19th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 65 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160134672 | DELIVERING PARTIALLY RECEIVED SEGMENTS OF STREAMED MEDIA DATA - In one example, a client device for receiving media data includes a streaming client and a middleware unit. The middleware unit is configured to receive a first portion of data of a current segment of media data, wherein file delivery information for the current segment indicates that transmission of the data for the current segment will end at a first time, determine, prior to the first time, that a remaining portion of the data of the current segment will not be received, and, based on the determination, deliver at least some of the first portion of data to the streaming client. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134673 | ADAPTIVE STREAMING WITH EARLY CLIENT INDICATION - Methods and systems for early identification of bitrates for segments in adaptive bitrate streaming can allow the server to begin processing or transcoding content as necessary for delivery, reducing processing and transmission latency. In a first aspect, a client may request a second segment before the first segment has been completely received. The server may begin any transcoding processes for preparing the second segment, and once the server has completed sending the first segment, the server may begin transmitting the now-prepared or partially prepared second segment. The server can then transmit the first and second segment contiguously, with essentially no network dead time. In a second aspect, the client may transmit an early notification of parameters for the request of the second segment, allowing the server to begin transcoding. The client may subsequently request the already-prepared or partially prepared second segment, similarly reducing request-response processing latency. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134674 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A communication apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire media content; a generation unit configured to generate segments obtained by dividing the media content acquired by the acquisition unit by a predetermined division unit; a providing unit configured to provide another communication apparatus with a description file indicating a URL for acquisition of the segment already generated by the generation unit, and a URL for acquisition of a segment not yet generated by the generation unit; a receiving unit configured to receive, from the other communication apparatus, a request to specify a URL for acquisition indicated by the description file; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the other communication apparatus, a segment corresponding to the URL for acquisition specified by the request of the other communication apparatus received by the receiving unit. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134675 | METHODS, DEVICES, AND MEDIA FOR SECURELY UTILIZING A NON-SECURED, DISTRIBUTED, VIRTUALIZED NETWORK RESOURCE WITH APPLICATIONS TO CLOUD-COMPUTING SECURITY AND MANAGEMENT - The present invention discloses methods for securing information by transforming the information into individually-unintelligible parts, methods include: dividing an original data stream into a set of split data streams; applying a first invertible transformation function to the split data streams, the step of applying producing an intermediate set of data streams; and extracting a final set of data streams from the intermediate set by applying a selection rule which produces the final set, thereby transforming the original data stream into individually-unintelligible parts in the final set. Preferably, the method further includes: applying a second invertible transformation function to the final set to produce the intermediate set, wherein the second invertible transformation is an inverse function of the first invertible transformation; extracting the split streams from the intermediate set by applying a selection rule which produces the split data streams; and reconstructing the original data stream from the split data streams. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134676 | PRE-TRANSCODING CONTENT ITEMS - A content management system pre-transcodes portions of content items provided for storage. When a content item is uploaded to the content management system for storage, the content management system stores the content item in an original format. The content management system transcodes a portion of the content item from the original format to a streaming format. The content management system stores the transcoded portion and makes the content item available for access. When a client device requests the content item from the content management system, the content management system first sends by streaming to the client device the stored transcoded portion in the streaming format. During the sending of the transcoded portion, the content management system transcodes a remainder of the content item that has not been transcoded to the streaming format. The content management system sends the transcoded remainder of the content item to the client device. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134677 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLOUD ASSISTED ADAPTIVE STREAMING - An apparatus for transmitting user data to a server system including one or more servers includes a content encoder for encoding a plurality of portions of the user data to obtain a first data stream, wherein the content encoder is configured to encode each of the plurality of portions with a bandwidth-dependent quality which depends on a bandwidth that is available for transmitting the first data stream from the apparatus to the server system, and includes a transmitter for transmitting the first data stream from the apparatus to the server system. The content encoder is configured to encode two or more of the plurality of portions of the user data to obtain a second data stream, wherein the content encoder is configured to encode each of the two or more of the plurality of portions with a predefined quality. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134678 | System and Method for Providing Media Content - There is presented a system for providing a content stored on a medium, the system comprising a media presentation module including a processor. The processor is configured to retrieve a content payload including a digital content from a data structure residing on the medium, and to retrieve a content-describing metadata stored separately from the digital content, from the data structure. The content-describing metadata provide content information including media encoding information for the digital content and a media profile information for the digital content. The content-describing metadata are configured to provide the content information to the media presentation module prior to rendering the digital content. In one embodiment, the processor is further configured to configure the media presentation module based on the media encoding information and the media profile information, and to present the content on a display. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134679 | EXITING WINDOWING EARLY FOR STREAM COMPUTING - Two or more tuples to be processed by a processing element operating on one or more computer processors may be received by the processing element. The processing element may have a windowing operator performing a windowing operation to determine a first value at the conclusion of a windowing condition. It may be determined from one or more tuples received within the windowing condition whether a condition to end the windowing operation before the windowing condition concludes is met. In addition, the windowing operation may be ended before the windowing condition concludes when the condition to end the windowing operation is met. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134680 | CONTENT SUPPLY DEVICE, CONTENT SUPPLY METHOD, PROGRAM, AND CONTENT SUPPLY SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a content supply device, a content supply method, a program, and a content supply system that make it possible to extend an adaptive streaming technique employing the DASH and supply content through a plurality of different delivery paths According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a content supply device that supplies a plurality of pieces of streaming data that include content of a same subject and differ in an attribute according to an adaptive streaming technique, the content supply device including: a supply unit configured to supply the plurality of pieces of streaming data to a reception side via a plurality of different networks; and a metafile generating unit configured to generate a metafile including an acquisition destination of a manifest file in which a QoS parameter for selecting the plurality of pieces of streaming data to be supplied by the reception side and a condition value of the QoS parameter are described and supply the metafile to the reception side. The present disclosure can be applied to a system that delivers content in a streaming manner. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134681 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD - When a data sharing server receives an instruction to share a first tab of a first web browser of an information processing apparatus serving as a sharing source with a second web browser of an information processing apparatus serving as a browsing terminal, the data sharing server transmits access data and data on session storage related to the first tab to the second web browser. The data sharing server deletes association between the data on the session storage and the information processing apparatus serving as the sharing source, and associates the data on the session storage with the information processing apparatus serving as the browsing terminal. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134682 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPRESSION FOR ACARS AND RELATED TRANSMISSIONS - A method of a method of communicating a data file over a radio frequency data link includes steps of determining a type of data represented in the data file; analyzing the data in the data file; selecting an encoding scheme from a plurality of encoding schemes and encoding one or more messages to represent the data file according to the selected encoding scheme. The one or more messages comply with a protocol for a character-oriented data link and the encoding losslessly compresses the data into the one or more messages. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134683 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY UPLOADING, DOWNLOADING, AND UPDATING DATA SUCH AS SLEEP STUDY DATA - A method of automatically transferring data between a client ( | 2016-05-12 |
