48th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 46 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090292742 | System, Method, and Computer Readable Media for Identifying a Log File Record in a Log File - A system, a method, and a computer readable media for identifying a log file record in a log file are provided. The log file has a plurality of log file records therein. The plurality of log file records has a repeating pattern of log file records. The method includes displaying a first graphical user interface on a display device. The method further includes selecting the log file utilizing the first graphical user interface. The method further includes analyzing the log file to determine the repeating pattern of log file records. The method further includes selecting a first command button on the first graphical user interface that executes an algorithm to analyze additional log file records that were automatically added to the log file by a software program. The additional log file records are associated with the repeating pattern of log file records. The method further includes storing the first log file record in a memory device if a first log file record in the additional log file records has at least one command-related attribute that does not correspond to command-related attributes in the repeating pattern of log file records. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292743 | MODELING USER ACCESS TO COMPUTER RESOURCES - Embodiments of the invention provide a method for detecting changes in behavior of authorized users of computer resources and reporting the detected changes to the relevant individuals. The method includes evaluating actions performed by each user against user behavioral models and business rules. As a result of the analysis, a subset of users may be identified and reported as having unusual or suspicious behavior. In response, the management may provide feedback indicating that the user behavior is due to the normal expected business needs or that the behavior warrants further review. The management feedback is available for use by machine learning algorithms to improve the analysis of user actions over time. Consequently, investigation of user actions regarding computer resources is facilitated and data loss is prevented more efficiently relative to the prior art approaches with only minimal disruption to the ongoing business processes. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292744 | SOLUTION METHOD OF IN-DOUBT STATE IN TWO-PHASE COMMIT PROTOCOL OF DISTRIBUTED TRANSACTION - A solution method of an in-doubt state in two-phase commit protocol of a distributed transaction system includes assigning a unique identifier to each log group, and registers information about a database management device having the management right of each log group in a first table, and rewriting the first table in such a way that another database management device may have a management right of a global representative log group when a management right of the global representative log group to the other database management device during an in-doubt state period of two-phase commit, and rewriting the first table in such a way that another database management device may have a management right of the global representative log group when a management right of a log group other than the global representative log group to another database management device during the in-doubt state period of two-phase commit. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292745 | DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A database management system and method is provided. In one example, the database management system may include a first type of source database, a second type of source database, a target database, and a replication system operable to replicate at least one of structure and data from either the first source database or the second source database to the target database. In another example, the source database may include a first table having a first configuration and a second table having a second configuration, and a first data record in the first table and a second data record in the second table. The replication system may include a data replication component adapted to identify both the first and second data records from the first and second tables having different configurations and replicate the first and second data records to the target database. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292746 | Replication of deduplicated storage system - A method of replicating a deduplicated storage system is disclosed. The method comprises requesting the state of a replica system. The method further comprises sending a container to the replica system and sending a file system log record to the replica system. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292747 | SELECTIVE FILE ERASURE USING METADATA MODIFICATIONS - A process that ensures the virtual destruction of data files a user wishes to erase from a storage medium, such as a hard drive, flash drive, or removable disk. This approach is appropriate for managing custom distributions from a large file sets as it is roughly linear in compute complexity to the number of files erased but is capped when many files are batch erased. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292748 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING A STORAGE SYSTEM TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE VOLUME FORMATS SIMULTANEOUSLY - A plurality of types of volumes are maintained, a volume being a logical arrangement of storage space on one or more data storage devices. A volume type field is used to designate the type of a particular volume, and a flexible volume paradigm is selected by the volume type field for interpreting data within a data structure written to a data storage device of the one or more data storage devices. A physical volume block number to virtual volume block number mapping pair (pvbn/vvbn pair) is designated by the volume type field, the pvbn/vvbn pair is used to translate a physical volume block number to a virtual volume block number. A request to write a data to a first block of the particular volume is received, a pvbn/vvbn pair is determined. The data is written to the physical block designated by the pvbn/vvbn pair. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292749 | Per thread garbage collection - Per thread garbage collection is disclosed. Objects associated only with a thread that created them are tracked. At a garbage collection time for a particular thread, it is determined which objects associated only with that thread remain reachable from a restricted root set associated with the thread. Any thread-only objects that are not determined to be reachable are garbage collected. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292750 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC ACCURACY- SUSTAINING SCALING OF BLOCK-FLOATING-POINT OPERANDS - A computer-implemented method performs an operation on a set of at least one BFP operands to generate a BFP result. The method is designed to reduce the risks of overflow and loss of accuracy attributable to the operation. The method performs an analysis to determine respective shift values for each of the operands and the result. The method calculates result mantissas by shifting the stored bit patterns representing the corresponding operand mantissa values by their respective associated shift values determined in the analysis step, performing the operation on shifted operand mantissas to generate preliminary result mantissa, and shifting the preliminary result mantissas by a number of bits determined in the analysis step. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292751 | NON-LINEAR MIXING OF PSEUDO-RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR OUTPUT - A method and apparatus for a pseudo-random number generation system. The pseudo-random number generation mixes the output of two or more pseudo-random number generators to create a new pseudo-random number or sequence. The process operates on pseudo-random numbers with a bit size k, multiplies the numbers and then performs modulo 2 | 2009-11-26 |
20090292752 | Mechanism for generating pseudorandom number sequences - In one embodiment, a mechanism for generating pseudo-random number sequences is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving seed values for a pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) in a computing system, the seed values being polynomials. The method further includes running the PRNG using the seed values as initialization parameters, the running including performing operations of the PRNG over GF(2 | 2009-11-26 |
20090292753 | FIR FILTER APPARATUS, AUDIO APPARATUS AND FIR FILTER PROGRAM - A coefficient compensating unit | 2009-11-26 |
20090292754 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AVOIDING UNDERFLOW IN A FLOATING-POINT OPERATION - Methods and systems for detecting underflow in a floating-point operation are disclosed. In accordance with an example disclosed method a plurality of comparator circuits and a plurality of logic devices coupled to the plurality of comparator circuits are operated to determine whether performing a floating-point operation using a floating-point hardware unit will generate an underflow condition. The operating of the plurality of comparator circuits and the logic devices involves inputting a multiply-add operation result value to at least some of the plurality of comparator circuits. In addition, a plurality of logic outputs are outputted via the plurality of logic devices. The plurality of logic outputs are indicative of comparison operations performed by at least some of the comparator circuits based on the multiply-add operation result value. An underflow indicator is outputted based on the plurality of logic outputs. The underflow indicator is indicative of whether performing the floating-point operation using the floating-point hardware unit will generate the underflow condition. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292755 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNATURE PREDICTION AND FEATURE LEVEL FUSION - A system for signature prediction and feature-level fusion of a target according to various aspects of the present invention includes a first sensing modality for providing a measured data set. The system further includes a processor receiving the measured data set and generating a first k-orthogonal spanning tree constructed from k orthogonal minimal spanning trees having no edge shared between the k minimal spanning trees to define a first data manifold. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292756 | Large-factor multiplication in an array of processors - A processor to calculate a product-component having fewer digits than an entire product of a multiplication of a multiplicand and a multiplier. A memory holds at least one multiplicand-component having fewer digits than the multiplicand and at least one multiplier-component having fewer digits than the multiplier. A logic then calculates the product-component based on the multiplicand-components and the multiplier-components in the memory. Collectively, a plurality of the processors can calculate all of the product-components of the product. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292757 | Method and apparatus for zero prediction - A zero prediction method and apparatus for use in a reduced instruction set computer. The zero predictor | 2009-11-26 |
