41st week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 50 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110252029 | Providing History And Transaction Volume Information Of A Content Source To Users - A computer-implemented system and method for providing a legitimacy rating of a content source are provided. A request for a document is received. An electronic document associated with a content source is passed by a document provider in response to the request. A legitimacy rating of the content source is passed. Examples of legitimacy rating information include, for example, a history rating of the content source based on the length of time the document provider has published documents associated with the content source and a transaction volume rating of the content source based on the number of electronic documents associated with the content source that are passed by the document provider. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252030 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR A SNIPPET BASED PROXIMAL SEARCH - The exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method and computer program products for a snippet based proximal search. A method comprises ranking the documents based on text that is similar to a text snippet. The ranking includes automatically generating proximity queries that include the text snippet, submitting the proximity queries, and collecting the document results. The method comprises selecting a plurality of highest ranked documents to form a subset of documents, extracting snippets from each document in the subset, and creating a vector space model for a set defined by a union of the extracted snippets and the text snippet. The method comprises ranking the extracted snippets according to their vector distances from the input text snippet, and ranking the documents within the subset of documents based on the ranking of the extracted snippets to determine a best matching document in view of the text snippet. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252031 | Method, Device, and System for Analyzing and Ranking Products - A method, system, and computer program product for locating a relevant product via a computer network includes receiving, at a client terminal, a search topic from a user and one or more attributes associated with the topic and assigning a rating to at least one of the attributes. A server is used to locate, at one or more information locations, at least two separate instances of the topic and at least two information fields, each field related to one of the instances the topic. Content in each of at least two of the information fields is associated with at least one of the attributes and the content in each of the at least two information fields associated with an attribute is compared against each other. A score to the content of each compared instance of content is assigned based on the comparing. The attributes are prioritized and the located instances of the topic are ranked based on the prioritizing and the score of content associated with the topic. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252032 | ANALYSIS OF COMPUTER NETWORK ACTIVITY BY SUCCESSIVELY REMOVING ACCEPTED TYPES OF ACCESS EVENTS - An analysis system is described for identifying potentially malicious activity within a computer network. It performs this task by interacting with a user to successively remove known instances of non-malicious activity, to eventually reveal potentially malicious activity. The analysis system interacts with the user by inviting the user to apply labels to identified examples of network behavior; upon response by the user, the analysis system supplies new examples of network behavior to the user. In one implementation, the analysis system generates such examples using a combination of feature-based analysis and graph-based analysis. The graph-based analysis relies on analysis of graph structure associated with access events, such as by identifying entropy scores for respective portions of the graph structure. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252033 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTITHREADED TEXT INDEXING FOR NEXT GENERATION MULTI-CORE ARCHITECTURES - A system and method for indexing documents in a data storage system includes generating a single document hash table in storage memory for a single document using an index construction in a multithreaded and scalable configuration wherein multiple threads are each assigned work to reduce synchronization between threads. The single document hash table includes partitioning the single document and indexing strings of partitioned portions of the single document to create a minor hash table for each document sub-part; generating a document level hash table from the minor hash tables; updating a stream level hash table for the strings which maps every string to a global identifier; and generating a term reordered array from the document level hash table. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252034 | MEASURING ENTITY EXTRACTION COMPLEXITY - A named entity input is received and a target sense for which the named entity input is to be extracted from a set of documents is identified. An extraction complexity feature is generated based on the named entity input, the target sense, and the set of documents. The extraction complexity feature indicates how difficult or complex it is deemed to be to identify the named entity input for the target sense in the set of documents. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252035 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a database configured to, out of images extracted with a first frequency from the images making up a moving image content, register first layer summary data of a first size; a distance calculation block configured to calculate the distance between the first layer summary data based on the distance between vectors of which the elements are formed by the first layer summary data registered in the database; and a classification section configured to cluster into the same class the first layer summary data between which the distance calculated by the distance calculation block falls within a predetermined distance, the classification section further clustering moving image contents into a plurality of classes based on the classes into which the first layer summary data have been clustered. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252036 | Domain-Specific Sentiment Classification - A domain-specific sentiment classifier that can be used to score the polarity and magnitude of sentiment expressed by domain-specific documents is created. A domain-independent sentiment lexicon is established and a classifier uses the lexicon to score sentiment of domain-specific documents. Sets of high-sentiment documents having positive and negative polarities are identified. The n-grams within the high-sentiment documents are filtered to remove extremely common n-grams. The filtered n-grams are saved as a domain-specific sentiment lexicon and are used as features in a model. The model is trained using a set of training documents which may be manually or automatically labeled as to their overall sentiment to produce sentiment scores for the n-grams in the domain-specific sentiment lexicon. This lexicon is used by the domain-specific sentiment classifier. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252037 | GENERATING SERVICE SPECIFICATION OF A SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA) SOLUTION - A system and associated method for automatically generating a service specification of a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) solution. A process model framework and a data model framework are received as inputs. Processes in the process model framework perform services of various complexity levels. Processes are decomposed into a respective set of atomic service processes in the lowest complexity level and data objects are extracted from the decomposed atomic service processes. The data objects are associated with data elements of the data model framework. The data model framework is extended and flexibility patterns are added for reusability of the service specification. The service specification of the SOA solution is generated as process interfaces represented with the data objects according to inputs from a user customizing aspects of the service specification, for either a desired service of the SOA solution or a desired process in the process model framework. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252038 | SEARCH EXTENSIBILITY TO THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS - At least certain embodiments of the present disclosure include a method to extend search capabilities to third party applications installed on a device. In one embodiment, records associated with a third party application are indexed in a process isolated from other third party applications installed on the device using a search plugin specific to the third party application. Furthermore, the indexed records can be searched in response to a user search query without invoking the third party application. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252039 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CONTENT ON A COMPUTING DEVICE - A system, apparatus and method for processing content on a computing device is provided whereby, in one embodiment, a domain object model and associated style sheet are received at a computing device. The computing device is configured to parse the domain object model and determine styles from the style sheet and to store those styles in an interim storage for later use. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252040 | SEARCHING DOCUMENT OBJECT MODEL ELEMENTS BY ATTRIBUTE ORDER PRIORITY - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for searching for elements of a document based on an order priority of attributes of a query expression. According to one embodiment, a method of searching a plurality of objects of a document, such as elements of a DOM document, can comprise generating a query expression with attributes related to a target object of the document. For example, the expression can comprise an XPath expression. The attributes of the query expression can be parsed into one or more attribute groups, each comprising at least one attribute, based on logical operators between the attributes. Each one or more attribute groups of each expression can be weighted and a search can be performed for the target object in the document based on the weighted one or more attribute groups of the query expression. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252041 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING RELEVANT TEXT IN A WEB PAGE - Disclosed is a method and computing device that receives a web page and locates text elements in the web page, where each text element includes a set of one or more characters or symbols. For each text element found, the computing device assigns a weight value to the each text element. The computing device then stores the text from the each text element in a relevant text storage if the weight value for the each text element is above a threshold weight or similar in layout or content to elements above the threshold weight. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252042 | MAKE AND MODEL CLASSIFIER - Systems and methods for assigning a product category and/or classification to user data based on a taxonomy of makes and models is provided. User data is received and converted to plain text. A taxonomy is provided, having a plurality of categories corresponding with product descriptions based on product makes and models. Rules are associated with the categories in the taxonomy and used to generate a category score for categories in the taxonomy. The category scores are used to assign at least one category from the taxonomy to the user data. A product class may also be assigned to the user data based on the assigned product category. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252043 | ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION CONTROL - An electronic communication control system including a communication transfer component for temporarily storing at least part of an electronic communication from a sender to an intended recipient; a communication analyser associated with the communication transfer component for analysing the stored part of the electronic communication to determine at least two sender attributes of the sender and at least one intended recipient attribute of the intended recipient; a database for storing data records having a score and being associated with at least two sender attributes and an intended recipient attribute; and a database manager in communication with the communication analyser for creating a data record in the database associating the sender attributes with the intended recipient attribute and having a score based at least in part on information received from the message analyser. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252044 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING CONTENTS SIMILARITY BASED ON FEEDBACK INFORMATION OF RANKED USER AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREOF - An apparatus for measuring contents similarity based on feedback information from ranked users includes: a user ranking unit for receiving from a database information on users as contents creators and feedback information on contents and ranking the users based on the received information; and a user grouping unit for classifying the users into a plurality of groups based on the ranking result. The apparatus further includes: a sequence modeling unit for receiving from the database the contents and the feedback information and modeling the number of feedbacks as sequences based on the ranked user groups; and a post similarity calculation unit for measuring similarity between the modeled sequences. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252045 | LARGE SCALE CONCEPT DISCOVERY FOR WEBPAGE AUGMENTATION USING SEARCH ENGINE INDEXERS - Disclosed is a method and system for retrieving data; extracting information from the data; learning to disambiguate the extracted information such that a particular sense of each phrase within the extracted information is determined; generating a disambiguation classifier from the learning to disambiguate step, the disambiguation classifier configured to determine a sense of a phrase within a document; learning to select a portion of the information as being relevant to a theme of the data; generating a selection classifier from the learning to select step, the selection classifier configured to select a topic in a document that is relevant to a theme of the document; and using the disambiguation classifier and the selection classifier by an indexing computer to determine a set of topics from a web document retrieved by the indexing computer. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252046 | STRING MATCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present invention include a method and apparatus for encoding the signature string X into a first part B and a second part R with reference to a dictionary comprising a plurality of codes. The first part B identifies which, if any, characters of the signature string X are wildcard characters. The second part R is formed by, for each character in the signature string X that is not a wildcard character, retrieving a code from the dictionary based on the character and its position within the signature string X, the dictionary holding a different code for each such character-position pairing, and combining the retrieved codes according to a predetermined logical operation (e.g. XOR) to form the second part R. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252047 | METHOD FOR MANAGING INFORMATION - A method for managing the exchange of information is provided, wherein the method includes receiving at least one information location identifier, wherein the at least one information location identifier may be associated with at least one information portal and associating with at least one network browser. The method further includes generating an information location identifier template responsive to the at least one information portal and communicating with the at least one information portal to identify resultant information. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252048 | Embedded searching system and the method thereof - An embedded searching system uses an application name to search for the interface specifications for the application. The interface specifications are used to update default registry information of the operating system. Different applications can thus be embedded with a search field. This increases the convenience of searching for the applications. The mechanism also produces a corresponding method. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252049 | FUNCTION EXECUTION USING SQL - A system to execute a function includes determination of a plurality of parameters associated with a function, determination of columns of a table based on the plurality of parameters, and generation of metadata defining the columns of the table and mapping the columns to associated ones of the plurality of parameters. Also included may be generation of a Structured Query Language query of the table based on the metadata, the query specifying a value of a first column of the table, assignment of the value to one of the plurality of parameters based on the metadata, and calling of the function with the assigned parameter value. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252050 | Systems and Methods for Identifying Electronic Content - Systems and methods are provided for identifying electronic content based on browsing history and positional or geographic information. In one implementation, popular web pages are identified that have been recently accessed by users within a geographic region associated with a client device. According to a method, a geo-spatial identifier of a geographic region associated with a client device is obtained, and data records associated with the geo-spatial identifier are retrieved from a database. Popular web sites or pages are identified from the data records, based on a number of requests for the web pages, and a number of users that requested the web pages in the geographic region. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252051 | Systems and Methods for Genotyping by Angle Configuration Search - Methods and systems for the analysis of genotyping data are presented. According to various embodiments of methods and systems, an angle configuration search may be performed. In various embodiments, an exhaustive search over the entirety of an angle configuration space may be performed to provide a fit to a plurality of angles determined for a plurality of points in a data set generated from a plurality of biological samples. For various embodiments, the angle configuration space may be defined to ensure that a global fit may be determined. According to various methods and systems, a data base of possible angle configurations may be searched, in which each angle configuration may include three angles. According to various methods and systems, a data base of possible angle configurations may include for each angle configuration a probability that the angle configuration may occur. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252052 | Systematic Process For Creating Large Numbers Of Relevant, Contextual Marginal Comments Based On Existing Discussions Of Quotations And Links - A system for searching digital works for comments includes search software capable of searching web pages for comments about a referenced work. In one embodiment, the software searches a web page for delimiters such as quotes that are in proximity to a link to another web page. The software stores any comments in proximity to the quoted content for use in a comment display system where it may be displayed as comment marginalia. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252053 | CONTENT PROVIDING SYSTEM, CONTENT PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD, CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SERVER, AND CONTENT RECEIVING TERMINAL - A content providing system includes a content distribution server and a content receiving terminal connected to each other through a communication channel. The content receiving terminal includes an operation input unit specifying one point on a line, a time information output unit outputting the specified point as time information, a request sender sending a content providing request including the output time information to the content distribution server, and a provider providing at least one content item to a user. The content distribution server includes a content storage unit in which a plurality of content items are stored in association with at least the corresponding time information, a search unit searching the content storage unit for at least one content item according to a search condition based on the time information, and a content distributor distributing at least one content item to the content receiving terminal. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252054 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF NETWORKING ENHANCEMENTS USING LOCATION BASED SERVICES - A location based service and method configured to provide a mechanism for information to a subscribing user. The method is implemented on a computing infrastructure and includes querying one or more databases for matching information of a third party that is associated with one or more mobile devices that pass within a predefined location at one or more predefined intervals. The method further includes providing location information to a subscribing user of the one or more mobile devices that have the matching information and pass within the predefined location. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252055 | DIGITAL CONTENT SUPPLY SYSTEM - The invention concerns a method of generating and electronically transmitting to at least one distribution platform a digital media product, the method involving: generating product parts of a first product based on a plurality of digital media files retrieved from a database ( | 2011-10-13 |
20110252056 | SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING DIGITAL CONTENT - The invention concerns a method of electronically transmitting from a media distribution system to at least one distribution platform product data of a digital media product, the method involving: identifying, based on scheduling data ( | 2011-10-13 |
20110252057 | JOURNALING ON MOBILE DEVICES - A journaling subsystem on a mobile device stores event data related to applications or other subsystems running on the mobile device. The event data can be stored and indexed in a journal database so that a timeline of past events can be reconstructed in response to search queries. In some implementations, a timeline can be reconstructed with markers on a map display based on search results. When the user interacts with a marker on the map display, the event data collected by the mobile device is made available to the user. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252058 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a data processing unit which performs copy processing for recording recorded data of a first medium in a second medium, wherein the data processing unit receives playlist sequence information which represents the use sequence of a playlist applied to reproduction processing of copy data recorded in the second medium, from a management server and performs processing for generating an attribute file which stores the playlist sequence information and recording the generated attribute file in the second medium. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252059 | Method, Product, and Apparatus for Enhancing Resolution Services, Registration Services, and Search Services - A client computing device receives a search request including an identifier and an identifier prefix. The computing device determines the identifier prefix and generates a uniform resource locator (URL) corresponding to the identifier prefix by inserting the identifier into a template such that the URL is configured to facilitate a specific request depending on the determined identifier prefix. Alternatively, a client computing device receives a search request and retrieves a search result comprising a uniform resource identifier (URI) having a domain name. The client computing device generates a hyperlink corresponding to the search result, the hyperlink effecting access of additional information related to a resource indicated by the URI having the domain name. The computing device generates enhanced search results by combining the search result and the hyperlink. The additional information could be sitemap information, homepage information, WHOIS information, page source information, meta tag information, or other additional information. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252060 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TOPIC-BASED BROWSING - Disclosed is a method and system for navigating, by a browser executing on the computing device, to a web page; transmitting by a client-side module executing on the computing device to a server computer over a network a request to the server computer for topics associated with the web page; receiving, by the computing device, a set of (one or more) topics associated with the web page from the server computer; displaying by the browser in a first content area the web page; and displaying by the browser in a second content area the received set of topics associated with the web page. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252061 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING AND PRESENTING INFORMATION IN AN ADDRESS BOOK - Addresses are searched in an address book on a communication device in response to various context information. A category is defined from a keyword. A context is determined. The address book is searched using the keywords and/or category and or/context to locate matching contacts. Matching contacts may be presented in a user interface, e.g., in accordance with presentation rules responsive to the context. The method may further look-up (and present) one or more addresses (e.g. advertisements) matching the keyword and/or category and/or context from a remote service. The context may be data defined from any of time, day of the week, communication device location, communication device velocity, device profile and category of a matching contact. Device profile may be determined using profile determining rules and contextual data. The method may periodically collect contextual data and define a profile determining rule in response to a pattern in the collected data. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252062 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SEARCHING FOR ENTRY WORD IN DICTIONARY DATA, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND PROGRAM PRODUCT - An electronic dictionary searches for an entry word in dictionary data, and further conducts a search based on a keyword associated with image data. The electronic dictionary first searches for a keyword as described above, then extracts an image ID associated with the keyword found by the search, extracts an entry word associated in the dictionary data with the extracted image ID, and thereafter provides the entry word. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252063 | RELEVANCY FILTER FOR NEW DATA BASED ON UNDERLYING FILES - Methods and apparatus teach a digital spectrum of a file representing underlying original data. The digital spectrum is used to map a file's position. This position relative to another file's position reveals closest neighbors. When multiple such neighbors are grouped together they can be used to indicate relevance in current data under consideration on a same or different computing device. Also, relevance can be found without traditional notions of needing structured data or users initiating searching for relevance or by examining metadata/administrative information associated with the files. A plurality of original files represent underlying original bits of data from which a key is created in a mapping space for a relevancy topic. If new data is sufficiently close to this, it is related to the topic and presented to users. Various closeness measures are defined as are methods for key creation. Still other features contemplate computing arrangements and program products. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252064 | Incorporating Geographical Locations in a Search Process - In one embodiment, accessing a search query and a document identified in response to the search query; extracting a first geographical location from the search query or from information associated with a user issuing the search query or a device used by the user to issue the search query; determining a first minimum bounding region enclosing the first geographical location; computing a threshold for the first geographical location; extracting one or more second geographical locations from the document; for one of the second geographical locations, determining a second minimum bounding region enclosing the one second geographical location; computing a distance between the first minimum bounding region and the second minimum bounding region; and if the distance is greater than the threshold, then discarding the document by not including the document in a search result identified in response to the search query. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252065 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEMANTIC-BASED SEARCH AND SEMANTIC METADATA PROVIDING SERVER AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A semantic-based searching apparatus and method which can search for desired information from various types of media using associative properties of search target objects are provided. The semantic-based searching apparatus stores an associative search structure that previously stores a semantic index. The associative search structure is to obtain a final search object corresponding to an input search query. The semantic index configuration includes feature metadata used to identify a specific object, semantic entity metadata to indicate semantic entities corresponding to the feature metadata, and semantic relation metadata to indicate a relation between the semantic entities. The semantic-based searching apparatus uses semantic metadata stored in conformity with the semantic index configuration, the semantic index, and the associative search structure to generate a search result corresponding to the input search query. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252066 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INFORMATION ORGANIZATION AND EXCHANGE - Methods and apparatus for information organization and exchange by providing a data store of interconnected items of information that together form an intent-driven taxonomy. This allows users to easily discover and exchange real-time items of information across applications. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252067 | INSERT OPTIMIZATION FOR B+ TREE DATA STRUCTURE SCALABILITY - A method, in one embodiment, can include receiving a key and associated data via a computing device. Furthermore, the method can include searching a B+ tree data structure using the key to find a leaf node. The B+ tree data structure is stored by a persistent storage coupled to the computing device. The B+ tree data structure can include a first plurality of nodes that each contains a key-value entry that is not maintained in a sorted order based on its key. In addition, the key and associated data are appended to the leaf node. A sector that includes the leaf node and the key and associated data can be flushed to the persistent storage. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252068 | CREATING EDIT SCRIPTS FOR CONVERSION OF DATA TABLES - Embodiments of the invention assist conversion of an old data table to a new data table in a communication terminal. An edit script is created by creating an old and new data trees from the old and new tables respectively. A first partial script which converts the old tree to an intermediate tree having the same length as the new tree is then determined. A second partial script which converts the intermediate tree to the new tree is also determined. The first and second partial scripts are then combined to provide a script which can be sent the terminal. The first partial script is preferably a minimum cost series of edits causing only insertions and deletions in the old data tree. The second partial script is preferably a minimum cost series of edits causing only substitutions in the intermediate tree. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252069 | STATUS TOOL TO EXPOSE METADATA READ AND WRITE QUEUES - A method to expose status information is provided. The status information is associated with metadata extracted from multimedia files and stored in a metadata database. The metadata information that is extracted from the multimedia files is stored in a read queue to allow a background thread to process the metadata and populate the metadata database. Additionally, the metadata database may be updated to include user-define metadata, which is written back to the multimedia files. The user-defined metadata is included in a write queue and is written to the multimedia files associated with the user-defined metadata. The status of the read and write queues are exposed to a user through a graphical user interface. The status may include the list of multimedia files included in the read and write queues, the priorities of each multimedia file, and the number of remaining multimedia files. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252070 | System and Method for Appending Metadata to Objects - Systems and methods for appending metadata to objects are disclosed. A method may include in response to an indication to add new metadata to an existing immutable data object stored at a first location on a storage resource: (a) writing a new data object to a second location on the storage resource, the new data object including the new metadata; (b) aliasing a first unique identifier associated with the existing immutable data object to a second unique identifier associated with the new data object; and (c) associating the second unique identifier to the second location. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252071 | Cloud Based Operating and Virtual File System - A method for managing a virtual distributed file system, the method comprising: maintaining, by a master device located in a cloud computing environment, a metadata data structure that comprises metadata about locations of most updated versions of multiple file portions and of security levels of the file portions; wherein at least one file portion is stored at a user device that is coupled to the cloud computing environment; and managing, by the master device, transaction of file portions to user entities based on at least metadata stored in the metadata data structure about the file portions; wherein at least one user entity is hosted by the user device. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252072 | System and Method for Automated Deployment of an Information Handling System - A system and method for automated deployment of an information handling system are disclosed. A method for managing the deployment of an information handling system may include executing a deployment application on an information handling system, the deployment application including one or more tasks associated with the deployment of the information handling system. The method may further include automatically determining for a particular task whether an execution time for the particular task is within a predetermined range of execution times. The method may further include automatically performing an error-handling task in response to determining that the execution time for the particular task is not within the predetermined range of execution times. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252073 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA STORAGE AND/OR RETRIEVAL BASED ON A DATABASE MODEL-AGNOSTIC, SCHEMA-AGNOSTIC AND WORKLOAD-AGNOSTIC DATA STORAGE AND ACCESS MODELS - A database access model and storage structure that efficiently support concurrent OLTP and OLAP activity independently of the data model or schema used, are described. The storage structure and access model presented avoid the need to design schemas for particular workloads or query patterns and avoid the need to design or implement indexing to support specific queries. Indeed, the access model presented is independent of the database model used and can equally support relational, object and hierarchical models amongst others. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252074 | RESOURCE DATA MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND RESOURCE DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - A resource data management apparatus includes: at least one resource data package that is associated with a package ID and that stores a resource data set, the resource data set serving as a unit of management; a config data table that stores location information of each resource data package; and a resource data table creation unit that creates a resource data table storing the package ID and the location information of the resource data package, by referring to the resource data package and the config data table. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252075 | Monitoring writes using thread-local write barrier buffers and soft synchronization - During garbage collection, writes to objects being copied (relocated) are monitored (tracked) using a write barrier that uses a thread-local write barrier buffer. In the preferred embodiment, soft synchronization is used for reading the thread-local write barrier buffers. In response to detecting a write to an object, the object may be re-copied, the copying may be made to fail, the write may be propagated to another copy of the object, or, e.g., another node in a distributed system may be notified of the write. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252076 | EXTENDING CLUSTER ALLOCATIONS IN AN EXTENSIBLE FILE SYSTEM - An extensible file system format for portable storage media is provided. The extensible file system format includes the specification of primary and secondary directory entry types that may be custom defined. The primary and secondary directory entry types can be further classified as critical and benign directory entries. The directory entry types can define whether a cluster chain corresponding to a file can be contiguously allocated. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252077 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FILTERING A SIGNAL - Methods for filtering an input signal x(k) to produce an output signal y(k) such that the ratio of a power level of the output signal to a power level of the input signal is substantially equal to a desired value γ are provided. The methods include forming a first corrected frequency response | 2011-10-13 |