20160134684 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPLOADING, SHOWCASING AND SELLING NEWS FOOTAGE - A system for uploading, showcasing and selling news footage on the internet, comprising an upload control manager configured to receive an upload request from a wireless module on a recording device, the upload request including an identification number and a plurality of FTP servers, the upload control manager configured to select at least one FTP server from the plurality of FTP servers to service the upload request and receive the recorded news footage from the wireless module. The system further comprises a database server configured to receive the news footage from the FTP servers and for showcasing the footage on the internet to allow customers to preview and purchase the footage, wherein the at least one FTP server to service the upload request is selected based upon the upload control manager determining the least loaded FTP servers amongst the plurality of servers and user privileges tagged to the identification number. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134685 | CONTENT DELIVERY METHODS AND SYSTEMS - The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for delivering content from content providers to end users using computer networks. Aspects of the invention enable content providers cost-effective content delivery using, for example, download and peer-to-peer mechanisms, while also allowing content providers the ability to control and restrict usage of the content and combat piracy. These and other aspects of the invention are discussed in more detail herein. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134686 | CLOUD MANAGEMENT - Embodiments are directed to a cloud server comprising: at least one processor, and memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the cloud server to: receive data comprising access data that is based on the usage of at least one conveyance device, and transmit the data to a user device. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134687 | WORK LOAD MANAGEMENT PLATFORM - A system comprises a work load management module and a plurality of datacenter pods communicatively coupled by a network. The data center pods include a first datacenter pod and a second datacenter pod. The second datacenter pod hosts a modified data center application that was migrated from the first datacenter pod in response to a first request. The work load management module receives a second request to revert the modified datacenter application back to the first datacenter pod. The work load management module determines one or more differences between a first pod environment configuration and a second pod environment configuration. The work load management module modifies the modified datacenter application based on the one or more differences to be operable in the first datacenter pod. It then reverts the datacenter application to the first datacenter pod such that the first datacenter pod hosts the datacenter application. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134688 | User Control Over Content Delivery - Novel tools and techniques for Internet service providers to enable enhanced user control over content delivery. In an aspect of certain embodiments, these tools can allow the customer to select, on a variety of different bases, whether content should be obtained from the Internet or from a lower-cost source, such as a metropolitan content delivery network (“CDN”) operated by the ISP or a private peering connection with a content source. Both of these options can, for example, avoid accessing content over the Internet and thus can reduce ISP delivery costs. In some embodiments, these cost reductions can be passed to the consumer in the way the ISP accounts for the content delivery. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134689 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INITIATING A PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATION SESSION - Systems and methods are disclosed for initiating a peer-to-peer communication session. According to certain embodiments, at least one peer device is identified. A first request is sent to the at least one peer device for an inventory of service capabilities of the at least one peer device. The requested inventory of service capabilities of the at least one peer device is received from the at least one peer device. A second request is sent to the at least one peer device to initiate a communication session with the at least one peer device using at least one service from the requested inventory of service capabilities. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134690 | System and Method for Providing a Virtual Environment with Shared Video on Demand - A system and methodology for creating, compiling, managing and distributing works of multimedia within a virtual space (environment) or virtual meeting space. The system consists of a server and client architecture. Within this architecture, the server or controller plays a “master” role, pulling, storing, and delivering media content from a plurality of client sources. The master server or controller manipulates the storage and delivery of these streams through an intelligent database and programming architecture. These streams are encoded to a specific format and delivered through a server to single or multiple recipients as a vital component of a complete virtual meeting experience. The result is a complete and organized virtual meeting room experience from attendee invitation though follow-up and record meeting dispersal. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134691 | Content delivery to physically-proximate devices using a mesh-assisted cache - A plurality of WiFi-enabled devices that are physically proximate to one another form an ad hoc mesh network, which is associated with an overlay network, such as a content delivery network. A typical WiFi device is a WiFi router that comprises addressable data storage, together with control software operative to configure the device seamlessly into the WiFi mesh network formed by the device and one or more physically-proximate devices. The addressable data storage across multiple such devices comprises a distributed or “mesh-assisted” cache that is managed by the overly network. The WiFi mesh network thus provides bandwidth that is leveraged by the overlay network to provide distribution of content, e.g., content that has been off-loaded for delivery (by content providers) to the CDN. Other devices that may be leveraged include set-top boxes and IPTV devices. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134692 | IDENTIFYING GROUPS FOR A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM USER BASED ON GROUP CHARACTERISTICS AND LIKELIHOOD OF USER INTERACTION - A social networking system selects a set of groups for presentation to a user of the social networking system. To select groups, the social networking system determining scores for various groups representing a likelihood of the user interacting with the groups. When determining a score for a group, the social networking system accounts for a likelihood of the user providing content to the group as well as the user accessing or viewing content associated with the group. Based on the scores, one or more groups are selected and presented to the user. Additionally, the social networking system may apply one or more diversity rules so that the selected groups have a variety of characteristics. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134693 | AUTOMATED INFORMATION LOGGING AND VIEWING SYSTEM FOR HYDROCARBON RECOVERY OPERATIONS - An example method for automated message logging may include receiving a message from a first client in communication with a server. The received message may be placed the in a first queue at the server. The received message may be processed at the server, and the processed received message may be placed in a second queue for broadcast to a second client in communication with the server. The example method may further include broadcasting the processed received message to the second client, and placing the processed received message in a third queue for persistent storage. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134694 | CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK BASED NETWORK LATENCY REDUCTION APPARATUS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Some embodiments relate to a method of defining a first pointer file containing a first location identifier for a content located at a Content Delivery Network (CDN) server so as to cause placement of the first pointer file at the CDN server. Further, the method includes the step of receiving, from a requesting device, a request for the content, the request including data on at least one of the requesting device or a user of the requesting device. In addition, the method allows for constructing a second location identifier containing at least one element derived from the data, and sending a second pointer file containing the second location identifier to the requesting device, where the second location identifier matching the first location identifier when a software development kit (SDK) executing on the requesting device defines the at least one element. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134695 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA SYNCHRONIZATION - A method for data synchronization performed by a server is described. The method comprises receiving, from a client terminal, a synchronization request and information about a synchronization anchor of the client terminal; determining, based on the synchronization anchor of the client terminal and a synchronization anchor of the server, difference data to be synchronized with the client terminal; determining whether a size of the difference data exceeds a threshold; and responsive to determining that a size of the difference data exceeds the threshold, transmitting the difference data to the client terminal in a plurality of difference data segments, wherein a size of each of the plurality of the difference data segments does not exceed the threshold, and wherein each of the plurality of the difference data segments is to be synchronized separately with the client terminal. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134696 | ASYNCHRONOUS DISTRIBUTED DE-DUPLICATION FOR REPLICATED CONTENT ADDRESSABLE STORAGE CLUSTERS - A method is performed by a device of a group of devices in a distributed data replication system. The method includes storing an index of objects in the distributed data replication system, the index being replicated while the objects are stored locally by the plurality of devices in the distributed data replication system. The method also includes conducting a scan of at least a portion of the index and identifying a redundant replica(s) of the at least one of the objects based on the scan of the index. The method further includes de-duplicating the redundant replica(s), and updating the index to reflect the status of the redundant replica. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134697 | TECHNIQUES FOR NETWORK REPLICATION - A request to copy at least a portion of a first network that includes a first set of devices is received, the request including one or more filtering criteria, with at least one of the one or more filtering criteria specifying a tag assigned to a device of the first set of devices. At least the portion of the first network is copied by causing the system to create, according to the one or more filtering criteria, a second network by causing a second set of devices to be configured to be duplicative of devices of the first set of devices that are assigned the tag specified by the filtering criteria. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134698 | FLEXIBLE REMOTE DATA MIRRORING - Methods, systems, and configured storage media are provided for flexible data mirroring. In particular, the invention provides many-to-one data mirroring, including mirroring from local servers running the same or different operating systems and/or file systems at two or more geographically dispersed locations. The invention also provides one-to-many data mirroring, mirroring with or without a dedicated private telecommunications link, and mirroring with or without a dedicated server or another server at the destination(s) to assist the remote mirroring unit(s). In addition, the invention provides flexibility by permitting the use of various combinations of one or more external storage units and/or RAID units to hold mirrored data. Spoofing, SCSI and other bus emulations, and further tools and techniques are used in various embodiments of the invention. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134699 | STORAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR - A storage management method, includes steps: detecting sizes of shared storage spaces of all terminal devices joined in a sharing system; dividing the all terminal devices into a number of device groups according to local area networks where the terminal devices located in; classifying the terminal devices of each group into a number of kinds of terminal devices according to the sizes of the shared storage spaces of the terminal devices; mapping the shared storage spaces of each kind of terminal devices of each device group to one corresponding virtual disk of one row of a virtual disk array card; and determining a size of a file to be stored when receiving a storing request, and selecting a virtual disk with size nearest to and greater than or equal to that of the file, and storing the file into the terminal devices mapping to the selected virtual disk. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134700 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE IMPRESSIONS USING DISTRIBUTED DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION - An example involves, in response to a first request from a first client device, logging a first impression in association with a first identifier corresponding to media accessed by the first client device that generated the first request, and sending a communication to the first client device. The communication is to cause the first client device to send the first identifier to a database proprietor in association with a cookie identifier of the first client device. Second impressions are logged in response to second requests received from second client devices. The second impressions are associated with the first identifier and correspond to access to the media by the second client devices. A report is generated based on the first impression and corresponding first demographic information from the database proprietor, and based on the second impressions and corresponding second demographic information from an audience measurement entity different from the database proprietor. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134701 | HANDLING OF DATA TRANSFER IN A LAN-FREE ENVIRONMENT - There is disclosed a method, system and computer readable medium for transferring data in a LAN-free environment, in particular for a tape backup or restore operation. Data of a client partition of a first server is sent to a partition of a LAN-free server through the Local Area Network (LAN). The data sent is then converted from TCP/IP protocol to Fibre Channel protocol. The converted data is sent to a Storage Area Network (SAN) through a Fibre Channel card and finally to a tape library. An advantage is thus to mutualize and virtualize resources, in particular Fibre Channel cards. Storage Area Network tape drives are shared using such host bus adapter cards. Certain embodiments avoid the reconfiguration of Storage Area Network tape drives when the client partition moves to a new hardware. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134702 | DATA SHARING USING DISTRIBUTED CACHE IN A NETWORK OF HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTERS - A network of PCs includes an I/O channel adapter and network adapter, and is configured for management of a distributed cache memory stored in the plurality of PCs interconnected by the network. The use of standard PCs reduces the cost of the data storage system. The use of the network of PCs permits building large, high-performance, data storage systems. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134703 | DISTRIBUTED RAID OVER SHARED MULTI-QUEUED STORAGE DEVICES - A method for data storage includes, in a system that includes multiple servers and multiple storage devices, holding in a server a definition of a stripe that includes multiple memory locations on the storage devices, to be used by the servers for storing multiple data elements and at least a redundancy element calculated over the data elements. One or more of the data elements in the stripe are modified by the server, by executing in the storage devices an atomic command, which updates the redundancy element to reflect the modified data elements only if a current redundancy element stored in the storage devices reflects the multiple data elements prior to modification of the data elements, and storing the modified data elements in the storage devices only in response to successful completion of the atomic command. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134704 | MANAGED P2P NETWORK WITH CONTENT-DELIVERY NETWORK - A content-acquisition request is sent to a centralized management service computer via a computer network. The content-acquisition request may query the centralized management service computer for a recommended content source to provide a first digital content item. If a response to the content-acquisition request is received via the computer network and identifies a recommended peer computer of a peer-to-peer network as the recommended content source, a request to download the first digital content item is sent to the recommended peer computer via the computer network. If a response to the content-acquisition request is not received, a fallback request to download the first digital content item is automatically sent to a content-delivery network computer via the computer network. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134705 | Digital Sensor for a CAN Network of a Vehicle - Digital sensor for a CAN network of a vehicle, comprising a casing ( | 2016-05-12 |
