50th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 65 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090307227 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR COMBINING AND DISTRIBUTING USER ENHANCED VIDEO/AUDIO CONTENT - Methods and apparatuses are provided, which may be implemented to combine and distribute user enhanced video and/or audio content. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307228 | METHOD OF SHARING USAGE INFORMATION, AND APPARATUS AND SYSTEM THEREOF - Provided are a method, apparatus, and system for sharing usage information of daily life. Usage information sharing system includes: a first home network including at least one electronic device generating metadata with respect to human behavior; a first collecting device collecting metadata with respect to usage information from first home network; a second collecting device transmitting metadata of first home network that is received from the first collecting device to a second home network; and a second home network comprising at least one electronic device receiving the metadata from the second collecting device and performing an operation corresponding to the metadata. Accordingly, behavioral actions of a person in daily life can be dynamically recognized via a home network and home electronic devices and converted into metadata, and transmitted to another home network in real-time via a network. Thus, the experiences and feelings of a user can be dynamically shared. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307229 | Method and system for rapidly processing and transporting large XML files - A method for rapid processing and transport of large XML files is provided. The method enables splitting an XML file into a plurality of records by a client module. The method further enables parsing each record to obtain a wrapper object. Next, the wrapper object is transported by the client module to a server module. Then, mapping information is populated at the client module based on path information of the wrapper object at the server module. Further, the mapping information is provided from the client module to the server module and records are accessed at the server module using the mapping information. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307230 | COMPUTER SYSTEM, DATABASE ACCESS METHOD, APPLICATION SERVER, AND PROGRAM - In a computer system, an SQL as a content of data processing request by a database independent protocol (protocol connected to a DBMS) that is issued by an application | 2009-12-10 |
20090307231 | Information collecting device, information collecting system, information collecting method, and computer program - An information collecting device includes: a network interface unit which receives information on consumables from a plurality of devices connected through a network; a database access unit which accesses a database storing the information on consumables of each of the devices; and a control unit which controls the network interface unit and the database access unit. The information on consumables contains a device ID assigned to each of the devices and the consumption number of consumables as the number of consumables consumed by each of the devices. From the database, the database access unit acquires a value of a device ID field used to store the device ID, a value of a previous quantity field used to store the consumption number of consumables received at previous time, and a value of a total number field used to store the total number of consumables consumed by each of the devices. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307232 | Two dimensional barcodes and mobile terminals - Processing a two dimensional (2D) barcode using a mobile telecommunications terminal having an image scanner includes obtaining a scanned image of the 2D barcode from the image scanner, decoding the image to obtain data, including a web address, and associating an identifier with the decoded web address, such that the identifier is identifiable by a remote proxy server to obtain information relating to the use of the barcode. A browser of the mobile terminal transmits a web page request including the decoded web address and the identifier. The web page request may be identified as originating from a 2D barcode at a server in a mobile telecommunications network. The request is received from a mobile terminal, an inserted identifier is identified in the request, and a record is saved, the record including an identifier of the mobile terminal or a user of the mobile terminal and the web page address. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307233 | Efficient Handling of PMU Data for Wide Area Power System Monitoring and Visualization - A real-time, wide-area power system monitoring and visualization system is provided, including comprising an application database adapted to contain a synchronized data object queue and configuration data; a web service; an event-triggered data archive service; an event database; and a smart client visualization application adapted to commence web service with the application database and the event database. A method of real-time, wide-area power system monitoring and visualization is also provided including receiving synchronized, real-time data objects in a first-in, first-out synchronized data object queue contained in an application database: requesting retrieval of the latest system-oriented data from the application database by a smart client visualization application; packaging the most recent system-oriented data into a lightweight data-interchange format; transmitting the most recent system-oriented data package to the client visualization system via a web service; and operating the smart client visualization application. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307234 | Sports Matchmaker Systems - The Sports Matchmaker System provides an improved method for arranging sporting events and non-sporting events between unacquainted people. It provides a system for matching persons publicly offering to participate in particular sporting or social events with other persons desiring to participate in similar sporting or social events. The system also provides various means for communicating between the offering party and the accepting party to complete the event. The system also provides methods for arranging event venues for sporting and social events. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307235 | DATA COPY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-PLATFORM DISASTER RECOVERY - Method and apparatus for providing disaster recovery with respect to a production mainframe having an operating system encoded in Extended Binary Coded Decimal Instruction Code (EBCDIC). The method includes copying said operating system from a direct access storage device (DASD) of said production mainframe to a file, compressing said file, transferring said file to a remote computer by binary File Transfer Protocol, and storing said file proximate said remote computer. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307236 | CENTRALIZING DATA BACKUP RECORDS FROM MULTIPLE SERVERS ONTO A CENTRAL SERVER - A method of managing backup records is provided. A central server receives, across a network, the contents of a first backup catalog from a first backup server as well as the contents of a second (distinct) backup catalog from a second backup server. The central server also extracts backup records from the first backup catalog and the second backup catalog and places the contents of each extracted backup record into a central backup catalog on the central server. Software for carrying out the method is also provided. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307237 | RATING SYSTEM THAT CHARACTERIZES ATTORNEYS BASED ON ATTRIBUTES - A hardware and/or software system for calculating attorney ratings. Data associated with an attorney is collected from a variety of sources. The collected data includes information that can be used to assess how well an attorney might handle legal issues. The data is used to determine values of one or more attributes associated with the attorney. One or more ratings may be calculated for the attorney based on the determined attributes. Each rating may be based on a weighted combination of two or more attributes. The ratings may be converted to a format that is more comprehensible to a consumer and presented to consumers of legal services in a variety of different forms. An unbiased assessment of attorneys in the form of a rating enables consumers of legal services to make more accurate and informed decisions when selecting an attorney. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307238 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFICATION OF VENUE BY ANALYZING DATA FROM VENUE WEBSITE - A method and system classifies a venue by analyzing venue data from a venue website. The method includes receiving preliminary venue-related data. The method includes scanning the venue website to retrieve venue data, wherein scanning the venue website includes retrieving the venue data from HTML pages, text documents, PDF documents, and images. The method includes retrieving verifiable venue data from the venue data. The verifiable venue data is a subset of the venue data. The method includes analyzing the verifiable venue data by comparing the verifiable venue data to the preliminary venue-related data and determining a probability level for the venue URL from the comparison. If the probability level for the venue URL is equal or greater than a first probability level, the venue website data is further analyzed to extract attributes and attribute counts in a robust and context-sensitive way. The method includes determining the percentage of the attribute representation from the total number of preselected attributes in the venue data and classifying the venue based on the percentage of the attribute representation. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307239 | FAST EXTRACTION OF SCALAR VALUES FROM BINARY ENCODED XML - Techniques are provided for efficiently extracting scalar values from binary-encoded XML data. Node information is stored in association with binary-encoded XML data to indicate whether one or more nodes of an XML document are simple or complex. A node is simple if the node has no child elements and no attributes. The node information of a particular node is used to determine whether a particular node, identified in a query, is simple or complex. If the particular node is simple, then the scalar value of the particular node is identified without performing any operations other than possibly converting the scalar value to a non-binary-encoded format or converting the scalar value to a value of a different data type. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307240 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING ANALOGOUS FICTIONAL DATA FROM NON-FICTIONAL DATA - A method and system for generating analogous fictional data from non-fictional data, is provided. One implementation involves recording non-fictional data, scoring the non-fictional data in terms of occurrence percentile, obtaining a set of user-configurations that represents a likeness range between non-fictional data and corresponding fictional data, based on the scores and the user-configurations, generating analogous fictional data from the non-fictional data, and comparing hash values for the fictional data with hash values for the non-fictional data to determine matches, and in case of matches, generating analogous fictional data from the non-fictional data based on the scores and incrementally lowered likeness range, whereby entire records of fictional data are generated based on entire records of non-fictional data, wherein the fictional data is consistent with the non-fictional data. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307241 | OPTIMIZING COMPLEX PATH ENDPOINT RESOLUTION - A technique for optimizing complex endpoint resolution in a hierarchical data structure. The technique includes maintaining an encoding between a path through the hierarchical data structure and the endpoint node of the path. When an input pathname corresponding to the path is received, the pathname is used to resolve the endpoint node from the encoding without traversing the path. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307242 | DOCUMENT MANAGING SYSTEM, DOCUMENT MANAGING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - When a document in which a shortcut has been set is exchanged to another document, a shortcut to the document before the exchange is enabled to effectively act on the document after the exchange. When a formation of a shortcut of the document is instructed, the shortcut including a document ID of the document is formed and attributes (shortcut formation history) of the document are updated. After that, when a deletion of the document into a trash box and a formation of a proxy entity of the document are instructed, a proxy entity in which a user ID set into the document to be deleted has been set is formed. The proxy entity is formed in a same folder as a folder in which the deletion document exists. The document ID of the deletion document and the document ID of the formed proxy entity are exchanged and the deletion document is moved into the trash box. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307243 | Coding Positions of Data Elements In A Data Structure - The present invention relates to a method for coding positions of data elements in a data structure. According to the method, position codes are associated with the data elements in a pre-determined sequence, the position codes being selected in such a way that, if the lengths of the position codes are unlimited, many other position codes can be arbitrarily allocated between the positions of two data elements in order to code positions of other data elements. The present invention also relates to a method for coding positions of data elements in a data structure, whereby position codes are associated with the data elements in a pre-determined sequence, the position codes being selected in such a way that other position codes can be allocated between the positions of two adjacent data elements in order to code positions of other data elements, at least one other position code being longer than the longest position codes of the two adjacent data elements. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307244 | ENCODING AND DECODING OF XML DOCUMENT USING STATISTICAL TREE REPRESENTING XSD DEFINING XML DOCUMENT - A statistical tree representing an extensible Markup Language (XML) Schema document (XSD) is generated. The statistical tree captures information defined by the XSD by representing elements, attributes, and enumerations of the XSD as branches, nodes, and leaves of the statistical tree. The statistical tree has bits corresponding to nodes of the statistical tree. An XML document defined by the XSD is adaptively encoded, or compressed, as a number of bits based on the statistical tree that has been generated. The number of bits encoding the XML document are decoded, or decompressed, to yield the XML document also based on the statistical tree that has been generated. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307245 | Uninterrupted Data Access During the Migration of Data Between Physical File Systems - A Migration Thin Virtual File System (“MTVLS”) conducts file migration using a thin virtual layer that is size selectable and provides an uninterruptible migration path from the old file system to the new file system without an increase in the time to receive data. The MTVLS selects a file from the source file system, opens a corresponding file in the target system, mounts the thin virtual layer over the source file and the target file, and migrates that data from the source file to the target file. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307246 | System and Method for a Genetic Integration of a Database into a High Availability Cluster - An interface unit adapted for connecting at least one database to at least one of a plurality of high availability cluster servers (HA cluster servers), wherein each database is adapted to execute a set of database-specific commands and wherein each HA cluster server is adapted to output a set of HA cluster server-specific commands. The interface unit may comprise a first interface layer adapted for receiving each of the set of HA cluster server-specific commands outputted by the HA cluster servers; and a second interface layer adapted for sending each of the set of database-specific commands to the respective databases. The interface unit may be further adapted to map each of the HA cluster server-specific commands to at least one of the database-specific commands. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307247 | DATA BLOCK COMPRESSION USING COALESCION - A method for processing blocks of data in a file is provided. The method includes determining a plurality of blocks of data in the file for a compression process used for compressing data in the file. This process is iterated over all the plurality of blocks of data in the file. A block of data is read into memory, and the offset from which it is read is also stored. A strong collision-resistant cryptographic hash representation, such as a strong collision-resistant cryptographic hash, of the block is determined. The cryptographic hash representation (CHR) of the block of data as well as the data itself, is added to a table with the CHR as a unique index. The offset of the block of data in the source file, as well as the CHR for that block are appended to a separate table. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307248 | Method and Apparatus for Representing Multidimensional Data - The present invention relates to methods for representing multidimensional data. The methods of the present invention are well suited but not limited to the representation of multidimensional data in such a way as to enable the comparison and differentiation of data sets. For example, the invention may be applied to the representation of flow cytometric data. The invention further relates to a program storage device having instructions for controlling a computer system to perform the methods, and to a program storage device containing data structures used in the practice of the methods. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307249 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSFORMATION OF LOGICAL DATA OBJECTS FOR STORAGE - A method and system for transforming a logical data object for storage in a storage device operable with at least one storage protocol, creating, reading, writing, optimization and restoring thereof. Transforming the logical data object comprises creating in the storage device a transformed logical data object comprising a header and one or more allocated accommodation sections with predefined size; processing one or more sequentially obtained chunks corresponding to the transforming logical data object thus giving rise to the processed data chunks, wherein at least one of said processed data chunks comprises transformed data resulting from said processing; sequentially accommodating the processed data chunks into said accommodation sections in accordance with an order the chunks received, and generating at least one index section constituting a part of the transformed logical data object, said index section comprising one or more entries containing indicators to physical storage location of respective accommodation sections and, with respect to each processed data chunk, one or more records related to said chunk, wherein said records indicate offset and length of data in the logical data object to be read from the respective processed data chunk, and are associated with a time stamp indicating time of creating said record. The method further facilitates reading a data range from the transformed logical object in response to a read request specifying desired point in time to be read. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307250 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSFORMATION OF LOGICAL DATA OBJECTS FOR STORAGE - A method and system for transforming a logical data object for storage in a storage device operable with at least one storage protocol, creating, reading, writing, optimization and restoring thereof. Transforming the logical data object comprises creating in the storage device a transformed logical data object comprising a header and one or more allocated accommodation sections with predefined size; transforming one or more sequentially obtained chunks of obtained data corresponding to the transforming logical data object thus giving rise to the transformed data chunks; and sequentially accommodating the processed data chunks into said accommodation sections in accordance with an order said chunks received, wherein said accommodation sections serve as atomic elements of transformation/de-transformation operations during input/output transactions on the logical data object. The processing may comprise two or more data transformation techniques coordinated in time, concurrently executing autonomous sets of instructions, and provided in a manner facilitating preserving the sequence of processing and accommodating the processed data chunks. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307251 | Method for reducing redundancy between two or more datasets - A method for reducing redundancy between two or more datasets of potentially very large size. The method improves upon current technology by oversubscribing the data structure that represents a digest of data blocks and using positional information about matching data so that very large datasets can be analyzed and the redundancies removed by, having found a match on digest, expands the match in both directions in order to detect and eliminate large runs of data by replace duplicate runs with references to common data. The method is particularly useful for capturing the states of images of a hard disk. The method permits several files to have their redundancy removed and the files to later be reconstituted. The method is appropriate for use on a WORM device. The method can also make use of L2 cache to improve performance. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307252 | Information processing device, content title display method, and content title display program - The client terminal | 2009-12-10 |
20090307253 | COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR GENERATING RANDOM SAMPLE IN RESPONSE TO SEARCH QUERY - A computer system includes a data storage device and a first computer processor in communication with the data storage device. At least one input device and a first program memory are in communication with the first computer processor. The computer system also includes a second computer processor in communication with the first computer processor. At least one other input device, a display device and a second program memory are in communication with the second computer processor. The first computer processor produces a random sampling of files from a set of files that match a set of parameters defined using the input device coupled to the first computer processor. The random sampling of files is displayed on the display device coupled to the second computer processor. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307254 | Translating DRM System Requirements - Various embodiments provide a mapping layer to translate DRM system requirements from one DRM system, such as a source system, to another DRM system, such as a target system. In at least some embodiments, DRM system requirement translation is performed using a signed data structure that maps DRM system requirements from one DRM system to one or more other DRM systems. By mapping DRM system requirements from one system to another, licenses associated with DRM-protected content and associated content can be safely transferred between systems. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307255 | GRAPHICAL MANAGEMENT OF BUILDING DEVICES - A system for processing user input received at a graphical user interface to configure a building device includes a processor and a first memory unit communicably coupled to the processor. The memory includes computer code for processing data relating to a floor plan and computer code for generating a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface including a representation of the floor plan. The memory further includes computer code for positioning an indicator relative to the graphical representation of the floor plan based on the user input, the indicator representing the building device. The memory also includes computer code for configuring the building device based on the position of the indicator relative to the graphical representation of the floor plan. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307256 | INVERTED INDICES IN INFORMATION EXTRACTION TO IMPROVE RECORDS EXTRACTED PER ANNOTATION - A method is provided for information extraction from among a multiplicity of documents each having a corresponding document object model (DOM) comprising: computing signatures associated with nodes of a multiplicity of DOMs corresponding to the multiplicity of documents; producing an index that associates computed signatures to each document that has a DOM that has one or more nodes corresponding to such signature; annotating one or more nodes of a DOM that corresponds to the at least one selected document; wherein the one or more annotated nodes respectively correspond to one or more respective signatures included in the index; and matching the signatures that correspond to the annotated nodes with signatures in the index to determine which documents from the multiplicity of documents have one or more DOM nodes that correspond to one or more of the annotated nodes. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307257 | TECHNIQUES FOR CREATING REPORTS USING CACHED DATA - Techniques for generating reports from cached data are provided. When a report is requested, a date and time when data in the report data cache was generated is compared with a date and time when data was collected by each of one or more data collectors that gather data used to generate the report data. If one of the data collectors has collected data since the data for the report in the report data cache has been updated, the data for the requested report will be regenerated from the data collected from each of the data collectors associated with the report and the regenerated data inserted into the report data cache. Subsequent requests for the report can be satisfied by generating the report using the data stored in the report data cache rather than regenerating the report data each time a request for a report is received. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307258 | MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION AND PLAYBACK SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING ENHANCED METADATA STRUCTURES - A metadata systems and methods are provided that enhance the playback features of multimedia files. A metadata structure is used that includes metadata tags and objects to allow access to various data typically not available to most playback devices. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307259 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMS FOR IMPLEMENTING INTELLIGENT AGENT SERVICES - Methods, systems, and storage mediums for implementing intelligent agent services are provided. A method includes generating an ontological domain for an individual based upon information elements. A set of information elements represents a behavior of the individual at a point in time. Generating the ontological domain includes creating subdomains of contextually organized collections of sets of information elements, where the subdomains include any orthogonally related data identified among behaviors. The method also includes determining relevance of relationships among the information elements in the ontological domain. The relevance is determined based upon measurable aspects, whereby a relationship determined to be relevant is identified as an interest of the individual. The method also includes identifying sources of information topically related to the interest, and searching the sources of information using the information elements determined to be relevant to identify a solution for satisfying the interest. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307260 | System-of-Systems Knowledge Management System and Method of Operating the Same - A system-of-systems knowledge management (“SOSKM”) system employable with a system-of-systems and method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the SOSKM system includes an interface object module configured to create system interface objects from a plurality of disparate objects, thereby providing a loose coupling between systems of the system-of-systems. The SOSKM system also includes a wrapper module configured to encapsulate the system interface objects into a unified modeling language employable to manage the system-of-systems. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307261 | Categorization of Digital Media Based on Media Characteristics - Digital media categorization can include receiving information including a plurality of media objects and a metadata tag descriptive of at least a first media object; comparing the first media object with a second media object; and selectively associating the first media object's metadata tag with the second media object based on a result of the comparison. Each media object can include a digital image. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307262 | SITUATION-DEPENDENT RECOMMENDATION BASED ON CLUSTERING - Data relating to usage patterns of the user is stored, wherein the data includes an application portion having information as to items which were used and a context portion having information as to the context in which the items were used. The data is clustered into clusters of data points and centroid are computed, wherein the centroid includes an application portion and a context portion. Clusters similar to a current context of the user are selected by comparing a data point representing the current context of the user to the context portions of one or more of the centroids. For each of one or more items, a expectation value that the user wishes to use the corresponding item is computed, based on the application portions of the selected similar clusters, wherein the expectation values are used to recommend one or more of the items. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307263 | System And Method Of Performing Location Analytics - A system and method are provided for associating location data from one or more unique sources. The place and time of a unique location enabled device are associated with stored demographic information relating to the particular place and particular time. The place and time of the unique location enabled device are associated with a historical record of past locations and time of locations that the device has been. Based on the association of demographical information and historical information, the unique location enable device is assigned to one or more groups or tribes. The location of all members of the group or tribe can be aggregated and exported for further analysis or display, thereby showing all group or tribe members at a particular time and place. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307264 | OBJECT ACQUISITION DEVICE, OBJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND OBJECT MANAGEMENT METHOD - Provided is a technology through which acquisition and management of an object used in a document can be performed more easily compared with a known technology. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307265 | METHOD OF OPERATING A WAREHOUSE - A method comprising the steps of: providing a database server having a database comprising real-time data related a warehouse object, the real-time data including data regarding the location of the warehouse object and data regarding the time and date the warehouse object became resident at the location, the real-time data populated in the database by warehouse management software; providing at least one rule related to when a condition of location for the warehouse object must cease, each rule having an associated trigger based on a lead time required to avoid violation of the rule; receiving data related to the warehouse object at a computer; predicting a potential violation of the rule by comparing, on the computer, data regarding the time-date the warehouse object became resident at the location with the trigger; generating an alarm related to a potential violation of the rule; and providing an alarm to an operator. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307266 | Processing a page - A method includes generating, for a page comprising a plurality of elements, a contextual grouping of at least one of the plurality of elements based on an object model of the page. A method includes generating a user interface for a non-sighted user based on a page, the user interface comprising at least one contextual grouping generated based on an object model of the page. A method includes identifying a page to be analyzed, the page based on a document object model (DOM) and having a plurality of elements configured to be visually arranged when the page is generated for display. The method includes processing the identified page based on the DOM to include each of the plurality of elements in at least one contextual group associated with the page. The method includes facilitating navigation of the page by a non-sighted user using the at least one contextual group. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307267 | REAL-TIME DYNAMIC AND SYNCHRONIZED CAPTIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE IN THE STREAMING OF MULTIMEDIA DATA - A dynamic and synchronized real-time captioning system and method for streaming media. A streaming encoder module can provide a code injection to marry textual data and audio/video (AV) data in order to form a text and/or audio stream. A streaming control module can allow an end-user to specify font format utilized to embed into an AV stream. A delay enhancement tool can be adapted to adjust speed of the text and/or audio stream, which allows the end-user to receive the text and/or audio stream at a proper speed. A customized graphical user interface (CGUI) can be adapted to assist with streaming administration to provide an encoding option, caption source location, delay control and slide control. Therefore, the captioning system can be able to synchronize and deliver the textual data and the AV data for live media streaming at an end-user's system. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307268 | Systems and Methods to Plan Events at Different Locations - Systems and methods are provided to specify a location of a planned event via a selection of a listing that has location information. For example, in response to a search request a listing may show a business entity at a geographic location; and the user may select the listing as a way to specify the location of a new event or an existing event. In some embodiments, one event can have multiple listings specifying multiple locations. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307269 | Normative database system and method - A computerized system and method is provided for managing normative data for metrics and comparing those normative data with metric values for a subject. The normative database provides a means for storing and utilizing normative data from multiple studies and the system automatically determines, or optionally allows a user to determine, which studies will be used in the comparison. The system also optionally allows a user to modify normative data in the normative database or add normative data to the normative database. The system generates images showing the relationship of the metric values to the normative data, optionally utilizing one or more thresholds extracted from the database or provided by the user. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307270 | System and method for providing device-specific data application - A system and a method for providing a device-specific data application are disclosed. In accordance with the system and the method of the present invention, a digital media playback apparatus is provide with one of one or more data applications optimized for the digital media playback apparatus stored in a storage device to prevent a failure in executing the data application due to a system specifications and manufacturer thereof. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307271 | AUTONOMIC CORRECTION OF INCORRECT IDENTITIES IN REPOSITORIES - Autonomic correction of incorrect identities in repositories. A communication is prepared and sent to one or more recipients. In response thereto, a notification is provided to the sender that one or more of the recipient's identities is incorrect. Based on this notification, corrective action is automatically initiated in order to locate the repository, and in particular, an entry in the repository corresponding to the incorrect identity and to take action to correct that identity. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307272 | IMS Change Mapper - A method, system and device for monitoring internal database log events in a computer database environment are described. As database updates are detected they are analyzed and used to determine which of several kinds of database maintenance are required. The database administrator is therefore presented with information to allow for more accurate maintenance scheduling and able to prevent unnecessary database maintenance outages. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307273 | Using Metadata Analysis for Monitoring, Alerting, and Remediation - In certain embodiments, a method for monitoring, alerting and remediation of systems is provided. The method provides for receiving data from one or more data sources and logging the data. A first metadata fingerprint is created for a particular data source. The first metadata fingerprint is indicative of a first quantity of data output for the particular data source. A second metadata fingerprint is created for the same data source. The second metadata fingerprint is indicative of a second quantity of data output for the data source. The second metadata fingerprint is created from data received at a different point in time from the first metadata fingerprint. The first metadata fingerprint is compared with the second metadata fingerprint associated with the particular data source. An alert is generated when the comparison indicates that the first metadata fingerprint does not correspond within a specified tolerance to the second metadata fingerprint. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307274 | DELAYED MERGE - Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for performing delayed merge operations. A copy of a master version of a document is retrieved from a server. User changes to the copy of the document are received through a client application. When changes have occurred to the master version of the document since user changes were made to the copy of the document, a merge operation needs performed. When the client application is ready to perform a merge operation upon saving changes to the server, then the merge operation is performed to the master version of the document on the server. When the client application is not ready to perform the merge operation, then information regarding changes made to the copy of the document by the client application is saved to the server for later merging by a separate delayed merge operation performed by one or more peers. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307275 | SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING ACCESS EFFICIENCY IN DATABASE AND METHOD THEREOF - A system and method for improving access efficiency in a database. The database stores values of a plurality of keys associated with the respective keys. The system of the invention executes a plurality of transactions on the database, and acquires and records a referenced value which is a value of a key referenced in a corresponding transaction from the database according to the execution of each of the transactions. Then, according to commit requests of the plurality of transactions, the system requests a reply of a resultant table including an arrangement of judgment results obtained by judging whether the value of the key stored in the database is maintained as the referenced value without change made by another transaction for the respective transactions. The system further judges whether each transaction is successful, based on the resultant table sent back and commits only transactions judged to be successful. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307276 | MIGRATION USING FILE SYSTEM LINKS - User state migration using file system hard links system and method. A file system hard link refers to a directory entry for a file that allow a file to be referenced by two or more separate filenames, without data of the file being stored in two or more places. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307277 | GENERATION OF DATABASE DELTAS AND RESTORATION - A checkpoint system is provided to quickly identify differences or deltas between a baseline version and a modified version of a database and to quickly restore the database to the baseline version using the deltas. The checkpoint system identifies the deltas between versions of the database by a rapid comparison of the rows of each table within a baseline version and a modified version of the database. The checkpoint system can use the rapid comparison when testing to identify sets of deltas resulting from performing an old procedure on a test database and a new procedure on the test database. The rapid comparison can be applied to these sets of deltas to identify differences resulting from the new procedure. The deltas can also be used to rapidly restore a database from a modified version to a baseline version. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307278 | MECHANISMS TO SUPPORT OBJECT-ORIENTED VERSION CONTROL OPERATIONS - Mechanisms to support object-oriented version control operations are provided. A user manipulates and views a project from an object viewpoint and within an object module. The user performs version control operations using object handles. The object handles are resolved to specific file references and the specific file references are used to process legacy version control commands utilizing a legacy version control system in a manner that is transparent to the user. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307279 | REFRESH AND FILTER ANCHORS - Structured data on a device is synchronized with structured data on a host if the device and the host have a matching refresh anchor. Structured data on the device is additively synchronized with structured data on the host if the device and the host have different refresh anchors. Additive synchronization combines structured data from the device with structured data on the host without deleting structured data from the device or the host. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307280 | SYNCHRONIZATION IMPROVEMENTS - Synchronization architectures, methods, systems, and computer readable media are described. A synchronization session is initiated between a first data processing system and a second data processing system. A first data, representing changes, is transmitted from the first data processing system to the second data processing system prior to completing a negotiation of a synchronization mode in the synchronization session for synchronizing data between the first data processing system and the second data processing system. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307281 | SYNCHRONIZATION IMPROVEMENTS - Synchronization architectures, methods, systems, and computer readable media are described. In one embodiment, a synchronization session is initiated between a first data processing system and a second data processing system. First data, representing changes to a first data class, is transmitted from the first data processing system to the second data processing system. Second data, representing changes to a second data class, is transmitted from the first data processing system to the second data processing system. Transmission of the second data begins before transmission of the first data is complete. The first data may comprise structured data such as contacts information, to do information, calendar information, or web browsing bookmarks. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307282 | MERGING FILE DIRECTORIES - A merge method includes determining whether a source item in a source file directory is a file or a subdirectory. If the source item is a file, any conflicting items in a destination file directory are deleted and the file is moved from the source file directory to the destination file directory without copying the file. If the source item is a subdirectory that has no corresponding destination subdirectory in the destination file directory, the subdirectory is moved from the source file directory to the destination file directory without copying the subdirectory. If the source item is a subdirectory that does have a corresponding destination subdirectory, the merge method is repeated for each item of the source subdirectory. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307283 | DYNAMIC BACKUP WINDOW OPTIMIZATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus, method, and computer program product to dynamically optimize a backup window for a data store is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an apparatus may include tracking module, a determination module, a window module, and a backup module. The tracking module may track usage of a data store over a period of time. A determination module may determine a period of minimal usage associated with the data store. The determination module may also determine an expected backup duration for the data store. Once the expected backup duration and period of minimal usage are known, a window module may calculate an optimal backup window for the data store. A backup module may then backup the data store during the backup window. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307284 | DATA BACKUP FOR A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE - A system and method of backing up a data file from a mobile computing device is disclosed. The method can include receiving a data file from the mobile computing device at a server computer and storing the data file on a storage device. The method can include receiving data indicative of changes made to the data file on the mobile computing device. The method can further include changing the data file stored on the storage device based on the data indicative of changes made to the data file on the mobile computing device. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307285 | CONTROLLING RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR BACKUP OPERATIONS - Various embodiments of a computer system and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer system includes a backup application coupled to interconnected storage resources. The backup application creates a database of storage resources, wherein each database entry corresponds to one or more storage resources and is associated with one or more user-defined attributes describing the suitability of the associated resources for a backup operation. The backup application creates and stores a configuration of storage resources for a backup operation. Each storage resource is selected based on a value of an associated attribute. The storage resources may include logical unit numbers (LUNs), mount points providing access to LUNs, and hosts having physical access or network access through other hosts to mount points. An attribute specifies that the associated storage resources are either required or preferred for a backup operation. The database and configuration are created at backup application run time. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307286 | CREATING SYNTHETIC BACKUP IMAGES ON A REMOTE COMPUTER SYSTEM - A local host computer system creates a full backup image and one or more incremental backup images. The local host computer system transmits data from the full backup image and the one or more incremental backup images to a remote host computer system. The remote host computer system receives the data from the full backup image and the one or more incremental backup images from the local host computer system, and creates a synthetic backup image using the data from the full backup image and the one or more incremental backup images. In some embodiments, complete copies of the full backup image and the one or more incremental backup images may be transmitted to the remote host computer system. In other embodiments only the portions of the incremental backup images that are actually needed to create the synthetic backup image may be transmitted to the remote host computer system, and unneeded portions may not be transmitted. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307287 | Database Journaling in a Multi-Node Environment - A database spread over multiple nodes allows each node to store a journal recording changes made to the database and also allows a journaling component to manage the memory space available for journaling. Two threshold size values may be specified for the journal. The first threshold value specifies a journal size at which to being pruning the journal on a given node. A journal pruning algorithm may be used to identify journal entries that may be removed. For example, once a given transaction completes (i.e., commits) the journal entries related to that transaction may be pruned from the journal. The second threshold value specifies the maximum size of the journal. After reaching this size, journal entries may be written to disk instead of the in-memory journal. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307288 | BACKUP DEVICE - The backup server in the backup site receives messages multicast from business servers in the primary site, extracts the business data, and stores it in backup databases for each business server. Upon this storing of business data, the sequence numbers in the messages are added to the business data to be stored in the backup databases. Detection of loss in sequence numbers allows the detection of which piece of the business data is lost. The backup server does not request a business server in the primary site to retransmit data even when business data is partially lost, but instead directly requests the database server in the primary site to transmit the lost business data. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307289 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC FILE USE AND MANAGEMENT - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for facilitating online storage of files (e.g., audio tracks, video, etc.) for playback/access or sale/exchange by the owners of the files without violating copyrights that copyright holders have in the files. For example, by providing a playback service that does not store additional versions of an audio file when the file is transmitted to, and immediately played on, a user device without buffering, the present invention avoids violating copyright laws by not making copies of the file. Numerous other aspects are disclosed. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307290 | Database Journaling in a Multi-Node Environment - A database spread over multiple nodes allows each node to store a journal recording changes made to the database and also allows a journaling component to manage the memory space available for journaling. Two threshold size values may be specified for the journal. The first threshold value specifies a journal size at which to being pruning the journal on a given node. A journal pruning algorithm may be used to identify journal entries that may be removed. For example, once a given transaction completes (i.e., commits) the journal entries related to that transaction may be pruned from the journal. The second threshold value specifies the maximum size of the journal. After reaching this size, journal entries may be written to disk instead of the in-memory journal. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307291 | SMART CARD STORAGE SYSTEM AND FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREIN - A smart card storage system, which comprises a storage region and a control unit, and a file management method therein. The storage region includes a FAT (File Allocation Table) storage region and a data region for storing files; the FAT storage region contains FAT entries; the data region contains blocks; each FAT entry corresponds to one of the data blocks. The control unit finds FAT entries in the FAT storage region, and has operation on files in the data region, e.g. create, store, update, read, delete and resize (truncate/append), according to the correspondence between FAT entries and data blocks. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307292 | DYNAMICALLY CHANGING A GARBAGE COLLECTOR IN A MANAGED RUNTIME SYSTEM - Machine-readable media, methods, and apparatus are described to dynamically change a garbage collector in a managed runtime system ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090307293 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN OPTIMUM SAMPLING FREQUENCY, AND A POWER ANALYZER PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method for determining an optimum sampling frequency to be performed by a power analyzer includes the following computer-implemented steps: sampling a time domain signal to obtain a sampling signal according to a predetermined sampling frequency; obtaining two reference sampling signals using higher and lower sampling frequencies compared to the predetermined sampling frequency; transforming the sampling signal and the reference sampling signals to frequency domain signals; computing a sum-of-amplitudes for each of the three frequency domain signals; estimating a minimum sum-of-amplitudes value and a corresponding re-sampling frequency; obtaining a new reference sampling signal using the re-sampling frequency; transforming the new reference sampling signal to a frequency domain signal, and computing a sum-of-amplitudes therefor; and re-estimating the minimum sum-of-amplitudes value and the corresponding re-sampling frequency. The re-sampling frequency that conforms with a predetermined convergence standard is the optimum sampling frequency. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307294 | Conversion Between Sub-Band Field Representations for Time-Varying Filter Banks - Conversion between sub-band field representations for time-dependent filter banks. The invention relates to a transcoding processing operation between different sub-band fields, aiming to compact the application of a first vector representing the signal in a first sub-band field to a synthesis filter bank, and then to an analysis filter bank, in order to obtain a second vector representing the signal in a second sub-band field. In particular, the synthesis bank and/or the analysis bank are time-dependent. Within the scope of the invention, matrix filtering of the first vector is anticipated in order to directly obtain the second vector, this matrix filtering being represented by a global conversion matrix comprising pre-calculated sub-blocks of matrices (A | 2009-12-10 |
20090307295 | Method and Apparatus for Reducing Server Workload in an Automation System - There is described an automation system for controlling and/or regulating a technical process, and also to a web access module which allows data transmission between an automation device and a remote device via the World Wide Web, and furthermore to a method for transmitting data between an automation device and a remote device via the World Wide Web. Measures are proposed which reduce the communication load between the remote device and an automation device. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307296 | METHOD FOR ANONYMOUS COLLABORATIVE FILTERING USING MATRIX FACTORIZATION - System and method for performing Collaborative Filtering while preserving complete user anonymity are provided. Each of a group of client devices sends a rating vector anonymously to a server. The cells in each rating vector correspond to a set of items, and selected cells have ratings provided by the user associated with the corresponding client device for the corresponding items. The server aggregates all the rating vectors into a rating matrix, and factorizes the rating matrix into a user feature matrix and an item feature matrix through approximation, such that the rating matrix equals the product of the user feature matrix and the item feature matrix. The item feature matrix is sent to the client devices. Each of the client devices calculates its own user feature vector based on its rating vector and the item feature matrix, and provides personalized recommendations on selected items based on the client's user feature vector and the item feature matrix. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307297 | Digital plaque for displaying certificates, associated documents and current status - A digital plaque that can display one of several stored certificates that can also retrieve updates to a displayed certificate when needed. The digital plaque is used to display a certificate and associated information. Typically the certificate displayed is one of an award, a recognition, a score card, a picture, a transcript, a document, a sales deed, a ticket, a poster, a document cover, a book cover, a patent application, a granted patent and a graduation record. A collection of such certificates is stored in memory and displayed when selected by a user. Status information and supporting documents associated with the selected certificate can be retrieved from a remote server and portions of the retrieved information can be displayed. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307298 | Optimizing Service Processing Based on Business Information, Operational Intelligence, and Self-Learning - A mechanism for using information in an execution context and other information to optimally select a business service implementation and service execution path. Responsive to receiving a request for a service from a service requester, an execution context is created, wherein the execution context comprises information about business aspects and operational aspects of the service being requested. The request is sent with the execution context to a next component in the service request/response flow in the service oriented architecture. Responsive to the next component receiving the request, current execution context information about the service is obtained based on a current processing of the request for the service and historical execution context information about the service based on previous processing of requests for the service. A service execution decision is then made based on the current execution context information and the historical execution context information. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307299 | System Analysis Modeling Apparatus and Method - A modeling and simulation apparatus and method for simulating a complex system includes linking together a plurality of computerized models. The models include at least one process model and one or more of a product model, information model and computer console emulator model. Communication clients for each model are connected to a communication server. The method includes transmitting a message from a communication client of a model to the communication server, the message including a class of information and a unique identifier corresponding to the class of information being transmitted; sorting messages received at the communication server into groups according to unique identifiers; queuing the messages within each group temporally; storing the grouped and queued messages at the communication server; and retrieving the transmitted message from the communication server using a second communication client of a second model. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307300 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXECUTING AN APPLICATION ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A system for executing an application on a mobile device may include a mobile device and a server in communication with the mobile device. The mobile device may include one or more widgets, a widget framework configured to receive a query from at least one of the widgets, and an encapsulator application configured to encapsulate the query. The computer-readable storage medium may include one or more programming instructions for performing one or more of the following: receiving the encapsulated query from the encapsulator application, extracting the query from the encapsulated query, and transmitting an update associated with the one or more widgets to the mobile device. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307301 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONDUCTING A TRANSACTION BETWEEN TRANSACTION PROCESSING SYSTEMS - When investigating a failure occurring in a transaction between information processing apparatuses, it is possible to reduce the time required for the failure investigation. A first local ID for identifying a transaction processing of first information processing apparatus is related with a standard ID for relating transaction processing of the first and the second information processing apparatuses with each other the related IDs and are stored in a first mapping table. The standard ID and a transaction processing request are transmitted to the second information processing apparatus to request execution of a transaction processing therefor. If a failure occurs in the requested transaction processing, a standard ID of the transaction processing concerned is specified to inquire a second local ID for identifying the transaction processing. Mapping information for relating the first local ID corresponding to the specified standard ID with the transmitted second local ID is generated. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307302 | System and Method for Providing Data from a Server to a Client - A method and system is provided for a server to provide data to a client. A client user requests presentation of a data file that is associated with time-to-live data and a hash. If the time-to-live data is not expired, the client presents to the user a data file stored at the client. If the time-to-live data is expired, the client requests the server to send the hash associated with the latest version of the data file stored at the server. The client determines whether the hashes match. If the hashes match, the client presents the data file stored at the client. If the hashes do not match, the client requests that the server provide the client with the latest version of the data file. After receiving the latest version of the data file, the client presents to the user the latest version of the data file. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307303 | PROVIDING PARTNER SERVICES WITHIN A HOST APPLICATION - An approach is described for allowing a user to select a partner service in the context of the user's interaction with a host application. The user selects the partner service using a partner-selection user interface presentation. The selected partner service receives this selection, and proceeds to carry out a partner function which complements a host function performed by the host application. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307304 | Method for Server Side Aggregation of Asynchronous, Context - Sensitive Request Operations in an Application Server Environment - Process, apparatus and program product for processing a request at an application server are provided. The process includes initiating one or more asynchronous operations in response to the request received by the application server. The process further includes generating a response content that includes one or more placeholders. Thereafter, one or more placeholders mark a location of content corresponding to each of the one or more asynchronous operations. The process further includes aggregating content received from a completed asynchronous operation by filling the content in the corresponding placeholder. The process further includes sending a partial response content with content up to the first unfilled placeholder. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307305 | NETWORK ALLOCATION - A method and apparatus of supporting more than the maximum number of clients allowed in a network. Such limitations exist because of resource limitations, such as memory and other hardware. In one embodiment of the disclosed method and apparatus, a network controller temporarily drops a client out of a network to allow another client, which is currently not in the network and wishes to be active, to join the network. Information about the link between the dropped client and the network controller is stored to allow the dropped client to easily rejoin the network. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307306 | BROWSING OR SEARCHING USER INTERFACES AND OTHER ASPECTS - User interfaces for browsing and/or searching are described. According to some aspects of the invention, a server in the system initiates an instance of a preview generator for each client machine in the system. The instance sends at least one of a preview and a thumbnail of a file to the client machine responsive to a request for the file from the client machine to allow the client machine to present the preview. The instance may generate an icon representing the file and execute a plug-in associated with a creator application of the file to present the preview within the icon so that the creator application does not have to be launched. Other embodiments are also described, and computer readable media and apparatuses are also described. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307307 | CONTENT PROVIDING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A configuration is provided in which a client in a home network receives content from a server outside the home network and plays the content. A home IMS gateway maps an external server outside the home network as a virtual home network device, and executes a process of receiving a content providing service provided by the external server by using mapping information. Furthermore, device information of the client is obtained and registered in a database existing outside the home network, and a content providing server executes a process of obtaining the device information and providing the client with content matching the device. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307308 | Virtual Execution System for Resource-Constrained Devices - A virtual execution system that is configured to be used in a resource-constrained device. The resource-constrained device includes an operating system and an application program that includes instructions. The virtual execution system includes an execution engine that is configured to execute the application program, and to facilitate the compatibility of the application program with the operating system. Non-functional aspects characterize the instructions and the operating system. The execution engine has access to the non-functional aspects, and implements improvements during the execution of the application program based on the non-functional aspects. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307309 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING AND ANALYZING METABOLIC PATHWAY DATA - A metabolic pathway data management and analysis system in a distributed communication network is provided comprising at least one application server running a metabolic pathway data management server application, at least one client workstation running a metabolic pathway data management client application in communication with the at least one application server via the distributed communication network, and at least one database for storing data in communication with the at least one application server via the distributed communication network, wherein said metabolic pathway data management client application provides a graphical user interface comprising a study editor and a pathway editor. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307310 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING FILTERED CONTENT BASED ON AGE LIMIT - A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving filtered content based on an age limit. A client transmits to a server a content request message requesting original content, part of which is blocked due to an age limit, and receives from the server filtered content according to the age limit in response to the content request message. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307311 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING CONTEXT MANAGEMENT IN A NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT - Methods and apparatus related to context management in a networked environment are provided. According to one aspect, a technique is provided for facilitating communication between a client and a context management (CM) server, comprising establishing a network connection between the client and the CM server to enable communication, and maintaining the connection for the period of time during which the context is maintained. According to another aspect, a requested change in at least one aspect of a context is facilitated by publishing a change decision from the context management server to the participant applications. In another aspect, a technique is employed to verify that a remote application is emulated on the same client as at least one other application in a context by receiving from the client and the remote application server information that uniquely identifies the client. In a further aspect, a technique is employed for verifying that two remote applications are emulated on a same client by receiving information from the remote applications that uniquely identifies the client on which they are emulated. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307312 | System and Method for Signaling and Media Protocol for Multi-Channel Recording - A signaling and media protocol for multi-channel recording using a client and a server is provided comprising an IP data network, a recording application on a client device, a signaling server and a media server. A method for signaling and media protocol for multi-channel recording is provided having a message type, the message type comprising means for command/response sequences being command and acknowledgement performed in the steps of Start Recording/acknowledge start recording, Current Recording/acknowledge current recording, Stop Recording/acknowledge stop recording. The method further comprises the steps of command/response sequences selectably performed in any order, as desired, of: Received Recording/acknowledge received recording, Mark Recording/acknowledge mark recording, Insert Recording/acknowledge insert recording, Noisy Recording/acknowledge noisy recording, Dropped Recording/acknowledge dropped recording, followed by Delete Recording/acknowledge delete recording. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307313 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING SPAM - The disclosure describes systems and methods for determining spam. A spam detecting system identifies potential spam messages by checking the relationship between a sender of a message and a recipient of the message. The spam detecting system identifies the relationship between the sender and recipient as ‘unknown’ or ‘trusted’. If the message is ‘trusted’, the message is transmitted accordingly to the recipient. If the message is classified as ‘unknown’, then the message is analyzed in view of other identified potential spam messages where an count is tallied against a threshold value to keep track of the probability a message is spam. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307314 | MUSICAL INTEREST SPECIFIC DATING AND SOCIAL NETWORKING PROCESS - A method for determining dating compatibility of users of an online system based on music interests includes obtaining music preferences of users by ranking different genres of music according to the desirability of those genres of music to the first user and comparing the music preferences of the users to provide users with potential matches. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307315 | FACILITATING CORRECTION OF INCORRECT IDENTITIES IN PROPAGATED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS - An electronic communication is sent from a first tier sender to a first tier of one or more recipients. A first tier recipient propagates the communication to a second tier of one or more recipients. The first tier sender determines that the communication includes an incorrect identity. The first tier sender notifies the first tier recipients of the error and of the corrected identity. Responsive thereto, the first tier recipients send corrections to selected second tier recipients. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307316 | MINIMIZING INCORRECTLY ADDRESSED COMMUNICATIONS WHEN WORKING WITH AMBIGUOUS RECIPIENT DESIGNATIONS - Sending communications to incorrect recipients is minimized. Recipients that have ambiguous names or other designations are marked as ambiguous. Then, in response to including one of those names or designations in a communication, the originator of the communication is automatically warned of the ambiguity. This enables the originator to re-confirm that the communication is being sent to the intended recipient. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307317 | AUTOMATICALLY MODIFYING DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATIONS - Modifications are made to communications that have been distributed to one or more recipients. These modifications include at least one of adding a new recipient to the communication, deleting one or more recipients from the communication or moving one or more recipients from one or more of the fields of the communication to one or more other fields. These modifications may be performed automatically and/or transparently for the existing recipients. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307318 | Systems and Methods to Plan Events at Different Locations - Systems and methods are provided to specify a location of a planned event via a selection of a listing that has location information. For example, in response to a search request a listing may show a business entity at a geographic location; and the user may select the listing as a way to specify the location of a new event or an existing event. In some embodiments, one event can have multiple listings specifying multiple locations. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307319 | Administering Instant Messaging ('IM') Chat Sessions - Computer-implemented methods, apparatus, and products for administering IM chat sessions including: identifying, by an IM module in dependence upon a merger policy, a plurality of IM participants to merge into a group IM chat session, the IM module providing IM services to one of the participants; and merging, by the IM module, the identified participants into the group IM chat session. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307320 | ELECTRONIC MAIL PROCESSING UNIT INCLUDING SILVERLIST FILTERING - Systems and methods of filtering received messages to discard unsolicited messages using silverlist filters and combinations of silverlist filters and other types of filters are disclosed. In many embodiments, an appliance remote from a mail server is used to filter messages using at least a silverlist filter prior to forwarding messages to the mail server. In a number of embodiments, a mail server applies a filtering process that includes a silverlist filter and a challenge response filter. One embodiment of the method of the invention includes receiving a message envelope sent from a sender IP address, where the message envelope includes a sender address and at least one recipient address, determining the reputation of the sender IP address, allowing the message when the sender has a reputable sender IP address, irrespective of the sender and recipient addresses, and performing a test when the sender IP address has unknown reputation. In addition, the test includes issuing a temporary failure to the sender, detecting as a retry a message envelope received within a predetermined time period, where the sender and recipient addresses of the original message envelope and the received message envelope correspond, and allowing the retry message. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307321 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING AN AIR TRAVEL MESSAGE - A system and method are disclosed for communicating transactional and informational messages among air travel service providers and other participants. The technique implements a public protocol in a network having a service oriented architecture. A message in a source format is converted to a public format message with a payload, wherein the payload is the message. The open source message is parsed and communicated over a network, such as the Internet Protocol network, to a switch. The switch authenticates the message, extracts the payload, and communicates the message to the destination, where the message may be converted into a destination format and communicated to a user interface. The message may be processed by the switch and/or the destination to obtain statistical and/or other useful data. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307322 | Digital Camera - A digital camera comprises an image-capturing unit that captures an image of a photographic subject and acquires image data, a communication unit for sending and receiving electronic mail data including image data, a recording control unit that records the image data acquired by the image-capturing unit as photographed image data upon a recording medium, an email for sending creation unit that creates an email for sending, to which is attached an image based upon the photographed image data recorded upon the recording medium, and an email address setting unit that sets an email address as the destination of the email for sending. The email for sending creation unit creates a title or a text of the email for sending, based upon at least one of the photographed image data and the email address that has been set. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307323 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING SETTING OF DESTINATION OF EMAIL - In a client | 2009-12-10 |
20090307324 | System and A Method For Implementing A Plurality of Interface Definitions - The present disclosure provides systems and method for implementing a plurality of interface definitions. The system and methods provide for a message to be received according to a first definition, sent to a component for processing according to a second definition and returned to the requester according to the first interface definition. The system and method strip information from the return message that is not contained in the first interface definition. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307325 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING CONTENT IN AN INSTANT MESSAGING APPLICATION - A method and system for sharing content in an instant messaging application are disclosed. According to one embodiment a computer-implemented method comprises logging content accessed by a first client, and a list of accessible content is updated and provided to the first client. A request is received from the first client to share first content of the list of accessible content with a second client, and a message is delivered to the second client, the message containing a link to the first content. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307326 | MANAGING ELECTRONIC MESSAGES - A recipient computer system may receive one or more electronic messages. The recipient computer system may send one, two, or more challenge messages to the sender of the electronic messages in determining whether to deliver the electronic message. The recipient computer system may accept or reject an electronic message based on the response, or lack of response, to the challenge messages. The recipient computer system may send two or more challenge messages at intervals. A sender computer system may record activity of the sender computer system for a recipient computer system to use in determining whether to deliver an electronic message. A sender computer system may provide a summary of that activity with an electronic message. A sender computer system may provide an authorization key for a recipient computer system to use in determining whether to deliver an electronic message. The authorization key may be generated by a third party. | 2009-12-10 |