45th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 57 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100287199 | NETWORKED COMPUTER SYSTEM PROVIDING AN INTEGRATED SUITE OF WEB SERVICES AND A GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) FOR REAL PROPERTY AND LAND PARCELS - Systems and methods to search for, gather, transform, integrate, and present information representative of real property and land parcels. The systems and methods are web-based and include a spatial database configuration having an input side and an output side. The input side is capable of transforming data gathered from multiple disparate sources in an automated or semi-automated manner. The output side is capable of presenting an intuitive interface for users to search for, access, and view the transformed information. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287200 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING A DATA OBJECT STORED IN A DISTRIBUTED STORAGE NETWORK - A user device includes a browser module, a DSN interface to a local or external DSN memory and a DS processing module coupled to the DSN interface for storing and retrieving the data object from the DSN memory, wherein the data object is divided into a plurality of data segments and wherein each of the plurality of data segments is stored in the DSN memory as a plurality of encoded data slices that are generated based on an error encoding dispersal function. The browser module is operable to interpret a user input as a request to display a data object, determine the data object is stored in the DSN memory, request the DS processing module to retrieve the data object from the DSN memory and request an application program to open the data object for display. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287201 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING ELEMENTARY CONTENT PORTIONS FROM AN EDITED CONTENT - This invention relates to a method and a system for identifying elementary content portions from an edited content. A log is generated indicating the elementary content portions used in the edited content. Fingerprints are obtained from the elementary content portions as indicated in the log. Characteristic information is determined about the elementary content portions by comparing the fingerprints to fingerprints of registered content having associated characteristic information. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287202 | USER TERMINAL AND CONTENT SEARCHING AND PRESENTATION METHOD - A content searching and presentation method in a terminal of an original user having a playlist includes the steps of accessing a playlist of a different user from the terminal and obtaining the playlist of the different user; computing a similarity between the obtained playlist of the different user and the playlist of the original user, which is a playlist owned by the terminal, in accordance with a predetermined computation equation; and presenting, as a searched result, content that is contained in the playlist of the different user and that is not contained in the playlist owned by the terminal when the computed similarity exceeds a predetermined threshold value. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287203 | PARTITIONING OF CONTENDED SYNCHRONIZATION OBJECTS - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed for partitioning contended synchronization objects. A particular method determines a contention-free value of a performance metric associated with a synchronization object of a data structure. A contended value of the performance metric is measured, and the synchronization object is partitioned when the contended value of the performance metric exceeds a multiple of the contention-free value of the performance metric. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287204 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING PROVENANCE INFORMATION FOR DATA RETENTION IN STREAM-PROCESSING - A system and method for determining data usage based on provenance information, in a stream-processing system, includes progressively setting usage information for output stream data objects (SDOs), determining input SDOs that an output SDO depends on, based on a provenance dependency function; recursively feeding back the usage information for a subset of SDOs that can be discarded; and discarding the subset of SDOs. A system and method for data retention based on usage information, in a stream-processing system, includes managing retention of SDOs by deleting SDOs that are determined to be of null usage; and enhancing retention characteristics of SDOs that are deemed to have usage. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287205 | OPERATING SYSTEM / ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STORING OR READING A FILE - An operating system/electronic device and methods for storing or reading a file are provided. In the methods, a path of a file is transformed to generate a hash value. In addition, the hash value is utilized to combine with a filename of the file for storing or reading the file in/from a computer file system. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287206 | MAINTAINED SYMBOL TABLE ONLY INDEX - A method, apparatus and program product is provided for optimizing a database query. A query syntax, system generated predicates, and requisite statistics of the database query are analyzed to determine if a predicate structure is a good candidate for a symbol table only data structure. The predicate structure is analyzed to determine if the predicate structure is already encompassed by an encoded vector index. The symbol table only data structure is generated for at least one column in a database table without generating a corresponding vector data structure from an encoded vector index if the predicate structure is a good candidate and not encompassed by an encoded vector index. The symbol table only data structure is maintained by detecting a change in data associated with the symbol table only data structure and updating the symbol table only data structure to reflect the change in the data. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287207 | Spatial indexing method and apparatus for navigation system for indexing and retrieval of XML map data - A method and apparatus efficiently assigns the spatial index numbers to map cells that divide an area which is a unit of administrative region into a plurality of small units. The method includes the steps of: establishing a plurality of map cells that divide an administrative region expressed by XML map data which is configured in a multiple-layered structure; determining a layer in the XML map data on which the map cells are established; selecting a type of tracing curve for sequentially indexing the plurality of map cells; assigning index numbers consecutively to the map cells with the sequence of the tracing curve; and repeating foregoing steps for all of the map cells in all of the layers of the XML map data, thereby creating a map database in the XML format with the spatial indexes for all of the map cells. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287208 | Object-Relational Based Data Access for Nested Relational and Hierarchical Databases - Mechanisms are provided for mapping objects and object-relationships in an object-oriented programming language to a nested relational database. Entity metadata constructs for an object relational mapping framework are obtained, the entity metadata constructs mapping fields in entities of an object model to fields in a data table of the nested relational database and identifying relationships between entities in the object model. A nested relational data model of the nested relational database is obtained, the nested relational data model specifying tables and sub-tables of the nested relational database. Tables and sub-tables of the nested relational database are mapped to a plurality of separate entities of the object model. Data in the nested relational database is accessed using the plurality of separate entities. The mapping is performed without normalizing the data of the tables and sub-tables of the nested relational database to a non-nested representation. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287209 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR BINDING AUTHORED CONTENT TO THE EVENTS USED TO GENERATE THE CONTENT - A web page that includes content form fields may be modified to include an event observer module and an authored content module. Events generated during the authoring of content by a user are recorded by the event observer module and sent to an event server with an InteractionID. The authored content module inserts hidden fields into the form fields that are updated with the InteractionID when content is submitted to the web server. The web server provides the InteractionID in a bind request to the event server. The event server binds the content to the events used to create the content in response to the request. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287210 | Systems and methods for interactive disambiguation of data - Systems, methods and computer program products residing on a computer readable medium for use in and capable of storing computer instructions therein for enabling a computer to perform a computer-implemented and user assisted process for disambiguating entities in an electronic document that includes: (a) creating, by the user, an electronic document; (b) providing, by the computer, a list to the user of potential entities related to an entity provided by the user in the electronic document; and (c) selecting, by the user, an entity provided in the computer provided list. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287211 | OBJECT LINKING - In an embodiment of the present invention, a method for playing media items on a home network device in a home network is provided, the method comprising: retrieving, from a content directory service in the home network, a first object in a series of objects representing a first list in which the first object is a member, wherein the first object contains metadata regarding a first media item, a link to a next object in the first list, and relationship information regarding members of the first list, wherein the relationship information includes information about how members of the first list are related, wherein the next object contains metadata regarding a second media item; and playing the first media item. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287212 | Method for providing or operating a framework for the realization of independently developed programs - A method for providing a framework to provide a basis for the realization of independently developed programs. The framework comprises at least one database table specification, each said database table specification being centrally provided and comprising a list of table fields, any selection of which can be selected by a program developer to derive an application specific database table including selected table fields taken from said database table specification and optionally one or more further application specific table fields. The framework automatically creates a basic database table and a program developer only concerns himself with said application specific database table and not with said basic database table. The method involves the use of inclusive and selective inheritance of database tables resulting in great flexibility and substantial benefits in practice. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287213 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USE OF A DATABASE OF PERSONAL DATA RECORDS - A system and method are presented for managing and using (e.g. for commercial or medical use) of a database. A verified database of a plurality of identified individuals is provided. The verified database comprises a plurality of individual-identifier data sets (IDSs) and relationship data. The verified database is processed in accordance with one or more parameters or conditions selected in accordance with at least one medical application, and a sub-group database is created including data records of the individuals from the verified database having said one or more selected parameters or conditions. This allows collection of data comprising the one or more selected parameters or conditions and delivery of at least part of the collected data to one or more users, and enables applying data from the verified database to provide personalized medicine service to at least one of the identified individuals. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287214 | Static Analysis Framework for Database Applications - A tool facilitating static analysis for database applications, such that the static analysis tool (SAT) can significantly enhance the ability for developers to identify security, correctness and performance problems in database applications during the development phase of an application lifecycle. A static analysis tool for database applications presents a framework for database applications using the ADO.NET data access APIs. The SAT framework consists of a core set of static analysis services upon which verticals such as workload extraction, SQL injection detection, identifying data integrity violations, and SQL performance analysis are built using the core services. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287215 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTILINGUAL TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE WITH AUTOMATED NOTIFICATION SERVICES - A system and method for generating and managing a secure, multi-user project database. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287216 | Grouped space allocation for copied objects - A method of efficiently allocating space for copied objects during garbage collection by grouping many objects together, and after determining which objects belong to a group, allocating space for them in one unit and copying the objects to the allocated space (possibly in parallel). | 2010-11-11 |
20100287217 | HOST CONTROL OF BACKGROUND GARBAGE COLLECTION IN A DATA STORAGE DEVICE - An apparatus includes a flash memory data storage device and a host operably coupled to the data storage device via an interface. The flash memory data storage device includes a plurality of memory chips. The host includes a host activity monitoring engine configured to monitor activity of the host and a garbage collection control engine configured to control the background garbage collection performed by the data storage device's garbage collector. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287218 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MANAGING AND EDITING FILES IN A FILE SYSTEM - Methods and devices for managing and editing files in a file system are provided. In the method for managing data of a file in a file system, a storage space for storing the data of the file is divided into a plurality of blocks of identical size and sequentially numbered, wherein said blocks being organized in sequentially numbered chunks. And each chunk comprises at least one block. For a chunk, use first management data and second management data to record the size of space not occupied by data in the head part of the first block and in the end part of the last block of each chunk, subsequently to a deletion step of data within the file, the size of space being smaller than the size of a block. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287219 | Method For a Cloud-Based Meta-File System to Virtually Unify Remote and Local Files Across a Range of Devices' Local File Systems - A system and process that establish a singular shared file system among devices in order to create a virtual representation of data on all of the devices via metadata indexing. This virtual representation of data means that the files are not actually stored on all devices and thus, with the exception of a single physical location, they do not need to take up any space (i.e. storage) on any additional device's hard drive. This allows for significant amounts of data to be virtually stored on each device, even if there is no physical storage room available for the data on each device. The system and process do not require data to be stored on a provider server, but instead stores only lightweight metadata, i.e., a small fraction of information about the files, online. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287220 | Dynamically Encoding Types and Inhabitants in a Relational Database - Described is a technology, such as for representing scientific data and information, in which a database table contains rows of type data representing types, and term data representing terms that inhabit the types. Types include composite types (e.g., that represent entities), and instances of relation types that express relationships between types, between a type and a term, or between terms. Types and/or terms may have multiple relationships with one another, and a relationship may span database tables. A new relationship may be established by adding a new row to the database table to represent a new relation term, along with one or more similar rows to represent the relation role terms associated with that relation term; relationships may be removed by removing rows. As a result, the database table may change its state rapidly, without needing to change the database schema. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287221 | TEMPLATES FOR CONFIGURING FILE SHARES - Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to configuring file shares. In aspects, a template is created that includes policies to apply to one or more shares. The template may derive or otherwise obtain policies from other templates and may also refer to other templates. The template may include opaque data to pass to a subsystem that configures a share with a policy corresponding to the data. After the template is created, the template may then be applied to one or more shares to configure the shares according to policies included in the template. When the template or any template upon which the template depends or to which the template refers is changed, shares associated with the template may also be automatically changed as appropriate. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287222 | Monitoring Communications Using a Unified Communications Protocol - According to particular embodiments, a communications monitoring system includes agent servers that deploy automated agents into various group communications services and a central server that receives the event data collected by the automated agents using the unified communications protocol. The central server also transmits the event data and any alerts that were determined from the event data to operator interfaces according to operator profiles. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287223 | FUNCTIONALLY-DEPENDENT ANALYSIS OBJECTS - A system may include a database of physical data tables, a logical database schema of logical entities associated with the physical data tables, and an abstraction layer comprising a plurality of dimension objects mapped to the logical entities, at least one of the plurality of dimension objects comprising one or more properties associating the at least one of the plurality of dimension objects to one or more others of the plurality of dimension objects. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287224 | Pseudo-random bit sequence generator - The present invention discloses a pseudo-random bit sequence (PRBS) generator which outputs the entire datapath, or entire pseudo-random bit sequence, over one single clock cycle. This is accomplished by removing redundancy, or any redundant exclusive-or gates from linear feedback shift registers; using logic to identify the critical path and optimal shift for the critical path; and dividing the datapath into several pipeline stages to increase the clock rate (i.e., transmission speed). | 2010-11-11 |
