Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080256115 | Systems, apparatuses and methods for identifying transitions of content - Systems, apparatuses and methods for identifying the end of the presentation of a content item such as a song, and/or identifying transitions from one content item to another. Content is presented via a device. A calculated fingerprint(s) representative of at least a portion of the content is transmitted. A more comprehensive content fingerprint for the content is received in response to the transmission of the calculated fingerprint. The device locally compares further calculated fingerprints to the received content fingerprint to identify an end to the presentation of the content. | 10-16-2008 |
20090143977 | Visual Travel Guide - A novel method, apparatus, and system are disclosed that provide a mobile terminal user with up to date information regarding a point/location of interest. A user may identify a destination, and subsequently select points of interest at the destination from photos, audio or other media displayed to the user. Each media item may be geo-tagged or otherwise associated with a particular point of interest, tourist location, museum, etc. For example, when visiting Washington, D.C., the user may be shown photos of the Washington Monument, Smithsonian Museums, Lincoln Memorial, and the White House. The user may select one or more of the points of interest, and the system then generates an itinerary and/or a walking/driving/biking travel route responsive to the selected media items. | 06-04-2009 |
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20090006537 | Virtual Desktop Integration with Terminal Services - An integration system is disclosed that provides a virtual desktop integration with terminal services. A client computer is connected to one the virtual desktops operating in a server. The client computer examines information contained in a remote desktop protocol (RDP) compliant packet supplied by the server. The client computer connects to one of the many virtual desktops based on information. Use of the information enables integration of the virtual desktop with the existing terminal session deployment model. Client devices can establish a session using a single network name and can be appropriately directed to either a virtual desktop or terminal session. | 01-01-2009 |
20090113058 | Terminal server draining - Techniques are described for managing and controlling connections of server sessions, including systems and methods for managing and controlling connections to a server computer. Connections are monitored to a server computer depending on a “drain state” of the server computer. If the server is in drain mode, requests to initiate a fresh session with the server computer are rejected, or deferred until the server computer comes out of the drain state. | 04-30-2009 |
20090241176 | LOAD BALANCING IN SERVER COMPUTER SYSTEMS - Systems and methods to implement load balancing of connections to a server computer in a server collection are described. The server collection receives connection requests from remote clients over a network. A session broker evaluates one or more load parameters of the server computers in the server collection and, based on those load parameters, determines load associated with each server computer. The session broker redirects the connection requests to the server computer which has a lesser load. | 09-24-2009 |
20090276667 | Session Broker Extensibility Application Program Interface - Described are techniques for providing an application program interface that leverages the terminal services session broker infrastructure to support third party plug-in applications. In a typical scenario, when a user requests for a connection to access third party plug-in applications, the application program interface may override the session broker logic and interacts with the session broker process to identify sessions or suitable servers to which the user can be connected. The user may access the third party plug-in applications through the identified sessions or suitable servers. | 11-05-2009 |
20090328172 | SESSIONLESS REDIRECTION IN TERMINAL SERVICES - Embodiments described herein are directed to establishing a terminal services (TS) session between a TS server and the client without creating a temporary session. In one embodiment, a computer system receives a user request indicating that a TS session with a first TS server is to be initiated. The request includes an indication that the user is authenticated and authorized to use the first TS server. The computer system searches for any prior TS sessions previously initiated by the user with other TS servers and determines, based on the search, that at least one prior TS session was initiated with a second TS server. The computer system also sends redirection data to the user indicating that the user request is to be redirected to the second TS server to reestablish the prior TS session with the second TS server. | 12-31-2009 |
20100161771 | INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) ADDRESS VIRTUALIZATION FOR TERMINAL SERVER SESSIONS - Techniques are disclosed for virtualizing internet protocol (IP) addresses in terminal server sessions. A client component comprises a layer service provider (LSP) and a name service provider (NSP) that intercept a socket call to associate a port with a socket for a terminal server session. The client component queries a server component for a virtual IP address, and the server component determines whether the terminal server session can use a virtual IP address. Where the session can use a virtual IP address, the server returns a virtual IP address and the client component binds the socket call to the virtual IP address. Where the session cannot use a virtual IP address, the server returns an indication of that, and the client component acts as a proxy for that socket call and any future calls for that socket. | 06-24-2010 |