Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080250038 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POPULATING A SOFTWARE CATALOGUE WITH RELATED PRODUCT INFORMATION - A method and system for populating a software catalogue in software applications which monitor the presence of software products on a plurality of computers. The proposed method aims at populating a software catalogue with a limited manual intervention of an administrator. The present invention reduces the cost of producing and maintaining a comprehensive knowledge base (the catalogue) which contains definitions of software products and the related signature. Information about software products and their related signature is obtained through a process using some special files (e.g. XML files) which contains information and/or pointers to other products. | 10-09-2008 |
20080250473 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONFIGURING FIREWALLS - A solution (A1-A16) is proposed for distributing a software product to a set of data processing entities (such as endpoints) in a data processing system; the system includes a set of security applications (such as firewalls), which are adapted to control communications of the entities. A corresponding method starts with the step of determining a target configuration of the security applications for allowing execution of the software product on the entities. A software package (or more), being adapted to enforce the software product and the target configuration, is then built (A11). The method continues by distributing (A12-A16) the software package in the system, so as to cause the application of the software package for enforcing the software product on each entity and the target configuration of each security application. | 10-09-2008 |
20080250493 | Method, System and Computer Program for Automating Configuration of Software Applications - A solution ( | 10-09-2008 |
20090013084 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MULTIPLE SYSTEMS IN A LOW BANDWIDTH ENVIRONMENT - A method of controlling one or more client systems by means of one or more server systems, comprising the steps of identifying a set of system control actions that occur as a result of carrying out a particular function on the server system, which function is required to be replicated on the one or more client systems; and sending the set of system control actions to any client system which is connected to the server system to configure the client system to carry out the system control actions and thereby causing the client system to carry out the particular function on the client system. | 01-08-2009 |
20090094297 | ARCHIVING TOOL FOR MANAGING ELECTRONIC DATA - A method for storing electronic data in a network including a server and at least two client machines. Electronic data may be archived in a predetermined location of a client machine. A local archiving list may be generated on the client machine and may include descriptive properties of the electronic data, as well as the predetermined location. The local archiving list may be transmitted from the client machine to the server to generate a global archiving list, which may then be transmitted to any other client machines in communication with the server. In this manner, each client machine in the network may store the location and descriptive properties of the archived electronic data to facilitate electronic data recovery. | 04-09-2009 |
20090158266 | DEPLOYMENT TOOL FOR INCREASING EFFICIENCY IN A PRODUCTION COMPUTER SYSTEM - A method is presented for deploying a component onto a production computer system. The method may include identifying one or more alterations associated with deployment of a first application onto a first computer system, where the first application on the first computer system is substantially similar to a second application on a second computer system. Embodiments may further include generating a command and an object corresponding to the alteration, where the command and the object are generated as a function of the first application. The alteration may then be replicated on the second application of the second computer system by executing the command and the object on the second computer system. | 06-18-2009 |
20090158438 | SOFTWARE LICENSE RECONCILIATION FACILITY - A method is presented for monitoring software product usage in a data processing system. The method may include installing an instance of a software product on a target entity of a data processing system. A usage condition applicable to the instance may be identified. Reconciliation information may be generated upon installation of the instance. This reconciliation information may correlate the usage condition with the instance to facilitate later determining compliance of the software product with applicable usage conditions. | 06-18-2009 |
20090160621 | MULTIMEDIA ARTICLE MANAGEMENT FACILITY - A method is presented for managing user preferences upon reading a multimedia article. The method may include receiving a request to read the multimedia article, and reading a RFID tag coupled to the multimedia article. The RFID tag may store user preference information for reading the multimedia article. The user preference information may then be applied, and the multimedia article may be read in accordance with the user preference information. | 06-25-2009 |
20090160675 | Method and System for Monitoring Road Surface Conditions - Monitoring road surface conditions using a mobile computer unit carried by a vehicle operating on a road network and adapted to detect information about the road surface conditions. The detection may be done by means of bump sensors which may also provide information on the size and the depth of the bump according to a detected shock with respect to the vehicle speed. Such information may then be transmitted to a central controller server. The central server may use the collected information for several purposes, such as help in planning maintenance of the road network; forwarded to users and vehicles for journey planning purposes; and to deviate traffic in case of extreme surface damage. | 06-25-2009 |
