12th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 58 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120072517 | ATTACHMENT SERVER NETWORK FOR VIEWING ATTACHMENTS ON A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An attachment server network including at least two attachment servers in communication with one another, each of the attachment servers for converting email attachments in response to view requests received from portable electronic devices, each of the attachment servers having a respective cache for storing data corresponding to previously converted attachments, the data being available to any of the attachment servers in the attachment server network. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072518 | Managed Messaging Platform - Software is executed on a wireless device for presenting a response aggregation drawn upon a message having at least two desired recipients. The software of presenting at least two message-structure item questions via the wireless device and receives input requesting response aggregation drawn upon the message having at least two desired recipients and transmits the message to at least one of the at least two desired recipients using the wireless device. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072519 | Device For Preventing Erroneous E-Mail Transmission - In the case where an e-mail transmission to a plurality of persons is to be performed at one time, e-mail erroneous transmission due to a setting error of an e-mail address or the like can be prevented from occurring. In an e-mail transmitting and receiving apparatus, an address storing portion | 2012-03-22 |
20120072520 | System and Method for Establishing Reliable Communication in a Connection-Less Environment - The establishment of reliable communication, in particular in an environment of the mobile industry processor interface where communication is taking place based on the Unified Protocol is described. In this case based on the timer at the sender and based on maintaining an originator of a message at the receiver certain precautions are taken that messages are exchanged correctly and only once an acknowledgement is received from the sender, that a first and a second message have been exchanged correctly a maintained originator at the receiver is released. The same method can also be applied to sending a plurality of messages in sequence by using sequence numbers and replying to them in the same manner. In this case the timer is always restarted, once the message as a first type of message is sent from the sender side and an acknowledgement is sent after the last second type of message with a highest sequence number has been received from the receiver side. With the method and the system according to the present invention it is possible to implement the configuration protocol of the Unified Protocol even in a case where a connection-less service which is faster to use is selected. The method according to the present invention may be triggered by a bit that is set in a protocol data unit as one of the reserved bits in the header there. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072521 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING EVENTS - A system for tracking events including a central server and application software provided on mobile communication devices of subscribers. The application software sends current location information of the mobile communication device to the central server via a communication network. A database located on the central server is provided containing subscriber information including contact information for each of the mobile communication devices of subscribers and current and historical location information received from the mobile communication devices. On receiving information regarding the location of an event in a time period, the server sends notifications to those subscribers that were in a zone surrounding said location within said time period providing information regarding the event. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072522 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Based on slave information from a master device (a maximum number of connectable slaves Nmax and an address reporting period) and on a device number #n that is set locally, slave devices calculate address information reporting timing and, after a delay, report the local address information (a logical address and a communication address) to the master device with each period. Each time address information is received, the master device stores a combination of the logical address and the communication address, and if, at the time of this storing, a logical address matching the received logical address has already been stored, checks the communication address that is stored in combination with that logical address, and if the received communication address does not match, determines that the received logical address is redundant. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072523 | NETWORK DEVICES WITH MULTIPLE DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS CHANNELS AND METHODS THEREOF - A method, computer readable medium, and a system for communicating with networked clients and servers through a network device is disclosed. A first network data packet is received at a first port of a network device. The first network data packet is destined for a first executing application of a plurality of executing applications operating in the network device. The plurality of executing applications are associated with corresponding application drivers utilizing independent and unique direct memory access (DMA) channels. A first DMA channel is identified, wherein the first DMA channel is mapped to the first port and associated with a first application driver corresponding to the first executing application. The first network data packet is transmitted to the first executing application over the first identified DMA channel. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072524 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECORDING DATA IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving a signal to record a media stream, and recording the media stream in a first file that has a preconfigured length. If the media stream being recorded exceeds the preconfigured length then a second file is used to continue recording the media stream. The second file can have the same preconfigured length as the first file. The method also includes receiving a signal to stop recording the media stream, and storing metadata associated with the media stream in a database. In specific implementations, the metadata can include a unique file name associated with the media stream, a directory name of a disk directory, a first time indicative of when the recording started, and a second time indicative of when the recording ended. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072525 | Extending Caching Network Functionality To An Existing Streaming Media Server - A content delivery network (CDN) includes multiple cluster sites, including sites with streaming media servers, caching servers and storage devices accessible to the caching servers for storing streaming content. Interface software is configured to initiate retrieval, by a caching server, of electronic streaming resources from the one or more storage devices in response to requests for the electronic streaming resource received by the streaming media server. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072526 | METHOD AND NODE FOR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRONIC CONTENT IN A CONTENT DISTRIBUTION NETWORK - The present invention relates to a method and node for efficiently distributing electronic content in a content distribution network (CDN) comprising a plurality of cache nodes. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072527 | CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK CACHE GROUPING - One or more content delivery networks (CDNs) that deliver content objects for others is disclosed. Content is propagated to edge servers through hosting and/or caching. End user computers are directed to an edge server for delivery of a requested content object by a universal resource indicator (URI). When a particular edge server does not have a copy of the content object from the URI, information is passed along a hierarchy (to a parent server, grandparent server, and, eventually, an origin server) until the content object is found. The origin server may be hosted in the CDN or at a content provider across the Internet. Once the content object is located in the hierarchical chain, the content object is passed back down the chain to the edge server for delivery. Optionally, the various servers in the chain may cache or host the content object as it is relayed. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072528 | METHODS OF PROCESSING REQUESTS FOR CONTENT AND INITIATING AN INTERCONNECTION FOR THE CONTENT - At least one example embodiment is directed to a method of processing a request for content including storing, at a network element, user information for a plurality of users, the user information including a location of the user and received content information, receiving a request for content from a requester, determining a potential peer from the plurality of users based on the request for content and the user information, and sending a response to the requester based on the determining | 2012-03-22 |
20120072529 | CONVERSION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A method of managing content format conversion for transmission of converted content to a mobile device includes retrieving initial content, which includes video content, having a first format over a data communications network. The retrieved initial content is analysed based on an identification of data delivery parameters relating to potential delivery of converted content and a determination is made as to whether or not the data delivery parameters meet predetermined criteria. The format of the initial content is converted to a second format only in response to a determination that the data delivery parameters meet the predetermined criteria. The converted content forms a message body of a message. A conversion management system configured to manage content format conversion for transmission of converted content to a mobile device, and a computer program for performing the method, are also provided. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072530 | System For Providing Multi-Phased, Multi-Modal Access To Content Through Voice And Data Devices - A method for accessing content through multiple devices, e.g. Telephone ( | 2012-03-22 |
