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| 20080231507 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NAVIGATING TO A COMMON POINT OF INTEREST BASED ON THE LOCATIONS OF MULTIPLE GPS RECEIVERS - A method of navigating to a common point of interest (POI) based on the locations of multiple global positioning system (GPS) receivers. In a first GPS receiver, an identifier of a second GPS receiver is selected from a list of pre-defined GPS receiver identifiers stored within the first GPS receiver. The first GPS receiver exchanges coordinates with the second GPS receiver. If the location of the second GPS receiver is the POI, the first GPS receiver calculates and displays navigational directions to the location of the second GPS receiver. If a location other than the second GPS receiver is the POI, the first GPS receiver calculates and displays multiple convenient meeting points based on pre-defined preferences. When one of the meeting points is selected, the first GPS receiver sends the coordinates to the other GPS receivers, and the first GPS receiver calculates and displays navigational directions to the meeting point. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080239960 | PATH-BASED ADAPTIVE PRIORITIZATION AND LATENCY MANAGEMENT - An improved solution for managing messages through a request response protocol network utilizing a path-based adaptive prioritization and latency management is provided. In an embodiment of the invention, a method of managing a message being conveyed through a request response protocol network via a path includes: receiving the message; determining for the message at least one of: an incoming portion of the path or an outgoing portion of the path; and adjusting a priority of the message based on a latency target for the determined portion of the path. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080285540 | USING PRESENCE PROXIES TO CONSTRAIN LOCAL PRESENCE INFORMATION TO A SUB-NETWORK WHILE USING A PRESENCE SERVER EXTERNAL TO THE SUB-NETWORK TO HANDLE OTHER PRESENCE INFORMATION - The present invention discloses a solution that uses presence proxies to handle local presence information while using a presence server to handle extra-local presence information. In the invention, a computing system can include multiple presence user agents (PUAs), multiple watchers, multiple presence proxies, and a presence server. The PUAs can be are grouped into two or more sub-networks. The watchers can also be grouped by sub-network. The PUAs and the watchers can each be associated with a presentity. A presence proxy can be associated with each of the sub-networks. Exclusively local presence services for each sub-network ears be handled by the associated presence proxy. The presence proxy can route presence information for other presence services (those not exclusively local) to and from the presence server. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080288649 | USING PRESENCE PROXIES TO GROUP PRESENCE NOTIFICATIONS - The present invention discloses a method and a system for using presence proxies to group presence notifications. In the invention, a presence server can accept, manage, and distribute presence information. Multiple watchers can subscribe to the presence information managed by the presence server. A presence proxy can receive or intercept subscription requests from the watchers, can group these subscription requests, can establish a single subscription between the presence proxy and the presence server for each group of subscription request, can receive notifications form the presence server associated with the single subscription, and can convey received notifications to each of the watchers in a group associated with the single subscription responsive to receiving a corresponding notification from the presence server. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090006561 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR RETRACTING INSTANT MESSAGES - A method of and system for enabling retraction of instant messages detects a command to send an instant message from an instant message window. The system determines if the command is the first command sent from the instant message window after the window has received focus. If so, the system delays the execution of the command for a delay time according to a retraction policy, and provides a retraction control for canceling said command. The system cancels the command in response to actuation of the retraction control. The system may cancel the instant message in response to actuation of the retraction control. The system sends the instant message in response to expiration of the delay time without an actuation of the retraction control. The system may provide a control for sending the instant message before expiration of the delay time. The retraction policy may provide different delay times for different categories of recipients. The delay time may be zero for certain categories of recipients. The retraction policy may be configurable by a user. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090007252 | System and Method for Implementing Proxy-Based Auto-Completion on a Network - A system and method for implementing forward proxy based auto-completion on a network, wherein the network includes a data center, at least one forward proxy, and a collection of clients coupled to the at least one forward proxy. The data center marks at least one input field in an application as relevant for auto-completion. In response to detecting a first client accessing the at least one input field in the application to input at least one data entry, the forward proxy parses the at least one data entry entered into the at least one input field. The forward proxy ranks by frequency of entry the at least one data entry entered into the at least one input field. In response to detecting a second client accessing the at least one input field in the application to input at least one data entry, the forward proxy performs auto-completion on the at least one input field, wherein the auto-completion includes displaying a collection of past data entries in an order of the ranking to facilitate completion of the at least one input field. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090024465 | ADAPTIVE ADVERTISEMENT PLACEMENT RESPONSIVE TO SEARCH TERMS - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to search engine ad placement and provide a method, system and computer program product for adaptive ad placement responsive to search terms. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for adaptive ad selection can be provided. The method can include placing both an ad and a search component within a page, auto-completing a search fragment for the search component with a keyword list, matching the keyword list to a new ad, and inserting the new ad into the page. In this regard, placing the ad within the page can include placing a default ad for the page within the page to be replaced by the new ad responsive to the auto-completion of the search component. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090024916 | Seamless Asynchronous Updates of Dynamic Content - A master web page is partitioned into multiple partitions to create a partitioned web page. Each of the multiple partitions is correlated with a corresponding partition cache in a browser. The browser polls a web server for any invalidation event, wherein the invalidation event changes a content of an invalid partition from the multiple defined partitions. In response to the polling detecting the invalidation event, an identifier of the invalid partition is sent to the browser. Utilizing the identifier, a request is sent for new content that will update the invalid partition. This new content is sent to the browser, which updates the invalid partition with the new content, thus updating the partitioned web page without affecting the other partitions of the partition web page. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090028304 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VOICEMAIL INTERRUPTION - The system of the present invention allows the recipient in a call to interrupt a voicemail message if the caller is still in the voicemail session with the recipient's voicemail box. The system has a Voicemail Session Monitor and an Interrupt Handler. In the method of the present invention, the voicemail connection is monitored by the recipient's phone and interrupted when the line is picked up, connecting the two parties if the calling party accepts the invitation. The receiving party is offered an invitation to accept the interrupt or to allow the calling user to stay in the voicemail system. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090048845 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR VOICE CHAT TRANSCRIPTION - An apparatus, system, and method to transcribe a voice chat session initiated from a text chat session. The system includes a chat server, a voice server, and a transcription engine. The chat server is configured to facilitate a text chat session between multiple instant messaging clients. The voice server is coupled to the chat server and configured to facilitate a transition from the text chat session to a voice chat session between the multiple instant messaging clients. The transcription engine is coupled to the voice server and configured to generate a voice transcription of the voice chat session. The voice transcription may be aggregated into a text chat history. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090055468 | SELECTIVELY DELIVERING CACHED CONTENT OR PROCESSED CONTENT TO CLIENTS BASED UPON A RESULT COMPLETED PERCENTAGE - The present invention discloses a solution of a server-side result distribution service software program. The program can receive and store results related to a request context from different content providing servers. Asynchronous requests can be received from a client, which initiated a content request that defines the request context. A level of completeness for the request results that satisfies the received client request can be determined. The level of completeness can be compared against a previously established threshold. Either dynamically processed results or previously cached results can be delivered to the client depending upon an outcome of the comparing step. Server-side operations that produce the dynamically processed results can be operations initiated after the content request is sent by the client. Previously cached results can be generated from processes initiated before the content request is sent by the client. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090055469 | RE-USING ASYNCHRONOUS SERVER-SIDE RESULTS GENERATED FOR A REQUEST CONTEXT OF ONE CLIENT TO SATISFY A REQUEST CONTEXT OF A DIFFERENT CLIENT - The present invention provides a solution for sharing server generated output to satisfy requests for content originated by different clients. More specifically, a server side resource can analyze a content request and compare this request to a set of active request handling operations. When one of the active operations is capable of satisfying a discrete portion of the content request, an association can be established between the active operation and the content request. When the active operation produces results, these results are returned to satisfy a request of an original client as well as to satisfy a request of a client that issued the content request. The solution can be implemented in a variety of environments, including one where asynchronous server-side operations are conducted by different server-side resources for a single request context. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090060156 | System for Recording Spoken Phone Numbers During a Voice Call - A method, system and computer program product for employing speech recognition technology to recognize a number spoken during a telephone call and a voicemail message. A speech recognition and transcription (SRT) utility within a communication device (e.g., a telephone) detects spoken numbers (and spoken phrases which may be associated with telephone numbers), and transcribes the numbers into text. The SRT utility then determines whether a sequence of the transcribed spoken numbers is a telephone number. If the transcribed sequence of numbers is a telephone number, the SRT utility records the telephone number in a pre-specified “events” list (in the telephone) of the intended listener. Consequently, the recipient has the option of retrieving the recorded events (numbers) and communicating with other parties via the retrieved numbers. For example, these phone numbers may then be dialed, saved as contacts, and text messaged. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090064181 | UNOBTRUSIVE PORT AND PROTOCOL SHARING AMONG SERVER PROCESSES - A method for augmenting a hierarchy of layered applications and corresponding protocols can include applying a discrimination algorithm to a selection process in which a particular application/protocol layer in a listing of adjacent application/protocol layers is selected to receive traffic flowing through the hierarchy. A new application/protocol layer is inserted adjacent to the particular application/protocol layer in the hierarchy. Also, a new application/protocol layer is added to the listing, and the discrimination algorithm is replaced with another discrimination algorithm programmed to consider the new application/protocol layer during the selection process. Each of the steps of performing the inserting, adding and replacing steps are performed without decoupling or disabling other applications and protocols in the hierarchy. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090083134 | Adaptive Advertising Based On Social Networking Preferences - A method of providing targeted advertising includes an electronic commerce site that receives a request from a user for a webpage. The electronic commerce site determines an identifier, such as email address, for the user. The electronic commerce site encodes the identifier in a request, such as a universal resource locater (URL), associated with an advertisement. The electronic commerce site embeds the advertisement in the requested webpage and sends the webpage to the user. When an advertising service receives the URL from the user, the advertising service sends a query to a social networking site. The query includes the identifier. Upon receiving preference information for the user from the social networking site in response to query, the advertising service uses the preference information to determine products of interest to the user. The advertising service sends a webpage to the user. The webpage from the advertising service includes information on the products of interest. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090088965 | ENHANCEMENT FOR NAVIGATION SYSTEMS FOR USING WEATHER INFORMATION WHEN PREDICTING A QUICKEST TRAVEL PATH - The present invention discloses a software method for determining a travel path. The software method can identify a point of origin, a travel destination, and a travel time. Multiple different possible travel pathways between the point of origin and the travel destination can be determined. Predicted weather conditions for each of the travel pathways for a time of travel can be ascertained. Time estimates for each of the travel pathways can be adjusted based on the predicated weather conditions for each of the travel pathways. At least one of the determined travel pathways can be presented based at least in part upon the time estimates that have been adjusted for the predicted weather conditions and historical data about the given pathways with similar weather to that which is being predicted. In one embodiment; the software method can be performed by a Global Positioning System (GPS) equipped motor vehicle navigation system. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090119361 | CACHE MANAGEMENT FOR PARALLEL ASYNCHRONOUS REQUESTS IN A CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for cache management in handling parallel asynchronous requests for content in a content distribution system. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for cache management method for handling parallel asynchronous requests for content in a content distribution system can include servicing multiple parallel asynchronous requests from different requesting clients for a page before all fragments in the page have been retrieved by returning previously cached ones of the fragments to the requesting clients and returning remaining ones of the fragments in the page to the requesting clients as retrieved from non-cached storage. The method further can include assembling the page once all fragments in the page have been retrieved from non-cached storage. Finally, the method can include caching the assembled page to subsequently service requests for the page. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090138507 | AUTOMATED PLAYBACK CONTROL FOR AUDIO DEVICES USING ENVIRONMENTAL CUES AS INDICATORS FOR AUTOMATICALLY PAUSING AUDIO PLAYBACK - The present invention discloses a solution for automated playback control for portable audio devices using environmental cues as indicators for interrupting playback. In the solution, an event handler can be responsive to environmental cues around the user of the portable audio device to determine if playback should be interrupted. Triggering events can be speech emanating from the user or another proximate entity, proximity detection of a person or device, user behavior changes/transitions, and the like. Device configuration can allow for user interaction to permit or deny playback interruption. User interactions can range from a “yes/no” speech response to motion sensitive headphones detecting a head “nod” or “shake” gesture to indicate approval or refusal. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090249248 | USER DIRECTED REFINEMENT OF SEARCH RESULTS WHILE PRESERVING THE SCOPE OF THE INITIAL SEARCH - A Web document can be accessed that contains search results determined by a search engine. The Web document can then be altered to contain software code for a refinement menu that contains refinement commands for the search results. The altered Web document can then be presented within a Web-based search interface. A user-selection can be received from the Web-based search interface. If the user-selection is from the refinement menu, then the refinement command can be executed upon the search results. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090296942 | CONCEPT FOR SECURING AND VALIDATING CLIENT-SIDE STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION OF ASYNCHRONOUS INCLUDES IN AN APPLICATION SERVER ENVIRONMENT - The ability to leverage a publish/subscribe functionality in an application server environment has allowed the storage of cached entries to be stored over multiple clients rather than on a single application server, freeing up valuable resources. However, in this arrangement it is not possible for the originating server to validate shared content originating from client-side storage. The present invention provides a system and method for securing and validating content from asynchronous include request utilizing public key cryptography and hashing functions. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090313010 | AUTOMATIC PLAYBACK OF A SPEECH SEGMENT FOR MEDIA DEVICES CAPABLE OF PAUSING A MEDIA STREAM IN RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CUES - A multimedia device can be used to play audio. Speech in an environment proximate to a multimedia device can be detected. The detected speech can be recorded. The playing of the audio can be paused. The recorded speech can be audibly presented. A condition to resume the paused audio can be detected. The paused audio can be resumed from the previously paused position. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100009755 | System, method, and apparatus for associating a gaming profile using proximity of a wireless device - An apparatus, system, and method for associating a gaming profile based on a position of a wireless device relative to a gaming controller. The system includes a position detector to detect a position of each of a plurality of gaming controllers. The position detector also detects a position of the mobile phone relative to each of the plurality of gaming controllers. The gaming profile is associated with the mobile phone. The system also includes a gaming profile manager to associate the gaming profile with one of the gaming controllers in response to the position of the wireless device relative to each of the plurality of gaming controllers. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100009756 | System, method, and apparatus for portable gaming profiles - An apparatus, system, and method for synchronizing a portable gaming profile with a gaming system. The method includes communicating with a wireless device that stores gaming profile data for a user of the gaming system. The gaming profile data describes information relating to the user. The wireless device is a device other than a gaming controller. The method also includes associating the gaming profile data with a gaming profile operating on the gaming system. The method also includes transmitting updated gaming profile data to the wireless device. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100077029 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT MULTI-PERSON CHAT HISTORY INJECTION - A method, system, and program is provided for automatically searching and injecting a multi-person chat history into a chat session, and allowing users to inject a multi-person chat history into a new chat session. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100250706 | SELECTIVE PARTIAL UPDATES OF WEB CONTENT - A request for a partial update of web content is received that identifies at least one web content element associated with the web content. An update is requested for the identified at least one web content element from a content server. The partial update of the web content is performed in response to receipt of the update for the identified at least one web content element from the content server. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100313078 | DETECTING AN INACTIVE CLIENT DURING A COMMUNICATION SESSION - A communication session is established between a first device and a second device. A message is transmitted from the first device to the second device. In response to the second device failing to actively respond to the message, the first device terminates the communication session with the second device. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110093330 | PEER VEHICLE ADAPTIVE DESTINATION-BASED MOBILE ADVERTISING - A destination of a vehicle proximate to an advertising vehicle is determined via an advertising controller associated with the advertising vehicle. An advertisement related to the destination of the proximate vehicle is selected. The selected advertisement is displayed on an external advertising display associated with the advertising vehicle. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110148895 | VIRTUAL IMAGE DEPLOYMENT WITH A WARM CACHE - A cache image including only cache entries with valid durations of at least a configured deployment date for a virtual machine image is prepared via an application server for the virtual machine image. The virtual machine image is deployed to at least one other application server as a virtual machine with the cache image including only the cache entries with the valid durations of at least the configured deployment date for the virtual machine image. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153770 | DYNAMIC STRUCTURAL MANAGEMENT OF A DISTRIBUTED CACHING INFRASTRUCTURE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for the dynamic structural management of an n-Tier distributed caching infrastructure. In an embodiment of the invention, a method of dynamic structural management of an n-Tier distributed caching infrastructure includes establishing a communicative connection to a plurality of cache servers arranged in respective tier nodes in an n-Tier cache, collecting performance metrics for each of the cache servers in the respective tier nodes of the n-Tier cache, identifying a characteristic of a specific cache resource in a corresponding one of the tier nodes of the n-Tier crossing a threshold, and dynamically structuring a set of cache resources including the specific cache resource to account for the identified characteristic. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110161518 | ASYNCHRONOUS INVOCATION MECHANISM IN SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL (SIP) SERVER CLUSTERS - Providing SIP application server interoperability, including detecting at a first SIP application server an event necessitating that work be performed in relation to a SIP application session that is managed by a second SIP application server, creating a SIP message object carrying a set of instructions representing the work, and sending the SIP message object for delivery to the second SIP application server and performance of the instructions at the second SIP application server in relation to the SIP application session. | 06-30-2011 |
