46th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 66 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130304813 | PROXIMITY PREFERENCE DISPLAY OPERATING SYSTEM AND PROXIMITY PREFERENCE DISPLAY OPERATING METHOD - The present invention relates to an operating system for displaying proximity preferences, and more particularly, to an operating system for displaying proximity preferences capable of establishing an information communication environment so that users having similar preferences or interests can form a group to be displayed within a short distance, thereby easily checking the status of users or institutions having similar interests and preferences, and allowing the users or institutions to do their positive activities so as to obtain new information quickly and easily as well. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304814 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing device including: a determination unit that analyzes Web contents sent from a Web server to a. Web client and determines whether or not a communication link for starting communication to a specific party from the Web client is included in the Web contents; and a link addition unit that, when the communication link is included in the Web contents according to the results of the determination of the determination unit, adds to the Web contents a link to an additional information screen in which additional information for performing communication to the specific party from the Web client is described. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304815 | METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING DATA BETWEEN A FIRST DEVICE AND A SECOND DEVICE - According to an aspect of this disclosure, a method for transferring data from a first device to a second device is described, the method comprising: writing data into a data-sharing application of an operating system of the first device; requesting a data-sharing application to select a physical layer data transmission technology; the data-sharing application selecting a physical layer data transmission technology; connecting a data-sharing of an operating system of the second device via the selected physical layer data transmission technology; and transferring the data from the data-sharing application of the first device to the data-sharing application of the second device. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304816 | DATABASE REPLICATION USING COLLABORATIVE DATA TRANSFERS - Techniques are described herein for propagating continuously generated data from a seed to a plurality of peers without requiring the seed to send the new data to all peers, and without establishing static sender/receiver relationships between the peers. The data generated by the seed is divided into a number of “windows”, where each window is divided into a number of “pieces”. The seed sends the data piece-by-piece to different peers. The peer to which the seed sends any given piece may be selected at random. The peers exchange pieces until all pieces of a window are obtained by each peer. When a peer receives all pieces of a window, the pieces are applied at the peer, and the process repeats for the next window. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304817 | CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH CONTENT SHARING MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a content delivery system includes: detecting a person's presence for identifying a portable device; determining an audience type based on the person's presence for determining a content type presentable on a public device; and distributing a display content based on the audience type for displaying on the portable device, the public device, or a combination thereof. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304818 | Systems and methods for discovery of related terms for social media content collection over social networks - A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to discover one or more terms related to one or more query terms submitted by a user for search over a social media network, wherein the related terms discovered are trending and co-occurring with the submitted query terms over the social media network during a specific period of time. The terms related to the submitted keywords can be discovered based on based on various measurements that measure the trending characteristics of the terms in the social media content items collected over a period of time. Once the terms related to the submitted keywords have been discovered, they can be utilized to search or perform aggregated metrics and analytics on the social network together with the user-submitted query terms for content items containing all or most of the query terms and/or the related terms, wherein such content items obtained are presented as the search result to the user or subject to aggregate metrics and analytics presented to the user. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304819 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF DETECTION OF MOST RELEVANT INSIGHTS FOR LARGE VOLUME QUERY-BASED SOCIAL DATA STREAM - The present invention relates to novel methods and implementing systems that afford a user the ability to automatically analyze all mentions and metrics/analytics of any query-based social data stream, and detect mentions or analytics that can be classified as important for a user of that stream. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304820 | NETWORK SYSTEM WITH INTERACTION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A network system includes: a user interface configured to display a common program; a control unit coupled to the user interface, configured to match a captured video to related content of the common program; and a communication unit coupled to the control unit, configured to share the captured video in a collaborative space. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304821 | PROVIDING A WITNESS SERVICE - Described are embodiments directed at providing a witness service that sends notifications with a resource state to clients. Embodiments provide a protocol that includes various messages for registering and receiving notifications regarding the state of a resource. The protocol may include a message for requesting node information from a first node in a cluster. The node information identifies nodes in the cluster that provide a witness service, which monitors a resource. The protocol includes a message that is used to register with the witness service for notifications regarding a state, or state change, of a network or cluster resource. The protocol also includes messages for sending notifications with state information of the resource. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304822 | Systems and Method for Displaying and Categorizing News Feed Posts - Categorizing, colorizing, saving and visually filtering the content and appearance, of a live news feed, within a business or social network. The method involves categorizing information, photos, video and the like, prior to posting it within the live news feed. Each category is associated with a visual indicator so that postings of different categories become distinctive. The live news feed can be viewed in its entirety, by user type, by subject category or a combination of categories. The viewing user may choose categories for limiting information which appears in the live news feed by subject or user type, but may also have the option of viewing all content, which can be visually filtered by color. Users may save information from the central live news feed to their personal pages by choosing from the variety of categories that are also used to filter the live news feed content viewable to them. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304823 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - The present invention is capable of decreasing network load and serialization/de-serialization processing load even when large volumes of queries are forwarded. An information processing device: calculates a next key indicating the value closest to the value shown by a given key, from among keys indicating values contained in the range specified in the aforementioned query; specifies a one key from stored keys which indicate a certain value on the basis of the magnitude relation between the values indicated by the next key and said stored keys; specifies a forwarding destination node identifier on the basis of the value of the one key; calculates a forwarding destination final key indicating the bounds of the range of the next keys on the basis of the value indicated by the one key; and forwards to the device identified by the forwarding destination node identifier the query and the forwarding destination final key. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304824 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD INVOLVING THE CREATION OF VIRTUAL SPACES - A communication system involving the creation of virtual spaces comprises: (a) at least one mobile device ( | 2013-11-14 |
