06th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 54 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120036158 | TRAVEL BOOKING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method for searching for a travel product having one or more data elements associated therewith from a plurality of potentially suitable travel products in a system comprising a web based interface for receiving inputs from a user and from one or more sources of data, and for displaying results to a user based on the inputs; a business logic layer providing access to the sources of data in a predetermined manner, such as based on rules and preferences; and a database including data relating to the parties associated with the system; wherein the method comprises the steps of: entering one or more search parameters into the interface; launching multiple simultaneous searches based on the search criteria and one or more attribute of the travel product to the one or more sources of data to identify the potentially suitable travel products; displaying the potentially suitable travel products on the interface; selecting one or more of the potentially suitable travel products for further processing; further processing the potentially suitable travel products by normalizing the data elements associated with the potentially suitable travel products into a homogeneous display; determining a combination of data elements of the one or more potentially suitable travel products which in combination are the most suitable travel products for a customer based on customer preferences and attributes. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036159 | SPEECH SEARCH DEVICE AND SPEECH SEARCH METHOD - Provided are a speech search device, the search speed of which is very fast, the search performance of which is also excellent, and which performs fuzzy search, and a speech search method. Not only the fuzzy search is performed, but also the distance between phoneme discrimination features included in speech data is calculated to determine the similarity with respect to the speech using both a suffix array and dynamic programming, and an object to be searched for is narrowed by means of search keyword division based on a phoneme and search thresholds relative to a plurality of the divided search keywords, the object to be searched for is repeatedly searched for while increasing the search thresholds in order, and whether or not there is the keyword division is determined according to the length of the search keywords, thereby implementing speech search, the search speed of which is very fast and the search performance of which is also excellent. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036160 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING A CANDIDATE REPORT - Extensive databases of well-annotated reports are important knowledge sources in medical workflows, such as in radiology. These are typically accessed by the healthcare professional looking for reports similar to a current case being evaluated. However, filling and maintaining such databases requires considerable effort. A system is provided for storing a candidate report, comprising a searcher configured to retrieve one or more queries from a query database; to retrieve the candidate report from a user input; to execute the one or more queries on the candidate report to determine the relevance of the candidate report, and to store the candidate report in the report database if the relevance exceeds a predetermined value. The invention provides a check, prior to storing, to evaluate whether a candidate report would actually be a worthwhile addition to the database. If not, it is by default not added. The healthcare professional is alerted when reporting on a case, so that superfluous cases are identified and left out of the database. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036161 | Distributed File System and Method - A distributed file system and method distributes file system objects across multiple self-contained volumes, where each volume is owned by a unique file system node. Logical links are used to reference a file system object between volumes. Each file system node includes a relocation directory in which is maintained hard links to locally-stored file system objects that are referenced from another file system node using logical links. Various file system operations that involve multiple volumes are performed without having to place a write lock on more than one volume at a time. Various caching schemes allow the various file system nodes to cache file system object data and metadata. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036162 | AUTHORIZATION CHECK OF DATABASE QUERY THROUGH MATCHING OF ACCESS RULE TO ACCESS PATH IN APPLICATION SYSTEMS - A method is provided to check user authorization to access a database, the method comprising: receiving a database query; producing an execution plan for the query; receiving an access rule applicable to a user associated with the query; determining whether the access rules permits processing of the query according to the plan; and rejecting the query in response to a determination that the access rule does not allow processing of the query according to the plan. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036163 | DISTRIBUTED MULTIDIMENSIONAL RANGE SEARCH SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computer-implemented method is provided for managing a plurality of data objects including dimensional attributes. The method includes receiving a plurality of data objects including dimensional attributes and assigning each of a plurality of nodes to one or more of a plurality of keyspace positions of a keyspace, wherein the plurality of nodes define partitions of the keyspace. A space filling curve is applied to the dimensional attributes of each of the plurality of data objects to generate a plurality of key values which correspond to the plurality of keyspace positions, and each of the plurality of data objects is transmitted to one or more of the plurality of nodes assigned to a keyspace position corresponding to the key value of the respective data object. A system for managing a plurality of data objects including dimensional attributes is further provided. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036164 | Method of management of metadata size of a service guide - The invention enables reducing of the complexity of Service Guide size management related to the management of the bandwidth occupied by a combination of streams comprising audio/and or video streams, signaling streams and service guide streams. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036165 | UPGRADING COLUMN-BASED DATABASES - Techniques are described in which at least one column is added to a table in a column-based database that has a plurality of columns and table fields. A shadow-in-place upgrade of the column-based database can be performed that adds at least one new column to the database. Thereafter, access to the column-based database can be seamlessly enabled before, during, and after the upgrade through a plurality of views. The views define a subset of the fields in the database that are visible. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036166 | EFFECTIVE DATING FOR TABLE OR RELATIONSHIP MODIFICATIONS - A method of application phased upgrade and phased user migration. In one embodiment, in one embodiment a first version of an application generates a first SQL insert statement, wherein the first SQL insert statement comprises a first table name, a first field name, and a first value. A second version of an application generates a second SQL insert statement, wherein the second SQL insert statement comprises the first table name, the first field name, and a second value. A database system inserts a first record into a first table in response to the database system receiving the first SQL insert statement. The database system inserts a second record into the first table via a view in response to the database system receiving the second SQL insert statement. The first record comprises distinct first and second fields corresponding to the first name and a second field name, respectively. The first field stores the first value. The second record comprises distinct first and second fields corresponding to the first and second field names, respectively. The second field of the second record stores the second value. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036167 | Multiple dimensioned database architecture using semi-structured data - A database management system stores data form a plurality of logical tables as independent copies in different format. In one specific example the system organizes tables into table groups and de-normalizes the table in each table group. It also organizes data in a second format including vertical column containers that store all the data for one attribute, there being one column container for each table and each attribute within that table. The receipt of a query causes the system to develop a query plan that can interact with either or both of the container sets. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036168 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A configuration is provided wherein the URI of a file to be obtained is recorded in a playlist, thereby enabling a file to be obtained using the URI. An arrangement is made wherein a playback data storage file such as a stream file or the like, or a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) that is file identification information of a clip information file is recorded in a playlist that is the playback control information of recorded data as to a medium. With playback processing, a URI is read out from the playlist, and a file to be subjected to the playback processing can be obtained based on the URI. Regardless of the same device, the specification information of a file in an arbitrary place can be set in the playlist, whereby playback processing can be performed by obtaining a file from various places. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036169 | Object identifier and common registry to support asynchronous checkpointing with audits - Example embodiments provide a method of identifying an application object that includes forming an assigned global persistent data record identifier (GPR ID) of the application object. The GPR ID includes a GPR type identifier, which identifies a cooperating application process (CAP) owner and a type of application object. The GPR ID further includes a GPR record identifier, which identifies an instance of the application object. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036170 | DATA RATIONALIZATION - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with data rationalization are described. One example method includes receiving data from a primary data repository and automatically rationalizing the data by applying rationalization rules that map one or more non-preferred data instances to a preferred data instance. Any non-preferred data instances that have not been automatically rationalized into a preferred data instance are provided to an interface for manual rationalization. Automatically and manually rationalized data is stored in a rationalized data repository. In addition, rationalization rules based on the manual rationalization are extracted for use in subsequent automatic rationalization operations. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036171 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF CONVERTING TIMING REPORTS INTO TIMING WAVEFORMS - A method and system of converting an ASCII timing report to a timing waveform to evaluate the behavior of an electrical signal in an ASIC is described. In the method, a timing report is read into memory, and selected timing points are extracted therefrom. A timing waveform is generated from the extracted timing points for display and review by a designer to evaluate whether a given external port or internal pin of the ASIC meets required timing specifications. To create a combined timing waveform, max and min timing waveforms are generated from selected timing points extracted from max and min timing reports. The x-y coordinates of the min timing waveform are shifted by an adjustment factor so as to align with x-y coordinates the max timing waveform, then a combined timing waveform is generated from the x-y coordinates of both the max and min timing waveforms. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036172 | Expanded Scope Incrementor - An incrementor circuit and method for incrementing is provided that computes an output data word by increasing an input data word magnitude by one of several integer values. The incrementor circuit includes a mode increment signal circuit providing a designation of one of the integer values for increasing the input data word magnitude. A single constant incrementor is connected to the mode increment signal circuit and the input data word and provides an intermediate sum by selectively adding a constant to the input data word. A multiplex circuit logically combines selected input data word bit position values with the mode increment signal circuit designation forming logical bit position values and directs selected input data word bit position values, selected logical bit position values, and selected bit position values of the intermediate sum to form the output data word. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036173 | Systems and Methods for Sequence Detection in Data Processing - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for sequence detection. As an example, a method for data detection is disclosed that includes: receiving a series of data samples at a detector circuit; multiplying a portion of the series of data samples by a first correlator value corresponding to a first binary transition to yield a first value; multiplying the portion of the series of data samples by a second correlator value corresponding to a second binary transition to yield a second value; adding the first value to a prior state value to yield a first interim value; adding the second value to the prior state value to yield a second interim value; and selecting the larger of the first interim value and the second interim value to yield a surviving interim value. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036174 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MEMORY BANDWIDTH EFFICIENT CORRELATION ACCELERATION - A system and method for providing memory bandwidth efficient correlation acceleration. A correlation accelerator or correlator (e.g., an X*Y correlator) can be configured in association with a processor of a wireless communication system for correlating an input signal data sequence (X) and its shifted versions with a reference data sequence. Shifted versions (including the 0-shifted or the original) with respect to the input signal data sequence can be generated for each column (Y columns) of a sliding window in the correlator in order to reduce an input bandwidth requirement. Each input signal data and the shifted versions can be concurrently multiplied with the reference signal data and the results can be summed together in order to generate an output signal data profile. The output signal data profile can be stored into an accumulator register in order to reduce an output bandwidth requirement. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036175 | DETERMINING POPULATION BOUNDARIES USING RADIAL DENSITY HISTOGRAMS - Apparatuses and methods for determining population boundaries are described. In one embodiment, population boundaries are determined using radial density histograms. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036176 | APPARATUS CONNECTED TO NETWORK AND METHOD FOR REQUESTING ANOTHER APPARATUS TO PERFORM PROCESSING VIA NETWORK - A second apparatus, which is connected to a first apparatus and a third apparatus via a network, transmits a signal to the third apparatus for preventing the third apparatus from stopping an operation in a case where the second apparatus requests the first apparatus to perform processing including an access to the third apparatus. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036177 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTENT CATEGORIZATION - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for content categorization, where the method comprises transmitting, by a content categorization request entity, a categorization ability negotiation request to a content categorization providing entity to request the categorization ability of the content categorization providing entity; receiving the categorization capability of the content categorization providing entity returned by the content categorization providing entity. Furthermore, embodiments of the present invention disclose a system for content categorization, content categorization request entity and content categorization providing entity. Categorization ability negotiation or subscription helps to learn the content categorization ability so that the content categorization request entity or content categorization providing entity may mutually and accurately acquire content categorization capability information without delay. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036178 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COOKIE PROXY JAR MANAGEMENT ACROSS CORES IN A MULTI-CORE SYSTEM - The present solution is directed towards systems and methods for managing cookies by a multi-core device. The device is intermediary to a client and one or more servers. A first core of a multi-core device receives a response from a server to a request of the client through a user session. The response comprises a cookie. The first core removes the cookie from the response and stores the cookie in a corresponding storage for the session. The first core forwards the response without the cookie to the client. A second core then receives via a session, a second request from the client. The second core determines the identification of the first core as owner of the session from the second request. The second core then communicates to the first core a third request for cookie information for the session. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036179 | Using Unique Local Unicast Addresses in a Global Domain Name Server - Mechanisms are provided for resolving a domain name. The mechanisms send a request, from a resolver executing on the data processing system, to a name server requesting a resolution of a domain name into an address. A response to the request is received that includes a local address. The local address has a scope that is local to a site and is not global in scope. A determination is made as to whether the local address corresponds to a domain associated with the resolver. Communications are then performed with a device corresponding to the domain name using the local address in response to a determination that the local address corresponds to a domain associated with the resolver. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036180 | SERVICE VIRTUALIZATION OVER CONTENT-CENTRIC NETWORKS - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for facilitating network service virtualization. During operation, the system receives a service request from a client, and initializes a communication session with the client. The system constructs an interest using session state information that can identify the client and/or a previous communication session. The interest comprises a hierarchically structured variable-length name. The system then broadcasts the interest to a number of servers. The system subsequently forwards to the client data received from a server which responds first to the interest. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036181 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DEVICES FOR FACILITATING REAL-TIME SOCIAL AND BUSINESS INTERRACTIONS/NETWORKING - A personal networking/communication device (PND) enables real-time social and business interactions/networking within a real environment. A first PND associated with a first person/user in the real environment is within communication range of a second PND. The first PND receives (via electronic communication) and displays a social interaction information signature (SIS) of the second PND. The signature includes a physical mapping/location of the second PND relative to the first PND and provides some information about the second PND's user. Following a selection of the SIS on the first PND, the first PND electronically transmits one or more “request for interaction or information exchange” (RIIE) to the second PND. When the first PND receives a response to the RIIE from the second PND, the user of the first PND receives real-time unequivocal confirmation of whether the second person is interested in interacting/socializing with the user. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036182 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INSERTING CONTENT INTO CONVERSATIONS IN ON-LINE AND DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTS - Content is inserted into conversations hosted on a takeoff site using creatives that provide lures and links to other material that users engaged in the conversation might find helpful and relevant. Such insertions are made in a contextually meaningful fashion through the use of a matching and decision process that determines best candidate creatives and an appropriate time and place for their insertion into the conversation. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036183 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING JOURNEY INFORMATION - A method of providing at least one journey option computation to user and a journey information computer system is provided. The journey information computer system comprising: a client interface configured to receive a calendar email invitation comprising appointment details and user identity information; a decode module operable to identify and extract the user identity information and the appointment details from the email; a travel information processor configured to compute at least one journey option based on the appointment details together with data received from a least one travel information source; and a communication module configured to send the at least one computed journey option to a user device. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036184 | REDUCED HIERARCHY KEY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Automated booting of a client for a subscriber is provided for clients that are for use in interactive user sessions that involve multimedia. A subscribe message is sent from the client to a proxy server. The proxy server authenticates the subscribe message, and sends the subscribe message to the configuration server. A notify message is sent to the client from the configuration server. The notify message is sent through the proxy server, and contains a location of a profile for the client. The profile is downloaded to the clients. This arrangement allows the persistence of profiles in a centralized place. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036185 | STATE MANAGEMENT IN A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEM - Techniques to allow applications to propagate information to the other instances of the applications running on downstream servers are provided. An indicator, such as a token, tag, etc., is placed within or added to a message that is flowing through the distributed environment to signify that a process has been performed on the message. For example, when an instance of an application running on a server receives a message, the application instance can examine the indicator contained in the message and take appropriate action. If the application instance decides to process the message, the application instance can include an indicator in the message to signify that the application instance processed the message. The presence of the indicator signifies that the message has been processed by an upstream instance of the same application. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036186 | Control of a Communication Session - According to a first aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of operating a Policy and Charging Enforcement Function to control a communication session of a user terminal. The method comprises receiving an initial decision from a first decision function (C1), the initial decision requiring a redirection of a user interface of the user terminal to a primary address associated with the first decision function, notifying a second decision function of said initial decision (C6), receiving a supplementary decision from the second decision function (C7), the supplementary decision requiring that that the first decision function should communicate with a secondary address associated with the second decision function, and sending a redirection instruction to the user terminal to redirect the user interface to said primary address, the instruction including said secondary address (C10). | 2012-02-09 |
20120036187 | DECENTRALIZED DATA CASTING IN AN ITEREST AWARE PEER NETWORK - Systems and methods for data casting in an interest aware peer network are provided. The method comprises determining whether a set of interests associated with a node in a network is updated, wherein the set of interests comprises one or more topics IDs, wherein each topic ID corresponds to a topic of interest associated with said node; distributing the set of interests associated with the node to one or more neighboring nodes by way of a first distribution scheme until N nodes in the network are aware of the updated set of interests for the node; providing each node in the network with a mechanism to determine value of a topic of interest in a set of interests received in association with a node based on a topic ID included in the set of interests for the node. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036188 | Method and Apparatus for Aggregating Document Information - An apparatus, comprising a processor, memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: receiving information from a first external apparatus indicating that the first external apparatus received a document associated with a uniform resource locator, evaluating the received information and the historic document information, aggregating at least part of the received information to the historic document information based at least in part on the evaluation, and providing at least part of the aggregated historic document information to a second external apparatus is disclosed. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036189 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, SERVER, AND REGISTRATION METHOD - A server notifies another user that a virtual item of the user has been registered when the virtual item of the user has been registered, receives a registration request for the virtual item of the user from the terminal of the other user, and registers the virtual item of the user in association with the identification information of the other user as a virtual item of the other user when the registration request for the virtual item of the user from the terminal of the other user has been received. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036190 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHARING COMPRESSION HISTORIES BETWEEN MULTIPLE DEVICES - Systems and methods of storing previously transmitted data and using it to reduce bandwidth usage and accelerate future communications are described. By using algorithms to identify long compression history matches, a network device may improve compression efficiently and speed. A network device may also use application specific parsing to improve the length and number of compression history matches. Further, by sharing compression histories and compression history indexes across multiple devices, devices can utilize data previously transmitted to other devices to compress network traffic. Any combination of the systems and methods may be used to efficiently find long matches to stored data, synchronize the storage of previously sent data, and share previously sent data among one or more other devices. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036191 | Configuring a Syndicated Feed to Track Changes to User Content in an Online Social Network - In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a profile page of a user on an online social network, accessing cached content from a syndicated feed, determining the last time the content from the syndicated feed was updated, and if the last time the content was update was before a particular time, then updated the profile page of the user to include the cached content, else, accessing the syndicated feed and updating the profile page of the user to include updated content. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036192 | NAT Traversal for Media Conferencing - Methods for establishing a direct peer-to-peer (“P2P”) connection between two computers are disclosed. In particular, the methods are designed to work in cases where one or both of the computers are connected to a private network, such private networks being interconnected via a public network, such as the Internet. The connections between the private network and the public network are facilitated by network address translation (“NAT”). | 2012-02-09 |
20120036193 | NAT Traversal for Media Conferencing - Methods for establishing a direct peer-to-peer (“P2P”) connection between two computers are disclosed. In particular, the methods are designed to work in cases where one or both of the computers are connected to a private network, such private networks being interconnected via a public network, such as the Internet. The connections between the private network and the public network are facilitated by network address translation (“NAT”). | 2012-02-09 |
20120036194 | COLLABORATION AGENT - A collaboration agent for facilitating real-time communications on behalf of a user. The collaboration agent includes a conference bridge that anchors calls to the conference bridge. The collaboration agent uses contextual information associated with the user to manage the real-time communications. The collaboration agent can communicate with other collaboration agents associated with other users. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036195 | ESTABLISHMENT OF A CONFERENCE - An apparatus, method, computer readable medium, and system are provided for associating content with a conference. A viewer of content may elect to partake in a conference and may select one or more options associated with the conference. The viewer may be authenticated and billed based on the viewer's participation in the conference. The viewer may be assigned to a conference group based on a location of the viewer and/or the viewer's selections of conference options. A lookup may be performed to determine conference parameters, comprising one or more of a terminal identifier associated with the viewer, a conference code identifier and a participant code. A conference setup message may be transmitted to one or more of a switch and a customer premise equipment device (CPE) based on the conference parameters. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036196 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING A MESSAGE INTENDED FOR DIFFERENT RECIPIENTS - A method and apparatus for displaying a message destined for different recipients, wherein the apparatus programs a computer to perform the method, which includes: determining that a message is destined for a first recipient and a second recipient; determining a message size limit for the message based on capabilities of a first device used by the first recipient and a second device used by the second recipient; displaying a first portion of the message in a first format when a length of the message is less than the message size limit; displaying a next portion of the message in a second different format when the length of the message exceeds the message size limit. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036197 | Messaging Genealogy Interface - A number of related electronic messages can be presented in an organized and intuitive manner by associating each of the messages with a message generation and displaying a set of message nodes, each associated with a particular message, organized by generation. The messages nodes are associated or linked with one another to indicate a portion of the respective message lineage. The messages displayed can be filtered so that the viewer of the interface is only presented with messages to which the viewer is a participant. The interface also displays a list of message thread participants over all related electronic messages or on a generation-by-generation basis. The list of participants can also categorize participants as active or passive. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036198 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELF-CALIBRATING, SELF-ORGANIZING AND LOCALIZING SENSORS IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS - A method of self-organizing sensor nodes in a wireless sensor network (WSN); a method of localizing mobile nodes in a WSN; and a method of self-calibrating a WSN are disclosed. The method of self-organizing sensor nodes in a WSN includes configuring sensor nodes to in turn broadcast consecutive messages at a plurality of pre-defined and incrementally increasing power levels; detecting receipt of the broadcasted messages at each of the sensor nodes and notifying a master node as to the identity of each sensor node receiving the broadcasted message and the power level at which it was received to define a detected neighbourhood for each sensor node; determining relative locations of sensor nodes with the detected neighbourhoods; and mapping relative locations of the sensor nodes by the master node based on results of the neighborhood detection and known locations of two anchor nodes. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036199 | Sharing Data on Mobile Devices - System, methods and articles of manufacture for replicating relational data on multiple nodes. An embodiment comprises receiving an update request message from a node, wherein the update request message comprises a node identification and an application identification, accessing an application schema based on the application identification, identifying a partition residing in the application schema based on the node identification, accessing a server schema, identifying a second partition residing in the server schema based on the application identification, determining at least one data change stored in the second partition that changes data associated with the first partition, retrieving at least one data change from the second partition, formatting data change in an update response message, and transmitting the update response message to the node. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036200 | SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM - A social media engagement system is configured for aggregating a plurality of messages originating from a plurality of social media networks, routing each of the plurality of messages based on predetermined workflow rules into a plurality of queues wherein the queues are categorized based at least in part on types of messages, providing the queues for further processing, thereby resulting in one or more responses, and outputting the one or more responses to one or more of the plurality of social media networks. In some embodiments, the system is further configured for reviewing the data to determine whether any of the data indicates an engagement opportunity and associating some or all the data with a contact record and/or an existing case and/or a new case. In some embodiments, the system tracks influence, and in some embodiments, a console provides vision into various information provided by the system. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036201 | SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM ROUTING AND MESSAGE ASSOCIATION - A social media engagement system is configured for aggregating a plurality of messages originating from a plurality of social media networks, routing each of the plurality of messages based on predetermined workflow rules into a plurality of queues wherein the queues are categorized based at least in part on types of messages, providing the queues for further processing, thereby resulting in one or more responses, and outputting the one or more responses to one or more of the plurality of social media networks. In some embodiments, the system is further configured for reviewing the data to determine whether any of the data indicates an engagement opportunity and associating some or all the data with a contact record and/or an existing case and/or a new case. In some embodiments, the system tracks influence, and in some embodiments, a console provides vision into various information provided by the system. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036202 | SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM INFLUENCE TRACKING - A social media engagement system is configured for aggregating a plurality of messages originating from a plurality of social media networks, routing each of the plurality of messages based on predetermined workflow rules into a plurality of queues wherein the queues are categorized based at least in part on types of messages, providing the queues for further processing, thereby resulting in one or more responses, and outputting the one or more responses to one or more of the plurality of social media networks. In some embodiments, the system is further configured for reviewing the data to determine whether any of the data indicates an engagement opportunity and associating some or all the data with a contact record and/or an existing case and/or a new case. In some embodiments, the system tracks influence, and in some embodiments, a console provides vision into various information provided by the system. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036203 | SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM MESSAGE CASE ASSOCIATION - A social media engagement system is configured for aggregating a plurality of messages originating from a plurality of social media networks, routing each of the plurality of messages based on predetermined workflow rules into a plurality of queues wherein the queues are categorized based at least in part on types of messages, providing the queues for further processing, thereby resulting in one or more responses, and outputting the one or more responses to one or more of the plurality of social media networks. In some embodiments, the system is further configured for reviewing the data to determine whether any of the data indicates an engagement opportunity and associating some or all the data with a contact record and/or an existing case and/or a new case. In some embodiments, the system tracks influence, and in some embodiments, a console provides vision into various information provided by the system. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036204 | SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM INTEGRATION - A social media engagement system is configured for aggregating a plurality of messages originating from a plurality of social media networks, routing each of the plurality of messages based on predetermined workflow rules into a plurality of queues wherein the queues are categorized based at least in part on types of messages, providing the queues for further processing, thereby resulting in one or more responses, and outputting the one or more responses to one or more of the plurality of social media networks. In some embodiments, the system is further configured for reviewing the data to determine whether any of the data indicates an engagement opportunity and associating some or all the data with a contact record and/or an existing case and/or a new case. In some embodiments, the system tracks influence, and in some embodiments, a console provides vision into various information provided by the system. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036205 | SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM MESSAGE COMMUNICATION - A social media engagement system is configured for aggregating a plurality of messages originating from a plurality of social media networks, routing each of the plurality of messages based on predetermined workflow rules into a plurality of queues wherein the queues are categorized based at least in part on types of messages, providing the queues for further processing, thereby resulting in one or more responses, and outputting the one or more responses to one or more of the plurality of social media networks. In some embodiments, the system is further configured for reviewing the data to determine whether any of the data indicates an engagement opportunity and associating some or all the data with a contact record and/or an existing case and/or a new case. In some embodiments, the system tracks influence, and in some embodiments, a console provides vision into various information provided by the system. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036206 | SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM CASE AND CONTACT ASSOCIATION LOGIC - A social media engagement system is configured for aggregating a plurality of messages originating from a plurality of social media networks, routing each of the plurality of messages based on predetermined workflow rules into a plurality of queues wherein the queues are categorized based at least in part on types of messages, providing the queues for further processing, thereby resulting in one or more responses, and outputting the one or more responses to one or more of the plurality of social media networks. In some embodiments, the system is further configured for reviewing the data to determine whether any of the data indicates an engagement opportunity and associating some or all the data with a contact record and/or an existing case and/or a new case. In some embodiments, the system tracks influence, and in some embodiments, a console provides vision into various information provided by the system. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036207 | SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM MESSAGE ROUTING AND QUEUING - A social media engagement system is configured for aggregating a plurality of messages originating from a plurality of social media networks, routing each of the plurality of messages based on predetermined workflow rules into a plurality of queues wherein the queues are categorized based at least in part on types of messages, providing the queues for further processing, thereby resulting in one or more responses, and outputting the one or more responses to one or more of the plurality of social media networks. In some embodiments, the system is further configured for reviewing the data to determine whether any of the data indicates an engagement opportunity and associating some or all the data with a contact record and/or an existing case and/or a new case. In some embodiments, the system tracks influence, and in some embodiments, a console provides vision into various information provided by the system. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036208 | Polling-based secure network message notification system and method with performance enhancing features - A method for the dissemination of an alert message to a plurality of personal computers using a network communications protocol from a server is disclosed that includes a first step wherein the client contacts the central server and requests the value of said alert ID number in said memory, a second step wherein said server transmits said value to said client, a third step wherein said client compares a stored value at the client with the value of the transmitted alert ID number, and if said transmitted value exceeds said stored value, a fourth step wherein said client transmits a second message to said server and requests for the server to transmit all unread alert messages in a GetUnreadAlerts SOAP request from said server that are specific to said client. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036209 | HIERARCHICAL SOCIAL NETWORK SYSTEM - A social network system with an organizational hierarchy established to include a main group with at least one subgroup reporting to the main group. At least one of the one subgroup has field users reporting to the subgroup. Each subgroup has multiple subgroup users while the main group at the apex of the hierarchy has at least one main group user. A server is provided that receives messages from the field users and subgroup users. The field user- and subgroup-messages are communicated to a wireless device associated with the main group user while a first subgroup user receives on a wireless device messages from first subgroup field users on a wireless device. The server employs communication permissions for the organization hierarchy that limit the information to which a member of the organization hierarchy is able to receive based on the role filled by an organization hierarchy member. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036210 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO USE COLLABORATIVE MIND MAPS - The present invention provides a system and method for effective and in-depth contextual online collaboration using mind maps. More particularly, the present invention provides the implementation of the “Quasi-Synchronous Collaboration” using collaborative mind map either in a hardware or software form or in the combination of both. The system and method referred as “Quasi-Synchronous collaboration” use collaborative mind maps for online collaboration overlaid with structured/per-defined communication providing advantages of both synchronous and asynchronous collaboration between various users for various purposes. Advantageously, the present invention could be used in several domains including the domains of e-learning, online demand/supply aggregation, project/program management, brainstorming, content creation, content review, etc. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036211 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING ELECTRONIC MAIL ACCOUNTS - In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for integrating a plurality of electronic mail (email) accounts. A plurality of email services may be used to send and receive electronic messages over a wide area network, one of the email services being a preferred email service and another of the email services being a secondary email service. An email integration service may be used that is coupled to the wide area network and that is independent of the plurality of email services. The email integration service may be operable to receive account information regarding the preferred email service and the secondary email service and use the account information to configure a means for forwarding electronic messages from the preferred email service to the secondary email service. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036212 | Data Synchronization Protocol - Among other things, techniques and systems are disclosed for syncing data between a client device and a server. Synchronizing data includes initiating a sync session by negotiating a sync mode between a client device and a server for each of one or more dataclasses. A status code is generated based on a result of the negotiating. Based on the generated status code, the client device and the server exchange one or more data items to be updated for the one or more dataclasses using the negotiated sync mode for each dataclass. The exchanged one or more data items are updated at the client device or the server. The updated one or more data items are committed at the client or the server. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036213 | Tracking Changes to Non-Friend Content in an Online Social Network - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving from a user of an online social network an identifier of a web site and content on the web site that the user desires to track, determining whether the content has been updated on the web site, and if the content has been updated, then communicating a notification to the user that the web site has been updated. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036214 | ALTERNATIVE TRANSFER OF LOGICAL PARTITIONS (LPAR) FROM ONE LPAR COMPUTER SYSTEM TO ANOTHER - An alternative migration of an LPAR from one server system to another when either or both of the server systems cannot access a Storage Area Network (SAN) or like external storage network. If said source and destination server system do not have access to the same SAN, then a mirror image of said all data storage supporting the transferred LPAR is created and transmitted to local storage supporting the destination server system and then the logical partition (LPAR) is transmitted over the connecting network from the source server system to the destination server system. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036215 | Optimized Data Stream Upload - Systems and methods utilize a distributed server network to allow for the optimization of the upload of a data stream from a computing device. Performance metrics are estimated for different network paths from the computing device to a variety of entry servers in the distributed server network. Based on the estimated performance metrics, one or more entry servers are then selected to receive the data stream from the computing device. As a result, the systems and methods described herein allow for high quality upload performance which addresses the first mile vulnerability issues of the data stream. The distributed server network can then transmit copies of the data stream in real-time to other computing devices. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036216 | PROFILING METHOD AND SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method and system for characterizing recipients into recipient categories on the basis of responses to questions provided to users. The characterization is based on rankings that are assigned to the questions, recipient categories, links between the questions and links between the questions and recipient categories. In one embodiment the ranking of a given recipient category is calculated on the basis of rankings of another recipient category having a link to the given recipient category, together with the ranking of the link between the recipient categories. The links between questions and recipient categories indicate a particular response, by the respondent, in respect of questions. The recipients are characterized with respect to the recipient categories on the basis of the rankings assigned to the recipient categories. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036217 | DATA CONVERSION DEVICE AND DATA CONVERSION METHOD - A data conversion device includes a receiving unit which receives first data and first sequence information and second data and second sequence information that are transmitted from a first device to a second device, the first sequence information indicating that the first data is transmitted before the second data and the second sequence information indicating that the second data is transmitted after the first data, a transmitting unit that transmits the received first data and second data to a third device, and a control unit that instructs the transmitting unit to transmit the first data and the second data to the transmitting unit in accordance with a sequence indicated in the first sequence information and the second sequence information. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036218 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SHARING APPLICATION WITH A PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method for sharing an application between a first portable terminal and a second portable terminal includes the first portable terminal collecting application information if an application sharing event occurs, generating a marker including the application information, and displaying the marker; and the second portable terminal capturing an image of the marker including application information, recognizing the marker, extracting the application information from the marker, and installing an application corresponding to the application information from the marker. The first portable terminal includes a marker generating unit to generate the marker including the application information, and a display unit to display the marker. The second portable terminal includes a camera unit to capture an image of the marker, a marker recognizing unit to recognize the marker, a marker analyzing unit to extract the application information from the marker, and an application installing unit to install the application. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036219 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVENT DRIVEN PUBLISH-SUBSCRIBE COMMUNICATIONS - The present invention provides a system and a method for delivering an event from an event publisher to an event subscriber via an event broker. The event broker performs several functions such as receiving an event published by an event publisher of a first domain, assigning a priority based on a second domain to a plurality of subscribers of the second domain, processing the event based on a rule and the priority, and further delivering the event published by the event publisher of the first domain to the plurality of event subscribers of the second domain in accordance with the priority. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036220 | SYSTEMS FOR ACCEPTING AND APPROVING APPLICATIONS AND METHODS OF OPERATION OF SAME - A managed services platform and method of operation of same are described herein. The platform can include a device management service (DMS) server in which the DMS server can act as a gateway for communications with one or more computing devices, and the computing devices are associated with a first entity. The platform can also include an application service (AS) server in which the AS server is communicatively coupled with the DMS server. When a first computing device contacts the DMS server, the DMS server is operable to provide a bundle to the first computing device. As an example, the bundle contains content that at least includes one or more configuration messages and an application set that contains one or more predefined applications. The content of the bundle can be determined at least in part by the first entity. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036221 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A transmission apparatus is configured to transmit identification information for referring to a content and/or a sub directory included in a directory designated by a receiving apparatus to the receiving apparatus via a network. The transmission apparatus includes a loading unit configured to load a content, a generation unit configured to generate identification information for referring to a new directory for referring to the content loaded by the loading unit so that the new directory is referred to as a sub directory included in the directory designated by the receiving apparatus, an addition unit configured to add the identification information generated by the generation unit to the content information included in the designated directory, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the content information to which the identification information generated by the generation unit has been added by the addition unit to the receiving apparatus. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036222 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING MULTICAST BROADCAST SERVICE - A multicast broadcast service (MBS) receiving device establishes an MBS connection with an MBS transmitting device through a connection establishment message. When it is determined to receive MBS right after establishing the MBS connection, the MBS receiving device starts to receive the MBS right after establishing the MBS connection. When it is determined to not receive MBS right after establishing the MBS connection, the MBS receiving device transmits an MBS report message to the MBS transmitting device and then starts to receive the MBS. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036223 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING AN ANTICIPATED SUCCESS INDICATION WITH DATA DELIVERY - Systems, apparatuses and methods for determining success rates for the transfer and/or utilization of transmitted applications or other communicated services. An intermediary device specifies one or more device attributes of a target device, which are received at a server. The server determines an anticipated success rate for successfully transferring the requested content to the device and/or utilizing the content at the target device, and transfers an indication of the anticipated success rate to the intermediary device. The anticipated success rate indication is received at the intermediary device, which then determines whether the received anticipated success rate indication meets threshold criteria. If so, the intermediary device notifies the server to initiate the transfer of the content from the server to the target device if the threshold criteria is met. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036224 | INTELLIGENT NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATOR AND METHODS FOR NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION - An intelligent network address translation system and methods for intelligent network address translation. In one embodiment, a network packet is received from a host device, and a stored record associated with the host device is identified. The stored record includes information relating to connection parameters associated with the host device. Using the stored record, a processor determines whether the network packet should be assigned a dedicated address. If so, then the network packet is transmitted using communication parameters including a dedicated IP address. If the packet should not be assigned a dedicated address, then the packet is transmitted using connection parameters including a default public IP address and a port number. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036225 | REMOTE APPLICATION INVOCATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A remote application invocation system and method are provided herein. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036226 | URI SERVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A URI-redirection via machine-scannable-code system and method are provided herein. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036227 | Reducing DNS Lookups - A method for reducing Domain Name System (DNS) lookup traffic in a computer data network in a system including a router in communication with a client computer includes the steps of receiving a DNS lookup request through a web browser when the user requests to open a particular URL. The router sends the DNS lookup request for a hostname of the web server to a DNS server and receives a corresponding IP address. The router forwards the IP address to the web browser and the web browser sends a network connection request with a file transfer request to the router. The router forwards the request to the web server. The web server responds to the request by sending an HTML document for the web page. Upon receiving the HTML document, the router examines the HTML document for the URLs associated with image elements to be downloaded for display of a web page and sends one DNS lookup request for each of the distinct hostnames, regardless of how many times that distinct hostname appears in the HTML document. The router receives IP addresses, each of which corresponds to one of each of the distinct hostnames and modifies the HTML document by replacing the each of the distinct hostnames, including their recurrences, in the URLs associated with the image elements with their corresponding IP addresses. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036228 | IMAGE SHARING SYSTEM - A personal terminal of an image sharing system transmits distribution request information to a server each time a start of an image sharing process is recognized and downloads shared terminal information of a shared terminal as a destination and personal-terminal image sharing software from the server. Then, the personal terminal runs the personal-terminal image sharing software without installation thereof and transmits/receives an image to/from the shared terminal as a destination corresponding to the shared terminal information not through the server to perform the image sharing process. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036229 | ROUTE GUIDING SYSTEM, ROUTE SEARCH SERVER, ROUTE GUIDING MEDIATION SERVER AND ROUTE GUIDING METHOD - An area which may be en-route from a departure place to a destination is specified, and when a route which passes through the specified en-route area is an optimal route, a guidance for the optimal route is given. Route search servers ( | 2012-02-09 |
20120036230 | MESSAGE SEND QUEUE REORDERING BASED ON PRIORITY - A method and system for communicating serialized data provides a mechanism for ordering the data in response to a priority. In an embodiment, a server sending the data uses the priority to order the data in a message send queue for sending the data to a requesting device. The server may comprise a gateway and the second device a wireless device communicating with the gateway. The wireless device may send a priority indication in association with a request for the data to facilitate the ordering. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036231 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SERVER INITIATED CONNECTION MANAGEMENT IN A MULTI-CORE SYSTEM - The present application is directed towards systems and methods for managing server initiated connections via a multi-core system that provides VPN access between clients and servers. The solution described herein provides a mechanism by which server and client communications via the multi-core system for a server initiated connection may be received on different cores and for the system to manage these communications across different cores to provide an end-to-end connectivity between the client and the server. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036232 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTABLISHING ROUTE - The embodiment of the present invention provides a method for establishing a route, which includes searching a target node by a node from a first level node group according to first level route information, returning to query a result or data saved by the target node if the target node is found, otherwise executing the following step; searching a target node by the node from a higher level node group according to higher level route information, returning to query a result or the data saved by the target node if the target node is found, otherwise repeating the step. Through the hierarchical communication system, most of the flows of daily service operations in the communication network are limited within a small region, thereby preventing from excessively occupying the band width of a backbone network being originally not wide enough. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036233 | ADDRESSING SCHEME - An addressing scheme enables mobile web-service providing devices located within private address domains to be contacted by other devices located on the same LAN segment regardless of whether or not the two devices are located in the same private IP address domain, providing a working network path can be identified directly or indirectly between the two devices. In this way, if a device-label (such as a telephone number which is associable with an addressed device) is provided by an addressing device to an addressing server, the server is able to resolve the device-label to a private address via which the addressing device can contacted. The private address is utilized by the web-browser application to seamlessly and transparently obtain a requested web-service from the addressed device using any suitable communications channel, e.g. WiFI, Bluetooth, etc, that provides a working path between the two devices. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036234 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING A NETWORK - A method of managing a network. The method includes receiving an activation key transmitted from a device connected to the network, automatically transmitting a configuration to the device, automatically maintaining the configuration of the device, and receiving log information from the device. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036235 | USE OF DYNAMIC PROFILES FOR CREATING AND USING A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - A system is configured to create a profile that allows a job to be performed within a distributed computing environment comprising one or more computing devices; provide an interface that allows the profile to be specified; obtain a scheduler component via the interface, where the scheduler component identifies a scheduler to be used to perform the job and an application that at least one of the computing devices, that is specified by the scheduler, is to use when performing the job; obtain, via the interface, a project component that identifies data on which the job is to be based; and create the profile based on the scheduler component and the project component. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036236 | CONFIGURING INTERCOMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN COMPUTING NODES - Techniques are described for configuring intercommunications between multiple computing nodes, such as multiple virtual machine nodes hosted on one or more physical computing machines or systems. In some situations, virtual networks may be established and maintained for groups of computing nodes, such as those operated by or on behalf of various users. Such virtual networks may be established in some situations by automatically configuring various communication manager modules to associate communications from a computing node belonging to a virtual network with one or more networking identifiers associated with the virtual network, such that other communication manager modules may appropriately forward or otherwise process such communications. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036237 | DATA CONSISTENCY WITHIN A FEDERATION INFRASTRUCTURE - A primary node is elected from among a plurality of nodes in a replica set of nodes. The primary node accepts and processes client data access requests. The replica set includes the primary node and other secondary nodes. The primary node receives client data access requests and assigns a data sequence number to each client data access request that mutates state in the order the client data access requests are received. The data sequence numbers include a linearized processing order that is followed by each of the nodes in the replica set. The primary node sends the mutating client data access requests including any corresponding data sequence numbers to the secondary nodes. The primary node receives, from a threshold number of secondary nodes, an acknowledgement indicating reception of the client data access request. The primary node commits the data mutating access request. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036238 | Method and system for providing on-demand content delivery for an origin server - An infrastructure “insurance” mechanism enables a Web site to fail over to a content delivery network (CDN) upon a given occurrence at the site. Upon such occurrence, at least some portion of the site's content is served preferentially from the CDN so that end users that desire the content can still get it, even if the content is not then available from the origin site. In operation, content requests are serviced from the site in the usual manner, e.g., by resolving DNS queries to the site's IP address, until detection of the given occurrence. Thereafter, DNS queries are managed by a CDN dynamic DNS-based request routing mechanism so that such queries are resolved to optimal CDN edge servers. After the event that caused the occurrence has passed, control of the site's DNS may be returned from the CDN back to the origin server's DNS mechanism. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036239 | CLIENT PROCESSOR DEVICE FOR BUILDING APPLICATION FILES FROM FILE FRAGMENTS FOR DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF AN APPLICATION - A client processor including a communications receiver for receiving file fragments for the device, a micro-controller system including a microcontroller and a programmable non-volatile memory system, for building and storing application and data files from the fragments, and executing an application of the device by processing at least one application file and associated data identified by configuration instructions included in at least one of the fragments. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036240 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONFIGURING A NETWORK - Methods and systems for configuring a network are described. A method may include detecting, during installation of a software program on a computing device, a router coupled to the computing device. The software program may be executable by a processor to selectively initiate a connection to a network via the router based on a security level of the router The method may also include modifying the security level of the router to satisfy a threshold security level. The threshold security level may be specified by a service provider of the network. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036241 | Using Unique Local Unicast Addresses in a Global Domain Name Server by Providing a Centralized Registry - Mechanisms are provided for assigning addresses for use in communications between computing devices. With these mechanisms, a centralized domain name registrar server assigns a unique global identifier to a domain of a site such that the unique global identifier uniquely identifies the domain. The unique global identifier is received in a data processing system from the centralized domain name registrar server. The site is divided into a plurality of sub-domains and a unique sub-domain identifier is assigned to each sub-domain in the site such that the unique sub-domain identifier uniquely identifies a corresponding sub-domain in the site. The global identifier for the domain of the site and the sub-domain identifiers of the sub-domains in the plurality of sub-domains are provided by the data processing system to routers of the site for use in associating addresses with devices of the site. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036242 | METHOD AND SENSOR NETWORK FOR ATTRIBUTE SELECTION FOR AN EVENT RECOGNITION - A method for attribute selection for an event recognition in sensor networks is provided. The method comprising the following steps: in a configuration phase providing a quantity of attributes by sensor nodes of a sensor network, which characterize an event to be recognized, together with information on the topological origin of the attributes within the sensor network, and selecting a sub-quantity from the quantity of attributes, wherein the selection is made in consideration of the information on the topological origin of the attributes, and in an execution phase performing an event recognition for an event to be currently recognized on the basis of attributes which belong to a selected sub-quantity. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036243 | AUTOMATED CONFIGURATION OF NETWORK DEVICE PORTS - Methods and devices are provided for identifying end devices and automatically configuring associated network settings. Preferred implementations of the invention do not require users to manually identify connection types (e.g., RFID, IPphone, manufacturing device, etc.) or to manually configure the network device. Accordingly, such implementations allow automatic switch configuration, even for devices that use inconsistent protocols and/or protocols that are not well known. Some methods of the invention employ DHCP options combined with traffic snooping to identify devices and automatically apply appropriate switch port configuration. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036244 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IIP ADDRESS SHARING ACROSS CORES IN A MULTI-CORE SYSTEM - In a multi-core system, multiple packet engines across corresponding cores may be working concurrently processing data packets from data flows of SSL VPN sessions. For example, a first core may establish a SSL VPN session with a client. Any one of the other cores, such as a second core, may received packets related to the session owned by the first core. Embodiments of the systems and method described below provide management of IIP addresses for the multi-core/multi-packet engine approach to providing SSL VPN service. In some embodiments, the approach to managing IIP addresses is to have one packet engine on a core act as a master or controller of the IIPs for the remaining packet engines and cores. The packet engines/cores use a protocol for communications regarding IIP management. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036245 | MANAGED SERVICES PLATFORM AND METHOD OF OPERATION OF SAME - A managed services platform and method of operation of same are described herein. The platform can include a device management service (DMS) server in which the DMS server can act as a gateway for communications with one or more computing devices, and the computing devices are associated with a first entity. The platform can also include an application service (AS) server in which the AS server is communicatively coupled with the DMS server. When a first computing device contacts the DMS server, the DMS server is operable to provide a bundle to the first computing device. As an example, the bundle contains content that at least includes one or more configuration messages and an application set that contains one or more predefined applications. The content of the bundle can be determined at least in part by the first entity. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036246 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR DISTRIBUTING DIAMETER NETWORK MANAGEMENT INFORMATION - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for distributing Diameter network management information are disclosed. According to one method, a first Diameter node obtains Diameter network management subscription information. The first Diameter node obtains Diameter network management information. The first Diameter node determines, using the Diameter network management subscription information, whether at least one second Diameter node is subscribed to receive the obtained Diameter network management information. In response to determining that the at least one second Diameter node is subscribed to receive the obtained network management information, the first Diameter node sends the obtained Diameter network management information to the at least one second Diameter node. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036247 | TERMINAL FOR DEVICE MANAGEMENT AND METHOD FOR INTIATING MANAGEMENT SESSION BY THE TERMINAL - The present invention discloses a terminal for Device Management (DM) and a method for initiating a management session by the terminal and relates to the field of electronic devices, so as to solve a problem that a terminal is incapable of actively and correctly initiating a management session. A corresponding relation between a Management Object (MO) and a DM server is preset in a terminal, and the terminal selects a DM server corresponding to a designated MO according to the corresponding relation between the MO and the DM server; and then initiates a management session to the selected DM server. The method is mainly applicable to various terminals, such as a mobile phone, and a computer. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036248 | ASSOCIATED DEVICE DISCOVERY IN IMS NETWORKS - A method of associating multiple user endpoints (UEs) with a single IMS session in an IMS network having a serving node for controlling at least one IMS session for a user and at least a first access network for providing access to UEs. The method involves associating a first UE with the user and with an IMS session; discovering a second UE in a proximity of the first UE; discovering information about the second UE; communicating the information about the second UE to the serving node; the serving node utilizing computer-implemented policy logic to determine whether to associate the second UE with the user and the IMS session; and if the policy logic determines that the second UE is to be associated, the serving node associating the second UE with the IMS session while retaining the association with the first UE. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036249 | AUTONOMOUS INTELLIGENT WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT - Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to create a hypergraph of weighted vertices comprising computing resources and storage resources, and nets comprising workloads; to receive a plurality of requests to be addressed by a network associated with the hypergraph, at least some of the requests associated with data objects; to calculate partition schemes for the network based on the requests and the data objects according to an ant colony optimization heuristic; and to autonomously reallocate the workloads to the computing resources and/or the storage resources according to the partition schemes. The workloads may act as ants following a path defined by the vertices of the hypergraph. Further activities may thus include depositing pheromones along hyperedges of the hypergraph, wherein the hyperedges are used for swapping the vertices between the workloads. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036250 | System, Method and Program for Detecting Anomalous Events in a Utility Network - A utility network communication device is provided to detect whether anomalous events occur with respect to at least one node in a utility network. The communication device has recorded therein threshold operating information and situational operating information. The threshold operating information includes data indicative of configured acceptable operating parameters of the nodes in the utility network based on respective locational information of the nodes. The situational information includes data indicative of configured operation data expected to be received from nodes in the utility network during a predetermined time period, based on a condition and/or event occurring during the predetermined time period. The communication device receives operation data from nodes in the network, and determines whether the received operation data from a node in the network constitutes an anomalous event based on a comparison of the received operation data with (i) the threshold operating information defined for the node and (ii) the situational information. The communication device outputs notification of any determined anomalous event. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036251 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR END-TO-END QUALITY OF SERVICE IN VIRTUALIZED DESKTOP SYSTEMS - A system and method is provided for integrating the front-end and back-end of a virtualized desktop environment to achieve an objective. Network measurements are gathered which are related to enforcement of an objective. Based on gathered network measurements and quality of service requirements for user sessions, a determination is made as to how back-resources and front-end remoting protocol settings are to be adjusted. The back-end resources and the front-end remoting protocol settings are controlled to achieve the objective. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036252 | OSGI-BASED HETEROGENEOUS SERVICE INTEGRATING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention provides an OSGi-based heterogeneous service integrating system comprising a Java virtual machine and an OSGi container, the system further comprises a service management module, a handler management module, a monitor module, a service discovery module and a handler module that are running on said OSGi container, wherein: said service management module is adapted to monitor requests for registering and using of a remote service, to manage different types of services, and to notify said handler management module to make corresponding publishing and calling for different service configuration types; said handler management module is adapted to manage said handler module and to publish service to and call service from remote end points, and to call the corresponding handler module based on information delivered by the service management module, and to maintain information of currently published services and adopted remote services; said monitor module is adapted to monitor a local service registry in said OSGi container and to obtain information to be monitored from the service management module; said service discovery module is adapted to make remote service discovery; and said handler module is adapted to realize access of a module within the OSGi container to a service outside the OSGi container. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036253 | Minimising Network Resource Overhead - A mechanism is provided for minimising network resource overhead consumption by reports from one or more agents distributed in an electronic data network of nodes having a hierarchical reporting structure. Reports are received from other nodes in an electronic network of nodes or one or more agents further from a network root node in the electronic network of nodes. The reports are submitted to another node closer to the network root node in response to another node existing between the node and the network root node. The reports are submitted to the network root node in response to no other node existing between the node and the network root node. The node is adapted to only report variations in the expected report flow associated with the received reports. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036254 | CONNECTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND A METHOD FOR LINKING CONNECTION MANAGEMENT SERVER IN THIN CLIENT SYSTEM - An exemplary object of the present invention is to suppress the load on each server and network traffic. To achieve this, a plurality of connection management servers are installed so that any of the connection management servers executes acceptance of a connection request from a thin client terminal. Further, the connection management servers manage the states of clients in order to hold the states of the respective clients, and each of the connection management servers searches a client that can be connected by the thin client terminal according to a connection request from this thin client terminal, and replies with the search result to the thin client terminal, and a range of the connection management servers for executing the search of the client is limited for each connection request from the thin client terminal to the thin client server. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036255 | Network Centric Structured Communications Network - The present invention is a network centric management and communications system and method enabling users with commitments to communicate, manage, notify, assign, link, and/or collaborate with other users. The system includes a database storing one or more user accounts corresponding to nodes on a network, user accounts connected by interdependencies forming social connections between individual users having responsibilities and structuring communications via dependency links between interdependent users. The system includes a data server, receiving responsibility data comprising requirements data for creating interdependencies, transmitting assigned commitments, and updating responsibility data. The system further includes a communications link to provide status updates and/or notifications of responsibilities to affected users regarding their status that appropriate corrective action may be taken before one or more commitments to requirements are broken, wherein one or more commitments of a responsibility are modified and/or updated. The system can host multiple projects simultaneously in the data server. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036256 | SESSION ANALYSIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method and system analyze session data. In some embodiments, the method accesses session data, identifies multiple sessions contained in the session data, and identifies multiple events that occurred within each of the multiple sessions. The method determines a temporal relationship between the multiple events in each session and analyzes the multiple sessions to aggregate events associated with the multiple sessions. The method then generates a graphical representation of the aggregated events. | 2012-02-09 |
20120036257 | DIAMETER SESSION AUDITS - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: determining by the network device that an S9 session should be audited; determining that the S9 session is a suspect session; transmitting an S9 message to a partner device, wherein the S9 message includes an innocuous instruction; receiving, at the network device, a response message from the partner device; determining, based on the response message, whether the suspect session is orphaned; and if the suspect session is orphaned, removing an S9 session record associated with the suspect session. | 2012-02-09 |