20090191849 | ENHANCED MESSAGING COLLABORATION - The capabilities of a collaboration messaging system are extended through so that a user can be contacted, or at least notified of incoming messages, when the user is away from his own messaging client computer but is near another messaging client computer. The proximity of a user to a messaging client computer other than his own is inferred from the detection of a wireless communications device (e.g., a Bluetooth-enabled cellular phone) associated to the user. The association is recorded in a user profile set up by the user and stored in the collaboration messaging system. If a wireless communications device is detected proximate to a messaging client computer, a search is made of stored user profiles, each of which associates a particular wireless communication with a particular user. If a profile exists for the detected wireless communication device, it is retrieved and a set of actions defined in the user profile is implemented. The defined actions include sending messages addressed to the users own messaging client computer to the proximate messaging client computer, sending notices of the messages to the proximate client computer and sending a notice to the sender of the message that the user is near a particular client messaging computer. | 07-30-2009 |
20090268887 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO HANDLE PHONE LINE SERVICES DURING MODEM DIAL-UP CONNECTION - A method and system provides for notification of a called party of an incoming voice phone call intended for the called party even while the called party is engaged in data communications via a dial-up modem. In response to a calling party placing a call, a telecommunications network determining whether the called number is busy. If the called number is busy, the telecommunications network determines whether the called number is engaged in data communications. If the called number is engaged in data communications, the telecommunications network further: determines a data communication protocol being used by the called party to access the data network via a modem device, retrieves from a user profile of the called party one or more user notification addresses associated with the data communication protocol, and transmits an incoming call notification message to the one or more user notification addresses of the called party. A reporting notification message is further transmitted by the telecommunications network to the calling party to let the calling party know that the called party has been notified of the incoming call. | 10-29-2009 |
20090276856 | LICENSE MANAGEMENT FACILITY - A method is presented for managing resource licensing. The method may include detecting an installed web server and/or application server to identify a container installation path, and identifying a resource associated with the container installation path. A resource installation path and a licensing structure may be determined for the resource. The method may further include building an application representation associating the resource installation path with the licensing structure, and determining the instances of resource use. The instances of resource use may be compared to the application representation to determine a licensing state for the resource. | 11-05-2009 |
20090299726 | Method and System For Localizing A Software Product - Localizing a software product is improved. A plurality of attributes of a plurality of interface elements according to a specified type of user interface are retrieved. Responsive to user input, one or more countries in which the software product is to be localized are specified. An interface element for the user interface is selected. From the attributes of the selected interface element, it is determined whether the interface element is consistent with the specified countries. If not, an alert on a computer display is displayed, in the event the selected interface element is not consistent with the countries specified by the user. The invention also calculates a cost of localizing the selected interface element, wherein the projected cost of localizing the user interface is incremented with the cost of localizing the selected interface element. An alert for the projected cost of localizing the user interface is displayed on the computer display. | 12-03-2009 |
20090326971 | METHOD FOR MANAGING PACKAGE DELIVERY - A method for managing package delivery may include receiving a plurality of packages. Each package may include a bar code or RFID tag associating the package with personal profile information. A delivery route plan may be generated based on the personal profile information. The estimated delivery time may be transmitted to the recipient in advance of the delivery. An electronic reply communication including a location of the recipient may be received from a notified recipient either confirming the delivery or proposing an alternate delivery time or location. The delivery route plan may be recalculated based on the retrieved personal profile information, the alternate delivery time or location if proposed by the recipient, and/or the current location of the recipient to identify alternate delivery time and location options. A confirmation selecting one of the alternate delivery time and location options or reconfirming the delivery may be received from the recipient. | 12-31-2009 |
20100017479 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PROXY FUNCTIONALITY IN A MESSAGE CLIENT - A method and system for communicating electronic messages among clients in a network is provided. One implementation involves marking an electronic message to indicate that the message is to be routed to recipient clients identified by a user group definitions, sending the marked message from a sender client to a proxy client, parsing an incoming message at the proxy client to detect an indication that the message is to be routed to recipient clients in a user group, and routing the message from the proxy client to one or more recipients in the user group based on the user group definition. | 01-21-2010 |
