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| 20080215897 | Security Containers for Document Components - Methods, systems, computer program products, and methods of doing business whereby document components are secured or controlled using “security containers” which encapsulate the components (and other component metadata). A “security container” encapsulates the component (i.e., content) that is to be controlled within a higher-level construct such as a compound document. The security container also contains rules for interacting with the encapsulated component, and one or more encryption keys usable for decrypting the component and rules for authorized requesters. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080244594 | VISUAL SCRIPTING OF WEB SERVICES FOR TASK AUTOMATION - Tasks are automated using assemblies of services. An interface component allows a user to collect services and to place selected services corresponding to a task to be automated onto a workspace. An analysis component performs an analysis of available data with regard to the selected services provided on the workspace and a configuration component automatically configures inputs of the selected services based upon the analysis of available data without intervention of the user. A dialog component is also provided to allow the user to contribute information to configure one or more of the inputs of the selected services. When processing is complete, an output component outputs a script that is executable to implement the task to be automated. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080256213 | Method and Apparatus for Syndicating Interactions Between a Client and a Web Service - The Syndicated Web Services Client (SWSC) uses RSS/ATOM feeds, to facilitate asynchronous interactions between a computerized client and a web service, without requiring a duplicate copy of the web service application on the computerized client. The web service packages a form, such as an XForm containing interactive fields used by the web service, in a RSS/ATOM feed item. The web service sends the RSS/ATOM feed item to a computerized client, wherein the computerized client is a subscriber to the web service's RSS/ATOM feed and the computerized client is in network communication with a server hosting the web service. The computerized client displays the form for use by a user. Responsive to the user of the computerized client manipulating interactive fields in the form, the computerized client packages the manipulated form in a return RSS/ATOM feed item. The computerized client sends the return RSS/ATOM feed item to the server hosting the web service, wherein the server is a subscriber to the computerized client's return RSS/ATOM feed. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080263049 | AUTONOMIC MANAGEMENT OF UNIFORM RESOURCE IDENTIFIERS IN UNIFORM RESOURCE IDENTIFIER BOOKMARK LISTS - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to URI management for bookmarks and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for autonomic management of URIs in a URI bookmark list. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for autonomically managing bookmarks in a bookmark list can be provided. The method can include parsing a list of bookmarks to test validity for network addresses within the bookmarks, and, for each of the bookmarks containing an invalid network address, inferring a correct network address. For example, inferring a correct network address can include comparing a chunk of an image of expected content for the bookmark with pre-stored chunks of content and retrieving a network address for a closely matching one of the pre-stored chunks of content | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080275951 | INTEGRATED LOGGING FOR REMOTE SCRIPT EXECUTION - An integrated logging system includes a client-side logging component and a server-side logging component. The client-side logging component possesses the capability of logging client-side activity information, such as may relate to the execution of a script or other suitable client-side code that is controlled and executed independently of a remote server associated with the server-side logging component. The client-side logging component may also communicate logged activity information back to the corresponding server-side logging component. Messages including logged client-side activity information are received from the client-side logging component by the server-side logging component, and the logged activity information is integrated into the server-side log(s) of a server-side logging system. Thus, activity information from an independently controlled and operated processing device, which may be used, for example for problem determination, is integrated from sources that are distributed between systems. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080276230 | PROCESSING BUNDLE FILE USING VIRTUAL XML DOCUMENT - A method, system and computer program product for processing a bundle file are disclosed. According to an embodiment, a method for processing a bundle file comprises: parsing the bundle file into bundle entries; creating a virtual XML file element to represent a bundle entry in a virtual XML document; and processing the bundle file using the virtual XML document. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080320007 | EDGE DEPLOYED DATABASE PROXY DRIVER - An edge-deployed database proxy. A database access system which has been configured with the database proxy can include a universal database connectivity driver having a first exposed interface through which access to a database server can be provided; a database proxy driver registered with the universal database connectivity driver; and, a database driven application programmatically linked to the database proxy driver. Significantly, the database proxy driver can have a second exposed interface which conforms with the first exposed interface of the universal database connectivity driver. The database proxy driver further can have a configuration for invoking at least one auxiliary task in addition to providing access to the database server through the first exposed interface of the universal database connectivity driver. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090060187 | DEVICE CERTIFICATE BASED APPLIANCE CONFIGURATION - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to configuring a computing appliance and provide a method, system and computer program product for device certificate based virtual appliance configuration. In one embodiment of the invention, a virtual appliance secure configuration method can be provided. The method can include mounting non-volatile storage to the virtual appliance, retrieving a device certificate from the mounted storage and extracting a signature from the device certificate, activating the virtual appliance in a network domain and acquiring an adapter address and unique identifier for the virtual appliance, and authenticating the signature with the adapter address and unique identifier to ensure a unique active instance of the virtual appliance. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090063849 | DEVICE CERTIFICATE BASED APPLIANCE CONFIGURATION - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to configuring a computing appliance and provide a method, system and computer program product for device certificate based virtual appliance configuration. In one embodiment of the invention, a virtual appliance secure configuration method can be provided. The method can include mounting non-volatile storage to the virtual appliance, retrieving a device certificate from the mounted storage and extracting a signature from the device certificate, activating the virtual appliance in a network domain and acquiring an adapter address and unique identifier for the virtual appliance, and authenticating the signature with the adapter address and unique identifier to ensure a unique active instance of the virtual appliance. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090094595 | Customized Software Documentation Based on Actual Configuration Values - A method for customizing end-user or administrative software documentation such as installation instructions is provided. A software provider first collects computer system information for multiple computer sub-systems used by a customer. The collected computer system information comprises sub-system descriptions of each of the multiple computer sub-systems, software descriptions of all software that is currently residing in each of the multiple computer sub-systems, and hardware descriptions of all hardware that are allocated to each of the multiple computer sub-systems. The software provider then receives, from the customer, the name of new software that is to be installed in a user-selected computer sub-system. Based on the collected computer system information, the software provider determines which specific device in the user-selected computer sub-system should have the new software installed. At run time, variables in the installation instructions are replaced with a device's name. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090099895 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ACCESS RIGHTS TO A PROJECT TEAM AREA FOR A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSET - A system and method for managing access rights to a project team area for a community development asset. The system includes an asset consumption dependency generator and a behavior pattern activity analyzer. The asset consumption dependency generator identifies a member of a project team area for a community development asset. The project team area defines access rights of individuals to the community development asset. The behavior pattern activity analyzer identifies a user within a collaborative development network associated with the identified member of the project team area. The behavior pattern activity analyzer also grants an access right to the identified user to access the community development asset based on a social map dependency between the identified user and the identified member. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090106080 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A SURVEY FOR A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSET - A system and method to manage a survey for a community development asset. The system includes a response repository, a sampler, a respondent profile filter, and an inference generator. The response repository stores a plurality of survey responses from survey respondents about a community development asset. The sampler selects a sample response of the plurality of survey responses. The sample response corresponds to an identified respondent. The respondent profile filter identifies a community with which the identified respondent is associated. The inference generator infers a similar response from the community associated with the identified respondent based on the sample response of the identified respondent. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090144371 | SPLIT TRANSCRIPT VIEW FOR BUSINESS OBJECT INTEGRATION INTO MESSAGING - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to messaging and provide a method, system and computer program product for business object integration with messaging. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for messaging integration of a business object can be provided. The method can include embedding a business object in message text in a chat session provided by a messenger, and applying an action to the business object from within the messaging session of the instant messenger. The method further can include generating a message transcript for the messaging session with a split view of the message text and the business object and applied action. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090144372 | CORRELATING MESSAGING TEXT TO BUSINESS OBJECTS FOR BUSINESS OBJECT INTEGRATION INTO MESSAGING - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to messaging and provide a method, system and computer program product for business object integration with messaging. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for messaging integration of a business object can be provided. The method can include embedding a business object in message text in a messaging session provided by a messenger, and applying an action to the business object from within the messaging session of the messenger. The method further can include identifying a pronoun in the message text referencing the business object and visually distinguishing the identified pronoun in the message text to draw a correlation between the business object and the pronoun. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090144373 | INDEXING A MESSAGING SESSION FOR BUSINESS OBJECT INTEGRATION INTO MESSAGING - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to messaging and provide a method, system and computer program product for business object integration with messaging. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for messaging integration of a business object can be provided. The method can include embedding a business object in message text in a messaging session provided by a messenger, and applying an action to the business object from within the messaging session of the instant messenger. The method further can include indexing the messaging session with keywords in the message text and tags for the business object. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090144386 | BUSINESS OBJECT ACTION JUSTIFICATION FOR BUSINESS OBJECT INTEGRATION INTO MESSAGING - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to messaging and provide a method, system and computer program product for business object integration with messaging. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for messaging integration of a business object can be provided. The method can include embedding a business object in message text in a messaging session provided by a messenger, and applying an action to the business object from within the messaging session of the messenger. The method further can include forwarding a copy of the message text to a backend business component as a justification to the applied action. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090147958 | Dynamic, Selective Obfuscation of Information for Multi-Party Transmission - Selectively obfuscating, or obscuring, a portion or portions of information in a multi-party transmission. A user participating in a multi-party exchange signals a communication device (or proxy) that he will provide private information that is to be perceptible only to a subset of the other participants. This user also identifies that subset, preferably by providing a group identifier for a group in which that subset of participants are members. The communication device transmits a member-specific descriptor comprising an encrypted version of a group key, and uses this group key to encrypt the private information that is to be perceptible only to the subset. Device-specific characteristics of participant devices are used, in addition to user-provided data (such as a user's log-on identifier and/or password), as input to create cryptographic key information. Only participants in the subset can decrypt the encrypted private information; other participants preferably receive a filler pattern of some type instead. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090150397 | METHOD OF TAGGING INSTANT MESSAGING (IM) CONVERSATIONS FOR EASY INFORMATION SHARING - A method, system and computer program product for selecting and tagging content within an instant messaging (IM) session. The content is selected utilizing a contextual pointer, tagged with a subject and/or key words, then assigned a uniform resource locator (URL), and stored as an IM transcript. A search system allows the IM transcript and/or selected content to be indexed according to the tag, title, and word(s)/phrase(s) selected within the content. The IM transcript is retrieved from a location within the network via the assigned URL. IM users may assign accessibility privileges to the URL of the IM transcript, allowing selected content to be shared via a community and/or corporate network. Private access privileges may be assigned to offer full IM transcript protection. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090216581 | System and method for managing community assets - A system and method to manage a community development asset. The system includes an asset polling agent, a nomenclature taxonomy dictionary, and an asset discovery service. The asset polling agent identifies a descriptive term associated with an asset under development. The nomenclature taxonomy dictionary stores a list of synonym terms related to the descriptive term associated with the asset under development. The asset discovery service identifies a reusable asset of a plurality of reusable assets for use with the asset under development based on at least one term, from a combination of the descriptive term and the list of synonym terms related to the descriptive term, extracted from social network data. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090300709 | AUTOMATED CORRECTION AND REPORTING FOR DYNAMIC WEB APPLICATIONS - Changes to dynamic web content are monitored for compliance with web content compliance rules. A noncompliant element associated with a change to the dynamic web content is identified based upon the web content compliance rules. Automated correction of the noncompliant element is performed based upon the web content compliance rules. The noncompliant element is reported to a server associated with the change to the dynamic web content. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100011066 | CONTROLLING EMAIL DISTRIBUTION LISTS USING POLICIES - A policy can be established that is associated with an email distribution list. The policy can specify an extent that email addresses contained in the email distribution list are visible to recipients. An email message to be conveyed to at least the email distribution list can be identified. A set of recipient messages can be created from the identified email message—one recipient message for each of the recipients. The policy can be applied to each recipient message to determine an extent that email addresses contained in the email distribution list are visible to that recipient. Different ones of the recipient email messages can have different visibility regarding email addresses of members of the distribution list based upon the applied policy. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20110107077 | OBSCURING FORM DATA THROUGH OBFUSCATION - Obscuring form data to be passed in forms that are sent in messages over a communications network. The form data to be obscured is removed from a form and inserted as a portion of a Uniform Resource Location (“URL”) string. The obscured form data may comprise hidden fields and/or links. An obfuscation is then applied to the portion of the URL string, thereby obscuring the information for sending on an outbound message. The original information is recovered from an inbound message which contains the obscured information by reversing the processing used for the obscuring. In one aspect, the obfuscation comprises encryption. In another aspect, the obfuscation comprises creating a tiny URL that replaces the portion of the URL string. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110107190 | OBSCURING INFORMATION IN MESSAGES USING COMPRESSION WITH SITE-SPECIFIC PREBUILT DICTIONARY - Obscuring information in messages to be exchanged over a communications network. In one aspect, the information comprises path name information and parameters for use in a Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”). In another aspect, the information comprises links and parameters used in forms, where hidden parameters are removed from a form and used as URL parameters. A compression dictionary is used to create a compressed form of the information. An identifier of the dictionary and an error detection code (such as a checksum) computed over the compressed information are concatenated with the compressed information, and this is encoded for sending on an outbound message. The original information is then recovered from an inbound message which contains the obscured information by reversing the processing used for the obscuring. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110119338 | EMAIL COMPOSITION AND PROCESSING - A computer implemented user interface allows composition of an electronic mail message. A user selects at least one pre-existing email from an email inbox. An envelope is then created by parsing each of the selected pre-existing emails. The pre-existing email is displayed as a tree structure comprising an envelope with at least a label sub-node in a new email view. A new email is composed by selecting parts from the tree structure. The sub-nodes may further comprise a content sub-node. The content sub-node further comprises multi-media parts, and the new email body is composed by selecting parts from the content sub-node. | 05-19-2011 |
