04th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 52 |
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20130024478 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN EXECUTABLE SPECIFICATION - According to some embodiments, a method and system provides executing, by a processor, a software module under test to obtain a first reference set of data; executing, by the processor, the software module under test to obtain a second reference set data; transforming, by the processor, the first reference set of data and the second reference set of data into a first formal text form representation and a second formal text form representation, respectively; determining a plurality of differences between the first set of reference data and the second set of reference data by comparing the first formal text form representation and the second formal text form representation; filtering the plurality of differences to obtain a sub-set of the plurality of differences based on at least one filter criteria; and generating a report of the sub-set of plurality of differences. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024479 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING LARGE GRAPHS USING DENSITY-BASED PROCESSES USING MAP-REDUCE - Embodiments are directed to a density-based clustering algorithm that decomposes and reformulates the DBSCAN algorithm to facilitate its performance on the Map-Reduce model. The DBSCAN algorithm is reformulated into connectivity problem using a density filter method and a partial connectivity detector. The density-based clustering algorithm uses message passing and edge adding to increase the speed of result merging, it also uses message mining techniques to further decrease the number of iterations to process the input graph. The algorithm is scalable, and can be accelerated by using more machines in a distributed computer network implementing the Map-Reduce program. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024480 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYSIS OF DATABASE RECORDS - Method, system, and programs for analyzing data records, to easily identify problems with saved data, facilitate data retrieval and file report optimization. In an embodiment, the user is presented with a visual representation of the data records to alert the user of any problems, omissions, or errors in the data. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024481 | UNIFIED-INTERFACE FOR STORAGE PROVISIONING - Systems and methods are provided for storage platform-independent storage provisioning. The systems and methods may include receiving a storage provisioning request from a user interface, processing the storage provisioning request to determine one or more of a plurality of storage resources utilized to complete the storage provisioning request, generating an instruction to provision a data storage space among the one or more of the plurality of storage resources, and provisioning the data storage space based on the instruction. Each of the plurality of storage resources may include an interface configuration, and at least two interface configurations are different from one another. Each of the plurality of storage resources may be accessible and operational in accordance with the interface configuration thereof. The processing of a storage provisioning request may include determining at least one of a nature of the storage provisioning request, or an application associated with the storage provisioning request. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024482 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus acquires pieces of file information for specifying each of a plurality of files as candidates for which predetermined processing is executed. The apparatus generates a file list for specifying one or more first files as some of the plurality of files, on a memory, based on the pieces of acquired file information. The apparatus newly generates, in a case where the predetermined processing is executed for one or more second files of the plurality of files, a file list corresponding to the one or more second files on an area of the memory in which the file list corresponding to the one or more first files is stored. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024483 | DISTRIBUTION OF DATA WITHIN A DATABASE - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: retrieving, by the database controller, a record to be stored; identifying a record type associated with the record; identifying at least one storage device of the plurality of storage devices that stores records of the identified record type; and storing the record in a storage device of the plurality of storage devices other than the at least one storage device identified as storing records of the identified record type. Various embodiments additionally include one or more of the following: identifying a record type associated with the record by identifying a record type of at least one other record upon which the record depends. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024484 | SYSTEM MANAGEMENT IN DATACENTER USING A NON-RELATIONAL DATABASE - Systems and methods are disclosed wherein a systems management application uses a non-relational database at its core. Also disclosed is the combined use of a relational database with a non-relational database to selectively store systems management data based on predefined selection criteria. The relational database, if included, comprises a table-based data store that can be queried using a SQL variant. The non-relational database may comprise a file-based data store and consumes UNIX operating system utilities to make faster retrievals from the file-based data store. The novel use of a non-relational database at the core of a systems management application increases performance and scalability in systems management applications. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024485 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An apparatus comprises a generation unit that newly generates a folder by a predetermined program; an association unit that associates the generated folder by the program other than the predetermined program with the predetermined program; a record unit that records management information, the management information being for identifying whether folders used by the predetermined program have been generated or associated; a selection unit that selects a desired folder from among the folders used by the predetermined program; an identification unit that identifies whether the selected folder has been generated or associated with reference to the information recorded in the memory; and a deletion control unit that performs control of when the selected folder is the generated folder, deleting the selected folder, and when the selected folder is the associated folder, cancelling the association without deleting the selected folder. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024486 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING HIGH AVAILABILITY STORAGE ON THINLY PROVISIONED ARRAYS - A method for storage allocation and reclamation in a storage device. The method includes executing a distributed computer system having a plurality of file systems accessing storage on a shared storage device, creating a physical storage allocation state map that indicates whether a plurality of data blocks comprising a range of data is allocated or unallocated, and consulting a free extent state map to identify free data blocks of the shared storage device. An allocation operation is performed causing the shared storage device to allocate storage a requested range of allocation. The physical storage allocation state map is updated in accordance with the requested range of allocation. Upon a subsequent reclamation process, the physical storage allocation state map is accessed to identify free previously allocated data blocks. Reclamation processing a subsequent performed on the identified free previously allocated data blocks. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024487 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PARSING AND INTERPRETATION OF MATHEMATICAL STATEMENTS - Methods, systems, and devices are described that provide for entry of hybrid mathematical and natural language statements in a mathematical notation friendly language and system for a rigorous yet practically tractable formal grammar to distill the essence of natural math notation. Hybrid statements mixing natural language and symbolic expressions including assertions, commands, queries, and/or deductions may be entered that are processed according to natural language processing. The statements, along with the math objects are evaluated, and one or more results output. Furthermore, systems may provide automatic construction of one or more solution narratives that can be beneficial to student users pedagogically. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024488 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an arithmetic device that includes a first storage unit that stores first device-control information for deciding an arithmetic processing to be executed next to an arithmetic processing currently being executed by an arithmetic device and a timing at which the arithmetic processing to be executed next to the arithmetic processing currently being executed by the arithmetic device is executed; and the arithmetic device that includes a second storage unit that stores second device-control information for deciding a content of an operation contained in an arithmetic processing. The control device reads out the first device-control information, and determines whether a decision start condition defined for each arithmetic processing is satisfied by using the first device-control information, the decision start condition being a condition on which the arithmetic processing to be executed next to the arithmetic processing currently being executed is decided. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024489 | METHOD FOR FAST CALCULATION OF THE BEGINNING OF PSEUDO RANDOM SEQUENCES FOR LONG TERM EVOLUTION - An apparatus including a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to generate pseudo-random sequences in response to a first m-sequence and a second m-sequence, where the first m-sequence is initialized with a pre-calculated constant and the second m-sequence is initialized based on a pre-defined initial sequence and a table of pre-calculated values indicating which components of the initial sequence participate in initializing the second m-sequence. The second circuit may be configured to store the table of pre-calculated values. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024490 | RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR - A device includes a plurality of linear feedback shift registers, a counter having a counter value of a bit length, and a comparator to compare the counter value and an update value including bit values of bit positions of a first linear feedback shift register. The number of bit positions equal to the bit length of the counter value. A second linear feedback shift register to update based on the comparison. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024491 | PROCESSING NODE AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN A PROGRAM - A processing node includes, a processor configured to process the processing target data on the basis of the processing instruction and the processing period, wherein the processor (a) processes a processing target packet among the plurality of packets, (b) upon completion of processing of the processing target packet, determines using the timer whether the processing time exceeds the specified period, and (c) if it is determined in the determining that the processing period does not exceed the specified period, sets, as the processing target packet, a packet next to the processed processing target packet, repeats (a) to (c) until it is determined in the determining that the processing period exceeds the specified period, and completes processing on the processing target data if it is determined in the determining that the processing period exceeds the specified period. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024492 | Event Tracking and Messaging System and Method - The various implementations of the present invention are provided as a network computer system configured to allow for the tracking and reporting of user-specified events, including but not limited to, performance metrics and attendance data. This network computer system provides a user interface that allows a user to create metrics to be monitored, view and update event-related information, and to configure and review various pre-programmed and ad hoc reports so the users can monitor and evaluate performance metrics over time. Further, a wide variety of user and system generated alerts and messages or message events can be configured, allowing for automated and manual messaging related to the attendance or performance metrics that are being monitored. Alerts can be provided via email, non-electronic mail, telephone, SMS, facsimile, social networking sites and services (such as “tweets”), etc. In at least one implementation of the present invention, a computer-implemented method of tracking and reporting student performance and attendance-related events for an educational environment is provided. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024493 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEDIATING AND PROVISIONING SERVICES - Equipments and methods for a mediator server controlling communication between clients and service provider(s). Clients are associated with a client identifier address. The mediator uses multiple addresses for receiving communications from the clients regarding the provider(s). The mediator sends to the clients a set of inquiry messages pertaining to the service provider, in a first communication format and associated with a particular reply address. The mediator receives reply message(s) from the clients at the particular reply address, the reply message including the client identifier address and a reply generated at the client terminal device. The mediator sends the client terminal device(s) service continuation information by which the client(s) can continue service provisioning in a second communication format which is different from the first communication format. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024494 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PLATFORM OPTIMIZED DESIGN - Embodiments of the disclosed invention include a plurality of preconfigured hardware platforms. The plurality of preconfigured hardware platforms includes a set of preconfigured server hardware platforms, a set of preconfigured network hardware platforms, and a set of preconfigured storage hardware platforms. At least one preconfigured server hardware platform, at least one preconfigured network hardware platform, and at least one preconfigured storage hardware platform that when combined forms a combination that balances a computing request rate, a network request rate, and a storage request rate for one of a web tier, an application tier, and a data tier system. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024495 | HANDHELD FIELD MAINTENANCE TOOL WITH PROCESS COMMUNICATION TUNNEL - A method of interacting with a process control system is provided. The method includes bringing a mobile electronic device into physical proximity of a field device. The mobile electronic device is coupled to a digital process communication channel of the field device. A client software application is initiated on the mobile electronic device. The digital process communication channel is used to communicatively couple the client software application to a host application remote from both the mobile electronic device and the field device. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024496 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BUILDING AN ELASTIC CLOUD WEB SERVER FARM - A method and system for building an elastic cloud web server farm. The method includes registering a web application on a serving cloud and copying the web application to a distributed store. A load of the web application is specified, and a plurality of nodes is added for the web application based on the load. A web server corresponding to a node of the plurality of nodes is then initialized. A web request is received from a user and a web server is selected from a list of available web servers to process the web request. The web request is further transmitted to the web server. A web response, based on the web request, is transmitted back to the user. The system includes a central registry, a distributed store, a process coordinator, one or more web servers, and a router. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024497 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE MANAGEMENT OVER A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - In order to manage at least one communications device (DC) implementing an application that uses a service offered by an application server (SA) over a telecommunications network (RT), the device (DC) comprising application data (DonA) specific to the application and communication data (DonC) related to communication parameters for the operation of the service over the telecommunications network, the communication data (DonC) being managed by a management server (SG), the application server (SA) and the device (DC) negotiate and save an encryption key (Kc), and exchange messages by means of the management server (SG), at least one of the messages comprising application data (DonA) which is encrypted with the key by at least one of either the device (DC) or the server (SA). | 2013-01-24 |
20130024498 | SIMULATING THE PERFORMANCE OF MEDICAL-ENGINEERING PROCEDURES IN A CLIENT-SERVER ENVIRONMENT - Embodiments of the invention relate to a method, system, computer-program product, and/or storage medium for simulating the performance of a medical-engineering procedure which includes performing a multiplicity of applications, with its being intended for the applications to be performed in a multi-client environment in parallel on a plurality of clients. Simulating is based on performing the application in a single-client environment. Runtime and resource requirements are therein measured and fed to the simulating process as input variables. A latency for the runtime and the resource requirements for running in the multi-client environment are fed out as the result of simulating. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024499 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING REMOTELY STORED APPLICATIONS AND INFORMATION - The computerized method and apparatus for mobile device interactivity includes hosting a network application on a server. The method and apparatus further includes receiving, at the application on the server, an event message from a mobile application executing on a mobile device, the application having executable code embedded therein for communicating with the network information for presenting a user interface for the network application on the mobile device, the event message reporting an action taken via the user interface. The method and apparatus further including executing application logic within the network application to generate data values based on the action reported in the event message and mobile device information and sending to the mobile device an update message with at least some of the generated data values and instructions for use by the executable code to present the data values within the user interface at the mobile device. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024500 | DISTRIBUTED CONTENT CACHING SOLUTION FOR A MOBILE WIRELESS NETWORK - A method in an electronic device provides local content to a user device in a communication network. The communication network includes an access network and a core network. In the access network, a content request is intercepted from the user device, which may be formatted according to a network interface. The content request may include a request for data content. Protocol layers associated with an active data session may be terminated so that an edge gateway device may extract and inject packets into the data stream without involving the core network. A cache may be maintained in the access network. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024501 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NETWORKED, IN-CONTEXT, HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGE VIEWING - Systems and methods are provided for viewing portions of an image in high resolution and in context with a full image, which is displayed at a base resolution that is lower resolution than the resolution of the high-resolution image. A user can select an area of interest from the base-resolution image for viewing at a higher resolution on the client device. The server, or in some implementations the client device, can generate a high-resolution image representing the area of interest and the client device can display a portion of the high-resolution image in a virtual lens overlaid on the base-resolution image. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024502 | COMPUTER DATA COMMUNICATIONS IN A HIGH SPEED, LOW LATENCY DATA COMMUNICATIONS ENVIRONMENT - A method includes issuing a request, from an application of a contributing client device to a stream administration server, to contribute messages from the application to a feed adapter within a data communication environment via a message stream which bypasses the stream administration server. The feed adapter is coupled to a feed source via a feed adapter input stream and to at least one subscribing device via a feed adapter output stream. The feed source is separate from the contributing client device. The feed adapter input stream is separate from the message stream. The method includes receiving, in response to the request and an authentication of the contributing client device. A set of constraints on messages is to be transmitted from the contributing client device to the feed adapter. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024503 | Using virtual domain name service (DNS) zones for enterprise content delivery - A domain to be published to an enterprise ECDN is associated with a set of one or more enterprise zones configurable in a hierarchy. When a DNS query arrives for a hostname known to be associated with given content within the control of the ECDN, a DNS server responds by handing back an IP address, by executing a zone referral to a next (lower) level name server in a zone hierarchy, or by CNAMing to another hostname, thereby restarting the lookup procedure. At any level in the zone hierarchy, there is an associated zone server that executes logic that applies the requested hostname against a map. A name query to ECDN-managed content may be serviced in coordination with various sources of distributed network intelligence. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024504 | Real-Time Information Feed - A computer-implemented method for updating a web user interface on a client device is provided. A router back-boned to the Internet communicates with the client device web-user interface data defined in markup language to dynamically update the web-user interface on the client device. The router contains no logic regarding the web-user interface running on the client device. The client device has a browser server for dynamically updating the web-user interface through downloading and caching the data from the router. The browser server on the client device has (i) a user interface model of the web-user interface running on the client device defined in Javascript, and (ii) a JavaScript Runtime Engine for dynamically converting the downloaded and/or cached web-user interface markup language data into JavaScript objects. The web-user interface is dynamically updated by combining steps (i) and (ii). | 2013-01-24 |
20130024505 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR RECONSTRUCTING DATA RECEIVED BY A COMPUTER IN A MANNER THAT IS INDEPENDENT OF THE COMPUTER - A data reconstruction system, method and computer program product are provided. In use, one of a plurality of computers receiving data over a network is identified. In addition, the data received by the computer is reconstructed in a manner that is independent of the computer. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024506 | SUGGESTING INVITATIONS TO JOIN A NETWORK - A method for suggesting invitations to a network. The method includes accessing information corresponding to a plurality of individuals, wherein a first user of the network is associated with the plurality of individuals. The method also includes determining whether any of the plurality of individuals merit an invitation to join said network with the first user. The determining is based on the information corresponding to a plurality of individuals. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024507 | Analyzing Content Demand Using Social Signals - Software at an online contributor website receives a list of websites having online publications. The software gathers counts of user signals for each online publication on each of the websites on the list. And the software determines content descriptors for each of the online publications. The software then counts the online publications at each website associated with each of the content descriptors and counts the user signals at each website associated with each content descriptor. The software displays the content descriptors for each website in a graphic in a graphical user interface, where the size of each content descriptor in the graphic reflects the count of online publications associated with the content descriptor and where the color of each content descriptor in the graphic reflects the count of user signals associated with the content descriptor. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024508 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR RECOMMENDING INTERACTION BETWEEN DEVICES IN A LOCAL ENVIRONMENT - Various methods are provided for recommending interaction between devices in a local environment. One example method may include locating at least one device within a local environment in response to an interaction with content. The at least one device that is located within a local environment is configured to provide functionality related to the interaction with the content. The method may include identifying a selected device from the located at least one device based on a user profile recommendation and the interaction with the content. The method may further include causing at least one of the content and an executable to be transferred to the identified selected device. Similar and related example apparatuses and example computer program products are also provided. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024509 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COORDINATING A SERIES OF SOCIAL ENCOUNTERS - A system and method for coordinating a series of social encounters, including a computer-implemented method using a central machine having a processor, a memory, and a coordination application stored in the memory and executing in the processor, and the central machine being in communication with one or more computing devices. The method includes receiving identifying information corresponding to one or more users and correlated with respective computing devices, generating a first seating arrangement in the memory, and transmitting a first seating assignment to each of the computing devices. The method further includes receiving a first set of ratings of one or more users, processing the first set of ratings to generate a second seating arrangement, and transmitting a second seating assignment to each of the computing devices. The method optionally can further include receiving a second set of ratings, and based on the ratings, computing one or more matches. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024510 | Content Popularity Extraction In Distributed Hash Table Based Peer-To-Peer Networks - Provided is a method for content popularity extraction from a distributed hash table (DHT). The method includes receiving, by a first node, a request message from a second node of a peer-to-peer network. Accessing, by the first node, information associated with the request message, the information indicating a content item and a content demand. And determining, by the first node, a content popularity of a plurality of content items based on the information. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024511 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTATION OF FEED ITEMS IN AN INFORMATION FEED TO BE DISPLAYED ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods and computer-readable media for presenting feed items in an information feed to be displayed on a display device. In some implementations, a first feed item including first data is received, and a second feed item including second data is received. In some instances, presentation information is generated indicating that the second feed item is capable of being displayed on the display device in a spatial relationship with the first feed item, where the spatial relationship is independent of a linear presentation of the feed items in the information feed. In some instances, generated presentation information includes a first presentation and a second presentation, where the first presentation indicates that the second feed item is capable of being displayed on the display device in a spatial relationship with the first feed item, and the second presentation is different from the first presentation. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024512 | Feature-extended apparatus, system and method for social networking and secure resource sharing - A feature-extended apparatus, system and method for social networking and secure resource sharing is disclosed. The present invention provides advanced capabilities for social networking and secure resource sharing, implemented by one or more subsystems. Subsystems exist for provisioning effective social interactions; generating inferred social value metrics; searching and browsing a multitude of subjects by various criteria, including but not limited to subject-provided data and inferred social value metrics; provisioning of the security and access control of plurality of passive data items with respect to a plurality of active subjects; security-enabled contingent multicasting of state changes regarding a plurality of passive data items; collecting participants' input for the purposes of interacting with the present apparatus and respectively with other participants; presentation and display of the quantities described hereinabove to a person or a computer system. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024513 | METHOD OF VIRALLY EXPANDING SOCIAL NETWORKS - Membership in a social network is virally expanded by suggesting to a user to invite contacts from the user's address book and, in addition, eligible contacts from other address books. Eligible contacts from other address books include those contacts that have e-mail addresses with the same e-mail domain as the user's e-mail address. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024514 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING ONLINE CONNECTIVITY AMONG BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS WHILE PRESERVING AN INDIVIDUAL'S ANONYMITY - A method of establishing a digital relationship between an individual and a provider includes providing the individual with the ability to establish a digital account on a server that will include a repository of digital content created by one or more providers that has been requested by the individual. The provider can also establish a digital account on the server that will store content of the provider to be accessed by the individual and permit the provider to establish a unique URL for embedding in web content on the world wide web or through the use of quick release codes and bar codes. An anonymous-viewing association is created between the individual and one or more providers based on the individual's clicking on a provider's unique URL contained in the web content or through the use of quick release codes and bar codes. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024515 | SELF-ADAPTING DIRECT PEER TO PEER COMMUNICATION AND MESSAGING SYSTEM - A system and method for communication and messaging among self-adapting peer nodes is disclosed, where each node maintains a list of authorized peer nodes. The nodes exchange requests directly with other nodes over networks, providing information identifying the requesting node and the type of request. The receiving node authenticates the requesting node, authenticates the type of request, and determines method of response to the request. If the request is authenticated and the type of request is valid, the receiving node also validates the incoming request and originating node and adapts its peer node database, applying any required changes. The types of requests exchanged between nodes include: status and location change, message, audio, voice, video, text, and data. The types of responses include: authorized, unauthorized, or ignore. The nodes may periodically send and receive requests for status, messages, and data updates from an optional central server. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024516 | SOCIAL CIRCLE BASED SOCIAL NETWORKING - Systems and methods of the present invention relate to the implementation of a novel social network. In one particular implementation, the invention includes transmitting contact data for displaying graphical representations of contacts for display to a first user, the contacts being contacts of the first user within a private circle in a computer-implemented social networking service; generating a first inner social circle corresponding to the first user, the first inner social circle comprising a first subset of contacts of the first user within the social networking service and defining a first distribution for digital content within that first inner social circle; and creating a sub-account by the first user, the sub-account corresponding to a second user, the sub-account being managed by the first and second users; wherein the second user becomes a member of the first inner social circle. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024517 | Apparatus, system and method for interfacing social networking application and provider - An apparatus, system and method for interfacing social networking application and provider is disclosed. The present invention provides capabilities for social networking, implemented by one or more subsystems. Subsystems exist for generating inferred social value metrics; collecting participants' input for the purposes of interacting with the present apparatus and respectively with other participants; data storage and layout; presentation and display of the quantities described hereinabove to a person or a computer system. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024518 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTER AND VOICE CONFERENCE AUDIO TRANSMISSION DURING CONFERENCE CALL VIA VOIP DEVICE - A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to support canceling audio streams leaked from a speaker to a microphone so that a clean audio stream of a presenter or viewer speaking at a conference call is transmitted. Here, the audio streams being canceled includes the computer audio stream of an application being run or a material being presented online during a web conference and/or the audio stream received from the rest of the group of participants at the conference call. The computer audio stream is then transmitted in addition to the presenter or viewer audio stream, and separate from any other audio stream captured by the hosting device during the conference call. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024519 | SHARABLE CURATED SCRAPBOOK PAGES THROUGH SOURCE ATTRIBUTION OF EMBEDDED CONTENT - A method, an apparatus and/or a system of source attribution of embedded content is disclosed. A sharable scrapbook page system includes a tracking module configured to generate an identification meta-data to be associated with an original content of a first publisher that originates in a third-party source server of a public wide area network such that the original content is attributable to the first publisher through the identification meta-data associated thereto with the original content when the original content having the associated identification meta-data is republished on a scrapbook page along with other republished data assets in a curated form on the scrapbook page by a subsequent publisher. The system further includes a processor including a memory which is configured to determine that a subsequent publishing of the original content is an embedded portion of another work of authorship. The system also includes a notification module that notifies the first publisher upon subsequent publication of the original content by a subsequent publisher. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024520 | Systems And Methods For Managing Commercial Emails - Systems, methods and software products manage a commercial email message by (a) intercepting, within add-in software installed into an email client of a user, a request to send the commercial email message addressed to an addressee, (b) searching for an email address of the addressee within an unsubscribe list, and (c) if the email address is found in the unsubscribe list, removing the addressee from the commercial email message prior to sending the commercial email message. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024521 | MULTIPLE MESSAGING COMMUNICATION OPTIMIZATION - Systems and methods for use with a communication system. A plurality of devices employing a plurality of messaging modalities may be used to send or receive message data. In any regard, message data may comprise a plurality of portions of message data in machine readable form. The plurality of portions of message data may be indexed. The indexing may include storing representations (e.g., vectors or other mathematical constructs) representing the content of the plurality of portions of message data in a message data index. The representations of the content of the plurality of portions of message data may be compared to one another to determine a relationship between the various representations. If the relationship between a first representation (e.g., a first vector) and a second representation (e.g., a second vector) exceeds a predetermined threshold, the portions of message data corresponding to the first and second vectors may be determined to be related. A notification and/or alert may be presented to a user regarding the related portions of message data. In one embodiment, the related portions of message data or messages from which the portions derive may be accessed by a user. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024522 | Email to Content Conversion and Publication System for Use in Knowledge Management Solutions - An Email to Content Conversion and Publication System for Use in Knowledge Management Solutions giving users of any email system the ability to utilize all features and functionality provided by knowledge management solutions by creating and sending an email using any email system. Users of knowledge management solutions typically create conversations or participations to existing conversations with whatever interface has been provided within the solution. Users of knowledge management solutions create conversations or participations only with the interface provided for creating this content within the knowledge management solution being used. The Email to Content Conversion and Publication System allows users wishing to create content for publication and use in knowledge management solutions to create any content using any email system. Any device capable of sending emails may create content and allow the content to have the appropriate permission settings and publish the content within Knowledge Management Solutions, producing the exact same results as if the user had created the content within knowledge management solutions. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024523 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLOW TERMINATION OF A TCP SESSION - A Gateway GPRS Support Node initiates the termination of a session at both session endpoints in response to releasing flow information for an idle flow when performing a transparent content enrichment procedure. The Gateway GPRS Support Node instructs each of the source and destination nodes to terminate the session in an effort to mitigate the occurrence of a TCP signaling storm in a communication network. The Gateway GPRS Support Node can observe a mismatch condition in TCP messages and invoke procedures to prevent a signaling storm. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024524 | TARGETED MESSAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Various implementations of the present invention are provided as a network computer system configured to allow for creating, rating, tracking, monitoring, and disseminating user-created and user-customizable messages. The network computer system provides a user interface that allows a user to create templates for message creation, messages from the templates, ratings for messages (message “bias”), databases for storing templates and messages (message queue), and ratings, as well as storage for information related to the monitoring and tracking of messages as they are delivered to the intended recipients. The ability to create multiple messages, with disparate content, intended for disparate audiences, with batch sorting and sending, is also provided. Messages can be provided via commercial messaging services such as email, snail mail, telephone, SMS, facsimile, social media networking sites (e.g. Facebook® messages, Twitter® “tweets”, etc.). In some implementations of the invention, a computer-implemented method of messaging for an educational environment is provided. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024525 | Augmented Aggregation of Emailed Product Order and Shipping Information - Product order and shipping information received via email messages is automatically aggregated for ready user review. Once the user is authenticated, authorization to access their email mailbox is obtained and the email message headers of their entails are analyzed to identify those messages of interest. The bodies of the email messages of interest are parsed to extract the product order and shipping information which is stored and presented for display to the user typically grouped by individual product thus greatly simplifying user review of orders. The aggregated product order and shipping information can be augmented with additional information such as shipping status, delivery status, a product image, and/or a last date that the product can be returned. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024526 | METHOD OF MANAGING FEEDS BASED ON CLASSIFICATIONS - Primary and secondary messages are included in a feed according to a “full thread” mode or a “stream” mode. The “full thread” mode causes a feed, when viewed, to include both primary and secondary messages. In contrast, the “stream” mode causes a feed, when viewed, to include only primary messages. In this way, a feed viewed in “full thread” mode provides to users a comprehensive view of messages included in the feed. Alternatively, a feed viewed in “stream” mode provides to users a concise view messages included in the feed. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024527 | HIERARCHICAL PUBLISH/SUBSCRIBE SYSTEM - A method for publishing a publication message includes receiving, at one of a plurality of first relays, a subscription request from a first client and transmitting the subscription request from the one of the plurality of first relays to first and second central relays of a plurality of central relays. The method also includes receiving, at another of the plurality of first relays, a publication request from a second client. The publication request includes the publication message. The method further includes transmitting the publication message from the another of the plurality of first relays to all of the plurality of central relays, transmitting the publication message from at least one of the first and second central relays to the one of the plurality of first relays, and transmitting the publication message from the one of the plurality of first relays to the first client. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024528 | HIERARCHICAL PUBLISH/SUBSCRIBE SYSTEM - A method for publishing a message includes receiving, at a first relay, a subscription request from a first client, wherein the subscription request includes a target. The method also includes: recording, at the first relay, subscription information of the first client based on the subscription request; receiving, at the first relay, a publication request from a second client, wherein the publication request includes a message string characterized by a pattern; determining, by the first relay, that the target matches at least a portion of the pattern; determining, by the first relay, if the publication request is a local publication request based on a predetermined policy rule; and transmitting the message string to the first client if the publication request is determined to be a local publication request. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024529 | HIERARCHICAL PUBLISH/SUBSCRIBE SYSTEM - A method for transmitting messages in a publish/subscribe message system. The method also includes: receiving, at a first relay, a subscription request from a first client; recording, at the first relay, subscription information of the first client based on the subscription request; receiving, at the first relay, a publication request from a second client, wherein the publication request includes a message; and transmitting the message to the first client. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024530 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING COMMUNITY SERVICE IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for providing a community service in a portable terminal is provided. The apparatus includes a community management part for requesting community generation by transmitting information regarding a member constituting community in a community generation request; a control part for assigning and registering a main number identifying the community through the community generation request; and a communication part for transmitting information for the community generation, wherein the control part posts a message to the community using the main number, and the community management part obtains the information regarding the member using at least one of an address book stored on a web server which manages the address book and an address book stored on the portable terminal. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024531 | Systems and methods for controlling information sharing among and between individuals and groups of individuals - A conference organizer uses conference software to define a conference and to store conference information, including a list of individuals attending the conference. The software assigns each individual a personal proxy with storage space for information to be shared. Responsive to input from the individuals, the software organizes the individuals into groups, such as interest-based groups and lists of “buddies.” Messages and can then be directed between individuals or broadcast to groups buddy groups via their respective proxies. The use of proxies allows attendees to send messages to one another and to receive messages from one another without divulging their primary email addresses. The proxy storage also allows individuals to store and selectively share textual information, video information, digital pictures, and audio information. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024532 | Program Guide Based on Sharing Personal Comments about Multimedia Content - Members of a social network service may share real-time comments about multimedia content they are viewing. The comments are attached to bookmarks that allow other members to view the video and add to the discussion thread. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024533 | METHOD AND SERVER FOR TRANSFERRING MESSAGE - A method and server for transferring a message, belonging to the IM field. The method includes: receiving a message body from a first user through a first client terminal, finding an address of a second client terminal, and sending the message body to the second client terminal. The server includes a receiving module and a sending module. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024534 | SHARING EMAIL - A trust relationship may be established between a first email user and at least a second email user. At least one email message received by the second user is automatically propagated to the first user based upon, at least in part, the trust relationship. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024535 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MESSAGE INCLUDING UNIVERSAL RESOURCE LOCATOR - A method and system for providing a message including a URL. The method includes: detecting whether a first URL is included in message content within a message input by a user; if the first URL is included in the message content, calculating the length of the message by taking a first length value as the length of the first URL; if the calculated message length is less than the predetermined message length, allowing the user to keep on adding message content to the message; replacing the first URL included in the message by a second URL, and saving corresponding relationship between the first URL and the second URL. The length of the second URL is less than or equal to the first length value; providing the message including the second URL. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024536 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DERIVING PRESENCE INFORMATION USING MESSAGE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS - A method and apparatus for deriving presence information of a mobile device at a presence node in a wireless system, the method having the steps of: analyzing a message received from the mobile device to determine a message type; and allocating a state for the mobile device depending on the message type found in the analyzing step. The apparatus is a presence node for deriving and maintaining presence information of a mobile device in a wireless system, the mobile device communicating with a network node, the presence node having: a communication system for communicating with the network node; a processor; and an application running on the processor, the application having means for analyzing a message received from the mobile device at the network node to determine a message type; and allocating a state for the mobile device depending on the message type found in the analyzing step. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024537 | NETWORK SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A communication terminal includes a touch panel, a communication device for communicating with an other communication terminal, and a processor for reproducing contents using a touch panel, temporarily stopping reproduction of the contents and transmitting a stop instruction to the other communication terminal according to a first input, resuming the reproduction of the contents and transmitting the resumption instruction to the other communication terminal according to a second input, temporarily stopping the reproduction of the contents according to a stop instruction from the other communication terminal, and resuming the reproduction of the contents according to a resumption instruction from the other communication terminal. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024538 | FAST SEQUENTIAL MESSAGE STORE - A broker may be used as an intermediary to exchange messages between producers and consumers. The broker may store and dispatch messages from a physical queue stored in a persistent memory. More specifically, the broker may enqueue messages to the physical queue that are received from producers and may dispatch messages from the physical queue to interested consumers. The broker may further utilize one or more logical queues stored in transient memory to track the status of the messages stored in persistent memory. As messages are dispatched to and acknowledged by interested consumers, the broker deletes acknowledged messages from the physical queue. The messages deleted are those preceding a physical ACKlevel pointer that specifies the first non-acknowledged message in the physical queue. The physical ACKlevel pointer is advanced in the physical queue based on the relative position of corresponding logical ACKlevel pointers maintained by the logical queues. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024539 | Method and System for Updating a List of Content Stored on a User-Operated Device - A method and system are provided for delivering digital content. A first catalogued list of content is delivered from a user operated device to a media storage device, and attributes of the first catalogued list are determined. A second catalogued list of content is delivered from a content provider to the media storage device. The first catalogued list is modified based upon the second catalogued list and the attributes, and the modified first catalogued list is delivered to the user operated device. Content from the modified first catalogued list is delivered to the user operated device for storage and subsequent playback. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024540 | PROACTIVE CACHING OF REMOTE ACTIONS - A method and system for managing maintenance events in an enterprise computing environment. A client receives a maintenance file associated with a maintenance event from a server. The client device stores the maintenance file in local storage (e.g., cache), without installing the maintenance file. Subsequently, the client device receives an instruction from the server to install the previously downloaded and stored maintenance file. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024541 | SENDING REQUEST MESSAGES TO NODES INDICATED AS UNRESOLVED - Techniques are provided for sending request messages to destination nodes. Destination nodes may be indicated as unresolved. Request messages are sent to destination nodes indicated as unresolved. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024542 | SOFTWARE, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MOBILE VISUALIZATION OF INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION ENVIRONMENTS - Systems, methods, and software for operating a mobile device to control industrial automation equipment are provided herein. In a first example, a mobile device application comprising program instructions executable by a mobile device is provided. When executed by the mobile device, the program instructions direct the mobile device to obtain industrial device information corresponding to an industrial device within an automation environment, and display the industrial device information on a display of the mobile device. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024543 | METHODS FOR GENERATING MULTIPLE RESPONSES TO A SINGLE REQUEST MESSAGE AND DEVICES THEREOF - A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus that obtains at a first computing apparatus content responsive to a single request message received from a second computing apparatus. Two or more response messages to the single request message are generated with the first computing apparatus. The two or more response messages each comprise a different portion of the content responsive to the single request message. The generated two or more response messages are provided with the first computing apparatus to the second computing apparatus for reconstitution into content responsive to the single content request. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024544 | Electronic Book Capable of Making Content of Magazine Into Community - Disclosed is an electronic book system capable of providing a community for pages thereof and capable of imparting a sense of integration to a plurality of users. The disclosed electronic book system is fundamentally based on the finding that by allowing content included in a page of a book to be specified and by allowing a comment related to the content to be input, a community can be provided for pages of an electronic book and a sense of integration can be imparted to a plurality of users. The disclosed electronic book system includes a terminal capable of displaying the electronic book and an electronic book server connected via a communication line to the terminal. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024545 | MULTIMEDIA CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM - A multimedia content delivery system includes a server apparatus ( | 2013-01-24 |
20130024546 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING EPISODIC MEDIA ON A DEDICATED CHANNEL - A personalized media service provides, e.g., user customization of radio channel selections, immediate availability of multiple pre-programmed and/or customized channels, the ability to intersperse different types of content including periodically refreshed information content, availability of personal radio functions on devices such as car audio systems, PDAs, smartphones, MP3 players, etc. Available channels include, e.g., pre-programmed channels selected for the user based on an interest profile, user-owned content, user-specified recorded content, etc. An audio user interface facilitates user selection of programming and user purchase of currently played audio material. An overall radio experience is thus provided that combines the customization and flexibility of digital media with the immediacy and ubiquity of radio. Video materials may also be accommodated. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024547 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an acquisition unit acquiring information showing at least one of an indicated party, who is a person or group indicated by a user, and indicated content, which is content indicated by the user, and a recommendation unit recommending, to the user, content that is similar to at least one of content related to the indicated party, the indicated content, and content liked by the user. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024548 | MAP DATA DISTRIBUTION SERVER, MAP DATA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND MAP DATA DISTRIBUTION METHOD - A map data distribution server that is connected to a network and distributes map data via the network is provided. The map data distribution server holds first map data and second map data that is of a newer version than the first map data and holds a plurality of update data including an instruction to update the first map data for each of partitions of a given size on a map. The map data distribution server decides whether a predetermined condition is fulfilled upon receiving an update request to update the first map data in a first partition out of the partitions to the second map data from a terminal communicating with the map data distribution server via the network, selects one of the plurality of update data relevant to the first partition, based on the result of the decision, and transmits the selected update data to the terminal. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024549 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR LIGHTWEIGHT DIRECTORY ACCESS PROTOCOL APPLICATIONS - A device and computer-readable medium, including an application for communicating with a directory server. The application submits a query to the directory server requesting data for the application. In response to a query result that includes the requested data from the directory server, the application stores the received data for display on the device. In another aspect, there is provided a device, including a client process for running on the device and for communicating with a directory server; and an application for running on the device. The client process submits a query to the directory server requesting data for the application. In response to a query result that includes the requested data from the directory server, the client process stores the received data for display on the device by the application. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024550 | LIVE MEDIA DELIVERY OVER A PACKET-BASED COMPUTER NETWORK - In general, this disclosure describes techniques of determining a backset for client devices attempting to download data of a live transmission. A backset is an amount of temporal delay that the client devices are delayed by when viewing the live transmission. As described herein, a media content provider may determine a recommended backset for each client devices based characteristics of the client device. Each client device may then be backset by the determined value, or may calculate its own backset based on the recommended backset. Establishing a backset for each client device may avoid rebuffering of live transmission data. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024551 | ENABLING CLUSTER SCALING - Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and apparatuses for enabling cluster scaling. Specifically, there is disclosed a method of recording a context of configuration for an initial node of a cluster, comprising: retrieving at least one file to be used for configuring the initial node; and recording a context while configuring the initial node using the at least one file, the recorded context being information on the configuration of the initial node and to be used for enabling addition of a new node into the cluster. There is also disclosed a method of enabling addition of a new node into a cluster. Corresponding apparatuses are also disclosed. According to embodiments of the present invention, the efficiency of improving cluster scaling may be effectively improved. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024552 | SYSTEM SOFTWARE PRODUCTIZATION FRAMEWORK - A unified framework is established based on a domain-specific system description model representative of physical network system topology, network system device capability and/or logical network system structure. The framework can be employed to streamline a network system configuration process and/or a software system deployment process and the like. Some instances can also be utilized in establishing a unified framework in a broadcast equipment environment to augment network system based technologies. Additionally, network devices having multiple network interfaces that are dedicated to specific network usages can be automatically configured. A method in accordance with an aspect of the present principles includes generating a site model with a plurality of groups of device model network interfaces that can represent dedicate networks. The device model interfaces are grouped according to usage and network medium type and are logically associated with pre-defined IP addresses. The site model is applied to the network devices to logically associate them into dedicated networks by automatically assigning the pre-defined IP addresses to the network interfaces of the devices. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024553 | Location independent dynamic IP address assignment - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at a network device operating as a relay agent, a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) request from an end host, inserting a group identifier into the DHCP request and forwarding the DHCP request to a DHCP server, the end host associated with a group identified by the group identifier, receiving a response from the DHCP server, and forwarding the response to the end host. The response includes configuration information for the end host, at least some of the configuration information selected based on the group identifier. An apparatus is also disclosed. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024554 | ENABLING CLUSTER SCALING - Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and apparatuses for enabling cluster scaling. Specifically, there is disclosed a method of recording a context of configuration for an initial node of a cluster, comprising: retrieving at least one file to be used for configuring the initial node; and recording a context while configuring the initial node using the at least one file, the recorded context being information on the configuration of the initial node and to be used for enabling addition of a new node into the cluster. There is also disclosed a method of enabling addition of a new node into a cluster. Corresponding apparatuses are also disclosed. According to embodiments of the present invention, the efficiency of improving cluster scaling may be effectively improved. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024555 | PRIORITIZING DATA PACKETS ASSOCIATED WITH APPLICATIONS RUNNING IN A NETWORKED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for prioritizing a set of data packets associated with an application running in a networked computing environment (e.g., a cloud computing environment). In a typical embodiment, an SLA associated with a particular application and at least one other SLA associated with at least one other application are accessed (e.g., in a database or the like). A proposed modification to a priority of a set of data packets associated with the particular application (e.g., corresponding to a workload being processed via the particular application) is then determined based on a comparison of a current performance (e.g., transmission rate) of the set of data packets versus a specified performance of the set of data packets as set forth in the SLA. Then, an effect of the proposed modification on a capability of the particular application to meet a set of terms of the SLA, and of the at least one other application to meet a set of terms of the at least one other SLA will be evaluated. Based on this evaluation, it will be determined whether to implement the proposed modification. For example, the proposed modification can be implemented if it will not cause any of the SLAs to be unmet. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024556 | COORDINATION OF M2M DEVICE OPERATION - Teachings herein include a first machine-to-machine (M2M) device manager in a local area network (LAN). The first manager receives operating information for a first M2M device managed by the first manager. This operating information may indicate, for example, the operating state (e.g., on or off) of the first device. Responsive to receiving this operating information, the first manager coordinates operation of a second M2M device that is managed by a second M2M device manager in the LAN. The first manager effectively does so by evaluating the received operating information according to a set of policy-based rules, generating control signaling according to that evaluation, and then sending the generated control signaling to the second manager. Because this control signaling is sent horizontally between different M2M device managers, rather than vertically to some centralized server, such operation coordination can occur across M2M devices that would not otherwise be inter-operable. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024557 | HANDLING TIME INFORMATION IN COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - A method of handling time information in a communications system ( | 2013-01-24 |
20130024558 | Network Management Method and Network Management System - The present invention provides a network management method and a network management system ( | 2013-01-24 |
20130024559 | Automatic Zone-Based Management of a Data Center - Automatic zone-based management of a data center. Nodes are assigned to a first zone. One of the nodes is selected as zone leader. A load ratio of the zone leader is monitored, nodes are identified for shedding if the load ratio exceeds a predetermined maximum, and the identified nodes are assigned to a new zone. One of the nodes in the new zone is selected as zone leader. The load ratio of each zone leader is monitored, nodes are identified for shedding if the load ratio exceeds a predetermined maximum, and the identified nodes are assigned to an additional new zone, the zone leaders negotiate for reassignment of loads. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024560 | CENTRALLY DRIVEN PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF LOW POWER AND LOSSY NETWORKS - In one embodiment, a centralized device for a computer network divides the computer network into one or more regions for which performance is to be measured, and selects one or more nodes within each respective region of the one or more regions. The centralized device may then send a performance measurement request (PMR) to the selected node(s) for each region, and receives measured performance reports from the selected node(s) for each region in response to the PMR. Accordingly, based on the measured performance reports, the centralized device may then adjust at least one of either the divided regions or the selected node(s) for one or more of the one or more regions, e.g., for future PMRs. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024561 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ROUTE, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND MANAGEMENT DEVICE - An apparatus for determining a route including: a collector that collects a current amount of link traffic and current link power consumption of each link; a virtual link setter that sets virtual links for each link; a link cost calculator that calculates a link cost of each virtual link based on the estimated increase in the link power consumption; a constraint condition setter that creates a constraint condition satisfying a requirement of end-to-end quality of a request flow based on change in quality of each virtual link and satisfying a requirement of end-to-end quality of an existing flow based on the change in quality of the existing flow on the virtual link; a route determinator that determines a route having a smallest sum of the link costs including a plurality of the virtual links satisfying the created constraint condition. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024562 | NETWORK ANALYSIS - A method of analyzing a network is disclosed that may include a plurality of interconnected network components, and a network model with component configuration data for each of the network components and component interconnection data for each connection between network components. The method may also comprise selectively altering component configuration data for a first network component, or selectively altering component interconnection data for a first connection, thereby selectively altering a modeled state of the first network component or the first component connection within the network model, propagating the effect of such altering of a modeled state throughout the network model in dependence upon configuration data and interconnection data relating to the first network component and in dependence upon such data relating to other connected network components, monitoring the effect of said propagation on other network components within the network model. Also disclosed is a system for analyzing a network. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024563 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, SERVER EQUIPMENT, AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT - A communication equipment notifies a server equipment of a communication port to which a communication cable is connected. If another communication port as a connection partner of the notified communication port is not yet connected to the communication cable, the server equipment transmits a first notification instruction to another communication equipment having the said another communication port. The said another communication equipment indicates, in a viewable manner, a communication port corresponding to the first notification instruction as a communication port to which the communication cable is required to be connected. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024564 | MONITORING AGENT PROGRAMS IN A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING PLATFORM - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for monitoring information passed from instances of role(s) of a service application installed on a distributed computing platform and for indexing and analyzing the information within a data store are provided. Monitoring involves a monitoring agent that is integrated within an operating system of computing devices that make up the distributed computing platform. In operation, the monitoring agent retrieves information from the role instances and converts the information into parameters that are assembled to documents. Generally, the parameters are assembled to a uniform-structured format in accordance with a schema imposed by the distributed computing platform. Accordingly, each of the documents across the platform have a common format that promotes processing and analysis without a need for reconfiguration. Accordingly, the health of the service application, although dispersed throughout the distributed computing environment, may be observed and evaluated in a consistent manner. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024565 | System and Method to Publish Information from Servers to Remote Monitor Devices - To assist in monitoring the intelligent messaging network, a system and method for publishing logging and status information from the servers is provided. A list of available servers accessible for monitoring by persons, devices, and applications via a remote monitor device can be provided. The remote monitor device may forward selected servers from the list of available servers in which they are interested. Also, particular information about the selected servers can be requested. Access to certain servers and information may be restricted to those with authorization. Authorization can be verified by the use of digital certificates. The requested information can then be gathered and provided to authorized persons or devices. Typically, the information includes logging and status information from the servers. The information can be provided as an XML page and viewed using, for example, a standard web browser. Further, if the information is provided to the remote monitor device as an XML page, a standard XML parser may be used to extract particular information from the XML page. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024566 | DETECTION OF LINK CONNECTIVITY IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A method of commencement of operation of a communication system such as an Ethernet OAM system comprises enabling an endpoint (A) to transmit and receive repetitive connectivity check messages on a link between the endpoint and a remote endpoint (B); determining a loss of connectivity with the remote endpoint by the absence of received connectivity check messages within a monitoring interval; and delaying the commencement of said monitoring interval until a predetermined number of valid connectivity check messages has been received. The invention may be implemented by means of a counter ( | 2013-01-24 |
