14th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 55 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140095548 | INTERACTIVE VISUAL DATA MINING FOR INCREASING CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY - Visual data mining techniques for increasing data classification accuracy are disclosed. For example, a method comprises the following steps. At least two decision tree data structures from a high-dimensional data set are generated. A composite data structure comprising the at least two decision tree data structures is generated. The composite data structure is generated based on a correlation computed between the at least two decision tree data structures. The composite data structure is visualized on a display. Modification of the composite data structure is enabled via interaction with the visualization of the composite data structure on the display. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095549 | Method and Apparatus for Generating Schema of Non-Relational Database - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and apparatus for generating a schema of a non-relational database. In the embodiments of the present invention, relationship among keys in at least one entry of a non-relational database may be determined, the keys may be grouped into at least one group based on the determined relationship, and a schema of the non-relational database may be generated according to the at least one group. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095550 | CONVERTING SOURCE OBJECTS TO TARGET OBJECTS - Source objects according to a source data model are converted to target objects according to a target data model. A plurality of target data collections are generated, each including uniquely identifiable target objects. A first generated target data collection is merged with a subsequently generated target data collection. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095551 | Methods for Optimizing Storage Space and Reducing Redundancy in Data Reproduction for Data Stored for Creating Image-Based Products through an Electronic Interface - A method for optimizing storage space and data reproduction performance for an image-based layout created through an electronic interface has steps: (a) separating to at least a first degree, the content data from the structure data in the image-based layout, (b) during active user session with the image-based layout, determining the nature of the modifications to the data according to the at least the first degree of separation, and (c) writing new data modifications to storage in the form of a new addressed data source mapped to or indexed to the parent data source reflecting either content data changes to the image-based layout, structural data changes to the image-based layout, or both. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095552 | COMPUTING SYSTEM AND DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF - A data management method of a computing system includes dividing a storage device into a first area and a second area, storing data and nodes related to the data in the second area, and storing a node address table in the first area. The node address table includes node identifiers corresponding to the nodes and physical addresses corresponding to the node identifiers. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095553 | TECHNIQUES FOR MOVING DATA FILES WITHOUT INTERRUPTING ACCESS - Techniques for moving data files without interrupting access are described. A first process moves a database file from a first location to a second location while the database file is accessible to one or more other processes for read or write operations. According to one technique, the first process communicates a move status and a copy range into the database file to one or more database server instances executing the one or more other processes. The one or more other processes then perform input/output (IO) operations on the database file based at least in part on the move status and the copy range communicated by the first process. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095554 | System And Method For Storing Equipment Management Operations Data - A management operations data tracking system and method are disclosed. The management operations data tracking system has one or more processors and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions. The computer executable instructions cause the one or more processor to receive equipment operations parameter data indicative of an operating status of one or more equipment. The equipment operations parameter data is translated relative to a threshold level. A log is created for the one or more equipment and within the log one or more log entry is created indicative of the operation at sequential instants of time of the one or more equipment. The translated equipment operations parameter data is segmented and stored within the one or more log entry for the one or more equipment. The translated and segmented data is then transmitted and synchronized with a central hub. The equipment can be wellsite equipment. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095555 | FILE MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STORAGE SYSTEM - A file management device for a storage system includes a virtual file system (VFS) having a read-ahead (RA) management unit that stores RA management information and generates a first read request, and a file system that receives first read data in response to the first read request and second read data in response to a previously received read request, compares the first and second read data to generate varying information related to the RA management information, and provides the varying information to the VFS, wherein the VFS updates the RA management information in response to the varying information. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095556 | COMPUTING SYSTEM, HOST SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DATA - A computing system includes a storage device in which file data is stored through data blocks and metadata is stored through a node block, and a file system configured to manage the file data and the metadata stored in the storage device. The node block includes data pointers respectively pointing to the data blocks, and one or more extents each indicative of data block groups which include data blocks having continuous physical addresses among the data blocks | 2014-04-03 |
20140095557 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - The information processing device may determine a file type of a send file which is a file to be sent to the storage device and to be stored in the storage device. The information processing device may acquire a plurality of stored tag information from the storage device. The stored tag information may be tag information associated with a stored file which is a file stored in the storage device. The information processing device may cause a display unit to display one or more stored tag information among the acquired plurality of stored tag information. The information processing device may store, in association with the send file, at least one selected tag information into the storage device. The information processing device may cause the display unit to display a first group of stored tag information in preference to a second group of stored tag information. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095558 | COMPUTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING DATA THEREOF - A computing system includes a virtual file system and a file system. The virtual file system is configured to provide a first data request to read first file data. The file system is configured to receive the first data request, to read first metadata and second metadata from a storage device in response to the first data request, and then to read first file data corresponding to the first metadata and second file data corresponding to the second metadata from the storage device. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095559 | Method for Data Maintenance - A method for data storage implemented in a data storage system is disclosed. Data storage nodes may be interconnected by means of a communications network. The method may include sending a request for a first data item to a plurality of storage nodes. The first data item may include a reference to a second data item stored in the storage system. The method may include receiving the first data item from at least one storage node, and sending a request for the second data item to the plurality of storage nodes based on the reference included in the first data item. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095560 | GRAPHICALLY REPRESENTING PROGRAMMING ATTRIBUTES - A computing system for representing information, the computing system including at least one processor configured to process information. The processing includes defining a data structure representing a hierarchy of at least one programming attribute for developing an application. The data structure is stored in a file to allow the data structure to be used by other data structures stored in other files. The processing also includes producing a visual diagram including a graphical representation of the data structure and a graphical representation of the file storing the data structure. The visual diagram also includes a graphical representation of a relationship between the data structure and another data structure and a graphical representation of a relationship between the file storing the data structure and another file storing the other data structure. The computing system also including an output device for presenting the visual diagram that includes the graphical representations of the data structure and file and the graphical representations of the relationship of the data structures and the relationship of the files. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095561 | ENHANCED MULTI-PROCESSOR WAVEFORM DATA EXCHANGE USING COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION - Configurable compression and decompression of waveform data in a multi-core processing environment improves the efficiency of data transfer between cores and conserves data storage resources. In waveform data processing systems, input, intermediate, and output waveform data are often exchanged between cores and between cores and off-chip memory. At each core, a single configurable compressor and a single configurable decompressor can be configured to compress and to decompress integer or floating-point waveform data. At the memory controller, a configurable compressor compresses integer or floating-point waveform data for transfer to off-chip memory in compressed packets and a configurable decompressor decompresses compressed packets received from the off-chip memory. Compression reduces the memory or storage required to retain waveform data in a semiconductor or magnetic memory. Compression reduces both the latency and the bandwidth required to exchange waveform data. This abstract does not limit the scope of the invention as described in the claims. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095562 | COMPUTING DEVICE WITH AUTOMATED CONVERSION OF UNITS - A method for computer-implemented unit-conversion method, the method comprising identifying a first numerical value in a first system of units displayed on a computing device, converting the first numerical value in the first system of units into a second numerical value, and displaying the second numerical value and the second system of units on the computing device. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095563 | Shift Significand of Decimal Floating Point Data - A decimal floating point finite number in a decimal floating point format is composed from the number in a different format. A decimal floating point format includes fields to hold information relating to the sign, exponent and significand of the decimal floating point finite number. Other decimal floating point data, including infinities and NaNs (not a number), are also composed. Decimal floating point data are also decomposed from the decimal floating point format to a different format. For composition and decomposition, one or more instructions may be employed, including a shift significand instruction. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095564 | System and Method with Specific Ordered Execution Over Physical Elements - The invention relates to semiconductor devices, and more particularly, to systems, devices and methods of utilizing inherent differences among physical elements in an electrical component to generate unique and non-duplicable numbers that are statistically random and repeatable. These bits may be applied as identifications, random number seeds or encryption keys in many security applications, e.g., a financial terminal. An integrator is coupled to a plurality of physical elements, selects two physical elements or element sets, and generates an integrated difference signal according to a difference between these two physical elements or element sets. A comparison-decision logic further determines whether the difference between the selected two physical elements is associated with a bit of “1” or “0”. In some embodiments, a multi-bit number constitutes multiple bits each of which may be derived from a difference between two randomly selected physical elements or element sets. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095565 | Constrained Grid-Based Filter - A constrained four dimensional grid-based filter (CGBF) used to provide state estimates for a target maneuvering in two dimensions. Optimal grid and sampling sizes or chosen and the kinematic constraints of the target a y used to restrict the possible predicted states resulting in quality target estimates. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095566 | GAINING TIMING ACCURACY OF DIGITAL SIGNALS THROUGH AVERAGING IN THE X-AXIS - Rising and falling edges captured by a digital acquisition device appear to chatter on the X-axis by two or more sampling bin boundaries as live acquisition continually updates. This leads to a confusing display of limited usefulness. Averaging of multiple edges eliminates chatter while at the same time increases timing accuracy of the edges beyond the abilities of the base acquisition system. An object of the invention is to display a waveform for an averaged digital signal converted from an analog signal received by a signal processing instrument. A plurality of data acquisitions is stored in memory, and for each data acquisition, a number of rising and falling edges are identified. Each rising and falling edge is counted in each data acquisition. From these counted edges, an average waveform is calculated from the plurality of data acquisitions. The average waveform is displayed as an improved representation of the digital signal. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095567 | RAPID SYNDROME ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD - In a computer; a computer readable medium for providing rapid syndrome analysis includes instructions for measuring a plurality of CUSUMs simultaneously and generating CUSUM data in response to an observed value. It also includes instructions for comparing the CUSUM data with a predetermined plurality of threshold values and instructions for generating a signal when the CUMSUM data exceeds any of the plurality of threshold values by a predetermined amount. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095568 | Fused Multiply-Adder with Booth-Encoding - A fused multiply-adder is disclosed. The fused multiply-adder includes a Booth encoder, a fraction multiplier, a carry corrector, and an adder. The Booth encoder initially encodes a first operand. The fraction multiplier multiplies the Booth-encoded first operand by a second operand to produce partial products, and then reduces the partial products into a set of redundant sum and carry vectors. The carry corrector then generates a carry correction factor for correcting the carry vectors. The adder adds the redundant sum and carry vectors and the carry correction factor to a third operand to yield a final result. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095569 | ORTHOGONAL CODE MATRIX GENERATION METHOD AND RELATED CIRCUIT THEREOF - An orthogonal code matrix generation method includes: establishing an N×N orthogonal code matrix, wherein an inner product of every two rows of the orthogonal code matrix is 0, and each column of the orthogonal code matrix has a summation of elements equal to a same value, wherein N is a power of 4; and using the N×N orthogonal code matrix as a basic unit to establish a target orthogonal code matrix. An orthogonal code matrix generation circuit includes: an N×N orthogonal code matrix generator, arranged for establishing an N×N orthogonal code matrix, wherein an inner product of every two rows of the orthogonal code matrix is 0, each column of the orthogonal code matrix has a summation of elements equal to a same value; and a target orthogonal code matrix generator, arranged for using the N×N orthogonal code matrix as a basic unit to establish a target orthogonal code matrix. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095570 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING INTERNAL STATE FOR ARTIFICIAL EMOTION - An apparatus and method for calculating an internal state for artificial emotions are disclosed, of which the method comprises multiplying an input value obtained from a sensor with a first personality set in accordance with at least one low rank element contained in at least one high rank element of a NEO PI-R (Revised NEO Personality Inventory); calculating a personality factor value in a Five-Factor Model of the personality by adding the results of the multiplication; and calculating the internal state by multiplying the personality factor value with a second personality. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095571 | Processing with Compact Arithmetic Processing Element - A processor or other device, such as a programmable and/or massively parallel processor or other device, includes processing elements designed to perform arithmetic operations (possibly but not necessarily including, for example, one or more of addition, multiplication, subtraction, and division) on numerical values of low precision but high dynamic range (“LPHDR arithmetic”). Such a processor or other device may, for example, be implemented on a single chip. Whether or not implemented on a single chip, the number of LPHDR arithmetic elements in the processor or other device in certain embodiments of the present invention significantly exceeds (e.g., by at least 20 more than three times) the number of arithmetic elements, if any, in the processor or other device which are designed to perform high dynamic range arithmetic of traditional precision (such as 32 bit or 64 bit floating point arithmetic). | 2014-04-03 |
20140095572 | Multiply and Accumulate Feedback - A method and apparatus may be used to evaluate a polynomial by initializing a multiply and accumulate feedback apparatus ( | 2014-04-03 |
20140095573 | DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A data communication method includes registering as a group and by a first data processing device of plural data processing devices, at least one second data processing device capable of communicating with the first data processing device; transmitting by the first data processing device and to the data processing devices, a first reception request for data; transmitting by the first data processing device and to the at least one second data processing device, a second reception request for the data when there is no response to the first reception request from the first data processing devices; and transmitting the data to the second data processing device, by the first data processing device and based on a response from the second data processing device. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095574 | Method, Apparatus, and System for Online Application Processing - A method for online application processing includes receiving an online application execution request from a client. An online application is executed. Local resource data of the client is acquired from the client. The local resource data of the client is used as input data of the online application for processing. Online application execution information is transmitted to the client in real time. In addition, a corresponding apparatus and system for online application processing are provided. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095575 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING BROWSER ENGINE - Various embodiments provide methods and apparatus for operating a browser engine, and related browsers and terminals. When starting a browser, an operating environment of the browser can be obtained. The operating environment can include a CPU environment in a browser-installed-terminal. A matched operation mode of the browser engine can be selected according to the operating environment. The selected operation mode can be used to operate the browser engine. Exemplary apparatus for operating the browser engine can include an obtaining module, a selection module, and an operation module. Various embodiments also provide a browser including the disclosed apparatus, and a terminal including the disclosed browser. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095576 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFICATION OF MEDIA IN VOIP SESSIONS WITH RTP SOURCE PROFILING/TAGGING - System and method to perform a directive by a first SIP User Agent (UA) engaged in a peer-to-peer communication session with a second SIP User Agent (UA), the method including: arming the first SIP User Agent (UA) to define the directive; setting a trigger condition in the first SIP User Agent (UA) to perform the directive if the trigger condition becomes true; monitoring, by use of a processor within the first SIP User Agent (UA), for the trigger condition in the communication session; and if the trigger condition becomes true, performing by use of a processor the directive without usage of a back-to-back user agent. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095577 | ANALYTE DATA RETRIEVER - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for processing analyte data. In some example implementations, a method may include receiving, at a first processing system including a user interface, an installation package including a plug-in and code configured to provide at the first processing system an interface between a sensor system configured to measure an analyte concentration level in a host and a second processing system; storing, by the first processing system, the installation package in a location based on a role of a user initiating the installation of the code; installing the plug-in for the user interface to enable the plug-in to control one or more aspects of an installation of the code; and initiating, by at least the plug-in, the installation of the code at the first processing system to provide the interface. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095578 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CAPABILITY SHARING OVER A COMMUNICATIVE LINK - Systems and methods that provide that provide the sharing of capabilities over a communicative link, such as a network, is disclosed. The capabilities may be shared seamlessly between electronic devices by using preexisting device drivers. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095579 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING WEB SITE SERVING PERFORMANCE - A web document hosting device may receive, from a client device, a request for a web document via a network. The document hosting device may identify content relating to the requested web document based on the request, wherein the content includes a plurality of resource files. Minification processing may be performed on at least some of the plurality of resource files to generate minified resource files. At least some of the plurality of resource files or minified resource files may be combined into a fewer number of resource files to generate combined resource files. Compression processing may be performed on at least some of the content, the minified resource files, or the combined resource files to generate compressed resource files. At least some of the compressed resource files, the minified resource files, or the combined resource files may be transmitted to the client device via the network. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095580 | PRIVACY-BASED DEVICE LOCATION PROXIMITY - A server is configured to receive a query from a first device, the query including an identifier, associated with a second device, information regarding a geographic radius, and information regarding a geographic position. The server is further configured to determine a first proximity based on the information regarding the geographic radius and based on the information regarding the geographic position; determine a second proximity, associated with the second device; determine a value based on the first proximity and the second proximity. The value may indicate a likelihood that the first proximity is within the second proximity. The server is further configured to provide proximity information to the first device, the proximity information including the value. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095581 | APPLICATION COMPOSITOR FOR CONVERGED SIP AND HTTP SERVLET APPLICATIONS BACKGROUND - An application compositor enables the creation a sequence of SIP and HTTP servlets that comprises a converged multi-protocol application. Applications are constructed based on rules that declaratively specify a multi-protocol sequence of servlets and the transitions between the servlets, minimizing programmer effort. The application compositor works with a servlet container within an application server to determine the sequence of servlets to be executed by the servlet container when running the application, and is called by the servlet container to perform transitions between servlets. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095582 | COORDINATED ACCESS TO A FILE SYSTEM'S SHARED STORAGE USING DYNAMIC CREATION OF FILE ACCESS LAYOUT - Embodiments of the invention relate to supporting coordinated access to a clustered file system's shared disk storage subsystem by using dynamic creation of file access layout for different workloads and access patterns. Active file servers in the cluster have equivalent access to shared data of said file system. In one embodiment, a particular file server in the cluster is configured to coordinate the file system's layout. The particular file server, in response to a particular client's request for a layout of a file stored by said file system in said subsystem determines a file access layout for a parallel file access protocol to use when servicing an I/O request by said client, marks said layout as active for the client, and sends the layout to the client. The file access layout is determined based on one or more of current file system resources, a specific workload type and a specific byte-range of the file included in the client request, and properties of the file. The layout includes a set of file servers in said cluster and byte ranges of the file, and the byte-range being associated with a particular server among the set. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095583 | CLIENT-SIDE WEB SITE SELECTION ACCORDING TO DEVICE CAPABILITIES - An aspect provides a method, including: sending a request for a web site from a client device to a server; receiving a response to the web site request from the server, wherein the response to the web site request includes at least a portion of a first version of the web site requested and one or more links describing one or more alternate versions of the web site requested, the one or more links comprising conditional data; determining if the conditional data is met; and in response to the conditional data being met, requesting an alternate version of the web site requested. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095584 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIRECTING USERS TO WEB CONTENT - A system and method is provided that enables a business to purchase a generic, but unique, kit containing one or more signs, with a machine readable medium. The computer readable medium stores information relating to a unique web address of a configurable web site landing page. An administrator configures the web site as desired so that when a user scans the machine readable medium, the user will be direct to the web site, and will have access to the content configured by the administrator. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095585 | HOME NETOWRK CONTROLLER WITH REMOTE USER INTERFACE WRAPPER OF DISCOVERED MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - A home networked controller device leverages discovery and control services to improve interoperability between devices that share multimedia content by re-serving the content wrapped in a remote user interface to enable client devices that have the capability to play the content but that require a remote user interface to be present. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095586 | Methods for Dynamic Stylization and Size Editing of Fonts Associated with Images and Theme-Based Graphics Arranged in a Layout Viewed Through an Electronic Interface - A system for working with image and or text-based projects includes a server having access to a processor and a data repository, the server including a non-transitory physical medium and software running from the non-transitory physical medium, the software providing a first function for establishing a client-server connection between the server and at least one user-operated computing appliance connected to the network, a second function for initiating and maintaining an active data session between one or more users involved in working with the image and/or text-based projects through a graphics user interface (GUI), a third function for acquiring and recording current font attributes for text-based items on a page that is to be remixed, and a fourth function for calculating a best unified set of font attributes for the text-based items subject to the remixed page. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095587 | Methods for Simulating Image Display for Images Uploading to an Anchor Slot in an Image Layout in an Electronic Interface - A system for creating image and text-based projects includes a server and software running from physical medium providing a first function for establishing a client-server connection between the server and a computing appliance, a second function for initiating a data session with a user, a third function for the detecting user activity relative to uploading of, or permitting access to one or more photos to the server, a fourth function for accessing copies of the photos before or during upload and compressing them at a pre-designated resolution suitable for printing, a fifth function for transferring the photo copies in the compressed state to the server, a sixth function for decompressing and displaying the one or more photos ahead of receipt of the photos accessed, and a seventh function for replacing the displayed photo or photos with the one or more photos upon receipt thereof. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095588 | Method for creating Image and or Text-based Projects through an Electronic Interface from a Mobile Application - A system for creating and editing image and or text-based projects from a mobile computing appliance includes a server connected to a network, the server having access to least one processor and a data repository, the server including a non-transitory physical medium, and software running from the non-transitory physical medium, the software providing a first function for establishing a client server connection between the server and at least one user-operated computing appliance connected to the network, a second function for providing a mobile application including an image selection component, a project previewing component, and a project ordering component to the mobile computing appliance, and a third function for enabling initiation of and maintenance of an active data session between one or more users involved in project creation and or in project editing through the mobile application. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095589 | MECHANISM FOR INITIATING BEHAVIOR IN A NATIVE CLIENT APPLICATION FROM A WEB CLIENT APPLICATION VIA A CUSTOM URL SCHEME - A system and method for facilitating native client device application interaction with a web application. An example method includes monitoring request messages output from the web application; determining one or more of the request messages include an indication that the one or more request messages represent a request to implement an action that can be performed via one or more resources of a client device, and providing a signal in response thereto; and implementing the action in response to the signal. In a more specific embodiment, the method further includes employing a client request interceptor in communication with the web application to forward requests output by the web application and determined by the interceptor to be requests for native content or functionality to a native behavior dispatcher, which communicates with a native container application to facilitate implementing the action. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095590 | TASK PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND SYSTEM - A contribution value necessary for achieving a target accuracy from a correct answer probability of each participant is calculated, a contribution value of the participant is added for an answer in accordance with the calculation, and it is set at a condition for determining completion of a task, that is, determining that a correct answer is obtained and no additional participant is necessary. The contribution value is calculated as the inverse of the number of participants at which the target accuracy is reached with a predetermined correct answer probability. The contribution value of the participant is added to the contribution value for the task in which that participant participates. At the time when the sum of the contribution values for a task exceeds one or when one option is certain to be a correct answer, the result having the largest sum of the contribution values is output. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095591 | CLOUD-BASED FILE PREFETCHING ON ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Techniques introduced here enable cloud-based file prefetching on electronic devices. The electronic devices store certain files on a remote storage server and preload some of the files locally to include file access efficiency. File access patterns on the electronic devices are analyzed collectively and efficiently using a cloud service to detect global access patterns and help determine which files to preload on each of the electronic devices. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095592 | Network Connection Hand-Off and Hand-Back - Some embodiments provide a director agent, a server agent, and a specialized hand-off protocol for improving scalability and resource usage within a server farm. A first network connection is established between a client and the director agent in order to receive a content request from the client from which to select a server from a set of servers that is responsible for hosting the requested content. A second network connection is established between the server agent that is associated with the selected server and a protocol stack of the selected server. The first network connection is handed-off to the server agent using the specialized hand-off protocol. The server agent performs network connection state parameter transformations between the two connections to create a network connection through which content can be passed from the selected server to the client without passing through the director. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095593 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DATA FILE TO CLIENT - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for transmitting a data file to a client. The method mainly includes: storing a data file with different bit rates or resolutions in a server, obtaining state information of a network resource between a client and the server, and sending bit rate or resolution adjustment indication information to the client according to the state information of the network resource, so that the client can request the server for a data file with a bit rate or resolution matching the state information of the network resource. By using the present invention, the client can request the server for a data file with a bit rate or resolution level matching the network resource, thereby increasing resource utilization of the server. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095594 | SERVER APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a receiving unit, a determining unit, and a reply unit. The receiving unit is configured to receive a request for service information from an information processing apparatus via a network. The determining unit is configured to determine the service information based on the request, where the service information includes information associated with accessing a service and display object information on a display object corresponding to the service. The reply unit is configured to send the service information to the information processing apparatus. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095595 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR STAGING ACCOUNT SETUP - A device, method and system for staging account setup are provided. An account identifier indicative of an account is transmitted from a device to a server. An indication that the account is of a given type is received at the device from the server. At a display of the device, staged prompts for information associated with the account are provided, the staged prompts depending on the indication, each staged prompt provided at successive screens of the display, wherein different staged prompts for different account types are provided in a same application. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095596 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LONG-LIVED CONTEXTUAL INTERACTIONS - System and method to preserve a long-lived interaction, the method including: participating, by use of a communication medium, in a present communication session with a remote party; associating, by use of a processor, a present identification tag with the present communication session; associating, by use if a processor, contextual information with the present identification tag, wherein the contextual information provides context of the present communication session; and storing, by use if a processor coupled to a memory, a record of the present identification tag and contextual information beyond conclusion of the present communication session, wherein the stored present identification tag and stored contextual information form the long-lived interaction. The method may further include searching a memory for previous identification tags of previous communication sessions with the remote party; and selecting, from a search result, a previous identification tag for use as the present communication tag. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095597 | EVENT DETERMINATION AND INVITATION GENERATION - An invitation is created on a social network. To create the invitation, a computer receives, from a social networking program operating on a first computer system by an event program operating on a second computer system, data from a social networking post. The computer identifies, by the event program, information from the data associated with a first member of a social network. The computer determines whether the information includes information about a future event that the first member intends to participate in. The computer generates an invitation to a second member of the social network for the future event based on the information about the future event. The computer transmits the invitation for the social networking post for sending by the social networking program to a user device of the second member of the social network. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095598 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND INTERFACES FOR EVALUATING AN ONLINE ENTITY PRESENCE - A method for evaluating an online entity presence includes receiving a set of social media information for at least one entity and calculating a social media measurement where the social media measurement is associated with the set of social media information. The method further includes receiving a set of online profile information for the at least one entity, the set of online profile information being associated with one or more non-social media online profiles, and calculating an online profile measurement wherein the online profile measurement is associated with the set of online profile information. The method further includes calculating a reach value, the reach value being associated with the social media measurement and the online profile measurement and providing a reach score to a user where the reach score associated with the reach value. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095599 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A DYNAMIC PERSONALIZED EVENTS FEED - A device and method for generating a dynamic personalized events feed that is personalized for a user is provided. The device may include one or more processors configured to determine events that match filtering information, generate the dynamic personalized events feed based on the determined events, and update the generated dynamic personalized events feed based on the determined events. The device may also include a network interface component coupled to a network, the network interface component configured to receive the filtering information, and transmit the generated dynamic personalized events feed to a user device. The device may further include a memory, the memory storing event information and user information for determining events that match the filtering information. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095600 | MULTIPLE-DEVICE SCREEN CAPTURE - Various embodiments are generally directed to cooperation among networked devices to perform a multiple-device screen capture in which multiple devices capture what is visually presented on their displays substantially simultaneously. A method comprises transmitting timing information via a network to a first participating device and a second participating device to trigger the first participating device to capture a first image of what is visually presented on a display of the first participating device and the second participating device to capture a second image of what is visually presented on a display of the second participating device substantially simultaneously; and transmitting collection device information via the network to the first and second participating devices specifying a collection device to receive the first and second images. Other embodiments are described and claimed herein. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095601 | DEVICE OPERABILITY ENHANCEMENT WITH ALTERNATIVE DEVICE UTILIZATION - An approach is disclosed for enhancing mobile-device operation by resource sharing and/or pooling. The approach can be implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions operable to trigger a first device to share content or request functionality of any of a plurality of other devices. The programming instructions can further be operable to discover a candidate device that is capable of receiving the content or a request to provide the functionality. The programming instructions can further be operable to determine that the candidate device can receive the content or provide the functionality based on predetermined criteria. The programming instructions can further be operable to establish a connection with the candidate device. The programming instructions can further be operable to send the content from the first device to the candidate device or receive functionality from the candidate device. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095602 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPOSITE PRESENCE SUBSCRIPTIONS - The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems that include generating an availability request, where the availability request inquires about an availability of each contact in a set of multiple contacts; submitting a composite presence subscribe request to a presence server based on the availability request, where the composite presence subscribe request identifies each contact in the set of multiple contacts; generating, from the presence server, a composite presence report indicating the availability of each contact; and notifying of the availability of each contact. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095603 | ONE STOP FOR MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES ON SOMEBODY'S PERSONALITY FROM QUALIFIED ASSOCIATIONS - A method, system, and apparatus for presenting information on a user in a social network is disclosed. In some embodiments, this includes the user creating an account on the social network with initial identification information, connecting the user to a qualified third party user, wherein connecting the user account includes presenting the initial identification information to the qualified third party user, populating the user account with information provided by the qualified third party user, locking the user account such that the user cannot edit the information provided by the qualified third party user, and storing the user account in a storage device. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095604 | MANAGING AN ELECTRONIC CONFERENCE SESSION - An electronic conference session is managed. The electronic conference session is hosted on a processing system for a plurality of users to participate in the conference session via a plurality of client devices. Performance of the processing system is monitored. Responsive to identifying a first indication that the performance of the processing system immanently will degrade below specified criteria, at least one process for hosting the electronic conference session is offloaded from the processing system to at least one of the client devices. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095605 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INCREASING LOCALIZATION OF PEER-TO-PEER TRAFFIC FOR CONTENT DISTRIBUTION IN COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method for increasing localization of P2P traffic for content distribution includes distributing named content from hosting peers to requesting peers in conjunction with tracking nodes using fingerprint chunk messages that carry fingerprint names and data chunks. The named content is divisible into data chunks identified by fingerprint names such that a content fingerprint list for named content identifies the fingerprint name for each data chunk. Fingerprint names are based on content data in the data chunk such that data chunks with the same content data are represented by the same fingerprint name and data chunks with different content data are represented by different fingerprint names. When a data chunk is available from multiple hosting peers, selection of a hosting peer is based on comparing localization characteristics for the requesting peer to localization characteristics for the multiple hosting peers with preference to the hosting peer that localizes P2P traffic. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095606 | Mobile Device-Related Measures of Affinity - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request for a measure of affinity for a particular action associated with a user of the social-networking system; and determining results for each predictor function based at least in part upon a number of actions previously preformed by the user with respect to the mobile-computing device. Each predictor function calculating a likelihood the user performs one or more actions; The method also includes computing a measure of affinity associated with the user based on the results for the predictor functions; and providing the computed measure of affinity. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095607 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATION BASED NETWORKING SESSIONS - In accordance with one example embodiment of the present invention a method comprises at least partially controlling the functionalities of a session area wherein said session area can be either in an active status or in a passive status according to at least one predetermined time window, said session area defining the boundaries for a location based group session event for members of one or more predetermined groups belonging to one or more social networks. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095608 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING ONLINE CONTENT TO A SECOND INDEXED CONTENT - A method includes receiving content-association input, including identification of accessed first content and an index position of a second content, and associating the accessed first content with the second content at the index position. Users accessing the second content are provided information related to the first content in response to the access of the second content. The information provided may be a link to the first content, a description of the first content, a portion of the first content, or the entire first content. Another method includes providing a user interface within an application window while the application window displays a first content and providing a second window in response to selection input via the user interface. The second window displays an indexed second content. Input may be received via the second window to create an association of the first content with the second content at an index position. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095609 | ONE STOP FOR MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES ON A RELATIONSHIP FROM QUALIFIED ASSOCIATIONS - A method, system, and apparatus for presenting information on a relationship in a social network is disclosed. In some embodiments, this includes a user creating a relationship profile of at least two users on the social network, wherein the user is a qualified association of each of the at least two users, connecting a qualified third party user to the relationship profile, wherein the qualified third party user is a qualified association of at least one of the at least two users, populating the relationship profile with information provided by the qualified third party user, locking the relationship profile such that the at least two users cannot edit the information provided by the qualified third party user, and storing the relationship profile in a storage device. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095610 | IMPULSE LIKE - A method, system, and apparatus for presenting information in a social network is disclosed. In some embodiments, this includes displaying an element in a user profile to a third party user, providing an option to the third party user to indicate the third party user's level of satisfaction with the element, wherein the option includes a first option to indicate a first level of satisfaction, wherein the first option is associated with a first option counter, and a second option to indicate a second level of satisfaction, wherein the second option is associated with a second option counter, upon the third party user selecting at least one of the options, incrementing at least one of the option counters, and updating the display of the element to indicate the incrementing of at least one of the option counters. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095611 | PERSONALIZATION THROUGH DYNAMIC SOCIAL CHANNELS - Embodiments are directed towards dynamically managing a plurality of channels for providing content to users. New channels may be automatically generated based on sub-interest groups of existing channels, which may generate a hierarchy of channels, where new content may be posted and/or provided to the new channel, and/or a parent channel. The new channel may be proposed to a user, that accesses content on a channel, to invite the user to subscribe to the new channel. The proposed channel may be determined based on a weight of channels associated with the accessed content. Similarly, a proposed channel may be provided to a publisher for new content based on the weight of channels associated with the new content. Channels may be discontinued if a value of the channel falls below a predetermined threshold. Channels with overlapping characteristics may be merged together if the overlapping channels satisfy merging criteria. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095612 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATED NOTIFICATION OF COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN REAL-TIME NETWORK PARTICIPANTS - The present invention is a method and system for using predetermined preferences/characteristics to ascertain personal compatibility between network or chat room participants based upon profile information. When the system determines that these preferences are favorable for interpersonal compatibility, the system will automatically notify or page the participants so as to facilitate their introduction. Further functionality, aside from the compatibility based upon profile information, includes e-mail and other electronic notification of personal compatibility as well as geographic compatibility. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095613 | THIRD VECTOR - A method, system, and apparatus for presenting information on a user in a social network is disclosed. In some embodiments, this includes a viewer viewing a user profile, wherein the user profile is populated with information provided by a reviewer, associating a request counter with the reviewer, the viewer initiating a request to the reviewer for additional information about the user, upon initiating the request, incrementing the request counter, and storing the request counter in a storage device. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095614 | IDENTITY CROWD-SOURCED CURATION - A method includes gathering a plurality of instances of online activity associated with a user, analyzing the plurality of instances of online activity to determine a characteristic that is likely to correspond to a profile attribute of the user and generating a profile enrichment suggestion for the user based on the determined characteristic. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095615 | Communication Terminal, Remote Conference System and Control Program for Communication Terminal - A communication terminal is configured to execute detecting a first quality value indicating a quality of connection with a first conference server which communicates media data relating to a remote conference with the communication terminal, determining whether the quality of connection is lower than a predetermined quality based on the first quality value, when it is determined that the quality of connection is lower than the predetermined quality, outputting a conference state storing instruction to store a state of an ongoing remote conference, disconnecting a network connection with the first conference server after conference state information indicating the state of the ongoing remote conference is stored, reconnecting the network connection with the first conference server after the network connection is disconnected, and when the network connection is reconnected with the first conference server, resuming the ongoing remote conference based on the stored conference state information. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095616 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SAMPLING ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS - A representative sample of an online social network is formed by performing a deterministic process that coalesces to indicate success. A random value is selected for seeding the process. Based on the random value, the process is executed and once the process coalesces, a proper sampling of the online social network results. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095617 | ADJUSTING PUSH NOTIFICATIONS BASED ON LOCATION PROXIMITY - Technology is disclosed for transmitting notification updates to computing devices (“the technology”). Various embodiments of the technology includes a proxy server that facilitates transmission of notifications to the computing devices based on a location proximity and/or access pattern of the computing devices. In one such embodiment, if a particular computing device of the user is not within a predefined location proximity of a primary computing device of the user, the proxy server delays or decreases the frequency of transmission of the notifications to the particular mobile device. In another example, based on the access pattern of the particular computing device, if the proxy server determines that the user is not likely to use the particular computing device, e.g. until a certain point of time, the proxy server delays or decreases the frequency of the transmission of the notifications to the particular mobile device until around that certain point of time. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095618 | Social Interaction Device - An electronic device, worn like a button, supports and enhances social face-to-face interaction. The electronic button stores information associated with a person's professional and/or personal interests and preferences. This information is continuously broadcast and, when received by another button, analyzed to determine if the receiving and transmitting button possess any commonalities. If a commonality is found, colored light(s) illuminate to let the individuals within the immediate vicinity know a common interest exist. In one version different colored lights can represent different interests. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095619 | System for synchronizing nodes on a network - A system of computers on a wide area network establishes connections between nodes on the basis of their multidimensional similarity at a particular point in time in a certain setting, such as a social learning network, and sends information of value to those nodes. Dimensions in the definition of similarity include a plurality of attributes in time and community space. Examples of such dimensions and attributes may include a position in a learning community's project cycle, titles of readings and projects, the genre or subject matter under consideration, age, grade, or level of the participants, and language. The network's nodes are represented as a tensor field and are searched efficiently and adaptively through a variety of multidimensional data structures and mechanisms. The system includes a master clock that can transform a participant's time coordinates on the network, such as a social learning network, into Universal Time, and the synchronizer coordinates the position of each participant. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095620 | SEARCHING SOCIAL CONNECTIONS OF A USER - The present invention is directed to methods and systems for providing personal connection alerts. The user desires to have a personal connection with a target person. An indicator for a target is provided by the user. The indicator is often the name of the target, but can also be a picture of the target, or other information. A record for the target is created based on the received indicator. The target record is stored. A variety of additional information regarding the target may be obtained from external or internal sources and also stored in the target record. Then the target record is periodically compared with the user's social sphere of influence, which comprises the user's primary and secondary connections. The comparison includes at least comparing the target with the user's secondary connections. When the target record matches at least one of the user's secondary connections, an alert is provided. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095621 | Digital File Distribution in a Social Network System - Systems and methods for obtaining a digital file similar to one used by a device associated with a member of a social network are provided. Digital file information about the digital file is stored on a web-based social network database. The digital file may be located on the same server as the web-based social network database or a third party server such as a mobile phone carrier. A user of the web-based social network database requesting the digital file may require a different format of the digital file than that used by the device of the member. If a different format is requested by the user, a server finds or converts the digital file to be compatible for use by a device specified by the user. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095622 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING STATUS INFORMATION OF A DATA ITEM - A method and system for providing status of a data item after receiving status information pertaining to the data item. It is determined whether the received status information is new relative to further status information pertaining to the data item. The status record is updated to include the received status information if the received status information is new. The updated message indicating the received status information is then composed and transmitted over a network. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095623 | System and method of a requirement, conpliance and resource management methodology - A system and/or a method based on a scalable requirement, compliance and resource management methodology for designing a product/service, optimizing relevant processes and enhancing real time and/or near real time collaboration between many users. The requirement, compliance and resource management methodology is further integrated with a fuzzy logic algorithm module and/or statistical algorithm module and/or weighting logic algorithm module and enhanced with a graphical user interface. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095624 | APPLICATION STATE SYNCHRONIZATION ACROSS MULTIPLE DEVICES - Techniques for a method for automatically synchronizing application state across multiple devices are disclosed herein. The method includes running an instance of a computer application on an electronic device, automatically determining a sync event that occurs in the electronic device, wherein the sync event suggests a synchronization of application state data and the application state data represent an application state of the computer application at the sync event, and transmitting the application state data of the computer application to a storage server in response to the sync event. The application state data of the computer application enables another instance of the computer application to resume the application state at the sync event at another electronic device. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095625 | APPLICATION STATE BACKUP AND RESTORATION ACROSS MULTIPLE DEVICES - Technology for a method for backing up and restoring application state across multiple devices is disclosed herein. The method includes running an instance of a computer application at a first electronic device, determining a backup event that occurs in the first electronic device, wherein the backup event suggests a backup of application state data and the application state data represent an application state of the computer application at the backup event, and transmitting the application state data of the computer application to a remote storage service, in response to the backup event. A second electronic device can retrieve the application state data from the remote storage service and restore the application state. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095626 | PHOTO SHARING SYSTEM WITH FACE RECOGNITION FUNCTION - A photo sharing system with a face recognition function includes a photo browser and a photo sharing platform. The photo browser allows a user to browse plural photos, and includes a user interface that shows the plural photos; a photo classification module that is activated to automatically classify the plural photos into groups according to face images contained in the plural photos and identified by the face recognition function while showing the groups of photos on the user interface for selection; and a photo transmission module that is activated to automatically pack and transmit a selected one of the groups of photos to a photo sharing platform in the cloud. The photo sharing platform includes a photo file management module that manages at least a photo folder that stores the selected group of photos. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095627 | Likelihood of Receiving a Timely Response - An apparatus and method for determining the likelihood that a first party will receive a timely response from a second party in response to a message initiated by the first party, and sending an indicator associated with the likelihood of receiving a timely response to a terminal associated with the first party. The likelihood of receiving a timely response can be determined from the response histories of the parties, the relationship of the parties, the types of messages and communication modalities, and presence information. The indicator also can be presented in conjunction with, or in addition to a presence indicator. Representative messages can include message-based communications such as text messaging, voice communications, and email communications. Timely responses can include the answering of a voice call, a return call, and reply to a message. Timeliness can depend on the communication modality that is used. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095628 | SPECIFYING DESIRED LIST OF RECIPIENTS IN ELECTRONIC MAILS - Specifying desired list of recipients in electronic mails. According to an aspect, a digital processing system receives a criteria for determining the recipients of an email communication, and in response queries an enterprise data store to identify a set of recipients matching the received criteria. The digital processing system then forwards the email communication to the identified set of recipients. In one embodiment the digital processing system is an email server and in another embodiment is a end user system, used by a user to compose the email communication. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095629 | Systems and Methods for Organizing Events - Systems and methods are provided to organize Events, including transmitting invitations and receiving RSVP responses, and to organize Date Polls to determine availability of attendees. The Events and Date Polls can be related to various Groups. Each Group represents a Group of Users, who choose to attend Events and respond to Date Polls. A Graphical User Interface is provided that displays the consolidated status of all Date Polls, Events and Groups with which a User is associated, even if these Entities are created by multiple independent Administrators. Where the User is also an Administrator of a Date Poll, Event, Group, or any combination thereof, the software provides various options to allow the Administrator to customize data related to any of the Date Poll, Event or Group. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095630 | System and Method of Device Capability Signaling - A method includes sending, from a first electronic device to a second electronic device, a first capability request based on a first schedule. The first electronic device is associated with a first user and the second electronic device is associated with a second user. A first relationship strength is associated with a relationship of the first user and the second user and the first schedule is based on the first relationship strength. The method also includes sending, from the first electronic device to a third electronic device, a second capability request based on a second schedule. The third electronic device is associated with a third user and a second relationship strength is associated with a relationship of the first user and the third user. The second schedule is based on the second relationship strength and the second relationship strength is different from the first relationship strength. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095631 | DELAYED DISPLAY OF ELECTRONIC MESSAGES - An apparatus for delaying a message includes a receiver module, a delay determination module, a storage module, and a display module. The receiver module receives an electronic message. The delay determination module determines if the message includes a request to delay displaying the message. The request includes a requested delay. The storage module stores the message prior to queuing for display in response to the delay determination module determining that the message includes a requested delay. The message is stored in a computer readable storage media accessible to a computing device receiving the message. The display module queues the message for display after the requested delay. In one embodiment, at least a portion of the receiver module, the delay determination module, the storage module, and the display module include hardware and/or executable code where the executable code is stored on one or more computer readable storage media. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095632 | Methods for Coordinating and Presenting Collaborative Communication between Collaborators Working on an Image-Based Project Through an Electronic Interface - An electronic messaging system includes a server connected to the network, the server having access to a processor and a data repository, and including and software running from a non-transitory physical medium, the software providing for linking the electronic messaging system to the image-based project accessible through the electronic interface, facilitating calling the message system from within the image-based project by executing a link resulting from execution of the first function to receive a messaging interface, detecting and monitoring any online collaborators working on the image-based project and any online web visitors allowed to view the image-based project under construction, assigning for each message submitted, at least a collaborator identification stamp, a digital time stamp, and a digital location of the collaborator within the project at the time the message was submitted, and publishing the aggregated messages in one or more live broadcast to relevant online collaborators and project visitors. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095633 | INTELLIGENT NOTIFICATION OF REQUESTS FOR REAL-TIME ONLINE INTERACTION VIA REAL-TIME COMMUNICATIONS AND/OR MARKUP PROTOCOLS, AND RELATED METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA - Intelligent notification of requests for real-time online interaction, and related methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed. In this regard, in one embodiment, a method for intelligently processing a request for real-time online interaction comprises receiving, by a computing device, a request for real-time online interaction directed to a recipient identifier associated with a recipient device of a recipient and originating from a requestor device of a requestor. The method further comprises determining, by the computing device, an interruption indicator that indicates a recipient activity priority relative to a delivery priority of the request for real-time online interaction. The method additionally comprises delivering a notification of the request for real-time online interaction to the recipient device of the recipient, responsive to the interruption indicator indicating that the delivery priority of the request for real-time online interaction exceeds the recipient activity priority. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095634 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF REDACTIVE MESSAGING - The technology disclosed relates to embedding private comments in public messages. In particular, it relates to customizing public messages by including private comments that are directed to specific recipients. The private comments are included in the context of the public messages sent to their intended recipients but excluded from the public message when it is sent to other recipients. The private comments can be viewable only to their intended recipients and in the context of the public response. The public response as seen by recipients not intended to receive private comments does not include the private comments. This enables a sender of a private comment to efficiently communicate selected information to specific recipients without burdening all recipients with information which may not be relevant for them. Furthermore, it preserves the overall context of the original message. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095635 | OPERATION-ASSISTING APPARATUS, OPERATION-ASSISTING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM CONTAINING CONTROL PROGRAM - An agent server includes: a conversational message determining section which determines a conversational message to a message on a family message board; an appliance-related message determining section which obtains operation-assisting information for a domestic appliance according to the message; and a message transmitting section which causes the conversational message and the operation-assisting information to be written on the family message board. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095636 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO MESSAGING AND CONFIRMATION - Various embodiments illustrated and described herein include systems, method, and software for video messaging generation, sending, view tracking, and automated follow-up. Such embodiments provide mechanisms allowing users to engage with recipients and to track and collect recipient information and their tendencies in order to increase communication effectiveness. Some embodiments include sending messages with links to video though various messaging platforms. For example, some embodiments include sending electronic messages via email or via an online hosted computer application system for delivery by the online hosted computer application. Examples of the online hosted computer applications include social networking websites such as FACEBOOK®, TWITTER®, and LINKEDIN®. Messages may be generated and sent by a video messaging system directly; through integration of a customer relationship management application with a video messaging system; through an email, text message, social networking message that includes a link to a video message; and other mechanisms. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095637 | SYSTEM FOR SHARING AND TRACKING REVIEW OF RICH CONTENT, AND METHODS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH - Methods and systems are used to share data as authorized by a provider for review by a recipient. As the recipient reviews information, information relating to the amount reviewed is tracked, and the provider is notified of whether or not the recipient has accessed the shared information and/or the extent to which the shared information was reviewed. The shared information may, in some contexts, be video data. Video data may be captured and automatically uploaded to a network-accessible location. The uploaded video may then be shared with a recipient. As the recipient reviews the uploaded video, the amount viewed by the recipient can be tracked, and the provider notified of the amount viewed. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095638 | METHOD OF SUPPORTING THIRD-PARTY APPLICATIONS IN AN INSTANT MESSAGING SYSTEM AND A SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A mobile terminal system for providing instant messaging to a third-party application includes a mobile terminal having one or more processors and memory for storing one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the mobile terminal to perform the instructions of acquiring an application ID (appid) and a software development kit (SDK) from an instant messaging open platform by the third-party application; registering the third-party application at the instant messaging open platform using the acquired appid and SDK when the third-party application initiates; providing an open application programming interface (API) to the third-party application via the instant messaging open platform; and transmitting information between the instant messaging open platform and the third-party application via the open API. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095639 | SERVICE PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD AS WELL AS PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - The invention provides a service providing apparatus and method and an information processing apparatus and method as well as a program storage medium by which a plurality of users can communicate with each other simultaneously. A plurality of client computers are connected to a shared server over a network and log in a common chat room of a chat system. If a user of one of those of the client computers which are in a group requests for reproduction of a predetermined tune, then the instruction is transmitted to the shared server over the network. The shared server receives the instruction transmitted thereto and reads out music data of the request stored in a music database therein, and transmits the music data to the client computers of the group. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095640 | Method and System for Directly Targeting and Blasting Messages to Automatically Identified Entities on Social Media - Some embodiments provide a communication tool that directly sends messages to accounts of different entities across different social media sites by automatically identifying and associating the accounts of the entities when the entities are referenced in the contents of the messages. Such identification and association is performed without the message originator manually specifying the accounts as intended recipients for the messages. The communication tool also automatically sends messages to different social media accounts of the message originator. The communication tool also blasts messages to an information aggregator that aggregates messages to develop a database from which the messages that target a particular entity can be presented irrespective of whether the particular entity has registered an account with any social media site, irrespective of which social media site the messages are originally destined for, and irrespective of whether a recipient is explicitly specified for the messages by the message originator. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095641 | TECHNIQUES TO MANAGE RETENTION POLICY TAGS - Techniques to manage retention policy tags are described. A system may comprise a tagging component operative to tag a message with an expiration tag to form an expiration tagged message, the expiration tag having expiration information used to expire the expiration tagged message in accordance with a retention policy. The system may further comprise a presentation component communicatively coupled to the tagging component, the presentation component operative to present a view of the expiration tagged message with an expiration field having the expiration information for the expiration tagged message. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095642 | METHOD, A SYSTEM, A FIRST SERVER, A SECOND SERVER, A COMPUTER PROGRAM AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SENDING INFORMATION ABOUT USERS ASSIGNED TO WORK ON TASKS IN A COMPUTER NETWORK - The invention concerns a method for sending information about users assigned to work on tasts, wherein data sets comprising information about users and tasks the users are assigned to are stored in particular on a first server ( | 2014-04-03 |
20140095643 | MICROCONTROLLER WITH INTEGRATED MONITORING CAPABILITIES FOR NETWORK APPLICATIONS - A microcontroller has integrated monitoring capabilities for network applications. The disclosed techniques can take advantage, for example, of an unused, duplicate network controller that is present in some microcontrollers by providing selection circuitry and configuration capabilities that allow the unused, duplicate network controller to be used for the purpose of monitoring frames that are transferred between network media and another network controller residing on the microcontroller. The monitored frames can then be used, for example, for debugging or other purposes, such as statistical analyses or security enhancements. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095644 | PROCESSING OF WRITE REQUESTS IN APPLICATION SERVER CLUSTERS - An application server of a server cluster may store a payload of a write request in a local cache and thereafter serve read requests based on payloads in the local cache if the corresponding data is present when such read requests are received. The payloads are however later propagated to respective data stores at a later suitable time. Each application server in the server cluster retrieves data from the data stores if the required payload is unavailable in the respective local cache. According to another aspect, an application server signals to other application servers of the server cluster if a required payload is unavailable in the local cache. In response, the application server having the specified payload (in local cache) propagates the payload with a higher priority to the corresponding data store, such that the payload is available to the requesting application server. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095645 | Method for Caching Data on Client Device to Optimize Server Data Persistence in Building of an Image-Based Project - A system for creating image and or text-based projects includes a server connected to a network, the server having access to least one processor and a data repository, the server including a non-transitory physical medium, and software running from the non-transitory physical medium, the software providing a first function for establishing a client server connection between the server and at least one user-operated computing appliance connected to the network, a second function for initiating and maintaining an active data session between one or more users involved in project creation and or in project editing through a graphics user interface (GUI), a third function for establishing a cache memory on the at least one operated computing appliance, the cache dedicated for caching user and server-side data, a fourth function for caching user actions in the cache memory, and a fifth function for persisting the cached data to the server. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095646 | DATA CACHING AMONG INTERCONNECTED DEVICES - Technology is disclosed herein for optimizing data caches among multiple interconnected computing devices. According to at least one embodiment, a storage server transfers a first data set to a computing device. The storage server then identifies a neighbor computing device sharing a local area network (LAN) with the computing device. The neighbor computing device maintains a network connection with the storage server. The storage server transmits a second data set relevant to the first data set to the neighbor computing device. In response to a read request for the second data set from the computing device, the storage server sends to the computing device an instruction indicating that the neighbor computing device is storing a data cache for the computing device. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095647 | ROUTING METHOD - A method executed by a router that establishes a connection between a network and an another network that includes an information processing device and an information storage device, the method includes: detecting an access status of the information processing device to the information storage device; and prohibiting transfer of the information from the information processing device to the another network depending on the access status managed in the detecting. | 2014-04-03 |