39th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 61 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140289289 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing device having: a distribution portion that distributes an update data to a client terminal updating, on the client terminal, a first manual information constituted as a structured document; a PDF generation portion that generates a PDF file having a second manual information updated with the update data; and a file storage portion that stores the PDF file generated by the PDF generation portion in a state allowing the client terminal which is a distribution destination of the update data to download the PDF file. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289290 | CONCATENATING MULTIPLE MEDIA FILES INTO A SINGLE FILE BASED ON TIMECODE AND OTHER METADATA - A method and system concatenate multiple media files into a single, continuous media file. The method includes receiving a group of media files and metadata about the group over a network connection. The method also includes in response to receiving the group of media files, determining an order of the media files in the group based at least partially on the metadata. The method includes concatenating the group of media files into a concatenated file based on the determined order. The concatenated file may be transferred to a client device over a network connection. The concatenated file may be transcoded into a file format determined based on the user device before transferring the concatenated file to the user device. The order of the media files in the group may be determined based on a timecode for each of the media files, which is included within the metadata. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289291 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FOLDER REDIRECTION - A method for redirecting, to a second machine, without user intervention, a request for access to a folder on a first machine, the request made by a resource executing within a remote access session on the first machine, includes receiving, by a component on a first machine, folder mapping information associated with a folder provided by a shell namespace on a second machine. The component intercepts a request by a resource executing on the first machine for access to file system data on the first machine. The component redirects the request to the second machine responsive to the received folder mapping information. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289292 | TAPE PRINTING DEVICE, TAPE LENGTH CALCULATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A tape printing device for printing on a ribbon tape includes: a wrapping length acquisition unit which acquires a ribbon wrapping length that is a necessary length of a ribbon tape for ribbon wrapping, of a necessary tape length that is a necessary length of the ribbon tape for ribbon wrapping and ribbon tying on an object to be wrapped; a tying length storage unit in which a ribbon tying length that is a necessary length of the ribbon tape for ribbon tying, of the necessary tape length, is stored; and a necessary tape length calculation unit which calculates the necessary tape length, based on the ribbon wrapping length that is acquired and the ribbon tying length that is stored. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289293 | LARGE MULTIPLIER FOR PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC DEVICE - A plurality of specialized processing blocks in a programmable logic device, including multipliers and circuitry for adding results of those multipliers, can be configured as a larger multiplier by adding to the specialized processing blocks selectable circuitry for shifting multiplier results before adding. In one embodiment, this allows all but the final addition to take place in specialized processing blocks, with the final addition occurring in programmable logic. In another embodiment, additional compression and adding circuitry allows even the final addition to occur in the specialized processing blocks. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289294 | COMPLETE MAPPING OF FRACTAL POTENTIAL AND FIELD LINES - Faster methods for topological categorization and field line calculations are developed by using decomposition regions together with the self-winding techniques first developed in a prior patent application. A point iteration technique provides direct calculation of low order digits of winding counts without use of complex intervals. Easy to calculate derivatives define decomposition interval boundaries which substitute for methods using the slower complex interval processing of the prior patent. Methods common to this and the prior patent are developed for visualizing conformal mappings of iterated functions. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289295 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A RANDOM OUTPUT BIT SEQUENCE - A method and a device for generating a random output bit sequence are put forth. In the case of these, an input is inputted into a set-up of finite state machines. The set-up ascertains an output on the basis of the input; the input being inputted into the set-up, linked to a one-way function. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289296 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING COMPLEX WAVEFORMS - Systems and methods for generating complex waveforms, including step functions, impulse functions, and gate pulses are provided, as well as methods for generating modulated waveforms employing a number of known and newly developed modulation formats. The systems and methods of the present invention employ a continuous linear function, wherein all output points are defined. Discontinuities and singularities are eliminated, yet pulses having nearly instantaneous transitions may be achieved. Thus, gate pulses step functions, binary waveforms and the like may all be generated from a single function, where they entire output range of the function is defined over a continuous input domain. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289297 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNAL DECOMPOSITION, ANALYSIS, RECONSTRUCTION AND TRACKING - A system and method for representing quasi-periodic (“qp”) waveforms, for example, representing a plurality of limited decompositions of the qp waveform. Each decomposition includes a first and second amplitude value and at least one time value. In some embodiments, each of the decompositions is phase adjusted such that the arithmetic sum of the plurality of limited decompositions reconstructs the qp waveform. Data-structure attributes are created and used to reconstruct the qp waveform. Features of the qp wave are tracked using pattern-recognition techniques. The fundamental rate of the signal (e.g., heartbeat) can vary widely, for example by a factor of 2-3 or more from the lowest to highest frequency. To get quarter-phase representations of a component (e.g., lowest frequency “rate” component) that varies over time (by a factor of two to three) many overlapping filters use bandpass and overlap parameters that allow tracking the component's frequency version on changing quarter-phase basis. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289298 | MODULO PARTIAL MAPPING OF FRACTAL POTENTIAL AND FIELD LINES - Faster methods for topological categorization and field line calculations are developed by using decomposition regions together with the self-winding techniques first developed in a prior patent application. A point iteration technique provides direct calculation of low order digits of winding counts without use of complex intervals. Easy to calculate derivatives define decomposition interval boundaries which substitute for methods using the slower complex interval processing of the prior patent. Methods common to this and the prior patent are developed for visualizing conformal mappings of iterated functions. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289299 | System and Method for Statistical Process Control - Systems and methods for statistical process control are provided. A computer implemented statistical process control method includes converting a plurality of data points to a plurality of Cartesian coordinate sets, determining a centroid for the plurality of Cartesian coordinate sets, calculating a distance from each of the plurality of Cartesian coordinate sets to the centroid, and establishing an ellipsoidal control zone based on the plurality of distances. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289300 | PROCESSOR AND PROCESSING METHOD - In a processor that includes a plurality of multipliers and a plurality of adders to execute matrix product processing, each data of input vector data involved in the arithmetic processing is used in two multipliers, whereby arithmetic processing of elements in different rows and different columns in a matrix product operation is executed with a single instruction, that enables the sharing of input data to reduce the number of times data are moved in the whole matrix product processing and reduce power consumption. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289301 | MATRIX CALCULATION APPARATUS, MATRIX CALCULATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM HAVING MATRIX CALCULATION PROCESS PROGRAM STORED THEREON - There is provided a matrix calculation apparatus. The apparatus includes: a matrix calculation formula display controller configured to display a matrix calculation formula on a display unit, wherein the matrix calculation formula comprises a first matrix; a matrix display controller configured to display a second matrix on the display unit; a submatrix receiver configured to input the second matrix into a certain element of the first matrix as a submatrix of the first matrix in response to a user operation; and a matrix size change display controller configured to change a size of the first matrix in accordance with a size of the second matrix and the certain element of the first matrix into which the second matrix is input and then display the matrix calculation formula. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289302 | MANAGING TASK OBJECT STATE UTILIZING A RELIABLE MESSAGING MODEL - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to task object state management for workflow management systems and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for managing task object state utilizing a reliable messaging model. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for managing task object state utilizing a reliable messaging model is provided. The method includes transmitting according to a reliable messaging protocol a launch request for a task object in a workflow over a computer communications network to a remote server. The method also includes determining from the reliable messaging protocol whether or not the launch request has failed. Finally, the method includes responding to a determination that the launch request has failed, by transmitting a test request to the remote server using a protocol other than the reliable messaging protocol and setting a state of the task object as failed only if the remote server responds to the test request. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289303 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDIA IN A DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A system and method for processing communication media in a regionally distributed communication platform that includes at a first platform region, establishing a communication session comprising establishing a media communication to at least one endpoint from the first region and establishing signaling communication to a second platform region; selecting a media resource in response to a change in media processing requirements of the communication session; when the selected media resource is outside the first region, routing media communication through a media resource outside of the first region; when the media resource is available in the first region, routing media communication through the media resource of the first region; and when the media resource is outside of the second region, storing the media communication in the first region at least temporarily and tunneling a branch of the media communication to a central media service in the second region. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289304 | AUTOMATIC RESOURCE BALANCING FOR MULTI-DEVICE LOCATION-BASED APPLICATIONS - At least one embodiment of this disclosure includes a method of resource balancing execution of a location-based application involving multiple devices. The method can include: identifying an application executing on an operating system of a first computing device; identifying a resource type to facilitate the executing of the location-based application; identifying computing devices each having at least an available resource instance of the identified resource type, wherein the computing devices are reachable by a communication protocol of the first computing device; and selecting a target computing device to offer up a target resource instance of the resource type to the location-based application based at least partly on a comparable limitation of each available resource instance of the computing devices. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289305 | Automatic Multimedia Upload For Publishing Data And Multimedia Content - Disclosed herein is a method and system for utilizing a digital data capture device in conjunction with a Bluetooth (BT) enabled mobile device for publishing data and multimedia content on one or more websites automatically or with minimal user intervention. A client application is provided on the BT enabled mobile device. In the absence of inbuilt BT capability, a BT communication device is provided on the digital data capture device. The BT communication device is paired with the BT enabled mobile device to establish a connection. The client application detects capture of data and multimedia content on the digital data capture device and initiates transfer of the captured data, multimedia content, and associated files. The digital data capture device transfers the captured data, multimedia content, and the associated files to the client application. The client application automatically publishes the transferred data and multimedia content on one or more websites. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289306 | In-Flight Computing Device for Aircraft Cabin Crew - A system for use by cabin crew on board an aircraft, comprising a server including a database, the server being at a location remote from the aircraft. The server selectively communicates with a plurality of systems external to the system to retrieve information related to a journey to be made by the aircraft. The server runs an application for communicating with the external systems to send and receive data to and from the server. A portable computing device such as a tablet computer on board the aircraft has a database for receipt and storage of flight related information received from the server, the flight related information including seating information and other passenger related information. The portable device runs an application for real-time communication with the server during a flight or after the flight, for exchange with the server of at least one of seating and passenger related information. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289307 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA BETWEEN ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A method provides fast data transmission between electronic devices, and avoids network congestion. A number of electronic devices in a network are divided into a client group including client devices and a server group including service devices. A control device for each client device is appointed from among the service devices according to a connection quality between the client device and the service device, and a route path between every two service devices is determined according to a connection quality between every two service devices. A route table of each service device is created according to the route path between every two service devices, and requested data is transmitted from a target device to a request device according to the route path. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289308 | STREAMING DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, STREAMING DISTRIBUTION METHOD - A streaming distribution system in which streaming data is transmitted from a server to a client, the streaming distribution system includes: the server includes: a first processor configured to execute a plurality of instructions, the instructions includes, rearranging at least one independently playable data item contained in the streaming data from an original position to a position at a front side of the streaming data; transmitting the rearranged streaming data to the client; and the client includes: a second processor configured to execute a plurality of instructions, the instructions includes, decoding the original streaming data that has been restored in accordance with the original position of the received independently playable data item. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289309 | Media Transformation to Routable Message, or Retrievable Content Based on Key - A content server enables a content creating device to send media content to a target consumer/destination device with an uncommon media format by transforming media content transmitted or uploaded by a content creator into media content that is either routable or accessible to a target consumer/destination device. In particular, a content creating device embeds captured media content and an address of a target consumer/destination device into a content transformation message and then routes the content transformation message to the inventive content server. The content server then receives the content transformation message and transforms embedded media content into either a routable SIP signaling message with actual media content or a routable SIP signaling message with retrievable media content. Once media transformation is complete, the content server sends the routable message with actual/retrievable media content to the target consumer/destination device indicated in the content transformation message. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289310 | CLOUD SERVICE DEVICE, MUITI-IMAGE PREVIEW METHOD AND CLOUD SERVICE SYSTEM - A cloud service device includes a data center that stores video preview images. A first message requesting previewing multiple images from is received from a multimedia device. Multiple offsets corresponding to the multiple images according to the first time interval and the first image number are calculated and time points corresponding to the multiple images according to the multiple offsets and the first preview time point are calculated. The multiple images from the data center according to the calculated time points are obtained and transmitted to the multimedia device to preview. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289311 | PROXY ASSIGNMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSIGNING PROXY - A proxy assignment apparatus includes a processor or wired logic hardware configured to detect a first data request issued from a terminal apparatus for requesting first data. The processor or wired logic hardware is configured to determine whether a first proxy server that satisfies a condition exists, wherein the first proxy server corresponds to a media access control address of the terminal apparatus. The processor or wired logic hardware is configured to report a first internet protocol address of the first proxy server to the terminal apparatus when it is determined that the first proxy server exists. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289312 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING FITNESS PROGRESS FROM A CLIENT DEVICE - The invention is generally a system that enables a user to visually and graphically track their fitness goals using an interactive device connected to a server, wherein fitness progress data of the user is stored and made available to the user via a user interface, for example on a mobile device application or a webpage. The system of tracking fitness progress comprises a server, a database, and a device, for example a fitness booth, for taking images and gathering fitness progress data from a user. The information gathered at the fitness booth, including images, is stored in the database. Users are provided a graphical user interface to update and access their fitness progress data, thereby facilitating the user's tracking of their fitness progress. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289313 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication device, including: a processor configured to estimate each of a plurality of first throughputs for each of a plurality of first route patterns corresponding to each of combinations of a plurality of first routes used in parallel, coupling the communication device to a first content server, estimate each of a plurality of second throughputs for each of a plurality of second route patterns corresponding to each of combinations of a plurality of second routes used in parallel, coupling the communication device to a second content server, select one of the plurality of the first and second route patterns based on the estimated plurality of the first and second throughputs, acquire an identical content from the first content server or the second content server using the selected one of the plurality of the first and second route patterns, and transmit the acquired identical content to a terminal device. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289314 | SYSTEMS FOR DISTRIBUTING APPLICATIONS AND METHODS OF OPERATION OF SAME - A managed services platform and method of operation of same are described herein. The platform can include a device management service (DMS) server in which the DMS server can act as a gateway for communications with one or more computing devices, and the computing devices are associated with a first entity. The platform can also include an application service (AS) server in which the AS server is communicatively coupled with the DMS server. When a first computing device contacts the DMS server, the DMS server is operable to provide a bundle to the first computing device. As an example, the bundle contains content that at least includes one or more configuration messages and an application set that contains one or more predefined applications. The content of the bundle can be determined at least in part by the first entity. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289315 | RELEVANCY IMPROVEMENT THROUGH TARGETING OF INFORMATION BASED ON DATA GATHERED FROM A NETWORKED DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH A SECURITY SANDBOX OF A CLIENT DEVICE - A method, apparatus, and system related to relevancy improvement through targeting of information based on data gathered from a networked device associated with a security sandbox of a client device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system may comprise a networked device, a relevancy-matching server, and a client device. The networked device may be configured to generate a preliminary data and/or a primary data associated with a user and automatically announce a sandbox-reachable service of the networked device to a discovery module. The relevancy-matching server may be configured to match a targeted data with the primary data based on a relevancy factor associated with the user. The client device may be configured to automatically process an identification data of the networked device and/or the sandbox-reachable service of the networked device from the discovery module and to automatically associate with the networked device based on the identification data. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289316 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZING BROWSER BOOKMARKS - Methods and systems for synchronizing browser bookmarks are provided herein. In an exemplary method, a server can receive a bookmark collection sent by a first terminal browser. The bookmark collection can contain one or more bookmarks. The server can push the bookmark collection to a second terminal browser for the second terminal browser to simultaneously add the one or more bookmarks contained in the bookmark collection as bookmarks of the second terminal browser. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289317 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO DETECT A CACHED WEB PAGE - A method and system to determine whether a web page has been cached is provided. An example system comprises a cookie generator, a cookie distributor, and a cookie evaluator. The cookie distributor may be configured to provide the code to a client system, in response to a request for web content from the client system. A value of the code to be updated at the client system in response to the client system initiating a request for the web content. The cookie evaluator may be configured to compare a value of the code to the default value. The cached status detector may be configured to use a result of the comparing to determine a cached status of the web content, the cached status to indicate whether the web content has been cached by the client system. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289318 | Apparatus And Method For Context-Aware Mobile Data Management - A context of a mobile device is determined. A context preference of a user associated with the mobile device is determined. The context of the mobile device and the user context preference is transmitted to another node and responsively returned data is received. Available free space in the mobile device is determined. All data whose timestamp is within a predetermined threshold is cached. The data is cached in at least a portion of the free space. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289319 | REQUEST ROUTING USING POPULARITY INFORMATION - A system, method and computer-readable medium for request routing based on content popularity information are provided. A client computing device transmits a first DNS query to a content delivery network service provider. The content delivery network service provider transmits an alternative resource identifier in response to the client computing device DNS query. The alternative resource identifier is selected as a function of popularity information pertaining to the requested resource. The client computing device then transmits a second DNS query to the content delivery network service provider. The content delivery network service provider can then either resolve the second DNS query with an IP address of a cache component or transmit another alternative resource identifier that will resolve to the content delivery network service provider. The process can repeat until a DNS nameserver resolves a DNS query from the client computing device. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289320 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING A PUSH CONTENT - A method and apparatus for sending a push message is provided. A push sending agent in a server receives a push message sent by a push initiator, and compares a length of a content of the push message with a matching condition. The matching condition includes a maximum message length threshold specifying a maximum length allowed for the content of the push message. The push sending agent determines that the length of the content of the push message does not exceed the maximum message length threshold, and then sends the content of the push message to a push receiving agent in a terminal. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289321 | Monitoring and Control Systems and Methods - A system and a method for controlling and monitoring a system within a facility are disclosed. The system includes a facility component configured to include at least one control point configured to be disposed within a facility and to monitor and control at least one element of the system within the facility; a network component configured to be communicatively coupled to the facility component and configured to process information received from the at least one control point; a remote client component configured to be communicatively coupled to the network component and configured to provide monitoring and control of the facility via the network component and the facility component. The remote client component is configured to receive processed data from the network component and generate instructions to the control point via the network component. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289322 | ORIGIN REQUEST WITH PEER FULFILLMENT - A method of servicing content requests in a CDN may include receiving a request for content from a first client device, identifying content associated with the content request, identifying a second client device that stores the content, identifying a CDN storage location that also stores the content, determining whether the second client device is authorized to source the content to the first client device, and selecting a source for the content. The source for the content may be selected from the storage location associated with the CDN and the second client device. The source for the content may be selected based on one or more CDN policies. The method may also include initiating a transfer of the at least a portion of the content from the second client device to the first client device if the second client device is selected as the source for the content. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289323 | KNOWLEDGE-INFORMATION-PROCESSING SERVER SYSTEM HAVING IMAGE RECOGNITION SYSTEM - Extensive social communication is induced. Connection is made with a network terminal capable of connecting to the Internet, and an image and voice signal reflecting the subjective visual field of the user and the like which can be obtained from the headset system that can be worn by the user on the head is uploaded via the network terminal to a knowledge-information-processing server system, and specifying and selecting of an attention-given target by the voice of the user himself/herself are enabled on the server system with collaborative operation with the voice recognition system with regard to a specific object and the like to which the user gives attention and which is included in the image, and with regard to the series of image recognition processes and image recognition result made by the user, image recognition result and recognition processes thereof are notified as voice information to an earphone incorporated into the headset system of the user by way of the user's network terminal via the Internet by the server system with collaborative operation with a voice-synthesizing system, so that user's message or tweet can be extensively shared by users. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289324 | GAME SERVER DEVICE, SERVER CONTROL METHOD, AND SERVER CONTROL PROGRAM - The server device according to the invention includes: a storage unit that associates and stores multiple first characteristic data sets for each user and associates and stores second characteristic data for each group to which the multiple first characteristic data sets belong; a different-user-selecting unit that selects a different user when a predetermined event occurs while a game is being played; a group formation-assessing unit that determines whether or not all of the first characteristic data sets belonging to a group are included in the first characteristic data sets associated with the user and the different user; and an action-executing unit that executes predetermined actions using, in addition to the first characteristic data sets associated with the user and the different user, the second characteristic data associated with the group for which it has been determined that all of the pertinent first characteristic data sets are included. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289325 | ORDERED-ELEMENT NAMING FOR NAME-BASED PACKET FORWARDING - A name-based content-forwarding system generates an ordered-element name for a content item, and can process an interest to identify and perform an action that satisfies the interest. To generate the ordered-element name, the system generates one or more fixed-length elements for a content item, such that each fixed-length element of the ordered-element name is mapped to the content item or to a context associated with the content item. The system then generates the ordered-element name to include the one or more fixed-length elements so that the name elements are ordered from a highest matching priority to a lowest matching priority. The system can also generate a packet that includes the ordered-element name for the content item, and sends the packet to a target location that corresponds to the ordered-element name. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289326 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CONFERENCE CALLS - A conference handling system for an enterprise is provided. The conference handling system includes a status determining module for determining a status of a conference bridge. The conference handling system further includes a conferee routing module for routing a conferee into a session comprising an active session and a waiting session, based on the status of the conference bridge, the conferee routing module further determining a contextual status of the active session. The conference handling system further includes a conferee serving module for providing services to the conferee into the waiting session based on the contextual status of the active session. The conference handling system further includes a conferee inviting module for adding additional conferees with a specific profile in the waiting session and the active session based on absence of a conferee having a similar profile. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289327 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ONLINE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT BASED TRANSLATION OF ENTITY METHODS - The technology disclosed relates to adapting online social feed items according to the posting formats of each of the multiple destination online social environments to which they are posted, regardless of the source online social environments from which they originate. In particular, it relates to creating separate instances of a feed item such that each of the instances includes tag formats, social handles or identifiers that are compatible to the online social environments in which they are embedded. These separate instances of a feed item can all be embedded in a first online social environment while preserving their tag formats corresponding to other online social environments. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289328 | OCCASION-BASED SOCIAL NETWORK - An example embodiment includes an occasion-based social network. The occasion-based social network is configured to enable access to photos generated at an occasion by multiple individuals who attend the occasion. The occasion-based social network does not require prior relationships between the multiple individuals or an authority that invites the multiple individuals to a group associated with the occasion. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289329 | PROVIDING EVENT DATA TO A GROUP OF CONTACTS - Data related to an event is provided to a group of contacts while the event is occurring via an event user interface that enables the group of contacts to coordinate with one another during the event. In this regard, an event coordination service is provides the event data to each contact of the group for review via an event user interface that is persistently displayed on a telecommunication or other computing device associated with the contact for the contact's easy and immediate reference during the event. When the event ultimately concludes, display of the event user interface ceases as the group of contacts likely no longer needs immediate or ready reference to the event. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289330 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND ENGINE FOR GROUP COMMUNICATION - An engine, system and method for a domain social network that interconnects Internet users with at least domains owned by or of interest to those Internet users, and that may obtain and/or forward obtained dynamic data regarding those domains automatically, such as by web service or email service. The dynamic data may be used to filter and protect content and data of the respective domains, to protect users by identifying low quality web pages or malicious software or pages, to isolate or improve search results regarding the domain, and/or to improve Internet-based transaction flow, such as the creation of advertising. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289331 | MECHANISM FOR SHARING STATES OF APPLICATIONS AND DEVICES ACROSS DIFFERENT USER PROFILES - At least one embodiment of this disclosure includes a method of sharing application states across different user profiles. The method can include: receiving a request from a first computing device associated with a first user profile to load an application state of a target application, wherein the application state is owned by a second user profile; verifying permission for the first user profile to load the application state owned by the second user profile; configuring a sharing instance of the application state of the target application by accessing application data of the application state associated with the second user profile in a storage service; and sending the sharing instance to be loaded onto the first computing device. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289332 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREFETCHING AGGREGATE SOCIAL MEDIA METRICS USING A TIME SERIES CACHE - Methods and systems are provided for retrieving aggregate social media content metrics from a back end data store using a time series cache. The method involves populating the data store with social media content received from a plurality of social media content sources, periodically prefetching respective time series data packets from the data store, storing the prefetched time series data packets in a time series cache, retrieving, from the time series cache, a sequence of the prefetched time series data packets responsive to a user query, and presenting indicia of the sequence of the prefetched time series data packets to the user. Each time series data packet represents an aggregate of data which satisfies a topic profile for a predetermined window of time. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289333 | MECHANISM FOR SHARING STATES OF APPLICATIONS AND DEVICES ACROSS DIFFERENT USER PROFILES - At least one embodiment of this disclosure includes a method of sharing application states across different user profiles. The method can include: receiving a request from a first computing device associated with a first user profile to load an application state of a target application, wherein the application state is owned by a second user profile; verifying permission for the first user profile to load the application state owned by the second user profile; configuring a sharing instance of the application state of the target application by accessing application data of the application state associated with the second user profile in a storage service; and sending the sharing instance to be loaded onto the first computing device. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289334 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION - A method for recommending multimedia information includes obtaining an instant user-multimedia connection set; determining relevance indexes between the users and the multimedia information according to the obtained instant user-multimedia connection set; recommending the multimedia information to the users related to the multimedia information according to the determined relevance index. The invention improves an accuracy of multimedia information recommendation. The invention further provides a system for recommending multimedia information. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289335 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CONFIGURING A DATA BROADCAST SERVICE - Disclosed are an apparatus and method of broadcasting a message to one or more servers operating in one or more domains. One example method of operation may include creating a message to be broadcasted via user input provided by a user of a computer interface. The method may also include serializing the message to a predetermined format and transmitting the message to an application programming interface (API). The method may also provide scheduling a broadcast of the message based on the user input, and transmitting the message to the at least one server responsive to the scheduled broadcast. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289336 | Migrating Social Connections from a First Profile to a Second Profile - In general, aspects of the present disclosure are directed to techniques for migrating social networking connections in a social network from one profile to another profile. A first incoming connection from a third profile in a social network to a first profile in the social network may be determined. A first outgoing connection to a fourth profile in the social network from the first profile in the social network may be determined. A second incoming connection from the third profile to a second profile may be created based at least in part on the first incoming connection. A second outgoing connection to the fourth profile from the second profile may be created based at least in part on the first outgoing connection. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289337 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION VIA MULTIPLE FORMS OF DELIVERY SERVICES - Systems and methods of managing content and content requests are described. A data store of profiles of potential content contributors is provided. A request from a first source for content comprising content criteria is received, the content criteria comprising content contributor characteristics and content subject matter. Based on the content contributor characteristics and the profiles, at least a first potential content contributor is identified. At least a portion of the content request content criteria is transmitted to the first potential content contributor. If recorded content is received from the first content contributor, the first source is provided with access to the received recorded content. At least partly in response to acceptance by the first source of the received recorded content, the first source is enabled to publish the accepted received recorded content. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289338 | INITIATING PEER-TO-PEER TUNNELS - Initiating peer-to-peer tunnels between clients in a mobility domain. Client traffic in a mobility domain normally passes from the initiating client to an access node, and from the access node through a tunnel to a controller, and then through another tunnel from the controller to the destination access node, and the destination client. When initiated by the controller, the access nodes establish a peer-to-peer tunnel for suitable client traffic, bypassing the “slow” tunnels through the controller with a “fast” peer-to-peer tunnel. Traffic through this “fast” tunnel may be initiated once the tunnel is established, or traffic for the “fast” tunnel may be queued up until traffic has completed passing through the “slow” tunnel. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289339 | GLOBAL EMAIL IDENTITY PREFERENCES - In embodiments of global email identity preferences, a default outgoing email address that is designated by a user is maintained at an email server. The user can also be associated with multiple email addresses that are correlated at the email server. When an outgoing email is received at the email server for delivery to a designated recipient, the outgoing email can be identified as being from one of the multiple email addresses that are associated with the user. A determination is made as to whether to update the outgoing email with the default outgoing email address that is associated with the user, such as if the outgoing email is received from an email client that does not allow user selection of a default client email address. The outgoing email is then routed to the designated recipient for display as being from the default outgoing email address. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289340 | Invitations for Establishing Relationships - Techniques for invitations for establishing relationships are described. In at least some embodiments, an architecture is implemented which provides simple and integrated ways for establishing relationships between various entities. The architecture includes invitations that can be used to invite users to establish relationships with entities. A user that receives an invitation can interact with the invitation, such as to accept or decline an invitation to establish a relationship with an entity. If a user accepts an invitation, a relationship can be established between the user and an inviting entity. In at least some embodiments, the relationship can enable the user to perform various actions and/or access resources associated with the entity. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289341 | METHOD OF HYBRID MESSAGE PASSING WITH SHARED MEMORY - A method of communicating data between at least two coprocessors in a single computing environment wherein one of the coprocessors is a transmitting processor and the other of the coprocessors is a receiving processor and the single computing environment includes a memory accessible by the coprocessors includes, among other things, determining in the transmitting processor the size of data to be communicated, attaching the data to a message and transmitting the message to the receiving processor if the size of the data is below or equal to a predetermined threshold value, and transmitting to the receiving processor a pointer that points to a location of the data in the memory if the size of the data is above the predetermined threshold value. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289342 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTACT MANAGEMENT IN A NETWORK - In various example embodiments, a system and method for managing contacts in a network are provided. In example embodiments, a value added by a user to a first contact in an address book of the user is detected. The first contact corresponds to an individual. A determination is made as to whether the value exists in a primary profile of the individual. Based on the value not existing in the primary profile, an assessment is made as to whether the individual previously deleted the value from the primary profile or the individual did not verify a previous notification for the same value. Based on the value not being previously deleted or not verified, a notification is provided to the individual that includes an option to verify the value. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289343 | GROUP MESSAGE RELAY - A message machine may provide a message service that allows creation of a chat group in which multiple users are members. A member of the chat group may send a message to the chat group, which causes the message machine to send the message to each of the other members who are online in the message service. If one of the other members is offline in the message service, but is online in another message service, the message machine may relay the message to this member via the other message service, in which an online member of the chat group is socially connected to the offline member by the other message service. The message machine may access credentials of the online member, use these credentials to impersonate the online member, and send the message to the offline member through the other message service. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289344 | DIGITAL NOTIFICATION ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM - This invention relates to an apparatus and method for a digital notification enhancement system. In particular, the invention relates to a method and apparatus for enhancing a header field, such as the subject field, of a notification such as an email to provide for animations and the like to placed in the field. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289345 | END TO END EMAIL MONITOR - A disclosed example method to monitor an email system involves sending a first test email from a first email system to a second email system. The first test email is addressed to a first destination email address associated with the second email system and having first information identifying the first test email and the second email system. The example method also involves retrieving, from an email account having a second destination email address different from the first destination email address, a plurality of other test emails from other email systems being tested for operability. The other test emails include second information identifying corresponding ones of the other test emails and corresponding ones of the other email systems. The example method involves determining whether the first test email fails to arrive at the email account within a time period from the second email system. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289346 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING MESSAGES - A system and method for enabling the interchange of enterprise data through an open platform is disclosed. This open platform can be based on a standardized interface that enables parties to easily connect to and use the network. Services operating as senders, recipients, and in-transit parties can therefore leverage a framework that overlays a public network. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289347 | 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. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289348 | Providing Session Initiation Protocol Request Contents Method and System - An embodiment provides a user equipment that includes a processor configured to receive a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) NOTIFY message transmitted by a network component as a result of a registration event. The SIP NOTIFY message contains at least a portion of information included in a first SIP message sent between a first user equipment and the network component. Another embodiment provides method and apparatus for a network node to determine whether filter criteria include one or more indicators that specify the need for information, and including in a second SIP message the information specified by the one or more indicators. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289349 | ELECTRONIC BUSINESS POSTAL SYSTEM - An electronic business postal system collects, clears and delivers electronic business mail through a closed access, secure messaging system. A collection subsystem consists of access portals that are associated with secured system nodes. The access portals provide authenticated users access to the system to send and retrieve electronic business mail that includes postal system electronic delivery addresses, physical delivery addresses, or both. Secured message servers that are associated with the respective access portals process the electronic business mail into uniquely identified messages for delivery over the system nodes and also process received messages to provide the corresponding electronic business mail to the intended recipients through associated access portals. A delivery subsystem directs the messages through the system nodes associated with the senders' access portals to the system nodes associated with the recipients' access portals. A clearance subsystem confirms the integrity of both the messages and their delivery and ensures that each message is delivered once and intact. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289350 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING DEFERRED MESSAGE - A method for processing deferred messages includes a storing process, a notification process and a retrieving process. In the storing process, when a user presets and requires to store the deferred message, the system stores the deferred message to be sent to the user; in the notification process, when a user gets online, an IM server at the client side detects the system has stored the deferred message for the user and if the user has subscribed the deferred message notification, the system sends the deferred message notification to the client according to the setting of the system or of the user; in the retrieving process, when the client receives the deferred message notification and requests to acquire the deferred message, its IM server sends the deferred message content to the client. The present invention improves the method for processing deferred messages in the SIP/SIMPLE IM service system. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289351 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SENDING MESSAGE TO GROUP USER(S) THROUGH MICROBLOG - The present invention discloses a method and device for sending a message to group user(s) through microblog, which can simply and rapidly send the message to the group user(s) through a symbol @. In the present invention, group(s) that a user has joined is inquired for the user when the user sends a message, and the message is able to be sent to the group user(s) in the manner of “@group”, instead of being sent to each group user in the manner of “@user nickname” for many times, which improves the efficiency of sending messages by group, and brings convenience to the user. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289352 | Divided Multimedia Messaging Delivery - Method and apparatus for sending a large Multimedia Message, such as a MMS from a first terminal ( | 2014-09-25 |