20130024567 | NETWORK MONITOR - A computer network monitoring controller for monitoring the performance of a plurality of virtual machines in a cloud computing environment, each virtual machine being a set of resources hosted on a hardware platform and arranged to appear as a real hardware to a client, the virtual machines being allocated and generated by a management system, the monitoring controller comprising: a plurality of interfaces, each one connected to a monitoring system having links to at least one of the virtual machines, and each monitoring system being arranged to capturing event messages relating to the status of the virtual machine and outputting these event messages in a monitoring system specific format; an data store for storing event messages received from each of the monitoring systems via the interfaces; a receiver for receiving monitoring requests from said management system, each request specifying monitoring requirements relating to at least one of the virtual machines; a converter for converting the messages from the monitoring systems into a common format for storage in the event log; a processor for processing the received requests and matching the requirements to event messages received from the plurality of virtual machines; and a sender for sending matched event messages to the management system in the common format. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024568 | MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION - The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for improving management communication. One or more performance parameter measurements may be received by a throughput optimisation system wherein the one or more performance parameters relate to one or more communication links between one or more management applications and one or more managed entities, and the one or more performance parameters provide an indication of a performance of the one or more communication links. The throughput optimisation system may adapt one or more system parameters for the one or more management applications which are performing one or more active management tasks based on the received one or more performance parameters relating to the one or more communication links. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024569 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus and method capable of suitably controlling access by a client apparatus are provided. The information processing apparatus comprises: a receiving unit configured to receive an access request, which is a request by the client apparatus to access content, from the client apparatus together with an area identifier for the client apparatus; a decision unit configured to specify location of the client apparatus based upon the access request and to decide in accordance with the specified location whether the client apparatus is allowed to access the content; and a determination unit configured to specify the area corresponding to the client apparatus, based upon the area identifier, and to determine an access destination to which the client apparatus accesses based upon the access request in accordance with the specified area. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024570 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus accesses to each of a plurality of access destinations via communications between the information processing apparatus and the server. And the apparatus decides a time-out time corresponding to each of the plurality of access destinations based on a communication count, with the server, for access to each of the plurality of access destinations. When accessing to an access destination of the plurality of access destinations via the communication with the server, the apparatus controls the communication to reach a time-out according to the time-out time which is decided and corresponds to the access destination. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024571 | DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE, AND NETWORK SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a device control method, a network device, and a network system. The method includes: receiving an exclusive control request from a first control device and entering an exclusive mode; receiving a first access request; within valid time of the exclusive mode, judging whether the first access request is an access request sent by the first control device; if yes, executing the first access request; and otherwise determining, according to an exclusive condition, whether to execute the first access request, or directly rejecting or discarding the first access request. With the present invention, interference with a major operation on a controlled device may be avoided when multiple control devices access the controlled device simultaneously. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024572 | Method and system for terminal access and management in cloud computing - The disclosure discloses a method for terminal access and management in cloud computing, including: a terminal with a management and control module accesses a bidirectional data transmission network and acts as a node; the node searches for a first responding control node or agent control node and connects with a network management server via an agent control node connected to the found control node or via the found agent control node; a management and control module of a node at each level collects running information of the terminal and reports the running information level by level, and a nearest super-ordinate node performs a management operation. The disclosure further discloses a system for terminal access and management in cloud computing. With the method and the system, the problems that the system status has to be pre-estimated and a proper node has to be selected when new equipment access an original system can be solved, and after the access, a super-ordinate node can perform actively a control operation on the topological structure. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024573 | SCALABLE AND EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF VIRTUAL APPLIANCE IN A CLOUD - Data representative of a set of requests for cloud computing services is obtained. The services are to be provided by a cloud having a plurality of base images. The requests specify requested subsets of the base images. Data representative of provisioning and de-provisioning costs associated with the plurality of base images is obtained. Then, k composite virtual appliances are pre-provisioned. The composite virtual appliances include virtual appliance subsets of the base images, based on cost minimization, in accordance with the data representative of the set of requests and the data representative of the provisioning and de-provisioning costs. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024574 | COMMUNICATION SESSION ALLOCATION - A network device may receive an incoming call for a user device requesting a communication session corresponding to a particular communication session type, where the user device is attached to a first access network. The network device may identify the first access network and determine whether a first centralized network supports the communication session type in the first access network. When the first centralized network supports the communication session type in the first access network, the network device may designate the first centralized network to service the incoming call. When the first centralized network does not support the communication session type in the first access network, the network device may designate a second centralized network to service the incoming call. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024575 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR PROVIDING LEGACY DEVICES ACCESS TO A SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL (SIP) BASED NETWORK - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing legacy devices access to a session initiation protocol (SIP) based network are disclosed. One exemplary system comprises a session initiation protocol (SIP) based access proxy element communicatively coupled to a SIP based network that includes a registration engine configured to create a mapped entry in a database that associates an assigned SIP registration identifier to an identifier corresponding to a legacy endpoint device and configured to register the legacy endpoint device into the SIP based network using the assigned SIP registration identifier. The SIP based access proxy element further includes a session management module configured to establish a communications session involving the registered legacy endpoint device by interworking between a legacy control protocol and a SIP based call control protocol using the mapped entry in the database. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024576 | Proximity-Based Detection - Proximity-based detection is described. In one or more implementations, an identifier is received wirelessly by a computing device from another computing device that is directly communicated from the other computing device such that the identifier is not communicated via an intermediary device. The other computing device is identified by comparing the identifier to one or more identifiers stored locally by the computing device. A notification is output for display that indicates the other computing device is within a predefined proximity to the computing device and that identifies the other computing device using data associated with the identifier that is stored locally by the computing device. | 2013-01-24 |
20130024577 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A RELATIONSHIP BASED ON A PRIOR ASSOCIATION - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for automatically establishing trusted relationships between users across organizational boundaries. A user makes a request to his system to create a trusted relationship with an individual of another organization. The system then analyzes the previous communication history between the user and the other individual, and, based on that analysis, sends a query to the other individual's system. The system then receives a response from the other individual's system, and if the response matches an expected response the system forms a trusted relationship between the user and the other individual. | 2013-01-24 |