16th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 47 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110093855 | MULTI-THREAD REPLICATION ACROSS A NETWORK - A replicated set of data is processed by receiving at a target, from one of a plurality of replication processing threads, a received batch of one or more non-synchronization tasks. It is determined that the received batch comprises a next batch to be performed at the target and the non-synchronization tasks included in the batch are performed in a task order. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093856 | Thermal-Based Job Scheduling Among Server Chassis Of A Data Center - Thermal-based job scheduling among server chassis of a data center including identifying, by a data center management module in dependence upon a threshold fan speed for each server chassis, a plurality of server chassis having servers upon which one or more compute intensive jobs are executing, the data center management module comprising a module of automated computing machinery; identifying, by the data center management module, the compute intensive jobs currently executing on the identified plurality of server chassis; and moving, by the data center management module, the execution of the compute intensive jobs to one or more servers of chassis for compute intensive jobs. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093857 | Multi-Threaded Processors and Multi-Processor Systems Comprising Shared Resources - An apparatus is provided comprising at least two processing entities. Shared resources are usable by a first and a second processing entity. A use of the shared resources is detected, and the execution of instructions associated with said processing entities is controlled based on the detection. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093858 | Semi-automated reciprocal scheduling - Schedules which include reciprocal events, such as schedules for youth hockey leagues, can be created using a system in which users can invite one another to schedule games based on information selected through an interface and reciprocal dates which are automatically identified by a suitably programmed computer. Information related to games and schedules can be stored in a database which can be accessed and modified by different users depending on their roles and the permissions associated with those roles. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093859 | MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM, MULTIPLE THREADS PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - Conventionally, when the amount of data to be processed increases only for a part of threads, the processing efficiency of the whole transaction degrades. A multiprocessor system of the invention includes a plurality of processors executing multiple threads to process data; and a means which, based on an amount of data to be processed for each thread, determines a condition which an order in which the plurality of processors execute the threads should satisfy and starts to execute each thread so that the condition is satisfied. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093860 | METHOD FOR MULTICLASS TASK ALLOCATION - Embodiments of the invention include a method of selection of server in a system including at least one dispatcher and several servers, in which system when a new task of a given class arrives, then the dispatcher assigns the task to one of these servers, characterized that the selection of the servers by the dispatcher is based on the MIPN (Multiclass Idle Period Notification) information, which is sent by the servers to the dispatcher. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093861 | Assigning A Portion Of Physical Computing Resources To A Logical Partition - A data processing system includes physical computing resources that include a plurality of processors. The plurality of processors include a first processor having a first processor type and a second processor having a second processor type that is different than the first processor type. The data processing system also includes a resource manager to assign portions of the physical computing resources to be used when executing logical partitions. The resource manager is configured to assign a first portion of the physical computing resources to a logical partition, to determine characteristics of the logical partition, the characteristics including a memory footprint characteristic, to assign a second portion of the physical computing resources based on the characteristics of the logical partition, and to dispatch the logical partition to execute using the second portion of the physical computing resources. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093862 | WORKLOAD-DISTRIBUTING DATA REPLICATION SYSTEM - A method for more effectively distributing the I/O workload in a data replication system is disclosed herein. In selected embodiments, such a method may include generating an I/O request and identifying a storage resource group associated with the I/O request. In the event the I/O request is associated with a first storage resource group, the I/O request may be directed to a first storage device and a copy of the I/O request may be mirrored from the first storage device to a second storage device. Alternatively, in the event the I/O request is associated with a second storage resource group, the I/O request may be directed to a second storage device and a copy of the I/O request may be mirrored from the second storage device to the first storage device. A corresponding system, apparatus, and computer program product are also disclosed and claimed herein. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093863 | Context switching in a data processing apparatus - A data engine that can be interrupted is disclosed, the data engine comprising plurality of elements for storing, routing and processing the data, the plurality of elements comprising: processing elements for processing the data; registers for storing the data being processed; the data processing engine being configured to receive a clock signal and in response to the clock signal to periodically transmit a plurality of the control signals to a corresponding plurality of the elements in parallel; the data engine further comprising: control circuitry configured in response to receipt of an external interrupt request: to pause transmission of the control signals to the elements and to transmit a copy of the register data stored in the plurality of registers to a store; to transmit in parallel a next plurality of the control signals in the stream of control signals to a corresponding plurality of the elements, and to transmit a copy of output data output by the processing elements in response to the next plurality of control signals to the store and to repeat the transmitting and copying procedure, such that the procedure is performed a number of times. The state of the engine has then been stored and to restore the state the control circuitry requests the stored register data from the store and restores the plurality of registers to store the register data; transmits the next plurality of control signals to the corresponding plurality of elements, and copies the output data received from the store corresponding to data previously output by the processing elements in response to the next plurality of control signals to output locations of the processing elements and repeats the transmitting and copying procedure such that the transmitting and copying procedure is performed the number of times; and then recommences the periodic transmission of the plurality of control signals to the corresponding plurality of the elements in parallel, in response to the clock signal. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093864 | Integrated Workflow Builder - A method of communicating between hydrocarbon management-related computer programs having non-identical data formats. Tools associated with each of the computer programs are obtained. Each tool represents a functionality of its respective computer program. Representations of the tools are displayed in a toolbox. A plurality of the displayed representations are selected such that the displayed representations are placed in a displayed workspace to establish a graphical representation of a workflow. Displayed representations from more than one computer program are selected. The displayed representations are positioned in the graphical representation of the workflow in a sequence corresponding to a desired workflow sequence. The workflow is executed according to the desired workflow sequence. Inter-program communications is facilitated between the computer programs to enable the workflow to execute by transferring messages and data between the computer programs in a common data format. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093865 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS INVOLVING REMOTE EXCEPTION CHECKS - A method includes receiving a remote call from a native process in a Java virtual process; and sending a return call to the native process, wherein the return call includes an exception status of the Java virtual process. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093866 | TIME-BASED EVENT PROCESSING USING PUNCTUATION EVENTS - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed for time-based event processing using punctuation events. A particular method includes receiving a first event object comprising a first validity start time and a first validity end time, where the first validity end time is initially undefined. A punctuation object is received after the first event object. The punctuation event object has a punctuation timestamp indicating a time subsequent to the first validity start time. The punctuation event object indicates that event objects to be received at the computer system after the punctuation event object have validity start times later than the time indicated by the punctuation timestamp. The method includes setting the first validity end time to a value later than or equal to the time indicated by the punctuation timestamp. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093867 | System and Method for Optimizing Event Predicate Processing - Described is a system and method for optimizing event predicate processing. The method comprises processing a subscription including a plurality of subscription predicates, sorting the subscription predicates using a predefined sorting algorithm, processing an event including a plurality of event predicates and comparing the plurality of event predicates to the subscription predicates. When each of the subscription predicates is matched by a corresponding one of the event predicates, the event is output to a source of the subscription. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093868 | APPLICATION MODULE FOR MANAGING INTERACTIONS OF DISTRIBUTED MODALITY COMPONENTS - A method for managing application modalities using dialogue states can include the step of asserting a set of activation conditions associated with a dialogue state of an application. Each of the activation conditions can be linked to at least one programmatic action, wherein different programmatic actions can be executed by different modality components. The application conditions can be monitored. An application event can be detected resulting in an associated application condition being run. At least one programmatic action linked to the application condition can be responsively initiated. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093869 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING A SECURE AND FLEXIBLE OPERATING SYSTEM - The present disclosure provides methods and apparatus for constructing a secure and flexible operating system. The presently disclosed system executes different user applications in different operating systems on different virtual machines. Each user application communicates with other processes via the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP). In particular, each user application's user interface is implemented in a web browser that is running in its own operating system on its own virtual machine, and each user application interacts with the user interface by exchanging HTTP messages between the virtual machines. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093870 | High Performance and Resource Efficient Communications Between Partitions in a Logically Partitioned System - A mechanism is provided for communicating between a plurality of applications. An application programming interface (API) associated with an originating application running on a first logical partition in a plurality of logical partitions of a logically partitioned data processing system receives a request to send data to a destination application. The API sends a request to identify a location of the destination application to a virtualization management mechanism. Responsive to receiving a response from the virtualization management mechanism, the API determines whether the location of the destination application is a second logical partition in the plurality of logical partitions of the logically partitioned data processing system. Responsive to the location being the second logical partition, the API uses a bypass protocol to send the request from the originating application to the destination application. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093871 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING BETWEEN AN EMBEDDED DEVICE AND RELATIONAL DATABASES - Techniques for communicating between an embedded device and at least one remote database for a wide variety of applications, including human machine interface and supervisory control and data acquisition and B2B applications. An application program interface interfaces an application program seeking access to a predetermined database and which operates on an operating system not operating a database driver program. A parser translates communications with the application program interface into and from commands and formatted data of an operating system independent form. A protocol stack formats the commands and formatted data into header formatted communications signals to accord with a predetermined protocol. Another protocol stack receives the header formatted communications signals and removes header data from the header formatted communications signals for generating database communications signals. Another parser receives the database communications signals, generates a plurality of database formatted SQL commands, and communicates the database formatted SQL commands. A database interface interfaces the predetermined database and communicates the database formatted SQL commands with the predetermined database. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093872 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A technique to suppress a remote procedure call from a client by a server is provided. An information processing system is provided that includes a client component and a server component, wherein a program of the client component makes an RPC for a function of the server component. The client component includes a holding unit that holds return value information of the function, and a calling unit that receives an RPC request for the function from the program. The server component includes an execution unit that returns a return value of the function to set return value information. When the return value information has not been set in the holding unit, the calling unit makes an RPC for the function. When the return value information has been set in the holding unit, the calling unit returns the return value included in the return value information without making an RPC. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093873 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE OF RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A reproduction device of a recording medium and a method for operating the same are disclosed. The reproduction device of a recording medium comprises a recording medium loading unit loading the recording medium, and inputting and/or outputting data of the recording medium; a main board provided with a central processing unit implementing reproduction of the recording medium in accordance with an input signal or a previously set program; and a key operation unit directly connected with a loader of the recording medium loading unit. Accordingly, the sub application processing open and/or close of the recording medium loading unit is actuated after a power supply of the reproduction device is turned, whereby the time required to detach or insert the recording medium from or to the reproduction device can be reduced. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093874 | CLAMP FOR DISK ROTATION DRIVING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CLAMP | 2011-04-21 |
20110093875 | Online Shopping and Item Selection System and Method - A system for online shopping and item selection includes an audiovisual system coupled to a remote cable\satellite server, an audiovisual program transmitted from the remote cable\satellite server to the audiovisual system and an input device coupled to the audiovisual system. The audiovisual system includes a video display that displays the audiovisual program. The online shopping and item selection system includes at least one item displayed within the audiovisual program that is selectable using the input device. The system also includes a menu that is selectively displayable on the display information about purchasing the item onscreen. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093876 | System and Method to Monitor a Person in a Residence - Systems and methods to monitor a person in a residence are provided. A particular method includes receiving data from a set-top box (STB) device at a monitoring service. The data includes location information from a location system in a residence that monitors a location of a person in the residence. The data includes usage information regarding usage of a plurality of devices in the residence. The data also includes a time stamp associated with the location information and the usage information. The method includes analyzing the data based on a profile of the person to determine whether one or more alert conditions are satisfied. The method also includes sending a notification when the one or more alert conditions are satisfied. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093877 | AUDIENCE DETERMINATION FOR MONETIZING DISPLAYABLE CONTENT - The present disclosure relates to the measurement of the audience characteristics or demographics which is or can be exposed to displayed interactive content depicted on a screen. The audience can include persons who are engaged in interacting with the interactive content as well as persons who are observers of the interactive content and/or the active participants. The content can include one or more targeted advertisements contained in or associated with interactive content, and can be varied based on the audience characteristics or demographics. The audience characteristics or demographics can be used to accurately charge advertisers for the impressions created by the content displayed and can also or alternatively be used to determine and/or trigger what content is actually displayed. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093878 | AUDIENCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS - Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to determine source information for media content output by a media rendering device operable to output media content from a plurality of different sources are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein comprises detecting media content output by the a media rendering device, the media content having a media variable associated therewith, detecting a plurality of user commands, detecting a change in the media variable associated with the media content output by the media rendering device, selecting, based on a time limit, a user command from the plurality of detected user commands to use with the detected media variable change to determine source information, and providing the detected media variable change and the selected user command to a processor to determine a source of the media content output by the media rendering device. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093879 | Banking video frames associated with links and processing the banked frames - A method of banking video frames associated with links, includes the steps of associating multiple links with a video frame in a series of video frames, each of the links having information associated therewith, selecting and banking the video frame from among the series of video frames; and selecting and displaying the frame in connection with representations of the links. The method may further include a step of selecting one of the links and displaying the information associated therewith. In one embodiment, the links may be lead ins for an advertisement such as a telescoping advertisement, they may be purchase opportunities, the may be opportunities for coupons, or other interactive activities. An apparatus for performing the method includes a set top box with memory, a processor, and a digital converter for converting digital video images into suitable picture images. The apparatus stores the selected frame either locally or at a network or head-end. Banking frames can be done with a standard remote control using the up, down, left and right arrow keys to navigate the screen, and the select or enter key to perform the storage function, or by adding a key or keys, such as “bank”, “click” or “store” to perform the storage function. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093880 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING AN INTEGRATED RICH MEDIA ENVIRONMENT - An approach for providing an integrated rich media environment is disclosed. A platform determines to generate metadata relating to media content. The metadata includes a parameter specifying rich media information. The platform also determines to incorporate the metadata into a service guide. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093881 | System Method and Apparatus for Portable Digital Identity - Two-way digital media devices typically store digital identifying data that identify the user to providers of content and interactive data. In the case of a Web browser of a personal computer, the digital identity is stored in the form of a plurality of cookies that are used by respective web sites to personalize the web site experience for each particular user. When a user is at a different computer, the digital identifying data is not available. In addition, other types of interactive devices, such as CATV settop boxes, cell phones, PDAs and the like, may not have enough non-volatile memory (persistent storage) to store the digital identifying data. In order to provide users with a portable digital identity, a digital identity server is provided as a server node on the Internet, which retrieves digital identifying data and downloads such digital identifying data to any device upon request. In such manner, the user's digital identity is portable and available at any computer or other digital device that is being used. The system digital identity server permits devices without sufficient non-volatile memory storage to download a digital identity for temporary storage in volatile memory, thereby providing a digital identity in devices without non-volatile memory. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093882 | Parental control through the HDMI interface - An HDMI parental control device consistent with certain embodiments has an HDMI receiver that receives an HDMI audio/video stream and produces editable audio/video output data and a logic processor that receives closed caption data and compares descriptors in the closed caption data with a list of descriptors to be censored. When the logic processor detects a descriptor to be censored it causes the audio/video data corresponding to the descriptor to be censored to be altered from the audio/video output data to produce censored audio/video output data and uncensored audio/video output data and then output via an HDMI transmitter. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093883 | SYSTEM, PROTECTION METHOD AND SERVER FOR IMPLEMENTING THE VIRTUAL CHANNEL SERVICE - A system for implementing the virtual channel service generates an content key associated with each of the video on-demand (VOD) program contents for the each VOD program content multicast on a virtual channel, encrypts the VOD program contents by using the content key and multicasts the encrypted VOD program content on the virtual channel; generates a channel key for the virtual channel that multicasts the VOD program content, encrypts the content key and generates encryption information by using the channel key, and authorizes a user terminal that orders the virtual channel to the channel key, and multicasts the encryption information on the virtual channel. The user terminal that joins the virtual channel decrypts and obtains the content key by using the authorized channel key and then uses the content key to decrypt the encrypted content of the VOD program. Hence, it is necessary to encrypt the VOD program content once and store one corresponding encrypted program, thus saving storage resources of the system. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093884 | ADVERTISEMENTS IN AN END-USER CONTROLLED PLAYBACK ENVIRONMENT - This invention discloses a method for displaying advertisements transmitted to a user unit, the method includes receiving, at the user unit, at least one advertisement tagged with a delay tag indicating whether display of the at least one advertisement can be delayed and only if the delay tag allows delaying display of the at least one advertisement, storing the at least one advertisement at the user unit, retrieving the at least one advertisement and displaying the at least one advertisement. A billing system for reporting a commercial broadcast to a multiplicity of users is also disclosed. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093885 | BOOKMARK CALIBRATION FOR VIDEO ON DEMAND APPLICATIONS INCORPORATING DYNAMIC ADVERTISING - A video on-demand (“VOD”) system receives a request for a VOD program, thereby generating a VOD session for the viewer. The VOD system generates a dynamic playlist incorporating at least one advertisement, where the playlist is provided to the VOD server, causing said VOD server to stream the playlist to the viewer. Upon suspension of viewing the VOD program by the viewer, the VOD system terminates the VOD session. Upon receiving a subsequent request from the viewer for the same VOD program, a second VOD session is established by the VOD system with a second dynamic playlist incorporating at least one other advertisement. The VOD system streams the program beginning at the same point in the program where the original interruption occurred. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093886 | SUBSCRIBER-BASED ADVERTISING - A method for enabling individual or small business advertisements on a television system may include receiving, at a service provider, advertisement information from a first subscriber. The advertisement information may be stored. Content displayed by a device associated with a second subscriber may be identified. It may be determined whether the content can receive advertisements. The stored advertisement information may be retrieved when it is determined that the content can receive advertisements. At least a portion of the retrieved advertisement information may be inserted into the content for viewing by the second subscriber. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093887 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - Disclosed are a display apparatus and a video processing method of the display apparatus, the display apparatus including a user interface (UI) generator which generates and outputs UI information to a display unit; a user selection unit which allows a user to select a view zone; a signal processor which processes a received video signal displayable through the display unit; and a controller which controls the UI generator to display a selection menu including at least one view zone item on the display unit if a control signal for adjusting the view zone is selected from the user selection unit, and controls the signal processor to change at least one of an image quality adjusting value and a grayscale value of the received video signal if the view zone item is selected through the selection menu. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093888 | USER SELECTION INTERFACE FOR INTERACTIVE DIGITAL TELEVISION - A method of selecting content for display on an interactive television may involve a multilevel selection process that includes selectable hot zones, for example in corners of a graphical user interface, and a central menu area. Selection of a hot zone may cause an increase in size or extension of the zone, prompting a further selection. This may lead to a display of content items in a central menu, with the user selecting content for display from the central menu. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093889 | USER INTERFACE FOR INTERACTIVE DIGITAL TELEVISION - A method of controlling an interactive television includes displaying a layout on the interactive television that includes one or more visual cues to prompt a user regarding an action (click action) to be taken on an input device to activate a predetermined function (click event). The visual cues may include multiple visual cues, at least one of which is a visual cue for a cursor-based action that includes positioning a cursor with an input device, and another is a visual cue for a movement-based action that includes moving the input device. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093890 | USER CONTROL INTERFACE FOR INTERACTIVE DIGITAL TELEVISION - A method of controlling a television increasing a control function when a user-movable object is on one side of a line displayed on a layout, and decreasing the control function when the user-movable object is on the other side of the line. The method may involve movements in one, two, or three dimensions. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093891 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO CONTENT DATA PLAYBACK METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus is configured to execute player software for decoding encoded video content data received from a server. The information processing apparatus includes a display device, a capture module, an encoder, and a transfer module. The display device is configured to display video of the decoded video content data. The capture module is configured to capture the decoded video content data. The encoder is configured to encode the captured video content data. The transfer module is configured to transfer the encoded video content data to an electronic device configured to play back video content data received from an external device. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093892 | Method of Sharing Personal Media Using a Digital Recorder - A method and apparatus for sharing personal media using a digital recorder transfers multimedia content via email to a digital video recorder. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093893 | DATA DISTRIBUTION - A device may include a communication interface configured to receive programming information from a service provider multicast over multiple channels. The device may also include logic configured to decode the programming information received over the multiple channels, assemble a programming guide based on the decoded programming information and output the programming guide to an output device for display. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093894 | PROGRAM GUIDE APPLICATION INTERFACE SYSTEM - A program guide system is provided that supports a program guide application and multiple non-guide applications. The program guide system has a program guide application interface that allows the non-guide applications to use both device resources and program guide resources. The application interface maintains a list of registered applications and directs control requests from various applications to the current primary application. The application interface also has a user interface input director that directs keystrokes and other user input commands to the appropriate application. If a keystroke for the program guide application is detected while a non-guide application is running, the program guide application is invoked. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093895 | METHOD OF PROCESSING APPLICATION IN DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER CONNECTED WITH INTERACTIVE NETWORK AND THE DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER - A digital broadcast receiver is disclosed. A method of processing an application in a digital broadcast receiver connected with an interactive network comprises receiving, from a broadcast network, a broadcast audio/video (A/V) content and an application information table (AIT) data, receiving, from an interactive network, at least one of applications, collecting applications included in the same group among the at least one of applications, wherein the same group corresponds to applications intended to be used together, and displaying a list indicating the collected applications. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093896 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TELEVISION PROGRAM REMINDERS - There is provided a system and method for providing television program reminders. More specifically, in one embodiment, there is provided a method comprising receiving television program selection data, comparing the television program selection data with descriptive data for a plurality of television programs, and presenting an alert message when the descriptive data for at least one of the plurality of television programs matches at least a portion of the television program selection data. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093897 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ADVERTISING IN AN INTERACTIVE PROGRAM GUIDE - An interactive program guide containing schedule data for multiple channels and advertising data is provided to viewers on a screen. The advertising may be related to the programs adjacent thereto in the guide and to time slots displayed on the screen. The advertising scrolls in various directions in response to the viewer's scrolling of the grid, but at a different pace and according to a different scheme than the scrolling of the schedule data itself. For example, the advertising may remain on the screen in a predetermined location while the viewer scrolls the schedule data, and then scroll off the screen to be replaced by new ads after a predetermined number of channels scroll off the screen, or on the basis of time slots and/or adjacent channels displayed on the screen. This provides for greater viewer attention to the advertising and for greater control by advertisers over the manner and length in which advertising is presented to viewers. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093898 | PROGRAM GUIDE SYSTEM WITH USER DESIGNATED FAVORITE THEMES - An interactive television program guide system is provided in which a user may inform a program guide of the user's interests. The interactive program guide system displays a list of available programming themes. The user may select a programming theme from the available programming themes and designate a level of interest in that theme. The user may designate, e.g., a high level of interest, i.e., a “favorite,” or a low level of interest in the theme. The programming guide will modify a list of themes according to the selected theme and level of user interest. The user is thus able to view the themes list and quickly identify programs of interest by the location of the selected theme in the themes list, or by a distinctive display of the selected theme. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093899 | METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE AND BROADCASTING RECEIVER ENABLING OF THE METHOD - A method for outputting an EPG and a broadcasting receiver employing the method are disclosed. More particularly, a method for outputting an EPG and a broadcasting receiver employing the method are disclosed, in which the EPG output from the broadcasting receiver includes RSS information to allow a user to easily identify the RSS information from the EPG. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093900 | GATEWAY APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DIGITAL CONTENT DELIVERY IN A NETWORK - Methods and apparatus for the delivery of digital content in a network. In one embodiment, the digital content comprises internet content received from an Internet host server in a first container format, and converted to a second container format at a headend entity of a cable television or satellite network. The headend entity transmits the re-containerized content to one or more consumer devices, and acts as a gateway device between the consumer devices and various internet content sources. Delivery of internet content from the gateway device can be via broadcast, nPVR, DVR and/or VOD delivery mechanisms. The internet content gateway device is adapted to request, receive and process the internet content. Requests for internet content may be made from either a CPE or the gateway device itself according to one or more rules. The content may also be selectively transcoded before re-encapsulation based on the consumer device capabilities. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093901 | INTERACTIVE TV SYSTEM & CO-LOCATED TRANSACTION-ORDERING WEB SERVER FOR ONLINE ORDERING OF ITEMS OF REAL-TIME AVAILABILITY FROM A SET-TOP-BOX CONNECTED TV - An online ordering system for ordering of items of real time availability in inventory online employs An interactive TV system connected to a plurality of TV equipment units via a TV services platform, whereby a TV viewer can view an advertisement for a transactable item on the TV display and send a request for ordering the item by signals sent by the TV remote control unit to the TV services platform. A transaction-ordering web server is co-located with and operatively connected to the TV services platform for processing requests from TV viewers into web orders sent online via Internet connection to online ordering websites for processing against real time vendor inventories and confirming transactions of ordered items. The TV system may be a hotel in-room TV system coupled to a hotel purchase management system to manage guest billings for purchases. The hotel in-room TV system can provide guests with updates of activities and advertisements for guest activities on the in-room TV. It can also send messages to guest cellphones or mobile devices and process billings for guest requests. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093902 | System and Method to Process a Data Stream Having Different Content Types - A computer-implemented method includes receiving a data stream at a set-top box device from a residential gateway. The data stream includes first data having a first content type, second data having a second content type, and third data having a third content type. The method includes assigning the first data for processing at a first machine of the set-top box device. The method also includes assigning the second data for processing at a second machine of the set-top box device. The method further includes assigning the third data for processing at a third machine of the set-top box device. The set-top box device is configured to selectively output at least one of the first data, the second data, and the third data for display at a display device. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093903 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HOME NETWORK DEVICES USING MULTICAST ENABLED REMOTE CONTROLS - A system, method, and article of manufacture for controlling home network devices using a multicast enabled remote control. The system includes a plurality of home network devices capable of receiving and/or transmitting multicast input and/or output signals and a home gateway to receive audio/video signals generated outside of the home and to transform the audio/video signals into multicast output signals. The system also includes a multicast enabled remote control to detect, aggregate, store and display all audio/video multicast output signals on the multicast enabled remote control, to enable a user to redirect an audio/video multicast output signal to one or more of the plurality of home network devices capable of receiving multicast input signals, and to control the plurality of home network devices capable of receiving and/or transmitting multicast input and/or output signals. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093904 | Motion picture providing apparatus, motion picture providing method, and program - There is provided a motion picture providing apparatus including a keyword management section which manages, in order to search a motion picture related to content, a keyword registered with respect to the content, a viewing state acquisition section which acquires a viewing state of content from an outside TV, a keyword specification section which specifies a keyword registered with respect to the content which is being viewed by using the acquired viewing state, a motion picture selection section which selects one or more motion pictures that satisfy a predetermined reference from among one or more motion pictures searched by one or more outside motion picture sharing devices by using the specified keyword, and a motion picture providing section which acquires, from the motion picture sharing devices, a motion picture designated by a viewer from among the selected motion pictures, and provides the acquired motion picture to the TV. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093905 | ADAPTIVE MEDIA CACHING FOR VIDEO ON DEMAND - A method and on-demand computing system for hierarchical caching of content in an on-demand computing device. The method receives, at the on-demand computing device, a request to send media content to a playback device, where the media content is stored in a media library of a content server. The method retrieves the media content from a hierarchical cache for the on-demand computing device, and sends the media content to the playback device. The hierarchical cache includes a first cache, a second cache, and the content library, where the first cache has a length based on an age of the second cache. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093906 | MULTISTREAM VIDEO COMMUNICATION WITH STAGGERED ACCESS POINTS - A system and method that provide reduced latency in a video signal processing system. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise transmitting a first video information stream representative of a unit of video information. For example, the transmitted first video information stream may correspond to a video channel. A second video information stream representative of the unit of video information may be transmitted simultaneously with the first video information stream. The second video information stream may also, for example, correspond to the video channel. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise receiving a plurality of simultaneously transmitted video information streams. A video information stream of the plurality of received video information streams may be identified that, when processed, is expected to result in the lowest latency in presenting the unit of video information to the user. The identified video information stream may then be so processed. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093907 | System and Method for Monitoring Whole Home Digital Video Recorder Usage for Internet Protocol Television - A method for monitoring a bandwidth configuration for a plurality of customer premises connected to a video head-end office in an Internet Protocol television network is disclosed. The bandwidth configuration is received for each of the plurality of customer premises. The bandwidth configuration is stored for each of the plurality of customer premises in a memory of a first server. A data file is received from the video head-end office. The data file indicates that a set-top box device located at one of the customer premises has requested a video stream that would exceed a first number of video streams available to the one of the customer premises and that would exceed a first bandwidth currently available between the video head-end office and the one of the customer premises. The data file is stored in the memory of the first server. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093908 | REQUESTING EMERGENCY SERVICES VIA REMOTE CONTROL - A method and system for contacting emergency service providers may allow using a remote control (RC) at a multimedia content distribution network (MCDN) client location. An MCDN user may use the RC, which may be configured to control customer premises equipment at the MCDN client, to signal an emergency event. In response, an MCDN server may be queried for emergency user information associated with the MCDN client and/or the MCDN user. Based on the emergency user information, third parties, such as emergency service providers, medical service providers, or private persons, may be contacted via the MCDN. A communications channel, including audio and/or video, between an emergency service provider and the MCDN client may be initiated based on the emergency user information. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093909 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING MEDIA CONTENT - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computing device having a controller to transmit a client program having a graphical user interface (GUI) to a media device operating in an interactive television (iTV) network, wherein the client program presents an overlay that superimposes onto media content received by the media device and enables the media device to associate a user-generated comment with the media content received at the media device, receive at least one of a plurality of user-generated comments and media content in a temporal vicinity of the plurality of user-generated comments via the client program, receive a request to transmit to a recipient device a portion of the plurality of user-generated comments or the media content in the temporal vicinity of the plurality of user-generated comments, and transmit to the recipient device one of the portion or one or more links to the portion. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093910 | SYSTEM AND DEVICES FOR DISTRIBUTING CONTENT IN A HIERARCHICAL MANNER - The present invention concerns a transmitting device adapted to send content in bursts in a channel, the channel comprising a plurality of bursts, wherein a burst comprises at least one time slot. The transmitting device comprises first communicating means for receiving content from a first network, second communicating means for sending the content to a second network, the content being successively sent over at least one time slot of the bursts of the channel, time slot means for assigning a channel, and at least one unfilled time slot in the bursts of the channel to at least one second transmitting device located on the second network and signaling means for indicating the channel and the unfilled time slots to the at least one second transmitting device. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093911 | SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD AND SERVICE PROVIDING APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AND TRANSMITTING A DIGITAL TELEVISION SIGNAL STREAM AND METHOD AND RECEIVING MEANS FOR RECEIVING AND PROCESSING A DIGITAL TELEVISION SIGNAL STREAM - A service providing method and apparatus that generates and transmits a digital television signal stream, by providing at least one downscaled sub picture service stream having a resolution equal to or less than the resolution of the standard definition television SDTV format, and multiplexing the at least one downscaled sub picture service stream in one transport stream and transmitting said transport stream to a receiving means. A receiving method and apparatus process a digital television signal stream, whereby the transport stream has multiplexed thereto at least one downscaled sub picture service stream having a resolution equal to or less than the resolution of the standard definition television SDTV format, by receiving the transport stream, separating the at least one downscaled sub picture service stream, and displaying on a display the at least the downscaled sub picture service stream according to predefined or user defined display parameters. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093912 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE PLAYING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and image playing method thereof, are provided. The display apparatus includes a broadcasting receiver which receives a broadcasting signal; a communication unit which communicates with an external device comprising a storage medium; a first buffer which buffers the broadcasting signal to store the received broadcasting signal in the storage medium; a second buffer which buffers a broadcasting signal input from the external device to play the broadcasting signal stored in the storage medium; and a controller which outputs a control signal to the external device to control a broadcasting signal reception volume received from the external device based on at least one buffer volume of the first buffer and the second buffer upon execution of a broadcasting recording and playing function which stores the broadcasting signal in the storage medium and plays the stored broadcasting signal. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093913 | MANAGEMENT OF ACCESS TO SERVICE IN AN ACCESS POINT - System(s) and method(s) are provided to configure access rights to wireless resources and telecommunication service(s) supplied through a set of access points (APs). Access to wireless resources is authorized by access attributes in access control list(s) (ACL(s)) while a profile of service attributes linked to the ACL(s) regulate provision of telecommunication service(s). Access and service attributes can be automatically or dynamically configured, at least in part, in response to changes in data that directly or indirectly affects an operation environment in which the set of APs is deployed. Automatic or dynamic configuration of access or service attributes enable control or coordination of wireless service provided through the set of APs; degree of control or coordination is determined at least in part by enablement or disablement of disparate services for disparate devices at disparate access points at disparate times and with disparate service priority. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093914 | NETWORK POLICY MANAGEMENT AND EFFECTIVENESS SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for maintaining policy compliance on a computer network. A system in accordance with some embodiments disclosed herein performs the steps of electronically monitoring network user compliance with a network security policy stored in a database, electronically evaluating network security policy compliance based on network user compliance and electronically undertaking a network policy compliance action in response to network security policy non-compliance. The network policy compliance actions may include automatically implementing a different network security policy selected from network security policies stored in the database, generating policy effectiveness reports and providing a retraining module to network users. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093915 | METHOD OF SECURING A CHANGING SCENE, CORRESPONDING DEVICE, SIGNAL AND COMPUTER PROGRAM, METHOD OF UPDATING A CHANGING SCENE, CORRESPONDING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - The invention relates to a method of securing a changing scene composed of at least one element and intended to be played back on a terminal. According to the invention, such a method comprises the following steps: creation ( | 2011-04-21 |
20110093916 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RAPID ACCREDITATION/RE-ACCREDITATION OF AGILE IT ENVIRONMENTS, FOR EXAMPLE SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA) - A system and method for managing and analyzing security requirements in reusable models. At least one functional model, at least one security implementation model, at least one requirement model, and meta models of the models are read by a reader. A correspondence between the functional model, security implementation model, and the requirements model is analyzed, whereby the correspondence indicates that compliance/security/accreditation requirements defined in the requirement model match with security objectives implemented by controls defined by the security implementation model. Next, it is determined whether correspondence is or is not given based on the analysis of the correspondence and then evidence is generated based on the analysis of the correspondence and the determination and the impact of changes is analyzed. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093917 | Hierarchical Policy Management - A system and method for administering access to a central resource by a remote access device. A system includes a remote access device and a computer executing a hierarchical policy manager. The remote access device requests access to a central resource. The hierarchical policy manager determines a policy for allowing the device to access the resource by evaluating access policies at a plurality of precedence levels of a policy hierarchy. The hierarchical policy manager allows the device to access the resource based on the policy set at the highest precedence level of the policy hierarchy at which access control is specified. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093918 | SECURE METHOD OF ACCESSING AN INFORMATION SYSTEM OF AN AIRCRAFT - In the method of accessing an information system of an aircraft the system receives an authenticator request from a connector of the aircraft; the system determines whether the connector presents a predetermined characteristic; and in the event that the system determines that the connector does indeed present the predetermined characteristic, the system sends an authenticator to the connector. Provision is also made for: the system receives an authenticator the system determines whether the authenticator is valid; and in the event that the system determines that the authenticator is indeed valid, the system authorizes access to the system from a connector of the aircraft from which the authenticator was sent. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093919 | Method and Apparatus for Determining an Authentication Procedure - A server for managing the authentication of clients that are subscribers of a home domain within which the server is located, the server comprising means for determining whether a client that is attached to a visited domain is to be authenticated by the home domain or by said visited domain, and for signalling the result to said visited domain. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093920 | System and Method for Device Authentication with Built-In Tolerance - A system for building tolerance into authentication of a computing device includes a means for executing, from a computer-readable medium, computer-implementable steps of: (a) receiving and storing a first digital fingerprint of the device during a first boot of an authenticating software on the device, the first digital fingerprint based on a first set of device components, (b) receiving a second digital fingerprint from the device at a subsequent time, (c) comparing the second digital fingerprint with a plurality of stored digital fingerprints of known devices, (d) in response to the comparison indicating a mismatch between the second digital fingerprint and the plurality of stored digital fingerprints, generating a request code comprising instructions for the device to generate a third digital fingerprint using the first set of device components, (e) sending the request code to the remote device, (f) receiving the third digital fingerprint from the remote device in response to the request code, and (g) authenticating the device based on a comparison of the first and third digital fingerprints. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093921 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL PERIPHERAL AND MULTI-FUNCTIONAL PERIPHERAL CONTROL SYSTEM - This invention provides a multi-functional peripheral and a multi-functional peripheral control system that manage a total number of output sheets of a user strictly and accurately even when an authentication server of a multi-functional peripheral is not able to perform authentication due to network failure or the like and authentication and output limitation are performed in the multi-functional peripheral. When the number of outputtable sheets registered in a user information management table is not 0, the multi-functional peripheral executes a copy job. When the number of copy outputtable sheets becomes 0, or when copy output of all pages is completed, the number of output sheets is deducted from the number of copy outputtable sheets registered in the user information management table, and thereby the user information management table is updated. Then, when connection to the authentication server is restored, the authentication server updates a user information management DB. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093922 | Portable Computing Device For Wireless Communications And Method Of Operation - In one embodiment of the present invention, a portable computing device for wireless communications comprises a first network interface for communicating with a public wireless wide area network (WWAN), a second network interface for communicating with a private wireless local area network (WLAN), and a processor executing under control of software instructions, the software instructions defining a gateway protocol, the gateway protocol establishing the portable computing device as an access point within the private WLAN after the wireless presence on the public WWAN is established. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093923 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESS CONTROL OF NETWORK DEVICES ACROSS MULTI-PLATFORM ACCESS LISTS - A system for sharing a device between two independent software platforms and for access control of a network device across the two independent software platforms is provided. The system has a first computing device operating on a first software platform for authenticating at least a first user and accessing a first user's access list having at least one address of a second user. The system also has a second computing device operable with the same first user and a second different software platform. A destination across the first and the second software platforms is mapped to selectively control the device by the second user from the first user's access list with the second user operating on the second computing device. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093924 | SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING AND ORGANIZING GAME STATISTICS, INFORMATION AND APPLICATIONS FOR DISTRIBUTION, ANALYSIS AND ENTERTAINMENT, AND METHOD - A web-based and accessible sports statistics, information and application system configured to establish a hierarchy of rights controlling access by users to sports statistics stored in the system, establish a hierarchy of permissions to be granted to users based on the hierarchy of rights, establish a hierarchy of reports that can be downloaded by users based on their rights and permissions, and permit synchronization of a team roster and team statistics between the user's database information on a personal computer with database information on the website database. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093925 | Entitled Data Cache Management - Systems and methods are disclosed for managing an entitled data cache. A data server may generate and send entitled data to a data cache server. The data cache server, a server that may be located nearer to the user within a data provider's computer network, may receive and cache the entitled data. A permission server may store user's permissions and transmit the user's permissions to the data server and the data cache server. Upon receiving a request for data, the data cache server may retrieve the requested data from the cache and send a subset of the cached data which matches the user's permissions to the user, without the need to request the data from the data server. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093926 | SYNDICATION METHODOLOGY TO DYNAMICALLY PLACE DIGITAL ASSETS ON NON-RELATED WEB SITES - An automated method is provided for obtaining selected content for a web page that allows for syndication of digital assets. The selected content itself is not initially part of the web page. The web page includes script associated with the selected content. Upon receiving a web page that includes script associated with the selected content, the script is interpreted. A request is then formatted for obtaining the selected content from a remote site. The request includes a uniform resource identifier (URI) of the web page and a unique identifier of the selected content. The script includes a subscriber identifier and a content identifier, which, together, create the unique identifier of the selected content. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093927 | METHOD OF AUTHORIZATION FOR A CELLULAR SYSTEM - A method and entity of authorising in a communication system are disclosed. The method includes using authorising data to reference other data to define an authorisation associated with the other data. The authorising data includes one of a data component, data group, or data element. Further, a user profile can be provided and includes a user profile data component and an authorisation data component. The authorisation data component or the user profile data component references another authorisation component. Access is authorised to data associated with the user profile data component in accordance with the authorisation data component. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093928 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A management system manages use of management object provided in facilities by using an information storage medium of a user. An entrance management apparatus, provided in the vicinity of an entrance of the facilities, stores use permission information for permitting the use of the management object on an information storage medium when the user enters the facilities. In the facilities, a use management apparatus, provided for each management object, controls availability or unavailability of the management object based on the use permission information stored on the information storage medium. Additionally, the use management apparatus stores, in the information storage medium, use information showing that the management object is used. Further, a room leaving management apparatus, provided in the vicinity of an exit of the facilities, manages leaving of the user based on the use information stored on the information storage medium. When the user leaves the facilities, it is controlled whether or not the user can leave the facilities, and use history information is stored, based on the use information. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093929 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND TERMINAL FOR USING SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE CONTENT - A method and system for using subscription service content are provided. The method includes: receiving a registration request for using subscription service content transmitted from a user terminal, where the registration request carries an identifier (ID) of the user terminal; determining whether the registered number of the user terminals using the subscription service content registered by a user is greater than the maximum number of the user terminals permitted to use the subscription service content according to the ID of the user terminal, and if not, activating the user terminal according to the ID of the user terminal; and providing authorization for permission of using the service content for the activated user terminal. Through the provided technical solutions, a user is capable of conveniently using the service content at different terminals while unauthorized spread of the service content is avoided during network handover of a user equipment (UE). | 2011-04-21 |