20120072531 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - The information processing apparatus registers a Web application in association with a predetermined port number, and registers the transfer application in association with a transfer port number if it determines that the transfer application is to be registered. The information processing apparatus receives a request from the external device, and if a Web application indicated by identification information included in the received request is registered in association with the port number included in the request, executes that Web application, whereas if the Web application indicated by the identification information included in the received request is registered as a transfer application in association with the port number included in the request, the apparatus transmits, to the external device, a redirection message for transfer to the Web application by executing the transfer application, and causes the external device to automatically transmit a request for the registered port number and the Web application. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072532 | Initiating Peer-to-Peer Tunnels - Client traffic normally passes from a client to an access node, and from the access node through a tunnel to a controller, and then through another tunnel from the controller to the destination access node, and the destination client. When initiated by the controller, the access nodes establish a peer-to-peer tunnel for suitable client traffic, bypassing the “slow” tunnels through the controller with a “fast” peer-to-peer tunnel. Traffic through this “fast” tunnel may be initiated once the tunnel is established, or traffic for the “fast” tunnel may be queued up until traffic has completed passing through the “slow” tunnel. Slow tunnel traffic may be timed out, and queued traffic released after a preset time since the last packet was sent through the slow tunnel. The identity of the last packet sent through the slow tunnel may be retained, and queued traffic released when an acknowledgement for that packet is received. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072533 | DYNAMIC SERVICE GENERATION IN AN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE ARCHITECTURE - Dynamic service generation may be provided. An application service may be created. Upon receiving a data transmission from a machine, wherein the data transmission comprises a machine identifier, an application service may be identified as being associated with the machine according to the machine identifier. The application service may be invoked on the transmitted data and a response message may be received from the application service. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072534 | Method and System for the Exposure of Simplified Data-Service Facades Through a Context Aware Access Layer - An intermediary mechanism is provided. The intermediary mechanism is configured to receive a request from a client device, request the data from a data store, receive a response containing response data from the data store, process the response data using context information that relates to the client device to determine contextually relevant information, and transmit the contextually relevant information to the client device. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072535 | System and Markup Language For Information Extraction From Stand-Alone Devices in Webspace - A system and markup language for information extraction from stand-alone devices in webspace is disclosed. Devices are provided with Internet accessibility, thus becoming web objects, able to send and receive data through the Internet. A web object is assigned a static and dynamic serial number by its manufacturer which contains data pertaining to the web object/device. Also, the web object has the capability to report on its status, making such information available over the Internet. Thus, the device's owner can monitor the device by accessing it through the Internet and a web page, and the manufacturer or other authorized user can also securely access the device/web object to monitor its status. The web object can thus report that maintenance is required, a service part should be ordered, and maintains this information within the dynamic portion of its serial number, which updates based on changes to its status. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072536 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTELY ACQUIRING USER PHYSIOLOGICAL DETECTION DATA - A method, a device, and a system for remotely acquiring user physiological detection data are provided according to embodiments of the present invention. The method includes: receiving detection related information sent by handheld equipment, in which the detection related information includes user identity (ID) information and equipment positioning information; sending a detection start instruction to corresponding medical detection equipment according to the equipment positioning information; receiving user physiological detection data sent by the medical detection equipment, in which the user physiological detection data is associated with an equipment ID of the medical detection equipment; and binding and sending the user physiological detection data and the associated user ID information according to associative information of the user ID information and the equipment ID of the medical detection equipment. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072537 | Methods and Systems for Monitoring Computer Systems Using Wireless Devices - Methods and systems for providing information regarding monitored computer systems to wireless devices are provided. Information may be requested by a wireless device and displayed on the wireless device in a browser. The web server application may detect the wireless device, and may also then specially format the response, including the requested information formatted for optimized delivery and/or display on a wireless device. The web server application may also send a message to a wireless device about events associated with the monitored computer systems. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072538 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING A MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - A method for distributing a multimedia content to at least two rendering devices, wherein said multimedia content comprises at least two elementary contents, the method comprises the steps of receiving first information including information indicating for each of said at least two elementary contents a destination rendering device and a starting time; for each rendering device associated with said multimedia content, sending corresponding information indicating starting time for at least one elementary content destined to the rendering device; receiving said multimedia content; and sending said at least two elementary contents of said multimedia content to their corresponding destination rendering devices based on information indicating destination rendering device for each of said at least two elementary contents. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072539 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ASSOCIATING EVENTS WITH REQUESTS - Management software that can associate events, including non page events, such as the generation of dynamic content, with HTTP requests. The management software can receive a set of HTTP request data including a request time stamp for each HTTP request in a set of HTTP requests, receive a set of event data including an event time stamp for each event in a set of events and associate each event from the set of events with a previous HTTP request from the set of HTTP requests based on the event time stamps and request time stamps. Each event can be associated with previous HTTP request closest in time. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072540 | Method of Managing A File Access In A Distributed File Storage System - Embodiments of the invention provide methods and systems of managing a file access, in a distributed file system environment. In the provided methods and systems, each of the host computers is connected with one of the file servers as a target file server and issues the file access request to the target file server, for access to a target file stored in at least one of the file servers. The management computer collects load information from the file servers, analyzes it, by specifying location of the target file and the target file server, and based on the analysis, redistributes the target file among the file servers and reallocates connections between the host computers and the target file servers. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072541 | DYNAMIC APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE - Systems, methods, and machine-readable media are described for retrieving data associated with files using input feeds. Embodiments include generating input feed schemas, which can be used to create data objects from input data of the input feeds. The input data and the corresponding data objects can include information regarding files, such as the universal resource indicator (URI) of a file. The data objects can then be stored. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072542 | SMART SYNDICATION - Systems, methods, and machine-readable media are described for providing output feeds having information associated with at least one file. Embodiments include generating an output feed schema used to determine the content of the output feed using information from at least one data object, where each data object comprises a data structure having information, including a universal resource indicator (URI) regarding the at least one file. The output feed schema and the at least one data object can then be used to generate the output feed, which can then be stored. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072543 | PAUSE AND REPLAY OF MEDIA CONTENT THROUGH BOOKMARKS ON A SERVER DEVICE - A method, apparatus, and system of pause and replay of media content through bookmarks on a server device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of a server device includes authenticating a user of a client device, communicating a media content to the client device through a network, processing a pause request of the client device to pause the media content, storing a bookmark location indicating a current playback location of the media content in the client device on the server device, processing a play request of the user to play the media content from the bookmark location (e.g., the play request may be received from a different client device of the user), and communicating the media content from the bookmark location to the user. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072544 | ESTIMATING APPLICATION PERFORMANCE IN A NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods for estimating application performance are provided. According to one embodiment, one or more tests involving an application exchange are performed by one or more computer systems at a control location with an application provided by a target location not in proximity to the control location. A control-target path profile is determined by performing one or more network tests over a network path between the control location and the target location. A test-target path profile is determined by performing one or more network tests. A target profile is generated based on results of the one or more tests involving the application exchange with the application and the control-target path profile. Finally, an estimate of one or more performance metrics of an application exchange with the application between a test location and the target location is provided based on the test-target path profile and the target profile. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072545 | REMOTE MAINTENANCE AND MONITORING SERVICE FRAMEWORK FOR HETEROGENEOUS DEVICE AND SYSTEM - Disclosed are a remote maintenance and monitoring service framework for a heterogeneous device and a heterogeneous system. According to exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a common maintenance service framework for a heterogeneous device and a heterogeneous system is provided through a network, and as a result, a maintenance manager can perform remote maintenance without visiting the site, thereby saving time and cost. Further, remote maintenance management through a network can be provided without installing an exclusive line and giving a load to the local network. In addition, the heterogeneous device and system are commonly managed regardless of types of devices so as to remarkably reduce complexity of maintenance and management. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072546 | PSYCHOGRAPHIC DEVICE FINGERPRINTING - A system for generating a psychographic device fingerprint includes a server in communication with a network and memory storing a program which, when executed by the server, performs steps for (a) detecting reception at a computing device of media content delivered via the network, (b) reading device elements stored on the computing device, (c) reading a geographic indicator from the computing device, (d) reading a content indicator identifying the media content, (e) determining a timing parameter associated with reception of the content at the computing device, and (f) deriving from the device type, the geographic indicator, the content indicator, and the timing parameter, the psychographic device fingerprint as computer readable code uniquely identifying a user of the computing device. The steps may further include recording media content received by multiple computing devices, and generating a viewership report relating computing devices and psychographic device fingerprints to the media content received. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072547 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUGMENTING CONTENT DISPLAYED ON A MOBILE DEVICE - Techniques for enhancing web content presented with a mobile application are described. Consistent with some embodiments, a contextual content server communicates to a mobile application executing at a mobile computing device, content modification instructions. The content modifications instructions direct the mobile computing device to present modified, or additional, content, generally selected for its relevance to some original content being presented by an application executing at the mobile computing device. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072548 | System and Method for Web Hosting Behind NATs - A method for facilitating users to provide web content to the public from computers connected to a public network through a Network Address Translation (NAT) gateway. The system includes a rendezvous server to provide NAT traversal to enable direct connections between client computers and host computers behind a NAT gateway by receiving data relating to host computers; determining whether NAT gateways associated with host computers are traversable; receiving requests from client computers to access the host computers; determining open ports of the NAT gateways; and transmitting data to the client computers such that the client computers are able to initiate direct connections with the host computers. A computer program product for implementing the aforementioned method includes appropriately communicatively connected hardware components. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072549 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING CPNS ENABLER - A method and apparatus for providing enhanced functionalities in a CPNS enabler are discussed. According to an embodiment, a method includes receiving content translation capability information and function information from each of the CPNS entities; compiling CPNS translator information for the CPNS enabler based on the content translation capability information and the function information; receiving a request to translate a content along with the content from a certain CPNS entity among the CPNS entities; determining whether a CPNS server can translate the content in response to the request based on the CPNS translator information; translating the content if the determining step indicates that the CPNS server can translate the content; and transmitting the translated content to the certain CPNS entity. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072550 | METHOD AND COMPUTER SERVER FOR SELECTING INFORMATION IN THE INTERNET AND USING SAID INFORMATION IN A SHARED WEBSITE - The present invention relates to a method for selecting information in the Internet. The method allows to optimally select trustworthy information in the Internet. Furthermore, the method enables using said information in a shared website having a domain name. The method comprises using an Internet robot and performing a search in the Internet for information about subjects, whose means of identification contains a keyword corresponding to said domain name. Then, a request is sent through the Internet robot to e-mail addresses of the subjects revealed during a search. The request includes a proposal to publish data regarding these subjects on a shared website. The data includes means of identification of said subjects. The data are published on the shared website upon a receipt of a positive response to the proposal. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072551 | AMBIGUITY MEASUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT FOR CONFIGURATION ITEMS - Systems and methods for measuring and managing ambiguity among a plurality of configuration items residing in a configuration management database include determining for at least a first configuration item, at least a second configuration item such that a first set of attributes associated with the first configuration item and a second set of attributes associated with the second configuration item have at least one attribute with an identical value. As an indicator for the ambiguity, an ambiguity index for the first configuration item may be measured. One of the first configuration item and the second configuration item may be identified as an ambiguous configuration item. Upon identification, an operational state of the ambiguous configuration item or a set of one or more attributes associated with the ambiguous configuration item may be modified. The ambiguity for configuration item transactions may likewise be measured and managed to locate and resolve transaction ambiguity. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072552 | Enabling Server Support of Client Specific Behavior - A wireless device attempting to join a wireless network may provide its software version as part of the bootstrap process. A server may then check the software version to determine whether any workaround is needed and, if so, may provide the workaround in response to receiving the software version. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072553 | Mass Configuring Technical Systems - A computer-implemented method for mass configuring technical systems includes receiving a call that is associated with a configuration manager and generated from a first of multiple systems. Each of the multiple systems has at least one instance of the configuration manager, and each system includes multiple technical systems configured using a corresponding instance of the configuration manager. The method includes retrieving, from the corresponding instance and in response to the call, identifiers for at least a subset of the technical systems in the first system. The method includes retrieving, from the corresponding instance and from the subset of the technical systems, configurations for the subset of the technical systems. The method includes forwarding an execute configuration communication to the corresponding instance including at least one parameter that has been changed from the retrieved configurations. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072554 | NODE CLUSTERING - Large sets of unorganized data may provide little value in identifying useful observations from such data. For example, an online merchant may maintain a database of millions of user IDs (e.g., a cookie ID, a login ID, a device ID, a network ID, etc.) along with content viewed and/or actions taken with the user IDs, where minimal associations are known between user IDs. It may be advantageous to link together user IDs of respective users to capture a comprehensive view of respective users' activities. Accordingly, one or more systems and/or techniques for identifying a cluster of nodes based upon transforming a set of node pairings (e.g., pairings of related nodes) one or more times are disclosed herein. Iterative transformations may be performed until respective nodes are paired with merely their smallest neighboring node and are paired with no other node. In this way, node clusters may be identifiable. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072555 | LINKING INSTANCES WITHIN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach to allow a user to link multiple cloud instances (e.g., virtual machines) together such that an action on one (cloud) instance is triggered when a second instance's state changes thereby invoking a predefined set of rules. Specifically, instances can be linked to one another via a graphical user interface (GUI or the like), and associated with a set of rules. The set of rules indicates a behavior/reaction of one instance when an action is performed with respect to another instance linked thereto. These embodiments could be implemented external to or within a cloud operating environment. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072556 | Method and System for Detecting Network Upgrades - A system and method identify a network upgrade from a data set including a plurality of configuration sessions. The system performs the method by receiving a plurality of configuration sessions. Each of the configuration sessions comprises a plurality of configuration commands. The configuration commands are generated by a same user identifier and within a time threshold. The method further includes identifying one of the configuration sessions as a network upgrade session. The identification is based on a rareness of the configuration session or a skewness of the configuration session. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072557 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR EXECUTING PROCESSING IN RESPONSE TO REQUEST FROM EXTERNAL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate a first identifier and a second identifier for identifying an external device, a storage unit configured to store the generated first and second identifiers in association with each other, a first processing unit configured to execute processing based on a received first processing request, a transmission unit configured to transmit the first identifier together with a processing result of the first processing unit to the external device, and a second processing unit configured to, if a reception unit receives a second processing request including the first identifier transmitted from the transmission unit, identify the external device by the second identifier corresponding to the first identifier, and execute the processing based on the second processing request. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072558 | CLUSTERED FILESYSTEM WITH MEMBERSHIP VERSION SUPPORT - A computer system with read/write access to storage devices creates a snapshot of a data volume at a point in time while continuing to accept access requests to the mirrored data volume by copying before making changes to the base data volume. Multiple snapshots may be made of the same data volume at different points in time. Only data that is not stored in a previous snapshot volume or in the base data volume are stored in the most recent snapshot volume. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072559 | TEXT-BASED SYSTEM FOR EXCHANGING COMMANDS BETWEEN DEVICES, SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS - A method, computer program product, and computer system is provided for exchanging text-based commands between clients, services, and/or applications. The method includes receiving, in a processor, a text-based command assigned to a service command configured to control at least one service of a computing device. The method also includes translating the text-based command into the service command based on a look-up table. The service command is provided to the service. The service is controlled based on the service command. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072560 | REMOTELY DEPLOYING AND AUTOMATICALLY CUSTOMIZING WORKSTATION IMAGES - A method, system and program product for remotely deploying and automatically customizing workstation images. A client's first partition receives a workstation image deployed from a server in communication with the client via a network. The image includes a customization script. The server remotely boots the client, which is pre-configured to be booted by the server via the network. The server writes a customization parameter to the client's shared partition. The shared partition has a file system type that is accessible by the server via the remote boot and by the deployed image. One or more subsequent reboots of the client include the deployed image obtaining the customization parameter from the shared partition, identifying the customization script by using the customization parameter, and executing the customization script to automatically customize the client. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072561 | VIDEO GAME SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method is provided wherein interactivity between several cellular devices and a server is provided for controlling games and other applications in a physical locale. The applications make use of the cellular device's display and input capabilities to send and receive private data. The server wirelessly communicates with the cellular devices at the locale. The server at the locale gathers input from cellular device users and outputs public information to the locale via display(s), speakers, and other output devices. The server may also interact with other servers existing at other locales by communicating over the Internet. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072562 | PERFORMING PARTIAL SUBNET INITIALIZATION IN A MIDDLEWARE MACHINE ENVIRONMENT - A system and method can perform subnet initialization in a middleware machine environment. In accordance with one embodiment, a plurality of management nodes in the middleware machine environment can be interconnected so that a plurality of subnet managers that are associated with the plurality of management nodes can communicate with each other using an in-band communication protocol. The plurality of subnet managers can negotiate and elect a master subnet manager, which operates to configure and manage the middleware machine environment. The master subnet manager can replicate one or more subnet initialization policies to other subnet managers in the middleware machine environment using the in-band communication protocol. The master subnet manager can then set up a plurality of client nodes in the middleware machine environment based on the one or more subnet initialization policies. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072563 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING WELL DEFINED SUBNET TOPOLOGY IN A MIDDLEWARE MACHINE ENVIRONMENT - A system and method can support a middleware machine environment. The middleware machine environment can include a subnet manager and a plurality of fabric components, wherein each said fabric component is associated with a subnet management agent (SMA). The subnet manager maintains a topology graph that indicates how ports are connected in the subnet. The subnet manager operates to periodically reevaluate one or more states associated with each fabric component in the subnet by determining whether each SMA is responding correctly to a request. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072564 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ETHERNET OVER INFINIBAND VIRTUAL HUB SCALABILITY IN A MIDDLEWARE MACHINE ENVIRONMENT - A system and method can support a middleware machine environment that include one or more gateway nodes. One or more gateways that resides on the one or more gateway nodes are provided in a subnet with a plurality of host servers, wherein each host server is associated with one or more virtual network interface cards (vNICs). The middleware machine environment also include a plurality of virtual hubs (vHUB) on the one or more gateways, with each vHUB associated with one or more said vNICs. The gateways are adapted to connect with an external network, and operate to forward a multicast packet to both the external network and the plurality of host servers via the plurality of vHUBs, and prevent multicast packet traffic loops between the subnet and the external network. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072565 | Configuration Verification, Recommendation, and Animation Method for a Disk Array in a Storage Area Network (SAN) - A system and method for establishing a storage area network (SAN) is described. The method includes providing a predefined template for inputting data associated with a SAN. A first tool may utilize the template to validate an entered SAN configuration based on accessing data in a database. A second tool may utilize the template to generate a valid SAN configuration, based on accessing SAN data in a database, if component data is entered. An animated configuration of a valid SAN is generated based on at least one of the input SAN configuration or the input component data. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072566 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING DATA - A method and apparatus for managing data is provided, including determining one or more network services associated with user-uploaded data stored in a database, and linking the user-uploaded data with the one or more network services to provide the user-uploaded data via the one or more network services. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072567 | METHOD, NETWORK MANAGEMENT CENTER, AND A RELATED DEVICE FOR CONFIGURING A NETWORK POLICY FOR A VIRTUAL PORT - A method, a network management center, and a related device. The method includes: obtaining a virtual network policy group, a physical network policy group, and a media access control (MAC) address of a virtual port; associating the virtual network policy group, the physical network policy group, and the MAC address of the virtual port to form a virtual port policy association table; and selecting a physical network policy group corresponding to the MAC address from the virtual port policy association table, and delivering the physical network policy group to a physical switch. When a virtual machine (VM) on the server is migrated, the method may be used to migrate the network policy for the virtual port on a real-time basis. Therefore, the real-time effect of services provided by the VM is improved in the virtualization process of the server. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072568 | SWITCH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods and systems for managing a service provider switch are provided. According to one embodiment, a network operating system (NOS) is provided on each processor element (PE) of the switch. The NOS includes an object manager (OM) responsible for managing global software object groups, managing software object configurations, managing local software objects and groups and routing control information between address spaces based on locations of software objects. The OM performs management plane communications among software objects by way of system calls. The OM performs data plane communications among software objects by way of object-to-object channels. The switch is provisioned with a network-based managed IP service for a particular customer of the service provider by pushing the service onto an object-to-object channel that has been established between a first software object and a second software object of the software objects. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072569 | FAILURE SYSTEM FOR DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM CLIENT - A method performed by a domain name service client includes storing DNS entries in a local cache; sending a DNS query to another device to obtain an update to one of the DNS entries; determining whether a DNS response is received; and resetting a time-to-live (TTL) timer associated with the one of the DNS entries when the DNS response is not received. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072570 | Modifying Network Site Behavior - Disclosed are various embodiments for modifying network site behavior. At least one session-level performance metric associated with a client is determined. The one or more session-level performance metrics are determined from one or more latency times. Each one of the latency times represents a time elapsed between a sending of a network page request in the client and a rendering in the client of a network page received from a network page server in response to the network page request. A response to a next network page request from the client is modified according to the one or more session-level performance metrics in order to adjust a next latency time for the client. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072571 | VALIDATING THE RESILIENCY OF NETWORKED APPLICATIONS - Techniques are disclosed for validating the resiliency of a networked application made available using a collection of interacting servers. In one embodiment, a network monitoring application observes each running server (or application) and at unspecified intervals, picks one and terminates it. In the case of a cloud based deployment, this may include terminating a virtual machine instance or terminating a process running on the server. By observing the effects of the failed server on the rest of the network application, a provider can ensure that each component can tolerate any single instance disappearing without warning. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072572 | Methods for Balancing Brand Perception on Computer Network Information Sources - Method of present invention provides for subscribing subscribers to a brand notification service, monitoring the computer network information sources for the brand mention, determining references located on the computer network information sources and containing the brand mention, scoring the references according to a predetermined scoring approach resulting in a brand mention score, determining whether the brand mention score is within a predetermined score range, and if the score is within the predetermined score range, then notifying the subscribers of the brand mention and supplying the subscribers with links to the references containing the brand mention. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072573 | Systems for Balancing Brand Perception on Computer Network Information Sources - System of present invention comprises means for subscribing subscribers to a brand notification service, means for monitoring the computer network information sources for the brand mention, means for determining references located on the computer network information sources and containing the brand mention, means for scoring the references according to a predetermined scoring approach resulting in a brand mention score, means for determining whether the brand mention score is within a predetermined score range, and means for notifying the subscribers of the brand mention and supplying the subscribers with links to the references containing the brand mention. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072574 | Method and System for Detecting Common Attributes of Network Upgrades - A system and method identify a set of rules for determining a commonality of attributes across different behavior changes for a network. The system performs the method by receiving a set of data correlating network triggers to performance changes of one or more network devices. The set of data further includes an indication of a sign of the performance change for each of the network devices based on the triggers. The method further includes extracting a set of rules relating to a set of relationships between the triggers and the performance changes. The rules identify a commonality of the performance changes for multiple network devices based on the triggers. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072575 | METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR AGGREGATING NETWORK APPLICATION PERFORMANCE METRICS BY PROCESS POOL - Provided are methods and computer program products for aggregating and reporting network application performance metrics by process pool. Methods may include mapping ones of a plurality of processes into one of at least one process pool; and aggregating, for each of the process pools, performance metrics generated for each of the plurality of processes mapped into that process pool. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072576 | METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR STORING GENERATED NETWORK APPLICATION PERFORMANCE DATA - Provided are methods and computer program products for monitoring application performance in a networked device. Methods may include collecting performance data corresponding to at least one application running on the networked device; generating multiple metrics based on the collected performance data; generating an event incorporating at least one of the multiple metrics; and storing the event and an associated timestamp in a persistent data store. Methods may also include transmitting a listing of one or more persistent data store files responsive to receiving a query from a network health data processing application for existing persistent data store files, and transmitting a specified persistent data store file responsive to receiving a request for the specified persistent data store file by a network health data processing application. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072577 | NETWORK DEVICE MANAGEMENT WITH SELF LEARNING CAPABILITY TO EXTRACT INFORMATION FROM A DEVICE - A method and apparatus for extracting information from a network device. The method includes retrieving first device information from the network device using a first communication protocol, and attempting to determine a parameter value of interest based on the first device information. When the step of attempting to determine the parameter value of interest based on the first device information is unsuccessful, second device information is retrieved from the network device using a second communication protocol, and an attempt is made to determine the parameter value of interest based on the first device information and the second device information. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072578 | INTEGRATING EXTERNAL AND CLUSTER HEAT MAP DATA - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for integrating external and cluster heat map data. Embodiments of the invention include a proxy service that manages (e.g., asynchronous) communication with cloud nodes. The proxy service simulates packets to on-premise services to simplify the integration with an existing heat map infrastructure. The proxy maintains a cache of performance counter mappings and timestamps on the on-premise head node to minimize the impact of latency into heat map infrastructure. In addition, data transfer is minimized by mapping a fixed set of resource based performance counters into a variable set of performance counters compatible with the on premise heat map infrastructure. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072579 | MONITORING CLOUD-RUNTIME OPERATIONS - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for monitoring cloud-runtime operations. Embodiments of the invention include an infrastructure for initiating and monitoring (e.g., asynchronous) cloud-runtime operations. In some embodiments, cloud-runtime operations are included in a sequence of operations (e.g., in a workflow) for deploying or purging cloud based resources for a customer premise. Accordingly, monitored operations include creating cloud deployments, growing cloud deployments, shrinking cloud deployments, and deleting cloud deployments. Cloud deployments can be reliably deleted when a workflow is aborted, to prevent accrual of unexpected charges. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072580 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING TRANSIENT FRIENDS - A system and method for identifying transient friends for a social network of a user are provided. A transient friend processing function obtains locations of a number of users or locations otherwise associated with the number of users. In order to identify transient friends for a first user, the transient friend processing function identifies other users associated with locations within a proximate area of the first user. For each of the identified users, the transient friend processing function compares a user profile of the first user to a user profile of the identified user to determine whether to add the identified user as a transient friend of the first user. If the transient friend processing function determines that the identified friend is to be added as a transient friend of the first user, the identified friend is then added as a transient friend of the first user. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072581 | GENERIC CONTROL LAYER IN A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT - A computing system implemented method, in one embodiment, can include a cloud control module receiving a constraint for cloud architecture. In addition, the method can include the cloud control module receiving a plurality of cloud service provider capabilities. Furthermore, the method can include the cloud control module filtering the plurality of cloud service provider capabilities to identify a cloud service provider capable of satisfying the constraint. Moreover, the method can include the cloud control module outputting an instruction for a resource from the cloud service provider. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072582 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROGRAM STORAGE DEVICE FOR SCHEDULING THE PERFORMANCE OF MAINTENANCE TASKS TO MAINTAIN A SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT - A method, apparatus and program storage device for scheduling the performance of maintenance tasks to maintain a system environment is disclosed. A parameter for a computer system is monitored to detect a need to perform at least one maintenance task. At least one maintenance task is performed when the monitoring detects the need to perform at least one maintenance task or at least once within a predetermined period. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072583 | REAL-TIME ACTIVITY MONITORING AND REPORTING - In order to track activities in a computerized system with client-server or other communications, a system configuration is needed which monitors, logs and reports traffic. This is somewhat akin to but not entirely similar a firewall. Thus, the invention contemplates a real-time, platform-independent, rule-based activity monitor for detecting a particular activity of interest as it occurs and for reporting such activity and the user substantially as fast. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072584 | COMPUTER PRODUCT, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD - A computer-readable, non-transitory medium stores therein a management program that causes a computer to execute a procedure. The procedure includes detecting an increase in access frequency of a first apparatus by a second apparatus; changing a first process of acquiring from the first apparatus and independently for each access of the first apparatus by the second apparatus, information indicating access particulars, to a second process of collectively acquiring from the first apparatus, the information indicating access particulars, if an increase in the access frequency is detected at the detecting; and acquiring the information indicating access particulars, where the information indicating access particulars is acquired independently according to the first process, and is acquired collectively according to the second process, after the first process is changed to the second process at the changing. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072585 | PCC Control at PCRF Failure - A method for policy control in an infrastructure network comprising a Gateway (GW) an Access Function (AF), and at least one Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) is provided. In some embodiments, the method includes: (a) the GW establishing a Gx or Gxx session in order to set the current PDN connection under PCC control, (b) the GW further providing information about the current PDN connection to a first PCRF, (c) the first PCRF performing authorization and policy decision based on the PDN connection information and sends it together with restoration instructions to the GW, (d) the GW when detecting that the first PCRF is not available, applying the restoration instructions, said instructions requiring the GW to try to regain PCC control and/or requiring the GW to gracefully delete the services associated with the PCC control. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072586 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - In order to efficiently manage the operating information of a network device while maintaining the accuracy, a management apparatus that acquires operating information from a network device and manages an operating history, the apparatus comprises a storage unit that stores a first table, a second table and a third table, the first table storing, for each identifier, first information indicating a time when the usage frequency information was first acquired and second information indicating a time when the usage frequency information was last acquired, the second table storing the usage frequency information per identifier acquired from the network device, and the third table storing, as history information, information indicating a time when the usage frequency information per identifier acquired from the network device was acquired as well as the usage frequency information per identifier. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072587 | MANAGED DEVICE, DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A device management system includes a managed device and a device management apparatus. The managed device includes a detection unit detecting a status change indicating a power-on or a network setting change of the managed device, a generating unit generating alert information based on the detected status change, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the generated alert information to the device management apparatus. The device management apparatus includes a registration/update determining unit comparing the alert information with device management information and determining, based on the comparison result, whether it is necessary to perform a registration process or an update process on the device management information, and a registration/updating unit registering information extracted from the alert information in the device management information or updating a corresponding information item in the device management information with the information extracted from the alert information according to the determination result. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072588 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOAD BALANCING VIA A PLURALITY OF VIRTUAL SERVERS UPON FAILOVER USING METRICS FROM A BACKUP VIRTUAL SERVER - The present invention provides methods and systems for performing load balancing via a plurality of virtual servers upon a failover using metrics from a backup virtual server. The methods and systems described herein provide systems and methods for an appliance detecting that a first virtual server of a plurality of virtual servers having one or more backup virtual servers load balanced by an appliance is not available, identifying at least a first backup virtual server of a one or more backup virtual servers of the first virtual server is available, maintaining a status of the first virtual server as available in response to the identification, obtaining one or more metrics from the first backup virtual server of a one or more backup virtual servers, and determining the load across the plurality of virtual servers using the metrics obtained from the first backup virtual server associated with the first virtual server. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072589 | Information Processing Apparatus and Method of Operating the Same - Using a service server list containing addresses of servers within a service system and an application list containing names of active applications within the service system, addresses of servers on which the active applications are running, and communication source addresses and communication destination addresses of the active applications, the following processes are carried out: specifying applications of a first layer in the service system from among applications lying within the service system; specifying applications of a second or subsequent layer in the service system from the application list and from addresses of servers on which the applications of the first layer are running; and judging applications having the same application name among applications belonging to the same layer as being of the same role for aggregation. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072590 | Real-Time Notification of Presence Availability - Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for providing presence status information of a first user to a second user. The system includes a presence server for storing presence status information of the first user. The presence server is configured to detect a change in the presence status of the first user. The presence server also informs a notification server of a change in the presence status of the first user. The notification server sends a notification message to a communication device of the second user. The notification message contains current presence status information of the first user. Other systems and methods are also provided. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072591 | Method and System To Optimize Efficiency When Managing Lists of Untrusted Network Sites - A computer readable storage medium including a set of instructions executable by a processor, the set of instructions operable to determine if a network location included in a request to connect to the network location, is included in a first list of untrusted network locations stored on the client computer and send a request to determine if the network location is included in a second list of untrusted network locations stored remotely from the client computer when it is determined that the network location is not included in the first list. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072592 | Method and Arrangement for Implementing Policy Rules in Peer-to-Peer Communication - Method and apparatuses for controlling a peer-to-peer communication involving media communication between a subscriber (A) and one or more opposite peers (B, C, D). When a policy node ( | 2012-03-22 |