20100287225 | Random Number Generation and Management Method, and Device - The present invention relates to a method and device for generating and managing shorter random number series, such as ID and password, in which, for the given N bits binary series R and K dimensions multi-dimensional coordinate information i (i | 2010-11-11 |
20100287226 | Bridging Communications Between Communication Services Using Different Protocols - According to particular embodiments, a system for bridging communications includes agent servers that deploy monitoring agents into source communication services where the monitoring agents collect events in a native communication protocol of the source communication service. The agent servers select events for relaying and translate those events into a native communication protocol of the destination communication service. In addition, the agent servers deploy relay agents into destination communication services to relay the translated events to the destination communication service. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287227 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING A PROCESSOR FROM A PLURALITY OF PROCESSORS TO PROVIDE SYMMETRICAL REQUEST AND RESPONSE PROCESSING - Described herein is a method and system for distributing request and responses across a multi-core system. Each core executes a packet engine that further processes data packets allocated to that core. A flow distributor executing within the multi-core system forwards client requests to a packet engine on a core that is selected based on a value generated when a hash is applied to a tuple comprising a client IP address, a client port, a server IP address and a server port identified in the request. The packet engine selects a first IP address and a first port of the core, and determines whether a hash of a tuple comprising those values identifies the selected core. A modification is then made to the client request so that the client request includes a tuple comprising the first IP address, the server IP address, the first port and the server port. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287228 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR DETERMINING AN EVENT GENERATOR TYPE - Human interaction with a webpage may be determined by processing an event stream generated by the client device during the webpage interaction. A classification server receives the event stream and compares components of the event stream, including components of an event header message, with prerecorded datasets. The datasets include prerecorded event streams having a known interaction type. Training clients may be provided for generating the prerecorded datasets. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287229 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING USER INTERFACE EVENTS - A system and method to detect and prevent non-human interaction between a client and a web server invokes an effect to change the event generation behavior at the client. Subsequent event streams from the client to the server are analyzed to determine whether the event streams contain events corresponding to expected reactions of a human operator at the client to the effect. Indications of non-human behavior may invoke more direct human testing, for example using a dynamic CAPTCHA application, or may cause a termination of the client/URL interaction. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287230 | Internet-enabled Data Transceiver - An improved low-power data transceiver with a companion virtual component (a virtual component/clone of the hardware) on the Internet. Users can interact with the virtual component while the physical transceiver is not accessible due to network outages or it being in a low-power, non-transmitting/receiving state. When the physical transceiver comes back online, it will transmit any new information that it is programmed or commanded to transmit and will download and execute any commands sent to its virtual counterpart by the user. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287231 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CERTIFYING HYPERLINKS - The technology disclosed relates to certifying a hyperlink. A declarant desires to publish a plurality of facts it asserts about a hyperlink's destination anchor. The declarant constructs a formatted digital declaration of facts and presents it to a certifier requesting a signed declaration of facts. The certifier examines the declaration in accordance with its operating policy and assembles a signed declaration of facts indicating its confidence that the facts are true. A client encounters a hyperlink of interest and requests information from the certifier about the facts and the certifier's confidence that the facts are true. The certifier presents its signed declaration of facts and confidence to the client in a manner such that the client can render the facts and confidence information prior to the user clicking or selecting the hyperlink. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287232 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT DISTRIBUTION OF IMAGE DATA - A system efficiently transfers source data from a server to at least one client. A compressed hierarchical representation, which may be used to reconstitute a “visually lossless” version of the image data, is stored at the server. The compressed hierarchical representation is decomposed from the image data using a wavelet transform with floating point kernels, to generate coefficients. The server also stores residual data that permits reconstructing the full fidelity version of the image data from the visually lossless version. The client requests compressed coefficients to reconstruct a visually lossless version of portions of the image data, and the server transfers compressed coefficients specified in the request. To generate a full fidelity image, the client upgrades the visually lossless version of the image to a full fidelity image using the residual data. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287233 | RICH-MEDIA OFFERING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a rich-media provision system and a control method thereof. The rich-media provision system includes: a media server for receiving predetermined element media constituting rich-media from an external server and storing the received element media; a media transmission server for providing the element media in the form of streaming and tracing a scene being currently reproduced by a terminal when predetermined capture input is detected; and a rich-media terminal for receiving and reproducing the traced scene. By the rich-media provision system, it is possible to previously capture and store a specific part of rich-media contents that a user desires, so that the user can use the captured part of the rich-media contents anywhere and anytime if necessary. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287234 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHARING MEDIA IN A COMPUTER NETWORK - A computerized method for sharing removable storage media in a network, the method comprising associating, in an index entry, a first piece of removable storage media in a first storage device with at least a first storage policy copy and a second storage policy copy; copying, to the first piece of removable storage media, data associated with the first storage policy copy; and copying, to the first piece of removable storage media, data associated with the second storage policy copy. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287235 | Method and system for user-determined attribute storage in a federated environment - A system is presented for facilitating management of user attribute information at one or more attribute information providers (AIPs), which can manage the user's attribute information in accordance with user-selected or administratively-determined options, including options that are stored in attribute release policies and/or dynamically determined during a transaction. E-commerce service providers (ECSPs), such as online banks or merchants, also maintain a relationship with an AIP such that the ECSP can trust the user attribute information that is provided by the AIP on behalf of the user. The user can complete transactions that require user attribute information at any ECSP without having to have previously established a relationship with that particular ECSP. If the ECSP has a relationship with one of the user's AIPs, then the user will be able to direct the ECSP to an AIP when the ECSP needs user attribute information to complete a transaction for the user. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287236 | Collective asynchronous media review - A system and method for sharing annotations corresponding to media content among a plurality of members of a group over a communications network. The system generally includes at least one server coupled to the communications network and configured for receiving at least one annotation from a first group member corresponding to media content from the communications network; adding the at least one annotation to a database; accessing a list of members of the group, each member of the group having a user profile stored in memory; and automatically sending a notification to at least a second member of the group upon receipt of each annotation. The annotation comprises annotation content and a temporal identifier that identifies a segment of the media content to which the annotation corresponds, and the at least one server is configured for sending the annotation to at least the second group member and optionally a media stream including at least the segment of the media content with the annotation. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287237 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR RECIPIENT CONTROLLED COMMUNICATIONS - A communication system is provided in which users associate handling data identifying how messages are to be processed with contact data. Handling data for the identified contacts in the contact data then dispatched to those contacts. Subsequently when messages are dispatched from the locations identified by the contact data a sender of a message selects handling data to be associated with a message being dispatched. Upon receipt of a message associated with handling data the message is then processed in the manner identified by the handling data. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287238 | MULTIWAY PEER-TO-PEER MEDIA STREAMING - Multiway peer-to-peer media streaming is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method comprises defining a first portion of a peer-to-peer network. The method then recites defining a second portion of the peer-to-peer network. The present method then utilizes the first portion of the peer-to-peer network to generate an aggregated media stream, wherein the aggregated media stream is comprised of a plurality of media streams. The present method then delivers the aggregated media stream from the first portion of the peer-to-peer network to the second portion of the peer-to-peer network. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287239 | Managing Participants in an Online Session - The present invention relates to an application that is configured to be operated in a multi-participant environment on a computer network. The application manages participants in an online session of a multi-user application so that if one of the participants exits the session, the session can continue without interruption. The application initiates an online session of the multi-user application, wherein the online session includes two or more participants comprised of network computers that are communicatively linked to a computer network. If the application detects that a first participant has disconnected from the online session, wherein the first participant is responsible for managing certain managerial functionality associated with the running of the multi-user application, then the application broadcasts a notification to existing participants of the online session over the communication network, thereby notifying the existing participants that the first participant has disconnected from the online session. The initiating application then re-assigns the functionality associated with the first participant to an existing participant of the online session. The participants can be communicating in a peer-to-peer arrangement or can be performing server duties in a client-server arrangement. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287240 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED BLOGGING FEATURES ON A MOBILE PHONE - There is described a method, device and computer program product for updating a blog web-site using a portable mobile communications device equipped with one or more data generating sensors. This includes acquiring sensor data from the sensors and creating a blog entry containing the acquired sensor data. The blog entry is then sent from the portable mobile communications device to a blog Internet web-site over a mobile network. A blog update profile indicates a schedule for updates and which sensor data to include. Sensor blog data can also be appended to manual blog entry data to form a single blog entry. The sensors can be integrated within the portable mobile communications device, or can be accessories that are communicable with the portable mobile communications device. The sensors can include a location determination sensor, an accelerometer, a heart rate monitor, a blood pressure monitor, or a body temperature monitor. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287241 | Enhanced Messaging Feature - The present disclosure provides various systems and methods for providing enhanced messaging features. An exemplary method for providing a predictive response messaging feature includes receiving a message from a first device ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100287242 | Method for Providing a Conference System Allowing Advisors to Offer Conference Sessions to Clients - A Conference System that allows Advisors to offer conference sessions to Users who buy conference session time through the system. All conference sessions shall be conducted over the phone. During the conference session, the Advisor shall be talking while all the Users shall be in listening only mode in order to maintain the Users privacy. Advisors and Users can email each other through the system message center before the conference session. During the conference session, the User and Advisor can chat real time online to answer specific questions. The Advisor and Users information such name, address, bank information, credit card info, email, phone numbers, etc are kept confidential through out the process and only “Account Name” is disclosed. The price per conference session varies from conference session to conference session. Each Advisor sets their individual conference session rate. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287243 | INTERACTIVE MESSAGE SERVICE - A set-top box of a first subscriber facilitates creation of a first message to alert a second subscriber to content, e.g., a live broadcast, then occurring. The first message is sent to a server on the Internet. The server creates a second message based on the first message and sends the second message to a set-top box of the second subscriber. The set-top box of the second subscriber alerts that subscriber to the second message. Upon opening the second message, the second subscriber can interact with interactive features contained in the second message so as to facilitate tuning to the content indicated by the first subscriber. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287244 | Data communication using disposable contact information - Methods and apparatuses for establishing a trusted group of users to prevent undesirable communication by employing authenticated contact information. In an embodiment, the present invention embeds authenticated contact information to data communication composed by members of the trusted group. Authenticated contact information is preferably disposable contact information, changeable as desired, at a regular interval, or one-time contact information. In another embodiment, the present invention discloses a process of expanding an existing trusted group of users to an outsider, comprising embedding authenticated contact information of a member within the trusted group to a data communication composed by the outsider to a member of the trusted group. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287245 | METHOD FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME - A method for remotely controlling a digital photo frame is provided. The method includes the following steps: the digital photo frame and an instant messaging client are connected to a network; establish communication between the digital photo frame and the instant messaging client; the instant messaging client sends a command to the digital photo frame by the instant; the digital photo frame receives the command and performs the command. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287246 | SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES WITH SPECIALLY ENCODED ADDRESSES - A method for processing an electronic mail message is disclosed comprising the steps of: accepting a request for e-mail server address information for an electronic message having an address, the address having an electronic mail receiving system domain with a recipient name encoded therein; providing an e-mail server address for the recipient name in response to the request; accepting the electronic message at the e-mail server address. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287247 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURE WEB SERVICE DATA TRANSFER - Data transfer and staging services are common components in Grid-based or more generally in service-oriented applications. Security mechanisms are playing a central role in such services, especially when they are deployed in application fields like for instance e-health. The adoption of WS-Security and related standards to SOAP-based transfer services is, however, not straightforward. With MTOM, SOAP messages can be processed with WS-Security in a straightforward manner. The present invention provides an improved method for signing an MTOM-optimized SOAP message. A non-blocking signature generation approach is proposed enabling a stream-like processing with considerable performance enhancements. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287248 | METHOD AND OBJECT FOR EXTRACTING CONTENT HAVING A COMMERCIAL ASPECT FROM A MESSAGE EMITTED IN A RADIOCOMMUNICATION NETWORK - In order to broadcast a commercial content corresponding to the centres of interest of a user of a communicating object, the disclosed method involves generating a message including at least one piece of commercial content associated with at least one piece of meta-information characterising the subject concerned by the commercial content. The method is implemented by the object for extracting a piece of commercial content from the message only if the piece of meta-information of the content corresponds to a piece of meta-information characterising a centre of interest of the user. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287249 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EXPIRATION HANDLING IN ELECTRONIC MESSAGE SYSTEMS - Systems and methods are described for electronic message expiration processing, in which a message originator or recipient can set an expiration time/date attribute for individual emails, short messages, or other electronic messages, and the messages are automatically deleted from the recipient's system or handled according to other user-selected processing rules when the expiration time/date has past. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287250 | Merchant Alert Based System and Method Including Customer Presence Notification - Embodiments of the present invention disclosed herein include systems and methods for sending merchant alert messages. The merchant can specify criteria indicating the types of customers for which he desires to receive alerts. Merchant alert messages can be sent based on characteristics of a customer, including the customer's proximity to the merchant. The merchant can use the alert message to provide better service to the customer or prevent the customer from engaging in transactions, depending on the contents of the merchant alert message. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287251 | System and Method for IMS Based Collaborative Services Enabling Multimedia Application Sharing - A system and method for enabling multimedia sharing with IMS based collaborative services are provided. A method for application server operations includes receiving a first message from a first communications device, the first message including a request to initiate a collaborative session, forming the collaborative session with a second communications device, sending a second message to the first communications device, the second message confirming an establishment of the collaborative session, merging control information from the first communications device and media descriptions from the first communications device and the second communications device, and sharing media between the first communications device and the second communications device. The second communications device is specified in the first message. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287252 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC MAILBOXES - A system and method for configuring access to an electronic mailbox based on limited configuration parameters received from a user. A database stores configuration conventions for a mail domain. A mailbox interface module receives configuration information from a user that is limited in the configuration parameters required for accessing the electronic mailbox. The module retrieves configuration conventions for the mail domain from the database and generates sets of potentially valid configuration parameters based on the retrieved configuration conventions and user supplied configuration information for accessing the mailbox. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287253 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR DATA SYNCHRONIZATION - A method for data synchronization includes: receiving a message comprising data synchronization parameters from a server; parsing the message to obtain the data synchronization parameters; and receiving data modification information, synchronizing the received data modification information according to a data filter rule carried in the data synchronization parameters. By using the method of the present invention, the client synchronizes the data according to the received data synchronization parameter. In the data synchronization process, the data synchronization parameters is easily set for the client, without manual operations, thus improving the operability of the data synchronization. An apparatus and system for data synchronization are also provided. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287254 | NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOMAIN NAME OPTIONS - A system and method of the present invention allow communication via electronic messages between a Customer and a domain name Registrar, avoiding traditional electronic mail (email) communication. Email messages may not be delivered to the Customer for various reasons including the situations where the Customer employs anti-SPAM protective technologies. The system and method of the present invention establish a Communication Link between a Customer's Computer and Registrar's Server, which avoids anti-SPAM protective technologies and email messaging altogether. Information relating to the communication may be stored on a database and the system may present the Customer with various options relating to a domain service. The implementation of this invention would result in a higher rate of delivered messages to the Customer. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287255 | Automation Device and Automation System - An automation device comprising a first functional unit, a second functional unit, a first network connection for connection to a first data network and a bus master unit for connecting a peripheral component. The first functional unit includes a first interface unit that is assigned a first network address, and the second functional unit includes a second interface unit that is assigned a second network address. A partitioning device can be used to logically partition an address space of the peripheral component, and a first address space can be directly assigned, as a partitioned part of the address space, to a superordinate computation unit that can be connected through the first network connection. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287256 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SOCIAL NETWORKING CONTENT - An approach for providing social networking content in a mobile environment is described. A social networking widget on a mobile device extracts content from one or more social networking services according to a bandwidth allocation of a usage plan associated with the mobile device. The social networking widget minimizes bandwidth use by setting limits on a maximum number of social networking members a user can follow, a maximum number of features or feeds a user can follow, and a maximum refresh rate for social networking content. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287257 | RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A RELAY PROGRAM, RELAY APPARATUS, AND RELAY METHOD - A relay apparatus includes a first unit to change, in location information referred to using the terminal apparatus in accessing to the single resource and registers an integrated address indicative of the location of the storages as the single resource and addresses indicative of the locations of the storages in correspondence with one another, a first address of the addresses, indicative of the location of a migration source storage that stores migration data to be made to migrate to another storage to a second address indicative of the location of the relay apparatus, a relaying unit to relay access to the migration source storage in response to access to the relay apparatus made from the terminal apparatus based on address changing executed using the first unit, and a migration unit to make the migration data migrate to another storage when the access has been relayed using the relaying unit. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287258 | CONTENT REPRODUCTION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD AND NETWORK SYSTEM - A content reproduction device ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100287259 | CONTENT REPRODUCTION SYSTEM, CONTENT PROVIDING METHOD, CONTENT REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, CONTENT PROVIDING APPARATUS, CONTENT REPRODUCTION PROGRAM AND CONTENT PROVIDING PROGRAM - A content reproduction apparatus includes a communication unit that communicates with a content-providing apparatus. The content reproduction apparatus also includes a reproducing unit that reproduces content data. Further, the content reproduction apparatus includes a controller that transmits a request to the content-providing apparatus. The request indicates whether a data streaming reproduction service is available. The controller receives and reproduces a first one of an order of content data which is ordered by the content-providing apparatus based on the request. The controller also receives, after a determination that a second one of the order of content data exists, an attribute of the second one of the order of content data. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287260 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT TRANSFORMATION AND SECURITY - The present invention provides systems and methods for dynamically rendering documents during a signing ceremony (instead of validating that signature tasks are placed appropriately on all documents). The invention establishes a visibility policy that governs how documents are rendered, based on the state of system Tabs (instructions) placed on the documents. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287261 | CONTENT-BASED NAVIGATION AND LAUNCHING ON MOBILE DEVICES - Techniques are disclosed for a content-based navigation and launching for portable computing devices such as PDAs and smart phones. A content navigator and launcher allows a user to personalize content groupings. The techniques can run on top of any OS file system that has a mechanism to associate files with their creating applications. Personalization of the content-based navigation and launching scheme can be set-up on the user's work station, and then transmitted and synchronized with a target mobile device. A central server can be used to carry out content harvesting and/or configuring the personalization scheme. The content and/or personalization scheme can then be pushed on to the mobile device (e.g., via a GSM network or other suitable communication link). APIs can be used by application vendors to register the content types of their own choice. A preferences utility allows users to manage the content types and associations. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287262 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GUARANTEED END-TO-END DATA FLOWS IN A LOCAL NETWORKING DOMAIN - A local manager in a local networking domain may configure, in conjunction with one or more switching devices, a plurality of network and/or switching devices to establish guaranteed end-to-end data flows in the local networking domain for servicing applications and/or processes running in the network devices. The network devices supporting or using guaranteed end-to-end data flows may determine data flow requirements for each serviced application, and may communicate the determined data flow requirements to switching devices supporting the local manager, for configuring the guaranteed end-to-end data flows. Data flow requirements may comprise bandwidth, quality of service (QoS), security, and/or service level agreement (SLA) related parameters. The network devices may allocate networking resources to guarantee the end-to-end data flow for each application running in each network device. Data flow routing tables maybe maintained and/or updated based on use of existing guaranteed end-to-end data flows. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287263 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR APPLICATION MIGRATION IN A CLOUD - A method and system for managing an application in a cloud data center by monitoring the bandwidth of a subnet of which the primary operating instance of an application is a member. If a severe deterioration in the bandwidth caused by an over consumption of the subnet resources from other subnet constituents is detected, a suitable secondary instance in an alternate, uncompromised subnet is located and primary operation of the application is transferred from the former primary operating instance to the secondary instance. The secondary instance can be pre-launched or dynamically requisitioned in the cloud data center. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287264 | ENHANCED NETWORK ADAPTER FRAMEWORK - An enhanced network adapter framework, in which parameters are stored in a configuration table, the parameters being customized for a network and an application. A network adapter customized for the network and the application is instantiated based on invoking a generic network adapter which externally references the configuration table, and communication between the application and the network is effected using the instantiated network adapter. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287265 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RESTORING AT LEAST ONE SETTING - A method and devices for restoring at least one setting are provided, the client device receives a code generated by a management device based on a time value and a parameter value that uniquely identifies the client device; the client device determines whether the code is valid; and if the code is valid the client device restores the at least one setting of the client device. It provides a convenient way to restore at least one setting of a client device. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287266 | AUTOMATED NETWORK DEVICE PROVISIONING USING DYNAMIC HOST CONFIGURATION PROTOCOL - In an embodiment, an electronic digital data packet router performs receiving a DHCP initiation message on a particular interface among a plurality of network interfaces,; modifying the DHCP initiation message by adding a particular DHCP option that signals a DHCP server to provide router configuration data, resulting in a modified DHCP initiation message; relaying the modified DHCP initiation message to the DHCP server; receiving, from the DHCP server, a DHCPOFFER message that comprises the particular DHCP option containing configuration data; configuring the router using the configuration data; relaying the DHCPOFFER message without the particular DHCP option on the particular interface toward another data packet router. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287267 | METHOD AND SERVER FOR WIDGET COMMUNICATION - A widget communication method includes: receiving a widget event message from a client, the widget event message indicates happening of the widget event; obtaining association information of widget events between clients; and triggering widget events on other clients that are associated with the widget event happening on the client according to the association information. A widget server is also provided. With the present invention, when a server receives a widget event message from a client, the server obtains association information of widget events between clients. Because the association information of widget events between clients associates widget events of different clients, the server triggers the widget events on other clients that are associated with the widget event happening on the client according to the association information so that widget applications can collaborate across multiple clients. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287268 | METHODS, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, TRANSACTION SERVERS AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING TRANSACTIONS - The invention relates to a method, computer program and computer system for processing transactions. The method comprises providing a plurality of input connectors which interface towards a plurality of external data systems; providing a plurality of action connectors which interface towards a plurality of external data systems; receiving an input with one of the input connectors; determining, whether the input relates to a predetermined service of a customer; creating a transaction based on the input, when linking the received input to a predetermined service of a customer; processing the transaction to determine at least one output action; providing the at least one output action to at least one of the action connectors; and providing an output with the at least one action connector based on the at least one output action. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287269 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREFOR - The network system includes: a command transmitting unit that transmits a command for requesting information required by the representative device for network management from the non-representative device, when the non-representative device has joined a network or when there is a change in a state of the non-representative device; a command receiving unit that receives a command including the information sent from the non-representative device that has received the command; a management unit that manages the information received by the command receiving unit as device management information; a representative device selecting unit that selects a next representative device using the device management information when functions of the representative device are to be disabled. The network system does not need a special management apparatus when there is a changeover between a representative device and a non-representative device and management authority as the representative device as well as accumulated information are inherited. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287270 | CONTROL PROXY APPARATUS AND CONTROL PROXY METHOD - A control proxy apparatus includes: a management-apparatus-information storage unit that stores identification information for uniquely identifying a management apparatus that manages various apparatuses and a communication format of the management apparatus; an apparatus-information storage unit that stores apparatus information for executing various types of control, in association with each control target apparatus; an authenticating unit that determines, when receiving a control request from the management apparatus, whether authentication information in the control request is stored in the management-apparatus-information storage unit; an apparatus-information acquiring unit that acquires, when the authenticating unit determines that the authentication information is stored in the management-apparatus-information storage unit, apparatus information corresponding to the control target apparatus, from the apparatus-information storage unit; and a control executing unit that converts control information in the control request based on the apparatus information acquired by the apparatus-information acquiring unit, and executes the converted control information on the control target apparatus. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287271 | System and Method for Restricting Data Transfers and Managing Software Components of Distributed Computers - A controller, referred to as the “BMonitor”, is situated on a computer. The BMonitor includes a plurality of filters that identify where data can be sent to and/or received from, such as another node in a co-location facility or a client computer coupled to the computer via the Internet. The BMonitor further receives and implements requests from external sources regarding the management of software components executing on the computer, allowing such external sources to initiate, terminate, debug, etc. software components on the computer. Additionally, the BMonitor operates as a trusted third party mediating interaction among multiple external sources managing the computer. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287272 | Method For Structuring a Self-Organized Content Distribution Overlay Network For a Peer-to-Peer Network - A method for structuring a content distribution overlay network for a peer-to-peer network is presented. The method includes receiving a request from a requesting node for content at a content node. The content node has processing capabilities to process the content for presentation to the requesting node. An overlay network, including the requesting node and the content node, is dynamically assembled after receiving the request for content, where the overlay network is self-organized from available nodes of the peer-to-peer network that are available at a time of the request and based on the content requested. Using the assembled overlay network, a head node of the overlay network determines if a child node in the overlay network has processing capabilities to process the content, where the child node is then assigned to process the content for presentation to the requesting node. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287273 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIRECTING COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN A HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - Disclosed is a communications device that monitors the status of its communications links. When more than one communications link is available, an “appropriate” link is selected for use by an application running on the device. The links are continually monitored, and, as circumstances change, the link selection can also change. In some embodiments, a link is “appropriate” when it is available to transfer data and when it satisfies certain “hard” rules set by the application or by a user of the communications device. Some embodiments monitor the behaviour of the communications device and of its user and capture that behaviour in “soft” rules that are applied when selecting an appropriate link and when the hard rules leave the choice open. When multiple links transmit on the same frequency, they may be supported “virtually simultaneously” by time-slicing the actual data transmissions. Unneeded links may be shut down to save battery power. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287274 | EFFICIENT NETWORK UTILIZATION USING MULTIPLE PHYSICAL INTERFACES - An architecture for streaming data from a sending endpoint to a receiving endpoint which are connected to each other by multiple networks is provided. Each of the sending endpoint and the receiving endpoint has multiple physical interfaces each for interfacing to a respective one of the multiple networks. The architecture is implemented on both of the endpoints. The architecture includes a traffic monitor for gathering performance characteristics of each of the multiple physical interfaces, and a software library for controlling sending and receiving of the data stream between the endpoints. The traffic monitor and the software library communicate information to each other. The software library instantiates a plurality of bondable virtual interfaces for splitting the data stream into multiple data sub-streams and for combining the multiple data sub-streams into the data stream, and a data organizer for designating one of the plurality of bondable virtual interfaces. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287275 | OPERATION SUPPORTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING OPERATION - Provided is an operation supporting device that can estimate an apparatus to be supported in operation and support the operation independent of a position relationship between a position of the apparatus to be supported and a position of the user, and of a density of apparatuses. The operation supporting device includes: an operation history collecting unit ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100287276 | NETWORK DEVICE AND NETWORK DATA ACCESS RECORDER - A network device includes flash memory to store a plurality of bits indicating login data on a user device. The network device sets the plurality of bits stored in the flash memory to a first value, sets a changing interval, and copies the plurality of bits from the flash memory to random access memory (RAM). The network device further searches for a first bit of the first value from the plurality of bits in the RAM, and records an index of the first bit of the first value in a variable. The network device further changes the first bit corresponding to the variable to a second value and increases the variable by 1 when the changing interval arrives. The network device further writes the bit changed to the second value from the RAM to the flash memory. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287277 | METHOD FOR MONITORING A PROCESS SYSTEM HAVING A FIELD BUS IN THE PROCESS AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY - A method for monitoring a process plant having a fieldbus of process automation technology, via which a number of field devices exchange with a process control unit PLC telegrams in regular data traffic for process control. The following method steps are executed: telegrams transmitted via the fieldbus to the process control are tapped by a monitoring application, which performs a testing of the telegrams for data relevant for the monitoring application; data relevant for the monitoring application are processed as actual values in a process modeling application, which is part of the monitoring application; and when a significant deviation is determined between desired and actual values, an error signal is generated. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287278 | Automatic Proxy Detection and Traversal - The invention provides a method for detecting a proxy. The method comprises inspecting one or more network communications being sent from a client computer; and determining from information contained in the network communication whether the network communication is being sent via a proxy. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287279 | Ensuring Affinity at All Affinity Domains by Folding at Each Affinity Level Possible for a Partition Spanning Multiple Nodes - The different illustrative embodiments provide a method, apparatus, and computer program product for folding at each affinity level for a partition spanning multiple nodes. In one illustrative embodiment, a method is provided for identifying a number of domains in a number of affinity levels. A lightest loaded domain is identified in the number of domains identified. A number of nodes are identified in the lightest loaded domain identified. A lightest loaded node is identified in the number of nodes. A lightest loaded processing unit on the lightest loaded node is identified and the lightest loaded processing unit is folded. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287280 | System and method for cloud computing based on multiple providers - A system and method for generating cloud computing based on a plurality of providers. The system preferably manages resources from a plurality of providers and allocates these resources to a plurality of consumers. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287281 | TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK RESOURCE MANAGEMENT BASED ON SOCIAL NETWORK CHARACTERISTICS - An apparatus and method of telecommunication network resource management based on social network characteristics includes a first step | 2010-11-11 |
20100287282 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A REFERRAL NETWORK IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING ENVIRONMENT - A user-content generated network is provided for presenting business listings, as well as commentary and reviews of businesses, by participants of the network. In an embodiment, businesses can participate in the network and receive referrals from members of the network. The network can track and monitor referrals that individual businesses receive as a mechanism for promoting the business to other users in the network's user base. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287283 | Optimized Multi-Component Co-Allocation Scheduling With Advanced Reservations for Data Transfers and Distributed Jobs - Disclosed are systems, methods, computer readable media, and compute environments for establishing a schedule for processing a job in a distributed compute environment. The method embodiment comprises converting a topology of a compute environment to a plurality of endpoint-to-endpoint paths, based on the plurality of endpoint-to-endpoint paths, mapping each replica resource of a plurality of resources to one or more endpoints where each respective resource is available, iteratively identifying schedule costs associated with a relationship between endpoints and resources, and committing a selected schedule cost from the identified schedule costs for processing a job in the compute environment. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287284 | METHOD FOR SETTING UP APPLICATIONS BY INTERCEPTION ON AN EXISTING NETWORK - The invention concerns a method for extending applications in an existing network by intercepting communications between a client application (C) and a server application (S). It includes fixing a device (B) in a point of interception (I) of a communication line (L), which is known to support all the packet exchanges between the client (C) and the server (S) applications and enabling a connection termination point to be created on the new application (N) emulating the network identity of the application originally requested by the client application (C). | 2010-11-11 |
