01st week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 53 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120005208 | SYSTEM FOR INFORMATION DISCOVERY IN VIDEO-BASED DATA - A system for information discovery of items, such as individuals or objects, from video-based tracks. The system may compute similarities of characteristics of the items and present the results in a matrix form. A similarity portrayal may have nodes representing the items with edges between the nodes. The edges may have weights in the form of vectors indicating similarities of the characteristics between the nodes situated at the ends of the edges. The edges may be augmented with temporal and spatial properties from the tracks which cover the items. These properties may play a part in a multi-objective presentation of information about the items in terms of a negative or supportive basis. The presentation may be partitioned into clusters which may lead to a merger of items or tracks. The system may pave a way for higher-level information discovery such as video-based social networks. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005209 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING INTERSECTIONS USING CONTENT METADATA - User-submitted content (e.g., stories) may be associated with descriptive metadata (intersection metadata), such as a timeframe, location, tags, and so on. The user-submitted content may be browsed and/or searched using the descriptive metadata. Intersection criteria comprising a prevailing timeframe, a location, and/or other metadata criteria may be used to identify an intersection space comprising one or more stories. The stories may be ordered according to relative importance, which may be determined (at least in part) by comparing story metadata to the intersection criteria. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005210 | Method of Structuring a Database of Objects - A method of structuring a database of objects, the objects each comprising one or more attributes, the attributes being ordered, the method being executed by at least one computer processor connected to a memory, the method classifying in memory the objects in a structure composed of a list CL of sets of formal concepts C | 2012-01-05 |
20120005211 | DOCUMENT OBJECT MODEL (DOM) BASED PAGE UNIQUENESS DETECTION - DOM based unique ID generation, including receiving a hypertext markup language (HTML) page at a computer, and identifying HTML page elements in response to the receiving, the HTML page elements comprising parent nodes, the parent nodes comprising child nodes. The method further comprising processing each of the HTML page elements, the processing comprising: grouping the child nodes by parent node into a group of child nodes, detecting patterns in the group of child nodes in response to the grouping, reducing the group of child nodes to text strings in response to the detecting, storing the text strings as text values in the parent nodes, and generating a unique identifier (ID) of the HTML page in response to the processing. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005212 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MONITORING AND CONTROLLING APPLICATION FILES - A system and method for updating a system that controls files executed on a workstation. The workstation includes a workstation management module configured to detect the launch of an application. A workstation application server receives data associated with the application from the workstation. This data can include a hash value. The application server module can determine one or more categories to associate with the application by referencing an application inventory database or requesting the category from an application database factory. The application database factory can receive applications from multiple application server modules. The application database factory determines whether the application was previously categorized by the application database factory and provides the category to the application server module. Once the application server module has the category, it forwards a hash/policy table to the workstation management module. Upon receipt of the hash/policy table, the workstation management module applies the policy that is associated with the launched application to control access to the application on the workstation. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005213 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO OBTAIN ANONYMOUS AUDIENCE MEASUREMENT DATA FROM NETWORK SERVER DATA FOR PARTICULAR DEMOGRAPHIC AND USAGE PROFILES - Methods and apparatus to obtain anonymous audience measurement data from network server data for particular demographic and usage profiles are disclosed. An example method to provide anonymous audience measurement data to an audience measurement entity disclosed herein comprises obtaining a demographic profile and a network usage profile, sampling customer data stored in a customer database not accessible by the audience measurement entity to generate a customer sample representative of the demographic profile and the network usage profile without customer intervention, the customer sample including customer identification information, processing log data obtained from a network server not accessible by the audience measurement entity using the customer identification information to determine audience measurement data associated with customers in the customer sample, and removing the customer identification information from the audience measurement data to prepare the anonymous audience measurement data for the audience measurement entity. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005214 | ORDERED INDEX - Systems and methods for processing an index are described. A postings list of items containing a particular term are ordered in a desired retrieval order, e.g., most recent first. The ordered items are inserted into an inverted index in the desired retrieval order, resulting in an ordered inverted index from which items may be efficiently retrieved in the desired retrieval order. During retrieval, items may first be retrieved from a live index, and the retrieved items from the live and ordered indexes may be merged. The retrieved items may also be filtered in accordance with the items' file grouping parameters. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005215 | Resource Hubs For Heterogeneous Groups - An invention is disclosed for providing a digital resource gathering and dissemination system, method, or process that can accommodate digital resources of interest for heterogeneous groups and communities of online users for the same topic, demographic, or some other categories as provided by a particular classification scheme. Such a system, method, or process also provides a more reliable or otherwise representative selection of digital resources of interest to the population as a whole. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005216 | Providing Content by Using a Social Network - A method of providing content ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120005217 | Selecting Microblog Entries Based on Web Pages, Via Path Similarity Within Hierarchy of Categories - For each web page visited, a path is determined through a hierarchy of categories. The hierarchy of categories has levels from a most abstract level to a most concrete level. For each microblog entry of a microblog, a path is determined through the hierarchy of categories. Each microblog entry for which the path is similar to the path for at least one web page is determined as a selected microblog entry. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005218 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCORING ARTICLES IN AN ON-DEMAND SERVICES ENVIRONMENT - A method for scoring and ranking knowledge articles in an on-demand service environment in a database network system. The scoring allows users to have input into the scoring to determine relevancy and authenticity to solve particular problems. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005219 | USING COMPUTATIONAL ENGINES TO IMPROVE SEARCH RELEVANCE - An “Iterative Query Reformulator” provides various techniques for using a computational engine to reformulate initial queries through one or more iterations. This query reformulation process ensures that results returned from search engines or recommendation systems using a reformulated query have improved relevance relative to results that would have been returned using only the initial query. More specifically, the Iterative Query Reformulator provides an end to end solution that uses computations from one or more knowledge databases or knowledge sources to find “partial answers” to subqueries derived or extracted from an initial query. These partial answers are then used to reformulate the initial query, with the reformulated query being used by the search engines or recommendations systems to provide results that are highly relevant to the initial query. Determinations of whether to continue reformulation iterations are based on evaluating user metrics from historical search logs having queries that match reformulated queries. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005220 | DYNAMIC ASSET MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT USING A CONTINUOUS EVENT PROCESSING PLATFORM - The disclosed architecture leverages realtime continuous event processing (CEP) to address using a general input interface framework to import a dynamic set of event types (e.g., assets), and using a declarative, expressive query model to implement monitoring and management tasks on an asset level. This is in contrast to looking separately at single values from static databases and/or realtime streams as is common conventionally. The architecture uses the CEP data model to model assets as realtime event types. Thus, queries can be formulated per asset and not just per single stream. The architecture uses the query capabilities of CEP to formulate asset management and monitoring tasks as standing, declarative queries, and uses the input interface of a CEP platform to correlate data from different data sources with different dynamic properties. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005221 | EXTRACTING FACTS FROM SOCIAL NETWORK MESSAGES - Within a social network, users may submit various types of messages, such as personal messages to other users and status messages to be shared with all associated users. While these messages often relate to highly personal information such as opinions and personal emotions, such messages may also comprise one or more facts about a particular topic, such as a report of a weather condition in a particular location at a particular time. These facts may be identified in various messages, and may be stored in a fact store, such that when a user submits a query specifying a topic may receive from the fact store one or more facts that are responsive to the topic of the query. Additionally, user interfaces may be devised and provided to users submitting such messages, e.g., in order to reduce ambiguity and improve the reliable extraction of facts from messages. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005222 | TEMPLATE-BASED RECOGNITION OF FOOD PRODUCT INFORMATION - A method for template based recognition of food product information includes capturing an image of food product packaging and extracting an attribute from the image. The attribute is used to find a matching template in a template-database. The matching template is then used to extract food product information from the image. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005223 | SIMPLIFIED QUERY GENERATION FROM PRIOR QUERY RESULTS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for query generation from a previous result set. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for query generation from a previous result set is provided. The method includes identifying commonalities in a selection of records of a result set produced by a previously issued query against a database in a database management system executing in memory by at least one processor of a host server. The method further includes deriving a query from the identified commonalities that when executed against the database management system would produce the selection of records as the result set. Finally, the method includes storing the derived query for subsequent use in querying the database. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005224 | Facilitating Interaction Among Users of a Social Network - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first user action relating to a first topic from a first user, identifying the first topic based on the first user action, identifying one or more second posts that relate to the first topic, and transmitting to the first user one or more of the second posts or information associated with the second posts in a structured document for display to the first user, the structured document further comprising one or more interactive elements that enable the first user to interact with the one or more second posts or to respective second users that declared the second posts. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005225 | METHOD FOR LAYOUT BASED DOCUMENT ZONE QUERYING - A method and a system are disclosed for querying a document collection based on the layout of only a fragment of the content of a document, specified as a query zone. The method includes providing an index for a collection of documents. In the index, content of a document page in the collection that has been decomposed into layout blocks is indexed according to representations of the blocks and one or more geometric relations between the blocks. A query is generated which is based on representations of blocks determined to be within the query zone and geometric relations between them. This is used to query the index to retrieve pages of documents in the collection which can each be expected to include a layout zone somewhere in the page that is similar in layout to the query zone. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005226 | MANAGEMENT OF VIRTUAL PACKAGES OF MEDICAL DATA IN INTERCONNECTED CONTENT-ADDRESSABLE STORAGE SYSTEMS - Some of the embodiments herein provide a seamless cloud of storage. This storage may be content-addressable storage. An end application may or may not be exposed to the fact that content-addressable storage is used. Various embodiments herein provide event notification, which may allow applications or users to subscribe to particular events (such as storage of an X-ray by a particular entity). Some embodiments provide for a shared archive. A shared archive may provide homogeneous access to medical data, etc. that was previously stored into the CAS cloud by heterogeneous applications, varied data types, etc. Additionally, embodiments herein allow for the creation and distribution of virtual packages. For example, a user may create a virtual package for all images related to a patient so that she may have a virtual package of all of her medical data to present to a referring physician. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005227 | Content recommending method, recommendation information creating method, content recommendation program, content recommendation server, and content providing system - A search input item acquisition unit acquires a search input item. A recommended content information creation unit acquires recommendation information records, compares the search input item acquired in a search input item acquisition unit with the search input items of the recommendation information records to extract recommendation information having the matched search input item according to their points, and creates recommended content information that links to content indicated by the extracted recommendation information records. A recommended content information providing unit provides the user with the recommended content information created by the recommended content information creation unit. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005228 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NAVIGATING AND DISPLAYING MULTI DIMENSIONAL DATA - A method and system for navigating a tree type data structure having multiple data fields with data records arranged in multi dimension is disclosed herein. The method comprises: obtaining a search query to navigate plurality of records in the data structure wherein the data structure is defined to have a root and plurality of dimensions including a first dimension and a last dimension, each dimension being derived from the root through one or more hierarchical nodes defining data fields and all hierarchical nodes in a dimension being at equal distance from the root. Upon receiving the search query a navigation bar is accessed, wherein the navigation bar has at least one navigation icon and a text based search navigation tool for accessing the data records from the data structure. The navigation icons are defined by: obtaining attributes of data structure including dimensional information and providing navigation icons corresponding to each dimension in the data structure and assigning predefined navigating states to each navigation icon corresponding to the data fields in the data structure. The method further comprises: navigating the data structure using the navigation icons, each navigation icon being configured to linearly navigate through predefined navigating states through hierarchical nodes in each dimension based on the search query; and displaying data records available in the last dimension, upon completely navigating through all the dimensions. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005229 | APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF HANDLING DATA ANALYSIS - A method and apparatus for handling data analysis. The apparatus includes an editing device which adds user-specified one of a plurality of operation units to a user-specified layer in a data analysis in response to a user operation, each of the operation units performing a predetermined processing on an associated data source, a connecting device which connects at least one user-specified operation unit in the data analysis to an analysis path in response to a user operation, and a user interface. The user interface receives the user operations and displays the data analysis by representing layers in the data analysis, operation units in the layers and connections on the analysis path in a visual manner. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005230 | Systems and methods for automatically locating web-based social network members - A computer-implemented method implemented via the Internet for coordinating a current or future event between a user of a mobile Internet device and other users communicating through the Internet. The method includes receiving the current or future activity information pertaining to the future event from the user via the mobile Internet device. The current activity pertains to an activity occurring at a current time relative to a time the future activity information is received. The future activity pertains to an activity occurring at a future time relative to a time the future activity information is received. The method further includes transmitting the current or future activity information to a backend database coupled to the Internet, the backend database being remote from the mobile Internet device. The method further includes rendering the current or future activity information accessible to at least one recipient via the Internet. The recipient represents a subset of the users coupled to the Internet and having access privilege to information pertaining to the current or future event involving the user. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005231 | Document and Potential Evidence Management with Smart Devices - A method and apparatus for document and potential evidence management with smart devices is provided. The method includes the steps of authorizing a smart device, verifying a user of the smart device. The smart device is then used to collect a document or piece of potential evidence. As part of the collection process, the user may apply an electronically registerable marking to the electronic record. The electronic record is then uploaded to a record repository. The record repository is a relational database that builds relationships among the documents and potential evidence using the markings applied during the collection process. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005232 | Systems And Methods For Research Database Management - A method and system or research database management is provided. In one aspect a plurality of items of electronic content that comprise similar identifiers of premises and similar identifiers of conclusions drawn from those premises are received at a processor and stored in a database. In another aspect, the identifiers of the premises are received at a processor and the database is mined for intersections of conclusions in the content. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005233 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A computer system comprising storage devices having different characteristics, a client computer, and a file access controller managing the storage devices with the HSM is disclosed. The file access controller provides a normal directory tree and a virtual directory tree, according to the configuration, and provides a first file stored in a first storage device through the normal directory tree and the virtual directory tree. And, the file access controller switches providing of a second file stored in a second storage device, depending on a used directory tree, which is used by the at least one client computer, and which is the normal directory tree or the virtual directory tree. Examples of the switch are about accessibility of the second file and recall processing of the second file. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005234 | Storage medium, trie tree generation method, and trie tree generation device - A retrieval device according to the present embodiment associates one tag key with one node and removes a node not having a tag key when a trie tree generating unit generates a trie tree. Moreover, because a tag key having a low priority is registered in a node close to a root node when the trie tree generating unit registers tag keys in the nodes of the trie tree, the retrieval device can narrow down a node region that is a comparison target when a trie tree searching unit performs a retrieval process. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005235 | METHOD FOR MANAGING A DIRECTORY, CONTROLLER, SYSTEM INCLUDING SERVERS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - In a method for managing a directory ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120005236 | Cloud Services Creation Based on Graph Mapping - A method for service creation based on graph mapping including constructing a graph having leaf nodes in an environment including business support nodes associated with respective services and operations support nodes including attribute models, identifying a plurality of services at a level of the leafs in the graph, extending the graph by representing existing services offerings in terms of operation level service definitions and new services at the level of the leafs, and re-combining leaf nodes to define new services at service creation time. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005237 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BUILDING A STREAMING MODEL - A method of constructing a plurality of downloadable files from an application file and a plurality of transcripts. The application file stores data blocks and implements an application. Each of the transcripts stores at least one order in which at least a portion of the data blocks of the application file were accessed by the application when executed previously. The transcripts are combined into a combined transcript storing at least one combined order comprising a combined portion of the data blocks. The data blocks of the combined portion are arranged in a data structure having an origin. A first set of data blocks within a predetermined distance from the origin is stored in at least one initial execution file. A second set of data blocks outside the predetermined distance from the origin is stored in downloadable sequence files. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005238 | MACHINE OPTIMIZATION DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS - A method, system, computer program product and computer readable media for matching using degree distribution information are disclosed. An embodiment of the method can include performing b-matching on a graph data structure expanded using degree distribution information in order to identify neighbors of a selected input node. The b-matching can be performed using belief propagation. The belief propagation method is adapted to use a compressed message update rule and to be suitable for use with distributed processing systems. An embodiment can also include enhancing a matching result by applying degree distribution information to a first matching result to generate a second matching result. Embodiments for online advertisement/search term matching, product recommendation, dating service and social network matching, auction buyer/seller matching and resource allocation, among other, are disclosed. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005239 | Method and Apparatus for Displaying Data Stored in Linked Nodes - A computer implemented method of storing, manipulating, assessing, and displaying data and its relationships, and a computer system (with memory) programmed to implement such method. The data is stored into nodes, and visualized as a sea of linked nodes. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005240 | EVENT DATABASE, DATA MANAGEMENT DEVICE, DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DATA MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - Provided is a device capable of effectively retrieving a product, etc., under a predetermined condition (for example, in stock), from a database in which event data relating to products, etc., is accumulated. A data management device is provided with an event storage means which stores event data including the occurrence time of an event which changes the state of a target from a specific state to another state or from the another state to the specific state, the type of event, and a target ID which is an identifier of the target the state of which has been changed by the event; and a CKPT creation unit which retrieves the earliest time at a predetermined creation time (the time that the target which was changed to the specific state earliest was changed to the specific state, among the targets which are judged to have been in the specific state at that time, on the basis of the event data) from the event data in the event storage means, creates a check point containing the creation time and the earliest time, and stores the check point in a CKPT storage means. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005241 | AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING DATABASE SCHEMAS FOR MULTIPLE TYPES OF DATABASES - A computer system receives data defining a database schema in a common representation, creates a data model based on the input file, identifies one or more database types of a plurality of database types for which a schema is to be generated, and causes a database specific schema file to be generated for each of the one or more database types based on the data model. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005242 | DIMENSION-BASED RELATION GRAPHING OF DOCUMENTS - Described herein is a technology for visualizing data. In accordance with some implementations, dimension metadata is automatically extracted from multiple documents. The extracted dimension metadata may be used to populate one or more relation dimensions. Based on the dimension metadata, one or more relations between the documents are determined along the one or more relation dimensions. A relation graph is presented to represent the documents interconnected by the one or more relations. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005243 | Operating a Network Using Relational Database Methodology - The disclosed technology involves the use of relational databases in conjunction with declarative language and network-wide, database abstractions to manage and operate networks. The data model creates a logically centralized database abstraction and access point for managing data relevant to network management. Exemplary managed data includes router configurations, network status and provisioning data. This information resides in a single database system which is tightly integrated with the operational network. Transactional write operations are used to change network configurations, and enforce constraints to detect and prevent policy violations during operation. In accordance with one aspect of the disclosed technology, a network operation is implemented by means of a series of database commands—read and/or write—from and to database view tables. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005244 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERMUTATION ENCODING OF DIGITAL DATA - A method of constructing an application file from a plurality of files, each storing only a portion of an original application file. Each of the files stores one or more data blocks obtained from the original application file, and a location in the original application file from which each of the data blocks was obtained. At least one of the files stores the size of the original application file. The method includes allocating a block of memory the size of the original application file and storing each of the data blocks of the files in a memory location of the block of memory corresponding to the location in the original application file from which the data block was obtained. Before the block of memory includes the entire original application file, a reconstructed application file comprising the block of memory is executed to thereby at least partially implement an application. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005245 | UNIVERSAL FILE NAMING FOR PERSONAL MEDIA OVER CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORKS - A device receives, from a content provider device, a personal media file with a custom name and generates a universal file name for the file based on a digital fingerprint extracted from the file. The device associates the universal file name with the custom name and determines that the universal file name is associated with a previously-stored file, where the previously-stored file and the file with the custom name have an identical digital fingerprint. The device discards the file with the custom name, and associates the custom name with the universal file name for later retrieval. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005246 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING EXECUTION OF VIRTUAL APPLICATIONS - A system and method for directing download and execution of an application. A runtime engine receives an identifier of a block of shared memory from a directing process. The shared memory stores a map indicating which portions of an application file have been stored in a local copy of the application file. The runtime engine also receives an instruction from the directing process to execute the local copy when the local copy stores less than the entire application file. As the application executes, the runtime engine identifies requests from the application to access portions of the local copy and uses the map to determine whether the requested portions have been stored in the local copy. If the requested portions are not stored in the local copy, the runtime engine prevents the executing application from accessing the local copy until the map indicates the requested portions have been stored therein. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005247 | PROCESSING OF LINEAR SYSTEMS OF EQUATIONS - Apparatus and computer programs are provided for generating n high-precision data elements corresponding to an n×1 vector x satisfying Ax=b where A is a symmetric, positive-definite n×n matrix corresponding to n×n predefined high-precision data elements and b is an n×1 vector corresponding to n predefined high-precision data elements. The apparatus ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120005248 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AND RECONSTRUCTING DATA - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method for quantizing signals and reconstructing signals, and/or encoding or decoding data for storage or transmission. Points of a signal may be determined as local extrema or points where an absolute rise of the signal is greater than a threshold. The tread and value of the points may be quantized, and certain of the quantizations may be discarded before the quantizations are transmitted. After being received, the signal may be reconstructed from the quantizations using an iterative process. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005249 | Method and processing apparatus for implementing IFFT by using FFT - A method for realizing IFFT by FFT is provided, which comprises: performing a left mirror permutation on an input data sequence, then performing FFT, and dividing the result with N, so as to obtain IFFT processing data; or performing FFT on an input data sequence, then performing a left mirror permutation on the result of FFT and being divided by N, so as to obtain IFFT processing data; the left mirror permutation is: inverting the sequence of the other data except the first data; the N is the length of the input data sequence. Also, an IFFT processing apparatus comprising an FFT computing unit and a left mirror permutation unit is provided. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005250 | Systems and Methods for Recording Communication Sessions - A system for recording a communication session is disclosed. The system includes an edge device configured to receive a message that includes information about the communication session, determine whether to record the communication session based on at least one criterion, and mark the message to indicate that the communication session should be recorded if the at least one criterion is satisfied. The system also includes a signaling entity configured to receive the message from the edge device and, if the at least one criterion is satisfied, direct the message to a recorder configured to record the communication session. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005251 | Method and Apparatus for Network-Friendly Collaborative Caching - An apparatus comprising a first content oriented network architecture (CONA) node configured to couple to at least one second CONA nodes and implement collaborative caching in accordance with criteria comprising at least one content caching objective and at least one network operational objective, wherein the content caching objectives are in accordance with the network operational objectives. Also disclosed is a network component comprising a caching policy engine configured to receive network policy information and compute a caching policy in accordance with the network policy information, an inter-cache data transfer component coupled to the caching policy engine and configured to fetch a plurality of content object portions in accordance with the caching policy, a storage engine coupled to the inter-cache data transfer component and configured to cache the content object portions, and an eviction algorithm component coupled to the storage engine and configured to determine which, if any, of the cached content object portions are to be evicted. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005252 | EVENT NOTIFICATION IN INTERCONNECTED CONTENT-ADDRESSABLE STORAGE SYSTEMS - Some of the embodiments herein provide a seamless cloud of storage. This storage may be content-addressable storage. An end application may or may not be exposed to the fact that content-addressable storage is used. Various embodiments herein provide event notification, which may allow applications or users to subscribe to particular events (such as storage of an X-ray by a particular entity). Some embodiments provide for a shared archive. A shared archive may provide homogeneous access to medical data, etc. that was previously stored into the CAS cloud by heterogeneous applications, varied data types, etc. Additionally, embodiments herein allow for the creation and distribution of virtual packages. For example, a user may create a virtual package for all images related to a patient so that she may have a virtual package of all of her medical data to present to a referring physician. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005253 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DISTRIBUTED DATA - Some embodiments are directed to processing content units stored on a distributed computer system that comprises a plurality of independent nodes. The content units may be processed by determining which content units are stored on each node and identifying which content units warrant processing. Nodes may be selected to process the content units that warrant processing and instructions may be sent to these nodes to instruct them to process these content units. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005254 | USING DISTRIBUTED QUEUES IN AN OVERLAY NETWORK - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for using distributed queues in an overlay network. Embodiments of the invention can be used to replicate queue state (e.g., inserted and/or deleted messages) within an overlay network and can be used to continue a process at a different node within the overlay network based on replicated queue state. Accordingly, embodiments of the invention can be used to increase the availability of queue state, compensate for node failures within an overlay network, and promote replication of consistent queue state between nodes within an overlay network. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005255 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF APPLICATION DELIVERY THROUGH APPLICATION TEMPLATE TO CLIENT DEVICE - In one embodiment, a method of a client device includes accessing an application through an application template. The application template resides on server device. The method also includes accessing application based on a response to request of a user interface. In addition, the method includes processing the application through a processor such that the application accesses the application template such that the client device permits an access of the application through the application template. The method further includes executing the application through the application template such that an execution of the application through the application template emulates the execution of the application installed on an operating system of the client device. The method also includes executing a function of the application template based on a demand of a user through the response to the request of the user such that the file is accessed when required by the application. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005256 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF OPERATING SYSTEM INDEPENDENCE - A method and system of operating system independent cloud computing is provided. In one embodiment, a method of a client device includes accessing a first application through a first application template. The first application template resides on a server. The method also includes accessing the first application based on a response to a request of a user interface of the client device. Furthermore, the method includes processing the first application through a processor such that the first application accesses the first application template such that the client device permits an access of the first application through the first application template. The method also includes executing the first application through the first application template such that an execution of the first application through the first application template emulates the execution of the first application installed on an operating system of the client device. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005257 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING WEB ANALYTIC REPORTS - A system for generating web analytic reports includes a client interface unit configured to receive one or more predefined tagging conditions from a client for generating a set of tagging rules based on the one or more predefined tagging conditions. The system also includes a tag generation unit configured to generate a client tagged data based on the set of tagging rules. The system also includes an output interface unit configured to generate web analytic reports via analyzing the client tagged data based on the set of tagging rules. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005258 | SYSTEM FOR IMAGE RENDERING IN A COMPUTER NETWORK - A computer system for rendering user-specified image products wherein a programmed processor executes a plurality of user-interactive tasks relating to the image product and at least some of the interactive tasks specify a portion of the image product. A change probability of further changes to the image product specified by at least one of the plurality of user-interactive tasks is stored. The programmed processor determines if the change probability is below a predetermined threshold and renders the portion of the image product corresponding to the portion defined by the user-interactive task. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005259 | EFFICIENT METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING IN A COMPUTER NETWORK - A method for processing digital image files including providing local and remote network-connected computing resources. A digital image stored on a local resource is used for calculating a local turnaround time for processing the digital image file and also for calculating the remote turnaround time for processing the digital image. Either the local or remote resources are selected for processing the digital image in response to which resource is capable of processing the digital image faster. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005260 | Method for Optimizing Remote Object Implementations - A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for reducing overhead associated with exporting remote objects. A session context is generated when a remote or local session is respectively established by a remote or local client with a bootstrap remote object. The session context is then determined to be either remote or local and marked accordingly. If the session context is marked as remote, then the bootstrap remote object is exported as remote objects. However, if the session context is marked as local, then the bootstrap remote object is not exported as remote objects. Instead, they are provided for use by the local client as non-exported remote objects. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005261 | MANAGING RECURRING APPOINTMENTS - Concepts and technologies are described herein for managing recurring appointments without losing historical data associated with the recurring appointments. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a recurring appointment definition can be modified without deleting the recurring appointment definition and/or losing exceptions, notes, and/or other data associated with the recurring appointment definition. Additionally, the concepts and technologies disclosed herein allow the modification of an existing recurring appointment definition without creating a new recurring appointment definition. Thus, synchronization between rules-based calendaring applications and expansion-based calendaring applications can be accomplished without creating multiple instances of related recurring appointments created due to modifications of the recurring appointment definition. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005262 | ARCHITECTURE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A NEUTRAL APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE FOR ACCESSING DIFFERENT CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus for providing an application programming interface for accessing multiple disparate cloud computing systems is described. In one embodiment, the method includes defining a neutral format for cloud computing system requests and responses. The method may also include providing an application programming interface that exposes the neutral format to a client computer system to enable communication between the client computer system and a plurality of different cloud computing systems via the server computer system. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005263 | ARCHITECTURE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A NEUTRAL INTERFACE TO MULTIPLE CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEMS - An architecture, system and method for providing a neutral interface to multiple disparate cloud system providers is described. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a request from a client computer system for processing by a cloud computing system, the request in a neutral format. The method may also include translating the request, with the server computer system, from the neutral format to a second format of the cloud computing system. Furthermore, the method may include transmitting the request to the cloud computing system in the second format. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005264 | ARCHITECTURE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDIATING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN A CLIENT COMPUTER SYSTEM AND A CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEM WITH A DRIVER FRAMEWORK - A method and apparatus for mediating communications between a client computer system and a cloud computing system with a driver framework is described. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a request from a client computer system, wherein the request is in a neutral format and is directed to a cloud computing system. The method may also include translating the request from the neutral format to a second format supported by the cloud computing system utilizing a driver. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005265 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTENT PROVIDING METHOD AND PROGRAM - According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing device, comprising a communicating unit capable of communicating with one or more content servers through a network, an information obtaining unit for obtaining content type information indicating a type of content, which may be provided by each of the one or more content servers, from each content server using communication by the communicating unit, and a user interface unit for allowing a user to select a desired content type out of the content type indicated by the content type information and allowing the content server capable of providing at least one content belonging to the selected content type to provide the at least one content. The content type information is the information capable of identifying a type of a container included in a content directory of each content server. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005266 | COMMUNICATION NETWORK LIST MANAGEMENT - A list of users of a communication network is managed. For example, a list manager may manage a list identifying a set of list members, and an application server may obtain the set of members of the list. The application server may obtain status data relating to the obtained set of members and determine a set of users subscribed to the list. The application server may send updates in the obtained status data to the determined list of users. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005267 | PLATFORM INDEPENDENT INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREOF - An approach is provided for communications between a device and a server in a service system where data and application are stored and executed by a plurality of computing systems in the internet. The approach includes transmitting, via the device, a request of a selected application to the server; in response to the request, transmitting, via the server, a graphical image indicative of an execution of the selected application to the device. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005268 | Remote Generation and Distribution of Command Programs for Programmable Devices - A motion control system including at least one patient device, a server, and a workstation. The medical user uses the workstation to operate the software application to generate at least one script program, assign at least one script program to at least one associated patient user, convert each assigned script program into at least one control program, and transfer the at least one control program to the at least one patient device in the possession of the associated patient user. Each script program is associated with at least one notification sequence related to medical care of at least one patient user. Each notification sequence contains at least one instruction phrase and at least one movement. The patient device performs the at least one notification sequence related to medical care such that each associated patient user perceives the at least one instruction phrase and the at least one movement and transmits to the server verification data acknowledging perception of the performance of the at least one notification sequence by each associated patient user. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005269 | Management of Local Applications in Local and Remote Desktops in a Server-Based Computing Environment - In a computing environment comprising multiple desktop windows displayed to a user of a client computer, a method to manage client application windows associated with applications configured to run on the client computer is provided. The method includes detecting user input regarding movement of a client application window from a client desktop window to a remote desktop window, removing a task bar icon associated with the client application window from a task bar displayed in the client desktop window, instructing the remote computer to generate a drone of the client application window in the remote desktop window and to display the task bar icon associated with the client application window in a task bar of the remote desktop window, and displaying the client application window always on top of all other windows. The method may further include applying appropriate clipping region to the client application window. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005270 | Method For Control In A Process Control System Implemented In Part By One Or More Computer Implemented Run-Time Processes - A method for control in a process control system, where a graphical user interface of said process control system is arranged with graphic representations of one or more control objects for monitoring and/or control of a process or an equipment. The control system GUI is displayed by a control system client application on a computer or workstation. In addition, one or more applications for monitoring and/or controlling at least one said control object are run in a computing process environment separate from said process control system. No code components execute in the same processing space as that running the GUI for the process control system. Any flaw or error in the extended applications cannot affect the control system program controlling an industrial process in real-time. A control system and a computer program are also disclosed. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005271 | METHOD OF AUTONOMIC REPRESENTATIVE SELECTION IN LOCAL AREA NETWORKS - A method and apparatus for selecting a client computer as a relay server to rebroadcast common application information that is broadcast from a server system over a network. The client computer is selected randomly to rebroadcast the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) information received from the server system and client computers receiving the UDP information from another client computer relay server on the network do not rebroadcast the information. If the client computer selected to rebroadcast the common information fails to rebroadcast, another client computer is randomly selected as a relay server and takes over rebroadcasting the common information. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005272 | RELATIONSHIP SUPPORT APPARATUS, RELATIONSHIP SUPPORT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a relationship support apparatus capable of preventing a user from inconsistently applying for relationships. An receiving section ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120005273 | SYSTEM, METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS, STANDARDS, SOA INFRASTRUCTURE, SEARCH ALGORITHM AND A BUSINESS METHOD TEHREOF FOR AI ENABLED INFORMATION COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTATION (ICC) FRAMEWORK (NEWALTER) OPERATED BY NETALTER OPERATING SYSTEM (NOS) IN TERMS OF NETALTER SERVICE BROWSER (NSB) TO DEVICE ALTERNATIVE TO INTERNET AND ENTERPRISE & SOCIAL COMMUNICATION FRAMEWORK ENGROSSING UNIVERSALLY DISTRIBUTED GRID SUPERCOMPUTING AND PEER TO PEER FRAMEWORK - A communication system, method and standards for convergence solution to prevailing communication technologies & concepts includes rich client enabled, service oriented distributed information computation and communication (ICC) framework. The distributed network comprises of plurality of clients at specified level of operation in the framework architecture essentially following TFHL networking standards for secured information management identified as NetAlter framework and said distributed framework (NetAlter) comprising of the Service Browser Application for accessing the ICC framework contents in plurality of ways including peer to peer, offline, online etc. irrespective of operating system in use and location parameter. The business method under proposition thereof is essentially based on the browser software following the clustering logic involved therein comprising the explorer for administrative functions and information management assuring secure, piracy free and faster application for communication which forms computational grid wherein connected member to utilize the frameworks' computational resources to the supercomputing extent. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005274 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OFFERING CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICE - Provided is a cloud computing service providing system that may generate a list by classifying at least one information providing terminal based on platform information and content information received from the at least one information providing terminal, may provide the generated list to at least one user terminal, and, when a selection signal indicating that one of the at least one information providing terminal is selected by a user terminal, may connect the user terminal with the selected information providing terminal based on a peer-to-peer (P2P) scheme. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005275 | ACCELERATED MICRO BLOGGING USING CORRELATED HISTORY AND TARGETED ITEM ACTIONS - A computer implemented method correlates a digital resource with an electronic message. A processor detects a focus on a targeted item that identifies a digital resource. The targeted item is in a user history that presents a history of a user's access to multiple digital resources. The processor then auto-populates a draft of an electronic message with the targeted item that was focused in the user history. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005276 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING APPLICATION UPDATE TRAFFIC IN CELLULAR NETWORKS - An application proxy is disposed between a user device and an application server. The application server supports an application that is available on the user device. The user device registers with the application proxy for the application. The user device is prevented from transmitting application update request messages to the application server. The application proxy transmits application update request messages to the application server on behalf of the user device. The application proxy receives application update response messages from the application server. The application proxy determines, based on the application update response messages from the application server, whether to send an application update notification message toward the user device. In this manner, application update traffic normally transmitted via the network between the user device and the application proxy is reduced. The application update request and response messages may be polling messages, keep-alive messages, and the like. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005277 | PROPAGATING INSTANT MESSAGE STATUS CHANGE - A method and computer program product for propagating instant message status change is described. A method may comprise receiving, via at least one of a client electronic device and a server computer, an instant message request associated with an instant message request target. The method may further comprise determining, via at least one of the client electronic device and the server computer, an instant message status based upon, at least in part, the instant message request and the instant message request target. The method may also comprise in response to the determination, providing, via at least one of the client electronic device and the server computer, an indication of the instant message status. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005278 | E-MEETING REQUIREMENT ASSURANCE FOR E-MEETING MANAGEMENT - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for e-meeting requirements assurance in e-meeting management. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for e-meeting requirements assurance in e-meeting management is provided. The method includes selecting a scheduled e-meeting for an invitee in memory of a computer, retrieving resource requirements published for the selected scheduled e-meeting, inspecting local computing resources of the invitee, comparing the local computing resources to the retrieved resource requirements to identify local resource deficiencies, and generating a notice of the local resource deficiencies to the invitee prior to a scheduled date and time for the e-meeting. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005279 | SIDEBAND CONTROL OF E-MAIL MESSAGE DECRYPTION - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for sideband control of a secured e-mail message. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for sideband control of a secured e-mail message is provided. The method includes receiving a secured form of a message from a sender in an e-mail client executing in memory by at least one processor of a computer. The method also includes rendering the secured form of the message comprehensible only subsequent to the establishment of a sideband channel of communication with the sender. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005280 | MESSAGE THREAD MANAGEMENT USING DYNAMIC POINTERS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for message thread management using dynamic pointers. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for message thread management using dynamic pointers is provided. The method includes selecting a message thread in a message inbox of a messaging client, comparing characteristics of the message thread to a pre-established set of criteria, and removing the selected message thread to remote storage, generating a message thread pointer to the selected message thread and inserting the message thread pointer into the message inbox in place of the selected message thread in response to the characteristics of the message thread satisfying the criteria. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005281 | Conneciton Device and Protocol - A common communications protocol is described among devices in a unified communications network. Native devices receive upstream commands and forward them to downstream devices without interpreting the commands. The native devices reformat commands intended for mapped devices in the unified communications network. The common communications protocol calls for left shifting address fields for transmitted commands until the command arrives at its intended destination. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005282 | COLLABORATIVE RANKING AND FILTERING OF ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES - Electronic mail messages may be collaboratively ranked and filtered. User actions on an electronic mail message received from a sender by one or more recipients may be monitored. Statistics may be generated based on the user actions. The generated statistics may be utilized to provide a quality ranking of the electronic mail message based on the generated statistics. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005283 | EMAIL SYSTEM INCLUDING SYNCHRONIZATION SERVER(S) PROVIDING SYNCHRONIZATION BASED UPON SYNCHRONIZATION INDICATORS STORED ON MOBILE DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS - An email system may include an email server(s) configured to store email messages in a plurality of mailboxes, and a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices each configured to store email messages and an email synchronization indicator for a respective mailbox. The system may further include an email synchronization server(s) configured to establish synchronization sessions with the mobile wireless communications devices and retrieve the email synchronization indicators therefrom, and determine changes to the mailboxes and synchronize respective email messages between the mobile wireless communications devices and the email server(s) during the synchronization sessions based upon the retrieved email synchronization indicators. The email synchronization server(s) may also be configured to communicate updated email synchronization indicators to the mobile wireless communications devices, and terminate the synchronization sessions without storing of the updated email synchronization indicators at the email synchronization server(s). | 2012-01-05 |