20100017482 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCATION AWARE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION - A method and system for location aware electronic communication. One implementation involves receiving an electronic communication at a receiving client, upon detecting that the communication includes location-based information, retrieving criteria for processing the communication from a location profile, and automatically processing the communication utilizing the retrieved criteria and the location-based information from the communication. | 01-21-2010 |
20100017874 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCATION-AWARE AUTHORIZATION - A method and system for controlling access to a module based on spatial location of the module is provided. One implementation involves detecting spatial location of the module, accessing a set of rules indicating locations where access to the module is not authorized, and controlling access to the module based on the detected location by checking the detected location against the set of rules, and denying access to the module when the detected location is within locations where access to the module is not authorized. | 01-21-2010 |
20100020092 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAY MONITOR ELECTRIC POWER CONSUMPTION OPTIMIZATION - A method and system for controlling electrical power consumption of a display monitor screen, is provided. One implementation involves grouping screen pixels into different resolution cells, detecting display of one or more windows on the screen, and selectively controlling the cells by providing power only to the pixels in cells corresponding to one or more windows of interest to the user, and reducing power to pixels in remaining cells. | 01-28-2010 |
20100043011 | METHOD FOR TRACKING LOCAL STORAGE OF WEB PAGES - The present disclosure is directed to a method for tracking client side storage of a web page. The method may comprise providing a script in the web page for responding to a save operation; responding to the save operation initiated in a browser; sending a set of tracking information to a HTTP server providing the web page and/or a particular resource to be stored; forwarding the set of tracking information to an application server; and storing the set of tracking information. | 02-18-2010 |
20100076926 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC CONTACT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A method and system for user contact information in electronic devices is provided. One implementation involves detecting a change in a user contact information at a first electronic device, determining effective date of the change in the contact information, storing the contact information change and effective date in a memory store, automatically communicating the contact information change and effective date to a second electronic device, and applying the received contact information change to a contact information list in a memory store of the second device, on or after the effective date. | 03-25-2010 |
20100172266 | DYNAMIC NETWORK CONFIGURATION FOR A NETWORK DEVICE - A network services profile can be associated with a unique device identifier, such as a MAC address, rather than an IP address. When a network device is connected to a network, a network management server can recognize the unique device identifier and retrieve the network services profile. The network management server can automatically enables network services indicated in the network services profile. | 07-08-2010 |
20100174759 | Personal Resources Organizer with Calendar Interface and Object Detection - A personal resources organizer with calendar interface and object detection is provided. The personal resources organizer monitors personal resources for use with a scheduled event by identifying one or more personal resource objects present in a container and retrieving a list of required personal resource objects for an event scheduled in an electronic schedule. The identified one or more personal resource objects are compared with the list of required personal resource objects for the schedule event and a report of a readiness for the scheduled event is generated based on results of the comparison. The report may then be output for use by a user in determining the user's readiness or preparedness for the scheduled event such that the user may make modifications to the personal resource objects in the container and/or the list or required personal resource objects. | 07-08-2010 |
20100174816 | On-Demand Network Connection - An on-demand network connection for a remote user is provided. Responsive to a failure to receive an electronic communication via an established network connection, a remote user device receives a connection request that indicates that the on-demand network connection is to be established. Responsive to receiving the connection request, the on-demand network connection is established from the remote user device to a network. Then, the electronic communication is received on the remote user device via the on-demand network connection. | 07-08-2010 |
20100174999 | INTEGRATION OF COLLABORATION SYSTEMS IN AN INSTANT MESSAGING APPLICATION - A user of an instant messaging application may interact with instant messaging contacts in other collaboration applications (e.g., e-mail, calendar applications, etc.). IM conversations may relate to information in the collaboration applications. For example, an employee may send an e-mail containing marketing data to his manager and wishes to discuss the data further. The employee sends an IM to the manager referencing the data. The manager should read the e-mail before responding, but the manager may not know that she received the e-mail. Information from a plurality of collaboration applications can be integrated into an instant messaging application. A collaboration integration unit can collect and associate information from the collaboration applications with instant messaging contacts and provide suggestions based on the information. In the previous example, the manager's instant messaging application collects information from an e-mail application and indicates that she has an unread e-mail from the employee. | 07-08-2010 |