20090292758 | Optimized Corner Turns for Local Storage and Bandwidth Reduction - A block matrix multiplication mechanism is provided for reversing the visitation order of blocks at corner turns when performing a block matrix multiplication operation in a data processing system. By reversing the visitation order, the mechanism eliminates a block load at the corner turns. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, a corner return is referred to as a “bounce” corner turn and results in a serpentine patterned processing order of the matrix blocks. The mechanism allows the data processing system to perform a block matrix multiplication operation with a maximum of three block transfers per time step. Therefore, the mechanism reduces maximum throughput and increases performance. In addition, the mechanism also reduces the number of multi-buffered local store buffers. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292759 | EVENT SERVER USING CLUSTERING - An event server receiving input streams of events and producing output streams of events is adapted to be clustered with other event servers. The event server uses configuration data to control the event processing. The event server multicasting updates of the configuration data to the other event servers of the cluster and receiving multicasted configuration updates from one of the other event servers of the cluster. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292760 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING STATEFUL INFORMATION - A system for maintaining stateful information includes a client proxy configured to receive and collect status information associated with a client, and a state machine executing on a processor to collect and store the status information in a memory and provide stateful information associated with the client. The client may be a stateless client and the state machine may be configured to maintain stateful information associated with the stateless client. The state machine is may be configured to collect and store information intended for the client and provide the stored information to the client. The system may further include a client status processor configured to process the status information associated with the client and to provide the status information to the client proxy to control the stateful information. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292761 | BYPASS DSMCC MIDDLEWARE VIA SECTION FILTER MECHANISM - A desired file ( | 2009-11-26 |
20090292762 | Method, Apparatus, and Computer Program Product for Publishing Content - An apparatus for publishing content may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a content item and receive a selection of user contact entries. Further, the processor may be configured to identify one or more online services associated with the selected user contact entries, and publish the content item on the one or more identified online services. Associated methods and computer program products may also be provided. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292763 | THIN CLIENT-SERVER ARCHITECTURE NETWORKS AND USING METHOD THEREOF - Thin client-server architecture networks have many servers and at least one thin client. Each server has a hard disk for storing environmental parameters and a synchronizing application having information of the environmental parameters. The thin client connects one of the servers through Internet and has synchronizing module for setting transport protocol with the synchronizing application, receiving the information of the environmental parameters and part of the environmental parameters. The thin client may set the environment of a user interface thereof according to the part of the environmental parameters. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292764 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LINKING THE REAL WORLD WITH THE CYBERWORLD VIA A DISPLAYABLE OBJECT - A system for linking the real world with the cyberworld includes a displayable object, a website and a user profile database. The displayable object is configured to be displayed by a user and is positioned so that it is viewed by other users. The displayable object comprises a user name identifier for the user and a website identifier. The website is stored in a server and includes a user name inquiry field. The website is connected to a client machine via a network and is accessed by the second user through the client machine's web browser by entering the website identifier. The user profile database includes the user's profile information which is accessed by the second user via the website by entering the user name identifier in the user name inquiry field. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292765 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A SYNCHRONOUS INTERFACE FOR AN ASYNCHRONOUS SERVICE - Methods and apparatus for providing a synchronous interface for an asynchronous service including, in a synchronous interface engine executing on a processor, receiving a request from a client for the asynchronous service, issuing an asynchronous service request to perform the asynchronous service, the asynchronous service request including a unique client identifier, and associating a wait condition with the unique client identifier to indicate to the client to wait for a result of the asynchronous service. Methods and apparatus further include receiving the result of the asynchronous service, the result including the unique client identifier, removing the associated wait condition, and sending the result to the client. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292766 | HTTP Publish/Subscribe Communication Protocol - A communication protocol for distributing information related to a resource in substantially real-time to a subscriber includes a first HTTP request message for allowing the subscriber to request a subscription to the information related to the resource, where the first HTTP request message includes subscription data in a header and/or in a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) reference associated with the first HTTP request message, and the subscription data identifies the first HTTP request message as a subscription request. The communication protocol also includes a second HTTP request message for allowing a publisher to update the information related to the resource, and an HTTP response message for allowing a publish/subscribe service to notify the subscriber of the updated information related to the resource each time the publish/subscribe service receives the second HTTP request message from the publisher. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292767 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REALIZING WEB SERVICE - A system and method for realizing WEB service is provided. The system includes a WEB service signaling server is configured to receive a WEB service choice information sent by a logon WEB service client, obtain a WEB service signaling and a signaling performing logic of a WEB service selected by the WEB service choice information, communicate with the WEB service client and perform the WEB service signaling according to the signaling performing logic, and control a WEB service engine. The WEB service engine is configured to receive a control of the WEB service signaling server, and exchange a WEB service content of the selected WEB service with the WEB service client. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292768 | Method and System for Conducting a Plurality of Cyber-Based Conventions - A method and system for conducting multiple Internet-based conventions, events, conferences, trade shows and meetings (“conventions”) includes a plurality of meeting planner clients, exhibitor/sponsor clients and attendee clients, all using web browser computers and a central website server on the Internet. The system receives and stores initial convention data, and control parameter rules from meeting planner clients. Then the system receives and stores exhibit booth display data and control parameter rules for said convention from exhibitor/sponsor clients. Based on search criteria provided by the participating attendee client, the central website server releases stored database convention information and provides a wide array of convention activity simulated with the program instructions and the databases. Thus, the system allows the creation of a “virtual convention venue” for conventions that exist only on the central website server and available using the Internet. Additionally, the system supports and augments a convention being held in a physical or venue-based center (e.g., Moscone Center in San Francisco). | 2009-11-26 |
