Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080218379 | System and method for electronic road signs with in-car display capabilities - The present invention is method and system for delivering road sign content information to a mobile computing device for display to the driver of a vehicle. The system consists of a wireless communication network in communication with a mobile computing device operationally coupled to a dashboard display device or a vehicle head's up display device. The wireless communication network further comprises a plurality of meshed network sign transmitting devices placed along predetermined intervals along the highway. Each sign-transmitting device is capable of transmitting road sign content information to the mobile computing device for display to the driver. | 09-11-2008 |
20080219600 | Associating Attributes to Captured Input Within a Digital Pen - Methods, systems, and media are disclosed for altering the captured input within a digital pen. One embodiment includes capturing the input by the digital pen, wherein the input comprises dots and measurements. Further, the method includes modifying, within the digital pen, the input based on an attribute selected for the input, wherein the modifying produces a modified input. Such modifying may occur by conversion functions, such as to a preferred input format, e.g., Excel®spreadsheet, or a preferred stylistic format, e.g., black 12 point font, wherein the conversion functions modify the input to affect such preferences based on a position of one or more selectors located on the exterior of the digital pen. Finally, the method includes transmitting the modified input to a computer system in wireless communication, for example, with the digital pen. | 09-11-2008 |
20080222164 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE GUARANTEED DEPLOYMENT OF APPLICATIONS TO NODES IN AN ENTERPRISE - A method, system and computer program product for updating distributed applications in a multiple application-server environment, in which at least one server receives updates later than another server and update delivery is tracked by an update tracker in the form of a message history, is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, an application will be distributed across multiple servers and will receive updates from a central repository across a network or other communication fabric. Responsive to starting an application server in the data processing system, a messaging system is contacted over a secure connection to determine whether an application update distribution occurred while the application server was unavailable to update applications, and, responsive to a determination that the application update distribution occurred, an application is received. | 09-11-2008 |
20080235324 | Providing Shared Tasks Amongst a Plurality of Individuals - A mechanism for sharing tasks is provided in which individuals in a share group may signal their intent to complete individual shared tasks and communicate that intent to other individuals in the share group. A required time for completion of the shared tasks may be associated with an individual's signaling of the intent to complete the shared task. The completion of the shared task by the individual signaling intent to complete may be monitored and, if not completed within the associated required time, the performance of the shared task may again be shared with the individuals of the share group. In this way, another individual may signal that individual's intent to perform the shared task and the process may be repeated until the shared task is completed. | 09-25-2008 |
20080235596 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A REMOTE CONTROL SESSION - A method and system for managing a remote control session (RCS) during which control of input mechanisms of authorized users for manipulating a shared computer screen is time-sliced among the authorized users. No more than one authorized user has control of the input mechanisms at each time during the RCS. Each authorized user is able to view the shared portion of the computer screen throughout the RCS and has been assigned a priority, a control time slice (CTS), and an inactivity threshold. Sole control of the input mechanisms is provided to a first authorized user who requested control of the input mechanisms. Sole control of the input mechanisms is transferred from the first authorized user to a second authorized user who requested control of the input mechanisms. The first and second authorized user are each scheduled to have sole control of the input mechanisms for a specified time duration. | 09-25-2008 |
20080240436 | Method and apparatus for determining whether to encrypt outbound traffic - An improved method, apparatus, and computer instructions for processing outbound traffic passing through a port. This port is for a server and receives a request from a client. The request includes a universal resource identifier to a destination. A determination is made as to whether the request requires encryption using the universal resource identifier in the request. The request is sent through the port to the destination in an encrypted form, in response to a determination that the request requires encryption. | 10-02-2008 |
20080246584 | Locking digital pen - A locking digital pen system includes memory means which is available for storing user passwords for a plurality of users. When a user wishes to activate the digital pen, the user is enabled to use the digital pen to enter a password. After verification of the password, the pen is unlocked and the system associates the user with a matching digital signature certificate. When the user wishes to lock the pen, the user is enabled to actuate a button on the pen or provide an entry to a coupled computer to initiate a locking sequence. The system then disassociates the user from the digital signature certificates so the pen can no longer be used to digitally sign documents and the pen enters a locked state. In another embodiment, an authorized user may disable the unlocking function of the pen whereby the pen may not be unlocked by entry of a password but rather only when a special code is entered into the system. | 10-09-2008 |
20080250242 | Method for Passing Selective Encrypted Attributes of Specific Versions of Objects in a Distributed System - The present invention provides a computer implemented method, system, and computer program product for selective encryption of a data transmission. A data transmission is received. When the data transmission is received, the data transmission is unmarshaled. When the transmission is unmarshaled, objects and a set of sensitive fields within the data transmission are identified by referencing a metadata database. Only the set of sensitive fields within the data transmission are encrypted to form a partially encrypted data transmission. The partially encrypted data transmission is marshaled to form a marshaled data transmission. The marshaled data transmission is transmitted to a recipient. | 10-09-2008 |
