22nd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 53 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120136929 | INTERACTION-BASED UPDATE DELIVERY FOR USER GENERATED CONTENT - An apparatus and method for assisting in delivering update contents in computer networks are provided. The computer networks also comprise at least one peer client, and the assistant apparatus comprises: an evaluating unit configured to evaluate a user's interaction preference according to the user's interaction history; and a prefetching unit configured to evaluate, in response to the received update notification, whether to prefetch the update contents corresponding to the update notification according to the evaluated interaction preference, and, if prefetching, obtain the update contents from at least one peer client. The corresponding method is also provided. With the apparatus and method in this invention, the update contents in computer networks can be delivered between peer clients, not via the server, which reduces the server load without impairing user experience on client side. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136930 | INTERRUPTION DISPLAY SYSTEM, CONTENT INFORMATION PROVISION SERVER DEVICE, AND CLIENT DEVICE - There is provided an interruption display system that displays interruption display information at a suitable position when interrupt information transmitted from an external server is displayed in such a manner as being overlapped on buttons while contents transmitted from a server device are received and displayed by a client device. A content information providing server device ( | 2012-05-31 |
20120136931 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR PROCESS FIELD DEVICE - A field device for use in an industrial process, includes a process interface element configured to measure or control a process variable. Communication circuitry is configured to communicate with another location. A communication system is configured to provide communications between at least two components in the field device. A signal inverter couples an inverted signal from the communication system to other circuitry to thereby reduce interference received by the other circuitry. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136932 | MIRRORING MESSAGING STATUS - A messaging status associated with a first user is determined. A messaging status associated with a second user is set based upon, at least in part, the determined messaging status associated with the first user. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136933 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SHARING CAPTURED DATA IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for acquiring captured data and for transmitting the acquired data to neighboring devices while acquiring the data and after completion of acquisition so as to share the data with other devices in same network. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136934 | DEVICE, SERVER, AND METHOD FOR SHARING DEEP LINKS OVER SOCIAL NETWORK - An audio video display device (AVDD) includes a display and a processor controlling the display to present an Internet-sourced program. Additionally, the processor causes the display to present a “share” selector element selectable by a user to cause a link associated with the program to automatically be sent to a friend device over a social networking site. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136935 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MOBILE P2P SERVICE - A mobile P2P system includes a mobile tracker node and a super peer node. The mobile tracker node is located in a dedicated wired network operating in conjunction with an internet network to which a plurality of peer nodes are connected, and manages information of a plurality of mobile peer nodes connected to a wireless access network. A peer list containing information on one or more peer nodes having the content queried by the plurality of mobile peer nodes is transmitted to the mobile peer nodes, the one or more peer nodes including the mobile peer nodes and the peer nodes on the internet network. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136936 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING DYNAMIC ACCESS CONTROL RULES TO PERSONAL CLOUD INFORMATION - A system and method are provided for sharing data of a user with contacts, the method comprising collecting the contacts from the user, collecting data related to the communications between the user and his contacts, and automatically grouping the contacts into different groups based on a level of communications between the user and the user's contacts, defining an access level for each group, with each access level granting access to some part of the user's data based on the access level. Advantageously, this permits a dynamic assignment of authority to access content that does not have to be actively managed by the user. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136937 | AUTOMATED EVALUATION OF CONTENT BASED ON USER ACTIVITIES - Embodiments of the present invention provide an automated scheme for identifying high/low value content. Playback data from users in a social network may be periodically submitted by users of the social network. The playback data indicates segments of content, such as audio or video that the user has skipped over or tagged as low value. The playback data may also indicate segments of content that the user has repeated or tagged as high value. The playback data is then analyzed in aggregate and various clips are identified. In addition, the playback data may be compiled and organized among the users for future use. The playback data may be used to indicate segments of high/low interest to peers in the social network or to arbitrary users. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136938 | Method and Apparatus for Call Proceeding in Call Control of Application Server - The invention discloses a method for call proceeding in call control of an application server, comprising: the application server sending an Offer message to a second party after making a media consultation with a first party; the application server receiving an Answer message sent from the second party, and transforming the Answer message into the Offer message and then sending to the first party, wherein, the Offer message carries a confirmation request for a Precondition state of the first party; the application server receiving the Answer message sent from the first party, wherein, the Answer message carries a confirmation response to the Precondition state from the first party; when determining that the Answer message meets a condition for transforming the Answer message, the application server transforming the Answer message into the Offer message and then sending to the second party. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136939 | CONTEXT-INFORMED SUMMARIZATION - A method and computer program product for context-informed summarization is described. A method may comprise determining, via a computing device, a context of a communication. The method may further comprise determining, via the computing device, a summarization attribute for the communication based upon, at least in part, the context of the communication. The method may also comprise creating a summary of the communication based upon, at least in part, the summarization attribute. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136940 | ON-DEMAND AUTOMATIC MESSAGE QUEUE AND TOPIC DEPLOYMENT - Some embodiments of a system and a method to automatically deploy message queues on-demand in a computing system have been presented. An application server may configure an application messaging service according to a set of rules in a configuration file. In response to applications requesting to access messaging queues for the first time, the application server may automatically deploy messaging queues on-demand following the set of rules in the configuration file. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136941 | USER SPECIFIC SHARING FEATURE - A system for determining sharing options comprises a client with a web browser, an application server, and a content server. The browser tracks the user's browsing activity and transmits user data associated with the user's browsing activity to the application server. The application server analyzes the received user data, determines sharing options for the user based on the analysis, and transmits the determined options to the browser. The browser displays the received sharing options in response to the user indicating a desire to share content with the intended recipients. The system also enables the user to share with intended recipients the content stored on the user's machine. The browser transmits the content from the user's machine to a server accessible by the intended recipients. The system then creates a link for accessing the content stored on the server and transmits the link to the user and/or the intended recipients. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136942 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NOTIFYING A COMPUTING DEVICE OF A COMMUNICATION ADDRESSED TO A USER BASED ON AN ACTIVITY OR PRESENCE OF THE USER - Disclosed herein are methods and systems for notifying a computing device of a communication addressed to a user based on an activity or presence of the user. According to an aspect, a method includes storing identification of a computing device associated with one or both of an activity and presence of a user. For example, the identification may be stored in a mobile device. The method may include receiving a communication addressed to the user. For example, the communication may be received at a mobile device and managed by a communication manager. In response to receiving the communication, the communication manager may apply a communication rule for notifying the computing device of the communication based on the activity and/or presence of the user. