50th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 57 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140365529 | AGGLOMERATIVE TREELET RESTRUCTURING FOR BOUNDING VOLUME HIERARCHIES - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for modifying a hierarchical tree data structure. An initial hierarchical tree data structure is received, and treelets of node neighborhoods are formed. A processor restructures the treelets using agglomerative clustering to produce an optimized hierarchical tree data structure that includes at least one restructured treelet, where each restructured treelet includes at least one internal node. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365530 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO EDIT A HIERARCHICAL TREE STRUCTURE - Media items in a media library are organized into a hierarchical tree so that a particular media item can be found by referencing similar media items. The hierarchical tree has nodes that are the media items and each node further includes a prominence level that indicates a relative popularity of the media item. Systems and methods described herein allow a user to edit or modify the hierarchical tree by changing a position of a media item in the hierarchical tree or by changing a prominence level of the media item. If the edit or modification affects the integrity of the hierarchical tree, the hierarchical tree is automatically further modified to preserve the integrity while reflecting the edit or modification made by the user. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365531 | CREATION OF A GRAPH DATABASE OF A VIRTUALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE - In a computer-implemented method for creating a graph database of a virtualization infrastructure, data defining entities and relationships of the entities of a virtualization infrastructure is received at a graph database, wherein the relationships of the entities are in accordance with an inventory structure of the virtualization infrastructure. The graph database is populated with the entities and the relationships of the entities of the virtualization infrastructure. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365532 | BOUNDING VOLUME HIERARCHIES THROUGH TREELET RESTRUCTURING - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for modifying a hierarchical tree data structure. An initial hierarchical tree data structure is received and treelets of node neighborhoods in the initial hierarchical tree data structure are formed. Each treelet includes n leaf nodes and n−1 internal nodes. The treelets are restructured, by a processor, to produce an optimized hierarchical tree data structure. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365533 | METHODS OF MICRO-SPECIALIZATION IN DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for utilizing relation- and query-specific information to specialize DBMS code at runtime based on identifying runtime locally invariant variables. Runtime invariant is often of the form of variables in code that hold values that are constant during a portion of code execution. Micro-specialization is applied to eliminate from the original program unnecessary code such as branching statements that reference local invariant(s) in branch-condition evaluation. The resulting specialized code reduces the code complexity as well as significantly improves the runtime efficiency during code execution. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365534 | Management method and system for implementation, execution, data collection, and data analysis of a structured collection procedure which runs on a collection device - Methods for performing a structured collection procedure by utilizing a collection device are disclosed herein, in which a collection procedure is initiated for performing one or more data collections for one or more data event instances occurring according to a schedule of events. Each data event instances comprises a data collection pertaining to a biomarker to be performed according to one or more conditions of an adherence criterion. Each data event instance is determined to be successful or unsuccessful on the basis of actual performance of the data collection and meeting certain conditions of the predetermined adherence criteria for the data event instance. Contextual information for successful data collections is generated and a data file generated for storing records relating to successful data collections. For unsuccessful data event instances, substitute data relating to data collections performed separately from the collection procedure are included in the data file records for the collection procedure if the substitute data is determined to meet conditions of the predetermined adherence criterion for the corresponding data event instance. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365535 | VISUAL DATA DEFINITION FOR IDENTIFYING DATA ITEMS IN LOOSELY-STRUCTURED DATA - A computer-implemented method is provided for identifying items in loosely-structured data. The method generally includes constructing a composite data definition for items which are to be identified and parsing input data using the data definition. The composite data definition is constructed by defining a layout for a composite data definition, where the layout indicates at least one of positional relationship of data items to each other and positional information for data items in the loosely-structured data; arranging data items in the layout, where each data item in the layout has a common meaning for applications that use the data item; creating an identification order list for the composite data definition, where the identification order list includes the data items in the layout and specifies an order in which the data items comprising the composite data definition are to be identified within the loosely-structured data. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365536 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WRITING IMAGES INTO MEMORY - A method for writing images into a memory is provided. The method includes steps of: establishing a first configuration table for configuring the memory into a plurality of first buffers according to a first resolution of a first image; establishing a second configuration table for configuring the memory into a plurality of second buffers according to a second resolution of a second image, wherein the second resolution is different from the first resolution; and determining a position to which the second image is to be written into the memory according to the first configuration table and the second configuration table. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365537 | FILE STORAGE SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND FILE ACCESS METHOD - Embodiments of the present invention provide a file storage system, an apparatus, and a file access method. The system includes a storage management apparatus and an adapter, where the storage management apparatus is configured to receive an operation instruction sent by a user interface apparatus and send a invoking command to the adapter according to the operation instruction, and the adapter controls, according to the invoking command, a public cloud storage system to perform a file storage or read operation and return a operation result. The technical solutions of the present invention are implemented based on existing public cloud storage and cloud computing technologies and have advantages of low construction complexity and ease of implementation. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365538 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MAPPING DATA FILES - A method of mapping interconnections between a plurality, of data files, such as files of the world wide web. The method comprises a step of, for a first file, in a display area displaying a first region. Then, according to a first distance scale, displaying one or more second regions, which respectively represent one or more second files logically related to the first file, for example by hyperlinks. The second regions are spatially related in, a display to the first region. In (n−1) further steps, i=2, . . . , n, the method displays according to an i-th distance scale smaller than the (i−1)-th distance scale one or more (i+1)-th regions. Each of these (i+1)-th regions respectively represent one or more (i+1)-th files which are logically related to the i-th file, and they are spatially related on a display to the i-th region representing that i-th file. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365539 | PERFORMING DIRECT DATA MANIPULATION ON A STORAGE DEVICE - A method and system for performing data manipulation on a storage device is disclosed. A data manipulation command is created on a computing device, wherein the computing device is separate from the storage device. The computing device is a client or a server that requests services of a storage system to store data on a storage medium. The computing device and the storage device are connected over a network. The computing device executes a host application, and its data is stored on the medium. The computing device issues a command to the storage device to be performed on the data. The storage device executes the command and sends the result to the computing device. As a result, the data is not sent to the computing device for manipulation. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365540 | REMOTE ENUMERATION OF A DIRECTORY - When enumerating of a set of content items in a directory in a remote file server, an electronic device provides a request for information associated with the set of content items. The electronic device and the file server may use, respectively, use an OS X®-based operating system and a Windows®-based operating system. In response to the request, the file server may access information specifying the set of content items. For example, the information may include maximal access information and finder information for each content item in the set of content items in the directory. Next, the electronic device may receive a response with the requested information from the file server. The providing of the request and the receiving of the response may, respectively, involve single instances of a request and a response, thereby significantly reducing the amount of communication between the electronic device and the file server. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365541 | STORING AN OBJECT IN A DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEM - A method and system for storing an object in a distributed storage system are provided. An example system includes an object name identifier that receives a request to save an object having an initial object name within a file system space and determines, based on a set of regular expressions, whether the initial object name is a temporary object name. The example system also includes a converter that, when the initial object name is determined to be a temporary object name, transforms, based on the set of regular expressions, the initial object name into a permanent object name. The example system further includes a selector that applies a function to the permanent object name and selects, based on a result of the function applied to the permanent object name, a server of a plurality of servers. The object is sent to the selected server for storage. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365542 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A data processing system and a data processing method for a number of electronic devices are disclosed. All the electronic devices are connected to the same network. When an electronic device performs a task, the system broadcasts a request to other electronic devices, and the request contains an attribute of the electronic device and content relative to the task. The system acquires the attribute of the electronic device and the content associated with the task in response to the request and acquires an attribute of each of other electronic devices and acquires files relative to the content from each of other electronic devices according to the attributes of each of other electronic devices and the electronic device. The system receives the files from each of other electronic devices and acquiring files relative to the content from the electronic device to finish the task. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365543 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SERVER, DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A document management server includes: a generation unit configured to generate, by using a request received from a client, a character string for identifying a requested document; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not an image file of the document exists in a location represented by the character string by performing a check using the character string; a storage unit configured to, in a case that the determination unit determines that no image file of the document exists in the location, acquire an entity file of the document, generate an image file of the document by using the acquired entity file, and store, as cache data, the generated image file in the location; an acquisition unit configured to, in a case that the determination unit determines that an image file of the document exists in the location, acquire the image file of the document existing in the location. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365544 | MULTI-WAY NUMBER PARTITIONING USING WEAKEST LINK OPTIMALITY - Multi-way partitioning is dramatically improved based on “weakest-link” optimality. The set of numbers to be partitioned is subjected to pairwise decomposition with a first partition having a candidate subset (P | 2014-12-11 |
