47th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 68 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150334140 | AMBIENT COMMUNICATION SESSION - In general, this disclosure describes techniques for initiating a communication session when a user indicates she or he is available to participate in the communication session. In one example, a method includes receiving, by a first communication device, an indication that a user is available to participate in a communication session that enables communication between different communication devices. Responsive to receiving the at least one signal, the communication session may be initiated in an inactive mode at the first communication device. The first communication device may receive a request from a second communication device to participate in the communication session. Responsive to receiving the request, the communication session may be switched from the inactive mode to an active mode. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334141 | Collaborative Peer Review System and Method of Use - Disclosed is a system and method for providing poll-based reviews of various businesses and service providers. In particular, a reviewer provides a review by answering poll-based review questions and/or adding new poll-based review questions to provide the most relevant feedback. The review questions can be ranked in order of relevance and/or importance to each reviewer. The data from the review is summarized and presented so that information related to each reviewee is presented in order of preference to the reviewer. Additionally, the present invention gathers data from each reviewer by using polls to tailor suggestions for new reviewees to the reviewer. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334142 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING AND PUBLISHING CUSTOMIZABLE IMAGES FROM WITHIN ONLINE EVENTS - Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media creating and publishing customizable images from within online events are provided. A user may capture an image from an online event presented within a user interface. In response to capturing the image, a pop-up window may be displayed within the presented online event on the user interface. In some embodiments, the pop-up window may include one or more options for customizing or modifying a background of the capture image, as well as including one or more sharing options to publish the captured image. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334143 | MULTIFUSION OF A STREAM OPERATOR IN A STREAMING APPLICATION - Embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, a system, and a computer program product for fusing a stream operator into more than one processing element within a streaming application. The method includes receiving an instruction to concurrently fuse, into a second processing element, a stream operator of interest that is fused into a first processing element. The method includes determining whether the stream operator of interest is stateful. The method includes compiling, in response to determining the stream operator of interest is stateful, a clone of the stream operator of interest into the second processing element so that the clone is synchronized with the stream operator of interest. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334144 | Simulating Broadcast Television Channel Surfing for On-Demand Content - Described are systems and methods for simulating a traditional television experience with streamed on-demand content. Streamed content may be buffered to allow a user to preview content even when the content is not organized in a traditional numbered channel format. A user may progress through a series of content items (e.g. simulated channel up/down) in order to preview the on-demand content without having to unduly wait for each content item to load and/or buffer. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334145 | Populating a Content Stream - A method performed by a client device, including: receiving, using the client device, a request to populate a content stream of a social networking service with content related to a media program; identifying, using the client device, in response to the request, the media program; transmitting, using the client device, to a server device configured to implement the social networking service, a request for the content, wherein the request identifies the media program; receiving, using the client device, from the server device, the content; and populating the content stream with the content. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334146 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO COMMUNICATION - A method for changing a communication network for video communication is provided. The method includes performing, by a User Equipment (UE), video communication through a mobile communication network; searching for whether there is a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) accessible by the UE; displaying, if a WLAN accessible by the UE is found, the accessible WLAN; and when the displayed WLAN is selected by a user, changing a communication network for the video communication to perform the video communication through the selected WLAN. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334147 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING ADAPTIVE STREAMING MECHANISM-BASED CONTENT - Methods and apparatus are provided for transmitting adaptive streaming mechanism-based content. Representations, which include content components, are combined into a group. At least two of the group, a representation, and a content component type are combined into a subset. The subset is transmitted. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334148 | MULTIFUSION OF A STREAM OPERATOR IN A STREAMING APPLICATION - Embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, a system, and a computer program product for fusing a stream operator into more than one processing element within a streaming application. The method includes receiving an instruction to concurrently fuse, into a second processing element, a stream operator of interest that is fused into a first processing element. The method includes determining whether the stream operator of interest is stateful. The method includes compiling, in response to determining the stream operator of interest is stateful, a clone of the stream operator of interest into the second processing element so that the clone is synchronized with the stream operator of interest. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334149 | VIDEO FEED LAYOUT IN VIDEO CONFERENCES - A method for positioning video feeds of a video conference on an electronic display. The method includes selecting a first property of the plurality of video feeds used to position the plurality of video feeds on the electronic display. A first and second value of the first property is received from a respective first and second video feed. A request for a layout style of the plurality of video feeds on the electronic display is received. The layout style has a plurality of positions for the plurality of video feeds. Each of the plurality of positions has a criteria of the first property. The first and second video feed belong is positioned on the layout. The positioning is based on a relationship of the criteria of each of the plurality of positions to the first and second values. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334150 | REGULATING CONTENT STREAMS FROM A WEIGHTED FAIR QUEUING SCHEDULER USING WEIGHTS DEFINED FOR USER EQUIPMENT NODES - Apparatuses and methods control communication of content streams through a content distribution network. A data repository is accessed to retrieve information which identifies a group of user equipment nodes that are registered with one of a plurality of subscriber accounts and which further identifies weight values that are associated with the group of the user equipment nodes. Communication bit rates that are provided by a weighted fair queuing scheduler node to individual ones of a group of the content streams within bandwidth allocated to a virtual pipe for carrying the group of the content streams through the content distribution network to the group of the user equipment nodes, are regulated responsive to the weight values associated with the group of the user equipment nodes. Weighted fair queuing scheduling can thereby be provided at a virtual pipe level and, furthermore, at a user equipment node level. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334151 | BANDWIDTH OPTIMIZATION FOR REMOTE DESKTOP PROTOCOL - The processing of a first data stream to generate a second stream conforming to a remote desktop protocol (RDP) is described. Operations may include facilitating storage of first data from the first stream at a first index indicated is the first stream, facilitating retrieval of second data from a second index included in the first stream, and facilitating generation of the second stream conforming to the RDP and including the first and second data. Additionally, the processing of a third data stream conforming to the RDP to stream a fourth stream is described. Operations include facilitating processing of the third stream to identify a package data unit (PDU), facilitating storing of a hash value corresponding to the PDU, and facilitating generating an altered PDU for inclusion in the fourth stream and including an index identifying a location in memory storing the hash value. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334152 | PRESENCE SERVICE USING IMS BASED DASH SERVICE - Technology for distributing presence information by a presence server in an Internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) based dynamic adaptive streaming over hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) (DASH) service is disclosed. In an example, a user equipment (UE) can be operable to act as a presentity and include computer circuitry configured to: Generate a trigger event during a DASH session; and publish presence information including content being consumed to a presence server. The published content can include DASH content. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334153 | Low-Latency Streaming - Method and systems for enabling low-latency streaming of segments over at least one network to a client are described wherein said client is configured to request and receive segments from at least one server on the basis of a manifest file. Said method comprises: collecting quality of service information experienced by said client in at least a part of said network and storing said quality of service information in a quality database in said network; sending at least part of said quality of service information to said content processing device; determining on the basis of said at least part of said quality of service information one or more configuration parameters for a buffer, preferably a play-out buffer; and/or, for a segment request function in said content processing device; and, configuring said buffer and/or, said segment request function in accordance with said configuration parameters. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334154 | OPTIMAL USE OF MULTIPLE CONCURRENT INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) DATA STREAMS FOR VOICE COMMUNICATIONS - Examples are disclosed for hosting a communication session between a hybrid mobile device and a second communication device in an Internet Protocol (IP) based packet data network. A communications server functions as a bridge service between the hybrid mobile device and the second communication device enabling the exchange of multiple concurrent IP packet data media streams over multiple different IP based networks between the hybrid mobile device and the communications server. The communications server determines a packet arrival time for each corresponding packet in the multiple concurrent IP packet data media streams and creates a blended IP packet data media stream by selecting the first to arrive packet from among the multiple concurrent IP packet data media streams. On the send side, the communications server receives a single IP packet data media stream and simultaneously encodes it to be sent out over the multiple different IP based networks to the hybrid mobile device. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334155 | DEPLOYING A PORTION OF A STREAMING APPLICATION TO ONE OR MORE VIRTUAL MACHINES ACCORDING TO COST - A streams manager monitors cost of one or more VMs hosting a streaming application, determines when cost can be reduced, and requests a cloud manager provision one or more VMs that have a lower cost. In response, the cloud manager provisions the VM(s) that have the lower cost. The streams manager then deploys a portion of the streaming application to the VM(s), thereby reducing the cost of running the streaming application. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334156 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING A VIDEO STREAM - Method for transmitting a video stream in a network ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150334157 | METHODS FOR QUALITY-AWARE ADAPTIVE STREAMING OVER HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL - A wireless network device to support quality-aware adaptive media streaming includes a radio-frequency transceiver, a processor operably coupled to the radio-frequency transceiver, and a memory device operably coupled to the processor. The memory storing instructions that configure the processor to parse a manifest file to read information characterizing media content available for hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) adaptive streaming, obtain quality information of the media content based on a quality attribute parsed from the manifest file, and dynamically switch streaming between different encoded portions of the media content in response to the quality information for an encoded portion of the media content deviating from a desired quality value. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334158 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PIXEL ENCODED WEB PAGE - The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for unobtrusively determining previous actions and information associated with a user via an RGB string and generating web page content based upon previous actions and stored information. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334159 | Method, System and Browser for Executing Active Object of Browser - The present disclosure discloses a method, a system and a browser for executing a browser active object. In the present invention, a proxy object is run in a page process and an active object is run in an independent process, so that a true plug-in is separated from the page process. The present invention further discloses an inter-process script execution method, system and browser. The present invention further discloses a browser active object executing method and system, and a browser. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334160 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOADING WEB PAGE - The present disclosure relates to a pre-5 | 2015-11-19 |
20150334161 | METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATING AN APPLICATION INTERFACE FOR A MODELED ENTITY AND DEVICES THEREOF - This technology generates a plurality of instances of things each including a dynamically generated interface structure and services associated with and properties of the corresponding one of the things. The services associated with and the properties of one of the plurality of instances of things for a selected one of the plurality of instances of things are retrieved and provided. A service definition for a selected one of the services is retrieved and provided based on the retrieved and provided services associated with and properties for the selected one of the plurality of instances of things. A requested consumption call for the selected one of the services is executed based on the retrieved service definition. A defined result set for the executed consumption call is provided in the dynamically generated interface structure associated with the requested one of the plurality of instances of things. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334162 | Navigation of Virtual Desktop Content on Devices - Methods and systems for navigating virtual desktop content on client devices (e.g., mobile devices) are disclosed. Virtual desktop navigation may be responsive to physical movement of the client device, such that virtual desktop content is panned and/or zoomed based on the user physically moving the client device in 3D space. A client device launches a graphical user interface for a virtual desktop on a display. Display resolution is determined, and movement information is generated based on physical movement of the client device. The display resolution and movement information are sent to a server. The client device receives, from the server, a portion of the graphical user interface based on the display resolution, a resolution of the graphical user interface, and the movement information. The portion of the graphical user interface is presented on the display, such that the displayed portion appears to change responsive to the movement of the device. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334163 | PUBLIC DISPLAY SYSTEM ENABLING MEDIA MODIFICATION - Systems and methods are disclosed that allow users to alter fixed or stationary media displays, According to certain embodiments, the system comprises a mobile device, a remote server and a frame capable of presenting a digital image. The frame comprises a machine-readable indicia. The mobile device contains a reader application capable or reading and decoding the machine-readable indicia to determine instructions for accessing the remote server and presenting data from within the indicia that identifies the frame to the server. The server then requests and receives a digital media file from the mobile device and transmits it to the frame. The frame is equipped with a wireless receiver that receives the digital image, and a processor that causes it to be displayed. Various checks and verifications may be performed by the server. Various other aspects and embodiments are disclosed. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334164 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEAMLESS DATA TRANSFER TO A CLOUD NETWORK - A seamless and secure communication path from a control network to a cloud server is created. The network is coupled to one or more control devices. Tag information from a control network is obtained. The tag information includes one or more programmed variables associated with the one or more control devices controlled by a control system. The tag information is seamlessly and automatically uploaded from the control network to the cloud server via the seamless communication path according to at least one predetermined criteria. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334165 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLIANCE DETECTION AND APP CONFIGURATION - A system and method is used to provision an app to a smart device for use in connection with an appliance. A presence of the appliance on a wireless network which includes the smart device is detected and data received from the appliance is used to initiate a retrieval of the app. When the retrieved app is installed on the smart device the app is usable with the smart device to provide at least an interface between the smart device and the appliance. In some circumstance, installation of the app on the smart device may also include causing the app to be synchronized with a corresponding app that was prior installed on another smart device capable of communicating with the appliance. