Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090157804 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A CONTEXT AWARE MECHANISM IN AN INTEGRATED OR DISTRIBUTED CONFIGURATION - A context aware platform including a context aware server, the context aware server including: aspects, the aspects being application level abstractions related to a context; policies associated with a context at a point in an application lifecycle, the policies specifying behavior or treatment of aspects; and rules and triggers providing a sequence of steps or logic required to compute aspects; and at least one client, said client being in an execution environment and communicating with said context aware server, wherein the context aware platform replaces aspects, triggers, or both aspects and triggers in the at least one client. | 06-18-2009 |
20090157805 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPECIFYING, APPLYING AND EXTENDING APPLICATION RELATED ASPECTS THROUGH POLICIES, RULES AND/OR TRIGGERS - A method and system for the creation of aspects from a service or application, the method defining related service aspects; inserting or encapsulating service aspects as named aspects into an abstraction layer in an execution environment; and associating the named aspects with logic in the abstraction layer to support application or service function points. | 06-18-2009 |
20090158239 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A CONTEXT AWARE MECHANISM FOR USE IN PRESENCE AND LOCATION - A method for execution in a computing execution environment for the creation of aspects from a service or application, an aspect being an application level abstraction relevant to a source or service, the method comprising: defining related service aspects; inserting or encapsulating service aspects as named aspects into a context aware layer in the execution environment, the context aware layer adapted to be called from a plurality of application types or services; and associating the named aspects with logic in the context aware layer to support application or service function points. | 06-18-2009 |
20090193512 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDRESSING A UNIQUE DEVICE FROM A COMMON ADDRESS BOOK - A method and system for addressing a unique device from an address book, the method having the steps of: receiving a message having a root token and a secondary token; checking whether the root token exists within the address book, if no, creating a record in the address book with the root and secondary token; and if yes, checking whether the secondary token exists within the address book, if yes, providing a representation of the unique device; and if no, storing the secondary token against the root token in the address book. | 07-30-2009 |
20090298489 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A CONVERGED NETWORK-BASED ADDRESS BOOK - A converged address book system having a converged address book (CAB) client for managing contact information, the CAB client including: an interface for interacting with a CAB server; and a synchronization interface for communicating with a synchronization module for interacting with a data synchronization enabler for synchronization between the CAB client and CAB server; the interface allowing the CAB client to manage contact information by making requests to and receiving responses from the CAB server. The CAB server including an interface for interacting with a CAB client; a data synchronization manager for synchronizing information between at least one CAB user device and the CAB server; a data synchronization interface for synchronizing data with the CAB client; a subscription manager for managing CAB subscription and authorization information; a document management interface for communicating with a CAB XMDS; and an XDMC for accessing and manipulate CAB data stored in the XDMS. | 12-03-2009 |
20090299941 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADDING AN ASPECT TRIGGER TO AN ASPECT - A method within a computing execution environment for adding an aspect trigger for an aspect, an aspect being an application level abstraction relevant to a source or service, along with the execution environment, where the method includes defining service aspects; inserting or encapsulating the service aspects as named aspects into an abstraction layer in the computing execution environment; and associating the named aspects with the aspect trigger, wherein the abstraction layer is configured to associate aspect triggers for a plurality of client applications. | 12-03-2009 |
20100077027 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESS AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A CONVERGED NETWORK-BASED ADDRESS BOOK SYSTEM AND A USER DEVICE - A method of sharing contacts within a converged address book system having a converged address book server, the method receiving from a requestor, at the converged address book server, a request for a contact to be shared with a recipient identified in the request; obtaining contact information for the contact from a repository; and delivering the shared contact to the recipient. Also, a method for interaction with a legacy address book system from a network based converged address book system, the method receiving a request to import legacy address book data from a legacy address book system; contacting the legacy address book system and supplying access parameters; retrieving data from the legacy address book system; and storing the imported data in a network based address book storage. | 03-25-2010 |
20100154036 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENCAPSULATION OF APPLICATION ASPECTS WITHIN AN APPLICATION INFORMATION DATA FORMAT MESSAGE - A method and system for processing a data request from a watcher for a target at a server, the method receiving a request for information; searching through a policy for rules to be applied based on the watcher; applying any rules found by the searching, the rule causing a transformation of the information into at least one aspect interpretable by the watcher, the applying utilizing a presence information data format transformation; and returning the at least one aspect incorporated in a presence information data format. | 06-17-2010 |
20100220634 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING CONFERENCE CALLS USING SECURITY TOKENS - Systems and methods are described that for authenticating participants in a conference call. One method may include: providing a first primary communication device having a first security token generator configured to generate first security tokens; providing a second primary communication device; providing a conference call controller configured to receive and authenticate security tokens; establishing a first control link between the first primary communication device and the conference call controller; generating a first security token; communicating the first security token between the first primary communication device and the conference call controller via the first control link; authenticating the first security token; and establishing a media link between the first and second primary communication devices via the conference call controller. In some embodiments, the first control link may comprise a WiFi connection. | 09-02-2010 |
