CONTEXT AWARE INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES OVER A NETWORK - Various software services may benefit from enhancements to interactive services. For example, context aware interactive experiences over a network may benefit from a platform for their creation, distribution, and management. A method can include receiving an application descriptor at a user device from a server, wherein the application descriptor corresponds to an interactive application. The method can also include creating an application instance on an interactive experience processing system targeted to a platform's architecture and interactive capabilities based on the application descriptor. The method can further include responding to at least one action of a user of the interactive application via interactive multimedia rendered on the user device. The application instance can include an application core including at least one interaction node and at least one media node. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310336 | SCREEN DATA TRANSFER DEVICE AND A PROCESSING LOAD REDUCTION METHOD - A screen data transfer device that includes a processor that executes a procedure. The procedure includes: (a) receiving screen data having a changed portion compressed by first compression processing, and detecting a high region where a changed frequency in the screen is a threshold value or greater; (b) detecting a processing load of the device itself; and (c) when the detected load is a threshold value or greater, and in cases in which the changed portion overlaps with the high region, assigning a route of the screen data to a first route in which second compression processing with a higher compression ratio than the first compression processing is executed by a compression section, and in cases in which the changed portion does not overlap with the high region, assigning the route to a second route in which the screen data bypasses the compression section. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310337 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, SERVER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A terminal apparatus provides shared profile information that is selectively received from a server based on a relationship between a first user and a second user, according to whether information of the second user is stored in the terminal apparatus of the first user as local profile information and information of the first user is stored in the terminal apparatus of the second user as the local profile information. Accordingly, a phonebook service for desired profile information is provided only for users in a buddy relationship sharing contact information with each other. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310338 | IMAGE DISTRIBUTION FOR DYNAMIC SERVER PAGES - A server can efficiently distribute images for a web page as groups of images. The server receives a request from a client for a group of images associated with a web page. The request encodes an image group identifier and a retrieving function. The server executes the retrieving function with the image group identifier to obtain the group of images. In response to the request, the group of images are transmitted over a number of data communication connections between the client and the server that are less than a number of images in the group of images. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310339 | CONTENT DELIVERY METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ACCESS NETWORK DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a content delivery method and apparatus, and an access network device. The method includes: receiving, by a cache server in an access network, a service request sent by a user equipment, where the service request contains an address of a content server; if the service data requested by the user equipment is stored, sending the stored service data to the user equipment, modifying the address of the content server in the received service request into an address of the cache server, and sending the modified service request to a core network device; receiving the modified service request that is routed by the core network device to the cache server; and sending the stored service data to the cache server through the Internet, the core network device, and the access network device, and discarding, by the cache server, the service data. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310340 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INSERTING CONTENT INTO CONVERSATIONS IN ON-LINE AND DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTS - Content is inserted into conversations hosted on a takeoff site using creatives that provide lures and links to other material that users engaged in the conversation might find helpful and relevant. Such insertions are made in a contextually meaningful fashion through the use of a matching and decision process that determines best candidate creatives and an appropriate time and place for their insertion into the conversation. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310341 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD AND MEDIUM - A first server comprises: an information request reception unit that receives a request transmitted by a user terminal; an instruction code generating unit that generates a predetermined tag of causing the user terminal to connect to a second server for which a common session ID is to be used, and to receive the common session ID from the second server; an information generating unit that generates a web page that includes the predetermined tag, as a web page that is transmitted to the user terminal in response to the request; and an information transmission unit that transmits, to the user terminal, the common session ID and the generated web page including the predetermined tag. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310342 | METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING A RICH MEDIA.RTM. ACTION WITH AN AUDIOVISUAL CHANGE, CORRESPONDING DEVICE AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE, METHOD FOR GENERATING A RICH MEDIA.RTM. PRESENTATION AND CORRESPONDING COMPUTER SOFTWARE - The invention relates to a method for synchronizing an action in a piece of Rich Media® content with a change in a piece of audiovisual content, said Rich Media® and audiovisual content being part of a Rich Media® presentation. According to the invention, the method comprises the following steps: obtaining a piece of information representative of said change in said piece of audiovisual content, or change information; synchronizing an action in said piece of Rich Media® content with said change, said synchronization step including the following substeps: converting said change information into a Rich Media® event; detecting said event by at least one Rich Media® object of said presentation; triggering said action in said presentation on the basis of said detected event. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310343 | Auto Update Utility for Digital Address Books - An Internet-based system capable of automatically maintaining contact-related information in any computer software application or digital device which stores or manages contact-related information. More particularly, the system allows users to automatically enter and maintain contact-related information in a digital address book or similar application or device (such as a wireless phone or PDA) with minimal or no manual entry of the contact-related information by the user. The system also allows contacts of the user (i.e. people who's contact information or partial contact information is present in the user's address book application) to make corrections to their contact-related information contained in the user's address book, request reciprocal contact information from the user, deny the user access to additional or corrected contact-related information and take other actions relative to managing the contact-related information which others (users) have about them. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310344 | FLASH REDIRECTION WITH BROWSER CALLS CACHING - In particular embodiments, a client loads a flash player. The flash player requests a flash redirection browser to execute an NPN call, the NPN call including a string. The flash redirection browser determines whether a cache at the client includes the string, and if the cache includes the string, the flash redirection browser determines an identifier associated with the string in the cache and returns the identifier to the flash player. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310345 | COLLABORATIVE AUTHORING WITH SCRATCHPAD FUNCTIONALITY - Real-time co-authoring and support for the collaborative process is enabled by making it easy to initiate a collaborative document, to invite the proper people into the process, to collect existing artifacts, thoughts, and research, and then to divide and track the work to completion across a collaborating group. Monitored changes, comments, and similar input by the collaborating authors may be presented on demand or automatically to each author based on changes and/or comments that affect a particular author, that author's portion of collaborated content, type of changes/comments, or similar criteria Real-time or sequential communication such as email, text messaging, and video chat, ay be enabled to further optimize the collaboration process. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310346 | DATA ANALYTICS AND SECURITY IN SOCIAL NETWORKS - A method for securing a social network account assigned to a member is provided. The method may include determining at least one social network account assigned to the member, the member being in electronic communication with the at least one social network account via a communication network, using a software program on a computer having a processor for executing the software program. The method may also include determining a pattern of communications between the member and the at least one social network account and generating a profile for the at least one social network account assigned to the member based on the pattern of communications. The method may further include monitoring an electronic communication with the at least one social network account by the member based on comparing the generated profile with the electronic communication. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310347 | PRESENTATION DELAY FEEDBACK IN A WEB CONFERENCING SESSION - Embodiments disclosed herein provide methods and systems for providing presentation delay feedback to a presenter in a web conferencing session. In a particular embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a presenter client, a request to initiate a web conferencing session. The method further includes establishing the web conferencing session between the presenter client and at least one viewing client. During the web conferencing session, the method includes determining delays in presenting a view of the web conferencing session at each of the at least one viewing clients and providing an indication of the delays to a user at the presenter client. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310348 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INITIATING COMMUNICATION AND SHARING OF CONTENT AMONG A PLURALITY OF DEVICES - An approach is provided for communication and sharing of content among user devices. The approach includes a method for determining a request for a sharing of at least one content item between at least one device and one or more other devices, wherein the request is determined by at least one content sharing component. The method also comprises causing, at least in part, an initiation of at least one communication component to cause, at least in part, an establishment of a communication session between the at least one device and the one or more other devices. The method further comprises causing, at least in part, a transfer of one or more tokens to the at least one device for facilitating the sharing of the at least one content item, wherein the transfer of the one or more tokens is over the communication session, and wherein the sharing is performed over at least one other communication session. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310349 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING RELATIONSHIPS AMONG DEVICES AND USERS - An example approach is provided for establishing relationships among devices and users. A token sharing platform causes, at least in part, a selection of at least one token at a first device associated with a first user based, at least in part, on initiating a request to establish and/or modify a record indicating a relationship between the first user and at least one second user. By way of example, the at least one token represents the at least one second user at the first device. The token sharing platform then causes, at least in part, a transmission of the at least one token to at least one second device, wherein the at least one second device is associated with the at least one second user and the at least one token represents the first user at the at least one second device. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310350 | PROVISIONING A PLURALITY OF COMPUTING DEVICES - Example techniques and systems may transmit provisioning information to respective computing devices for self-provisioning of each of the respective computing devices. In one example, a technique may include receiving, by a first computing device, account information for a plurality of users and sensing, with the first computing device, a second computing device in wireless communication range of the first computing device. Responsive to sensing the second computing device, the method may also include transmitting, by the first computing device and via wireless device-to-device communication, provisioning information from the first computing device to the second computing device. The provisioning information may include instructions for the second computing device to self-provision with a user account associated with one or more of the plurality of users. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310351 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOCIAL NETWORKING BASED ON FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS - A system and method for social networking based on family relationships are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: enabling a particular user to create, by use of a network connectable data processor, a family data structure that defines the family relationships between the particular user and his or her family members, the family data structure representing a core family group of the particular user; automatically sharing content among the family members in the core family group by use of the family data structure, the sharing of content including specifying as combination of attributes associated with the content and generating a shared content subset from the specified combination of attributes; and enabling, the particular user to create, by use of the network-connectable data processor, an invitation to invite another user to join the core family group based on a family relationship, the invitation identifying the other user by family role, label, or relationship, the invitation automatically including a photo from as shared core family group photo album. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310352 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING MULTIPLE MEETINGS USING POLICY DRIVEN RULES - In one embodiment, a method includes supporting a participation of a first endpoint in a first session and identifying a first time when a second session is to begin, where the first endpoint is expected to participate in the second session. The method also includes determining whether the first endpoint is still participating in the first session at approximately the first time, identifying a first condition when it is determined that the first endpoint is still participating in the first session at approximately the first time, and determining when the first condition is met while supporting the participation of the first endpoint in the first session. Finally, the method includes causing the first endpoint to switch to participating in the second session when it is determined that the first condition is met. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310353 | CONTENT SHARING PLATFORM PLAYLISTS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS BASED ON USER HISTORY - A method for generating content sharing platform playlists and subscriptions based on user history is disclosed. The method includes identifying one or more entities of a content sharing platform to which a user is not subscribed, providing a user interface (UI) associated with the user, the UI displaying the identified one or more entities as recommended suggestions to the user, receiving, by the user via the UI, an indication of a selection of an entity of the identified one or more entities, generating a subscription to the selected entity for the user on the content sharing platform, using content items associated with the subscribed entity to originate a playlist for the user, and providing the playlist on the UI associated with the user. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310354 | DATA TRANSFER - A data transfer method and system includes at least one switch device ( | 2014-10-16 |
20140310355 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERNET-BASED HUMAN NETWORK BROKERING - Matches between search queries and potential targets of such search queries are automatically brokered by (i) comparing search criteria specified in the search queries with profile criteria describing the potential targets, and (ii) reporting instances of acceptable correspondence between the search criteria and the profile criteria, provided that access controls associated with the profile criteria of the targets permit such reporting in light of access levels assigned to the search inquiries. Initiators, using client applications at various remote locations, may formulate the search queries and the brokering may be performed at one or more server locations communicatively coupled (e.g., via the Internet) thereto. The profile criteria may include portions of rich descriptive profiles of the potential targets. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310356 | METHOD FOR EXCHANGING NETWORK MESSAGES IN DISTRIBUTED MANNER - The present invention is to provide a method for enabling a tracker/coordinator in a P2P system to receive server address queries from network devices through Internet; provide address of a protocol server to the network devices according to the server address queries, so as for the network devices to conduct NAT behavior tests on NAT routers connected therewith through the protocol server; assigning a first network device with the router incapable of forwarding messages to a second network device with the router capable of forwarding messages according to the test results; providing a mapped address of a port of the second network device to a third network device, when receiving a port query from the third network device and determining that the port query corresponds to the first network device, so as for the third network device to directly connect with the first network device through the second network device. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310357 | DIRECTED MESSAGE NOTIFICATION IN CHAT SESSIONS - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for managing messages in an instant messaging chat session. A computer receives a directed message in the instant messaging chat session, wherein the directed message includes an identification of one or more accounts associated with individuals in the instant messaging chat session. The computer determines accounts associated with individuals in the instant messaging chat session that correspond to the directed message, wherein the accounts associated with individuals that correspond to the directed message include an account associated with an individual that sent the directed message, and the one or more accounts associated with individuals identified in the directed message. The computer displays directed message notifications to the determined accounts associated with individuals that correspond to the directed message. In another embodiment, the computer receives a response to a directed message, and updates the directed message notifications. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310358 | Adaptive Publish/Subscribe System - A context-driven publication option is received over a network at an adaptive publish subscribe broker from a publishing network device. The context driven publication options are presented over the network to a subscribing network device. A selection of a context-driven subscription is received over the network at the adaptive publish/subscribe broker from the subscribing network device. A publication configured for network management and operations is received at the adaptive publish/subscribe broker. Publications are filtered at the adaptive publish/subscribe broker for the subscribing network device according to the selection of the context-driven subscription. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310359 | VEHICLE INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM - A vehicle information providing apparatus provides vehicle information based on a message policy script including a message ID containing data required by each of multiple services, location and length of data in a message, and an interval at which the data is required by each of the services. The apparatus provides messages by filtering the message ID or the interval, or creates and provides a new message containing necessary data only. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310360 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING MESSAGE ALERTS - An apparatus for outputting a message alert is provided, comprising a processor configured to: receive a message; determine whether the message includes an attachment file; and responsive to determining that the message includes the attachment file, output sound contained in the attachment file as a message alert for the message. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310361 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HANDLING MESSAGE ON INSTANT MESSAGING OPEN PLATFORM - Various embodiments provide a method and system for handling a message on an instant messaging (IM) open platform. In an exemplary method, a message sent to a network application can be received. The network application can be an application plugged in the IM open platform. The received message can be pushed to an access address of the network application. A reply message returned by the network application based on the message can be received and forwarded. An exemplary system for handling a message on an instant messaging (IM) open platform can include a receiving module, a pushing module, and/or a reply processing module. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310362 | Congestion Management in Overlay Networks - A system forwards congestion management messages to a source host updating the source address in the management message. The system may determine that the congestion management message was triggered responsive to an initial communication that was previously forwarded by the system. The system may use header translation within a single addressing scheme and/or may translate the congestion management message into a different type to support forwarding to the source of the initial communication. The system may use portions of the payload of the congestion management message to determine the source of the initial communication and to derive a different header for the translated congestion management message. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310363 | System and Method for Collaborative Decision Making at an Airport - A system and method for facilitating collaborative decision making at an airport. The system and method receive data relating to an airport from a plurality of data feed arrangements, aggregate the data, format the aggregated data for display to users and transmit the formatted aggregated data to the users for display. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310364 | INSTANT MESSAGE SYSTEM AND INSTANT MESSAGE MANAGING METHOD - An instant message managing method comprises detecting which client terminal used by a user sends messages according to basic information of the client terminal. A terminal managing module marks the client terminal used by a first user to send messages as a first access terminal, marks the client terminal used by a second user to send messages as a second access terminal, and prohibits all other client terminals of the first and second users from receiving messages. The message transmitting module transmits the messages between the first access terminal and the second access terminal. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310365 | System and Method for Tracking Messages in a Messaging Service - A system, server and a method for processing messages received at a server device in a network are provided. The method comprises: for a message being transmitted from a first account associated with a client device to a second account in the network, receiving a message event associated with the message at the server; determining whether the message event is associated with an existing conversation involving the first account, and if so setting a sequence number associated with the message event to a value incremented from a current sequence number associated with the existing conversation, otherwise setting the sequence number to a value to track a new conversation; and sending the sequence number to the first user account. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310366 | PERSISTENTLY DETERMINING AND SHARING USER STAYS OF A USER OF A MOBILE DEVICE - Methods, systems and apparatuses for automatically detecting and sharing user stays of a mobile device of a user are disclosed. One method includes persistently collecting location information, determining a group of users for sharing the user stays, determining whether the mobile device is within a specific distance of a specific location for at least specific minimum duration based on the location information, determining a user stay based on the location information and the specific distance, determining if the user stay is private or public to at least a portion of the group of users based on preferences of the user and the location information, and sharing the user stay with the at least the portion of the group of users by sending notifications to the group of users if the user stay is determined to be public to the at least the portion of the group of users. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310367 | User Interface and Method for Viewing Short Messages on a Wireless Device - A method is performed by an electronic communication device. The method includes storing electronic messages, and storing criteria for determining whether a stored message is related to a current message. A current electronic message is displayed to a user of the communication device, including the current message's outside address and message body. The relevance of each of the stored messages to the current message is assessed based on the previously-stored criteria. Those messages that meet the criteria are selected and displayed along with the current message. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310368 | EXPANDING A SOCIAL NETWORK BY THE ACTION OF A SINGLE USER - Techniques for creating a social network are provided. Private relationships that are established (e.g., in the context of instant messaging) may become public by the action of a single user. Each user determines whether they want to be “social” to (or discoverable by) friends of the user's friends. For example, user A is a friend of (i.e., has established a relationship with) user B and user B is a friend of user C, but user A and user C are not friends of each other (i.e., user A and user C have not established a relationship with each other). If user C unilaterally takes an action, then user A is able to see that user C is a friend of user B. User A may then take further actions to attempt to establish a relationship with user C or otherwise contact user C. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310369 | SHARED SEND QUEUE - Generally, this disclosure relates to a shared send queue in a networked system. A method, apparatus and system are configured to support a plurality of reliable communication channels using a shared send queue. The reliable communication channels are configured to carry messages from a host to a plurality of destinations and to ensure completed order of messages is related to a transmission order. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310370 | Network-Displaced Direct Storage - A network-displaced direct storage architecture transports storage commands over a network interface. In one implementation, the architecture maps, at hosts, block storage commands to remote direct memory access operations (e.g., over converged Ethernet). The mapped operations are communicated across the network to a network storage appliance. At the network storage appliance, network termination receives the mapped commands, extracts the operation and data, and passes the operation and data to a storage device that implements the operation on a memory. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310371 | CACHE AND DELIVERY BASED APPLICATION DATA SCHEDULING - A device receives configuration information that instructs the device about when to send content to a user device. The device also receives content from an application server at a first time, and stores the content. The device determines, based on the configuration information, that the content is to be sent to the user device, and sends the content to the user device based on the determination. The content is sent to the user device at a second time that is later than the first time. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310372 | METHOD, TERMINAL, CACHE SERVER AND SYSTEM FOR UPDATING WEBPAGE DATA - A method, terminal, cache server and system for updating webpage data are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes obtaining an update identifier corresponding to latest released webpage update data, sending a first update request for obtaining the webpage update data to a cache server, wherein the first update request includes the update identifier. The method also includes receiving the webpage update data from the cache server based on the first update request and updating the current webpage data based on the webpage update data. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310373 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POPULATING A CACHE USING BEHAVIORAL ADAPTIVE POLICIES - A method, system and program are disclosed for accelerating data storage in a cache appliance cluster that transparently monitors NFS and CIFS traffic between clients and NAS subsystems and caches files using dynamically adjustable cache policies which populate the storage cache using behavioral adaptive policies that are based on analysis of clients-filers transaction patterns and network utilization, thereby improving access time to the data stored on the disk-based NAS filer (group) for predetermined applications. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310374 | CONTENT TRANSMITTING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING NETWORK TRAFFIC IN THE SYSTEM, CENTRAL CONTROL DEVICE AND LOCAL CACHING DEVICE - A content transmission system includes: a central control device to receive a content packet to be provided to a client device from a content server, store chunks divided from the received content packet together with corresponding chunk identifiers, check duplication of the divided chunks, and transmit the chunk identifier and flow information of a duplicate chunk to a local caching device instead of transmitting the content packet corresponding to the duplicate chunk; and the local caching device to: receive the chunk identifier and the flow information of the duplicate chunk from the central control device, and transmit the content packet corresponding to the received chunk identifier and previously stored to the client device. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310375 | NETWORK NODE APPARATUS FOR INFORMATION-CENTRIC NETWORKING AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE NETWORK NODE APPARATUS - A network node apparatus for Information-Centric Networking (ICN) and an operating method thereof. The network node apparatus has a control plane and a data plane, which are separate from each other, and manages location information of content on the data plane concentratedly. For example, the network node apparatus includes a Content Service Coordination Function (CSCF) configured to process a content request from a user or a publication request from a content provider; a Content Delivery Control Function (CDCF) configured to select an optimal service node to handle the content request or the publication request; and a Content Delivery Service Function (CDSF) configured to download requested content to the user or to download from the content provider content requested to be published and then register the downloaded content. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310376 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OBTAINING NETWORK FEEDBACK - A method for obtaining network feedback is provided by a terminal. The method includes sending data information, publishing, by the terminal, the data information to a website, establishing a correspondence relationship between the data information and the published data information, accessing the website on which the data information is published, and obtaining feedback information to the data information, processing the data information and the feedback information, and informing a user of an updating status of the feedback information. The embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a terminal device for obtaining the network feedback. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310377 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing method including transmitting, via a first communication device of a plurality of communication devices configured to couple a plurality of information processing apparatuses, a control packet to a first information processing apparatus of the plurality of information processing apparatuses based on a deployment of a first virtual machine to the first information processing apparatus; obtaining, from the first communication device, correspondence data between a port identifier and a destination address regarding a first group to which the first virtual machine belongs; and extracting, from the correspondence data, a first destination address relating to a first identifier of the first communication device and a first port identifier of the first communication device. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310378 | COMPUTER, DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREFOR - A computer device is described, comprising at least one processor in communication with a database storing at least one first object having one or more characteristics and at least one second object having at least one different characteristic to the characteristics of said first object, the at least one processor being configured to control an exchange of the at least one first object or said second object between a first device and a second device, the control comprising the steps of retrieving an identifier associated with the second device, selecting the first object having one or more characteristics or the second object having at least one different characteristic in dependence on said identifier associated with the second device and at least one predetermined rule, and transmit said selected first object or said selected second object to said first device. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310379 | VEHICLE INITIATED COMMUNICATIONS WITH THIRD PARTIES VIA VIRTUAL PERSONALITY - A system for vehicle to another party communications that includes a vehicle personality module adapted to create a vehicle personality and a communications system that utilizes the created vehicle personality for one or more communications instead of a user's profile. The one or more communications are associated with one or more of an identifier and an icon representing the vehicle personality, with this identifier and/or icon sent with at least one communication and displayable to the recipient of the communication. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310380 | SYSTEM FOR STORING AND RETRIEVING DATA - A system and method for storing and retrieving data. Data can be stored by resolving a unique identifier with a device. In one embodiment the unique identifier comprises a bar code and an alphanumeric text string. Thereafter, the server receives a query from the device. Then the device transmits the data from the device to the server. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310381 | METHOD OF DATA TRANSMISSION OVER MULTIPLE NETWORKS, AND APPARATUSTHEREFOR - A receiving apparatus includes a communication unit to receive partial data partitioned from data transmitted from a transmitting apparatus through two or more networks and transfer network state related information based on the partial data respectively received through each of the two or more networks to the transmitting apparatus through a transmission network to be designated; and a network selection unit to designate one network among the two or more networks as the transmission network for transmitting the network state related information, based on a time of receiving each of the partial data through each of the two or more networks. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310382 | METHOD OF DETERMINING TRANSPORT PARAMETERS FOR EFFICIENT DATA TRANSPORT ACROSS A NETWORK - Methods are provided for determining, based on input parameters associated with a computing device and a network over which the computing device is connected to another computing device (such as a server), suitable transport parameters for requesting and receiving data, where the transport parameters are determined for efficient transmission with less susceptibility to interruptions and delays. The input parameters may be provided continuously in order to determine, on a real-time or near real-time basis, continuously updated transport parameters. Transport parameters may be rewarded and/or punished based on historical network data. Accordingly, embodiments enable the computing device and/or server to dynamically adjust transport parameters to provide a data rate that is chosen to accommodate changing network conditions. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310383 | NETWORK SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD INVOLVING AUTOMATIC SETTING VIA PHYSICAL LINE - The present invention is to provide a network synchronization system, wherein a first network apparatus is connected to a physical line, stores a first profile at least including a Service Set Identifier (SSID), a pre-shared key and a channel, and can connect to the Internet according to the first profile and send out a detection message, and at least one second network apparatus is also connected to the physical line and can automatically generate a request message according to the detection message. When receiving the request message, the first network apparatus sends out the first profile in reply. Based on the first profile, the second network apparatus adds a second profile including the same SSID and pre-shared key but a different channel to itself, and then makes a seamless connection with the Internet through the physical line and the first network apparatus according to the second profile. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310384 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN OBJECT IDENTIFIER-BASED HETEROGENEOUS IDENTIFIER NODES FOR NEXT GENERATION NETWORK - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for identifying interoperability between object-identifier-based heterogeneous identifier nodes for a next generation network. The apparatus includes a plurality of identifier registry servers located in a plurality of unit networks connected to an open network, and configured to receive and store identifiers and locators of nodes of corresponding unit networks, and also configured to, as identifiers of destination nodes that are communication target nodes are input from nodes of the unit networks, return locators of the destination nodes, wherein unique object identifiers are assigned to the identifier registry servers. An object identifier resolution server is located in the open network, and is configured to receive and store object identifiers and locators of the identifier registry servers, and is also configured to, as object identifiers are input from nodes of the unit networks, transfer locators of identifier registry servers to the nodes. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310385 | METHOD AND SERVER FOR PUSHING MEDIA FILE - Various embodiments provide a method and server for pushing a media file. In an exemplary method, a first media file can be received and stored on a server. A first media identifier (ID) unique to the first media file can be assigned by the server. One or more third-party service providers selected from a plurality of third-party service providers can be obtained to receive the first media file. The first media ID can be pushed to the selected one or more third-party service providers. An exemplary server can include a receiving and storing module, an assigning module, a selecting module, and/or a pushing module for pushing the media file. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310386 | ADAPTIVE DOWNLOADING OR STREAMING TO CONSERVE MOBILE DEVICE OR NETWORK RESOURCES - Embodiments of the present disclosure include techniques for optimization on downloading/streaming activities of media and/or other files (e.g., on a local client, or a local proxy on a mobile device). An example of such downloading/streaming is a user accessing media content including video and/or audio content using a mobile device such as a smart phone, a tablet, or a “phablet,” etc. | 2014-10-16 |
20140310387 | DYNAMIC RECLASSIFICATION OF CLIENT DEVICES IN A NETWORK - One or more devices may store attribute information identifying multiple attributes associated with a client device that is associated with a particular classification; reclassify the client device based on the attribute information; and provide, based on reclassifying the client device, classification information to a network device to cause the network device to associate a particular policy set, of multiple policy sets, with the client device. The classification information may identify an updated classification of the client device. The updated classification may be different from the particular classification. The particular policy set may be based on the updated classification of the client device. The particular policy set may include an instruction used to process a data flow provided to or provided from the client device. | 2014-10-16 |