20110093930 | Concept of Efficiently Distributing Access Authorization Information - A device for controlling a service access authorization for a user device with regard to an access-restricted service includes a service access authorization provider, the service access authorization provider being configured to set a period of time in which the service access authorization is valid, responsive to an authorization message provided with a service-dependent user identifier, and the service access authorization provider being configured to disable an authorization allowing the service access authorization to be extended or reactivated using the previous service-dependent user identifier when at least a predetermined duration has passed since an end of a last authorization time interval for which a service access authorization was determined by the device. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093931 | Nodes of a Content Sharing Group, Methods Performed by the Nodes, and Computer Programs Executed in the Nodes - A content sharing group node of a content sharing group is disclosed. The content sharing node is arranged to receive a sharing right comprising boundaries of redistribution of the sharing right and content sharing group membership restrictions to further content sharing group nodes of the content sharing group, arranged to access the content according to the combined restrictions of the sharing right and a usage right, and arranged to re-distribute the sharing right within the boundaries of re-distribution of the sharing right and to restrict its content sharing group membership according to the sharing right, wherein the content sharing group is defined as the sharing right is redistributed. Methods and computer programs for content sharing are also disclosed. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093932 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING MOBILITY SECURITY IN THE NEXT GENERATION NETWORK - The present invention discloses a method and system for supporting mobility security in a next generation network. In implementation of the method, a Transport Authentication and Authorization Functional Entity (TAA-FE) and a mobile agent functional entity are configured in the network, and a reference point for transmitting key material is established between the TAA-FE and the mobile agent functional entity; when a terminal moves, the mobile agent functional entity receives the key material from the TAA-FE, and performs security protection for signaling between the terminal and the mobile agent functional entity. The system comprises: a transport user profile functional entity, a TAA-FE, and a mobile agent functional entity. Applying the present invention, the mobility security on the transport layer in the next generation network is ensured. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093933 | AUTHENTICATION IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method of authenticating a user in an IP Multimedia Subsystem network, the method comprising receiving from an access network an access identifier defining a terminal's physical location, retrieving from a database a registered access identifier associated with the user; and determining if the received access identifier matches the registered access identifier, and if so then authenticating the user in the IMS network, and if not then performing an alternative authentication method. The method allows a nomadic user in the access network to register with an IP Multimedia Subsystem network. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093934 | System and method for privilege delegation and control - This invention provides a privilege delegation mechanism, which allows a privilege and associated control attributes to be delegated from a security token to another security token or an intelligent device such as a computer system. The privilege may be in the form of an attribute certificate, a key component of a cryptographic key, a complete cryptographic key, digital certificate, digital right, license or loyalty credits. The purpose of the delegation is to allow another security token or computer system to act as a surrogate for the security token or to access a resource which requires components from both units before access is permitted. Attributes associated with the delegated privilege control the scope and use of the privilege. The delegation may allow the surrogate to perform authentications, access data or resources included on another security token or computer system. Authentications are performed prior to transferring of the delegable privileges. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093935 | CONTROL OVER ACCESS TO DEVICE MANAGEMENT TREE OF DEVICE MANAGEMENT CLIENT - Provided is a control over access to a Device Management (DM) tree of a client. The client receives a secure area creation password from a server, creates a secure area by using the received creation password, and moves the DM tree to the secure area. In addition, the client receives a secure area access password from the server, accesses the secure area by using the received access password, and performs a remote management through a DM command received from the server. The authority to access the DM tree is given to only the client acquiring a password from the server, which effectively prevents an unauthorized change of a DM tree. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093936 | NETWORK SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING ACCESS TO STORAGE DEVICE, ADMINISTRATION SERVER, STORAGE DEVICE, LOG-IN CONTROL METHOD, NETWORK BOOT SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF ACCESSING INDIVIDUAL STORAGE UNIT - A network boot system including one or more client terminals, a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server, a PXE (Preboot Execution Environment) server, a TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) server, a database administration server, one or more storage devices, and an authentification server (such as a Radius server) connected to each other via a TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol)/Internet Protocol) network. A plurality of LU provided in the storage devices as separated into a system area LU and a user area LU prepared per user. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093937 | AUTHENTICATED DATABASE CONNECTIVITY FOR UNATTENDED APPLICATIONS - A custom database connectivity component is deployed in conjunction with a native database connectivity component and a credential manager. The custom connectivity component has a requestor interface for communicating with a requestor application, a credential service interface for communicating with the credential manager, a native database connectivity interface for communicating with native connectivity components, and a decision engine for determining how to convert a request from a requestor to an appropriate API call to the credential manager. The custom connectivity component provides an authenticated and authorized database connection for a requestor application. The component transparently serves retrieves database, or other target resource, credentials on a real time basis, without requiring code changes to the requestor application. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093938 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR BOOTSTRAPPING DEVICE AND USER AUTHENTICATION - An apparatus may include a processor configured to receive a security certificate request from a remote device comprising a public key of the remote device and an authentication credential based upon a legacy authentication mechanism of the remote device. The processor may be further configured to validate the received authentication credential in accordance with the legacy authentication mechanism. The processor may be additionally configured to generate a security certificate for the public key. The processor may be further configured to provide the generated security certificate to the remote device | 2011-04-21 |
20110093939 | RESOURCE ACCESS BASED ON MULTIPLE CREDENTIALS - A collection of multiple user credentials each associated with one of multiple different users is obtained at a device, and one or more of the multiple user credentials are verified. The collection of multiple user credentials is also compared to a threshold combination of user credentials to be satisfied to access the resource, and a determination is made, based on the comparing and the verifying, as to whether access to the resource is permitted. An indication of whether access to the resource by a requesting user is permitted is returned or provided to another device. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093940 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVISIONING UNIVERSAL STATELESS DIGITAL AND COMPUTING SERVICES - A service provisioning system and method for providing remote access to digital services over a communications network, comprising a plurality of client devices connected to the communications network for requesting digital services from a plurality of service centers and presenting output from the digital services. The network operation center connected to the communications network authenticates client devices and users, manages sessions, and processes requests for digital services. A connector associated with each service center establishes a session with a client device specified by the network operation center and encapsulates the native protocols of the digital services within a remote interactive protocol. The remote interactive protocol includes information for generating a human-perceptible presentation on the client device, to provide a remote access to the digital services without modifying the hardware and software infrastructure of the service centers. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093941 | PRE-CONFIGURATION OF A CLOUD-BASED COMPUTER - Various example embodiments are disclosed herein. According to an example embodiment, a method may include receiving by a second computer a customization application, the customization application including a control panel to establish user preferences for a user account of the cloud-based service and/or system settings for the first computer; receiving by the second computer an input to the customization application to establish one or more user preferences for the user account and/or one or more system settings for the first computer; and transmitting from the second computer to a server associated with the cloud-based service the one or more user preferences and a username for the user account and/or the system settings for the first computer. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093942 | IMPROVED BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION AND IDENTIFICATION - Authentication of a user to an electronic device in a communication network is described. The method comprises obtaining a biometric characteristic of the user, transmitting, to a social networking service, information that specifies at least one primary user ofthe device, receiving, from the social networking service, information that specifies a group of persons who have a social relationship with the at least one primary user, obtaining information that specifies a result from a biometric matching operation with the biometric characteristic of the user and biometric characteristics of persons in the specified group of persons, the result indicating whether or not the user is authenticated to the electronic device. By narrowingdown the size of the searching space-needed during a matching operation by utilizing information regarding a group of persons in a social network, the false acceptance rate is reduced and biometric authentication of a user to an electronic device is thereby facilitated, e.g. to accessdesired functionality of the device or access a desired service. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093943 | AUTOMATIC ACCESS SYSTEM, HOST COMPUTER, DEVICE, RESPONSE DEVICE, REMOTE CODE READER SYSTEM, BARCODE READER, AUTOMATIC ACCESS METHOD, AUTHENTICATION METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A terminal | 2011-04-21 |
