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20090233543 | System and method for providing a rich media visitor log - Presented is a system for providing a rich media visitor log comprising a communications server accessible by members of a group, a local services network interactively connected to the communications server, a group management application resident on the communications server, and a visitor log host application. The group management application is configured to activate a group session, manage communications among group members and the local services network during the group session, and expire activation of the group session after a predetermined time interval. The visitor log host application is configured to collect communications from the communications managed by the group management application, identify exemplary communications for inclusion in the rich media visitor log, select rich media display assets corresponding to the identified exemplary communications, and produce the rich media visitor log comprising the identified exemplary communications and the selected corresponding rich media display assets. | 09-17-2009 |
20090233584 | System and method for providing concierge services to a mobile device user - There is provided a method for providing concierge services to a mobile device user. The method comprises receiving a concierge identification code sent from a mobile device; authenticating activation of concierge services for the concierge identification code; assigning the mobile device to the concierge identification code; sending a confirmation message to the mobile device; receiving a concierge command from the mobile device; obtaining concierge command results from a local services network; sending the concierge command results to the mobile device; and terminating activation of concierge services after an activation period corresponding to the concierge identification code. | 09-17-2009 |
20090233639 | System and method for managing group communications - Provided is a system for managing group communications. The system comprises a communications server accessible by a group of users having a first mobile communication device and a second mobile communication device; a local services network interactively connected to the communications server; a group management application resident on the communications server, the group management application configured to activate a group communication session corresponding to an identification code assigned to the group, to support communications among the first mobile communication device, the second mobile communication device, and the local services network during the group session, and to terminate the group session after a predetermined time interval; the system designed to manage and distribute communications across the members of the group during the group communication session. | 09-17-2009 |
20090234935 | System and method for managing distribution of rich media content - There is provided a system for managing distribution of rich media content. The system comprises a communications server accessible by a mobile device; a local services network interactively connected to the communications server; a rich media control application resident on the communications server, the rich media control application configured to manage rich media distribution for a user of the mobile device in response to receipt of a valid rich media access code from the mobile device, by requesting a rich media content corresponding to the rich media access code from the local services network; receiving the rich media content from the local services network; and sending a notification message to the mobile device for enabling the user of the mobile device to access the rich media content. | 09-17-2009 |
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20090070470 | Priority Based LDAP Service Publication Mechanism - A method and system are provided for directing a client to a preferred service instance. At creation of a service instance, the service binding attribute of the created instance is extended to include assigned domains and associated priorities. There are then two phases to directing a client to the preferred service instance. The first phase is compilation of a list of domains and priorities for the service in response to a query. Upon completion of the first phase, a second phase is executed to determine a preferred service for the client by comparing fully qualified domain name entries and assigned priority entries. | 03-12-2009 |
20110055406 | Maintaining session states within virtual machine environments - Sessions states within virtual machine (VM) environments are maintained. Each VM environment hosts a guest operating system (OS) and one or more application programs running. The guest OS and the application computer programs of each VM environment constitute a session. A connection broker maintains a state machine as to states of the sessions and permits transitions among the states in response to messages, commands, and internal decisions. Different types of agents may send the messages, and the commands. The states of the sessions may include a pending state and a number of other states. The pending state is an interim state that indicates a session is being transitioned from one of the other states to another of the other states. These other states may include an offline state, an online-down state, an online-up state, a suspended state, an active state, an idle state, a disconnected state, and a failed state. | 03-03-2011 |
20120331130 | Selecting A Network Connection For Data Communications With A Networked Device - Selecting a network connection for data communications with a networked device, including: identifying a plurality of networks available for data communications with the networked device, each network having network connection attributes; and selecting one of the plurality of networks in dependence upon the network connection attributes and the direction of data transfer. | 12-27-2012 |
