| 25th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 85 |
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| 20110154365 | METHOD FOR DETECTING AND CONTROLLING CONTENTION OF CONVERGENCE SERVICE BASED ON RESOURCE - Provided is a method for detecting and controlling a contention of a convergence service based on resources. The method may analyze a contention between a plurality of applications through modeling of the resources, messages, and applications, establish a resolution policy, and detect and control the contention between the plurality of applications using the established resolution policy. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154366 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MESSAGE ORIENTED INVOCATION - The invention relates to data processing apparatus and methods for method oriented invocation (MOI) of data processing service modules. MOI Adapters and methods interface compound messages with service modules that process them, advantageously reducing memory and processing time utilization. Compound messages may be progressively parsed and processed, identifying the constituent information items needed by a service module and invoking the service module when all needed information items are available, without using resources to maintain and process superfluous message data. Multiple service modules may be addressed by a single MOI Adapter. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154367 | DOMAIN EVENT CORRELATION - A system is provided for dynamically identifying and correlating network domain events. The system includes a network domain and a plurality of managed objects in the network domain. A management server is in communication with the managed objects. The management server can receive domain events from at least one of the managed objects. A management module on the management server maintains a topology of managed objects in the network domain. A rule knowledge base is in communication with the management server. The rule knowledge base includes correlation rules for identifying and correlating domain events. A correlation module utilizes a processor to correlate the domain events with the topology using the correlation rules to identify an interaction between the managed objects and the domain events. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154368 | RECURSIVE LOCKING OF A THREAD-SHARED RESOURCE - A method for implementing process thread locking operations includes defining a lock structure having data fields that include a process thread identifier and a shared object identifier that uniquely identifies a shared object subject to lock operations. The method also includes using the lock structure to build a lock table. The lock table includes lock structures for each process thread in the process and is searchable in response to a request for a shared object from a calling thread. The method also includes determining a lock status of the shared object. The lock status indicates whether the shared object is currently locked by the calling process thread. In response to the lock status, the method includes obtaining a lock on the shared object when the request is for a lock, and releasing a lock on the shared object when the request is to unlock the shared object | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154369 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE GENERIC INTEGRATION OF A USER INTERFACE IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK AND A PERSISTENCY IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK - A method and system for providing an integration framework to integrate a user interface framework with a persistency framework. The integration framework provides components to integrate user interface components with business objects by configuration of generic integration components instead of programming specialized integration components | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154370 | Microblogging Based Dynamic Transaction Tracking for Composite Application Flow - Using microblogging to dynamically track event flow of a composite enterprise application by reporting an enterprise application event. A client server detects an event of the complex enterprise application, and encodes the event data in a microblog compatible format. The client computer creates an event post message containing the event data and uploads the event post to a microblog server via the Internet. The microblog server then displays the post message in a user readable format. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154371 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OFFLOADING PROCESSING TASKS TO A FOREIGN COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - A method and apparatus for offloading processing tasks from a first computing environment to a second computing environment, such as from a first interpreter emulation environment to a second native operating system within which the interpreter is running. The offloading method uses memory queues in the first computing environment that are accessible by the first computing environment and one or more offload engines residing in the second computing environment. Using the queues, the first computing environment can allocate and queue a control block for access by a corresponding offload engine. Once the offload engine dequeues the control block and performs the processing task in the control block, the control block is returned for interrogation into the success or failure of the requested processing task. The offload engine is a separate process in a separate computing environment, and does not execute as part of any portion of the first computing environment. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154372 | AGILE HELP, DEFECT TRACKING, AND SUPPORT FRAMEWORK FOR COMPOSITE APPLICATIONS - This disclosure describes, generally, methods and systems for implementing agile and dynamic help, defect tracking, and support frameworks for composite applications. The method includes implementing, on a computer system including a storage database, a composite application including a plurality of application components and establishing, in the computer system's storage database, a storage container for each of the plurality of application components. The storage containers are configured to store support information for each of the component applications. The method further includes storing, in the storage database, support data for each of the plurality of component applications, removing at least one of the plurality of component applications from the composite application, and maintaining, in the storage database, the support data for the remaining component applications of the composite application. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154373 | AUTOMATIC MASH-UP APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for automatic mash-up, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method for automatic mash-up for providing new services by combining previously constructed services providing an open application programming interface (API). The automatic mash-up apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a mash-up execution unit executing a mash-up service comprised of two or more open applications; a service context inference engine unit inferring changes in service context of the mash-up service; and a mash-up management control unit reorganizing the mash-up service in accordance with an inference result of the service context inference engine unit. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154374 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CUSTOMIZED APPLICATION - Provided is a technology capable of efficiently managing various customized applications according to clients and providing security and efficiency in executing and editing the customized applications. An apparatus for managing customized applications according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, comprising: an application supplying unit generating the customized applications by combining a plurality of pre-stored application data according to client information; an application executing unit generatin a virtual executing environment to allow the customized applications to be executed in a server or virtual server on a client terminal and supplies the virtual executing environment to the client terminal; and a filtering unit controlling whether it permits one or more of the execution and edition of the customized applications according to the client information. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154375 | MODULAR PLATFORM ENABLING HETEROGENEOUS DEVICES, SENSORS AND ACTUATORS TO INTEGRATE AUTOMATICALLY INTO HETEROGENOUS NETWORKS - A system includes a hardware platform, at least one driver, a plurality of devices connected to the hardware platform, a middleware interface, and a plurality of software services. Each of the plurality of devices is selected from the group consisting of sensors and actuators. The plurality of software services is generated by the at least one driver, wherein a software service associates with a device, and wherein each of the software services complies with the middleware interface. A method for interfacing a plurality of devices to a hardware platform includes communicably connecting each of the plurality of devices to the hardware platform, converting each of the plurality of devices into a programmable software service using a driver, and programming each of the software services to comply with a middleware interface. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154376 | Use of Web Services API to Identify Responsive Content Items - A web services request is sent to a server via a network. The server provides a web services API that includes a method that operates to identify responsive content items among a plurality of content items. The plurality of content items is partitioned into a plurality of folders. The plurality of folders is divided into a plurality of hierarchical sets of folders. Each of the hierarchical sets of folders is associated with a different user in a plurality of users. The web services request requests invocation of the method. The responsive content items are ones of the content items that satisfy a specified query condition and that are in a specified one of the folders. A web services response is received from the server in response to the web services request. The web services response specifies one or more properties of at least one of the responsive content items. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154377 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING COMMUNICATION DURING VIDEO PROCESSING UTILIZING MERGE BUFFERING - Methods and systems for reducing communication during video processing utilizing merge buffering are disclosed and may include storing data in a merge buffer in the virtual machine layer in a wireless communication device comprising a virtual machine user layer, a native user layer, a kernel, and a video processor. The data may then be communicated to the kernel via the native user layer. The data may include function calls, and/or kernel remote procedure calls. The data may be communicated via an application programming interface. Video data may be processed in the video processor based on the communicated data. The virtual machine user layer may include a Java environment. The data may be communicated to the kernel via the native user layer when the merge buffer is full or filled to a predetermined level. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154378 | API NAMESPACE VIRTUALIZATION - A computer operating system with a map that relates API namespaces to components that implement an interface contracts for the namespaces. When an API namespace is to be used, a loader within the operating system uses the map to load components based on the map. An application can reference an API namespace in the same way as it references a dynamically linked library, but the implementation of the interface contract for the API namespace is not tied to a single file or to a static collection of files. The map may identify versions of the API namespace or values of runtime parameters that may be used to select appropriate files to implement an interface contract in scenarios that may depend on factors such as hardware in the execution environment, a version of the API namespace against which an application was developed or the application accessing the API namespace. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154379 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TRANSACTION MONITOR INTEGRATION WITH SERVICE COMPONENT ARCHITECTURE (SCA) RUNTIME - A system and method for providing transaction monitor integration with a service component architecture (SCA) runtime. In accordance with an embodiment, a transaction server, such as a Tuxedo or other transaction server, is provided with a transaction interface which provides one or more transaction services to other SCA software components. A configuration file, such as a schema file, can be used to define a transactional behavior of the transaction server within a service oriented environment based on the transaction interface, and to publish the one or more transaction services in the service oriented environment. The software components can use the schema file to invoke the one or more transaction services through the transaction interface. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154380 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - An optical disc drive includes a housing with a protrusion and a tray capable of sliding in and out of the housing. The tray includes a first surface, and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first surface is partially recessed to form a receiving space for accommodating an optical disc. The second surface defines a channel, and forms a blocking portion at one end of the channel. The protrusion slides in the channel to guide the tray to slide in and out of the housing, and cooperates with the channel to prevent the tray from vibrating. When the tray is fully extended from the housing, the protrusion is located at the end of the channel forming the blocking portion, thus the protrusion is blocked by the blocking portion from sliding too far so that the tray is prevented from sliding off the housing. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154381 | WIRELESS ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM - An entertainment delivery system including a delivery station configured for receiving an order for entertainment content from a telephone, the telephone being configured to receive entertainment content over a wireless network, the telephone also having a display device adapted to display said entertainment content, an entertainment database coupled to the delivery station, wherein the delivery station is configured for retrieving the entertainment content from the entertainment database when the order is received, the entertainment content including video content for display, and a billing database coupled to the delivery station, wherein the delivery station is configured for sending a billing record corresponding to a user account associated with the telephone to the billing database when the order is received. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154382 | Processing and Distribution of Video-On-Demand Content Items - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media including instructions for processing and distributing video-on-demand (VOD) content items are disclosed. A particular method selects a group of electronic devices to receive a VOD content item. The selection is based on group-level information associated with the group of electronic devices and based on user-level information associated with individual electronic devices of the group of electronic devices. The VOD content item is transmitted to each electronic device of the group via multicast. The VOD content item has an associated validity time period, and the encrypted VOD content item is automatically made unplayable at each electronic device in the group when the validity time period has elapsed. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154383 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING NETWORK CONNECTIVITY AND CONSUMPTION OF BROADBAND SERVICES - An approach is provided to facilitate network connectivity and consumption of broadband services. A data network connection is established by a set-top box. Sharing of the data network connection by a plurality of user devices is permitted by the set-top box. A credit count is maintained based on the sharing of the data network connection by the plurality of user devices. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154384 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OFFERING USER-ORIENTED SENSORY EFFECT CONTENTS SERVICE - The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for offering a user-oriented sensory effect contents service. An apparatus for offering a user-oriented sensory effect contents service according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a user context manager managing a user context including information on a user or information on user circumstances; and a device controller controlling a contents playing device capable of playing contents in accordance with the user context. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154385 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIEWER DETECTION AND ACTION - An application for a television has a detector capable of determining the identity and/or presence of at least one viewer in a viewing area of the television. In response to viewers entering and leaving the viewing area of the television, the television adjusts its operation based upon settings for the currently present viewers (e.g., enables channels, content, etc). | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154386 | ANNOTATED ADVERTISEMENT REFERRAL SYSTEM AND METHODS - A system and methods provide an annotated advertisement referral for presentation on an electronic device by employing the steps of receiving at an electronic processor an indication of a referral of an advertisement and the identity of a target to whom the advertisement is referred, and then directing the electronic signal representing a version of that advertisement to an electronic device associated with that target to whom the advertisement is referred. Preferably, that directed electronic signal includes an indication of the origin of the referral and a ranking of the advertisement given by the referring party. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154387 | TELEVISION AUTHORIZING SYSTEM FOR PLAYING MEDIA CONTENT AND AUTHORIZING METHOD THEREOF - A television authorizing system comprises a storage, a display, a communicating module, a content controlling module and an output module. The communicating module receives a broadcast signal. The content controlling module acquires a content label of selected program and compares the content label with the user information in a predefined user list. The output module outputs the selected program to the display when the user is authorized. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154388 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER - A digital broadcast receiver has a first module that uses a conditional access card to receive a digital broadcast signal protected by scrambling, and a second module that receives a digital broadcast signal not protected by scrambling. Each module decodes its own received signal, and the second module selects and outputs one of the decoded signals. Each module includes its own controller. The controller in the first module executes application programs downloaded with the scrambled digital broadcast signal. The controller in the second module executes embedded application programs. Software troubleshooting is simplified because the two types of application programs run on separate controllers, and power consumption can be reduced by switching off the power of the first module when the conditional access card is not inserted. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154389 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDING CONTENT DURING DATA STREAM ACQUISITION - A device is provided for use with extended content data on a first data stream and second content data on a second data stream. The device includes a processing portion, an acquisition portion and a buffer. The acquisition portion is in communication with the processing portion. The acquisition portion can acquire the first data stream, can transition to the second data stream to receive the second content data and can provide the second content data to the processing portion. The buffer can receive the extended content data. The processing portion can instruct the acquisition portion to transition from the first data stream to the second data stream to receive the second content data. The buffer can further provide the extended content data to the processing portion based on the acquisition portion transitioning from the first data stream to the second data stream. The processing portion can further process the extended content data portion as received from the buffer. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154390 | DYNAMIC LIVE CONTENT PROMOTER FOR DIGITAL BROADCAST TV - Methods and devices for alerting users to live programming on digital television broadcast receiver devices provide an on-screen object revealing a content item broadcast in an overhead flow portion of a broadcast signal. Information regarding programs available on other channels or content flows may be presented in a portion of the display screen. A variety of user touch gestures may be recognized on a touchscreen-equipped digital television receiver to enable users to respond to promotion messages. Users may use touch gestures to request a next promotion message, request further details regarding a promotion, discontinue promotion displays, and select a promoted program. Digital broadcast television systems may be configured to transmit promotion messages within the overhead flow in response to developments in broadcast content, special messages received from content providers, and the programs currently being broadcast. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154391 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR AN EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM FOR AUDIO ANNOUNCEMENT - A method is disclosed for distributing emergency alert audio data, the method including but not limited to receiving emergency alert message (EAM) data at an encoder/decoder in an internet protocol television (IPTV) system; sending the EAM to an emergency alert control (EAC) server in the IPTV system; verifying at the EAC that a valid audio message is received in the EAM; if the EAM contains an audio file, creating a MP3 audio file from or another acceptable format for the audio file; and if the received EAM is a state/local alert, placing the EAM in first-in-first-out order in a message delivery queue for delivery to end user devices in the order of the message delivery queue, else, if a streaming playback of state/local alert message is in progress, suspending the streaming playback of the state/local alert message, and continuously streaming the received EAM to end user device in the IPTV system. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154392 | METHOD OF PROVIDING SERVICE INFORMATION, SYSTEM THEREOF, AND METHOD OF RECEIVING SERVICE INFORMATION - An information providing system includes: a service provider list provider that receives a service provider list requesting message for a service that a terminal device wants and transmits a service provider list information message including a service provider list including a service provider server providing the service to the terminal device; and a service list provider that receives a service list requesting message requesting a service details list provided by the service provider server included in the service provider list from the terminal device and transmits a service list information message including the service details list provided by the service provider server to the terminal device. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154393 | IPTV SET-TOP BOX AND CHANNEL SWITCHING METHOD THEREOF - An Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) Set-Top Box (STB) is provided to efficiently use a time gap caused by a channel switching. The IPTV STB may request a network switch to perform a channel switching operation so that a national service broadcast stream of a second channel is received, when a channel selection signal for the second channel is received while a national service broadcast stream of a first channel is received. Additionally, the IPTV STB may transmit a local service broadcast stream received from a broadcast stream receiver to a display device. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154394 | User Interface With Menu Abstractions And Content Abstractions - Media menu items are generated within a media interface environment. Media menu item abstractions are generated, one of the media menu item abstractions arranged in a foreground position, and one or more of the media menu item abstractions arranged in background positions in the media interface environment. Selection of a media menu items transitions to a corresponding content menu interface. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154395 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING IPTV RECEPTION INFORMATION OVER HFC NETWORK - An apparatus of providing Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) reception information includes a Cable Modem (CM) to provide an interactive service that enables an IPTV broadcast content including service information, and a Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) Media Access Control Management Message (MMM) based on the service information to be received from a cable network, or enables an IPTV broadcast content control signal to be transmitted from a subscriber to the cable network, and a Set-Top Box (STB) to decode the IPTV broadcast content received from the CM and to transmit the decoded IPTV broadcast content to a display device. The STB may receive an IPTV broadcast content selected by a user using Layer 2 (L2) reception information bounded to the IPTV broadcast content. Thus, it is possible to receive an IPTV broadcast content selected by a user directly without a delay time. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154396 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING IPTV SERVICE USING MOBILE TERMINAL - Provided is a method for providing an Internet Protocol television (IPTV) service using a mobile terminal. A mobile terminal of an IPTV service control system may include a viewpoint recognition unit to obtain information about a viewpoint where a user is viewing, a viewpoint processing unit to compute position coordinates corresponding to the viewpoint by comparing a screen displayed on the mobile terminal with the information about the viewpoint, and a set-top control client to display the same screen as a screen of a TV on the to mobile terminal, and to enable the set-top box to display a selection icon on the same position as a position indicated by the position coordinates of the TV. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154397 | PREMIUM CHANNEL PROMOTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention is directed to a television schedule guide which includes a detector for determining whether a previously scrambled program is unscrambled. If a previously scrambled program is momentarily unscrambled due to promotional efforts by the program provider, the system will visually distinguish the program on the guide, and a viewer may tune to or record the program from the guide. The view may also subscribe to the program provider through the guide during the promotional period. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154398 | PROGRAM GUIDE DISPLAY APPARATUS - The portable terminal includes a receiving unit for selecting a channel and receiving a program, an obtaining unit for obtaining the program guide for each channel received by the receiving unit, a display unit for displaying the program guide obtained by the obtaining unit, a memory for storing setting information set up to view the program received by the receiving unit, a remaining battery capacity detecting unit for detecting the remaining capacity of the battery, and a control unit for determining the possible viewing time according to the operation mode stored in the memory and the remaining capacity of the battery detected by the remaining battery capacity detecting unit and controlling the display unit so as to identifiably display the possible viewing segment corresponding to the possible viewing time in the program guide. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154399 | CONTENT RECOMMENDATION ENGINE - A method may include determining a program currently being displayed for a user to watch and selecting a program to recommend to the user based on the program currently being displayed by the user and based on an availability of the program to recommend. The method may include displaying an indication of the recommended program to the user. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154400 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AGGREGATING USER DATA AND TARGETING CONTENT - Systems and methods for aggregating user data and targeting content to users are described. User data is collected through quizzes and users are associated with a particular fictional or nonfictional character profile based on the user-submitted information. The user data associated with each character profile is aggregated to identify and recommend content for the user, such as television shows, news feed, web pages, promotions, advertisements, and the like. The invention can be used in connection with fan sites or other topic-specific sites that are associated with the character of the character profile. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154401 | Systems and Methods to Generate an Electronic Program Guide - Systems and methods to generate an electronic program guide (EPG) are provided. A particular method includes accessing, at a set-top box device, data descriptive of over-the-air (OTA) television content items. The OTA television content items are available to the set-top box device via one or more television broadcast transmissions. The method includes accessing, at the set-top box device, data descriptive of on-demand media content items that are accessible by the set-top box device via a public network. The method includes generating an EPG that concurrently displays information related to the data descriptive of on-demand media content items and the data descriptive of the OTA television content items. The method also includes sending the EPG to a display device associated with the set-top box device. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154402 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATING PROGRAM LISTINGS IN A MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATION - Systems and methods for navigating program listings in a media guidance application are provided. A program listing may be displayed that corresponds to a first time period. A user request to change the first time period may be received. In response to the request to change the time period, a hopscotch display may be provided that gives the user access to a plurality of consecutive time periods from which the user can select to have corresponding program listings displayed. A user selection of one of the displayed time periods may be received and a second program listing corresponding to the selected time period may be displayed. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154403 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATING PROGRAM LISTINGS SIMULTANEOUSLY DISPLAYED WITH A PROGRAM IN A MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATION - Systems and methods for navigating program listings in a media guidance application are provided. A program listing may be displayed that corresponds to a first time period. A user request to change the first time period may be received. In response to the request to change the time period, a hopscotch display may be provided that gives the user access to a plurality of consecutive time periods from which the user can select to have corresponding program listings displayed. A user selection of one of the displayed time periods may be received and a second program listing corresponding to the selected time period may be displayed. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154404 | Systems and Methods to Provide Data Services for Concurrent Display with Media Content Items - Systems and methods to provide data services for concurrent display with media content items are provided. The media content items may include an on-demand media content item or an over-the-air (OTA) television content item. A particular method includes receiving a program identifier associated with an OTA television content item from a set-top box device. The method includes identifying one or more supplemental content items associated with the OTA television content item based on the program identifier. The method also includes transmitting a notification to the set-top box device indicating an availability of the one or more supplemental content items. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154405 | VIDEO SEGMENT MANAGEMENT AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A video and video fragment management and distribution system utilizes a server and a user interface. The server stores a series of videos in the form of video fragments. Each video fragment has associated therewith a host of video fragment data stored in a manner enabling an end user viewer to easily and efficiently perform a Boolean type search, based on desirable video fragment characteristics defined by the data, in order to return a desired set of video fragments. The system provides the viewer with a variety of search criteria options, each having a plurality of identifiers for locating a desirable video fragment. Each search criteria identifier can be set as inclusive or exclusive. The system includes a rating feature allowing the user to submit a rating and view an average of submitted ratings. The viewer creates a playlist or series of playlists for viewing a continuous, user defined series of video fragments. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154406 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display method of an image display apparatus that includes receiving a broadcast signal, displaying a first number of thumbnail images when the image display apparatus is in a first position (the thumbnail images being based on the received broadcast signal), rotating the image display apparatus from the first position to a second position, and displaying a second number of thumbnail images when the image display apparatus is rotated to the second position, and the second number is different than the first number. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154407 | Broadcast Program Recording Overrun and Underrun Scheduling System - A broadcast program recording overrun and underrun scheduling system provides a system for adjusting the start and end times of a broadcast program's recording schedule that has a start and end broadcast time. The viewer selects a particular broadcast program to record from the program guide using a remote input device. The system schedules the broadcast program to be recorded by inserting the program's information such as program identifier, start and end times, and storage duration into a recording schedule database. The system allows the viewer to adjust the scheduled start and/or end recording times for a broadcast program by specifying the time increment to add or subtract from the start and/or end recording times of a specific program or series of programs. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154408 | Extended Television Reminders - Extended television (TV) reminders enable a user to add a reminder about a TV program or other content in a communication network, a reminder that can be connected to either an event from the EPG or just a time and date. If the user is logged in on an Internet protocol (IP) TV system, the reminder can be displayed on the user's TV display, and if the user is not logged in, a message can be sent to a user device, e.g., a Short Message Service (SMS), text, or other message. Choices presented to the user when a reminder occurs can include accept, snooze (for a configurable amount of time), and delete, among others. If the reminder is connected to a linear TV program, an option to record the program can also be presented (if allowed by the user's subscription and equipment). Reminders are preferably stored in the network, e.g., as a part of a user's service profile. Storing reminders in the network rather than a local device enables the reminders to be provided to the user anywhere, to any network-connected device. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154409 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE VIDEO ON DEMAND (VoD) SERVICE USING CONTENTS HAVING MULTIPLE BITRATES - Provided is a method and system of providing a Video on Demand (VoD) service using contents of multiple bitrates that may provide a content encoded at a different bitrate according to a bandwidth of each access network and thereby prevent quality degradation occurring due to a limit of a bandwidth. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154410 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, a communication apparatus includes: a wireless communicating module configured to transmit data including an image to another communication apparatus through wireless communication and configured to control a directivity towards a direction at which a transmission state of wireless communication with the another communication apparatus is better; and a receiver configured to receive an operation command from a user, wherein the wireless communicating module is configured control the directivity to be fixed in a predetermined direction when an operation command for starting adjustment of an installation position of the communication apparatus or the another communication apparatus is received. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154411 | Cellular and TV Interactive Mobile Wired and Wireless Systems - Interactive cellular and television (TV), wired and wireless systems for interactive communication and broadcasting between Wi-Fi connected cellular phones, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) and TV sets and between cell phones and other mobile devices. Remote control system for generating control signal for controlling a wire or wireless connected device from a distance. Processor for processing a digital signal into Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) and Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase filtered signal. Processors for processing data voice, music and video signals into Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) signal used in Wi-Fi networks and in cellular systems. Signal generation by touching the screen of a cellular phone or of a PDA or of a other mobile device and for generating touch screen processed control signals for control of a television set or of a other mobile wired or wireless device. Receiving, demodulating and processing one or more Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite generated signals or one or more other signals and providing processed GPS location finding signal or other processed location finding or navigation signal and using these signals for interactive communications and telemetry control. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154412 | Maximizing Power and Spectral Efficiencies for Layered and Conventional Modulations - Methods and apparatuses for maximizing power and spectral efficiencies in a wireless communication system are disclosed. The invention is particularly useful for layered modulation applications because power levels for such applications are relatively high. A layered modulation signal comprises an upper and a lower layer signal that interfere with each other within the same frequency band such that the upper layer signal can be demodulated directly from the layered modulation signal, and the lower layer signal can be demodulated after subtracting the first layer signal from the layered modulation signal. The invention applies one or more of the following four signal schemes in a communication signal including varying the symbol rate (rather than the code rate), reducing or eliminating the guard band, reducing excess signal bandwidth and employing layered modulation within the guard band of the legacy signal. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154413 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MULTIMEDIA DATA USING HUMAN BODY COMMUNICATION IN TRANSPORTATION - Disclosed is a system for providing multimedia data using human body communication in transportation capable of improving user convenience in transportation and providing various multimedia data. The system for providing multimedia data using human body communication in transportation includes: a multimedia data providing device converting multimedia data into a signal available for human communication and transmitting the converted signal to one or more of conductive units installed within transportation; and a human body communication device receiving the multimedia data through a user's body brought into contact with the one or more conductive units and executing the received multimedia data. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154414 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus includes a transmission unit, a command processing unit, an acquisition unit, a first determination unit, a second determination unit, and a control unit. The second determination unit determines whether a first physical address acquired from the external apparatus by the acquisition unit matches a second physical address included in a second command received by the command processing unit. The control unit controls the command processing unit to transmit the first command including the first physical address to the external apparatus if it is determined that the first physical address matches the second physical address. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154415 | MULTICASTING VIDEO ON DEMAND (VOD) SERVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD USING CHANNEL MERGING - Provided is a multicasting Video on Demand (VOD) service system and method using channel merging. The multicasting VOD service system using channel merging may include: a video server to transmit a stream at a speed higher than a playback rate, and to merge at least two input/output (I/O) stream channels when the at least two I/O stream channel transmit the same content; a channel processor to calculate a high transmission speed for combining two channels having different playback points in times, and to request the video server for a high speed transmission including the calculated high transmission rate; and a terminal equipment to store a stream content received at the speed higher than the playback rate, and to play the stored stream content. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154416 | UNIFIED VIDEO-ON-DEMAND SERVICE SYSTEM - A unified VoD service system includes an interworking gateway that is positioned between a video server providing video in a PDL scheme (or streaming scheme) and a plurality of user terminals requesting the video in different schemes (e.g., PDL scheme or streaming scheme). The video is provided even to the user terminal requesting the video in a scheme that is different from the video server by using the interworking gateway. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154417 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE SYNCHRONIZED VIDEO WATCHING - The present invention provides techniques for digital video distribution that provides for joint video content watching amongst a group of watchers using multiple mini browsing windows (MBWs), such that the watchers can simultaneously interact with each other in a video conferencing-like setting (i.e., seeing selected watchers' videos in MBWs and hearing their voices) while they view together specific video content in a synchronized way. The MBWs can be displayed as overlays on the main video window being watched on full screen. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154418 | REMOTE ACCESS TO A MEDIA DEVICE - A voice telephone call may be received, from a telephony device, in a server configured to provide interactive voice response. A spoken command may be received from the telephony device. In the server, the spoken command may be converted to a format appropriate for the media storage unit. The converted command may be sent from the server to the media storage unit. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154419 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING REMOTE MEDICAL SERVICES AND OPEN IPTV PLATFORM APPARATUS - An Open Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) platform is provided. By providing remote medical services to users in the Open IPTV environment using a remote medical service providing apparatus including: an application programming interface (API) calling unit to call, when receiving a request for receiving a remote medical service from a counselor's terminal, an API of an Open Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) platform; and a service provider to provide the remote medical service to a user through the API, it is possible to provide remote medical service operators with environments where they can develop and share various remote medical to services and content. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154420 | Data Feed Resource Reservation System - An embodiment of a method includes receiving a subscription request specifying one or more destination sites to receive a video feed and respective times at which to deliver the video feed to each of the one or more destination sites over a terrestrial network, wherein respective delivery times are within a publication time range in which the video feed will be available, and configuring available resources to deliver the requested video feed to the one or more destination sites at the respective times. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154421 | METHOD FOR DECIDING RADIO BEARER OF MOBILE IPTV SYSTEM - In a mobile IPTV system, a multicast coordination entity (MCE) acquires information for radio resource allocation for satisfying all terminals through a counting procedure, and determines a radio bearer by considering a share of usage anticipation subcarrier for respective identifiers of contents. A scheduling subject is variable by a characteristic of the determined radio bearer. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154422 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MULTI-TERMINAL CONTEXT-BASED CUSTOMIZED BROADCASTING SERVICE IN NETWORK - A system and method for providing a broadcasting service in a multi terminal context in an IP based network are provided. A subscriber of a customized convergence broadcasting service organizes a personal program log, and a broadcast server provides a broadcasting service to the subscriber according to the personal program log. In order for the subscriber to receive broadcasting services using various types of heterogeneous terminals, a service control server controls customized convergence broadcasting services according to information about the status of each terminal possessed by the subscriber and a degree of preference to a terminal preferred by the subscriber among the terminals. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154423 | SPLIT PERSONAL COMPUTER SYSTEM - A cable television interface box for interconnecting a television display unit to a cable television connection. The cable television interface box includes a television accessory unit in communication with the television display unit and the cable television connection. The television accessory unit interfaces with a remote portion of a split personal computer system and outputs input data signals to the remote portion for performing input portions of personal computer tasks, and receives video signals from the remote portion indicative of video and output portions of personal computer tasks. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154424 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING VIDEO STREAM - A video stream transmission apparatus is provided. The video stream transmission apparatus may register an information flow path through which an Internet Protocol (IP)-based data packet is received from an IP network based on snooping information that is received through a cable modem termination device from at least one subscriber terminal, may receive the IP-based data packet directly from an information supply device through the registered information flow path, and may transmit the received IP-based data packet to a Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC)-based cable network. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154425 | HEADEND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING VIDEO BROADCAST CONTENT USING CHANNEL BONDING, AND BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING VIDEO BROADCAST CONTENT - A headend apparatus for communicating with a broadcast receiving apparatus through a cable network comprising a plurality of transmission channels is provided. The headend apparatus includes a receiver to receive a video broadcast content corresponding to a selected broadcast channel, a plurality of modulators to modulate the video broadcast content, each individual modulator of the plurality of modulators being mapped to an individual transmission channel of the plurality of transmission channels, and a controller to determine whether to bond the plurality of transmission channels, based on a definition of the video broadcast content, and to control the modulators to bond the plurality of transmission channels and transmit the video broadcast content to the broadcast receiving apparatus when determining to bond the plurality of transmission channels, each individual modulator of the plurality of modulators being mapped to the bonded transmission channels. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154426 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTENT DELIVERY - A method and system of content delivery provide availability of at least two versions of content by delivering data for a first version of content, a difference data representing at least one difference between the first version and a second version of content, and metadata derived from two transformation functions that relate the first version and the second version of content respectively to a master version. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154427 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING DATA - A method for transmitting video communication data includes: allocating a redundant audio data bandwidth according to an obtained current packet loss ratio of audio data, generating redundant audio data according to the redundant audio data bandwidth, and sending the redundant audio data; calculating a target total video data bandwidth according to a video communication bandwidth, an encoded audio data bandwidth, and the redundant audio data bandwidth; allocating a redundant video data bandwidth according to an obtained current packet loss ratio of video data and the target total video data bandwidth, generating redundant video data according to the redundant video data bandwidth, and sending the redundant video data. A method for transmitting video communication data and a video communication device are also provided. By using the method and device, the quality of voices and videos is improved in the video communication, and the utilization efficiency of the communication bandwidth is guaranteed. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154428 | Embedded power control in a high-speed cable - A method for providing power to a boost device in a high-speed cable connected between a transmitting data source device and a receiving data sink device is described. The method comprises receiving differential data signals from the data source device in a differential input circuit of the boost device; boosting at least one of the received differential data signals into a boosted differential data signal; transmitting the boosted differential data signal from a differential output circuit of the boost device to the receiving data sink device; and obtaining power to operate at least some of the circuitry of the boost device from the data sink device through its connection with the differential output circuit, for example, providing at least some of the power to operate the processing block. A corresponding high-speed cable is also described. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154429 | INTERNAL TELEVISION ANTENNA AND METHOD FOR A PORTABLE ENTERTAINMENT MODULE - An apparatus and method using a front internal dual band television antenna or a pair of internal dual band antennas for a portable entertainment module having a housing and a display screen. A front spiral antenna is embedded in the housing around the periphery of the display screen and is tuned to compensate for the influence nearby components. A rear logo-periodic antenna is located inside the rear of the housing and is modified to have various environmental openings to fit around existing components, vents and structures in the housing. Any pair of different antenna architectures could be used. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154430 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND HOME NETWORK SYSTEM - An image display device and a home network system are provided. The image display device transmits a broadcasting signal including at least one of a video data, an audio data, and an additional data according to predetermined transmission conditions. The home network system includes at least one external device connected to the image display unit through a wire or wireless network to output the transmitted broadcasting signal. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154431 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MULTIPLE ISOLATED EXECUTION ENVIRONMENTS FOR SECURELY ACCESSING UNTRUSTED CONTENT - A sandbox tool can create and maintain multiple isolated execution environments, simultaneously. The sandbox tool can assign a unique security label to each isolated execution environment. In order to ensure the security labels are unique, the sandbox tool, for each security label, can bind a communication socket in an abstract name space of the operating system with a name that is the same as the security label. If the operating system returns an error that the name for the communication socket is already in use, the sandbox tool can determine that the security label is already in use by another isolated execution environment or other process. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154432 | IP Mobility Security Control - In a non-limiting and exemplary embodiment, a method is provided for adapting security level between a mobile node and a mobility anchor. An IP mobility binding with an indication of a security mode is established for a mobile node connected to an IP sub-network and identified in the IP sub-network by a care of address. A trigger to adapt the security mode for the mobile node connected to the IP sub-network is detected. The security mode for the mobile node connected to the IP sub-network and identified by the care of address is adapted in response to the trigger. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154433 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ACCESSING DATA OBJECTS IN A DYNAMIC LANGUAGE ENVIRONMENT - An embodiment includes a computer-implemented method of managing access control policies on a computer system having two high-level programming language environments. The method includes managing, by the computer system, a structured language environment. The method further includes managing, by the computer system, a dynamic language environment within the structured language environment. The method further includes receiving a policy. The policy is written in a dynamic language. The method further includes storing the policy in the dynamic language environment. The method further includes converting the policy from the dynamic language environment to the structured language environment. The method further includes generating a runtime in the structured language environment that includes the policy. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154434 | Utilizing Location Information to Minimize User Interaction Required for Authentication on a Device - A system and a method are disclosed for authenticating a user of a mobile computing device. Information is received describing the location of the mobile computing device. The information can include the current location of the device or a current type of user activity associated with a location. A current timeout length is determined based on this information. If the mobile computing device has remained idle for a time period equal to the current timeout length, the user of the mobile computing device is authenticated. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154435 | IDENTITY MEDIATION IN ENTERPRISE SERVICE BUS - A method, system, and computer usable program product for identity mediation in an enterprise service bus are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A security information is received at the enterprise service bus from a first application executing in a first data processing system. The security information is a part of a request for service from a second application executing in a second data processing system. A part of the security information is identified to be transformed such that the part upon transformation is usable for handling the request by the second application. A security policy applicable to the identified part is selected and the identified part is transformed according to the security policy. The transforming results in a transformed security information. The transformed security information is sent to the second application. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154436 | Provider Management Methods and Systems for a Portable Device Running Android Platform - A provider management method conforming to an Android platform is provided. An authentication procedure is performed between a consumer and a provider, wherein the authentication procedure is performed via a binding unit, and the binding unit is an interface enabling inter-process communication conforming to the Android platform. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154437 | NETWORK COMPONENT SECURITY SYSTEM - A method and system for controlling access to a network is disclosed. This is done by identifying a component attached to the network, determining whether the identified component requires special access to the network and providing an indication when the identified component is identified as requiring special access to the network and fails to satisfy a criterion for such special access. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154438 | Multi-Level Security Controls System - A method and apparatus for processing information. First information is received from a first number of devices at a first number of interfaces configured to receive the first information in a first section of a programmable integrated circuit. The first information is sent to a second section in the programmable integrated circuit. Second information is received at a second number of interfaces in the second section from a second number of devices that generates the second information with a plurality of security levels. The first and second sections are partitioned from each other such that communication between the first and second sections is controlled by the second section. The first and second information are processed to form processed information that is sent to a number of network interfaces in which an identification of a security level within a plurality of security levels is associated with the processed information. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154439 | SECURE APPLICATION NETWORK - Systems and methods are provided for a secure application network according to one or more embodiments. In one embodiment, a system for a secure application network comprises a service provider server adapted to interact with an application development server and a client device over a network, wherein the service provider server is adapted to implement the secure application network system. The system also comprises one or more processors and one or more memories adapted to store a plurality of machine-readable instructions which when executed by the one or more processors are adapted to cause the secure application network system to: maintain a plurality of records associated with at least one application developer using the application development server; authenticate the at least one application developer based on the plurality of records; and enable the at least one authenticated application developer to create and/or deploy one or more applications operable on the client device to be downloaded by a user of the client device from the secure application network system. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154440 | DYNAMIC HOST CONFIGURATION PROTOCOL (DHCP) AUTHENTICATION USING CHALLENGE HANDSHAKE AUTHENTICATION PROTOCOL (CHAP) CHALLENGE - A method performed by a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server comprising receiving a DHCP DISCOVER message from a DHCP client; generating a challenge in response to the DHCP DISCOVER message; sending the challenge to an authentication device; receiving a first challenge response from the authentication device; generating a DHCP OFFER message; sending the challenge to the DHCP client in the DHCP OFFER message; receiving a DHCP REQUEST message that includes a second challenge response from the DHCP client; comparing the first challenge response with the second challenge response; and authenticating the DHCP client when the first challenge response and the second challenge response match. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154441 | ONLINE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT SERVER, ONLINE MARKETPLACE SERVER, ONLINE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT CONSTITUTING METHOD, AND DEVELOPED APPLICATION PROVIDING METHOD - An online development environment server, online marketplace server, an online development environment configuring method, and a developed application providing method are provided. The online development environment server includes: a virtual resource pool providing virtual resources including a design tool pool, an IDE/SDK pool, a service component, and a virtual server and repository pool; a virtual resource pool manager supporting to allow a developer to select a virtual resource according to a selected development environment; a virtual development environment manager establishing a virtual development environment with reference to virtual resource information through the virtual resource pool manager; a virtual operation space and view manager binding a user and a view of a virtual development environment of each group through the virtual development environment manager and the virtual resource pool manager; a presenter presenting a virtual view model constituted by being bound by the virtual operation space and view manager; and a metadata manager storing metadata configured for virtualizing an operation space and managing the same. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154442 | SECURITY CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSONAL COMMUNICATION TERMINALS - A security control system for personal communication terminals includes: a terminal registration agent for registering information on a personal communication terminal of a worker or visitor present within a security area into a terminal security control server and a zone notification node for providing the information of the personal communication terminal that has entered a control zone covered by the zone notification node in the security area when the personal communication terminal moves to the control zone. The system further includes the terminal security control server for installing a security control software module in the personal communication terminal, configuring computing resources and components permitted within the control zone based on a security control policy and zone information, and providing the configured computing resources and components to the personal communication terminal. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154443 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AAA-TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SHARING ACROSS CORES IN A MULTI-CORE SYSTEM - A method for propagating authentication session information to a plurality of cores of a multi-core device includes establishing, by an authentication virtual server executing on a first core of a device intermediary to at least one client and server, a session for a user, the authentication virtual server authenticating the session. A traffic management virtual server executes on a second core of device, and receives a request to access a server via the session. The traffic management virtual server may identify, responsive to a determination that the session is not stored by the second core, from an identifier of the session that the first core established the session. The second core may send to the first core a request for data for the session identified by the identifier. The second core may receive from the first core a response to the second request identifying whether the session is valid. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154444 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING USER AUTHENTICATION BASED ON USER ACTIONS - An approach is provided for authenticating using user actions. A prompt is initiated on a display for an input to authenticate a user. The input is received as a sequence of user actions on the display. A predetermined sequence associated with the user is retrieved. The received sequence is compared with the predetermined sequence to determine a match. The user is declared to be authenticated based on the comparison. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154445 | SYSTEMS TO PROVIDE BUSINESS INFORMATION OVER SOCIAL NETWORKS - Some aspects include registering a business application as a first user of an electronic social network comprising a plurality of users, data associated with each of the plurality of users, and associations between users representing data sharing relationships between associated users. Information to be shared with users of the electronic social network who are associated with the first user is determined, and the information is transmitted to the electronic social network for association with the first user. In some aspects, a request is received from the electronic social network to associate a second user of the electronic social network with the first user of the electronic social network, a correspondence between the second user of the electronic social network and a user of the business application is determined, it is determined whether the user of the business application is authorized to access the information to be shared with users of the electronic social network who are associated with the first user, and if it is determined that the user of the business application is authorized to access the information, the request is accepted from the electronic social network. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154446 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IDENTITY PRIVACY IN A COMMUNICATION SESSION - A system and methods for controlling identity privacy in a communication session include processing, at a communication server, a request from a first participant of the communication session to add a second participant to the communication session. Based on the request, the communication server establishes a set of privacy rules related to the second participant that control sharing of identity information between the second participant and a third participant of the communication session. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154447 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATING A USER OF A COMPUTER APPLICATION, NETWORK, OR DEVICE USING A WIRELESS DEVICE - A method and system for authenticating a user includes providing an invocation element capable of being activated by a single user action, receiving an indication that the invocation element has been activated, obtaining a location of a wireless device associated with the user, determining whether the wireless device is associated with an authorized user, approving the user to use the application based on a predetermined location criterion, and producing an indication that the user has been authenticated. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154448 | SERVER, CLIENT, LICENSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND LICENSE MANAGEMENT METHOD - A server carries out a network position check process for a client which requests to use a content, and the server generates a vicinity check information including a requirement for authorizing omission of the network position check process for the client when the client thereafter requests to use the content again after the network position check process determines that the client is located in a local area network where the server belongs. At least one of the server and the client retains the vicinity check information to determine based on the vicinity check information whether the network position check process can be omitted when the client thereafter requests to use the content again. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154449 | System and Method of Multimedia Access - A method includes receiving an authorization from a multimedia distribution system of a multimedia distribution network at a multimedia receiver. The multimedia receiver includes a peripheral device interface, and the authorization identifies a peripheral device that is authorized to transfer content data via the peripheral device interface. The method further includes providing the peripheral device interface with access to a selectively inaccessible peripheral device driver that is associated with the peripheral device in response to receiving the authorization at the multimedia receiver. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154450 | REMOTE OPERATION PROGRAM, METHOD AND TERMINAL APPARATUS - A remote-operated unit of a user terminal apparatus remote-operated through network from a remote terminal apparatus of a support staff sends image information of a changed portion to the remote terminal apparatus to display a business screen in an interlocked manner when a change is detected in the business screen displayed by a business processing unit with an image-information transmission unit. When an operation-information reception unit receives remote operation information of a mouse or keyboard from the remote terminal apparatus, a remote-operation prohibited region management unit refers to a remote-operation prohibited region table and prohibits remote operation if the remote operation information is within the operation prohibited region. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154451 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FOR AN INDUSTRY BASED TEMPLATE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSET DATA - A comprehensive platform for merchandising intellectual property (IP) and conducting IP transactions is disclosed. A standardized data collection method enables IP assets to be characterized, rated and valuated in a consistent manner. Project management, workflow and data security functionality enable consistent, efficient and secure interactions between the IP Marketplace participants throughout the IP transaction process. Business rules, workflows, valuation models and rating methods may be user defined or based upon marketplace, industry or technology standards. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154452 | Methods, Systems and Computer Program Products for Secure Access to Information - Methods for secure communications are provided. The methods include creating a safe user account on a secure access system, wherein creating an account includes provision of at least one strong authenticator to be associated with a user of the secure access system; providing a unique login and the at least one strong authenticator associated with the user to the secure access system to gain access to information associated with a referring organization, the referring organization being registered with the secure access system; and accessing the information associated with the referring organization based on the unique login and the at least one strong authenticator provided to the secure access system. Related systems and computer program products are also provided. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154453 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION SECURITY - A system and method for communication security receives a request from a first communication device for communication with a second communication device, and determines if the communication is to be secure. The system and method further requests identity verification from the second communication device if the communication is to be secure. In addition, the system and method establishes a secure communication between the first communication device and the second communication device when a valid password is received from the second communication device. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154454 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTHENTICATING A NETWORK NODE IN A UAM-BASED WLAN NETWORK - A method and system for authenticating a mobile network node in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), wherein the mobile network node requests access to the WLAN at an access point. Within a closed first network region, before authentication all network protocol layers up to the Layer 3 protocol layer are set up. An authenticator based on Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) is generated on the Web server as a captive portal and the Layer 3 protocol layer between the authenticator and the mobile network node including an EAP peer is extended bidirectionally by a defined bit sequence. In case of an access request, the Web server transmits an authentication stimulus to the mobile node by encoding an EAP message request and transmitting it in the Layer 3 protocol layer by the defined bit sequence. The mobile node decodes the EAP message request and transmits, in the Layer 3 protocol layer, by the defined bit sequence, an encoded EAP response message to the authenticator, the EAP response message includes authentication data of the mobile network node. The Web server decodes the EAP response message from the bit sequence, transmits it to an AAA server including an EAP server by an authentication inquiry. On the basis of an authentication response by the AAA Server, access is enabled to a second network region for use by the mobile network node by a Network Access Server. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154455 | Security management framework - A framework is provided for securing and managing sensitive credential information required for a software program, such as an application or a script, to access a resource. The centralized framework validates a request for access to a resource received from the software program, retrieves the encrypted credentials associated with the requested resource, decrypts the encrypted credentials, and provides decrypted credentials to the software program for use in accessing the resource. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154456 | System & Method for Sharing Data - A system and method for sharing data is provided. A request is received from a mobile device to transfer a set of data to a recipient. The set of data is stored by a server and controlled by a user of the mobile device. The request is authenticated, and the data is encrypted. The set of data is transmitted to a recipient specified by the user via the mobile device. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154457 | AUTHENTICATING METHOD, CONVERSION DEVICE, AND RELAY DEVICE - A conversion device receives service data including first connection destination data and the authentication information about an authenticated user, generates second connection destination data for designation of the first connection destination data, then associates the authentication information, the first and second connection destination data with one another, transmits them to a relay device, and transmits to a client the service data in which the first connection destination data is replaced with the second connection destination data; the client transmits the second connection destination data selected by the user to the relay device; the relay device transmits the authentication information to a server indicated by the first connection destination data using the authentication information and the first connection destination data corresponding to the second connection destination data, and transmits the address of the server to the client; and the client communicates with the server using the address and the authentication information. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154458 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING A PRE-SHARED KEY - There is provided a system and method for creating a pre-shared key. More specifically, in one embodiment, there is provided a method comprising accessing an identifier associated with a computer system, and performing at least one mathematical function on the identifier to create a pre-shared key for the computer system. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154459 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURING ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS - A method for secure electronic transaction over a computer network, comprising: at a trusted relationship profile server computer: storing a unique identity of a trusted computing unit; generating a confirmation message regarding the unique identity of the trusted computing unit in response to a request from the trusted computing unit; at a security proxy server computer: storing real credentials and local credentials of a customer in a secure vault; receiving the confirmation message and permitting a login process to be performed with the security proxy server using the local credentials, provided the confirmation message is valid; and replacing the local credentials submitted in the login process with the real credentials. A corresponding system for secure electronic transactions is also provided. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154460 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USER AUTHENTICATION - Method and system for user authentication using one or more unique ID's associated with one or more electronic devices connected in a communication network, more specifically in short range radio communication network. the method comprising the steps of polling and detection of a short range wireless electronic device within a short range radio communication network, establishing a connection between such short range wireless electronic device with a centralized server, authenticating the short range wireless device ID, requesting further the user to feed a pre-determined authentication code, verifying the fed authentication code with corresponding entries in the database of the central server, establishing an encrypted channel if authentication code found in such database, receiving a user authentication certificate from the wireless electronic device. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154461 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT OF COMMON APPLICATION FIREWALL SESSION DATA IN A MULTIPLE CORE SYSTEM - The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for efficiently an intermediary device processing strings in web pages across a plurality of user sessions. A device intermediary to a plurality of clients and a server identifies a plurality of strings in forms and uniform resource locators (URLs) of web pages traversing the device across a plurality of user sessions. The device stores each string of the plurality of strings to one or more allocation arenas shared among a plurality of user session. Each string is indexed using a hash key generated from the string. The device recognizes that a received string transmitted from a webpage of a session of a user is eligible to be shared among the plurality of user sessions. The device determines that a copy of the received string is stored in an allocation arena using a hash generated from the received string. The device uses the copy of the received string stored in the allocation arena in place of the string in the web page of the session of the user to process the web page. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154462 | METHOD FOR MANAGING AN ACCESS FROM A REMOTE DEVICE TO DATA ACCESSIBLE FROM A LOCAL DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method for managing an access from a remote device to data and/or at least one resource accessible from a local device. The local device includes a browser. The remote device hosts a server, as a remote server. During a remote server connecting step, the browser sends to the remote server a request for loading data. According to the invention, the remote server sends, through the browser, to a local server a request for connecting a local server, as response to the request for loading data, and the local server sends data to the remote server, the local server being connected from the remote server to a data storage devices and/or at least one resource accessible from the local device. The invention relates also to a corresponding system having a token and a terminal coupled with the token. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154463 | PROCESSING DATA TRANSFER METHOD IN SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS - This invention is to prevent a MAC of a correct answer from being calculated by use of an IC card even if count data in the database of a PC is falsified since the MAC calculated by the IC card is made invisible from the exterior of the IC card. Thus, falsification of data by enciphering the number (total sum) of cut sheets in a sheet checking equipment. | 2011-06-23 |
| 20110154464 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERCEPTING AND AUTOMATICALLY FILLING IN FORMS BY THE APPLIANCE FOR SINGLE-SIGN ON - The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for form-based single sign-on by a user desiring access to one or more protected resources, e.g., protected web pages, protected web-served applications, etc. In various embodiments, a single sign-on (SSO) module is in operation on an intermediary device, which is disposed in a network to manage internet traffic between a plurality of clients and a plurality of servers. The intermediary device can identify an authentication response from a server and forward the authentication response to the SSO module. The SSO module can complete a login form in the authentication response with a client's authentication data, return the completed login form to the server and forward cookies associated with the authentication response to the client. In various embodiments, multiple login forms can be completed, transparently to the client, by the SSO module on a client's behalf and reduce time expended by a client in obtaining access to protected resources. | 2011-06-23 |