20130304825 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING CALENDAR EVENTS - According to embodiments described in the specification, a method, system and apparatus for processing calendar events are provided. The method comprises: receiving a calendar event invitation message addressed to at least one recipient device and storing the calendar event invitation message in a memory; determining, at a processor, whether to disable at least one recipient device function; when the determination is affirmative, generating a recipient policy including a recipient device function identifier, and a rule associated with the function identifier; and deploying the recipient policy for the at least one recipient device such that the function is disabled at the recipient device for at least a period of time. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304826 | SCHEDULED MESSAGES IN A SCALABLE MESSAGING SYSTEM - Techniques are provided for scheduled and non-scheduled delivery of messages. A message directed to at least one consumer is received at a message entity. The message is determined to include a scheduled delivery time. The received message is stored in a scheduled sub-queue of the message entity. Activation metadata is retrieved and stored for any messages stored in the scheduled sub-queue that include a scheduled delivery time within a predetermined upcoming time period. If when the message is received, the scheduled delivery time of the message is within a current activation window, the activation metadata for the message may be extracted and stored immediately. The stored activation metadata is analyzed to determine a batch of messages in the scheduled sub-queue ready for delivery. The determined batch of messages is stored in an active sub-queue of the message entity, to be ready for delivery at the request of a consumer. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304827 | ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK HANDLE TYPE AHEAD ENHANCEMENT - Determining a correct user with whom to communicate, e.g., the correct intended recipient of an electronic message in electronic communications. In one aspect, an unintended recipient may identify the message as unintended. In another aspect, a time lapse in response or lack of response from the recipient may flag an unintended recipient. Using a likeness algorithm, users related to the recipient is identified and the message may be sent to those identified related users. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304828 | SOCIAL MEDIA DATA PLAYBACK SYSTEM - A method of displaying social media data is provided. The method includes accessing stored social media data from a plurality of social media outlets and obtaining social media data having associated context information. The obtained social media data includes at least first social media data from a first social media outlet and second social media data from a second social media outlet. The method includes providing a user interface that displays representations of the first and second social media data as a function of the context information. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304829 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SOCIAL MEDIA COOPERATION PROTOCOL - Methods and systems for social media cooperation, via allowing inter-social network communications between users of different networks is provided. The inter-social network communications may be facilitated by sending inter-social network communications in a format determined by a protocol that is used by the social networks agreeing to allow inter-social network communications. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304830 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SOCIAL MEDIA COOPERATION PROTOCOL - Methods and systems for social media cooperation, via allowing inter-social network communications between users of different networks is provided. The inter-social network communications may be facilitated by sending inter-social network communications in a format determined by a protocol that is used by the social networks agreeing to allow inter-social network communications. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304831 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MESSAGING AND PRESENCE MODIFICATION - An electronic message modifying systems and methods are disclosed. The system includes a sending terminal, at least one modification parameters database, which contains a plurality of modification parameters, at least one message modification agent and a recipient moiety, including a message user agent. The modification parameters in the database are updated dynamically. The method includes sending a message, obtaining at least one modification parameter, from a database which contains a plurality of modification parameters, applying to the message at least one modification parameter by a message modification agent and delivering a modified message to the recipient. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304832 | METHOD, CLIENT AND SERVER OF TRANSMITTING GROUP COMMUNICATION INFORMATION - The present disclosure discloses methods, IM clients, and IM group servers of transmitting Instant Messenger (IM) group communication information. Based on the technical scheme of the embodiments of the present disclosure, upon identifying that group communication information inputted by a user includes a predefined name identifier, an IM client on a sending end sends the group communication information to group users that are listed after the name identifier. In response to identifying that the received group communication information includes the name identifier, an IM client at a receiving end prominently displays the group communication information that includes the name identifier, and sends a user response of the group communication information to users (other than the user himself/herself) that are listed after the name identifier and a user who sends the group communication information. The IM clients can perform sending or receiving group communication information with designated recipients, and can identify confidentiality of group communication information. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304833 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERIC LOOP DETECTION - A system and method for detecting generic loops is described. In one example, an inbound email is inspected for a loop token. If a loop token is found, then an event identification and a sender identification is extracted. The extracted sender identification and event identification is applied to a loop token record, and the inbound email is conditionally discarded based on the application to the loop token record. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304834 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACCOMPLISHING BUSINESS APPLICATION PROCESSES THROUGH A MESSAGING SERVICE - Systems and methods for accomplishing a business application process of a business application through a standard messaging platform are disclosed. A user sends a request message having a subject field through a standard messaging platform. If the subject field includes at least one command pattern corresponding to a predetermined action for the business application, command action logic corresponding to the at least one command pattern is invoked. Information and potential user actions resulting from the business service function are identified and returned to the user in a response message. In response to the user taking action on the response message, an action message having a subject line corresponding to the action taken by the user on the response message is generated. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304835 | TRANSMITTING AND DISPLAYING OFFLINE DATA - The present disclosure discloses a method, an apparatus, and a system for transmitting and displaying offline data. When communication application software on a client terminal is under an offline state, a background service corresponding to the communication application software at the client terminal is started so that the client terminal establishes a communication connection between the client terminal and a message server via the background service. The client terminal receives offline data from the message server via the background service. The background service also analyzes the offline data to generate a prompt message for displaying, and displays the prompt message at a pre-determined display area. The present techniques enable a user to obtain updated messages in real-time and improve an efficiency of the user for acquiring data and user experiences. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304836 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING MICRO WEB LOG MESSAGES - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and an apparatus for processing micro web log messages in a micro web log system, where a unified rich media control is configured in each client side in the micro web log system, and the rich media control is obtained by encapsulating rich media information processing logics according to an operation type and a media type of rich media information. The method includes: receiving, by the client side in the micro web log system, an operation request for processing rich media information in a micro web log message; and invoking, by the client side in the micro web log system, a corresponding rich media control according to the operation type and the media type of the requested rich media information, and running the control to process the rich media information properly. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304837 | PROGRAMMATIC MESSAGE PARTNER LIST MANAGEMENT - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to instant messaging and real-time communications systems and provide a method, system and computer program product for automated partner list management in a real-time communications system. In one embodiment, a real-time communications data processing system can include a real-time communications server, a history log configured to record user interaction records for different users of the real-time communications server, a set of partner lists for the different users, and partner list management logic coupled to each of the real-time communications server and history log. The partner list management logic can include program code enabled to remove individual ones of the different users from a single one of the partner lists which individual ones of the different users meet at least one configurable criteria. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304838 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR JOINING ELECTRONIC CONFERENCE - According to the present invention, even while a chat opening process is in progress, users can join chats by means of a simple procedure from a video game machine . Once a chat has been opened, an invitation signal can further be transmitted to other chat guests. A video game machine of an expected guest receiving the invitation signal displays a screen prompting the guest to enter the chat room, and the expected guest can join the chat by transmitting an enter room signal to a database. At this time, a chat answer signal indicating that the expected guest accepts the invitation from a chairman is transmitted from the expected guest to the chairman. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304839 | METHOD OF CANCELING LOCATION INFORMATION REQUEST - A method of canceling a location information request including receiving a request from a location service client for location information of a target terminal; performing location tracking of the target terminal; and sending a message to the location service client when a privacy profile state has changed. Further, the message indicates that the request from the location service client for location information of the target terminal is canceled. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304840 | NOTIFICATION SYSTEM - A notification system with a method for providing a notification including storing a notification request at a home unit; receiving the notification request at a central location, the notification request comprising a message, a notification time, and a destination; storing the message at the central location; associating the message with the notification time and destination; determining a current time; comparing the determined current time to the notification time; opening a communication session with the destination based on the determination; and transmitting the stored message to the destination during the communication session based on the opening. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304841 | SERVER NODE INTERCONNECT DEVICES AND METHODS - Described are systems and methods for interconnecting devices. A switch fabric is in communication with a plurality of electronic devices. A rendezvous memory is in communication with the switch fabric. Data is transferred to the rendezvous memory from a first electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices in response to a determination that the data is ready for output from a memory at the first electronic device and in response to a location allocated in the rendezvous memory for the data. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304842 | Endpoint Caching for Data Storage Systems - A data storage system including a central storage system, at least one endpoint computer system in network communication with the central storage system by a network infrastructure, and a storage accelerator in communication with a CPU of the computer system, wherein the storage accelerator provides endpoint caching of data on the central storage system that is accessible to the at least one endpoint computer. Preferably, the storage accelerator is positioned at a location where a throughput of data from the CPU to the storage accelerator is greater than the throughput of data through a connection from the CPU to the central storage system. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304843 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL WEB ACCESS - A client-based computer system adapted to communicate with a remote server through a network and to provide access to content or services provided by the server. The system includes a storage device and a cache. The cache is adapted to communicate with the server over the network, to intercept a request from the client to the server, and to store responses from the server on the storage device. The cache is further adapted to automatically determine when to send the request to the server over the network. The cache is still further adapted to provide a response, including from the responses stored on the storage device based upon the request, to appear as through the server provided the response. The system may also include a crawler. The crawler is adapted to operate in conjunction with the cache to cause requests to be sent to the server over the network. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304844 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CACHING NETWORK FILE SYSTEMS - A network caching system has a multi-protocol caching filer coupled to an origin server to provide storage virtualization of data served by the filer in response to data access requests issued by multi-protocol clients over a computer network. The multi-protocol caching filer includes a file system configured to manage a sparse volume that “virtualizes” a storage space of the data to thereby provide a cache function that enables access to data by the multi-protocol clients. To that end, the caching filer further includes a multi-protocol engine configured to translate the multi-protocol client data access requests into generic file system primitive operations executable by both the caching filer and the origin server. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304845 | GENERATING CUSTOM ADDRESS LINKS - A system is configured to receive location information associated with a geographic location, determine a web address associated with the location information, and determine a custom address associated with the location information and the web address, where the custom address is descriptive of the location information and is different than the web address. The system is further configured to store information associating the web address, the custom address, and the location information, and send the custom address to a user device, where the user device is able to use the custom address to obtain or share at least a portion of the location information at the web address. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304846 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR AN AUTOMATED EXCHANGE SYSTEM - A method of processing exchange system trading data is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving an order data message from a matching engine of an automated exchange. The order data message has first data format and it also comprises identification information associated with a trading entity. The received data message is then converted into a new data message of a new data format, which is different from the data format of the received order data message. Also, the trading entity from which the received order data message is originating is identified. Subsequently, the new data message having the new data format can be transmitted to a plurality of client devices associated with the identified trading entity. This may allow for all, or at least a majority of client devices, of the identified trading entity to get an overview of the total order activity of the identified trading entity. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304847 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING DATA VIA MORE THAN ONE COMMUNICATIONS INTERFACE - A method system and apparatus for transferring data via more than one communications interface are provided. A data file is transferred, at a processor of a device, and via at least one communications network, on a first communications interface of the device and a second communications interface of the device, the second communications interface different from the first communications interface. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304848 | End User QoS Selection - A method, computer program product, and computer system for receiving, at a remote computer device, a response time goal selected by an end user. The response time goal includes an interval when a next payload is to be received at a local computer device from the remote computer device. The remote computer device dynamically adjusts content of the next payload to be delivered to the local computer device based on the response time goal selected by the end user to allow the content of the next payload to be received at the local computer device within the response time goal selected by the end user. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304849 | DISTRIBUTION OF MESSAGES IN SYSTEM LANDSCAPES - Systems, computer products, and computer-implemented methods may be directed to publishing information about a service offered by a service provider at a first services registry. The information about the service can be communicated to a second services registry. An indication of a subscription to the service may be received by a service consumer from the second services registry. Information about the subscribed service can be communicated to the second services registry. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304850 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING A LOST MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - Systems and methods for remotely controlling a lost mobile communications device are disclosed. Authorization credentials may be received and a command request for an action to be performed by a lost mobile communications device may further be received. A command corresponding to the command request may be transmitted to the lost mobile communications device. In response to the transmission of the command, information about the lost mobile communications device may be received and interpreted to determine whether the transmitted command was performed or not performed by the lost mobile communications device. A notification may be provided based on whether or not the command was performed by the lost mobile communications device. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304851 | Architecture for Network-Enabled Tools - The different advantageous embodiments provide a system comprising a wireless network, a number of tools, and a central server. The number of tools is connected to the wireless network. The number of tools is configured to perform a number of tasks and collect process data while performing the number of tasks. The central server is connected to the wireless network. The central server is configured to monitor the number of tools performing the number of tasks and receive the process data collected by the number of tools over the wireless network. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304852 | DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A distribution apparatus may include a judging unit that judges whether to distribute data, based on position information received from an apparatus and position condition information that is preset, and a data distributing unit that distributes the data to a distributing destination when the judging unit judges to distribute the data. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304853 | Methods, Devices, and Computer Program Products for Providing a Plurality of Application Services via a Customized Private Network Connection - A plurality of application services are provided to subscriber devices in a cloud computing network. A plurality of requests for application services are received from a subscriber device via a customized private network connection assigned to the subscriber device, and the requests for application services are aggregated with requests for application services from other subscriber devices. The requests are transmitted to application servers within the cloud computing network hosting applications for performing the application services. The subscriber device is provided with the requested plurality of application services via the customized private network connection. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304854 | Method of Using Tokens and Policy Descriptors for Dynamic on Demand Session Management - Tokens and policy descriptors are used for dynamic on demand session management in a distributed and scalable architecture for on demand sessions and resource management. The architecture includes an on demand client, a purchase server, and a session manager. A purchase token is generated at the purchase server and assigned to the on demand client. The purchase token represents at least one requested asset. In response to an on demand session set-up request corresponding to the purchase token from the on demand client to the session manager, the purchase token is expanded to generate at least one dynamic policy management descriptor for the on demand session. This provides token-based purchase authorization and policy management for on demand services. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304855 | URI SERVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A URI-redirection via machine-scannable-code system and method are provided herein. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304856 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to transmit to a media server a request for distribution of media content to one or more targeted recipients according to a user profile associated with the communication device that is stored in the media server. The format of the media content can be adjusted by the media server based at least in part on the user profile. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304857 | Method and Device for Location Management of Group-Based Machine Type Communication MTC Device - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a device for location management of a group-based machine type communication MTC device. The method includes: receiving a location update message sent by a mobility management network element, where the location update message includes a device identity and/or a group identity of a first MTC device; acquiring the group identity of the first MTC device according to the location update message, and updating subscription data of all MTC devices in a group corresponding to the group identity; and sending subscription data of the group to the mobility management network element, where the group subscription data includes the group identity and/or a device identity list of all the MTC devices in the group. An embodiment of the present invention further provides a corresponding device. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304858 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - Systems and methods for managing form data representing a form are disclosed. In one embodiment, an information-providing apparatus has a communication unit configured to communicate with an information-processing apparatus over a network, a storage unit storing a container, and a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to receive, via the communication unit, a request to access the container from the information-processing apparatus, to retrieve, from the container, form data representing a form, to send, via the communication unit, the form data to the information-processing apparatus, and to receive, via the communication unit, a form execution request from the information-processing apparatus, the form execution request including an identification of the container and user-supplied information added to the form date. The processing unit is further configured to execute the form execution request based on the identification of the container and on the user-supplied information. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304859 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING BETWEEN A FIRST ITEM OF EQUIPMENT AND ONE OR MORE OTHER ITEMS OF EQUIPMENT - A method and system for communicating between a first item of equipment and one or more other items of destination equipment implemented through a communication network, each item of equipment being identified on the communication network via an identifier based on its geographical coordinates. The method includes dispatching a message via the first item of equipment to each destination item of equipment, the message being in accordance with a determined communication protocol and including a first item of information defining a zone of influence corresponding to a determined geographical zone with respect to which each item of destination equipment determines whether the message is relevant to it. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304860 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE TRANSCEIVING OF CONTENT - Provided is a method of controlling content transmission between Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) devices. The method comprise discovering a plurality of UPnP devices; receiving, from at least one of the discovered UPnP devices, a Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) address of the UPnP device and a CEC address of a device which is connected to the UPnP device through a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI); checking, by using the received CEC addresses, an HDMI connection between a source device and a sink device among the discovered UPnP devices; and controlling content to be streamed through the HDMI connection between the source device and the sink device. | 2013-11-14 |
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20130304862 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEVICE-AGNOSTIC WIRELESS SYNCHRONIZATION - A method of synchronizing content between a mobile device and a computer, the mobile device having a client media file located thereon and the computer having a host media file located thereon. The method includes (A) the mobile device discovering a web service on the computer via a wireless connection with the computer; (B) the mobile device mounting the host media file from the computer; (C) the mobile device uploading a copy of the host media file to the mobile device; (D) the mobile device synchronizing the client media file with the uploaded copy of the host media file to form a revised host media file; and (E) the mobile device uploading the revised host media file to the computer; and (F) while the mobile device is performing steps (D) an (E), the mobile device monitoring the wireless connection between the mobile device and the computer. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304863 | CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEM, VEHICLE CLOUD PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A cloud computing system includes a network interface for interfacing with a wide area network. At least one wireless transceiver engages in bidirectional communication with a plurality of vehicle cloud processing devices within a corresponding plurality of vehicles in at least one vehicle aggregation location. A network control device receives requests for at least one cloud computing service via the wide area network and facilitates the at least one cloud computing service via the bidirectional communication with the plurality of vehicle cloud processing devices. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304864 | Publishing-Point Management for Content Delivery Network - A system and method for delivering content objects over the Internet to an end user system with a content delivery network (CDN) is disclosed. The system and method allow for dynamically serving content objects by loading and/or reconfiguring publishing points upon receipt of an end user request. When a content object is requested by an end user media player, the request is assigned to an edge server within a particular POP of the CDN. An optional peer-discovery algorithm is used to determine a content source for the requested content object within the CDN. The peer-discovery algorithm first determines whether the publishing point associated with the requested content object is loaded into the edge server. Alternatively, the peer-discovery algorithm queries other edge servers within or remote from the particular POP to determine whether the request for content object is mapped by other edge servers to a content source using their respective publishing points. Once the content source for the requested content object is determined, the edge server reconfigures its publishing point toward the content source. Ultimately, the content object is streamed to the end user media player. Management of the publishing points avoids performance degradations on the edge server in some embodiments. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304865 | STORING LOCAL SESSION DATA AT A USER EQUIPMENT AND SELECTIVELY TRANSMITTING GROUP SESSION DATA TO GROUP SESSION TARGETS BASED ON DYNAMIC PLAYBACK RELEVANCE INFORMATION - In an embodiment, a given user equipment (UE) in a local communication session (e.g., a P2P or ad-hoc session) between multiple UEs is designated to record session data. The given UE records the session data exchanged between the multiple UEs during the local communication session and uploads the recorded session data to a server after the local communication session has terminated. In another embodiment, a session controller (e.g., a remote server or a P2P node) receives multiple media feeds from multiple transmitting UEs, and selectively interlaces subsets of the multiple media feeds into interlaced output feed(s) that are transmitted to target UE(s). The target UE(s) provide feedback which permits the session controller to determine a lowest relevant configuration (LRC) for the target UE(s) that is used to regulate the interlaced output feed(s) transmitted thereto. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304866 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF UTILIZING WIRELESS USB DEVICE AS LOCAL PROXY FOR CLOUD STORAGE - Systems and methods are provided for making cloud storage more easily accessible using a wireless device, such as, e.g., a wireless Universal Serial Bus (USB) dongle/modem, mobile hotspot device, etc. In particular, the wireless USB device is used to emulate a standard mass storage class device, thus allowing a user local data access to the wireless USB device. This “local” data access is then translated to remote data access with respect to the actual cloud storage allowing cloud storage to be effectuated without additional login procedures and without the opening/installation of cloud storage-specific applications. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304867 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO EFFICIENTLY RETRIEVE A DATA ELEMENT - Methods and systems to efficiently retrieve a data element are described. The system may receive a first request over a connection from a first network device. The first request is associated with a first domain. The first request is received at a load balancer server and further identifies a first plurality of records that are included in a data element. Next, the system routes the first request to a first application server. Finally, the system receives a first response from the first application server. The first response includes a request identifier and an indication to remember the first application server. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304868 | System and method for communicating and managing data - A system and method for communicating and managing data among a plurality of user devices are provided. The system comprises a utility computing agent installed in each of the user devices, the utility computing agent configured for managing data synchronization among the plurality of user devices, a central storage unit coupled to each of the user devices via a data communication network, the central storage unit configured for being a master storage repository, and a communication agent configured for communicating content from the central storage unit to at least one of the user devices. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304869 | Communicating Behavior Information in a Mobile Computing Device - Methods, systems and devices for communicating behavior analysis information using an application programming interface (API) may include receiving data/behavior models from one or more third-party network servers in a client module of a mobile device and communicating the information to a behavior observation and analysis system via a behavior API. The third-party servers may be maintained by one or more partner companies that have domain expertise in a particular area or technology that is relevant for identifying, analyzing, classifying, and/or reacting to mobile device behaviors, but that do not have access to (or knowledge of) the various mobile device sub-systems, interfaces, configurations, modules, processes, drivers, and/or hardware systems required to generate effective data/behavior models suitable for use by the mobile device. The behavior API and/or client modules allow the third-party server to quickly and efficiently access the most relevant and important information on the mobile device. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304870 | METHOD OF ENABLING DIGITAL MUSIC CONTENT TO BE DOWNLOADED TO AND USED ON A PORTABLE WIRELESS COMPUTING DEVICE - The invention enables digital music content to be downloaded to and used on a portable wireless computing device. An application running on the wireless device has been automatically adapted to parameters associated with the wireless device without end-user input (e.g. the application has been configured in dependence on the device OS and firmware, related bugs, screen size, pixel number, security models, connection handling, memory etc. This application enables an end-user to browse and search music content on a remote server using a wireless network; to download music content from that remote server using the wireless network and to playback and manage that downloaded music content. The application also includes a digital rights management system that enables unlimited legal downloads of different music tracks to the device and also enables any of those tracks stored on the device to be played so long as a subscription service has not terminated. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304871 | Continually Updating a Channel of Aggregated and Curated Media Content Using Metadata - A method and system for aggregating and curating a plurality of media content pieces. The method including the steps of aggregating a plurality of media content pieces from various sources and curating each of the plurality of media content pieces to determine metadata associated with each of the plurality of media content pieces including an ideology level for each of the media content pieces. Each of the media content pieces and determined metadata are stored in a database. The stored/aggregated media content pieces are then made accessible to a user using a search feature that selects at least one of the plurality of media content pieces based upon metadata stored in the database. A user also can define a channel of media using metadata. The system selects, and continually updates, a list of media content pieces matching the metadata. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304872 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR A STORAGE AREA NETWORK - An apparatus and system are disclosed for a storage area network (“SAN”). In one embodiment, a computer system includes an internal storage device and an internal storage controller. In this embodiment, the internal storage controller is configured to implement a SAN that includes at least the internal storage device and a storage device external to the computer system. In this embodiment, the internal storage controller is further configured to service a storage request received from a client that involves data stored by the internal storage device. In this embodiment, the internal storage controller is configured to communicate with the external storage device via a network. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304873 | METHOD OF DETERMINING BROADBAND CONTENT USAGE WITHIN A SYSTEM - An end user network access point monitors and collects usage statistics associated with all content accessed by the end user devices through the access point. One or more external control servers collect the usage statistics from each access point, thereby compiling macro-level statistics related to content accessed by the end user devices. The one or more external control servers can be co-located with the network equipment of the broadband infrastructure provider, or the one or more external control servers can be independent of the broadband infrastructure. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304874 | MULTI-STREAM BIT RATE ADAPTATION - A method for communication includes providing an item of media content for streaming in a plurality of versions having different, respective bit rates. The media content is streamed from a server to a client by transmitting a first version of the item over a network at a first bit rate from the server to the client via a server buffer associated with the server and monitoring a fill level of the server buffer while streaming the media content. The server switches to transmitting a second version of the item at a second bit rate, different from the first bit rate, to the client in response to a change in the fill level of the server buffer. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304875 | DATA SEGMENTATION, REQUEST AND TRANSFER METHOD - A process for requesting information, the process including generating a plurality of range requests using a client having a plurality of network interfaces, the range requests each corresponding to a data range of a data resource, transmitting, from the client having the plurality of network interfaces, a plurality of range requests to a server via the plurality of network interfaces, receiving, at the client and from the server, a plurality of segments via the plurality of network interfaces such that each segment is received via a network interface which transmitted the corresponding range request, each segment including a portion of the data resource, and reassembling the data resource using the plurality of segments. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304876 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTER NETWORK CONFIGURATION AND OPERATION - A system for simplifying the configuration and administration of computer networks. A the server system first sends a broadcast message out to the other network nodes on the computer network to learn configuration of each other network nodes on the local network. Next, network software within each other network node (not shown) responds to the broadcast message with a response containing configuration information and an identifier key value. In one embodiment, the identifier key value may be a randomly generated number. The server system then builds a table of network nodes using the information received in the response messages sent in response to the broadcast message. The server may then communicate with systems having duplicate addresses using the identifier key value. In some embodiments, the server system may send request messages to one or more network nodes specifying a network configuration change. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304877 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION OF ISN STORE-BASED OVERLAY NETWORK - A system for dynamically configuring an overlay network using an intelligent service networking (ISN) store is provided. The system includes an ISN store configured to register and manage information on network OT resources for providing an overlay network-based service available in a network; a DCON device configured to receive network OT resource information necessary for a service provider to provide the overlay network-based service from the ISN store upon the requests of the service provider and a service user and to dynamically configure an overlay network for providing the overlay network-based service based on the received network OT resource information; and a network OT resource provider configured to register the network OT resources in the ISN store. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304878 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND ALGORITHM FOR COMPUTING NETWORK SERVICE VALUE PRICING BASED ON COMMUNICATION SERVICE EXPERIENCES DELIVERED TO CONSUMERS AND MERCHANTS OVER A SMART MULTI-SERVICES (SMS) COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A system and method for providing multi-services within a communication network according to various exemplary embodiments can include storing, in a database of a computer, user-defined sets of rules and instructions for providing multi-services to end user devices connected to a communication network comprising a Hybrid Fiber-Wireless (HFW) network having policy management capabilities. The system and method can receive, at one or more processors, the user-defined sets of rules and instructions from a plurality of end users via a plurality of end user devices. The system and method can configure a virtual network for each end user within the communication network using the policy management capabilities based on the user-defined sets of rules and instructions provided by each end user. The user-defined sets of rules and instructions define provisioning and delivery of resources and services provided by the communication network to the end user. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304879 | CONFIGURATION OF AN END DEVICE FOR AN ACCESS TO A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method is provided to configure an end device ( | 2013-11-14 |
20130304880 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NETWORK SERVICE AND FUNCTION OF VIRTUAL DESKTOP APPLICATION IN CLOUD - A network access control method for a virtual desktop service is provided. The network access control method provides the user's virtual desktop IP allication, network access control, and user service group authorization. The network access control method provides a convenient and efficient way for virtual desktop service management. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304881 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING APPLICATION SECURITY PROFILES - A method for intercepting, by an agent of a client, communications from the client to be transmitted via a virtual private network connection includes the step of intercepting communications based on identification of an application from which the communication originates. The agent receives information identifying a first application. The agent determines a network communication transmitted by the client originates from the first application and intercepts that communication. The agent transmits the intercepted communication via the virtual private network connection. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304882 | Systems and Methods for Dynamically Configuring Communication Data Items - Systems and methods reconfigure data transmitted on a network, the network using a communication protocol. The systems and methods include a processor that is operable to receive data from a second device on the network; a memory medium; and a data configurator operable to dynamically reconfigure the data from the second device, with the data from the second device being in the form of a network item defined by the second device. The data configurator is operable to pass the reconfigured data to the processor and/or the memory medium in the form of a device item that is native to the device. A data design tool generates a map configuration to define a unique relationship between the network item and the device item. The map configuration includes a network representation portion for data in the network item and a device representation portion for data in the data item. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304883 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING STATE SYNCHRONIZATION IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A system and method can support network management in a network environment. The network environment can include a plurality of configuration daemons (CDs), wherein each CD resides on a switch in the network environment. The CD operates to receive a configuration file that includes a list of known management key (M_Key) values. Furthermore, the CD operates to store the configuration file, and make the configuration file available to a local subnet manager(SM) on the switch, wherein the local SM is associated with a currently used M_Key value. Then, the CD operates to update the local SM with a new M_Key, after receiving an instruction from a master CD that is associated with a master SM in the network environment. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304884 | System and Method for Using a First Device to Communicate Data from a Second Device - A method, device and computer readable medium are provided for enabling a communication for a second device using a first device. The method comprises detecting a first connection with the first device; obtaining from the first device via the first connection, a first set of one or more addresses and a second set of one or more identifiers associated with respective ones of the one or more addresses; detecting disconnection of the first connection with the first device; deleting the first set; enabling one or more identifiers from the second set to be associated with data to be transferred to the first device; detecting a second connection with the first device; and sending the data and associated one or more identifiers to the first device to have the first device to send the communication using corresponding one or more addresses. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304885 | Managing a Subscription Hierarchy in Presence Systems - A method, an apparatus and an article of manufacture for managing a subscription hierarchy in a presence system. The method includes receiving a presence information request within a presence server, wherein the request is one of a subscription request and an un-subscribe request, determining if the request corresponds to an existing subscriber in the presence server, and if so, sending a redirect message to the existing subscriber, and if not, processing the request within the presence server, and enhancing functionality of subscribers to accept and handle subscription and un-subscribe requests. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304886 | LOAD BALANCING FOR MESSAGING TRANSPORT - A method of routing dependent messages sent from a source node. The method comprises routing a plurality of messages including a plurality of dependent messages from a source node for processing by a group of a plurality of processing nodes, optionally while managing a failure recovery mechanism and complying with message dependencies. Each message having a weight, each dependent message is routed while at least one dependency thereof is complied with, acquiring a plurality of acknowledge notifications to at least some of the plurality of messages from the plurality of processing nodes, calculating, at the source node using a processor, a message load of each of the plurality of processing nodes according to the weight of respective messages of plurality of messages which are sent thereto and respective acknowledge notifications of the plurality of acknowledge notifications which are sent therefrom. The routing is performed according to the respective message load. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304887 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM QUERYING - Systems and methods for reducing latency associated with establishing communication with a server utilizing a wireless communication system are described. One aspect enhances domain name system querying. For example, an electronic device may transmit a request for server to a service providing device. Prior to one of IP address assignment, authentication of the electronic device, or association of a link-layer with the electronic device, a request for domain name resolution for a server may be transmitted to the service providing device. A response is received by the electronic device indicating the network service provided, with the request for domain name resolution being transmitted prior to receiving the response. In one aspect, the request for domain name resolution is performed as part of the request for network service transmitted from the electronic device to the service providing device. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304888 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REALIZING LOAD BALANCE IN DISTRIBUTED HASH TABLE NETWORK - The disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for realizing load balance in a DHT network, wherein the method comprises: determining the quantity Z of first virtual identifiers according to the node planning of the DHT network and a preset threshold of load unbalance degree, wherein Z is a natural number; equally dividing the whole load space of the DHT network into Z portions, and each portion of the load space is respectively identified by a different first virtual identifier; allocating the Z first virtual identifiers to each node according to the ability of each node so that each node is in charge of the load space corresponding to the first virtual identifier allocated to the node. The disclosure can reduce workload for managing and transferring virtual identifiers while realizing data storage load balance in the DHT network. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304889 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A TRANSACTIONAL COMMAND LINE INTERFACE (CLI) IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A system and method can support subnet management in a network environment. A network switch in the network environment can provide a transactional interface, wherein the transactional interface allows a user to interact with the network environment using a transaction. The transactional interface allows a user to group one or more operations in the transaction, and ensures that no conflicting operations are included in the transaction. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304890 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING SUBNET MANAGER (SM) MASTER NEGOTIATION IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A system and method can support master negotiation in a network environment. A subnet manager (SM) can perform subnet discovery on a subnet in the network environment via a subnet manager (SM) in the subnet, wherein the subnet includes a plurality of SMs. Furthermore, the SM can communicate with the other SMs in the subnet to check for a number of known secret keys, and select a SM from the plurality of SMs as a master SM, wherein the master SM has the highest number of known keys. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304891 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING DRY-RUN MODE IN A NETWORK ENVIROMENT - A system and method can support subnet management in a network environment. One or more inactivated switches can be included in a subnet, wherein each of the inactivated switches is associated with an empty set of known secret keys. A subnet manager (SM) in a dry-run mode can perform one or more dry-run operations on the one or more inactivated switches, before activating the one or more inactivated switches. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304892 | Breaking a TCP connection into a set of relay connections in an overlay network - Applications that run on an overlay network-based managed service achieve high performance gains using a set of TCP optimizations. In a first optimization, a typical single TCP connection between a client and an origin server is broken into preferably three (3) separate TCP connections. These connections are: an edge-to-client connection, an edge-to-edge connection, and edge-to-origin connection. A second optimization replicates TCP state along the connection to increase fault tolerance. In this approach, preferably a given TCP connection is maintained on two servers. When a packet is received by one server, called the primary, its state is updated and then passed to a second server, called the backup. Only when the backup sends an acknowledgement back to the primary can it then send a TCP acknowledgement back to the host that originally sent the packet. Another optimization reduces connection establishment latency. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304893 | DIAMETER SESSION AUDITS - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: determining by the network device that an S9 session should be audited; determining that the S9 session is a suspect session; transmitting an S9 message to a partner device, wherein the S9 message includes an innocuous instruction; receiving, at the network device, a response message from the partner device; determining, based on the response message, whether the suspect session is orphaned; and if the suspect session is orphaned, removing an S9 session record associated with the suspect session. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304894 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE CONTROL BETWEEN MOBILE DEVICES - A remote control method between mobile devices and a system thereof are provided. The system includes a server including a control command list for controlling a help-requesting device. The server authenticates a remote control authorization of a control device and relays a data packet communication between the help-requesting device and the control device. The help-requesting device transmits a help request message to the control device through the server. The control device acquires the authorization to remotely control the help-requesting device from the server and then transmits a control command for controlling the help-requesting device to the help-requesting device through the server. The help-requesting device executes the received control command and then transmits execution result data to the control device through the server. The control device outputs the execution result data received from the help-requesting device. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304895 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TOPOLOGY-AWARE JOB SCHEDULING AND BACKFILLING IN AN HPC ENVIRONMENT - A method for job management in an HPC environment includes determining an unallocated subset from a plurality of HPC nodes, with each of the unallocated HPC nodes comprising an integrated fabric. An HPC job is selected from a job queue and executed using at least a portion of the unallocated subset of nodes. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304896 | TRIGGER-BASED DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM - A system for collecting and communicating data associated with at least one of a plurality of machines includes a sensor. The sensor is configured to monitor an operational condition of the at least one associated machine and provide signals indicative of the operational condition. The system includes at least one local data system, including a processor, associated with the machine and configured to receive signals from the sensor, detect an event affecting the at least one machine based on the signals received from the sensor, and communicate data relevant to the detected event to a location remote from the at least one machine. A central data system including a processor and configured to receive the data relevant to the detected event and communicate with other machines of the plurality of much such that the other machines communicate data relevant to the detected event to the central data system is included. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304897 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROACTIVELY PROVIDING TROUBLESHOOTING INFORMATION - An approach is provided for collecting a plurality of life cycle events relating to one or more customer premise devices associated with a user account, the user account, or the combination thereof, analyzing the plurality of life cycle events to determine a potential service issue with the one or more customer premise devices, the user account, or the combination thereof, and generating a notification based on the analysis to proactively provide troubleshooting to resolve the potential service issue. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304898 | METHOD FOR PROXIMITY DETERMINATION BETWEEN MOBILE PEERS WHILE MAINTAINING PRIVACY - This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for determining proximity between networked devices without requiring those devices to share location information either because of privacy or because such information cannot be obtained. To do this, access points for a plurality of networked devices are compared, and those devices detecting, or detected by, the same access points are deemed proximal to each other. Software, or features of software, can be initiated on those networked devices that are proximal to other networked devices and the proximal networked devices can be given information enabling them to identify and communicate with each other. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304899 | VIRTUAL MACHINE ALLOCATION AT PHYSICAL RESOURCES - Communications between virtual machines are monitored to identify virtual machines that have an affinity with each other, such as where the virtual machines have greater than a threshold of communication between each other. An affinity table tracks virtual machines having an affinity relationship and is referenced upon start-up or migration of a virtual machine so that a starting-up or migrating virtual machine will run on the same processing resource as virtual machines with which it has an affinity relationship. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304900 | REPUTATION MANAGEMENT USING EVOLVING REPUTATION SCORES - An evidence monitor may monitor interactions between at least one service provider and at least one service consumer during a time period. The evidence monitor may receive negative feedback from the at least one service consumer regarding a corresponding interaction of the interactions. A reputation engine may increase a reputation score of the at least one service provider during the time period in accordance with a growth rate, as the interactions occur during the time period. The reputation engine may also decrease the reputation score of the at least one service provider in response to the negative feedback and in accordance with a negative feedback response characteristic. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304901 | AUTOMATED INTEGRATION OF DISPARATE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT TOOLS - Control over servers and partitions within a computer network may be automated to improve response to disaster events within the computer network. For example, a monitoring server may be configured to automatically monitor servers through remote communications sessions. A disaster event may be detected based on information received from the partitions and servers within the network. The monitoring server may monitor system of different types and/or configurations. For example, a first server monitored by the monitoring server may be different type of server than the second server. Each of the servers may be monitored through a remote communications session, such as a telnet session. In addition to monitoring the servers, the monitoring server may remotely manage the servers of different types. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304902 | Cooperative Proxy Auto-Discovery and Connection Interception - In a network supporting transactions between clients and servers and proxies that are interposable in a network path, a pair of proxies can modify a packet stream such that packet data from client to server is transformed at a client-side proxy of the pair and untransformed at a server-side of the pair and packet data from server to client is transformed at the server-side proxy and untransformed at the client-side proxy. A discovering proxy transparently discovers its position in a proxy pair by using proxy signals. A discovering proxy might determine that it is a client-side proxy by receipt of a packet from client without a proxy signal, or that it is a server-side proxy by receipt of a packet from server without a return proxy signal. Once a proxy pair is discovered, it might transform traffic from server to client or vice versa, transforming and untransforming the traffic. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304903 | Market-Based Virtual Machine Allocation - A cloud computing system management system including a plurality of computing devices configured to host virtual machine instances, each computing device in the plurality of computing devices including a local agent that continuously evaluates the observed load relative to a utility maximization function. If observed load is higher than a calculated optimal level, individual loading processes are offered for “sale” via a market scheduler. If observed load is lower than a calculated optimal level, then available capacity is offered as a bid via the market scheduler. The market scheduler matches bids with available processes and coordinates the transfer of load from the selling device to the buying device. The offered prices and utility maximization functions can be employed to optimize the performance of the cloud system as a whole. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304904 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR METRIC-BASED CLOUD MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods for a cloud management system which utilizes both technical and business metrics to achieve operational efficiencies. The systems and methods can be used to provide an elastic infrastructure model for an emergency notifications system which delivers near infinite scale with guaranteed near 100% uptime. In an embodiment, a mass recipient emulator can be utilized for testing of the notifications system with actual phone call or message exchange. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304905 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED END-USER EXPERIENCE BY PROACTIVE MANAGEMENT OF AN ENTERPRISE NETWORK - A method for improved end-user experience in an enterprise network is disclosed. In one embodiment, key performance indicators (KPIs) of network devices, applications and input services are determined. Further, KPIs of base services are determined using the KPIs of network devices, applications and input services. Furthermore, the KPIs are compared with KPI threshold levels and KPI level alerts are generated. Moreover, key quality indicators (KQIs) of base services are determined using the KPIs. Also, the KQIs are compared with KQI threshold levels and KQI level alerts are generated. Further, a composite service quality (CSQ) index of a composite service is computed using the KQIs. Furthermore, the CSQ index is compared with CSQ index threshold levels and a CSQ level alert is generated. In addition, possible problem conditions are detected and then possible problem scenarios are determined and analyzed. Also, actionable items are identified based on the possible problem scenarios. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304906 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND TRACKING BROWSING ACTIVITY ON HANDLED DEVICES - A method for monitoring and tracking browsing activity of a user on a client device is provided. The method comprises receiving, from the client device, browsing activity information of a user interacting with at least a page displayed over the client device, wherein the client device is at least a handheld device having a touch screen display; receiving, from the client device, page information identifying in part the page displayed over the client device; and generating based on the browsing activity information and the page information an exposure map at a page view level, wherein the exposure map indicates a salience of each area of a page-view respective of the page displayed over the client device and visited by the user. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304907 | Dynamically Determining How Many Network Packets to Process - A packet quota value, which indicates a maximum number of network packets that a network appliance processes before switching to a different task, is modified. Log data, which includes multiple log entries spanning a time interval, is accessed. Each log entry includes a processing time that indicates how much time the network appliance spent performing network traffic tasks before switching to the different task. The log data is analyzed. Responsive to the analysis indicating that a current state of network traffic is heavier than a maximum state of network traffic that was observed during the time interval, the packet quota value is increased. Responsive to the analysis indicating that the current state of network traffic is lighter than a minimum state of network traffic that was observed during the time interval, the packet quota value is decreased. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304908 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING PERSISTENT SECURE MANAGEMENT KEY (M_KEY) IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A system and method can support security management in a network environment. A switch in the network environment includes a switch chip, which is configured with a secure management key (M_Key) prior to one or more external links becoming operational. Furthermore, a local daemon in the switch can monitor the secure M_key on the switch chip, and persistently store a current M_key used by a local subnet manager (SM). The current M_key is a state that is dynamically updated in a fabric in the network environment. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304909 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENSURING SUBSCRIBER FAIRNESS USING OUTLIER DETECTION - Various embodiments of the present invention relating to a subscriber fairness solution are disclosed. The subscriber fairness solution contemplates a variety of improved techniques for using a flow-based statistical collection mechanism to monitor subscriber usage across various attributes (e.g., subscriber byte count, flow count, etc.) and maintain subscriber usage information for different time frames. In embodiments, the subscriber fairness solution includes a detection phase and a mitigation phase. In the detection phase, “outliers,” or subscribers who are using more than their fair share of network resources, are identified. In the mitigation phase, appropriate action is taken to resolve the constraints on the network resources, caused by these outliers. The subscriber fairness solution may be embodied in hardware, software, or a composite approach of both hardware and software. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304910 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AND PROVIDING DATA ALERTS - Methods and systems for providing alerts to users of data aggregation systems. Alerts are generated when data usage patterns relating to data items of interest exceed a threshold level. Alerts can be provided in real-time or at intervals, via alerts or other notification methods. Alerts can be based on individual data items or correlations of data items, where the data items can be provided by local or external sources. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304911 | SUPPLYING NOTIFICATIONS RELATED TO SUPPLY AND CONSUMPTION OF USER CONTEXT DATA - Techniques are described for providing information about a current state that is modeled with multiple state attributes. In some situations, the providing includes receiving from a module a request related to the modeling of the current state with the multiple state attributes. In such situations, the providing further includes, without further intervention related to the request by the module, determining that the request cannot currently be satisfied, and indicating to the module that the request cannot currently be satisfied, monitoring at later times after the indicating to determine whether the request can be satisfied, and indicating to the module that the request can be satisfied if it is determined at one of the later times that the request can currently be satisfied. | 2013-11-14 |
20130304912 | ENTERPRISE SERVICE BUS DEPLOYMENT AT THE LEVEL OF INDIVIDUAL SERVICES - A method and system for automatic ESB deployment at the level of individual services is described. In one method, a load balancer repeatedly monitors performance of individual services installed on ESB nodes. The performance is measured in view of utilization metrics of the individual services. The load balancer periodically determines whether the performance of one or more of the individual services falls below a performance threshold and deploys duplicate services for the one or more of the individual services that falls below the performance threshold at one or more additional ESB nodes without user intervention in response to the periodically determining. | 2013-11-14 |