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136943 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEAMLESS INTERACTION AND CONTENT SHARING ACROSS MULTIPLE NETWORKS - A system and method for communication between a plurality of users in a communication network are disclosed. Each of the plurality of users is associated with at least one communication device. The method includes receiving a message from a sender intended for at least one recipient in the communication network wherein the sender has initiated sending of the message using the associated communication device. The message may be selected from a group comprising text, audio, video and multimedia. The method further includes customizing the message for at least one communication device associated with the at least one recipient based on a set of rules. Additionally, the method includes delivering the customized message to the at least one communication device associated with the at least one recipient based on the availability of the at least one recipient on the at least one communication device. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136944 | Method For Dynamic Discovery of Control Plane Resources and Services - An apparatus comprising a processor configured to discover one or more peer processors associated with a network component in a dynamic manner by detecting an announcement message from a peer processor, wherein the announcement message is multicast from the peer processor when the peer processor is added or activated on the network component. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136945 | TERMINAL AND INTERMEDIATE NODE IN CONTENT ORIENTED NETWORKING ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATION METHOD OF TERMINAL AND INTERMEDIATE NODE - A content sharing method of an intermediate node based on a content oriented network (CON) is provided. The method includes receiving, from a content requesting terminal, a proxy sharing request message with respect to a content including a content name of the content, the content including a plurality of data segments, generating data segment request messages with respect to each of the plurality of data segments corresponding to the content, in response to the reception of the proxy sharing request message, transmitting the data segment request messages to at least one terminal having the plurality of data segments, receiving the plurality of data segments from the at least one terminal, and transmitting the content to the content requesting terminal, using an aggregated data transmission scheme based on the received plurality of data segments. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136946 | Cluster server in instant messaging system and method for communicating between clusters - This disclosure discloses a cluster server and a messaging method between clusters in an instant messaging system, wherein in the cluster server, a storage unit is configured to store the first subscription information that a client user of the inner-cluster subscribes the presence state of a client user of an external cluster and the second subscription information that a client user of the external cluster subscribes the presence state of a client user of the inner-cluster; an information classification unit is configured to determine whether the communication message transmitted between the client user of the inner-cluster and the client user of the external cluster is a state-presence related message; and an information transmission unit is configured to transmit the communication messages according to the first and second subscription information when the communication message is a state-presence related message. Through the cluster server and method of this disclosure, by classifying the messages between the clusters, the objectives of effectively using the network bandwidths between the clusters and improving the messaging efficiency and the bearing capacity of the whole instant messaging system are fulfilled. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136947 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MESSAGE TRANSMISSION - A method, apparatus and system for transmitting messages are provided. The method comprises the following steps: a SIP/IP core to which a converged service system belongs, receives a message transmitting request from a participant function module (PF) to which a converged service user belongs or a controller function module (CF) to which a group user address belongs, wherein the message transmitting request carries the destination user address of this message; the SIP/IP core transmits the message to the above destination user address, if the transmission is failed, then the PF/CF judges whether it needs to transmit the message by means of traditional message service; and the converged service system transmits the message to the destination user according to the judgment results. With the present invention, the technical effects of improving the message transmission efficiency of the converged service system, and enhancing the user experience are achieved. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136948 | RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF MESSAGE AUTHENTICATION - Techniques are presented for uniquely identifying authentication associated with messages. A message is inspected for sender or domain identifying information associated with a sender of the message or a sender's domain. The identifying information is authenticated, and if authentication, then distinctive metadata is associated with the message. The distinctive metadata is presented or played in connection with the message for purposes of readily identifying the authentication. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136949 | System and Method for Enabling Applications to Communicate Using a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) System - A method and system are provided for enabling applications on a mobile device to utilize a peer-to-peer platform on the mobile device. The method comprises providing an interface between an application and a peer-to-peer (P2P) platform on the mobile device; obtaining data from the application; using the P2P platform to include the data from the application in a P2P message; and sending the P2P message to another mobile device to enable a complementary application on the other mobile device to utilize the data from the application. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136950 | COMPRESSION OF MESSAGE INFORMATION TRANSMITTED OVER A NETWORK - Disclosed are systems and methods for providing message compression instructions by communicating with a plurality of sender machines and a plurality of receiver machines and monitoring one or more messages from the plurality of sender machines. The disclosed systems and methods may also identify a part of the one or more messages that is frequently included in a plurality of the messages sent by the plurality of sender machines, dynamically determine compression instructions to compress this part of the message, and provide the compression instructions to at least one of the plurality of sender machines, such that the compression instructions reduce size of the messages having the part of the message associated with the compression instructions. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136951 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING DOCUMENTS EXCHANGED OVER EMAIL APPLICATIONS - Disclosed herein are methods and systems for monitoring and detecting changes in files attached to incoming emails. In one embodiment, if files are attached to an outgoing email, the change service uniquely tags each of the attached files and optionally stores local or remote copies of the tagged files. Additionally, in embodiments, the change service monitors and intercepts incoming emails. If files are attached to an incoming email, the change service identifies whether the files are tagged in a manner unique to the compare service. The change service then matches uniquely tagged files in the incoming email to corresponding files previously tagged by the change service. The change service then compares the two documents and generates reports that identify changes in the received document in relation to the transmitted document. Further, in embodiments, the change service provides visual indicators of the changes within the email application. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136952 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING DOCUMENTS EXCHANGED OVER EMAIL APPLICATIONS - Disclosed herein are methods and systems for monitoring and detecting changes in files attached to incoming emails. In one embodiment, if files are attached to an outgoing email, the change service uniquely tags each of the attached files and optionally stores local or remote copies of the tagged files. Additionally, in embodiments, the change service monitors and intercepts incoming emails. If files are attached to an incoming email, the change service identifies whether the files are tagged in a manner unique to the compare service. The change service then matches uniquely tagged files in the incoming email to corresponding files previously tagged by the change service. The change service then compares the two documents and generates reports that identify changes in the received document in relation to the transmitted document. Further, in embodiments, the change service provides visual indicators of the changes within the email application. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136953 | EMAIL SYSTEM - A system and method are disclosed for providing interaction with mail data on a server. Providing interaction with mail data on a server comprises receiving mail information from the server; updating data structures in a client using the mail information received; operating on the mail information at the client and displaying operation results on the client; sending operation information to the server so that the same operation may be executed on the server. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136954 | DISTRIBUTING MESSAGES IN MULTIPLE FORMATS IN TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method of translating a source message having a first set of defined word fields in a source message format, into a sink message having a second set of defined word fields in a desired sink message format. A common message format (CMF) is defined to have a third set of word fields that corresponds to a union of the first and the second sets of word fields. For any given word field in the third set of word fields in the CMF, information contained in a corresponding word field in the source message, if any, is mapped to the given word field in the CMF. For any given word field in the second set of word fields in the sink message format, information contained in a corresponding word field of the CMF, if any, is mapped to the given word field in the sink message. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136955 | GPS EMBEDDED INTERACTIVE NETWORK INTERFACE - A computer implemented system for generating an output message stream from multiple input streams in which particular messages are prioritized. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136956 | ADAPTIVE PRECISION TIMING CONTROL IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Methods, devices, and computer program products facilitate establishing timing synchronization between two network entities. The timing information is exchanged between a slave device and a master device at the discretion of the slave device. The exchange of timing information can, therefore, be conducted adaptively based on the needs of the salve device. The timing information is also exchanged using fewer messages, thereby reducing network traffic, reducing overhead and facilitating synchronization acquisition. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136957 | PORTABLE CLIENT AND SERVER PLATFORM - A portable client and server platform system is disclosed. The present system provides the abstraction of host applications in a master host platform from clients and hosts. The abstraction allows for unique scalability and cross-platform designs for large enterprise applications. The present system allows the download of a single client application onto a client to provide expansive user functionality. The functionality of the single client application is common yet specific to requirements of the operating systems, firmware, drivers, and hardware of the clients. This architectural approach abstracts the client platforms from the host applications of the master host platform. The present system has server-side application logic and switching capabilities in the master host platform; thus, the host applications are capable of remotely controlling various client platform resources for presentation of software applications onto remote clients. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136958 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING PROTOCOL DATA UNIT OF INTERNET SMALL COMPUTER SYSTEMS INTERFACE - A method for analyzing a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) of an internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) is used for processing a data write request of the iSCSI. The method includes sending the data write request to a target; the target generating a Ready to Transfer (R2T) PDU according to the data write request, and transferring the R2T PDU to an initiator; the initiator generating multiple groups of Data Out PDUs, and writing a scatter/gather block in a target transfer tag of each Data Out PDU; the target finding the corresponding scatter/gather block according to the target transfer tag, and obtaining a host buffer from the scatter/gather block; the target executing a Direct Memory Access command, so as to directly write a payload content received by the target in the host buffer; and after the target completes the write request, the target sending out an RSP PDU to the initiator. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136959 | DETERMINING DEMOGRAPHICS BASED ON USER INTERACTION - Methods and systems for determining demographics based on user interaction are provided. Demographic information is maintained in association with certain indicators. Information regarding user interaction related to an item of interest is accessed, and indicators may be identified based on the user interaction information associated with a user. It is determined that the user belongs to one or more demographics based on the identified indicators, and a report may be generated. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136960 | Cloud Storage Data Access Method, Apparatus and System - This invention relates to technology field of cloud storage and especially relates to a cloud storage data access method. The method comprises: a step of data storing and a step of data retrieving. The data storing step comprises: converting a file to be stored into a group of data blocks to form a physical part of the file, saving a logical part of the file, which is formed by information of restoring the physical part back to original file; distributing the physical part to multiple cloud storage data centers for storage; and saving storing location information of the data blocks of the physical part in the cloud storage data centers in the logical part; the step of data retrieving comprises: acquiring the file's logical part according to a file access request; retrieving the physical part of the file from at least one of the cloud storage data centers according to the logical part information and restoring the physical part to the original file according to the logical part information. This invention also provides a cloud storage data access apparatus and system. This invention improves cloud storage data access performance, facilitates storage space saving, increases data transmission bandwidth, and strengthens data security. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136961 | SYSTEM, SERVER AND METHOD FOR ADMINISTRATING REMOTE DEVICE - A system, a server, and a method for administrating a remote device are provided. The system includes a target device and a server. The server is coupled to the target device. The server includes a database and an event notice interface. A command content of a remote device administration command to be transmitted to the target device is recorded into the database, and a command number of the remote device administration command is recorded into the event notice interface. The server checks the event notice interface and sends the command content from the database to the target device according to the event notice interface. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136962 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING DATA - Disclosed are system and methods for distributing data. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136963 | CONTENT TRANSMISSION METHOD, CONNECTION-TARGET STORAGE, AND CONTENT TRANSMISSION PROGRAM - A content transmission method includes: a step in which a client device transmits a partner list request to a connection-target storage; a step in which the connection-target storage transmits the partner list request to a partner storage; a step in which a partner storage transmits a partner content list that is a list of contents in the partner storage, to the connection-target storage; a step in which the connection-target storage transmits the partner content list to a client device; and a step in which the client device transmits a data transmission request including transmission-source information indicating a content that is selected based on the partner content list and that is transmitted to the connection-target storage, to the connection-target storage. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136964 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING PROGRAMMABLE FEATURES OF AN APPLIANCE - An interactive interface facilitates the setting of preferences and other programmable parameters of an appliance. The interface is hosted by a server on a global computer network. The appliance owner initiates a connection to the server and is presented with a graphical user interface for setting the preferences and features of the appliance. Once the desired settings have been made, they are downloaded to the appliance either directly from the server or the appliance owner's computer or indirectly using a portable transfer device. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136965 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Content Blocking - Methods, systems, and products block objectionable content and substitute alternative content. A preferred tag is retrieved from memory. An alternative tag, associated with alternative content, is also retrieved from the memory. When the preferred tag matches the alternative tag, then the alternative content is substituted for the objectionable content. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136966 | Background File Sharing in a Segmented Peer-to-Peer Sharing Network - A peer-to-peer file sharing client with background file sharing is provided in a segmented peer-to-peer file sharing network. Each file sharing participant may designate an amount of bandwidth and/or storage space for background file sharing. Peer-to-peer file sharing clients then share file data and content in the background automatically. The client may participate in additional swarms, in the background, to generally increase the number of peers in file sharing networks, thus increasing the speed of downloading desired files for other users. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136967 | DATA TRANSFER DEVICE, DATA TRANSFER METHOD, AND DATA TRANSFER SYSTEM - A data acquirer acquires data from another device and stores the data in a buffer. A communicator transmits the data stored in the buffer to a data collection server. A line state acquirer acquires information on a line (line state data) and accumulates and stores the acquired line state data in a line state storer. A transmission data amount determiner determines a data amount transmittable by one connection to the data collection server based on the line state data stored in the line state storer. A transmission schedule generator generates a transmission schedule for data based on a total amount of data stored in the buffer and the data amount transmittable by one connection. The communicator transmits data according to the transmission schedule. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136968 | SUBSCRIPTION-BASED DIGITAL CONTENT MANAGEMENT AND DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A subscription-based digital content management and delivery system for managing and delivering digital content including and application layer with presentation, service, model and persistence sub layers. A task management functional model is provided for receiving data from clients, creating an issue with client-supplied digital content and publishing the issue to users. Business rules are programmed in a back end of the system. A flexible task processing system communicates processing requests between clients and servers and maximizes interaction with users. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136969 | MULTI-CAST DOWNLOAD METHOD FOR IMAGE FILE - A multi-cast download method for downloading an image file is applicable to downloading the image file from an image file server to a computer. The multi-cast download method includes the steps of establishing a wire network connection and a wireless network connection in the computer, in which the wire network connection connects the computer and the image file server; and simultaneously performing a retransmitted packet receiving process and the following steps. The image file is downloaded from the image file server to the computer in a multicast manner by using the wire network connection. When a lost packet is detected, a packet retransmitting request corresponding to the lost packet is sent by using the wireless network connection and Transmission Control Protocol (TIC). | 2012-05-31 |
20120136970 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING COMPUTER DEVICE - A computer system and a method for managing computer devices, which are applicable to at least a computer device, are provided. The method includes the following steps: detecting a plurality of operation conditions of the computer device so as to obtain a system event log; triggering an alert event according to the system event log; turning the system event log into internet information according to the alert event and transmitting the internet information to a remote server through a internet, so as to use the remote server for interpreting the system event log. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136971 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING HOW MANY SERVERS OF AT LEAST ONE SERVER CONFIGURATION TO BE INCLUDED AT A SERVICE PROVIDER'S SITE FOR SUPPORTING AN EXPECTED WORKLOAD - A method comprises receiving, into a capacity planning system, workload information representing an expected workload of client accesses of streaming media files from a site. The method further comprises the capacity planning system determining, for at least one server configuration, how many servers of the at least one server configuration to be included at the site for supporting the expected workload in a desired manner. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136972 | CONTENT DATA REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A content player includes a communication unit configured to communicate with a server for authentication of the content player. The content player further includes a storage unit configured to store streaming content data received by the communication unit when the authentication of the content player is completed successfully. The content player further includes a reproducing unit configured to reproduce the stored streaming content data. The content player also includes a control unit configured to control the storage unit not to delete the stored streaming content data, and allow the reproducing unit to reproduce the stored streaming content data under the situation that the communication unit does not communicate with a server. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136973 | SCHEDULING OF MULTIPLE FILES FOR SERVING ON A SERVER - Multiple files a served using a server coupled to a data network. A plurality of files is determined, wherein a file includes an integer number of blocks, and wherein each block includes at least one input symbol. For each file, an indication of at least one channel on which to serve the file is determined, and, for each file, a rate at which to serve the file is determined. Also, a schedule for processing the blocks is determined, and output symbols for the blocks are generated according to the schedule. The output symbols are transmitted on the corresponding at least one channel, wherein the files are concurrently served at their corresponding rates. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136974 | IDENTIFYING KEYBOARD INACCESSIBLE NODE ON WEB PAGE - A method and apparatus for identifying a keyboard inaccessible node on a web page. The method may include acquiring all nodes in a DOM tree of the web page; identifying a mouse operable node among all the nodes; checking whether or not said mouse operable node is keyboard navigable and whether or not said mouse operable node is keyboard operable; and extracting the keyboard non-navigable node and the keyboard inoperable node as said keyboard inaccessible node. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136975 | SIMPLE HOME NETWORKING - A network management system is provided for managing a computer network. The management system is configured to represent the computer network as having one of a plurality of defined network states. Once the state of the network has been identified, the management system can assist the user in making modifications to the computer network and in making recommendations to the user for possible modifications to the computer network. These modifications can include, for example, configuring network devices, removing network devices, replacing network devices, and adding new network devices. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136976 | IDENTIFICATION OF A PRIVATE DEVICE IN A PUBLIC NETWORK - Methods, network address translation (NAT) devices, network nodes and system for allowing identification of a private device in a public network or treating traffic of a private device in a public network. The NAT may allocate a private IPv4 address to the private device, reserve a block of ports on the public IPv4 address for the private device and send an identification of the block of ports to a network node in the public network. The network node of the public network may receive an identification of a block of ports on the public IPv4 address indicating that the block of ports is reserved for the private device and activate a rule for treating traffic of the private device. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136977 | STORAGE APPLIANCE, APPLICATION SERVER AND METHOD THEREOF - A storage appliance system is disclosed which may include at least one application server for locally executing an application, and one or more storage servers in communication with the application server for I/O transmission therebetween. Also disclosed are an application server, a method, and a computer program product. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136978 | RACK SERVER SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD OF THE SAME - A rack server system management method adapted in a rack server system is provided. The rack server system management method comprises the steps as follows. The first information of a plurality of servers in the rack server system and the second information of a plurality of fan modules in the rack server system are updated every predetermined time period by a document management unit. A rack management module retrieves the first and the second information through polling the document management unit. The rack management module retrieves temperature values of the servers from the first information and adjusts the speed of the fan module according to the second information. A rack server system is disclosed herein as well. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136979 | METHOD FOR MANAGING DISTINCT IP ADDRESSES IN A SYSTEM AND RELATED SYSTEM - Logic performing unit acquires the IP addresses of operating systems and embedded management devices in network, and directly acquires a predetermined parameter from each embedded management device. Next, a reference value associated with the predetermined parameter is acquired by logic performing unit through the embedded management device's driver on the operating system under management, or the respective predetermined parameters are mounted onto respective embedded management device's virtual device by logic performing unit. If the predetermined parameter directly acquired from a specific embedded management device matches the reference value acquired through an embedded management device's driver on a specific operating system or if the predetermined parameter directly acquired from a specific embedded management device can be found in a specific operating system, logic performing unit can know a certain embedded management device and a certain operating system are on the same platform. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136980 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CONFIGURATION SETTINGS FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND SERVICES - A wireless mobile communication device includes a processing system, a memory device and software. The software is stored on the memory device and executable by the processing system to receive a policy setting, authenticate a sender of the received policy, and automatically apply the policy setting on the communication device based on a successful authentication of the sender. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136981 | ADMINISTERING DEVICES WITH DOMAIN STATE OBJECTS - Example embodiments of the present invention include a method for administering devices. Such example embodiments include receiving a domain state object, identifying an action in dependence upon the domain state object, and executing the action. In many example embodiments, receiving a domain state object includes receiving a signal to download the domain state object from a mobile sensor, and downloading the domain state object from the mobile sensor. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136982 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - An information management unit | 2012-05-31 |