20120331157 | Selecting A Network Connection For Data Communications With A Networked Device - Selecting a network connection for data communications with a networked device, including: identifying a plurality of networks available for data communications with the networked device, each network having network connection attributes; and selecting one of the plurality of networks in dependence upon the network connection attributes and the direction of data transfer. | 12-27-2012 |
20130185807 | End User License Agreement Detection and Monitoring - An approach is provided for detecting and monitoring end user license agreement (EULA) compliance is provided. A request to access a executable software code is received from an end user. A EULA version corresponding to the requested executable software code is identified. A determination is made as to whether the end user has accepted the identified EULA. If the end user has not accepted the identified EULA, then an out of date EULA notification is sent to the end user, the EULA is sent to the end user requesting an acceptance to the EULA. A EULA response is received from the end user. If the end user accepts the EULA, then the end user is allowed access to the executable software code. | 07-18-2013 |
20150098608 | MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRONIC RACKS - Computer program product and method for determining a location and identity of an electronic rack by a remote electronic device is disclosed. The method may include capturing an image of the electronic rack with a camera attached to the remote electronic device. The method may further include determining a visual identifying trait of the captured image of the electronic rack. The method may further include comparing the visual identifying trait of the captured image of the electronic rack to a known identifying trait of a known electronic rack identified in an inventory. The method may include identifying the electronic rack based on the comparison of the visual identifying trait of the captured image to the known identified trait. The method may further include determining a location of the electronic rack by the remote electronic device. The method may further include recording the location of the identified electronic rack. | 04-09-2015 |
20150106605 | POWER-ON SCHEDULING OF MULTIPLE BLADES REQUIRING A PREBOOT IMAGE FROM A REMOTE DISK - A computer program product includes computer readable program code for obtaining an inventory of hardware devices in each of a plurality of blades, and for calculating, for each of the plurality of blades, an amount of boot time to power-on the blade and reach a condition in which the blade is ready to receive a preboot image. The amount of boot time is calculated as a function of the inventory of hardware devices in the blade. Further computer readable program code is provided for identifying a preboot image load time for each of the blades, and for scheduling power-on of each blade so that a subsequent blade in an order is ready to mount the remote disk and receive the preboot image when a previous blade in the order has received the preboot image and released the remote disk. | 04-16-2015 |
20150106608 | POWER-ON SCHEDULING OF MULTIPLE BLADES REQUIRING A PREBOOT IMAGE FROM A REMOTE DISK - A method includes obtaining an inventory of hardware devices in each of a plurality of blades, and calculating, for each of the plurality of blades, an amount of boot time to power-on the blade and reach a condition in which the blade is ready to receive a preboot image, wherein the amount of boot time is calculated as a function of the inventory of hardware devices in the blade. In addition, a preboot image load time is identified for each of the plurality of blades. The method then further comprises scheduling power-on of each of the plurality of blades so that a subsequent blade in an order is ready to mount the remote disk and receive the preboot image when a previous blade in the order has received the preboot image and released the remote disk. | 04-16-2015 |
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20120180024 | SYNCHRONIZING DEVELOPMENT CODE AND DEPLOYED EXECUTABLE VERSIONING WITHIN DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS - The disclosure provides a solution for associating deployed executables with source code. In the solution, source code of a development environment can be mapped to a deployed executable of a runtime environment. The mapping can ensure that a version of source code from which the deployed executable was produced is always known. The mapping can occur within digitally encoded data stored in a non-transient storage medium. The development environment and the runtime environment can be two distinct and separate computing environments that are isolated from each other. | 07-12-2012 |
20140280390 | ENABLING NTELLIGENT MEDIA NAMING AND ICON GENERATION UTILIZING SEMANTIC METADATA - A set of media files are identified within a data store. Each of the media files lack user established file names, lack user established icons, or lack user established file names and icons. The media files are analyzed to determine semantic metadata. For at least a subset of the media files, the semantic metadata is utilized to automatically generate unique and meaningful file names, file icons, or both file names and file icons for each of the media files in the subset. | 09-18-2014 |
20150310028 | AUTOMATIC MEDIA NAMING USING FACIAL RECOGNIZATION AND/OR VOICE BASED IDENTIFICATION OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE NAMED MEDIA CONTENT - A computing device identifies a plurality of media files within a data store, each of the media files lacking user established file names. The computing device analyzing the plurality of media files to recognize humans in the media files based on facial recognition and/or voice recognition programs. Using results of the analyzing to generate a plurality of content identification keywords, which are scored and ranked. Establishing a filename prefix for the media files using scored and ranked content identification keywords. Automatically generating a unique file name for each of the media files, wherein each unique file name includes the established filename prefix. | 10-29-2015 |
