49th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 61 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080301219 | System and/or Method for Client-Driven Server Load Distribution - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to communication between a client and a server in a communications network. In one particular example, a server is selected from a plurality of servers to provide a resource and or service to a client. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301220 | Persisting Forms Data in a Composite Web Application Environment - Forms data is reusable in a first webpage after a user goes to a second webpage, and then returns to the first webpage. After providing access to a first webpage via a portal User Interface (UI) on a display on a client computer, a data entry input of forms data for the first webpage is received from a user of the client computer. The user is then provided access to a second webpage via the portal UI. In response to providing access to the second webpage, the server stores the forms data. In response to the user inputting a request to return to the first webpage from the second webpage, the server creates a populated first webpage by populating the first webpage with the multiple forms data that is stored in the server, and then returns the populated first webpage to the portal UI. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301221 | Method and apparatus that enables a web-based client-server application to be used offline - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates using a web-based client-server application offline. During operation, the system receives a function call at an object within a browser that is executing on a client, wherein the function call is generated by the web-based client-server application and is directed to a communication layer on the client. Next, the system determines an intended resource for the function call. The system also determines if the function call should be redirected to an alternate resource. If so, the system redirects the function call to the alternate resource. If not, the system forwards the function call to the intended resource. Note that in some embodiments of the present invention, the entire system operates within the context of the browser. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301222 | Mobile bookmarks - A method and apparatus for updating bookmarks is described. In one embodiment, a server has a bookmark database and a bookmark synchronizer. The bookmark synchronizer is configured to receive a communication from a web browser of a client of a user, to collect a list of bookmarks of the web browser of the client, to compare the list of bookmarks with a list of bookmarks stored in the server, and to synchronize the list of bookmarks of the web browser of the client with the list of bookmarks stored in the server. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301223 | Mobile Apparatus Including Template Based Flash Image Generation Function and Method For Generating Flash Image Using the Same - The present invention relates to a mobile apparatus including a template based flash image generation function and method for generating flash image using the same, more particularly, to a technology capable of generating a flash image simply and conveniently on a mobile apparatus without using an exclusive program which uses PC in order to generate a flash image. According to the present invention, provided is a mobile apparatus capable of generating a template based flash image, which includes a key input unit to which a user can input a command; a display unit in which a flash image is displayed; a first memory in which one or more images are stored; a second memory in which a background template, an icon template and an effect template is stored; and a third memory in which a generated flash image is stored, wherein a flash image generating program is stored in one of the first memory, the second memory, the third memory, wherein the mobile apparatus comprises a controller that copies an image selected in the first memory by the key input unit and the background template and the icon template selected in the second memory by the key input unit altogether into the effect template, and generating the effect template into a flash image by using the flash image generating program to store in the third memory. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301224 | ON DEMAND PRODUCT PLACEMENT - In at least one aspect, methods and corresponding systems are provided herewith for mixing media and advertising content on demand. The systems preferably include at least one computing device coupled over a communication network to a plurality of other devices. The at least one computing device is preferably operable at least to: receive a request for media content from a user of a device, retrieve a media file associated with the media content requested and product placement data, and mix the media file with product placement data such that the product placement appears in the media content disposed in at least a portion of a defined null space within the media file. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301225 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus where a first software including a first operating system and a first program group running on the first operating system, and a second software including a second operating system and a second program group running on the second operating system run concurrently, comprises a client software which belongs to the first program group, and transmits and receives a server software executed by a server connected via a network and data according to a first protocol for performing communication for performing a processing including authentication processing, an access preventing section configure to prevent accessing from the first software to a resource in the second software, and a flowing preventing section configure to prevent information of a plain text regarding the authentication processing from being flowed in the network. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301226 | LOW COST, HIGHLY ACCURATE VIDEO SERVER BIT-RATE COMPENSATION - A method, apparatus and system for adaptably distributing video server processes among processing elements within a video server such that video server operation may be adapted in a manner facilitating rigorous timing constraints. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301227 | HIERARCHICAL DOCUMENT PUBLISHING - In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a hierarchical publication of at least one object. Embodiments of the present invention relate to hierarchy publication for creating an object, wherein the object contains a plurality of object parts. Embodiments of the present invention relate to hierarchy publication by creating an object with a plurality of components and associating each of the plurality of components with information relating to a plurality of intended recipients within a hierarchy. Embodiments of the present invention relate to model linking by providing more than one model, each model containing information related to an object to be published, querying a first model for the object information with a first query requesting a complete solution from the first model, and resolving the first query by the first model creating a second query to the at least one other model, the at least one other model returning an information result of the second query to the first model. Embodiments of the present invention relate to virtual data management by providing more than one model, each model containing information, requesting information from the more than one model, and combining a returned result from each of the more than one models into a virtual data source. Embodiments of the present invention relate to dashboard publishing by creating a dashboard, wherein the dashboard contains at least one object part, associating information pertaining to a plurality of potential recipients within a hierarchy with the plurality of object parts within the dashboard, wherein the hierarchy is associated with publishing guidelines, and publishing the dashboard to the at least one recipient in accordance with the hierarchy publishing guidelines. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301228 | SHARED STATE MANAGER AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLABORATION - A shared state manager (SSM) for collaboration includes an updating module for updating a shared state of data based on a request to edit the data made by a client, and a notifying module for, upon the updating the shared state, notifying another client of the updated state. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301229 | CLIENT DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided with a client device connected to a network, including: a first message sender configured to send a first request message for requesting assignment of an address to communicate in the network to one or more servers on the network; a waiting unit configured to wait for an address candidate notification message including a candidate of the address to be assigned to arrive from each server for a certain period after the first request message is sent; a message reception unit configured to receive the address candidate notification message from each server within the period after the first request message is sent; and a duplication inspection unit configured to inspect whether or not the candidate of the address included in the address candidate notification message received from each sever is already assigned to an other client device, before the period elapses after the first request message is sent. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301230 | INSTANT MESSAGE (IM) ROUTING TO A VIRTUAL USER CONSISTING OF A GROUP OF POSSIBLE SUB-USERS ASSOCIATED WITH A COMMON IM IDENTITY - Disclosed are a method, apparatus and system for instant message routing. The method includes: receiving a communication request from a source client to a destination client; acquiring the context associated with the source client and the destination client; and selecting a sub-user of the destination client for communication using a policy according to the context. When a source client requests communication with a virtual user, the method can route the communication request using a policy according to the context, to a sub-user of the virtual user which once communicated with the source client. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301231 | Method and System for Maintaining and Distributing Wireless Applications - Computer- and network-based methods and systems for maintaining and provisioning wireless applications are provided. Example embodiments provide a Mobile Application System (MAS), which is a collection of interoperating server components that work individually and together in a secure fashion to provide applications and resources to mobile subscriber devices, such as wireless devices. Embodiments of the present invention can also be used to deploy applications and resources for wired subscriber devices. Application, resources, and other content is provisioned and verified by the MAS for authorized access by the subscriber, compatibility with a requesting subscriber device, and the security and billing policies of the carrier and system administrators of the MAS. In this manner, applications, resources, and other content can be downloaded to devices, such as wireless devices, with greater assurance of their ability to successfully execute. In one embodiment, content is provisioned by one or more of the steps of inspecting the content for malicious or banned code, optimizing the content for smaller size and greater speed, instrumentation of code that implements security, billing, and other carrier policies, and packaging of code for the intended subscriber device. Additional security is provided through application filters that are used to prevent applications that contain designated API from being downloaded to a subscriber's device. In one embodiment, the MAS includes a Protocol Manager, Provisioning Manager, Cache, Deployment Manager, Billing Manager, Logging Manager, Administrator, and Heartbeat Monitor, which interoperate to provide the provisioning functions. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301232 | Enhanced Online Collaboration System for Viewers of Video Presentations - An enhanced collaboration system makes it possible for viewers of post-original video presentations to collaborate online with others who are viewing the same video presentation at the same time. A collaborate room controller establishes and maintains sets of online collaboration sessions for the post-original video presentation with each collaboration session being associated with a particular time slot in the presentation. Typically, a viewer is assigned to a collaboration session that is associated with the user's current view point; i.e., the presentation time slot the user is currently viewing. A graphical user interface conveys information about existing collaboration sessions to the user to assist the user in selecting an appropriate collaboration session. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301233 | P2P FILE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present disclosure is related to a P2P file transmission system and method, the system according to the present disclosure may include a P2P node managing system managing users connected to the system, and managing P2P file transmissions between the users; and a relay server relaying the file transmitted to the file receiver from the file sender when the P2P file transmission by the direct connection between the file sender and the file receiver fails. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the present disclosure provides more stable file transmissions under an unstable environment for the P2P file transmission such as NAT and the P2P file transmission system may be applied to various network places. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301234 | Communication Apparatus, Information Processing Method, Program, and Storage Medium - This invention has as its object to avoid occurrence of garble even when an e-mail message to be created includes text information described in character codes of different kinds of language. To achieve this object, a communication apparatus according to this invention includes an input unit which inputs image information, a recognition unit which extracts text information included in the image information input by the input unit, and recognizing a type of character code of the extracted text information, an embedding unit which embeds the extracted text information in a text of e-mail using character codes of the type recognized by the recognition unit, and describing the recognized type ( | 2008-12-04 |
20080301235 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING UNWANTED DIGITAL CONTENT DELIVERED TO A MAIL BOX - Email messages stored on a mail server are filtered to identify the email messages that contain unwanted content. The mail server receives incoming email messages over a network. A content filter performs an initial scan to identify the incoming email messages that contain unwanted content by determining whether signatures associated with the email messages are included on a list of signatures that identify email messages that are known to include unwanted content. The email messages that are not identified as containing unwanted content are forwarded to appropriate mail boxes on the mail server. Multiple scanning threads perform a subsequent scan of the email messages in the mail boxes to identify those email messages containing unwanted content that were not identified by the initial scan. The subsequent scan determines whether signatures associated with the email messages in the mail boxes are included in an updated list of the signatures. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301236 | CONTEXTUAL SOCIAL LANGUAGE - Systems and methods that enrich interaction of users in a written communication environment by providing a contextual language component that points to a designated data source (e.g., an object) and pulls data from such designated source, to perform predetermined function(s) thereupon. Users who communicate in the written environment can type an intuitive or customized operator, to engage in a predetermined functionality (e.g., playing a video). Accordingly, the operator can readily be interpreted by applications associated with the written communication environment. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301237 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED REFERRAL TO RESOURCES AND A RELATED SOCIAL NETWORK - A method and apparatus are provided for a user to construct a payload comprising content, such as multimedia, or references to content. The payload may be provided with further elements, such as a title or initial comments. The payload may be sent to any immediate contact of the user. Upon receipt by other users, the payload may be forwarded to any of the others' immediate contacts. Additionally, comments can be made by anyone in receipt of the payload for others in receipt of the payload to view. A social networking mechanism is provided, wherein a record is made for each forwarding of a payload and introductions can be made between individuals lying in the same forwarding chain of a payload. Immediate contacts can be collected into groups for ease in addressing. Teams of users can send and forward messages among themselves or to others outside of the team, according to predetermined rules and individuals' standing within the team. Users are provided with a sortable, filterable list of payloads sent to them. A thumbnail of each payload is provided to allow a user the opportunity to quickly assess the nature of the content. Payloads and invitations to join may be sent to people outside the system via email or as an instant message. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301238 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING EMAIL ADDRESS ACCOUNTS - A business owner of controlled email addresses sells access to email addresses for a specific amount of time or number of messages. An approved sender transmits an email message. A server receives the incoming email message. A business ID framework matches approved sender to approved receiver and forwards results to the server, If the email message is approved, then it is delivered to the approved receiver. The business may share a percent of the net income generated by address sales with receivers. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301239 | REMOTE ADMINISTRATION OF DEVICES AND RESOURCES USING AN INSTANT MESSENGER SERVICE - Various implementations are described herein for using instant messenger services to administer devices. Both devices and administrators have corresponding client instant messenger services that enable administrators to configure the devices, update firmware and/or software applications running on the devices, control the devices, facilitate communication between the devices and resources such as technicians, web services and so forth. Further, devices are also able to initiate communication with administrators and/or resources to request configuration, updates to firmware and/or software applications running on the devices, troubleshooting services from technicians, send alerts and so forth. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301240 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROPAGATING A MEDIA ITEM RECOMMENDATION MESSAGE COMPRISING RECOMMENDER PRESENCE INFORMATION - A system and method for propagating media item recommendation messages on a media item recommendation system is disclosed. A first media item recommendation message comprising a media item identifier and presence information of a recommender is received from the recommender. The first media item recommendation message is sent to a first recipient. A second media item recommendation message comprising the presence information of the recommender adapted by the first recipient is received from the first recipient. The second media item recommendation message is then sent or forwarded to a second recipient. The first recipient may adapt the presence information by including the presence information of the recommender unmodified, by including the presence information of the recommender modified by the first recipient, and/or by including the presence information of the first recipient with or without the presence information of the recommender. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301241 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING A MEDIA ITEM RECOMMENDATION MESSAGE WITH RECOMMENDER PRESENCE INFORMATION - A system and method of generating a media item recommendation message used to provide a recommendation for a media item by a recommender to a recipient on a media item recommendation system is disclosed. The media item recommendation is generated by including a media item identifier of a media item in a media item recommendation message, presence information of a recommender of the media item, and, optionally, a media item annotation in association with the media item identifier in the media item recommendation message. The media item recommendation message is transmitted to the recipient. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301242 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING CHAT CONTENT - Provided is a method for ensuring the privacy of communication during a computer chat session. The claimed subject matter enables each participant of a chat session to choose whether or not to allow other participants to save, print or archive the text of the session. At the beginning of or during a chat session, a particular participant decides that the chat session should be private. The participant transmits a message indicating the desire to make the chat session private. Each participant receives a pop-up message that communicates the privacy request and is provided the option of accepting or declining the request. If a sufficient number of participants accept the request, programming logic that blocks any attempt to save the chat content to memory is executed with respect to the chat session. Different chat sessions may be configured with different options such as, but not limited to, inclusive and non-inclusive. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301243 | Real time messaging framework hub - Methods and systems are provided for communicating an event from a server to a set of applications via a real time messaging framework hub, which communicates with the applications on individual channels and with the server on a single channel. A polling message is sent to the server and a reply is received. From the reply, it is determined whether the event has occurred. A polling message is received from a client, and a reply is sent containing either the event, if it has occurred, or a null response is sent indicating that the event has not occurred. Limitation of server communication with the hub to a single open channel substantially reduces server overhead. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301244 | Concurrent stack - A method and apparatus for processing message is described. In one embodiment, an application programming interface is configured for receiving and sending messages. A building block layer is coupled to the application programming interface. A channel layer is coupled to the building block layer. A transport protocol stack is coupled to the channel layer for implementing properties specified by the channel layer. The transport protocol stack has a concurrent stack consisting of an out of band thread pool and a regular thread pool. The transport protocol layer is to process messages from each sender in parallel with the corresponding channel for each sender. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301245 | System and method for sharing data - A method and computer program product for defining an activity. One or more members of the activity are defined. At least one piece of content is associated with the activity, thus defining at least one associated piece of content that is accessible by at least a portion of the members of the activity. Associating at least one piece of content with the activity includes determining if the at least one piece of content is from a private source. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301246 | Peer-To-Peer Message Format Data Structure - A wire protocol is described which implements connection management and other methods to give enhanced peer-to-peer content distribution. Connections between nodes can be placed in a “notify” state when they are idle but may soon yield useful content. This notify state is also used together with a content request/response cycle to allow a peer to evaluate content available at a neighbour. If no suitable content is available a notify state is entered. When new content is later received at the neighbour it is able to inform the requesting node to allow it to restart the content request/response cycle. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301247 | AUTOMATIC FILE SHARING OVER A NETWORK - A system includes a server, a source client executable on a first electronic device configured to be in communication with the server. The source client is operable to automatically upload a file to the server in response to a user of the first electronic device placing the file in a first electronic folder. The source client is configured to associate a first network address with the first electronic folder in response to a user instruction. A recipient client is executable on a second electronic device configured to be in communication with the server. The second electronic device is located at the first network address. The recipient client is operable to receive from the server the uploaded file. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301248 | Determining an applicable policy for an incoming message - Provides methods, apparatus and systems for determining an applicable policy for an incoming message having a service-level addressing element. A method includes the following steps: a) applying a potentially applicable policy (P | 2008-12-04 |
20080301249 | Multiple device notification synchronization - A system for updating multiple copies of a software program on respective multiple devices includes a system for responding to a notification of a first copy of the software program in a first one of the devices; a system for sending a notification responded signal to a second one of the devices by the first device that the notification has been responded to; and a system for automatically preventing a duplicate of the notification from occurring in a second copy of the software program on the second device based upon the notification responded signal received by the second device from the first device. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301250 | THREAD-BASED MESSAGE PRIORITIZATION - To perform thread-based message prioritization, metadata may be extracted from a received electronic message. Based on the extracted message metadata and accumulated metadata extracted from previously received messages, a message thread to which the received electronic message belongs may be identified. Based on a set of thread priority assessment criteria, a priority level for the message thread may be determined. At least part of the message thread may be processed according to the priority level. The processing may be altering a notification behavior of an electronic messaging client for electronic messages of the message thread. Thread priority assessment may be based on user-configurable criteria that may be set via a graphical user interface. Message thread identification may also be based on user-configurable criteria that may be set via a graphical user interface. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301251 | Debugging in a distributed system - A method and apparatus for recreating a system state in a non-deterministic distributed computing system. A message generated by a message producer is received during debugging. If the received message matches a stored message in a persistent message store, the received message is transmitted to a message consumer. If the received message does not match the stored message, the stored message is transmitted to the message consumer. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301252 | Method and System for Notification of Local Action Required to Contents of Electronic Mail Message - The present invention provides a method and system to alert the recipient of an electronic message of some action that is required from the recipient. The invention also provides a method to alert the sender of the electronic message of the completion of the action required in the original electronic mail message. In the method of the present invention, the originator or recipient of an electronic mail message can choose to designate the message as one that requires an action by the message recipient. The recipient will notice the ‘Action Required’ icon and will be alerted to the fact that an action is required with this message. At the completion of the action, the sender of the original message will receive a notification that the requested action has been taken by the recipient. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301253 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND CIRCUIT MODULE - A communication method in a communication system which includes a master apparatus and plural slave apparatuses including at least first, second and third slave apparatuses, that are connected to communication medium and are associated with plural cyclic slots including at least first and second slots for triggering data transmission after a latency time, wherein data transmissions of the first and the second slave apparatuses are triggered by the first slot; and data transmission of the third slave apparatus is triggered by the second slot, the method including: sensing the communication medium by the master apparatus; and modifying, by the master apparatus, the first slave apparatus so as to trigger the data transmission of the first slave apparatus by a third slot which differs from the first and the second slots when the data transmission of the first slave apparatus triggered by the first slot is sensed in the sensing process. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301254 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPLICING REMOTE DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS (RDMA) TRANSACTIONS IN AN RDMA-AWARE SYSTEM - Aspects of a system for splicing RDMA transactions in an RDMA system may include a main processor within a main server that may receive read requests from a client device. The main processor may translate a data reference contained in each read request to generate a physical buffer list (PBL). The processor | 2008-12-04 |
