12th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 57 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120072417 | STATISTICAL MEASURE AND CALIBRATION OF SEARCH CRITERIA WHERE ONE OR BOTH OF THE SEARCH CRITERIA AND DATABASE IS INCOMPLETE - Disclosed is a system for, and method of, identifying an entity representation. In some embodiments, search criteria are used to identify an entity representation in a universal database, and this identification is then used to identify a corresponding entity representation in a foreign database. Certain embodiments provide assurance, with a know probability of error, that the entity representation identified in the universal database is correct. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072418 | TUNERSPHERE - Systems and methods for providing representative information for a geographic area of interest are disclosed. In one embodiment, a media service tracks media interaction histories (e.g., play histories) for a number of users registered with the media service, where each media interaction history identifies media items interacted with by the corresponding user as well as the locations at which at least a subset of the media items were interacted with by the corresponding user. The media service receives a request from a requesting user for representative information for a geographic area of interest. In response to receiving the request, the media service determines representative information for the geographic area of interest based on at least a subset of the media interaction histories of the users and effects presentation of the representative information to the requesting user. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072419 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY TAGGING CONTENT - A content tagging and management capability is provided for enabling automatic tagging of content and management of tagged content. A method includes receiving content including an object, and automatically associating an information structure with the object included within the content to form thereby tagged content. The content may be received locally at a content capture device, and the information structure may be automatically associated with the object by the content capture device. The automatic tagging may be performed at the content capture device when the content is captured by the content capture device. The content may be received at a computer, and the information structure may be automatically associated with the object by the computer. The information structure may be available locally or retrieved from one or more remote devices. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072420 | CONTENT CAPTURE DEVICE AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY TAGGING CONTENT - A content tagging and management capability is provided for enabling automatic tagging of content and management of tagged content. An apparatus includes a content capture mechanism configured for capturing content including an object, and a processor configured for automatically associating an information structure with the object included within the content to form thereby tagged content. A method for using a user device for automatically tagging content includes capturing content including an object, receiving object information associated with the object when a sensor associated with the object is detected, and automatically associating an information structure with the object included within the content to form thereby tagged content, where the information structure includes at least a portion of the object information associated with the object. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072421 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTIVE CLUSTERING - Systems and associated methods provide a cluster-level semi-supervision model for inter-active clustering. Embodiments accept user provided semi-supervision for updating cluster descriptions and assignment of data items to clusters. Assignment feedback re-assigns data items among existing clusters, while cluster description feedback helps to position existing cluster centers more meaningfully. The feedback can continue until the user is satisfied with the clustering achieved or one or more predetermined stopping criteria have been reached. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072422 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CITATION PROCESSING, PRESENTATION AND TRANSPORT AND FOR VALIDATING REFERENCES - The present invention comprises a system and method for automatically processing one or more citations contained within a document while the document is presented by a document rendering application. The method of the present invention comprises scanning the document to identify an unformatted citation and parsing the unformatted citation to determine one or more citation terms. One or more citation libraries are queried to find citations comprising the one or more citation terms. A citation falling within the scope of the query is selected and inserted into the document. The present invention may further provide enhanced workflow solutions for authors and publishers in preparing documents in structured format for facilitating efficient and accurate validation of references cited or included in papers and other submissions for publication or for review. An author prepares a document containing a set of cited references using a formatting structure. A system includes a processor to process the document to extract embedded metadata associated with the set of cited references. The processor executes code associated with a reference validation software module and automatically recognizes the formatting structure and the embedded metadata. The processor automatically extracts the embedded metadata and compares the extracted metadata against an authority database to determine the validity of the set of cited references. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072423 | Semantic Grouping for Program Performance Data Analysis - Particular portions of program execution data are specified and organized in semantic groups. A grouping expression written in a transformation syntax language specifies a pattern and a replacement, for grouping performance data samples. An exception to the pattern can also be specified. In response to the grouping expression, a cost accounting shows groups and their costs. The grouping expression may operate on names and/or name-associated characteristics such as private/public status, author, directory, and the like. Samples may represent nodes in a directed acyclic graph memorializing call stacks or memory allocation. Grouping expressions are used to group nodes and consolidate costs by various procedures when making modified sample stacks: clustering-by-name, entry-group-clustering, folding-by-name, a folding-by-cost. An entry group clustering shows at least one entry point name while avoiding unwanted detail. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072424 | Developing a Knowledge Base Associated with a User That Facilitates Evolution of an Intelligent User Interface - Developing a knowledgebase associated with a user interface is disclosed. Development of the knowledgebase includes cataloging local data associated with a user, collecting remote data associated with the user, recording information associated with verbal input received from the user, tracking acts performed by the user to determine user idiosyncrasies, and updating the knowledgebase with the cataloged local data, the collected remote data, the recorded information, and the user idiosyncrasies. The updated knowledgebase is then provided to a component of a user interface. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072425 | CUSTOMER FOCUSED KEYWORD SEARCH IN AN ENTERPRISE - A method, system, and computer readable storage medium are provided for performing a centralized search to locate information having a common context in an enterprise. Such search can be provided by defining a logical object that groups customer profile and related objects such as contacts, leads, opportunities, notes, interactions, and the like for a search in a customer context. A customer identifier can serve as a key to link the related objects. A keyword search of a logical group is also provided that allows for a single unified search across customers and related objects, or to search within a single customer and related objects. One aspect of the logical group keyword search provides for refining the search to show a subset of objects and to use filtering of object attributes. Search results indicate the customer context by highlighting the customer name in the result. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072426 | SELF-SERVICE SOURCES FOR SECURE SEARCH - A flexible and extensible architecture allows for secure searching across an enterprise. Such an architecture can provide a simple Internet-like search experience to users searching secure content inside (and outside) the enterprise. The architecture allows for the crawling and searching of a variety of sources across an enterprise, regardless of whether any of these sources conform to a conventional user role model. The architecture further allows for security attributes to be submitted at query time, for example, in order to provide real-time secure access to enterprise resources. The user query also can be transformed to provide for dynamic querying that provides for a more current result list than can be obtained for static queries. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072427 | EFFECTIVE PRODUCT RECOMMENDATION USING THE REAL-TIME WEB - A method for generating product recommendations comprises analyzing a database of messages, comprising a set of messages posted by users of a micro-blogging service to generate a user index and a product index. The user index comprises for each of a plurality of users of the system, a ranked set of terms included by the user in their posted messages. The product index comprises for each product which is to be potentially recommended, a ranked set of terms derived from messages posted by users and referencing the product. Responsive to a query identifying a user, the user index for the user is compared to the product indices to return a limited set of product identifiers corresponding to product indices most similar to the user index. The set of product identifiers are provided as recommendations to a service provider. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072428 | ACTION CLUSTERING FOR NEWS FEEDS - One embodiment selects from a plurality of actions performed by one or more users of a social networking system a first action and one or more second actions, wherein each action has one or more attributes; computes a score for each second action by comparing the one or more attributes of each second action with the one or more attributes of the first action; ranks the one or more second actions according to the score computed for each second action; and selects from the one or more second actions one or more highest-ranking second actions as being related to the first action. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072429 | PUBLIC RELATIONS AND REPUTATION MINING VIA SEMANTIC ANALYTICS - A method, information processing system, and computer readable storage medium manage public relations queries using semantic analysis. A public relations query expressed in natural language is received from a user. A set of relevant topics and subjects associated with the query are identified. A set of information sources are identified that comprise data associated with the set of topics and subjects based on the set of topics and subjects. A set of data from the set of information sources is identified that satisfies the query. A set of weights are assigned to the set of data that has been identified. A set of data elements within the set of data that comprises a set of weights above a given threshold are identified. A response to the query is generated using the set of data elements that has been identified. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072430 | System for Managing Moveable Assets Using Automatic Identification and Data Capture Technology, and Method for Operating Same - A Movable Asset Management System using Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) Devices and a method for operating the same are disclosed. The movable asset management system using AIDC technologies includes: AIDC devices storing information about movable property and/or movable property collateral and transmitting the same to an external device; information posted on the movable property and used to specify such movable property; location information of the movable property; and/or information identifying a owner of the movable property, and information about the movable property including current status of usage and/or information identifying an obligor and a secured creditor, when security interest is created thereon; information on the secured credit amount and maximum amount of the security interest, if necessary; and/or information about the movable property collateral including, but not limited to, the cause of registration, date, existence period and a serial number of registration, when the security interest has been registered; a mobile reader receiving the information about the movable property and/or the movable property collateral, transmitted from the AIDC devices, and transmitting the information about the movable property and/or the movable property collateral to a database system via networks. The database system includes: a communication unit receiving the information about the movable property and/or the movable property collateral from the mobile reader; a database storing the information about the movable property and/or the movable property collateral; a control unit storing the information about the movable property and/or the movable property collateral, received from the mobile reader, in the database and managing the database; a display unit connected to the control unit and displaying the information about the movable property and/or the movable property collateral, received by the communication unit; and an input unit connected to the control unit, which is operated by a user to retrieve and search the information about the movable property and/or the movable property collateral, stored in the database. This system of the present invention manages an individual movable property or collective movable properties with AIDC devices attached thereto (or embedded therein) and to provide the systematic asset/facility management services by utilizing the database in an efficient manner by means of computers and the Internet. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072431 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPLEMENTING FULFILLMENT MANAGEMENT - Embodiments of the invention include a method of implementing fulfillment management. The method includes receiving order information, wherein the order information includes one or more order lines, selecting at least one of the one or more order lines, scoring the one or more selected order lines, and accessing one or more rules assigned to the one or more order lines. The method further includes based on the assigned rules, defining a priority rank of each of the one or more selected order lines, specifying fulfillment of inventory based on the priority and scoring of each of the selected one or more order lines, and assigning inventory based on the specified fulfillment. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072432 | FACET-BASED FILTERING OF SOCIAL NETWORK UPDATE DATA - A network update interface is presented to a user on a network to display network updates from other users of a mutual social-networking site. The network updates shared by the other users are gathered in a stream and supplied to a facet-filtering system including a network update interface. The user controls the display of certain network update items according to facet-filter characteristics enabled in facet-filter selection panels in the network update interface. The facet-filter characteristics are used by a facet filter to select certain network updates for display to the user in the network update interface. Trending links to further articles with content corresponding to the facet-filter characteristics are displayed to the user according to greatest popularity among the other users. Links to the profiles of the users sharing the articles are also provided in the network update interface. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072433 | Identifying the Unifying Subject of a Set of Facts - A method and system for identifying a subject of a document and facts included within are described. A source document that includes facts and linking documents that include hyperlinks to the source document are identified. The anchor texts of the hyperlinks are identified and candidate labels are generated based on the anchor texts. One of the candidate labels is selected as the unifying subject of the facts. An information set, distinct from the source document, is stored in a facts database, wherein the stored information set includes the unifying subject, and source document information associating the source document with the information set. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072434 | INFORMATION RETRIEVAL METHOD, INFORMATION RETRIEVAL APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - An information retrieval apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires a numerical value defining a boundary of a numerical range; a detecting unit that detects a number of places in and a head numeral of the numerical value; an extracting unit that extracts from a bit string group, a bit string indicating whether a numerical value in a numerical value group having the number of places and the head numeral is present in files subject to retrieval; a specifying unit that specifies a file corresponding to a bit in the extracted bit string, the bit indicating the presence of a numerical value of the numerical value group; a determining unit that determines whether a numerical value in the specified file meets the boundary condition; and a designating unit that, based on a determination by the determining unit designates the specified file to have a numerical value within the numerical range. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072435 | MULTIDIMENSIONAL TAGS - Various embodiments of systems and methods for generating multidimensional tags to analyze tagged contents are described herein. One or more predetermined tag dimensions and one or more predetermined measures associated with web content are recorded when at least one tag core is defined. The predetermined tag dimensions provide quantitative metrics describing how the tagged content has evolved. For example, time at which tagged content is consumed, user groups consuming the tagged content, and the like. The predetermined measures provide quantitative metrics describing how the tagged content is consumed such as through browsing, downloading, and the like. The tag core, the recorded predetermined tag dimensions and the recorded predetermined measures are assembled to generate a multidimensional tag. Further, the multidimensional tag is updated by recording latest one or more tag predetermined dimensions and one or more predetermined measures when the web content associated with the multidimensional tag is consumed. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072436 | Relationship and Content Management Application - A web-based Relationship and Content Management Application combining an organization's CRM and ECM systems by integrating CRM's contacts with an ECM system's key features and functionality. The user of such is able to efficiently store and retrieve a combination of information for a relationship from CRM as well as from ECM, avoiding human error and providing data centralization. Users may store and retrieve content from both internal document repositories within an ECM system as well as external document repositories in the user's system. The major features consist of the ease of use and data consistency, plus the leverages of CRM as the centralization of data. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072437 | Real-Time Constituent Targeting System - Real-time constituent targeting systems that provide users with a constantly updated queue of contact information for constituents who are likely positively disposed towards a campaigns candidate or cause. Real-time constituent targeting systems may rely on a variety of available constituent information, whether individualized or averaged, and the historical disposition results of previously attempted contacts by the campaign. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072438 | Generation and Processing of Pick/Put System Configuration and Recipe Data Sets - A format for information that may be used in one or more spreadsheets to enter desired characteristics that may then be shown or activated on one or more pick/put system modules is provided. A method of generating, storing, and later recalling different recipes, and the necessary computer program to cause the modules to respond with the characteristics defined by the recipes is also provided. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072439 | QUERY AND RESULT REBINDING - The metadata-based intermediation between two data sources. A computing system accesses a query message (e.g., a query or a query response). The query message is structured to be compatible with the first data source. The computing system uses metadata either directly, or indirectly through the execution of code referenced by the metadata to convert the query message into a semantically equivalent query message that is compatible with the second data source. If the query message were a query, then a query response may be acquired and the metadata may perhaps be used again to convert the query response into a form that is compatible with the first data source. In one embodiment, the conversion using the metadata is performed with the assistance of a framework, making changes to the conversion process as simple as perhaps just editing the metadata itself. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072440 | CUSTOMER SERVICE CONTACT - A method may include receiving session control protocol messages to establish a session between a workstation and a user device. The session control protocol messages may include context information. The context information may include a browser history associated with the user of the user device. The method may further include establishing the session between the workstation and the user device. Further, the method may include displaying information on a display for an operator of the workstation, wherein the displayed information is based on the received context information. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072441 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUSES, TO PROCESS, CREATE, OR TRANSMIT ONE OR MORE MESSAGES RELATING TO GOODS OR SERVICES - Embodiments of methods, systems, or apparatuses relating to data processing and more particularly to methods, systems, or apparatuses to process, create, or transmit, one or more messages relating to goods or services. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072442 | MONADIC TYPE PRESERVATION FOR QUERY OPERATORS - Monadic types are preserved for query operators to further query operator compositionality utilizing operators defined over a monad. Query operators that are defined over a monad and are suited to return non-monadic types are constructed or altered to return a monadic type. For instance, aggregate query operators defined over a local or remote sequence monad can be generated that return a monadic type. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072443 | Data searching system and method for generating derivative keywords according to input keywords - A data searching system and method for generating derivative keywords according to input keywords are provided. The data searching system and method extract at least one original input keyword from an input inquiry string by making a comparison with words in a word bank, generate derivative keywords according to the original input keywords, and use the original input keywords and the derivative keywords together to search data. By completing the above procedure, the data searching system and method can therefore achieve the effect of enhancing the data integrity of data searches. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072444 | DETECTION AND DISPLAY OF VOLATILE DATA - A method, system and computer program product for detecting and displaying potentially volatile data. A metadata store, which is attached to a data store, is used for storing metadata corresponding to the stored data. A data retrieval component is used for retrieving a first and a second subset of data from the data store. Furthermore, a metadata retrieval component is used for retrieving a first and a second subset of the metadata corresponding to the first and second subsets of data from the data store. In addition, a comparator is used for comparing the first and the second subsets of the metadata. Additionally, a display control component, responsive to the comparator, is used for varying an indicator associated on a display with the first subset of data or the second subset of data to indicate an inconsistency between the first subset of metadata and the second subset of metadata. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072445 | Signature Loop Authorizing Method and Apparatus - Systems and methods for automating and increasing the efficiency of business processes using a role structure which is preferably hierarchical. The hierarchical role structure defines a plurality of roles within several hierarchical levels. Various rights are associated with the different roles to enable positions which are associated with the roles to have access to particular business processes. Access rights can thereby be consistently administered across equivalent or similar positions. In one embodiment, the role structure is used in conjunction with a hierarchical organization structure to allow the organization structure to be searched for positions which are associated with a particular role. As a result, automatic signature loops which are not restricted to direct superiors can be implemented. The hierarchical role structure can also be used in conjunction with a hierarchical content structure to enable employees having different roles within the organization to access different information. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072446 | TECHNIQUES USING CAPTURED INFORMATION - Techniques are provided utilizing captured information. The captured information includes at least one of audio and image information. In response to connecting a capture device including the captured information to another device, the captured information is downloaded to the other device, a text portion is formed corresponding to the captured information, and at least a portion of the captured information and text portion is stored. A selected action is automatically performed using at least one of the text portion and the captured information. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072447 | Defining Sub-Cube Scope Based Upon A Query - Technologies are described herein for defining the scope of a sub-cube based upon a database query. A request is received to perform a query of a multi-dimensional database, such as a cube, stored at a server computer. In response to the request, the scope for a sub-portion, called a sub-cube, of the multi-dimensional database is determined based upon the query. The scope of the sub-cube may be determined by identifying the minimum sub-portion of the cube necessary to perform the query. Once the scope has been determined, the sub-cube is generated at the server computer and transmitted to a client computer. The client computer stores the sub-cube locally and performs the requested database query on the sub-cube stored at the client computer. A user interface may be provided through which a user can modify the scope of the sub-cube determined based upon the query. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072448 | LOCATION-BASED DATA SERVICE APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided is an apparatus for location based data service, in which a location based data is provided to a user. A space of interest (SOI) graphic providing unit provides graphic information needed for a location based data search. An SOI processing unit generates SOI information that is structurally connected to a space of interest by using the graphic information provided from the SOI graphic providing unit and generates the location based data by matching the generated SOI information with data information corresponding to the SOI information. A location based data generation unit manages the location based data generated by the SOI processing unit. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072449 | OBJECT INSTANCE VERSIONING - A first version of object data for an object instance can be stored in an object persistence store, which can be a distributed store. After the first version of the object data is stored, a second version of the object data can be stored in the store, without deleting the first version of the object data. Object data versioning information that identifies the first version of the object data and the second version of the object data can be stored separately from method versioning information for the object instance. After the second version of the object data is stored, a request to retrieve the first version of the object instance can be received, and in response, the first version of the object data can be retrieved from the store. Multiple versions of the object instance data can also be searched. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072450 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND SOFTWARE FOR RESEARCHING STATUTORY INFORMATION - With conventional print and electronic tools, researching statutory material is difficult and time-consuming. So, to facilitate this type of research, the present inventors devised systems, methods, and software that promise to improve the ability of researchers to find, verify, read, and/or interpret statutory information. One exemplary system provides options for users to access statutory information by citation, by table of contents, by index, and/or by popular name; presents specific statutory information in combination with visual indicators, such as red or yellow flags, that indicate the validity or status of the information; and provides requested statutory information in context of links to related information, such as tables of contents, other versions of a statute, case law, scholarly materials, legislative history, cross-referenced statutes, and administrative-law materials. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072451 | MEDIA PLAYBACK IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - A framework is provided for selecting media files for playback in a computer game. In one embodiment, user actions in the computer game are monitored. Further, user characterizations of media files may also be retrieved. The user characterizations may be input by a plurality of users via a media player application. A media file may be then selected for playback based on the monitored user actions and retrieved user characterizations. The selected media file may better suit an emotional experience of a user playing the computer game. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072452 | HISTOLOGY WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Systems, methods, and products are described that provide for a histology workflow management system and associated functions. One aspect provides for accessing one or more digital specimen images; generating one or more patient records and one or more case records; matching the one or more digital specimen images to the one or more case records based on one or more image properties of the one or more digital specimen images; and facilitating one or more image review functions comprising image quality, case matching, tissue block matching, and case completeness functions. Other aspects and embodiments are also described herein. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072453 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR DETERMINING FRAUD PATTERNS AND CREATING FRAUD BEHAVIORAL MODELS - Systems, methods, and media for analyzing fraud patterns and creating fraud behavioral models are provided herein. In some embodiments, methods for analyzing call data associated with fraudsters may include executing instructions stored in memory to compare the call data to a corpus of fraud data to determine one or more unique fraudsters associated with the call data, associate the call data with one or more unique fraudsters based upon the comparison, generate one or more voiceprints for each of the one or more identified unique fraudsters from the call data, and store the one or more voiceprints in a database. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072454 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING THE CREATOR OF A WORK OF ART - A method for determining the authorship of a picture, wherein the method comprises at least the following steps: —transferring the picture to be examined or parts of the picture to be examined with the aid of a digitizing means, in particular a scanner, into at least one data set, —analyzing the data set(s) and determining characteristic features or parts of characteristic features, in particular dots or lines or dot or line groups or patterns, contained in the data set in digitized form, wherein the characteristic features to be determined are stored in a database, —and wherein the database includes an additional associated data set for each of the stored characteristic features. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072455 | SUPPORT FOR A PARAMETERIZED QUERY/VIEW IN COMPLEX EVENT PROCESSING - The present invention includes a method for providing parameterized queries in complex event processing (CEP). The method includes providing a query template which includes one or more bind variables, providing sets of parameters corresponding to the one or more bind variables, and parsing the query template to determine positions of the one or more bind variables. The method further includes scanning the provided sets of parameters to determine which of the sets of parameters are to be bound to the one or more bind variables, binding the one or more bind variables which are determined to be bound to the sets of parameters, and substituting the bound one or more bind variables with the corresponding sets of parameters. The method further includes injecting all incarnations of the parameterized queries into the system, and one template/parameterized query is configured to run them all. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072456 | ADAPTIVE RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR MULTIPLE CORRELATED SUB-QUERIES IN STREAMING SYSTEMS - A system, method and computer program product for allocating computing resources to process a plurality of data streams. A system for allocating resources to process a plurality of data streams. The system includes, but is not limited to: a memory device and a processor being connected to the memory device. The system receives at least one query from a user. The system obtains at least one sub-query associated with the at least one query. The system identifies at least one data stream associated with the at least one sub-query. The system computes at least one probability that the at least one sub-query is true. The system assigns the computing resources to process the data streams according to the computed probability. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072457 | FUZZY KEYWORD SEARCHING - A fuzzy, or ambiguous, keyword searching process and systems for implementing the fuzzy keyword searching process are provided. In general, one or more keyword search terms are first identified for a search. Next, a user is enabled to adjust a logical fuzziness, or logical ambiguity, for each of the one or more keyword search terms. As used herein, logical fuzziness of a keyword search term refers to the extent to which associated keywords are considered for the search. In one embodiment, the user may also be enabled to view and adjust keyword associations for each of the keyword search terms. A search is then performed based on the one or more keyword search terms and the logical fuzziness of the one or more keyword search terms, and results of the search are presented to the user. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072458 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SEARCH KEYWORD LIST - A method and system for providing a search keyword list are provided. The search keyword list providing system includes an initial letter receiving unit to receive at least one initial letter from a user terminal; a list providing unit to provide a first search keyword list that contains at least one automatically completed search keyword related to the at least one initial letter; and a middle letter receiving unit to receive a middle letter related to any one of the at least one initial letter from the user terminal, wherein the list providing unit provides the user terminal with a second search keyword list that contains at least one automatically completed search keyword related to the at least one initial letter and the middle letter when receiving the middle letter. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072459 | DISTRIBUTED DATA STORAGE AND ACCESS SYSTEMS - A distributed system for content storage and access includes a storage platform having at least a first storage component, and an access platform having one or multiple access components. Each access component is associated with at least one access service. The access service may be an administrative service for receiving a service request initiated by a first user, the service request being associated with a first item of content, and for identifying a characteristic of the service request, a content management service for determining, based at least in part on the characteristic of the service request, a specification of a data transfer operation to be executed in association with the first storage component, and a directory service for maintaining information associated with the first item of content. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072460 | USER ACCESSIBILITY TO DATA ANALYTICS - A computer implemented method, system, and/or computer program product performs an appropriate type of data analysis for a user. A preliminary request for a data analysis is received from a user having a user profile. The preliminary request fails to identify an appropriate data source for the data analysis, and fails to identify an appropriate type of data analysis. Thus, a customized request, that identifies the appropriate data source for analysis, is created from the preliminary request based on the user's profile. The customized request is mapped, based on the user's profile, to a specific data constrained analytic algorithm that performs the appropriate type of data analysis. This specific data constrained analytic algorithm performs the appropriate type of data analysis on the appropriate data source in order to generate an analytic result, which is transmitted to the user. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072461 | ACCESS CONTROL FOR BUSINESS PROCESS DATA - Controlling access to business process data is disclosed. An instance of a first business process object configured to contain business process data of a business process is created. An instance of a second business process object configured to contain business process data of the business process is created. A first access control list is associated with the instance of the first business process object and a second access control list is associated with the instance of the second business process object. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072462 | Processing of categorized product information - Data processing includes accessing a product category tree, the product category tree comprising a plurality of hierarchical levels. A leaf category level of the plurality of hierarchical levels comprises a leaf category node. The leaf category node includes product information. The product information comprises a plurality of product attribute parameters. The plurality of product attribute parameters comprises standard product information. Data processing further includes selecting, among the plurality of product attribute parameters that correspond to the leaf category node, a representative product attribute parameter that is representative of the product information; and partitioning standard product information of the leaf category node to obtain a plurality of sets using the representative product attribute parameter, wherein each of the plurality of sets includes at least some of the standard product information. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072463 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING CONTENT TAGGING AND TAGGED CONTENT - A content tagging and management capability is provided for enabling automatic tagging of content and management of tagged content. A registration capability is provided for enabling creation of a user account and association of information with the user account where the information is adapted for supporting automatic content tagging and management of tagged content. An object information management capability is provided for enabling access to object information which may be used when automatically tagging content. A tagged content access capability is provided for enabling access to an information structure by an end user viewing tagged content. A tagged content ownership management and remuneration capability is provided for enabling management of content ownership for tagged content of end users and for managing associated remuneration which may be provided to end user when tagged content is accessed. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072464 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MASTER DATA MANAGEMENT USING RECORD AND FIELD BASED RULES - According to some embodiments, a plurality of input records may be received from a plurality of sources, and each input record may include a plurality of fields. It may then be detected that a set of input records from different sources are related to each other (e.g., are duplicates). One of the set of input records may be automatically selected as a master record in accordance with a record level rule. At least one field in the master record may, according to some embodiments, be automatically modified based on a corresponding field in another input record in accordance with a field level rule. The modified master record could then be stored for subsequent use by other applications. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072465 | DYNAMIC SCHEMA-BASED API MAPPING FOR TRAVERSING INTER-CLOUD APPLICATION BOUNDARIES - Various systems, methods, and machine-readable media are described for providing dynamic schema-based API mapping for traversing inter-cloud application boundaries. Embodiments provide for internal schemas to be created, enabling a system to create internal data objects from external data by using the internal schemas. Application schemas can then be created, enabling the creation of application data objects derived from internal data objects. The application data objects can be passed through an API to an external computing system, and can conform to any format specified by the application schemas. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072466 | CONTENTS CREATING DEVICE AND CONTENTS CREATING METHOD - To provide a contents creating device and a contents creating method capable of distributing contents having an article arrangement with high relativity to a user as distribution destination. A contents creating device | 2012-03-22 |
20120072467 | General Map Web Interface - A data processing system including one or more geographic information systems (GISs) and one or more application programs, in which a common interface supports communication between multiple application programs and multiple GISs. The application programs and GISs may be implemented in different programming languages. Communication may occur in the same physical computer, or locally, or over an Internet. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072468 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATING A SELECTABLE SEARCH EXTENSION - A system and related techniques accept user-inputted search terms, for example to perform a search for files or other data or objects. According to embodiments, an extension of a search to different levels or points in the file system hierarchy may be automatically generated and presented to the user as a selectable search box. That box may be highlighted to the user for easy selection. When the user selects the selectable search box, the user's search for files of type or extension “.doc ” or “.memo”, may be seamlessly extended to other files, folders, trees or other points or levels in the file system hierarchy. Search results may be continuously or dynamically updated as the user enters more characters or other data. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072469 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ANALYZE AND ADJUST DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION - Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to analyze and adjust demographic information of audience members are disclosed. An example method involves generating a first model based on reference demographic data corresponding to panelists and based on second demographic data and behavioral data from a database proprietor. The second demographic data and the behavioral data correspond to ones of the panelists having user accounts with the database proprietor. The method also involves using the first model to partition the second demographic data into a plurality of nodes, each node representing a respective subset of the second demographic data. The method also involves redistributing at least some of the second demographic data between at least some of the nodes to generate a second model. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072470 | WRITE BEHIND CACHE WITH M-TO-N REFERENTIAL INTEGRITY - A batch of data records generated by at least one application for persistent storage is cached by a cache management device. At least one of the batch of data records includes at least one foreign key reference that each references one non-existent data record. It is determined that one of a group of batch database storage events has occurred. In response to one of the group of batch database storage events, it is iteratively determined which of the at least one of the batch of data records do not include the at least one foreign key reference that each references the one non-existent data record. Each of the cached batch of data records that do not include the at least one foreign key reference that each references the one non-existent data record is persisted to a database by a batch storage operation. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072471 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus that positively notifies a notification destination of information to be notified even if a communication protocol is changed before notifying storage of stored data. A notification setting processing section of a document storage notification application sets a protocol for accessing the stored document data from a computer via a network. When document data is stored in a HDD, a mail transmission processing section notifies the computer of storage location information on the document data for accessing the data according to the set protocol. If the set protocol is changed before the storage location information is notified to the computer, a control section causes the mail transmission processing section to notify the computer of storage location information for causing the document data to be accessed using the changed protocol. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072472 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In a system, in order to allow transfer of information relating to image data and the like to a desired directory in a directory structure in a host information processing apparatus, without performing an operation at the host information processing apparatus, in a first apparatus, a directory-information management unit acquires and manages directory information of a storage unit managed by a filing system of a second apparatus, and a display unit displays the directory information managed by the directory-information management unit. The user assigns a directory to which the image data and the like are to be transferred in the storage unit of the second apparatus, using an assignment unit. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072473 | Information Processing Apparatus and Information Processing Method - According to one embodiment, there is provided an information processing apparatus, including: a discrimination module configured to determine whether writing-subject data to be written into a storage region of an information recording medium is high extensible data or low extensible data; and an allocation module configured to allocate a data alignable address in the storage region as an address for writing the data preferentially when the writing-subject data is the high extensible data rather than when the writing-subject data is the low extensible data. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072474 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD - A device management apparatus is capable of communicating with a plurality of devices connected thereto via a network. The device management apparatus includes a storage unit that stores therein setting items and setting values for the devices; an acquiring unit that acquires, from each of the devices, a file describing a setting item currently set in the device and a current setting value of the setting item; a determination unit that determines whether the acquired file includes a setting item not being stored in the storage unit; and a storage controller that causes the storage unit, if the acquired file includes a setting item not being stored in the storage unit, to store therein the setting item not being stored in the storage unit and a current setting value of the setting item. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072475 | MEASURING "CLOSENESS" IN A NETWORK - Closeness between nodes in a weighted network may be measured using an asymmetric generalization of classical Erdös numbers. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072476 | IDENTIFICATION CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AN IDENTIFICATION BIT USING PHYSICAL UNCLONABLE FUNCTIONS - An embodiment of the present invention is an identification circuit installed on an integrated circuit for generating an identification bit, comprising a first circuit to generate a first output signal that is based on random parametric variations in said first circuit, a second circuit to generate a second output signal that is based on random parametric variations in said second circuit, a third circuit capable to be operated in an amplification mode and in a latch mode, wherein in said amplification mode the difference between the first output signal and the second output signal is amplified to an amplified value and, wherein in said latch mode said amplified value is converted into a digital signal. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072477 | Method and Apparatus for Polymorphic Serialization - Polymorphic serialization is disclosed. In one embodiment polymorphic serialization may include generating a first reply in response to receiving a first request from a first device, the first reply including first content in a first serialization format. The first reply is transmitted to the first device via a first communication link. A second reply may be generated in response to receiving a second request from a second device, the second reply including second content in a second serialization format. The second reply is transmitted to the second device via a second communication link. The first and second devices are distinct from each other, and the first and second serialization formats are distinct from each other. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072478 | Content Discovery and Transfer Between Mobile Communications Nodes - Content discovery and content transfer between mobile communications nodes is often required, for example, to synchronize maps, traffic hot spot information and the like for vehicle mounted satellite navigation devices, pedestrian hand-held personal digital assistants and other mobile communications nodes. In an embodiment, content discovery processes using a tree-based data structure for transferring data between two mobile communication nodes is described. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072479 | INTELLIGENT ESTABLISHMENT OF PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATION - A device may receive, from a first peer in a network, a request for a list of one or more candidate peers from which the first peer can obtain a resource. In addition, the device may obtain the list in response to the request, determining a set of costs based on the list, and refine the list to obtain a subset list of the candidate peers based on the set of costs. Furthermore, the device may send to, the first peer, the subset list of the candidate peers from which the first peer can obtain the resource. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072480 | ELASTIC MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK - A framework for building an adaptive management system is described herein. Tools for building customized Agents that communicate by way of an interface abstraction over many mediated and non-mediated communications channels are described herein, wherein such tools allow for the Agents to be decoupled in terms of at least one of space, time, transport, synchronization, or communications direction. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072481 | CLOUD PHONE WITH DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING - A system and method for transferring application-specific functionality from a mobile handset to a wireless network associated with the mobile handset. A network component of the system communicates with a virtual copy of the mobile application on behalf of the handset while the handset is not actively using the application and performs any necessary application execution on behalf of the handset. The network component transfers execution back to the handset when the handset resumes active use of the mobile application. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072482 | Device for access to data aboard an aircraft - A device for access to data by clients aboard an aircraft, each of the clients being associated with an avionics application. Each of the clients includes a facade allowing access by the avionics applications to the data stored on the server. The facade includes means for signing up of the avionics application associated with the client to a subscription to a modification of a data item, and means for filtering notifications of modifications on the data sent by the data server as a function of the subscriptions of the avionics application associated with the client, and for warning the avionics application associated with the client of a modification of a data item to which it has subscribed. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072483 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING AND TRANSMITTING DATA - Apparatus and methods for facilitating converting the mobile data collection device serial port output to a wireless transmission to an application server via a serial port to wireless converter. For example, the mobile data collection device may be a medical instrument used in a hospital environment. The application server in turn provides the data from the mobile device and it's operator to the user or user specified persons through an enterprise system interface. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072484 | Method of Creating a Virtual Memorial Linked to an Online Family Tree - The software allows a user to create a virtual memorial, which is linked to an online family tree. The user's client account can be used to store personal memento data such as dairies, memoires, pictures, and videos. When the user creates a client account to access the software, the software assigns the client account to a family tree either by searching through a list of family trees or by creating a new family tree. The user can also create other family member profiles on the family tree through their client account. Family member profiles can be either a current profile or a memorial profile. The software automatically creates a current profile for the user and allows the user to create a memorial profile for a deceased relative. Finally, the software converts the current profile of the user into a memorial profile on the family tree once the user passes away. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072485 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF STATE INFORMATION TRANSFER OVER A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A system and method for managing state information related to an interactive application to accommodate one or more users participating in an interactive application session. The state information can include local state information specific to each of the one or more user's unique view of the interactive application and global state information. The system can include a telecommunications network; an application server in communication with the telecommunications network for managing the global state information relative to all of the users participating in the interactive application session; and at least one mobile client device in communication with the application server over the telecommunications network for managing the local state information for each of the one or more users. The method can include structuring the state information for optimized delivery over the telecommunications network and transferring the state information over the telecommunications network. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072486 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING A HYPERMEDIUM INTERACTIVE - The present disclosure is directed to a system and method of making a hypermedium page interactive. Responsive to a user selecting a hyperlink on a hypermedium page displayed on a client node, a client agent located on the client node establishes a communications link from the client agent to an application execution server agent on an application server using information located in a hyperlink configuration file, corresponding to the hyperlink displayed on the client node, obtained from the network server node. Responsive to the creation of the communications link between the application execution server agent and the client agent, the application executes on the application execution server and the user is capable of interactively using the application running on the application execution node from the client node. Data input and display occurs at the client node under the control of the client agent. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072487 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING REMOTE ACCESS TO APPLICATIONS - A method of remotely providing an application includes receiving, at an access server, a request for an application from a client. One or more application servers which are capable of providing the requested application are identified base at least in part on a resource of the identified one or more application servers. The client is provided with the identified one or more application servers which are capable of providing the application. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072488 | Conditional Logic for Delivering Computer-Executable Program Instructions and Content - A tag/content management system delivers customized content and/or program instructions to a user terminal. The system may deliver several groups of program executable instructions, including instructions that are global to all web domains controlled by a client server and those that are specific to a web page/group of web pages. The program instructions and/or content may also be delivered to the user terminal based on the evaluation of one or more conditions, including those related to the location of the user terminal, various HTTP header fields, the presence of specific HTML objects in a web page accessed by the user terminal, and the screen resolution of the user terminal, among other things. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072489 | MOBILE BUSINESS CLIENT - The subject mater herein relates to computer software and client-server based applications and, more particularly, to a mobile business client. Some embodiments include one or more device-agnostic application interaction models and one or more device specific transformation services. Some such embodiments provide one or more of systems, methods, and software embodied at least in part in a device specific transformation service to transform channel agnostic application interaction models to and from device or device surrogate specific formats. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072490 | PROVIDING ACCESS TO MANAGED CONTENT IN RICH CLIENT APPLICATION ENVIRONMENTS - Providing access to managed content in rich client application environments is disclosed. A request is received from within a first application environment for access to managed content not managed primarily by a first application with which the first application environment is associated. Access is provided to managed content based at least in part on a context data associated with the first application environment. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072491 | USER PROXY SERVER - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates interacting with a user through a user proxy server. During operation, the system receives a request to interact with the user, wherein the request is received at a user proxy server, which services requests for interactions with users. This request specifies data or data types involved in the user interaction, as well as the purpose of the user interaction, but does not specify details of how the user interaction takes place. In response to this request, the system interacts with the user in a manner which is consistent with context information associated with the user. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072492 | BROWSING INFORMATION GATHERING SYSTEM, BROWSING INFORMATION GATHERING METHOD, SERVER, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - When a client transmits an HTML request to a server (step S | 2012-03-22 |
