47th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 58 |
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20110289143 | AGGREGATION SYSTEM - Machine, method for use and method for making, and corresponding products produced thereby, as well as data structures, computer-readable media tangibly embodying program instructions, manufactures, and necessary intermediates of the foregoing, each pertaining to digital aspects of a computerized aggregation system. The system can include a user computer system interposed between a segment of a network allowing communication between the user computer system and at least one server system, and other segments allowing communication between the user computer system and a plurality of third party server systems. The one server system enables the user computer system to access the plurality of other servers. The access permits forming an aggregation of information obtained from the third party server systems. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289144 | BROADCASTING EVENTS AFFECTING PUBLIC SAFETY - A system includes a marker having a marker range. The marker is configured to receive a message from an operation center, wherein the message identifies an event associated with the marker range. A device is configured to receive the message from the marker in response to the device entering the marker range and determine whether to communicate that message by the device. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289145 | METHOD FOR DETECTING DISTRIBUTED PEER TO TRANSMIT MULTIMEDIA DATA IN WIRELESS PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK - Disclosed are a wireless peer to peer network system, a distributed peer discovering method for transmitting multimedia data in a wireless peer to peer network, and a method for responding to a request signal for requesting transmission of multimedia data in the wireless peer to peer network. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a distributed peer discovering method for transmitting multimedia data in a wireless peer to peer network, the method including: transmitting a request signal including information on multimedia data to be requested by a first terminal, to neighboring terminals; when at least one second terminal having the requested multimedia data receives the request signal, determining a backoff duration in accordance with at least one of a signal to interference noise ratio of the request signal, an idle reproduction buffer capacity of the second terminal, and a remaining battery capacity of the second terminal and transmitting a response signal to the first terminal after standing by during the determined backoff duration; and transmitting a message for requesting transmission of the multimedia data to the second terminal transmitting the response signal first received by the first terminal. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289146 | METHOD AND APPARATUS ALLOWING SCAN OF DATA STORAGE DEVICE FROM REMOTE SERVER - A method and device allowing a scan of a data storage device from a remote server are disclosed. In some embodiments, a computing device may include an out-of-band (OOB) configured to compute a first hash value for data stored in one or more sectors of a data storage device at a first time; receive, using communication circuitry, a request to transmit a portion of the data stored in the one or more sectors of the data storage device at a second time, the second time being subsequent to the first time; compute a second hash value for the data stored in the one or more sectors of the data storage device at the second time; and transmit, using the communication circuitry, the requested portion of the data, only if the second hash value does not match the first hash value. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289147 | Direction-Conscious Information Sharing - Direction-conscious information sharing is disclosed. User input specifying information to be shared and a direction relative to the sender device is received. A recipient device is identified as being located in a target area in the specified direction relative to the sender device. The specified information is sent to the identified recipient device, including data to allow the receiving device to generate a notification indicating a direction of the sender device relative to the recipient device. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289148 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSIGNING A CONTROL ROLE FOR A COLLABORATIVE COMMUNICATION SESSION, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REQUESTING A CONTROL ROLE FOR A COLLABORATIVE COMMUNICATION SESSION - In a method for assigning a control role for a collaborative communication session, a message is received which indicates, independently of a media transfer request for a collaborative communication session, that a control role for the collaborative communication session is intended to be assigned to at least one terminal which is specified by the message as a holder of a control role, and a control role for the collaborative communication session is assigned to the at least one terminal which is specified by the message as the holder of a control role. In a method for requesting a control role for a collaborative communication session, a message which corresponds to the received message is sent. The methods are carried out by appropriately designed apparatuses. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289149 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING A MULTI PARTICIPANT EVENT - A method for managing communication among a plurality of social network members. The method comprises defining a multi participant task, setting at least one forward rule limiting the distribution an invitation message for participating in the multi participant task, forwarding the invitation message to at least one addressee from a plurality of social network members, allowing the at least one addressee to forward the invitation message to at least one additional addressee from the plurality of social network members under the at least one forward rule, monitoring a plurality of feedbacks to the invitation message to determine whether the multi participant task is achieved, and updating a status of the multi participant task according to the determination. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289150 | ONLINE COLLABORATION - A method and an agent ( | 2011-11-24 |
20110289151 | Method For Monitoring And Providing Information Over A Peer To Peer Network - The present invention relates to a pseudonode used for deployment on a peer to peer network which pseudonode comprises an IP address and client ID that is changeable upon the occurrence of a preselected event and includes a list containing at least one searchable data object. The pseudonode is programmed for monitoring the network to receive search requests therefrom and to compare each said received search with said list of data objects and to respond to such request. The invention also provides a method for monitoring search requests for selected objects by nodes on a peer to peer network. The method includes interposing the pseudonodes on the network in which it is configured to provide at least one IP address and optionally at least one client ID. The pseudonode has at least one stored object corresponding to a request object stored at said pseudonode; and monitors the network to detect requests matching at least one of the stored objects and acquires a unique ID generated by any network node requesting the object matching that stored object on the pseudonode and responding to substantially each node representing an acquired ID. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289152 | DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH CONTROL - Data transfer over a computer network relating to a data object of a multiple user network application, from a network user who owns the data object to an updating user, is achieved by transfer of a subset of data fields that define the data object, such that the subset of data fields is specified by the updating user and is less than a full update transfer comprising updated values for all the data fields that define the data object. Each data object is defined by multiple data fields, such that the transfer of a subset of the data object data fields ensures that the network bandwidth utilized for data updates will be reduced from the situation in which all the defining data fields for an object being updated are transferred over the network. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289153 | SOCIAL NETWORK FOR RECIPROCAL DATA SHARING - A method, apparatus, and system are directed towards seeding a user's contacts for their online social network. The invention is arranged to automatically recommend to the user a set of seed contacts that the user may employ to invite to join their social network. The set of seed contacts may be harvested from the user's existing portal activities, as well as other sources. In one embodiment, the invention analyzes portal activity, such as email exchanges with the user, and the like, to determine a frequency of contact with the user. Other sources may include but not be limited to emails, names within an address book of the user, names within an address book of another person, a buddy list, an instant messaging list, an activity, a mailing list, an online discussion group, a membership in a category, chat group, and the like. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289154 | ONLINE CHATTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER CONNECTED TO WEBSITE - An online chatting method for a user connected to a website includes (a) receiving information on a TCP socket server by a user client when the user client accesses a web page offered by a web server, (b) accessing the TCP socket server by the user client by using the information on the TCP socket server, (c) if the user client is allowed to access the TCP socket server, transmitting and receiving chatting messages to/from an operator client through the TCP socket server and (d) if the user client fails to access the TCP socket server, storing the chatting messages to be transmitted to the operator client through in a database and periodically receiving the chatting messages stored in the database by the operator client. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289155 | Method and Apparatus for the Implementation of a Real-Time, Sharable Browsing Experience - The present invention describes a method and apparatus for the implementation of a real-time, sharable browsing experience, utilizing the transfer of URL, form data, script and other information. The present invention further describes a method for establishing a synchronized browsing session, comprising receiving a request to establish the synchronized browsing session from a host device, establishing the synchronized browsing session in response to the request, sending a confirmation message to the host device, receiving a request to join from a guest device to join the synchronized browsing session, and adding the guest device to the synchronized browsing session. The present invention further describes a method for implementing a synchronized browsing session, comprising receiving information related to a shared web browsing interaction performed by a host device, accessing routing information for a guest device, and transmitting information related to the shared web browsing interaction to the guest device based on the routing information. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289156 | Method and Apparatus for the Implementation of a Real-Time, Sharable Browsing Experience on a Host Device - The present invention describes a method and apparatus for the implementation of a real-time, sharable web browsing experience on a host device, utilizing the transfer of URL and form data information. The present invention further describes a method for establishing a synchronized browsing session, comprising sending a request to establish the synchronized browsing session to a synchronization server, receiving a confirmation message from the synchronization server including a session identifier associated with the established synchronized browsing session, and sending an invitation to an invitee to join the synchronized browsing session, wherein the invitation includes the session identifier. The present invention further describes a method for implementing a synchronized browsing session, comprising recording a shared web browsing interaction, and transmitting information related to the shared web browsing interaction to a synchronization server. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289157 | Method and Apparatus for the Implementation of a Real-Time, Sharable Browsing Experience on a Guest Device - The present invention describes a method and apparatus for the implementation of a real-time, sharable web browsing experience on a guest device, utilizing the transfer of URL and form data information. The present invention further describes a method for joining a synchronized browsing session administered by a synchronization server, comprising activating a hyperlink associated with the synchronized browsing session, sending a request to join the synchronized browsing session to the synchronization server in response to the activation of the hyperlink, and joining the synchronized browsing session. The present invention further describes a method for implementing a synchronized browsing session, comprising receiving information related to a shared web browsing interaction performed by a host device from a synchronization server, and performing the shared web browsing interaction based on the information received from the synchronization server. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289158 | Physical Address Email System - An electronic mail (e-mail) messaging system and method that allow e-mail to be sent and received between individuals identified by their physical mailing address. An e-mail address part of such system may include: (1) a first name (2) a street number (3) an initial representing geographical direction (4) a street name (5) a street type (6) an apartment number (optional), (7) a zip code. A registered such physical email address is linked with a regular email account and the system then forwards an email addressing the physical email address to the linked regular email account. If no linked regular email account, then the physical mailing address is constructed from the physical email address and the message is automatically delivered by physical mail means. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289159 | MESSAGE BROADCASTING IN A CLUSTERED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Embodiments of the present invention provide message broadcasting within a clustered computing environment such as a Cloud computing environment. Specifically, under the present invention, a message is received in a message queue (e.g., on a message queue server). From the message queue, the message is sent to a single node of a plurality of heterogeneous nodes within the clustered computing environment. The single node can be selected based on any factor such as a best available node within the plurality of nodes. This single node will process the message and identify a set of message listeners to whom the message should be broadcast. Typically, the set of message listeners is identified based on a topic of the message and an association of the topic to the set of message listeners (e.g., as set forth in a table or the like). In any event, the single node will then publish the message to the set of message listeners. Delivery confirmations, responses, etc. associated with the message will then be tracked, processed, and/or routed by the single node. Thus, embodiments of the present invention obviate the need for a given message from having to be delivered to and/or processed by multiple nodes. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289160 | Mail Service Management System - An electronic mail management system may have a standardized interface to which different mail providers may provide an adapter. The standardized interface may have a predefined set of functions that each mail provider may provide, and the mail management system may have a user interface through which the functions may be managed. In some cases, a mail provider may have additional or customized functions that may be added to the user interface and made available to an administrator. Through the user interface, an administrator may be able to add, delete, configure, and move mailboxes, as well as other functions. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289161 | Apparatuses, Methods and Systems For An Intelligent Inbox Coordinating HUB - The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AN INTELLIGENT INBOX COORDINATING HUB (“HUB”) facilitates the generation, evaluation, and recording of information and activities related to property transactions and associated communications. In embodiments, the HUB may be configured to effectuate intelligent inbox coordination, which may facilitate the processing of messages configured as email messages, XML data, HTTP POST message content, and/or the like for economical display and interaction. The HUB's intelligent inbox coordination features may allow for the distillation of large volumes of message data and/or content to highlight and/or direct users to the particular message and/or attachment containing data that is most interesting or relevant to them. Aspects of HUB intelligent inbox coordination features may include the generation and application of email allocation rules and/or sub-rules; analysis, parsing, intelligent filing and/or sub-filing, and/or other processing of email content, attachments, and/or other associated data; generation of message and/or message data analytics, statistics, summaries, industry trends, news content, and/or the like; and/or the like. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289162 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE DELIVERY OF DIGITAL MESSAGES - A system and method for automatically adapting digital message traffic flow evaluates message delivery disposition, latency and performance metrics such that the system operates more optimally in terms of both overall throughput as well as with respect to system sending reputation. Reputation is in the context of maintaining message flow within limits that are acceptable for a given destination, such that the sender behavior avoids being flagged as abusive or otherwise undesirable. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289163 | LINKING TOPICS IN A PUBLISH/SUBSCRIBE MESSAGING ENVIRONMENT - Topics are linked in a publish/subscribe messaging environment. A first topic is linked to at least a second topic, and a message on the first topic is published to subscribers to the first topic. In the same transaction, any reference to the topics linked to the first topic are published in the message to subscribers of the topics linked to the first topic. A tree of topics is defined with topic nodes for each topic. A topic string is provided in a path through the tree of topics to a topic node, wherein the first topic and the at least a second topic have no commonality of topic string. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289164 | System and Method for Feature Based Message Routing in a Dynamic Modular System Architecture - A flexible, extensible, and dynamically configurable Advanced IP Messaging Server (AIMS) facility that among other things may leverage various pools of data—including for example routing data, location and presence data, Mobile Subscriber profile data, etc.—to expeditiously process and route, through the use of among other things Feature Tags, a wide range of information including among other things conventional Short Message Service, Multimedia Message Service, IP Multimedia Subsystem, etc. messaging; E-Mail messaging; Instant Messaging communications; Voice Over IP and other (e.g., video conference, etc.) data streams; Session Initiation Protocol-addressed artifacts; etc. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289165 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MESSAGE HANDLING - A method, apparatus and computer program are disclosed for refusing to process messages from a sender at a queue manager associated with a receiver when the receiver is inactive. It is identified whether a first destination has been selected. This first destination provides an indication of whether the receiver is active. If a first destination has been selected, it is determined using this first destination whether the receiver is active. If the receiver is inactive, the queue manager refuses to process messages intended for the receipt by the receiver. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289166 | METHOD FOR REALIZING A MESSAGE INTERACTION AND A CONVERGED SERVICE SYSTEM - The present invention provides a method for realizing a message interaction and a converged service system, wherein the method includes: the converged service system receiving a first message sent by a converged service terminal and a first identifier of the first message, and forwarding the first message to the traditional message system (S | 2011-11-24 |
