34th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 56 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100217720 | IDENTIFYING USERS FOR EFFECTIVE PROPAGATION OF CONTENT - Content may be effectively virally propagated using an arrangement that identifies prolific Internet users who are likely to share content more often and with more people. These users are termed “connectors” because they typically function as a common link between disparate groups and will thus be the center point of a large social graph. Connectors are valuable to identify because content that is received by them can be expected to propagate more quickly as compared with propagation by other users who are not connectors. Users of on-line applications (such as social networking applications) who have the greatest probability of being connectors are identified by the application of heuristics to data that pertains to the users. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217721 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BLOCKING OBJECTIONABLE COMMUNICATIONS IN A SOCIAL NETWORK - A system and method blocks objectionable communications in a social network. A first user of the social network determines when communications from a second user to the first user that are displayed and viewed by third party users of the social network are objectionable. In response, the first user blocks further display of communications from the second user to the first user that were intended by the second user to be displayed and viewed by third party users of the social network. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217722 | Mutual Interest Inferencing System and Method - A method and system for generating, revealing, and delivering explanations of computer-based inferences of expected levels of interest between people is described. The inferences may be based, at least in part, on behavioral information. The method and system may include variations of a mutual commitment process that only reveals a first party's inferred or expressed interest in a second party if a reciprocal inferred or expressed interest is confirmed. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217723 | DATA COLLECTION DEVICE AND NETWORK HAVING RADIO SIGNAL RESPONSIVE OPERATION - A data collection device can include at least one of a bar code reader unit, an RFID reader unit, and a card reader unit. A data collection device can be operative to receive and process radio signals. A data collection device can be configured so that operation of the data collection device is responsive to radio signals. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217724 | AUTOMATED SOLAR COLLECTOR INSTALLATION DESIGN INCLUDING VERSION MANAGEMENT - Embodiments may include systems and methods to create and edit a representation of a worksite, to create various data objects, to classify such objects as various types of pre-defined “features” with attendant properties and layout constraints. As part of or in addition to classification, an embodiment may include systems and methods to create, associate, and edit intrinsic and extrinsic properties to these objects. A design engine may apply of design rules to the features described above to generate one or more solar collectors installation design alternatives, including generation of on-screen and/or paper representations of the physical layout or arrangement of the one or more design alternatives. Some embodiments may provide viewing, creating, and manipulating of multiple versions of a solar collector layout design for a particular installation worksite. The use of versions may allow analysis of alternative layouts, alternative feature classifications, and cost and performance data corresponding to alternative design choices. Version summary information providing a representative comparison between versions across a number of dimensions may be provided. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217725 | APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC FINANCIAL PORTFOLIO MONITORING AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A tool for use by financial professionals such as portfolio managers monitors values of assets in portfolios and maintains buy and sell levels for the assets. The tool can be configured to recommend the sale of an asset where the asset value has increased in a gain run by at least the corresponding sell level and the value of the asset in the portfolio is more than a target allocation. The tool can be configured to recommend the purchase of an asset where the asset value has decreased in a drop run by at least the corresponding buy level and the value of the asset in the portfolio is less than a target allocation. The tool may monitor a balance in a non-volatile account and coordinate the transfer of funds from sales of assets into the non-volatile account. Machine implemented methods can assist management of financial portfolios. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217726 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING CONSUMPTION DATA REPRESENTING CONSUMPTION OF A UTILITY BY A UTILITY CONSUMER - Methods and systems for displaying consumption data representing consumption of a utility by a utility consumer are provided. An example method includes maintaining a plurality of time intervals in computer memory. In an example embodiment, at least one estimated usage value and at least one payment value is calculated. A usage status is determined for one or more of the time intervals based at least partly on the estimated usage value(s). A payment status is determined for one or more of the time intervals based at least partly on the estimated payment value(s) and estimated usage value(s). The utility consumer is presented with individual representations of the time intervals, the time intervals represented so that time intervals having the same status are visually similar and time intervals having different statuses are visually distinct. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217727 | Dopamine Transporter Inhibitors for Use in Treatment of Movement Disorders and Other CNS Indications - The invention provides a class of dopamine transporter inhibitors of formula (I) (DAT inhibitors), packaged pharmaceuticals comprising such inhibitors, and their uses in treating, or manufacturing medicaments for treating disease conditions including Parkinson's disease, when assessed by one or more of Hoehn and Yahr Staging of Parkinson's Disease, Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS), and Schwab and England Activities of Daily Living Scale. Related business methods such as marketing the inhibitors to healthcare providers are also provided. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217728 | Multiproduct Advertising Development and Exposure - Innoventions Inc. a corporation in the state of Florida has developed a new method of multimedia advertising and marketing to mass markets. In today's economic climate, businesses need to find a model that increases their exposure to consumers without a respective cost increase. This is a unique method of multiproduct advertising development and exposure. The concept is designed to decrease the high cost of advertising to corporations or sellers without decreasing the effectiveness of the advertisement. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217729 | SHAVER DISINFECTION SYSTEM FOR EACH CUSTOMER TYPE - The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to develop an insurance system against shaving wounds which makes it obligation for a barber shop to issue a shaver disinfection contents report for proving the sterilizing temperature and sterilizing time of the shaper, the temperature that the shaver reaches, and so on performed by the barber shop in order to ensure execution of shaver disinfection on individual customer basis by the barber shop, and institutionalizes a charging shaver disinfection system which compensates financial burden of the barber shop, thereby relieving both of clients and barbers from shaving injuries. A main application of the present invention is to sterilize the shaver to prevent the customers from being infected with AIDS, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and other virus caused by the saving wound. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217730 | TEMPORALLY-CONTROLLED ITEM RECOMMENDATION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON RATING PREDICTION - The present invention proposes a temporally-controlled item recommendation method and system based on rating prediction. According to this invention, the item recommendation method comprises inputting an item to be recommended; determining a temporal rating model related to the item, the temporal rating model being used to predict variation of the rating of the item with time; applying one or more recommendation strategies to the determined temporal rating model to determine optimal recommendation times of the item; and recommending the item to a user at the determined optimal recommendation times. In different embodiments, the temporal rating model of the item can be selected from a set of pre-stored temporal rating models or automatically generated according to history data in the system. In addition, the selected temporal rating model can be adjusted in accordance with user preference information or user feedback information. The item recommendation system of this invention is able to consider the change of a user's interest in a given item with time so as to increase the effectiveness of recommendations and improve user experience. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217731 | Computer Implemented Method for the Automatic Classification of Instrumental Citations - The learning method taught in this patent document is significantly different from previous methods for automatic classification of citations that are labor intensive and subject to human bias and error. The present invention automatically generates and avoids these limitations. A set of operational definitions and features uniquely suited to the scientific literature is disclosed along with their use with a learning method that is capable of analyzing the textual content of articles along with bibliometric data to accurately classify instrumental citations. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217732 | Unbiased Active Learning - Techniques described herein create an accurate active-learning model that takes into account a sample selection bias of elements, such as images, selected for labeling by a user. These techniques select a first set of elements for labeling. Once a user labels these elements, the techniques calculate a sample selection bias of the selected elements and train a model that takes into account the sample selection bias. The techniques then select a second set of elements based, in part, on a sample selection bias of the elements. Again, once a user labels the second set of elements the techniques train the model while taking into account the calculated sample selection bias. Once the trained model satisfies a predefined stop condition, the techniques use the trained model to predict labels for the remaining unlabeled elements. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217733 | NEURON DEVICE, NEURAL NETWORK DEVICE, FEEDBACK CONTROL DEVICE, AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - In order to utilize variable neuron thresholds and extended Hebb's rule in a neural network for proper control, a neuron device ( | 2010-08-26 |
20100217734 | Method and system for calculating value of website visitor - Calculating a value of a website visitor includes initializing a calculation model for calculating the value of the website visitor, the calculation model being a neural network model with visitor information as an input and the visitor's value as an output; training the calculation model by using a data sample and determining the calculation model; and obtaining the visitor information, and calculating the value of the visitor by using the determined calculation model. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217735 | RESISTIVE ELEMENT, NEURON ELEMENT, AND NEURAL NETWORK INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A neuron element is provided having an input part that receives a plurality of input signals and, in response to the respective input signals, creates weighted signals as the products of the input signals and connection weights corresponding to the input signals, an addition part that obtains the total sum of the plurality of weighted signals, and an output part that outputs an output signal as a function of the total sum, a functional molecular element having a current-voltage characteristic in which the current flowing through the element is represented as a function having an inflection point with respect to the applied voltage is used as an element that defines the output signal, and the output signal is defined as a function of the total sum based on the current-voltage characteristic of this element in the region including the inflection point. Thereby, a neuron element that includes an output part formed of a simple circuit and has an analogous output characteristic, and a neural network information processing device employing it are provided. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217736 | Decision support method and apparatus for chaotic or multi-parameter situations - A scoring or alarm method for obtaining scores or alarms of multi-parameter situations comprises obtaining momentary values of parameters; and transforming the measured values into alarms, by: for each parameter defining a variation range; setting internal boundaries at any of substantially continuous locations along each variation range, said boundaries defining a plurality of internal regions within said variation ranges; allowing for user or rule input to configure and reconfigure said internal regions; providing scoring to respective ones of said internal regions; allowing for user or rule input to configure and reconfigure said scoring; defining a variation range of a total derived from said measured momentary values and associated internal region scores; providing at least one conversion rule for converting an internal region score currently associated with a measured input into a contribution to said total; allowing for user input to configure and reconfigure said at least one conversion rule; and providing an alarm according to an alarm rule associated with regions of said variation range of said total. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217737 | Method and system for business rules management - computer software and method for managing business rules that can include creating a business rule and storing it on a disk or in a database or rule archive. The rules can be expressed in natural language, keywords, equations, or any other form. The invention also includes the ability to search for rules, edit rules and validate rules according to business various business rule patterns or predetermined validation criteria. As stated, rules can be created from keywords or expressed directly in natural language. There is no need to parse a rule for content since whether a rule can actually be coded can be decided by a coding group. Rules can be marked active or inactive and edited rules can be marked with version tracking. An optional feature of the invention is to send a message to everyone in an organization affected by a rule when it has been changed. Rules can be created and placed into one or more logical hierarchies organized in any arbitrary way including starting from an organization or company root node. The hierarchy can contain domains, packages and rules. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217738 | DECISION SUPPORT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHAOTIC OR MULTI-PARAMETER SITUATIONS - Body condition characterization apparatus comprises: measurement inputs for obtaining momentary values of different medical parameters; a baseline unit operative to modify the momentary values in relation to a first baseline, and a second baseline, the first baseline being an absolute baseline and the second baseline being a previously obtained momentary value; a transformation unit to selectively transform the modified momentary values into a body state characterization, comprising: an input scale for each parameter defining a variation range of the parameter; a boundary input module, that sets internal boundaries at locations along each input scale to define regions within the variation ranges, the regions being user modified; a scoring module providing scores to the input scale regions, and allowing reconfiguring of the scoring; a totalizer scale, defining a variation range of a total derived from the measured momentary values and associated input scale region scores; and an input scale to totalizer converter comprising a conversion rule for converting input scale region scores into a contribution to the total, thus allowing for user input to reconfigure the at least one conversion rule; thereby to provide a total characterizing a current body state. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217739 | Global Adaptation Atlas And Method Of Creating Same - A method and system that provides an “atlas” on global adaptation providing mapping, analysis, and reporting for scientists and decision-makers, of the best-available science on climate impacts and up-to-date information on adaptation projects. The atlas may be web-based. A method of displaying climate change data includes: collecting existing climate data; consolidating the collected data by designed attribute categories; filtering the collected data by attribute(s); presenting climate data to a user based on selected attribute categories; and archiving climate data. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217740 | SYSTEM FOR ENTERPRISE WIDE MANAGEMENT WORKBENCH AND METHOD THEREOF - A system for managing and reporting data from a plurality of data sources for at least one user is disclosed. The plurality of data sources contain data related to one or more undertakings of the at least one user. The system includes a data collection module that collects data from the plurality of data sources. Further, the system includes a processor that processes collected data to form a set of analytical data. Furthermore, the system includes a user interface to display the set of analytical data to the at least one user in the form of a report. The set of analytical data display a current state of the data collected from the plurality of data sources. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217741 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO ANALYZE RULES - A method and system to analyze rules is described. The system receives a query and applies a first plurality of rules to the query to identify a second plurality of rules that respectively identify at least one matching keyword in the query. Next, the system counts the first plurality of rules to identify a total quantity of rules applied to the query and further counts the second plurality of rules to identify a second quantity of rules that respectively identify at least one matching keyword in the query. Finally, the system determines a percentage of coverage for the query based on the total quantity of rules and the second quantity of rules. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217742 | Generating A Domain Corpus And A Dictionary For An Automated Ontology - According to one embodiment, generating a domain corpus includes accessing a knowledge base. The knowledge base comprises a set of articles. Each article corresponds to a particular topic and comprises one or more terms that link to other articles corresponding to other topics. A first set of first articles is selected from the knowledge base for a domain corpus. A second set of second articles related to the first set of first articles is identified. The second set of second articles is selected from the knowledge base for the domain corpus. The domain corpus is made available to access. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217743 | ATTRIBUTE ESTIMATION SYSTEM, AGE ESTIMATION SYSTEM, GENDER ESTIMATION SYSTEM, AGE AND GENDER ESTIMATION SYSTEM AND ATTRIBUTE ESTIMATION METHOD - An attribute estimation system and a method in which there are no cases that the estimation accuracy declines in a specific numerical value area, and an age estimation system, a gender estimation system and an age and gender estimation system using this is provided. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217744 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO RECOGNIZE TEMPORAL EVENTS USING ENHANCED TEMPORAL DECISION TREES - An enhanced temporal decision tree is described that allows a temporal feature to be tested at a node not merely at a given time instant but, rather, over a time window. Further, the recorded temporal data can be multi-source, with features recorded from multiple sources; multi-resolution, through subsampling; multi-scale, based on varying time windows; and multi-domain, through sampling in the frequency domain, for example. By allowing features to be tested over a time window, enhanced temporal decision trees can be used to classify any temporal data or time series. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217745 | UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION AND DATA STORAGE SYSTEM - A system is provided for storing knowledge, information and data (KID). The system includes a plurality of sources of KID, at least one receiver of KID from the plurality of sources, a universal knowledge, information and data store and an interface coupling the receiver and the UKIDS. The interface provides a plurality of logical partitions for storing KID within the UKIDS. In one embodiment, a first level of the logical partitions segregates information into personal and professional KID. A plurality of second personal levels under the first personal level segregates KID storage into a teams of people subset, an activities and organization subset and an organization and administration subset. A plurality of second professional levels under said first professional level segregates KID storage into a clients subset, an output subset, a teams subset and an administration subset | 2010-08-26 |
20100217746 | Dynamic Workflow Documentation System - The dynamic workflow documentation system is a computer implemented process comprising the following steps: The dynamic workflow documentation system starts a workflow manager program, a class loader program in a computer memory and creates an instance of a workflow program in the computer memory. The dynamic workflow documentation system extracts metadata properties from the workflow program and records the metadata properties in the memory. The dynamic workflow documentation system notifies the workflow manager that a new instance of the workflow program has been created and repeats the steps of creating an instance of a workflow component program, extracting metadata properties, recording the metadata properties and notifying the workflow manager for all workflow components associated with the workflow program. Optionally, the dynamic workflow documentation system periodically polls the workflow program and associated workflow component programs and retrieves updated metadata properties which can be analyzed and used produce workflow status information. The status information can then be published as a file. Security and auditing functions of the dynamic workflow documentation system ensure that workflow programs execute according to the workflow requirements. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217747 | TRANSPARENT VIRTUAL MACHINE FOR MOBILE APPLICATIONS - The inclusion of metadata within an application description file allows a virtual machine to create an application descriptor file that may be registered with the mobile device operating system so that an icon associated with the application description file may be displayed in the main ribbon. Execution of an application defined by the application definition file may then be initiated by the selection, by the user, of the icon that is associated with the application definition file. This improves over the situation wherein execution of the application defined by the application definition file would require a selection of the runtime environment for the application and then the selection of the application. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217748 | LIBRARY DEVICE - It is required that setting information and mechanical correction information of a preceding device can be automatically carried over only by replacing a unit, to implement reduction in the maintenance cost and prevention of human operational mistakes. Library device control firmware | 2010-08-26 |
20100217749 | Method and system for optimizing the storage of different digital data on the basis of data history - The present invention relates to optimized storage of data in digital memories ( | 2010-08-26 |
20100217750 | ARCHIVE APPARATUS, CONVERSION APPARATUS AND CONVERSION PROGRAM - An archive apparatus including a plurality of recording media and a processing unit for executing writing into and reading from the plurality of recording media includes an electronic data storage unit, a data format storage unit, an unusable information storage unit, and a conversion destination determining unit. The electronic data storage unit stores electronic data. The data format storage unit stores a data format of the electronic data. The unusable information storage unit stores an unusable and a usable data format as unusable information. The conversion destination determining unit detects, in the data format storage unit, the electronic data of the data format corresponding to the unusable data format, and determines a conversion destination of the unusable data format as a usable data format corresponding to the unusable data format of the unusable information. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217751 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SAFELY DELETING INFORMATION FROM A COMPUTER - The present invention comprises a method and system for safely deleting files and registry keys from the operating system. The process works by having a file system filter or registry monitor intercept commands to delete information. Instead of deleting the file or registry key, the system monitor places the information in a list of blocked files, making the file and key inaccessible to all other programs. If the machine later experiences errors, access to the file can be restored. If the machine is unaffected by the apparent deletion of the file, then the file is permanently deleted. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217752 | DATA INTEGRITY VALIDATION IN STORAGE SYSTEMS - Data validation systems and methods are provided. Data is recorded in N data chunks on one or more storage mediums. A first validation chunk independently associated with said N data chunks comprises first validation information for verifying accuracy of data recorded in said N data chunks. The first validation chunk is associated with a first validation appendix comprising second validation information, wherein the first validation appendix is stored on a first storage medium independent of said one or more storage mediums. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217753 | Multi-stage quantization method and device - The invention discloses a multi-stage quantization method, which includes the following steps: obtaining a reference codebook according to a previous stage codebook; obtaining a current stage codebook according to the reference codebook and a scaling factor; and quantizing an input vector by using the current stage codebook. The invention also discloses a multi-stage quantization device. With the invention, the current stage codebook may be obtained according to the previous stage codebook, by using the correlation between the current stage codebook and the previous stage codebook. As a result, it does not require an independent codebook space for the current stage codebook, which saves the storage space and improves the resource usage efficiency. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217754 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING BOOKMARK INFORMATION FOR CONTENT STORED IN A NETWORKED MEDIA SERVER - A method and apparatus for managing bookmark information of a media server through a network based on the UPnP AV standard is disclosed. If a request for bookmarking a content item is made, a bookmark item is created and the created bookmark item is linked to the content item by adding the ID of the created bookmark item to the property information of the content item and recording the ID of the content item to be bookmarked in the created bookmark item. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217755 | CLASSIFYING A SET OF CONTENT ITEMS - A method of classifying a set of content items, each content item including at least one signal ( | 2010-08-26 |
