17th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 60 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120102520 | VIDEO CO-ORDINATING TIME-BASED DATA SYSTEM - By means of the present invention, coordination and synchronization of independently obtained and stored video recordings which may be relatively lengthy with short term, isolated happenings or collections of segment of video depicting acts or facts may be easily extracted for viewing. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102521 | Handling Disruption in Content Streams Received at a Player from a Content Retransmitter - A player receives encoded content of a first resolution level from a content retransmitter and monitors bandwidth of the communication connection utilized to receive the content. When the bandwidth changes with respect to various threshold values corresponding to various resolution levels, the player signals the content retransmitter to increase or decrease the encoding resolution for future portions. The player also locates related substitute content. When the player signals the content retransmitter to decrease the resolution below a minimum, the player plays the substitute content instead of the received content. Subsequently when the bandwidth is again such that player signals the content retransmitter to increase the resolution to the minimum or above, the player plays the received content instead of the substitute content. In various implementations, the player may obtain substitute content prior to or at the time the player determines to play substitute content. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102522 | EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD UTILIZING PREEMPTION OF ACTIVE MEDIA SESSIONS - A Media Proxy, method, and Emergency Notification Service (ENS) system for providing emergency media content during an emergency to end-user devices currently engaged in active media sessions in a service provider's wireless or wireline network. The Media Proxy interrupts all currently active media sessions of all users located in the geographic area of an active emergency and inserts relevant emergency data such as detailed broadcast video or audio alerts by replacing the media in the currently active session with the emergency data. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102523 | System and method for providing access to data using customer profiles - A system and method for scheduling the receipt of desired movies and other forms of data from a network which simultaneously distributes many sources of such data to many customers, as in a cable television system. Customer profiles are developed for the recipient describing how important certain characteristics of the broadcast video program, movie or other data are to each customer. From these profiles, an “agreement matrix” is calculated by comparing the recipient's profiles to the actual profiles of the characteristics of the available video programs, movies, or other data. The agreement matrix thus characterizes the attractiveness of each video program, movie, or other data to each prospective customer. “Virtual” channels are generated from the agreement matrix to produce a series of video or data programming which will provide the greatest satisfaction to each customer. Feedback paths are also provided so that the customer's profiles and/or the profiles of the video programs or other data may be modified to reflect actual usage. Kiosks are also developed which assist customers in the selection of videos, music, books, and the like in accordance with the customer's objective profiles. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102524 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM DATA UPON SELECTION OF A VIDEO DATA DISPLAY - A graphical user interface (GUI) includes a first window that displays video data of a first entertainment selection. A first area of the first window displays entertainment system data that corresponds to the first entertainment selection. The GUI includes a second window that displays video data of a second entertainment selection. A second area of the second window, displays entertainment system data that corresponds to the second entertainment selection. Upon selection by a user of the respective window, entertainment system data regarding the entertainment selection corresponding to the respective window is displayed. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102525 | Universal Programming System and Method for Electronic Programming Guide - A content listing may provide a listing of content items a variety of ways including using 3-D images, alphanumeric text, and video data. Viewers and/or programmers may be allowed to select between varying display environment. In addition, non-content listing objects, such as interaction objects, may be conflated with the presentation of the display environment and with the content listing information. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102526 | System and Method for Merging Network-Based Content with Broadcasted Programming Content - According to one embodiment of the invention, a method comprising an operation of identifying what programming content is currently being transmitted or is scheduled to be displayed by an electronic device that is adapted to receive programming content from a live content broadcaster. A lookup of networked content providers having stored content associated with the programming content is performed and metadata associated with the stored content is obtained. Then, relational information from the metadata is produced. The relational information is output for rendering at least one advanced option icon that is adapted to provide enhanced viewing functionality. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102527 | TV system generating three-dimensional parameters according to a classification of a three-dimensional TV program and method thereof - After receiving an electronic program guide, generate three-dimensional parameters corresponding to a three-dimensional TV program listed on the electronic program guide according to the classification of the three-dimensional TV program, then display the three-dimensional TV program on a three-dimensional TV set according to the three-dimensional parameters. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102528 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FAVORITE TELEVISION SHOW DIRECTORY - A system and method for displaying an electronic guide based on selected program genre. The method of displaying an electronic guide includes: identifying a favorite program. The genre of the favorite program is obtained and the favorite program is assigned to an appropriate list and the list is stored into a memory device. In response to the user selecting the list, the next time the favorite program can be viewed by the user and a channel on which the favorite program is available are displayed in a guide fashion. In response to the user selecting the favorite program displayed in the list, a viewing device is tuned to the channel on which the favorite program can be viewed. Favorite programs can be manually selected or automatically selected according to user behavior, e.g., viewing habits. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102529 | USER-CUSTOMIZED PROGRAMMING - A method may include transmitting a list of programs for customization to a user device and receiving, from the user device, a selection by the user of one of the listed programs. The method may further include determining a list of clips to recommend to the user based on a user profile associated with the user and transmitting the list of clips to the user device for customizing the selected program. Further, the method may include receiving a selection of one of the clips from the user device and inserting the clip into the selected program to generate a customized program. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102530 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A PROGRAMMING GUIDE VIA MULTIPLE RECEIVING DEVICES - A system utilizing one or more auxiliary or scanning tuners provides real time information for providing programming guides. The one or more auxiliary tuner scans or tunes across the band of television signals to gather information relevant to metadata, programming guides, and or message alerts. For example, this information is converted to text, graphic, and or audio form for displaying or listening. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102531 | EXTERNAL NETWORK CONTROL OF MEDIA SERVICES - A video server delivers video on demand (VOD) and other video services responsive to a remote selection application over an IP network from a personal communication device of a user, such as a cellphone or smartphone. The remote selection application drives a user interface of available content, and transmits a user selection request to the video delivery server via a public access network such as the Internet. The video server correlates the identity of the requesting user with a video services channel in communication with a settop box or similar device of the user, and delivers the content to the client video device for rendering. In contrast to conventional VOD, in which the video services request emanates from the settop box on the same communication path (QAM channel) as the downstream signals containing the VOD content, the remote selection application is independent of the client device on an HFC network. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102532 | VIDEO PLAYER SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND CONTENT PLAYER DEVICE - A video playback system, transmission apparatus, and content playback apparatus are provided that are capable of performing accurate resource prediction when playing back content via a network. A transmission apparatus ( | 2012-04-26 |
20120102533 | REMOTE-CONTROLLER TYPE TELEPHONE SERVICE SYSTEM IN SET-TOP BOX OF INTERNET TELEVISION HAVING VIDEO SOLUTION - A remote-controller type telephone service system in a set-top box of an Internet television having a video solution is provided. In a telephone service system for providing a telephone function in an open platform based set-top box for providing an Internet television (web connected TV) function, the system includes a remote-controller type telephone terminal to provide a remote-controller function for the set-top box and a handset function for the telephone function. The set-top box includes a video telephone control unit to provide a video telephone function of displaying an image related to a video telephone on a screen of a TV based on a remote-controller signal when power of the TV is in an on-state; and an IP telephone control unit to provide an audio telephone function of outputting a voice related to an audio telephone when the power of the TV is in an off-state. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102534 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING VIDEO STREAM - A method and device for transmitting and receiving a video stream are provided. The transmitting method includes receiving auxiliary information and one or more video streams, and distributing them as one or more pieces of lane data; transmitting the lane data to a receiving device; and receiving a result value that indicates whether a video processing unit for processing one of the one or more video streams works normally. The receiving method includes receiving one or more pieces of lane data that include auxiliary information and one or more video streams; merging the lane data into one or more video streams; selecting a video processing unit based on the auxiliary information, where one or more video processing units process the video streams; generating a result value for the selected video processing unit that indicates whether the video processing unit works normally; and transmitting the result value to a transmitting device. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102535 | CONTENT STORAGE AND DELIVERY SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD AND DEVICE - A system is provided for the storage of content on a network and the delivery of content to subscriber locations. The system includes routers and subscriber set-top boxes in communication with each other and a main content source. Content is delivered over a packet-switching network according to a peer to peer file distribution protocol and is stored in a storage area of the subscriber set-top box, such that each subscriber set-top box is configured to transmit and receive content to and from the main content source and other set-top boxes connected to the network. The set-top boxes may identify a preferred source of content based on various factors, such as geographic distance, Internet Protocol (IP) distance, available bandwidth, integrity of the content, etc. An associated method for accessing content and a set-top box for facilitating the storage and delivery of content are also provided. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102536 | Method and Apparatus for Interaction Between Parties in a Commercial Transaction - A method and apparatus for matching a consumer and a brand marketing organization. The method includes the steps of receiving from a consumer, a desired set of characteristics associated with content to be received from a brand marketing organization, presenting the desired set of characteristics indicated by the consumer to the brand marketing organization, and receiving from the brand marketing organization an indication of a desire to present content to the consumer in accordance with the presented desired set of characteristics. After acceptance, the content is received from the brand marketing organization and is presented to the consumer in accordance with the desired set of characteristics. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102537 | Method and Apparatus for Interaction Between Parties in a Commercial Transaction - A method and apparatus for auctioning the time of an individual. The method includes the steps of receiving from an individual a desired set of characteristics. The desired set of characteristics includes at least an indication of one or more periods of time during which the individual is available to receive content, a minimum charge for receiving the content, and a method by which the individual wishes to receive the content. The desired set of characteristics indicated by the individual is presented in the form of an auction. A bid is received from one or more bidder to present content to the individual in accordance with the desired set of characteristics. An agreement n received from the individual to receive the presented content at the bid price. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102538 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING MULTIPLE INDEPENDENT AUDIO STREAMS USING A SINGLE AUDIO DECODER - An embodiment of the present invention discloses a system and method for decoding multiple independent encoded audio streams using a single decoder. The system includes one or more parsers, a preprocessor, an audio decoder, and a renderer. The parser extracts individual audio frames from each input audio stream. The preprocessor combines the outputs of all parsers into a single audio frame stream and enables sharing of the audio decoder among multiple independent encoded audio streams. The audio decoder decodes the single audio frame stream and provides a single decoded audio stream. And the renderer renders the individual reconstructed audio streams from the single decoded audio stream. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102539 | CLOUD SERVICES LAYER - A method including receiving a service registration request to register a service with a multi-tenant, multi-service cloud network from a user; registering object types that pertain to the service, wherein the object types include at least one service object type that is not an object type offered by the cloud network to the user; and registering objects based on the object types, wherein the objects include at least one object associated with the at least one service object type. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102540 | Single-Point-Of-Access Cyber System - The system and system components of the present invention provides individuals with both a safe and a secure cyber environment. Within this safe and secure cyber environment each individual and each cyber device will always be properly identified for all cyber interactions with others and for all cyber interactions with the cyber devices of others. The present invention also provides individuals with privacy as required by each individual for the individual's cyber activities and cyber assets. Further, the present invention provides for environment-wide interoperable use of any cyber device, cyber programming, or cyber content. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102541 | Method and System for Generating an Enforceable Security Policy Based on Application Sitemap - A system for generating a security policy for protecting an application-layer entity. The system comprises a security sitemap generator for generating a security sitemap of a protected application-layer entity, the security sitemap is stored in a first repository connected to the security sitemap generator; and a policy builder for generating a security policy for the application-layer entity based on the security sitemap, the security policy is stored in a second repository connected to the policy builder, wherein the security policy includes a plurality of enforcement rules for at least one of a resource, a group of resources, and a client-side input parameter of at least a portion of the protected application-layer entity. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102542 | SECURITY MONITORING APPARATUS, SECURITY MONITORING METHOD, AND SECURITY MONITORING PROGRAM BASED ON A SECURITY POLICY - A management server monitors even the occurrence of items, which are not targets of security policies, evaluates a change of the monitoring result, and implements specific output when necessary. Particularly, also regarding items which are considered to be non-targets of the security policies in management based on the security policies, the occurrence of such items is also monitored and the monitoring result is appropriately reported to an administrator so that the administrator can recognize a threat and takes necessary countermeasure at appropriate timing. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102543 | Audit Management System - A computer implemented method and system for managing an audit of one or more network layer devices is provided. An audit management system accessible by a user via a graphical user interface acquires network layer device information of the network layer devices and a configuration file comprising configuration file commands. The audit management system allows creation and/or selection of one or more audit policies for the network layer devices. The audit policies comprise one or more audit rules that define functioning of the network layer devices for one or more compliance policies. The audit management system executes the audit policies for performing the audit of the network layer devices by comparing the configuration file commands of the configuration file with the audit rules of the audit policies, and generates a report comprising information about security and compliance of the network layer devices with the compliance policies based on the audit. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102544 | CONTROLLING, FILTERING, AND MONITORING OF MOBILE DEVICE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET, DATA, VOICE, AND APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods for controlling, filtering, and monitoring mobile device access to the internet are disclosed. According to an embodiment a server is responsible for controlling, filtering and monitoring internet activity. For every request, the server interacts with back-end databases that categorize requests, and based on user/carrier/corporate settings, allow or disallow access to particular content. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102545 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING AGAINST UNKNOWN MALICIOUS ACTIVITIES BY DETERMINING A REPUTATION OF A LINK - A method and system for protecting against unknown malicious activities by determining a reputation of a link are disclosed. A reputation server queries a database including reputation information associated with a plurality of links to retrieve a reputation of a redirected link. The reputation information may indicate whether the links are associated with a malicious activity. The reputation of the redirected link may be associated with the original link to create a reputation of the original link. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102546 | Method And System For Authenticating Network Device - The present invention provides a method and system for authenticating a network equipment (NE). When the NE is authenticated, the integrity checking result recorded in the trust environment (TE) of the network equipment is added for joint judgment to determine finally whether to initiate the authentication request or to respond with the authentication access. Only when both of the received access authentication request and the integrity checking result recorded in the TE of the network equipment are correct, the NE responds with the authentication success. And only when the integrity checking result recorded in the TE of the NE is correct, the NE actively initiates a valid access authentication request. Thus only when the integrity of the NE is correct, authentication for the NE is passed, therefore the secure authentication for the NE is ensured, and the possibility that the illegal device or tampered device passes the authentication is eliminated. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102547 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO DIGITALLY SIGN AND DELIVER CONTENT IN A GEOGRAPHICALLY CONTROLLED MANNER VIA A NETWORK - A method and system to digitally sign a content license associated with content, and to distribute content via a network in a geographically controlled manner, commences when a content requestor requests delivery of the encrypted content. A content delivery system performs a content to determine a geographic location associated with the content requestor. The content requestor authorization process may also determine geographic access criteria associated with the content, and whether the geographic location complies with the geographic access criteria. The content delivery system will release the content for delivery to the content requestor if the content location complies with the geographic access criteria. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102548 | AUTHORITY DELEGATING SYSTEM, AUTHORITY DELEGATING METHOD, AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An authentication apparatus receives an authority delegating request from an apparatus, acquires information of authorities possessed by the user from a storage unit, presents information of the acquired authorities to the user, and receives an instruction indicating which of the authorities possessed by the user is delegated to the apparatus. A storage unit stores, when the instruction to delegate the authority to the apparatus is received, an identifier required to uniquely identify the instruction and the authority instructed by the user to delegate, in association with each other. Authentication information indicating delegation of the authority is transmitted to the apparatus based on the instruction from the user. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102549 | MEDIATING RESOURCE ACCESS BASED ON A PHYSICAL LOCATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE - One or more techniques are provided for causing a location of a screen image associated with a resource to be adjusted on a display device. The adjustment may be based at least in part on determining that a control element receives focus. The resource may be associated with an application, such as an email application that may be hosted remotely from a client device. Access to one or more resources may be controlled or mediated. Access rights may be based at least in part on a determination of a geographic location of a client device. When the client device is located in a safe area, the client device may be provided access to the resource. When the client device is not located in a safe area, the client device might not be provided access to the resource or might not be provided full access to the resource. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102550 | Wireless Device Network Association - A method for associating handheld calculators with a network host system of a classroom network that includes receiving a service set identifier (SSID) of the classroom network by a handheld calculator, wherein the SSID includes a network mode indicator, and operating the handheld calculator according to the network mode indicator. The method may also include operating the handheld calculator in a configuration mode in which the handheld calculator sends a request for association to the network host system, wherein the request includes a unique identifier of the first handheld calculator, and acceptance of the request by the network host system, wherein authentication information for the handheld calculator is stored by the network host system to indicate that the first handheld calculator is associated with the classroom network. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102551 | System for Two Way Authentication - A system and method for online authentication having at least two levels of authentication has been disclosed. The two levels of authentication provide total security of privileged information by requiring users to authenticate themselves in two stages/levels. The first level of authentication involves simple alphanumeric password verification, which if successful, is followed by a second level of graphical password verification. The graphical password verification is based on the novel concept of challenging users with a dotted grid to enable users to create a non-definable vector pattern of definitive lines by sequentially joining pre-determined dots in the grid. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102552 | USING AN IMAGE TO PROVIDE CREDENTIALS FOR SERVICE ACCESS - A method for providing at least one credential to access a service includes receiving an image from a camera that is included in a user device that also includes a processor and a communications device. The image is analyzed using an optical character recognition engine coupled to the processor. The analyzing the image includes determining that the image includes potential credential information that includes at least one credential including at least one character string. The at least one credential from the potential credential information is provided, using the communications device, to a service in order to access the service. In an embodiment, the user device may include a limited input device that is free of a physical keyboard having alphanumeric characters, and the determination and use of the at least one credential from the image simplifies the accessing of the service by minimizing or eliminating the need to use the limited input device. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102553 | Mixed-Mode Authentication - Techniques for mixed-mode authentication are described. In one or more embodiments, an authentication service may be implemented to selectively configure and issue authentication tokens based upon an optional secure mode that enables enhanced security. Clients may be provided with an option to choose between an insecure mode and a secure mode for authentications. Based on this choice, tokens may be configured to include an indication of whether the secure mode is disabled or enabled. When secure mode is disabled, an insecure token valid for both secure sites and other sites is issued to a client when the client is authenticated. When the optional secure mode is enabled, both secure and insecure tokens are provided to the client. The authentication services and/or other services may be configured to reject an insecure token when secure mode is enabled to prevent unauthorized use of a stolen token to access secure resources. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102554 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ESTABLISHING SECURE AUTHENTICATED BIDIRECTIONAL SERVER COMMUNICATION USING AUTOMATED CREDENTIAL RESERVATION - A method of authenticating communications includes receiving, by a computer, a first set of credentials, verifying the first set of credentials by comparing the first set of credentials to a plurality of sets of credentials stored in a database, subsequent to verifying the first set of credentials, deriving a second set of credentials, and transmitting notification of the second set of credentials to a remote computer. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102555 | System and Method of Enabling Access to Remote Information Handling Systems - A system and method of enabling access to remote information handling systems is disclosed. In one form, a method of enabling an initialization of an information handling system is disclosed. The method can include receiving a request to initialize a remote information handling system, and determining an access information operable to enable an initialization sequence of the remote information handling system. The access information can be configured to enable an initialization of the remote information handling system. The method can also include communicating the access information via a network to the remote information system. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102556 | Method and System for Smart Card Migration - Methods and systems are disclosed for transitioning an existing in-use phone number between an first smart card and a second smart card. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102557 | Security provision for a subject image displayed in a non-secure domain - A data processing device is provided with a processor core | 2012-04-26 |
20120102558 | SYSTEM, SERVER DEVICE, METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THAT ENABLE FACILITATION OF USER AUTHENTICATION - A terminal device acquires item property information from a medium, and transmits, to a server device, terminal identification information of the terminal device, which is assigned by the server device in advance and stored in storage means and item property information acquired from the medium. The server device stores the terminal identification information and the item property information received from the terminal device, and transmits, to a device, information generated based on the terminal identification information and the item property information received from the terminal device. The server device performs authentication of a user of the terminal device based on the terminal identification information. Because this terminal identification information is assigned by the server device, transmission of the information does not entail a risk of leakage of personal information, unlike a case in which personal information such as a telephone number is used for authentication. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102559 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND SERVER - With a terminal apparatus that includes an authentication method deciding unit that selects one of two or more authentication methods according to acquired position information, an authentication screen output unit that outputs a screen corresponding to the one authentication method, an accepting unit that accepts authentication information that is input on that screen, an authentication information sending unit that sends an authentication method identifier that identifies an authentication method and the authentication information to a server, an output information receiving unit that receives, from the server, one or more pieces of output information corresponding to the authentication method identification information in the case of success of authentication, and an output information output unit that outputs output information, information necessary for medical practice can be acquired while appropriately securing the privacy of a patient. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102560 | SYNCHRONIZED SIGN-ON METHODS FOR NON-PROGRAMMATIC INTEGRATION SYSTEMS - Methods and systems for automatically signing a user on to an integration application when a user signs on to another application and signing a user off when the user signs off of the other application. The integration application automatically non-programmatically collects data from a mapped location of a mapped source reference of the other application. The collected data includes a user identifier value. The integration continuously monitors the collected user identifier value for a difference in the collected user identifier value. If the collected user identifier value is recognized by the integration application, the user is signed into the integration application using the collected user identifier value, and if a difference in the collected user identifier value is detected, the user is signed off of the integration application. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102561 | TOKEN-BASED RESERVATIONS FOR SCSI ARCHITECTURES - A method for enabling reservations in SCSI architectures is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, such a method includes receiving a reservation request from a SCSI initiator. The method then generates a token in response to receiving the reservation request, stores the token, and transmits a copy of the token to the SCSI initiator. The SCSI initiator may attach this token to commands transmitted while the reservation is in place. Upon receiving a command from the SCSI initiator, the method compares the token attached to the command with the stored token. If the attached token and stored token match, the method processes the command. Otherwise, the command is not processed. A corresponding system and computer program product are also described herein. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102562 | SECURING NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS WITH LOGICAL PARTITIONS - Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, and computer program products that enable secure network communications with logical partitions. A gateway between a physical network adapter and at least one virtual network trunk adapter receives a packet. The gateway tags the packet with an indication of an origin of the packet. The gateway delivers the tagged packet to an intrusion prevention system for intrusion analysis. When the gateway receives the tagged packet from the intrusion prevention system, the gateway forwards the tagged packet according to the indication of origin of the tagged packet. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102563 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING LOADS OF A PACKET INSPECTION APPARATUS - The present invention periodically monitors the amount of packets flowing into a packet inspection apparatus, i.e., a load level, and compares the load level with a predetermined upper or lower limit value. Accordingly, the present invention blocks some of the packets or passes along some of the packets through the packet inspection apparatus when the load level exceeds a certain level, and thus the load controlling method and apparatus guarantees continuous operation of the packet inspection apparatus even in an overloaded state. In addition, the load controlling method and apparatus according to the present invention effectively selects packets to be blocked or passed without departing from the original functions of the packet inspection apparatus. The load controlling method and apparatus is configured simply so as not to additionally induce a load in the process of selection, and the load controlling apparatus selectively operates only in an overloaded state. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102564 | CREATING DISTINCT USER SPACES THROUGH MOUNTABLE FILE SYSTEMS - A method and a processing system for creating distinct user spaces. In a platform originally intended to be a single user platform, for each of a plurality of users, at least one mountable element can be uniquely assigned to the user and data associated with the user can be stored to the assigned mountable element to create a multi-user platform. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102565 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE EXECUTION OF A FUNCTION PROTECTED BY AUTHENTIFICATION OF A USER, IN PARTICULAR FOR THE ACCESS TO A RESOURCE - A method and system for controlling the execution of a function protected by authentication of a user and which is provided for example for the access to a resource The method includes inputting, by the user, of personal data using an input device, authenticating the user with the input personal data for authorizing or not authorizing the execution of the function; in a secure card connected to the input device, storing limited validity authentication data dependant on the input data; when the card is connected to a processing device by which the user generates a message whose processing implements the function, using the stored data, taking into account the limited validity, to authorize or not authorize the execution of that function. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102566 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING PRIVATE DIGITAL CONTENT - Method for providing access to private digital content owned by an owner and installed on a content server, wherein a content manager server has a number of clients potentially interested in the private content, the method comprising the following steps performed at a content management server being informed that the owner has installed private content on a content server; obtaining a delegate token from the content server; receiving a query for the private digital content from a client of the number of clients of the content management server; providing said client with a token using the delegate token enabling the client to access the private content. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102567 | Hybrid System Implementing Distinct and Co-existing Application Execution Environments and Methods for Implementing the Same - A hybrid system is provided. The system includes a computing device implementing a first application execution environment (AEE) and a second AEE. The first AEE is configured to be isolated from the second AEE. The first software application associated with the first AEE is configured to be processed on the first AEE such that the first software application is denied direct access to the second AEE. A second software application associated with the second AEE is configured to be processed on the second AEE such that the second software application is denied direct access to the first AEE. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102568 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MALWARE ALERTING BASED ON ANALYSIS OF HISTORICAL NETWORK AND PROCESS ACTIVITY - A method for malware protection includes receiving detection information for detecting malware on an electronic device, accessing historical information of an electronic device, comparing the detection information to the historical information, and based on the comparison of the detection information with the historical information, alerting a user of the electronic device of risks of malware evidenced by the historical information. Comparing detection information to historical information includes determining that information from a first category of historical information is associated with a source of malware, cross-referencing information from a second category of historical information to the information from the first category, and associating the information from the second category with the malware. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102569 | Computer system analysis method and apparatus - A method of analysing a computer on which are installed a plurality of applications each comprising a set of inter-related objects. The method first comprises identifying a local dependency network for each of one or more of said applications, a local dependency network comprising at least a set of object paths and inter-object relationships. The (or each) local application dependency network is then compared against a database of known application dependency networks to determine whether the application associated with the local dependency network is known. The results of the comparison are then used to identify malware and/or orphan objects. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102570 | SDI-SCAM - A distributed multi-agent system and method is implemented and employed across at least one intranet for purposes of real time collection, monitoring, aggregation, analysis and modeling of system and network operations, communications, internal and external accesses, code execution functions, network and network resource conditions as well as other assessable criteria within the implemented environment. Analytical models are constructed and dynamically updated from the data sources so as to be able to rapidly identify and characterize conditions within the environment (such as behaviors, events, and functions) that are typically characteristic with that of a normal state and those that are of an abnormal or potentially suspicious state. The model may further recommend (or alternatively implement autonomously or semi-autonomously) optimal remedial repair and recovery strategies as well as the most appropriate countermeasures to isolate or neutralize the threat and its effects. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102571 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL FORENSIC TRIAGE - A digital forensic system for performing forensics on a target device comprises a control pod and a collection device. The control pod, which has a unique identity in order to enable accurate audit, is arranged to register and allocated a unique identity to the collection device and to clean, load a profile onto the collection device, the profile defining a subset of data. The collection device is connected to the target device and copies data from the target device to the collection device according to the profile. The control pod is then arranged to create a report on the collection device, the report derived from the copied data. Once a user input has been received, indicating that the collection device be marked as evidence, then the control pod is arranged to lock the collection device in response to the user input. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102572 | NODE CONTROLLER FOR AN ENDPOINT IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Embodiments of the present invention provide an intelligent node controller (e.g., for an endpoint/node such as a cloud node) to process requests. Specifically, (among other things) the node controller will read a request message from a cloud node queue that is associated with the endpoint. The request message typically includes details related to a request for cloud resources and/or services received from a consumer. The node controller executes program code in an attempt to process the request. As the request is being processed, the node controller can place state messages indicating a state of fulfillment of the request on a cloud manager queue that is associated with a cloud manager from which the request message was received. In addition, the node controller can update an audit via an audit queue with the state messages. When a request cannot be processed, the node controller can place a failure message in a triage queue or the like. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102573 | DIGITAL DELIVERY SYSTEM AND USER INTERFACE FOR ENABLING THE DIGITAL DELIVERY OF MEDIA CONTENT - A system, method, and computer readable storage medium provides the ability to deliver media content. A repository stores media content and marketing assets for the media content. A server computer provides a website accessible on the Internet worldwide to client computers. The website provides the ability to search a public site catalog/library of media content that is publicly available. The website further provides marketing assets for licensed media content from the library to authorized client users (that have a license to media content) in a secure manner. The website further provides preview screening access and download access to licensed media content (e.g., titles of audio-visual media content) to the authorized client users. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102574 | CREATING DISTINCT USER SPACES THROUGH USER IDENTIFIERS - A method of, and a processing system for, creating distinct user spaces. In a platform originally intended to be a single user platform, for each of a plurality of users, a first application used by the user can be assigned a user identifier (UID) unique to the user and the first application. The first UID can be associated with user data exclusively associated with the user and the first application to create a multi-user platform. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102575 | DIGITAL CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and system for securing digital content for transmission to an end user device. In a preferred embodiment, the invention provides for: a control center for controlling access to the digital content by the end user device; transmitting scrambled digital content to the end user device, such that the end user device cannot play back the said scrambled digital content; contacting the control center to request a PECM (personal ECM), the PECM being specific to the end user device; transmitting the PECM to the end user device by the control center; and unscrambling the scrambled digital content by the end user device according to the PECM. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102576 | Scalable Memory Protection Mechanism - An apparatus to protect contents of a memory region is presented. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a non-volatile memory, memory check logic to generate check values for protected memory regions, and comparison logic to compare stored check values from the non-volatile memory with generated check values from the memory check logic. The apparatus also includes security logic to prevent executing code in the protected memory regions if the comparison logic detects a mismatch between the stored check values and the generated check values. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102577 | INTEGRATING SECURITY PROTECTION TOOLS WITH COMPUTER DEVICE INTEGRITY AND PRIVACY POLICY - At computer device power on, the operating system of the computer device initiates a monitor. The monitor assigns a monitoring program to each program and object (collectively, “program”) running on the computer device to monitor the activities of the program. When the monitoring program is assigned to a program, the monitoring program is assigned an integrity and/or privacy label (collectively, “integrity label”) based on predetermined criteria applied to the monitored program. The monitoring program, in turn, assigns an integrity label to the program monitored by the monitoring program. The integrity label assigned to the monitored program is less than or equal to the integrity label of the monitoring program. The monitor enforces an integrity policy of the computer device based on the integrity label assigned to monitored programs and the integrity label associated with data, another program, or a remote network resource that the monitored program is seeking to access. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102578 | CONTROLLING INTERACTION BETWEEN PROTECTED MEDIA - A method, server system, and computer program storage product are disclosed. At least a first unique identifier from a first remote processing system is received. The first unique identifier is associated with a first remote software package that is on the first remote processing system. The first unique identifier and a second unique identifier are compared. The second unique identifier is associated with a second remote software package that is on a second remote processing system. The first unique identifier indicates that the first remote software package is one of a parent and a child copy of a software package executable. The second unique identifier indicates that the second remote software package is one of a parent and a child copy of the software package executable. An operation of at least one of the first remote software package and the second remote software package is authorized based upon the comparing. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102579 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UNAUTHORIZED SOFTWARE APPLICATION USAGE - According to the present invention there is provided a method to ensure authorized usage of software, by creating and then verifying and validating with the software's registered information in the vendor's online server, at frequent intervals, software activation file and computer's motherboard id. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102580 | Out Of Band Vital Product Data Collection - A vital product data (VPD) system is connected to a network, allowing the VPD system to be accessed for inquiries about VPD. The VPD system includes a baseboard management controller (BMC), a VPD cache, a platform initialization system and a tamper detection switch. The BMC communicates with the tamper detection switch and sets a VPD flag to false when tampering is detected. Queries to the BMC through the network for VPD are then held pending and the VPD cache refreshed with a no-boot power on, using the platform initialization system to collect the new VPD capturing the nature of any modifications after tampering. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102581 | Multiplexed Luciferase Reporter Assay Systems - Inhibitors of luciferase enzymes are disclosed and find use in multiplexed assays using multiple luciferases and multiple inhibitors, in both in vitro and in vivo embodiments. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102582 | MOUSE MODELS - The present invention relates, in general, to animal models suitable for testing candidate immunogens and, in particular, to knock-in mice expressing heavy and light chains of membrane proximal external region (MPER) HIV-I broadly neutralizing antibodies and to methods of screening candidate immunogens using same. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102583 | RESISTANCE TO BACTERIAL INFECTION - The present invention provides a method of identifying an animal having a genotype associated with resistance to bacterial infection comprising the steps of: (a) providing a sample from said mammal; (b) determining the alleles at one or more markers of the SAL1 locus to identify the genotype of the marker, wherein said SAL1 locus lies between 54.0 MB to 54.8 MB of chicken Chromosome 5 or an equivalent thereof; and (c) determining whether the genotype is a genotype associated with resistance to bacterial infection. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102584 | GENES INVOLVED IN PLANT FIBRE DEVELOPMENT - The present invention provides polypeptides, and polynucleotides encoding therefore, involved in the regulation of fibre initiation and/or elongation in fibre producing plants. In particular, the present invention provides methods of altering fibre initiation in cotton making use of transcription factors, regulatory proteins or cell cycle proteins produced at or around anthesis. The invention also relates to the use of these as markers of fibre production in plants including cotton. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102585 | SWEET GRAPE TOMATO - The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line CHI 15-2113, tomato line CHD 15-2114 and hybrid tomato variety BX 0154 3756. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato line CHI 15-2113, tomato line CHD 15-2114 and hybrid tomato variety BX 0154 3756, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing a plant of tomato line CHI 15-2113, tomato line CHD 15-2114 or hybrid tomato variety BX 0154 3756 with itself or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another line or variety. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of tomato line CHI 15-2113, tomato line CHD 15-2114 or hybrid tomato variety BX 0154 3756, including the fruit and gametes of such plants. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102586 | TOMATO VARIETY EX01419137 - The invention provides seed and plants of the tomato variety designated EX01419137. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato variety EX01419137 and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing a plant of tomato variety EX01419137 with itself or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of tomato variety EX01419137 including the fruit and gametes of such plants. The invention also relates to tomato variety CHI 14-2079. The present invention is also directed to tomato variety CHD 14-2080. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102587 | MUTATION THAT INCREASES THE OLEIC ACID CONTENT IN SOYBEAN OIL AND RESPONSIBLE GENE THEREOF | 2012-04-26 |
20120102588 | RICE ZINC FINGER PROTEIN TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DST AND USE THEREOF FOR REGULATING DROUGHT AND SALT TOLERANCE - Provided are zinc finger protein transcription factor DST having the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, conservative variants and homologous polypeptides thereof. Also provided are DNA sequence encoding the transcription factor DST, vector or host cell comprising the DNA sequence, cis-acting element binding to the DST, inhibitor or non-conservative variant of the transcription factor DST or encoding sequence thereof, and use of the inhibitor or non-conservative variant for improving the drought and salt tolerance in plant. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102589 | POTYVIRUS RESISTANCE IN POTATO - The present invention is drawn to novel genes from wild plants, such as wild potato and pepper plants, that confer potyvirus resistance to plants, such as in transformed cultivated plants. Also encompassed are cultivated plants transformed with the novel gene, food products made from the transformed cultivated plants, and methods for making such plants and food products. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102590 | Use of a Nucleotide Sequence that Regulates Flowering Time, Plants Expressing Same and Production Method Thereof - The present invention relates to a nucleotide sequence coding for an amino acid sequence of a unicellular green alga, | 2012-04-26 |
20120102591 | Enhancing Salt Tolerance of Plants with Rice OsNHAD Gene - The present invention pertains to the field of rice genetic engineering. Specifically, the present invention relates to a rice OsNHAD gene that enhances tolerance to salt stress, which was obtained through gene isolation, cloning and function verification, and also to use of the gene in genetic improvement of salt tolerance of rice. Said gene is selected from one of the following nucleotide sequences: 1) the nucleotide sequence from positions 60 to 1649 of SEQ NO: 1 in the Sequence Listing; or 2) a nucleotide sequence that encodes the same protein as that encoded by 1). Transgenic rice plants obtained by introducing into rice the nucleotide sequence comprising OsNHAD gene operably ligated with exogenous promoter had enhanced salt tolerance. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102592 | DROUGHT RESPONSIVE EXPRESSION OF GENES FROM THE ZEA MAYS RAB17 PROMOTER - The present invention relates generally to the drought-specific expression of a nucleotide sequence of interest in one or more cells of a plant. In some particular embodiments, the present invention relates to the drought-specific expression of a nucleotide sequence of interest in wheat under the control of a Rab17 transcriptional control sequence. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102593 | Use of a Histone Deacetylase Gene OsHDT1 in Enhancing Rice Heterosis - A histone deacetylase gene OsHDT1 which enhances utilization of heterosis in rice is isolated and cloned, said gene consisting of: 1) the DNA sequence of positions 1-894 in SEQ ID NO:1 in the Sequence listing; or 2) a DNA sequence which encodes the same protein as that encoded by the DNA sequence of 1). The histone deacetylase gene OsHDT1 is associated with enhanced utilization of heterosis in rice. When the transgenic plants having no phenotype were crossed with “Zhenshan 97A”, the F1 overexpression hybrid plants have obviously earlier flowering period than F1 wild-type hybrid plants. Moreover, the RNAi inhibition hybrid plants have a decreased seed setting rate compared to the negative control hybrid plants, while the parent RNAi inhibition plants and negative control plants shows no evident difference in the trait of seed setting rate. Western blotting revealed that the gene is capable of deacetylating histone, mainly at H4K16 site. In addition, there exist significant differences in the level of histone modification among “Minghui 63”, “Zhenshan 97” and “Shanyou63”. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102594 | PROMOTION OF SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS IN PLANTS BY WUSCHEL GENE EXPRESSION - The present invention relates to methods for promoting somatic embryogenesis from a tissue or organ of a plant, by overexpressing a Wuschel gene in said tissue or organ. In one embodiment, such overexpression can be used as a silent selectable marker for transgenic plants. In another embodiment, such expression can be used to confer apomixis to a plant. In another embodiment, such overexpression can be used to create haploid plants, which can be used to produce dihaploid plants. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102595 | Novel Antifungal Proteins and Methods of Use - Compositions and methods for protecting a plant from a pathogen, particularly a fungal pathogen, are provided. Compositions include amino acid sequences, and variants and fragments thereof, for novel variants of antipathogenic polypeptides generated through DNA shuffling that exhibit improved antipathogenic activity. Polynucleotides that encode the antipathogenic polypeptides are also provided. A method for inducing pathogen resistance in a plant using the polynucleotides disclosed herein is further provided. Compositions comprising an antipathogenic polypeptide or a microorganism comprising an antipathogenic polynucleotide of the invention in combination with a carrier and methods of using these compositions to protect a plant from a pathogen are further provided. Plants, plant cells, seeds, and microorganisms comprising an antipathogenic polynucleotide or polypeptide of the invention are also disclosed. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102596 | COMPOSITIONS RELATED TO THE QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS 6 (QTL6) IN MAIZE AND METHODS OF USE - Compositions related to the quantitative trait locus 6 (QTL6) in maize and methods for their use are provided. The compositions are novel molecular marker loci genetically linked with QTL6 and which are associated with increased oil content and/or increased oleic acid content and/or an increased oleic acid/linoleic acid ratio of a plant. These novel markers are characterized by the presence of at least one polymorphism relative to the corresponding marker locus from the QTL6 region of non-high-oil, non-high-oleic acid maize plants. In some embodiments, the novel marker loci comprise coding sequence for a maize DGAT1-2 polypeptide or biologically active variant thereof. The marker loci of the invention, and suitable fragments thereof, are useful in methods for manipulating oil and/or oleic acid content and/or oleic acid/linoleic acid ratio of a plant, for marker-assisted selection of a plant, and for marker-assisted breeding of the high oil and/or high oleic acid trait. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102597 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF TRANSGENIC PLANTS HAVING HIGH STARCH AND BIOMASS CONTENT AND YIELD - Process for the production of transgenic plants that have high content and yield of starch and biomass. The starch synthases (SSs) in plants (including SSIV) and glycogen synthase (GlgA) in bacteria catalyse the transfer of the glucosidic part of the ADP-Glucose molecule (the activated donor of glucose) to a pre-existing α(1, 4)-glucan. However, in contrast to the other SSs, SSIV is able to add glucose units to maltotriose. Also, in contrast to other soluble SSs, SSIV is bound to the starch granule. This invention describes for the first time how to obtain plants that have high levels and yields of starch and biomass as a consequence of the expression of genes coding for SSIV. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102598 | MIR164 Gene That Controls Plant Root System Development and Fertility and Use Thereof - A rice microRNA, miR164 gene, that controls plant root system development and fertility, is obtained through gene isolation, cloning and function verification. Uses of a nucleic acid fragment comprising miR164, which fragment may confer a transformed plant with the ability to increase root number and to alter fertility, wherein the said nucleic acid fragment is selected from one of the following nucleotide sequences: 1) a DNA sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1; 2) a RNA sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:2; or 3) the conserved sequence of miR164 having the same function as 1) or 2). The nucleotide sequence containing the precursor of miR164 is ligated with an exogenous promoter and introduced into rice to obtain transgenic rice plants which has large root systems but became infertile. The fertility can be restored by external application of phytohormones. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102599 | Plants Having Enhanced Yield-Related Traits and a Method for Making the Same - The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing various economically important yield-related traits in plants. More specifically, the present invention concerns a method for enhancing yield-related traits in plants by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding an IAA2-like (auxin/indoleacetic acid 2 like) polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding IAA2-like polypeptide, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to control plants. The invention also provides constructs comprising IAA2-like-encoding nucleic acids, useful in performing the methods of the invention. The present invention also relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for improving various plant growth characteristics by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a NAC10-like polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding a NAC10-like polypeptide, which plants have improved growth characteristics relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102600 | DNA Cassette, Binary Vector, and Strain of A. Tumefaciens and a Method of Producing Cereal Plant of Increased Productivity and/or Root Mass - We disclose a DNA cassette and a method of increasing the productivity of cereal plants and/or the root mass of these plants. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102601 | SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE - Disclosed herein is a scanning probe microscope having an improved structure to precisely control a distance between a scanning probe and a surface of a sample. The scanning probe microscope includes a sample stage having a support structure on which a sample to be measured is placed and generating vibration, and a scanning probe not attached to the sample stage but independently constituted and scanning a surface of the sample placed on the sample stage and vibrated by the sample stage. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102602 | Actinidia deliciosa plant named 'Renact' - A new and distinct | 2012-04-26 |
20120102603 | Physalis plant named 'Queen' - This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of | 2012-04-26 |
20120102604 | Phalaenopsis orchid plant named '154934' - A new and distinct | 2012-04-26 |
20120102605 | Phalaenopsis orchid plant named '136633' - A new and distinct | 2012-04-26 |
20120102606 | Phalaenopsis orchid plant named '157934' - A new and distinct | 2012-04-26 |
20120102607 | Phalaenopsis orchid plant named '156651' - A new and distinct | 2012-04-26 |
20120102608 | Phalaenopsis orchid plant named '146833' - A new and distinct | 2012-04-26 |
20120102609 | Phalaenopsis orchid plant named '139733' - A new and distinct | 2012-04-26 |
20120102610 | Phalaenopsis orchid plant named '160131' - A new and distinct | 2012-04-26 |
20120102611 | Phalaenopsis orchid plant named '159631' - A new and distinct | 2012-04-26 |
20120102612 | Gasteria plant named 'WT10' - A new and distinct | 2012-04-26 |