20120005284 | Adaptive Method to Automatically Classify Emails Based on Bio-Signature Association - The Bio-Signature Association approach disclosed herein addresses the above stated needs by providing a method and computer software component for automatically and intelligently managing the inbox based on the ever-changing behavior of the user. Theoretically, Emails should be treated as an event where an action may be taken or initiation of an action. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005285 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REQUESTING AND PROVIDING LOCATION-BASED ASSISTANCE - The present invention provides a method for requesting location-based assistance executed on a mobile device of an assistance requester, and a method and system for providing location-based assistance executed on a server of a joint assistance service provider. The present invention integrates mobile positioning and telecommunications technologies to provide assistance provision information. In the present invention, an assistance request module of the mobile device is activated for execution to locate the assistance requester; assistance request information containing the assistance requester's location information is transmitted to the server of the joint assistance service provider. Then, the mobile device is connected to a social networking website or an assistance provider via the server of the joint assistance service provider to receive real-time assistance provision information. The present invention improves conventional assistance request methods as well as assistance provision timings. Also, the assistance request information, containing the assistance requester's location information, is analyzed to provide more accurate assistance-related data to the assistance provider. Therefore, the present invention allows the efficiency of providing assistance to be improved. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005286 | Application of System Level Policy in Message Oriented Middleware - One or more policies to be applied to a set of one or more messages in a message oriented middleware are defined. Metrics of the message oriented middleware are monitored. Application of a policy in response to a trigger condition being satisfied is initiated. Application of the policy applies actions across the set of one or more messages. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005287 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND TRANSMITTING MULTIMEDIA MESSAGES - The present invention relates to a system and method for creating and sending, by means of a telecommunications device, such as a cellular telephone, unique, dynamically personalized multimedia messages to a remote recipient. The method includes generating, capturing, selecting, recording, and assembling media-type content inputs such as video, audio, voice, text or graphic, by means of the telecommunications device. The method further includes creating and storing an instruction file. The instructions file includes addresses of at least one media-type content input stored on a remote server device and/or data from the computing device, which, when assembled in the remote server device, create the multimedia message. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005288 | MOBILE TERMINAL, MAIL RETURN METHOD, AND SERVER - The present invention can reduce anxiety or discomfort of a sender of a mail, even when a user of a mobile terminal having received the mail is unaware of being in a state that sending a reply mail is impossible. A mobile terminal according to the present invention includes: transmitting and receiving unit for receiving an incoming mail from a transmitter; state determining unit for acquiring information indicating a state of a user and determining based on the information indicating the state of the user whether sending a reply mail is possible or not when the mail transmitting and receiving unit receives the incoming mail; mail creating unit for creating a reply mail with a given content when the state determining unit determines that sending a reply mail is impossible; and mail transmitting unit for transmitting the reply mail created by the mail creating unit to the transmitter. With this configuration, it is determined based on the state of the user at the time of receiving a mail whether sending a reply mail is possible or not and when sending a reply mail is determined to be impossible, a mail with a given content can be automatically sent to the transmitter. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005289 | Methods, Systems, And Computer Program Products For Managing Electronic Subscriptions - Managing electronic subscriptions includes receiving user input for modifying an electronic subscription of a user to prevent receiving a redundant subscription message for the electronic subscription. Whether a future subscription message is redundant is determined based on at least one of an identifier for the subscription message and content included in the subscription message. Redundant future subscription messages associated with the electronic subscription is excluded from presentation to the user based on the redundancy determination and the user input. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005290 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF WIRELESS DOWNLOADS OF MAP AND GEOGRAPHIC BASED DATA TO PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICES - Systems and method of managing map data on electronic devices such as portable electronic devices include systems and methods of preloading map data, managing map data storage, sharing point of interest or pushpin data with other electronic devices, and displaying map data. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005291 | System for Applying a Variety of Policies and Actions to Electronic Messages Before They Leave the Control of the Message Originator - A system that allows senders to manage electronic messaging content at the point of origin integrates with the client application being used to prepare the message for sending. A send request is intercepted inside the client and a series of message analysis steps is performed that analyze the sender, recipient, message, any attachments to the message, and/or related content and information. The output of the message analysis steps is made available for use with rules that specify the performance of a number of actions. The content analysis steps and the actions taken may be determined by the sender or may be centrally managed and determined by an organization. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005292 | NETWORKED COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING AND OPERATING IN A VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT - The present invention relates to interactive virtual reality networked computer systems and methods that facilitate communication and operation in a virtual reality environment. The virtual reality networked computer system has an infrastructure that includes a number of users, hosts and servers. The interconnected hosts and servers allow users to effectively locate, activate, access and interact within virtual reality environments in a variety of different ways. For example, users can establish user groups such that interaction within the virtual reality environment occurs between hosts (accessed by users) without the need of a central or dedicated server. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005293 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MESSAGES BEING COMPOSED BY A USER - A system and method for processing messages being composed by a user of a computing device (e.g. a mobile device). Embodiments are described in which the performance of certain tasks is initiated before a direction is received from a user to send a message being composed by the user. This may involve, for example, “pre-fetching” security-related data that will be required in order to send a message that is in the process of being composed by the user securely. Such data may include security policy data, certificate data, and/or certificate status data, for example. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005294 | METHOD APPARATUS AND BUSINESS SYSTEM FOR ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS WITH ONLINE AND OFFLINE RECIPIENTS - The present invention comprises a method, apparatus and business system for allowing on-line communications with members of a group of recipients for whom the invention has been implemented. A group may, for example, comprise members of a particular business or profession. For example, a group may consist of doctors admitted to practice medicine in the United States. Individual members of the group may or may not have existing internet presences. The invention allows online users to communicate with each member of a given group regardless of whether or not the member has an existing internet presence. In one or more embodiments, the invention does so by setting up a database of contact information for members of the group, creating an internet presence for each member of such group, creating an on-line user interface allowing a user to access the member's created internet presence, and providing means of communications between the created internet presence and the member recipient. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005295 | Method and Device for Mail Processing - A method and device for mail processing are provided by embodiments of the present invention. The method comprises: acquiring a first description information of a first mail, wherein the first description information comprises a first mail content and a first display description information of the first mail content; acquiring a first format of the first mail and a second format of a second mail; converting the first mail content in the first format into a second mail content in the second format; converting the first display description information in the first format into a second display description information in the second format; obtaining the second mail according to a second description information comprising the second mail content and the second display description information, wherein the display of the second mail content within the second mail according to the second display description information is consistent with the display of the first mail content within the first mail according to the first display description information. The implementation of the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the invention enables a user receiving the second mail to see the mail information comparatively consistent with the information intended to be expressed by the first mail. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005296 | METHOD OF SELECTIVELY PAIRING WIRELESS CONTROLLER TO MULTIPLE DENTAL/MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS - In a dental operatory system a master device coordinates the activity levels of multiple slave devices. The master device coordinates activity via a communication link with all slave devices. A communication protocol incorporates a closed system addresses scheme in which the master device learns all associated addresses of slave devices, and all slave devices learn all associated addresses of the master device. Each communication between master device and any slave device includes both the master device address and the slave device address. The master device scans all slave devices for an activity status and determines which slave device exhibits a threshold level of activity, and whether activity is increasing or decreasing. The master device passes a communication control token to the slave device to be controlled by operation of the master device. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005297 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DEVICES - A method and system for communicating; comprising: at least one master device comprising at least one master driver with at least one intelligent vending controller application; at least one slave device comprising at least one slave driver; and at least one controller area network (CAN) bus facilitating communication between the at least one master device and the at least one slave device; the master device facilitating communication between at least one host application and the at least one master device and the at least one slave device such that the slave device does not require the at least one intelligent vending controller application in order to communicate with the host application; wherein the at least one master device and the at least one slave device are vendor devices. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005298 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PERIPHERAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method control a connection between peripheral devices in a control server of a wireless communication system providing an IP-based communication service. The method for controlling the connection between peripheral devices includes registering at least one device in a group list classified by user identification information. The method also includes, if a control node including a user identifier of the group list requests a control of any one device included in the group list, checking an IP address of the device that is requested to be controlled by the control node. The method further includes sending a control command of the control node using the IP address. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005299 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING REDUNDANCY BACKUP BETWEEN NAT DEVICES - A method for implementing redundancy backup between Network Address Translation (NAT) devices includes: an Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address pool and a prefix64 are pre-configured on at least two NAT devices, where the prefix is used to map an IPv4 address to an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) address; the master NAT device advertises in an IPv6 network a route corresponding to the prefix, and advertises in an IPv4 network a route corresponding to the IPv4 address pool; and the slave NAT device processes a packet between a source host and a destination host when the master NAT device fails, where the source host and the destination host are located in different Internet Protocol (IP) networks. With the technical solutions of the present invention, redundancy backup is implemented between multiple NAT devices to improve reliability of networking of NAT devices. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005300 | SELF CLOCKING INTERRUPT GENERATION IN A NETWORK INTERFACE CARD - A network interface card may issue interrupts to a host in which the determination of when to issue an interrupt to the host may be based on the incoming packet rate. In one implementation, an interrupt controller of the network interface card may issue interrupts to that informs a host of the arrival of packets. The interrupt controller may issue the interrupts in response to arrival of a predetermined number of packets, where the interrupt controller re-calculates the predetermined number based on an arrival rate of the incoming packets. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005301 | Sharing an image - Method, server, network and computer program product for sharing an image between a first terminal and a second terminal. An original version of the image is received at the server from the first terminal. Tiles are then received at the server from the first terminal, each tile representing at least a section of the image and including a change made to the image at the first terminal. An image state is maintained at the server identifying which tiles are required for forming a latest version of the image. On determining that the latest version of the image is to be formed at the second terminal, tiles based on the image state for forming the latest version of the image are transmitted from the server to the second terminal. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005302 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALLOWING A CLIENT DEVICE TO RECEIVE SERVICE WHEN AN IP MULTIMEDIA GATEWAY DOES NOT POSSESS A CAPABILITY TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE - An IP multimedia gateway (IMG) may be operable to identify a client device for which the IMG may not currently possess a capability to provide a particular service. The IMG may notify the client device that the IMG may not currently possess the capability to provide the particular service. The client device may be allowed to download and/or acquire information associated with the particular service. The client device may be allowed to receive the particular service based on the downloaded and/or acquired information. The client device may be local to the IMG and/or located remotely with respect to the IMG. The client device may be allowed to download stored content for the particular service when the IMG does not currently have an available channel or a channel of sufficient available bandwidth. The client device may be allowed to download an application to enable receiving of the particular service. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005303 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A CONTENT FILE INCLUDING MULTIPLE STREAMS - A method and apparatus is provided for transmitting and playing complex content including a plurality of content. A method of playing the complex content includes receiving, from a server, the complex content and classification information corresponding to the complex content, classifying the plurality of content according to the classification information, and playing the complex content based on the classified plurality of content. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005304 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCALABLE CONTENT MULTICAST OVER A HYBRID NETWORK - A method and apparatus are described including receiving content from a base station, storing the received content, receiving a second message from a first member of a network, determining a highest expected layer, a lowest layer received by the first member of the network requesting help, a highest layer that needs to be multicast to the first member of the network, and a lowest layer that needs to be multicast to the first member of the network, retrieving the stored content responsive to the message and multicasting the retrieved content to the first member of the network responsive to the determining act. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005305 | COMMUNICATING METHOD BETWEEN IPv4 TERMINAL AND IPv6 TERMINAL AND IPv4-IPv6 CONVERTING APPARATUS - In an apparatus, there are provided an IP transmitting and receiving unit for transmitting and receiving an IPv4 packet and an IPv6 packet; an IP header converting unit for performing a mutual conversion of the IPv4 packet and the IPv6 packet by an IP header conversion; a DNS substituting unit for receiving a domain information capturing request sent from an IPv4 terminal or an IPv6 terminal and substituting its process; an IPv4 address capturing unit for capturing an IPv4 address from a DHCP server; and an IP address conversion information holding unit for holding an IPv6 address of the IPv6 terminal and the IPv4 address captured by the IPv4 address capturing unit in correspondence to each other. Thus, a communication with the IPv4 terminal can be executed without preliminarily fixedly allocating the IPv4 address to the IPv6 terminal. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005306 | NETWORKED COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING AND OPERATING IN A VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT - The present invention relates to interactive virtual reality networked computer systems and methods that facilitate communication and operation in a virtual reality environment. The virtual reality networked computer system has an infrastructure that includes a number of users, hosts and servers. The interconnected hosts and servers allow users to effectively locate, activate, access and interact within virtual reality environments in a variety of different ways. For example, users can establish user groups such that interaction within the virtual reality environment occurs between hosts (accessed by users) without the need of a central or dedicated server. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005307 | STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION - A method of providing access to a plurality of different file systems implemented across a plurality of storage spaces comprises receiving a request for at least one storage space. The method further comprises receiving a request for at least one storage space and processing the request based at least in part on one of a location metadata and a file metadata, the location metadata including attributes associated with the plurality of storage spaces and the file metadata including attributes associated with one or more files stored at the plurality of storage spaces. | 2012-01-05 |