13th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 61 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120079034 | Secure electronic message conveyance - A method of secure electronic message conveyance. The method can include, via a processor, receiving a request to forward an electronic message originally received by a first user to at least a second user. The method also can include, based on content contained in the electronic message, selecting from a plurality of approval entities at least one approval entity that is to determine whether the electronic message is approved to be forwarded to the at least a second user, and receiving from the selected approval entity an indication that indicates whether the electronic message is approved to be forwarded to the second user. The method further can include, responsive to the selected approval entity approving the forwarding of the electronic message to the second user, automatically forwarding the electronic message to the second user. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079035 | Administering Truncated Receive Functions In A Parallel Messaging Interface - Administering truncated receive functions in a parallel messaging interface (‘PMI’) of a parallel computer comprising a plurality of compute nodes coupled for data communications through the PMI and through a data communications network, including: sending, through the PMI on a source compute node, a quantity of data from the source compute node to a destination compute node; specifying, by an application on the destination compute node, a portion of the quantity of data to be received by the application on the destination compute node and a portion of the quantity of data to be discarded; receiving, by the PMI on the destination compute node, all of the quantity of data; providing, by the PMI on the destination compute node to the application on the destination compute node, only the portion of the quantity of data to be received by the application; and discarding, by the PMI on the destination compute node, the portion of the quantity of data to be discarded. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079036 | Message Gateway with Hybrid Proxy / Store-and-Forward Logic - Described is a technology by which an email filtering service or other gateway includes hybrid proxy and store-and-forward logic. A message is initially processed with proxy logic. If the proxy logic is unable to complete filtering/scanning of a message within a timeout period, the store-and-forward logic is invoked to complete filtering/scanning of the message. The store-and-forward logic also may be invoked if a delivery attempt made by the proxy logic fails or does not complete prior to a delivery timeout period. When such a condition is met, the store-and-forward logic accepts the message, including storing the message, sending a response that indicates the message was accepted, and closing the connection over which the message was received. The store-and-forward logic may complete any scanning if not completed by the proxy logic, and takes over delivery responsibilities. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079037 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NON-VOICE MOBILE APPLICATIONS - A method of processing a text message at a platform server includes processing the text message to obtain a first text element and a second text element, and communicating information associated with one or both of the first text element and the second text element to the sender of the text message or a third party, through a communication network. The platform server is administered by one or both of an administrator and a user with or without an account associated with the platform server. The text message includes the first text element and the second text element, linked by a visible non-alphanumeric character. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079038 | Methods and Apparatus for Inviting Users to Follow Records in an On-Demand Database Service Environment - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods, and computer readable media for inviting users to follow records in an on-demand database service environment. In one embodiment, a message is received, for instance, at a server. The message includes an identification of a record stored in a database in the on-demand service environment. The identified record is selected for inviting one or more users to follow updates to the record. The updates are capable of being stored as feed items in one or more feed tables in the database. The feed items are capable of being published in an information feed displayed on a display device. A message received can also include an identification of one or more user profiles to invite to follow updates to the identified record in the on-demand service environment. An invitation message including an indication of the identified record is generated. The invitation message is sent to the identified one or more user profiles. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079039 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes: application execution means for executing an application program; metadata storage means for storing metadata corresponding to the application program; input means for receiving a message input by a user based on an operation of the user; selection means for selecting the metadata stored by the metadata storage means, in accordance with an operation of the user; transmission means for transmitting the message received by the input means and the metadata selected by the selection means to another information processing apparatus; reception means for receiving a message and metadata corresponding to an application program from said another information processing apparatus; and information output means for outputting the message and the metadata received by the reception means. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079040 | ROUTING AND DISPLAYING MESSAGES FOR MULTIPLE CONCURRENT INSTANT MESSAGING SESSIONS INVOLVING A SINGLE ONLINE IDENTITY - Routing and displaying instant messages includes receiving a first request to establish a first instant messaging session associated with an instant messaging online identity assigned to a user using a first instant messaging controller. The first instant messaging session is established in response to the first request, where the first instant messaging session includes a first state. A second request from the user is received to establish a second instant messaging session associated with the instant messaging online identity assigned to the user using a second instant messaging controller that differs from the first instant messaging controller. The second instant messaging session is established in response to the second request, where the second instant messaging session includes a second state. An instant message designated for the instant messaging online identity assigned to the user is received and a determination is made on where to route the instant message based on routing criteria. The routing criteria includes the first state of the first instant messaging session and the second state of the second instant messaging session. The instant message is routed based on the determination of where to route to the instant message. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079041 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BREAKING UP A MESSAGE THREAD WHEN REPLYING OR FORWARDING A MESSAGE - Disclosed is a method of communicating a message thread, comprising: receiving a message thread at a first device, the message thread comprising existing sub-messages; receiving input of a newly composed sub-message associated with the message thread; delineating each of the respective existing sub-messages from one another within the message thread; receiving selection of at least one delineated existing sub-message from the message thread through a selection interface for one of inclusion in and exclusion from a modified message thread; creating a modified message thread in accordance with the selection of at least one delineated existing sub-message, the modified message thread further comprising the new sub-message; and initiating communication of the modified message thread to a second device. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079042 | Mail monitoring system, non-transitory computer readable storage medium,mail monitoring apparatus, and mail monitoring method - A mail monitoring system comprises a mail communications apparatus and a control server that controls a log relating to operation of the apparatus. The apparatus includes a detector that detects transmission of an e-mail, a log generation unit that determines whether to generate a transmission log based on a set policy, and generates the transmission log, a mail creating unit that determines whether to store mail information based on the set policy, and generates the mail information, and a transmitter that transmits the mail information and the transmission log to the server, and transmits the e-mail to a mail server designated as a transmission destination of the e-mail. The server includes a receiver that receives the transmission log and the mail information and a storage unit that stores therein the transmission log and the mail information when the receiver receives the transmission log and the mail information. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079043 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING AN APPLICATION ACROSS A PLURALITY OF COMPUTERS - A method, apparatus and system for accessing an application across a plurality of computers is provided. In one aspect, a client machine and a mobile computing device are provided. The client machine is configured to execute a browser application. The mobile computing device is configured to host a web server application. When the client machine and the mobile computing device are connected, functions on the mobile computing device become available on the client machine via the interaction between the web server and the browser. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079044 | ADAPTIVE CONTENT-BASED PUBLISH/SUBSCRIBE MESSAGING - A method, system, and computer program product for publish/subscribe messaging. A subscription is initiated, including designating a subscription queue to which published messages relating to the subscription are to be put. Multiple content-based filtering expressions are defined for the subscription, each of the filtering expressions being defined for a given utilization of the subscription queue. Furthermore, in another aspect, a published message relating to a subscription is received. The utilization of a subscription queue designated in the subscription is checked. A content-based filtering expression defined for the given utilization of the subscription queue is determined. The content-based filtering expression may then be applied. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079045 | Profile-Based Message Control - A computer system includes a profile associated with one or more logic modules. Each logic module specifies a condition and a corresponding action. The profile may be applied to context data, such as messages transmitted over a network, to perform the actions specified by the logic modules in response to detecting that the context data satisfies the conditions specified by the logic modules. The profile may have an activation state, in which case the logic modules may be applied to the context data only if the profile's activation state indicates that the profile is active. One application of the system is to perform different actions (such as blocking, forwarding, deferring, and allowing) in connection with messages transmitted via different modes of communication (such as one or more of email communication, text messaging communication, and live voice call communication). | 2012-03-29 |
