Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080235173 | AUTONOMIC MANAGEMENT OF AUTONOMIC SYSTEMS - A method for the autonomic management of autonomic systems can include monitoring a managed system and recommending a course of action to be performed in the managed system. It can be determined whether the recommended course of action has been performed by an administrator. Responsive to the determination, it further can be determined whether an outcome from the course of action comports with a predicted outcome. If so, a point count can be changed responsive to a further determination that the outcome from the course of action comports with the predicted outcome. Conversely, the point count can be oppositely changed responsive to a further determination that the outcome from the course of action does not comports with the predicted outcome. In any case, when the point count crosses a threshold value, the management of the managed system can be transitioned to an adaptive component. | 09-25-2008 |
20080243585 | IMPLEMENTING MEETING MODERATOR FAILOVER AND FAILBACK - A method, apparatus, and computer-usable medium for scheduling a meeting, determining a set of policies for selecting a replacement meeting moderator if an original meeting moderator is not present in the meeting, specifying the a set of policies for reestablishing control of the meeting to the original meeting moderator when the original meeting moderator rejoins the meeting, deciding whether to implement a default policy or a custom policy as the set of policies. The default policy includes examining a user directory, establishing a hierarchy ranking of a collection of meeting members, where the original meeting moderator holds the highest rank, and designating a member of the collection of meeting members as a replacement meeting moderator, where the member holds a next highest rank in the hierarchy ranking. | 10-02-2008 |
20080250049 | CONSTRAINT PROGRAMMING FOR REDUCTION OF SYSTEM TEST-CONFIGURATION-MATRIX COMPLEXITY - A system for creating a system configuration data set includes an input operable to receive a set of system properties with attributes and values and a set of expressions representing a set of system test goals. The system further includes a processor operable to define a hierarchical tree structure with a plurality of nodes where each node represents one of the system properties and includes at least one of the attributes and the values and an output operable to output a set of system test data utilizing the hierarchical tree structure combined with the expressions. A method includes creating a hierarchical tree structure with a plurality of nodes where each node represents a system property. The method further includes receiving a set of expressions representing a set of system test goals and creating a set of system test data utilizing the hierarchical tree structure combined with the expressions. | 10-09-2008 |
20080281902 | System and Method for Providing Improved Communication Notification Forwarding on a Network - A system and method for improved communication notification forwarding on a network. An instant messaging (IM) server program receives at least one communication notification from a first client among a collection of clients on a network, wherein the at least one communication notification is targeted to a second client among the collection of clients. A notification manager compares a current network performance level to a predetermined threshold. In response to said comparing the current network performance level to the predetermined threshold, the notification manager parses a first list to determine if a first user indicator associated with said first client is present on the first list, wherein the first list indicates a first collection of user indicators of clients from which communication notifications are to be forwarded as high priority communication notifications. If the user indicator associated with the first client is present on the first list, the IM server program forwards the at least one communication notification as a high priority communication notification to said second client. | 11-13-2008 |
20090043843 | Management of Community Buddy Lists - One or more buddy lists from a first user's computer is populated on one or more other users' computers to cause a buddy list update of community buddy lists. The buddy lists may be auto-populated in response to a change in job status of the first user. | 02-12-2009 |
20090094343 | System and Method for Freezing Portions of a Chat Conversation in an Instant Messaging System - A system, method, and program product is provided that operates during an instant messaging session conducted between a first participant and a second participant. During the session, message sent to or from each participant are displayed in a first instant messaging session window. The two sets of instant messaging messages are displayed in a time-based order in the first instant messaging session window. A notification is received corresponding to one of the displayed instant messaging messages that is displayed in the first instant messaging session window. In response to receiving the notification, the selected instant messaging message is displayed in a second instant messaging session window while still including the selected instant messaging message in the first instant messaging session window. | 04-09-2009 |
20090100184 | PROTECTING CONTEXT SENSITIVE INFORMATION FROM BEING TRANSMITTED FROM AN INSTANT MESSAGE CLIENT - In a method and system for protecting context sensitive information from being transmitted from an instant message client, at least one policy is received that includes an entry of one or more disallowed terms and is associated with at least one action. Words typed into an IM message of the IM client by a user are then monitored in real-time. In response to any of the words typed into the IM message matching any of one or more disallowed terms, the action associated with the policy is automatically performed. According to one embodiment, an example action that may be associated with the policy and that is automatically performed may include temporarily halting transmission of the IM message, and displaying a warning message to the user, for example. | 04-16-2009 |