20100192224 | SANDBOX WEB NAVIGATION - Browsing the World Wide Web may expose a user's system to malicious attacks that can lead to data loss and/or system failure. Sometimes a user desires to access information on a web page that may contain malicious content. For example, a college student researching computer hacking may need information provided on a hacking website even though the site is potentially dangerous. Although techniques are employed to install potentially harmful executable files into a sandbox (e.g., virtual machine), these techniques do not address navigation of harmful sites. Functionality can be implemented to instantiate a web browser within a controlled virtual environment (“sandbox”) that simulates the host system while restricting the virtual environment to designated space(s) and/or resources of the host system to prevent harmful effects. Instantiating the web browser in the sandbox allows web navigation of risky web sites without deleterious effects on the host system. | 07-29-2010 |
20110046879 | Method and System for Presenting Information Associated With a Location - An enhanced navigation system in which present location is compared to a database of points of interest. Data for each point of interest include a reference to a source of dynamic information reflecting the real time status of the point of interest. Such a reference may comprise, for example, an Internet link. Real time status information will vary depending on the nature of the point of interest, and may include information such as whether the point is open or closed, queue lengths, waiting times, etc. The real time status information is retrieved from the source and presented to the user. | 02-24-2011 |
20120150986 | Method and System for Extending Memory Capacity of a Mobile Device Using Proximate Devices and Unicasting - An improved download capability for mobile devices, without requiring increasing of the local memory of such devices, by providing a set of multimedia devices with the capability to create a cooperative download grid where multiple instrumented devices can be aggregated together according to predefined profiles. This capability is useful in at least two different scenarios. The first is when a SIP enabled device must download a large file having a capacity that is larger than the available memory of the SIP device. The second is when a SIP enabled device must download a file but cannot be connected for a long enough time to accomplish the download. If the SIP device is in proximity to other compatible devices such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) or Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), these devices are operable to be dynamically aggregated to provide a download grid with multiprotocol support that allows optimized downloading. | 06-14-2012 |
20120151067 | Method and System for Extending Memory Capacity of a Mobile Device Using Proximate Devices and Multicasting - An improved download capability for mobile devices, without requiring increasing of the local memory of such devices, by providing a set of multimedia devices with the capability to create a cooperative download grid where multiple instrumented devices can be aggregated together according to predefined profiles. This capability is useful in at least two different scenarios. The first is when a SIP enabled device must download a large file having a capacity that is larger than the available memory of the SIP device. The second is when a SIP enabled device must download a file but cannot be connected for a long enough time to accomplish the download. If the SIP device is in proximity to other compatible devices such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) or Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), these devices are operable to be dynamically aggregated to provide a download grid with multiprotocol support that allows optimized downloading. | 06-14-2012 |
20120191812 | Extending Memory Capacity of a Mobile Device using Proximate Devices and Unicasting - An improved download capability for mobile devices, without requiring increasing of the local memory of such devices, by providing a set of multimedia devices with the capability to create a cooperative download grid where multiple instrumented devices can be aggregated together according to predefined profiles. This capability is useful in at least two different scenarios. The first is when a SIP enabled device must download a large file having a capacity that is larger than the available memory of the SIP device. The second is when a SIP enabled device must download a file but cannot be connected for a long enough time to accomplish the download. If the SIP device is in proximity to other compatible devices such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) or Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), these devices are operable to be dynamically aggregated to provide a download grid with multiprotocol support that allows optimized downloading. | 07-26-2012 |
20120191821 | Extending Memory Capacity of a Mobile Device using Proximate Devices and Multicasting - An improved download capability for mobile devices, without requiring increasing of the local memory of such devices, by providing a set of multimedia devices with the capability to create a cooperative download grid where multiple instrumented devices can be aggregated together according to predefined profiles. This capability is useful in at least two different scenarios. The first is when a SIP enabled device must download a large file having a capacity that is larger than the available memory of the SIP device. The second is when a SIP enabled device must download a file but cannot be connected for a long enough time to accomplish the download. If the SIP device is in proximity to other compatible devices such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) or Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), these devices are operable to be dynamically aggregated to provide a download grid with multiprotocol support that allows optimized downloading. | 07-26-2012 |