20110289167 | E-MAIL OPERATION SYSTEM, E-MAIL OPERATION DEVICE, AND E-MAIL OPERATION METHOD - In an e-mail operation system, an e-mail operation requirement having as a destination a first mail address used by a target terminal when communication with a first communication network is performed is received by a first e-mail control device included in the first communication network. In a first e-mail operation system configured to include the first e-mail control device and a SCP, the telephone number of the target terminal that is in association with the first mail address is specified. The e-mail operation requirement is transmitted to a second communication network using this telephone number. In a second e-mail operation device, an e-mail operation instruction is provided to the target terminal by using the telephone number that is required to be operated. Thus, the e-mail operation instruction is provided to the target terminal through the second communication network different from the first communication network. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289168 | ELECTRONIC MESSAGING INTEGRITY ENGINE - The disclosure relates to ensuring wanted electronic messages are reliably delivered to recipients by distinguishing between wanted, authenticated messages and other messages. Also, it provides for automatically compiling a datastore with senders of wanted inbound electronic communications. This is done by entering part entries into the datastore as messages are send outbound, and completing the entry as messages are sent inbound or with reference to an external datasource. The whitelist is automatically created and accurately populated and maintained without the need for any human involvement making it self training. This enables mass automation for whitelist generation and maintenance, and enables consistent, scalable deployment across any and all organisations to ensure accuracy in classification of wanted message senders. This disclosure also concerns using the datastore by identifying senders of inbound messages as senders of wanted emails according to a full or part match of their identification information. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289169 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING SPAM MESSAGE IN MESSAGING SERVICE - A method and apparatus for managing a spam message in a messaging service are disclosed. When a user reports a message determined as a spam message, he may directly select a sharing level of his personal information in order to prevent a leakage of the personal information according to a sharing policy, reports the spam message by transmitting only a hash value of the spam message in order to prevent an increase in traffic. With respect to reported spam messages, a user can access a spam server to check an errononeously reported message through a sorting algorithm. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289170 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERY OF MESSAGES AND PROCESSING OF MESSAGE RESPONSES - An automated system for delivery of messages to multiple recipients, and for processing of responses to the messages, includes a message client, message server, and a system database. A message is created using a universal message form. The message content can be translated into multiple formats and sent to one or more different recipients using one or more different types of messaging devices, including pagers, e-mail readers, telephones, cellular telephones, personal computers, fax machines, and voice mail systems. A recipient profile manager allows each recipient to select the messaging devices to be used for message delivery as well as preferred messaging schedules, priorities, and message security. Receipt of the messages by the recipients is verified, response requirements collected and consolidated from multiple sources and presented to the message originator in a structured format. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289171 | Social Network Site Recommender System & Method - A document management system monitors proposed recipients for documents and provides recommendations on alterations to the distribution set, such as by adding or removing recipients. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289172 | MANAGING NOTIFICATION MESSAGES - Methods and apparatuses that generate a subtopic identifier identifying a client application within a client device are described. The client application may be associated with a server application hosted in one or more application servers. Notification services may be registered with the application servers from the client application to forward identifiers associated with the client application to the server application to enable the server application to push notification messages to the client device selectively for the client application. When receiving a notification message from the application server, the notification message may be examined to forward the notification message directly to the client application without invoking other applications in the client device if the notification message carries a subtopic identifier of the client application. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289173 | CONTROLLING ACCESS TO A DESTINATION IN A DATA PROCESSING NETWORK - Access to a device is controlled in a data processing network by receiving a first request from a client to connect to a device where the device is limited to a fixed number of client connections and connecting the client to an available client connection of the device if the fixed number of client connections on the device would not be exceeded by connecting the client. Access is further controlled by testing liveness of a current client connection on the device if the fixed number of client connections on the device would be exceeded by connecting the client and dropping the current client connection if the liveness testing indicates that the current client connection is not live. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289174 | Audio Message Delivery Over Instant Messaging - One preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a system and method for sending instant messages having audio recordings. Briefly described, in architecture, one embodiment of the system, among others, includes a communications client of a user that is configured to generate an instant message having an audio recording and send the instant message having an audio recording to another user. Methods and other systems are also provided. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289175 | METHOD FOR RESERVING RESOURCES ON A CENTRALIZED NETWORK - A resource reservation method between a master device and a slave device or between slave devices in a centralized network. In resource reservation between slave devices, optimal resources may be allocated by performing link measurement between the slave devices before allocating the resources. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289176 | MASTER DEVICE, SLAVE DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system including a master device and one or more slave devices enables parameters of the slave devices to be set in an efficient manner. A master device ( | 2011-11-24 |
20110289177 | Effecting Hardware Acceleration Of Broadcast Operations In A Parallel Computer - Compute nodes of a parallel computer organized for collective operations via a network, each compute node having a receive buffer and establishing a topology for the network; selecting a schedule for a broadcast operation; depositing, by a root node of the topology, broadcast data in a target node's receive buffer, including performing a DMA operation with a well-known memory location for the target node's receive buffer; depositing, by the root node in a memory region designated for storing broadcast data length, a length of the broadcast data, including performing a DMA operation with a well-known memory location of the broadcast data length memory region; and triggering, by the root node, the target node to perform a next DMA operation, including depositing, in a memory region designated for receiving injection instructions for the target node, an instruction to inject the broadcast data into the receive buffer of a subsequent target node. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289178 | Host Device and Method For Accessing a Virtual File in a Storage Device by Bypassing a Cache in the Host Device - A host device is provided comprising an interface configured to communicate with a storage device having a public memory area and a private memory area, wherein the public memory area stores a virtual file that is associated with content stored in the private memory area. The host device also comprises a cache, a host application, and a server. The server is configured to receive a request for the virtual file from the host application, send a request to the storage device for the virtual file, receive the content associated with the virtual file from the private memory area of the storage device, wherein the content is received by bypassing the cache, generate a response to the request from the host application, the response including the content, and send the response to the host application. In one embodiment, the server is a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) server. In another embodiment, the server can determine if a request is associated with a normal user permission or a super user permission, and send a response to the host application only if it is determined that the request is associated with the normal user permission. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289179 | DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION OF PROCESSING MODULES IN A NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS PROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE - Described embodiments provide a method of updating configuration data of a network processor having one or more processing modules and a shared memory. A control processor of the network processor writes updated configuration data to the shared memory and sends a configuration update request to a configuration manager. The configuration update request corresponds to the updated configuration data. The configuration manager determines whether the configuration update request corresponds to settings of a given one of the processing modules. If the configuration update request corresponds to settings of a given one of the one or more processing modules, the configuration manager, sends one or more configuration operations to a destination one of the processing modules corresponding to the configuration update request and updated configuration data. The destination processing module updates one or more register values corresponding to configuration settings of the processing module with the corresponding updated configuration data. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289180 | DATA CACHING IN A NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS PROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE - Described embodiments provide for storing data in a local cache of one of a plurality of processing modules of a network processor. A control processing module determines presence of data stored in its local cache while concurrently sending a request to read the data from a shared memory and from one or more local caches corresponding to other of the plurality of processing modules. Each of the plurality of processing modules responds whether the data is located in one or more corresponding local caches. The control processing module determines, based on the responses, presence of the data in the local caches corresponding to the other processing modules. If the data is present in one of the local caches corresponding to one of the other processing modules, the control processing module reads the data from the local cache containing the data and cancels the read request to the shared memory. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289181 | Method and System for Detecting Changes in a Network Using Simple Network Management Protocol Polling - In an embodiment, methods and systems have been provided for detecting changes in a network using improved Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) polling that reduces network traffic. Examples of changes in the network include, but are not limited to, configuration and behavioral changes in a network device, and response of network device to a network change. A Network Management Station (NMS) periodically polls Management Information Base (MIB) groups instead of periodically polling individual MIB object instances. The NMS receives the Aggregate Change Identifiers (ACIs) of MIB groups in response to polling, from a SNMP agent. The changes in the received ACIs represent the changes in the MIB groups. A change in an MIB group represents changes in the MIB object instances of the MIB group. The ACIs can be checksum, timestamp, and a combination of number of MIB object instances in a group and checksum of the MIB group. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289182 | AUTOMATIC ONLINE VIDEO DISCOVERY AND INDEXING - A classifier may be integrated into a pipeline of a general web crawler. The classifier may classify crawled webpages as either video pages or non-video pages. Video pages and information regarding domain importance may be aggregated. Ones of the domains of the video pages may be selected based on domain importance rankings. Webpages of the selected domains may be randomly sampled. The sampled webpages may be structurally analyzed and hint information may be generated with respect to each of the selected domains. The hint information may guide a deep crawling operation for discovering all video pages within the selected domains. Video links within the video pages may be found, one or more videos may be downloaded, and one or more representations of the one or more videos may be indexed. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289183 | Devices, Systems and Methods for Tagging Media - Devices, systems and methods are disclosed which relate to tagging and receiving media on a mobile communication device. A mobile communication device is equipped with tag logic allowing the user to tag media objects that are observed and/or desired by the user. The outputted tag includes a media reference and a user identification. When the mobile communication device outputs a media object, the user tags the media object by entering a command, hitting a button, entering a key sequence, etc. The tag is transmitted from the mobile communication device a media server over a network. Once the media server receives the tag, the media server locates the media object in a media database using the media reference. The media server then sends the media object through the network to the mobile communication device. The media server notifies a billing server of the tag, and the user is billed for the downloaded media object. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289184 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING PHYSICAL LOCATION OF ELECTRONIC DISPLAY DEVICES IN A RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT - A system and method for determining physical location of an electronic display device located in a retail establishment of a retailer may include a support structure mechanically coupling the electronic display device to a fixture in the retail establishment. The fixture may be located at an identified location of the retail environment established by the retailer. An input device may be in communication with the electronic display device and configured to receive an entry of an identifier indicative of the identified location into the electronic display device. A transmitter may be coupled to the electronic display device and configured to transmit the identifier of the identified location to a remote location from the electronic display device for determining physical location of the electronic display device in the retail establishment. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289185 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSITIONING FROM IPV4 TO IPV6 - A system and method for provisioning a web service for enabling communication between networks running different Internet Protocol (IP) versions includes a processor-implemented communication module and a processor-implemented provisioning module. The processor-implemented communication module is configured to receive provisioning information from a content provider. The provisioning information includes a fully qualified domain name and an Internet Protocol (IP) address of a first IP version associated with the fully qualified domain name. The processor-implemented provisioning module is configured to provision the web service. The web service causes a request by a client device running a second IP version to access a content provider registered to the IP address to be redirected to a proxy server. The web service further causes the proxy server to retrieve the content from the content provider and to provide the content to the client device. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289186 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND ARTICLES FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATIONS AND SERVICES VIA A PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK OVER A DATA TRANSPORT LINK - Network communications, Web-based services and customized services using the Web-based services may be provided over a peer-to-peer network from a first peer to a second peer (e.g., automobile head unit) wherein the first peer has a separate connection to a more general server-based network such as the Internet. A communications device application based on a peer communications framework component in communication with a peer network stack on the communications device may work as middleware, with a connection to both a more general server-based network such as the Internet and to an external device, such as a head unit of an automobile. Although the communications device has a separate connection out to the Internet via a general network stack co-existing on the same communications device, the peer network stack and the general network stack are not directly connected. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289187 | Method for Transmitting a Media File to a Mobile Device and Entity Therefor - The invention relates to a method for pushing a transcoded media file to a mobile device, wherein a media file retrieved from a web page by a functionality added to said web page is automatically transmitted to a transcoding server where a media file format supported by the mobile device is automatically selected. The transcoded media file is then pushed to the mobile device. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289188 | OPEN ARCHITECTURE FOR A VOICE USER INTERFACE - A system and method for processing voice requests from a user for accessing information on a computerized network and delivering information from a script server and an audio server in the network in audio format. A voice user interface subsystem includes: a dialog engine that is operable to interpret requests from users from the user input, communicate the requests to the script server and the audio server, and receive information from the script server and the audio server; a media telephony services (MTS) server, wherein the MTS server is operable to receive user input via a telephony system, and to transfer the user input to the dialog engine; and broker coupled between the dialog engine and the MTS server. The broker establishes a session between the MTS server and the dialog engine and controls telephony functions with the telephony system. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289189 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND POSTING MEDIA LISTS FOR PURPOSES OF SUBSEQUENT PLAYBACK - A method and apparatus for creating and posting media is provided. For example, the invention allows a user to quickly create, signal process, encode, and transfer media files to a server for storage, posting, distribution, and retrieval. Thus, media such as audio, video, display, photo, spreadsheet, Web Clips, and HTML pages can be combined into a media file for uploading to a server and accessed from listings posted at web sites. In accordance with embodiments, a user downloads and installs a plug-in at the user's client computer. The user then registers and logs onto the server to perform various tasks. For example, the user can create a combined audio and photo media file at the client computer, in accordance with server based control parameters received from the system server. The plug-in then allows the user to perform digital signal processing and encoding of the media file at the client computer. After the file is encoded, it may be uploaded to a server for storage, posting, distribution, and retrieval. A file management system provides copies and listings of the file to other servers and web sites as permitted. Thus, other user having access to the database or web site lists via other client computers may select the file for retrieval. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, an information management system provides file and file list rankings based upon selection or click through of files and file listings. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289190 | SERVICE FOR ASSOCIATING IP ADDRESSES WITH USER SEGMENTS - A system is disclosed that maps IP addresses and geographic regions to particular categories or “segments” reflective of user profiles. The mappings may be based on behavioral data reflective of user browsing activities, offline data (e.g., survey data or demographic data), or a combination thereof. In one embodiment, the mappings are generated using data collected by a plurality of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) regarding their subscribers. The system also includes a query interface that enables content providers to retrieve segment data associated with particular IP addresses. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289191 | REMOTE APPLICATION CONNECTION SHARING - One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for sharing a connection to a remote-based application running on a server. A plurality of client-side browser instantiations can be associated with the remote-based application, such as by running instantiations of the remote application locally on respective client machines. The client-side browser instantiations are able to write to and read from a local global storage regarding the remote-based application, and are notified of a state change to the local global storage, without polling. A first browser instantiation registers as a primary instantiation with the local global storage, and connects to the server for the remote-based application. One or more second browser instantiations registered with the local global storage, along with the primary browser instantiation, can send and receive updates for the remote-based application through the primary browser instantiation, utilizing state change notifications. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289192 | CONTROLLING A RUNNING APPLICATION FOR LIVE SCENE GRAPH EDITING - In general, in one aspect, the invention relates to a computer readable medium including software instructions for performing a method, the method including receiving, by a content server, a first request from a client for an application content file, wherein the application content file is associated with a first Java network launch protocol (JNLP) file, providing, in response to the first request, the application content file; receiving, from the client, a second request to edit the application content file, providing, in response to the second request, an application designer tool to the client; receiving, from the client, an altered application content file generated using the application designer tool, generating a second JNLP file associated with the altered application content file, and providing, to a webserver, the second JNLP file. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289193 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING MOBILE TERMINAL, HOME HUB, AND VISITED HUB IN VIRTUAL GROUP FOR CONTENT SHARING - Provided is a method of controlling a home hub in a virtual group that may provide a geographical boundary about the virtual group by associating an identifier of a network of a virtual group included in an access point list with a name of the virtual group and a name of the home hub managing the virtual group, and may provide a terminal which moves to a visited virtual group with information about a network of the visited virtual group, thereby facilitating recognition of a virtual group and content sharing. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289194 | CLOUD DATA STORAGE SYSTEM - A cloud data storage system includes a plurality of storing units, a plurality of processing units, and a plurality of user ends. The processing units are connected to the storing units via the Internet, and the user ends are connected to one of the processing units. An upload file to be stored by a user end is divided into a plurality of file blocks, and an algorithm is used to compute eigenvalues corresponding to the file blocks respectively. The eigenvalues is computed by applying another algorithm in order to decide which storing units the file blocks can be stored in. Each of the eigenvalues corresponds to a different storing unit. For a data uploading and downloading process, the eigenvalues are used to decide the final storage locations and the information associated with combining the transferred file. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289195 | METHOD AND SERVER FOR ACCESSING AND PROVIDING PRESENCE INFORMATION IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method in a presence. server of providing presence information associated with Presentity to a Watcher, having a Watcher Client, comprising an XDM Client. The Presence Server receives a request from the XDM client and identifies the Watcher on the basis of content of the request. On the basis of the request and the identity of the Watcher, the Presence Server generates a document from presence information that has previously been defined as an XCAP application usage and stored at the presence server. The document is then forwarded to the Watcher. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289196 | METHOD OF DISTRIBUTING PCC RULES AMONG IP-CONNECTIVITY ACCESS NETWORK (IP-CAN) BEARERS - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and system for distributing policy and charging control (PCC) rules among a plurality of IP-Connectivity Access Network (IP-CAN) bearers. The method may include one or more of the following: receiving, at a PCRN, an UE request (CCR) message, processing the UE message to generate one or more PCC rules, determining one or more requested service data flows (SDFs) from the UE message, and for each requested SDF, generating a new PCC rule based on the UE message. The method may further include, providing each new PCC rule to a Policy and Charging Enforcement Node (PCEN), controlling distribution of the generated PCC rules among a plurality of IP-CAN bearers, and binding each requested service data flow to select ones of IP-CAN bearers of the plurality of IP-CAN bearers. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289197 | METHOD TO SET SETTING INFORMATION IN DEVICE AND DEVICE TO SET SETTING INFORMATION - A device obtains network setting information by using a function for obtaining the network setting information used for network communication through a network. The device receives from an apparatus for transmitting setting information to be set in a device to the device, setting information containing information to stop using the function to set the received setting information in the device. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289198 | TECHNIQUES FOR EVALUATING AND MANAGING CLOUD NETWORKS VIA POLITICAL AND NATURAL EVENTS - Techniques for evaluating and managing cloud networks via political and natural events are provided. Geographical locations for cloud processing environments are combined with attributes and usage metrics to form associations between each cloud processing environment's geographical location and that cloud's corresponding attributes and usage metrics. Some associations and attributes relate to political and natural events. The political and natural events are used to update a proper selection of a particular cloud processing environment to handle targeted services. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289199 | DIGITAL MEDIA RENDERER FOR USE WITH A CONTENT SYSTEM - A computer-implemented system and method for implementing a digital media renderer for use with a content system. Embodiments include: providing a digital media renderer including an audio/video transport component, a connection manager component, and a rendering control component; receiving, at the digital media renderer from a control point, a request to play a media content item, the request including information indicative of a media format corresponding to the media content item; executing the connection manager component, by use of a data processor, to determine if the media format is supported by the digital media renderer; executing the audio/video transport component, by use of the data processor, to manage a uniform resource identifier (URI) associated with the media content item and to manage the transport of the media content item for rendering; and executing the rendering control component, by use of the data processor, to change a device setting in rendering hardware. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289200 | Mobile Device Workload Management For Cloud Computing Using SIP And Presence To Control Workload And Method Thereof - A method is implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions. The programming instructions are operable to manage workload for cloud computing by transferring workload to at least one mobile device using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). | 2011-11-24 |
20110289201 | Method and System to Add Video Capability to any Voice over Internet Protocol (Vo/IP) Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Phone - Systems and methods of configuring an add-on device to augment the capability of existing endpoint infrastructure are disclosed. In one embodiment, a video add-on device is configured to receive, augment or downgrade, and forward messages for an existing SIP audio-only phone. The video add-on device in this embodiment can receive messages from the existing SIP audio-only phone and augment the messages with information regarding the additional video capabilities being provided. The messages can then be forwarded to an infrastructure SIP Proxy/Registrar for further routing. From the perspective of the infrastructure SIP Proxy/Registrar and other network attached devices the outbound messages from the video add-on device appear as if they originated from the video add-on device, other devices will not be directly aware of the existing SIP audio phone providing its designed function. Utilizing devices similar to the disclosed video add-on device may allow incremental corporate network endpoint upgrades. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289202 | DISTRIBUTED POLICY SERVICES FOR MOBILE AND NOMADIC NETWORKING - A method of disseminating topology information related to a subscriber in a system having one or more networks, each network having access devices and policy functions, includes identifying a current location of the subscriber by a serving policy function. The method further includes forwarding information relating to the current location from the serving policy function to an anchor policy function associated with the subscriber. The process of identifying the location of the subscriber and forwarding the information to the anchor policy server is repeated each time the subscriber changes its physical location. The system uses the current location information to route policy information from the anchor policy function to the policy function that is serving the subscriber. The system may use a push model, a pull model, or a combination thereof, to disseminate the topology information. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289203 | SIP MONITORING AND CONTROL ANCHOR POINTS - The concept of anchor points is introduced. Anchor points, and specifically Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) anchor points, serve as a media and call control point that is established on a per-user basis which can then be shared by any application. The use of an anchor point allows for applications to become aware of and control a communication late or cease monitoring and controlling a communication session early without disrupting the session or introducing a significant amount of control or media delay. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289204 | Virtual Machine Management Among Networked Servers - Virtual machine management among networked servers coupled for data communications with a data communications network that includes a network device and a Virtual Machine Management Module (‘VMMM’), where VM management includes: monitoring, by the network device, network traffic of applications executing in virtual machines of the servers; determining, in dependence upon the monitored network traffic, whether a particular application's network traffic exceeds a predetermined threshold, the particular application executing in a particular virtual machine of a particular server; if the particular application's network traffic exceeds the predetermined threshold, allocating, by the VMMM, an additional virtual machine in a different server; and instantiating, by the VMMM, in the additional virtual machine at least one application. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289205 | Migrating Virtual Machines Among Networked Servers Upon Detection Of Degrading Network Link Operation - Migrating virtual machines among networked servers, the servers coupled for data communications with a data communications network that includes a networking device, where migrating includes: establishing, by a virtual machine management module (‘VMMM’), one or more virtual machines on a particular server; querying, by the VMMM, the networking device for link statistics of a link coupling the network device to the particular server for data communications; determining, by the VMMM in dependence upon the link statistics, whether the link coupling the network device to the particular server is degrading; and if the link coupling the network device to the particular server is degrading, migrating a virtual machine executing on the particular server to a destination server. In some embodiments, migrating occurs is carried out only if non-degrading link is available. If no non-degrading links are available, the network device, rather than the link, may be failing. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289206 | AUTOMATIC 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. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289207 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING NETWORK VISUALIZATION - A method, system and computer program product for processing network visualization. The network visualization processing method includes: obtaining main-information-dimension-based topological data of an analytic object in a network; performing visualization processing to the main-information-dimension-based topological data of the analytic object so as to reveal change of a relationship between an analytic node and a neighboring node in the analytic object along the main information dimension. The network visualization processing method and apparatus according to the present invention can display dynamic change of the network based on main information dimension within a single view, and provide a better graphical resolution, so as to facilitate a user to perform analysis to the network and to reduce comprehension overhead of the user. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289208 | SESSION TERMINAL APPARATUS AND NETWORK SESSION SYSTEM - A session terminal apparatus constitutes a network session system together with another session terminal apparatus. In the session terminal apparatus, a back performance instruction part instructs reproduction of back performance information. A back performance control part transmits the back performance information, when the reproduction thereof is instructed by the back performance instruction part, to another session terminal apparatus, and controls a performance reproduction part to start reproducing the back performance information when a monitor delay time corresponding to a communication delay time between the session terminal apparatus and another session terminal apparatus has elapsed after the reproduction of the back performance information was instructed. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289209 | Method For Monitoring And Providing Information Over A Peer To Peer Network - The present invention relates to a pseudonode used for deployment on a peer to peer network which pseudonode comprises an IP address and client ID that is changeable upon the occurrence of a preselected event and includes a list containing at least one searchable data object. The pseudonode is programmed for monitoring the network to receive search requests therefrom and to compare each said received search with said list of data objects and to respond to such request. The invention also provides a method for monitoring search requests for selected objects by nodes on a peer to peer network. The method includes interposing the pseudonodes on the network in which it is configured to provide at least one IP address and optionally at least one client ID. The pseudonode has at least one stored object corresponding to a request object stored at said pseudonode; and monitors the network to detect requests matching at least one of the stored objects and acquires a unique ID generated by any network node requesting the object matching that stored object on the pseudonode and responding to substantially each node representing an acquired ID. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289210 | CONNECTING PORTS OF ONE OR MORE ELECTRONIC DEVICES TO DIFFERENT SUBSETS OF NETWORKS BASED ON DIFFERENT OPERATING MODES - A connection apparatus includes at least one module to connect network ports of one or more electronic devices to network ports that are connected to respective networks, and a manager to create at least one profile for a particular one of the one or more electronic devices. The at least one profile specifies that the particular electronic device is to be connected to different subsets of the networks for corresponding different modes of operation of the particular electronic device. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289211 | MONITORING NETWORK USAGE - A method of determining whether a user has complied with a service level agreement (SLA) with a network operator, comprising collecting a set of data values representative of the user's service usage and comparing the set of data values to the service level agreement. The data values collected provide the operator with sufficient information so that it can determine whether a SLA is being complied with and to plan provision of network services. A method of monitoring a user's usage of a network service and a service usage indicator is also disclosed. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289212 | Virtual Interface - A virtual interface is disclosed. A method may include allowing upper layer software to transparently access the capabilities of a network device via a virtual interface as if the network device were in a computing device in which the upper layer software is resident. A communication channel may be established with a computing device. A virtual interface to a network device in the computing device is created. Incoming data units directed to the network device are received via the communication channel, and are made available via the virtual interface. Outgoing data units directed to the virtual interface may be forwarded to the network device via the communication channel. The methods may be implemented on computing devices that include network cards, including computers and/or network testing systems. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289213 | TRACKING LOCALLY BROADCAST ELECTRONIC WORKS - A method, system, and program for tracking locally broadcast electronic works are provided. According to one aspect of the invention, a sending player locally broadcasts an electronic work. In particular, the local broadcast may be a wireless broadcast creating an ad-hoc radio system. At least one recipient player receives the localized broadcast of the electronic work and accepts a distribution cookie for tracking distribution of the electronic work. The at least one recipient player updates the distribution cookie with tracking information about the broadcast of the electronic work, including ratings by users at the second player and purchase of the broadcast electronic work. Each of the at least one recipient players may in turn become a sending player that broadcasts the electronic work to other recipient players and requires the other recipient players to accept a copy of the distribution cookie updated by the second player. Then, responsive to detecting a network connection to a statistics server, the at least one recipient player provides the distribution cookie to the statistics server, such that localized broadcast distribution of the electronic work is tracked. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289214 | Content delivery network map generation using passive measurement data - A routing method operative in a content delivery network (CDN) where the CDN includes a request routing mechanism for routing clients to subsets of edge servers within the CDN. According to the routing method, TCP connection data statistics are collected are edge servers located within a CDN region. The TCP connection data statistics are collected as connections are established between requesting clients and the CDN region and requests are serviced by those edge servers. Periodically, e.g., daily, the connection data statistics are provided from the edge servers in a region back to the request routing mechanism. The TCP connection data statistics are then used by the request routing mechanism in subsequent routing decisions and, in particular, in the map generation processes. Thus, for example, the TCP connection data may be used to determine whether a given quality of service is being obtained by routing requesting clients to the CDN region. If not, the request routing mechanism generates a map that directs requesting clients away from the CDN region for a given time period or until the quality of service improves. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289215 | ACCESSING A GLOBAL VAULT IN MULTIPLE DISPERSED STORAGE NETWORKS - A method begins by a processing module receiving a dispersed storage network (DSN) access request and determining whether the DSN access request is associated with a local DSN vault or a global DSN vault, wherein the local DSN vault is contained within a DSN of a plurality of DSNs and the global DSN vault is contained within at least some of the plurality of DSNs. The method continues with the processing module identifying a primary DSN of the plurality of DSNs and facilitating processing of the DSN access request by the primary DSN when the DSN access request is associated with the global DSN vault. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289216 | System and Method for Generating Subnets and Using Such Subnets for Controlling Access to Web Content - A system and a method are provided for generating a subnet and using the subnet to control access to web content. An Open Subnet (OSN) server is provided to receive proposed web pages to be added to a white list on the subnet, as well as votes from one or more users whether or not to add one or more of the web pages to the white list. A sync server is connected to the OSN through an intermediary. The sync server obtains a copy of the white list and, based on a user's license to the subnet, a user is allowed access to web pages on the white list. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289217 | PROTECTION AGAINST UNSOLICITED COMMUNICATION FOR INTERNET PROTOCOL MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM - A PUCI system is designed to process an incoming call originated by the user equipment toward the counterpart user equipment via an EMS node having a PUCI-light functionality, which includes an IBCF/I-CSCF, a S-CSCF, and a database storing the PUCI-light information. Through a query to the database indicating a suspicious session in relation to the incoming call, the IMS node immediately blocks the suspicious session or simply marks the suspicious session for the further processing at a subsequent node. The reason for rejection is included in a SIP BYE/ERROR message of an original session setup message, which is interpreted by a previous IMS node so as to obtain the relevant information from a SIP header. The relevant information is stored in either a global operator policy database or a local database, thus enabling a PUCI-negating IMS node to reject an unsolicited call related to the blocked session. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289218 | METHOD FOR ACTIVELY SHARING AVAILABLE BANDWIDTH TO CONSUMER NODES IN A PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK FOR DELIVERY OF VIDEO STREAMS - A method for actively allocating available bandwidth to consumer nodes by a resource node delivering time-sensitive multimedia content in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network. The method comprises performing a check if the resource node can allocate bandwidth to at least one additional consumer node from the consumer nodes; selecting at least one consumer node from a list of consumer nodes addressable by the resource node; and sending an availability notification to each of the selected at least one consumer node from the list of consumer nodes. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289219 | SIP ANCHOR POINTS TO POPULATE COMMON COMMUNICATION LOGS - The concept of a centralized communication log is provided. Anchor points, and specifically Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) anchor points, serve as a media and call control point that is established on a per-user basis which can then be leveraged by a communication log service. Such a communication log service is able to determine accurate and real-time communicant information for a communication session and populate a centralized communication log with the same. Such a communication log is, therefore, accurate with respect to multiple users in a system, highly available, and scaled horizontally. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289220 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATING METADATA AND DATA OF A SESSION - Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system and method for reconstructing a session. A method may include receiving audio and metadata packets related to a session. Audio data may be recorded and metadata information may be extracted from the metadata packets and stored in association with the audio data. A session may be reconstructed by simultaneously replaying the audio data and presenting a visual representation of the metadata. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289221 | Multilevel Routing - A communication system comprising a plurality of nodes that are capable of establishing a communication connection between two or more clients, the plurality of nodes being arranged in a hierarchy in which a node comprised in one level of the hierarchy is more likely to be reachable by a client trying to establish a communication connection with another client than a node comprised in a lower level of the hierarchy, the communication system being arranged such that, when a client determines that a node is unreachable for establishing a communication connection between it and another client, that communication connection is instead established by a node comprised in a higher level of the hierarchy than the unreachable node. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289222 | CLIENT-SERVER SESSION PARALLELISM - Using client-server session parallelism (CSSP), a client device establishes multiple network communication sessions with different remote servers and requests the same unsegmented data item from each server. Whichever copy of the unsegmented data item is received earliest at the client device is provided to an application. The CSSP software may be part of a network stack, or it may be part of a particular application such as a browser or a media player. The servers are not necessarily CSSP-aware, but when they are, sessions may be load-balanced. CSSP sessions may also be transferred to other CSSP-aware servers in view of server loads, imminent server reboots, or other events. A CSSP client may notify a CSSP server of status information describing session(s) established at the client with other server(s), allowing the server to reallocate bandwidth to other clients when the CSSP client has sufficient alternate data sources. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289223 | METHOD OF DISTINGUISHING A PLURALITY OF UES SHARING ONE PUID AND A DEVICE THEREOF - The present invention provides with a method of distinguishing a plurality of calling UEs sharing a PUID in a calling S-CSCF of IMS network and the device thereof. When a calling UE using a shared PUID in the calling-party network requests to establish a session with some called UE in the called-party network, the calling S-CSCF adds a extension identification corresponding to the calling UE into the session request message from the calling UE and sends the session request message with the extension identification added therein to the called UE in the called-party network, such that the called UE may realize which one is the actual calling UE according to the extension identification in the session request message and the shared PUID used by the calling UE. Therefore, after completion of such session, the called UE may re-establish a session with the calling UE according to the extension identification of the calling UE and the shared PUID thereof. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289224 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ESTABLISHING COLLABORATIVE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN DEVICES USING AMBIENT AUDIO - Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for enabling two or more devices in the same ambient audio environment to become automatically interconnected so that information can be exchanged between the devices. The two or more device detect substantially the same sounds, such as people talking in a meeting, automatically determine this fact and enter the devices into an information and document sharing relationship via a network. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289225 | Load Balancing of Server Clusters - A load balancing scheme is described for a server cluster. An application identifier is received by the cluster from a client desiring to connect to the application. Each one of the servers in the cluster independently hashes the application identifier into a unique number. This unique number is used to determine a preferred one of the servers for the connection. The servers then each calculate a priority code using the unique number, a load level for each server, and/or a node identifier assigned to the servers in the cluster. If the preferred cluster server is available, it transmits its priority code to the client before the other servers transmit their priority codes. Otherwise, each of the available cluster servers transmits their priority codes to the client. The client selects the cluster server with the most favorable priority for making the connection. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289226 | POLICY CO-ORDINATION IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - In order to address the problem of allowing a GGSN of a UMTS core network to work towards multiple Policy Control Functions (PCFs) co-located with P-CSCF nodes using the COPS protocol, a policy control function coordinator (PCF-C) is implemented between the GGSN and the P-CSCF. A single COPS connection is established between the GGSN and the PCF-C while a COPS connection is established between the PCF-C and each of the P-CSCF nodes. Decisions made at the PCFs are routed to the GGSN via the PCF-C, and responses generated at the GGSN are routed to the appropriate PCFs via the GGSN. This architecture avoids conflicts which might otherwise arise with the COPS protocol. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289227 | METHOD OF MULTI-TERMINAL CONNECTION TRAVERSING NAT WITHOUT THIRD PARTY INTERFACING - A method of multi-terminal connection traversing a network address translation (NAT) without third party interfacing is provided, which is applicable to existing network communication protocols. The method is mainly used to realize connection of a user end having a NAT or a firewall with a third party, and enable the user end to form direct network interconnection with other user ends through a multi-terminal network connection system without additionally opening a network connection port for the NAT or firewall. Moreover, the method enables a user of the user end to additionally load Internet application programs, such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and video conference, on the multi-terminal network connection system based on demands of the user or for work. In addition, the user end may realize direct network interconnection through a checking mechanism of the NAT Internet protocol, so as to avoid information security vulnerability caused by exceptional opening of the network connection port for network connection, and the network connection is implemented without third party or proxy server interfacing. Therefore, the security of network connection between user ends is enhanced and the occurrence of information vulnerability is reduced. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289228 | INTERNET PROTOCOL CAMERA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An Internet Protocol (IP) camera management system and method determines a MAC address of an IP camera corresponding to a communication channel, searches an IP address of the IP camera through the determined MAC address of the IP camera, then establishes connection between the IP camera management system and the IP camera through the searched IP address. Furthermore, video image data are acquired from the IP camera through the communication channel and are displayed on a display interface. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289229 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR WI-FI SETUP AND CONFIGURATION - The present invention relates generally to the configuration of wireless networks and the configuration of electronic devices to connect to wireless networks, especially when those electronic devices have limited user interfaces and/or no display screen. The present invention makes use of devices already connected to a wireless network, previously connected to a wireless network, or capable of acting as an interface to discover the connection settings required to connect to the wireless network. The present invention further uses a shared communication medium between that connected device and an unconnected device in order to share the connection settings needed to connect the unconnected device. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289230 | APPLICATION SWITCH SYSTEM AND APPLICATION SWITCH METHOD - In data processing of network traffic (a communication amount), relay processing is distributed in a wide area. Specifically, an application switch system which controls a connection between a plurality of client terminals and a plurality of servers, is provided with at least one switch, a relay unit configured to perform protocol relays; and a controller. The controller is provided with a section for performing a centralized control on a route table used to determine a destination in the switch; a section for controlling relay processing of the relay unit; a section for selecting one server as a connection destination from the plurality of servers; a section for selecting a route which links between one client terminal of the plurality of client terminals and the selected server, and which contains the relay unit, and for setting the selected route to the route table in the switch; and a section for setting relay information used when the relay unit performs the protocol relay, to the relay unit. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289231 | Plug-in Connector System for Protected Establishment of a Network Connection - A plug-in connector system for a data communication interface comprising a network connector and a network socket is equipped with an integrated authentication function that is independent of network communication. The authentication is undertaken independently of the data transmission or the data communication. The enabling is undertaken by a physical connection between the contacts of the network socket, where the network connector associated therewith is established after successful authentication. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289232 | Collaborative Speed Determination in Distributed Systems - The described implementations relate to collaborative speed determination in distributed systems. One method estimates upload speeds of a plurality of hosts. The method sends a first bandwidth probe from a first host to a second host. The method receives, at the first host, a second bandwidth probe sent from the second host. The method determines which of the first and second bandwidth probes was relatively slower. The method designates either of the first or second hosts that sent the relatively slower bandwidth probe as a loser and takes a speed of the bandwidth probe of the loser as a first estimate of the loser's upload speed. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289233 | SERIAL ATTACHED SCSI AND SERIAL ATA WIDE PORT TUNNELLING THROUGH A FIBRE CHANNEL CONNECTION - Network traffic encoded in a first protocol is transmitted across a first communications link, wherein the first protocol allows a first plurality of simultaneous logical connections. The transmitted network traffic is received at a first interface between the first communications link and a second communications link. The received network traffic is encapsulated within frames at the first interface, wherein the frames are generated in accordance with a second protocol, and wherein the second protocol does not allow any plurality of simultaneous logical connections that are allowed by the first protocol. The frames are transmitted from the first interface to a second interface across the second communications link. The frames are received and then unencapsulated network traffic is generated from the frames at the second interface, wherein the second interface is between the second communications link and a third communications link. The unencapsulated network traffic is routed to a selected logical connection of a second plurality of simultaneous logical connections across the third communications link, wherein transmission across the third communications link is in the first protocol. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289234 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING TRANSMISSION OF TCP DATA SEGMENTS - A communication device is arranged to transmit data segments over an interface, wherein the communication device comprises transmission management logic. In response to receipt of a data segment for transmission over the interface, the transmission management logic is arranged to determine a sequence number of a data segment to be transmitted and compare the sequence number of the data segment to be transmitted with at least one pending sequence number of a previous data segment. Based on the comparison, the transmission management logic either discards the data segment to be transmitted if the sequence number of the data segment to be transmitted matches the at least one pending sequence number of the previous data segment; or adds the sequence number of the data segment to be transmitted to the at least one pending sequence number and transmits the data segment over the interface if the sequence number of the data segment to be transmitted does not match the at least one pending sequence number. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289235 | Distributed processing system and distributed processing method - A distributed processing system | 2011-11-24 |
20110289236 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENRICHING MEMORIES AND ENHANCING EMOTIONS AROUND SPECIFIC PERSONAL EVENTS IN THE FORM OF IMAGES, ILLUSTRATIONS, AUDIO, VIDEO AND/OR DATA - A system and method for enriching memories and enhancing emotions about a specific personal event is disclosed. The system allows an easy to use enrichment of memories in terms of emotions and feelings around personal events such as vacations, promotions, sports, celebrations, etc. in form of still images, illustrations, templates, audio, video, and/or data. The invention is a turn-key system that combines broadly available hardware, industrial design, software, proprietary content, user-friendly user interface, distribution, and services tailored towards emotional personal events. The system also provides for the updating of the content on a storage device, usage tracking, remote deletion of content, encryption/decryption of documents and secure access. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289237 | INTELLIGENT BUS ADDRESS SELF-CONFIGURATION IN A MULTI-MODULE SYSTEM - According to one aspect there is disclosed an apparatus. The apparatus may include a first module including at least one bus port configured to couple the first module to a bus; a first configuration port configured to receive an input indicating whether address assignment is enabled or disabled for the first module; a second configuration port configured to provide an output indicating whether address assignment is enabled or disabled for a second module; a memory configured to store a unique address, wherein the unique address is configured to identify the first module; and a controller configured to be coupled to a central management unit via the bus, the controller further configured to receive the unique address from the central management unit, determine whether address assignment is enabled for the first module and to store the unique address in the memory if address assignment is enabled for the first module, enable or disable address assignment for a second module when the second module is coupled to the first module, and the controller further configured to enable or disable address assignment for the second module based, at least in part, on a message from the central management unit. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289238 | APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR FACILITATING SYNCHRONIZATION OF A WIRELESS DEVICE - An apparatus, and an associated method, facilitates synchronization of a wireless device, such as a portable mobile station. The wireless device is positioned at a support dock, such as a charging cradle of a charging assembly. Positioning of the wireless device at the support dock is detected, such a through detection of application of charging current to the wireless device. Detection of the positioning causes automatic initiation of synchronization operations. Synchronization operations are initiated and then carried out. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289239 | DEVICE ADDRESS ASSIGNMENT IN A BUS CASCADE SYSTEM - According to one aspect there is disclosed an apparatus. The apparatus may include a first device. The first device may include a first serial input port configured to receive serial data from at least one of a host MCU and a second device; a first serial output port configured to output the serial data to a third device when the third device is coupled to the first device; a first shift register configured to receive the serial data from the first serial input port; a first multiplexer configured to selectively couple the first serial output port to the first shift register or the first serial input port; and a bus controller configured to receive the serial data from the first serial input port, the bus controller further configured to control the first multiplexer to couple the first serial output port to the first serial input port or the first shift register, based at least in part on the serial data, wherein the serial data includes a command section of a command and at least a portion of a payload section of the command, wherein the command section includes a command code, a target address and an error check and the payload section includes at least one new address and at least one corresponding error check. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289240 | CONNECTION EXPANSION DEVICE, STORAGE SYSTEM, CONNECTION EXPANSION CONTROL PROGRAM, AND CONNECTION EXPANSION CONTROL METHOD - A connection expansion device connected to devices includes a plurality of ports to which devices are connected, a storage unit configured to record device information obtained from each port, and a processing unit configured to specify, based on the device information, a port in which an abnormal device exists, invalidate device information belonging to the port, and cause the storage unit to hold device information of a normal device. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289241 | AUTODETECTION OF A PCI EXPRESS DEVICE OPERATING AT A WIRELESS RF MITIGATION FREQUENCY - A computer system that detects for a PCI Express compliant endpoint device is described. Specifically, the computer system clocks transmit and receive circuits at a first frequency and initiates a training sequence. If the endpoint device successfully trains at the first frequency, the endpoint device is PCI Express compliant. Otherwise, the computer system initiates another training sequence at a second frequency. | 2011-11-24 |
20110289242 | MANAGING INTERRUPTS IN A VIRTUALIZED INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE SUPPORTING MULTIPLE HOSTS AND FUNCTIONS - Methods and apparatus are provided for managing interrupts within a virtualizable communication device. Through virtualization, one port of the device may be able to support multiple hosts (e.g., computers) and multiple functions operating on each host. Any number of interrupt resources may be allocated to the supported functions, and may include receive/transmit DMAs, receive/transmit mailboxes, errors, and so on. Resources may migrate from one function to another, such as when a function requests additional resources. Each function's set of allocated resources is isolated from other functions' resources so that their interrupts may be managed and reported in a non-blocking manner. If an interrupt cannot be immediately reported to a destination host/function, the interrupt may be delayed, retried, cancelled or otherwise handled in a way that avoids blocking interrupts to other hosts and functions. | 2011-11-24 |