| 36th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 61 |
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| 20080215624 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PLAY LIST - A play list producing apparatus retrieves words related to a query from a thesaurus database, and selects one of the related words based on the respective degrees of relevancy of the related words to the query. Music data files having such metadata that correspond to the selected related word are retrieved from a music database. The retrieved music data files are evaluated about suitability for the play list. Based on the evaluation result, a music data file is selected and registered on the play list. Then, metadata attached to the just registered music data file is served as a query for retrieving the next music data file to be registered on the play list. These processes are repeated to register music data files one after another on the play list insofar as the produced play list satisfies conditions designated by the user. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215625 | Marking Sample Carriers - A method of marking a biological sample carrier by transferring information from a first information medium forming part of the sample carrier to a second information medium. The first information medium is optically readable and the second information medium is electronically readable. The method comprises the steps of determining first information from the first information medium, associating the first information with the second information medium and storing the sample carrier with the second information medium attached to the sample carrier. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215626 | Digital System and Method for Building Emergency and Disaster Plain Implementation - An emergency and disaster preparedness implementation system hosted on an integrated computer system with a secure network interface ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215627 | Standardized health data hub - A central health data repository stores health data from various data providers and provides data to various data consumers. The data hub is a standardized central repository that conforms to various standards, such as Health Level Seven (HL7). The data is received according to the HL7 specification and is transmitted to the various data providers using HL7. The data may also be transmitted as a continuous data feed. In this manner, a large volume of health data may be collected, stored, and disseminated using the data hub as a standardized service. A computer system includes one or more processors, an output network interface and an input network interface, a memory for storing multiple personal health records having fields for storing data in a proprietary format or in a standard format. The memory may also include an HL7 translation module and a data insertion/retrieval code module, wherein the computer system performs as a standardized health data repository for various entities in the healthcare industry. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215628 | Replacement part order processing apparatus, method for ordering replacement parts and computer-readable recording medium - A controlling unit of a replacement part management server specifies a maintenance target equipment and acquires order conditions from a responsible personnel terminal. The controlling unit acquires maintenance information and part information both relating to the maintenance target equipment. The controlling unit calculates prediction residual regarding target parts of an initial value setting process, and compares the prediction residual with the shortest cycle. When the prediction residual is smaller than the shortest cycle, the controlling unit sets the number of replacements in the part order data storing unit. When an initial value setting process regarding all the parts is completed, an order input screen is output. When an order request is received from the responsible personnel terminal, an order management server acquires part order data and transmits a preparation instruction of a PM kit to the purchaser. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215629 | TRACK SHUFFLING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and computer program product for defining an active playlist of media tracks for rendering in a defined sequence. A portion of the media tracks defined in the active playlist are rendered. A shuffle command is received from a user concerning the active playlist. A non-rendered playlist is generated. The non-rendered playlist defines one or more non-rendered media tracks included within the active playlist and excludes one or more rendered media track included within the active playlist. A rendering sequence is defined for the non-rendered playlist. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215630 | SIMILAR CASE SEARCH APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREFOR - More accurate search for similar cases can be carried out in the case where images by different imaging methods exist. An imaging information analysis unit obtains imaging information of search target images obtained by different imaging methods in the same examination from accompanying information of the images, and a similar case database storing similar case information sets each including examination ID, imaging information, a characteristic quantity, and image interpretation/diagnosis support information is searched in processing by a first similar case information search unit, a second similar case information search unit, and a judgment unit. A corresponding portion of the similar case information sets satisfying three conditions comprising agreement of the imaging information with the search target images, agreement of examination between the portion of the similar case information sets, and similarity of a content-based characteristic to the search target images is obtained. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215631 | ENHANCING WEB EXPERIENCES USING BEHAVIORAL BIOMETRIC DATA - A computerized method that provides a Web page having control structures for gathering behavioral biometrics. The method can receive behavioral biometric data in accordance with the control structures and in accordance with interactions of a user with the Web page. Additionally, the method can compare the received behavioral biometric data with at least one set of previously established values. The user can be profiled based upon comparison results. This profiling can affect the manner in which Web pages are provided to the user as well as the content contained therein. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215632 | Digital Media Asset Identification System and Method - The present invention provides a system and method for identifying and transferring digital media assets within a system through the use of identification data. The identification data is applied to each transferred copy and includes data specific to the customer and digital media asset. To facilitate transfers and ease of use the digital media assets can be made DRM-free. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215633 | Digital Media Asset Conversion System and Method - The present invention provides a system and method for identifying and converting digital media assets within a system through the use of identification data. A client device is examined to detect media assets lacking such identification data; the identification data is then applied to each detected asset with data specific to the customer and digital media asset. To facilitate transfers and ease of use the digital media assets can be made DRM-free. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215634 | Methods And Systems For Extracting Related Information From Flat Files - Methods and systems for extracting related information from multiple two-dimensional files are provided. The method includes comparing data contained in at least one field of each record of a first file to data in a related field of each record of a second file. A record is created in a temporary file for each occurrence of a match. The records of the temporary file contain the data from the matching records of the two files. Particular data is selected from the records of the temporary file according to user-specified conditions. The selected data is provided as output. The temporary file is thereafter deleted. In another embodiment of the invention, particular data is selected from the original files prior to inclusion in the temporary file. Associated systems are also provided. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215635 | Document management apparatus, document management program, and recording medium - A document management apparatus for managing stored documents together with document properties that are attribute information attached to the documents includes a document property continuous setting unit that continuously changes the document properties of each document of a plurality of documents when changing the document properties of the plurality of the documents. The document management apparatus may also include a candidate value attachment unit, a candidate value cancellation unit, and a document list display unit. The candidate value attachment unit automatically displays a candidate value for a document of the plurality of the documents, the properties of which are input based on a previously input value. The candidate value cancellation unit cancels a function of the candidate value attachment unit in accordance with a setting. The document list display unit is configured to display a list of selected documents subjected to property editing. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215636 | Systems and Methods Facilitating Communication with Remote Computers - A variety of systems and embodiments are disclosed. One embodiment provides a method including: maintaining a database including a plurality of records stored therein; obtaining first information derived from image or video data, the first information being derived remotely relative to performance of said method, the first information comprising a reduced-bit representation of the image or video data itself; determining whether the first information has been previously received with reference to at least the plurality of records stored in the database; and disregarding a request or action associated with the first information if the first information has been previously received. Of course, other combinations are provided and claimed as well. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215637 | LOGGING LAST RESOURCE - A logging last resource (LLR) system can provide a transaction log and transaction data to a LLR resource after a number of two-phase-commit resources have been prepared. The LLR resource manager can operate on the transaction log and transaction data in an atomic fashion so that the one-phase or local commit can be done. The one-phase or local commit can be done by the LLR manager in an atomic manner. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215638 | Operational qualification by independent reanalysis of data reduction patch - Methods systems and computer readable media for testing operation of an instrument controlled by a system under test. Raw data, used by the system under test to calculate reduced data, is inputted to an independent data reduction engine. Independent reduced data is calculated using at least one independent algorithm independent of a corresponding algorithm used by the system under test to calculate the reduced data. Values of the reduced data are compared with corresponding values of the independent reduced data, and at least one of outputting a result of the comparing for use by a human user, and storing a result of the comparing in memory are performed. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215639 | Data Synchronization - Synchronizing data between two data storage devices includes receiving, from an operating system, a file system message that includes an instruction to modify a first data storage device and executing the instruction on first and second data storage devices. In some implementations, the synchronization can create mirrored data without the need for additional hardware components. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215640 | METHOD OF PROCESSING APARTMENT TENANT STATUS INFORMATION - In a method of processing tenant information, a first set of tenant history data, in a first format, is pushed from a first apartment rental management organization database to a central server. A second set of tenant history data, in a second format different from the first format, is pushed from a second apartment rental management organization database to the central server. Selected elements from the first set of tenant history data and the second set of tenant history data are assembled into a central database in a standard format. The central database is stored on the central server. Tenant history data is provided from the central database to a selected apartment rental management organization. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215641 | HIGH SPEED DATA HISTORIAN - Techniques for operating an archival database, referred to as a historian, are disclosed. The historian may be used to archive values from a real-time database. Data values to be archived in the historian are first written to a short-term, high-availability repository, such as a memory-mapped database. As data values “fill” the short-term repository, an archival processor application may be configured to “drain” them from the short-term repository and store them in a high-capacity, long-term archive, such as a disk-based database. Thus, the short-term repository may be used to provide fast access to the recent operational history of a monitored system, (e.g., a complex pipeline network), where long-term archive may be used to provide access to a comprehensive operational history of the monitored system. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215642 | System, Method, And Service For Migrating An Item Within A Workflow Process - An item migration system generates a workflow process comprising logical nodes and physical nodes. Candidate physical nodes are associated with the logical nodes. An item generated at an initial logical node within the workflow process is inserted into the workflow and logically migrated to a subsequent logical node. The system determines whether the item requires physical migration based on properties of the item, characteristics of the subsequent logical node, characteristics of candidate physical nodes, and weighting factors applied to the properties and characteristics. If the item requires physical migration, the system selects an optimum target physical node from the candidate physical nodes. The present system migrates the item to the physical location corresponding to the selected physical node. Otherwise, the present system performs logical migration to the logical node without physical migration. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215643 | Mapping Apparatus for Backup and Restoration of Multi-Generation Recovered Snapshots - Restoration of data is facilitated in the storage system by combining data snapshots made by the storage system itself with data recovered by application programs or operating system programs. This results in snapshots which can incorporate crash recovery features incorporated in application or operating system software in addition to the usual data image provided by the storage subsystem. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215644 | Processing A Data Array With A Meandering Scanning Order Using A Circular Buffer Memory - The present invention relates to a data buffering device ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215645 | SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR PERSONALIZED RENDERING OF DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing devices capable of the reception and playback of one or more crafted media channels transmitted over an intermittent connection. The one or more channels may be customized by the end user to bias the programming towards individual tastes or moods. The channels may be delivered over an intermittent, unidirectional link, for example a Satellite Radio receiver in a home or car. Content may also be delivered over an intermittent, bidirectional link, for example to a portable media player via a wireless 802.11 or other networked connection. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215646 | EXTENSIBLE FILE SYSTEM - An extensible file system format for portable storage media is provided. The extensible file system format includes the specification of primary and secondary directory entry types that may be custom defined. The primary and secondary directory entry types can be further classified as critical and benign directory entries. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215647 | NAMING PROTOCOL FOR EXTENSIBLE FILE SYSTEMS - An extensible file system format for portable storage media is provided. The extensible file system format includes the specification of primary and secondary directory entry types that may be custom defined. The primary and secondary directory entry types can be further classified as critical and benign directory entries. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215648 | EFFICIENT PARALLEL BITWISE SWEEP DURING GARBAGE COLLECTION - A method, system, and program for efficient parallel bitwise sweeps of larger objects during garbage collection are provided. During a bitwise sweep, a helper thread scans a mark vector looking for a consecutive sequence of unmarked bits of a sufficient length following a marked bit. Once a consecutive sequence of unmarked bits of a sufficient length following a marked bit is detected, the helper thread fetches the size of a marked object corresponding to the marked bit. If the size of the marked object exceeds a size represented by the consecutive sequence of unmarked bits, the remainder of the bits representing the marked object are skipped, such that once a marked object is identified as potentially exceeding an object fetch threshold the helper thread efficiently skips the remainder of the bits represents the marked object and continues scanning for a number of consecutive zeroes indicating free space. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215649 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING PROGRAM PHASES WITH PERIODIC CALL-STACK SAMPLING DURING GARBAGE COLLECTION - A system for associating a phase with an activation of a computer program that supports garbage collection include: a plurality of stacks, each stack including at least one stack frame that includes an activation count; and a processor with logic for performing steps of: zeroing the activation count whenever the program creates a new stack frame and after garbage collection is performed; determining whether an interval has transpired during program execution; examining each stack frame's content and incrementing the activation count for each frame of the stacks once the interval has transpired; detecting the phase whose activation count is non-zero and associating the phase with the activation; and ensuring that when the phase ends, an action is immediately performed. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215650 | Efficient multiple input multiple output signal processing method and apparatus - A method and apparatus are disclosed for use with multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) signal processing techniques, which reduce the amount of memory and memory bandwidth used to store and access filter coefficients by compressing a filter coefficient based at least in part on one or more neighboring filter coefficients for storage and decompressing the filter coefficients when retrieved. The decompressed filter coefficients can be used with a MIMO filtering technique, and/or can be used to compress or decompress additional coefficients. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215651 | Signal Separation Device, Signal Separation Method, Signal Separation Program and Recording Medium - A frequency domain transforming section | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215652 | Constellation-Multiplexed Transmitter and Receiver - A device of dynamic communication of information allows, on the average, non-integer bits per symbol transmission, using a compact code set or a partial response decoding receiver. A stream of selectable predetermined integer bits, e.g., k or k+1 data bits, is grouped into a selectable integer number of bit vectors which then are mapped onto corresponding signal constellations forming transmission symbols. Two or more symbols can be grouped and further encoded, so that a symbol is spread across the two or more symbols being communicated. Sequence estimation using, for example, maximum likelihood techniques, as informed by noise estimates relative to the received signal. Each branch metric in computing the path metric of a considered sequence at the receiver is weighted by the inverse of the noise power. It is desirable that the constellation selection, sequence estimation and noise estimation be performed continuously and dynamically. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215653 | Data Processing Device with Multi-Endian Support - A data processing device includes at least one first and one second component which are coupled to one another. The first component is operable in a first endian mode, while the second component is operable in a second endian mode, which is different from the first endian mode. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215654 | Video Decoding with Reduced IDCT Calculations - Reduced complexity inverse discrete cosine transform (IDCT) masks and a method for reducing the number of IDCT calculations in video decoding are provided. The method comprises: accepting an n×m matrix of DCT coefficients; performing (n−y) horizontal IDCT operations, where y is greater than 0; performing y scaling operations; and, generating an n×m block of pixel information. Some aspects of the method further comprise: performing (m−z) vertical IDCT operations, where z is in the range between 0 and m/2. In some aspects, performing (n−y) horizontal ICDT operations includes performing IDCT operations for the first (n−y) horizontal rows. Then, performing y scaling operations includes: selecting the DC component from the first position of each horizontal row; scaling the selected DC component; and, copying the scaled DC component into the remaining positions of each of horizontal row. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215655 | Multi-carrier transmission process and system in a difficult environment with optimisation of emission power - The invention proposes a data transmission process, from a first unit ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215656 | FAST FOURIER TRANSFORM CIRCUIT AND FAST FOURIER TRANSFORM METHOD - A fast Fourier transform circuit includes a computation component, an extraction component and a setting component. The extraction component, at each step of the computation, extracts, from computation result data points calculated by the computation component, data in a pre-specified range with a number of bits the same as a predetermined number of bits, which is an effective range for a butterfly computations. The setting component sets the data points of the predetermined number of bits which have been extracted by the extraction component to serve as input data when butterfly computations of a next step are to be performed by the computation component. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215657 | Messaging Method - This invention relates to a short message format that captures useful information embedded in a data vector of a sequence of symbols or numbers. The data vector may represent many different forms of information generated by various electronic and information systems. This short message format is particularly useful when bandwidth limited communication links are used to transmit a data set that can be represented as a set of data vectors that is true for essentially all types of data. Described herein is an algorithm formulated to be useful for data communications problems associated with bandwidth limited communications links. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215658 | GENERIC IMPLEMENTATIONS OF ELLIPTIC CURVE CRYPTOGRAPHY USING PARTIAL REDUCTION - A reduction operation is utilized in an arithmetic operation on two binary polynomials X(t) and Y(t) over GF(2), where an irreducible polynomial M | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215659 | Round for Reround Mode in a Decimal Floating Point Instruction - a round-far-reround mode (preferably in a BID encoded Decimal format) of a floating point instruction prepares a result for later rounding to a variable number of digits by detecting that the least significant digit may be a 0, and if so changing it to 1 when the trailing digits are not all 0. A subsequent reround instruction is then able to round the result to any number of digits at least 2 fewer than the number of digits of the result. An optional embodiment saves a tag indicating the fact that the low order digit of the result is 0 or 5 if the trailing bits are non-zero in a tag field rather than modify the result. Another optional embodiment also saves a half-way-and-above indicator when the trailing digits represent a decimal with a most significant digit having a value of 5. An optional subsequent rewound instruction is able to round the result to any number of digits fewer or equal, to the number of digits of the result using the saved tags. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215660 | Three-Term Input Floating-Point Adder-Subtractor - The three-term input floating-point adder-subtractor includes a pre-processing circuit which divides three inputted terms into a mantissa having an exponent of maximum value, mantissa having an exponent of intermediate value and mantissa having an exponent of minimum magnitude and outputting a mantissa obtained by right-shifting the mantissa having the exponent of intermediate value and the mantissa having the minimum exponent with a width of 2n+3 bits and adjusting digits and the mantissa having the maximum exponent, a carry save adder (CSA) which reduces the mantissas from the pre-processing circuit from three terms to two terms, a carry look-ahead adder (CLA) which carries out addition on the mantissas of the two terms, a normalization circuit which makes a left shift so that the most significant bit becomes 1, a rounding circuit which uses an (n+3)th bit from the most significant bit as a new sticky bit, takes logical OR with the lower bits and performs rounding and an exponent operation unit which outputs a final exponent. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215661 | WAVEFORM CORRECTION APPARATUS AND WAVEFORM CORRECTION METHOD - This disclosure concerns a waveform corrector comprising a first portion calculating an offset value of an intermediate value between a maximum value and a minimum value of a signal with respect to a reference value; a second portion calculating an actual amplitude of the signal by subtracting the offset value from the maximum value or the minimum value; a third portion generating a first correction signal by subtracting the offset value from the digital signal; a fourth portion subtracting a value obtained by shifting a figure of the actual amplitude from the actual amplitude so that the actual amplitude converges into a reference amplitude; and a fifth portion subtracting a value obtained by shifting the first correction signal by an amount identical to a shift amount of the actual amplitude from the first correction signal so that the first correction signal converges into a second correction signal. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215662 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Value-added information is generated by collecting information relating to apparatuses from a plurality of users, and service is automatically and adaptively provided in a manner that satisfies each user's own preference. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215663 | Information distribution system, information distributing method, node, and recording medium - A node is provided in an information distribution system having a plurality of nodes capable of performing communication with each other via a network and in which at least one piece of distribution information is copied and stored into a plurality of nodes, the node managing node information indicative of a node that stores the copied distribution information. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215664 | OCCASIONALLY CONNECTED EDGE APPLICATION ARCHITECTURE - User devices may have connectivity with a backend server only occasionally. Provided is a communication means for such user devices to operate offline, when connectivity is unavailable, and to seamlessly transition to online connectivity when it is available. At least a subset of information from the backend server is communicated to the user device to enable the user to perform functions with the device regardless if the device is online or offline. The information from the user device can be communicated to the backend server when connectivity is established and/or can be communicated based on a cost verses value analysis. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215665 | Method for Generating an Updates Status Alert in a Device - A method for generating an update status alert at a receiving device, the receiving device operating in a network of participating devices, each participating device broadcasting status information about a monitored entity associated with a respective participating device, the method comprising the steps of: receiving broadcast status information from each of the participating devices; aggregating the received status information to derive a consensus of the status information received from each of the participating devices; comparing the derived consensus with the status of the monitored entity of the receiving device; detecting a difference between the derived consensus and the status of the monitored entity; and in dependence of a difference being determined, generating an update status alert at the receiving device. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215666 | Information Delivery Device and Information Processing Method - There is provided an information delivery device including a command transmission unit configured to accept a command request from a client and to transmit a command corresponding to the command request to a device, an information obtaining unit configured to obtain device information transmitted from the device as a response to the command, an information storage unit configured to store the device information obtained by the information obtaining unit, a judgment unit configured to judge which of current device information obtained by the information obtaining unit and past deice information stored in the information storage unit should be provided for a requesting source, the current device information corresponding to device information presently set to the device, and an information providing unit configured to provide one of the current device information and the past device information for the requesting source in accordance with a judgment result of the judgment unit. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215667 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING STORAGE SPACE ON A COMPUTER - An application and method for transmitting copies of data to a remote back-up site for storage, and for retrieving copies of the previously stored data from the remote back-up site. A user designates files from an originating computer for which to transfer copies to a designation computer. The originating computer transfer designated data to portable computer readable medium for storage. The portable medium is physically delivered to the destination user. The destination user uploads the stored data to the destination computer. The destination computer authenticates the uploaded data. If the data is authenticated, the destination computer stores copies of the designated files. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215668 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING LOCAL NETWORK DEVICE REMOTELY - A communication device, system and method for managing the local network device remotely include: a local gateway acquires the topology structure and the configuration information of the local network device, and sends them to a remote management server; the remote management server generates configuration instruction to manage the local network device accordingly. The local gateway can manage the local network terminal uniformly, and it is unnecessary that all terminals of the local network support the remote network management protocol. Moreover, the remote management server can easily know the condition of the network organization of the whole local network and optimize the configuration based on the topology of the local network. The solution of the present invention can omit the related information redundancy of the gateway and terminal, reduce the cost of consistency management, and simplify the NAT traversal mechanism when the remote management server visits the private network terminal | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215669 | System and Method for Peer-to-Peer Connection of Clients Behind Symmetric Firewalls - A system and method for establishing and maintaining two-way peer-to-peer network communication between clients who are behind symmetric firewalls/NATs is presented (FIG. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215670 | TRACKING USAGE AND MONITORING USERS OF A DISTRIBUTED LEARNING SYSTEM - A system for monitoring and tracking the distribution of educational information in a distributed learning environment includes allowing a user to connect to a management system through a network connection. The management system transmits a plurality of educational material that may be used and operated on the user's computer when the user is offline. The management system performs a sync operation when the user is able to reconnect to the system. After each transfer and/or sync operation, the management system stores data associated with the outcome of the transfer and/or sync, wherein the data may be used to monitor a student's progression through a course and to track diagnostic problems in a user's computer. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215671 | Method of Remote Displaying and Processing Based on Server/Client Architecture - A method of remote displaying and processing based on Server/Client architecture adopts a technical scheme of specific inter-frame increment compression and data comparison compression of the adjacent area-bits of the inner-frame within the side of Server, thus removing the intricate computation mode in the traditional inter-frame compression scheme, and reducing the resource usage of a computer; the side of the client adopts an increment refreshing mode to display an image, only refreshes the changed part, if the part was changed, then the part was refreshed; so that the refreshing speed of the remote desktop is improved highly, while the system resource usage of the computer is reduced highly. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215672 | System, Method, and Computer Program Product for a Scalable, Configurable, Client/Server, Cross-Platform Browser for Mobile Devices - Described herein are systems, methods, computer program products, and combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for enabling web content (as well as other objects) to be loaded on mobile devices (as well as other types of devices), and for users of mobile devices to operate with such web content on their mobile devices in an interactive manner while in an off-line mode. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215673 | Data Processing Method For Generating Service Interface Descriptions - A data processing method is disclosed. The data processing method comprises the step of receiving a request for a service interface description of a service from a client at a server, wherein the service is implemented via a first service endpoint at the server, and wherein the first service endpoint is associated with a first service endpoint interface description. In a further step, a given set of correlations is employed for the determination of service endpoints correlated with the first service endpoint with respect to the service, wherein each of the correlated service endpoints is associated with a service endpoint interface description. Furthermore the service interface description is generated by aggregating the first service endpoint interface description with the service endpoint interface descriptions of the correlated service endpoints and the service interface description is provided to the client. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215674 | MUSICAL CONTENTS STORAGE SYSTEM HAVING SERVER COMPUTER AND ELECTRONIC MUSICAL DEVICES - A musical contents system comprises a contents providing server comprising a connecting unit that connects to a communication network, and a contents storage unit that stores musical contents in a storage area corresponding to a user of an electronic musical device; and an electronic musical device comprising a connecting unit that connects to the contents providing server via the communication network, an accessing unit that accesses to the contents storage unit via the communication network, and a contents operating unit that performs an operation to the musical contents stored in the contents storage area corresponding to the user. The musical contents purchased or created by the user can be stored in a data center; therefore, convenience of using the musical contents is improved and the cost is decreased or cut off. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215675 | Method and system for secured syndication of applications and applications' data - The present invention provides a new syndication system allowing secure syndication of applications in conventional web aggregators of authorized users, and allowing secured and controlled access to privileged content by means of the syndicated applications. The system of the invention advantageously employs conventional web syndication servers and aggregators thereby allowing authorized users to securely add applications and access privileged content via their favorable web aggregation sites (e.g., personalized web pages) along with other non-privileged content syndicated therein. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215676 | SHARING A SHARED RESOURCE ACROSS LOGICAL PARTITIONS OR SYSTEMS - An apparatus and method for sharing a resource (such as a modem or virtual private network) allow virtualizing the shared resource in a simple and efficient manner that allows both accepting and initiating virtual or physical connections through the shared resource across logical partitions or systems. An L2TP tunnel is established between the server that owns the shared resource and the client that desires to use the shared resource. Messages are defined that allow the client to initiate an outgoing connection through the shared resource, and that allow the client to accept an incoming connection received from the shared resource. Once the connection is made, the client and ultimate destination communicate through the shared resource via point-to-point communications. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215677 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING A STATUS OF A TRANSACTION WITH AN APPLICATION ON A SERVER - Under the present invention, polling code is generated on a server and sent to a client in response to a transaction request received on the server from the client. The polling code includes a set of parameters such as a delay time and a polling count. After expiration of the delay time, the client will poll the server to request the status of the requested transaction. If the transaction is complete, the client will be redirected to a completion page. If the transaction is incomplete, and a polling count limit has not been reached, new polling code will be generated that includes the delay time and a new polling count. The new polling count is generated by incrementing the old polling count by one. The polling cycle is repeated until the transaction is complete, or the polling count limit is reached. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215678 | Bookmarking URLs From An Instant Messaging Session - Bookmarking URLs from an instant messaging session, including identifying by an instant messaging client a URL in the instant messaging session, selecting by the instant messaging client at least one browser available for receiving bookmarks from an instant messaging client, and saving by the instant messaging client a bookmark for the identified URL in a bookmark repository of the selected browser. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215679 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROUTING COMMUNICATIONS AMONG REAL AND VIRTUAL COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A system and method for routing communications among real and virtual communication devices are disclosed. The system includes one or more processors configured to generate a virtual world. The one or more processors may be configured to generate a virtual communication device and implement a configurable router adapted to facilitate routing of a communication among one or more real communication devices and the virtual communication device. A user of the virtual world may be associated with a virtual communication device and one or more real communication devices. A routing preference for reception of communications targeted to the user is implemented among the virtual communication device and the one or more real communication devices. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215680 | Conference Server Operations - An improved networked computer communications system handles arbitrary streams of data, and transports at varying speeds those streams where intermediate updates can be dropped if they are obsoleted by later arriving data updates, optimizing the utilization of network and node resources. Complex buffering by system server software allows distributed, parallel, or redundant processing, transmission, and storage for performance, reliability, and robustness. Various parameters of the system can be monitored, and the system can be reconfigured automatically based on the observations. Varied techniques reduce the perceived end-to-end latency and take advantage of software and hardware capabilities that assets connected to the system may possess. One conferencing system allows conference participants to share all or a portion of the display seen on their computer screens. The conferees may be at sites removed from each other, or may view a recorded presentation or archived conference at different times. Conference participants are either “presenters” who can modify the display or “attendees” who cannot modify the display. A pointer icon, which can be labeled to identify the conferee, is displayed on the shared image area. Each conferee can modify the position of his or her own pointer, even when not presenting, so that every participant can see what each conferee is pointing to, should a conferee choose to point to an element of the display. These and other features apply to other data streams shared in the conference or in meetings where there is no shared-image data stream. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215681 | NETWORK ARCHITECTURE FOR MULTI-USER COLLABORATION AND DATA-STREAM MIXING AND METHOD THEREOF - Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a system and method for selecting the best server to realize the best user-experience for the client. The selection of this server is selected based on the quality of each user's connection to each server. Embodiments of the present invention also generally relate to a system and method to facilitate efficient transmission and carry each user's stream to the selected server. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215682 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTITY MANAGED COLLABORATION - A system and method for identity managed collaboration (IMC) that in various embodiments can provide for: identity management of participants within a collaboration session to set entitlement; identity security for participants to allow participants to determine what identity is projected; participation in a collaboration session in a monitoring mode via a browser without the need to install client software on an access appliance; audio collaboration via a plurality of communication media; and Leave Existing & Add Preferred (LEAP) capability to allow participants to dynamically changes access appliances. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215683 | Rapid knowledge transfer among workers - A knowledge transfer system is described for transferring knowledge from expert workers at a client location to apprentice workers at an outsourcing location. The knowledge transfer system includes a memory system configured to store a Knowledge Transfer Plan that defines knowledge and tasks that need to be transferred from the expert workers to the apprentice workers and program code and associated data defining role-specific portals for individual expert workers and apprentice workers. The program code is configured to access the memory system for storage and retrieval of data associated with the role-specific portals. The knowledge transfer system further includes program code which defines one or more collaboration systems for two-way communication between individual expert workers and individual apprentice workers and a multi-media knowledge repository which is configured to store work objects created by the expert workers and the apprentice workers during the knowledge transfer process. The knowledge transfer system further includes portal page creation code which is responsive to predetermined Knowledge Transfer Plan data for configuring the program code and the associated data defining role-specific portals and monitoring and tracking code which monitors progress of individual apprentice workers in fulfilling assigned tasks. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215684 | Wireless E-Mail System and Method for Using Same - A wireless e-mail system and method is disclosed. The system comprises a wireless mobile device comprising an e-mail client, an e-mail server, a gateway, a mobile network interconnecting the wireless mobile device and the gateway, and a broadband network interconnecting the gateway and the e-mail server. When the client transmits a single self-contained request to the gateway via the mobile network to retrieve a set of e-mail related information from the e-mail server, the gateway retrieves at least the e-mail related information from the e-mail server via the broadband network using a plurality of transactions, compiles the retrieved information into a single self contained response and transmits the single response via the mobile network to the e-mail client. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215685 | Network communication apparatus for providing a user with a paging message - A network communications system comprises a number of user stations, coupled via a data network to a number of service provider host systems. The user stations are registered as client stations at the host system of a service provider, with the host system maintaining a database of registered client station identification data. The host system additionally maintains a directory of the client stations that are on-line at a given time, determined from periodic messages sent to the host by each client station. Callers wishing to contact a client station ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215686 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR TRACKING, ANALYZING, AND REPORTING ELECTRONIC MAIL AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRONIC MAIL EVENTS - A method and computer system for tracking, analyzing and reporting on electronic mail and allows a user to locate and associate electronic mail events to the original electronic mail from within a host electronic mail communication program. The product allows each user to associate electronic mail and associated electronic mail events with an individual electronic mail address. Each electronic mail address is then associated with the user. When the host electronic mail communication program displays an electronic mail, the product identifies the electronic mail address of the sender and displays any previous electronic mail subjects and associated electronic mail events. In addition the product provides methods to allow the user to analyze the pattern of associated electronic mail events and classify the pattern as different types of electronic mail recipient behavior in reports. Further the product provides a recent response report which displays electronic mail events in real-time. The product allows for searching and grouping electronic mail events and associated electronic mail addresses. Delivery of tracked electronic mail may be sent either through the host electronic mail communication program or through the product. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215687 | Mechanism for facilitating organization and accessing of 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. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215688 | SENDING E-MAIL FROM A HOSTED SYSTEM - A method includes receiving e-mail input data from a client at a server that is configured to serve a hosted application that includes an e-mail user interface to the client. The e-mail input data is used to generate an e-mail message from a user of the client, where the client is associated with a first domain and the server is associated with a second domain. An e-mail object corresponding to the e-mail message from the user of the client is generated at the server, and the e-mail object is forwarded from the server to the client along with instructions to convert the e-mail object into the e-mail message and to send the e-mail message from the first domain. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215689 | CONTACT DEVICE AND A NETWORK OF CONTACT DEVICES - An invention relates to a device enabling face-to-face contacts between persons immediately or almost immediately when their profiles match, i.e. when the persons have similar requirements or interests. The device may be an accessory of a mobile phone and it comprises a power source such as a battery or an accumulator. The device further comprises a first radio and a second radio that use different types of wireless short-range radio technologies. The first radio is configured to communicate with a terminal of a mobile communication network by receiving content for a profile of a user. This profile relates to a certain contact service and the content of the profile is created by means of the terminal. The second radio is configured to communicate with another device by transmitting the profile from the device to the other device. The second radio is further configured to communicate by receiving a message of the contact service when the transmitted profile matches with a profile of another user. In addition to the device, the invention optionally comprises a network of above-described devices. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215690 | SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR STORING INFORMATION IN AN APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDER - A method, system and computer program product for storing document information in an application service provider (ASP) which is connected to a user terminal through a network, such as the Internet. The method on which the system and computer program product are based includes inputting the document information into the user terminal, inputting a previously created e-mail address into the user terminal, the e-mail address being confirmed by the ASP and corresponding to a storage location in the ASP, and sending the document information to the e-mail address via the network. The document information may be input into the user terminal either manually or automatically and a storage folder may be created for storing documents to the ASP. Where the user terminal is an Internet fax machine, the Internet fax machine can be set up to automatically send all document information received by the Internet fax machine to the ASP for storage. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215691 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALENDARING REMINDERS - An electronic calendar includes such features as recurring reminders, dividing unpredictable work loads into equal pieces, template free parsing, a reminders scheduling algorithm to reduce spikes, dynamic delivery and recovery algorithms, methods for splitting the work load between controllers and workers and for monitoring progress, all within the context of a calendar architecture for a large enterprise. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215692 | METHOD OF COMPENSATING FOR ENHANCING EMAILS WITH TARGETED ADS - A computer method and device for intercepting contracting client's sent electronic messages, scanning the message body content for key words, sending the key words to a remote central computer server which analyses the key words and enhances the message by attaching a relevant, contextual advertising tag line or image/banner/words/HTML/Flash, etc. to the electronic message, and transmitting the enhanced message to a receiver. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215693 | Systems, Methods, and Media for Communication with Database Client Users - Systems, methods and media for communicating with a database client user are disclosed. Embodiments may include a database messaging system having a database server and one or more database clients. The database server may include a database messaging module, which may include a database administrator (DBA) interface module to receive a message request, where the message request includes message content and an indication of one or more database clients to which a message will be sent. The database messaging module may also include an address module to determine an IP address associated with each of the one or more database clients and a database messaging transmitter to transmit a message to each determined IP address, where the message may include the message content. The database clients may include a client listener for receiving the message from the database server and displaying it to a database client user's monitor. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215694 | System and method for unified messaging service - System, method and program storage device for unified messaging services. The method includes receiving a message generated by a sender, collecting user attribute information of the sender and/or a recipient, providing at least one policy factor associated with the user attribute information, converting the first message into a unified format message, processing the user attribute information of the sender and/or the recipient and the policy factor to determine a terminal device for the recipient, converting the unified format message into a second message according to the determined terminal device for the recipient and delivering the message converted according to the determined terminal device for the recipient to the recipient. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215695 | Publish/Subscribe Messaging System - The invention relates to a message broker for managing subscription requests in a multicast messaging system. The messaging system comprises a plurality of publishers publishing information to the broker and a plurality of subscribers subscribing to information received from one or more publishers. The broker is able to receive a subscription request pointing to topic information in which the requesting subscriber is interested, the topic information defining a specific topic within a topic hierarchy. The broker is able to parse the request to determine if the request includes a wildcard and if the request does include a wildcard, the broker instructs the requesting subscriber to listen on a multicast address associated with the topic in the topic hierarchy which precedes the wildcard. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215696 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE OF A MESSAGING SYSTEM - Software agents perform a process to monitor the availability and/or performance of various functions of a messaging system, such as a Unified Messaging System. A call is initiated to an endpoint, where the endpoint is registered with a messaging system and is configured to forward incoming messages to the messaging system. A first agent transmits a message to the endpoint for forwarding to the messaging system. A second agent that is associated with the endpoint then determines whether the endpoint receives a message notification in response to the transmitted message. In an embodiment, the time that elapses between arrival of the message at the endpoint and reception of a message notification is determined. In an embodiment, if the second agent is able to access a mailbox and retrieve the transmitted message, then the message retrieved from the messaging system is compared with the version of the original message that was received at the endpoint. Whether the retrieved message suffered any degradation from its path through the messaging system is determined based on the comparison. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215697 | AUTOMATED EMAIL ACTIVITY MANAGEMENT - A system for organizing email includes a modeler operable to infer a temporal sequential process from a corpus of unlabeled email messages, and a categorizer operable to accept an incoming message and map the aforesaid incoming message to a transition in the aforesaid temporal sequential process. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215698 | Method and Apparatus for Adding Recipients to Sent Email - A data processing system for resending a previously sent email message. A new recipient for the previously sent email message is selected. The new recipient of the previously sent email message is added in response to selecting the new recipient, wherein the previously sent email message is directed to the new recipient and a previous recipient. An indicator to the previously sent email message is added in response to selecting the new recipient, wherein the indicator indicates that the new recipient has been added to a form a new version of the previously sent email message. The new version of the previously sent email message is sent in response to adding the indicator, wherein the indicator causes the new version of the previously sent email message to replace the previously sent email message at an email program of the previous recipient. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215699 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MESSAGE MAPPING OF COMMUNICATIONS - A method, system, and computer program product for implementing message mapping of communications is provided. The method includes receiving a communication and a time-stamp of the communication from a messaging system of an originating terminal device and receiving a request to respond to the communication from a messaging system at a recipient terminal device. The request includes a first response and a first selected portion of the communication to which the first response is directed. The method also includes generating an index that defines parameters of the first selected portion in context with the communication and generating a responsive communication that includes the first response and the index. The index is operable for communicating the parameters of the first selected portion to the originating terminal device. The method further includes mapping the responsive communication to the communication via the time-stamp. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215700 | FIREFIGHTING VEHICLE AND METHOD WITH NETWORK-ASSISTED SCENE MANAGEMENT - A method comprises acquiring information pertaining to a scene of a fire. The acquiring step is performed by a sensor connected to a first computer. The method further comprises transmitting the information from the first computer to a second computer by way of a wireless communication network. The second computer is mounted to a fire fighting vehicle and is connected to a display. The method further comprises displaying the information at the fire fighting vehicle using the display. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215701 | Modified machine architecture with advanced synchronization - A multiple computer environment is disclosed in which an application program executes simultaneously on a plurality of computers (M | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215702 | Merging scalable nodes into single-partition merged system using service processors of nodes - Controlling the merging of nodes into a single-partition merged system using the nodes' service processors is disclosed. The system runs a single instance of an operating system. A user communicates with a service processor of a predetermined boot node to enter partition configuration information for the system without using a dedicated console. The partition configuration information is stored by the service processor of the boot node, and transmitted from the service processor of the boot node to the service processors of predetermined secondary nodes. The service processor of each secondary node then stores the partition configuration information. At reset, power-up, or power-down of any secondary node, the reset, power-up or power-down is conveyed to the service processor of the boot node, which resets, starts up, or shuts down the system, including transmitting commands to the service processors of the secondary nodes to individually reset, start up, or shut down. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215703 | Modified machine architecture with partial memory updating - The updating of only some memory locations in a multiple computer environment in which at least one applications program ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215704 | Transmission of Information Relating to a Quality of Service - Methods of transmitting information relating to a quality of service are shown, which information is to be transmitted in at least one direction between a first device | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215705 | REMOTELY CONTROLLED REAL-TIME AND VIRTUAL LAB EXPERIMENTATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Remotely controlled platforms for experimentation provide for centralized placement of costly and space consuming experimentation equipment. Additionally, remotely controlled platforms take advantage of economies of scale to make the centralized experimentation platforms more available for students and researchers of institutions that cannot afford to have institutional ownership of the experimentation platforms. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215706 | MOBILE EXCHANGE INFRASTRUCTURE - A mobile exchange infrastructure, in which a request to invoke functionality provided by a first of two services is accessed. If the request is incompatible with the first service, the accessed request is affected. The functionality is invoked using the affected request. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215707 | Network System and Replay Apparatus - Disclosed is a network system including a server to store a content and a plurality of replay apparatuses to receive the content transmitted from the server, the replay apparatuses being connected with the server via a network, and the replay apparatus including a list storage unit to store a predetermined content list, an obtaining unit to obtain the content list stored in the list storage unit of another replay apparatus connected via the network, and a storage control unit to store the content list obtained by the obtaining unit in the list storage unit. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215708 | Dissecting Sample Sharing System - The present invention relates to a dissecting sample sharing system that is composed of a room terminal system and a central control system. The room terminal system at least includes a computer, an image partitioning device and one or more dissecting table units which have image collecting function. The computer sends designation signals to a control case in each dissecting table unit. The control case controls the dissecting table according to the designation signals, and synchronously sends the visual signals, which are obtained from the image collecting device in the dissecting table unit to the image partitioning device. The image partitioning device sends the visual signals to the room terminal system. The central control system is composed of a central control computer and central control software that are connected through network to have communion with each other. The present invention realizes the sample information supply to remote people, it also have interaction system for operators thereby achieves the progress of teaching and research. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215709 | Method For Updating a User Profile - The invention provides a method for updating a user profile on a server ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215710 | Contents distributing method and distributing system - According to the present invention, there are disclosed a contents distributing method and a system which permits distribution of contents held by the client to the other clients, irrespective of the operating status of the client, and allows certain billing. In this system, a plurality of storage servers storing contents held by the individual clients are arranged on a network. The client issues a contents distributing request to the corresponding storage server, and acquires the contents. The storage server inquires, when the requested contents are not held, the retrieving server, and collects the contents from the other servers holding the contents. The storage server sends a billing requests, together with the billing information, to the service use fee billing server and the contents use fee billing server. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215711 | Configuring output on a communication device - In one general sense, display of content communicated by a sender communication device to a destination communication device may be enabled by receiving, at a destination communication device, content to be displayed by the destination communication device. Characteristics of a display of the received content by the destination communication device may be algorithmically identified in accordance with display configuration settings for the destination communication device. Based on the identified characteristics, at least one change to be made to capture configuration settings at a capturing communication device used to capture the received content may be identified. At least one alternative capture configuration setting may be communicated to the capturing communication device. Content that is captured by the capturing communication device is received at the destination communications device based on the alternative capture configuration setting communicated. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215712 | Electronic apparatus and system capable of assigning appropriate address - In order to prevent unnecessary APIPA process from being executed in a LAN environment which does not adopt APIPA, an ICMP echo request for a predetermined IP address is broadcast. Whether there are more than N apparatuses using APIPA is checked based on the replies, and if there are, IP address setting by APIPA is executed. In a LAN environment which adopts APIPA, whether the IP address to be assigned to an apparatus is already being used by another apparatus is checked. If the date and time when the another apparatus was assigned the IP address is earlier than the date and time when the apparatus was assigned the IP address, APIPA is executed to decide the IP address of the apparatus. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215713 | System and Method for Automatically Enforcing Change Control in Operations Performed by Operational Management Products - A system and method for enforcing change control in operations performed by operational management products (OMPs) are provided. The system and method automate the checking of a request-for-change (RFC) state by an OMP when the OMP is installed in an environment where a change management database (CMDB) has been installed and certain resources or operations have been placed under strict change control. The OMPs of the illustrative embodiments require an RFC identifier to be specified when a change operation of the OMP is invoked. The RFC identifier is used by the OMP to access a service management system so that the OMP may determine if the RFC identifier is valid, IT resources are in the correct state, and the change is scheduled to be performed at the current time. If these checks are passed, then the change operation associated with the RFC is permitted to occur. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215714 | REDUNDANCY SWITCHING METHOD - A service interruption time is shortened in redundancy switching, thereby to render a vocal service of good quality, in addition to a data service of good quality by a server. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215715 | Recording medium storing information distribution program, information distribution apparatus, and information distribution method - Information may be distributed to a plurality of communication devices connected to a network by creating a distribution route including a plurality of levels by assigning a plurality of following level stations (0-level to n-level stations) to the distribution route, distributing information from one of the communication devices as an m-level station in a lower level to one of the communication devices as an (m+1)-level station in a level lower than the lower level in which the m-level station is present using the distribution route, monitoring a distribution status of the information distributed, and changing the distribution route based on the distribution status. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215716 | DOMAIN NAME HIJACK PROTECTION - A domain name registering entity (such as a domain registry, registrar, or reseller) or an independent proxy registration service may offer a domain name hijack protection to their actual or potential customers. When a domain name transfer request or notice is received in a proxy email address listed in the domain name's WHOIS records, the domain name registering entity or the proxy registration service may ignore or decline it. Customers may be given an ability to turn the domain name hijack protection service on and off, as well as an ability to adjust a variety of settings associated with the service. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215717 | Web Based Unified Communication System and Method, and Web Communication Manager - The present invention provides a Web based unified communication system and method, and Web based communication manger. In the present invention, generating a SMIL document, based on a communication request from a terminal, for starting and controlling a communication session between the terminal and corresponding terminals, and controlling the terminals and communication channels involved in the communication session to work collectively so as to perform the communication session by interpreting and executing the SMIL document. In the invention, instead of being a kind of supplementation, the Web technique should become the core technique of such systems. Further, in the invention, terminal may be a set of user devices, the set of user devices includes one or more devices, each of said devices provides media interaction capabilities for one or more communication channels, and each of said devices is mapped to one or more media objects in said SMIL document. Therefore, various devices may work collectively to perform a communication session. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215718 | Policy-based content delivery network selection - In a framework wherein resources of a content provider may be delivered to clients from different domains, a method distributes the requests based on content-provider policies. In some cases, the domains include at least two distinct content delivery network (CDN) domains. The domains may include a content provider domain. Responsive to a request, either the content provider domain or one of the two CDN domains is selected, the selection being based at least in part on one or more policies set by the content provider. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215719 | Data Communication and Coherence in a Distributed Item Tracking System - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for communicating between nodes of a distributed system that tracks items. Each node receives tag-read-data corresponding to an item and communicates the tag-read-data to the designated responsible node for the item. Each node can also receive additional item information from the designated responsible node and use the received additional item information to update disposition information for the item. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215720 | Apparatus and system for lost/stolen data storage device recovery - A recoverable data storage apparatus including a hand-portable housing configured with an input/output (I/O) port presented outwardly therefrom, a data storage means retained within the housing and operatively coupled with the input/output port, and a client agent embodied as device-executable code residing on the data storage device and configured. When executed on a network-linked computing device, the client agent is configured to establish communication with a remote server and receive data indicating a possession status of the data storage apparatus. A device tracking system including a data network means, a hardware portion, and a software portion. The hardware portion includes at least, (1) a server device operatively coupled with the network means, and (2) a data storage device with an externally presented input/output port configured to operatively couple with a host device, and a software portion including. The software portion includes at least, (1) a data storage device tracking means configured to identify a data storage device based upon unique identification-relevant data included in a polling message received via the network means, and (2) a client agent stored as device executable code stored at a memory means operatively coupled with the data storage device, wherein the client agent is configured so operatively when coupled to cause a host device to transmit host device-relevant identifying data via the network means. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215721 | COMMUNICATION MONITORING SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION MONITORING APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS - A communication monitoring apparatus for monitoring communication data which are transmitted among a plurality of nodes on a network, includes a detecting section for detecting whether or not a shellcode is included in communication data transmitted and received between at least two nodes within the plurality of nodes and a storing section for storing communication data transmitted from the two nodes as being starting points during a predetermined time, when the detecting section detected the shellcode in communication data. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215722 | Remote User Computer Control And Monitoring - In a method of computer usage monitoring, a user computer monitors for the input of predetermined keywords or phrases into an application running thereon, the presence of the keywords or phrases in a file received via a computer network, or the launching of one or more predetermined applications or programs. In response detecting the input of one or more of the predetermined keywords or phrases, the presence of one or more of the predetermined keywords or phrases in a file received via the computer network, or the launching of one or more the predetermined applications or programs, the user computer records a digital form of at least one visual image appearing on a video monitor of the user computer. The user computer dispatches the digital form of the recorded image to the server computer via the computer network. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080215723 | RELAY SYSTEM, RELAY PROGRAM, AND RELAY METHOD - A technique is provided to dynamically change priority, according to content of communication data, when the communication data is relayed between a client device and a host device. A communication gateway ( | 2008-09-04 |