20090150334 | SCOPE AND DISTRIBUTION OF KNOWLEDGE IN AN AUTONOMIC COMPUTING SYSTEM - An autonomic computing system may include an autonomic manager and a knowledge source accessible by the autonomic manager and any other entities associated with the autonomic computing system. The knowledge source may include a service interface adapted for the autonomic manager to access the knowledge source. The knowledge source may also include a multiplicity of knowledge elements. | 06-11-2009 |
20090164622 | Monitoring Instant Messaging Usage - A method of monitoring instant messaging usage can include identifying an instant messaging session between a plurality of participants, selecting a participant in the instant messaging session, identifying at least one attribute of the instant messaging session, and identifying at least one attribute of the selected participant. The method further can include determining an instant messaging usage metric for the selected participant according to the at least one attribute of the instant messaging session and the at least one attribute of the selected participant and outputting the instant messaging usage metric of the selected participant. | 06-25-2009 |
20090234686 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ACCESS CONTROL IN A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT - A method, apparatus, and program product for providing access control in a collaborative environment are provided. A pool of approvable candidates for use in building an access control list for a project team are provided by matching attributes for potential candidates with requirements for the project, with the pool being larger than a projected size for the project team. In response to a vacant role on the project team, an invitation to join the project team is sent to an approvable candidate in the pool. At least one of the access control list or the pool is modified based upon an action by the approvable candidate. | 09-17-2009 |
20100250692 | Managing Status Information for Instant Messaging Users - Techniques are disclosed for managing instant messages, including the display of windows for incoming messages, as well as for managing status information for instant messaging users. In one aspect, an instant messaging user defines policy information to programmatically determine a response to an arriving instant message. As an example, the policy may control whether a new window will pop up for a newly-arriving message, and may specify other attributes of the window if desired. In another aspect, an instant messaging user defines attributes pertaining to how his instant messaging status will be presented to others. | 09-30-2010 |
20110225294 | RESOURCE-AWARE SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANAGING REQUEST TRAFFIC BASED ON A MANAGEMENT POLICY - Under the present invention, the performance of a set of system resources is monitored in response to incoming request traffic. When a system resource is approaching an overload condition, a corrective action is identified and implemented. Overload thresholds for each system resource and appropriate corrective actions are contained within a management policy. Based on a performance history of the corrective actions, the management policy can be changed/revised. | 09-15-2011 |
20110314394 | DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT OF USER-RECEIVED COMMUNICATIONS FOR A REAL-TIME MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS EVENT - A real time communication session can be defined in which more than two participants communicate with each other using at least two different types of bidirectional communication. In one embodiment, the different types of bidirectional communication can include audio and video. During communication session, demoting one of the participants can be demoted so that the demoted participant is still a participant of communication session but communicates using at least one less than the two different types. Responsive to the demoting, one of the participants can be promoted so that the promoted participant is permitted to participate in the communication session using at least two different types of bidirectional communication. The promoting would not be permitted due to a system constraint on the real time communication session in absence of the demoting. | 12-22-2011 |
20110314397 | MODERATOR CONTROL FOR MANAGING DELEGATES OF AN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION SESSION - Within a communication system, a real time communication session comprising a set of participants and a session moderator can be defined. At least a portion of the participants can be geographically remote from each other and can be communicatively linked via networked computing devices, each enabling participation with the real-time communication session. It can be determined that one of the participants is not able to participate in the real time communication session. At least one delegate able to substitute for the one participant subject to approval of the moderator can be ascertained. The ascertained delegate can be substituted for the one participant for the real-time communication session. | 12-22-2011 |
20120127263 | MULTIPOINT CONFERENCE SCALABILITY FOR CO-LOCATED PARTICIPANTS - A terminal device associated with a participant of the multipoint session can be identified. The multipoint session can be associated with a video and an audio stream. The terminal device can be a computing device comprising of an audio and video input, and a video output. The multipoint session can be a conference associated with a telephony session. The location of the terminal device and a conferencing device can be determined. The conferencing device can be associated with an audio input and output. If the terminal device is proximate to the conferencing device, a terminal device audio stream can be terminated and a conference device audio stream can be received. A video stream and an audio stream can be simultaneously presented upon the audio and video output of the conferencing device and terminal device. The video and the audio stream can be a synchronized stream of the session. | 05-24-2012 |