20120079046 | CONTROLLING COMMUNICATIONS WITH PROXIMATE AVATARS IN VIRTUAL WORLD ENVIRONMENT - A first user's avatar in a virtual world environment may be controlled by using a virtual world application enabling access to a virtual world environment within which the first user has an avatar associated with the first user. A virtual world location corresponding to the first avatar is identified. At least one second avatar proximate to the virtual world location is identified. Filtering information is accessed. Profile information related to the second avatar is accessed. Filtering information is compared to the accessed profile information. Based on the comparison results, a metric related to the second avatar is determined. The metric is related to a threshold. It is determined whether relating the metric to the threshold supports enabling communications between the first and second avatars, and if so, communications to be exchanged between the first and second avatars are enabled. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079047 | Systems and Methods for Registering and Managing Domain Names and E-Mail Addresses Via a Resource-Limited Interface - Disclosed embodiments provide domain name registration, e-mail registration, e-mail forwarding, and other services via resource-limited interfaces, such as SMS-based services. Domain names may be requested, registered, and managed, and e-mail addresses may be requested and forwarding options selected by a user by way of a resource-limited device or protocol. E-mails may be provided to a user over an e-mail-to-SMS forwarding system. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079048 | PROVIDING REMOTE APPLICATION ACCESS USING ENTITLEMENTS - A method and a system for transmitting a widget message are described herein. The method can include: a widget mobile terminal transmitting a widget message to a receiver through a widget server; after receiving the widget message sent from the widget mobile terminal, the widget server judging whether the receiver supports the widget; if judging that the receiver supports the widget, then transmitting the received widget message to the receiver; and if judging that the receiver does not support the widget, then transmitting a corresponding message to the receiver via a message center. A widget mobile user can transmit a widget to another widget mobile user, and the receiver can run the widget application directly while receiving the widget message. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079049 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF AUTOMATING DATA CAPTURE FROM ELECTRONIC CORRESPONDENCE - A method and system of automating capture of electronic data provide a user with an effective universal Internet identity and e-mail address, comprehensive e-mail filtering and forwarding services, and e-receipt identification and data extraction. Detailed user e-mail preferences data stored at a central server may be selectively altered such that incoming correspondence is redirected in accordance with the user's preferences. Computer program code at the central server parses incoming e-mail header information and data content, selectively extracts data from identified types of correspondence, and forwards extracted data in accordance with user preferences data. Additional computer program code may manipulate the extracted data in accordance with format requirements and display the manipulated data to a user in a desired format. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079050 | MANAGING ELECTRONIC MESSAGES - A recipient computer system may receive one or more electronic messages. The recipient computer system may send one, two, or more challenge messages to the sender of the electronic messages in determining whether to deliver the electronic message. The recipient computer system may accept or reject an electronic message based on the response, or lack of response, to the challenge messages. The recipient computer system may send two or more challenge messages at intervals. A sender computer system may record activity of the sender computer system for a recipient computer system to use in determining whether to deliver an electronic message. A sender computer system may provide a summary of that activity with an electronic message. A sender computer system may provide an authorization key for a recipient computer system to use in determining whether to deliver an electronic message. The authorization key may be generated by a third party. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079051 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF STORING AND RETRIEVING ASSOCIATED INFORMATION WITH A DIGITAL IMAGE - A method and apparatus for associating metadata with an image are disclosed. The metadata associated with the image includes communication options for communicating with a party associated with the image. The communication options may include email, Short Message Service (SMS), blog, social media, video conference, Internet chat, etc. The communication options are displayed in response to selection of the image. Communication with the party associated with the image is initiated using at least one of the communication options. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079052 | CONTROL UNIT IN A NETWORK, NETWORK, AND ROUTING METHOD FOR MESSAGES IN A NETWORK - In a routing method for messages in a network, at least two adjacent network controllers exchange priority information of stored messages and compare this priority information. Furthermore, in the event that the message memory of one of the two network controllers is full, a lower-priority message in the full memory is replaced with a higher-priority message from the adjacent network controller as a function of the comparison of the priority information. The replacing message is provided for transmission on and/or via the full network controller. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079053 | Information Synchronization Method, Apparatus and System - The present invention relates to the communication field, and discloses an information synchronization method. The method includes: acquiring declaration information of a first local area network device that is in a first local area network, where the declaration information includes a private address of the first local area network device in the first local area network; mapping the private address of the first local area network device into a corresponding external address according to a preset mapping relation between private addresses and external addresses; and sending a notification message carrying the external address of the first local area network device to a second local area network, so as to enable the second local area network to store the external address of the first local area network device and notify a state of the first local area network device to a second local area network device in the second local area network. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079054 | Automatic Memory Management for a Home Transcoding Device - A content moving device which enables providing content stored on a first user device, such as a DVR, in a first format and resolution to be provided to a second user device, such as a portable media player (PMP) in a second format and resolution. The content moving device identifies content on the first user device as candidate content which may be desired by the PMP and assigns a priority level to the content. The content moving device transcodes the candidate content in order of highest priority first and lowest priority last. The content moving device may also use the priority level to manage deletion of the transcoded content from the storage on the content moving device. The lowest priority level content may be deleted first as storage space is needed. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079055 | REVERSE DNS LOOKUP WITH MODIFIED REVERSE MAPPINGS - In accordance with the invention, embodiments of a DNS server, a DNS proxy process, and an intermediate server (IMS) are described. The DNS server, DNS proxy process, and intermediate server (IMS) described herein utilize a source IP address for a client device, in combination with a destination IP address for a host server, in reverse mapping operations in order to accurately provide a hostname originally requested by the client device. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079056 | Network Cache Architecture - There is described a method and apparatus for sending data through one or more packet data networks. A stripped-down packet is sent from a packet sending node towards a cache node, the stripped down packet including in its payload a pointer to a payload data segment stored in a file at the cache node. When the stripped-down packet is received at the cache node, the pointer is used to identify the payload data segment from data stored at the cache node. The payload data segment is inserted into the stripped-down packet in place of the pointer so as to generate a full size packet, which is sent from the cache node towards a client. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079057 | ACCELERATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF WEB PAGES ACCESS BY CHANGING THE ORDER OF RESOURCE LOADING - A method for acceleration of access to a web page. The method comprises receiving a web page responsive to a request by a user; analyzing the received web page for possible acceleration improvements; generating a modified web page of the received web page using at least one of a plurality of acceleration techniques; providing the modified web page to the user, wherein the user experiences an accelerated access to the modified web page resulting from the execution of the at least one of a plurality of acceleration techniques; and storing the modified web page for use responsive to future user requests. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079058 | CONTEXTUALLY RELEVANT MEDIA BUNDLE - Disclosed are methods for associating contextual information with a “media bundle.” A user is alerted to the existence of the media bundle when his current context corresponds in a pre-defined way to the context associated with the bundle. Upon being alerted, the user can choose to download and review the contents of the media bundle. In general, the contextual information personalizes the context to an individual or set of individuals and ties the bundle to a matter of particular interest to the individual. In some embodiments, “context triggers” are downloaded to a user's personal device. Each of these triggers specifies the context of a particular media bundle. The user device monitors its current context and alerts the user when the user's current context corresponds to that of one of the context triggers. Some embodiments allow the user, after reviewing the media bundle, to create and upload a response. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079059 | SELECTIVELY RECEIVING MEDIA CONTENT - Disclosed are methods that associate “importance” information with chunks of a media presentation. An end-user device or server uses this information to intelligently manage resources when downloading or rendering the media presentation. Many different types of importance information are used. An editor can tag a chunk as important based on the content of the chunk or may give the chunk a rating, or importance can be inferred from download statistics. In some embodiments, the end-user device determines the importance of a chunk based on observations of the behavior of the device's user. The end-user device can send its locally gathered behavioral observations to a server to enhance that server's demographic information. The server can observe its own download behavior to infer importance. The end-user device may choose to either not download, or to download at a low resolution, those chunks deemed to be unimportant, thus saving bandwidth and battery power. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079060 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ESTABLISHING TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL CONNECTIONS - A method of establishing transmission control protocol (TCP) connections is disclosed and may include receiving a uniform resource locator (URL) as part of a hyper text transfer protocol (HTTP) request. Further, the method may include searching a host database with the URL and determining whether host data for the URL is available. The method may also include performing a domain name service (DNS) lookup for a URL host and for one or more sub-resource hosts, wherein all DNS lookups are performed in parallel at substantially the same time, when host data for the URL is available. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079061 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AGGREGATING DATA FOR ANALYZING AND DESIGNING AN ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURE - According to various embodiments of the invention, systems and methods are provided for aggregating data for analyzing and designing architectural structures. According to one embodiment, a method is provided, comprising: using a computer to identify a data source provider, wherein the data source provider provides location-related data or cost-related data and is accessible by way of a network; determining syntax for accessing the location-related data or cost-related data by way of the network; generating a script configured to retrieve the location-related data or cost-related data from the data source provider, wherein the script is generated based on the syntax; mapping columns of the location-related data or cost-related data to a data source database; and determining an update interval for retrieving the location-related data or cost-related data from the data source provider. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079062 | SELECTIVELY RECEIVING MEDIA CONTENT - Disclosed are methods that associate “importance” information with chunks of a media presentation. An end-user device or server uses this information to intelligently manage resources when downloading or rendering the media presentation. Many different types of importance information are used. An editor can tag a chunk as important based on the content of the chunk or may give the chunk a rating, or importance can be inferred from download statistics. In some embodiments, the end-user device determines the importance of a chunk based on observations of the behavior of the device's user. The end-user device can send its locally gathered behavioral observations to a server to enhance that server's demographic information. The server can observe its own download behavior to infer importance. The end-user device may choose to either not download, or to download at a low resolution, those chunks deemed to be unimportant, thus saving bandwidth and battery power. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079063 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING EVENT NOTIFICATIONS ACROSS A PLURALITY OF COMPUTERS - A method, apparatus and system for providing an event notification across a plurality of computers is provided. In one aspect, a client machine and a mobile computing device are provided. The client machine is configured to execute a browser application. The mobile computing device is configured to host a web server application. When the client machine and the mobile computing device are connected, functions on the mobile computing device become available on the client machine via the interaction between the web server and the browser. Further, events received at the mobile computing device are sent to the client machine in response to periodic requests from the client machine. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079064 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus capable of communicating with an external apparatus via a network registers a transfer setting containing an ID for identifying destination information stored in the external apparatus to transfer received image data, acquires the destination information corresponding to the ID contained in the registered transfer setting from the external apparatus, and transfers the received image data using the acquired destination information. When the destination information cannot be acquired, a cause why the destination information cannot be acquired is determined, and if the cause why the destination information cannot be acquired is due to a communication error with the external apparatus, the registered transfer setting is not invalidated and when the cause why the destination information cannot be acquired is that no destination information corresponding to the ID is stored by the external apparatus, the registered transfer setting is invalidated. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079065 | DATA PACKET TRANSFER OVER WIDE AREA NETWORK IN FAST AND RELIABLE MANNER - A method of operating a data transfer device is disclosed. The data transfer device is connected to a partner data transfer device via a wide area network, to relay data packets between first and second communication devices. The method further includes: receiving first-protocol-based data packets from the first communication device via a first-protocol-based connection within a first access network; in response to reception of the first-protocol-based data packets, sending back acknowledgement to the first communication device via the first-protocol-based connection, on behalf of the second communication device; encapsulating first-protocol-based data packets received from the first communication device, to convert the first-protocol-based data packets to a plurality of second-protocol-based data packets; and transferring the second-protocol-based data packets to partner data transfer device via a second-protocol-based connection within the wide area network. The first protocol is a sliding window protocol, and the second protocol is a protocol without using a sliding window. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079066 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CREATE BI-DIRECTIONAL EVENT SUBSCRIPTIONS - System and method to create a bi-directional event subscription. The method includes responding to a request by providing a URI of the subscription factory of the first topic; receiving a request to create a bidirectional subscription; creating a first subscription resource to represent an outbound event flow from a first topic to a second topic; sending a discovery request to a remote host for a URI of a subscription factory of the second topic; receiving the URI of the subscription factory of the second topic; requesting creation of a second subscription resource, to represent an outbound event flow from the second topic to the first topic; receiving from the remote host a URI of the second subscription resource; entangling the first subscription resource with the second subscription to form the bi-directional event subscription; and providing to the web browser a URI of the first subscription. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079067 | System and Method for Enhanced Social-Network-Enabled Interaction - Systems and methods are provided to provide enhanced social networking to users of remote computing devices. Users of the disclosed system are able to interact with other participants in real-time and in relation to experiencing live or recorded media content. The system receives audio data that is captured by the user's device, wherein the audio data includes a processed or unprocessed audio sample of the media content being viewed by the user. The audio sample is compared to a database containing audio samples from a number of media programs to determine whether a match exists. If a match is found, the system determines other participants who are, at the same time, viewing the matched media program and establishes a connection between each of them. The connection enables participants to exchange real-time messages, participate in polls, and receive offers. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079068 | Method and system for providing user service data - A method and system for providing user service data are disclosed in the present invention. In the solution, a data processing unit receives a user service data request comprising a data request condition and template information, determines a user service data template according to the template information, queries the user service data matching the data request condition from a data storing unit, and generates the user service data matching the determined user service data template from the user service data matching the data request condition. In this way, the user service data template can be preset, and for a new template content and format information while requesting the user service data, the user service data template is generated directly and stored for later use, so that the pre-process of the user service data template is implemented actually and an existing user service data template is reusable. In order to request for the user service data based on an existing user service data template, it is only needed to provide a template identifier to the data processing unit, thereby reducing the number of bytes of a message, and avoiding the excessive occupancy of transport resources and network resources. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079069 | File Uploading Realization Method and System for WEB Application - The present invention provides a method and system for implementing file uploading in a WEB application, and the scheme is as follows: a user of a client inputs a file to be uploaded into a security trusted control, and the security trusted control uploads the file input by the user to a FTP server and uploads information related to the file to a WEB server, the WEB server then sends the information related to the file to an interface message processor, so that the interface message processor downloads the file from the FTP server according to the information related to the file and sends the file to a media resource board (MRB) server. The scheme solves the bottleneck problem in the file uploading flow in the prior art, reduces the load of the WEB server and greatly improves the performance and stability of the WEB application. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079070 | ACTIVE REQUESTING OF INFORMATION FOR PSEUDO-LIVE PERFORMANCE - Mass amounts of information, such as entire libraries of songs or movies, for example, may be stored locally near end-users, and this information may be accessed and reproduced in response to commands received from a transmitting station via a network. When a radio or television station desires to transmit a song or movie, for example, the radio or television station can, rather than transmitting the entire song or movie, merely transmit a command for reproducing the song or movie. An end-user's performance reproduction device, such as an enhanced radio or a television set, then accesses and reproduces the locally stored song or movie. Since the radio or television station need not transmit the entire performance, network traffic can be significantly reduced. The performance reproduction device may actively request information from the radio or television station when fresh or additional information is needed. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079071 | Method and System for Out-of-Band Signaling for TCP Connection Setup - TCP performance is improved over unreliable links so as to allow TCP connections to be set up when such connections are otherwise impossible. Out-of-band signaling may be used to synchronizing and establishing a connection between two TCP endpoints without modification to the TCP/IP protocol suite. A system may create a control channel to enable out-of-band signaling for TCP connection establishment between two TCP endpoints. The control channel may be achieved using a system that includes of a signaling broker, an agent application, and a virtual network interface and a capture module that together create the control channel for the TCP signaling traffic. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079072 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR TRANSFERRING DATA - The present invention provides several methods and apparatuses for transmitting multimedia data using streaming media protocols such as real-time transfer protocols (RTP) and real-time streaming protocols (RTSP) in a computer network environment. In one exemplary embodiment, a request for RTP data and its associated extension is sent from the caching proxy server to the server. The request may be for one specific type of data or multiple unrelated types of data. The server responds to the request indicating its support for the requested RTP extension data. The caching proxy server determines whether to proceed or terminate the data transmission process based on the response provided by the server. If it is determined to proceed with the data transmission process, the caching proxy informs the server to send the requested and supported RTP data. The server sends the requested data in a variable and extendible header format. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079073 | CONTENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, WEB SERVER, NETWORK SYSTEM, CONTENT MANAGEMENT METHOD, CONTENT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A content management apparatus includes a content storage section configured to store a piece of content together with a content unique identifier; a content transmitter configured to transmit the piece of content together with the content unique identifier to a Web server; an intra-server management identifier receiver configured to receive an intra-server management identifier corresponding to the content unique identifier from the Web server; a management table for storing the content unique identifier and the intra-server management identifier; a content information updating message receiver configured to receive content information on the piece of content and a content information updating message containing the intra-server management identifier from the Web server; an identifier converter configured to convert the intra-server management identifier contained in the content information updating message into the content unique identifier; and a content management section configured to allow the content storage section to store the content information. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079074 | NETWORK COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A network communication system ( | 2012-03-29 |
20120079075 | Data Processing Device - A data processing device includes a telecommunications coupler for exchanging data with a data processing system, a data coupling device, a control device, and non-volatile first and second data memory areas. The control device controls the exchange of data with the data processing system as a function of control data stored in the first memory area. Data transmitted by the data processing system is stored in the second memory area as a file by the control device. The file may be transmitted to a display via the data coupling device according to the control device. The first memory area contains a loading enabling data element, to which a file is assigned in a predetermined first relation. The control device permits the data processing system to transmit only data that belongs to a file that is assigned to the loading enabling element in accordance with the predetermined first relation. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079076 | HIGH SPEED PARALLEL DATA EXCHANGE - Systems and methods for transfer of data including establishing two separate connections, the two separate connections including a high speed connection and a high integrity connection. Blocks of data are exchanged over the high speed connection while the high integrity connection facilitates communication of descriptor data regarding data received over the high speed connection. As such, the data transfer speed of the high speed connection is utilized while communication via the high integrity connection allows for data reliability features not provided by the high speed connection. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079077 | JUST-IN-TIME WRAPPER SYNCHRONIZATION - The invention is directed to just-in-time (JIT) retrieval of directory information to reduce network traffic and load on directory servers and/or data sources by requesting only the information that is currently needed from the directory server. In the invention, a wrapper operating with a directory server and an application programming interface (API) provides this capability. The wrapper is configured to receive a request from a client and to determine a location corresponding to a set of current attribute values for responding to the request. The wrapper retrieves the set of current attribute values in a JIT manner from at least one of the following: the directory server and an external source. A set of current attributes is returned to the client from the wrapper. By propagating information in a JIT manner, only the information that will be currently used is propagated across the network. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079078 | QUALITY OF SERVICE SUPPORT IN A MEDIA EXCHANGE NETWORK - A method for controlling communication of media content by a network device in a communication network includes providing, by the network device, a plurality of quality of service options corresponding to at least one media file selected for communication to a remote user via a communication channel; receiving a quality of service selection specifying at least one of the plurality of quality of service options; and communicating the at least one media file to the remote user utilizing the received quality of service selection. The providing may include displaying, by the network device, the plurality of quality of service options. At least a portion of specified parameters may be transferred to a first communication device coupled to the communication network. At least a portion of the communication channel may be configured by a second device utilizing the transferred at least a portion of the specified parameters. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079079 | Data Management System Server Apparatus and Method for Monitoring A Wireless Communication Network - A data management system of a distributed architecture for monitoring mobile communication in a wireless communication network is claimed. Systems and methods enable receiving reporting data related to events that occur in a wireless network from the perspective of the wireless device. The data management system is capable of generating a data reporting profile and communicating with a wireless device. The application processor is capable of monitoring and reporting a plurality of conditions within the wireless device and sending and receiving communications from the data management system. The baseband processor is capable of monitoring and reporting plurality of conditions on the wireless network and sending and receiving communications with the application processor. Both the application processor and the baseband processor monitor and report the conditions of the device and the network by applying a series of logical rules found within the data reporting profile. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079080 | Apparatuses, Methods and Systems For An Interactive Proximity Display Tether With Remote Co-Play - The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AN INTERACTIVE PROXIMITY DISPLAY TETHER WITH REMOTE CO-PLAY (“CO-PLAY”) teaches an interactive cooperative gameplay platform, which provides an interactive communications and display tether between a source device and a remote display device, and between a source device and a co-play client device. The CO-PLAY allows multiple users to operate an application platform, e.g., in game environments. For example, a user may employ a mobile device, such as the Apple iPhone, and launch a CO-PLAY implemented video game to query and connect to an available client device (e.g., another Apple iPhone) to co-play the video game. In one implementation, the CO-PLAY may tether the mobile device with a remote display device for visualization on a larger display. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079081 | IMAGE-PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE-PROCESSING METHOD - An image-processing system comprising a peripheral device | 2012-03-29 |