20120072493 | ASSOCIATING CAMERAS WITH USERS OF A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - Images uploaded by users of a social networking system are analyzed to determine signatures of cameras used to capture the images. A camera signature comprises features extracted from images that characterize the camera used for capturing the image, for example, faulty pixel positions in the camera and metadata available in files storing the images. Associations between users and cameras are inferred based on actions relating users with the cameras, for example, users uploading images, users being tagged in images captured with a camera, and the like. Associations between users of the social networking system related via cameras are inferred. These associations are used beneficially for the social networking system, for example, for recommending potential connections to a user, recommending events and groups to users, identifying multiple user accounts created by the same user, detecting fraudulent accounts, and determining affinity between users. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072494 | SOCIAL NETWORKING MANAGEMENT SERVER - A social media management server (MS) provides a single authentication point for a client device to log in to multiple social networking accounts. Through the MS, the client device can pull social networking updates to it or have them pushed to the client device. Also, the MS provides a set of APIs for all enabled client devices to interact with social networking sites/services. The MS updates APIs between itself and the social networking sites/services without changing the APIs between itself and client devices in that only mandatory changes in the MS-to-social networking servers APIs are propagated to the APIs between the MS and client devices to reduce the API update requirements on the client side. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072495 | CONTIGUOUS LOCATION-BASED USER NETWORKS - A system and method are provided for creating location-based user networks. In general, a proximity group including a number of users is identified. Each user in the proximity group is within a proximate area of at least one other user in the proximity group and has an area of interest. The areas of interest of the users in the proximity group are aggregated to provide an aggregate area of interest for the proximity group. Other users within the aggregate area of interest are identified as neighbors of each of the users in the proximity group. Once the neighbors are identified, each of the users in the proximity group may use the neighbors as members, or potential members, for a user network. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072496 | Self-Organizing Community System - The invention provides self-organization methodologies and system for internet users to build web-based organizational hierarchical structure that is constituent of units within which direct and sufficient communication can be fulfilled. Each unit is administrated autonomously through the democratic-decision process, and processes information internally. The members of unit can designate or replace its leader anytime though election; the leader elect of a unit will then become a member of its direct upper unit in the structure, representing its unit to participate in the management and election of upper unit and to bring the consolidated results of its unit to the upper unit for further consolidation; recursively, a hierarchical structure is to form from bottom to upper progressively, and to produce different level of end products at different layer. Taking the advantage of self-organization methodologies, the SOC & SOwiki platform and systems are to be designed and implemented to support various applications of SOC & SOwiki structures that are created to satisfy different social needs or business models. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072497 | SOCIAL INTERACTION APPLICATION - The social application of the first preferred embodiments includes selecting a group of users from a pool of users using an automatic selection algorithm or a combination of an automatic selection algorithm and a user driven process and putting the selected group of users into a game or putting the selected group of users into a group activity. The social application of the preferred embodiments is designed to give people an entertaining and structured way to interact, help people meet other people, give people a fun diversion, or any combination of these. The social application of the preferred embodiments may be a website, another application that uses the internet, or any other suitable form of networked application. The social application of the preferred embodiments may, however, be used for any suitable purpose, in any suitable way and with any suitable method of including users. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072498 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRE-RENDERING EXPECTED SYSTEM RESPONSE - A method for pre-rendering a system response. In one embodiment, the method includes a mobile device sending a first page request to a secondary system via a wireless communication link. The secondary system sends a first reply to the mobile device in response to the secondary system receiving the first page request, wherein the first reply comprises first page information and second page information. The mobile device stores the second page information in memory. The mobile device also displays a first page comprising a visual representation of the first page information. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072499 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF MULTIPOINT CONFERENCE - Systems and methods for the control and management of multipoint conferences are disclosed herein, where endpoints can selectively and individually manage the streams that will be transmitted to them. Techniques are described that allow a transmitting endpoint to collect information from other receiving endpoints, or aggregated such information from servers, and process them into a single set of operating parameters that it then uses for its operation. Algorithms are described for performing conference-level show, on-demand show, show parameter aggregation and propagation, propagation of notifications. Parameters identified for describing sources in show requests include bit rate, window size, pixel rate, and frames per second. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072500 | AUTOMATIC TRACKING OF CONTACT INTERACTIONS - In the context of recruitment and sales, it is difficult to ensure that there is a consistent level of activity tracking that occurs in a Customer Relationship Management or Applicant Tracking System (CRM/ATS, tracking application, or tracking system) from one user (e.g., recruiter or sales representative) to another within a single firm. This is due in large part to the manual and time consuming mechanics of logging the activity. Example embodiments of the present invention include a mail server component that automatically logs such activity. The system determines who the email is being sent to and from, as well as whether the email contains calendar event (e.g., appointment) information. The system then searches a database to determine if the recipients of the email message are contacts in the tracking application. If a match is found, the message is automatically added to the contacts activity record as either an inbound email, outbound email, or appointment. Activity tracking is, thus, consistently maintained among all users, ensuring a higher quality of activity-based metrics. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072501 | System and Method Providing Universal Addressing in Digital Communication Systems - A system, method and computer program product providing a universal naming system. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072502 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE CHARACTER INPUT - Methods and apparatus are provided for providing character input to a display device. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a user selection of an application which allows for character input by a user, launching a receiver application by the display device, and detecting a transmission from a user device by a messenger application of the display device, the transmission indentifying at least one graphical character based on user operation of a user device. The method may further include displaying the at least one graphical character. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072503 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR AUTHORIZATION IN COLLABORATIVE COMMUNICATIONS SESSIONS - In an embodiment, a method for changing a collaborative communications session may be provided. The method may include: sending a request message requesting for authorizing a change of a collaborative communications session to an end device of the collaborative communications session; determining whether an authorization message is received from the end device in response to the request message sent; and changing the collaborative communications session, in case it is determined that an authorization message is received from the end device in response to the request message sent. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072504 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANAGING COLLABORATIVE COMMUNICATIONS SESSIONS - In an embodiment, a method for providing information for managing a collaborative communications session may be provided. The method may include generating a first message according to a call control protocol; generating a second message according to the call control protocol, the second message including information for managing the collaborative communications session; and sending the first message to a call managing server. The first message may be generated to include the second message. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072505 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFERENCE MESSAGING BETWEEN UPnP ENABLED TELEPHONY DEVICES AND WAN DEVICES - A system and method of conference messaging between Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) telephony devices and Wide Area Network (WAN) devices is where a conference messaging session with WAN devices is initiated by at least one Telephony Control Point (TCP) via a session request which includes session information, media capabilities of at least one TCP, a list of WAN devices, and a subject of the conference messaging session. The conference messaging session is then established between the at least one TCP and the WAN devices by a Telephony Server (TS) in an UPnP telephony based home network based on the session request. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072506 | Interactive wireless device communication system for meetings and conferences - A conference organizer uses conference software to define a conference and to store conference information on the organizer's computer system. The stored conference information includes a list of attendees, and a personal proxy mailbox for each attendee. Each attendee has a wireless device, such as a personal digital assistant (PDA). The organizer's computer system includes a wireless communication station that can communicate in wireless fashion with the wireless devices of the attendees at the conference. During the conference, an attendee uses his/her wireless device to access the conference information, select another attendee or a group of attendee from the list of attendees, and send the selected attendee or attendees a message. The message can be conveyed to and stored in the personal proxy mailbox or mailboxes of the selected attendee or attendees. The use of personal proxy mailboxes allows attendees to send messages to one another and to receive messages from one another without divulging their primary email addresses. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072507 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF POSTING MESSAGES TO DIFFERENT MESSAGING SERVICES - Methods of providing message content data to a plurality of electronic messaging services. The methods include generating, for each of a plurality of electronic messaging services identified in instructions to post new message content, a corresponding instruction data set, each instruction data set executable by at least one processor associated with the corresponding electronic messaging service to cause the new message content to be posted; and providing a generated instruction data set to at least one processor associated with at least one of the plurality of electronic messaging services. Media and devices for carrying out the methods are also disclosed. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072508 | MEDIA INSTANT MESSAGING FOR MOBILE DEVICE - In an instant messaging system, message latency is reduced by initiating traffic channel set-up at a receiving device concurrently while a sending device is generating the instant message. When a user begins generating an instant message, the sending device transmits a service request to a payload and connection server to indicate that an instant message is pending. Upon receipt of the service request, the payload and connection server notifies the receiving device so that the receiving device can initiate traffic channel set-up concurrently while the instant message is being recorded. When the traffic channel is established, the receiving device polls the server. If the instant message is not yet received by the payload and connection server when the polling request is received, the payload and connection server waits a predetermined period of time to receive the pending instant message and forwards the instant message when it is received. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072509 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATING APPLICATIONS WITHIN A WORK PROCESS - A system and method for implementing a work process having a plurality of required activities. The system includes a database configured to receive and supply activity data in a first format, and an enterprise application that performs one or more of the required activities and supplies its activity data to the database in the first format. The system also includes a stand-alone activity application having an original set of function controls which are not congruent with the enterprise application, and which normally performs another of the required activities while storing its activity data in a second format. The system further includes a bridging application which launches and embeds the activity application within the bridging application, changes the original set of function controls into a modified set of function controls that are congruent with the enterprise application, and communicates the activity data from the activity application to the database. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072510 | METHODS FOR SENDING AN EMAIL AND DISTRIBUTING AN EMAIL AND AN EMAIL SERVER - The present application relates to methods for sending an email and distributing an email, and an email server. According to the application, a summary is generated for an email to be sent, with the email stored in a sender side server; the summary of the email is sent to a receiver side server; and the email is sent to the receiver side server in response to receiving, by the sender side server, a request for sending the email, the request being sent by a recipient based on the summary. Thus, the network bandwidth, the storage space of the email server and user terminals may be saved. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072511 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR COMMUNICATION - A communication apparatus obtains image data, generates electronic mail data, and transmits the generated electronic mail data. A size upper limit of the electronic mail data is obtained, the size upper limit being designated by a user, and it is determined whether or not a data size of the generated electronic mail data exceeds a value obtained by subtracting a predetermined value from the size upper limit. If it is determined that the data size of the generated electronic mail data exceeds the value obtained by subtracting the predetermined value from the size upper limit, a plurality of electronic mail data is generated by dividing the image data such that a data size of each of the plurality of electronic mail data does not exceed the value obtained by subtracting the predetermined value from the size upper limit, and the generated plurality of electronic mail data is transmitted. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072512 | System and Method for Pushing Information from a Host System to a Mobile Data Communication Device - An embodiment of a mobile computer includes a component configured for generating a command, responsive to a user's input, to a host system to commence redirection of user data items from the host system to the mobile computer. Also included is a component for detecting an event trigger at the mobile computer as well as a redirector component, responsive to detecting the event trigger at the mobile computer, for pushing at least a portion of a user data item received from the host system to another device from the mobile computer. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072513 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING HOST IDENTITY TAG - A method and a system for obtaining a Host Identity Tag (HIT) are disclosed. The method for obtaining an HIT includes: receiving an update message that carries a newly generated HIT; and obtaining the newly generated HIT from the update message. In the method and system for obtaining an HIT above, the latest HIT and the current IP address of the host are obtained from the update message directly, or a third-party server is used to obtain the latest HIT according to the mapping relationship between the new HIT and the old HIT. In this way, normal communication may be performed. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072514 | Market Data Recovery - Networks, systems and methods for recovering data messages from a market data stream and for building a book for a financial instrument are disclosed. An out-of-band data stream related to an as-of state of the market for one or more financial instruments is distributed parallel to a stream of market data for the financial instrument. The as-of data stream is referenced to the financial according to a unique identifier of the messages of the market data stream. The as-of data for a financial instrument may be provided at periodic rate that may be varied according to one or more factors. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072515 | PERSISTING A GROUP IN AN INSTANT MESSAGING APPLICATION - Various technologies pertaining to instant messaging are described herein. A persistent instant messaging group is created, wherein the persistent instant messaging group comprises a plurality of members and persists over a plurality of instant messaging sessions. Instances of an instant messaging application are installed on mobile telephones, and the instant messaging application is used to transmit instant messages between members of the persistent instant messaging group. Messages directed towards offline members of the persistent instant messaging group are transmitted to such members when they come online. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072516 | SERVICING REQUESTS THAT ARE ISSUED IN A PROTOCOL OTHER THAN THE PROTOCOL EXPECTED BY THE SERVICE - Techniques are provided for servicing requests that are issued in a protocol other than the protocol expected by the service. For example, many people want to use their mobile devices to interact with services, which require the ability to have multiple related messages in a session. However, their mobile devices do not have protocols that support interacting with such services. One technique provided herein is to interpose an intermediary between the mobile devices and the services to provide session capabilities on behalf of the mobile devices. | 2012-03-22 |