20160134706 | CONTROLLING DEVICES USING CLOUD SERVICES AND DEVICE-AGNOSTIC PIPE MECHANISMS - An environment is described in which a cloud-implemented service system controls a plurality of target devices via a plurality of respective device-agnostic pipe mechanisms. The target devices themselves may represent “dumb” devices, e.g., lacking local control logic, or providing reduced reliance on local control logic. Users may interact with the service system via applications running on any type of user devices. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134707 | CONTEXT PARAMETERS AND IDENTIFIERS FOR COMMUNICATION - In one aspect, a method related to communication. In addition, other method, system, and program product aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and/or text forming a part of the present application. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134708 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COOKIE MANAGEMENT - A method, computer program product, and computing system for, upon a user visiting a first website, determining if the user has ever visited the first website. If the user has never visited the first website, the user is automatically redirected to a second website. If the user has ever visited the second website is determined. If the user has already visited the second website, an existing unique identifier is obtained for the user. If the user has never visited the second website, a new unique identifier is generated for the user. The user is automatically redirected back to the first website in a manner that identifies the user. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134709 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR A NODE TO ADVERTISE ITS PRESENCE AND SERVICE PROFILES THEREOF IN A WIRELESS ENVIRONMENT - In an example embodiment, a method to enhance wireless device advertising of service profiles includes maintaining, by an apparatus, a first service profile corresponding to a first wireless communication device address of the apparatus and a second service profile corresponding to a second wireless communication device address of the apparatus; determining, by the apparatus, a preference to communicate with wireless devices using the first service profile; transmitting, by the apparatus, wireless device discovery messages having the first wireless communication device address; and receiving, by the apparatus, a wireless response message from another wireless device, in response to the existence of the first device address in the transmitted device discovery messages, wherein the other device seeks the first service profile. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134710 | COMMUNICATION METHOD IN WIRELESS LOCAL ACCESS NETWORK AND WIRELESS APPARATUS THEREFOR - A communication method in a wireless local access network (WLAN) and a wireless apparatus therefor. According to the communication method, a station (STA) receives frames each of which contains upper layer service discovery protocol information from one or more access points (APs). The STA transmits an association request frame to an AP which is selected based on upper layer service discovery protocol information received from the APs. Then, the STA proceeds with an association process with the selected AP. The upper layer service discovery protocol information may be represented in a bitmap scheme whereby each of service discovery protocols contained in the upper layer service discovery protocol information is indicated as to whether it is supported by the AP; an enumeration scheme whereby identifier of each of supported service discovery protocols is included in the upper layer service discovery protocol information; or a hybrid scheme. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134711 | Geography-Based Intercommunication Content Delivery System - A computer-implemented geography-based intercommunication content delivery system including a processor in communication with a memory element containing a computer code which upon execution implements a graphical user interface on a display surface of a client device which allows a recipient user to define or select one or more communication content delivery locations inside of a geographic map space, and optionally variably adjust a geographic boundary delimiting a geographic area defining which publishers can deliver publications to the communication content delivery locations, and allows a publisher user to adjust the geography boundary within the geographic map space to delimit the geographic area defining a plurality of communication delivery locations to which the publisher user delivers publications. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134712 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR SHARING MEDIA ITEMS FROM THIRD PARTY MEDIA SOURCES - A method for sharing media items from third party media sources and a graphical user interface for sharing media items. Media items such as images, videos, etc., may be available from various third party media sources at events such as sports games and concerts. Allowing users to share media items from these third party media sources can provide users with a more robust experience, as the need for users to obtain their own images, videos, etc, of the event may be obviated. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134713 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING AND ILLUSTRATING USER ACTIVITY IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes detecting actions taken by users in a computer-implemented matching system and, for each of the detected actions, storing data indicative of the detected action. The method further includes filtering the stored data in accordance with at least one filter selected by an administrator of the computer-implemented matching system and creating a user action log from the filtered stored data. The user action log includes all of the stored data that matches the selected at least one filter. The at least one filter may include log start time, log end time, type of action, user ID, target user ID, and/or site type. The detected action may include viewing another user's profile, changing the user's own profile, sending a message to another user via the computer-implemented matching system, and/or performing a matching search using the computer-implemented matching system. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134714 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing system that generates commentary, the commentary including first commentary generated based on behavior information corresponding to a behavior of a user and second commentary associated with the first commentary; and outputs the commentary to be available to other users. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134715 | AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF AND REACTION TO MOBILE USER ROUTINE BEHAVIOR BASED ON GEOGRAPHICAL AND REPETITIVE PATTERN ANALYSIS - A pattern associated with a mobile device is determined based at least in part on time information and location information associated with the mobile device. A mobile device behavior to be associated with the pattern is determined. The mobile device is configured to exhibit the mobile device behavior automatically during at least a portion of a subsequent repetition of the pattern. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134716 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING AND PROVIDING APPLICATION USAGE ANALYTICS - Methods and systems for collecting and analyzing application usage are disclosed. A usage analytics module is integrated within an application. The application is deployed to a device. Usage analytics are received, at a server, in response to usage of the application at the device. The usage analytics are provided to the developer, wherein the usage analytics includes at least one of: information identifying a user of the application or information linking the usage analytics to an existing user identity. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134717 | Location-Based Method and System for Requesting and Obtaining Images - Technology is disclosed for using geographic information that reflects the current locations for a plurality of image providers to find image providers that are capable of fulfilling image requests from image requesters, where the image requests are associated with various geographic locations. In an example embodiment, the technology can be used to find video footage of news events in a timely and cost-efficient manner. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134718 | Mobile Push Notification - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first notification through a real-time push service. The first notification includes a subset of user-facing information of an object having one or more states, the subset being determined at a first point in time. A second notification is received through the real-time push service. The second notification is an update to the user-facing information of the object, and the update may be a subset of user-facing information determined at a second point in time after the first point in time. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134719 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPLAYING GRAPHIC REPRESENTATIONS IN A USER INTERFACE - Methods and systems for displaying graphic representations in a user interface are provided. First, a wireless signal generated by at least one specific electronic device is detected via a wireless network. Then, a signal strength of the wireless signal is obtained, and a visual representation manner of a graphic representation corresponding to the specific electronic device is determined according to the signal strength. Then, the graphic representation is displayed in a user interface via a display unit. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134720 | USING DATA FROM SOCIAL NETWORKS TO BUILD ACCOUNT HOLDER PROFILES - The present disclosure relates to a computer implemented method of building a profile for an account holder | 2016-05-12 |
