16th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 61 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120096075 | NETWORK CONNECTION METHOD AND DEVICE BY HUMAN INTERACTION - When sensor information including user's position information, bearing information, and direction information is collected, an accessible agency list near agency sensor information is requested from the agency providing a network. When at least one accessible agency list generated based on sensor information is received from the agency, it is searched whether there is an agency satisfying sensor information from among the agencies in the list. When the agency satisfying sensor information is found, the user accesses the network through the agency to access the network of the agency according to a user direction. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096076 | CONTINUOUS APPLICATION EXECUTION BETWEEN MULTIPLE DEVICES - In one example, a device includes a display, an interface configured to exchange data with external devices, a control unit configured to execute an application to cause the display to display a current visual representation of the application, determine a current application state of the application, wherein the current application state includes at least a portion of the current visual representation of the application, and means for sending, without user intervention, an indication of the determined current application state from the device to a second, different device via the interface, wherein the indication of the determined current application state comprises information for recreating at least the portion of the current visual representation of the application, wherein the control unit is configured to prevent subsequent indications of the current application state from being sent to the second device in response to an indication that a third device is executing the application. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096077 | SYSTEM FOR MAKING AN APPLICATION AVAILABLE ON A USER TERMINAL - A system for making an application available on a user terminal, includes a user terminal that is connectable to an interface for selecting the application from among a plurality of virtual applications, at least one first physical server divided into a plurality of virtual machines, a storage device for storing a plurality of virtual applications, wherein selecting the application causes the corresponding virtual application to be loaded and run on an unused virtual machine from among the plurality of virtual machines of the first physical server, each virtual machine being capable of loading and running a single application, a second warehousing physical server, a first transfer channel for transferring the display of the application run by the virtual machine to the second server and a second transfer channel for transferring the display of the second server to the user terminal. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096078 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARCHIVING MEDIA ASSETS - System and method for archiving media assets associated with a structured document. A first user input is used to identify one or more media assets, a second user input is used to indicate that the one or more media assets should be archived, and metadata associated with the one or more media assets is obtained from the structured document and provided to a server. The server uses the metadata to obtain and archive the media assets. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096079 | GENERATING A WEB PAGE WITH IDENTIFIED SOURCES OF DATA - A system/server responds to a request for a web page from a client computer. The system determines a plurality of data elements required to generate the web page, and requests and receives the plurality of data elements. Each data element may be requested and received from a respective source. For each respective source, the system generates a source association tag that identifies the source and the corresponding data element. The system then generates the web page comprising the plurality of data elements and corresponding source association tags, and transmits the web page to the client. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096080 | METHOD FOR ACTIVATING AND DEACTIVATING CLIENT-SIDE SERVICES FROM A REMOTE SERVER - A system, apparatus, and method for controlling the operation of a service in a client device. The invention uses an existing protocol which is used for communications between an application resident in the device and a remote server to convey information about the service to the application. The information may be relevant to a service specific function, such as configuration or provisioning, or an activation or de-activation instruction, for example. The application receives the service related information, processes the information and then provides the information to the service via a notification channel. The service related information may be incorporated into a message sent from the remote server to the client device by using an element of the protocol, for example, by appending a text string to a header. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096081 | System and Method for Content Validation - A method includes receiving at a directory server a notification from a client system, where the notification indicates that the first client received a corrupt packet of a playfile from a first peer. The method also includes determining if the first peer is a poor quality peer, updating a first peer score for the first peer if the first peer is not a poor quality peer, identifying a second peer that is not on a blacklist, and providing a peer identification associated with the second peer to the client system. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096082 | DYNAMIC DISPLAY USING PUSHED-STREAMED DATA - A system and method for dynamic updating of display windows using a pushed stream of data. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096083 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL MEDIA - In the field of media transmission technologies, a method and an apparatus for transmitting Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) media are provided, which solve a problem that a specific capability mode to be used cannot be determined when both a server and a client have enhanced functions. In the method and system for transmitting the HTTP media, the respective information of HTTP streaming media capabilities supported by the server and by the client are obtained. According to the obtained information of the HTTP streaming media capabilities supported by the server and supported by the client, the HTTP streaming media capability used by the server or the client in a subsequent media transmission procedure is determined. The server provides media services according to the determined HTTP streaming media capability; or the client obtains the media services according to the determined HTTP streaming media capability. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096084 | SHARED MEDIA EXPERIENCE DISTRIBUTION AND PLAYBACK - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for providing a shared user experience during media playback. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for providing a shared user experience during media playback is provided. The method includes selecting for a particular user a media file for playback in a media player executing in memory by a processor of a computer. The method also includes retrieving a shared user experience audio file recorded for a different user during a previous playback of the selected media file. Finally, the method includes playing back for the particular user both the selected media file and the retrieved shared user experience audio file concurrently in the media player. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096085 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM INCLUDING INSTANT MESSAGE DEVICE CONTROL AND RELATED METHODS - A communications system may include a control device having an instant message (IM) device contact associated therewith. The communications system may also include a control gateway having an IM gateway contact associated therewith and may be configured to communicate with a controllable device over a network. The control gateway may be configured to validate the IM device contact. The control device may be configured to communicate with the controllable device through the control gateway after validation and based upon the IM device contact and the IM gateway contact. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096086 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOMMENDING MEDIA PROGRAMS BASED ON CORRELATED USER FEEDBACK - A method and apparatus for recommending a media program of a set of media programs to a user of a set of users is disclosed. The method and apparatus computes a measure w | 2012-04-19 |