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334166 | CABLE MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY SYSTEM - A cable management system includes a cable that transmits data between information handling systems (IHSs). The cable includes a first end and a second end that is opposite the cable from the first end. A first connector is located on the first end of the cable and couples the cable to a first IHS. A second connector is located on the second end of the cable and couples the cable to a second IHS. A first communication system is located adjacent the first end of the cable. The first communication system receives and stores first IHS information about the first IHS when the first connector is coupled to the first IHS and second IHS information about the second IHS when the second connector is coupled to the second IHS. The first communication system may then provide the first and second IHS information to a management device. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334167 | Systems and Methods for Distributing Electronic Content - A system for distributing electronic content may include a content repository including one or more electronic content items. The content repository may be in communication with one or more content databases. The system may include a user interface in communication with the content repository. The user interface may be configured to receive a selection from a content administrator of one or more electronic content items available from the one or more content databases, and one or more end users to whom the selected electronic content items are assigned. The system may include one or more end user devices in communication with the content repository. Each end user device may be associated with an end user and an end user account. Each end user device may be configured to receive the selected electronic content items that are assigned to the corresponding end user from the content repository. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334168 | Soliciting and Creating Collaborative Content Items - A method for soliciting and creating collaborative content items is disclosed. The method includes identifying contacts of a target user, the contacts each having an affinity score with the target user that exceeds an affinity score threshold value, soliciting, from each of the identified contacts, a content item curated by the identified contact to convey a personalized message to the target user corresponding to an event unique to the target user, receiving the content items from at least a subset of the identified contacts, and providing a collaborative content product comprising the received content items to the target user. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334169 | HARDWARE ID BASED USER PROFILE IDENTIFICATION AND SHARING - A server device may receive, via a local wireless connection with a user device, a hardware identifier associated with the user device; transmit the hardware identifier to a profile server; receive, from the profile server, a user profile associated with the user of the user device; generate a message based on the user profile; and provide the message to the user device. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334170 | USE OF A REMAINDER DURATION AS A BASIS TO GENERATE A PLAYLIST - An example method includes determining that a resume event occurred. The resume event causes a client device to resume playout of personalized news programming after the client device plays out at least a portion of a first personalized news program. The method further includes, in response to determining that the resume event occurred, determining a remainder duration representing a duration of the first personalized news program less an elapsed duration between (i) a start time when the client device initiated playout of the first personalized news program and (ii) a resume time when the resume event occurred. The method further includes using the determined remainder duration to generate a playlist of a second personalized news program having a duration that is less than the duration of the first personalized news program. The method further includes transmitting the generated playlist to the client device. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334171 | MOBILE DEVICE APPLICATION INTEGRATION WITH INFOTAINMENT HEADUNITS - A system is provided for integrating a feature rich application platform operating on a mobile device with a vehicle infotainment system. The system includes a head unit configured to control user interface devices including a display, a command entry device, and an audio output device. The head unit also includes computing resources and a communications interface. A content consumer application operates using the computing resources of the head unit, and is configured to communicate user generated commands over a communications interface to a content provider application executing on a mobile device. The content provider application is configured to direct the user generated commands to one of a plurality of sub-applications on the mobile device. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334172 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING BROWSER USE ON A MOBILE DEVICE - The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for in obtrusively determining previous actions and information associated with a user and generating web page content based upon previous actions and stored information. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334173 | METHOD FOR THE EXECUTION OF SERVICES IN REAL TIME, NOTABLY OF FLIGHT MANAGEMENT AND REAL TIME SYSTEM USING SUCH A METHOD - A system executes services by a “server” for a “client”. A preliminary step establishes a list of available services of the server, set up for the client, in which a processing time is determined releasable by the server for the client per code execution cycle MIF. The system creates on start-up: NT execution tasks for the client, each having a priority of execution level and an allocated average duration of execution, NT being at least 1, the sum of durations of the tasks being at most the releasable processing time; execution rules associating each of the tasks with at least one service of the list; then, during each MIF cycle, the system executes the services on their associated tasks, a task executed by priority and for at most its allocated average time of execution, the non-executed part of a service being executed on its associated task in the next cycle. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334174 | APPLICATION COORDINATION - Disclosed herein is a computer-implemented method for coordinating a plurality of applications operating on a device, each application arranged to communicate with one or more servers for the application and the one or more servers associated with the application to provide one or more functions. The method comprises receiving information indicative of a function required by a first application of the plurality of applications, wherein the required function is not one of the one or more functions provided by the first application and its associated one or more servers. The method further comprises identifying a second application of the plurality of applications that is capable of providing the required function with the one or more servers associated with the second application. The method also comprises initiating communication with the second application for the first application to utilise the required function provided by the second application and the one or more servers associated with the second application. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334175 | MESSAGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, DISTRIBUTION SEQUENCE DETERMINATION DEVICE, DISTRIBUTION SEQUENCE DETERMINATION METHOD, AND DISTRIBUTION SEQUENCE DETERMINATION PROGRAM - In order to reduce wasteful delays occurring when a mobile terminal whose RRC state is a state wherein communication is possible transfers in a temporarily stopped state, a distribution sequence determination device, which determines the distribution sequence for push messages transmitted to each of multiple terminals, determines the distribution sequence on the basis of whether each of the multiple terminals is in a state wherein communication is possible or is in a temporarily stopped state, so as to transmit the push messages to each of the multiple terminals in a distribution sequence in which terminals in a state wherein communication is possible are given priority over terminals in the temporarily stopped state. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334176 | ROUTING MESSAGES BETWEEN APPLICATIONS - 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. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334177 | System and Method for Program and Resource Allocation Within a Data-Intensive Computer - A system and method for operating a data-intensive computer is provided. The data-intensive computer includes a processing sub-system formed by a plurality of processing node servers and a database sub-system formed by a plurality of database servers configured to form a collective database in excess of a petabyte of storage. The data-intensive computer also includes an operating system sub-system formed by a plurality of operating system servers that extend a unifying operating system environment across the processing sub-system, the database sub-system, and the operating system sub-system to act as components in a single data-intensive computer. The operating system sub-system is configured to coordinate execution of a single application as distributed processes having at least one of the distributed processes executed on the processing sub-system and at least one of the distributed processes executed on the database sub-system. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334178 | Method and Apparatus for Data Transmission Oriented on the Object, Communication Media, Agents, and State of Communication Systems - A method and apparatus for Data Transmission Oriented on the Object, Communication Media, Agents, and State of Communication Systems (TOMAS) is disclosed. TOMAS addresses an issue of efficiency of conventional data communication systems. The superior efficiency of TOMAS is achieved by: 1) matching the requirements of agents with capabilities of the communication systems and the communication media using the features of data objects; 2) monitoring of time-varying characteristics of all components, such as a charge of batteries and a status of all hardware, firmware and software components; 3) using an information about time-invariant characteristics of the systems, such as devices screen sizes, employed operational systems (OS), etc.; 4) using a flexible system architecture; and 5) using a fast signal processing algorithm described in [1] at the stage of data object analysis-synthesis and the codestream multiplexing-demultiplexing. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334179 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOAD BALANCING ANYCAST DATA TRAFFIC - In some implementations, a system and corresponding method for load balancing data traffic addressed to an anycast address include maintaining, by each of a plurality of load balancing (LB) devices a data structure including entries associated with application instances in a group of application instances served by the LB device. The frequency with which each served application instance is included in the data structure is indicative of a weight value associated with a capacity of the corresponding served application instance. Upon receiving a data packet, originally addressed to an anycast address, the LB device uses one or more header fields of the received data packet to identify a virtual Internet protocol (IP) address of one of the served application instances in the data structure maintained by the LB device. The LB device then forwards the data packet to the identified application instance. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334180 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED EXPERIENCE WITH A PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK - A system and method for implementing a peer to peer (P2P) network that includes a plurality of nodes, wherein each of a majority of the nodes has less than a threshold number of P2P connections to other nodes in the network. A P2P network connection is established between a first node from the majority and an enhanced connection node in the network, wherein the enhanced connection node has more than the threshold number of P2P connections to other nodes in the network. A search request is issued from the first node by transmitting the search request from the first node to the enhanced connection node, and then forwarding the search request from the enhanced connection node to other nodes in the network. Responses to the search request are collected at the enhanced connection node, which filters, ranks or adds additional content to the responses prior to forwarding the responses back to the first node. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334181 | Connection Mechanism for Energy-Efficient Peer-to-Peer Networks - A communications system comprising a plurality of nodes communicatively connected via a communications network, each node comprising a processing circuit and network interface circuitry connected to the processing circuit, each node being configured to connect to the communications network and to communicate with other nodes of the communications system, the communications system comprising at least one cluster of nodes, wherein one of the nodes of the cluster is operable to perform a cluster head role connecting the cluster to the communications network, and wherein the cluster is operable to implement a mechanism for transferring the cluster head role from one node of the cluster to another node of the cluster. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334182 | System, Method and Browser Client for Enabling Browser Data Synchronization - The invention provides a system, method and browser client for enabling browser data synchronization. By the invention, command information is sent to a target client via a push server in time in the case that the data content stored in a cloud storage server is updated, thereby enabling real-time data synchronization between the cloud storage server and the browser client simply and efficiently. The invention further discloses an apparatus and method for server distribution in browser real-time synchronization, a method for server distribution in browser real-time synchronization, a system for preventing a malicious connection, a system, method and information distribution database for enabling browser data synchronization, and a socket server and its service method for sending command information from a push server to a target client among a plurality of browser clients. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334183 | METHOD OF PROTECTING REDUNDANT SERVERS COUPLED TO A MANUFACTURING EXECUTING SYSTEM - A method protects at least two redundant servers. The redundant servers act as main and shadow interfaces between respectively at least two redundant process servers coupled to a manufacturing execution system and at least two redundant control servers coupled to an automation part. Each of the servers is configured to receive automation data from each of the redundant control servers. A time of receipt and a tag are extracted from the automation data and are registered in a database coupled with the servers. If one of the tags is registered within a predefined delay after the time of receipt of the other tag, the server with the older time of receipt is set up as the main interface and the other server is set up as the shadow interface. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334184 | ENABLING EXECUTION OF REMOTELY-HOSTED APPLICATIONS USING APPLICATION METADATA AND CLIENT UPDATES - Example embodiments relate to enabling execution of remotely-hosted applications via transmission of application metadata and client updates from a cloud server to a client device. In example embodiments, a cloud server maintains application metadata describing a remotely-hosted application. To enable remote execution of the applications by a client device, the cloud server sends the client device the application metadata and a corresponding client update that enables execution of the remotely-hosted application by the client device. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334185 | TERMINAL DEVICE, PROGRAM, DATA TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION SYSTEM, AND DATA TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION METHOD - When data transmission/reception is performed between different services on a network, data acquired by one of the services needs to be updated to the other of the services after being once downloaded to a user terminal. In the present invention, information for an access and charging of a fee is notified, as appropriate, to a server in a service requiring the information, and information for a data request or an access is notified from the server to a server in the other service. Because a data transfer is performed between the servers, data transmission/reception can be performed smoothly without the intervention of a user terminal. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334186 | Coax Adaptor for Ethernet Physical Layer Transceiver - There is a need to deploy the IP (Internet Protocol) video surveillance camera over both Ethernet cable and coax cable. The present invention presents the IP video surveillance camera with dual Ethernet cable interface and coax cable interface by using the presented dual physical layer transceiver. The dual physical layer transceiver includes a conventional E-PHY (Ethernet physical layer transceiver) and a lightweight coax adapter to allow low cost. The coax adapter typically exists in series between the active E-PHY and coax cable, keeps part of functions in E-PHY effective, and adapts the E-PHY signal onto coax cable and vice versa. The conventional E-PHY alone provides the Ethernet cable interface while the conventional E-PHY is combined with the coax adaptor to provide the coax cable interface. Further, the present invention presents methods to relay Ethernet over coax by using a pair of the coax adaptors. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334187 | TRIGGER EVENT BASED RESPONSE EXECUTION WITH SECURE INITIALIZATION - An identification message is sent from a sensor apparatus, over a wireless communication network, in response to a trigger event sensed by a sensor device in the sensor apparatus. The identification message includes a unique identifier of the sensor apparatus. The identification message is received at a network server. A pre-configured action profile associated with the unique identifier in the received identification message is accessed by the network server. A response action is caused to be executed based on information in the accessed action profile. The sensor apparatus is paired to a subscriber account before first use, thereby allowing secure initialization. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334188 | NETWORK SYSTEM, SERVER, TERMINAL, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A network system includes a plurality of terminals including at least a first terminal and a second terminal, one or more devices including at least a first device, and a server adapted to refer to group information. The server refers to the group information and determines whether to accept a request for the first device from the second terminal, when in a state of accepting a request for the first device from the first terminal. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334189 | METHOD FOR MATCHING MULTIPLE DEVICES, AND DEVICE AND SERVER SYSTEM FOR ENABLING MATCHING - The present invention relates to a method for matching multiple devices, and a device and a server system for enabling the matching thereof. According to one aspect of the invention, provided is a matching method comprising the steps of: determining, from a perspective of a first device, characteristic information on a biological state of a user, and independently determining, from a perspective of a second device, characteristic information associated with or generated according to the biological state of the user; and matching the first device and the second device on the basis of the characteristic information determined from the perspective of the first device and the characteristic information determined from the perspective of the second device. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334190 | Cloud Side Application - Cloud Side Application (CSA) is an environment that allows programmers to develop, to host and to run solutions on the server side; CSA runs the solution. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334191 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING IMAGE - The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for transmitting images. The method includes: receiving an IP connection request sent from a computer; acquiring an IP address of the computer according to the received IP connection request; acquiring screenshots and direction information related to the screenshots; and sending the screenshots and the direction information to the computer via IP Layer according to the IP address. In addition to screenshots, the embodiment also transmits the direction information related to the screenshots so that a receiving end may display better screenshots according to the direction information, thus improving the display effect. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334192 | MECHANISM FOR MANAGING A COMMUNICATION SESSION - The invention relates to a management method for managing a communication session (SS_WS) between a terminal ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150334193 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTER-LOCAL NETWORK COMMUNICATION - A method of an inter-local network communication of a first electronic device is provided. The method includes obtaining, by the first electronic device, address information of a second electronic device in a second local network, from a third electronic device, forming a communication channel with the second electronic device, based on the address information, and transferring data between the first local network and the second local network, using the communication channel. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334194 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION, INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL AND METHOD THEREOF, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - A client (such as a PC, portable telephone, PDA, electrical appliances), to which a device such as a IC card is connected, starts a handshake protocol to request a server to start communication. When communication is established via the handshake protocol, the initiative of communication is transferred to the server, and the state changes into a neutral state. In this neutral state, a control packet including a particular number of messages and a finished message is transmitted from the server to the client. If the client receives the control packet, the client performs a process according to the messages included in the control packet. This makes it possible to remotely control a device via a network in a highly reliable and efficient manner. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334195 | SESSION COMPLETION THROUGH CO-BROWSING - A method, system and computer program product for session completion through co-browsing is claimed. The method can include establishing a content browsing session between a first computing device and a content server serving access to content to the first computing device and maintaining state data for the content browsing session. A co-browsing arrangement of the content can be created as between the first computing device and a second computing device and at least a subset of the state data can be cloned for use by the second computing device during co-browsing of the content. Thereafter, a modified form of the subset of the state data can be received from the second computing device resulting from the co-browsing of the content by the second computing device and the modified form of the subset of the state data can be provided to the first computing device for use during the content browsing session. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334196 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESERVING PACKET SWITCHED (PS) SIGNALING CONNECTION - Methods and apparatuses are provided for preserving a signaling connection using a UE in a wireless network. An RAU request message is sent from the UE, to at least one network node in the wireless network, when a suspension condition is detected at the UE while the UE is in a connected state. The UE receives a RAU response message from the at least one network node. Activation of a timer is restricted at the UE to preserve the signaling connection in response to receipt of the RAU response message, when at least one radio bearer associated with the UE is detected. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334197 | HANDLING REPEATED REQUESTS FOR THE SAME USER DATA - In accordance with some embodiments, data may be automatically provided on preordained conditions for specific types of data. Thus specific types of data or specific requestors may be treated differently. The system may be programmed to respond appropriately to requests for certain types of data from certain types of requestors. This offloads the need to review specific requests in many cases and enables an automated system for providing requested data as appropriate. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334198 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SET OF SERVICES OF A FIRST SUBSET OF A SOCIAL NETWORK TO A USER OF A SECOND SUBSET OF SAID SOCIAL NETWORK - The present invention relates to a method (M) for providing by means of a system a set of services (S) of a first subset (Sub | 2015-11-19 |
20150334199 | METHOD ENABLING A NETWORK MONITORING SYSTEM TO NON-INTRUSIVELY ASSESS QUALITY OF USER EXPERIENCE DURING THE LOADING OF A WEBPAGE - A provided method provides an assessment of quality of user experience during the loading, on a client, of a web page from a remote server via a network, according to the http protocol, the web page having a root file and at least one reference to a resource, including: a first step including identifying and timestamping the loading of a root file by the client; and a second step including: a step of identifying and timestamping the loading, by the client, of a resource assigned to the root file, a step of processing the timestamps to determine a relative load time of the resource corresponding to the period between the start time of the root file loading and the end time of the loading of the resource assigned to the root file; a step of analysis assessing the user experience in which the relative resource load time is an index. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334200 | Systems and Methods for Automated Giving Platform - An automated giving platform is described that allows users to post social giving activities to a newsfeed. The posts can include a variety of information, such as a picture, description, and one or more tags that can categorize the type of social giving activity being posted. Points can be awarded to the social giving activities that users post to the newsfeed of the social giving platform. In addition, users can form social circles and points that are earned by individual users of a social circle can also be awarded to the social circle. Awarded points and activities posted by users, including their associated circles, can be managed by the platform in order to provide analytics related to how much social giving is being performed by users and social circles. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334201 | METHOD OF PROVIDING DIGITAL CONTENT FOR USERS OF PHYSICAL ITEMS - Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for enhancing users' overall experiences with physical items by supplementing their physical experiences with digital experiences. According to an embodiment, an electronic device scans a smart tag associated with an item to obtain an item identifier of the item, and sends the item identifier to a server, which selects digital content to be made available to a user of the item. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334202 | METHODS CIRCUITS DEVICES SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED MACHINE EXECUTABLE CODE FOR EFFICIENT DELIVERY OF MULTI-UNICAST COMMUNICATION TRAFFIC - Disclosed are systems and methods for the delivery of multi-unicast communication traffic. A multimedia router is adapted to analyze and identify contents which it handles and one or more access nodes are adapted to receive one or more of the identified contents, cache contents based on said identification; and use cached contents as substitutes for redundant traffic, received by the same access node. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334203 | OPTIMIZING DISTRIBUTED DATA ANALYTICS FOR SHARED STORAGE - Methods, systems, and computer executable instructions for performing distributed data analytics are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method of performing a distributed data analytics job includes collecting application-specific information in a processing node assigned to perform a task to identify data necessary to perform the task. The method also includes requesting a chunk of the necessary data from a storage server based on location information indicating one or more locations of the data chunk and prioritizing the request relative to other data requests associated with the job. The method also includes receiving the data chunk from the storage server in response to the request and storing the data chunk in a memory cache of the processing node which uses a same file system as the storage server. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334204 | INTELLIGENT AUTO-CACHING OF MEDIA - Techniques, systems, and computer readable media are provided that allow for portions of media items to be cached, prior to selection of any media item for playback by a user. The portion of a media item to be cached is determined based upon one or more caching factors, such as the likelihood that a user will select the media item for playback. Playback of a media item thus may begin without any noticeable buffering or caching, immediately upon selection of the media item by the user. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334205 | WEB-BASED SERVICES FOR QUERYING AND MATCHING LIKES AND DISLIKES OF INDIVIDUALS - A method for centrally providing a profile of a user's degree of preference for one or more items across categories in a plurality of domains of interest in a taxonomy of preferences is described. In one embodiment, the method includes identifying a user's degree of preference for an item from a plurality of indicators. The user's degree of preference for the item is associated with a category in a domain of interest and is stored in a profile of the user. In another embodiment, the profile identifies preferences of the user in a taxonomy of preferences across categories in a plurality of domains of interest. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334206 | METHOD FOR REMOTELY ACCESSING DATA AND LOCAL APPARATUS USING THE METHOD - A method for remotely accessing data and a local apparatus using the method are provided. An embedded controller determines whether a power management state of the local apparatus is switched to a power saving state when the embedded controller receives a remote control signal through a network unit from a cloud server. The embedded controller activates a first switch unit to switch, such that data received from the network unit is transferred to a storage unit. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334207 | Integrated Systems and Methods Providing Situational Awareness of Operations In An Orgranization - A system which comprises a series of native applications, suited to run on mobile devices, and a series of web-based applications for which functionality and processing are optimized. The native applications and the web-based applications are coordinated to optimize processes of acquiring, storing and disseminating data for speed, integrity and security. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334208 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A TUNNELING CLIENT ACCESS POINT - The disclosure details the implementation of an apparatus, method, and system comprising a portable device configured to communicate with a terminal and a network server, and execute stored program code in response to user interaction with an interactive user interface. The portable device contains stored program code configured to render an interactive user interface on a terminal output component to enable the user the control processing activity on the portable device and access data and programs from the portable device and a network server. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334209 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING PACKET IN LOW POWER WIRELESS NETWORK - Provided herein is a packet transmitting method in a low power wireless network, the method including receiving, by a node, packets from nodes on both sides of the node; performing a network coding on the received packets; and transmitting the network coded packets to the nodes on both sides of the node. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334210 | Processing Data Packets in Performance Enhancing Proxy (PEP) Environment - Methods and systems for processing network packets within a Performance Enhancing Proxy (PEP) environment are described. An example method comprises receiving network data to be transported between a first PEP and a second PEP. The network data is segmented in one or more original network packets. The method may further comprise collecting packet identifying data associated with the one or more original network packets before the network data is packetized into one or more performance enhanced packets by the first PEP. The method may further comprise transmitting the identifying data to the second PEP. Upon receiving of the identifying data, the second PEP may recreate the segmentation of the original network data. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334211 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal disclosed herein includes a main body having front and side surfaces, a window provided on a top of the main body and curved from the front surface toward the side surfaces to define at least a part of the side surfaces, a touch sensor provided on a rear surface of the window and curved along a shape of the window, a frame provided on a rear surface of the display and having a shape corresponding to the display for support, supporting members supporting ends of the window, the touch sensor and the display and partially defining the side surfaces of the terminal, and a rear case covering a rear surface of the main body, wherein the touch sensor and display are formed longer along side surfaces of the window, and the window contacts parts of the supporting members, externally exposed to define the side surfaces of the terminal. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334212 | Cell Phone Storage Apparatus - A cell phone storage apparatus for storing items with a cell phone is provided. The cell phone storage apparatus comprises a storage device secured to the cell phone and a plurality of compartments formed in the storage device. A lid is hingedly secured to the storage device with the lid closable over the compartments. Upon positioning the items in the compartments and closing the lid over the compartments, the items are storable with the cell phone. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334213 | PORTABLE-TERMINAL HOLDER - The present invention relates to a portable terminal holder, and more particularly, to a portable terminal holder which may be coupled to a portable terminal and easily changed into a holder to inclinedly support the portable terminal. The portable-terminal holder which is coupled to a rear surface of a portable terminal to inclinedly support the portable terminal against the ground, includes a plate spring elastically deformed into a spread state or a bent state and maintained in the deformed state, and a coupling member configured to couple the plate spring to the rear surface of the portable terminal, wherein the plate spring has a height (h | 2015-11-19 |
20150334214 | Telephonic-Based Engagements - Described are techniques for providing broker services to consumers and service providers based on telephonic call-back engagements. The techniques include receiving a telephonic-based communication from a consumer to consult with a service provider and determining a suitable service provider to reply to the telephonic-based communication from the consumer. The techniques add an entry corresponding to the consumer to a queue maintained for the suitable service provider, and when the consumer in the queue is at the top of the queue, initiate a call-back to a device used by the consumer. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334215 | FAR-END SOUND QUALITY INDICATION FOR TELEPHONE DEVICES - A sound quality metric may be determined at a near-end telephone system, the sound quality metric associated with far-end sound quality received at a far-end telephone system. A signal adjustment may be determined, based on the sound quality metric. The signal adjustment may thus be provided at an earpiece of the near-end telephone system. In this way, a user of the near-end telephone system may be alerted that the sound quality of a far-end user is unacceptably low, so that the near-end user may take corrective action at the near end to improve the far-end sound quality. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334216 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENDING MESSAGES - Method and system for sending messages are provided. The method may include: a head unit mounted on a vehicle providing a plurality of options each of which represents obtaining a corresponding piece of information; the head unit receiving a user instruction of selecting at least one of the plurality of options; the head unit obtaining at least one piece of information corresponding to the selected at least one option according to the user instruction; the head unit composing a first message using the obtained at least one piece of information; and the head unit sending to a first mobile device the first message and a request for forwarding the first message. Drivers can send a message safely and conveniently when driving. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334217 | DIFFERENTIATED ACCESS FOR MOBILE DEVICE - Mobile devices and methods are disclosed for providing privacy and confidentiality of information through the provision of multiple profiles that control access to the information, and operation of the mobile device in accordance with a profile chosen by entry of an associated access code. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334218 | Mobile Wireless Display For Accessing Data From A Host And Method For Controlling - An apparatus includes a monocular display with a wireless communications interface, a user input device, a transmitter, and a controller. The monocular display is positioned relative to the user's eye to display images to the user while occluding less than half of the user's maximum viewing space. The apparatus can incorporate a wireless communication controller that not only provides a video link to a host device, but also provides for control and management of a host device and other more devices. In this context, a host device may be any appropriate device that sources audio, video, text, office functionality and other information, such as a cell phone, personal computer, laptop, media player, and/or the like. The apparatus and the host may support Microsoft Windows SideShow, Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), and Virtual Network Computing (VNC). | 2015-11-19 |
20150334219 | DYNAMICALLY REPLACEABLE LOCK SCREEN WALLPAPER - The lock screen wallpaper of a mobile device is temporarily changed so that when a user activates the display without unlocking the phone, he/she can review information that is rendered as the lock screen wallpaper. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334220 | Smartphone holder providing usb connectivity and tripod support - A smartphone holder has a removable rubberized clamping assembly at an upper end thereof for securing a smartphone or other device in a desired position. A reversible male USB connector protruding from the lower end of the holder permits use of the smartphone regardless of the orientation of an external female USB connector to which the male USB connector is connected. A fixed or pivoting male electrical connector protruding from the upper end of the smartphone holder is electrically connected within a flexible central body member of the smartphone holder to the reversible male USB connector to facilitate battery charging and data transfer between the smartphone and an external USB device. A pair of flexible side leg members and a central body member may be separately bent outwardly from a point of attachment to each other to form a self-supporting tripod shape for holding a smartphone in a desired position. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334221 | USER INTERFACE DEVICE - A communication device intended to be connected to a debugging port of a first microcontroller, the communication device including a second microcontroller connected to a first wireless communication unit and intended to be connected to said debugging port, the first wireless communication unit being capable of receiving a request over a wireless communication link transmitted by a user interface device, the second microcontroller being capable of authenticating the user interface device, of determining, in the case where the user interface device is authenticated, whether the request is authorized for said authenticated user interface device, and of transmitting the request to the debugging port only if the request is authorized. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334222 | TERMINAL AND SPECIFIED CONTENT DELETION METHOD - Provided are a terminal and a method for deletion of specified content. The terminal includes: a determination unit for determining whether a specified content meets a present condition when receiving an operation instruction to delete the specified content; and an execution unit for determining whether to execute a deletion operation on the specified content according to a determination result. By means of the technical solution of the present invention, the probability of accidental deletions can be reduced, thereby enabling a deletion operation to be safer. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334223 | METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SETTING POSITION OF FUNCTION SETTING KEY OF MOBILE TERMINAL - Described are a method, a device and a storage medium for setting a position of a function setting key of a mobile terminal, belonging to the computer field. The method includes obtaining display information and trigger event information of a function setting key of a target application, and setting each function setting key in a page of a notification center. When an order for opening the notification center is received, the method further includes displaying each function setting key in the page of the notification center, according to the display information of each function setting key. When it is detected that an operation to the function setting key displayed in the page of the notification center matches a trigger operation recorded in the trigger event information of the function setting key, the method may perform the corresponding processing procedure, according to the trigger event information of the function setting key. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334224 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSING FLEXING OF A DEVICE - A method, apparatus and computer program for receiving first orientation signals indicative of orientation of a first portion of a body of an apparatus, which body is capable of being flexed during use of the apparatus at least by any of: bending; and twisting; the body having the first portion and a second portion that move with respect to each other when the body is being flexed; receiving second orientation signals indicative of orientation of the second portion of a body of an apparatus; and determining motion of at least one of the first portion and second portion based on the first orientation signals and the second orientation signals. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334225 | FAULT LOCALISATION - Proposed is an improved method of determining the location of a common fault on a line in a telecommunications network. An overall performance measure is generated for each of the lines in the network based on various electrical measurements, highlighting potentially faulty lines. Nodes within the network also have a performance measure calculated based on the performance measures of the lines passing through the node. Examples of nodes include cross connection points, junction boxes, cabinets, and sections of cabling. A common faulty node is identified from all nodes along a line, based on the overall performance measures associated with those nodes. Then, all other faulty lines running through that node are identified. A distance to fault measurement is estimated for each of the identified faulty lines, using capacitance measurements for each line. A common fault location is determined based on aggregating the estimated distances to fault calculated for each of the identified faulty lines. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334226 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF OFF-HOOK PHONE IN REVERSE POWER FEEDING ARCHITECTURE - A powering arrangement for use with reverse power feeding arranged to detect an improperly connected POTS phone going off-hook by: measuring a first current flow from a power sourcing equipment; identifying a rapid first increase in current flow from the measured first current flow, the rapid increase defined as a rate of change greater than a predetermined minimum rate of change; identifying a second increase in current flow from the measured first current flow, the identified second increase greater than a predetermined minimum amount; confirming that the identified second increase in current flow is maintained for at least a predetermined amount of time beginning with the identified first increase in current flow; and outputting an error signal to the power sourcing equipment in the event of the identified condition. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334227 | Systems and Methods of Single Identity Service Regardless of Network Service Provider - The systems and methods of single identity service regardless of service provider disclosed herein provides an application on a calling device that intercepts the digits dialed by the subscriber and provides the digits to a server controlled by the service provider that provides the one-number service. The call is routed to the one-number service provider controlled server instead of directly to the dialed digits. In an example embodiment, once the one-number service provider controlled server has the dialed digit information and the call has been routed to the one-number service provider controlled server, the one-number service provider controlled server originates a call to the destination device and presents the one-number identity to the destination network as the caller ID. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334228 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVISIONING TEMPORARY TELEPHONE NUMBERS - Systems, methods, and computer program products for provisioning a temporary disposable number are described. A user can be provided with a pool of available temporary disposable numbers that have a limited shelf life. The user can select one of the available temporary disposable numbers while submitting a permanent phone number associated with a communications device (e.g., mobile phone, home phone, business phone, etc.). Prior to activating the selected temporary disposable number, the temporary disposable number is linked to the permanent phone number. After activation, when an incoming call to the temporary disposable number is received, the permanent phone number is identified to be associated with the temporary disposable number being called. The incoming call is then forwarded to the communications device on which the permanent phone number is established. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334229 | Devices, Systems, and Methods for Presence Determination - Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed which aggregate presence detections, and use the diversity of presence detections to resolve presence ambiguities and increase the correctness of information. Presence confidence levels and reliability values increase the effectiveness of services based on presence. A variety of methods enable presence detection and reporting. Each of these methods has advantages and disadvantages. The limitations of each of the individual methods are overcome with exemplary embodiments of the subject disclosure. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334230 | Unwanted caller and message sender identification for restricted communication devices - Method for enabling unwanted caller notifications or unwanted message sender notifications for all communication devices and applications including those with restricted programmatic call and message log access. The method delivers and stores a database of unwanted caller/message sender identification information in the device default contacts list, which is made available to the device's default caller/message sender identification service and to applications installed on the device. In one embodiment the unwanted caller/message sender identification information database is delivered as a separate synchronized address book, which can include additional unwanted caller notification information, for example the number or type of complaints about a given phone number. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334231 | REPUTATION BASED MESSAGE ANALYSIS - Described herein are devices and techniques for detecting an inbound message (e.g., text, voice, voicemail) directed from an identifiable message sender to one of a collection of message recipients (e.g., by telephone numbers). The message is selectively forwarded to the message recipient's communication devices in response to a reputation score of the identifiable message sender. The devices and techniques described herein are further adapted to automatically determine or otherwise update the reputation score of the identifiable message sender, for example, in response to previously detected incoming messages. User preferences can be provided to override one or more of forwarding and blocking of detected messages regardless of any automatically obtained reputation score. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334232 | METHOD FOR OPTIMAL UTILIZATION OF AN APPLICATION-CONTROLLED QUEUE FOR CALLS THAT IS PROVIDED IN A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for optimum utilization of a queue for calls is provided in a telecommunication system and is controlled by an application, as well as an appropriate telecommunication system. Each call that is in the queue has a particular queue property and can be assigned to an agent, to a two-way announcement that is played by an announcement memory and that is capable of interaction with a call, or to remain in the queue. The method is distinguished in that a call assigned to a two-way announcement is allocated a parameter that causes the queue property of the call to be retained. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334233 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING OCCUPANCY OF RESOURCES IN A MULTIMODAL CONTACT CENTER - A method and system for determining occupancy of an agent in a multimodal contact center are provided. The method includes monitoring, by a processor, a plurality of multimodal contacts simultaneously handled by an agent. For each contact of the plurality of multimodal contacts, a media capability of a contact may be determined and one or more parameters based on the media capability and the agent may be determined. A multimodal occupancy score for the agent based on the one or more parameters for each of the plurality of multimodal contacts. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334234 | STRUCTURED STORAGE MANAGEMENT FOR INTERACTIONS RECORDING - A computerized method for managing storage of interactions of calls received by a communication apparatus, comprising creating on a storage device by a computerized apparatus in advance of the calls a hierarchy of partitions comprising an at least one date partition representing a date and a plurality of time partitions representing times of the date descendent from the at least one date partition, thereby consecutively representing time intervals, and according to an agreed upon convention of the hierarchy of partitions and representations thereof created in advance of the calls, autonomously recording interactions of the calls in a time partition representative of beginning of a time interval in which the calls were received, and an apparatus for performing the same. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334235 | Systems and Methods for Handling and Routing Incoming Communication Requests - The present disclosure provides systems and methods for routing incoming communications, such as calls, to a customer service representative or live agent. Specifically, the present disclosure provides a communication routing platform that can forward calls from multiple phones numbers to one or more call centers or live agents as well while simultaneously forwarding instructions for handling the calls. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334236 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING MULTICHANNEL ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DATA - A method and system for analyzing electronic communication data is provided. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving electronic customer communication data by one or more servers configured to provide a user interface comprising a web site, web portal, or virtual portal, analyzing the electronic customer communication data by applying a predetermined linguistic-based psychological behavioral model to the electronic customer communication data, and generating behavioral assessment data based on said analyzing, the behavioral assessment data providing a personality type for the analyzed electronic customer communication data. In one or more embodiments, electronic customer communication data may be one or more of electronic-mail data, web content data, text message data, voice over IP data, online forum data, social media data, update status, media feed, social media review, social media data stream. In other embodiments, electronic customer communication data may include data received during a customer communication with a graphical user interface for a user. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334237 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING A SEARCH ENGINE ADVANTAGEOUSLY WITHIN A CONTACT CENTER SYSTEM - Apparatus for operating a multimedia contact center, comprising a multimedia contact center system for handling communications sessions between an organization and its customers and obtaining media-specific information relating to the communications session, and a search engine for performing a search in relation to the obtained media-specific information, wherein the multimedia contact center system is configured to use the results from the search in handling the communications session, wherein the results may include heterogeneous material not primarily intended for session handling purposes. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334238 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTACT INFORMATION INTEGRATION WITH SEARCH RESULTS - A system for providing integrated contact information with search results, comprising a plurality of contact centers, each comprising at least a plurality of contact agents; a callback cloud, comprising at least a plurality of contact agents; a queue manager, comprising at least a software components operating and stored on a computing device; wherein the contact agents receive and respond to customer interactions; further wherein the queue manager monitors contact agent availability; further wherein the queue manager receives interaction requests; and further wherein the queue manager provides queue information to interaction requestors. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334239 | CALL ROUTING TO SUBJECT MATTER SPECIALIST FOR NETWORK PAGE TOPIC - Disclosed are various embodiments for location based call routing to a subject matter specialist. A call request is received from a computing device which includes an identifier of a network page. A topic specialist for the network page is identified from the contents of the network page. The call request is completed by establishing a call between the computing device and another computing device which is operated by the topic specialist. | 2015-11-19 |