20160134721 | Providing A Persona-Based Application Experience - Technologies are described herein for providing a persona-based application experience. A query for a location of a persona package is received from a virtualization client. When the query is received, a current persona of a user requesting execution of a virtualized application is determined. The location of the persona package corresponding to the current persona of the user is determined. The location of the persona package is sent to the virtualization client in response to the query. The virtualization client is configured to execute the virtualized application adapted to the persona package. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134722 | AUTOMATIC SCALING OF SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ANSWERS TO REQUESTS - The invention provides a computer system including a router receiving a plurality of requests, a broker and a plurality of service workers, each assigned by the broker receive to receive the request and determining an answer based on the request, the router receiving the answers from the service workers, and the router providing an output that is based on at least one of the answers. A language independent platform is provided that can deploy code online while processing requests, execute multiple commands and join their answers, and scale automatically depending on load. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134723 | ADAPTIVE COMPRESSION MANAGEMENT FOR WEB SERVICES - Embodiments of methods, systems, and apparatuses for adaptive compression management for web services are presented. In an embodiment, a method may include receiving a request for a web-service data operation. The method may also include identifying, using a data processing device, a network performance statistic for characterizing a data link between a web server and a web client. Additionally, the method may include determining, using the data processing device, a data size threshold in response to the network performance statistic. The method may also include determining, using the data processing device, whether to compress data associated with the web-service operation in response to the data size threshold. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134724 | VIRTUAL MEMORY PROTOCOL SEGMENTATION OFFLOADING - Methods and systems for a more efficient transmission of network traffic are provided. According to one embodiment, payload data originated by a user process running on a host processor of a network device is fetched by an interface of the network device by performing direct virtual memory addressing of a user memory space of a system memory of the network device on behalf of a network interface unit of the network device. The direct virtual memory addressing maps physical addresses of various portions of the payload data to corresponding virtual addresses. The payload data is segmented by the network interface unit across one or more packets. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134725 | METHOD FOR DISPATCHING NETWORK FRAMES AMONG PROCESSING RESOURCES - The invention relates to a method of processing data frames arriving on a network interface, comprising the following steps implemented in the network interface: storing a set of target positions (tgtPOS), positions in a frame at which are expected at least one parameter characterizing a subframe (ETH_TYPE) and parameters (SRC_IP, DST_IP) characterizing a client-server session; storing an expected value (xpVAL) for the subframe parameter; receiving a current frame and comparing the value (xtVAL) received at the position of the subframe parameter to the expected value; if equal, calculating an index (IDX) from the values received at the positions of the session parameters; and routing the current frame to a processing resource associated with the index. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134726 | Dynamic State Machine - In certain embodiments, a method includes receiving, using one or more processors, a trigger expression. The method may include processing, using the one or more processors, the trigger expression, the trigger expression comprising a first one or more terms comprising a first one or more fields, to generate a reduced trigger expression. The reduced trigger expression includes a second one or more terms comprising a second one or more fields and being logically equivalent to the trigger expression. The method may include generating, using the one or more processors, a dynamic state machine by generating a first data structure comprising each of the second one or more fields, generating, based on the first data structure, an expanded trigger expression by adding one or more additional terms for possible state transitions, and generating, based on the expanded trigger expression, a second data structure. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134727 | A METHOD FOR OPERATING A SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORK AND A SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORK - A method for operating a software defined network having forwarding elements (S) and a software defined network controller (C) for controlling the forwarding elements (S) includes creating packet template information (PTI), including at least one of one or more packet templates (PT) or packet template handling instructions (FII), providing the packet template information (PTI) to one or more selected forwarding elements, the one or more selected forwarding elements being selected from the forwarding elements (5), triggering the one or more selected forwarding elements to generate an output packet (RESP) based on the packet template information (PTI), and sending, by the selected forwarding elements, the generated output packet (RESP). | 2016-05-12 |
20160134728 | Apparatus, system and method of controlling data flow over a communication network - Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of controlling data flow over a communication network. For example, an apparatus may include a communication unit to communicate between first and second devices a transfer response, the transfer response in response to a transfer request, the transfer response including a transfer pending status indicating data is pending to be received at the second device, the communication unit is to communicate the transfer response regardless of whether a retry indicator of the transfer request represents a first request for transfer or a retried request. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134729 | SHELL AND PREPARING METHOD AND USE OF THE SAME - The present disclosure provides a shell, a method of preparing the same and the use of the shell. The shell includes: a base ( | 2016-05-12 |
20160134730 | HOUSING OF A MOBILE DEVICE, NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION TRANSCEIVER AND MOBILE DEVICE - A housing of a mobile device including a frame defining a perimeter of the mobile device, the frame including a first metal material and configured to operate as a first antenna for a first wireless communication, and a cover configured to cover one surface of the mobile device, the cover including a second metal material, and the cover and at least a portion of the frame configured to operate as a second antenna for a second wireless communication may be provided. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134731 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Provided is a wireless communication device that ensures reduced interference between a plurality of antennas without relatively separating the antennas. The wireless communication device includes a first antenna, a second antenna, and a planar conductor. The conductor is arranged adjacent to both of the first and second antennas on one side. A cutout portion is formed in the conductor. The cutout portion extends from an outer edge between positions adjacent to the first and second antennas. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134732 | FOLDABLE CURVED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR INSERTION INTO HIP POCKET - A mobile communication device which comprises a first member with first surface having a first curvature and a second surface having a second curvature; a second member having first surface with a third curvature and a second surface with a fourth curvature. A hinge pivotally connects the first and second members with one another such that they are movable between opened and closed configurations. The first and the second curvatures of the first member combine with one another and form a combined average curvature for the first member and the third and the fourth curvatures of the second member combine combine with one another and form a combined average curvature for the second member. The combined average curvature for the first member and the combined average curvature for the second member combine with one another to form a combined average curvature for the communication device which is 8 feet or less. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134733 | ELASTIC SECURING APPARATUS AND MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A two-part mounting system for easier and more secure transport of a mobile phone or other hand-held electronic device comprising a handle and complementary receiving mount. More specifically, the handle is comprised of a base, a flexible strap, and an adhesive backer, and the complementary mount is dome-shaped and comprised of a rounded top, a slot for receiving the flexible strap, and a bottom for receiving the base. The handle and complementary mount physically interlock by virtue of the shape of the base and receiving mount and the tension of the flexible strap around the complementary mount. The two-part mounting system can then securely attach the electronic device to an additional fixed or mobile mount. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134734 | Ergonomic anechoic anti-noise canceling chamber for use with a communication device and related methods - Disclosed, in general, are devices that provide a substantially active noise canceling area over a sound source by causing disruptive interference to all frequency fields of speech sounds from the sound source. In some embodiments, active noise control or active noise cancellation means (“ANC means”) are provided to the device. Said means include one or more active noise canceling speakers for the addition of sound specifically designed to cancel noise from the speech sound source without interfering with the sound source going to the microphone, so the listener can clearly hear what the user is saying. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134735 | MOLDED SHOCK RESISTANT CASE FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A mounting system for an electronic device includes an outer section having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface adapted to face the electronic device when the electronic device is mounted in the mounting system. The mounting system also includes a. perimeter suspension section coupled to the outer section and adapted to secure the electronic device to the mounting system, the perimeter suspension section including a spring portion provided around a periphery of the perimeter suspension section, the spring portion being adapted to isolate the electronic device from a shock force that may be applied to the mounting system. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134736 | IDENTIFYING A CONTACT BASED ON A VOICE COMMUNICATION SESSION - Arrangements described herein include identifying a voice communication session established between a first communication device and a second communication device and, based on the voice communication session established between the first communication device and the second communication device, identifying a plurality of contacts who potentially may be the second user. A list including at least a name of each of the plurality of contacts who potentially may be the second user is presented to a first user using the first communication device. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134737 | SYSTEM HAVING A MINIATURE PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR COMMAND AND CONTROL OF A PLURALITY OF WIRELESS DEVICES - Disclosed system comprising a miniature portable electronic device for interacting with a plurality of electronic devices including at least one smart device, at least one wireless electronic device and at least one remote web server connected to the miniature portable electronic device over a wireless communication network. The system allows a user of the miniature portable electronic device to have partial and/or full control of a variety of electronic devices connected to the miniature portable electronic device over the wireless network. The miniature portable electronic device delivers functionality via its mini-apps to the user and optionally connects to the smart devices, the wireless devices and Internet. The miniature device is encased into wearable devices having a variety of shapes and form factors such as a finger ring, pendant to a neck chain, keychain, etc. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134738 | PEN-BASED CONTENT TRANSFER SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a system and method for providing pen-based content transfer between mobile computing devices. According to one embodiment, a first mobile computing device and second mobile computing device are configured to host electronic content. A pen device is operated by a user for selecting preferred electronic content from the electronic content hosted on the first computing device. Furthermore, the pen device is configured to store transfer information for facilitating transmission of the preferred electronic content from the first mobile computing device to the electronic content of the second mobile computing device based on action from the user. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134739 | TERMINAL AND IMAGE FILE PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention provides a terminal which includes an image acquisition unit configured to start a second image acquisition device to acquire a characteristic image of at least one photographer when it is detected that the terminal uses a first image acquisition device to acquire an image, an information acquisition unit configured to recognize and process the characteristic image acquired by the second acquisition device so as to acquire a recognition information list, and a processing unit configured to execute a preset operation on the image file acquired by the first image acquisition device according to the recognition information list. Accordingly, the present invention further provides an image file processing method. By means of the technical solution of the present invention, automatic image processing can be realized to avoid complicated manual operation. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134740 | MOBILE DEVICE APPLICATION EXECUTION - A method of executing an application on a mobile computing device includes providing a first host application on a mobile computing device. The first host application includes a sub-application. The first host application is executed by the mobile computing device, including executing the sub-application. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134741 | USER-DIRECTED INFORMATION CONTENT - A content-presenting apparatus may include an output device configured to output to a user content of a content unit in a form sensible to a user. A storage device may store a collection of interrelated content units having a sequence link to at least one other content unit. A plurality of the content units may have sequence links to at least three other content units. A sequence link may be to a content unit that does not have a sequence link back to the same content unit. A processor may be configured to output on the at least one output device content units sequentially in response to inputs received from the user on at least one input device, receive on the at least one input device an indication input by the user that correlates to a sequence link back to a content unit not having a reciprocal sequence link. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134742 | SUBSCRIPTION-BASED WIRELESS SERVICE FOR A CANAL HEARING DEVICE - Examples of subscription-based wireless hearing device systems and methods are described. An exemplary system includes a wireless hearing device and a personal computing device to enable or disable a wireless service of the wireless hearing device in accordance of a subscription. The subscription may be verified using subscription data or validation data received from a remote server. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134743 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING FUNCTION OF WEARABLE DEVICE - A wearable electronic device is provided. The wearable electronic device includes a wear-or-not of a user for the wearable electronic device and limit at least one linked function using data transmitted and received to and from another electronic device, when the determining of the wear-or-not is determined as a non-wear state. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134744 | Apparatus and method to prevent distraction from a mobile device while driving when that device is determined to be within a restricted zone inside the vehicle - A method and apparatus for controlling the operability of a mobile device while that mobile device is inside a vehicle equipped with a concealed NFC transmitter located inside the vehicle's cigarette lighter DC connector that transmits a signal, which is directed by deflection to ideally cover the driver's seat area. When that signal is received and decoded by nearby mobile devices using specific software, a process that begins by determining whether such mobile device is located within the vehicle and proximate to the driver's seat gets started, then, the system defines the transmitted signal coverage area as a restricted zone in which the mobile device use is partially or fully prohibited. The area where the radio signal is weaker or null is identified as a safe zone in which all or some of the functionality of the mobile devices is enabled. Once it's determined that a mobile device is within a restricted zone, a determination is made as to whether any usage prohibition conditions are satisfied. If usage prohibition conditions are satisfied, then particular functions of the mobile device may be disabled or overridden in a restricted zone. If prohibition conditions are not met, the mobile device may be totally enabled, partially enabled to allow certain functions, or the mobile device is never disabled. If any of the passenger's mobile devices are present and within the restricted zone range, they can override the prohibition by selecting who's their driver and systematically blocking the driver's mobile device. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134745 | TOUCH-PANEL CELLULAR PHONE AND INPUT OPERATION METHOD - A touch-panel cellular phone specifies an invalid area not accepting a user's input operation on a touch panel in advance. The cellular phone detects a user's touch area on the touch panel so as to execute a function pre-assigned to the touch area not encompassed by the invalid area. Additionally, it is possible to reduce and display menu icons in the display area precluding the invalid area on the touch panel. Thus, it is possible to prevent an error operation when a user holding a cellular phone inadvertently touches the touch panel. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134746 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTEXT BASED USER INTERFACE PRESENTATION - Through use of the illustrative embodiments, users can have device-related applications presented at the appropriate times when the user is proximate to a given device, in communication with the device, and will likely want to use an application related to the device. Since the user can configure the menu, undesired applications can be relegated to lower levels of importance when display space is limited, and when devices cannot communicate with a user mobile device, other context can be utilized to determine which applications to load. Other context can also be used whenever desired in lieu of communicating with devices, to determine the presentation and ordering of applications on a mobile device, so a user can benefit from these concepts even if communication with local devices or applications unrelated to local devices are desired. Efficient and appropriate usage of limited display space can be automatically obtained, so that a user is never too many clicks or scrolls away from a relevant application for a given situation based on that user's preferences. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134747 | QUALITY DEGRADATION ANALYSIS METHOD, QUALITY DEGRADATION ANALYSIS DEVICE, AND NETWORK SYSTEM - A trial number and a failure number of a procedure extending to the plurality of devices configuring the mobile core network are acquired, a process trial number and a failure number of a received message in the single device are acquired, and the possibility of quality degradation of the devices configuring the mobile core network is calculated on the basis of the trial number and the failure numbers. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134748 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR TESTING COMMUNICATION LINES - The invention generally relates to systems, devices, and methods for testing communication lines. In certain aspects, the invention provides systems and devices that include a digital/analog converter configured to operate with a computer processor and memory to send or receive an analog signal over a communication line that includes a plurality of signals having known frequencies. Inbound receiving sub-systems or devices sample the analog signal and measure a quality of the sampled, digital signal to evaluate the communication line. The key differentiator is the recognition that the human mouth and ear are intrinsically analog without encryption. By locating the test device as close to the user as possible, this system incorporates testing of complex communication streams including numerous variables and transforms (e.g. encryption, Analog to digital, Voice over IP, packet switching, ATM, SONET). Ultimately, it provides a simple interface to convert qualitative analysis to quantitative (numerical) analysis. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134749 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF FOR CALLING PHONE NUMBER - The present disclosure disclose an electronic device and a method thereof for calling a phone number, and the method includes: judging whether a component of a gravitational acceleration of the electronic device in a preset direction is more than or equal to a first threshold after a program installed on the electronic device is started; detecting an object in front of the electronic device at a distance from the electronic device, which is less than or equal to a second threshold when the component of the gravitational acceleration of the electronic device in the preset direction is more than or equal to the first threshold; and calling the phone number automatically when there is an object in front of the electronic device at a distance from the electronic device, which is less than or equal to the second threshold. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134750 | INCOMING CALL IDENTIFICATION - In one embodiment, at least a portion of a telephone call from an unknown caller is recorded and played in response to a subsequent call from the unknown caller. At a telephone or a network device, a caller identification number associated with an incoming call is received. A query for a contact database using the caller identification number is generated, and if an empty result is returned from the contact database, a recording for the caller identification number is accessed. The user is presented with an option to play the recording for the caller identification number such that the user initiates a command to play the recording for the caller identification number. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134751 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MOBILE TERMINALS, INCOMING COMMUNICATION CONTROL AND OUTGOING COMMUNICATION CONTROL AND SYSTEM BY USE THEREOF - A method of establishing communication between mobile terminals includes receiving a communication request from a caller terminal, the communication request including at least a caller number and information for determining an identification code of a callee terminal, the information including a number of the callee terminal or an owner name of the callee terminal. The method also includes obtaining the identification code of the callee terminal based on the information and inquiring about a corresponding record associated with the caller terminal and the callee terminal by use of a pre-stored address book referencing relationship and a communication history, based on the caller number and the identification code of the callee terminal. The method further includes computing a communication right value based on the corresponding record and determining whether the computed communication right value exceeds a pre-determined threshold. In response to a determination that the computed communication right value exceeds the pre-determined threshold, communication between the caller terminal and the callee terminal is established. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134752 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING SPEECH APPLICATION TESTING - A computer-implemented method and an apparatus for facilitating speech application testing generate a plurality of test scripts. A test script is generated by initiating a voice call interaction with a speech application including a network of interaction nodes, and repeatedly performing, until a stopping condition is encountered, the steps of, executing the voice call interaction by traversing through interaction nodes until an interaction node requiring a response is encountered, selecting an utterance generation mode, determining a response to be provided corresponding to the interaction node, and providing the response to the speech application. The test script comprises instructions for traversing interaction nodes and for provisioning one or more responses during the course of the voice call interaction. One or more test scripts from among the plurality of test scripts are identified based on a pre-determined objective and provided to a user for facilitating testing of the speech application. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134753 | PERSONNEL ALLOCATION PLANNING DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM - A device, method and program for personnel allocation planning are provided, with which the personnel allocation planning is easily and appropriately carried out with prospective ROI, and is based on actual achievement by the staff members to be allocated, thereby improving the certainty. An individual efficiency calculation unit | 2016-05-12 |
20160134754 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING RESPONSE TIME TO EVENTS IN QUEUE - A system for optimizing response time to events or representations thereof waiting in a queue has a first server having access to the queue; a software application running on the first server; and a second server accessible from the first server, the second server containing rules governing the optimization. In a preferred embodiment, the software application at least periodically accesses the queue and parses certain ones of events or tokens in the queue and compares the parsed results against rules accessed from the second server in order to determine a measure of disposal time for each parsed event wherein if the determined measure is sufficiently low for one or more of the parsed events, those one or more events are modified to a reflect a higher priority state than originally assigned enabling faster treatment of those events resulting in relief from those events to the queue system load. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134755 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTIVE PERSONALIZATION AND INTELLIGENT ROUTING - Systems and methods for intelligently routing a member of an organization to a single point-of-contact within an optimized, secure network to address all the member's healthcare needs are described. The disclosed intelligent routing configurations transform and process, in real-time, vast amounts of member data to generate specialized effort scores specific to each member's household. The effort scores, among other things, are used to determine an appropriate tier within the organization to route the member, and its account file containing real-time member and household level data. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134756 | System And Method For Callee-Caller Specific Greetings For Voice Mail - A method for customization of voice mail messaging. The method includes recording a plurality of voice mail messages, defining selection criteria for each of the plurality of voice mail messages, establishing a first call for which one of the plurality of voice mail messages will be selected, identifying parameters of the first call, matching the parameters with the selection criteria, selecting the one of the plurality of messages based on the matching step, and playing the selected message on the first call. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134757 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING ILLICIT USE OF A TELEPHONY PLATFORM - A system and method for preventing illicit use of a telephony platform that includes enrolling a plurality of accounts on a telecommunications platform, wherein an account includes account configuration; at a fraud detection system of the telecommunications platform, receiving account usage data, wherein the usage data includes at least communication configuration data and billing configuration data of account configuration and further includes communication history of the plurality of accounts; calculating fraud scores of a set of fraud rules from the usage data, wherein at least a sub-set of the fraud rules include conditions of usage data patterns between at least two accounts; detecting when the fraud scores of an account satisfy a fraud threshold; and initiating an action response when a fraud score satisfies the fraud threshold. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134758 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR TRANSFERRING OR RECOVERING A COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS - The present disclosure relates to methods, systems, and computer-readable media for conducting communications. One method includes determining a context associated with a communication between a first participant and a second participant while the communication is occurring, determining a failure of the communication, and resuming the communication based, at least in part, on the context. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134759 | Pure Delay Estimation - A system for estimating delay between a far-end signal and an echo of the far-end signal in a microphone signal, the system comprising: a buffer configured to store a time-series of far-end samples representing the far-end signal; a first delay estimator configured to form a first estimate of the delay in respect of a speech frame representing speech in the microphone signal; a second delay estimator configured to form a second estimate of the delay for the speech frame by operating a first set of one or more filters on far-end samples selected from the buffer in dependence on an operating delay; a second set of one or more filters for operation on far-end samples; and a controller configured to, in response to a determination that the first estimate of the delay for the speech frame differs from the operating delay for a previous frame by at least a predefined length of time, cause the one or more filters of the second set to operate on far-end samples selected from the buffer according to the first estimate of the delay and, if in respect of one or more speech frames a measure of convergence of the second set of filters exceeds a measure of convergence of the first set of filters by at least a first predefined threshold, update the operating delay using the first estimate of the delay. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134760 | Advanced Policy and Charging Control Methods, Network Nodes and Computer Programs for Sponsored Data Connectivity by Peers - In a method for providing a service requiring data connectivity between at least two user terminals ( | 2016-05-12 |