20080301255 | Dynamically Matching Data Service Capabilities to Data Service Level Objectives - A method, system, and computer program product are provided for matching a storage dependent device to a storage subsystem. Storage requirements are identified for a storage dependent device that is coupled to a network. Additionally, a set of storage subsystems that are coupled to the network are identified. A determination is made as to whether at least one storage subsystem in the set of storage subsystems meets the storage requirements of the storage dependent device. An identified storage subsystem is formed by identifying the at least one storage subsystem that meets the storage requirements of the storage dependent device. Responsive to forming the identified storage subsystem, at least one storage subsystem is coupled to the storage dependent device, wherein the storage dependent device utilizes storage capabilities of the identified storage subsystem. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301256 | SYSTEM INCLUDING A FINE-GRAINED MEMORY AND A LESS-FINE-GRAINED MEMORY - A data processing system includes one or more nodes, each node including a memory sub-system. The sub-system includes a fine-grained, memory, and a less-fine-grained (e.g., page-based) memory. The fine-grained memory optionally serves as a cache and/or as a write buffer for the page-based memory. Software executing on the system uses n node address space which enables access to the page-based memories of all nodes. Each node optionally provides ACID memory properties for at least a portion of the space. In at least a portion of the space, memory elements are mapped to locations in the page-based memory. In various embodiments, some of the elements are compressed, the compressed elements are packed into pages, the pages are written into available locations in the page-based memory, and a map maintains an association between the some of the elements and the locations. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301257 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSUMER ENTITLEMENTS IN PORTAL SERVICES - A system to support consumer entitlement that allows Producer web applications to decide which portlets to be offered to Consumer web applications can comprise: a role set which includes a plurality of roles; a Consumer web application adapted to interact with end users; and a Producer web application with a set of portlets operable to be combined in a unified portal for end users. The Producer web application operates to: define a property set that allows end users to input values for the property set; map the Consumer web application to one particular role in the role set; and check for portlets that are available among the set of portlets based on the particular role. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301258 | Referential Integrity Across a Distributed Directory - A system and method for autonomically maintaining group referential integrity across a distributed directory. When a server receives an operation request from a client regarding an entry in the distributed directory, the server sends a request to the particular server containing the entry to be modified that instructs the server to modify the entry, but without performing a referential integrity check. The server then determines whether the request returned successfully. If so, the server sends a request to each server in the network to perform the requested operation on all group references for the entry, but without actually performing the requested operation on the entry itself. If all of these requests return successfully, the server notifies the requesting client that the requested operation has been performed. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301259 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING A BUSINESS OBJECT BY USING A SERVICE PROVIDER CLASS - Disclosed is a method and system for receiving a request at an object, retrieving a node identification (ID) of a node of the object from the request and fetching an instance of a service provider class of the node from a service provider class factory based on the node ID, and processing the request at the object by accessing a method in the service provider class of the node. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301260 | Method and User Interface for Accessing Groups of Media Assets - Improved systems and methods to navigate, browse, search and/or playback digital media assets (e.g., media items) hosted on a media server are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention pertains to a user interface arrangement, such as a hierarchical menu system, that facilitates navigation, browsing and playing of media items remotely stored on a media server. The user interface arrangement enables user scrolling or browsing with respect to a list or set of information pertaining to media items, where the list or set can be expanded to include information for additional media items that are subsequently acquired. The user interface arrangement can also present and permit navigation of categorized media items. The user interface arrangement can be presented on a display device associated with a client device. In one embodiment, the display device can be a television and the client device can be an electronic apparatus that can couple to the media server via a network. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301261 | DATA FILE EDIT SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM, PROCESS SERVER, AND USER CLIENT - A process server is included in a data file edit system together with a file storage unit that stores a data file to be shared so as to be accessed only from a client, a provider client and a user client, and comprises an edit request receiving unit that receives an edit request; a generation unit that generates edit process attribute information which contains process identifying information of an edit process to be carried out in response to the edit request and its own server identifying information; an attribute information transmitting unit that transmits the edit process attribute information to the provider client having transmitted the edit request; and an editing unit that carries out an edit process specified by the edit instruction information, on a data file stored in the file information memory, and storing edited data generated in the edit process in an edited data memory. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301262 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing system includes: first and second information processing devices for performing communication through a network, which include a first transmission unit for, in the case of data to be downloaded being selected, transmitting a data download request to the second information processing device along with downloaded data identification information, and third information processing device identification information, and a second transmission unit for transmitting a data download request to the third information processing device identified with the data identification information and the device identification information in response to the download request from the first information processing device, respectively; and a third information processing device for downloading data through the network from a distribution server for distributing data, which includes a download unit for downloading data identified with the data identification information from the distribution server in response to the download request from the second information processing device. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301263 | Method of Delivering Difference Map Data - The present invention provides, in a car navigation system, a unit of notifying a user of the update contents of map data prior to the downloading of the map data. A vehicle-mounted terminal sets a difference update area in accordance with a selection made by a user and sends a difference update request to a map updating server. If an update mode in this case is “update after outline display”, the vehicle-mounted terminal downloads an outline update map from the map updating server. The outline update map is displayed on a display unit of a display. Here, when a download start button displayed on the display unit is depressed, the vehicle-mounted terminal downloads a detailed update map from the map updating server. The detailed update map is then displayed on the display unit of the display. Furthermore, an updating process is performed on the map data stored in a terminal DB. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301264 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED ONLINE SERVICES AND ADVERTISEMENT IN PUBLIC SPACES - A method and system for providing personalized and integrated online services for communications and commercial transactions both in private and public venues. The invention provides personalized information that is conveniently accessible through a network of public access stations (or terminals) which are enabled by a personal system access card (e.g., smart card). The invention also provides advertisers the opportunity to directly engage actual and potential user-consumers with selected advertising or marketing content based on each user's profile and usage history. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301265 | METHOD FOR INTERFACING SCANNED PRODUCT INFORMATION WITH A SOURCE FOR THE PRODUCT OVER A GLOBAL NETWORK - A method for interfacing scanned product information with a source for the product over a global network. A method is provided for obtaining information regarding the source of a product from a remote information source location on a global communication network utilizing a product code associated with the product and unique thereto. The product code associated with the product is scanned with a scanner at a user location on the global communication network to extract the information contained in the unique product code therefrom. A unique scan ID code is associated with the scanning operation and a packet of information assembled that is comprised of the extracted product code and the unique scan ID code to provide a routing packet. The user location is then connected to the remote information source location utilizing the routing packet and in response to the step of scanning, wherein the routing packet is representative of the location of the remote information source location on the global communication network through an association with a routing table. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301266 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS NETWORK CONFIGURATION - Exemplary embodiments include methods and systems for identifying information associated with a remote user system and/or a wireless system, determining the compatibility of the remote user system and a wireless system, formulating one or more configuration plans for the remote user system and/or a wireless system and automatically implementing one or more configuration plans to establish a wireless network. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301267 | Method and System for Network Management with Platform-Independent Protocol Interface for Discovery and Monitoring Processes - A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product is presented for management of a distributed data processing system. An action at a target device is requested, and the completion of the action depends upon communication protocol operations on a set of devices along a logical route through the distributed data processing system. A set of supported protocols that are common to the set of devices along the logical route are identified, and a subset of supported protocols in the set of supported protocols that can be used to complete the action is then identified. An allowable supported protocol is selected for the action based on the type of requested action, after which the requesting application may use the action in accordance with the selected allowable supported protocol, e.g., to monitor or discover the target device. A topology mapping is used to derive an endpoint-to-endpoint route for completing the requested action. A comparison of assigned priorities of each allowable supported protocol may be performed to choose the selected allowable supported protocol. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301268 | Method and Apparatus for Configuring and Modeling Server Information in an Enterprise Tooling Environment - A computer implemented method, an apparatus, and a computer usable program product are provided for configuring and modeling server connection and deployment information in an enterprise tooling environment. A software model is provided that comprises a connections object, which includes a plurality of connection objects and deploy spec objects. Each of the connection objects is specific to a backend server type. A deploy controller is provided at run time to examine the connections object for a connection object. A backend resource manager is loaded for a specific application server. If a connection object is present, the backend resource manager loads a connection interpreter, which transforms development time connection information in the connection object to the run time connection information in corresponding deploy spec object and connection factory spec object. The backend resource manager then writes the deployment information to the configurations files of the application server. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301269 | METHOD FOR BINDING AN ADDRESS OF A USER TERMINAL IN AN ACCESS EQUIPMENT - A method for binding an address of a user terminal in an access equipment includes the following steps. The user terminal requests a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server via the access equipment to assign an IP address, and the access equipment receives a response message from the DHCP server during the process in which the DHCP server assigns the IP address to the user terminal. The access equipment binds the address of the user terminal with a corresponding port of the access equipment according to the address information and the port information in the response message. By using the scheme of the invention, the access equipment may use the access information and the corresponding port information, which is obtained when the user terminal requests to assign the IP address for implementing binding the address of the user terminal and managing the user terminal effectively and expediently. In addition, since the binding relationship of the user terminal is created dynamically, it could be avoided effectively if the IP address is stolen. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301270 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIRECTED PROVISION AND INSTALLATION OF DEVICE-SPECIFIC FUNCTIONALITIES, IN PARTICULAR FOR FIELD DEVICES - A method for directed provision and installation of device-specific functionalities and/or information for field devices which are arranged in a distributed system, in particular in a distributed automation system, wherein in a first step, a field device to be connected to the system is supplied with basic functionalities and/or basic information for operation of the field device in the system, bypassing a higher-level controller for the system, after which in a second step, the higher-level controller automatically installs further required upgrade functionalities and/or upgrade information in order to produce the full functional scope of the field device, using the existing basic functionalities and/or basic information. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301271 | METHOD OF IP ADDRESS DE-ALIASING - A method of internet protocol (IP) address de-aliasing that involves obtaining IP addresses from devices in a network, pinging pairs of the IP addresses by sending packets to pairs of the IP addresses, obtaining ping response orders for the packets, and determining whether the pairs of IP addresses are aliases of the same network device based on the obtained ping response orders. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301272 | QUORUM-BASED POWER-DOWN OF UNRESPONSIVE SERVERS IN A COMPUTER CLUSTER - A quorum-based server power-down mechanism allows a manager in a computer cluster to power-down unresponsive servers in a manner that assures that an unresponsive server does not become responsive again. In order for a manager in a cluster to power down servers in the cluster, the cluster must have quorum, meaning that a majority of the computers in the cluster must be responsive. If the cluster has quorum, and if the manager server did not fail, the manager causes the failed server(s) to be powered down. If the manager server did fail, the new manager causes all unresponsive servers in the cluster to be powered down. If the power-down is successful, the resources on the failed server(s) may be failed over to other servers in the cluster that were not powered down. If the power-down is not successful, the cluster is disabled. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301273 | CENTRALLY ASSIGNING BRANCH SPECIFIC NETWORK ADDRESSES - Provided is a method for centrally assigning branch specific network addresses in a domain host control protocol (DHCP) environment. A local router receives requests for IP address assignment from a computing device at one location and forwards the request to a centralized DHCP (CDHCP) server at a different location. The CDHCP server evaluates information associated with the request to determine the location of the requesting computer and assigns an IP address based upon the location. The CDCHP server correlates location specific data to the IP address entry. In this manner, a centralized DHCP server is able to administer IP address for multiple locations and assign location specific data to the requesting computer. The determination of a location of a requesting computer is based on information such as a reverse look-up of the originating signal and analysis of network traffic. The disclosed technology provides centralized control of a networking infrastructure. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301274 | BLOCK ALLOCATION TIMES IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM - A method and apparatus improves the block allocation time in a parallel computer system. A pre-load controller pre-loads blocks of hardware in a supercomputer cluster in anticipation of demand from a user application. In the preferred embodiments the pre-load controller determines when to pre-load the compute nodes and the block size to allocate the nodes based on pre-set parameters and previous use of the computer system. Further, in preferred embodiments each block of compute nodes in the parallel computer system has a stored hardware status to indicate whether the block is being pre-loaded, or already has been pre-loaded. In preferred embodiments, the hardware status is stored in a database connected to the computer's control system. In other embodiments, the compute nodes are remote computers in a distributed computer system. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301275 | MANAGED RACKING SYSTEM - An optimized racking system is disclosed for computer installation to communicate with a computer network. This system comprises a plurality of server modules, a plurality of switching modules and a central patching facility. Each of the server modules is adapted to receive at least one server computer, and each of the switching modules is adapted to receive at least one communications switch. The central patching facility is adapted to connect at least one switch for communication with at least one remote computer. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301276 | System and method for controlling and managing electronic communications over a network - A system and method to control and manage electronic communications transmitted over a network are described. An electronic communication is generated at a point of origin coupled to a sender user. Status of the electronic communication is further managed at the point of origin based on a predetermined number of selectable parameters associated with the electronic communication. Specifically, a set of communication parameters are retrieved from at least one field of an electronic communication generated by a sender user. Selection of at least one identification parameter related to the electronic communication is further facilitated. An identifier code associated with the electronic communication is further generated based on the one or more identification parameters and the set of communication parameters. A duplicate copy of the electronic communication is finally generated and the duplicate copy and the associated identifier code are further stored in a data storage device designed to facilitate ready production of the stored electronic communication through various search protocols. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301277 | Web system, communication control device, and storage medium - A disclosed Web system includes an image forming apparatus; a communication control device connected to the image forming apparatus and including a print server function; and an information processing apparatus connected via a network and the communication control device to the image forming apparatus and configured to obtain information on the image forming apparatus in the form of Web information from the communication control device. The information processing apparatus includes a Web information request unit configured to send an information request to the communication control device to obtain the Web information, the information request including a language identifier. The communication control device includes a Web information storing unit configured to store the Web information, and a Web information returning unit configured to retrieve the Web information corresponding to the language identifier from the Web information storing unit and to send the retrieved Web information to the information processing apparatus. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301278 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYNCHRONIZING DATA BETWEEN COMMUNICATION DEVICES IN A NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT - A source communication device comprises a cluster manager to group destination device connections into a plurality of performance clusters. The cluster manager then causes a synchronization mechanism to be generated for each performance cluster. Each synchronization cluster can then allow data to be optimally shared between the source device and destination devices within a given cluster. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301279 | Specifying Associations among Attributes of Entities in - Specifying associations among attributes of entities in a data center, the data center comprising a facility that houses computers and equipment supporting computer operations, the entities including the computers and the equipment, some attributes associated with a resource domain, the resource domain composed of a physical characteristic shared by some of the computers and equipment, including inducing, by a management module within the data center, a change in a value of a first attribute of a first entity; monitoring, by the management module within the data center, a change in a value of a second attribute of a second entity; determining whether the monitored change in the second attribute correlates with the induced change in the first attribute; and, if the monitored change in the second attribute correlates with the induced change in the first attribute, specifying an association among the first attribute, the second attribute, and the resource domain. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301280 | WEB MEDIA ASSET IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods of dynamically identifying a server provided media asset on a client device are provided herein. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301281 | Search Ranger System and Double-Funnel Model for Search Spam Analyses and Browser Protection - An exemplary method for defeating server-side click-through cloaking includes retrieving a search results page to set a browser variable, inserting a link to a page into the search results page and clicking through to the page using the inserted link. An exemplary method for investigating client-side cloaking includes providing script associated with a suspected spam URL, modifying the script to de-obfuscate the script and executing the modified script to reveal cloaking logic associated with the script. Other methods, systems, etc., are also disclosed. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301282 | Systems and Methods for Storing Interaction Data - A method for storing customer center communications data includes receiving communications data at a host, wherein the communications data corresponds to a communication involving a customer center agent at a customer center located remotely from the host, storing the communications data at the host, and providing the communications data to a device located at the customer center. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301283 | Website-controllable warning message broadcasting system - A website-controllable warning message broadcasting system includes a first network linking apparatus and a plurality of second network linking apparatus linked to one another via a central server. When a first alarm unit connected to the first network linking apparatus is triggered, users at the second network linking apparatus may use respective second display unit thereat to view images captured by a first image capture unit connected to the first network linking apparatus, and broadcast a warning to deter any invader or to help the user at the first network linking apparatus. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301284 | Systems and methods for capture of electronic evidence - Systems and methods are provided for capturing electronic evidence. One or more agents are deployed to one or more sources of electronic evidence over a communications network, wherein the one or more deployed agents are undetectable by the one or more sources. One or more instructions are transmitted to the one or more deployed agents to capture electronic evidence from at least one service control point, wherein the one or more deployed agents are inactive unless the one or more instructions are received. Upon receipt of the one or more instructions by the one or more deployed agents from the at least of service control point, electronic evidence is captured from the one or more sources of electronic evidence. The use of resources of the one or more sources by the one or more deployed agents is monitored. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301285 | Methods, apparatus and systems for analyzing data carried by a plurality of data tributaries, wherein the analysis is based on a mapping of the data tributaries to one or more tributary sets - In one embodiment, data carried by a plurality of data tributaries is received. As the data is received, a stored mapping of data tributaries to one or more tributary sets is accessed, and common data tags are assigned to the data carried by ones of the data tributaries mapped to common ones of the one or more tributary sets. The data based on the common data tags is filtered; the filtered data is analyzed; and a result of the analysis is output. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301286 | Persistent message store - A method and apparatus for using a persistent message store in a distributed computing system having a service oriented architecture. A message is detected that is transmitted from a message producer to a message consumer in the distributed computing system having the service oriented architecture. A determination is made as to whether the message should be copied based on at least one predetermined criterion. A copy of the message is generated if the message is to be copied. The copy of the message is stored in the persistent message store. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301287 | Managing Partitioning in a Cluster of Nodes - For managing partitioning in a cluster of nodes, each node is assigned a prime number for use in determining which partition should be activated following partitioning of the cluster. The cluster is monitored for partitioning. If partitioning is detected, a partition value is calculated from the product of the prime numbers assigned to each node in each partition. A node is activated only if it is within the partition having the greatest partition value. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301288 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING A TRANSACTION - A device for detecting a timeout event during a transaction between a user and a host includes a memory storing a set of predetermined threshold values in association with corresponding operations. A timing control unit that is operative to provide timing information. A controller is operative to detect a timeout event based on the timing information provided thereto and on the predetermined threshold vale of a corresponding operation. Activation of the device is conditional upon a signal received from a host. In another example embodiment, a device for detecting a timeout event during a transaction between a user and a host based on timing information and the predetermined threshold values includes means to access external power from the host. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301289 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING FOR UPNP DEVICE - Provided is a method of searching for a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) device in a UPnP network. Accordingly, a control point inserts attribute information on a device designated by a user in addition to information on a device type, a service type, or the like into a search message that is multicasted to search for a UPnP message, and a UPnP device which receives the search message determines whether or not the received attribute information corresponds to an attribute of the UPnP device with reference to a device description and a service description, and transmits a response message according to a result of the determining. Therefore, network traffic that occurs in an operation of searching for a UPnP device can be reduced, and a user can easily and rapidly search for a desired UPnP device. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301290 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGEMENT OF COMMON SIDE INFORMATION - The invention is directed at a method of managing side information, used during interactive compression, common to a server and one of multiple devices. In order to manage common side information, a global common side information table including entries for the side information is maintained. The entries store characteristics of the common side information and include a reserve counter whereby entries can be reserved so that they are not erroneously deleted from the server. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301291 | PORTABLE HOST-PLUGGABLE APPLIANCE TRACKING SYSTEM - A recoverable data storage apparatus includes a hand-portable housing configured with an input/output (I/O) port presented outwardly therefrom, a data storage means retained within the housing and operatively coupled with the input/output port, and a client agent embodied as device-executable code residing on the data storage device and configured. When executed on a network-linked host computing device, the client agent is configured to establish communication with a remote server and receive data indicating a possession status of the data storage apparatus. A device tracking system includes a data network means, a hardware portion, and a software portion. The hardware portion includes at least, (1) a server device operatively coupled with the network means, and (2) a data storage device with an externally presented input/output port configured to operatively couple with a host device. The software portion includes at least, (1) a data storage device tracking means configured to identify a data storage device based upon unique identification-relevant data included in a polling message received via the network means, and (2) a client agent configured as device executable code stored at a memory means operatively coupled with the data storage device, wherein the client agent is configured so operatively when coupled with a host device to cause the host device to transmit host device-relevant identifying data via the network means. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301292 | POWER MANAGEMENT OF NETWORK ATTACHED DEVICE - Power management of one or more network-attached devices connected to a plurality of computer units is disclosed. In an exemplary arrangement, each computer unit as one computer unit, in response to a command for shutdown of the one computer unit, determines whether or not at least one remaining computer unit has been placed in a shutdown state, and the one computer unit, in response to a determination that the at least one remaining computer unit has been placed in a shutdown state, transmits a terminate-command signal to the one or more network-attached devices via the network for termination of the one or more network-attached devices. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301293 | Method and apparatus for discovering universal plug and play device using resource information - Provided are a method and apparatus for discovering a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) device by using resource information. The method includes: multicasting a search message including resource request information, which requests a resource to the device, to a network complying with the predetermined standard; receiving at least one response message regarding the search message; and discovering a device corresponding with the resource request information based on the received response message. Accordingly, available information of the resource can be obtained in a discovery process, and as a result, a trial and error during the search and control can be avoided. Also, unnecessary waste of resources, such as network traffic, can be prevented, and thus efficiency of a communication protocol is improved. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301294 | Method and Apparatus for Operating an Open API Network Having a Proxy - A telecommunication system, method, apparatus, and computer readable media that implements an open application program interface (API) system in which open API servers pass and receive API commands to applications through a novel proxy. The proxy assists implementing various management functions, such as assigning open API servers to application and monitoring the overall system, and service contract control, all beneficially in a transparent manner. The proxy enables the telecommunication system to handle geographically diverse applications and open API servers. All API command can, but need not, pass through the proxy. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301295 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USAGE-BASED MISINFORMATION DETECTION AND RESPONSE - Methods of detecting, and providing a notification of, the existence of misinformation using usage patterns of a network service enable an organization to respond to the misinformation. The method includes establishing common usage patterns of the network service, identifying an irregular usage pattern, determining that the irregular usage pattern was caused by misinformation, and responding to the misinformation. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301296 | System and method for creating, tracking and analyzing tasks - A system and method for creating, negotiating, tracking, and analyzing tasks, wherein the present invention provides for automated negotiation of tasks between task assignor and task assignee, and wherein the present invention provides for automated tracking and trending of task completion, performing statistical analysis of the task status and task completion, tracking and trending of tasks assigned to an individuals or group of individuals, sets of individuals belonging to a department or organization, tracking and trending groups of tasks making up a project, and tracking and trending of tasks across an entire organization. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301297 | Information Management System - An information management system is described comprising one or more workstations running applications which allow a user of the workstation to connect to a network, such as the Internet. Each application has an analyzer, which monitors transmission data that the application is about to transmit to the network or has just received from the network, and which determines an appropriate action to take regarding that data. The analyzer may consult policy data containing a supervisor-defined policy to govern the workstations in order to determine what action to take. Such actions may be extracting data from the transmission data, such as passwords and usernames, digital certificates or eCommerce transaction details for storage and record keeping; ensuring that the transmission data is transmitted at an encryption strength appropriate to the contents of the transmission data; determining whether a check needs to be made as to whether a digital certificate received in transmission is valid; determining whether a transaction about to be made by a user of one of the workstations needs third party approval before it is made; and controlling the transmission of messages, such as e-mails according to a policy. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301298 | Identifying a computing device - A computer architecture for enterprise device applications that provides a real-time, bi-directional communication layer for device communication. An identity-based communications layer provides for secure, end-to-end telemetry and control communications by enabling mutual authentication and encryption between the devices and the enterprise. A unique identity is assigned to each device, user and application to provide security services. The unique identity is independent of a network-address. Security information and a network address may be associated with the unique identity. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301299 | Automatically targeting and filtering shared network resources - Embodiments are provided to automatically target shared resources in a computer network which are pertinent to a query for information from a client and/or a server through the use of a shared resources portal. In one embodiment, a query is received in the shared resources portal from a requestor. The portal may then identify a target resource server to which to route the query by filtering the information provided by a number of shared resource servers in the network against information regarding an organizational role performed by the requester. The identified target resource server may be one which provides information pertinent to the organizational role performed by the requester. The query is then processed in the identified target resource server. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301300 | Predictive asynchronous web pre-fetch - A web server receives an asynchronous pre-request of data from a web browser resulting from the web browser predicting a user action based on the user's interaction with the web browser. The web server pre-fetches the pre-requested data based on the asynchronous pre-request of data. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301301 | Information sharing in a smart space - An apparatus and method for storing and maintaining in a smart space device connectivity information of devices of the smart space including a plurality of disparate radio access technologies. The connectivity information is propagated to at least one other device of the smart space and is used for selecting an optimal distribution route for information to be shared in the smart space. Technologies such as NoTA, BillBoard and Whiteboard can be used. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301302 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, RELAYING METHOD AND RELAYING DEVICE - Method and device for heightening communications security. Gateway | 2008-12-04 |
20080301303 | VIRTUAL NETWORK CONNECTION APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CONNECTION OF A VIRTUAL NETWORK AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a virtual network connection apparatus having a unit that receives an instruction for forming a virtual network; an unit that assigns a unique virtual network identifier in response to the instruction; a unit that receives designation of an information processor; a unit that issues permission information for a designated information processor and registers the issued permission information in correlation to the assigned identifier; a processor that determines, upon receipt of the permission information from an information processor, a virtual network identifier correlated to the permission information and executes a process to correlate an address of the information processor to the determined identifier; and a transmission controller that determines a virtual network identifiers correlated to a source and a destination addresses of a transmitted information, and executes a control to transmit the transmitted information to the destination address by reference to the determined identifiers. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301304 | MULTIMEDIA SPACES - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or method that detect watermarks incorporated within analog and/or digital signals associated with multimedia presentations. The disclosed system can include a component that receives analog and/or digital signals, ascertains the existence of a watermark associated with the received signals, and extracts metadata encapsulated within the watermark, wherein the metadata can both include information regarding the broadcast multimedia presentations as well as information unrelated to the broadcast multimedia. Extracted metadata or more particularly, attributes contained within the metadata can be utilized to establish online social networks based at least on the associated attributes. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301305 | METHOD AND RELATED SYSTEM FOR BUILDING UP A NETWORK CONNECTION BETWEEN CLIENTS AND SERVERS THROUGH A STREAM FORK BY UTILIZING HTTP PROTOCOL - A method for building up a network connection between a client and a server through a stream fork by utilizing HTTP protocol includes receiving a connection request of the client, transmitting the connection request to the server, building up a connection channel between the client and the server and setting a channel ID of the client, and transmitting the channel ID to the client. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301306 | FAST SESSION ESTABLISHMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOBILE TERMINAL - A fast session establishment method and system is provided for reducing time required to establish a multimedia communication session. The fast session establishment method includes registering a parameter set that had resulted in a successful session establishment with a counterpart terminal and establishing a session with the counterpart terminal using the parameter set resulting in a prior successful session. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301307 | Rfid Tag for Ip Address-Based Rfid Service and Rfid Service Method Using the Same - Provided are a RFID tag and a method for providing a RFID service using the same. The RFID tag includes: a code type data denoting a code type of the RFID tag; and a content server IP address code denoting an IP address of a content server that provides content related to an item with the RFID tag attached. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301308 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING INTERACTIVE MEDIA SESSION BASED ON IP MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM - A method and system for establishing an interactive media session based on an IP Multimedia Subsystem, including: a terminal adapted to initiate an interactive media session request and receive a media session response; a serving-CSCF adapted to trigger the request to the application server according to a triggering rule and route the message; a proxy-CSCF adapted to forward the request and the response between the terminal and the serving-CSCF; an application server adapted to process the service request; a media control entity adapted to control resource allocation of the media carrier entity; and a media carrier entity adapted to allocate address ports for RTSP connection and RTP connection with the terminal. The present invention can be applied to a NGN network where the carrier and control are separated to improve the media delivery efficiency. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301309 | Browser initiated reporting of fraud - A method and apparatus for providing safety feedback to web browsers. A web browser contacts a remote server that monitors web site safety and provides a universal resource locator (URL) for a web site the client is about to access. The web site safety or tracking server checks its database for reports of issues related to the URL and provides information on any such issues. The user of the web browser can then make an informed decision about whether to continue the access of the website associated with the URL. The user of the web browser can also send reports of unwanted activities by any website. This information is analyzed and added to the database maintained by the remote server. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301310 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS AND CONTROL - Methods and systems for telecommunications operations and controls include (1) an enhanced text message process or methodology that allows a remote user who does not have, already installed, a specialized voice telephony program to nevertheless place and participate in a voice call, (2) call admission control using a “degrees of separation” metric, (3) real time controlled sharing of contact (buddy) lists, (4) multi-service instance messaging conferences, and (5) “meta buddies” or buddy lists that can be automatically imported and made part of a user's own buddy list. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301311 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXTENDED STEERING TAGS (STAGS) TO MINIMIZE MEMORY BANDWIDTH FOR CONTENT DELIVERY SERVERS - Aspects of a method and system for extended steering tags (STags) to minimize memory bandwidth for content delivery servers are presented. Aspects of the system may include at least one processor that enables reception of at least a portion of a data stripe within a direct data placement (DDP) segment. The one or more processors may enable transfer of a modified version of the received portion of the data stripe to a client without waiting to receive a subsequent portion or more of a data stripe destined for the client. The modified version of the received portion or more of the data stripe may contain a destination location for storing the modified version of the portion or more of the data stripe within the client. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301312 | Tunneling IPv6 Packets - Methods, systems, and products are provided for tunneling IPv6 packets. Embodiments include receiving, by an origin IPv6 border router from an origin IPv6 host, an IPv6 packet having an IPv6 destination address; receiving, by an origin IPv6 border router from an origin IPv6 host, an IPv4 address for a destination IPv6 border router retrieved from a data structure associating IPv6 destination addresses with IPv4 addresses for destination IPv6 border routers; encapsulating, by the origin IPv6 border router, the IPv6 packet in an IPv4 packet; and sending the encapsulated packet to a destination IPv6 border router at the IPv4 address. In many embodiments, encapsulating, by the origin IPv6 border router, the IPv6 packet in an IPv4 packet is carried out by adding an IPv4 header to the IPv6 packet. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301313 | Method and Apparatus for Local IP Address Translation - A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for requesting a page from a server across a network data processing system. The page is requested a first time from a client application in the data processing system in which the page is requested using a domain name. An Internet Protocol address for the domain name is looked up for the page on a remote domain name server. The Internet Protocol address is used to request the page. The Internet Protocol address is stored locally in the data processing system in a database of Internet Protocol translations in association with the domain name for the page and wherein the database is accessible only by the client application. As a result, subsequent requests for the page may be processed using this database. The database of Internet Protocol translations is referenced to determine whether an Internet Protocol address for a selected page is present in response to a request for the selected page. The selected page is requested using an Internet Protocol address returned from the database of Internet Protocol translations if the Internet Protocol address is present in the database of Internet Protocol translations. The remote domain name server is queried to determine the Internet Protocol address of the selected page if the Internet Protocol address for the selected page cannot be determined from referencing the database of Internet Protocol translations. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301314 | Auxiliary Content Handling Over Digital Communication Systems - A broadcaster prepares primary content session stream data, and auxiliary content files, such as subtitle text. The auxiliary data may be provided using a two-level structure. Here, the first level can be is a file having plural entries each with a control information item, e.g. a timestamp, and a reference is found. A receiver at a time relating to a timestamp renders video content from a packet ( | 2008-12-04 |
20080301315 | Transmitting Digital Media Streams to Devices - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products for transmitting digital media streams. In one aspect, a computer-implemented method includes identifying and transmitting a sequence of frames in a digital video transmission, the sequence of frames comprising an initial frame and subsequent frames corresponding to the initial frame, the subsequent frames comprising data that incrementally updates the initial frame, and initiating a new transmission of the sequence of frames to a new device after sending one of the subsequent frames in the digital media transmission, the initiating comprising generating information to cause the new device to inhibit presenting the new transmission until after frames between and including the initial frame and the one of the subsequent frames have been received by the new device, and transmitting, to the new device, the information and the frames between and including the initial frame and the one of the subsequent frames. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301316 | Method, Apparatus And Computer Program Product For Discovering And Prioritizing Patterns Of Component Usage In A Virtual Application Container For Enhancing Prefetching - Disclosed is a method, computer program product and a server unit of a virtual execution environment having at least one client. The server unit includes a network interface for conducting bidirectional communications with the at least one client and a control unit configured to determine, for individual ones of positions in a virtualized execution of an application, those components that are required at each position; to establish a pseudo-distance between the positions in the virtualized execution of the application; and to identify components that are candidates for prefetching as those components required at one or more positions that are proximate to a current position. The pseudo-distance between positions is indicative of an urgency of prefetching candidate components for regulating an amount of resources devoted to the prefetching of components. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301317 | Method of Multiple File Streaming Service Through Playlist in Mobile Environment and System Thereof - A method and system of streaming content media files uses a Portable Terminal. In the event of streaming multiple content files in a mobile environment, the method combines multiple content files into one streaming file through the Playlist Generator provided for the Streaming Server and then streams the entire file at once to a Portable Terminal in order to resolve problems with the existing technology, wherein after streaming for 1 content file is all completed, one must request the Streaming Server for another session again in order to stream subsequent content files. | 2008-12-04 |
20080301318 | Segmentation and Transmission of Audio Streams - A system, method and computer-readable code for segmenting an audio stream into a plurality of small digital audio files using gaps in the natural language of the audio stream is provided. The small digital audio files are transmitted, loaded, and played in a specific order, such that from the user's perspective, the audio stream is reproduced in an apparently seamless manner. This is done without reassembling the audio stream, either in whole or in part. The small digital audio files are created using natural language gaps, and are generally small enough to ensure that a first small digital audio file can be downloaded and played without significant delay, while successive small digital audio files are downloaded to be played in the future. Accordingly, the user receives audio-on-demand in a timely manner. | 2008-12-04 |