20120136983 | Method and System for use in Network Management of Communications Network - A method for management of integration of a system in a communications network comprising sending a first message by a first system. In said first message the first system requests to be managed and provides information describing its requirements. In response to said first message said first system receives a reply from a second system which confirms that said first system is managed by said second system. Said reply comprises information about capabilities of said second system. If a network resource model of the first system changed said first system sends a second message comprising information describing its changed requirements. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136984 | SERVICE REALIZING METHOD AND SERVICE SYSTEM - A method for implementing a service and a service system, wherein the method includes: storing a service node address of a service in a peer-to-peer (P2P) node corresponding to a service identifier of the service in a P2P overlay network; a user equipment sending a service request including the service identifier to the P2P overlay network after acquiring the service identifier; a P2P node in the P2P overlay network receiving the service request sent by the user equipment, then acquiring the service node address from the P2P overlay network according to the service identifier and sending the service request to a corresponding service node according to the service node address. The service system includes a user equipment, a service node and a P2P overlay network. The present invention provides service routing based on the P2P overlay network. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136985 | DETECTING CONTROVERSIAL EVENTS - A method, device, and computer-readable storage medium storing instructions are provided for detecting controversial events that are reflected in user-generated content items. In a single-step approach, user-generated content items are received and analyzed by a controversial event detection module, which determines the likelihood that sets of content items reflect controversial events. In one example, public posts by users of a social networking service are grouped into snapshots of posts that are associated with an entity and were generated during a window of time. An event detection module may determine the likelihood that snapshots reflect events. In a two-step approach, event snapshots are provided to a controversy detection module, which determines the likelihood that event snapshots are controversial. In a blended approach, snapshots are provided to a controversy detection module, which determines the likelihood that snapshots are controversial events based in part on the event score. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136986 | Supervision Timer Control Mechanisms - Controlling a device having a shared processing resource includes ascertaining a supervision timer value for a client service that uses the shared processing resource. The client service is caused to make a server request and a supervision timer is set to cause a timeout after a supervision timer value time period. Ascertaining the supervision timer value includes ascertaining which of a number of use scenarios represents an operation state of the device, the use scenarios being at least in part distinguished from one another by which services are presently active, including the client service. Each of the plurality of services utilizes the shared processing resource when active. One supervision timer value is selected from a number of values each associated with the client service, selection being made at least partly as a function of the ascertained use scenario. The value is retrieved from the set of stored supervision timer values. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136987 | MANAGING TAG CLOUDS - A method, data processing system, and computer program product for managing tags. A computer system identifies one or more groups of similar tags from a multiplicity of tags proposed for inclusion in a tag cloud. The computer system identifies one or more representative tags to represent the respective one or more groups of similar tags. The computer system displays the one or more representative tags in the tag cloud instead of all the similar tags in the one or more groups of similar tags, and concurrently displays other tags in the multiplicity of tags that are not included in the one or more groups of similar tags. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136988 | DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH OPTIMIZATION FOR REMOTE INPUT - A method and system for optimizing network bandwidth usage in a remote desktop system. A client generates a stream of input events that contain position information of a cursor shown on a display of the client. The client estimates characteristics of a network that couples the client to a server. Based on estimation of the characteristics, the client adjusts the number of input events batched into a packet to be sent from the client to the server over the network. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136989 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECLASSIFYING VIRTUAL MACHINES TO TARGET VIRTUAL MACHINES OR APPLIANCES BASED ON CODE ANALYSIS IN A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for reclassifying a set of virtual machines in a cloud-based network. The systems and methods can analyze virtual machine data to determine performance metrics associated with the set of virtual machines, as well as target data to determine a set of target machines to which the set of virtual machines can be reassigned or reclassified. In embodiments, benefits of reassigning any of the set of virtual machines to any of the set of target virtual machines can be determined. Based on the benefits, the systems and methods can reassign or reclassify appropriate virtual machines to appropriate target virtual machines. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136990 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN A NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods are described for adjusting an item characteristic. An illustrative system includes a first network interface, a database storing information regarding a plurality of items, a load balancer, a web proxy processor configured to selectively block or route an inbound user browser request, a cache cluster system configured to cache data and states for access by other system components, and program code stored in computer readable memory, which, when executed is configured to receive a plurality of requests for items from corresponding users, wherein the plurality of requests are associated with corresponding offer amounts and determine what the users are to provide for the items based at least in part on how many requests were received, how many items are allocated to users, and/or how many unallocated items are available, wherein at least a portion of the users are to provide an amount different than their corresponding offer amount. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136991 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMPROVING A BROWSING EXPERIENCE - A wireless communication device ( | 2012-05-31 |