20100287285 | CONTROL OF QUALITY-OF-SERVICE PRECONDITIONS IN AN IP MUTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM - The invention relates to a method of establishing a session between client user terminals accessing IP Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, networks. At least one of the IMS networks implements the use of Quality of Service, QoS, preconditions, and at least one of the client user terminals does not use QoS preconditions. The method includes receiving, at an inter-working function, IWF located in one of the IMS networks, an IMS session initiation request originated by an originating client, the request indicating a terminating client for the session. A decision is made, based on the session initiation request, that one of the originating client and the terminating client is not using QoS preconditions. A set of QoS preconditions is inserted into a procedure for establishing the IMS session on behalf of the client that is not using QoS preconditions. Session establishment is completed only after QoS resources complying with the set of QoS preconditions have been established. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287286 | System and Method for Providing Sequenced Anonymous Communication Sessions Over a Network - A method for facilitating a sequenced, anonymous communications session in a communications environment is provided in one example that includes receiving, from a first endpoint, an anonymous, sequenced request for a communication session involving a second endpoint. The communication session is sequenced to occur at designated periods provided by the end user(s) and/or an administrator, while maintaining end user(s) anonymity. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287287 | Network Apparatus and Method for Translating Media Access Control Addresses - Network apparatus for linking a plurality of client equipments to a network service provider router, by way of Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE), the network apparatus being configured such that, in use, in sending data packets from the client equipments to the network service provider routers the Media Access Control (MAC) address of each client equipment is replaced with a MAC address of an interface card of the apparatus. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287288 | Mechanism to Verify Physical Proximity - Two participants may observe periodic data sources available only in the vicinity of physical trust (i.e. a wifi beacon). If an initial test of whether each participant has received the same key is passed, each party may hash the periodic source and communicate it to the other over a non-proximal communication channel (an IP network) and both are able to verify that the other (or agent of the other) is within the same vicinity. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287289 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF SECURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method of securing electronic device includes connecting a first electronic device saving an initial network environment parameter to a network. The first electronic device detects an actual network environment parameter in the network. The first electronic device uploads data information stored therein to a predetermined second electronic device through the network when the actual network environment parameter is different from the initial network environment parameter. The first electronic device deletes the data information stored therein. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287290 | Virtual Hotplug Techniques - Methods, systems, apparatuses and program products are disclosed for context sensitive selective control of usage of connection(s) to telecommunications networks, especially Internet and the like. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287291 | Method and system for user-determined attribute storage in a federated environment - A system is presented for facilitating management of user attribute information at one or more attribute information providers (AIPs), which can manage the user's attribute information in accordance with user-selected or administratively-determined options, including options that are stored in attribute release policies and/or dynamically determined during a transaction. E-commerce service providers (ECSPs), such as online banks or merchants, also maintain a relationship with an AIP such that the ECSP can trust the user attribute information that is provided by the AIP on behalf of the user. The user can complete transactions that require user attribute information at any ECSP without having to have previously established a relationship with that particular ECSP. If the ECSP has a relationship with one of the user's AIPs, then the user will be able to direct the ECSP to an AIP when the ECSP needs user attribute information to complete a transaction for the user. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287292 | Method, apparatus and computer program product for generating a content website in a data communications network - The present invention relates to an apparatus ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100287293 | Playback Communications Using a Unified Communications Protocol - According to particular embodiments, a system for outputting prerecorded communications includes a central server that receives playback instructions, retrieves event data from a database according to the playback instructions, and outputs events from the event data to an agent server according to the timing characteristics associated with the events, and the agent server that deploys playback agents into the target group communication service to submit events to the target group communication service. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287294 | VERY LOW LATENCY PROCESSING DEVICE FOR DATA PACKETS PARTICULAR TO A SPECIFIC APPLICATION - A very low latency processing device for source data relating to specific operations, the source data being transmitted via at least one communication network in the form of packets encoded according to a protocol particular to the specific operations and supported by the communication network, the processing device including at least one logic circuit configured to process the source data in an autonomous manner via a predetermined structure so that the transmission of data in the structure enables the packets to be received, their source data to be processed and the final data generated by the processing operation to be transmitted. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287295 | ARCHITECTURE FOR BUILDING MULTI-MEDIA STREAMING APPLICATIONS - A streaming engine and method includes a plurality of input types configured to pass one of samples and frames from an input stream. A processing block is configured to process the samples and frames independently of input and output types and produce any kind of output samples and frames in accordance with processing elements employed in the processing block. A plurality of output types is configured to initiate a session which determines connections between inputs and outputs so that the samples and the frames are received from the processing block in accordance with the session to appropriately direct the stream. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287296 | NETWORK STREAMING OF A SINGLE DATA STREAM SIMULTANEOUSLY OVER MULTIPLE PHYSICAL INTERFACES - Sending a data stream from a sending endpoint to a receiving endpoint, wherein both of the sending endpoint and the receiving endpoint each have multiple physical interfaces connecting the sending endpoint and the receiving endpoint to multiple networks, respectively, is provided. The data stream is split into a series of data packets and sent over the multiple physical interfaces. A next available data packet of the series is sent over a fastest one of the multiple physical interfaces. A data packet from further back in the series is extracted in accordance with a determined expected difference in arrival time, and sent on a corresponding slower one of the multiple physical interfaces. The next available data packet is sent from the sending endpoint nearly simultaneously as the extracted data packet is sent from the sending endpoint. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287297 | INFORMATIVE DATA STREAMING SERVER - A server for data streaming encodes multimedia signals at bit rates compatible with a connection of time-varying conditions and informs a client receiving a multimedia signal of changing bit rates and causes of change. The server supports several clients and includes a flow controller and at least one encoder. The flow controller derives metrics from measurements to determine a permissible transmission rate from the server to each active client. An encoder adapts individual transmission rates of signals according to respective permissible transmission rates. An overlay module, coupled to a multimedia signal source, the flow controller, and an encoder, superimposes informative insertions indicating permissible transmission rates and associated metrics on a multimedia signal to inform a client of changing transmission rates and causes of change. An informative insertion has a predefined duration and is sent either periodically or following a substantial change of network conditions. | 2010-11-11 |
20100287298 | DATACASTING SYSTEM WITH HIERARCHICAL DELIVERY QUALITY OF SERVICE MANAGEMENT CAPABILITY - Datacasting systems may include one or more compound carousels each managing one or more elementary carousels, and managed by a bandwidth manager. Subsets of compounds carousels may be identified, for example, according to priority levels. Bandwidth allocations may be determined for the compound carousels. For example, the bandwidth manager may utilize multiple bandwidth allocation cycles to determine the bandwidth allocations. The multiple bandwidth allocation cycles may form a sequence. Each bandwidth allocation cycle may at least partially allocate an available datacasting bandwidth resource to at least one of the identified subsets of the compound carousels. The allocations may be based at least in part on desired bandwidths determined by the compound carousels and/or one or more bandwidth guidelines of datacast sessions associated with the compound carousels. | 2010-11-11 |