20080263157 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ORDERING INSTANT MESSAGES - A computer implemented method and a computer usable program product for ordering a plurality of instant messages are provided. A data processing system receives at least one incoming instant message. Responsive to identifying the at least one incoming instant message as a response to at least one outgoing instant message originating from the data processing system, the data processing system associates the at least one incoming instant message with the at least one outgoing instant message to form a set of related messages. The data processing system presents the at least one incoming instant message to a first user, wherein a relationship between the at least one incoming instant message and the at least one outgoing instant message is identified. | 10-23-2008 |
20090009333 | System and Method for Measuring RFID Signal Strength Within Shielded Locations - An RFID Probe comprises a pole with a plurality of sensors that indicate RF signal strength attached at regular intervals and marked to indicate distance from an end of the pole. A user employs the RFID Probe by placing the probe between densely packed materials, such as cases on a pallet, and exposing the RFID Probe and packaging to a signal from a RIFD transceiver. After exposing the RFID Probe to the RFID transceiver signal, the user removes the RFID Probe from the packed materials and observes the sensors on the probe. By noting the location on the probe of the sensors indicating low or no RF signal, the user can identify locations where RF signal strength is insufficient to activate an RFID tag. | 01-08-2009 |
20090015398 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING LOCATION INFORMATION OF CHECKED BAGGAGE - A system and method for notifying an end user of a location of baggage is provided. The method includes providing a computer infrastructure being operable to maintain baggage information and contact information of the end user, read an RFID tag at predetermined locations, and send the location of the baggage to the end user based on the location of the RFID tag and the read baggage information. The RFID tag is encoded with the baggage information. The system comprises an RFID tag encoded with baggage information and at least one RFID reader configured to read the encoded baggage information as it travels past a predetermined location. The system further includes at least one transmitting device to transit a location of the baggage to an end user, as received from an RFID scanner. | 01-15-2009 |
20090028318 | LOCATION-BASED CALL ROUTING - A method and implementing computer system are provided in which users are enabled to create a database listing areas in which the user may be at any given moment and corresponding phone numbers to which calls directed to the user's phone number are re-routed if the user is in any of the designated areas when an incoming call is placed. In an exemplary embodiment, a global positioning system is implemented as a geographic locating device to determine the user's location at any time, and a routing server database is implemented and accessed to match the user's current location to one or more user-designated telephone numbers in an area proximate to the user's current location. | 01-29-2009 |
20090037807 | COORDINATED XML DATA PARSING AND PROCESSING FROM WITHIN SEPARATE COMPUTING PROCESSES - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to extensible markup language (XML) data processing and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for inter-device transfer of parsed XML documents. In one embodiment of the invention, a markup serialization method can be provided. The method can include receiving a request in a second computing process for offloaded parsing of markup from an application in a first computing process, retrieving markup from the application, parsing the markup in the second computing process to produce a serialized data object for the markup, placing the serialized data object into shared memory for the application, and returning a reference to the serialized data to the application. | 02-05-2009 |
20090085871 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A MULTI-FOCUS REMOTE CONTROL SESSION - A method and system for managing a multi-focus remote control session (RCS) within a computer system. A unique identifier (UserID) of each user and associated input devices are registered to the RCS. The users have shared concurrent control of a computer screen via the input devices. Responsive to selection of windows within the computer screen by the input devices, concurrently operative focus is provided to each selected window and is specific to the UserID associated with the input device that selected the window. Each selected window having focus may be accessed and manipulated by only the input devices associated with the UserID to which the focus provided to each selected window is specific. The selected windows to which focus has been provided are recording in a computer readable medium in association with the UserID specific to the selection of the windows. | 04-02-2009 |
20090254999 | MEDIATED ACCESS OF SOFTWARE DUMPED DATA THROUGH SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS MODULES - The present invention can include a method, computer program product, and system for mediating access to content of a software dump. The invention can identify an event occurring within a computing device, which causes data to be dumped to file. A dump file can be created responsive to the event, wherein the dump file includes data defining a state of the computing device. Using an analysis module to analyze the dump file to determine content to be placed in a tailored dump file. In one embodiment, custom analysis modules or custom modifications to existing analysis modules can be added to the computing device at any time, which permits a tailoring of dumps to cover circumstances not originally known in advance of a situation for which they are needed. The tailored dump file can include a subset of the content of the dump file for which access privileges have been granted in accordance with the analysis module. The output file can be created, which comprises the determined content. | 10-08-2009 |
20090284394 | System and Method for Electronic Road Signs With In-Car Display Capabilities - The present invention is method and system for delivering road sign content information to a mobile computing device for display to the driver of a vehicle. The system consists of a wireless communication network in communication with a mobile computing device operationally coupled to a dashboard display device or a vehicle head's up display device. The wireless communication network further comprises a plurality of meshed network sign transmitting devices placed along predetermined intervals along the highway. Each sign-transmitting device is capable of transmitting road sign content information to the mobile computing device for display to the driver. | 11-19-2009 |