20120096087 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING PUBLICATIONS VIA COLLABORATION - The system and method herein described allows home cooks and professional chefs with basic computer skills create recipes with photo slideshows and videos, collect and organize recipes in electronic cookbooks that can be published and sold as eBooks. The new process incorporates methods for computing calories, nutritional facts and food group servings of recipes, and comparing said nutrients and food group servings to recommended daily allowances. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096088 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING SOCIAL COMPATIBILITY - A device, system and method for determining user compatibility. Information may be received recording the usage of media by two or more users at associated user devices. The recorded media usage for the users may be compared. A measure of compatibility may be determined between the two or more users based on the comparison. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096089 | CURBSYD.TM.: A MOBILE AND WEB-BASED COMMUNITY FOR PROVIDING REAL-TIME, EXPERT CONSULTATION, AND ANSWERS TO SPECIFIC CLINICAL QUESTIONS, USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND CROWD-SOURCING TECHNOLOGIES - A smart electronic communications network comprised of clinicians and experts designed for the purpose of answering diagnostic and clinical questions and queries posed by subscribers and participants in of the network. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096090 | Method for Processing Messages and Network Device - A method for processing messages comprises: a first device sending a neighbor solicitation message to a second device, and then creating information of the second device based on a neighbor advertisement message replied by the second device; the first device sending a detection request message to the second device based on the created information of the second device, and determining whether a detection reply message sent by the second device is received in a period of time, and if it is not received, then the first device deleting the created information of the second device. Accordingly, a network device is provided comprising a neighbor solicitation message sending module, a neighbor advertisement message receiving module, an information creating module, a detection request message sending module and a detection reply message receiving module. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096091 | SERVER,CONFERENCE ROOM MANAGEMENT METHOD OF SERVER, AND NETWORK CONFERENCE SYSTEM - A server connected to a client terminal via a network, includes a conference room management unit that manages a conference room for holding a conference, and a medical image holding unit that holds the predetermined number of medical image data including medical image data linked to the conference, wherein the conference room management unit manages one state which is a conference live state and other states which are different from the one state as a conference room state. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096092 | VIDEO SCRIPT INTERPRETER PLATFORM WITH COOPERATING CLIENT AND SERVER - A first device, such as a PC, is enabled to receive messages from a second device, such as an application server, that does not know the address of the first device, by interaction with an intermediate man-in-the-middle (MITM) server. The first device obtains an ID, provides the ID to a human using the first device, and then the human provides the ID to the second device. The second device sends a message to the MITM server addressed to the ID. Meanwhile, the first device long polls the MITM server, and in response to one of the long polls, the MITM server sends the message from the second device to the first device. The first device is operating according to a script that was received from an external device, in response to a request for the script from the first device. The request for the script is embedded in a web page that the first device received; the script request may be launched automatically by the web page or in response to an action by the human. The human perceives an interaction experience co-ordinated across devices. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096093 | AVAILABILITY MANAGEMENT FOR REFERENCE DATA SERVICES - Various aspects for scaling an availability of information are disclosed. In one aspect, a response performance associated with responding to data consumption requests is monitored. A characterization of the response performance is ascertained, and a scaling of resources is facilitated based on the characterization. In another aspect, a data consumption status indicative of data consumed is ascertained. Here, a scalability interface is provided, which displays aspects of the status, and receives an input from a content provider. An allocation of resources is then modified in response to the input. In yet another aspect, a response performance associated with responding to data consumption requests is monitored. An application programming interface (API) call is generated based on a characterization of the response performance, and transmitted to a content provider. An API response is then received from the content provider indicating whether a scaling of resources for hosting the data was performed. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096094 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UPDATING E-BOOK CONTENT - A method and apparatus for updating E-book content in an E-book terminal where upon a request for update of an E-book package, the E-book terminal sends an E-book content update request message including a version of the E-book package to an E-book server, receives from the E-book server an E-book content update response message including a content-specific version list or a content-specific action list included in the version of the E-book package, determines content to be updated based on the E-book content update response message, sends the E-book server a content request message for requesting the content to be updated, and updates the E-book content by receiving content of the latest version for the requested content from the E-book server. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096095 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING COMMUNICATION - An optimal communication system may include an optimal communication module, executed by a computer system, to ascertain a first and second user's available modes of communication. A first user communication system may allow the first user to link a communication criterion with a preferred mode of communication. A second user communication system may allow the second user to send a message to the first user by the first user's preferred mode of communication. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096096 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL TO PROVIDE WIDGET EXPANSION FUNCTION USING MESSAGE COMMUNICATION, AND OPERATION METHOD OF THE MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A mobile communication terminal to provide a widget expansion function using a message communication, and an operation method of the mobile communication terminal is provided. The method includes a configuration of generating an additional function expansion message based on expansion of an additional function of a widget, and transmitting the generated additional function expansion message. The method also includes a configuration of expanding the additional function of the widget by receiving the additional function expansion message, by determining an application programming interface (API) library with respect to the expansion of the additional function, and by calling the determined API library. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096097 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND MAIL RETURN METHOD - An object of the present invention is suppressing a mail transmission loop between the communication terminals. A communication terminal | 2012-04-19 |
20120096098 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AGGREGATING AND DISPLAYING USER PROVIDED CONTENT - A system and method for receiving anonymous messages from users. The geographical location and time related to each anonymous message is received and stored by the system. A visual interface displays the anonymous messages based on the geographical location and time for each message. The system allows the determination of the context of the anonymous messages and enables advertisers to place ads among one or more anonymous messages of related context. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096099 | Method And System For Publishing An Electronic File Attached To An Electronic Mail Message - Publishing content associated with an electronic file attached to an electronic mail message by executing instructions contained in the electronic mail attachment and accessing the content at a remote computer server identified by the attached file. The attached file includes computer-executable instructions, such as a computer program or script, which include an identifier for a remote server connected to a distributed computer network. This identified remote server typically hosts a web site containing content for viewing by the recipient of the electronic mail message. In response to launching the attached file of the electronic mail message with a viewer program, a browser program can be opened to enable the recipient to view the content of the identified remote server, typically a web site on an intranet or the global Internet. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096100 | AUTHENTICATION OF ELECTRONIC DATA - Systems and techniques for transmitting electronic data by receiving, at a communications system host, electronic data transmitted from a sender and addressed to an intended recipient; authenticating the electronic data based on attributes of the electronic data and appending information to the electronic data indicating that the electronic data has been authenticated. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096101 | INFORMATION EXCHANGE IN WIRELESS SERVERS - Systems and methods for wireless systems provide a mechanism for resource sharing. In an embodiment, an electronic communication is routed between mobile wireless clients without first processing the electronic communication through an external domain. In an embodiment, an e-mail message is routed between mobile wireless clients without first processing the e-mail message through an external e-mail domain identified in the e-mail message. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096102 | UPDATING AVAILABILITY OF AN INSTANT MESSAGING CONTACT - A contact is determined to be unavailable if a predetermined period of time has elapsed since an instant message was sent to the contact and an expected notification for the instant message was not received during that predetermined period of time by the device that sent the instant message. If the expected notification is a delivered notification, then the contact is deemed unreachable. If the expected notification is a read notification and a delivered notification for the instant message has been received by the device that sent the instant message, then the contact is deemed busy. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096103 | LOCATION UPDATES FOR A DISTRIBUTED DATA STORE - Version indicators within an existing range can be associated with a data partition in a distributed data store. A partition reconfiguration can be associated with one of multiple partitions in the data store, and a new version indicator that is outside the existing range can be assigned to the reconfigured partition. Additionally, a broadcast message can be sent to multiple nodes, which can include storage nodes and/or client nodes that are configured to communicate with storage nodes to access data in a distributed data store. The broadcast message can include updated location information for data in the data store. In addition, a response message can be sent to a requesting node of the multiple nodes in response to receiving from that node a message that requests updated location information for the data. The response message can include the requested updated location information. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096104 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CUSTOMIZABLE EMBEDDED SOFTWARE AND METHODS THEREFOR - An electronic device comprising: a central processing unit; memory in data communication with the central processing unit; a network connector in data communication with the central processing unit; a firmware image stored in a compressed format within the memory, wherein the firmware image includes a plurality of software components; and an update agent stored within the memory and configured to provide a list of software components for communication out the network connector, wherein the electronic device is configured to communicate the list of software components out the network connector and receive a modified firmware image in a compressed format that includes at least one additional software component. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096105 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF DISTRIBUTING MESSAGES - Device, system, and method of distributing messages. For example, a data publisher capable of communication with a plurality of subscribers via a network fabric, the data publisher comprising: a memory allocator to allocate a memory area of a local memory unit of the data publisher to be accessible for Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) read operations by one or more of the subscribers; and a publisher application to create a message log in said memory area, to send a message to one or more of the subscribers using a multicast transport protocol, and to store in said memory area a copy of said message. A subscriber device handles recovery of lost messages by directly reading the lost messages from the message log of the data publisher using RDMA read operation(s). | 2012-04-19 |
20120096106 | Extending a content delivery network (CDN) into a mobile or wireline network - A content delivery network (CDN) comprises a set of edge servers, and a domain name service (DNS) that is authoritative for content provider domains served by the CDN. The CDN is extended into one or more mobile or wireline networks that cannot or do not otherwise support fully-managed CDN edge servers. In particular, an “Extender” is deployed in the mobile or wireline network, preferably as a passive web caching proxy that is beyond the edge of the CDN but that serves CDN-provisioned content under the control of the CDN. The Extender may also be used to transparently cache and serve non-CDN content. An information channel is established between the Extender and the CDN to facilitate the Extender functionality. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096107 | HOME APPLIANCE MANAGING SYSTEM - The home appliance managing system includes a plurality of central managing devices and a center server. The center server is connected to the plurality of the central managing devices, and stores plural data used at home appliances. When the central managing device stores predetermined data requested by the home appliance, the central managing device sends the predetermined data to the home appliance. When the central managing device does not store the predetermined data, the central managing device requests the predetermined data from the center server. The center server sends the predetermined data to the central managing device in response to the request from the central managing device. The central managing device sends the predetermined data received from the center server to the home appliance and stores the same data. The center server selects the cache data from the plural data on the basis of the data previously sent to the central managing device, and sends the cache data to the central managing device. The central managing device stores the cache data received from the center server. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096108 | MANAGING APPLICATION INTERACTIONS USING DISTRIBUTED MODALITY COMPONENTS - A method for managing multimodal interactions can include the step of registering a multitude of modality components with a modality component server, wherein each modality component handles an interface modality for an application. The modality component can be connected to a device. A user interaction can be conveyed from the device to the modality component for processing. Results from the user interaction can be placed on a shared memory are of the modality component server. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096109 | Hierarchical Pre-fetch Pipelining in a Hybrid Memory Server - A method, hybrid server system, and computer program product, prefetch data. A set of prefetch requests associated with one or more given datasets residing on the server system are received from a set of accelerator systems. A set of data is prefetched from a memory system residing at the server system for at least one prefetch request in the set of prefetch requests. The set of data satisfies the at least one prefetch request. The set of data that has been prefetched is sent to at least one accelerator system, in the set of accelerator systems, associated with the at least one prefetch request. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096110 | Registering, Transferring, and Acting on Event Metadata - A technique and associated mechanism is described for registering event metadata at a first site, transferring the event metadata to a second site using a portable module, and processing the event metadata at the second site. A user can register the event metadata at the first site in the course of consuming broadcast content. Namely, when the user encounters an interesting portion of the broadcast content, the user activates an input mechanism, resulting in the storage of event metadata associated with the interesting portion on the portable module. The second site can upload the event metadata from the portable module and, in response, provide content associated with the event metadata, including recommended content associated with the event metadata. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096111 | Device and Process for Customizing a Headset or Other Audio Device - A system and method are described that enable a headset and a communications device to improve their interoperability. The headset signals its identity to the communications device that in turns uses a communications network to locate additional data and/or updated data regarding the audio device and/or its interoperability with the communications device. The system and method may enable post-manufacturing enhancements for audio devices, such as headsets. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096112 | TRANSPARENT DISTRIBUTION AND DECOUPLING OF MODULES USING ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION AND SCOPES - Systems and methods consistent with the invention may include using asynchronous communication and scopes to transparently decouple modules and distribute load. Asynchronous communication may be achieved by using message queues or by using message topics. Scopes are introduced as a means to provide structure to resources associated with the decoupled modules and to improve the ability to distribute such resources necessary to process messages between modules. Furthermore, the use of asynchronous communication and scopes may be done automatically and transparently to the user and/or application developers. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096113 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EVENT LOGGING IN AN INFORMATION NETWORK - Methods and apparatus for logging, analysis, and reporting of events such as reboots in a client device (e.g., consumer premises equipment in a cable network) using applications. In one aspect, an improved event logging and monitoring system is provided within the device with which the application(s) can interface to record event or error data. In one exemplary embodiment, the client device comprises a digital set-top box having Java-enabled middleware adapted to implement the various functional aspects of the event logging system, which registers to receive event notifications (including resource exhaustion data) from other applications running on the device. The network operator can also optionally control the operation of the logging system remotely via a network agent. Improved client device and network configurations, as well as methods of operating these systems, are also disclosed. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096114 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE TRANSPORT OF ASYNCHRONOUS ASPECTS USING A CONTEXT AWARE MECHANISM - A method and system for asynchronously communicating updated information related to a service to a device is provided. The method may include receiving a service initialization directive or message from the device, establishing a logical service connection on behalf of the device and asynchronously sending the updated information associated with the service to the device. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096115 | Method and Apparatus Pertaining to Network-Facilitated Services - A control circuit can extend presence information by including a service identifier element in the presence information, the service identifier element identifying a suite of services. Corresponding presence information that includes the service identifier element is transmitted to a watcher. By one approach the presence information further includes a version element defining a version of the suite of services. If desired, the presence information further includes a description element that is a human-readable string of characters that provides information about the suite of services. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096116 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION NETWORK USING A WEB BROWSER AND LOCALLY STORED CONTENT TO DIRECTLY EXCHANGE CONTENT BETWEEN USERS - In one embodiment, program code is added to a social network's web pages or site such that the content a first user accesses is locally stored at the first user's system. When another user, who is a friend of the first user, as defined by the social networking site, browses to that same content, the program code fetches it from the first user, instead of directly from the social networking site. The content is thus directly exchanged between the users without a transaction at the website. The present invention leverages the storage and bandwidth resources of social networking users to help serve content. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096117 | OPTIMIZING SERVER DELIVERY OF CONTENT BY SELECTIVE INCLUSION OF OPTIONAL DATA BASED ON OPTIMIZATION CRITERIA - Optimization constraints are used to select an appropriate content item from an available group of content items which are ordered in a specific manner to facilitate the proper selection of the content item, even if the exact item desired is not present. The server is then able to insert the selected content item into the outgoing content page requested by the client. The optimization constraints can be, but are not limited to, anyone of the following: communication channel performance (bandwidth), client operating system, client processor, client display capabilities, client installed software (video or audio codecs for example), and/or user preferences. A software product and method enable selective delivery of content to client devices of varying performance characteristics, including varying bandwidth, by selective filtering and inclusion of markup language content using tags demarcating optional content. An optimization constraint is used to select one of the items. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096118 | Delivering Multimedia Services - Disclosed is a scalable, hierarchical, distributed network architecture and processes for the delivery of high-performance, end-to-end online multimedia services, including Internet services such as World Wide Web access. The network architecture connects a high-speed private backbone to multiple network access points of the Internet, to a network operation center, to a back office system, and to multiple regional servers in regional data centers. Each of the regional servers connects to several caching servers in modified head-ends, which in turn connect via fiber optics to many neighborhood nodes. Finally, each node connects via coaxial cable to multiple end-user systems. The processes include those for replicating and caching frequently-accessed content, and multicasting content customized per region or locality. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096119 | CONTENTS DELIVERY APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - A player has the function of viewing contents on an in-house network, without installing software in the player. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096120 | INTERNET HOME AUTOMATION SYSTEM - A home automation housing includes: a first interface for connecting the home automation housing to the Internet network; a second interface for at least one home device for exchanging information between the home automation housing and the at least one home device; the first interface and the second interface being capable of exchanging information by way of a data transfer link. The home automation housing of the invention is further configured to enable the operation of the home devices using a remote server via the connection to the Internet network. Also described is a home automation system, including: a home automation housing; and a remote server on which a remote user interface, accessible by the user of the home automation housing via a communication element and the Internet network, is installed. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096121 | HOME NETWORK VIDEO PEER-TO-PEER FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A device receives, from a user device, a request for content from a home network, and sends a notification of the request for content to a home network device. The device receives, from the home network device, a selection list of particular content, provides, to the user device, the selection list, and receives, from the user device, a content selection from the selection list. The device sends, to the home network device, the content selection, and receives, from the home network device, an indication that content corresponding to the content selection has been uploaded to a content delivery network. The device sends, to the user device, instructions to retrieve the content from the content delivery network. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096122 | System and method for facilitating remote downloading - A method for facilitating remote downloading, in accordance with particular embodiments, includes receiving, at a proxy server maintained by a wireless service provider, a remote download request. The remote download request is relayed to the proxy server via at least one component of a wireless service provider's network. The remote download request includes an address associated with at least one file hosted by a remote server. The method also includes downloading the at least one file from the remote server to the proxy server. Upon detecting a presence of the endpoint, the method includes transferring the at least one file from the proxy server to the endpoint via a femto base station associated with the endpoint. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096123 | METHOD AND AN ARRANGEMENT FOR HANDLING RESOURCE DATA - A method and an arrangement for providing resource data for at least one resource to a watching client. A subscription request for resource data regarding a resource sent from a watching client is received ( | 2012-04-19 |
20120096124 | RANDOM LINEAR CODING APPROACH TO DISTRIBUTED DATA STORAGE - A method and computer program product for providing a random linear coding approach to distributed data storage is presented. A file is broken into a plurality of pieces. For every peer (peer means storage-location with limited storage space), the number of coded-pieces the peer can store is determined. Each of the coded-piece is determined by taking random linear combination of all the pieces of the entire file. The associate code-vector is stored for every coded-piece. The file is retrieved by collecting code-vectors and the coded-pieces from the peers and viewing the collected code-vectors as a matrix. When a dimension of the matrix is equal to the number of pieces of the file, the file is recovered using the collection of code vectors in the matrix. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096125 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING A SPEAKER SYSTEM - Certain embodiments provide methods and systems for managing a sound profile. An example method includes accessing a playback device on a network. The example method includes displaying a graphic interface to allow a user to adjust the sound profile, wherein the sound profile includes a plurality of parameters for user adjustment. The example method includes saving the sound profile. The example method includes processing an audio signal at the playback device according to the sound profile, wherein user adjustments to the sound profile are used to configure the playback device to process the audio signal upon saving the sound profile. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096126 | SERVER APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING VIDEO DATA - When a camera server receives an instruction involving invalidation of viewing limitation (masking processing) of video from a privileged client, the camera server limits viewing of video data with respect to a general client and a recording client. The camera server stores the video data of a limited period in a secondary storage device. When the camera server receives an instruction involving validation of the viewing limitation from the privileged client, the camera server transmits the stored video data of the limiting period to the recording client. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096127 | DISTRIBUTED DECENTRALIZED DATA STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL - Systems and methods for distributed, decentralized storage and retrieval of data in an extensible SOAP environment are disclosed. Such systems and methods decentralize not only the bandwidth required for data storage and retrieval, but also the computational requirements. Accordingly, such systems and methods alleviate the need for one node to do all the storage and retrieval processing, and no single node is required to send or receive all the data. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096128 | Systems and Methods for Determining the Location of a Request on a Content Delivery Network - A domain name server includes a processor operable to receive a domain name system request, determine a source Internet protocol address of the request, and in response to determining the source Internet protocol address to send a prompt to a client system associated with the source Internet protocol address and receive a reply from the client system. In response to receiving the reply the processor selects a content server that is closer to the source Internet protocol address than another content server. In response to selecting the content server the processor composes a file including a list of domain names that are associated with the content delivery network and an Internet protocol address associated with the content server. The processor sends the file to the client system. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096129 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR UPDATING CLIENT-SIDE DISPLAYS OF PAGES - A page update handler enables a browser to update the display of a page with data received from a server. For example, a page may initially be displayed with a visual display object that serves as a placeholder for data being retrieved by the server; once the server retrieves the data and sends it to the browser, the page update hander may populate the display object with the data. As another example, the server may predictively retrieve data in anticipation of a user performing a particular action on a page, and may send this data to the browser in a hidden format; if the user subsequently performs the action, the page update handler may update the displayed page with the predictively retrieved data. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096130 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR BANDWIDTH CONTROL - The embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, an apparatus and a system for bandwidth control, wherein the method comprises: acquiring and identifying a HTTP request message of a stream media-on-demand service, and forwarding the HTTP request message of the stream media-on-demand service to a media server; receiving a HTTP response message which is returned from the media server and corresponds to the HTTP request message of the stream media-on-demand service; parsing the HTTP response message, and obtaining a playback bit-rate of a stream media file to be transmitted; determining a transmission bandwidth allocated practically for the stream media-on-demand service according to comparison result between the playback bit-rate and a user subscription bandwidth allocated initially for the stream media-on-demand service; and controlling the transmission of the stream media file by adopting the determined transmission bandwidth. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096131 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTING WITH ACCESS CONTROL DEVICES - Described herein are systems and methods for interacting with access control devices. In overview, a human user physically identifies an access control device with which he/she wishes to interact, for example in the context of providing commissioning and/or configuration data. The user then makes a physical local interaction with the device, for example by way of a smartcard having predefined characteristics. This causes the access control device to enable a wireless communications protocol, thereby to allow the user to discover the device using a portable device which implements a complementary wireless communications protocol. Commissioning information is then provided by way of the portable device to the access control device in a wireless manner. Once this is complete, the access control device disables the wireless communications protocol. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096132 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING INTERNET CONNECTION BASED ON AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION OF NETWORK INTERFACE - Methods and apparatus are provided for configuring sharing of an Internet connection at first and second devices. A program for configuring the Internet connection is transmitted from the first device to a second device via a cable. The program is stored in the first device. Messages are exchanged between the first device and the second device, via the cable, for configuration of network interfaces of the first device and the second device, after the second device executes the program. Network interfaces of the first device and the second device are configured in accordance with the program and the messages exchanged between the first device and the second device. The Internet connection of at least one of the first device and the second device is shared based on the configured network interfaces. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096133 | System and Method for Serving and Managing Independent Access Devices - A third party service provider can provide data, management, and configuration services to a plurality of unrelated entities. The services are separated from the management and configuration aspect, and a system of trust is arranged to avoid the unrelated parties affecting one another. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096134 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MIGRATION OF NETWORK ENTITIES TO A CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE - A network ontology can be determined for at least one node indicated for migration. The network ontology can describe nodes with which the indicated node has a communication relationship. These nodes and the indicated node can be added to a migration group, and each node of the migration group can be migrated to a cloud infrastructure. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096135 | MANAGING SETTINGS OF COMPUTING DEVICES - The present disclosure includes methods, systems, and machine readable and executable instructions and/or logic for managing settings of computing devices. An example method includes receiving a platform-independent template for managing settings of a plurality of applications or operating systems of a computing device, creating, based on the received template, a profile for managing settings of one of the plurality of applications or operating systems of the computing device, deploying the created profile to the computing device to manage the settings of the one application or operating system of the computing device, and receiving a report on whether the settings of the one application or operating system of the computing device were successfully managed by the created profile. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096136 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING CONTENTS USING INFORMATION OF GROUP CHANGE IN CONTENT ORIENTED NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - Provided are a method and apparatus for sharing content, using information regarding a group change in a content oriented network environment. In a case where a group to which a target user equipment belongs is changed from a first group to a second group, the target user equipment may transmit, to a first group member management device, the information regarding the group change. The first group member management device may update information about a group to which the target user equipment currently belongs, based on the information regarding the group change. In response to a receiving of a content request from a requesting user equipment, the first group member management device may transfer the content request to the target user equipment. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096137 | Method for Interacting Messages Based on Simple Network Management Protocol - A method for interacting messages based on a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is disclosed by the present invention. The method includes: when receiving an SNMP message sent from an SNMP management station, an SNMP proxy estimating a suggested timeout value of the SNMP message and feeding the suggested timeout value back to the SNMP management station; and the SNMP management station waiting for a response of the above SNMP message according to the suggested timeout value. A corresponding SNMP proxy is further disclosed by the present invention. Since the method of the present invention adopts the technical measure of dynamically determining the timeout period of the management station in an interaction manner between the SNMP management station and the SNMP proxy, the drawbacks of manually setting timeout period are overcome, occurrences of timeout event are effectively reduced, and the efficiency of implementing network management using SNMP is improved. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096138 | Assignment of Network Addresses - Systems and techniques relating to hierarchical address assignment in ad hoc networks are described. A described technique includes receiving, by a device of an ad hoc network, a request to register in the ad hoc network from an enrollee device. The devices can be wireless mobile devices, and the ad hoc network can be an independent basic service set (IBSS) network. The method also includes responding to the enrollee with information representing (i) an address for the enrollee device, and (ii) a finite quantity of addresses to be assigned to future enrollee devices. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096139 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR PROVIDING USER RECEPTIVITY DRIVEN POLICY IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing user receptivity driven policy in a communications network are disclosed. The method includes storing subscriber preference information indicating a willingness of a subscriber to receive a first type of content as well as policy and charging enhancement information associated with the subscriber preference information. Content is received from a content provider. Based on the subscriber preference information, it is determined whether the subscriber is willing to receive the content. In response to determining that the subscriber is willing to receive the content, the content is communicated to the subscriber and a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) is communicated with for temporarily enhancing a network or charging policy of the subscriber based on the policy charging enhancement information. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096140 | Network Aware Forward Caching - A network includes a cache server and a network aware server that operates to determine an optimization between a cost of retrieving content from a communication network and a cost of caching content at the cache server. The optimization is determined as a minimum of a sum of a transit cost, a backbone cost, and a caching cost. The transit cost includes a money cost per data unit. The backbone cost includes a money cost per data unit and time unit. The caching cost includes a money cost per server unit. In response to determining the optimization, the network aware server sends a content identifier to the cache server, and the cache server receives the content identifier, determines a source of a content item, and if the source is the same as the content identifier, then cache the content item. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096141 | SECURE DEVICE INTRODUCTION WITH CAPABILITIES ASSESSMENT - Introducing, managing and restricting devices in an environment is discussed, including how to securely introduce the devices, how to establish trust between the devices, how to manage bandwidth requirements and other resource requirements of the devices, how to aggregate resource usage when multiple devices within an environment are engaging in a common task, and how to restrict device access to environment resources. Various techniques including manual and automatic solutions are disclosed. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096142 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFICATION OF BUSINESS PROCESS APPLICATION SERVICE GROUPS - One or more business process application service groups may be categorized. An ontological definition of an enterprise network can then be analyzed to identify one or more structures within the enterprise network that correlate to the one or more categorized business process application service groups. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096143 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDICATING THE IMPACT TO A BUSINESS APPLICATION SERVICE GROUP RESULTING FROM A CHANGE IN STATE OF A SINGLE BUSINESS APPLICATION SERVICE GROUP NODE - A primary application comprising one or more executables is defined, and a network ontology for the primary application is determined and stored in a database, where the network ontology comprises one or more nodes of an enterprise network that communicate during execution of the one or more executables. Next, a change of state for at least one of the nodes is detected and used to determine one or more elements of the network ontology for the primary application that have a changed state. Further, an impact summary view is generated to indicate the elements of the primary application that have a changed state, and the impact summary view is displayed to a user. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096144 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FETCHING DATA BASED ON NETWORK CONDITIONS - An approach is provided for fetching data based on network conditions. A network management platform determines an anticipated availability of one or more networks associated with a device. The network management platform then determines one or more data requests, one or more anticipated data requests, or a combination thereof of one or more applications associated with the device. Based, at least in part, on the anticipated availability, the network management platform determines to generate a schedule for completing the one or more data requests, the one or more anticipated data requests, or a combination thereof | 2012-04-19 |
20120096145 | MULTI-TIER INTEGRATED SECURITY SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ENHANCE LAWFUL DATA INTERCEPTION AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION - A system, method, and apparatus for intercepting data streams such as packets on a network. In one embodiment, the method includes: receiving at a network surveillance system (NSS), a target to be intercepted on the network; creating a target identification (target ID) for the target, wherein the target ID is unique to the NSS in order to track data streams of the target during subsequent processing, such as extraction of content and metadata, in the NSS; intercepting the data streams of the target on the network; tagging the data streams of the target that are intercepted from the network with a respective target ID; transmitting the data streams of the target to the NSS for subsequent analysis; and distributing the data streams across a scalable quantity of data processing engines in the NSS. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096146 | System and method for aligning data frames in time - A method and apparatus for merging data acquired by two or more capture devices from two or more points in a computer system, frames are compared for duplicates, then duplicate frames are analyzed to determine the time difference between the timestamps of a first capture device and a second capture device. If the duplicate frames are the first set of duplicate frames discovered, then all previous timestamps and all subsequent timestamps from the second capture device are adjusted by the time difference. If duplicate frames are again discovered, the time difference is recalculated and all subsequent frames from the second capture device are adjusted by the recalculated time difference. After all the frames have been analyzed and the timestamps adjusted, the frames are merged together and put into chronological order to simulate a single capture of data encompassing all of the points where the data was collected. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096147 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus includes a storage device configured to store a map image of one or more floors on which a network device is installed, positional information about an installation location of the network device on the map image, and configuration information about the network device, a setting unit configured to set a region on the map image and a rule that the network device complies with in the region, a moving unit configured to designate a movement destination for moving the network device by changing the positional information, a determination unit configured, if the positional information has been changed, to determine a content of a change of a configuration required to be executed to the network device when the network device is moved, and a notification unit configured to notify to an operator the content of the change of the configuration. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096148 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPRESENTING USER INTERACTION WITH A WEB SERVICE - Disclosed is a system and method for representing user interaction with a web service. The method comprises the steps of: acquiring a representation of the actions of a user performing a task with the web service; analysing the acquired actions to determine semantics and at least one variable describing the user to actions; and representing the semantics and the at least one variable in at least one script file, the at least one script file supporting performance of user interaction with the web service based on the semantics and a value provided for the variable. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096149 | CLOUD FEDERATION IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Various methods, devices, and systems are described for cloud federation in a cloud computing network including bridging computing resources between an enterprise and a cloud or among multiple clouds. These techniques involve generating an image of the host system and decoupling it from its underlying computing resources so that it can be migrated across disparate computing resources in a seamless manner. In one embodiment, an enterprise workload can be bridged with cloud resources to receive software as a service. In other embodiments, bridging is performed across multiple public or private clouds, each potentially having disparate computing resources. In addition, users can access and use these cloud services through a web browser or other network interface anywhere in the cloud computing network as if the services were installed locally on their own computer. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096150 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING NETWORK MONITORING, SECURITY EVENT COLLECTION APPARATUS AND SERVICE ABNORMALITY DETECTION APPARATUS FOR NETWORK MONITORING - A network monitoring system includes: a traffic information generating apparatus for generating traffic information. Further, the network monitoring system includes a security event collecting apparatus for collecting the traffic information generated by the traffic information generating apparatus by referring to pre-stored traffic information, grouping the collected traffic information, and then extracting service information. Furthermore, the network monitoring system includes a service abnormal condition detecting apparatus for detecting a port number of a transport layer of service information extracted from the security event collecting apparatus and the occurrence frequency of the transport layer, determining the continuity of the port number and the uniformity of the occurrence frequency, and displaying a service abnormal condition. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096151 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INDICATING AND DOCUMENTING ASSOCIATIONS, DISCLOSURES AND INSTRUCTIONS USING VISUALLY IDENTIFIABLE DESCRIPTION REFRENCES AND A STANDARDIZED FRAMEWORK OF CODED INSTRUCTIONS, HYPERLINKS AND RELATED VISUAL DISPLAY ELEMENTS - Methods and system for a unique coding framework used to create, manage and track instructions for documentation and dissemination of instructions, indicate a particular association or activate a given process. In one example, the present disclosure relates to the online publishing of documentation to demonstrate relationships of parties and compliance with regulatory and other requirements. The present disclosure uses URL hyperlinks, badges, watermarks, icons and visual displays that are representative of a given function and that may be identified by reference of unique coding structure. The present disclosure relates to the publishing and display of relevant visual codes or images for viewing by members of the public, (human readable) as well as machines. The present disclosure enables the tracking and measurement of uses of coded representations in public or private channels. Structured hyperlink codes allow brief messages to be sent in shortened form to instruct or deliver messages or processes. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096152 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION - A switcher, residing in a memory, detects a connectable network when a terminal is powered on. When a network is detected, a communication unit issues a message to a processor. The processor detects whether the terminal has ever been connected to the detected network and whether the profile of the network is registered. If the processor determines that the profile of the network is registered, a connection to the network is established in accordance with the profile. If the processor determines that no profile of the network is registered, a new profile of the network is produced, and then registered. The present invention is applicable to personal computers. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096153 | Dynamic Isolation of Shared Resources - Shared resources can be isolated such that abuse of the resource by one user does not significantly affect the use of that resource by another user. A combination of access and flow control can be used, wherein a control gateway or other such component sits along a path between the user and the resource, such that the user obtains connections or access to the resource through the gateway. In this way, the gateway can control aspects such as the number of concurrent threads or channels granted to a user, as well as any delay in providing these threads or channels to the resource. A closed feedback loop can provide real-time information such that adjustments can be made dynamically, preventing abuse by users while also preventing the resource allocations from being underutilized. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096154 | Information Processing Method and System, and Mobility Management Network Element - An information processing method and system, and a mobility management network element are provided by the embodiments of the present invention. Wherein, the information processing method includes: receiving a message that includes data information of a user equipment UE; determining that the UE is a UE of low data usage; and sending the received data information of the UE to a machine type control server. By using the method, no bearer is activated, and the network side does not need to allocate bearer resources for data transmission of the UE. Therefore, the network load is reduced. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096155 | Subscription-based Temporally Sequenced Recommendations - A method and system for temporally-sequenced recommendations in subscription-based systems delivers to users of a subscription-based system multiple recommended objects that are arranged in a temporal sequence. The delivered recommended objects are in accordance with user subscriptions and/or inferences of preferences that are based, at least in part, on usage behaviors. Variations of the system and method include delivering recommended objects in accordance with the contents of the objects and user direct feedback with regard to the objects. Information as to why objects were delivered to users may be provided to the users. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096156 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method and apparatus for providing labelling information to a third party regarding terminal users in a communication network. A labelling unit receives communication related data generated from executed communications of the terminal users, and fetches stored labelling rules which have been configured specifically for the third party. The labelling unit then converts the communication related data into labelling information, where a communication habits vector is determined by applying the fetched labelling rules on the received communication related data, and the labelling information is determined for the terminal user(s) based on the resulting communication habits vector. The determined labelling information is finally delivered to the third party. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096157 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING AND PROCESSING INFORMATION AN OBJECT FOR MULTI-RESOURCE-STREAMING - The present invention provides method and apparatus for preparing and processing information on a stored content source. The present method includes: creating a plurality of first structure elements allocating mutually different identifiers to a primary component pertaining to a content source, and incorporating protocol information and access location information on the primary component into each of the plurality of first structure elements; and creating second structure elements as many as number of the plurality of first structure elements, and incorporating into each of the second structure elements protocol information and access location information on a resource that can be played along with the primary component wherein the second structure elements are respectively associated with the mutually different identifiers. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096158 | MULTITENANT HOSTED VIRTUAL MACHINE INFRASTRUCTURE - A multi-tenant virtual machine infrastructure (MTVMI) allows multiple tenants to independently access and use a plurality of virtual computing resources via the Internet. Within the MTVMI, different tenants may define unique configurations of virtual computing resources and unique rules to govern the use of the virtual computing resources. The MTVMI may be configured to provide valuable services for tenants and users associated with the tenants. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096159 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CONTENT AND SERVICES ON A NETWORK SYSTEM - Systems and methods for managing and providing content and services on a network system. Aspects of the invention include location-based determination of network content and services that may be provided to client computers. Other aspects of the invention include authorization and authentication components that determine access rights of client computers. Additional aspects include systems and methods for redirecting client computers to different network content. The disclosed systems and methods may be used in numerous network system applications. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096160 | Method and System for Directing User Between Captive and Open Domains - A method for limiting user access to a captive domain or an open domain. The captive domain may include electronically accessible content that is selected/controlled by a service provider and the open domain may include electronically accessible content that is not completely selected/controlled by the service provider. The method may include configuring a modem or other user device in such a manner as to limit use access to the desired domain. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096161 | REPLENISHING A USER ACCOUNT WITH MORE ACCESS RESOURCES NEEDED FOR ACCESSING NETWORK SERVICES - A network access server (NAS) determines the status of availability (e.g., how much more quota is unused) of an access resource, and sends a notification embedded in a point-to-point protocol (PPP) packet. The format of the packet is chosen such that definition/use of higher layers (e.g., HTTP) is not required to communicate the status to a client system. As a result, the user may be notified even if software such as web browser is not being executed on the client system. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096162 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR INITIATING PROVISIONING OF SUBSCRIBER DATA IN A HSS OF AN IP MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM NETWORK - A method of initiating the provisioning of subscriber data in at least a Home Subscriber Server of an IP Multimedia Subsystem network. The method comprises receiving an authentication request or Session Initiation Protocol message in respect of a given subscriber who is making use of a user terminal to access the IP Multimedia Subsystem network. If it is determined that subscriber data is not currently provisioned for the subscriber in a Home Subscriber Server function or receiving such a determination, the following steps are performed: 1) causing a first notification to be sent to the user terminal indicating that the registration attempt is rejected, and 2) sending a second notification to a subscriber provisioning system informing the provisioning system of the registration attempt. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096163 | Method and System for Managing and Reconciling Information Technology Assets in a Configuration Database - A method and system for managing and reconciling naming conflicts in a configuration database. Attributes are collected about a detected resource in a network. Valid names for the detected resource are created based on the collected attributes and a set of naming rules. A valid name is created for each naming rule, and the naming rules have a priority order. A master-alias table is search to locate a match between existing names of known resources recorded in the master-alias table and any of the valid names. A partial match of resource attributes is determined to exist when all of the valid names in the set of valid names do not match an existing name in a matching entry. The detected resource is determined to be a new resource or an existing resource based on a priority of the naming rules used to create the valid names. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096164 | Cross Product/Service Management - Cross product/service management of subscriber products/services is provided. When multiple product/services orders or instructions are received for a shared service or resource (e.g., a unified voicemail box/system) from two or more order or instruction entry systems (e.g., wireline and wireless telephone systems), the multiple orders or instructions are passed to a shared product/services provisioning manager for management of the orders or instructions with respect to the shared service or resource. If the orders require a change to the shared service or resource, the orders or instructions are mediated for concurrent or otherwise conflicting requests to the shared service or resource. Mediated requests are formatted for receipt and use by the shared service or resource and are then passed to a network element responsible for the shared service or resource for implementation. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096165 | REALLOCATING RESOURCE CAPACITY AMONG RESOURCE POOLS IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - In general, the embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for rebalancing/reallocating cloud resource capacities between resource pools that provide variable customer assurances and delivery penalties when assurances are not met. The variables that are considered hereunder include, overall ‘reservations’, total current capacity, remaining capacity against unused reservations and penalties that apply for failing to satisfy ‘reservation’ commitments. The approach uses a rate of capacity consumption to calculate the risk of consuming the available capacity in each resource pool (e.g., resource pools allocated to satisfy different levels of service with different SLA failure penalties). Based on the relative available capacity in each pool (as determined by the pool rate of consumption), resources are reallocated to maximize revenue (e.g., reduce financial penalty) across a resource pool set. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096166 | DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM SECURITY EXTENSIONS (DNSSEC) FOR GLOBAL SERVER LOAD BALANCING - Techniques are provided to enable a network device, such as a switch, to perform global server load balancing (GSLB) while operating as a proxy to a domain name system security extensions (DNSSEC)-capable authoritative DNS server. The network device preserves an original signature generated by the DNSSEC-capable authoritative DNS server for a resource record set contained in a DNSSEC reply. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096167 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION USING SHARED RESOURCE POOLS - The present disclosure describes methods and systems for managing resources, for example in connection with call admission control or other communications or transactions in a system. In particular, a plurality of resource pools are established. At least a first or priority resource is associated with a minimum resource amount, while at least a second or normal resource pool is associated with a maximum resource amount. From the system resource pools, allocations are made to each of a plurality of system servers. If a server receives a request for priority resources that cannot be satisfied from the allocation of priority resources made to that server, that server may borrow from an allocation of normal resources. Resources can also be shared between servers. Accordingly, if required resources are not available from an allocation made to a server receiving the request for resources, that server can request resources from another server. In responding to a request to share resources, a server can attempt to fill the request as if the request had originally been made to that server. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096168 | Control Circuit and Method for Allocating Orthogonal Sequences - A method for allocating orthogonal sequences to user equipment devices, UEs, of a group sharing a channel of a telecommunication system is disclosed. The method comprises determining which UE of the group having largest transmission resource assigned for a physical up-link shared channel, PUSCH; determining a first orthogonal sequence of the UE of the group having largest transmission resource assigned; determining a second sequence that equals a quadrature phase offset of the first orthogonal sequence; reserving said second sequence when allocating sequences to remaining UEs of the group by avoiding the second sequence as long as there are other orthogonal sequences available. A control circuitry for a network node is also disclosed. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096169 | STORAGE AND SERVICE PROVISIONING FOR VIRTUALIZED AND GEOGRAPHICALLY DISPERSED DATA CENTERS - Geographically dispersed data centers each include servers and storage systems and are in communication with each other. An application is installed on a guest operating system on a virtual machine set up on a server at a first data center. The application accesses a logical unit on a storage system at the first data center. When migration of the application is initiated, the process determines whether any of the data centers has server resources and storage resources required to receive migration of the application. A destination data center is selected from candidate data centers meeting requirements for migration of the application. The application and guest operating system are migrated from the first data center to a second virtual machine set up on a second server at the destination data center. If a replica of the LU is not already present at the destination data center, the LU is also replicated. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096170 | REPLENISHING A USER ACCOUNT WITH MORE ACCESS RESOURCES NEEDED FOR ACCESSING NETWORK SERVICES - A network access server (NAS) determines the status of availability (e.g., how much more quota is unused) of an access resource, and sends a notification embedded in a point-to-point protocol (PPP) packet. The format of the packet is chosen such that definition/use of higher layers (e.g., HTTP) is not required to communicate the status to a client system. As a result, the user may be notified even if software such as web browser is not being executed on the client system. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096171 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENTERPRISE NODES THAT ARE CONTAINED WITHIN A PUBLIC CLOUD TO COMMUNICATE WITH PRIVATE ENTERPRISE INFRASTRUCTURE DEPENDENCIES - An agent is deployed to a node of an enterprise network, where the agent is configured to establish communication with the enterprise network after migration of the node to a cloud infrastructure. Further, the node is migrated to the cloud infrastructure, and communication is established between the node and the enterprise network using the agent. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096172 | Method and apparatus for remotely controlling a computer with peer-to-peer command and data transfer - A remote access session is established between client and host computers with the assistance of a gateway. The gateway requests the host computer to send a plurality of data packets to different external addresses and monitors the network ports used for these outgoing packets. The gateway then uses the network port information to predict which port the host will use to transmit future outgoing data packets. A similar process is performed on the client computer. The gateway then directs the client computer to send further data packets to the network address and the predicted port of the host computer. Similarly, the host computer is directed to send further data packets to the network address and predicted port of the client computer. The computers are then directly connected together so that further data communications bypass the gateway. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096173 | Middlebox Control - In order to carry out actions such as setting up a call from an entity in the address realm of one middlebox to an entity in the address realm of another middlebox, then a middlebox control node such as a call server is used. Previously, the middlebox control node has needed to have pre-configured information about all the middleboxes and which address realms they are associated with. The present invention provides one or more middlebox-identity-providing nodes which are separate from the middlebox control node, and which are more directly connected to the end users of the service than the middlebox control node. This provides greater flexibility in network design and removes the need for middlebox information to be pre-configured at the middlebox control node. Instead, this information is sent to the middlebox control node, as part of signalling messages, from middlebox-identity-providing nodes. | 2012-04-19 |
20120096174 | Middlebox Control - In order to carry out actions such as setting up a call from an entity in the address realm of one middlebox to an entity in the address realm of another middlebox, then a middlebox control node such as a call server is used. Previously, the middlebox control node has needed to have pre-configured information about all the middleboxes and which address realms they are associated with. The present invention provides one or more middlebox-identity-providing nodes which are separate from the middlebox control node, and which are more directly connected to the end users of the service than the middlebox control node. This provides greater flexibility in network design and removes the need for middlebox information to be pre-configured at the middlebox control node. Instead, this information is sent to the middlebox control node, as part of signalling messages, from middlebox-identity-providing nodes. | 2012-04-19 |