20110093944 | DETECTING ANOMALOUS WEB PROXY ACTIVITY - A method, system and apparatus for detecting anomalous web proxy activity by end-users are disclosed. The techniques include analyzing records from a web proxy log and determining whether the records contain anomalous end-user activity by inspecting a uniform resource locator and a connect instruction included therein. The techniques also include generating an alert in response to the analysis. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093945 | USER-TYPE HANDLING IN A WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORK - A system, method, and apparatus in an access network such as the Generic Access Network (GAN) for providing user-type information to a Security Gateway (SEGW) or for enabling the SEGW to obtain user-type information for different user types so that the SEGW can apply specific security functions based on the user type. The invention may also provide user-type information to a controller node such as a GAN Controller (GANC) or may enable the GANC to obtain user-type information for application of security settings toward GAN-clients. An Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) Server may create a user-type indication internally, or may obtain an indication from a Home Location Register and forward the indication to the SEGW. The SEGW may forward the indication to the GANC, or the GANC may determine the user-type information internally or retrieve it from a database. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093946 | ROUTER AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING TCP PORTS UTILIZING THE SAME - A router and method for protecting transfer control protocol (TCP) ports of a local computer include receiving a SYN packet from a remote computer, recording a timestamp of the SYN packet, and counting a number of suspicious TCP connections established during a first time interval before the timestamp of the SYN packet. The router and method further include identifying the remote computer as an attacker if the counted number exceeds a preset maximum connection value, and rejecting all TCP packets transmitted from the remote computer during the second time interval after the timestamp of the SYN packet. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093947 | IC CHIP, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An IC chip, an information processing apparatus, system, method, and program are provided. An IC chip includes an authentication control unit configured to authenticate a request using authentication information. The request and/or the authentication information is received from outside the IC chip. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093948 | NON-INTRUSIVE BACKGROUND SYNCHRONIZATION WHEN AUTHENTICATION IS REQUIRED - A non-modal notification user interface element is displayed persistently but unobtrusively such that a user may easily determine that authentication credentials are required by a background synchronization process. The non-modal notification is configured such that it may be ignored by the user such that their workflow is not interrupted. The background synchronization continues to synchronize the data it can even though the background synchronization may require authentication credentials for a subset of the data to be synchronized. The user may select the non-modal notification user interface element at any point in time in order to supply the required authentication credentials. The non-modal notification is removed from the display when there are no further authentication credentials required. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093949 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING SYMBOL COMMAND LANGUAGE WITHIN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK VIA SMS OR INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOLS - A system and method for generating actions utilizing predefined commands within a communications network comprises predefined commands called symbol commands. These are character strings entered into a platform during an internet or SMS communications protocol session. The method and system can be used via the internet or a GSM network and is well-suited for mobile use. In addition, utilization of keywords and alpha-numeric or other character symbols to form symbol commands allows for complex command structuring. A search process is used in combination with a symbol command and a symbol command directory to identify specific goods and services, or related symbol commands. In addition, a platform performs specific predetermined actions in response to the symbol command such as making product purchases or providing services such as location-based services, coupon delivery or travel ticketing. The symbol command structure and platform will also utilize identification information associated with an individual user. Furthermore, the platform may implement a response using location information associated with the user from the country code, area code or prefix code of a user's telephone number, or use GPS location information associated with the user's internet device. The symbol command system and method provide an improved form of access to products and services via the internet or SMS. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093950 | PROGRAM-BASED AUTHORIZATION - Techniques which allow definition and enforcement of program-based action authorization policies. On a computer, an action or execution attempt is intercepted in real-time. The subject process, the program file of the subject process, the attempted action and the object of the attempted action are determined. An authorization policy considering the program file indicates whether the attempted action is authorized or not. In a tracking mode, the attempted action and its authorization are logged and the attempted action is allowed to proceed. In an enforcement mode, unauthorized attempts are blocked and logged, thereby enforcing the authorization policy. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093951 | Computer worm defense system and method - A computer worm defense system comprises multiple containment systems tied together by a management system. Each containment system is deployed on a separate communication network and contains a worm sensor and a blocking system. Computer worm identifiers generated by a worm sensor of one containment system can be provided not only to the blocking system of the same containment system, but can also be distributed by the management system to blocking systems of other containment systems. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093952 | DETECTING AND RESPONDING TO MALWARE USING LINK FILES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for monitoring the generation of link files by processes on a computer and performing protection processes based on whether the link files target malicious objects or are generated by malicious processes. In one aspect, a method includes monitoring for a generation of a first file that includes a target path that points to an object; in response to monitoring the generation of the first file: determining whether the target path is a uniform resource locator; in response to determining that the target path is a uniform resource locator, identifying a process that caused the first file to be generated; determining whether the process is a prohibited process; in response to determining that the process is a prohibited process, performing one or more protection processes on the process and the first file; in response to determining that the process is not a prohibited process, determining whether the uniform resource locator is a prohibited uniform resource locator; in response to determining that the uniform resource locator is a prohibited uniform resource locator, performing one or more protection processes on the process and the first file. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093953 | PREVENTING AND RESPONDING TO DISABLING OF MALWARE PROTECTION SOFTWARE - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for responding to an attempt to disable a malware protection program and performing an identification process and one or more protection processes to prevent the execution of potentially malicious code. In one aspect, a method includes monitoring for attempts to disable a malware protection program, identifying a process that generated an attempt to disable the malware protection program, determining whether the process is an approved process, and in response, performing one or more protection processes on the process so as to prevent the execution of potentially malicious code. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093954 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY DIAGNOSING SECURITY VULNERABILITIES - An apparatus for remotely diagnosing security vulnerabilities, includes a vulnerability analysis unit for obtaining service information by searching a target device of a specific network and a port of the target device, searching a profile DB for principal characteristic information of the acquired service information, determining a query key type based on the retrieved principal characteristic information to acquire a vulnerability diagnosis list present in the principal characteristic information from a vulnerability list management DB; and an attack agent for diagnosing a vulnerability of the principal characteristic information on the vulnerability diagnosis list based on preset characteristic information. Further, the apparatus includes a result analysis unit for reporting a result of the diagnosis of the vulnerability of the principal characteristic information; and a GUI management unit for performing interfacing of the result of the diagnosis of the vulnerability of the principal characteristic information to a vulnerability diagnosis tool. | 2011-04-21 |