20160134761 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RADIO AWARE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT BASED WIRELESS AUTHORIZATION - An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include receiving a request from a user equipment (UE) to access a wireless access network, wherein the UE is currently accessing one or more other wireless networks; determining by a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) whether a subscriber associated with the UE is authorized to access the wireless access network based, at least in part, on a profile for the subscriber; and communicating one of a wireless access rejection and a wireless access acceptance to the UE based on the determination. In some instances, the determining can include recovering the profile for the subscriber associated with the UE from a Subscriber Profile Repository (SPR) using an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) for the subscriber. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134762 | ENABLING MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES TO TRACK DATA USAGE AMONG MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES THAT SHARE A DATA PLAN - A method, system and computer program product for enabling mobile computing devices to track data usage among mobile computing devices that share a data plan. A threshold amount of data to be consumed over a period of time (e.g., billing period) by the mobile computing devices belonging to the shared data plan is received. Upon receiving a message from one of these mobile computing devices that contains an identifier that indicates that the message pertains to data usage information for the shared data plan, the current data usage metrics for the mobile computing device that sent the message is retrieved from the message. The value of the aggregate data usage is updated with the retrieved data usage metrics. Actions, such as throttling the data usage, are performed in response to the aggregate data usage being within a designated amount of data to the threshold amount of data to be consumed. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134763 | OFFLOADED DATA ENTRY FOR SCANNED DOCUMENTS - Embodiments described herein provide the capability to offload a data entry activity from a Multi-Function Printer (MFP) to a remote computing device, such as a user's computer, tablet, smartphone, etc. In one embodiment, the MFP generates a scan of a document for a user, and holds the scanned document pending a data entry activity that assigns metadata to the scanned document. The MFP identifies a remote computing device for performing the data entry activity by the user, provides a notification to the remote computing device requesting the metadata for the scanned document, and receives the metadata from the remote computing device. The MFP assigns the metadata to the scanned document, and to release the scanned document to a scan destination. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134764 | Pull Printing System That Reduces Communication Traffic Volume Relative to Server Computer and Management Burden of Device - A pull printing system according to one aspect of the disclosure includes a server computer, a manager image forming apparatus, and a client image forming apparatus. The manager image forming apparatus includes a manager-side print execution unit that executes a print job received to a first port number, a job management unit that manages the print job received to a second port number different from the first port number in association with the user, and a job transmitting unit. The job transmitting unit transmits the print job associated with a user authenticated by the server computer to the client image forming apparatus among the print job managed by the job management unit. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134765 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING PAPER FEEDING SPEED IN DIGITAL PRINTING SYSTEM - Disclosed are a method and device for adjusting a paper feeding speed in a digital printing system. The method comprises the following steps: determining that the received dot matrix data reaches a threshold which allows dot matrix data to be sent, and then sending the received dot matrix data to an imaging component; after sending the dot matrix data, adjusting the paper feeding speed of the imaging component according to the size of the remaining dot matrix data when it is determined that the size of the remaining dot matrix data is not within a preset range, thus improving the imaging speed and stability of the digital printing system. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134766 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING USER LOGIN FUNCTION, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus which is capable of improving ease of operation for users and also improving security when destinations are made public. The image processing apparatus is shared by a plurality of users and capable of selecting a destination from a plurality of address books and carrying out file transmission to the destination. It is determined whether or not a user has logged in, and when it is determined that the user has logged in, only personal addresses for the logged-in user are displayed on a display unit. The personal destinations displayed on the display unit are switched to destinations other than the personal destinations according to selection by the user. When it is determined that the user has not logged in, all destinations which are registered in the plurality of address books are displayed on the display unit. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134767 | METHOD FOR APPLYING CLOUD-BASED TIME-LAPSE IMAGING SYSTEMS - The present invention provides a method for applying cloud-based time-lapse imaging systems. The method comprises a step for an camera device to receive a recording command, a step for the camera device to obtain a start time, an end time, and a time interval from the recording command, a step for the camera device to capture and upload still images to a cloud-based server at the time interval, a step for the cloud-based server to transfer the still images to a display device, and a step for the display device to present the still images as a time-lapse video. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134768 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes an area extracting unit and a table image detecting unit. The area extracting unit is configured to extract halftone dot areas and character images in an image. The table image detecting unit is configured to detect the extracted halftone dot areas as a table image if (a) the extracted halftone dot areas include no ruled lines, (b) plural halftone dot areas among the extracted halftone dot areas are arrayed in a primary scanning direction and/or a secondary scanning direction, and (c) the arrayed plural halftone dot areas include the character images at at least two positions. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134769 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a case where a user places a document placed on a document positioning glass plate without sufficiently opening an automatic document feeding device, sheet size information will not be reset and an image may be read based on incorrect size information. Therefore, in the present invention, an angle at which the size information is reset is set to an angle between a first angle at which the automatic document feeding device is closed, and a second angle (θ | 2016-05-12 |
20160134770 | EXTERIOR MEMBER MOUNTING STRUCTURE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A first locking portion restricts displacement of a portion of a first exterior member that is proximate to a second edge portion in a direction away from a body portion. An elastic member supports the first exterior member at a position proximate to the second edge portion. The elastic member retains the first exterior member at a first position where the first edge portion is overlapped with the inner side of the adjacent second exterior member, and is elastically deformed until the first exterior member is displaced from the first position to a second position where the first edge portion is not overlapped with the second exterior member. | 2016-05-12 |
20160134771 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE FORMATION CONTROL METHOD - An image forming system includes an image former; a reader that executes reading a document or a sheet; a post processor that applies post processing to the document or the sheet; and a controller. The controller controls the image formation, the reading and the post processing, judges the requested degree of importance of reading for a reading target on the document or the sheet, judges existence or nonexistence of an overlap between an execution timing of the reading and a timing of generation of vibration at the post processing, judges the necessity of a countermeasure to prevent the overlap from occurring with reference to the degree of importance of reading and the existence or nonexistence of the overlap, and controls the execution timing of the reading and the post processing to prevent the overlap from occurring when the controller determines that the countermeasure is necessary. | 2016-05-12 |