20120079082 | User Data Convergence Network System and Method for Subscription to Notification - A method for implementing subscription to notification is disclosed in the present invention, which is applied in a user data convergence network including a user data repository. The method comprises: establishing a subscription to notification relationship in the user data repository; said subscription to notification relationship comprises notification triggering condition that describes the condition of the user data repository sending a notification message; when receiving an update data request, if the update data request meets the notification triggering condition, the user data repository sends a notification message to notification event subscriber. Compared with the prior technology, the present invention effectively solves the problem about how to implement subscription to notification in a network system in which the application logic processing and data storage are separated, and implements the triggering of the expected notification message based on the established subscription to notification relationship. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079083 | Sharing Performance Data Between Different Information Technology Product/Solution Deployments - A method and system for dynamically sharing performance information among multiple computing nodes. One implementation involves dynamically obtaining performance information from deployments of an information technology (IT) product/solution at said computing nodes, and transmitting the obtained performance information to a server over a communication network for storing the obtained performance information in a knowledge database. The server operates to dynamically determine new configuration information based on the information in the database, store the new configuration in the database, and provide the new configuration information to said deployments by transmitting the new configuration information over the network. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079084 | LOCATION DEPENDENT CNNECTIVITY SETTINGS FOR TERMINAL DEVICES - A method of providing connectivity settings to a terminal device includes the steps of: | 2012-03-29 |
20120079085 | CLUSTER COMPUTING - NIC BASED OS PROVISION - A network interface card with read-only memory having at least a micro-kernel of a cluster computing operation system, a server formed with such network interface card, and a computing cluster formed with such servers are disclosed herein. In various embodiments, on transfer, after an initial initialization phase during an initialization of a server, the network interface card loads the cluster computing operation system into system memory of the server, to enable the server, in conjunction with other similarly provisioned servers to form a computing cluster. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079086 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING USER INFORMATION - An approach is presented for sharing user information among devices. The identity discovery module determines one or more user identifiers. Further, the identity discovery module determines to generate a first device identifier based, at least in part, on the one or more user identifiers. Then, the identity discovery module determines to present the first device identifier in place of a second identifier as a discoverable identity of a device. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079087 | ONLINE HELP SYSTEM USING SESSION DETAILS - An on-line help method is provided for a user involved in an on-line session. A plurality of session details related to the on-line session, a help request from the user, and session identification information are received during the on-line session. The plurality of session details are retrieved using the session identification information, and agent help information that includes the plurality of session details is created. The agent help information is associated with the help request and sent to a help agent device. In an embodiment, the agent help information includes a plurality of web pages navigated by the user during the on-line session, and the plurality of web pages are organized according to an order in which the user navigated them. A help agent using the help agent device may use the agent help information to quickly and accurate diagnose any issues with the on-line session. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079088 | PROVING DOMAIN NAME OWNERSHIP - Verification that a customer has ownership over a particular domain name. A computing system receives a request to provide a network service to a customer for action upon a particular domain name. In response, the computing system provides information to the customer over a network, and instructs the customer to edit a domain name record for the particular domain name using the provided information. For instance, the customer might be provided with a Globally-Unique IDentifier (GUID), and instruct the customer to insert the GUID into a particular record associated with the domain name in the DNS system. Upon verifying that the domain name record has indeed been edited using the provided information, the customer is confirmed as being an owner of the domain name. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079089 | Accurate method to evaluate a system reliability of a cloud computing network - An accurate method, which is utilized to evaluate a system reliability of a cloud computer network, is disclosed. The cloud computer network includes a plurality of arcs. Each arc has a current capacity, and the current capacities are arranged to form a plurality of capacity vectors corresponding to several states of the cloud computer network. The steps of the method includes: providing a total demand, a time constraint and a budget constraint; defining a first vector group, including the capacity vectors satisfying the total demand and the time constraint; executing an adjustment procedure to change the capacity vectors unsatisfying into satisfying the budget constraint; defining a second vector group according to the result of the adjustment procedure, including the capacity vectors satisfying the total demand, the time constraint and the budget constraint; and calculating a probability according to the second vector group and defining the probability as the system reliability. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079090 | STATEFUL SUBNET MANAGER FAILOVER IN A MIDDLEWARE MACHINE ENVIRONMENT - A system and method can provide stateful subnet manager failover in a middleware machine environment. The system includes a policy daemon associated with each master subnet manager candidate in a subnet in the middleware machine environment. The policy daemon manages one or more policies for the subnet. The system also includes a transactional interface associated with the policy daemon co-located with a current master subnet manager. The transactional interface allows for updating the one or more policies using a policy update transaction. The policy daemon co-located with the master subnet manager operates to replicate the policy update transaction to one or more policy daemons co-located with the subnet managers that are master candidates associated with the master subnet manager, before committing the policy update transaction. Additionally, when the master subnet manager fails, the subnet managers operate to negotiate with each other and elect a new master subnet manager. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079091 | MANAGEMENT OF DATA FLOWS BETWEEN NETWORKED RESOURCE NODES IN A SOCIAL WEB - A resource management node is disclosed that manages a plurality of resource nodes connected to at least one network. The resource management node includes a system entity database, an interaction flow database, and an interaction execution engine. The system entity database contains information identifying communication addresses for the resource nodes and associated metadata identifying capabilities of the resource nodes. The interaction flow database contains information defining data flows that are permitted between identified ones of the resource nodes and associated triggering criteria defining when identified ones of the data flows are to be performed. The interaction execution engine is configured to determine that one of the triggering criteria defined by the interaction flow database is satisfied and to respond by establishing the associated data flow between the identified ones of the resource nodes. Related methods for managing a plurality of resource nodes connected to at least one network are disclosed. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079092 | MANAGEMENT OF DATA FLOWS BETWEEN USER EQUIPMENT NODES AND CLUSTERS OF NETWORKED RESOURCE NODES - Methods performed by a resource management node for managing resource nodes connected to a network are disclosed. An example method includes establishing clusters of the resource nodes and associated data flows that are permitted between the resource nodes within each cluster and a user equipment node through the network, and associated rules that control the data flows. A first one of the rules is determined to have been satisfied for controlling a data flow for a first resource node in a first cluster. Information is communicated to the user equipment node that causes the user equipment node to prioritize handling of the data flow for the first resource node and other resource nodes in the first cluster in response to the first rule being satisfied. Related resource management nodes and user equipment nodes are disclosed. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079093 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD, DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A Device Management (DM) method, a DM apparatus and a DM system are provided. The DM method includes: receiving a DM instruction; parsing the DM instruction to be used for managing at least two terminal devices, in which management data, used for managing the at least two terminal devices, indicated in the DM instruction is the same; obtaining the management data indicated in the DM instruction only once; and delivering the obtained management data to the at least two terminal devices so that the at least two terminal devices perform DM according to the management data. The utilization of an external interface of a gateway device may be improved by adopting the DM method, the DM apparatus and the DM system. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079094 | System and Method for Data Transfer of Object Properties - A system, method, and computer readable medium. A method includes monitoring calls from a client system to a server system for properties associated with an object, each call having a context. The method includes storing call data related to the calls as a property-retrieval history, including storing the context of each call. The method includes analyzing a policy associated with at least one context based on the property-retrieval history. The method includes updating the policy associated with the at least one context based on the analysis, and transferring data corresponding to the at least one context based on the policy. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079095 | CLOUD-BASED DEVICE SYNCHRONIZATION - A logically centralized system or service, such as a cloud-based content management service, enables intelligent communication between disparate devices. Such communication enables content such as applications and data to be synchronized between various devices, where the synchronization takes into account the capabilities of each device to provide versions and/or formats of that content that are appropriate for each device. A user purchasing an additional device, for example, can have various applications and other content automatically installed or copied over to the additional device, but with versions or formats that take advantage of, and are appropriate for, the capabilities of that additional device. Further, the intelligent communication via a logically centralized service can enable such devices to interact even though those devices might utilize different protocols and/or formats, and might otherwise not be able to communicate or have ever have been tested together. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079096 | NETWORKED DEVICES FOR MONITORING UTILITY USAGE AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - Systems, methods, and devices are presented herein for monitoring usage of at least one utility by a utility consuming system. One aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a method of managing information in a utility monitoring system that includes a host computer and an array of monitoring devices operatively coupled together on a peer-to-peer network. The array of monitoring devices includes first and second monitoring devices each with a respective memory. The first and second monitoring devices are configured to receive and transmit data. The method includes: storing data received by the first monitoring device in the first memory; storing data received by the second monitoring device in the second memory; responsive to the first memory being below a threshold storage capacity, transferring data received by the second monitoring device to the first monitoring device; and storing the transferred data in the first memory. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079097 | PROACTIVE IDENTIFICATION OF HOTSPOTS IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - The present invention proactively identifies hotspots in a cloud computing environment through cloud resource usage models that use workload parameters as inputs. In some embodiments the cloud resource usage models are based upon performance data from cloud resources and time series based workload trend models. Hotspots may occur and can be detected at any layer of the cloud computing environment, including the server, storage, and network level. In a typical embodiment, parameters for a workload are identified in the cloud computing environment and inputted into a cloud resource usage model. The model is run with the inputted workload parameters to identify potential hotspots, and resources are then provisioned for the workload so as to avoid these hotspots. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079098 | Performance Monitoring of a Computer Resource - A method, computer program product, and system for performance monitoring of a computer resource utilized by a user community. The computer resource is monitored, and sets of performance metrics characterizing a state of the computer resource are collected and analyzed to detect performance incidents. External information such as contextual information and user annotations are also collected and analyzed. If a performance incident is detected, its set of performance metrics and associated external information are used to search a data repository of past performance incidents for related incidents, in order to identify critical performance incidents, determine recommended solutions for the performance incidents, and determine performance forecasts for the computer resource. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079099 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A CONTEXT-BASED RICH COMMUNICATION LOG - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for generating a context-based rich communication log. A system configured to practice the method performs a context-based analysis of a history of communication sessions over at least two communication modalities, wherein the context-based analysis considers semantic meaning, temporal relationship, and user activities. The system generates associations between the communication sessions based on the context-based analysis, and generates the context-based rich communication log based on the associations. The context-based analysis can be based on time, session participant identifications, ongoing events, and/or on-demand queries of the communication sessions. The system can then present the context-based rich communication log to a user. The context-based rich communication log can be used as part of at least one of a predictive contacts application, a topic analyzer, a conferencing application, and a personal communication assistant, for example. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079100 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Embodiments of methods of evaluating a wireless communication device using a computing system are provided. The embodiments include establishing a data connection between the wireless communication device and the computing system, and receiving device-specific information associated with the wireless communication device. The device-specific information includes at least one identifier associated with the wireless communication device. The device-specific information is provided to a server over a network, and additional device-specific information associated with evaluating the wireless communication device is received in response to providing the device-specific information to the server. Finally, in response to receiving the additional device-specific information, diagnostic-related information and a representation of the additional device-specific information are displayed on the computing system. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079101 | Behavioral Classification of Network Data Flows - Methods, apparatuses and systems facilitating enhanced classification of network traffic based on observed flow-based and/or host-based behaviors. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079102 | Requester Based Transaction Status Reporting in a System with Multi-Level Memory - A system has memory resources accessible by a central processing unit (CPU). One or more transaction requests are initiated by the CPU for access to one or more of the memory resources. Initiation of transaction requests is ceased for a period of time. The memory resources are monitored to determine when all of the transaction requests initiated by the CPU have been completed. An idle signal accessible by the CPU is provided that is asserted when all of the transaction requests initiated by the CPU have been completed. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079103 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING SCREEN ACTIVITIES - Techniques to facilitate a system to capture, process, and archive a series of user interactive events and subsequently retrieve the stored user interactive events are disclosed. The captured information is indexed and stored for future access either on a terminal device or an accessible remote server device. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079104 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MIDDLEBOX DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION - A computer-implemented system and method to detect and characterize middleboxes is disclosed. Embodiments of the system and method include a middlebox detection engine to provide a plurality of middlebox detection modules, and to use at least one middlebox detection module of the plurality of middlebox detection modules to determine if a middlebox exists on a path between a first communicating entity of a network and a second communicating entity of the network. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079105 | Application Processor Apparatus and Method for Monitoring A Wireless Communication Network - An application processor of a distributed architecture for monitoring mobile communication in a wireless communication network is claimed. Systems and methods enable receiving reporting data related to events that occur in a wireless network from the perspective of the wireless device. The data management system is capable of generating a data reporting profile and communicating with a wireless device. The application processor is capable of monitoring and reporting a plurality of conditions within the wireless device and sending and receiving communications from the data management system. The baseband processor is capable of monitoring and reporting plurality of conditions on the wireless network and sending and receiving communications with the application processor. Both the application processor and the baseband processor monitor and report the conditions of the device and the network by applying a series of logical rules found within the data reporting profile. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079106 | System and Method for Interfacing with Heterogeneous Network Data Gathering Tools - A prevention-based network auditing system includes a plurality of heterogeneous information sources gathering information about the network. An audit server invokes the heterogeneous information sources via a uniform communications interface to gather information about the network, and converts the information gathered by the information sources into a normalized data format such as, for example, into XML (Extensible Markup Language). The converted information is then stored in an audit repository for security and regulatory policy assessment, network vulnerability analysis, report generation, and security improvement recommendations. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079107 | System and Method for Interfacing with Heterogeneous Network Data Gathering Tools - A prevention-based network auditing system includes a plurality of heterogeneous information sources gathering information about the network. An audit server invokes the heterogeneous information sources via a uniform communications interface to gather information about the network, and converts the information gathered by the information sources into a normalized data format such as, for example, into XML (Extensible Markup Language). The converted information is then stored in an audit repository for security and regulatory policy assessment, network vulnerability analysis, report generation, and security improvement recommendations. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079108 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING APPLICATION PERFORMANCE DATA - Systems and methods are provided for collecting application performance data. The system ( | 2012-03-29 |
