Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080244554 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UPDATING DIGITALLY SIGNED ACTIVE CONTENT ELEMENTS WITHOUT LOSING ATTRIBUTES ASSOCIATED WITH AN ORIGINAL SIGNING USER - A method and system for updating digitally signed active elements without losing attributes associated with an originally signing user. An updating entity determines the identity of an originally signing user from the original digital signature of an active content unit to be updated. Privileges associated with the original active content unit are determined from the original contents of the active content unit, or based on the identity of the originally signing user. The updating entity updates the active content unit with the new software version, and associates the original privileges for the active content unit with the new version of the active content unit. The updating entity stores the identity of the originally creating user in an On Behalf of: field of the updated active content unit. The updated active content unit is digitally signed by the updating entity. When a subsequent software update is received for the previously updated digitally signed active content unit, the updating entity determines that the On Behalf of: field is non-empty, and can then determine whether the previous signer has privileges allowing it to digitally sign for other users, and whether any privileges associated with (e.g. indicated within) the active content unit are available to the user identified in the On Behalf of: field. The privileges associated with subsequent updated version of the active content unit can advantageously be based on the identity of the user contained in the On Behalf of: field. | 10-02-2008 |
20090044200 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASYNCHRONOUS THREAD RESPONSE DETECTION IN AN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system for asynchronous thread response detection in an electronic communication system. Alert messages are provided to a user who is in the process of responding to a message in a message thread. The alert messages are provided when there are new messages in the thread, including messages in thread that were received before the user started responding, and/or messages that were received while the user was composing the response. The disclosed system is advantageous in that it the responding user does not necessarily have to manually check for new thread messages prior to or while they are composing a response to a message within the thread. | 02-12-2009 |
20100179979 | System and Methods for Tracking Processing Unit Usage - A method and system for monitoring the CPU time consumed by a software agent operating in a computer system. A resource tracking process is executed on the system. When an operating agent is detected, an agent lifetime timer is initialized. Then, CPU resources for the agent are identified and stored. Checks are made at predetermined intervals to determine if the agent is still alive. When the agent terminates, a measurement is made of the CPU time utilized by the agent. The measurement is then stored in memory. | 07-15-2010 |
20110307557 | SELECTIVELY CONTROLLING INFORMATION FLOW IN A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT - Selectively controlling information flow in a collaborative environment implemented by at least one server device includes: receiving in the at least one server device, from a first user of the collaborative environment, a pipeline condition corresponding to a target recipient and a release condition corresponding to the target recipient; and preventing the target recipient, with the at least one server device, from accessing information satisfying the pipeline condition posted by the first user to the collaborative environment until the release condition has been satisfied. | 12-15-2011 |
20130297366 | MANAGING MULTIPLE AND/OR REPEATED OUT OF OFFICE NOTIFICATION PERIODS - An out of office auto-response system that generates a calendaring user interface through which multiple out of office periods can be managed. The calendaring user interface enables a user to define, simultaneously view, and/or modify, multiple out of office periods during which auto-response messages will be generated. The out of office periods of the disclosed system are manageable as a specific type of calendar entries, and/or as a settable attribute of various types of calendar entries (e.g. vacation type calendar entries, meeting type calendar entries, etc.). The system generates user interface objects that allow a user to define an out of office period as repeated. The repeated office action may be defined as repeated a user-specified number of times, and over a user-specified interval, e.g. daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, etc. | 11-07-2013 |
20130339432 | MONITORING CONNECTION REQUESTS IN SOCIAL NETWORKS - Monitoring connection requests in social networks includes identifying a connection request to connect a contact's profile to a user's profile in the social network, comparing information about the contact's profile to a preference in the user's profile, and determining whether to allow the connection request to be sent to the user's profile based on the preference. | 12-19-2013 |
20140189021 | MINIMIZING THE EFFECTS OF EMAIL ATTACHMENTS ON COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A first computer receives a first message that includes an electronic attachment from a second computer over a communications network. The first computer saves the electronic attachment in a storage device. The first computer removes the electronic attachment from the first message. The first computer adds a link to the first message; wherein the link permits access to download the saved electronic attachment. The first computer sends to a third computer the first message including the link that permits access to download the saved electronic attachment. | 07-03-2014 |
20140344370 | ESTABLISHING SOCIAL NETWORK CONNECTIONS - A request to add at least a second user of a social network as a contact of a first user in the social network can be received. A social hierarchy indicating a hierarchical relationship between the first user and the second user can be accessed. Based on the hierarchical relationship between the first user and the second user, whether the second user must approve the request in order for the at least second user to be added as the contact of the first user in the social network can be determined. Responsive to determining that it is not required that the at least second user must approve the request in order for the at least second user to be added as the contact of the first user in the social network, the second user can be added as the contact of the first user in the social network without prompting the second user to approve the request. | 11-20-2014 |