17th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 53 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110099211 | RELATIONSHIP COLLABORATION SYSTEM - A computer implemented method of processing data containing information about relationships between contacts and a community of contact owners, comprises: collecting data including contact information, contact owner information and one or more values related to strength of a relationship between the contact and the contact owner; evaluating the strength of the relationship based on the one or more values; and storing the collected data and evaluated strength in a computer database. A method of keying a database, comprises: building a database of records, each containing information about an entity, and each of which include a domain name field; and setting the domain name field as a key field; whereby a record for an entity is found by reference to a domain name. A method of keying a database, comprises: building a database of records, each containing information about an entity, and each of which include an email address field; and setting the email address field as a key field; whereby a record for an entity is found by reference to an email address. A method of keying a database, comprising: building a database of records, each containing information about an entity, and each of which includes a field holding an identifier uniquely associated with an entity by a convention of computer networking; and setting the field holding the identifier as a key field; whereby a record for an entity is found by reference to an identifier. A method of sharing relationship information, comprising: maintaining a database of relationship information records; selecting contact information according to a selection criterion; and returning selected relationship information also complying with restrictions set in a set of hierarchical privacy policies. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099212 | Synchronizing Changes in a File System Which Are Initiated by a Storage Device and a Host Device - When a storage device initiates a change in its file system, it locally stores it for future update of the file system. When the host device sends a command to the storage device, the storage device responds to it by commencing a synchronization process during which the two parties coordinate the update of the file system with the stored change. If there are no file system changes pending in the host device, the storage device gets permission from the host device to update the file system with the change and, then, the host device reads the updated file system from the storage device. If there are file system changes pending in the host device, the host device updates a representation of the file system residing in the host device, causes the storage device to make the same changes, and then the storage device initiated change, in the file system. Lastly, the host device receives information from the storage device regarding the changes initiated by the storage device. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099213 | System And Method For Processing A Signal With A Filter Employing FIR And IIR Elements - A system and method for processing a signal with a filter employing FIR and/or IIR elements. The required controller function is decomposed into primary FIR and/or IIR elements and a compensation filter is provided to address the latency in the primary elements, which would result in undesired operation of the filter. Several configurations of suitable filters are discussed, including multi-rate filters and filters with reduced power requirements. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099214 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING COMMON ADDER CIRCUITRY FOR BOTH A HORIZONTAL MINIMUM INSTRUCTION AND A SUM OF ABSOLUTE DIFFERENCES INSTRUCTION - A system which uses common adder circuitry to perform either one of a horizontal minimum instruction and a sum of absolute differences instruction including multiple adders, a sum circuit, a compare circuit, and a routing circuit. The input operands include multiple digital values which are delivered by the routing circuit to the adders depending upon which instruction is indicated. Each adder determines a difference between a pair of digital values. The differences are grouped and summed together by the sum circuit for the sum of absolute differences instruction. The adders are paired together for the horizontal minimum instruction, in which each pair provides carry and propagate outputs. The upper portions of a pair of digital values are compared by the upper adder and the lower portions are compared by the lower adder, and the carry and propagate outputs are collectively used to determine the minimum value. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099215 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO IDENTIFY A MEDIAN VALUE - A system and method for determining a median value in a set of values in a digital processing circuit is provided. The method comprises the following steps—(a) for each value in the set, comparing the value to each other value in the set, (b) for each comparison, assigning an index based upon the comparison and (c) repeating steps (a) and (b) for each value in the set. The method further comprises (d) performing an arithmetic operation based upon the indices for each value, (e) comparing the result of step (d) with a threshold and (f) selecting the median value based upon the comparison performed in step (e). | 2011-04-28 |
20110099216 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURABLE MIXED RADIX FFT ARCHITECTURE FOR MULTIMODE DEVICE - A configurable fast Fourier transforms (FFT) apparatus to compute radix-2 and non-radix-2 calculations. The configurable FFT apparatus includes a data input, a data output, an interconnect, and a configuration manager. The data input retrieves an input data segment from a memory device. The data output stores processed data to the memory device. The interconnect routes radix FFT signals of multi-type radix configurations from the data input to the data output. The configuration manager dynamically configures the interconnect according to a determination of a current radix configuration. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099217 | Method and System for Determining a Quotient Value - A method for determining a quotient value from a dividend value and a divisor value in a digital processing circuit is provided. The method includes computing a reciprocal value of the divisor value and multiplying the reciprocal value by the dividend value to obtain a reciprocal product, the reciprocal product having an integer part. The method also includes computing an intermediate remainder value by computing a product of the integer part and the divisor value, and subtracting the resulting product from the dividend value and determining the quotient value based upon the intermediate remainder value. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099218 | METHOD FOR VIEWING VIDEOS ON DISTRIBUTED NETWORKS - A method for viewing digital video assets using a distributed network comprising a user on a first node requesting to view a digital video asset stored on a second node; relaying the request from the first node to the second node; establishing a peer-to-peer link between the first and second nodes; creating a video stream from the requested digital video asset on the second node using a standard video stream server; receiving the video stream using a stream relay client on the second node and converting it into a form that is compatible with the peer-to-peer link; sending the converted video stream to the first node over the peer-to-peer link; receiving the converted video stream using a stream relay server and converting it into a standard video stream form; and viewing the video stream on the first node of the distributed network using a standard video stream client. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099219 | UNIVERSAL ARCHITECTURE FOR CLIENT MANAGEMENT EXTENSIONS ON MONITORING, CONTROL, AND CONFIGURATION - Provided are techniques for, under control of an agent: receiving a request from a first database client to access a service from a set of services, wherein the agent is associated with the service; receiving a request from a second database client to access the service, wherein the agent is shared by the first database client and the second database client; combining information from the first database client and the second database client; and sending the combined information to the service using a single physical connection in a client-side Client Management Extension (CMX) connection, wherein the first database client and the second database client share the single physical connection. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099220 | DYNAMIC TYPE-AHEAD FOR LISTS OF PRIOR SPECIFIED ADDRESSEES - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for type-ahead processing for multiple different addressees. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for type-ahead processing for multiple different addressees can include detecting character input in an addressee field of a composition view of a messaging client executing in memory by a processor of a computer. The method also can include matching the detected character input to entries in a table of different lists in that each of the entries in the table includes multiple different addressees specified for a previously composed message. Finally, the method can include auto-completing the addressee field with a selected list of multiple different addressees matching the detected character input. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099221 | METHOD OF TRANSFERRING A FILE VIA A NETWORK AND FILE TRANSFERRING SYSTEM THEREOF - A method of transferring a file via a network includes following steps: transmitting a read request packet from a client to a server, the read request packet having multiple-packets-transmission information, wherein the multiple-packets-transmission information is labeled with an amount index, and transmitting a plurality of data packets corresponding to the file from the server to the client continuously according to an amount index of the multiple-packets-transmission information after the server receives the read request packet. The client receives the plurality of data packets from the server without replying any acknowledgement packet to the server within the continuous transmission of the plurality of data packets. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099222 | THIN-CLIENT AND DISTRIBUTED DEVELOPMENT USING DATA PROGRAMMING - According to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter, a system and method of data programming includes declarative rule-based programming in which a distributed program for computers on a network is defined through tabular structures. The tabular structures can store logic, including data (e.g., primitive variables and dynamic data structures) and code (e.g., arguments and functions) that govern operation of the distributed program. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099223 | Method and System for Selectively Broadcasting Media - A method and apparatus for broadcasting media events, the method including the steps of providing a sequence of media events in a first server, the sequence of media events including at least one media event of a first type and a plurality of media events of a second type; playing the sequence from the first server to a second server prior to a predetermined broadcast time; and storing at the second server at least a part of the sequence received from the first server. The method may further include the steps of broadcasting the sequence from the first server at the predetermined broadcast time; broadcasting the stored sequence from the second server at the predetermined broadcast time while continuing to play the sequence from the first server to the second server, the step of broadcasting from said second server further including the steps of skipping at least one media event of a first type, broadcasting a subsequent one of the plurality, and supplementing the stored sequence with media events stored in the second server separately identifiable from the stored sequence. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099224 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC AD HOC PROXY-CACHE HIERARCHIES - Systems and methods of storing previously transmitted data and using it to reduce bandwidth usage and accelerate future communications are described. By using algorithms to identify long compression history matches, a network device may improve compression efficiently and speed. A network device may also use application specific parsing to improve the length and number of compression history matches. Further, by sharing compression histories, compression history indexes and caches across multiple devices, devices can utilize data previously transmitted to other devices to compress network traffic. Any combination of the systems and methods may be used to efficiently find long matches to stored data, synchronize the storage of previously sent data, and share previously sent data among one or more other devices. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099225 | VIDEO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM INCLUDING PROGRESSIVE PLAYBACK - A receiver driven approach for playback of remote content is described. One embodiment includes obtaining information concerning the content of the media file from the remote server, identifying a starting location within the media sequence, identifying byte ranges of the media file corresponding to media required to play the media sequence from the starting location, requesting the byte ranges required to play the media sequence from the starting location, buffering received bytes of information pending commencement of playback, playing back the buffered bytes of information, receiving a user instruction, identifying byte ranges of the media file corresponding to media required to play the media sequence in accordance with the user instruction, flushing previous byte range requests, and requesting the byte ranges required to play the media in accordance with the user instruction. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099226 | METHOD OF REQUESTING FOR LOCATION INFORMATION OF RESOURCES ON NETWORK, USER NODE AND SERVER FOR THE SAME - Disclosed is a method for requesting for location information of resources on a P2P network, user node and server for the same, which allow a user to get network resources quickly. The popular files and the unpopular files are managed separately. The metadata of popular files are stored a plurality of SN based on respective areas, while the metadata of the unpopular files are stored and queried in a centralized manner. A function of redirecting a request message is added into the SN so as to inform the user the existence of a SN-R. Meanwhile, in order to improve query efficiency and avoid repeatedly redirecting of the message, a server routing table is provided for the user node which can indicate which files need to be download and which server should be requested to provide the files. Due to the popular filed and the unpopular filed are stored separately and all of unpopular files are stored in a centralized manner, the user can get unpopular files when the user request for the unpopular files in a P2P network. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099227 | COMMUNICATION APPLICATION WITH STEADY-STATE CONFERENCING - In at least some embodiments, a computer system includes a processor and a network interface coupled to the processor. The computer system also includes a system memory coupled to the processor. The system memory stores a communication application having a steady-state conferencing module and a network manager module. The network manager module, when executed, monitors network changes. The steady-state conferencing module, when executed, maintains a steady-state conferencing user interface while network changes detected by the network manager module are handled. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099228 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR A PEER-TO-PEER CACHE CONTENT REPLACER - The METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR A PEER-TO-PEER CACHE CONTENT REPLACER (“P2PCCR”) rates the value of storing specified existing content and replaces the lowest rated existing content with the requested new content. In one embodiment, a method for content replacement that may be used in a peer to peer video on demand system is described. The method includes receiving a request for new content, obtaining usage and availability data, determining a value rating based on the usage and availability data, and replacing lowest value rated content with said new content. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099229 | Method for Collaborative Processes Executed among Communities - A method is presented to enable process oriented transactions to take place between community partners across multiple communities, where closed related objects form communities and communities are linked to conduct collaborative work. Transactions are arranged in logical sequences and represented in cross-community URL calling strings which are executed collaboratively among the involving community members. The method includes requesting community members in charge of constructing function trees constituting business processes using logical operators and operational directives, common global process identification, and the receiving addressable objects. Function trees are formed to carry out certain community activities and functions are distributed to the corresponding members from roots to leaves and executed from leaves to root. The common global process identification provides a linkage for the transactions executed in the context of function trees as a systematic unit of work among community partners. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099230 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING AN APPLICATION OVER A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - Systems, methods, and an article of manufacture for delivering an application to a mobile station are shown and described. In some instances, a list of mobiles stations not currently executing a specific application is generated, processed, and used to send a solicitation message to certain mobile station. Various mobile stations receive different versions of the application based on characteristics of the mobile station. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099231 | System and Method of Controlling Access to Information in a Virtual Computing Environment - In one embodiment the present invention includes a method comprising specifying personal spaces in the virtual computing environment for first and second users and moving the personal spaces to encompass a virtual object, where the virtual object is associated with data on another system. A message is sent from a virtual server to one of the user's clients to access the data associated with the virtual object from the other system. Credentials necessary for accessing the data are stored on different user's clients, and the credentials are used to authenticate the user and perform the data access. The data associated with the virtual object may then be sent to the other user. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099232 | Systems and Methods for Controlling Retention of Publication - A method of controlling the retention of publications in a publish/subscribe system, the method comprising receiving, at a message broker, a first publication from a publisher on a topic; receiving, at the message broker, a second publication from the publisher on the topic; identifying, at the message broker, whether the first publication should be overwritten with the second publication and, if not, retaining at least payload data from both the first and second publications on the topic; and storing, for the second publication, if retained, data indicating when the second publication was published to the broker. Other methods, apparatus, and computer readable media are also provided. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099233 | SCALABLE QUEUES ON A SCALABLE STRUCTURED STORAGE SYSTEM - A cloud computing platform contains a structured storage subsystem the provides scalable queues. The cloud computing platform monitors message throughput for the scalable queues and automatically increases or decreases subqueues that provide the operational functionality for each scalable queue. A visibility start time and cloud computing platform time are maintained for each message to provide an approximate first-in-first-out order for messages within each subqueue. A message in a subqueue may be available for processing when the current cloud computing time is greater than the visibility start of the message. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099234 | Efficient utilization of read-ahead buffer by partitioning read-ahead buffer in correspondence with selectors - A server computing device receives an update message from a client computing device at which a read-ahead buffer has been partitioned into partitions corresponding to selectors. The selectors correspond to different types of the messages of interest to be consumed by a given consuming application running on the client computing device. The update message specifies a given partition of the read-ahead buffer that requires filling with new messages matching the selector of the given partition. The server computing device sends the new messages requested in the update message to the client computing device, to fill the given partition of the read-ahead buffer at the client computing device. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099235 | COLLATION OF MULTI-USER, MULTI-FORMAT, EMAIL COMMUNICATION WITH COMMON SUBJECT TITLES - A method includes monitoring, at a server, electronic messages transmitted across a network from any one of a group of participating users, determining if any of the electronic messages include any of a stored set of keywords, sending any electronic messages that include at least one keyword to a formatting module, extracting, at the formatting module, data relating to the keyword from the electronic message according to a previously-established rule stored in the network, and collating, at the formatting module, the data relating to the keyword into a second electronic message and transmitting the second electronic message to a supervising user. A system has a status server, the status server having a storage to store at least one group of participating users and at least one keyword associated with the group, a monitoring module to monitor electronic messages from the participating users to determine if the electronic messages contain the keyword, and a formatting module to receive electronic messages that contain the keyword, extract data related to the keyword and collate the data into a second electronic message. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099236 | CESSATION OF SENDING NETWORK STATUS MESSAGES TO A SERVER - A system comprises a processor, a network interface coupled to the processor, and storage accessible to the processor. The network interface is configured to receive network status messages from a plurality of agents across a network. Each network status message indicates a status of a network. The storage comprises a plurality of queues with each queue corresponding to one of the agents. The network status messages from a given agent are stored in a queue corresponding to that agent pending processing by the processor. Upon a number of network status messages in a queue for a particular agent exceeding an agent high water mark, the processor sends a stop message through the network interface to such agent to cause such agent to cease sending network status messages. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099237 | SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A SOCIAL NETWORK AND METHOD THEREFOR - A system for generating and managing messages in a social network comprises a virtual user suitable to generate messages in a thread. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099238 | User initiated and controlled delivery in hybrid mode of electromagnetically transmissible contents to recipients in designated delivery locations or apparatus - The present invention discloses a network communication system that includes a network processing center for receiving and converting an electronic or electro-magnetically transmissible data/content into a physically deliverable object and/or network transmissible content data files for carrying out a hybrid delivery of the data/content by a physical delivery process and/or a network electro-magnetic delivery process to a recipient or an ECRMA. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099239 | DYNAMIC SET OPERATIONS WHEN SPECIFYING EMAIL RECIPIENTS - A method for specifying email recipients that includes specifying a first set of email recipients, a second set of email recipients, and a set operation. A third set of email recipients can be automatically is generated by performing the set operation upon the first set and the second set. Email can then be sent to this automatically generated third set of email recipients. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099240 | Apparatus, System and Method for Forwarding Data Sent to a Wireless Device to Another Address - An apparatus for forwarding data sent to a wireless device having a first address to a second address. The apparatus includes a server in communication with a wireless network and an external network. The server includes a processor. The processor includes a data forwarding module for forwarding the data to the second address via the external network when the wireless device is not in communication with the wireless network. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099241 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ON A RECEIVED COMMUNICATION FOR AN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE - The disclosure relates to a system, method and device for providing information relating to a received communication for a device. The method comprises generating and providing a message on a display of the device indicating receipt of an inbound communication, after determining that the device is to receive the inbound communication while the device is composing an outbound communication and after determining the inbound communication is related to the outbound communication by an analysis of information of the inbound communication against information of the outbound communication. The message provides options for processing the inbound communication depending on whether the outbound communication is initiated as either a reply to the inbound communication or a forwarding of the inbound communication. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099242 | Mechanism for Managing sequential Emails - A mechanism is disclosed for generating a composite email for an email conversation. The composite email includes content automatically extracted from a plurality of the emails in the email conversation, and may be generated in response to a user accessing just one of the emails in the email conversation. A mechanism is also disclosed for discovering and recovering lost emails in an email conversation. A mechanism is further disclosed for automatically moving emails from one container to another after an email has been read. These and other advantageous email generating, manipulation, and organization mechanisms are disclosed herein. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099243 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IN-LINE INSERTION AND REMOVAL OF MARKERS - An apparatus is provided, for performing a direct memory access (DMA) operation between a host memory in a first server and a network adapter. The apparatus includes a host frame parser and a protocol engine. The host frame parser is configured to receive data corresponding to the DMA operation from a host interface, and is configured to insert markers on-the-fly into the data at a prescribed interval and to provide marked data for transmission to a second server over a network fabric. The protocol engine is coupled to the host frame parser. The protocol engine is configured to direct the host frame parser to insert the markers, and is configured to specify a first marker value and an offset value, whereby the host frame parser is enabled to locate and insert a first marker into the data. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099244 | COPROCESSING MODULE FOR PROCESSING ETHERNET DATA AND METHOD FOR USE THEREWITH - A co-processing module communicates with at least one remote device via an Ethernet communication link. The co-processing module includes a first processor that executes an application of the host device via a first operating system, the application including socket system calls. A second processor executes a second operating system to execute a transport control protocol/Internet protocol stack, an Ethernet driver, and an Ethernet media access control layer, to bidirectionally communicate first data via the Ethernet communication link and further to bidirectionally communicate the first data with the first processor. The first processor bidirectionally communicates the first data with the application via the socket system calls. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099245 | KNOWLEDGE ARCHIVAL AND RECOLLECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A computer implemented method of recording user activity in a knowledge archival and recollection system, comprising: initiating a network browser plug-in on detecting that a network browser has been opened; providing at least one file to a user from the network; transmitting and storing at least one file to a file archive using a file transfer protocol; gathering user activity data for each said at least one file accessed; associating user activity data to each related file; transmitting and storing user activity data to a database server using a database connection protocol; and indexing each file. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099246 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING DIGITAL CONTENT FROM A PERSONAL COMPUTER TO A MOBILE HANDSET - A system for synchronizing digital content stored on a user's mobile handset with digital content stored on the user's personal computer is disclosed. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099247 | OBJECT-BASED COMPUTER SYSTEM MANAGEMENT - A method, system, and architecture for managing computer systems is provided. A management system employs management objects (MOs) to provide administrators the ability to intuitively express the administrative intent in an information technology (IT) environment, and to act out the administrative intent based on the information gathered by the management system. Managed elements of an IT environment, such as, by way of example, hardware components, software applications, software updates, software distribution policies, configurations, settings, etc., may be expressed as MOs. Actions, such as, by way of example, detect, install/apply, remove, remediate, enumerate, etc., may be associated with the MOs. The management system manages the computer systems by deploying the appropriate MOs and their associated actions onto the computer systems, and performing the actions on the computer systems. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099248 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, SERVER DEVICE, INFORMATION DEVICE FOR PERSONAL USE, AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT METHOD - Provided is an information processing system capable of preventing leakage of business data from an information device for personal use such as a portable telephone and false access to an in-house system. The information processing system includes an information device for personal use having a control means and server device having an individual data holding means for holding individual data transferred to the information device, and accessible by the information device and a relation data holding means for holding data about the relation between the status of the information device of when access to each set of the individual data is requested and the operation permitted about the set of the individual data. The information device transmits the status thereof to the server, and the server transfers individual data to the information device if permitted. The control means makes a control not to perform an operation other than the operations represented by the relation data and permitted. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099249 | Method Of Storing And Reproducing Contents - A method of storing and reproducing contents in a terminal capable of storing and outputting contents such as pictures or music is provided. When the terminal connects to a contents server and downloads contents from the contents server, it stores the downloaded contents along with its terminal identification information. When reproducing stored contents, the terminal compares terminal identification information attached to the contents with its terminal identification. If they are identical, the terminal reproduces the contents. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099250 | Method and System for Selectively Broadcasting Media - A method and apparatus for broadcasting media events, the method including the steps of providing a sequence of media events in a first server, the sequence of media events including at least one media event of a first type and a plurality of media events of a second type; playing the sequence from the first server to a content distribution network (CDN) server prior to a predetermined broadcast time; and storing at the CDN server at least a part of the sequence received from the first server. The method may further include the steps of inserting, at the first server, markers indicating where targeted media events are to be played in the sequence of media events and inserting, at the CDN server, targeted media events supplied by a third server in response to a request to provide media events targeted to information associated with at least one user. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099251 | METHOD OF CREATING WEB PAGE, WEB PAGE CREATING SYSTEM, LINKAGE SERVER APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Smooth cooperation between a service for distributing websites wherein contents that are reprintable to blogs are arranged and a plurality of blog creating services is established. In order to help a user computer with blog creation processing between a content server which distributes websites wherein news articles and images are arranged as contents and blog servers of various companies relating to providing a blog creating service according to the operation of a user, a linkage server which performs various kinds of linkage processing necessary for creating the blog is newly provided between the user computer and various servers. Due to the existence of the linkage server, when the user finds subject matters for creating the blog in the websites distributed by the content server, the user can easily lead the blog creating work to the web creating service on which the user has registered. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099252 | NETWORK ADDRESS ALLOCATION - Apparatus, systems, and methods assign a permanent network address to a user identity, detect access to a network by a node associated with the user identity, generate an identifier associated with the user identity, and send the identifier to the node to enable the node to obtain replacement of a temporary network address allocated to the node, with the permanent network address. Activities may include receiving a release request from a node to release a temporary network address allocated to the node (associated with the user identity), receiving an allocation request (including the identifier) from the node to allocate a permanent network address previously assigned to the user identity, and allocating the permanent network address to the node as a replacement for the temporary network address. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099253 | CONSOLIDATED NOTIFICATIONS TO NFS CLIENTS - A computer implemented method and apparatus for rebooting a host having a plurality of network interfaces. A server reboots the host by stopping an NFS server process on the host. The server sends at least one consolidated notification to a plurality of clients identified in a consolidated notification table, wherein the consolidated notification comprises at least two addresses of network interfaces of the host. The server determines that an acknowledgement is received from each of the plurality of clients. The server halts resending of consolidated notifications, responsive to determining that an acknowledgement is received from the each of the plurality of clients. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099254 | DYNAMIC STATUS REPORTING - Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to receive the execution status of a user application, and to transmit the state of a dynamic user status indication, based on the execution status, to a user status reporting application. The state may be changed according to a system administration policy configuration. In some embodiments, activities include changing the state of a dynamic user status indication (included as part of a user status reporting application) based on the execution status of a user application. Changing the status may be conducted according to a user-specified configuration policy or a system administration policy configuration. Further activity may include transmitting the state to at least one additional application to enable display of the state across a network. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099255 | MANAGING COMMAND COMPLIANCE IN INTERNETWORKING DEVICES - In an embodiment, an internetworking device is configured with compliance proxy logic that is configured for sending, to a compliance server, a request to determine whether the command conforms to one or more compliance policies, wherein the request includes the command; receiving a compliance response from the compliance server; in response to determining whether the compliance response indicates success, executing the command only when the compliance response indicates that the command conforms to the one or more compliance policies. Thus the device can determine actively whether a proposed user command or configuration change will violate established standards or policies, before the command or change is applied to the device. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099256 | Method and system for deploying an asset over a multi-tiered network - A method for distributing changes to digital assets across a network includes determining an asset type of a first digital asset and comparing the first digital asset to a prior digital asset to determine one or more deltas, the prior digital asset being a prior version of the first digital asset and the delta being a difference between the first digital asset and the prior digital asset. The method further includes evaluating the one or more of the deltas with one or more criteria to determine if the one or more delta assets should be created, the delta asset being a second digital asset containing the respective delta, the criteria determined by the asset type. The method further includes that if the delta meets the criteria, creating the delta asset, and marking the delta asset as a first delta asset of the first digital asset. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099257 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERFACING WITH NETWORK INFORMATION COLLECTION DEVICES - A network device may include logic configured to receive a problem report from a second network device, where the problem report includes event data, determine at least one of an action to perform or whether reconfiguration information is associated with the event data in the received problem report and add information to the received problem report to provide a reformatted problem report and transmit the reformatted problem report to a third network device when it is determined that reconfiguration information is not associated with the event data in the problem report. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099258 | Dynamic Control of Autonomic Management of a Data Center - A method, system, and article for autonomizing autonomic management of a data center, with the data center having at least one computer system and an associated component. Data is collected from the data center and used as input to identify a data center policy. A set of capabilities of elements of the data center are detected and cataloged based upon the collected data. At least one policy is dynamically selected from at least one set of master policies in a policy directory with the selected policy to support the cataloged capabilities of the data center, and to dynamically control selective application and to adapt parameters for quality of service. The selected policy is applied to manage the data center. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099259 | Managing TCP anycast requests - Managing TCP anycast requests at content delivery network nodes is disclosed. In some embodiments, managing traffic includes receiving a request at a first node of a content delivery network, determining at the first node that the request should be serviced by a second node of the content delivery network, and redirecting the request to the second node, wherein the first node and the second node of the content delivery network comprise endpoints for serving content and wherein the content delivery network is at least in part an anycast network. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099260 | Monitoring-target-apparatus management system, management server, and monitoring-target-apparatus management method - If both of LUN security information on storage apparatuses and configuration information on an iSNS server are acquirable, a management server makes reference to configuration situation of the LUN security acquired from a monitoring-target storage apparatus, thereby acquiring iSCSI initiator names which are permitted to access the storage apparatus. Moreover, the management server acquires, from the iSNS server, IP address of an iSCSI initiator name which does not exist on a monitoring-target host out of the iSCSI initiator names, then adding the IP address into monitoring-target nodes. Meanwhile, when an access from the management server to a monitoring-target node becomes impossible for a certain constant time-period due to a reason such that the monitoring-target node has been excluded from the network, the management server is capable of excluding the monitoring-target node from the monitoring targets on a GUI. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099261 | HOST-LEVEL POLICIES FOR GLOBAL SERVER LOAD BALANCING - In a network, a user can configure host-level policies usable for load balancing traffic to servers of a domain. A global server load balancing (GSLB) switch provides load balancing to the servers, and is configured with the GSLB host-level policies. Users can define a host-level policy (alternatively or additionally to a globally applied GSLB policy) and apply the host-level policy to hosts in domains configured on the GSLB switch. Thus, the user can enable different policies for different hosts. This allows the user to have the flexibility to control metrics used for selection of a best address for querying clients, as well as the metric order and additional parameters used in the GSLB process, at the host level. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099262 | DISTRIBUTED NETWORK CONSTRUCTION METHOD, SYSTEM AND TASK PROCESSING METHOD - A distributed network construction method includes: determining a domain that covers a requesting node according to an address of the requesting node which requests to join a distributed network, where the domain has a domain identifier (ID); generating a peer ID of the requesting node according to the number of peers of the domain; concatenating the domain ID with the peer ID to form the node ID of the requesting node; and sending the node ID to the requesting node, where the requesting node obtains information about a neighboring node according to the obtained node ID to join the distributed network. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099263 | Automated social networking television profile configuration and processing - Content selected by a user of a web access television (TV) device is monitored via a profile controller associated with the web access TV device. Social network aspects of a web access TV user profile are automatically configured based upon the monitored content selected by the user. Social networking opportunities for the user are managed via the web access TV user profile. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099264 | NETWORK DEVICE DISCOVERY - A system and method enable a local area network connected mobile device to discover, via an ancillary wireless communication channel, a local area network connected device and install the appropriate driver and network configuration information when the mobile device and network connected device are brought into physical close proximity with each other. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099265 | DEFINING ENFORCING AND GOVERNING PERFORMANCE GOALS OF A DISTRIBUTED CACHING INFRASTRUCTURE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for enforcing performance goals in an n-Tier distributed caching infrastructure. In an embodiment of the invention, a method of enforcing performance goals in an n-Tier distributed caching infrastructure can include establishing a communicative connection to multiple different cache servers arranged in respective tier nodes in an n-Tier cache. The method also can include collecting performance metrics for each of the cache servers in the respective tier nodes of the n-Tier cache and identifying a cache server amongst the cache servers in respective tier nodes of the n-Tier demonstrating a performance likely to breach at least one term of an SLA. Finally, the method can include applying a remedial measure to the identified cache server. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099266 | Maintaining Service Performance During a Cloud Upgrade - Systems, methods, and computer storage media for upgrading a domain in a distributed computing environment are provided. Upgrading of the domain includes preparing for the upgrade, upgrading, and finalizing the upgrade. The preparation of the domain includes ensuring predefined quantities of role instances are available in domains other than the upgrade domain. The preparation also includes ensuring that a predefined number of extent replicas are available in domains other than the upgrade domain. The preparation may also include checkpointing partitions within the upgrade domain to facilitate faster loading once transferred to a domain other than the upgrade domain. The finalization may include allowing nodes within the upgrade domain to resume functionality that was suspended during the upgrade. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099267 | Resource Optimization and Monitoring in Virtualized Infrastructure - A method includes monitoring a resource consumption of one or more virtual machines on a host computer in a computer network, and suspending the one or more virtual machines based on the resource consumption to free one or more resources on the host computer. The method also includes losslessly handling a request intended for the suspended one or more virtual machines to seamlessly resume the suspended one or more virtual machines. The request includes a network traffic intended for the suspended one or more virtual machines and/or a non-network request. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099268 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR STORAGE MONITORING SERVER - An information processing system | 2011-04-28 |
20110099269 | MESSAGE FILTRATION IN A NETWORK MONITORING SYSTEM - A system and method for monitoring unit for providing network monitoring and message filtration in a network system is provided including a message generator configured to generate at least one alert message for defining an alert condition in the network system. A message designator is provided for designating the at least one alert message in accordance with the state of the alert condition. A reset module is provided configured for generating a reset message for defining when an alert condition is resolved. The reset message is automatically mapped to or associated with its corresponding alert message, which is now designated as a resolved or inactive message. A user view is provided in which only unresolved or active messages are displayed. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099270 | Communications Device and Method of Operation Thereof - A communications device, such as a mobile telephone, fixed line telephone, computer with network access, or any other similar device which is equipped to communicate using network and/or telephony protocols, is provided, wherein before a call or other communications sessions is set up and made, a determination of the present time at the intended recipient of the call or session is made. In some embodiments, this determination of the time at the intended recipient's location is displayed to a user of the calling device to allow the user to decide whether to proceed with a call to the intended recipient. In other embodiments the determined time is compared with a set of one or more predetermined time bands during which calls to a recipient should not be made. Depending on the results of the comparison, the operation of the communications device is altered, for example, in one embodiment the call is not made, and the user preferably informed. In another embodiment, the user (caller) is advised that the call is being made at an inappropriate time for the intended recipient, and prompted to indicate whether the call should proceed. With such techniques, the problems noted above of unwanted calls being set up unnecessarily can be addressed. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099271 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENFORCING RFID EVENT MANAGEMENT POLICY - Provided are a system and method for enforcing a radio frequency identification (RFID) event management policy. The system includes a policy definer for defining an RFID event management policy to be used by a client to manage an apparatus on the basis of an RFID event, a policy storage for storing the RFID event management policy, a policy determiner for selecting the RFID event management policy stored in the policy storage using a profile of the client included in an RFID event management policy request when the RFID event management policy request is received from the client, and a policy enforcer converting the selected RFID event management policy according to a standard executable by the client. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099272 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD THEREFOR - A management system includes an image forming apparatus that manages a phenomenon having occurred in the image forming apparatus as history information, inquires a management apparatus about status information indicating whether the management apparatus is ready for a remote operation of the image forming apparatus, receives the status information relating to the image forming apparatus, from the management apparatus, as a response to an inquiry, enables a function for starting connection to the management apparatus for communication if the managed history information includes an unprocessed phenomenon and the status information transmitted from the management apparatus indicates that the management apparatus is ready for the remote operation, and causes the image forming apparatus to start the connection to the management apparatus for communication in response to a user's operation to execute the enabled function. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099273 | MONITORING APPARATUS, MONITORING METHOD, AND A COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A MONITORING PROGRAM - A monitoring apparatus configured to monitor applications running on one or more monitored apparatuses; the monitoring apparatus includes: an enquiry packet generator and transmitter that generates multiple types of enquiry packets, and successively transmits the multiple types of enquiry packets to respective communication ports on the one or more monitored servers; an enquiry packet response receiver that receives enquiry packet responses, which are transmitted in response to the multiple types of enquiry packets from communication ports on the one or more monitored apparatuses; and an application analyzer that analyzes the content of the enquiry packet responses transmitted in response to the multiple types of enquiry packets, and analyzes applications running on the one or more monitored servers as applications to be monitored. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099274 | PEER DISCOVERY AND CONNECTION MANAGEMENT BASED ON CONTEXT SENSITIVE SOCIAL NETWORKS - In a method for automatically filtering communications, a networking request from an initiating party on an initiating communication device is received. The networking request pertains to a request for communication between the initiating communication device and a recipient communication device of a user over a communication channel. A determination is made of whether the communication channel to be used for the communication matches a communication channel for a previous communication between the initiating party and the user. It is automatically determined whether to grant the networking request, based at least in part on the determination of whether the communication channel for the communication matches the communication channel for the previous communication between the initiating party and the user. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099275 | RACF SYSTEM AND EQUIPMENT HAVING DYNAMIC DISCOVERING FUNCTION IN NGN - A resource admission control function system having dynamic discovering function in a next generation network is provided. The resource admission control function system comprises a transport resource control function entity and a policy decision function entity that intercommunicate with each other; the system also comprises a dynamic discovering function unit for dynamically collecting and saving information of connection relationship between various function entities in the network, receiving an inquiry request, and feeding back the information of connection relation meeting the inquiry conditions to an inquiry request submitting entity. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099276 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS AS A SERVICE IN A NON-INTRUSIVE MANNER - A system and method for enabling software applications as a service in a non-intrusive manner in isolated user groups (IUGs) is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a user request from one of the plurality of IUGs to access application functionality of one of plurality of software applications, identifying the one of the plurality of IUGs, locating one of the plurality of service modules by a service gateway based on a request sent by one of the plurality of service adapters, providing an appropriate access to the one of the plurality of IUGs, obtaining configuration data associated with the one of the plurality of IUGs, forwarding the configuration data and the user request to the one of the plurality of software applications, and generating an appropriate response associated with the application functionality and returning the generated appropriate response to the one of the plurality of IUGs. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099277 | NETWORK ARCHITECTURE FOR RESOURCE REQUESTS - A method may include receiving a primary resource in a user device, wherein the resource includes a plurality of addresses and each of the plurality of addresses identifying one of a plurality of additional resources. The method may further include aggregating the plurality of addresses and sending the aggregated addresses to a network device. The method may further include receiving the additional resources in the user device. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099278 | NETWORK TRAFFIC PRIORITIZATION - Prioritizing network traffic among two or more distinct channels of communication within a single application in a node configured to communicate with one or more other nodes over a network is disclosed. For a particular time quantum, a bandwidth quantum may be distributed amongst two or more communication channels according to priorities associated with those channels. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099279 | Method and system for verifying logical connection - A method and system for maintaining a high reliability logical connection between hosts employs adaptive transparent pinging, clone blocking and bandwidth leveling to realize improvements in the areas of connection status verification, security and bandwidth management. In adaptive transparent pinging, a ping interval that defines a frequency at which ping messages are transmitted from an initiating host to a receiving host to check connection status is dynamically regulated based on data indicative of the reliability of a connection. In clone blocking, the receiving host verifies that a new connection that appears redundant is a re-established connection from the initiating host rather than a cloned connection. In bandwidth leveling, data bursts pending on initiating hosts that exceed a predetermined size are scheduled for transmission to receiving hosts. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099280 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE ACCESS TO REMOTE NETWORKS UTILIZING WIRELESS NETWORKS - The present disclosure provides secure connectivity to remote networks on demand without requiring an interactive logon at a wireless client. Specifically, the present invention utilizes a proxy in a wireless network, such as an Access Point (AP) or the like, to provide client access to a remote, hosted network external to the wireless network. The present invention utilizes existing wireless security protocols and other security mechanisms between the proxy and the remote, hosted network. In operation, a wireless network proxy responds to a wireless client that is seeking a remote, hosted network, such as through an association request. The wireless network proxy then serves as an intermediary between the remote, hosted network and the wireless client to enable secure end-to-end communication. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099281 | System and Method for Managing Emergency Requests - A network component is provided. The network component including a component configured such that the network transmits a response message containing an indicator indicating that a first message is an emergency-related request, and such that the network receives a second message containing information associated with a user equipment (UE). | 2011-04-28 |
20110099282 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL (SIP) IDENTITY VERIFICATION - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for verifying the identity of a SIP user seeking to establish a session are disclosed. Methods for verifying the identity of a SIP user seeking to establish a session described herein may be performed at a computing platform that includes a SIP user agent. According to one method, an INVITE message for establishing a session is received, where the INVITE message includes sender identification information and dialog identification information. In response to receiving the INVITE message, a subscription request including the dialog identification information is sent to a second computing platform that includes a user agent identified by the sender identification information in the INVITE message. A response to the subscription request is received and, based on the response to the subscription request, it is determined whether the identity of the sender of the INVITE message can be verified. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099283 | USER SERVICE PROFILE-BASED PLUG-IN UPDATE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION SERVICE - A method and system for updating a plug-in in a device in Internet Protocol TeleVision (IPTV) system are provided. The method includes determining a second plug-in group selected from among a first plug-in group to be updated according to status information of each plug-in indicated in the first plug-in group in the device; and updating each plug-indicated in the determined second plug-in group. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099284 | Efficient Multiple Filter Packet Statistics Generation - Incoming data streams are managed by receiving a data stream on at least one network interface card (NIC) and performing operations on the data stream using a first process running several first threads for each network interface card and at least one group of second multiple processes each with an optional group of second threads. The first process and the one or more groups of second multiple processes are independent and communicate via the shared memory. The first threads for each network interface card are different than the group of second threads. The system includes at least one network interface card that receives a data stream, a first processor that runs a first process that uses a plurality of first threads for each network interface card and a second processor that runs at least one group of second multiple processes each with an optional group of second threads. The first process and the one or more groups of second multiple processes are independent and communicate via the shared memory. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099285 | Stream receiving device, stream receiving method, stream transmission device, stream transmission method and computer program - There is provided a stream receiving device including an information receiving unit for receiving stream control information for a 3D stream to be distributed from an exterior over a network, the stream control information being described using metadata, a stream securing unit for executing a process related to securing of the 3D stream to be distributed using the stream control information received by the information receiving unit before the 3D stream is distributed, and reserving the stream, and a stream receiving unit for receiving the 3D stream distributed over the network based on the result of reservation in the stream securing unit. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099286 | PERSONAL MEDIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A personal media broadcasting system enables video distribution over a computer network and allows a user to view and control media sources over a computer network from a remote location. A personal broadcaster receives an input from one or more types of media sources, digitizes and compresses the content, and streams the compressed media over a computer network to a media player running on any of a wide range of client devices for viewing the media. The system may allow the user to issue control commands (e.g., “channel up”) from the media player to the broadcaster, causing the source device to execute the commands. The broadcaster and the media player may employ several techniques for buffering, transmitting, and viewing the content to improve the user's experience. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099287 | POWER BASED RATE SELECTION - Systems and methods of selecting a data rate for a wireless communication device are disclosed. Data indicative of a power constraint of a first computing device using the wireless communication device may be transmitted to a second computing device. A maximum data rate may be identified based on, at least in part, a power constraint of the first computing device. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099288 | DYNAMIC SERVER SIDE FILTER CREATION - Disclosed is a system that optimizes transmission bandwidth of a broadband transmission system such as a cable television, satellite system, or wireless information service. Requests for content items from users are employed to add or delete content items from a list. Content items in the list are ranked relative to the number of requests received or by rate of request. Package groups are created with most requested content items being broadcast more frequently than less requested content items. Transmit groups are produced from package groups and placed in a broadcast queue. A transmit process transmits groups retrieved from the queue. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099289 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ACCESSING DATA FROM A SOURCE BY A VARIETY OF METHODS TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE AND ENSURE DATA INTEGRITY - According to one embodiment, a system includes a data storage device having data stored therein and a native computer system having resident thereon a controlling operating system in communication with the data storage device. The system also includes a primary computer system having resident thereon a primary operating system in communication with the native computer system via a first connection, the primary computer system being in communication with the data storage device via a second connection that is not in communication with the native computer system, the primary computer system having a processor executing a primary application. A volume on the data storage device is under logical control of the controlling operating system of the native computer system, and the primary computer system reads or writes data to the volume directly via the second connection. Other systems, methods and computer program products are also described relating to accessing data. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099290 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING METRICS OF A CONTENT DELIVERY AND GLOBAL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT NETWORK - A method for determining metrics of a content delivery and global traffic management network provides service metric probes that determine the service availability and metric measurements of types of services provided by a content delivery machine. Latency probes are also provided for determining the latency of various servers within a network. Service metric probes consult a configuration file containing each DNS name in its area and the set of services. Each server in the network has a metric test associated with each service supported by the server which the service metric probes periodically performs metric tests on and records the metric test results which are periodically sent to all of the DNS servers in the network. DNS servers use the test result updates to determine the best server to return for a given DNS name. The latency probe calculates the latency from its location to a client's location using the round trip time for sending a packet to the client to obtain the latency value for that client. The latency probe updates the DNS servers with the clients' latency data. The DNS server uses the latency test data updates to determine the closest server to a client. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099291 | Address Couplet Communication Filtering - A method, apparatus, and system are disclosed that provide an approved address couplet listing for communication handling. An inbound communication including sender and recipient field entries may be compared as a pair or couplet against the listing to determine whether the inbound communication should be discarded, subjected to additional (spam related) processing, or forwarded for storage or delivery purposes. The comparison may take place in conjunction with one or more hashing functions. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099292 | HANDHELD COMPUTER SYSTEM THAT ATTEMPTS TO ESTABLISH AN ALTERNATIVE NETWORK LINK UPON FAILING TO ESTABLISH A REQUESTED NETWORK LINK - A computer system that attempts to establish an alternative network link upon failing to establish a requested network link is described. The computer system may encounter conditions where access to numerous networks, in particular wireless networks, is not available. Rather than only providing an error message to the user upon a failed attempt to establish the requested network link, the computer system determines whether the user has designated an alternative network link in case the requested network link cannot be established, whereas the alternative network link is selected from the plurality of network links that the computer system is configured to support. If an alternative network link has been designated, the computer system attempts to establish the alternative network link. Hence, the user experience is made smooth and uneventful when the requested network link cannot be established. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099293 | INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) ADDRESS POOL MANAGEMENT AND ALLOCATION - A device receives Internet protocol (IP) traffic flow data from network devices of a wireless network, groups the network devices into sets based on the IP traffic flow data, and estimates, based on the sets, information associated with the network devices. The device also groups the network devices into clusters based on the estimated information, ranks the clusters, and assigns IP address pools to each of the network devices based on the ranked clusters. The device further provides the assigned IP address pools to authorization, authentication, accounting (AAA) devices of the wireless network. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099294 | DYNAMICALLY REHOSTING WEB CONTENT - Dynamically rehosting at least one or more elements of a first resource originally hosted at an origin server. A dynamic web content transformation server receives a first HTTP request from an Internet client for the first resource that includes a value in a host header field that refers to the dynamic web content transformation server. The content transformation server transforms the first HTTP request including changing the value in the host header field to refer to the origin server, and transmits the transformed HTTP request to the origin server. The content transformation server receives an HTTP response from the origin server that includes the first resource that includes a client-side script that, when executed by the Internet client, makes a second HTTP request for a second resource hosted at the origin server. The content transformation server automatically transforms the HTTP response such that the client-side script, when executed by the Internet client, makes the second HTTP request for the second resource at the dynamic web content transformation server, and the content transformation server transmits the transformed HTTP response to the Internet client. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099295 | BLOCK FLOATING POINT COMPRESSION OF SIGNAL DATA - A method and apparatus for compressing signal samples uses block floating point representations where the number of bits per mantissa is determined by the maximum magnitude sample in the group. The compressor defines groups of signal samples having a fixed number of samples per group. The maximum magnitude sample in the group determines an exponent value corresponding to the number of bits for representing the maximum sample value. The exponent values are encoded to form exponent tokens. Exponent differences between consecutive exponent values may be encoded individually or jointly. The samples in the group are mapped to corresponding mantissas, each mantissa having a number of bits based on the exponent value. Removing LSBs depending on the exponent value produces mantissas having fewer bits. Feedback control monitors the compressed bit rate and/or a quality metric. This abstract does not limit the scope of the invention as described in the claims. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099296 | ACCELERATED ACCESS APPARATUS AND READING AND WRITING METHODS THEREOF - An accelerated access apparatus and reading and writing methods thereof are described. A processing unit is used to determine whether the continuation state of a plurality of first address parameters of first request signals. Each first request signal has a first address length. When the first address parameters are continuous thereamong, the processing unit converts one of the second request signals into a second reading command which has a second reading address and a second reading address length. The second reading address length is greater than one of the first address lengths. The processing unit executes the second reading command to read data content to be stored in a buffer unit based on the second reading address and the second reading address length for responding to the second request signals. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099297 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTELY CONFIGURING A DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH A LOCAL MACHINE - A system and method of configuring a USB device connected to a client machine includes detecting, by a local low level device insertion detection system of a client machine, a USB device connected to the client machine by a USB port, the client machine in communication with a remote machine via a remoting protocol; establishing, by the low level device insertion detection system of the client machine, a low-level connection by a USB remoting with a low level device insertion detection system executing in the remote machine; executing, by the remote machine, an application to determine whether to use a driver on the client machine or a driver on the remote machine to configure the device. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099298 | METHOD OF DETECTING ACCESSORIES ON AN AUDIO JACK - An apparatus comprises an audio or video jack connector configured to receive an audio or video jack plug of a separate device, a detection circuit in electrical communication with the connector, and a processor communicatively coupled to the detection circuit. The connector includes an electrical contact for connection to a conducting terminal of the plug. The detection circuit is configured to determine a resistance at the conducting terminal. The resistance is a resistive load of the separate device at the conducting terminal of the plug. The processor is configured to identify a function of the separate device according to the determined resistance, and configure an operation of the apparatus according to the determined function. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099299 | Mode Switching - Mode switching may be provided. A selection of a non-native mode for a first input device may be received having a native mode. Then the use of the first input device may be enabled in the selected non-native mode. Next, a switch may be detected from the first input device to a second input device and then a switch back to the first input device may be detected. The use of the first input device may be enabled in the native mode in response to detecting the switch back to the first input device. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099300 | CAMERA SHUTTER CONTROL THROUGH A USB PORT OR AUDIO/VIDEO PORT - An apparatus comprises a digital image sensor, a communication port, a detection circuit and a processor. The detection circuit is configured to detect a change in electrical resistance at a connector of the communication port. The processor is configured to initiate an operation of the apparatus according to the detected change in resistance. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099301 | Using Central Direct Memory Access (CDMA) Controller to Test Integrated Circuit - In an embodiment, an integrated circuit includes a direct memory access (DMA) controller configured to perform DMA operations between peripheral components of the integrated circuit and/or a memory to which the integrated circuit is configured to be coupled. Combinations of memory-to-memory, memory-to-peripheral, and peripheral-to-memory operations may be used. The DMA controller may be programmed to perform a number of DMA operations concurrently. The DMA operations may be programmed and performed as part of testing the integrated circuit during design and/or manufacture of the integrated circuit. The DMA operations may cause many of the components in the integrated circuit to be busy performing various operations. In some embodiments, programmed input/output (PIO) operations may also be performed while the DMA operations are in progress. In some embodiments, various parameters of the DMA operations and/or PIO operations may be randomized. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099302 | CONTENT PROCESSING APPARATUS - A content processing apparatus includes a first transferor which transfers a predetermined content to an external device when accepting a transfer operation to any one of contents stored in a memory device. A predictor predicts a time period required for a transfer process of the content designated by the transfer operation, based on the time period taken for the transfer process of the first transferor and a size of the content designated by the transfer operation. A second transferor transfers the content designated by the transfer operation to the external device. A controller determines whether or not the time period predicted by the predictor falls below a reference based on a remaining amount of a battery, so as to permit a transfer process of the second transferor when the determined result is positive while restrict the transfer process of the second transferor when the determined result is negative. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099303 | MULTI-CORE DATA PROCESSOR - To provide a multi-core LSI capable of improving the stability of operation. A multi-core LSI comprises a plurality of CPUs coupled to a first shared bus, one or more modules coupled to a second shared bus, a shared bus controller coupled between the first shared bus and the second shared bus, for arbitrating an access to the module (s) by the CPUs, and a system controller that monitors whether or not a response signal to an access request signal of the CPUs is output from module to be accessed, wherein the system controller outputs a pseudo response signal to the first shared bus via the shared bus controller to terminate the access by the CPU while accessing if the response signal is not output from the module to be accessed after the access request signal is output to the second shared bus from the shared bus controller and before a predetermined time elapses. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099304 | Controller and a Method for Controlling the Communication Between a Processor and an External Peripheral Device - The present invention relates to a data processing system based on a multithreaded operating system. The data processing system comprises at least one processor (PROC) for processing data based on multiple threads, at least one controller unit (CU) for controlling the communication between said at least one processor (PROC) and an external peripheral device (PD) connected to said at least one controller unit (CU). Said at least one controller unit (CU) comprises at least one buffer memory (BM) for buffering data from said peripheral device (PD) connected to said at least one controller unit (CU), and at least one memory managing unit (MMU) for managing the access to said at least one buffer memory (BM) by mapping said at least one buffer memory (BM) into N banks (C | 2011-04-28 |
20110099305 | Universal Serial Bus Host Control Methods and Universal Serial Bus Host Controllers - A USB host control method is provided for a USB host controller. The USB host controller includes a USB device and a buffer, the USB device includes one or more endpoints. The USB host control method includes the steps of: storing first output data to be sent to a first endpoint into one or more buffer units used for the first endpoint; sending the first output data to the first endpoint; and when a first predetermined response from the first endpoint is received, configuring fake releasing labels and information tags corresponding to the first endpoint in the one or more buffer units, and not releasing the one or more buffer units. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099306 | ENABLING CONSECUTIVE COMMAND MESSAGE TRANSMISSION TO DIFFERENT DEVICES - In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for transmitting a frame information structure (FIS) message from a host controller or receiving a FIS message at the host controller, transmitting a synchronization signal from the host controller to a port multiplier coupled to the host controller via a link and sustaining a transmit ready signal from the host controller to the port multiplier to thereby lock the link between the host controller and the port multiplier after sending the synchronization signal, and transmitting multiple command FIS messages from the host controller to the port multiplier in a back-to-back manner, where the back-to-back command FIS messages are directed to different devices. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099307 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR READING IMAGE FILES USING THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for reading image files using an electronic device sends a communication command from a field programmable gate array (FPGA) of the electronic device to a host computer, receives a read command for reading an image file sent from the host computer by the FPGA. The method further reads the image file from a storage device of the electronic device if the storage device includes the image file, parses the image file, places the parsed image file in a virtual drive of the FPGA, and reads the parsed image file from the virtual drive of the FPGA by the host computer. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099308 | SPLIT TRANSACTION PROTOCOL FOR A BUS SYSTEM - A method of and apparatus for communicating between a host and an agent. The method includes the step of performing a first transaction between a host controller and a hub. The hub is operable to perform a single transaction with an agent based on the first transaction. The method then includes the step of performing a second transaction between the host controller and the hub. The second transaction is based on the single transaction. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099309 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT FOR CPU - A power supply circuit includes a PWM controller capable of providing pulse signals to a CPU, and an I/O controller electrically coupled to the PWM controller and the CPU respectively. The I/O controller is capable of receiving voltage selection signals from the CPU and outputting a control signal to the PWM controller. The PWM controller is capable of adjusting pulse signals provided to the CPU according to the control signal. | 2011-04-28 |
20110099310 | CONTROLLING PASSTHROUGH OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MULTIPLE BUSES - A demodulator can include first data and clock pads to couple the demodulator to a host device via a first bus, and second data and clock pads to couple the demodulator to a radio frequency (RF) tuner via a second bus. The device may further include passthrough logic to couple host data and a host clock from the first bus to the second bus and to couple tuner data from the second bus to the first bus during a passthrough mode. During this mode, however, the two buses may remain electrically decoupled. When the passthrough mode is disabled, the RF tuner is thus shielded from noise present on the first bus. | 2011-04-28 |