20140289353 | NETWORK MODULE - A home network, in one embodiment including a home wiring system; a demarcation point unit in electrical communication with the home wiring system; and a home network module in electrical communication with the home wiring system. The home network module is adapted for connection to a home electronic device. The demarcation point unit passes data to and receives data from the home electronic device through the home network module. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289354 | Background Migration of Virtual Storage - Described is a technology by which a virtual hard disk is migrated from a source storage location to a target storage location without needing any shared physical storage, in which a machine may continue to use the virtual hard disk during migration. This facilitates use the virtual hard disk in conjunction with live-migrating a virtual machine. Virtual hard disk migration may occur fully before or after the virtual machine is migrated to the target host, or partially before and partially after virtual machine migration. Background copying, sending of write-through data, and/or servicing read requests may be used in the migration. Also described is throttling data writes and/or data communication to manage the migration of the virtual hard disk. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289355 | AUTONOMOUS DISTRIBUTED CACHE ALLOCATION CONTROL SYSTEM - A node includes a processor that is configured to derive, based on a delivery tree for a content, a logical sub tree structure including a first layer node and second layer nodes lower than the first layer node; calculate first electric power information used for caching the content in the first layer node in the sub tree structure; compare the first electric power information to second electric power information calculated by the second layer nodes in the sub tree structure and used for caching the content in the second layer nodes, then calculate a threshold for a content request rate for each of the second layer nodes; provide control to set the calculated threshold to the second layer nodes; and determine possibility of a cache allocation of the content by comparing a measured content request rate with the threshold. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289356 | TERMINAL CONTROL SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TERMINAL, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - There is provided a terminal control system including: a first terminal; a second terminal connected to the first terminal by short-distance wireless communication; and a server on a network connected to the second terminal via a communication link, in which the server includes: a storage unit which stores predetermined information to be detected by the first terminal and a sequence of processing commands to be executed by the second terminal in a manner such that the information and the processing commands are related to each other; and a terminal control unit sends the sequence of processing commands to the second terminal with reference to the storage unit so as to allow the second terminal to execute the processing commands in response to receiving the predetermined information from the first terminal via the second terminal. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289357 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ACCESS TO A SHARED MEMORY UNIT - A data processing system comprising at least a memory unit, a first client connected to the memory unit, and a second client connected to the memory unit is proposed. The first client may comprise a first memory access unit and an information unit. The first memory access unit may read data from or write data to the memory unit at a first data rate. The information unit may update internal data correlating with a minimum required value of the first data rate. The second client may comprise a second memory access unit and a data rate limiting unit. The second memory access unit may read data from or write data to the memory unit at a second data rate. The data rate limiting unit may limit the second data rate in dependence on the internal data. The first memory access unit may, for example, read data packets sequentially from the memory unit, and the information unit may update the internal data at least per data packet. A method of controlling access to a shared memory unit is also proposed. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289358 | Distributed Storage System - In one embodiment, a first computing device receives a write request and data from a second computing device; iteratively attempts to write the data until a copy of the data is successfully written to each and every storage node belonging to a storage volume; and transmits a volume identifier of the storage volume and a data identifier assigned to the data to the second computing device. In one embodiment, a first computing device receives a read request and a volume identifier and a data identifier from a second computing device; accesses a cache to select the storage volume identified by the volume identifier; iteratively attempts to read data identified by the data identifier until a copy of the data is successfully read from a storage node belonging to the selected storage volume; and transmits the copy of the data to the second computing device. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289359 | CENTRALLY MANAGED AND ACCESSED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING DATA PROCESSING ON MULTIPLE INDEPENDENT SERVERS AND DATASETS - A method of data processing between a hub computer and a plurality of spoke computers is disclosed. The hub computer is arranged to communicate with each of the spoke computers. Furthermore, each spoke computer is remote from the hub computer and remote from each other. The method comprises: (a) receiving at the hub computer from a user a request for the spoke computer to run a data processing operation on accounting data of an organization hosting the spoke computer, the accounting data locally accessible by the spoke computer; (b) the hub computer communicating the request to the spoke computer; (c) in response to receiving the request, the spoke computer running the data processing operation on the accounting data; and (d) the spoke computer returning results of the data processing operation to the hub computer. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289360 | LOCAL SERVER FOR SYNCED ONLINE CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A client device can implement a client-side application for a server-side online content management system. The client-side application can communicate with the server-side online content management system to sync data stored locally on the client-side with data stored on the server-side. A local web server can be implemented on the client device to work in conjunction with the client-side application, such that the local web server can access the data stored locally. The client device can run a web browser that communicates with the local web server. A user of the client device can use the web browser to connect to the local web server to access the synced data stored locally on the client-side. Advantages of accessing the data stored locally using the web browser via the local web server include performance improvements, offline access to the data, and use of native client applications to interact with the data. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289361 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A communication system includes an information processing apparatus and a relay apparatus. The information processing apparatus generates, when performing processing on first information which has been obtained, second information and transmits the generated second information to the relay apparatus. The second information represents an estimated time period taken for processing the first information or a processing state of the first information. The relay apparatus obtains the second information which has been transmitted by the information processing apparatus and outputs the obtained second information to a predetermined information storage apparatus. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289362 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing device having: a storage unit configured to store a location information on real space associated with a character displayed on a portable terminal; a location updating unit configured to, when the character is associated with a portable terminal, update the location information stored in the storage unit based on a location information of the associated portable terminal; and an associating unit configured to, when the character is not associated with any portable terminal, associate a portable terminal with the character based on the location information stored in the storage unit and the location information of the portable terminal. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289363 | METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION CONTENTS, CORRESPONDING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - In an embodiment, information contents, such as, e.g., media contents arranged in pieces including blocks of bits, is distributed over a network including plural terminals at least one of which acts as a source of the pieces of information distributed. Various terminals in the network are configured to act as peer terminals with at least one first peer terminal sending the information to one or more second peer terminals. A set of blocks of a corresponding piece of information is received at the first peer terminal and the corresponding piece of information is reconstructed from the set of blocks received. The pieces of information distributed over the network are fountain encoded by XOR-ing the blocks in a piece, so that a received piece is reconstructable from a combination of a corresponding set of linearly independent XOR-ed blocks. The first peer terminal may start sending to the second peer terminal(s) blocks it is receiving before the corresponding piece of information is reconstructed and possibly subjected to integrity check at the first terminal. Fountain encoding the pieces of information is by means of plural sets of linearly independent XOR-ed blocks. A same piece of information is distributed to a plurality of peer terminals by sending thereto different sets of linearly independent XOR-ed blocks, thus avoiding undue redundancy in the information further propagated to other peers. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289364 | ELECTRONIC MEDIA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND MOBILE DEVICE - A method and system for the distribution of electronic media content to employees of a subscriber include an electronic display for displaying electronic media content that may be selected, modified and/or generated by the subscriber. The system allows for increased subscriber control of the media content presented as well as for increased security for any confidential media content to be presented on the customer display. The system further provides remote access for the subscriber to select, modify and/or generate electronic media content from any geographic location via a mobile device. In addition, the system provides for individual control of multiple displays that may be located in differing geographic locations while at the same time providing for ease of information management. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289365 | SERVER APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, ADDRESS MANAGEMENT METHOD OF SERVER APPARATUS - A server apparatus includes a storage unit to store table data including an IP address and a MAC address of each of information processing apparatuses connected to a network, the IP address and the MAC address being associated with each other in the table data; and a processor to transmit information having one of the IP addresses specified, and to update the table data based on information in a reply for the transmitted information, to determine whether the MAC address being associated with the IP address has been changed since a time-out possibly occurring while receiving or transmitting the information with the information processing apparatus, and to issue a command for freezing the corresponding IP address on use to an IP address assignment apparatus connected to the network if the MAC address has been changed. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289366 | SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INSTANCE HOSTING - A service providing method and system for instance hosting is disclosed. A service providing system including an instance hosting gateway may include: a network adaptor configured to receive data by connecting to at least one physical node over a wired/wireless network; and an instance manager configured to manage at least one process and a profile provided with respect to at least one of a process node deployed in a process form and the physical node, and to connect the received data or data transferred from the process node to at least one instance using the profile and the at least one process. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289367 | ENABLE UPLOADING AND SUBMITTING MULTIPLE FILES - An atomic multiple-file upload from a client to a server requires only a single Java Server Faces (JSF) lifecycle to process the multiple files uploaded. Progress and other upload status indicators are displayed at the client and individual files can be deleted, canceled or added prior to committing the multiple-file upload at the server. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289368 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A MEDIA PACKAGE - A device and method direct towards the packaging, transporting and extracting of essence files, metadata files and service data files are provided. The device and method include receiving content files (e.g., essence and metadata files) and service files, the service files identifying an application to be applied to the content files, combining the content files and the service files into a media package, and transmitting the media package. The device and method also include receiving the media package containing content files and service files and extracting the content files and the service files from the media package. The media package may further include command data that describes how to process the content files and the service files as well as identification data that identifies the content files and service files. The command data, and content and service files may be encrypted. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289369 | CLOUD-BASED SYSTEM FOR FLASH CONTENT STREAMING - A cloud-based system executes a rich Internet application such as a Flash application and compresses its video stream output. A player executes a rich Internet application and produces frames of a video stream according to the rich Internet application and inputs received from a remote user. An analyzer predicts a frame being generated by the rich Internet application player, based on prior frames and prior user inputs. It also generates a set of side information comprising motion compensation data. A combiner combines the side information with a previously encoded frame to produce a reference frame. A comparator generates a residual frame from a comparison of the reference frame with the frame generated by the player. A compressor compresses the residual frame using standard compression techniques. An Internet transmitter transmits the compressed residual frame to the remote user using a UDP connection and transmits the side information using a TCP connection. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289370 | LOG MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, LOG MANAGEMENT METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A log management system in which log information sent from an image forming apparatus via a load balancer, which distributes a storage destination of log information, is managed by a plurality of storage servers, the system comprises: a management unit which manages identification information of a first storage server, which received first log information including image data, of the plurality of storage servers in association with identification information of the image data; and a control unit which controls a second storage server, which received second log information which does not include the image data and includes the identification information of the image data as reference information of the image data to copy and store the image data from the first storage server specified by using information managed by the management unit and the reference information included in the second log information. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289371 | DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEDIA DISTRIBUTION - A media distribution system comprises a client device and a server device connected by a data link, in which the server device is operable to provide respective versions of successive contiguous segments of a media presentation, each segment being encoded as at least two versions at different respective data rates and the client device is operable to request, from the server device, a version of each successive segment so as to stream the media presentation from the server device to the client device; the server device being configured to provide a data file to the client device defining the available versions of the segments according to their respective data rates and an indication of their respective encoding quality; and the client device being configured to select, in respect of a segment of the media presentation, a version having a data rate which does not exceed the data capacity of the data link and which has the highest indication of encoding quality. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289372 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTENT DELIVERY - Embodiments of the present invention relate to method and system for transferring media content between two telecommunication devices. The method recited in the invention is for delivering media content from a first telecommunication device to a second telecommunication device. At the first step of the method, the first telecommunication device (FTD) sends a media content request to a second telecommunication device (STD). The second device checks the compatibility parameters of the first telecommunication device. If the first device is competent to receive the media content, a non-data delivery channel get utilized between the two devices and the content get delivered from the second device to the first device through the non-data channel. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289373 | DATA TRANSFER CONTROL METHOD, RELAY DEVICE, AND DATA TRANSFER CONTROL DEVICE - A transfer path between a sensor and a data processing server is partitioned into at least a first transfer path between the sensor and a first relay device, a second transfer path from the first relay device to a second relay device that transfers the data transmitted from the first sensor, and a third transfer path between the second relay device and the data processing server. A data transfer between each of the sensors and the data processing server is implemented by respectively controlling a pair of the first transfer path and the second transfer path, and a pair of the second transfer path and the third transfer path. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289374 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SERVER, CONTENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR DISTRIBUTING CONTENT EASILY VIEWABLE BY TERMINAL DEVICE HAVING SMALL DISPLAY PART - A content distribution system includes a content server and a distribution server. The distribution server distributes the content provided from the content server via a network. The distribution server includes a notice accept unit, an issuing unit, a content receiving unit and a distribution execution unit. The notice accept unit receives a notice of attribute information from the content server, the attribute information corresponding to a distribution timing of content. The issuing unit issues a permission notice according to the accepted attribute information and transmits the issued permission notice to the content server. The content receiving unit receives the content added with meta information containing the distribution timing from the content server after issuing the permission notice. The distribution execution unit distributes the content received by the content receiving unit to the terminal device according to the distribution timing contained in the meta information added to the content. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289375 | CONTENT SEVER MEDIA STREAM MANAGEMENT - Mechanisms are provided to manage media stream transmissions at a content server. A content server detects that a user on a device such as a mobile device has stopped playing a live media stream. The content server maintains information associating the user with the media stream and time information. When the content server detects that a user wishes to resume playing a media stream, the user can continue viewing the media stream from where stoppage occurred. In many instances, the content server stores many hours of live media stream data and allows a user to select a particular starting point. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289376 | OPTIMIZING STORAGE OF DATA FILES - Disclosed are systems, methods, and machine-readable storage mediums for managing storage of a computing device associated with a user. In at least some embodiments, a method includes receiving a request to synchronize a data file from a cloud storage system from a the computing device, determining a classification of the computing device and an access pattern associated with the file, determining a storage optimization operation to be performed on the data file based on the access pattern and the classification, transmitting the file to the device subsequent to execution of the storage optimization operation, and transmitting an updated file based on an updated access pattern. The storage optimization operation can include downsampling, lossy compression, lossless compression, or a combination thereof. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289377 | CONFIGURING NETWORK STORAGE SYSTEM OVER A NETWORK - Network storage system configuration via a network is disclosed. An IP assignment component is configured to listen for IP assignment requests over the network. Responsive to identifying an IP assignment request originating from a network storage system, the IP assignment component assigns an IP address to the network storage system, and provides configuration access to the network storage system based upon the IP address. A network device management component is configured to send identification requests over the network. Responsive to receiving a response from a network storage system having a previously assigned IP address, the network device management component provides configuration access to the network storage system based upon the previously assigned IP address. In this manner, a network storage system is (e.g., remotely) configured (e.g., over a network), rather than a technician having to physically connect (e.g., via a serial cable) to the network storage system. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289378 | DEVICE IDENTIFIER SELECTION - A method includes receiving an enumeration message via a host interface of a device that is operatively coupled to a host device and to one or more other devices. The method includes identifying the enumeration message as a command originated by the host device or as a response message from one of the other devices. In response to identifying the enumeration message as a command, an enumeration response message is sent to the host device. The enumeration response message indicates a distinctive device identifier value. The method also includes, in response to identifying the enumeration message as a response message from one of the other devices, reading from the response message an identifier value used by such other device and at least temporarily storing this identifier value at the device to enable the device to select the distinctive device identifier value. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289379 | CONTROL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, VIRTUAL NETWORK MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A control apparatus includes: a virtual network configuration information storage unit storing a configuration(s) of a virtual network(s); a terminal point information storage unit associating a virtual terminal point(s) on the virtual network(s) with a terminal point(s) of the packet forwarding node(s) and storing the associated nodes; a control unit controlling packet forwarding on the virtual network(s) configured by the packet forwarding node(s); and a virtual network updating unit performing, when the control apparatus receives a packet from a source that is not connected to an existing virtual terminal point, addition of a virtual terminal point to the virtual network(s) and addition of a new entry to the terminal point information storage unit, based on a virtual terminal point addition rule(s) defining a correspondence relationship between a value in a predetermined field in a packet header and a virtual terminal point connection position on the virtual network(s). | 2014-09-25 |
20140289380 | PERSONAL AREA NETWORK APPARATUS - A network ( | 2014-09-25 |
20140289381 | OPTIMIZATION OF ENHANCED NETWORK LINKS - A method and apparatus for dynamic network link acceleration provides a managed communication link for accelerated and reliable network communication between a client and other network devices. In one or more embodiments, a client computing device which generates communication packets of a first type is enhanced with a front end mechanism which selectively encodes the data packets into packets of a second type. The data packets which are encoded into a second type are transmitted over a managed communication link which may provide error correction, security, quality of service, and other services including acceleration of communications. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289382 | UTILIZING VERSION VECTORS ACROSS SERVER AND CLIENT CHANGES TO DETERMINE DEVICE USAGE BY TYPE, APP, AND TIME OF DAY - Technology is disclosed for utilizing version vector data of computing devices to optimize performance of the computing devices and/or other computer systems that provide various services to the computing devices (“the technology”). One embodiment includes analyzing version vectors of the computing devices to determining a user's usage pattern, such as the type of computing device used, the computer applications used on the computing device, and the time of day of usage. This information about usage pattern and other information that can be determined using the version vectors can enable system optimizations on both individual user level and a group of users level. For example, on the individual user level, knowing user's usage pattern may enable automatic file synchronization between multiple devices without user intervention. On the group level, a service provider may allocate resources (servers, bandwidth, etc.) to accommodate the group's usage pattern. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289383 | PROVISIONING OF NETWORK COMMUNICATION PARAMETERS BASED ON DEVICE TYPE - The device type of a user computing device may be used to optimize network communication sessions. In one implementation, an indication of the device type of the user computing device may be received and a communication profile for the user computing device may be determined. The communication profile may be associated with values for a number of parameters relating to one or more communication protocols used to implement communication sessions with the user computing device. One or more network elements, that are involved in the communication sessions with the user computing device, may be provisioned, to cause the one or more network elements to implement the communication protocols, for the user computing device, using the values for the parameters relating to the one or more communication protocols. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289384 | Filtering notifications from a third party application to a user of a social networking system based on an action of the user - A method for filtering a notification being provided from an application to a user of a social networking system based on an action of the user is described. The method starts by receiving the notification from the application to the user. If the notification is a first notification sent from the application to the user, the notification is displayed to the user with (i) a prompting message that includes a selectable opt in image, and (ii) a selectable opt out image. The prompting message includes a request to opt in to receiving notifications from the application. If the notification is not the first notification sent from the application to the user, the method determines whether to display the notification to the user by determining whether the user previously opted in to notifications from the application and whether click-through rate (CTR) of notifications from the application is greater than CTR threshold. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289385 | MANAGING ACTIONS OF A NETWORK DEVICE THROUGH A MANUAL INFORMATION INPUT MODULE - A method and device for allowing users to manage policy(s) of the device through a manual information input module. The manual information input module is a physical interface which allows manipulation of the policy(s). The manual information input may include, but not limited to, a button a knob, a display panel, etc. Policy(s) are assigned to the manual information input module and the assigned policy(s) are executed by interacting with the manual information input module. The policy(s) of the device are stored in the computer readable storage medium and the policy(s) associated with the manual information input module are retrieved by the processor of the device from the computer readable storage medium of the device in order to execute the policy(s). | 2014-09-25 |
20140289386 | ELECTRONIC ARRANGEMENT AND RELATED METHOD FOR DYNAMIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - Electronic arrangement for managing system resources based on user perception includes a processing entity, a memory entity, and a data transfer entity, the arrangement being configured to transmit data identifying a recurring online survey including a number of questions regarding the managed resources to a plurality of respondents each of which being associated with at least one terminal device reachable via the communications network. The arrangement customizes the survey to each respondent relative to at least one question through indication of previous answer by the user to the same question already answered in a previous round of the survey to enable the respondent to recall the previous answer and scale the current answer consistently, receive data indicative of answers to the survey questions provided by the plurality of respondents via the associated terminal devices, determine on the basis of the indicated answers a number of representative respondents from the plurality. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289387 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCALLY MANAGING NETWORK APPLIANCES IN A CLOSED AREA NETWORK VIA A GATEWAY DEVICE - A system, medium and method of managing, via a gateway device, to wirelessly communicate with a plurality of network appliances in a closed local area network is disclosed. A data message is received from a first network appliance configured to communicate data in association with a first application profile. The first application profile is retrieved from a locally stored application profile database upon being identified. A database is accessed at the gateway device containing policy information of the first network appliance and evaluated for one or more policy parameters. A first instruction command is generated at the gateway device based on the accessed policy information, wherein the instruction command conforms with the first application profile to instruct the first network appliance to perform a specified action. The instruction command is wirelessly transmitted from the gateway device to the first network appliance to cause it to perform a specified action. | 2014-09-25 |
20140289388 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCALLY OPTIMIZED MANAGING OF NETWORK APPLIANCES IN A CLOSED AREA NETWORK - A system and method for generating an optimized operating schedule for a plurality of heterogeneous wireless network appliances managed by a gateway device in a closed area network is disclosed. An amount of energy consumed by each network appliance as well as preassigned operational priority values assigned to each network appliance per time slot over the designated time period is considered. A plurality of proposed operation schedules are iteratively generated, wherein each proposed operation schedule selectively assigns the network appliances to operate at various time slots based on their assigned operational priority values. An optimized schedule is selected which has a determined lowest aggregated total utility cost and a greatest aggregated operations value for the network appliances in the subset. The selected optimized schedule is then implemented by the gateway device to manage operation of the network appliances in the closed area network. | 2014-09-25 |