20120236110 | MULTIPOINT CONFERENCE SCALABILITIY FOR CO-LOCATED PARTICIPANTS - A terminal device associated with a participant of the multipoint session can be identified. The multipoint session can be associated with a video and an audio stream. The terminal device can be a computing device comprising of an audio and video input, and a video output. The multipoint session can be a conference associated with a telephony session. The location of the terminal device and a conferencing device can be determined. The conferencing device can be associated with an audio input and output. If the terminal device is proximate to the conferencing device, a terminal device audio stream can be terminated and a conference device audio stream can be received. A video stream and an audio stream can be simultaneously presented upon the audio and video output of the conferencing device and terminal device. The video and the audio stream can be a synchronized stream of the session. | 09-20-2012 |
20120239747 | DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT OF USER-RECEIVED COMMUNICATIONS FOR A REAL-TIME MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS EVENT - A real time communication session can be defined in which more than two participants communicate with each other using at least two different types of bidirectional communication. In one embodiment, the different types of bidirectional communication can include audio and video. During communication session, demoting one of the participants can be demoted so that the demoted participant is still a participant of communication session but communicates using at least one less than the two different types. Responsive to the demoting, one of the participants can be promoted so that the promoted participant is permitted to participate in the communication session using at least two different types of bidirectional communication. The promoting would not be permitted due to a system constraint on the real time communication session in absence of the demoting. | 09-20-2012 |
20130117398 | Annotating and Routing Message Content - Methods, systems, computer program products, and methods of doing business for improving communication, whereby message content is routed efficiently while allowing different recipients to receive different versions of the content. A portion of the electronic conversation in an instant messaging session (or of messages in other messaging systems) can be identified as being relevant to a third party (or parties), and information can be specified for routing the relevant information to that third party. A variety of delivery mechanisms may be used. Approval may be obtained prior to routing an annotated message. The recipients of annotated message may be human users and/or automated processes. The message author may also be a human or an automated process. | 05-09-2013 |
20130185407 | AUTONOMIC ASSISTANCE FOR POLICY GENERATION - A system, method and apparatus for autonomically assisting in the creation of an administrative policy. The method can include detecting a stimuli in a system under study and monitoring a response by a systems administrator to the stimuli. The stimuli and the response can be forwarded to a policy maker suited to analyze the stimuli and the response. Also, the policy maker can be queried for a preferred response to the stimuli. Based upon the preferred response to the stimuli, a policy for responding to the stimuli can be formulated. As such, the policy can be enforced in managing the system under study. Moreover, the policy can be forwarded for future consideration to the systems administrator. | 07-18-2013 |
20140108582 | OFFLINE IM CHAT TO AVOID SERVER CONNECTIONS - An instant message (IM) connection is established at an IM server in the usual manner, under the policies and security rules promulgated by the IM service provider. Using this connection to the IM server, an offline IM chat request is made at the IM server for establishing an offline connection directly between consenting IM clients. The request may be included in a message to the IM server from a client, or the request may be in the form of IM session parameter, for the client, that authorizes an offline chat as the preferred type of IM session under certain conditions. These conditions may result in the IM server being unavailable or may instead authorize the IM server to unload the client from an online session to an offline session based on IM server loading level or other factors that are under the control of the server. The conditions may also specify the presence of other IM clients as a criteria for establishing an offline chat; the clients may be present in an online chat session or merely available. | 04-17-2014 |
20150026350 | RESOURCE-AWARE SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANAGING REQUEST TRAFFIC BASED ON A MANAGEMENT POLICY - Under the present invention, the performance of a set of system resources is monitored in response to incoming request traffic. When a system resource is approaching an overload condition, a corrective action is identified and implemented. Overload thresholds for each system resource and appropriate corrective actions are contained within a management policy. Based on a performance history of the corrective actions, the management policy can be changed/revised. | 01-22-2015 |
20150088989 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING TEMPORARY SOCIAL NETWORKS - A method and system for generating temporary social networks on a communications network includes creating a temporary social network for a plurality of users based on one or more criteria using a program. The program is executable by a processor of a computer. The temporary social network is accessible using a communications network. Contacts are searched in a user contact list based on the criteria. The contacts are joined to the temporary social network. The temporary social network is removed according to a policy. | 03-26-2015 |