43rd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 78 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150304410 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A CENTRALIZED SUBSCRIBER LOAD DISTRIBUTION - A method and apparatus for providing subscriber load distribution in networks are disclosed. For example, the method receives capacity data and user equipment (UE) resource consumption data from a plurality of devices that process call control signaling messages within the communication network. The method receives a first request from one of the plurality of devices to re-register one or more selected user equipment, and selects at least one available device from the plurality of devices. The method then re-registers the one or more selected user equipment on the at least one available device. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304411 | Self-Organizing Distributed Service Overlay for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks - An apparatus and a method are operable to enable peer-to-peer communication between a first communication node having a first server application and an associated first client application and a second communication node having a second server application and an associated second client application in a wireless ad hoc network. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes memory including computer program code configured to, with a processor, cause the apparatus to determine an identity and service capability of the second communication node, initiate the first client application on the first communication node, enable the first server application with the first client application on the first communication node to communicate with the second client application via the second server application on the second communication node, and provide a service associated with the first client application and the second client application between the first server application and the second server application. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304412 | BROWSER AND SYSTEM FOR DOWNLOAD AND DOWNLOAD METHOD - The invention discloses a browser and system for download and a download method, and relates to the field of internet technologies. The browser for download comprises: a download starting unit configured to start data download of a browser login user at the browser side; a prompt unit configured to prompt to save downloaded data into a network storage server bound to the browser login user at the browser side; a transmission unit configured to receive a download instruction from the user, and upload the data downloaded at the browser side to the network storage server bound to the browser login user; and a reception unit configured to receive address information of the uploaded downloaded data at the network side fed back by the network storage server. The browser, system and method may effectively avoid the occurrence of a situation of repeated download, and improve the efficiency of a user obtaining and using network data. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304413 | USER TERMINAL DEVICE, SNS PROVIDING SERVER, AND CONTENTS PROVIDING METHOD THEREOF - A user terminal is provided. The user terminal includes a communicator configured to perform communication with a Social Network Service (SNS) providing server, an application driver configured to drive an SNS providing application to perform communication with another user, and a controller configured to, when a predetermined event occurs while the SNS providing application is operated, control to transmit information regarding reproduction of contents which are reproduced through a content play application so as to share information regarding reproduction of the contents with the other user. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304414 | ALLOCATING HOSTING SERVER RESOURCES VIA MIGRATION PATHS - Systems and methods are provided for dynamically allocating and accessing hosting server resources to users of hosting services. The system may include one or more servers that provide multiple levels of access to the hosting server resources, and an administration server configured with one or more migration paths that allow the user to migrate the account between two levels while the account remains accessible to all entities authorized to access the account. The hosting server resources may be divided according to virtual partitions that are resizable by the administration server. The system may include a migration interface stored on and accessible to the user from the administration server. The migration interface provides the user with options to migrate the account between the levels of access. The system may include an application programming interface that provides access to the administration server for changing the account's level of access. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304415 | WEB CONTENT COMMUNICATION - Embodiments of the present invention relate to web content communication. In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, content items contained in the requested web content may be dynamically analyzed and classified according to their requirement for individual users. Web content items with different requirements are transmitted to the users based on protocols having different transportation characteristics. Those important content items are transmitted based on a more accurate, reliable protocol, thereby ensuring the quality of transmission. Those unimportant content items are transmitted based on a protocol with less or without guarantee of transmission accuracy. In this way, response delays can be reduced. Moreover, even if part or all of the unimportant content items are lost or delayed, the user experience can be maintained on an acceptable level. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304416 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a data receiver that receives data from one or more apparatuses, processing circuitry that determines a transfer priority of the data received by the data receiver based on data type, and a data transmitter that transfers the data to apparatuses other than the apparatus that transferred the data in accordance with the transfer priority. The processing circuitry determines if there is any data that has not been transferred during a predetermined data transfer period, and, based on determination indicating that there is data that has not been transferred, modifies the transfer priority of the data that has not been transferred to have a transfer priority higher than that of data to be transferred next, to cause the data transmitter to transfer the data having the modified transfer priority preferentially to apparatuses other than the apparatus that transferred the data. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304417 | DATA SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD, AND DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a data synchronization method, and a device. The method includes: receiving, by a server, a synchronization task message sent by a first user equipment, where the synchronization task message includes: a synchronization task instruction and information about a to-be-synchronized file; determining, by the server according to the synchronization task instruction, historical synchronization operation information corresponding to the to-be-synchronized file, in historical synchronization information stored in the server; and sending, by the server, a response message of the synchronization task message to the first user equipment, where the response message carries an execution result of the synchronization task instruction. In the technical solution of the present invention, it can be implemented that a server records historical synchronization information used for a data synchronization between user equipments in a network system, thereby avoiding a problem of repeated file synchronization that may exist in the prior art. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304418 | SYNCHRONOUS MEDIA RENDERING OF DEMUXED MEDIA COMPONENTS ACROSS MULTIPLE DEVICES - Some media applications use media containers, media files or media streams that contain multiple media components in it and require that each component of media be sent to different destinations tailored for rendering a particular type of media component. Furthermore there may be multiple destinations for a particular media component type. For example an application might use a media file with one video and one stereo audio stream and want to send this to two video rendering devices and four stereo audio devices. This invention describes a system for rendering these media components synchronously on multiple devices by demultiplexing the media into media sub components at one destination, sending the components to all destinations and synchronizing the rendering at each device. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304419 | Random Linear Coding Approach To Distributed Data Storage - A method and computer program product for providing a random linear coding approach to distributed data storage is presented. A file is broken into a plurality of pieces. For every peer (peer means storage-location with limited storage space), the number of coded-pieces the peer can store is determined. Each of the coded-piece is determined by taking random linear combination of all the pieces of the entire file. The associate code-vector is stored for every coded-piece. The file is retrieved by collecting code-vectors and the coded-pieces from the peers and viewing the collected code-vectors as a matrix. When a dimension of the matrix is equal to the number of pieces of the file, the file is recovered using the collection of code vectors in the matrix. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304420 | FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for executing programs written in functional style. A distributed computing system receives a program that expresses computation upon one or more sets of distributed key-value pairs (DKVs) and one or more global variables (GVs). The system distributes an assembly that includes at least a compiled binary of the program to the nodes of a computing cluster, with different portions of the DKVs being stored across the plurality of nodes of the computing cluster. The system causes execution of the assembly by each of the plurality of nodes of the computing cluster, the ones of the plurality of nodes executing the assembly using the different portions of the one or more DKVs stored thereon. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304421 | METADATA BASED DATA ALIGNMENT IN DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS - To provide enhanced operation of data storage devices and systems, various systems, methods, and firmware are provided herein. In a first example, a data storage device is presented. The data storage device includes a network interface configured to receive a data stream for storage on a storage medium, the data stream comprising meta data that precedes payload data. The data storage device includes a processing system configured to process at least the meta data when writing the data stream from the network interface to a memory to identify a data gap for the data stream to establish a byte alignment of at least the payload data in the memory. The processing system is also configured to insert the data gap in the memory and store the data stream in the memory. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304422 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GLOBAL NAMESPACE WITH CONSISTENT HASHING - A method for writing data to a storage pool. The method includes receiving a virtual identifier (ID) and an offset for an object, extracting a node identifier (ID) that identifies a first storage server in the storage pool from the virtual ID, obtaining an object layout (OL) for the object from the first storage server, hashing an object ID and an offset ID to obtain a hashed value, where the virtual ID comprises the object ID and where the as offset ID is generated from the offset, identifying a second storage server in the storage pool using a global namespace layout (GL), the OL, and the hashed value hashed value, and issuing a write request to write data to the object in the second storage server, where the write request comprises the object ID and the offset. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304423 | COMPUTER SYSTEM - A computer system includes a first server computer, a second server computer, a nonvolatile memory device, and a storage controller connected to the first server computer and the second server computer via PCI-Express, and connected to the nonvolatile memory device. The storage controller provides a storage area in the nonvolatile memory device as a shared data area for the first server computer and the second server computer. A server computer, which is each of the first and second server computers, stores a program that issues an NVM-Express command that is a command conforming to an NVM-Express standard. The program instructs the server computer to access the shared data area via PCI-Express by instructing the server computer to issue the NVM-Express command that specifies a namespace associated with the shared data area. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304424 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF DATA AMONG PLURALITY OF DEVICES IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for controlling the transmission and reception of data among a plurality of devices in a communication system comprises the steps of: enabling a master device as one of the plurality of devices to determine a channel to be assigned to each slave device connected in series thereto; and transferring channel information of each determined slave device to the slave devices. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304425 | DYNAMIC USER INTERFACE - Various implementations address user interfaces, and providing useful information in a user interface. Examples include providing a history of applications used to access an item or communicate with an item, or a list of serially-tasked applications that were accessed after the item was accessed, or even accessed from the item. In one particular implementation, an indication of an item is provided on a user-interface, along with an indication of an application that can be used to interact with the item. The application is determined according to a dynamic attribute of the item. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304426 | METHOD OF MANAGING AN APPLICATION IN A SECURE ELEMENT - The invention is a method of managing an application embedded in a secure element which is able to communicate with another device through a HTTP session. The application has previously registered for being triggered when a preset event will occur into the secure element. The triggering of the application is blocked as a HTTP session is in progress between the secure element and the device when the preset event occurs. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304427 | EFFICIENT INTERNET PROTOCOL SECURITY AND NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a network processing device for creating a NAT session with a tunnel between two nodes, the method comprising: receiving a packet; determining the packet does not have a Security Association; establishing a Security Association associated with a tunnel; generating a tunnel identifier for the tunnel; creating a NAT session information; and storing the NAT session information and the tunnel identifier. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304428 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DATA ACCESS - The disclosed is a method and device for accessing data. In the method, a Bearer Independent Protocol (BIP) sends a data access instruction to a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) through a Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI); and the BIP gateway receives the data corresponding to the data access instruction from the UICC through the SPI. According to the technical scheme provided by the disclosure, access speed is improved for the user and large data transmission is implemented for the web server in the UICC. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304429 | NETWORK FOR MULTIMEDIA CONTROL COMPRISING FUNCTIONAL ENTITIES HAVING PUBLISHER AND/OR SUBSCRIBER FUNCTIONALITY, AND METHOD FOR INITIATING A MULTIMEDIA SESSION - The network for multimedia control comprises User Interfaces, Session Controllers and Media Endpoints as functional entities for initiating a session, the entities having each publisher and/or subscriber functionality and communicating on topics. The network is in particular a Data Distribution Service for Real-Time Systems (DDS) network and the entities act as Domain Participants of the DDS network for providing multimedia signalling control as a domain of the DDS network. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304430 | Methods and Systems for Transmitting Mobile Device Information - Method and systems for providing user data from a communication module (using a first telecommunications network) to data processing center (of a second telecommunications network) is disclosed. The user data is provided in a data field of a session setup message. The user data in the data field of the session setup message is adapted or guaranteed (e.g., required by a telecommunications standard) to be forwarded from the first telecommunications network to the second telecommunication network. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304431 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROVIDE A WIRELESS CONNECTION TO A COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND A PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - System and method to provide a wireless connection to a communication network and a portable communication device. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304432 | MEASURING AFFINITY LEVELS VIA PASSIVE AND ACTIVE INTERACTIONS - Systems and methods for the measuring of affinity levels via passive and active interactions are provided. A first group of users are selected from a plurality of possible groups of users. Affinity levels are measured among the users of the first group, the affinity levels based at least partially on both passive and active interactions between an electronic device of a first user and electronic devices of users in the first group. The first user is added to the first group based on the affinity levels. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304433 | GESTURE BASED SWITCHING OF VIRTUAL DESKTOP CLIENTS - A computer implemented method receives a switch session request from a source client device that is running a virtual desktop session. The method identifies a list of one or more potential destination client devices based on the source client device. The method then selects a desired destination client device from the list, disconnects the virtual desktop session from the source client device, and establishes a connection between the virtual desktop session and the desired destination client device. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304434 | MANAGING SYSTEM AND MANAGING METHOD - Of a plurality of tenants that form a hierarchical structure, a first tenant that manages management information to be transferred between tenants and a second tenant to serve as a transfer destination are designated. Second management information, of the management information managed by the first tenant, that is shared with another tenant is specified in accordance with a sharing relationship for the second management information. Of the management information managed by the first tenant, third management information except for the specified second management information is transferred to the second tenant. The sharing relationship for the specified second management information is changed to a sharing relationship in which the second management information is shared between the second tenant and a tenant in a level above or below the second tenant in accordance with a new hierarchical structure formed after the transfer. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304435 | EXPECTED LOCATION-BASED ACCESS CONTROL - In an approach for authenticating a user attempting to access to a resource, a processor receives an indication of a user attempting to access a resource within a timeframe, wherein the indication includes a location of the user. A processor identifies a location requirement for the user attempting to access the resource, wherein the location requirement originates from an entry indicating an expected location of the user within the timeframe, and wherein the entry is unmodifiable by the user. A processor determines whether the expected location of the user matches, within a threshold, the received location of the user attempting to access the resource. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304436 | Nearby Friend Notifications on Online Social Networks - In one embodiment, a computing system may access a social graph comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges connecting the nodes, each of the edges between two of the nodes representing a single degree of separation between them, the nodes comprising a first node corresponding to the first user, the first user being associated with an online social network, and a number of second nodes corresponding to a number of second users associated with the online social network. The computing system may receive an indication of a first location of a mobile-client system of the first user. The computing system may identify one or more second users based on one or more notification rules, where each second user is associated with a mobile-client system having a second location within a threshold distance of the first location. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304437 | Location-Based Content Promotion on Online Social Networks - In one embodiment, a computing system may access a social graph of an online social network comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges connecting the nodes, where each of the edges between two of the nodes represent a single degree of separation between them, and the nodes comprise a first node corresponding to a first user of the online social network, and a plurality of second nodes corresponding to a plurality of second users associated with the online social network. The computing system may calculate a content score for each of one or more content items shared by the second users on the online social network, where each content score is based at least in part on a proximity coefficient between the first user and the content item. The computing system may send one or more of the scored content items for display to the first user. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304438 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND CONTENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD - Provided is a system that distributes content to an electronic device. The content is intended to notify a user of the electronic device about offering of a specified service. The system comprises a positional information acquisition unit that acquires, from each electronic device, positional information in a plurality of pieces in chronological order, by which a position of the electronic device is identifiable; a candidate selection unit that selects, as a distribution candidate for the content, the electronic device in which a time after elapse of an estimated travel time from a current time is before a time limit corresponding to the content; and a content distribution unit that distributes the content to the electronic device selected for the content by the candidate selection unit. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304439 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication device includes: a purpose information estimator that estimates purpose information indicating a purpose of movement of a user who moves using the mobile object, based on mobile-object-specific information that includes at least one of a usage schedule and a usage history of the mobile object, and user-specific information that includes at least one of an activity schedule and an activity history of the user who moves using the mobile object; a formation-condition determinator that determines a formation condition for a virtual network for the mobile objects of which the purpose information estimated by the estimator is the same or similar, based on the mobile-object-specific information and the user-specific information in the plurality of mobile objects; and a virtual network former that forms a virtual network through which the mobile objects that satisfy the formation condition determined by the determinator among the plurality of mobile objects can communicate with each other. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304440 | Systems and Methods for Pushing Applications - Systems and methods are provided for cross-terminal pushing of applications. For example, installation information of an application corresponding to an application-push event in a browser opened in a first terminal is acquired upon detection of the application-push event being triggered; the first terminal sends a push instruction to a server, the push instruction carrying the installation information of the application; the server sends the installation information of the application to one or more second terminals related to the first terminal; the second terminals send the installation information of the application; and the second terminals install the application based on at least information associated with the installation information of the application. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304441 | DATA TRANSFER DEVICE AND DATA TRANSFER SYSTEM USING ADAPTIVE COMPRESSION ALGORITHM - A data transfer device compresses and transfers data according to a priority given to a CPU-constraint process imposing a constraint to a compression processing speed over a NW bandwidth-constraint process imposing a constraint to a transfer processing speed. It is necessary to select a compression algorithm, applied to the CPU-constraint process or the NW bandwidth-constraint process, based on a NW bandwidth, compressibility, and compression processing speed maximizing an effective throughput. When the amount of compressed data held in a temporary hold part is smaller than the predetermined value, the compressed data of the NW bandwidth-constraint process is stored in a temporary hold part. When the amount of compressed data held by the temporary hold part is larger than the predetermined value, the compressed data of the CPU-constraint process is stored in the temporary hold part. Thus, it is possible to improve an effective throughput by effectively using NW bandwidths. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304442 | WEBSITE PRODUCT INTEGRATION AND CACHING VIA DOMAIN NAME ROUTING RULES - Systems and methods are provided for allocating and accessing website resources via domain name routing rules as opposed to the domain name system (DNS). The system may include a reverse proxy server that includes domain name routing rules and a plurality of hosting servers. The reverse proxy server may receive a request from a client, wherein the request may comprise a domain name and possibly a path. The reverse proxy server may fulfill the request using the domain name routing rules for the domain name and possibly the path. The request may be, as non-limiting examples, to transfer a file to a requester, move a file from one server to another server, allocate redundant passive resources that may be activated in the event of an error, provide a website resource that may span two or more hosting servers and/or retrieve data from cache on the reverse proxy server. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304443 | METHODS, CIRCUITS, DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED COMPUTER EXECUTABLE CODE FOR CACHING CONTENT - Disclosed are methods, circuits, devices, systems and associated computer executable code for caching content. According to embodiments, a client device may be connected to the internet or other distributed data network through a gateway network. As initial portions of client requested content enters the gateway network, the requested content may be characterized and compared to content previously cached on a cache integral or otherwise functionally associated with the gateway network. In the event a match is found, a routing logic, mechanism, circuitry or module may replace the content source server with the cache as the source of content being routed to the client device. In the event the comparison does not produce a match, as content enters the network a caching routine running on processing circuitry associated with the gateway network may passively cache the requested content while routing the content to the client device. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304444 | Distributed Caching - There is provided a method of providing cached content in a telecommunications network. The method comprises requesting content from a caching system (S | 2015-10-22 |