20100217756 | Programmable Search Engine - A programmable search engine system is programmable by a variety of different entities, such as client devices and vertical content sites to customize search results for users. Context files store instructions for controlling the operations of the programmable search engine. The context files are processed by various context processors, which use the instructions therein to provide various pre-processing, post-processing, and search engine control operations. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217757 | System And Method For Defined Searching And Web Crawling - A computerized search engine for use in association with one or more networked social sites is disclosed. The computerized search engine includes a widgetized avatar representative of a user of at least two of the networked social sites, a crawler that crawls each of the at least two networked social sites for modification of information related to one or more contacts of the user on at least one of the at least two networked social sites, and a display of search results. The display includes the modified information from the at least two networked social sites. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217758 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR OPTIMIZING A DATABASE QUERY - More efficient querying of a multi-tenant database using dynamic tuning of database indices. A layer of meta-data associates data items with tenants, e.g., via tags, and the meta-data is used to optimize searches by channeling processing resources during a query to only those pieces of data bearing the relevant tenant's unique tag. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217759 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGAM PRODUCT FOR DATABASE RESTRUCTURING SUPPORT - A database restructuring support system that enables a user to flexibly design the structure of a database after a restructure. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217760 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MULTI-DIRECTIONAL VISUAL BROWSING - Systems and methods for multi-directional visual browsing on an electronic device are described. In example embodiments, a primary result and a peripheral result associated with a user of a client device are determined. A display layout based on attributes associated with the primary result and the peripheral result is generated. The display layout is then formatted into rendering and display instructions, which will cause a client device to render the display layout. The rendering and display instructions are transmitted to the client device. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217761 | System and Method of Enhancing Decoding Performance of Text Indexes - The present invention provides a system for enhancing the decoding performance of text indexes of an indexed collection of text documents. The posting list includes a plurality of list entries being of variable size depending on the value stored in each posting list entry. The inventive system is based on a statistical analysis of the posting list entries of the plurality of list entries. Prior to decoding, the system can select a decoding procedure being appropriate to decode the most frequent type of posting list entries or of a plurality of various posting list entries. After selecting a particular decoding procedure and executing the decoding procedure for decoding of the entire posting list, a failure check is performed. In the exceptional case that a failure has occurred, a second alternative decoding procedure is selected and executed. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217762 | INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, INFORMATION SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Information is supplied to a user, the information regarding operations performed by other users. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217763 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC CLUSTERING AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPATH CLUSTERING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION USING THE SAME - An automatic clustering method using an Average-linkage algorithm and a KPower Means algorithm, and a method and apparatus for multi-path clustering required for a spatial channel modeling (SCM) in a wireless communication environment are provided. The automatic clustering method, including: a first step of obtaining an initial cluster centroid using a hierarchical clustering algorithm; a second step of moving the initial cluster centroid using a two dimensional clustering algorithm; a third step of clustering a data set according to the moved initial cluster centroid; and a fourth step of calculating a validation index with respect to the clustered data set and determining an optimal number of clusters. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217764 | Generating A Dictionary And Determining A Co-Occurrence Context For An Automated Ontology - According to one embodiment, generating a dictionary and determining a co-occurrence context includes accessing a domain corpus comprising articles. Each article corresponds to a particular topic and comprises one or more terms that link to one or more other articles corresponding to one or more other topics. Each topic is designated as a term to yield a dictionary. A co-occurrence context is defined for the domain corpus. At least two terms appearing in the co-occurrence context are considered co-occurring. Co-occurrences among the terms are calculated according to the co-occurrence context. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217765 | Community Health System - A system of machines, databases, user interfaces, graphical displays and data input systems produces comparisons of community health conditions, recommendations to achieve community health improvements and other tangible outputs. The creation, selection and evolution of promising health practices and best health practices is facilitated and continuously reported. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217766 | Mapping Courses to Program Competencies - A mapping device configured to map accreditation data to curriculum data. A mapping device may include an accreditation module, a curriculum module and/or a mapping module. An accreditation module may be configured to retrieve accreditation data. A curriculum module may be configured to retrieve curriculum data. A mapping module may be configured to map one or more competencies and/or one or more accreditation content areas to one or more course contents and/or one or more course objectives. A mapping device may include an analytical module, which may be configured to identify deficiencies, and/or an alignment module, which may be configured to address one or more deficiencies. A mapping device may be configured to employ a linkage template, which may include an academic level, and/or may employ a leveling rubric, which may be multi-leveled. A mapping module may be configured to generate an output graph, which may implement weights. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217767 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING REMOTE TRAFFIC DATA IN A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - A system, method and storage medium embodying computer-readable code for analyzing traffic data in a distributed computing environment are described. The distributed computing environment includes a plurality of interconnected systems operatively coupled to a server, a source of traffic data hits and one or more results tables categorized by an associated data type. Each results table includes a plurality of records. The server is configured to exchange data packets with each interconnected system. Each traffic data hit corresponds to a data packet exchanged between the server and one such interconnected system. Each traffic data hit is collected from the traffic data hits source as access information into one such record in at least one results table according to the data type associated with the one such results table. Each of the records in the results table corresponds to a different type of access information for the data type associated with the results table. The access information collected into the results tables during a time slice is summarized periodically into analysis results. The time slice corresponds to a discrete reporting period. The access information is analyzed from the results tables in the analysis results to form analysis summaries according to the data types associated with the results tables. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217768 | Query System for Biomedical Literature Using Keyword Weighted Queries - An information retrieval system for biomedical information uses a supervised machine learning system to identify keywords to improve search efficiency. The supervised machine learning system may be trained using a set of clinical questions whose keywords have been extracted, for example, by trained individuals. Weighting of search terms in the document query process is based at least in part on keywords identification. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217769 | RELATED CONTENT DISPLAY DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A keyword extraction program is automatically executed when a content being created is displayed on an LCD of a client terminal. Keywords are extracted from the content and sent with a signal requesting a retrieval of related contents to a server. In the server, contents including the same or analogous keywords to the sent keywords are extracted as related contents from a content DB and a display sequence tag is attached to a title of each related content in descending order of relevancy. According to the display sequence tag, creator's name, division and contact information are read out from a creator DB and sent to the client terminal from the server. The title of the related content, the creator's name, division and contact information received from the server are displayed in a right pane of a content creation screen displayed on the LCD. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217770 | Method for automatically sensing a set of items - A method for automatically sensing a set of elements in a computer system, wherein each element in the set has an associated character body from a plurality of character bodies, and each character body comprises character strings which characterize a respective element, the performance of the method involving a search for at least one prescribed character string within the character bodies and use of the at least one character string to ascertain at least one property for at least one element, and association of this at least one ascertained property with at least one category, and this involving a user of the method being provided with a taxonomy which is inherent of the set of elements. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217771 | RESOURCE ACCESS FILTERING SYSTEM AND DATABASE STRUCTURE FOR USE THEREWITH - A database structure ( | 2010-08-26 |
20100217772 | COMMODITIES FRAMEWORK - Various embodiments are directed to methods and systems for presenting an interface to a user. For example, a computer may receive a request for content originating from a browser application executing on a client machine in electronic communication with the at least one server. The request may identify a first commodity and a first event associated with the commodity and may comprise a Universal Resource Locator (URL) identifying the first commodity. The computer may parse a commodity descriptor file to identify a first service associated with the first commodity and the first event. The commodity descriptor file may comprise definitions of a plurality of commodities and wherein the plurality of commodities comprises the first commodity. In addition, the computer may generate a service call requesting the first service, and execute the at least one service associated with the first commodity and the first event. The at least one service may query the data source to retrieve data describing the commodity and construct a model of the commodity according to the data. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217773 | METHOD FOR WEB-BASED EXPLORATION OF NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE - In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a method of data drilling is presented. A network database is deployed in a network, such as the Internet, for broad-based user access. Network information is stored in the network database and is organized in layers. A graphical user interface with data objects is presented to an end user. Selecting a data object generates a query performed by a server. Each query produces more details on an initially selected data object. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217774 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING USER RESPONSE TO WIRELESS MESSAGES - A system and method for determining user response to wireless messages, comprising means for generating a wireless message including first content to be transmitted, means for adding second content to the message, the second content including a link to third content and means for transmitting the message to the user, wherein, in response to activation of the link, information regarding link activation is arranged to be recorded in a storage means. The link may be a URL or a telephone number of a redirection server that deals with redirection to the third content as well as logging of user responses. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217775 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPRODUCING STORAGE MEDIUM THAT STORES METADATA FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED SEARCH FUNCTION - An apparatus and method for reproducing a storage medium that stores metadata are provided for an enhanced search function using various search keywords of audio-visual (AV) data. The apparatus includes: a search unit for searching for scenes matching a search keyword by conducting an enhanced search function on the AV data with reference to metadata which contains information regarding at least one search keyword for each of the scenes of the AV data; and a reproducing unit for reproducing the AV data corresponding to at least one scene found by the search unit. The metadata may include information regarding an entry point and/or duration, angles, etc. of each scene. Hence, the enhanced search can be conducted using various search keywords. Further, search results can be reproduced according to diverse scenarios, and the enhanced search function can be provided for movie titles that support multiple angles or multiple paths. Moreover, metadata can be created in multiple languages, thereby enabling the enhanced search function to support multiple languages. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217776 | ANONYMOUS TYPES FOR STATICALLY TYPED QUERIES - Anonymous types for a programming language. Non-denotable anonymous types are types that a compiler generates on behalf of a programmer and can then be used as nominal types. Insofar as anonymous types do not have a name, they can be used only inside a method in which they are created. Additionally, an anonymous type cannot be exposed in any way outside of the method. Syntax to create an anonymous type is useful when employed with a Select operator to generate a result with a particular shape, without the need of having a regular type for it. Anonymous types are expressible such that an expression of that type can be written. Translation of an anonymous type by a compiler generates a nominal class that implements Equals and GetHashCode methods. There is equivalence of anonymous types within the same method, and conversion of an unrealized structural type into structurally compatible nominal type. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217777 | System for Automatic Arrangement of Portlets on Portal Pages According to Semantical and Functional Relationship - The present invention relates to the field of network computing, and in particular to method and system for designing a Web Portal comprising a hierarchical structure of portal pages and portlets for accessing Web contents accessible via the Portal. A typical larger enterprise's portal contains large numbers, e.g., thousands of pages and portlets. Due to the complexity of an enterprise portal, manual administration is inefficient as it is time-consuming, error-prone and thus expensive. In order to overcome these disadvantages, it is proposed that a Portal according to the invention performs some mining of the portlet markup and/or that of the portlet description in order to autonomously compute and propose an enhanced portal content structure. This helps to provide a user-friendly content structure that reflects well the relationships between portlets. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217778 | METHODS FOR PROVIDING A UNIFIED VIEW OF A DOMAIN MODEL TO A USER - Techniques for providing a unified view of a domain model to a user are described herein. In one embodiment, in response to a first search query received from a client via a first search mechanism (e.g., outside of the relational DB) for a list of persistent objects representing data entries of a relational database, it is determined whether the persistent objects have been accessed via a second search query via a second search mechanism based on an object identifier of the persistent object. If the requested persistent object has been accessed via a second search query, an identical instance of the persistent object is returned to the client as a result of the first search query. Other methods and apparatuses are also described. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217779 | USING A CALCULATION EXPRESSION TO DEFINE AND CONTROL ACCESS RIGHTS FOR RECORDS IN A DATABASE - Techniques for providing limited access to data stored in records of databases are disclosed. The techniques can be implemented in a database program operating on a computer system. The database program can provide a Graphical User Interface that can be used to conveniently define calculation expressions that limit operations on the records of the database. The calculation expression can be defined for a user or group of users with respect to a particular operation that can be requested to be performed on the records of the database. The calculation expression can be defined based on fields of the records, as well as other information, for example, various state variables of the database (e.g., date, time, number of records, etc.) The calculation expression can, in turn, be evaluated with respect to each record to determine whether a request to perform an operation on that particular record should be granted or denied. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217780 | System, Apparatus and Method for Creating Service Accounts and Configuring Devices for Use Therewith - Systems and methods for facilitating creation of service provider accounts and configuration of devices associated therewith. Device parameters ( | 2010-08-26 |