20120136992 | USAGE-SENSITIVE POLICY AND CHARGING CONTROL METHOD, SERVERS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS - In a policy and charging control method carried out by a server including a policy and charging enforcement function (PCEF), identification information for identifying a particular service instance of a particular service type is obtained. When a packet is received, the PCEF determines whether the packet belongs to the particular service instance by using the identification information and by inspection of at least one of Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) layer n control information of the packet, wherein n is an integer equal to or larger than 3, and the packet's payload. If it is determined that the packet belongs to the particular service instance, the PCEF updates a usage parameter representing an accumulated usage associated with the particular service instance. The PCEF then makes available to a policy and charging rules function (PCRF), the usage parameter or information derived therefrom. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136993 | MONITORING AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM - The present invention relates to the technical field of performance management for IT systems. More particularly, the present invention relates to a technology of performing monitoring on demand for a complex IT system. According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of system monitoring that includes: monitoring a performance parameter of a client of the system, determining, based on the performance parameter of the client, whether to monitor a service endpoint directly called by the client, locating the service endpoint to be monitored in response to a determination to monitor the service endpoint directly called by the client, and monitoring a performance parameter of the service endpoint. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136994 | INTERNET PROVIDER SUBSCRIBER COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A system, method, and computer readable medium for communicating at least one real-time specially-composed bulletin message to at least one subscriber of a provider of Internet services, comprising a first device, and a second device communicably coupled to the first device, wherein the first device: accesses only subscriber upstream traffic to a destination web site requested by the subscriber, wherein the first device inter-connects between the at least one subscriber and the destination web site, identifies the at least one subscriber's identification based on the accessed subscriber upstream traffic automatically provided by the subscriber, and provides the unique subscriber identification to the second device located at the provider of Internet services providing data services and management control to the first device, wherein the second device determines the subscriber associated with the unique subscriber identification. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136995 | Selective User Notification Based on IP Flow Information - An example embodiment of the present invention provides a process that uses IP flow information to selectively notify users of an application server of the server's unavailability. In the example embodiment, the process, which might run on a system comprising a router, monitors IP flow records as to dropped packets and learns that an application server has become unavailable. The process then uses the IP flow records to identify active users of the application server, for example, by passing a source IP address to a presence service. Once the process has identified an active user, the process determines a means of notification for the user, which might be through the presence service, and transmits a notification to the user as to the unavailability of the application server. In the example embodiment, the process transmits a later notification as to the availability of the application server, using reverse camp-on functionality. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136996 | METHOD FOR MANAGING NETWORK AND FOR PROVIDING SERVICE QOS - Provided is a network management method of a network manager. The network management method includes monitoring events including state information of a managed element wherein the events are published by the managed element included in a network, and generating commands for an action performed in the managed element according to the events, wherein the events are subscribed by the network manager managing the network. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136997 | Method and Apparatus for Sharing and Managing Resource Availability Data - An example approach is provided for sharing and managing resource availability information. One or more resource availability information is received. Further, one or more requests to access the one or more resource availability messages are received from at least one consuming device. Access to the one or more resource availability messages is reserved based, at least in part, on the one or more requests. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136998 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACCESSING LICENSABLE ITEMS IN A GEOGRAPHIC AREA - Methods and apparatus for accessing licensable items unique to a geographic area via a wireless device are provided. The method and apparatus may include obtaining access to licensable items available in a first location of the wireless device. The methods and apparatus may further include downloading a licensable item. The licensable item is associated with a license providing the wireless device with a right to distribute the licensable item. The methods and apparatus may also include leaving a virtual copy of the licensable item in a second location of the wireless device different from the first location using the right to distribute. | 2012-05-31 |
20120136999 | LOAD BALANCING HASH COMPUTATION FOR NETWORK SWITCHES - Techniques to avoid polarization in a communication network include a network switch or device having a first interface to receive a data unit or packet, and a second interface via which the packet is transmitted from the network device. The network device includes a hash value generator configured to generate, using a depolarizer, a depolarized key from an initial key (where the initial key is based on contents of the packet and the depolarizer is unique to the network device), and to generate a hash value based on the depolarized key and the packet by using a hash function that is common to all network devices in the network. The hash value may be optionally modified to load balance egress traffic of the network device. The network device selects an egress link or port, such as by determining an index into an egress table based on the (modified) hash value. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137000 | CHANNEL MANAGER FOR ACCESSING ELEMENTS FOR A SECURE WEB PAGE THROUGH A NON-SECURE CHANNEL - Particular embodiments generally relate to allowing access of non-secure elements through a non-secure channel when a top-level page was accessed through a secure connection. In one embodiment, a webpage is accessed over a secure channel. The webpage includes secure and non-secure elements. When a non-secure element for the webpage is determined, a client may message with the server to open a non-secure channel for accessing the non-secure element. For example, the client may request port information in the request. The server then can respond with port information for a non-secure channel. The client then accesses data for the non-secure element through the non-secure channel using the port information. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137001 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MIGRATING SUBSCRIBED SERVICES IN A CLOUD DEPLOYMENT - A decision system for providing ranked candidate cloud computing environments to customers for migration of subscribed services. The decision system can receive user usage history data and compare parameters of subscribed services on a host cloud to candidate clouds. Based on the comparison, a rank of candidate clouds for migration of the subscribed services can be determined and supplied to the customer. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137002 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BROKERING OPTIMIZED RESOURCE SUPPLY COSTS IN HOST CLOUD-BASED NETWORK USING PREDICTIVE WORKLOADS - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for brokering optimized resource supply costs in a host cloud-based network using predictive workloads. In aspects, a set of usage histories can store patterns for users in a host cloud-based network recording the consumption of processor, memory, storage, operating system, application, or other resources subscribed to by the user. The operator of the cloud management system hosting the workloads of one or more users can track the aggregate user histories reflecting those workloads, and analyze them in terms of different time periods over which demands for resources may intensity or relax. The cloud management system can examine those workload patterns, and generate a set of predictively re-assigned workloads to be supported by different sets of resource servers during offpeak and/or other periods. The workload realignment to different resource servers can permit the operator of the cloud management system and/or other cloud provider to realize cost savings or other benefits by procuring resources on a predictive basis. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137003 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MIGRATING SUBSCRIBED SERVICES FROM A SET OF CLOUDS TO A SECOND SET OF CLOUDS - A decision system for providing ranked candidate cloud computing environments to customers for migration of subscribed services. The decision system can receive user usage history data and compare parameters of subscribed services on a host cloud to candidate clouds. Based on the comparison, a rank of candidate clouds for migration of the subscribed services can be determined and supplied to the customer. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137004 | Method and System for Operating a Commissioned E-Commerce Service Prover - A method for operating a commissioned e-commerce service provider provides services to businesses on a computerized network such as the Internet in exchange for a small commission on the commercial transactions generated using those services. Unlike most ISPs that provide services to individuals and businesses, the commissioned e-commerce service provider preferably provides Internet services for businesses operating web sites or other application that generate e-commerce transactions for the business. Instead of paying a monthly fee for the Internet services required to host a web site or operate and e-commerce site, the business contracts with the commissioned e-commerce service provider to provide these services based on receiving a percentage commission of the commercial transactions generated using these services. Preferably, the commission percentage is tiered in accordance with the amount of traffic at the site to provide a nominal level of service at a lower commission rate, yet allow for an exceptional volume of traffic to be accommodated by the site at a higher commission rate without having the site fail or the service become overwhelmed. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137005 | Semantic- and Preference-Based Planning of Cloud Service Templates - A mechanism is provided for evaluating a service based on a request for the service. At least one attribute, having at least one preference parameter, is assigned to at least one generic configuration, the at least one generic configuration comprising at least one resource. A request is received for the service having an assigned quality-of-service-value, and a respective preference parameter value is assigned to each of the at least one preference parameters based on the quality-of-service-value. Furthermore, a combination of the resources is selected based on the request, the combination of the resources forming a selected configuration. Additionally, the selected configuration is mapped to one of the at least one of the generic configurations and the at least one preference parameter of the at least one attributes of the mapped at least one of the generic configurations is mapped to the selected configuration. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137006 | COMPUTING SYSTEM AND COMPUTING SYSTEM MANAGEMENT METHOD - A computing system includes: a plurality of computing machines and a load balancer configured to allocate computing processing to the plurality of computing machines. In the computing system, the plurality of computing machines executes the computing processing, each of the plurality of computing machines includes an execution instruction unit that instructs to execute one of garbage collection (GC) and restart of the computing machine. The computing machine, in an active state in which the computing processing is allowed to be executed, switches a state of another standby computing machine to an active state when the active computing machine is instructed to execute one of the GC and the restart of the computing machine, and starts one of the GC and the restart of the computing machine after the switching is completed. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137007 | TRANSFERRING OWNERSHIP PRIVILEGES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for transferring ownership privileges. In one aspect, a method includes identifying an ownership privilege in a system that permits users to acquire a write lock on one or more resources in a plurality of resources. The ownership privilege for a first plurality of users located in a first geographic region is revoked based at least partly on a determination that a current time of day in a different, second geographic region satisfies a criteria. The ownership privilege is granted to a different second plurality of users located in the second geographic location responsive to the determination. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137008 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR INTER-USER EQUIPMENT TRANSFERS - A method for identifying an incoming request for an inter user equipment (UE) transfer. The method may include, but is not limited to, any one or combination of receiving an indicator for an inter-UE transfer (IUT) request from a subscription for which a first media and a second media communication session between a first UE and a second UE has been established, the IUT request associated with a third UE using at least one of XML and a media feature tag within a portion of a message request; and routing the IUT request to a service centralization and continuity application server. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137009 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING INCOMING AND OUTGOING COMMUNICATION - A system and method for managing incoming and outgoing communications may include a definition of if, when, and who may communicate with a recipient. The identification of the communication may be concealed in that no actual addresses, phone numbers, or other addressing identifications are required to be exchanged by the communication initiator and recipient. In an example, if the database contains call management settings for a call recipient, the application logic may evaluate the rules to determine if a particular caller is authorized to connect with the call recipient at the current time and date. The application logic may connect the call utilizing the public telephone switch. The caller and call recipient phone numbers may be stored in a database. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137010 | PROVIDING SERVER IDENTIFICATION TO A CLIENT - A request for a server identifier is responded to with one of two different server identifiers. A remote server identifier is provided if the remote server is available and a local server identifier is provided if the remote server is not available. A networked device may provide the server identifier in a networked system. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137011 | PEER-TO-PEER CONNECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE IN MULTI-NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - Provided are a peer-to-peer (P2P) connection system and method for use in a multi-network environment. The P2P connection system includes a user terminal configured to register connection information for connecting to the user terminal through each of a plurality of connectable networks in a location server; and the location server configured to store the connection information received from the user terminal. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137012 | Method for Dynamic On Demand Startup of a Process or Resource - An apparatus comprising a processor configured to startup a new process on a peer processor to off-load a load of a local process on the processor in a dynamic manner based on monitoring an amount of resources used by the processor, wherein the startup of the new process on the peer processor is initiated when the amount of resources used by the local process reaches a threshold. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137013 | Arrangement and Method for Interchanging Time Markers - An arrangement and a method for interchanging time markers between a first and a second network, wherein the time markers each comprise data packets having a payload comprising a coded time information item. A device is configured to receive a first time marker, directly remove the coded time information item, insert the coded time information item into a new data packet from the second protocol, and to send this data packet as a second time marker using the second network. The arrangement and method allow closed control of the time information or the clock of the time accepter across a network boundary. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137014 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROTOCOL IDENTIFICATION - A protocol identification method and a protocol identification device are provided. The protocol identification method includes acquiring a performance index of protocol characteristic information according to characteristic conditions of the protocol characteristic information; calculating identification probabilities of the protocol characteristic information employed by DPI under a preset statistical strategy according to a DPI identification result; determining an optimal sequence of all protocol characteristic information in a DPI identification library according to the performance index and the identification probabilities of the protocol characteristic information; and performing protocol identification on a received message according to the optimal sequence. The optimal sequence for protocol identification is determined according to the identification probabilities, the protocol characteristic information with a high match success probability may be matched first, and the protocol characteristic information with a high match failure probability may be matched later, which thereby improves the protocol match performance. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137015 | METHOD OF TARGETED AD INSERTION USING HTTP LIVE STREAMING PROTOCOL - A content delivery system and method that receives a request for a content stream that includes splice points. The method receives a playlist that includes an ordered list of media segment files that represent the content stream, and splice point tags, where generation of the media segment files aligns segment boundaries with the splice points in the content stream, and where each splice point tag is in a location in the playlist that corresponds to the position of one of the splice points in the content stream. The method identifies an insertion position in the playlist based on the location of the splice point tags, selects an advertisement segment, inserts the advertisement segment at the insertion position to create a modified playlist, removes the splice point tags from the modified playlist, and sends the modified playlist to the video display device. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137016 | DISTORTION-AWARE MULTIHOMED SCALABLE VIDEO STREAMING TO MULTIPLE CLIENTS - The described system and method provide joint rate control and scalable stream adaptation for multiple clients concurrently competing for the same access networks. For each such client, an optimization problem is constructed and solved to determine the streaming rate over each access network, the video packets to be transmitted, and the access network over which each video packet is sent. The rate control and stream adaptation problem is constructed as an integer program in an embodiment of the invention, with an objective to minimize a cost function of the expected video distortion. Randomized packet scheduling is accounted for in an embodiment of the invention by relaxing the integer program into real-valued optimization programs and deriving convex programming approximations. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137017 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SERVER USAGE IN PEER-TO-PEER (P2P) BASED STREAMING SERVICE - Provided is a system and method for controlling server usage in a peer-to-peer (P2P) based streaming service. The system to control server usage in a peer-to-peer based streaming service includes a concurrent connections number providing unit to calculate a number of peer clients concurrently connected to the peer-to-peer based streaming service; a non-transitory memory to store the number of peer clients concurrently connected to the peer-to-peer based streaming service; and a server usage controlling unit to control server usage for the peer-to-peer based streaming service based on a ratio of a variable associated with an influx rate of peer clients to the number of peer clients concurrently connected to the peer-to-peer based streaming service. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137018 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RECONFIGURATION AND REPARTITIONING OF A PARALLEL DISTRIBUTED STREAM PROCESS - A method of reconfiguring a stream process in a distributed system includes the initial step of managing a stream process including one or more operators. The one or more operators are communicatively associated with one or more stream targets. The one or more operators use a partition function to determine the routing of messages to the one or more stream targets. The method includes the steps of determining a safe state within the stream process, and configuring a configuration state of the one or more operators during the safe state. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137019 | TCP WINDOW SIZE PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - A system may include user equipment. The user equipment may determine a group of first Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) window size values based on different information relating to a wireless network, and determine a second TCP window size value based on the group of first TCP window size values. The user equipment may further transmit data using a transmission window size corresponding to the second TCP window size value. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137020 | Data Packet Encapsulation Methods - A data encapsulation system and related methods. Implementations may include: forming at least one frame having a data payload, a data sequence, and one or more control bytes; evaluating data to be stored in the data payload and setting a value of the one or more control bytes, where the value of the one or more control bytes may be equal to: a first control byte value where one or more values of the data correspond with the first control byte value; a second control byte value indicating a size of the data; or a third control byte value where one or more values of the data continue beyond the frame. The value of each one of the one or more control bytes for each of the at least one frames may be equal to either the first, second, or third control byte values. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137021 | NETWORK SERVER AND LOAD BALANCING ROUTING METHOD FOR NETWORKS THEREOF - A load balancing routing method for networks is disclosed. The routing method includes following steps. A network topology graph and a plurality of expected bandwidth demands corresponding to a plurality of source-destination pairs are received by a network server. A plurality of link criticalities of a plurality of links established according to the source-destination pairs is calculated by the network server according to the network topology graph and the expected bandwidth demands. A plurality of expected loads of the links is calculated by the network server according to the link criticalities. A plurality of cost values is calculated according to a plurality of residual capacities of the links and the corresponding expected loads. A better transmission path corresponding to each of the source-destination pairs is selected by the network server according to the weighted sum of the cost values corresponding to the links in the source-destination pair. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137022 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ADDRESS PROGRAMMABLE THROUGH REDUCED NUMBER OF TERMINALS - An electronic device includes a set of programming terminals for receiving corresponding programming signals, and assignment circuitry for assigning an address to the electronic device according to the programming signals. The assignment circuitry includes circuitry for providing a set of comparison signals, with at least part of the comparison signals that is variable during a non-zero comparison interval, and comparison circuitry for determining the address according to a comparison between the programming signals and the comparison signals during the comparison interval. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137023 | COMPUTER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING A REMOVABLE STORAGE DEVICE - A system and a method for recognizing removable devices of a computer device, and displaying a dialog box to prompt whether a removable storage device needs to be renamed and if so to receive input data accordingly from a user, if a USB port has been newly connected to the removable storage device. The recognition method further includes acquiring a unique port number of the USB port actually connected to the removable storage device, and acquiring a device name of a system disk name of the removable storage device originally allocated by the computer device, if the removable storage device needs to be renamed. The recognition method further may utilize the unique port number of the USB port as the new device name of the removable storage device in renaming it. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137024 | DEVICE HAVING MULTI-FUNCTIONAL PERIPHERAL AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A device including an attachable multi-functional peripheral device and a method of managing functions according to a connection between the device and the multi-functional peripheral device includes the steps of: checking a connected/disconnected state of the multi-functional peripheral device and an open/closed state of the folding device when a preset interrupt is generated; and controlling a functional operation related the preset interrupt according to the connected or disconnected state of the multi-functional peripheral device and the open or closed state of the folding device. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137025 | Communication Bus with Shared Pin Set - Bus communications are effected. In accordance with one or more example embodiments, a bus circuit is configured for communicating data in accordance with a main protocol (e.g., as a default), and for communicating with an alternate protocol when signals corresponding to the main protocol are not present. In some implementations, a sense circuit is used with input pins to sense a type of signal for bus communications, and to control communications on the bus with a protocol appropriate for the sensed signals, and for a main protocol when main protocol signals are sensed (e.g., for a default bus operation, or for test operation). | 2012-05-31 |
20120137026 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXAMINING USB PORT OF TEST APPARATUS - A device and method for examining a USB port of a test apparatus are characterized in that before a functional test is performed, with the test apparatus, on an electronic product equipped with a USB interface, the device including a USB connector, a connecting unit, and an alerting unit is connected to the USB port of the test apparatus so as to examine the power supply status of the USB port of the test apparatus. Accordingly, the electronic product equipped with the USB interface is efficiently protected against damage which might otherwise arise from unstable power supply to or an error in the USB port of the test apparatus during the ensuing functional test. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137027 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING INPUT/OUTPUT PORT STATUS OF PERIPHERAL DEVICES - A system and method for monitoring an input/output port status of peripheral devices are used for monitoring an operating status of each peripheral device of a main board. The system includes at least one peripheral device, a complex programmable logic device (CPLD), and an output apparatus. The CPLD is electrically connected to the peripheral devices. The CPLD further includes a protocol conversion unit and multiple data registers. The protocol conversion unit converts an operating status of the CPLD or the peripheral devices into device status information. The data register is used for storing the device status information. The output apparatus is electrically connected to the CPLD. The output apparatus is used for displaying the device status information in the data register. A user can observe the operating status of each of the peripheral devices of the main board conveniently. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137028 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING STATUS INFORMATION BETWEEN A MEDIA PLAYER AND AN ACCESSORY - A method, system, and connector interface for transferring status information between a media player and an accessory. The method includes determining, by the accessory, when a button event occurs; and transmitting, by the accessory, at least one button status command to the media player, where the one or more button status commands comprise a context-specific button status command and at least one command associated with a particular media type. According to the method and system disclosed herein, the media player and accessory may utilize a plurality of commands in a variety of environments such as within a connector interface system environment to facilitate the transfer of status information. | 2012-05-31 |