20090292769 | Presence IndicativeTerminal Device and Presence Managing System - Provided is a presence display terminal device comprising a registration unit for registering presence targets, an update information receiving unit for receiving update information indicating an update of the presence targets registered, a control unit for displaying a predetermined one of the presence targets registered, in a screen, and an update presence information acquisition unit for deciding it on the basis of the update information whether or not the presence target displayed on the screen is to be updated, thereby to acquire the updated presence information of the presence target decided to have been updated. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292770 | Determination of extent of congruity between observation of authoring user and observation of receiving user - A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: acquiring a result of an observation of an authoring user; acquiring a result of an observation of a receiving user; comparing the result of the observation of the authoring user with the result of the observation of the receiving user; and presenting data indicative of an extent of congruity between the result of the observation of the authoring user and the result of the observation of the receiving user based at least in part on said comparing. In addition to the foregoing, other related method/system aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292771 | METHOD FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PARAMETERS FOR THE DELIVERY OF SPONTANEOUS CONTENTS, METHOD FOR THE DELIVERY OF SPONTANEOUS CONTENTS, METHOD FOR PROVIDING SPONTANEOUS CONTENTS, ASSOCIATED TERMINAL AND REMOTE SYSTEMS - The invention concerns a method for the management of a set of parameters for the delivery of spontaneous contents to a user of a terminal comprising the following stages:
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20090292772 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLING THEREOF AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit adapted to store information of the plurality of image forming apparatuses, a reception unit adapted to receive from an other information processing apparatus a request to acquire information of the plurality of image forming apparatuses stored by the storage unit, a determination unit adapted to, by comparing an address of the image forming apparatus stored by the storage unit with an address of another information processing apparatus, determine whether the image forming apparatus has the address which another information processing apparatus can access, and a transmission unit adapted to transmit to another information processing apparatus the information of the image forming apparatus having the address which is determined by the determination unit to be accessible from another information processing apparatus. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292773 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLABORATIVE MESSAGING AND DATA DISTRIBUTION - A collaborative messaging and data distribution system includes a text-messaging engine executing on a processor for sending and receiving messages among a plurality of users. The text-messaging engine includes an information proxy for distributing information among at least one information source and the plurality of users. The information proxy appears as one of the plurality of users. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292774 | Method and Apparatus for Electronic Message Delivery - Timely delivery of electronic messages during a presentation is a valuable tool. The embodiments describe a method and apparatus for delivering electronic messages. One method includes creating the electronic message by identifying auxiliary media content associated with a main presentation and marking temporal locations within the main presentation to allow delivery of electronic messages based on auxiliary media content. Another method includes receiving a package containing first and second content, separating the first content from the second content, providing the first content on a first medium, and providing an electronic message based on the second content on a second medium. Finally, a composition playlist includes a main presentation file and an auxiliary content file containing temporal links associated with the main presentation with the auxiliary content file to be delivered as an electronic message at a predetermined time based on the temporal links during presentation of the main presentation file. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292775 | Method and process for the Forensic Inspection of real time streams FIRST Engine - The present invention relates generally to a business method, computer system and software implemented method in the field of internet based security for facilitating the analysis and inspection of real time data streams, which will allow a user to actively monitor chat and email information. The present invention will inspect a plurality of user browsing information such as, but not limited to, the web pages and search queries respectively visited and submitted by users, the emails sent and received by users, and the manner in which users browse the Internet and search for content. More particularly the present invention facilitates the real time forensic inspection of data streams using pattern and keyword matching techniques. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292776 | SELECTING EMAIL SIGNATURES - In some embodiments, a method comprises detecting a request to append a signature to an outgoing email, wherein the email is addressed from a sender to a recipient. The method can also comprise determining one or more temporal conditions associated with the email and determining one or more social relationships associated with the recipient. The method can also include selecting the signature from a predefined list of signatures, wherein the selecting includes comparing a group of signature rules to the one or more temporal conditions and the one or more social relationships. The method can also comprise appending the signature to the outgoing email and transmitting the email to the recipient. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292777 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A MESSAGING SYSTEM - Systems and methods of controlling a messaging system are provided. A particular method includes generating an n-times-use network address to access a control interface in response to receipt of a message addressed to a subscriber at a messaging system. The method further includes determining a notification address associated with the subscriber and generating a notification message addressed to the notification address. The notification message includes at least a portion of content of the message and the n-times-uses network address. The n-times-use network address is selectable a predetermined number of times at a browser application to send a control message to the control interface to control disposition of the message. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292778 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A CONVERSATIONAL SYSTEM - The present invention is uniquely designed to interact with web retailer's customers with real agent reaction times as they give astute answers directly concerning web retailer's products and goals. The entire process is manageable through a third-party website which includes scripting, settings and other parameters selected by the web retailer. An artificial intelligence engine uses the combination of Bayesian probability keyword selection, natural language parsing and regular expression processing. The technology updates its response database with every client interaction-learning always takes place as it simulates a live agent, in real time. Every client interaction is recorded and analyzed, and as a result of the analysis the changes in the answer database are made. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292779 | Method and System for Supervising Electronic Text Communications of an Enterprise - A method and system for supervising electronic text messages in an enterprise allows for storing organizational information related to the enterprise, identifying a source and a target of the electronic text message, invoking communication screens between the identified source and target, each of the invoked communication screens being determined by the organizational information for the identified source and target, analyzing the electronic text message by a set of rules corresponding to said invoked communication screens to provide a supervisory score, and applying supervisory action to the electronic text message based on the supervisory score, including any of blocking transmission, redirecting the electronic text message to a supervisor or a supervisory file, and copying the electronic text message to the supervisory file. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292780 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE APPLICATION OF A FEATURE TO MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS OF AN EMAIL MESSAGE - A system and method of selectively utilizing a feature with an email message. The method includes processing, by a mail client within a user's computer, a single email message for a plurality of recipients. The mail client receives a designated first set of recipients of the plurality of recipients for receiving the email message with a specific feature and a designated second set of recipients of the plurality of recipients for receiving the email message without the specific feature. In addition, a copy of the email message is generated without the specific feature. The email message is then sent with the specified feature to the first set of recipients and a copy of the email message without the specified feature is sent to the second set of recipients. The specific feature may be an attachment, an encryption of the message, or any other feature associated with the email message. In another embodiment, an extension header may be applied to the header of the email message to distinguish the first set of recipients from the second set of recipients. The message may then be sent to an email server which reformats the message into two messages according to the header extensions. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292781 | METHOD FOR FILTERING E-MAIL AND MAIL FILTERING SYSTEM THEREOF - A method for filtering e-mails and a mail filtering system thereof are provided. In the present invention, two filters are used to filter a first mail class and a second mail class respectively. And these filters are connected in serial or in parallel to execute a filtration of the e-mail. Accordingly, a structure of the filters can be more flexible, so as to cope with different requirements of a user, and a misjudgement rate of the e-mails can be reduced. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292782 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF MANAGING MEETING INFORMATION USING THE SAME - A mobile terminal and a method of managing meeting information using the same are provided. The method of managing meeting information using a first mobile terminal includes acquiring meeting information including identification data of at least one location data sharing mobile terminal existing within a meeting distance from the present location of the first mobile terminal in response to a request to acquire meeting information, and displaying the meeting information in response to a request to search the meeting information. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292783 | System, apparatus and method for event management - A system, apparatus and method may perform event management by creating an electronic event based on received event data corresponding to an event, where the event data includes information pertaining to the event and invitees to be invited to the event, storing one or more responses received from one or more of the invitees, where each respective response includes an indication of whether the respective invitee will attend the event, storing post-event content pertaining to the event and associating the post-event content with the electronic event, where the post-event content is received from an invitee or a creator of the electronic event, and transmitting the post-event content to a requesting invitee or the creator of the electronic event at the request of the requesting invitee or the creator of the electronic event. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292784 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MESSAGE FILTERING - A collaborative messaging system and method includes, in a communications engine, a plurality of message interrogators to process a message from a sender to a receiver. The plurality of message interrogators includes a message adjudicator configured to compare message information from the sender with message information obtained by the message adjudicator and to modify the message information from the sender to a more restrictive value. The plurality of message interrogators further includes a message validator configured to allow or deny the message based upon the modified message information. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292785 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC CONTACT LISTS - A collaborative messaging system includes a communications engine for sending and receiving messages among a plurality of users, including a contact generator to generate at least one user contact, a plurality of user filters, each associated with at least one of the plurality of users, and a plurality of user contact lists, each associated with at least one of the plurality of users and adapted to contain at least one user contact. In response to a comparison between user filters, the contact generator is configured to update at least one of the plurality of user contact lists. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292786 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE DOCUMENTS - Systems and methods for providing a report describing the status of an electronic envelope. The electronic envelope includes a first electronic document to be distributed for electronic signature and an electronic signing template defining a set of at least one task that must be performed by an executor of the first electronic document to complete the electronic signature. The first electronic document is subject to a workflow including a plurality of events. The method includes receiving from a monitoring entity a selection of an identifier of an event of the plurality. The progress of the first electronic document through the workflow is monitored. That the at least one event has occurred with respect to the first electronic document is determined. In response to determining that the at least one event has occurred, the monitoring entity is notified of such. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292787 | PROCESS AND COMPUTER FOR COLLECTIVELY TRANSMITTING UNIQUE MESSAGES, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM FOR COLLECTIVELY TRANSMITTING UNIQUE MESSAGES - A recording medium storing a program for performing collective communication of unique-messages by a computer. According to the program, a space in which nodes are arranged is equally split into regions according to directions from the origin of a relative coordinate system, and a region to which each node belongs is determined on the basis of the relative coordinates of the node. When the computer receives an instruction to execute collective communication of unique-messages, messages are submitted to nodes in turns so that the numbers of messages addressed to the respective regions and submitted per predetermined unit time are equated, and each message submitted to one of the nodes contains data unique to the node. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292788 | DATA TRANSFER PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA TRANSFER PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - A computer-readable recording medium stores therein a data transfer processing program that causes a computer capable of accessing plural recording devices to acquire a group of update data for a first recording device among the recording devices and calculate, based on addresses respectively assigned to each data item in the group of update data, an overlap rate of the addresses. Further, based on the overlap rate calculated at the calculating, the computer selects a data transfer scheme from among a synchronous scheme of transmitting the group of update data simultaneously to the first recording device and a second recording device, and a nonsynchronous scheme of transmitting the group of update data to the first recording device and subsequently causing the first recording device to transmit the group of update data to the second recording device; and executes the data transfer scheme selected. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292789 | Computer System, Management Server and Configuration Information Acquisition Method - The management server includes an acquisition unit for acquiring the configuration information and performance information of the storage apparatus and the host computer respectively at different timings, and a comparison unit for comparing, when a configuration change of the storage apparatus is commanded externally, a performance value of components in the storage apparatus subject to the configuration change and a performance value of components in a connection relationship with the components. The acquisition unit determines that an unknown component has been added in the storage apparatus when the difference in the performance values compared with the comparison unit is of a certain level or greater, and reacquires configuration information from the storage apparatus. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292790 | DYNAMIC FILE TRANSFER SCHEDULING AND SERVER MESSAGING - According to some embodiments, first and second schedule patterns are determined. For example, a graphical user interface might be used to indicate the times, days, and/or weeks when information is to be transferred. A first transfer of information may be scheduled between remote devices in accordance with the first schedule pattern, and a second transfer may be scheduled in accordance with the second schedule pattern. Moreover, a third transfer of information between remote devices may be automatically scheduled in accordance with both the first and second schedule patterns. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292791 | AUTOMATED CODE SPLITTING AND PRE-FETCHING FOR IMPROVING RESPONSIVENESS OF BROWSER-BASED APPLICATIONS - A “code splitting tool” provides various techniques for automatically analyzing and rewriting existing browser-based applications to introduce dynamic code loading into those applications thereby improving perceived application responsiveness. Structural elements of application code (including functions, classes, etc.) are broken into small “stubs” with corresponding bodies. Rewritten applications then initially transfer only the portion of the code (including some combination of stubs and bodies) to the client as necessary for initial application execution. Additional stubs and/or bodies are then transferred either on-demand at runtime or in the background. Automated code rewriting proceeds without requiring any application-specific knowledge or changes to existing code prior to code rewriting. Further, the code splitting tool can tailor code rewriting to specific computing devices (computers, PDA's, cell phones, etc.), specific network conditions, and/or specific users, through an automated training process that creates clusters that control code downloads to optimize perceived application responsiveness. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292792 | MANAGEMENT INFON, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - The invention relates to a computer readable medium containing a management infon modeling an execution result of a management activity in a communications network. The management infon comprises a descriptor of the management activity, at least one value representing a managed object involved in the management activity and an indication of the execution result of the management activity. The invention further relates to a method for workflow management in a communications network comprising the steps of executing a management activity defined by at least one workflow, creating a management infon modeling an execution result of the management activity and managing said at least one workflow using said management infon. The invention also relates to a computer system in a communications network comprising a processor for executing a function creating a management infon modeling an execution result of a management activity. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292793 | AUTONOMOUS OPERATION OF NETWORKING DEVICES - A system, method, and information processing system for managing a configuration of a network device. A current state associated with at least one network device ( | 2009-11-26 |