20150304445 | SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF FOR DELIVERY OF POPULAR CONTENT USING A MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST MULTICAST SERVICE - Multimedia content, live as well as on-demand, is typically delivered over a network responsive to a request by a user device from a content source and is provided point-to-point. Certain multimedia cache systems are designed to identify popular content and provide such content from locations that are in proximity to the user device, thereby reducing load on the overall network. The system and methods identify user devices capable of receiving content using a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) and evolved MBMS (eMBMS) delivering popular content by redirecting the content delivery from content caches or the content source to a MBMS/eMBMS thereby reducing overall load of a network. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304446 | MANAGING SYSTEM AND MANAGING METHOD - An instruction to delete a first managing tenant among managing tenants in a system is accepted. Information included in management information of the first managing tenant and customer information unique to a customer managed by the first managing tenant is held as transfer information of the first managing tenant, and is managed using an access authority assigned to information of the customer. The held transfer information of the first managing tenant is transferred to the second management tenant when the second management tenant is determined to be a destination of the transfer from the first managing tenant. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304447 | USER SPECIFIC VISUAL IDENTITY CONTROL ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS - A content-generating user is enabled to set visible attributes for a content item from any device so that the content item maintains a uniform look and feel across the various platforms. The visible attributes set by the generating user are stored in the user's profile on a user profile database. When a request to display the content item is received from a client device, the platform associated with the request is determined. Display data comprising one or more of the visible attributes retrieved from the user profile database, the content item and a template based on the platform is transmitted to the client device. The client device configures a display of the content item to a viewer based on the received display data. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304448 | PROFILE AND CONSENT ACCRUAL - Consent management between a client and a network server. In response to a request for consent, a central server determines if requested user information is included in a user profile associated with a user and if the user has granted consent to share the requested user information. A user interface is provided to the user via a browser of the client to collect the requested user information that is not included in the user profile and the consent to share the requested user information from the user. After receiving the user information provided by the user via the user interface, the service provided by the network server is allowed access to the received user information, and the central server updates the user profile. Other aspects of the invention are directed to computer-readable media for use with profile and consent accrual. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304449 | METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY DISPLAYING A PERSONALIZED HOME SCREEN ON A USER DEVICE - A method and system for dynamically generating and displaying a home screen on a display of a user device are provided. The method includes receiving a portion of a query; determining a query based on the portion of a query and a user experience; determining at least one estimated user intent based on the query and at least one input variable; selecting a plurality of resources of information based on the at least one estimated user intent; providing the plurality of resources to the user device; receiving a selection of a desired resource from the user device; determining a definitive user intent from the at least one estimated user intent based on the selection; generating a new home screen respective of the definitive user intent; and causing the user device to replace a current home screen with the new generated home screen. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304450 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORK FUNCTION CHAINING - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method, network node, and non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including one or more of the following: receiving, at the host device, a first received message including a first identification of a first network function; removing the first identification of the first network function from the first received message to create a first modified message; and transmitting the first modified message to a first network function device for performance of the first network function with respect to the first modified message. Various embodiments are described wherein: the first received message includes a bitmap including a plurality of bit positions respectively corresponding to a plurality of network functions, and the first indication of a first network function comprises a bit within the bitmap at a bit position corresponding to the first network function. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304451 | PROCESSING A UNIT OF WORK - A client computer group is created at a server computer by selecting a subset of a group of client computers, where each of the group of client computers has a separate communication channel with the server computer. A message from at least one of the subset of the group of client computers is received at the server computer. In response to receiving messages from at least two of the subset of the group of client computers within the client computer group, the messages are grouped under a single unit of work. A single decision associated with the single unit of work for the client computer group is computed. Each of the at least two of the subset of the group of client computers is operable to accept the single decision. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304452 | MAINTAINING TRIGGERED SESSION STATE IN SECURE USER PLANE LOCATION (SUPL) ENABLED SYSTEM - A method is provided for maintaining session state in a Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) enabled system during a triggered session. The method includes modifying at least one parameter of a session message to include state data indicating the session state, and transmitting a request to a SUPL Enabled Terminal (SET) to initiate the triggered session, the request comprising the session message having the at least one modified parameter to be stored at the SET. The method further includes receiving a triggered message from the SET in response to occurrence of a trigger event detected by the SET, the triggered message comprising the stored state data. The triggered session is identified using the state data received in the triggered message. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304453 | DYNAMIC NETWORK TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT IN RESPONSE TO NON-NETWORK CONDITIONS INPUT - An appropriate quality of service policy is automatically selected as a function of network and business conditions. A current loading condition of an internet protocol network of devices operating, a current condition of radio frequency communications between wireless devices, and a current business condition that indicates a cost or availability of a resource used in device operation remotely controlled via data packet communications, are each determined under current network control and routing rules. If the resource cost or availability exceeds a specified market condition constraint, a special resource control rule is automatically selected to preempt a current network or routing rule to cause one or more of the internet protocol devices to reduce an amount of the resource used or distributed by the first internet protocol device while operating within the current determined internet protocol network loading and radio frequency communications conditions. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304454 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL SPACES FOR ACCESS BY USERS VIA THE WEB - A system configured to provide one or more virtual spaces that are accessible to users. The virtual spaces may be provided such that an enhanced level of interactivity between the virtual spaces and the Web, including resources that communicate with the system via the Internet (e.g., via users, websites, webpages, other web resources, etc.) and/or other networks. To provide this enhanced level of interactivity, the system may enable interactions between an instance of a virtual space and the Web (e.g., queries, commands, communication, administrative controls, etc.) via a standard web protocol, such as a HyperText Transfer Protocol (e.g., http, https, etc.) and/or other standard web protocols. Since interactions take place between the instance of the virtual space and the Web via a standard web protocol, the instance of the virtual space may interact directly with Web resources such as web servers, web browsers, websites, webpages, and/or other Web resources. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304455 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A ROAMING REMOTE DESKTOP - Techniques are disclosed for migrating a linked clone virtual machine (VM) based on a location of a client device. In one embodiment, a client device transmits its location to a VM management center, and a migration application running thereon determines whether the client device and a linked clone VM to which the client device is attempting to connect are at the same location. If the client device and the linked clone VM are not at the same location, the migration application identifies a VM hosting site proximate to the client device, and instructs a hypervisor to “cold” migrate the linked clone VM and its associated redo log to a VM host and a storage device, respectively, at the identified VM hosting site. The link clone VM may then be “actively” linked to a base VM at the VM hosting site, while maintaining “passive” links to base VM(s) at other locations. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304456 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE MANUFACTURE AND CREATION OF SURFACING MATERIALS - A system for the manufacture and creation of surfacing materials includes a central server maintaining operational software facilitating various functionalities. The central server functions in accordance with a client-server model where the central server coordinates provision of services and requests. The system also includes a design database linked to the central server, a manufacturing facility linked to the central server, a company website linked to the central server, design tools linked to the central server, input tools linked to the central server, and output tools linked to the central server. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304457 | Method, System And Device For Monitoring Data - A method, system and device for monitoring data. A server receives service running data of a service transmitted from a client. The server acquires a first abnormal strategy corresponding to the service and provides an alarm for the service when the first abnormal strategy is matched according to the service running data. The server can determine for which service running on the client the abnormality occurs and an alarm is provided. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304458 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A DYNAMIC EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT IN NETWORK COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A CLIENT AND A SERVER - Example implementations disclosed herein are directed to systems and methods for providing an event-trapping mechanism in a dynamic execution environment. The systems and methods can include creating one or more execution blocks, each associated with a sequence of screen events of a user interface, from a function stored in a script; storing the one or more execution blocks as handlers; and executing the one or more handlers independently from each other, when the associated sequence of screen events for the handler is detected in network traffic. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304459 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF TRANSMITTING DATA OVER A NETWORK USING A COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL - A method of transmitting data over a network includes receiving, by a Non-Traditional HTTP server, a request from a Non-Traditional HTTP client through a network, the Non-Traditional HTTP server being configured to operate as a HTTP server that does not use TCP, the Non-Traditional HTTP client being configured to operate as a HTTP client that does not use TCP, the Non-Traditional HTTP server and the Non-Traditional HTTP client communicating through the network using User Space Transport Protocol (UsTP); and determining by the Non-Traditional HTTP server whether the request is valid. If the request is determined to be invalid, sending, by the Non-Traditional HTTP server, an error message to the Non-Traditional HTTP client through the network over UsTP. If the request is determined to be valid, sending by the Non-Traditional HTTP server, requested data to the Non-Traditional HTTP client through the network over UsTP. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304460 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING DATA, AND RESOURCE PROPAGATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for assembling data, and a resource propagation system. The method comprises: acquiring content, and generating a content data packet; generating an identifier of a container; combining the content data packet and the identifier into a container data packet capable of encapsulating value-added content information; and generating a resource address comprising the identifier; wherein the container is structured data. The content and the value-added content information are encapsulated via a container, which implements decoupling between the content and the value-added content information, implements simple and convenient replacement of the value-added content information, reduces replacement cost of the value-added content information, such as, advertisement content data, and better matches the content with the value-added content information. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304461 | Network interface unit and method for operating a network interface unit - A network interface unit includes: at least one input terminal for receiving Ethernet data packets; at least one output terminal; and a segmentation unit configured for (i) segmenting at least one of a received Ethernet data packet and an Ethernet data packet modified by the network interface unit into at least one data segment having a predefined length, and (ii) for outputting the at least one data segment via the output terminal. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304462 | NETWORK DEVICE AND PACKET PROCESSING METHOD - Embodiments provide a network device, including a programmable processor and a non-programmable processor, where the programmable processor includes a first control port; the non-programmable processor includes a second control port, and the second control port is coupled with the first control port; the programmable processor is configured to receive a first packet, and a protocol corresponding to a packet header of the first packet is a first protocol; and the first control port and the second control port are configured to connect the programmable processor and the non-programmable processor, the non-programmable processor is configured to determine an action of the first protocol to be executed by the programmable processor on the first packet, and the programmable processor is configured to execute the action. In addition, the embodiments further provide a packet processing method. The foregoing technical solutions help reduce occupation of storage space of a programmable processor. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304463 | Illuminated Integrated Speaker Port Insert and Button - Electronic devices such as smartphones ( | 2015-10-22 |
20150304464 | SLEEVE WITH ELECTRONIC EXTENSIONS FOR A CELL PHONE - A passively re-radiating cell phone sleeve assembly capable of receiving a nested cell phone provides signal boosting capabilities. Signal boosting is enabled by use of an additional antenna, a pass-through repeater, dual antenna isolation capability and other features. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304465 | SMART-PHONE INPUT/OUTPUT - A mobile device case includes a housing configured for receiving a mobile device. The mobile device case also includes one or more general-purpose programmable input/output (I/O) ports. The one or more general-purpose programmable input/output (I/O) ports are partially integrated within the housing. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304466 | PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL HOLDING STAND AND DESK TELEPHONE - A portable information terminal holding stand ( | 2015-10-22 |
20150304467 | ANTIFUNGAL COVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An electronic device for rendering a display unit antifungal. The electronic device includes a body including a display unit; and an antifungal cover that is removeably attached to the body, the antifungal cover including an antifungal module on one surface thereof. If the antifungal cover covers the display unit, the display unit projects a wavelength of light that activates an antifungal property of the antifungal module. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304468 | CALLER ID SURFING - A method and system for displaying and producing computer based documents seamlessly to users that relate to their telephone calls is provided. The invention is able to be used with social media, where the mobile station searches for the social media page of the caller based on the Caller ID and displays it to the recipient of the call on the mobile station screen, possibly with other Internet search results. The method and system allow the user to obtain the newest public information about the person who calls him or he decides to call, or any documents that might be intermittent between the people. The system adds “bandwidth”, i.e. speed, efficiency and more dimensions to personal communication, as the users of the inventive system can also visually see by documentation what is going on in the relationship between two or more people. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304469 | PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A light and hands-free auxiliary communication device for private conversations which provides the user the ability to have private conversations in public environments through the use of wave-inverting technology and wherein the device is characterized by comprising a front section which includes a wave-inverting technology system, and at least another section which is adapted to be rested on the top of the user ears or on the top of the user shoulders depending of its state of use, and which is joined to the front section and is characterized by being adapted to surround the user's neck. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304470 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONNECTING A USER OF A HANDS-FREE INTERCOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A hands-free intercom may include a user-tracking sensor, a directional microphone, a directional sound emitter, and a communication interface. The user-tracking sensor may determine a location of a user so the directional microphone can measure vocal emissions by the user and the directional sound emitter can deliver audio to the user. The hands-free intercom may determine whether the user is communicatively coupled via a mobile device to a remote entity. The hands-free intercom may be configured to receive a handoff of the communicative coupling, for example, by acting as a peripheral of the mobile device, by requesting the handoff, and/or the like. The hands-free intercom may be configured to deliver communications from the user to an appliance and vice versa. The hands-free intercom may manage access rights of the various entities to prevent unauthorized communications. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304471 | Wireless Telephone Sound Interface Device - The present invention relates to a wireless telephone sound interface device ( | 2015-10-22 |