20110252078 | DISTRIBUTED CLIENT SERVICES BASED ON EXECUTION OF SERVICE ATTRIBUTES AND DATA ATTRIBUTES BY MULTIPLE NODES IN RESOURCE GROUPS - A network provides distributed client services based on participation in respective resource groups by computing nodes, each resource group including a corresponding resource requirement for any computing node that joins the corresponding resource group for execution of the corresponding distributed client service. Each computing node, in response to determining its corresponding available node capacity, is configured for selectively creating and joining at least one new resource group for execution of a corresponding distributed client service having a corresponding resource requirement, and/or selectively joining at least one of the available resource groups, based on the corresponding available node capacity satisfying the corresponding resource requirement. Each distributed client service also includes service attributes that define parameters for execution of the distributed client service, and data attributes that define the attributes required for data to be used in the distributed client service. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252079 | Apparatus and Method For Inviting Users To Online Sessions - An apparatus, method, and machine-readable medium are described for establishing peer-to-peer (“P2P”) communication channels. In particular, in one embodiment, an invitation service performs a series of transactions to enable P2P communication between two or more mobile data processing devices. Prior to attempting to establish a P2P network communication channel, the invitation service may first collect network information for each of the mobile devices and use the network information to determine if a direct P2P network communication channel is feasible. If a direct connection is feasible, then the invitation service provides for direct P2P communication, pushing the necessary network information to each of the mobile devices. If, however, a direct connection is infeasible or if a direct connection is attempted and fails, then the invitation service may identify network information associated with a relay service. The network information may then be used by any pair of mobile devices to establish a connection through the relay service. In addition, in one embodiment, the invitation service can perform its functions without maintaining any per-connection state information for any of the mobile devices. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252080 | Method, System, And Computer Program Product For Delivering Smart Services - A method, system, and computer program product are described for delivering smart services. According to an exemplary embodiment, a method for delivering smart services includes receiving a request to determine an availability of a service subscriber. A situation of the service subscriber is determined using subscriber context information based on private information of the subscriber. At least one of the subscriber context information and a probability related to an availability of the subscriber for responding to the event are provided, allowing a response without having direct access to the private subscriber information. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252081 | METADATA SUBSCRIPTION REGISTRY - Updated metadata can be requested from a set of remote servers according to a subscription registry. The subscription registry can include information for retrieving metadata from the remote servers. The requested updated metadata can be received from the remote servers. The metadata can be impact analysis and lineage metadata, and it can be requested from and received at an impact analysis and lineage metadata service. In addition, at least a portion of the metadata from the remote servers can be parsed, and a reference to a new remote server can be discovered in the metadata. Information for retrieving metadata from the new remote server can be added to the subscription registry, and metadata can be retrieved from the new remote server according to the subscription registry. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252082 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERY OF CONTENT OBJECTS - Techniques for delivering content to an end user device are disclosed. A policy server performs an ingest process in which multiple versions of a content object are created. The multiple versions of the content object are associated with a single network identifier which can be distributed to publishers of the content object. When the content object is requested using the single network identifier, the policy server determines a preferred version and delivery orchestration scheme from among the multiple versions for delivery to an end user device based on several criteria. The policy server may thereafter orchestrate delivery of the preferred version of the content object to the end user device. The single network identifier may be associated with an edge location in a content delivery network (CDN) and the policy server may orchestrate delivery in cooperation with servers at the CDN edge location. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252083 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING MEDIA USING EITHER NETWORK EFFICIENT PROTOCOL OR A LOSS TOLERANT TRANSMISSION PROTOCOL - A method and apparatus for transmitting media from a node to one or more recipients over a network using either a network efficient protocol or a loss tolerant protocol. The method includes ascertaining at the node if media available for transmission is or will be consumed in real-time. When the media is or will be consumed in real-time and the condition on the network is not sufficient for the consumption of the media in real-time using the network efficient protocol, then the media is transmitted using the loss tolerant protocol. Alternatively, the media is transmitted using the network efficient protocol when the media is not or will not be consumed in real-time or the condition on the network is sufficient for the consumption of the media in real-time using the network efficient protocol. The apparatus, which may be either a communication device or server, implements the above-describe method. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252084 | Optimized event routing in distributed data management - Event routing in a distributed computing system with distributed data management is optimized by communicating events a datum only to either backup server processes or server processes respectively associated with an application process having an interest in an event affecting the datum. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252085 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, SERVER DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A communication system according to the present invention has a display device ( | 2011-10-13 |
20110252086 | FALLBACK ORDERING FOR ON-LINE ENVIRONMENT - A method, system and computer program product are provided for fallback ordering for an on-line environment. The method includes: serving a web page from a web server to a client browser; and providing a mechanism in the web page to provide an alternative method of submitting order data from the client browser to a backend application in an event of a failure of the web server hosting the web page. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252087 | PERFORMANCE MONITORING OF NETWORK APPLICATIONS - Network performance is monitored using timing information retrieved from a client device, server in communication with the client, or both. Client side timing information is retrieved using performance monitoring code provided by the server. The code may be provided to the client as part of a content response. Once content in the provided content response is loaded, the code sends the timing information to the server. The server may then process the timing information to calculate response time and other time information metrics. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252088 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING POLICY BASED CONTENT SERVICE IN A MOBILE NETWORK - Serving user selected content in accordance with a service policy is disclosed. The user may select content from a content source to be accessed at a mobile device. The desired content is modified as necessary such that transmission of the content complies with a policy. Alternatively, only content that complies with the policy may be made available for selection. The manner in which a policy is defined and the content provided may be determined by various factors including mobile device capabilities, user preferences, and network conditions. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252089 | Extensible and Programmable Multi-Tenant Service Architecture - An extensible, multi-tenant software-as-a-service business application platform is provided for hosting multiple organizations. Organization services are provided by virtual or physical servers with dedicated data stores assembled in scalable groups. Distributed interaction between components of the scalable groups may enable extensibility and reliability, while changes in locations of organization services are provided to the client(s) for seamless continuation of the client's access to the services. Customizable and dynamic APIs for accessing each organization's data and applications isolated from the others and pluggable third party authentication services may also be integrated into the platform. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252090 | Dynamic Designation of a Central Distributor in a Multi-Participant Conference - Some embodiments dynamically designate one of several network nodes as a network hub of a star network, at the start of a network communication session among the several network nodes that is facilitated by a mesh network and the star network. Some embodiments dynamically designate a new network hub when the previously designated network hub leaves the communication session, which continues among the other network nodes. Different embodiments use different techniques to dynamically designate the network hub of the star network. For instance, some embodiments use communications transmitted along the mesh network to dynamically identify the network hub at the start of the network communication session or after the departure of a previously designated network hub. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252091 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO EXCHANGE CONVERGED ADDRESS BOOK EVENTS AMONG MULTIPLE NETWORK DOMAINS - Methods and apparatus to exchange converged address book events among multiple network domains are disclosed. An example method for a converged address book (CAB) server disclosed herein comprises detecting that a contact corresponding to a second CAB user has been added to an address book of a first CAB user, the address book being managed by the CAB server, and exchanging data between a first domain associated with the first CAB user and a second domain associated with the second CAB user to provide a notification to the second CAB user when the contact corresponding to the second CAB user is added to the address book. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252092 | ELECTRONIC CONFERENCING SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC CONFERENCE OPERATIONS METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND CONFERENCE OPERATIONS TERMINAL - An electronic conferencing system is provided with a conference operations terminal to be operated at an electronic conference and a participation terminal to be applied to participation in the electronic conference. The conference operations terminal is provided with a storage portion that stores a conferencing program to be applied to the electronic conference, a recognition count determination unit that determines a recognition count based on participation terminals recognized by a participation terminal recognition unit that recognizes participation terminals, and a conferencing program activation unit that activates the conferencing program, when the recognition count determination unit determines that the recognition count equals a set recognition count that is preset. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252093 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLABORATION - In some embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods provide a client-server infrastructure capable of supporting a variety of asynchronous and synchronous collaboration activities in a so-called collaboration place. Some of these activities include chatting, viewing and/or editing one or more data files, and sharing one or more applications, data files, and/or displays. The client-server infrastructure supports seamless navigation between the supported asynchronous and synchronous activities in the collaboration place. Additionally, the client-server architecture supports data persistence, so that data files associated with the collaboration place can be stored for subsequent access. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252094 | COMMUNICATION CONSOLE WITH COMPONENT AGGREGATION - Systems methods and devices are provided for a presentation including a communications console with component aggregation. In one potential implementation, a computing device with an application framework receives a communication manager object via a network connectivity device and executes the communication manager object within the application framework. The computing device may then receive and execute communications components and a presentation components within the application framework using the communication manager object. The communication manager object may then manages interface and display of the presentation information via the application framework, as modified by communication components. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252095 | Systems And Methods For Location Tracking In A Social Network - Systems and methods are provided for location tracking and filtering or hiding electronic communications. In one implementation, a method is provided for location tracking for electronic communications. The method includes receiving a location ID for a location from a user who desires to follow the location within a social networking environment, and associating the location ID with the user. The method also includes providing instructions to display a representation of the location in a list of the user's contacts. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252096 | Network Infrastructure Management - Network infrastructure management may be provided. First, administrative tools associated with a plurality of network topologies may be provided in a management console. Providing the administrative tools may comprise providing a first set of tools associated with a first network topology in the console. The first network topology may be an on-premises topology. Providing the administrative tools may also comprise providing a second set of tools associated with a second network topology in the console. The second network topology may be a cloud topology. Next, communications for the plurality of network topologies may be established to manage the plurality of network topologies through the management console. Establishing the communications for the plurality of network topologies may comprise establishing a first communications channel between the first network topology and the console. In addition, establishing the communications may comprise establishing a second communications channel between the second network topology. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252097 | PREDICTING MEETING ATTENDANCE - Described is a method of configuring a meeting event stored on an organizing device. The meeting event comprises a meeting event location, a meeting event start time and a meeting event end time. The method comprises receiving prediction information for at least one meeting participant from at least one participant device, the prediction information for predicting attendance at the meeting event; and, in response to receiving prediction information for the at least one meeting participant, selectively altering one of the meeting event location, the meeting event start time and the meeting event end time. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252098 | CREATING RICH EXPERIENCES IN MAIL THROUGH ATTACHMENTS - The disclosed embodiments provide for an email and messenging system that allows a user composing a message to select an application which will appear next to the composition screen at both the sending and receiving computer. The application is specified as an attachment at the sending client and when received at a receiving client of a user with an enhanced or compliant mail/messenging account the application will be executed at the receiving client, thus customizing the functionality of the receiving client computer and the mail experience between sender and receiver. An unapproved application sent as an attachment will not be executed and/or alter the receiving client interface. Similarly, the application will simply appear as a standard attachment at a non enhanced recipient client/account. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252099 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENTLY MANAGING DATA IN A SOCIAL NETWROKING SERVICE - An apparatus, method, and machine-readable medium are described for managing data within a friend service. In one embodiment, a key/value data store can be used to provide an efficient and highly-scalable friend service database. Various techniques can be used to ensure data consistency between friend service data records. For example, in one embodiment, operations are detected which require updates to a plurality of related friend state records. A key may be generated to represent each of the operations and then used to create an entry in a write-ahead log database. In one embodiment, each entry in the write-ahead log database may specify the operation to be performed on the friend state records. If the plurality of friend state records are successfully updated, then the entry in the write-ahead log database may be deleted. However, if the plurality of friend state records are not successfully completed, then the entry is not deleted from the write-ahead log database. The friend state records associated with old entries in the write-ahead log database are checked for consistency and inconsistent records are repaired. In addition, optimistic locking techniques may be used in one embodiment to improve performance of the friend service database. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252100 | PARTIAL OBJECT DISTRIBUTION IN CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK - Techniques for the distribution of content objects in a content delivery network (CDN) are disclosed. In one embodiment, a CDN distribution server detects the availability of a content object and determines whether the content object is a candidate for distribution. The distribution server may detect the availability of the content object in response to a provider making new or updated content available at a content site or a location within the CDN. The distribution server obtains identifying information for a candidate content object and determines a select portion of the content object to be distributed within the CDN. The select portion can be a predetermined number of bytes located at a predetermined position in the content object, the size and location of which may be determined according to content-specific mapping data. The distribution server may push the select portion of the content object to one or more groups of CDN edge servers absent an end-user request. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252101 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERY OF AUGMENTED MESSAGES - The disclosure describes systems and methods delivering communications associated with delivery conditions in which the occurrence of the delivery condition is determined by monitoring information received from a plurality of sources via multiple communication channels. The message delivery systems allow messages to be delivered to any “Who, What, When, Where” from any “Who, What, When, Where” upon the detection of an occurrence of one or more “Who, What, When, Where” delivery conditions. A message (which may be any data object including text-based messages, audio-based message such as voicemail or other audio such as music or video-based prerecorded messages) is delivered in accordance with delivery conditions based on any available data, including topical, spatial, temporal, and/or social data. Furthermore, because the systems coordinate delivery of messages via multiple communication channels and through multiple devices, the communication channel for delivery of a message may be dynamically determined based on the delivery conditions. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252102 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the operation of the mobile terminal are provided. The method includes downloading, via a wireless communication unit, an email into a temporary storage from a mail server, wherein the email includes a header, a content, and a first file, converting, via a controller, the first file corresponding to a file attachment in the email into a second file to fit a size of a display area, storing the email and the second file in a memory, withdrawing, from the memory, the content of the email and displaying, on the display area, the content, if a first request to display the content is received, and withdrawing, from the memory, the second file and displaying the second file on the display area, if a second request to display the first file is received. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252103 | Apparatus and Method for Interactive Email - A non-transitory computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to deliver to a community of users an email with a widget including a graphical user interface that solicits input. Solicited input is collected from the community of users via the widget. The email is revised to dynamically display at least a portion of the solicited input. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252104 | Method And System For Filtering Electronic Messages - The present invention discloses a system for blocking unsolicited emails. The system comprising: a server application for providing a filtering service between at least one protected and a second mail subscribe. The server application is comprised of: a communication module for establishing secure connections between at least two mail subscribers, a repository of secure connections including records of secure mail addresses created for each secure connection, an interception module for verifying secure messages by comparing the sender's address to the sender address in the secure connection repository, a transmission module for forwarding the verified messages to the public target mail address by translating between secure mail address and the public mail addresses of verified messages. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252105 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE REQUESTING OF POSITIVE DELIVERY REPORTS FROM INDIVIDUAL GROUP MEMBERS - Disclosed is a mobile communication system and a method for requesting a disposition notification from each group member for an IM message. In the method, a sender can request desired group members for a disposition notification for an IM (Instant Messaging) message in a group messaging service. To this end, the sender on the transmission side constructs an IM message in such a manner as to include information on the group members designated by the sender, and then transmits the constructed IM message to an IM server. After receiving the IM message from the sender, the IM server generates IM messages corresponding to the group members based on the information included in the received IM message, and then transmits the generated IM messages to the group members, respectively. Accordingly, only the group members that have received the IM messages can generate their own reports, and then transmit the generated reports to the sender. By doing this, the sender can receive the disposition notification only from the desired group members. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252106 | E-MAIL DELIVERY DEVICE, E-MAIL DELIVERY SYSTEM, AND E-MAIL DELIVERY PROGRAM - When a membership number acquisition unit obtains a membership number from a management device, an identification information creation unit assigns a unique identification data to the membership number, creates identification information element containing the assigned identification data and the obtained membership number, and assigns an e-mail storing unit to the identification information element on a one-to-one basis. When a target e-mail acquisition unit obtains the selected membership number and the e-mail from the management device, a delivery unit identifies the identification information element that contains the membership number that agrees with the obtained selected membership number and stores the obtained e-mail in the e-mail storing unit that corresponds to the specified identification information element. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252107 | Systems and Methods for Sending an Electronic Mail Communication at a Selected Time Based on the Recipient's Time Zone - Methods and systems for sending an email so recipients receive it at a selected time in respective time zones. Information about recipients may determine times zones. Information may include zip code, IP address, or identification of a server or service provider serving a recipient. Information may be based on a recipient's activity such as determination of a time zone in which more emails are received than any other, or having a highest weighted average (based on frequency of email receipt and recent history). The email is sent so recipients receive it at the selected time in the respective time zone. Recipients may be grouped by time zones. After sending the email to the recipients, open/click rates of the email by the recipients by the determined time zones may be determined and displayed on a time zone map. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252108 | DESIGNATING AUTOMATED AGENTS AS FRIENDS IN A SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE - A system is described in which a user can add one or more automated agents as “friends” in a social network service. In operation, an automated agent observes an information need expressed by the user via the social network service, e.g., in the form of an original message posted to the social network service; determines whether it is appropriate to reply to the information need; uses automated functionality to generate a reply message to the information need (if it is deemed appropriate to reply to the information need); and sends the reply message to a target destination, such as a social network page associated with the user. For example, without limitation, one type of automated agent performs a question-answering function. Another type of automated agent performs a social referral service. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252109 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESTRICTING ACCESS TO EMAIL AND ATTACHMENTS - One aspect of the invention is a method for restricting access to one or more email attachments includes receiving an email addressed to a first recipient and including at least a first attachment. The email is processed to determine whether a valid authorization code is associated with the email (and/or the attachment(s)). The valid authorization code identifies the email (and/or the attachment(s)) as an authorized communication. Access by the recipient to the first attachment is prevented if the processing of the email determined that no valid authorization code is associated with the email (and/or the attachment(s)). | 2011-10-13 |
20110252110 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FILTERING AND DISPLAYING INFORMATION FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES - A method and a system for filtering and displaying information from different sources are provided for a terminal device. In the method, a filtering program resident in the terminal device is provided to set at least one information type and one relevant interested condition, and the terminal device is connected to different information sources. After the terminal device connects to at least one information source corresponding to the information type, a specific information is extracted from at least one information updated by the information source according to the relevant interested condition, and the specific information is displayed on a desktop of the terminal device so as to assist a user in obtaining the important information more effectively. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252111 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA PARCEL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A device and method for registering devices on advanced networks as well as providing operative communications between a legacy device and a advanced network. The legacy device may contain data, such as sensor data, which is being collected on a network outside the communication range/abilities of the legacy device. An intermediary device may receive the data via a first communication scheme and send the device to a server collecting the data via a second communication scheme. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252112 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS - A system and method for communicating with elected officials and/or candidate for office is provided. One method comprises: storing, at a server operatively connected to a communication network, information associated with at least one official, wherein the information defines a constituency group for each elected official and for each candidate for election for which information is stored on the server; qualifying a user for one or more of the constituency groups when the user accesses the server through a computing device, the qualifying comprising determining which of the at least one official represents the user based on a voting based geographic parameter of the user; and providing the user access through a common portal to information associated with the at least one official for which the user is a qualified member of the respective constituency group. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252113 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF TRIGGERING A TRANSFER OF DATA STORED IN A DATABASE - A method and apparatus for sending or retrieving data by mobile phone users. The data is stored in a database. The sender or recipient enters into the connection with a manager and provides identification to the manager. Further, the method involves associating an e-mail address or a URL address with the recipient based in part on the identification provided to the manager. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252114 | DOWNLOAD SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM USED THEREFOR - A terminal includes: a call relationship transmission means for transmitting call relationship information, which indicates a call relationship regarding an application or content data executed in the terminal, to a management device; and a download means for downloading the application or content data on the basis of call relationship statistical information held in a call relationship statistic holding means. The management device includes the call relationship statistic holding means, which holds the call relationship statistical information indicating the statistic of the call relationship regarding the application or content data indicated by the call relationship information received from each terminal. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252115 | Method For Content Delivery Involving A Policy Database - The present invention comprises a content delivery system for delivering content to clients. The content delivery system comprises at least one mobile object adapted to be executed on the content delivery system and on other content delivery systems or multimedia devices adapted for mobile objects. Each mobile object comprises a media file and is further adapted to determine the capabilities of the other content delivery systems or multimedia devices and to monitor data related to the clients' access of the media file. The content delivery system also comprises a transcoder unit for transcoding the media file to another media file prior sending it to the other content delivery system or multimedia device. The invention solves problems that can arise when sending large media files to content delivery systems or multimedia devices having limited capabilities. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252116 | BILATERAL COMMUNICATION USING MULTIPLE ONE-WAY DATA LINKS - Bilateral communication using multiple one-way data links for data transfers in opposite directions, each of which is subject to separately administered security restrictions and data filtering processes. Operating together, they enable secure bilateral communications across different network security domains. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252117 | Devices and Methods for Redirecting a Browser to Access Computer Resource Behind a Network Firewall - Webpage-based redirection, from an application of a device external to a local device behind a network firewall, is accomplished via Hypertext Markup Language Protocol (HTTP) to invoke local instructions, e.g., script, to computer resources at the local device, such as computer resources at a multifunction peripheral (MFP) device behind the network firewall. HTTP-based communication of the results of execution of the invoked local instruction is made to the external application. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252118 | REAL-TIME OR NEAR REAL-TIME STREAMING - Methods and apparatuses provide real-time or near real-time streaming of content, specified in one or more playlists, using transfer protocols such as an HTTP compliant protocol. In one embodiment, a method can execute a user application on a client device to present media files and to control presentation of the media files. The method can further run a media serving process on the client device to retrieve a playlist specifying the media files and a media source at which the media files are available, to retrieve the media files from the media source, and to decode the media files retrieved. The media serving process can call the user application to process a custom URL in order to obtain an object referred to by the custom URL. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252119 | Network storage system of applications and method thereof - Applications are stored on a server end. After a mobile end logs into the server end, it sets a selection criterion in a selection field. The server end transmits the application along with configuration parameters according to the selection criterion to the mobile end to install thereon. This enables efficient use of the storage space on the mobile end. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252120 | CONFIGURATION OF A NETWORK NODE USING CAPTIVE MODE - The invention relates to a network node arranged to provide an end user of a network terminal in a local network with an access link to an external network, said network node is arranged to be connected between said local network and said external network. The network node is characterized in that it comprises a control unit arranged to in response to receiving a first triggering information, switch said network node from a normal operational mode into a captive mode, in which said control unit is further arranged to intercept any request from said network terminals to said external network, resolve said request to the IP address of the network node in the local network such that gateway information to the end user of said network terminals is provided. The invention also relates to a method for use in a network node and a computer program product. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252121 | RECOMMENDATION RANKING SYSTEM WITH DISTRUST - A recommendation ranking system that computes trust for entities based on negative expressions of trust. Negative expressions of trust are used to reduce the trust of entities. However, the system may discount entities that in the aggregate are distrusted. The system may be used with a social network to provide accurate, personalized recommendations for members of the social network. The network may be modeled as a voting network, with each member of the social network represented as a node and expressions of trust between members represented as weights on edges between nodes. Values of trust may be computed for nodes in the network and used to generate a recommendation. Opinions expressed on a topic may be weighted by trust in the node expressing the opinion. The system may be applied in other settings that can be modeled as a voting network, including ranking of Internet search results. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252122 | APPLICATION LEVEL BROADCAST IN PEER OVERLAY NETWORK - A broadcast message may be initiated or received at a peer node. The node obtains an uplink bandwidth available for broadcasting the message over the network and a number of copies that can be broadcast based on the available bandwidth. The node determines a range of key values for finger nodes that should receive copies of the broadcast message from a finger table. The finger table entries include references to finger nodes and key values associated with the finger nodes. The node determines which other nodes should receive copies of the broadcast message from range of key values and the number of copies. The node also determines an End ID for each recipient node. A copy of the broadcast message and corresponding End ID is sent to a finger node if the finger node's key value is within a range of key values specified by the End ID. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252123 | Policy And Charging Rules Function In An Extended Self Optimizing Network - A policy and charging rules function (PCRF) includes an input port, a processor, and an output port. The input port receives near-real-time network state data. The processor makes optimization decisions based upon the near-real-time network state data. The processor also produces policy enforcement messages based upon the optimization decisions. The PCRF transmits the policy enforcement message via the output port. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252124 | DATA REPLICATION TRACING - System, method, computer program product embodiments and combinations and sub-combinations thereof for data replication tracing are provided. In an embodiment, the data replication tracing includes identifying a replication environment within a multi-tier infrastructure of an enterprise data processing network, and monitoring operational performance within the replication environment. A path is rendered on a topology to display data flow for the replication environment based upon a configuration of the replication environment. The data flow may be represented relative to a target data node, relative to a source data node, and/or relative to a replication server. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252125 | Dynamic Syncing - Dynamic syncing may be provided. A server may be polled in a baseline mode for changes to a file. This baseline polling may comprise polling the server for changes to the file periodically at a first period. In addition, the server may be polled in an overdrive mode for changes to the file when polling the server in the baseline mode for changes to the file detects that changes have been made to the file. Polling the server in the overdrive mode may comprise polling the server for subsequent changes to the file periodically at a second period smaller that the first period and then at subsequent consecutively longer periods until one of the following occurs: i) a subsequent change to the file is detected; and ii) a subsequent consecutive longer period is greater than or equal to the first period. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252126 | CONTROLLING EMISSION OF EVENTS FROM MANAGED SYSTEMS TO EXTERNAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - In an embodiment, an apparatus comprises one or more processors and a computer-readable storage medium storing one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by the processors, cause the processors to perform generating relationship information based on relationships between one or more events that are generated by one or more managed systems. The computer-readable storage medium further comprises instructions which, when executed, cause sending the relationship information to the managed systems, wherein the relationship information allows the managed systems to determine whether reporting of the events, by the managed systems, should be suppressed; and receiving, from one or more managed systems, a report about an event when reporting of the event cannot be suppressed. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252127 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOAD BALANCING WITH AFFINITY - A method and system for distributing requests to multiple back-end servers in client-server environments. A front-end load balancer is used to send requests to multiple back-end servers. In appropriate cases, the load balancer will send requests to the servers based on affinity requirements, while maintaining load balance among servers. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252128 | COMMUNICATION MONITORING DEVICE - A communication monitoring device | 2011-10-13 |