20120079109 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ANALYSING TRANSFER OF DATA OVER AT LEAST ONE NETWORK - A system and method are disclosed for analysing transfer of data over at least one network, including a device configured to select a subset of users from a user base of at least one network. The system can include a device configured to analyse data relating to potential unlicensed data transfer by the subset of users, and a device configured to generate an estimate of unlicensed data transfer by the user base based on the analysis of data of the subset of users. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079110 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIFFERENTIATED ACCESS CONTROL - A method for differentiated access control on a computing device having a connection with a second device, the method checking whether a timer has expired on the second device or if a connection is lost to the second device; and preventing at least one of the plurality of application subsets from being launched or enabled if the timer has expired on the second device or the connection is lost to the second device. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079111 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SHARED CONNECTIVITY - An approach is provided for providing shared path connectivity among devices. A connection sharing platform determines to specify at least one group of devices, the at least one group including at least a first path to establish a network connection and a second path to establish a local connection among the devices. The connection sharing platform also determines to cause at least in part an activation of one or more of the devices to establish the network connection, wherein one or more unactivated devices share the network connection over the local connection. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079112 | Method And System For Enabling Rendering Of Electronic Media Content Via A Secure Ad Hoc Network Configuration Utilizing A Handheld Wireless Communication Device - A handheld wireless communication device (HWCD) establishes an ad hoc network comprising interconnected networks for a user. The HWCD gains access to content on a first device and controls communication of the content from the first device via the HWCD to a second device. The HWCD enables the second device to consume the content. The content may be streamed from the first device via the HWCD to the second device. The first device is a service provider network device or other network device. The access may be authenticated and/or secure. Secure access to the content is extended from the first device to the second device. The ad hoc network is configured and/or reconfigured until communication is complete. The HWCD comprises multiple wireless interfaces. The ad hoc network comprises a PAN, WLAN, WAN and/or cellular network. The HWCD may hand-off among base stations during communication of the content. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079113 | Method, Apparatus, and System for Mobile Virtual Private Network Communication - A mobile packet gateway obtains a network address of the terminal and a network address of a gateway virtual interface. The network address of the gateway virtual interface and the network address of the terminal belong to a same network segment. A virtual interface is created for a Packet Data Protocol Context (PDP context) of the MS according to the network address of the gateway virtual interface. A network segment address of a branch network served by the MS is obtained from the MS through the virtual interface according to a dynamic routing protocol. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079114 | PRIORITIZATION OF THIRD PARTY ACCESS TO AN ONLINE COMMERCE SITE - Providing prioritization of user online access to an online commerce site. Third party applications using API function calls to access an online commerce site are restricted to specific services by an access rule. An access rule defines which API server on the online commerce site a specific third party application may access when using a specific API function call. In this way, the operator of the online commerce site may prioritize server access per service level agreements based on a specific third party application and API function call. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079115 | REQUEST ROUTING IN A NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT - A system, methods, and interfaces for managing request routing functionality associated with resource requests for one or more resources associated with a content provider. The request routing functionality can correspond to the processing of domain name service (“DNS”) requests for resources by computing devices and the resolution of the DNS requests by the identification of a network address of a computing device that will provide the requested resources. Unlike traditional CDN service provider implementation, the processing of resource requests by the service provider is separate from the delivery of the content by the content provider (or on behalf of the content provider). | 2012-03-29 |
20120079116 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING DEVICES TO A COMMUNICATION ROUTE - There is provided an apparatus and method for allocating devices to a communication route. Network topology information and device information including a device-cost assigned to each of candidate-devices allowed to be allocated to a plurality of segments on the communication route are provided. An integer/linear programming problem is generated to obtain a feasible device-allocation, and an objective function for calculating an objective function value is defined. A sequence of feasible device-allocations are generated by sequentially generating a next feasible device-allocation from a current feasible device-allocation while improving an objective function value until the objective function value is not improved any more, and the last one of the sequence of feasible device-allocations is determined to be an optimum device-allocation. The next feasible device-allocation is generated from the current feasible device-allocation by replacing a basic candidate-device with an alternative candidate-device selected based on reduced-costs calculated for nonbasic candidate-devices. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079117 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SCANNING AND INDEXING DATA FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES - A system, method and computer program product are provided for scanning and indexing data for different purposes. Included is a universal engine operable to scan and index data stored in at least one device, for a plurality of different purposes. Further provided is at least one application for controlling the universal engine to perform the scanning and indexing for at least one of the different purposes. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079118 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DURING A PRE-BOOT PHASE OF A COMPUTING DEVICE - A system, device, and method for facilitating wireless communications during a pre-boot phase of a computing device includes establishing a communications interface between a unified extensible firmware interface executed on the computing device and a wireless transceiver of the computing device during a pre-boot phase of the computing device. An OOB processor of the computing device processes data communications between the unified extensible firmware interface and the wireless communication circuit during the pre-boot phase by reformatting the data communications between wired and wireless communication standards. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079119 | INTERACTING WITH CLOUD-BASED APPLICATIONS USING UNRELATED DEVICES - Systems and method provide logic facilitating an interaction between a networked server and multiple, unrelated devices. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method enables a user of a device to interact with or control multiple, unrelated devices across a could computing environment using a networked server. The method includes receiving, at the networked server, an instruction from the control device. A corresponding instruction understandable by an unrelated controlled device is generated by the networked server, and the corresponding instruction is operable to cause the controlled device to perform the received instruction. The networked server may transmit the corresponding instruction to the controlled device. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079120 | CONTENT SHARING FOR SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT - A user is provided the ability to request through a set top box or other terminal that a media session be replicated to another terminal. The control channel associated with the replicated media session is assigned to the requesting terminal so that the user of the requesting terminal can control the playback experience of a plurality of different terminals. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079121 | System and method for dynamic adaptive player cells for multi-player environments - There is provided a system and method for dynamic adaptive player cells for multi-player environments. There is provided a method comprising establishing connections to host clients over a network, evaluating matching criteria to assign the clients to player cells, reevaluating the matching criteria to determine client transitions of the clients within the player cells, and sending, using the connections, data of the client transitions to output a visual translation of the client transitions to displays connected to the clients. By continually reevaluating the matching criteria and reconfiguring the composition of the player cells using low cost distributed server infrastructure, users may be optimally matched to the most relevant and interesting users. Additionally, by using the visual translation to depict the client transitions in a natural looking manner, the operation of the player cells can be made transparent to users, thereby removing interface complexity and attracting novice users. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079122 | DYNAMIC SWITCHING OF A NETWORK CONNECTION BASED ON SECURITY RESTRICTIONS - Systems and methods for providing access to an enterprise network from a remote computer are described. In one example, a system includes a mobile device configurable for connection to the remote computer, the mobile device adapted to establish secure communication to the enterprise network and a connection server application located on the mobile device for receiving a request from the remote computer specifying a location and a connection path and selectively providing to the remote computer access to the enterprise network via the mobile device based on the request. Other implementations are possible. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079123 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING ACCESS OF A FIRST MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO AT LEAST ONE NETWORK ACCESSIBLE BY A SECOND MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method, system and apparatus for or automatically enabling access of a first mobile electronic device to at least one network accessible by a second mobile electronic device, the second mobile electronic device storing configuration data for accessing the at least one network. A communication session is automatically established between the first mobile electronic device and the second mobile electronic device via a local link. The configuration data is automatically received at the first mobile electronic device from the second mobile electronic device via the local link in response to establishing the communication session. The configuration data is automatically installed at the first mobile electronic device such that the at least one network is accessible by the first mobile electronic device using the configuration data. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079124 | Access Control in Client-Server Systems - A telecommunications network and a method of operating the same. The network is shared by two or more organizations, the network including at least a server and a client. The server is adapted to transmit to the client a proxy communications object comprising a definition of the rights and privileges of an organization to use the network. When the organization initiates a request to the server it does so via the proxy object on the client. The proxy object enables a comparison of the contents of request and the definition of the rights and privileges and enables forwarding of the request to the server only when the request and the rights and privileges granted to the requesting organization are consistent with each other. The request relates to modification of a management object maintained at a network resource, the organization having a global right to access the network resource. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079125 | SERVICE ORIENTED FRAMEWORK FOR COMMUNICATING WITH DEVICES IN A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - A service oriented framework for communicating with devices in a process control system is disclosed. An example method to communicate with a device in a process control system disclosed herein comprises invoking a service to communicate with the device in the process control system, the service having a generic interface that is independent of a process control network protocol used to implement the process control system, translating the service into one or more network operations to implement the service, the network operations being specific to the process control network protocol used to implement the process control system, and using a network interface specific to the process control network protocol used to implement the process control system to communicate with the device in accordance with the one or more network operations. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079126 | CLOUD-BASED DEVICE INTERACTION - A logically centralized system or service, such as a cloud-based content management service, enables intelligent communication between disparate devices. Such communication enables content such as applications and data to be synchronized between various devices, where the synchronization takes into account the capabilities of each device to provide versions and/or formats of that content that are appropriate for each device. A user purchasing an additional device, for example, can have various applications and other content automatically installed or copied over to the additional device, but with versions or formats that take advantage of, and are appropriate for, the capabilities of that additional device. Further, the intelligent communication via a logically centralized service can enable such devices to interact even though those devices might utilize different protocols and/or formats, and might otherwise not be able to communicate or have ever have been tested together. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079127 | PROTOCOL CONVERSION USING FACILITIES AND UTILITIES - A method includes receiving first data in accordance with a first protocol from a first node using a first facility. The method further includes setting a semaphore in a semaphore field of a first entry in a process table. The method further includes translating the first data into second data using a first utility. The method further includes setting a second semaphore in a second semaphore field of a second entry in the process table. The method further includes sending the second data from a second facility to a second node in accordance with a second protocol. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079128 | Modifying Remote Service Discovery Based on Presence - Modifying remote service discovery based on presence involves identifying service discovery data using ad-hoc, peer-to-peer, service discovery protocols of a local network. The service discovery data is aggregated via an entity of the local network. Presence data associated with a remote device located outside of the local network is identified and the aggregated service discovery data is altered based on the presence data. The altered aggregated service discovery data is made available to the remote device using out-of-band communications. The out-of-band communications are different from the service discovery protocols of the local network. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079129 | Distribution and Management of Streamable Data - Methods and systems for distribution and management of streamable data are provided. Streamable data may be pushed out to one or more target client devices from a source device. Streamable data may be pulled from a source device by a client device. A device receiving a command to receive or transmit data may accept, dismiss, ignore, or deny the command. Annotation content may be generated in relation to the streamable data; such annotations may be transmitted concurrently with transmission of the related streamable data. Commands, transmissions, annotations, and metadata may be stored in an archive for later access or review. Data stored in the archive may be processed and converted to a different format in order to further analyze the data, determine statistics, and detect trends. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079130 | AGENT SERVICE PROCESSING METHOD AND INTERNET PROTOCOL AGENT TERMINAL - An agent service processing method and an Internet Protocol (IP) agent terminal are provided. The method includes the following steps: receiving, by an IP agent terminal, a user side media stream sent by a user terminal through an IP network; performing audio and video processing on the user side media stream according to a control command from a computer used by an agent ; sending the processed user side media stream to an external device used by the agent, and/or sending the processed user side media stream to the computer used by the agent through a computer peripheral interface of the computer used by the agent. By using the agent service processing method and the IP agent terminal, conversation quality of an agent service is ensured, while service flexibility is considered. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079131 | Streaming Method and System for Fibre Channel Network Devices - A system and method are disclosed for processing commands to network target devices through a SCSI router in a Fibre Channel network having a plurality of Fibre Channel hosts. The system may be configured to receive a command, and determine that the command requires a transfer of data larger than a threshold size. The system may also be configured to receive a plurality of data blocks associated with the command, store the plurality of data blocks in at least one buffer, and determine if there is an initial amount of data in the at least one buffer. The system may be further configured to forward at least one of the plurality data blocks, and request an additional data block associated with the command. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079132 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR SELF-ADAPTIVELY ADJUSTING DATA TRANSMISSION RATE - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, a device, and a system for self-adaptively adjusting a data transmission rate, which solve the problem of network buffer overflow. The method includes: receiving parameters sent by a client; calculating a predicted value of a data sending rate according to a maximum value of a network buffer and the received parameters; judging whether the predicted value of the data sending rate is less than an original service bit rate; and if the predicted value of the data sending rate is less than the original service bit rate, discarding data of at least one data unit in a send buffer. The method, the device, and the system are mainly applied to adjust the data transmission rate, and especially to adjust the data transmission rate in a time-varying network. | 2012-03-29 |
20120079133 | Routing Data Communications Packets In A Parallel Computer - Routing data communications packets in a parallel computer that includes compute nodes organized for collective operations, each compute node including an operating system kernel and a system-level messaging module that is a module of automated computing machinery that exposes a messaging interface to applications, each compute node including a routing table that specifies, for each of a multiplicity of route identifiers, a data communications path through the compute node, including: receiving in a compute node a data communications packet that includes a route identifier value; retrieving from the routing table a specification of a data communications path through the compute node; and routing, by the compute node, the data communications packet according to the data communications path identified by the compute node's routing table entry for the data communications packet's route identifier value. | 2012-03-29 |