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20130271979 | Scalable LED Sconce Light - An LED light fixture comprising a contoured light transmissive lens cover pivotally mounted between upper and lower end brackets so as to be movable between an open position and a closed position wherein in the closed position the upper and lower contoured edges of the lens cover mate flushly with the contoured surface of respective upper and lower end caps. A bank of LED carrying housing components are attached between the upper and lower mounting brackets so as to direct illumination toward the lens cover. Expansion brackets may be employed to facilitate addition of one or more additional banks of LED carrying housing components behind a lens cover of longer length to thereby created a sconce fixture of extended length. | 10-17-2013 |
20130272000 | Concatenatable Linear LED Lighting Fixtures - An illustrative modular light fixture apparatus may comprise a plurality of modules, each having a base component and a cover component. The base component has a split vertical male plug positioned within a cylindrical recess, and a cylindrical female receptacle formed at an opposite end thereof. The cylindrical female receptacle and split male plug are so configured such that the female receptacle of one module will snap fittingly or otherwise interconnect with the split male plug of another module. The cover component has respective pairs of rectangular openings on first and second sides thereof configured to snap fittingly engage respective tabs on the sides of the base component as the cover component is pushed downwardly over the base component to thereby attach the cover component to the base component. | 10-17-2013 |
20130279165 | Stringed LED Capsule Lighting Apparatus - A plurality of adjacent capsules, each comprising a base component, a body component carrying an LED circuit board, and a lens component, wherein the body and the base snap together and the lens snap-fits to the body. Such capsules are attached to a flexible electrical power cable by electrical connector components internal to the body and which conduct power from the power cable through the body to the LED circuit board. | 10-24-2013 |
20130279179 | Modular LED Lighting Apparatus - Modular LED light fixture units are interconnected together in articulated fashion with each modular unit including a base component and a cover component. First and second of the base components each include a cylindrical recess formed at a first end with a vertical boss positioned therein, the vertical boss having a threaded opening therein and an extension member formed at a second, opposite end and positioned within first and second outer fingers. The hole in the extension member of the first base component and the boss of the second base component are so positioned, shaped, and dimensioned that a fastener is insertable through the hole in the extension member of the first base component and into the boss of the second base component to thereby pivotally interconnect the first and second base components. | 10-24-2013 |
20130279180 | Commercial Lighting Integrated Platform - One or more interconnectable modules, each comprising a housing mounting an LED circuit board on an underside thereof and having a guide track on a top surface thereof with one or more slip fitter components shaped to slidably insert into and engage or attach to the guide track and configured to cooperate with one or more of a ceiling mounting bracket, a hanger bracket, an eye hanger and a cable hanging arrangement in order to provide multiple modes of hanging, suspending or otherwise mounting the one or more lighting modules. | 10-24-2013 |
20140328057 | Stringed LED Capsule Lighting Apparatus - A plurality of adjacent capsules, each comprising a base component, a body component carrying an LED circuit board, and a lens component, wherein the body and the base snap together and the lens snap-fits to the body. Such capsules are attached to a flexible electrical power cable by electrical connector components internal to the body and which conduct power from the power cable through the body to the LED circuit board. | 11-06-2014 |
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20110080002 | Controlled momentum hydro-electric system - A hydroelectric system in which by using a controlled environment within a large container filled with fluids, with means for controlling the dynamic velocity of the complete volume of fluids within the container. This is accomplished by moving the stagnant fluid from a plurality of regions through a plurality of thrust regions where the fluid is discharged to a plurality of regions of the dynamic surface of the same container. The dynamic surface accelerates the complete volume of fluid within the container to proximate the velocity produced by the layers of accelerated fluid from the stagnant regions through the thrust regions. A plurality of waterwheels properly distributed within the container, harvest the kinetic energy within the moving fluids, converting the energy to mechanical energy and transferring the torque created to other components that amplifies the designed revolutions per minutes (RPM) achieved within the container, to a designed RPM for the generation of green electric power. A secondary electrical generating system dependent of the velocity of the drives shafts, supply the electrical current needed for the thrust sources. | 04-07-2011 |
20110081250 | Hydro-kinetic transport wheel - A hydrodynamic impulse waterwheel turbine designed to exploit the head of watercourses. The waterwheel is contained within a wheel well mass housing enclosure, which maintains half of said waterwheel out of the water stream, wherein a multiplicity of interlocking inner wheels, with a novel designed of multifaceted cells, uniformly spaced within the periphery and the interior of said waterwheel, will turn in relationship to the waterwheel axis, presenting a new facet of the cell to the incoming water flow as it turns, increasing their efficiency exponentially, referred to as the actual water inflow rate to the plant per unit of time and the actual available head. The space between the cells is maintained vertically and horizontally but the location of the cells are offset in relationship to the cell immediately in front, allowing the free flow of the water throughout the waterwheel maintaining the waterwheel turning at the same velocity of the water stream. | 04-07-2011 |