20090292794 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURING APPLICATION TERMINALS IN HOME NETWORK - A system, apparatus, and method for automatically configuring application terminals in a home network are provided. The method includes the following steps: the application terminal obtains address information of the GACS from the home gateway and sends a configuration request message to the GACS, the GACS obtains address information of a terminal automatic configuration server (TACS) through query after receiving the configuration request message and sends the address information of the TACS to the application terminal through a configuration response message, and the application terminal sends the configuration request message to the TACS according to the returned address information of the TACS from the GACS to obtain configuration information from the TACS for automatic configuration. The provided system, apparatus, and method may ensure that the application terminal securely obtains the address information of the TACS and thus obtains the configuration, without increasing the complexity of the application terminal. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292795 | CONFIGURATION FILE OVERRIDE - In one embodiment, a router is configured to relay a provisioning request originating from a remote network device to a remote provisioning server. When the router receives back a provisioning response including provisioning information identifying a first remotely stored configuration file, the router is configured to modify the provisioning information such that the modified provisioning information no longer identifies the first remotely stored configuration file. The router then relays the provisioning reply, which may identify a second different configuration file, to the remote network device. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292796 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING ROUTING POLICIES TO USER TERMINALS ACCORDING TO APPLICATIONS EXECUTED ON USER TERMINALS - A method and system for providing routing policies to user terminals according to applications executed on the user terminals are provided. The method includes defining configurations for the user terminal and classifying the user terminal as a privileged user terminal or a common user terminal, retrieving a private IP address of the user terminal upon receipt of a connection request from the user terminal, recognizing the user terminal as the privileged user terminal or a common user terminal, and routing the connection request to a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server upon recognizing the user terminal as the privileged user terminal so as to obtain a reserved IP address for the privileged user terminal. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292797 | Dynamic Runtime Service Oriented Architecture - According to one embodiment, a dynamic access method for a service oriented architecture includes receiving a number of proxy endpoints from a business application, selecting one proxy endpoint from among the multiple proxy endpoints, and transmitting a request to an enterprise service bus (ESB). The request includes the one proxy endpoint for accessing the particular web service that it references. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292798 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING CONTROL MESSAGES BETWEEN A FIRST DEVICE AND A SECOND DEVICE - An apparatus and system are provided for communicating control messages between a first device and a second device. The apparatus and system include a communication module that directs control messages between a first device and a second device through an intermediate device. The intermediate device is coupled to the first device by a control path and to the second device by a data path. The apparatus and system also include a translation module and a transmission module that cooperate to translate control messages received over the control path at the intermediate device to transport data messages and transport data messages received over the data path at the second device to control messages. Transport data messages are sent over the data path to the second device and control messages from the second device are sent over the control path to the first device. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292799 | REMOTE ADMINISTRATION OF MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICES - Apparatus and methods to manage operational features of a mobile wireless device using parameters for the mobile wireless device set in another mobile wireless device provide a mechanism to enhance the communication capabilities of wireless users. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292800 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING ASSOCIATED PORTLETS OF A WEB PORTLET TO COLLABORATE FOR SYNCHRONIZED CONTENT DISPLAY - The invention provides method and apparatus for collaboration between a plurality of associated portlets in a portal server including: associating each portlet with a portlet descriptor describing context names; forming collaboration groups of portlets having corresponding context names for synchronized contents. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292801 | Registering a Common Information Model Provider to a Common Information Model Object Manager - A mechanism is provided for registering a Common Information Model (CIM) provider to at least one Common Information Model Object Manager (CIMOM). The CIMOM pre-stores at least one class definition. The CIMOM sends information to the Common Information Model (CIM) provider in order for the CIM provider to determine the at least one CIMOM existing in a network. The CIMOM sends thee at least one class definition stored in the CIMOM in order for the CIM provider to determine if the CIMOM comprises a class definition suitable for the CIM provider to operate. Responsive to the CIM provider determining that the CIMOM comprises a suitable class definition, the CMOM registers the CIM provider by recording an identifier of the CIM provider under the name of the class definition suitable to the CIM provider in the at least one CIMOM. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292802 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO SUPPORT APPLICATION AND NETWORK AWARENESS OF COLLABORATIVE APPLICATIONS USING MULTI-ATTRIBUTE CLUSTERING - A method of clustering communication nodes based on network attributes such as network delays and forwarding capacity; on communication interest attributes; and on application attributes such as quality of service preferences/constraints in providing communications between users and application servers. A multi-attribute communication feature vector is formed. That vector is comprised of network attributes, communication interests attributes, and quality of service requirements and is used to form efficient group communication mechanisms for distributed collaborative applications. Then the multi-attribute communication feature vectors are clustered. The clustering methods for multi-type attribute feature vectors are: iterative clustering using a generalized distance space with normalized attribute subspace metrics; fusion clustering, and nested clustering. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292803 | Method for measuring web visitors - An apparatus and a method for tracking the number of hits to a web page is described. In one embodiment, a web browser of a client requests from a server a web page. The server redirects the web browser to a cookie counting web page, where the cookie counting web page provides a tracking cookie to the web browser. The server computes the number of unique hits to the web page without cookies based on the number of hits to the cookie counting web page without tracking cookies, the number of unique hits to the cookie counting web page with tracking cookies, the number of all hits to the cookie counting web page with tracking cookies. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292804 | CONTENT TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, CONTENT RECEPTION APPARATUS, AND CONTENT UPLOAD METHOD - According to one embodiment, a content transmission apparatus includes a data acquisition module configured to get a content item and metadata having a plurality of items for explaining details of the content, a notification module configured to notify an upload destination apparatus for the content of the metadata, a transmission module configured to encode the content and transmits the encoded content as a body of an upload request based on an HTTP POST request to an entry point created by a content reception apparatus on the basis of the metadata, a detection module configured to detect a change in metadata notified to the content reception apparatus relative to metadata newly got by the data acquisition module, and a posterior notification module configured to notify the content reception apparatus of posterior metadata containing at least a changed item in the metadata, when the detection module detects a change in the metadata. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292805 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NETWORK MONITORING OF INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) NETWORKS - A system and method for implementing network monitoring with a unified IPv4+IPv6 address type. IPv4 network traffic and IPv6 network traffic are captured. IPv4 and IPv6 address patterns read from the captured network traffic are then encoded into a unified IPv4+IPv6 address space using a data type encoding. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292806 | Management of Remotely Hosted Services - A management system for remote services may use an administrative server within a local area network to manage the remote services for many manageable entities. The administrative server may connect to a clearinghouse server outside the local area network to obtain information about available remote services and to consolidate some operations for interfacing to the remote services. In some embodiments, the clearinghouse server may act as a proxy for many different remote services and may enable some functions to be aggregated across different remote services, such as billing, authentication, provisioning, and other functions. The administrative server may configure the managed entities to access the remote services as well as other functions. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292807 | MULTIMEDIA DATA TRANSFERRING METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A multimedia data transferring method includes the following steps. Receive a browsing command from a controller, wherein the controller is in a first domain. Obtain the transfer protocol and data format supported by a multimedia content item from a media server based on the browsing command, wherein the media server is in a second domain. Obtain the transfer protocol and data format supported by a media renderer, wherein the media renderer is in the first domain. Decide a desired transfer protocol and a desired data format from the transfer protocol and data format supported by multimedia content item and the media renderer. Notify the media renderer and the media server the desired transfer protocol and the desired data format. Create the data transferring connection between the media renderer and the media server based on the desired transfer protocol and data format. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292808 | SERVER HAVING AN INTERFACE FOR CONNECTING TO A SERVER SYSTEM AND SERVER SYSTEM - A server with an interface for connecting to a server system and server system is provided. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292809 | METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING RESOURCE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION - A method of transmitting a resource and a method of providing information are provided. In a resource in a Digital Rights Management (DRM) interoperable system, the method includes: transmitting the resource in a transport session by using at least two handlers; and receiving from the handlers an event message including identification information of the transport session and information which indicates a transfer status of the resource. In addition, the information which indicates the transfer status of the resource may include: a resource index capable of identifying the resource; and information on a transfer status of a resource corresponding to the resource index. Accordingly, information related to transmission of resources can be easily provided in an event form. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292810 | MESSAGE BINDING PROCESSING TECHNIQUE - An apparatus has a unit that receives plural messages, which belong to plural transactions and respectively have a pertinent transaction identifier, in an indefinite order; plural processors each having a queue storing the messages belonging to a transaction in charge, and outputting, after the messages belonging to one of the transactions in charge have become complete, the complete messages in the queue to a message processing unit; an allocation unit that outputs the received message to one of the plural processors, wherein one of the processors is identified based on the transaction identifier of the received message and an allocation rule predetermined for the transaction identifier; and a change unit that changes the allocation rule when activating or stopping the processor. When the change unit changes the allocation rule, each of the processors outputs at least messages for which re-allocation is necessary to the allocation unit. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292811 | Arrangement for Managing Data Center Operations to Increase Cooling Efficiency - A method includes a step of obtaining efficiency characteristic information for each of a plurality of air conditioning units in a location containing a plurality of server computers. The method also includes employing one or more processing units to allocate one or more processing tasks to one of the plurality of server computers based on the efficiency characteristic information. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292812 | ALLOCATING MANAGEMENT METHOD OF COMPUTER - A blade management server is provided for managing the allocation of blade PCs to remote operating terminals, respectively. The blade management server responds to a request for alternative from the remote operating terminal to search for any one of the blade PCs that is not allocated yet, and notify the remote operating terminal of the address of the found blade PC. The remote operating terminal, when receiving the address, changes the blade PC to be connected to itself from the current “statically allocated” blade PC to the blade PC of the address notified of from the blade management server (the “alternatively allocated” blade PC). | 2009-11-26 |
20090292813 | Address Assignment in Fibre Channel Over Ethernet Environments - A method of initializing a Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) link between a Fibre Channel over Ethernet node (ENode) and Fibre Channel Forwarders (FCFs) in a network by discovering the presence of FCFs available to the ENode and other FCFs, assigning second MAC addresses to the ENode corresponding to each available FCF, and converting from a management and initialization process using the first MAC address to normal Fibre Channel operation using the second MAC addresses. The implementations described herein may additionally distinguish management and initialization processes from normal Fibre Channel operation using separate Ethertypes. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292814 | FEDERATION AND INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN SOCIAL NETWORKS - Communications between social networks are enabled via authentication that provides single-sign-on (SSO) authentication of users such as individual users or social networks or social network services that desire access to network resources on a particular social network. The particular network requests authentication of the requesting user(s), and based on an authentication result the particular network provides or denies access to the resources. A social network services database maintains a listing of resources of different social networks, that a user can search to determine where to find resources on other networks. The user can then query the social networks hosting those resources or their social network services for access, and the networks or services can authenticate the user before granting access according to any conditions that the hosting social networks or social network services may choose to apply. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292815 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM OF OBTAINING NETWORK INFORMATION USING DEVICE AS SERVICE CREDENTIAL - Method, device and system of obtaining the network information using the device as the service credential, which use the device without power supply and display, in which presetting the configuration files containing the information connected to the network, after connecting the device with the online data process device, establishing the information interacting channel between the data process device and the information server to obtain, download the related information. The device as the service credential can be used to store the information, or display, print and output the special network service information by the data process device, and the device can be used as the service object of the special information network and take the voucher function of service. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292816 | Device and Method for Secured Communication - Devices and methods are provided for securing communication between a traffic management center (TMC) and a traffic controller via utilization of a field security device. In one embodiment, the field security device transmits a device identifier to the TMC upon being powered up or connected to the traffic controller. The device identifier is generally based on a combination of user-configurable and non-user-configurable parameters of the field security device. In response to the TMC authenticating the device identifier, the field security device establishes a secure private network (SPN) between the field security device and the TMC. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292817 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING REMOTE ACCESS SERVICE - A remote access service is provided by receiving remote access transport agent (RATA) capability information of a home remote access server (RAS) and a remote RAS from the home RAS and the remote RAS, respectively, generating a RATA profile based on the RATA capability information, supported by the home RAS and the remote RAS, and transmitting the generated RATA profile to the home RAS and the remote RAS, respectively. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292818 | Method and Apparatus for Determining and Validating Provenance Data in Data Stream Processing System - Techniques are disclosed for determining and validating provenance data in such data stream processing systems. For example, a method for processing data associated with a data stream received by a data stream processing system, wherein the system comprises a plurality of processing elements, comprises the following steps. Input data elements and output data elements associated with at least one processing element of the plurality of processing elements are obtained. One or more intervals are computed for the processing element using data representing observations of associations between inputs elements and output elements of the processing element, wherein, for a given one of the intervals, one or more particular input elements contained within the given interval are determined to have contributed to a particular output element. In another method, intervals are specified, and then validated by comparing the specified intervals against intervals computed based on observations. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292819 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE SEGMENT PREFETCHING OF STREAMING MEDIA - Systems and methods are provided for obtaining look-ahead segments for a streaming media item during playback such that the viewer can easily skip to the look-ahead segments without experiencing any substantial interruption or delay in playback. In general, a streaming media source begins streaming a media item to a streaming media client for playback. In one embodiment, the streaming media client selects one or more segments of the media item as one or more look-ahead segments to prefetch from the streaming media source. Then, while the media item is being streamed to the streaming media client for playback, the streaming media client prefetches the one or more look-ahead segments of the media item from the streaming media source. The look-ahead segments are thereafter utilized to enable the viewer to skip ahead in playback without experiencing a substantial interruption or delay in playback. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292820 | METHOD FOR PLAYING STREAMING DATA, ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE SAME AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIA FOR STORING THE SAME - A method for playing streaming data is suitable for an electronic device having a limited memory resource. The method includes: downloading a part of a streaming file to a buffer memory for playing, a size of the streaming file being larger than a capacity of the buffer memory; downloading another part of the streaming file to the buffer memory; and overwriting a played part of the streaming file stored in the buffer memory based on a usage status of the buffer memory. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292821 | Method and apparatus for performance measurement of different network routes between devices - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for performance measurement of different network routes between devices. Typically, a network includes multiple paths between a first device and a second device. A first performance test is conducted over a first path between the first and second devices. A second performance test is also conducted over a second path between the first and second devices. These first and the second performance tests are performed simultaneously or within a close time proximity so that comparative data can be derived. These tests may be conducted in response to client requests, which may be scheduled to limit the interference with tests conducted by the same or other client. The types of performance tests performed is extensible, and may include, inter alia, any network, transport layer or other measurements, such as, but not limited to network layer round trip latency, loss, one-way jitter, and hop count. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292822 | SOFTWARE CLIENT CONTROL OF DIGITAL PICTURE FRAMES - In one embodiment, a method can include: determining a topology of digital picture frames in a frame network; identifying a lead picture frame from among the digital picture frames; sending the digital picture frame topology to a client coupled to the lead picture frame; receiving in the lead picture frame and from the client, media content for display on a destination digital picture frame in the frame network; and routing the received media content to the destination digital picture frame using router functionality in at least one of the plurality of digital picture frames. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292823 | Digital Asset Format Transformation - A method for providing a digital asset to a remote recipient via a network. An unmodified digital asset is received in a native format, transformed into a derived digital asset having a non-native format, and offered to a remote recipient via the network. The method further includes sending the derived digital asset to the remote recipient in response to a request of the remote recipient. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292824 | System And Method For Application Acceleration On A Distributed Computer Network - Application acceleration is provided across a widely deployed network. In one embodiment a number of servers throughout the network provide address translation, acceleration, and performance measurements and are organized as service deliver points (SDPs). Collectively the SDPs form an application service network provider (ASNP) located between the client and the application server Traffic is routed from the client to a client SDP, which includes an accelerator, from the client SDP to a server SDP, which includes a matching accelerator, and from the server SDP to the application server. Return traffic follows a similar, but revere path. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292825 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IN-KERNEL APPLICATION-SPECIFIC PROCESSING OF CONTENT STREAMS - An embodiment of the invention transfers content between one or more input streams and one or more output streams via an application running on a host system. A kernel-level service is provided which is adapted to perform application-specific processing and which attends to transfer of content from at least one input stream to at least one output stream. With the kernel-level service, an operation is performed for the collection of at least one input stream and at least one output stream via: performing application-specific processing; and attending to the transfer of content from at least one input stream to at least one output stream. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292826 | Active port selection and data storage or transfer queueing - In certain embodiments consistent with the present invention, a method of carrying out a data storing or data transfer operation using a segmented data storage device involves designating an arrangement of a plurality of data segments on the segmented data storage device, wherein the data segment arrangement includes designation of a size and a filename extension for files that can be stored on each of the plurality of data segments, with other filename extensions being excluded from storage in the segment; coupling an external device to an interface port of the data storage device to initialize communication with the external device; designating a data segment for associating with the external device in a first data transfer programming operation; carrying out a first data transfer operation, transferring only data having a filename extension matching the filename extension of the designated data segment to or from the external device; prior to completion of the first data transfer operation, carrying out a second data transfer programming operation that involves the external device, such second data transfer programming operation including selecting the interface port to which the external device is connected; simulating the coupling of the external device to the interface port of the storage device so as to re-initialize communication with the external device; and carrying out the second data transfer operation. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292827 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD OF PROCESSING INFORMATION, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a communication processing unit configured to communicate with an external communication device; and a data processing unit configured to communicate with the communication processing unit and carry out data processing. The communication processing unit includes a memory where data transmitted and received between a communication device and the data processing unit is temporarily stored, and a control unit configured to control data writing and data reading. When a command packet received from the communication device is a data reading request, the control unit acquires data from the memory and transmits the data to the communication device. When the command packet received from the communication device is a data writing request, the control unit stores data in the memory, acquires data from the memory in response to the request from the data processing unit, and outputs the data to the data processing unit. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292828 | System-On-Chip (SOC), Design Structure and Method - Disclosed is a system-on-chip (SOC) structure that allows for automated integration of multiple intellectual cores. The SOC structure incorporates a plurality of cells connected to a common bus on a chip. Each cell incorporates a functional core and an automated integration unit (AIU) connected to the functional core. Each AIU communicates integration information for its functional core over the common bus to the AIUs in the other cells. The exchange of information between the AIUs is controlled either by the integration units themselves or by a controller. Based on received integration information, each AIU can automatically make any required configuration adjustments for integration. Furthermore, based on this exchange of information, the functional cores can interact, as necessary, during SOC operation. Also disclosed are an associated method of forming such a SOC structure and a design structure for such an SOC structure. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292829 | Data processing system and component management method - A data processing system is provided which includes a plurality of components to perform prescribed processing based on an operation mode, a chain controller to perform control including setting of the operation mode on at least one of the plurality of components, a storage unit to store chain configuration definition information associating at least one of the plurality of components with the chain controller for each prescribed data processing, and a configuration management unit to receive a processing request for the prescribed data processing and form a chain corresponding to the requested data processing based on the chain configuration definition information. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292830 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTENT DATA PROVIDING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus is detachably connected to a host apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes a file management information generation module. The file management information generation module generates file management information based on which a host apparatus recognizes each of content data items as a file stored in a storage medium, the file management information being indicative of a plurality of starting storage locations on the storage medium corresponding to starting data blocks of the content data items, and a plurality of shared storage locations on the storage medium, which are shared by the content data items and correspond to second and following data blocks of each of the content data items. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292831 | HOT UNPLUGGABLE MEDIA STORAGE DEVICE - Improved techniques for rendering a peripheral device removable (e.g., unpluggable) are disclosed. According to one aspect of the invention, the peripheral device is rendered removable from a host computer without preparatory user actions. In effect, the peripheral device can be automatically prepared for removal in the event that its user removes (unplugs) it from its host computer. According to another aspect of the invention, the peripheral device includes a data storage device that is mounted to a file system of the other computer when the other computer desires access to the data storage device. Otherwise, the data storage device is normally unmounted so that if the peripheral device were to be removed (e.g., unplugged) no harm or damage to data stored therein would occur. These aspects of the invention can be utilized alone or in combination with one another. The invention is particularly well suited for peripheral devices that are media players which are “hot” unpluggable without detrimental consequences. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292832 | OPERATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND RECORD MEDIUM - An operation management device manages the operations of managed devices, and includes: an information collection unit for acquiring communication data between the managed devices; and a calculation unit for calculating coordinates when the managed devices are arranged on a two-dimensional plane. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292833 | Remote USB device usage system - In one embodiment of a remote USB device usage system, when there is a request to connect to a remote USB device from any one of a plurality of applications, a check is performed of whether or not another application is using the remote USB device. When no application is using the remote USB device, connection to the remote USB device is performed. When there is a request to disconnect from a remote USB device from any one of a plurality of applications, a check is performed of whether or not another application is using the remote USB device, if no application is using the remote USB device, disconnection from the remote USB device is performed. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292834 | STABILIZATION OF HOST TO STORAGE SUBSYSTEM OWNERSHIP - The present invention provides a computer implemented method and apparatus to revising logical unit ownership in a host. A host receives an error message from a storage subsystem having at least two storage controllers and at least one logical unit coupled to at least one of the storage controllers. The host suspends I/O from the host to the storage subsystem. The host transmits a verification of logical unit ownership query to the storage subsystem. The host determines that ownership between a host and a logical unit on the at least one of the storage controllers has changed from a mapping table of the host. Responsive to a determination that ownership has changed, the host updates ownership in a mapping table of the host to reflect the ownership between the host and the logical unit. The host resumes I/O from the host to the storage subsystem, wherein the host routinely exchanges I/O with the storage subsystem. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292835 | TECHNIQUES FOR TRANSFERRING STATUS INFORMATION BETWEEN AN ACCESSORY AND A MULTI-COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A connector interface system for a communication device is disclosed. The interface includes a docking connector. The docking connector includes first make/last break contacts that minimize internal damage to the internal electronics. The docking connector also includes specific keying arrangement to prevent noncompliant connectors from being plugged in, and thereby minimizes potential damage to the multi-communication device. The connector interface system also includes a remote connector which provides for the ability to output audio, input audio, provides I/O serial protocol, and to provide an output video. Embodiments of the present invention allow for a standard headphone cable to be plugged in but also for special remote control cables, microphone cables, video cables could be utilized in such a system. The connector interface system also includes a serial protocol to control device features. These controls help a user sort and search for data more efficiently within the device. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292836 | DATA ACCESS DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A data access device for a communication system includes: a write controller controlled by the host and outputting a write pointer; a read controller controlled by the write pointer and outputting a read pointer; a download timing controller comparing the write and read pointers to determine a timing of downloading data from the host, and including a pointer difference calculator and a comparator, the pointer difference calculator calculating a distance between the write and read pointers to obtain a pointer difference, the comparator outputting a download status indication according to the pointer difference and a first predetermined length to provide a basis for changing the write pointer; and a transmit buffer downloading data from the host according to the write pointer and transmitting data to the network interface according to the read pointer. A data access device for a network interface controller and a data access method are also disclosed. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292837 | PROPAGATION PATH SPECIFYING DEVICE, PROPAGATION PATH SPECIFYING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A propagation path specifying device includes: a storing unit storing first information correspondingly indicating signal changes occurring in the input terminals and output terminals of the plurality of logic elements and occurring times of the signal changes; a storing unit storing second information indicating a connection relation among a plurality of logic elements having one or more input terminals and output terminals; a storing unit storing third information indicating a correspondence of signals in the input terminal and output terminal of the logic element; an input unit inputting information to select the output terminal of the plurality of logic elements and the occurring time from the first information; and a propagation path specifying unit retroactively specifying a propagation path of the signal change in the selected output terminal and at the selected occurring time, based on the first to third information. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292838 | Simplified data transfer using intermediary - In certain embodiments consistent with the present invention, a method of transferring data from a source device to a destination device, using an intermediate device having pre-segmented storage involves receiving a user input associating a file type with a segment of the pre-segmented storage device; receiving a user input selecting a source port of the intermediate device; receiving a user input selecting a destination port of the intermediate device; receiving a user input selecting a segment of the pre-segmented storage device; determining a file type from the association of the selected segment of the pre-segmented storage device; and transferring the files of the determined file type from the source device to the destination device, wherein only files of the determined file type are transferred. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292839 | Semiconductor memory device, memory system and data recovery methods thereof - A semiconductor memory device includes a nonvolatile memory device having a plurality of physical sectors, and a memory controller configured to translate a logical address received from a host to a physical address, with reference to mapping data that defines a correspondence between the logical address and the physical address. The nonvolatile memory device is configured to access a first physical sector corresponding to the physical address, and, when a data delete command is provided from the host to the memory controller to delete first data that is stored in the first physical sector, the memory controller delays an erase and/or merge operation for the first physical sector in which the first data is stored. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292840 | POWER EFFICIENT METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN OSCILLATOR IN A LOW POWER SYNCHRONOUS SYSTEM WITH AN ASYNCHRONOUS I2C BUS - In a method and apparatus for saving power in a device coupled to a bus, the device is placed to operate in a power saving mode by powering off a selective portion of the device including a device clock. If data communication over the bus is addressed to the device then the selective portion of the device, including the device clock, is triggered to return to a power on state from the power off state. The data communication is stored in shadow registers using a bus clock while the device clock is transitioning to the power on state. The data communication stored in the shadow registers is transferred to a register map under the control of the device clock operating in the power on state. Upon completion of the transfer of the data communication to the register map, the device is returned to operate in the power saving mode. | 2009-11-26 |
20090292841 | INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING BITS TO A TWO-WIRE BUS APPLYING A LIN PROTOCOL - Networks on board of vehicles have to provide a rapid data throughput, and be still inexpensive and electromagnetically compatible (EMC). An interface ( | 2009-11-26 |