20100217781 | OPTIMIZED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING PROPER NAMES TO OPTIMIZE THE MANAGEMENT AND INTERROGATION OF DATABASES - Optimized method and system making it possible to manage named entities or proper names that are presented in a different graphical or syntactic form and contained in a database ( | 2010-08-26 |
20100217782 | Service Discovery and Publication - A system and methods for service discovery and publication are disclosed. Application programs write requests for service discovery, publication, and subscription to a service discovery application programming interface. The service discovery application programming interface invokes one or more lower-level protocols to satisfy the discovery, publication and/or subscription request. Service information retrieved from lower-layer protocols is formatted into a consistent data model and returned to the client application. In addition, service information may be stored in a persistent data store managed by a discovery persistence service communicatively connected to the service discovery API. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217783 | COMMUNICATING WITH DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS - In some aspects, a method includes connecting over a network to a data storage system, the data storage system storing data objects. A dataflow graph that includes nodes representing data processing components connected by links that represent flows of data access an interface of the data storage system. The interface provides functions for accessing the data objects. At least one of the data processing components performs operations on a received input flow of data that enable the functions provided by the interface to modify one or more stored data objects, and performs operations in response to functions provided by the interface to generate an output flow of data. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217784 | Information Viewing System - According to one embodiment, an information viewing system includes an ontology viewing engine coupled to a client and a knowledge store that stores records organized according to a domain ontology. The ontology viewing engine receives requests for records from the client, filters the domain ontology according to a display ontology, generates a graphical user interface (GUI) according to the display ontology including the requested records, and transmits the GUI to the client through an application programming interface of the GUI. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217785 | METADATA STRUCTURE FOR STORING AND PLAYING STEREOSCOPIC DATA, AND METHOD FOR STORING STEREOSCOPIC CONTENT FILE USING THIS METADATA - Provided is a metadata structure for storing and re-producing stereoscopic data and a method for storing a stereoscopic content file based on the metadata structure. The stereoscopic content file storing method includes storing streams of the stereoscopic contents; and, when the stereoscopic content has more than two elementary streams, storing information for dividing the elementary streams into a main track and a supplementary track. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217786 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING LOADABLE DEVICE COMPONENT - An apparatus for driving a loadable device component, the apparatus including: the loadable device component providing an application with a loading mechanism that is classified according to a load type property; a core framework module component defining a kind of the load type property; at least one eXtensible Markup Language (XML) data component containing configuration information and generation information of the loadable device component; and a device manager component driving a corresponding loadable device component after parsing the XML data component. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217787 | CONTROLLER, INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE, ACCESS DEVICE, INFORMATION RECORDING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD - In a file system such as an FAT file system, clusters are linked only in the forward direction. To perform seeks to clusters in the reverse direction, links need to be followed from the beginning side of the file data in every seeking operation. When a large amount of data is subjected to such reverse seeking, the overhead will be particularly large. A memory controller ( | 2010-08-26 |
20100217788 | STORAGE SYSTEM FORMAT FOR TRANSACTION SAFE FILE SYSTEM - A transaction safe file system uses two sets of file allocation tables and bitmap images to perform file modifications on one of the sets while the other set remains a last known good set. After a modification is complete, a pointer is changed to the newly modified set, and the newly modified set becomes the last known good set. The sets are then synchronized. The file allocation table is used to define cluster chains while the bitmap image is used to determine if a cluster is free or not. In some operations, only the bitmap image may need to be manipulated. The file system may be used in a transaction safe mode as well as a non-transaction safe mode. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217789 | PHYSICAL RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION METHOD AND PHYSICAL RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR - There is provided a physical random number generation method and a physical random number generator by which safe random numbers can be obtained at high speed. The physical random number generator comprises a laser equipment which irradiates laser light, a frequency discrimination filter which discriminates frequencies of the laser light, an photodetector which converts intensity of laser light into electric signals, an on-off detector or an A/D converter which converts analogue signals output from the photodetector as a detected result into digital data. First, the laser light irradiated from the laser equipment is allowed to pass through the frequency discrimination filter. Transmitted light changes in intensity depending on frequency fluctuations of the laser light. Then, this intensity of the transmitted light is converted into electric signals by the photodetector to be converted into binary random numbers using the on-off detector or the A/D converter. Finally, the binary random number data thus generated are imported into a PC. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217790 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIGITAL UP-DOWN CONVERSION USING INFINITE IMPULSE RESPONSE FILTER - A method and an apparatus for digital up-down conversion using an Infinite Impulse Response (IIR) filter are provided. The method for digital up-down conversion for frequency conversion in a mobile communication system using plural frequency converts, includes IIR-filtering, by a magnitude response IIR filter having the same magnitude response as in Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filtering, an input signal and a stable filter coefficient calculated according to a Levinson polynomial; and receiving, by the magnitude response IIR filter, the IIR filtered signal, and performing IIR filtering by a phase compensation IIR filter having a filter coefficient compensating for a non-linear phase to a linear phase. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217791 | COMMUNICATION NODE, AND TOKEN ISSUING METHOD AND TOKEN-RING COMMUNICATION METHOD IN RING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication node includes a token-start-right acquisition processor that issues a token-start-right acquisition frame containing specific information, determines a priority based on predetermined reference using specific information for other communication node and the specific information for the own communication node upon reception of a token-start-right acquisition frame from the other communication node, issues the token-start-right acquisition frame at a predetermined time interval when the own communication node has a higher priority than the other communication node, and stops issuing the token-start-right acquisition frame when the own communication node has a lower priority than the other communication node, to forward the token-start-right acquisition frame of the other communication node, and also includes a token start processor that passes the token frame to the ring upon reception of the token-start-right acquisition frame which is issued by the token-start-right acquisition processor and circulates around the ring. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217792 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTED BACKUP OF COMPUTER DATA - A data server computer ring including first and second data server computers, and any number of further data server computers. The data server computer “ring” can include any configuration in which the data server computers are connected together by communications links. The first and second data server computers are programmed by a computer program so that when one of the first and second data server computers is not operating, so that it is a non operating data server computer, the other of the first and second data server computers takes over one or more functions normally performed by the non operating data server computer. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217793 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING A PLURALITY OF CLIENT MACHINES TO A PLURALITY OF SERVERS - According to embodiments described in the specification, a method, system and apparatus for connecting a plurality of client machines to a plurality of servers. Each of the servers has a unique server identifier. The method includes: receiving a request from one of the client machines; receiving a unique client identifier for the one of the client machines; selecting a unique server identifier from the plurality of unique server identifiers, based on a mapping function comprised of: the unique client identifier and a state indicator for each of the servers; and connecting the one of the client machines to one of the servers corresponding to the selected unique server identifier. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217794 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE MEDIA TRANSFER - An approach is provided for optimizing data (e.g., media) transfer. Retrieval is initiated for information relating to transfer of media to one or more devices. It is determined whether a particular media that is to be transferred to the one or more devices is new to the one or more devices using the retrieved information. Transfer of the particular media to the devices is initiated in which the particular media is determined to be new. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217795 | INPUT METHOD EDITOR USER PROFILES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, in which an input method editor (IME) communicates with a central data store and stores user data, e.g., typing patterns and user-generated words associated with the user, in a user profile. A client device associated with the user may instantiate an IME environment and access the user profile by a client login over a network. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217796 | INTEGRATED CLIENT FOR USE WITH A DISPERSED DATA STORAGE NETWORK - An integrated client computer for accessing a dispersed data storage network is disclosed. A client program operating on the client computer accepts commands from a user and in response, issues network messages to a plurality of slice servers implementing a dispersed data storage network. Data slices can be read, written or modified using the disclosed integrated client computer. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217797 | Method and apparatus for redirection of server external hyper-link references - A message is provided to a tracking server system in response to a client system referencing a predetermined resource locator that corresponds to a resource external to the tracking server system. The tracking server system indirectly provides for the client system to have an informational element selectable by the client system, where the informational element is graphically identified on the client system with informational content obtainable from a content server system through use of a content resource locator. The informational element includes a tracking resource locator, referencing the tracking server system, and data identifying the informational element. The selection of the informational element causes the client system to use the tracking resource locator to provide the data to the tracking server system and to use the content resource locator to obtain the informational content from the content server system. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217798 | Communication System, Communication Apparatus, Communication Server, Communication Method, Information Storage Medium, and Program - In a communication system ( | 2010-08-26 |
20100217799 | INTERNET-SMART-CARD - On a portable data carrier ( | 2010-08-26 |
20100217800 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A CUSTOMIZED SELECTION OF AUDIO CONTENT OVER THE INTERNET - A method an apparatus is provided for providing selected media files, which are chosen from among a plurality of media files, to a user over a packet-switched network such as the Internet. The method begins by receiving over the packet-switched network a request from the user to receive media content. Next, a user profile associated with the user is retrieved from a database. The user profile reflects user preferences in media content to be received over the packet-switched network. The plurality of media files are ranked based at least in part on the user profile. At least one highly ranked media file is selected from among the ranked plurality of media files. At least one of the highly ranked media files is forwarded to the user over the packet-switched network. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217801 | Network performance monitoring in a content delivery system - A method for Internet content delivery in a content delivery network established at network locations, the content delivery network comprising a plurality of content servers for serving content resources. The plurality of content servers includes a plurality of subsets of content servers, each subject being located at one of a plurality of Internet data centers. For each Internet Protocol (IP) address block from which requests for content resources are expected to be received, the method generates a candidate list of Internet data centers to be used to service the requests for content resources. For the IP address block, the method selects at least one of the Internet data centers from the candidate list to be used to service the requests for content resources. The selected Internet data center for the IP address block is written into a network map. The selecting step is carried out concurrently for each IP address block from which requests for content resources are expected to be received such that the network map comprises the selected Internet data center for each IP address block. The network map is then provided to a domain name service (DNS) associated with the content delivery network. In response to a DNS query received at the domain name service associated with the content delivery network, the network map is used to identify one of the Internet data centers from the candidate list to be used to service a request for a content resource. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217802 | SOCIALIZING WEB SERVICES - A Method for sharing and recording achievements obtained in web services, comprising:
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20100217803 | INTERFACE DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A MEDICAL DEVICE AND A COMPUTER - The present invention relates to an interface device and a method for communication between a medical device and a computer system. In some embodiments, the interface device comprises a conversion device and/or a processor-transceiver and a memory in electrical communication with the conversion device, wherein the memory contains data to instruct the conversion device and/or the processor transceiver how to communicate with the medical device. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217804 | Collaborative draft forum-messages - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with collaborative draft forum-messages are described. One example method includes receiving draft forum-message data from a drafter. The draft forum-message data may identify a set of entities to whom the drafter seeks to grant edit privileges. The example method may also include providing a portion of the draft forum-message data to one of the identified entities and allowing them to view and/or modify the draft forum-message data. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217805 | ASSOCIATING MULTIPLE PHYSICAL MAILBOXES WITH SAME USER OBJECT IN MESSAGING SYSTEM - Architecture that employs an abstraction of a mailbox store that allows clients to connect to alternate mailboxes associated with a single mail-enabled user, using the same mechanism the user utilizes to connect to the user's main mailbox. On top of this basic infrastructure, new features can be built, including server-hosted e-mail archives and mailboxes mirrored from other e-mail systems. In support thereof, the architecture also includes a mechanism for mailboxes to expose all or only a subset of mailbox features, and to advertise which mailbox features are supported. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217806 | Email Based Remote Management of Network Connected Entities - Managing a device using email messages. New messages of an email address of the device may be checked on a server. An email message may be downloaded from the server based on said checking. The email message may be addressed to the email address of the device. The body of the email message may include one or more commands for the device. The one or more commands contained in the email message may be executed. The one or more commands may include at least one command for initiating or joining a videoconference. Accordingly, execution of the one or more commands may result in the device joining or initiating a videoconference. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217807 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OBFUSCATING QUEUE MANAGEMENT - The present invention is generally directed to a method, system, and article of manufacture that avoid exposing the sensitive information (e.g., infrastructure details) to untrusted clients. For example, in one embodiment of the present invention, message destinations are protected from a client in an HTTP bridged scenario. Thus, according to one embodiment of the present invention, the replyTo message destination are obfuscated (e.g., via a hash function) and sent to the client as a replyTo address. Consequently, the embodiments of the present invention negate the requirement to expose the sensitive information to the untrusted client applications. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217808 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN CONVERSATIONS IN INSTANT MESSAGING APPLICATIONS - A system and method are provided for switching between conversations in instant messaging applications. The instant messaging application is configured for displaying a list of conversations upon detecting selection of the option within a menu or link within the conversation screen and permit navigation to another conversation. The conversations may be prioritized based first on whether the conversation has any unread messages and within the grouping of those conversations having unread messages, may be prioritized based on when the last activity occurred. In this way, the user has easiest access to conversations with the most recent activity with the ability to scroll down the list of conversations to continue an older conversation if desired. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217809 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN MESSAGING CLIENTS - A system and method for managing multiple instant messaging (IM) clients associated with a single contact in an IM application for a mobile device is provided. A unified IM contact list associates multiple available IM clients with each contact listing. In one aspect, the current default IM client may be conveniently switched to another default IM client by receiving a first input to display a toggle list listing the available IM clients associated with the particular contact, and then receiving a second input indicating the selection of the desired default IM client. In another aspect, the current conversation IM client may be conveniently switched to a standby IM client when a contact in the conversation logs off. In yet another aspect, the current default IM client may be switched to another default IM client upon the occurrence of one or more external events. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217810 | ELECTRONIC MAIL SERVER - The invention provides an e-mail server, with which e-mails are communicated between a member belonging to the server and a communication mate of the member under the protection of function or performance for preventing SPAMs from being received by an improved white list system and e-mail addresses can be surely prevented from undesirably leaking out. The server comprises received e-mail filtering means for forming destruction judgment and delivery judgment on a received e-mail for causing the received e-mail to be delivered in accordance with a delivery permitting decision and transmission e-mail filtering means for conducting processing on a transmission e-mail by which a group of letters representing an e-mail address discordant with an addressee's e-mail address contained in the transmission e-mail is replaced with another group of letters representing an open e-mail address or eliminated. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217811 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC MAIL FILTERING - A message processing apparatus ( | 2010-08-26 |
20100217812 | INTERCONNECTION OF VIRTUAL WORLDS BY MEANS OF MOBILE MESSAGE SERVICES - The invention relates to a method for connecting data processing systems and/or computer networks that simulate virtual environments ( | 2010-08-26 |
20100217813 | DIVIDING E-MAILS BETWEEN TWO USERS WITH THE AID OF A SERVER - The invention relates to a method and a communication system for operating a communication connection (KV) between a first communication transmitting unit (T | 2010-08-26 |
20100217814 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENABLING NETWORK-COMPATIBLE CAMERAS TO OPERATE IN INSTANT MESSAGING NETWORKS - The invention relates to an apparatus including a first processing module that is configured to provide data, a network services module, an instant messaging module including a streaming module integrated in the instant messaging module, and an instant messaging controller. The instant messaging module is configured to support execution of a first instant messaging client. The streaming module is configured to process the data to generate processed data and to send the processed data to the network services module in response to the instant messaging controller. The instant messaging controller is configured to control the instant messaging module. The first instant messaging client is configured to log on to an instant messaging service, log off from the instant messaging service, exchange information with the instant messaging service, and transmit the processed data via the instant messaging service. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217815 | CACHING EMAIL UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS - Accessing, via an end user device, email messages of an external mail source. A direct access proxy is operative to reconcile the email contents of external email sources with the email contents of user devices through the use of lists of unique email identifiers (UIDs). A Partition Database returns UID lists reflective of the UIDs of email messages previously received from the external email source and forwarded to a network server of the system (forwarded UID lists). A memory cache external to the direct access proxy and its corresponding Partition Database returns forwarded UID lists. The direct access proxy determines the data reliability of the Partition Database and memory cache, and obtains forwarded UID lists from the memory cache when it determines that the memory cache is at least as reliable as the Partition Database. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217816 | VIDEO VOICEMAIL AND MENU SYSTEM - A method, system, and computer program product for receipt, storage, playback of video voicemail and a menu for controlling playback of voicemail and other video content provides enhanced features. A method for delivering messages may comprise storing a message including both audio and video, determining an audio and video capability of a device requesting delivery of the message, and transmitting either the audio and video or the audio only to the requesting device based on the determined audio and video capability of the requesting device. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217817 | MESSAGE DELIVERY IN MOBILE NETWORKS - When a device is switched off, all messages for that device are stored in different distributed service centres. For example, the message from user A may be stored in SMSC A and a message from user B in SMSC B where both subscribers and respective SMSCs can even belong to different networks. When the device is switched on again it notifies its presence to the network (performed by the MSC indicating this to the HLR). As a result of this alert, different service centres that have messages pending for that device will be notified that the device has come on-line again (performed by the HLR notifying SMSC A and SMSC B). Instead of directly sending out all messages, as in the prior art, each service centre instead schedules the messages in an internal queue for delivery according to a local control scheme, which achieves synchronised delivery from multiple distributed SMSCs even though there is no centralised control. Each service centre maps the ‘age’ of the message on its time axis as the time-to-deliver the message to the device. The deliveries are then sent out according to the derived schedule. As independent service centres all will base their decisions on the same length of the delivery schedule and same maximum retention time, the message deliveries of the different service centres will be interleaved with one another. This ensures that for significant time differences, messages from different service centres will still arrive in order at the device. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217818 | MESSAGE REPLY AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a message reply and performance evaluation system, which are introduced into an electronic mail system. The message reply scheme has some control entries including a deadline for replying the message, an address for replying the message, and a field for verifying the reply. The performance evaluation scheme is provided for a sender performing evaluation corresponding to the replied message. As a sender transmits the message to a recipient, the email system of the sender will incorporate a message-to-reply field to the message. In addition, when the recipient receives the message, a reply field will be added to the email system after opening it. More, a reminder will be launched before the deadline. In particular, after receiving the reply, the sender may perform evaluation to the reply, and the evaluation will be recorded for future review. | 2010-08-26 |
20100217819 | System and Method to Associate a Private User Identity with a Public User Identity - The inventive system includes a host, a network including a security gateway, and a public application. Established are an access session between the network and the host and an application session between the public application and the network. An application session record is created for the application session, and includes the user's public user identity used to access the public application, the user's private user identity used to access the network, a host identity, and an application session time. To determine the private user identity for the application session, the security gateway sends a query with the host identity and the application session time. These are compared with the host identity and access session time in an access session record. If they match, then the private user identity in the access session record is returned, and it is stored as the private user identity in the application session record. | 2010-08-26 |