17th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 58 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140114989 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING EXPERTISE - A system and method of identifying entities having expertise in one or more subjects. Among other features, the method includes querying a database for documents (e.g., articles, papers, periodicals) relevant to a subject; and calculating a first score for each relevant document. The method also identifies entities affiliated with one or more relevant documents; and calculates a second score for each entity based on the one or more first scores of the one or more relevant documents affiliated with the entity. A step of ranking expertise of the entities based on the respective second scores of the entities is included. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114990 | BUFFER ORDERING BASED ON CONTENT ACCESS TRACKING - Embodiments are disclosed that relate to buffering portions of a digital content item in different orders for different users. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method of providing a buffer ordering for a digital content item. The method includes tracking content access information for each user of a plurality of users, the content access information for each user comprising information regarding how content portions of each of one or more digital content items were accessed by the user. The method further comprises providing a different buffer ordering for a first user of a selected digital content item than for a second user based upon the content access information. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114991 | PROVIDING ACCESS TO INFORMATION - Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to providing access to information. A profile is determined. The profile is used to provide access to account specific information to an application. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114992 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AWARENESS PLATFORM - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for an awareness platform. The system can model, at a context engine, a context for a user, wherein the context is associated with an activity involving the user. Next, the system can analyze the activity to extract a keyword. The system can then generate a context-aware presentation based on the context and data gathered based on the keyword. The system can also present the context-aware presentation to a device associated with the user. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114993 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING DATA IN A DATA STORAGE SYSTEM - Method, system, and programs for generating, storing, and maintaining data in a data storage system. A data record in a first format is received, and converted into one or more converted data records in a second format. Each of the one or more converted data records comprises a markup attribute, a content attribute, and an identifier attribute used to locate the data record in the first format. And the one or more converted data records are stored in the data storage system. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114994 | Apparatus and Method for Securing Preliminary Information About Database Fragments for Utilization in Mapreduce Processing - A method of processing a query in a distributed database implemented across a set of nodes includes receiving a query. The query is divided into split characterization queries. The split characterization queries are distributed to worker nodes. Each worker node stores a partition of the distributed database with encoded textual objects and pre-defined indices characterizing encoded textual object fragments. The split characterization queries are executed at the worker nodes to obtain preliminary information about query results. Executing the split characterization queries includes matching query fragments associated with the split characterization queries with encoded textual object fragments of the pre-defined indices to produce fragment matches representative of the size of the query results. For each split characterization query the preliminary information about query results includes a fragment count, a database partition identification, and a database host name. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114995 | SCALABLE HIGH SPEED RELATIONAL PROCESSOR FOR DATABASES AND NETWORKS - A relational processor (RP) is described for storing relational instances and processing queries using a unique mapping to an associate. The associate may contain one or more semantic tokens. The RP comprises an input means for receiving and processing input query packets, at least one associate processor (AP) for retrieving associate sets by domain and at least one set processor (SP) for performing set operations on associate sets. An output means collects, formats and transmits the associates or associated information responsive to a query to at least one user or a machine. The RP further includes an associate array manager (AAM) for managing APs, an associate switch (AS) and a response collector (RC). The AS routs specific associates to specific SPs. The SP is adaptable to perform set operations on the associates. An alternate unique SP Sieve architecture is described which does not require the AS. The RP is able to perform longest prefix match using a new algorithm. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114996 | NFA CHARACTER CLASS MATCHING - Disclosed is method of matching a character class to a symbol of an input stream. A character class, or a plurality of character classes, is defined into an accessible format which when accessed is compared to a symbol in an input stream. The format may be stored in an NFA array cell or it may be broadcast to the cell array with an input symbol for comparison. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114997 | System and Method for Responding to Web Form Inquiries - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for generating contact plans and responding to web form inquires using the contact plans. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114998 | DETERMINING DEMOGRAPHICS BASED ON USER INTERACTION - Methods and systems for determining demographics based on user interaction are provided. Demographic information is maintained in association with certain indicators. Information regarding user interaction related to an item of interest is accessed, and indicators may be identified based on the user interaction information associated with a user. It is determined that the user belongs to one or more demographics based on the identified indicators, and a report may be generated. | 2014-04-24 |
20140114999 | HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS REGISTERING SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR REGISTERING HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS, PROGRAM FOR REGISTERING HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS, AND MEDIUM STORING HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS REGISTERING PROGRAM AND READABLE BY COMPUTER - To provide a human relationships registering system, a method and a server for registering human relationships, a program for registering human relationships, and a medium storing human relationships registering program and readable by a computer, all of which are used to establish wide and close relationships with members having a variety of occupations or engaged in various technical fields and to obtain expert knowledge or information. The human relationships registering system comprises first data processing units | 2014-04-24 |
20140115000 | BOOLEAN CONTENT SEARCH - A system includes reception of a query comprising one or more search terms, determination that one of the one or more search terms corresponds to a table column comprising Boolean operators, determination of a value of the table column corresponding to TRUE, and addition of a condition to the query, the condition specifying the value of the table column. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115001 | STRUCTURED QUERY GENERATION - A system and method for information retrieval system are presented. A graph generation module is configured to output, to a client computer, a graph depicting a first arrangement of a subset of a plurality of entities of a knowledge model, the graph depicting a relationship between ones of the subset of the plurality of entities. A node selection reception module is configured to receive, from the client computer, a selection of at least one of the subset of the plurality of entities and an associated action, wherein, when the associated action is of a first type, the graph generation module is configured to output, to the client computer, a second graph depicting a second arrangement of a second subset of the plurality of entities of the knowledge model using the selected at least one of the subset of the plurality of entities. A query generation module is configured to, when the associated action is of a second type, generate a query string using the selected at least one of the subset of the plurality of entities. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115002 | METHOD FOR MONITORING A NUMBER OF MACHINES AND MONITORING SYSTEM - The present disclosure is related to a method for monitoring at least one event data generating machine, including a data logging device for providing event data. The method comprises transferring logged event data from at least one of the event data generating machines to a central processor, mining a multi-dimensional sequential pattern within said transferred event data wherein at least one dimensional attribute holds information indicating said event data generating machine or the at least one event data generating machine property, and matching said mined multi-dimensional sequential pattern with patterns stored in a central pattern database. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115003 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING ACCESS TO DATA IN AN ON-DEMAND SYSTEM - Data category visibility are defined at the permission set and profile levels so that users who may not be assigned a role can have the data filtered by data category access rules. In an embodiment, data is filtered based on products or projects so that the products or project can be used as a data category group, once the product or project as been assigned to the user, the user may be granted access, via a data category visibility in a permission set, regardless of the user's role or position in the user hierarchy. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115004 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF AUDIT TRAILING OF DATA INCORPORATION - The technology disclosed relates to creating an audit trail of data incorporation in user profiles. In particular, it relates to linking trust objects to fields of the user profiles. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115005 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR LIVE MASKING FILE SYSTEM ACCESS CONTROL ENTRIES - Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for dynamically masking an access control list corresponding to a file system object in response to a change mode command. In one implementation, a change mode command for a file system object to change a first mode to a second mode is received. The first mode defines a first set of access rights and the second mode defines a second set of access rights. In response to the change mode command, a mask is dynamically applied to an access control list corresponding to the file system object. The access control list has zero or more access control entries defining access permissions for the file system object. The mask modifies any of the zero or more access control entries that have access permissions that exceed the second set of access rights defined by the second mode. The access control list is preserved. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115006 | DATABASE HIERARCHICAL INHERITANCE - A database system comprising a plurality of access keys stored in a first data memory device sector, each access key associated with a node value stored in a second data memory device sector. An access key processor configured to receive an input value and return the associated node value for the input value if the input value matches an access key stored in the first data memory device sector. The access key processor is configured to generate a revised input value if the input value does not match an access key stored in the first data memory device; a default node value stored in the second data memory device sector and associated with a portion of the input value, wherein the access key processor is configured to return the default node value as part of the revised input value. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115007 | GENERATING SYNTHETIC DATA - A method of generating synthetic data from a model of a dataset comprises the steps of receiving a model of a dataset, extracting information from the received model, constructing a database view from the extracted information, receiving a query to the constructed database view, and generating synthetic data from the constructed database view according to the received query. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115008 | USING AGGREGATED SENSED DATA OF INDIVIDUALS TO PREDICT WHETHER AN INDIVIDUAL REQUIRES ASSISTANCE FROM A RESPONDER - The methods and systems described herein may involve determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and delivering content to at least one individual based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing a game, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one player of the game, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and affecting the game play based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing an interactive space, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual in the space, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and modifying at least one attribute of the space based on the analysis. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115009 | Gathering Index Statistics Using Sampling - An approach is provided in which a sample point system allocates sample point identifiers to a root node included an index tree that includes multiple leaf nodes. The sample point system distributes the sample point identifiers to the root node's child nodes, and recursively traverses through the index tree's hierarchical index levels and distributes the sample point identifiers from the child nodes to a subset of the index tree's leaf nodes. In turn, the sample point system collects sample data from the subset of the plurality of leaf nodes corresponding to the distributed sample point identifiers. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115010 | PROPAGATING INFORMATION THROUGH NETWORKS - Methods, and systems, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable storage mediums, including a method for providing a graph that includes entity nodes, label nodes and weighted connecting edges. The method comprises computing an aggregated incoming between-entity edge weight for the entity nodes. When there are positively-weighted incoming between-entity edges into the entity node, the method comprises replacing each of the between-entity edge weights by a pre-normalized between-entity edge weights. The method comprises computing an aggregated from-label weight for the entity node. When there are positively-weighted from-label node edges, the method comprises replacing the corresponding label weights by pre-normalized from-label weights. The method comprises determining influence values for a first, second and third influence factors, where the influence factors have values that sum to one. The method further comprises using the pre-normalized weights and influence factors as a set of linear constraints to determine final label weightings for the entity nodes. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115011 | ORNAMENTAL ORGANISM TRACKING AND INFORMATION SYSTEM - Source data associated with an ornamental organism is obtained and stored in a unique account/location in an ornamental organism database. Each unique account/location is then assigned a unique access path. A unique information access device, such as a sticker or tag, is then generated that includes a unique account access symbol or code that is a representation of the unique access path data. The unique information access device is then included with the specific ornamental organism, or lot of ornamental organisms, at each level of the distribution and sales chain. Then, whenever the unique account access symbol or code is scanned, the unique access path data is obtained and used to access the unique account/location that is associated with specific ornamental organism, or lot of ornamental organisms, and includes the source data for the specific ornamental organism, or lot of ornamental organisms. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115012 | DATA MODEL OPTIMIZATION USING MULTI-LEVEL ENTITY DEPENDENCIES - A method, system, and computer program product for of database schema management. The computer implemented method for data model optimization using multilevel entity dependency analytics commences by accessing a multilevel schema data structure, determining the relationship lineages present in the multilevel schema data structure and generating a dependency table using the relationship lineage. Then, using the dependency table the computer implemented method performs at least one of, a high impact analysis, a referential integrity analysis, or a conformance analysis. In some embodiments the results of the analysis are reported to a user and in some embodiments the results of the analysis applied to the multilevel schema data structure. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115013 | CHARACTERIZING DATA SOURCES IN A DATA STORAGE SYSTEM - Characterizing data includes: reading data from an interface to a data storage system, and storing two or more sets of summary data summarizing data stored in different respective data sources in the data storage system; and processing the stored sets of summary data to generate system information characterizing data from multiple data sources in the data storage system. The processing includes: analyzing the stored sets of summary data to select two or more data sources that store data satisfying predetermined criteria, and generating the system information including information identifying a potential relationship between fields of records included in different data sources based at least in part on comparison between values from a stored set of summary data summarizing a first of the selected data sources and values from a stored set of summary data summarizing a second of the selected data sources. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115014 | APPARATUS, METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CREATING OPERATION DEFINITION FILE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An operation-definition-file creating apparatus includes a setting data file in which setting data of a setting item that is to be set in an MFP is defined. A creating unit creates, on the basis of the setting data, an operation definition file in which an operation for reflecting the setting data in the MFP is described and a saving unit saves the created operation definition file in an external storage medium. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115015 | Media Aware Distributed Data Layout - A storage system comprises a plurality of vdisks, with each vdisk containing a plurality of storage segments, and each segment providing a specific class of service (CoS). Each vdisk stores files with data and meta data distributed among its storage segments. A storage system includes a memory having multiple classes of service. The system includes an interface for storing a file as blocks of data associated with a class of service in the memory. The interface chooses the class of service for a block on a block by block basis. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115016 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENABLING PARALLEL PROCESSING OF WRITE TRANSACTIONS - A system and method is provided for parallel processing of multiple write requests to write data associated the multiple write requests to a storage area concurrently. The file system receives a series of write request from one more applications executing on the computing device. The file system includes one or more processing modules that selectively groups writes request into lists or trains. After the processing modules begin processing first threads associated with writes in a first train, the processing modules determines whether and when to initiate processing of second threads associated with writes in a second train during processing of the first threads. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115017 | RESTFUL SERVICE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE - A processing device identifies uniform resource identifiers (URIs) for a RESTful (Representational State Transfer) web service in a server and creates server-side metadata describing each of the URIs without nesting metadata of one of the URIs in metadata of another one of the URIs. The processing device creates a file that includes the URIs and the corresponding server-side metadata for the corresponding URI to describe the RESTful web service. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115018 | Document Tracking and Management System and Methods - Systems and methods for document tracking and management are provided. A method may provide for providing an identification data to a remote user. The identification data may be associated with a first batch of documents. The method may comprise receiving the first batch of documents with the associated identification data from the remote user and storing an electronic file of each document in the first batch of documents in a document database, the electronic files associated with the identification data. The method may further provide for storing a tracking data indicative of the first batch of documents being forwarded to, and received by, an end user. The tracking data may be stored in the document database and associated with the identification data. Access to the electronic files of the first batch of documents to the remote user or the end user may also be provided. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115019 | DISTRIBUTION PROCESSING UNIT OF SHARED STORAGE - When processing data via multiple computers, the number of computers can be increased or decreased without actually moving the data assigned to the respective computers, and the data can be arranged and processed so as to enhance the performance of the system in response to the increase of the number of computers. A plurality of computers for performing data processing stores target data to be processed in a shared storage system, and when data processing is to performed, the shared storage divides the storage area storing data corresponding to the number of computers, and creates virtual data storage areas referring to a portion of the storage area for each computer, so as to enable each computer to refer to independent virtual data storage areas and to complete data processing. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115020 | WEB SERVER FOR STORING LARGE FILES - A system and method for processing large image files using HTML 5 employed by Web Browsers for efficiently process multiple images from the same or different sets of images by one or more client-side users contemporaneously, where the system includes a file server for storing native, processed, or partially processed, image files and meta data associated with the image files, a Web Viewer Cache for dynamic storage of such files and meta data such, a plurality of dedicated Web Servers to perform some or all of the image processing functionality, and a load balancer server dedicated to interfacing with one or more Web Browsers from client-side computers to direct, distribute and manage image retrieval and processing by the dedicated Web Servers regardless of whether a pre-fetch image processing request or a real-time image processing request has been made by the client-side computer users. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115021 | Method and Terminal for Accessing a File of a Terminal - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and a terminal for accessing a file of a terminal, to implement uniform management of a built-in SD card and an external SD card in a smart terminal, thereby effectively improving utilization of storage space of the smart terminal. The method includes: receiving a request for accessing a file, where the access request includes a first file path that is an access path of the file; converting the first file path into a second file path according to a path mapping list of the user space file system when the first file path points to the user space file system, where the second file path is an actual storage path of the file in the at least two storage areas; and accessing the file according to the second file path. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115022 | PROGRAM FOR CORRECTING DATA MEASURED BY PS-OCT AND PS-OCT SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH THE PROGRAM - Data measured by PS-OCT is corrected in a non-linear manner to enhance the quantitative analysis capability of PS-OCT and permit accurate quantitative diagnosis, including diagnosis of disease stage of lesions, as a useful means for computer diagnosis. Even when retardation per PS-OCT | 2014-04-24 |
20140115023 | BID TO BCD/DPD CONVERTERS - A method and system for binary to binary coded decimal (BCD) conversion. The conversion includes: obtaining a binary input vector; generating, by a binary/BCD hardware converter, a plurality of BCD vectors based on the binary input vector; and calculating a BCD output vector based on the plurality of BCD vectors. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115024 | SIMULATING SYNCHRONOUS EXECUTION OF ASYNCHRONOUS OPERATIONS - A computer-implemented method is presented here. The method obtains a script to be executed, wherein the script includes instructions for an asynchronous operation, and wherein the asynchronous operation includes a request calling for a result. The method continues by performing a provisional iteration of the script, wherein the provisional iteration of the script is associated with at least a portion of the script, and wherein the provisional iteration of the script obtains and saves the result as a cached result. Thereafter, a final iteration of the script is performed using the cached result. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115025 | MASTER DEVICE, INTEGRATED SERVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND INTEGRATED SERVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD - A device information acquisition unit acquires device information from a peripheral device via an ad hoc network. An integrated service determination unit determines an integrated service to be executed from among the integrated services defined by integrated service information based on an instruction from a user. A distribution script determination unit cross checks device information related to a client device and a specification requirement of the integrated service to be executed, and determines a client UI of the client device. A script distribution unit distributes, to each client device, the client UI that has been determined by the distribution script determination unit. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115026 | Distributed Scoring System - In one embodiment, a distributed bowling center system includes two or more computing devices associated with respective bowling center peripherals. The bowling center peripherals are any electronic or mechanical device in a bowling center capable of detecting a bowling event or receiving input. Example bowling center peripherals include a pinsetter, a monitor, a bumper, a keypad, or a touchscreen. The bowling center peripherals are configured to perform at least one bowler center function. The computing devices are configured to execute at least one process related to a bowler center function of the associated peripheral. Each computing device is located physically closer to the peripheral than the other computer device. The computing devices are in communication via a network. The computing devices are configured to access a process map defining the communication, which is responsive to the at least one bowler center function. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115027 | PROJECTOR, PROJECTION DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND CORRESPONDING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A method includes sending image related working status information representing image-related working status of a projector that projects images, to a client over a network in response to a request to provide the image-related working status of the projector. The image-related working status is related to display characteristic of the projected image. The method includes controlling the image-related working status of the projector based on the control information received from the client over the network in response to the sent image-related working status information. The image-related working status information is sent to the client with screen information from which the client can display a user interface that includes the image-related working status information. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115028 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARDED RESOURCE BROKERING - This disclosure describes a virtual desktop brokering system that brokers a virtual desktop session. During operation, a broker receives a request to establish the session. Next, the broker broadcasts, to a set of agent concentrators, a request to find an available machine for the session, wherein each agent concentrator maintains state information of a respective group of available machines. The broker receives, from at least one agent concentrator, a list of available machines. Subsequently, the broker chooses an available machine from the list for the session, and the broker sends a request to the agent concentrator associated with the chosen machine to initiate the session. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115029 | SELECTIVE DATA TRANSFER BETWEEN A SERVER AND CLIENT - A method and apparatus for transferring a file from a server to a client in sections is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes a server receiving a request from a client for a file. The file has a first section and second section. Each section, respectively, has a first security level and a second security level. A determination of a security protocol for transmission of each file section is determined using classification information and a template. The file sections are transmitted over a channel between the server and the client using the respective first security protocol and second security protocol. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115030 | INTELLIGENT GLOBAL SERVICES BUS AND SYSTEM FOR MOBILE APPLICATIONS - A communications system including a plurality of mobile user computing devices, and a service provider subsystem for enabling communications between any of the mobile user computing devices and enterprise network systems. The service provider subsystem has a plurality of clusters strategically distributed across at least one geographical region and interconnected by a global services bus. Each of the clusters includes a plurality of nodes interconnected to a distributed memory storage bus. Each of the nodes includes a service manager module for monitoring services available to the node, a service access point module for enabling communications between the node and enterprise network systems, a client access point module for enabling communications between the node and at least one of the mobile user computing devices, and a message control point module for managing communications between the client access point module and the service access point module. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115031 | PRESERVING A CONSUMPTION CONTEXT FOR A USER SESSION - Continuity of an entire user session (including the primary content stream, secondary content streams, and user context) is preserved so that the user can resume the session at a later time, at a different place, and, possibly, using different equipment. When a user pauses a session, the context of that session is automatically preserved. Upon resumption, the session begins where the user left off, resuming the primary media stream at the point where the user stopped, knowing what secondary content items the user has already seen, and re-establishing any user-set parameters for the session (e.g., playback volume, allocation of streams to particular screen real estate, whether closed captioning is turned on, and the like). For time-shifted content consumption, the system intelligently selects, filters, and processes contextual information (such as characteristics of the primary media) in order to present companion streams that are relevant and engaging to the user. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115032 | PRESERVING A CONSUMPTION CONTEXT FOR A USER SESSION - Continuity of an entire user session (including the primary content stream, secondary content streams, and user context) is preserved so that the user can resume the session at a later time, at a different place, and, possibly, using different equipment. When a user pauses a session, the context of that session is automatically preserved. Upon resumption, the session begins where the user left off, resuming the primary media stream at the point where the user stopped, knowing what secondary content items the user has already seen, and re-establishing any user-set parameters for the session (e.g., playback volume, allocation of streams to particular screen real estate, whether closed captioning is turned on, and the like). For time-shifted content consumption, the system intelligently selects, filters, and processes contextual information (such as characteristics of the primary media) in order to present companion streams that are relevant and engaging to the user. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115033 | USER TERMINAL, OPERATOR SERVER, REMOTE SUPPORT METHOD AND USER TERMINAL PROGRAM - Mutual remote support between users is easily facilitated without troublesome complicated user registration. For user terminals between which remote support is performed, a user can use an appropriate supporter user terminal to enable the supporter user terminal to access a supportee user terminal to thereby facilitate setting manipulation and check device (or terminal) status with regard to not only the supportee user terminal but also a supportee device that is communicably connected to the supportee user terminal, by merely selecting the supportee device (or terminal) from an address book stored in the corresponding user terminal. Further, when a necessary application is not installed in a counterpart user terminal, it is possible to transmit information for installing the application through an SMS or the like. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115034 | Multi-Media Search, Discovery, Submission and Distribution Control Infrastructure - Methods, apparatuses, and systems facilitating search, discovery, submission and/or distribution of digital objects over networks. In one implementation, the system allows users to search, discover, and/or submit a digitally encoded multi-media object in any number of different formats and direct that content to any device or devices. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115035 | MECHANISM FOR CONFIGURING SERVICE ENDPOINTS IN NATIVE CLIENT APPLICATIONS AT RUNTIME - A system and method for facilitating efficient interaction between a client device and a server. An example method includes receiving at a server, a request for server configuration information sent to the server by a client device, and then employing a first web service in communication with the server to convey configuration information about a server to a client device in response to the request message received therefrom by the server. The configuration information includes information pertaining to known capabilities that may be offered by the server to the client device. Generally, embodiments described herein provide various features for facilitating configuring service endpoints in native client applications at runtime, thereby enabling implementation of changes to server-side components that a client application invokes or communicates with, without needing to change the client application. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115036 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING LOAD BALANCING OF GRAPHIC STREAMS - A method for processing load balancing of graphic streams is provided. The method is used in a system, wherein the system includes a server device and a client device, and the method includes the steps of: receiving, by a virtual machine, a graphic with a plurality of objects and graphic capability information; dispatching, by a dispatcher, the plurality of objects according to the graphic capability information; receiving, by a server GPU, a first group of objects dispatched by the dispatcher, and transforming the first group of objects into a first video stream; receiving, by a virtual desktop viewer, a second group of objects dispatched by the dispatcher; transforming, by a client GPU, the second group of objects into a second video stream; and rendering, by a virtual desktop viewer, the first video stream and the second video stream. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115037 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DISCOVERING AND RETRIEVING CONTENT BASED ON CONTENT IDENTITY - A method and apparatus for automatically discovering and retrieving content based on a content identity (ID) are disclosed. User agents and content control entities in the network interact for registering the content, discovering the content hosts and sources, and initiating and controlling the content session. A content name resolution handler (CNRH) is provided for mapping content IDs to network locations or addresses. Two or more content service provider networks may interconnect each other to discover and retrieve the content. A content request from a client device includes a content ID that uniquely identifies a content object. The content ID is resolved with a CNRH to obtain identity information of at least one content provider for serving the content request, and the content request is forwarded to the selected content provider. The content request may be routed to the selected content provider via IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) control plane entities. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115038 | SERVER AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING FILES - In a method for distributing files, a size of the file is read. The file is transmitted to a whole file server in response that the size of the file does not exceed a preset value. A file header data of the file is read and format information of the file is acquired from the file header data, in response that the size of the file exceeds the preset value. A chunking technology for dividing the file is determined according to the format of the file. If a FSP technology is suitable for the file, the file is transmitted to a FSP server. If a CDC technology is suitable for the file, the file is transmitted to a CDC server. If a SB technology is suitable for the file, the file is transmitted to a SB server. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115039 | A/B Testing - Performing A/B testing of content of a webpage includes selecting one of at least two different versions of the webpage to be displayed to a user through an interactive user interface (e.g., a web browser) based on an identification code, such as an Internet Protocol address or tracker identifier supplied by a cookie, associated with the user. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115040 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system includes: a plurality of servers ( | 2014-04-24 |