20120072593 | MULTIMEDIA CONTENT FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF USING GENETIC INFORMATION - A multimedia content file management system for and a method of monitoring copyright and watching ratings in real time under the circumstance of the multimedia file sharing service using genetic information are disclosed. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072594 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING REGISTRATION OF SERVICES FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure described herein relates to a device and method for managing access to a server. The method comprises: receiving information regarding a current capability of the wireless electronic device from the electronic wireless device; analyzing the information with operating parameters of the servers to identify a second set of servers in the network that are compatible with the current capability; generating and sending access requests to the second set of servers; monitoring for responses from the second set of servers to the access requests; and generating and sending a response to the wireless electronic device providing information relating to the second responses from the second set of servers. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072595 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPDATING PRINTER LOCATION INFORMATION FIELD - A system and method are provided for updating location information associated with a printer resource stored in a printer resource registry in a network resource access system. Updating the location information for the printer resource may involve obtaining a unique identifier for the printer resource, determining the location of the printer using GPS or other location based services, authenticating access to the printer resource registry, and submitting the location information to the printer resource registry. Systems for updating location information in the resource registry may operate on the printer resource by itself or in conjunction with a mobile device. System may operate autonomously or provide a user interface for a system administrator to update location information. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072596 | Directory Leasing - Described are embodiments for allowing clients that access a distributed file system to locally cache directory metadata. The client may request a read lease which allows the client to cache the directory metadata locally and service requests received from the same application which originally requested the directory metadata using the cache. In addition, the client may also request a handle lease which allows a client to delay the closing of a directory handle and allow the handle to be reused to service subsequent directory metadata requests from the same or a different application. A client may also request a write lease which allows an application on the client to modify the directory metadata, such as by creating or deleting new files in the directory, or changing their attributes, and cache those changes. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072597 | USING TEMPLATES TO CONFIGURE CLOUD RESOURCES - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for using templates to configure cloud resources. Embodiments of the invention include encapsulating cloud configuration information in an importable/exportable node template. Node templates can also be used to bind groups of nodes to different cloud subscriptions and cloud service accounts. Accordingly, managing the configuration of cloud based resources can be facilitated through an interface at a (e.g., high performance) computing component. Templates can also specify a schedule for starting/stopping instance running within a resource cloud. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072598 | USE OF GENERIC UNIVERSAL RESOURCE INDICATORS - Various arrangements for creating and using generic universal resource indicators are presented. To create a generic universal resource indicator, one or more parameters of a universal resource indicator may be identified. An interface that permits a parameter of the one or more parameters to be selected and mapped to a variable may be presented. A selection of the parameter for mapping may be received. An indication of the variable to map to the parameter of the selection may also be received. The generic universal resource indicator having a generic parameter corresponding to the parameter of the selection may be created. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072599 | THIN CLIENT SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT SERVER, CLIENT ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD AND PROGRAM - The thin client system is capable of automatically providing an appropriate client environment according to the performance of each terminal. The thin client system includes at least one terminal, a client environment server where a client environment used by the terminal operates, and a management server which allocates the predetermined client environment based on a utilization request of the client environment from the terminal, wherein the management server comprises a client environment management unit which receives from the terminal, terminal identification information for identifying the terminal, and terminal part information for identifying a terminal part which is a component of the terminal, and uses a client environment component that is set in advance so as to correspond to the terminal part information to generate the client environment in the client environment server. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072600 | MANAGING CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK SERVICE PROVIDERS - A system, method, and computer readable medium for managing CDN service providers are provided. A network storage provider storing one or more resources on behalf of a content provider obtains client computing device requests for content. The network storage provider processes the client computing device requests and determines whether a subsequent request for the resource should be directed to a CDN service provider as a function of the updated or processed by the network storage provider storage component. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072601 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) BASED SERVICES INDEPENDENT OF PLATFORM OR OPERATING SYSTEMS USING IP MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM (IMS) - An apparatus and method for providing at least one Internet Protocol (IP) based service independent of platform or operating systems using IP multimedia subsystem (IMS), the method comprising implementing a call setup signaling and an end-to-end media transfer using an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS); and implementing the at least one Internet Protocol (IP) based service using the IP multimedia subsystem (IMS). | 2012-03-22 |
20120072602 | TRANSPOSE BOX BASED NETWORK SCALING - The deployment and scaling of a network of electronic devices can be improved by utilizing one or more network transpose boxes. Each transpose box can include a number of connectors and a meshing useful for implementing a specific network topology. When connecting devices of different tiers in the network, each device need only be connected to at least one of the connectors on the transpose box. The meshing of the transpose box can cause each device to be connected to any or all of the devices in the other tier as dictated by the network topology. When changing network topologies or scaling the network, additional devices can be added to available connectors on an existing transpose box, or new or additional transpose boxes can be deployed in order to handle the change with minimal cabling effort. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072603 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A communication device includes a communication start request output unit and a response notification acceptance unit. The communication start request output unit outputs a communication start request to an output destination communication device. The response notification acceptance unit accepts a response notification with respect to the communication start request from the output destination communication device. When the response notification acceptance unit accepts a response notification indicating connection rejection due to a mismatch of a communication standard as the response notification with respect to the output communication start request, the communication start request output unit again outputs the communication start request to the output destination communication device in the communication standard to which the output communication start request conforms. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072604 | TECHNIQUE FOR DELIVERING CONTENT TO A USER - A technique is provided for delivering content to a user. The user sends at least one quality indicator to a first content-delivery device, referred to as a secondary device. The indicator relates to delivery of a portion of the content by a second content-delivery device, referred to as a primary device. When the secondary device detects an event that might affect the delivery of the content by the primary device to the user, on the basis at least of the quality indicators relating to at least a delivery of content by the primary device, it commands the user to transfer from the primary device to the secondary device in order to enable the secondary device to deliver portions of the content that have not been delivered by the primary device. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072605 | System and Method to Detect and Mitigate Distributed Denial of Service Attacks using Random Internet Protocol Hopping - A method includes sending a first redirect instruction to a first client in response to a first session request received at a service address, and establishing a first session with the first client in response to a second session request received at the first redirect address indicated by the first redirect instruction. Additionally, the method includes determining a first service interval has passed, and sending a second redirect instruction to a second client in response to a third session request received at the service address after the first service interval has passed. The method still further includes establishing a second session with the second client in response to the fourth session request received at the second redirect address indicated by the second redirect instruction after the first service interval has passed, and rejecting the fifth session request received from a third client at the first redirect address after the first service interval has passed. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072606 | CONTROLLABLE INTERFACE FOR PROVIDING SECURE ACCESS TO EXTERNAL COMPUTING RESOURCES - A system is provided for controlling data communication between a computing device and a network access device over a physical medium. The network access device may be configured for providing access of the computing device to a remote computing resource over a network link. The system involves a Media Access Control (MAC) device for performing a MAC protocol to support data communication between the computing device and the network access device and a physical layer (PHY) device that connects the MAC device to the physical medium. Data path circuitry is provided between the PHY device and the MAC device for transferring signals from the computing device to the network access device, and from the network access device to the computing device. The data path circuitry is controlled to establish a unidirectional signal transfer mode between the computing device and the network access device by preventing the signals from being transferred to the network access device. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072607 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM OF PROGRAM - A communication apparatus including a memory, a processor, and a communication interface, wherein the memory stores a number of hops on a communication route from the communication apparatus to another communication apparatus, the processor selects from at least two communication protocols a communication protocol having a shorter transfer time than another communication protocol, where the transfer time is predicted based on the number of hops on the communication route from the communication apparatus to the other communication apparatus and a data size of the data, and controls transmission of the data using the selected communication protocol, and the communication interface transmits the data to the other communication apparatus based on the control of the processor. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072608 | Scalability and Redundancy Enhancements for Content Streaming - Some embodiments provide methods and systems for improving the scalability and redundancy of a distributed content streaming system. Such scalability and redundancy is provided with zero configuration changes to the addressing used by content providers to publish content and zero configuration changes to existing servers of the system. The system includes ingest servers and edge servers. Content providers supply content streams to the ingest servers using a virtual or load balanced address that distributes the content streams across the ingest servers. Accordingly, ingest servers can be added or removed without changing content provider configurations. The ingest servers are configured to notify the edge servers of which content streams are available for streaming at which ingest server. When an ingest server is added to the system, its functionality may be assimilated without modifying the configurations of the other servers. Some embodiments also provide multiple caching layers. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072609 | MAC DATA SERVICE ENHANCEMENTS - Wireless video transmissions over a MAC layer employ various techniques to improve throughput which may negatively impact latency, such as Block-ACK and data aggregation. To improve latency while continuing to improve throughput, data packets are fenced according to application layer specifications and then transmitted. For video data, Block-ACK sequences and aggregation sequences are terminated at the end of video frames or video slices. For data aggregation, a physical layer data packet concludes at the end of a video frame or slice. The application layer can indicate to the MAC layer when such packet fencing is to occur. In use with 802.11n transmission a data flag may be used by the MAC layer to facilitate fencing. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072610 | P2P REAL TIME MEDIA RECOMMENDATIONS - Systems and methods are described for providing peer-to-peer (P2P) media recommendations. In one embodiment, a central streaming media service operates to stream media presentations to user devices of users. For each user desiring to send and receive recommendations, each time a media presentation is streamed to and played by a user device of the user, the central media service provides a recommendation identifying the media presentation to one or more other users associated with the user. Similarly, the central media service provides media recommendations to the user from one or more other users. Once streaming and playback of the media presentation is complete or substantially complete, the central streaming media service automatically selects a next media presentation for the user from a group of media presentations including those identified by the recommendations provided to the user and begins streaming the next media presentation to the user device of the user. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072611 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE SEGMENT PREFETCHING OF STREAMING MEDIA - Systems and methods are provided for obtaining look-ahead segments for a streaming media item during playback such that the viewer can easily skip to the look-ahead segments without experiencing any substantial interruption or delay in playback. In general, a streaming media source begins streaming a media item to a streaming media client for playback. In one embodiment, the streaming media client selects one or more segments of the media item as one or more look-ahead segments to prefetch from the streaming media source. Then, while the media item is being streamed to the streaming media client for playback, the streaming media client prefetches the one or more look-ahead segments of the media item from the streaming media source. The look-ahead segments are thereafter utilized to enable the viewer to skip ahead in playback without experiencing a substantial interruption or delay in playback. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072612 | Method and an Arrangement of Identifying Traffic Flows in a Communication Network - A method of identifying traffic flows is provided in a traffic generating node, where each traffic flow is being associated with an application process running on the traffic generating node. The method is configured to perform a mapping operation, such that an application process is being linked to a signature that uniquely identifies a traffic flow and an associated socket, and such that the obtained linked information is maintained in a list. The mapping operation is configured to be executed in response to recognising a change to a socket associated with the application process at the traffic generating node. Based on accumulated mapping information, one or more processing element located at the traffic generating node, or at another node, may classify and/or control traffic flows associated with any of the application processes of the traffic generating node. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072613 | INTERACTIVE COMPRESSION WITH MULTIPLE UNITS OF COMPRESSION STATE INFORMATION - There is provided a method of interactive compression using multiple compression state information entries. The method comprises receiving a request for data from a communicating party; retrieving the data; identifying, for use in compressing the data, at least two compression state information entries shared between the parties to the communication; compressing the data with each of the at least two compression state information entries; determining, from the set of compression state information entries, a preferred compression state information entry that provides a greatest compression ratio; and transmitting the data, compressed in accordance with the preferred compression state information entry to the communicating party. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072614 | TRANSPOSE BOXES FOR NETWORK INTERCONNECTION - The deployment and scaling of a network of electronic devices can be improved by utilizing one or more network transpose boxes. Each transpose box can include a number of connectors and a meshing useful for implementing a specific network topology. When connecting devices of different tiers in the network, each device need only be connected to at least one of the connectors on the transpose box. The meshing of the transpose box can cause each device to be connected to any or all of the devices in the other tier as dictated by the network topology. When changing network topologies or scaling the network, additional devices can be added to available connectors on an existing transpose box, or new or additional transpose boxes can be deployed in order to handle the change with minimal cabling effort. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072615 | Programmable Management IO Pads for an Integrated Circuit - A method for performing Iddq testing including receiving an Iddq message and executing the Iddq message to measure current leakage. | 2012-03-22 |
20120072616 | Media Processing Device, Control Method For A Media Processing Device, And Recording Medium Storing A Program Executed By A Control Unit That Controls A Media Processing Device - Media processing devices, media processing device control methods, and computer-readable recording mediums storing programs that can be executed by control units that control media processing devices are provided. In one embodiment, a media processing device has a plurality of operation units that process roll paper and checks as a plurality of recording media, and a central processing unit (CPU) that controls the operation units by executing commands received from a host computer. When the CPU detects during a normal operating mode that commands for any of the operation units cannot be executed, the CPU switches to a limited operation mode in which commands for that operation unit cannot be executed, but commands from the host computer can be received and commands for other operation units can be executed. | 2012-03-22 |