20100220635 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING CONFERENCE CALLS USING MULTIPLE MEDIA STREAMS - Systems and methods are described that facilitate a conference call between a plurality of communication devices. The method may comprise: providing a first primary communication device; providing a second primary communication device; providing a conference call controller; providing a first alternate communication device; establishing a first control link between the first primary communication device and the conference call controller; establishing a media link between the first and second primary communication devices via the conference call controller; and establishing a second media link between the first alternate communication device and the conference call controller. The second media link may be established upon the conference call controller receiving a link request from the first primary communication device via the control link. In some embodiments, the first media link conveys a first media signal which is different than a second media signal conveyed by the second media link. | 09-02-2010 |
20100223333 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTION OF PRESENCE INFORMATION - A method and system for distributing data between a first user and a second user by detecting direct or indirect communication between the first user and the second user, creating an entry for the second user in a roster for the first user, populating the entry for the second user in the roster of the first user with data elements and attributes of the data elements, the data elements and attributes of the data elements indicating what data can be shared with the second user and how the data is to be shared and utilizing the roster of the first user to distribute data reflecting the first user to the second user. | 09-02-2010 |
20100262644 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR QUALIFYING A GENERIC TRIGGER - A method and system of qualifying triggers within a context aware mechanism in an execution environment that includes a network element, the method defining aspects that at least one application employs, an aspect being an application level abstraction relevant to a source or service; associating, at the network element, at least one aspect triggers with said aspects from the defining step; deriving qualifiers at the network element for each of the at least one aspect triggers; and qualifying each of the at least one aspect triggers at the network element with the qualifiers derived in the deriving step. | 10-14-2010 |
20100262661 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING A PRESENCE CONTEXT WITHIN A PRESENCE PLATFORM - A method within a computing execution environment for the establishment of a context for a watcher, the method receiving a subscription request including a service identifier; associating the service identifier with a service context for a service; and applying the service context to information returned to the watcher. | 10-14-2010 |
20110217966 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING TRANSFERRING OF CONFERENCE CALLS USING MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - Systems and methods for facilitating transferring of a conference call. In some embodiments, users of a secure mobile device may be provided with the ability to transfer a media session for use in a conference call to a non-secure communication device. The method may include displaying a user interface on the primary communication device, the user interface including a transfer option, receiving a command selecting the transfer option, sending a transfer request from the primary communication device to the conference call controller to link an alternate communication device within the conference call session, and determining whether the transfer request requires authentication, and if so performing authentication of the transfer request. | 09-08-2011 |
20120096114 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE TRANSPORT OF ASYNCHRONOUS ASPECTS USING A CONTEXT AWARE MECHANISM - A method and system for asynchronously communicating updated information related to a service to a device is provided. The method may include receiving a service initialization directive or message from the device, establishing a logical service connection on behalf of the device and asynchronously sending the updated information associated with the service to the device. | 04-19-2012 |
20120117230 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AND MANAGING A TARGET LIST ON BEHALF OF A USER AGENT CLIENT - A method and system for managing a target list on behalf of a user agent client, the method receiving a subscription request from the user agent client, the subscription request containing at least one uniform resource identifier identifying a resource; providing a subscription request to a an information owning enabler; receiving a notification containing information associated with a candidate uniform resource indicator set; evaluating information associated with the candidate uniform resource indicator set to create a selected uniform resource indicator set; and notifying the user agent client of the selected uniform resource indicator set. | 05-10-2012 |
20130178192 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING TRANSFERRING OF CONFERENCE CALLS USING MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - Systems and methods for facilitating transferring of a conference call. In some embodiments, users of a secure mobile device may be provided with the ability to transfer a media session for use in a conference call to a non-secure communication device. The method may include displaying a user interface on the primary communication device, the user interface including a transfer option, receiving a command selecting the transfer option, sending a transfer request from the primary communication device to the conference call controller to link an alternate communication device within the conference call session, and determining whether the transfer request requires authentication, and if so performing authentication of the transfer request. | 07-11-2013 |
20150023487 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED CONFERENCE CALL SECURITY - A method for controlling access by of communication devices to a conference call, the method comprising associating proximity settings with a conference call, the proximity settings indicating a acceptable proximity of other communication devices relative to a selected communication device; sensing by the selected communication device proximity of the other devices within its proximity of the communication device to obtain proximity information; and determining, by a processor, from the obtained proximity information and the proximity settings an action to be performed with reference to the conference call. | 01-22-2015 |