20140115041 | METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING COMPUTING BETWEEN SERVER AND CLIENT - A method and system for use in running a display-based computer application comprising a plurality of application segments, where computing is distributed between a server and a client computer. The method comprises the steps of providing a generic client engine ( | 2014-04-24 |
20140115042 | ONLINE Q&A METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - Disclosed are an online Q&A method, device, and system. In an exemplary online Q&A method, a question request sent by a client terminal device can be received by a server. The question request can contain information about a question, an ID of a questioner user, and information about a location of the questioner user. Based on the information about the location of the questioner user and information about locations of other users, the server can determine other online users within a set distance range from the location of the questioner user. The server can then send the received information about the question to client terminal devices of the other online users within the set distance range from the location of the questioner user. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115043 | STREAM PROCESSING USING A CLIENT-SERVER ARCHITECTURE - A computer hardware system configured to respond to requests using stream processing includes a HTTP stream server including at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to initiate and/or perform the following. Responsive to a server request received from a server, a stream processing request is sent to a first stream processing node. Responsive to a create response message received from a second stream processing node, a stream processing result is correlated with the server request. A write response message including the stream processing result is sent to the server. The stream processing request is derived from the server request and includes a request identifier associated with the server request. The create response message includes the stream processing result and the request identifier. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115044 | STREAM PROCESSING USING A CLIENT-SERVER ARCHITECTURE - A system for responding to requests using stream processing comprises a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith and a processor coupled to the computer readable storage medium. Responsive to a client request, a processing thread is assigned for handling the client request. A return connection is established within the processing thread. A server request derived from the client request to a stream server configured to interact with a plurality of stream processing nodes is sent, and the server request comprises a thread identifier specifying the processing thread. The processing thread for handling the client request is maintained in an idle state pending a write response message from the stream server. Responsive to receiving the write response message comprising a stream processing result and the thread identifier from the stream server, the processing thread is returned to an active state. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115045 | STREAM PROCESSING USING A CLIENT-SERVER ARCHITECTURE - A method for responding to requests using stream processing includes, responsive to a server request received from a server, a stream processing request being sent to a first stream processing node. Responsive to a create response message received from a second stream processing node, a stream processing result is correlated with the server request. A write response message including the stream processing result is sent to the server. The stream processing request is derived from the server request and includes a request identifier associated with the server request. The create response message includes the stream processing result and the request identifier. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115046 | STREAM PROCESSING USING A CLIENT-SERVER ARCHITECTURE - A method of responding to requests using stream processing includes, responsive to a client request, assigning a processing thread for handling the client request. A return connection is established within the processing thread. A server request derived from the client request is sent to a stream server configured to interact with a plurality of stream processing nodes. The server request includes a thread identifier specifying the processing thread. The processing thread for handling the client request is maintained in an idle state pending a write response message from the stream server. Responsive to receiving the write response message comprising a stream processing result and the thread identifier from the stream server, the processing thread specified by the thread identifier is returned to an active state using a processor. A client response comprising the stream processing result is returned to the client over the return connection. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115047 | Interconnection Method, Apparatus, and System - An interconnection method, apparatus, and system where a remote Socket invocation client component obtains information about a first socket application programming interface Socket application programming interface (API) function invoked by a service client; encapsulates the information about the first Socket API function to a message structure; and sends the message structure, so that a remote Socket invocation server executes a second Socket API function corresponding to the first Socket API function in the message structure. The interconnection method, apparatus, and system solve the problem of an interconnection on a public network between the service client on a first local area network and a service server on a second local area network. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115048 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR NOTIFYING REAL-TIME STREAMING PROTOCOL EVENTS - A method for notifying a Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) event includes: monitoring an event state; and sending a notification indicative of a change of the event state to an event state receiving device if detecting the change of the event state. A computer program and a computer-readable storage medium are provided to enable a computer to perform the steps of the method for notifying an RTSP event. An apparatus for notifying an RTSP event includes: an event state monitoring unit, adapted to monitor an event state; and a message sending unit, adapted to send a notification indicative of a change of the event state when the event state monitoring unit detects the change of the event state. A system for notifying an RTSP event includes the RTSP event notifying apparatus. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115049 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HOSTING ENTITY-SPECIFIC PHOTO-SHARING WEBSITES FOR ENTITY-SPECIFIC DIGITAL CAMERAS - A system and method for hosting entity-specific photo-sharing websites for entity-specific image capture devices is disclosed. The system and method provides software for the entity-specific image capture devices that causes the image capture devices to transmit entity ID information when the image capture devices transmit images over the Internet. The system and method further provide an online photosharing service capable of hosting the entity-specific photo-sharing websites for each of the entities, such that when the image capture devices connect to photo-sharing service, the photo-sharing service uses the entity ID received from the image capture devices to automatically associate the image with the photo-sharing websites of the identified entity. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115050 | Method And System For Transcoding - A transcoding method, which includes a transcoding request from a client, is received by a server side. When determining that a destination file corresponding to the transcoding request exists in the server side, destination file information may be returned to the client. When determining that the destination file corresponding to the transcoding request does not exist in the server side, after executing transcoding operations by the server side, the destination file information obtained after executing the transcoding operations may be returned to the client. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115051 | Method and Apparatus for Transmitting Media Stream Data in Cloud Computing System - A method and an apparatus for transmitting media stream data in a cloud computing system are provided. The method includes: sending, by a thin client (TC), media stream transmission information of the TC to a virtual machine (VM), so that the VM sends the media stream transmission information of the TC to a media gateway; receiving, by the TC, media stream transmission information of the media gateway from the VM; and establishing, by the TC, a session between the TC and the media gateway according to the media stream transmission information of the TC and the media stream transmission information of the media gateway, and transmitting media stream data by using the established session. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115052 | GENERATING MEANINGFUL NAMES FOR CONTENT USING CONTEXTUAL AND IDENTIFYING INFORMATION - A system can configure a peripheral device to name data using a structured name that is derived from certain contextual information. During operation, the system can detect a presence of the peripheral device, and can send a data request to the peripheral device. The data request can indicate what type of data is to be collected by the peripheral device, as well as contextual information from the local device. The system then receives a content item from the peripheral device, such that the content item includes a structured name derived from the contextual information. The system can store the content item based on the structured name. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115053 | METHOD OF FINDING MEMBERS OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORK - The invention relates to a method of finding members of the social media network having common interests and may find use in such social media as common interests, location, profession, age, rank, player skill, etc. The novelty of the method is that for the users the level of mutual interest is evaluated on a scale of 1 to 10, and the users are not exposed to each other and are not aware of the existence of each other until their interests coincide to a predetermined degree and they both agree to be exposed. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115054 | IDENTIFYING SHARED CONTENT STORED BY A SERVICE - Various aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for providing an updated list of public content items to a search engine. A system is configured to determine whether a sharing property of a content item stored by a first service has been altered, wherein the sharing property indicates whether the content item is available to a different set of users, update a list of content items if the sharing property has been altered, and provide the updated list of content items to a second service. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115055 | Co-relating Visual Content with Geo-location Data - The present disclosure comprises systems and methods for determining and co-relating geo-location information or data with visual content, for example one or more photographs in a stream of visual media, when a user captures the visual content to share it with others, either for personal or business purposes (for example, with friends to accompany a review or rating of a particular business, or the like). The systems and methods upon determining that visual content is captured, determine the location of the mobile device used to capture the visual content, map the location using geo-location-mapping resources, and co-relate the location data with the visual content before transmitting the visual content as directed by the user. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115056 | BOOK THINNING - A system is configured to generate renditions of an electronic book. Different renditions of the electronic book contain the same collection of assets with at least one asset being a different quality. When the electronic book is requested by a client device, links to different renditions of the electronic book are provided. The client device can select a link and a rendition of the electronic book can be delivered to the client device. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115057 | Reservation System and Method - A reservation system for travel, accommodation, venue ticketing and other purposes may be accessed on-line, for example via a social networking website. A user enters their social networking identification into the reservation system, which is stored for future use. When a subsequent user makes a reservation, they also enter their social networking ID and the system retrieves a list of associated parties from the social networking website, which may be a friends or contacts list, and searches for reservations made by any of those parties which have an overlapping criterion, such as date and destination. It then sends the subsequent user the social networking ID of the overlapping party. The overlap may be used to identify parties who will be at the same destination at the same time as the subsequent user, and/or are travelling on the same flight or journey. The list of associated parties may also be used to identify parties who are listing as living at the destination to which the subsequent user is travelling and those parties social networking IDs may be sent to the subsequent user. On check-in, the system may use the list of associated parties to notify the party checking-in that one of their friends or contacts has also check-in. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115058 | WIRELESS WIDE AREA NETWORK (WWAN) ASSISTED PROXIMITY WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN) PEER-TO-PEER (P2P) CONNECTION AND OFFLOADING - A system and method for wireless wide area network (WWAN) assisted proximity wireless local area network (WLAN) peer-to-peer (P2P) connection and offloading is disclosed. The method includes the operation of identifying a first wireless device and a second wireless device between which a WLAN P2P connection is desired. Each wireless device can have a WWAN radio and a WLAN radio. WLAN information can be sent for at least one of the first and second wireless devices via the WWAN to a P2P configuration server. A WLAN P2P configuration can be received from the P2P configuration server at the first and second wireless devices via the WWAN for WLAN P2P communication between the first and second wireless devices. A WLAN P2P connection can be set up between the first and second wireless devices using the WLAN P2P configuration. The first and the second wireless devices can communicate using the WLAN P2P connection. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115059 | BRIDGING PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL SPACES - Examples of systems and methods for bridging virtual and physical spaces are described. In some of these examples, a particular communicant's real world state drives changes in one or more of the communications connections, virtual state, and communications interface of the particular communicant or another communicant. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115060 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AN INTERACTIVE SERVICE - A method of processing an interactive service and an apparatus thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes sending a discovery message to a second screen application running in a second device, wherein the discovery message advertises second screen support services that the first device can provide, receiving a request for descriptions of the second screen support services from the second screen application, sending a response with the descriptions to the second screen application, providing a HTTP proxy server using a HTTP proxy server service allowing the second device to access files that are received by the first device in a broadcast stream, wherein the HTTP proxy server service is one of the second screen support services, receiving the files from the broadcast stream and delivering the files to the second device via the HTTP proxy server. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115061 | SOCIAL DISCOVERY OF USER ACTIVITY FOR MEDIA CONTENT - Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques that may enable user activity information to be automatically generated and shared with other users of a social network. In one example, a method of automatically publishing, to one or more social network services, information about user activities regarding media content items includes receiving user activity information regarding a media content item, wherein a user is a member of one or more social network services, and the user activity information is generated in response to one or more activities taken by the user with respect to the media content item. The method may also include receiving an indication of one or more users of the one or more social network services to whom the user activity information is to be made accessible, and automatically publishing the user activity information to the one or more social network services. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115062 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING MEDIA DATA BASED ON OTT - A method, an apparatus, and a system for transmitting media data based on OTT are disclosed. The method includes: receiving, by an OTT server, a media data request initiated by a user terminal, where the OTT server is connected to at least one cache server; determining, by the OTT server, a cache server from the at least one cache server according to a location and/or a capability of the at least one cache server; sending, by the OTT server, a notification message, which carries session information, to the user terminal and the determined cache server, so that the determined cache server receives a media data request, which carries session information, from the user terminal, and sends corresponding media data to the user terminal. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115063 | System, Method and Computer Program Product for Asset Sharing Among Hierarchically Interconnected Objects - In some embodiments, a parent object may share its assets with its descendent(s) in a hierarchical asset sharing model. The hierarchical asset sharing model may specify a plurality of asset sharing modes. In a first mode, an asset of the parent is imposed on a child. The child is able to utilize the asset, but unable to modify or delete the asset. In a second mode, the child is able to utilize the asset and a copy of the asset is generated when the child attempts to modify the asset. The child can modify the copy of the asset, which is stored as an asset only of the child. The original asset is no longer shared becomes an asset only of the parent. In a third mode, both the parent and the child can utilize and modify the asset. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115064 | COLLABORATION HUB - According to one embodiment, an apparatus may store a document associated with a user. The apparatus may further receive a transaction associated with the user and associate the document with the transaction. The apparatus may then initiate a communication session associated with the transaction between the user and a participant. The apparatus may assign a task to the participant so that the participant is responsible for performing the task in order for the transaction to be resolved. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115065 | GUIDING A PRESENTER IN A COLLABORATIVE SESSION ON WORD CHOICE - Suggesting words includes, during a collaborative session involving a plurality of participants, determining a first subject domain of interest for at least one participant of the collaborative session that is not a presenter and selecting, using a processor, at least one word within the first subject domain. The word can be provided to a communication device of the participant designated as the presenter and not to any other communication device of a participant. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115066 | Systems and Methods for Creating and Displaying an Electronic Communication Digest - Systems and methods are disclosed for creating an electronic communication digest. In one implementation, a system receives a first electronic communication including first content, and generates an electronic communication digest that reflects the first electronic communication by including first digest content generated based on the first content. The system receives a second electronic communication that includes second content, and determines a repeated portion of the second content that is included in the first content and a unique portion of the second content that is unique to the first content. The system also update the electronic communication digest to reflect the second electronic communication by adding second digest content generated that includes the unique portion of the content and does not include the repeated portion of the second content. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115067 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EMAIL ORGANIZATION - The present invention relates to methods and systems for segregating subscription emails into a single location where they can be organized, deleted, or otherwise managed separate from the user's regular email box. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115068 | Shared Resource and Session Model Using Presence Data - A method implemented in a communication device, the method comprising receiving a context preference for a contact, storing the context preference, connecting to a communication session via the communication device, transmitting, for display at a second communication device, context information based on the context preference and presence information indicating that the communication device has connected to the communication session, and receiving from the second communication device a request from the contact to connect to the communication session. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115069 | GENERATING A USER UNAVAILABILITY ALERT IN A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT - Generating a user unavailability alert in a collaborative environment. An embodiment can include receiving a user input from a user indicating an unavailability of the user. Responsive to the user input, activity of the user in the collaborative environment can be analyzed to identify whether any pending actions are allocated to the user which relate to other people identified by the user's participation in the collaborative environment. Responsive to determining at least one pending action is allocated to the user which relates to at least one other person identified by the user's participation in the collaborative environment, a first message can be generated to be communicated to the at least one other person indicating the unavailability of the user, and the first message can be communicated to the at least one other person. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115070 | APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - An apparatus comprising at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: during message composition using a keyboard, use one or more of the keyboard entered characters forming part of the message to search for one or more content items having metadata matching the one or more entered characters; and provide the one or more content items having matching metadata for insertion or attachment to the message. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115071 | TAG MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES IMPROVEMENT - Alert messages are generated containing a text description of an interruption of service of a component in a networked computer system infrastructure; a service provider identity tag that identifies a type of service provider personnel required to engage the computer system infrastructure and abate or diagnose the service interruption; and one or more component tags that identify a component associated with the service interruption. A message board system posts the generated alert message on a support message board that is accessible by support team service provider professionals, each identified by the service provider identity tag and the component tags. Support team members post different reply messages that each comprise different service provider identity tags, and the message board system broadcasts different simple syndication outputs to different recipients based on their associations with the different respective service provider identity tags. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115072 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR GENERATING NOTIFICATION SIGNALS - According to embodiments described in the specification, a method, system and apparatus for generating notification signals are provided. The method includes storing an identifier of a slave device in a memory of a master device; detecting, at a processor interconnected with the memory, a notification message via execution of a notification application; in response to detecting the notification message, retrieving the slave device identifier and transmitting an instruction message to the slave device, the instruction message including an identifier of the notification message and an alert parameter; and generating an alert via an output device interconnected with the processor according to the alert parameter. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115073 | METHOD FOR THE REGISTRATION AND CERTIFICATION OF RECEIPT OF ELECTRONIC MAIL - The object of the invention is a method to receive e-mail from any transmitting user in a specific e-mail address, generating proof of all the operation transactions to deliver a certificate to the transmitting user as a trusted third party of the sending and delivery of an e-mail, indicating the content and the attachments, by the steps of reception in a mail server, sending of a copy to the recipient, its itemization in a database and its registration in the client register and database, where finally a data processing unit creates an electronic receipt with the transactional data, the data sent, the attachments and it digitally signs it creating the certificate that it sends to the initial user. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115074 | SYSTEM FOR, AND METHOD OF, PROVIDING THE TRANSMISSION, RECEIPT AND CONTENT OF A REPLY TO AN ELECTRONIC MESSAGE - A server transmits a message from a sender to a recipient. The server receives from the recipient an attachment relating to the message route between the server and the recipient. The server transmits to the sender the message and the attachment and their encrypted digital fingerprints and expunges the transmitted information. To subsequently authenticate the message and the attachment, the sender transmits to the server what the server has previously transmitted to the sender. The server then prepares a digital fingerprint of the message and decrypts the encrypted digital fingerprint of the message and compares these digital fingerprints. to authenticate the message. The server performs the same routine with the attachment and the encrypted digital fingerprint of the attachment to authenticate the attachment the recipient replies to the sender's message through the server. The server records proof of the delivery and content of the reply to the sender and the recipient. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115075 | Communicator program manager - A secure communication system including a first central server connected to the Internet to transmit messages over the Internet utilizing IP protocol; at least one push device with a display screen; at least one pull device commonly owned with the push device; at least one cell phone tower to receive a push alert message and transmit the push alert message to the push device for display on the display screen of the push device; a vendor server connected to the Internet and in communication with the cell tower to receive an alert message generated by the first central server and generate a push alert message to transmit to the cell tower for transmission to the push device to appear on the display screen of the push device; and, a channel architecture on the first central server comprising a plurality of different channels. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115076 | Anonymous Notification System and Method with Reduced Traceability on End Device - A notification server that allows one or more user devices to be associated with one or more third-party service providers such that the one or more third-party service providers can send a notification to the one or more user devices. In one example, a notification server utilizes a user/provider ID to associate a user device with a third-party service provider. A notification may also remove identifying information of a third-party service provider from a notification prior to providing the notification to the user device. A user/provider ID may allow for reduced traceability via its specific association with a particular third-party service provider. Systems and methods for anonymous notification take advantage of the mechanisms of user/provider ID assignment and other aspects to reduce traceability. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115077 | GENERATING A USER UNAVAILABILITY ALERT IN A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT - Generating a user unavailability alert in a collaborative environment. An embodiment can include receiving a user input from a user indicating an unavailability of the user. Responsive to the user input, activity of the user in the collaborative environment can be analyzed to identify whether any pending actions are allocated to the user which relate to other people identified by the user's participation in the collaborative environment. Responsive to determining at least one pending action is allocated to the user which relates to at least one other person identified by the user's participation in the collaborative environment, a first message can be generated to be communicated to the at least one other person indicating the unavailability of the user, and the first message can be communicated to the at least one other person. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115078 | Automated Generation of Suggestions for Personalized Reactions in a Social Network - A system and method for automatic generating suggestions for personalized reactions. A suggestion generation module includes a plurality of collector modules, a credentials module, a suggestion analyzer module, a user interface module and a decision tree. The plurality of collector modules collect information accessible by the user and important to the user from other systems such as e-mail systems, SMS/MMS systems, micro blogging systems, social networks or other systems. The information from these collector modules is provided to the suggestion analyzer module. The suggestion analyzer module cooperates with the user interface module and the decision tree to generate suggested reactions or messages for the user to send. The suggested reactions or messages are presented by the user interface module to the user. The user interface module displays the original message, other information about the original message such as others' responses, and action buttons for sending, discarding the suggested message. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115079 | METHOD FOR PROOF OF PLAY (PoP) OF DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT - Provided a proof of play (PoP) method of a digital signage terminal and a digital signage server, the PoP method of the digital signage terminal including obtaining a digital signature and a PoP message generation policy provided by a content owner, generating log data comprising information on a play of at least one piece of content, based on the PoP message generation policy, generating a PoP message using information on the digital signature based on the generated log data, and providing the PoP message to at least one of the digital signage server and the content owner. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115080 | Messaging and Presence Protocol as a Configuration and Management Bus for Embedded Devices - Techniques are provided herein for establishing at a network management server a presence on a network. A presence associated with one or more managed devices on the network is detected. An instant messaging (IM) session is established with the one or more managed devices. The IM session forms a virtual chat room for performing a management function on the one or more managed devices, and IM messages are sent that are configured to perform the management function on the one or more managed devices. Techniques are also provided herein for establishing on a network an enriched presence by a network management server that is configured to perform a management function via a presence function of a messaging and presence protocol. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115081 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING A MICROBLOG MESSAGE - A microblog server receives sharing information required for sharing a microblog message transmitted by a microblog client. Generate a microblog data packet according to the sharing information, and transmit the microblog data packet to an instant messaging (IM) client, such that the IM client displays the microblog message to be shared according to the microblog data packet. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115082 | RECOMMENDER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - The present invention relates to a method of operating a recommender system arranged for being coupled to a computer implemented social network ( | 2014-04-24 |
20140115083 | SYSTEM, SERVER APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR GENERATING A USER AFFINITY-BASED ADDRESS BOOK, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A USER AFFINITY-BASED ADDRESS BOOK - The invention relates to a system, to a server apparatus, to a terminal apparatus, and to a recording medium for generating a user affinity-based address book, and to a method for generating a user affinity-based address book, which support a user so that the user may intuitively recognize an affinity with a number of other users whose contact information is registered in the address book of the user. The invention is implemented such that: that information on a user's address book is provided; the result of a determination on whether or not the same contact number is shared between the user address book and an address book of each person whose contact information is registered, and the duration and frequency of talks between the user and each person whose contact information is registered; and information on a social address book is generated based on the determined affinity. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115084 | Secure Electronic Mail System - An e-mail system is disclosed that overcomes many deficiencies of, but is backward compatible with, existing e-mail systems. Embodiments of the system may include various features, including but not limited to: (1) secure transfer of e-mail messages, without the need for users to replace existing e-mail clients or to change e-mail addresses; (2) tracking of all actions performed in connection with an e-mail transmission; (3) the ability for a recipient to view information about an e-mail message, optionally including information about how other addressees have responded to it, before deciding whether to retrieve the e-mail message; (4) the aggregation of entire e-mail conversations into a single threaded view; (5) the ability to include both private and public messages in a single e-mail communication; (6) sender control over downstream actions performed in connection with an e-mail message; (7) flexible control over cryptographic methods used to encrypt emails messages for storage. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115085 | Performing Actions in Response to Message Notifications - A computer system performs actions in response to receipt of message notifications. The actions may include preventing the message notifications from being manifested (e.g., displayed on a screen). The actions may be specified by profiles. The computer system may activate and deactivate profiles. For example, activating a first profile may cause a second profile to be deactivated. When a message notification is received, the computer system may perform an action specified by an active profile but not perform an action specified by an inactive profile. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115086 | System, Method and Computer Program Product for Performing an Action Based On An Asepct of An Electronic Mail Message Thread - A system, method and computer program product are provided for performing an action based on an aspect of a thread associated with electronic mail messages. In use, an aspect of a thread associated with a plurality of electronic mail messages is identified. Further, an action is performed based on the aspect of the thread. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115087 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF STORAGE VOLUME MIGRATION IN COOPERATION WITH TAKEOVER OF STORAGE AREA NETWORK CONFIGURATION - Systems and methods directed to the automation of Storage Area Network (SAN) configuration when storage volume migration or server virtual machine migration is conducted. Systems and methods described herein may involve the takeover of a SAN network attribute for the migration, and may involve translation of zone object formats to facilitate the migration and ensure compatibility when the takeover is conducted. | 2014-04-24 |
20140115088 | Communication Protocol Placement into Switch Memory - Direct memory transfer of data from the memory of a server to a memory of a switch. A server identifies a block of data in the memory of the server and a corresponding memory address space in the server. The server identifies a block of memory in the switch. The block of memory is at least the same size of the block of data. The switch comprises a network protocol. The server transfers the block of data into the block of memory. Based on the network protocol, the switch maps a network relationship. The mapping indicates a target server for the transferred block of data to be transmitted to. | 2014-04-24 |