20150304472 | METHOD OF MATCHING OPERATIONS BETWEEN VEHICULAR APPARATUS AND PORTABLE TERMINAL, VEHICLE SYSTEM INCLUDING VEHICULAR APPARATUS AND PORTABLE TERMINAL, PORTABLE TERMINAL, AND INFORMATION CENTER - A portable terminal accesses an information center by using an address acquired from vehicular apparatus, requests for transmission of dedicated application operable in OS of the portable terminal, and receives the application from the information center. The dedicated application executed by the portable terminal permits the portable terminal to (i) transmit specific information specifying model of the portable terminal to the information center, (ii) receive, in response, data for matching operations between the vehicular apparatus and the portable terminal, (iii) transmit the received data to the vehicular apparatus, and (iv) receive, in response, an instruction transmitted by the vehicular apparatus, the instruction implementing a function of the portable terminal. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304473 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA BETWEEN A MOBILE TELEPHONE AND A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE - A method transmits data between a mobile telephone and a motor vehicle. A first wireless communication connection is automatically established between the mobile telephone and the motor vehicle when a communication interface of the mobile telephone is activated in a corresponding manner, and driver-specific user data is transmitted from the mobile telephone to the motor vehicle, at least some of the user data being transmitted to the motor vehicle exclusively via a second communication connection according to the NFC standard. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304474 | SWITCHING A DEVICE BETWEEN A LOCKED STATE AND AN UNLOCKED STATE - A method, apparatus and a computer program is provided. The apparatus comprises: at least one processor; and at least one memory storing computer program code configured, working with the at least one processor, to cause at least the following to be performed: responding to user input by switching a device from an unlocked state to a locked state; and setting a user input process for switching the device from the locked state to the unlocked state, in dependence upon the user input provided to switch the device from the unlocked state to the locked state. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304475 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR RELEASING LOCK STATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and method of using the same is provided. The display apparatus includes a display unit for displaying a lock view comprising an affordance object including a connected section and a disconnected section; and a control unit for, when drawing is performed according to user touch on the lock view and the disconnected section is connected by the drawing, controlling the display unit to switch to an unlock view. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304476 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device which can output audio without sound skipping and can connect to the Internet. An electronic device according to the present invention includes: communication units that communicate with an outside by predetermined communication systems including a Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication; and a communication controller that controls to communicate with the outside by any of the predetermined communication systems, wherein the communication controller secures in advance an audio-dedicated band in a frequency band used in the Bluetooth communication. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304477 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD IN CONNECTION WITH VEHICLE - A communications system for use in connection with a vehicle ( | 2015-10-22 |
20150304478 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION RELATED TO MEDICAL DEVICE - Provided is a method for providing information which relates to at least one medical device by using a mobile terminal. The method includes: acquiring link information which relates to a server which is connected to the at least one medical device by using a short-range communication; transmitting, to the server, a request for information which relates to the at least one medical device, based on the link information; receiving, from the server, the requested information which relates to the at least one medical device; and providing the received information. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304479 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACCESSING A COMPUTER RESOURCE OVER A NETWORK VIA MICROPHONE-CAPTURED AUDIO - The disclosure relates to accessing computer resources by sensing audio with a microphone. One claim recites a system comprising: means for decoding identifying data from microphone-captured encoded audio, the microphone-captured audio captured by a microphone of a wireless device; means for obtaining device information for a class of devices associated with the wireless device; means for controlling communication of the identifying data and the device information; and means for controlling a user interface to provide access to a computer resource based on a service received in response to communication of the identifying data and the device information, in which the service is configured to provide access in response to audio prompting, and in which access of the wireless device is directed according to the service, and means for directing access of the wireless device according to the service; and a network resource comprising means for storing, the means for storing providing a correlation between identifying data, device information and response information, the network resource further comprising means for providing the service including providing the response information, the response information being associated with the identifying data and the device information. Of course, other claims and combinations are provided as well. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304480 | Terminal and operation method for controlling terminal - A terminal and method for controlling the terminal are provided to resolve the problem of poor versatility of current terminal-control technology. The method includes: the pressure acting upon a terminal is collected and pressure information is obtained by calculating the collected pressure; a control operation mapping table is invoked, wherein the control operation mapping table contains at least one item of standard pressure information and a control operation command corresponding to said standard pressure information; it is determined whether the control operation mapping table contains standard pressure information matching the pressure information and, if such standard pressure information exists, the control operation command corresponding to the standard pressure information is invoked and executed. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304481 | Application of the invoke facility service to restrict invocation of compound wireless mobile communication services: division 2 - vehicular safety measures - This invention provides a mechanism for restricting invocation of wireless mobile terminal (Smartphone) apps whose execution creates a vehicular driving hazard. Events that cause such hazards are included. An event example is “being a vehicle's driver” and attempting to do the app of texting. Events to restrict an app invocation are also included. These include remote restrictions, such as parents remotely turning off the texting app of their children driving an automobile. Spatial parameters, such as driving on high speed and/or heavy traffic roads, also represent restricting events. Events are inserted within an Invoke facility service's Boolean expression by the builder of an Invoke facility service. The Boolean expression determines whether the invocation of its related app takes place. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304482 | MOBILE TELEPHONE ADAPTABLE TO A RESTRICTED-ACCESS AREA AND OPERATING CELL OF SUCH TELEPHONE - A mobile telephone adaptable to a restricted-access area includes an RF transmitter which is intended to operate in a restricted-access area. It further includes a reduced-power transmission element ( | 2015-10-22 |
20150304483 | Bluetooth-Based Limitation of Functionality of Motor Vehicle Drivers' Personal Electronic Mobile Smart Devices During Driving - A system for managing operation of a personal electronic mobile smart device when it is on board a motor vehicle; wherein the personal electronic mobile smart device and the motor vehicle are each provided with a Bluetooth-based short-range bidirectional wireless communication system operable to detect the presence of short-range bidirectional wireless communication systems within its communication range and to connect to the short-range bidirectional wireless communication systems detected within its communication range; and wherein the personal electronic mobile smart device is configured to implement a number of user-accessible functions and to automatically reconfigure access to its user-accessible functions when its short-range bidirectional wireless communication system is Bluetooth-connected to the short-range bidirectional wireless communication system of the motor vehicle. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304484 | USING A MOBILE DEVICE TO RESTRICT FOCUS AND PERFORM OPERATIONS AT ANOTHER MOBILE DEVICE - A particular method includes receiving, at a manager mobile device, a selection of a managed mobile device of a plurality of managed mobile devices. The method also includes displaying, at the manager mobile device, a list of applications executable by the managed mobile device, a list of websites accessible by the managed mobile device, or both. The method further includes receiving, at the manager mobile device, a selection of an application from the list of applications or a selection of a website from the list of websites. The method includes initiating, at the manager mobile device, transmission of data to the managed mobile device instructing the managed mobile device to restrict focus to the selected application or the selected website. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304485 | A MOBILE TERMINAL AND AN INCOMING CALL PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and an incoming call processing method thereof are disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: controlling the incoming call controller to be shown on a pre-designated position of a screen when the mobile terminal is in a screen-locked state and the incoming call arrives; detecting by the mobile terminal whether the incoming call controller is dragged for a predetermined distance, and controlling an Answer and Decline selection interface to be shown on the screen when the incoming call controller is dragged for the predetermined distance; receiving by the mobile terminal an operating instruction from a user through the Answer and Decline selection interface and entering an in-call interface or declining the incoming call. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304486 | METHOD AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING FUNCTION IN COMMUNICATION - A mobile communication terminal and method are provided for receiving an incoming voice call and for displaying a notification, an incoming phone number, and an elapsed voice communication time during an incoming voice communication. The method includes receiving a call request from a base station; responding to the call request, to perform a call-setup with the base station; in response to the call-set up, automatically displaying a plurality of icons together with the notification, the incoming phone number, and the elapsed voice communication time, wherein the plurality of icons are respectively associated with voice communication related functions, and wherein at least one of the plurality of icons includes a graphic symbol portion and a text portion; receiving an input for selecting one of the plurality of icons; and performing a voice communication related function associated with the selected icon while in the incoming voice communication. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304487 | Transmission Line Measuring Device And Method For Connectivity - Disclosed herein is a suspension clamp connecting assembly. The suspension clamp connecting assembly includes a clamping unit, a support member, and a corona ring. The clamping unit includes a base section, extending arms, and clamp contact portions. The extending arms are between the clamp contact portions and the base section. The clamping unit is configured to clamp on to a suspension clamp. The support member has a first end and a second end. The first end of the support member is connected to the base section. The support member is configured to support an electronics housing. The corona ring is connected to the second end of the support member. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304488 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR OPTIMIZING DSL LINE CONFIGURATIONS AND PARAMETERS IN A DSL SYSTEM - In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there are provided apparatus, systems and methods for optimizing DSL line configurations and parameters in a DSL system. For example, such a system may include means for: interfacing to a currently operating Digital Subscriber Line (“DSL line”) operating within a DSL system having a plurality of DSL lines operating therein; evaluating an active configuration of the currently operating DSL line by collecting operational data for the DSL line during operation of the DSL line; determining a plurality of candidate configurations for the currently operating DSL line, the plurality of candidate configurations being operationally compatible with the currently operating DSL line; selecting one of the sub-set of the plurality of candidate configurations as the selected configuration for the DSL line based on a preferred operational characteristic; and transitioning the currently operating DSL line from operating using the active configuration for the DSL line to operating using the selected configuration for the DSL line. Other related embodiments are disclosed. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304489 | ACTIVE UNDETECTABLE MONITORING SYSTEM - A system for the active silent and undetected monitoring of the video and audio communication session involving one or more video and audio participants may alternately engage, intervene or participate in the video/audio communication session. Such monitoring and engagement may include multiple and various locations with the monitoring participant having capacity to manage them from a first location. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304490 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CALLER IDENTIFICATION - Various embodiments provide methods, apparatus, and systems for providing caller ID. In an exemplary method implemented on a caller device, a portrait file to be used as a caller ID is created, and sent to a portrait distribution system (PDS) on a server via an IP network. A distribution policy corresponding to the portrait file is generated, and sent to a policy control system (PCS) on the server via the IP network, to cause the PCS to perform a selective distribution process. The selective distribution process includes selecting a callee device by using the distribution policy, generating a notification, and sending the notification to the callee device, such that the callee device downloads the portrait file from the PDS via the IP network according to the notification and executes the portrait file as the caller ID when the caller device calls the callee device. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304491 | METHOD PROVIDING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE READOUT OF THE IDENTIFICATION OF A RINGBACK TONE ON THE INCOMING AND OUTGOING CALL HANDSETS - A method and a system for identifying various details of a ringback tone (“RBT”) or other call pair related metadata after a call is placed is disclosed (“the system”). The system includes a user interface suitable for use in various mobile devices. The user interface allows a user to identify multiple characteristics of an RBT such as the song name, artist name, and the image of the album cover. Additionally, Metadata enhancing the RBT, such as a coupon related to an RBT advertisement may be displayed. Metadata displayed may be call pair related information unrelated to an RBT such as the name of a customer service representative you may have just spoken with. The user interface also provides appropriate actions to be performed after the call such as purchase of the whole song related to the RBT, rating the RBT, using the coupon or rating the customer service representative. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304492 | COMMUNICATIONS ARBITRATOR - Content of a communication session, such as a voice communication between a user and an agent of a contact center is monitored. A keyword, a phrase, an emotion, or a gesture related to a topic in the monitored content of the communication session is identified. A rule based on the identified the monitored content is applied. In response to applying the rule based on the monitored content, one or more topic suggestions are identified and presented to the user. For example, the rule can detect that the agent changed the discussion from a first topic to a second topic. In response to the agent discussing the second topic, the user is presented with two topics suggestions for the two topics. The user can select one of the topic suggestions to focus the agent on a specific topic suggestion. The selected topic suggestion along with discussions options are then displayed to the agent. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304493 | VOICE INPUT STATE IDENTIFICATION - A method and system for indicating voice input state for a call on a communications device being used by a user to communicate with a party during the call. A processor unit identifies the state of voice input for the call. In response to the state of the voice input state being a mute state, the processor unit identifies a first setting for the mute state. The first setting for the mute state specifies: (i) first conditions which must be satisfied during the call in order for the voice input state to be the mute state and (ii) a first type of audio to be played on the communications device during the call while the voice input state is the mute state, wherein the first conditions comprise a first type of the call and an identity of a first party to whom the user is communicating with during the call. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304494 | ESTABLISHING TELEPHONE CALLS - A method for establishing a telephone call between an originating device and a destination device. A call server receives an originating call made by an originating device to a dedicated number for a destination party. In response to receiving the originating call: (i) the originating call is parked; and (ii) a message is sent to the destination device of the destination party. The message informs the destination device of the originating call to the dedicated number so that the destination device is able to call the call server to be connected to the parked originating call. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304495 | System and Method for Controlling Calls for Contact Centers - A computer system for controlling calls to a call target including code for accessing a database and retrieving a contact rate for a specific time of day for a specific day of week for the call target, the contact rate determined based on information relating to calls to the call target on one or more prior instances of the specified day of week at a time of day similar to the specified time of day, code for placing a call target identifier in a queue indicating the call target will be called during the specified time of day and specified day of week, when the contact rate is greater than a threshold rate. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304496 | CALL MAPPING SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING VARIANCE ALGORITHM (VA) AND/OR DISTRIBUTION COMPENSATION - Method, system and program product, comprising obtaining agent performance data; ranking, agents based the agent performance data; dividing agents into agent performance ranges; partitioning callers based on criteria into a set of partitions; determining for each partition an outcome value for a first agent performance range and a second agent performance range; calculating for the partitions a respective outcome value difference indicator based on the outcome value for the first agent performance range and the outcome value for the second agent performance range for the partition; matching a respective agent to a respective caller in one of the partitions, based on the outcome value difference indicators for the partitions. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304497 | CALL MAPPING SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING VARIANCE ALGORITHM (VA) AND/OR DISTRIBUTION COMPENSATION - Method, system and program product, comprising obtaining agent performance data; ranking, agents based the agent performance data; dividing agents into agent performance ranges; partitioning callers based on criteria into a set of partitions; determining for each partition an outcome value for a first agent performance range and a second agent performance range; calculating for the partitions a respective outcome value difference indicator based on the outcome value for the first agent performance range and the outcome value for the second agent performance range for the partition; matching a respective agent to a respective caller in one of the partitions, based on the outcome value difference indicators for the partitions. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304498 | DISTRIBUTED CONSTRAINT-BASED OMPTIMIZED ROUTING OF INTERACTIONS - A system for optimized and distributed routing of interactions, comprising a plurality of media servers operating adapted to handle interactions of one or more specific media types, a statistics server, a routing database, and a routing server. Upon receiving or initiating an interaction of a specific media type, a first media server from the media servers sends a route request message comprising at least an interaction identifier and a collection of interaction-specific data to the routing server, the statistics server receives event notifications from the media servers and computes one or more statistics, and the routing server executes, using statistical data from the statistics server and data from the routing database, a routing script comprising a constraint-based optimization process in response to the route request message and sends a response to the first media server directing it to route the interaction to a specific target resource. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304499 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING CALLER IDENTITY UPDATE INFORMATION - A method includes establishing a first call from a first party to a second party; during a ringing status of the first call, cancelling the first call in response to an indication that the first party wishes to transfer the first call; and establishing a second call from a third party to the second party, where a message to establish the second call includes information identifying the third party. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304500 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ANSWERING SERVICES - The present invention includes a method and system for the management and routing of telecommunications information on data and telephone lines. In one exemplary embodiment in accordance with the present invention, a flexible system whereby business information is correlated to a user's telephone number is provided. In another exemplary embodiment, the present invention provides an on-line answering service in which the identification information of the called party can be maintained during call forwarding and/or diversion. In another exemplary embodiment, the identification information of the user called can be detected by the answering system. In addition, in another exemplary embodiment, the present invention provides answering services access to information about the called party as well as the calling party in order to facilitate the answering services' responses on behalf of their users. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304501 | A METHOD AND A MODULE FOR SHIFTING A CALL ESTABLISHED THROUGH A FIRST APPLICATION SERVER IN ORDER TO ROUTE IT THROUGH A SECOND APPLICATION SERVER - A method for shifting an original call established between a first user device ( | 2015-10-22 |
20150304502 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUDIO CONFERENCING - The present disclosure is directed towards an audio conferencing method. Some embodiments may include receiving, at a first mixing device, a first audio stream from one or more participant conferencing devices. The method may further include generating a top-N voice stream at the first mixing device, wherein the top-N voice stream corresponds with at least one top-N talker and wherein the identification of the at least one top-N talker is based upon, at least in part, an activity ranking. The method may also include receiving the top-N voice stream at a centralized mixing device and generating at least one mixed audio stream at the centralized mixing device. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304503 | TELEPHONE EXCHANGE SYSTEM, TELEPHONE EXCHANGER, AND INCOMING CALL SWITCHING METHOD - Provided is a telephone exchange system including a control unit for conducting, in a case where a forwarding setting is enabled for a telephone terminal or a telephone number that receives a proxy response to an incoming telephone call to a predetermined proxy response destination under a set environment in which a proxy response function is in operation as processing relating to the proxy response, switching control for connecting the incoming telephone call directly to the proxy response destination when the incoming telephone call to the proxy response destination from the telephone terminal or the telephone number of a forwarding destination within the forwarding setting is identified. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304504 | ALTERNATE ROUTING OF COMMUNICATIONS IN A PACKET-BASED NETWORK - A method for performing alternate and therefore least cost routing in distributed H.323 Voice over IP (VoIP) networks is provided. With this method, the VoIP network consists of a hierarchy of gatekeeper (GK) functions to provide alternate routing, network element redundancy, and scalability. The alternate routing function is performed by a directory gatekeeper with route selection advancing from a first route to a second route by either of two conditions: (1) there are no resources available to terminate the call in the first zone; and (2) a lack of response to the directory GK request for such resources. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304505 | DYNAMIC USAGE INEQUITY DETECTION AND/OR REMEDY - An architecture that can dynamically detect and/or automatically remedy service usage inequities in a communications network is provided. For example, based upon a comparison of incoming call detail records (CDRs) to various subscriber information entities (e.g., service plan, blacklisted devices for the service plan, historic or current billing cycle usage, etc.), the architecture can identify when a usage inequity occurs or is likely to occur, substantially in real time. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304506 | System and Methods for Dynamic SIM Provisioning on a Dual-SIM Wireless Communication Device - Methods and devices for dynamic VSIM provisioning on a multi-SIM wireless device having a first SIM as a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) and a virtual SIM (VSIM). A provisioning server may receive updated information from the wireless device, and based at least partially on the received information, determine whether the SIM profile on the VSIM of the wireless device should be changed. To change the SIM profile, the provisioning server may determine whether remote credential management procedures are enabled. If so, the provisioning server may select a new SIM profile from a plurality of SIM profiles, and provision the new SIM profile in the VSIM using remote credential management procedures. If remote credential management procedures are unavailable, the provisioning server may select a remote SIM from a plurality of remote SIMs associated with the provisioning server, and run the remote SIM to execute authentication processes for the wireless device. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304507 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Monitoring Service Usage - Usage information is received that describes usage of communication services by a communications device. The usage information is compared to monitoring criteria. When the monitoring criteria are satisfied, an electronic notification message is sent to the communications device before an additional charge is incurred. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304508 | LOAD BALANCING REVERSE POWER SUPPLY - A power supply unit includes a plurality of the interface ports and a plurality of power delivery units, each coupled to one of the interface ports and configured to extract power from data signals communicated over the interface ports by remote devices. A sharing circuit is coupled to each of the power delivery units for generating a power supply voltage from the power extracted from the data signals. A controller is configured to generate a communication line power loss estimate for each of the interface ports and configure the power delivery units to balance amounts of power supplied by each of the remote devices based on the communication line power loss estimates. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304509 | PRINTING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - An inkjet printer enables flexibly controlling nozzle maintenance of nozzles that eject ink according to individual user needs. A printing device that prints by ejecting ink from nozzles, includes a user interface unit that receives configuration information related to a nozzle maintenance process of the nozzles; and a nozzle maintenance control unit that executes a nozzle check at a set nozzle check timing as the nozzle maintenance process when the configuration information includes information to execute a nozzle check, and information about the timing of the nozzle check to execute when a clogged nozzle having an ink ejection problem is detected. | 2015-10-22 |