20120209868 | Personal Resources Organizer with Calendar Interface and Object Detection - A personal resources organizer with calendar interface and object detection is provided. The personal resources organizer monitors personal resources for use with a scheduled event by identifying one or more personal resource objects present in a container and retrieving a list of required personal resource objects for an event scheduled in an electronic schedule. The identified one or more personal resource objects are compared with the list of required personal resource objects for the schedule event and a report of a readiness for the scheduled event is generated based on results of the comparison. The report may then be output for use by a user in determining the user's readiness or preparedness for the scheduled event such that the user may make modifications to the personal resource objects in the container and/or the list or required personal resource objects. | 08-16-2012 |
20130018951 | SCHEDULING A MEETING IN REAL TIMEAANM Piccinini; SandroAACI RomeAACO ITAAGP Piccinini; Sandro Rome ITAANM Pichetti; LuigiAACI RomeAACO ITAAGP Pichetti; Luigi Rome ITAANM Secchi; MarcoAACI RomeAACO ITAAGP Secchi; Marco Rome ITAANM Sidoti; StefanoAACI RomeAACO ITAAGP Sidoti; Stefano Rome IT - A method, data processing system, and computer program product for sending a notification of a meeting. An identification is made when a number of users in a plurality of users requesting the notification of the meeting is within a threshold distance. Whether the number of users is greater than or equal to a threshold number of the plurality of users needed to have the meeting is determined in response to the identification that the number of users in the plurality of users is within the threshold distance. The notification of the meeting is sent to the number of the users in response to determining that the number of users is greater than or equal to the threshold number. | 01-17-2013 |
20130019313 | GRANULAR VIRUS DETECTIONAANM Piccinini; SandroAACI RomeAACO ITAAGP Piccinini; Sandro Rome ITAANM Pichetti; LuigiAACI RomeAACO ITAAGP Pichetti; Luigi Rome ITAANM Secchi; MarcoAACI RomeAACO ITAAGP Secchi; Marco Rome ITAANM Sidoti; StefanoAACI RomeAACO ITAAGP Sidoti; Stefano Rome IT - A group of files for an application installed on a computer system is identified in response to a request to scan the application for malware. The group of files for the application is scanned for the malware. A result is obtained. An action is performed based on the result. | 01-17-2013 |
20130040602 | Managing Cellular Phone Calls - A mechanism is disclosed for managing phone calls on phone devices used by the employee of a company. When the user wants to give a call, a new plugin in the phone device interprets an attribute value added by the phone device user to each phone number in order to categorize the call. The cell phone user enters a profile describing his call accounting information. A call management plugin computes a prefix for user personal calls which will be adapted to the user location. The call management plugin at the end of the call tags the call information as a personal call or business call. The phone device sends the tagged call information to a remote server of the company, which consolidates billing information received from the phone operators with the tagged call information. | 02-14-2013 |
20130124658 | INTEGRATION OF COLLABORATION SYSTEMS IN AN INSTANT MESSAGING APPLICATION - A user of an instant messaging application may interact with instant messaging contacts in other collaboration applications (e.g., e-mail, calendar applications, etc.). IM conversations may relate to information in the collaboration applications. For example, an employee may send an e-mail containing marketing data to his manager and wishes to discuss the data further. The employee sends an IM to the manager referencing the data. The manager should read the e-mail before responding, but the manager may not know that she received the e-mail. Information from a plurality of collaboration applications can be integrated into an instant messaging application. A collaboration integration unit can collect and associate information from the collaboration applications with instant messaging contacts and provide suggestions based on the information. In the previous example, the manager's instant messaging application collects information from an e-mail application and indicates that she has an unread e-mail from the employee. | 05-16-2013 |
20140142999 | Managing Assets - A method for managing assets including receiving a task across a network to be performed by a set of assets, identifying a subset of assets owned by an owner, transmitting a personalized direct communication across the network to the owner, wherein the personalized direct communication requests approval for use of the subset of assets to execute the task, and responsive to receiving an approval communication across the network from the owner indicating respective approved assets from the subset of assets producing a set of approved assets, automatically transmitting a set of communications across the network to the set of approved assets for execution of the task. | 05-22-2014 |
20140143293 | Managing Assets - A system or computer usable program product for managing assets including receiving a task across a network to be performed by a set of assets, identifying a subset of assets owned by an owner, transmitting a personalized direct communication across the network to the owner, wherein the personalized direct communication requests approval for use of the subset of assets to execute the task, and responsive to receiving an approval communication across the network from the owner indicating respective approved assets from the subset of assets producing a set of approved assets, automatically transmitting a set of communications across the network to the set of approved assets for execution of the task. | 05-22-2014 |