20110092194 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING ROAD SIGN CONTENT - A method and system for processing road sign content by a mobile computing device in a vehicle. A wireless communication network is monitored for signals continuously broadcasted over the network from road sign transmitters, the signals including road sign messages containing road sign content information from road signs. A signal of said continuously broadcasted signals is captured as a result of the monitoring, the captured signal including a message of the road sign messages, the message including road sign content information from a road sign of including road signs, the captured signal being in range of the mobile computing device. The message is interpreted to ascertain the road sign content information from the road sign. Based on display parameters previously defined by a user, the road sign content information in the captured message is displayed onto a display device in the vehicle operationally coupled to the mobile computing device. | 04-21-2011 |
20110130884 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISCOVERY, VALIDATION AND DELIVERY OF POWER THROUGH A UNIVERSAL POWER CENTER - A system and method of discovery, validation and delivery of power to an electronic device through a universal power center is provided. The method comprises providing a power tip for an electronic device with a unique identification and broadcasting the unique identification to a power center. The method further includes verifying the unique identification and connection location of the electronic device, determining power requirements for the connected electronic device based on the unique identification and connection location, and delivering power to the electronic device based on the determined power requirements. | 06-02-2011 |
20120219136 | TELEPHONY SERVICES OPTIMIZATION THROUGH CALLING PLAN ANALYSIS - Embodiments of the present invention provide optimization of telephone services through telephone calling plan/card analysis. The least expensive rate is found for telephone calls at any given time and/or date, either through static pre-entry of data, or through dynamic querying of rates via a web-based look-up table, and places calls according to an optimized calling plan. Specifically, in a typical embodiment, an outgoing/target telephone number for an intended telephone call is captured, and a corresponding destination geographic region is identified. Based on the geographic region, a calling plan resulting in a lowest price for the telephone call is identified. This is typically accomplished by consulting at least one table (e.g., call information table) that associates (among other things) calling plans and/or calling cards with geographic regions. Once a calling plan and/or calling card is identified/selected, a corresponding set of dialing instructions will be obtained from the table and used to make/place the telephone call. | 08-30-2012 |
20120221959 | MANAGEMENT OF A MULTI-FOCUS REMOTE CONTROL SESSION - A method and system for managing a multi-focus remote control session (RCS) within a computer system. A unique identifier (UserID) of each user and associated input devices are registered to the RCS. The users have shared concurrent control of a computer screen via the input devices. Responsive to selection of windows within the computer screen by the input devices, concurrently operative focus is provided to each selected window and is specific to the UserID associated with the input device that selected the window. Each selected window having focus may be accessed and manipulated by only the input devices associated with the UserID to which the focus provided to each selected window is specific. The selected windows to which focus has been provided are recording in a computer readable medium in association with the UserID specific to the selection of the windows. | 08-30-2012 |
20120297214 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISCOVERY, VALIDATION AND DELIVERY OF POWER THROUGH A UNIVERSAL POWER CENTER - A system and method of discovery, validation and delivery of power to an electronic device through a universal power center is provided. The method comprises providing a power tip for an electronic device with a unique identification and broadcasting the unique identification to a power center. The method further includes verifying the unique identification and connection location of the electronic device, determining power requirements for the connected electronic device based on the unique identification and connection location, and delivering power to the electronic device based on the determined power requirements. | 11-22-2012 |
20130212597 | Method and Apparatus to Transmit a Calendar Event in Target Calendaring System Format - An agent may receive an event from a source calendaring system, wherein the event specifies a person, perhaps including a uniform resource locator, having disparate calendaring system. The disparate calendaring system may use a native event format for coordinating events. The agent may lookup a template to convert the event to a native event. The agent may transmit a message with attributes such as a unique identifier to the disparate calendaring system. If the disparate calendaring system acknowledges the event with a success, the agent may log the occurrence of a success. Agent may transmit additional messages having native events to additional disparate systems. | 08-15-2013 |
20140119521 | TELEPHONY SERVICES OPTIMIZATION THROUGH CALLING PLAN ANALYSIS - Embodiments of the present invention provide optimization of telephone services through telephone calling plan/card analysis. The least expensive rate is found for telephone calls at any given time and/or date, either through static pre-entry of data, or through dynamic querying of rates via a web-based look-up table, and places calls according to an optimized calling plan. Specifically, in a typical embodiment, an outgoing/target telephone number for an intended telephone call is captured, and a corresponding destination geographic region is identified. Based on the geographic region, a calling plan resulting in a lowest price for the telephone call is identified. This is typically accomplished by consulting at least one table (e.g., call information table) that associates (among other things) calling plans and/or calling cards with geographic regions. Once a calling plan and/or calling card is identified/selected, a corresponding set of dialing instructions will be obtained from the table and used to make/place the telephone call. | 05-01-2014 |