20140365545 | MULTI-WAY NUMBER PARTITIONING USING WEAKEST LINK OPTIMALITY - Multi-way partitioning is dramatically improved based on “weakest-link” optimality. The set of numbers to be partitioned is subjected to pairwise decomposition with a first partition having a candidate subset (P | 2014-12-11 |
20140365546 | ARITHMETIC OPERATION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an arithmetic operation device including a plurality of shift registers each constituted by first to (N+1) | 2014-12-11 |
20140365547 | MIXED-RADIX PIPELINED FFT PROCESSOR AND FFT PROCESSING METHOD USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a mixed-radix pipelined Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) processor and an FFT processing method using the same. The mixed-radix pipelined Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) processor includes a first radix chain, a second radix chain, an input buffer, and an output buffer. The first radix chain includes first radix processors that are connected in series to each other. The second radix chain includes second radix processors that are connected in series to each other, and is connected in series to the first radix chain. The input buffer performs index mapping on a sequence input to the first radix chain. The output buffer generates a final FFT output by performing index mapping on a sequence generated using outputs of one or more of the first and second radix chains. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365548 | VECTOR MATRIX PRODUCT ACCELERATOR FOR MICROPROCESSOR INTEGRATION - In at least one example embodiment, a microprocessor circuit is provided that includes a microprocessor core coupled to a data memory via a data memory bus comprising a predetermined integer number of data wires (J); the single-ported data memory configured for storage of vector input elements of an N element vector in a predetermined vector element order and storage of matrix input elements of an M×N matrix comprising M columns of matrix input elements and N rows of matrix input elements; a vector matrix product accelerator comprising a datapath configured for multiplying the N element vector and the matrix to compute an M element result vector, the vector matrix product accelerator comprising: an input/output port interfacing the data memory bus to the vector matrix product accelerator; a plurality of vector input registers for storage respective input vector elements received through the input/output port. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365549 | DISTRIBUTED LOCK MANAGEMENT IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - A distributed lock manager (DLM) may be implemented in a distributed computing system that provides virtualized computing resources and/or virtual computing services to clients. Locks may be created and managed by the DLM in response to requests from clients to do so. The components of the DLM may communicate with each other over a network other than one over which client application components communicate with each other or access the shared resources protected by the locks. For example, DLM components may communicate over a control plane network of a cloud computing environment and application components may communicate over a data plane network of the cloud computing environment. The DLM may expose an API to clients, allowing them to make local calls to a DLM component on the same node to perform various lock management operations. The meanings of the lock values may be established by their use in client applications. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365550 | NODE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR SUPPORTING CONTENT MOBILITY - Provided is a node and a communication method of the node in a content oriented network (CON) in which the communication method of the node included in the CON may include receiving, at a receiver, a content request packet having a content name comprising hierarchical name components and flat name components, extracting the hierarchical name components and the flat name components from the content request packet, and processing the content request packet using the hierarchical name components and the flat name components. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365551 | Apparatus and Method for Synchronizing Events - Embodiments relate to methods and apparatuses ( | 2014-12-11 |
20140365552 | INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROVISION DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND DISPLAY METHOD - An information provision system includes a terminal device, and an information provision device that can communicate with the terminal device. The information provision device includes a communicating section configured to communicate with the terminal device, a head count information managing section configured to manage current head count information for each position, and a crowd information generating section configured to determine a position for making a notification display based on the managed head count information, and generate crowd information containing information of the determined position, and a transmission control section configured to transmit the generated crowd information from the communicating section to the terminal device. The terminal device includes a communicating section configured to communicate with the information provision device, and a control section configured to execute display of a map image on a display section, and execute a display based on the transmitted crowd information on the map image. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365553 | AUTOMATIC INITIATION OF A RESPONSE ACTION WHEN AN EVENT ASSOCIATED WITH AN ITEM IN TRANSIT IS BASED ON LOGISTICAL NODE SCAN DATA - A method includes processing an event data associated with an item in transit between a source location and a destination location based on a scan data of a logistical node between the source location and the destination location. The server determines if the event data associated with the item in transit between the source location and the destination location based on the scan data of the logistical node between the source location and the destination location associated with a response action defined in a matching table by the multimodal communication server using a processor and a memory. The server automatically initiates the response action when the event data associated with the item in transit between the source location and the destination location based on the scan data of the logistical node between the source location and the destination location is defined in the matching table on the multimodal communication server. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365554 | DISTRIBUTED CONTROL OVER CLIENT-SIDE REQUESTS FOR SERVER RESOURCES - Techniques are disclosed for regulating a flow of requests from a client device to a server. The techniques include the step of receiving, from an application program executing on the client device, a request to perform an operation on the server. The client device determines a current budget value based upon an initial budget value, where the current budget value is reduced by a particular cost each time the server processes a request generated by the application program. The client device then determines a time-adjusted budget value based upon a sum of the current budget value and a regeneration value. Finally, the client device sends to the server the request to perform the operation only when the time-adjusted budget value exceeds a threshold value. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365555 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF CLOUD-COMPUTING BASED CONTENT MANAGEMENT AND COLLABORATION PLATFORM WITH CONTENT BLOCKS - In one exemplary embodiment, a computer-implemented method of cloud-computing based content management includes receiving a dynamic content block generated by a first user of a first client application in a first user's computing device. The dynamic content block is stored in a cloud-storage environment. A search query for the dynamic content block by a second client application in a second client's computing device is received. The dynamic content block is provided to the second client application. An update to the dynamic content block by the first user is received. The update to the dynamic content block is automatically synchronizing to the second client application. Optionally, the dynamic content block can be a wit. The dynamic content block can include a reusable portion of user-generated information such as a portion of a sales document or repeatedly used email content. A drag and drop operation from the second client application to another application can be detected. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365556 | MANAGER FOR DASH MEDIA STREAMING - Client devices streaming content adhering to the Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH) standard may send Quality of Experience (QoE) information to a DASH manager and request server status updates from the DASH manager. The server status updates may include information regarding one or more content servers including online status information, content availability, load, and content server recommendations. The content server recommendations may be a relative ranking of servers that the DASH manager recommends that the client device select as a source server for desired media content. Based on the server status update information, the client may select a source server. The QoE information sent to the DASH manager may be used by the DASH manager, along with server status information, to generate the relative ranking. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365557 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD, AND CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - An information processing device including: a first storage unit that stores content; a second storage unit that stores session information including a home address and a care-of address of a mobile terminal, a home address of a virtual proxy, distribution content, and a state of the session; and a processing unit that updates, when a location registration request is received from a mobile terminal that is establishing a session, session information based on the location registration request, searches for an information processing device located near the mobile terminal, and notifies the detected information processing device of the session information and that transmits, when session information related to a mobile terminal that is establishing a session with another information processing device is received, to the mobile terminal, a location registration request including an address of the virtual proxy and distributes content included in the session information. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365558 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZING COMPLEX GIS LOCATION-BASED DATASETS - Disclosed are systems and methods for displaying relevant GIS data, especially complex GIS datasets in a HUD technology device. The system includes a cloud computing environment for processing and storing all requested shapefiles and work flow process shapefiles to be displayed in the HUD device. In another aspect, systems and methods are described for using retina tracking technology with a HUD device to control equipment and/or create a work flow process on a shapefile. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365559 | DYNAMIC DEFINITION FOR CONCURRENT COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS - Exemplary embodiments allow a user to create configurations for use in distributed computing environments. Configurations can be arranged in hierarchies in which elements of the hierarchy can inherit characteristics from elements in other layers of the hierarchy. Embodiments also allow a user to flatten a hierarchical configuration to remove hierarchical dependencies and/or inheriting capabilities of elements in the hierarchy. Exemplary embodiments further allow users to deploy a distributed computing configuration on their desktop to evaluate performance of the configuration and then deploy the configuration in a distributed computing environment without having to change programming code run on the desktop/distributed computing environment. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365560 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING POLICY BASED CONTENT SERVICE IN A MOBILE NETWORK - A policy based content delivery system is provided. The system includes a mobile device configured to select and receive content and a content source configured to provide content selected by the mobile device to a content server. The content source is further configured to modify content selected by the mobile device prior to the content server providing the selected content to the mobile device. A content server is configured to discover content at a content source and provide a list of detected content to the mobile device for selection. The content server is further configured to instruct the content source to provide the content in accordance with a policy. The content server includes a policy enforcement engine configured to implement a policy. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365561 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY LOCATING RESOURCES - Methods and apparatuses for dynamically locating resources. In one aspect of the invention, a method to retrieve a resource for a digital processing system includes; receiving a request for a resource; downloading a first version of the resource from a server through a network connection to satisfy the request if the first version of the resource is retrievable through the network connection; and loading a second version of the resource from a storage device of the digital processing system if the first version of the resource is not retrievable through a network connection. In one example, downloading the first version is performed in response to a determination that the first version of the resource is different from a second version of the resource on a storage device of the digital processing system. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365562 | DISTRIBUTION OF XML DOCUMENTS/MESSAGES TO XML APPLIANCES/ROUTERS - XML appliances/routers may be organized to implement one or more XML distribution rings to enable XML documents/messages to be distributed efficiently. The rings may be logical or physical. The XML distribution rings enable the XML documents/messages to be exchanged without requiring the XML appliances/routers to run a routing protocol to determine how XML documents/messages should be distributed through the network. Documents may be transmitted in one way on the ring or may be transmitted in both directions around the ring to enable the ring to tolerate failure of an XML appliance/router. Each XML appliance/router will receive all XML documents/messages and will make routing decisions for those clients that have provided the XML appliance/router with XML subscriptions. The subscriptions may be formed according to the XPath standard or in another manner. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365563 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTENT INJECTION - The present solution is directed towards a policy-based intermediary that dynamically and flexibly injects content in responses between a client and a server based on one or more policies. The present solution addresses the challenges of injecting content in a client-server transaction. The intermediary determines when and what content to inject into a response of a client-server transaction based on a request and/or response policy. The injected content may include timestamp and/or variable tracking of different events in a client-server transaction. For example, when an intermediary appliance is deployed in a system to accelerate system performance and improve user experience, the appliance may inject content based on policy to monitor the acceleration performance of the deployed appliance. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365564 | Network Communication Using Identifiers Mappable To Resource Locators - A technique for providing information via a data network is disclosed. A first server transmits an identifier to a client, where the identifier is mappable to a uniform resource locator (URL) associated with content stored on a second server. The client transmits the identifier to a second server. The second server maps the identifier to its associated URL, retrieves the content associated with the URL, and transmits the content to the client. Various types of mappings are disclosed, including encryption and predetermined mappings. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365565 | SPONSORED STORIES APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API) - To provide a sponsored story unit, the social networking system receives a story request from an advertiser. The story request specifies properties of content used to generate the sponsored story. When the social networking system stores an object or an action performed on an object, properties associated with, and describing, the object or the action are also stored. For example, properties of an object include an object type, an object identifier, metadata describing the object or other suitable information. The social networking system identifies actions or objects associated with users connected to a viewing user having one or more properties included in a story request. A sponsored story is generated from the identified actions or objects and presented to a viewing user. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365566 | MANAGING INFORMATION ABOUT USER STATES IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - When a social networking system receives content describing a user via a client device associated with the user, the social networking system determines a state describing a characteristic of the user from the content. One or more options for generating a content item associated with the determined state are provided to the client device for presentation to the user, and the options may be based in part on the determined state. Based on the state and selection of one or more of the options, a content item is generated and provided to one or more client devices for presentation to social networking system users. By interacting with the content item, users may view additional information about the state or perform actions associated with the state. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365567 | Multi-User Peer-to-Peer Collaboration System and Method - In accordance with the present disclosure, multi-user peer-to-peer collaboration systems and methods are described herein. An example method may include establishing peer-to-peer communications channels with end-user devices. Display signals may be received from each of the end-user devices over the peer-to-peer communications channels. Each end-user device may transmit a separate display of a separate peer-to-peer communications channel. A composite data stream may be generated from the display signals. The composite data stream may comprise a subset of the display signals. The method may further include outputting the composite data stream to a display device. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365568 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESKTOP CONTENT SHARING - An example method is provided and includes determining, during a desktop sharing session of a meeting session, a content identity of a content item that is being shared, storing information indicative of the content identity in desktop sharing historical information, determining that the meeting session has ended, determining a post-meeting representation of the desktop sharing historical information, and causing display of the post meeting representation of the desktop sharing historical information. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365569 | MANAGING NOTIFICATIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE DEVICES - Modifying a notification on one client device can trigger the generation and transmission of a silent notification to another client device that is associated with the same user account. The silent notification can include instructions to query for and modify a similar notification, if present, on the other client device. Silent notifications that are undeliverable can be stored in offline storage and delivery can be reattempted at a later point in time. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365570 | CONTEXT-ENRICHED MICROBLOG POSTING WITH A SMART DEVICE - In one aspect, a method includes generating, with at least one processor of a smart device, a microblog post. The microblog post is automatically generated by the smart device. The smart device includes a sensor. The microblog post includes a message component. A meaning of the message component is determined. A step includes automatically measuring an environment attribute of the smart device with the sensor. The sensor data is related to a meaning of the message component. A context-data tag is automatically generated. The context-data tag includes an alphanumeric textual description of the sensor data. The message component and the context data tag are associated in the microblog post. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365571 | Automatically Determining Veracity of Documents Posted in a Public Forum - An approach is provided to determine the veracity of an online posting. In the approach, when a posting is received at a web site, a topic for the posting is automatically identified. The approach further identifies actions and corresponding action originators that have been taken to the posting, with the actions being events such as commenting, liking, disliking, re-sharing, posting the online posting. Veracity information is collected about the action originators. A veracity weighting for the action originators is assigned based on the collected veracity information. The actions are analyzed using the veracity weighting to form a weighted veracity summary which is provided to a viewer of the online posting | 2014-12-11 |
20140365572 | System and Method for Media-Centric and Monetizable Social Networking - A method and system connects brands, users and communities via socially shared content elements that take the form of, for example, words, pictures/images, videos and/or audio objects. The method creates a social media engagement and distribution capability of dynamic, interactive impressions linking users to users and users to brands around shared “day in the life” moments. The spectrum of reach and range of content types combined with user daily lives creates a ubiquitous new web medium of social content. The user experience created by this method and system creates a sustainable stickiness for members, capturing, creating, sharing and responding to each other interactively in any communication format, at any time, in any place and for any reason. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365573 | ENVIRONMENT AND METHODS FOR FOSTERING ACTION SPORT COMPETITION - An online platform for fostering action sports competition allows individual athletes to upload media documenting their action sport performance. The online platform may enable the user to participate in an online competition against other users of the same sport. Other platform users may promote or demote a particular competitor within the competition. The user feedback may be used to rank the competitors. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365574 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCIDENT REPORTING AND NOTIFICATION - A non-transitory is described being operably coupled to a processor and storing processor executable instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to receive first information indicative of a school incident report by a reporter. The first information of the school incident report indicating at least a type of incident which violates one or more school policies and a location of the incident. The processor then selects one or more recipients from a group of notification recipients based on the first information. The processor then generates a notification indicative of the type of incident and the location of the incident. The processor then transmits a signal via a communications network indicative of the notification. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365575 | DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM MANAGEMENT - A system for managing compositions of software components or applications is disclosed. In particular, systems in which the software components or applications communicate with one another using message-oriented middleware are considered. Each component processing a data feed item adds an annotation to the data feed item, so that the cumulative annotation which is seen in the processed feed for an application provides a history of the processing carried out on the input data feed(s). Each software component or application in the processing system is arranged to store a log of each message it inputs, the process(es) it carries out on that message, and the output message generated. The software component or application further includes a reference to a log interface (e.g. a Uniform Resource Locator) in the entry it makes to the message annotation. A downstream node is then able to use that interface reference to extract ( | 2014-12-11 |
20140365576 | IDENTIFYING A PUSH COMMUNICATION PATTERN - A method for identifying a push communication pattern includes creating clusters from a communication entity's response buffers. Clusters that meet a first criterion are detected. The communication entity is identified as having a push communication pattern upon a determination that the detected clusters meet a second criterion. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365577 | Determining User Personality Characteristics From Social Networking System Communications And Characteristics - A social networking system obtains linguistic data from a user's text communications on the social networking system. For example, occurrences of words in various types of communications by the user in the social networking system are determined. The linguistic data and non-linguistic data associated with the user are used in a trained model to predict one or more personality characteristics for the user. The inferred personality characteristics are stored in connection with the user's profile, and may be used for targeting, ranking, selecting versions of products, and various other purposes. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365578 | NOTIFICATION OF A CHANGE TO USER SELECTED CONTENT - A system for notification of a change to content of a document may include a processor and a module operable on the processor for allowing a user to dynamically select a variable amount of content of the document for which a notification of a change to the selected variable amount of content is desired. The system may also include a module operable on the processor for detecting a change to the selected variable amount of content being made by another user. The system may additionally include a module operable on the processor for creating the notification of the change to the selected variable amount of content. The system may further include a module operable on the processor for transmitting the notification of the change to the selected variable amount of content in response to the change to the selected variable amount of content of the document being saved by the other user. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365579 | NOTIFICATION OF A CHANGE TO USER SELECTED CONTENT - A method for notification of a change to content of a document may include providing a mechanism for selecting a certain portion of content of a document by a user that the user desires to receive notification of changes to the certain portion of content. The method may also include detecting a change to the certain portion of content being made by another user. The method may further include creating the notification of the change to the certain portion of content in response to a predefined condition being meet and transmitting the notification of the change to the certain portion of content to at least the user in response to the change to the certain portion of content of the document being saved by the other user. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365580 | Collaborative Mobile Interaction - Some examples include transitioning between an individual mode and a collaborative mode in response to an orientation change of a device. Further, some implementations include identifying data to be shared with one or more other devices (e.g., co-located devices) in the collaborative mode. In some examples, the individual mode may be associated with an individual search, the collaborative mode may be associated with a collaborative search, and the devices may transition between the individual mode and the collaborative mode in response to orientation changes. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365581 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDIA-CENTRIC AND MONETIZABLE SOCIAL NETWORKING - A method and system connects brands, users and communities via socially shared content elements that take the form of, for example, words, pictures/images, videos and/or audio objects. The method creates a social media engagement and distribution capability of dynamic, interactive impressions linking users to users and users to brands around shared “day in the life” moments. The spectrum of reach and range of content types combined with user daily lives creates a ubiquitous new web medium of social content. The user experience created by this method and system creates a sustainable stickiness for members, capturing, creating, sharing and responding to each other interactively in any communication format, at any time, in any place and for any reason. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365582 | Information Management System And Method - An information management system comprising an activity database to receive messaging data from multiple user equipment devices over at least one messaging channel of a network, a profile engine to generate a profile for an identity using the messaging data, the identity associated with at least one of the devices. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365583 | MANAGING A MESSAGING STATE ACROSS MULTIPLE CLIENTS - Embodiments of the invention relate to managing a messaging state across multiple clients and devices which use respective communications systems. In one embodiment, a plurality of users are connected to multiple messaging communications systems. The multiple messaging communications systems use a plurality of associated messaging clients on each of the users' respective devices, for messaging communications between the users. The users' messaging communications are stored from the multiple messaging communications systems and their respective messaging clients, using a proxy service. A device, of the plurality of messaging clients, being used by a messaging user of the plurality of users is tracked. A current messaging communication of the messaging user from the stored messaging communications is routed to the currently used device, using the proxy service, for maintaining a state of the messaging communications of the users. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365584 | PERSONALIZED LOW LATENCY COMMUNICATION - Embodiments relate to personalized low latency communications. A method may include receiving a description of content of a message, receiving recipient data corresponding to at least two possible recipients within a population of possible recipients, and selecting a relevant subpopulation of the population. The selecting may include, for each of the at least two possible recipients, ranking a strength of an indirect relationship between the description and the recipient data. The indirect relationship may be based on the description, the recipient data and at least one additional data source. The selecting may also include, for each of the at least two possible recipients, adding a possible recipient to the relevant subpopulation based on the ranking of the indirect relationship associated with the possible recipient. The method may further include initiating a two-way communication channel between a sender of the message and the relevant subpopulation. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365585 | System and Method for Spam Filtering Using Shingles - Disclosed system and methods for detecting spam using shingles. In one aspect, the system receives an electronic message including at least a text portion. The system identifies in the received message insignificant text portions. The system then removes identified insignificant text portions to generate an abridged message. The system then generates a set of shingles from the abridged message. The system then indentifies in the generated set of shingles one or more shingles that occur only in messages not containing spam. The system then removes one or more identified shingles from the generated set of shingles to generate a reduced set of shingles. The system then performs spam filtering of the reduced set of shingles to determine whether the received message contains spam. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365586 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RETARGETING TEXT MESSAGE ALERTS - A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for retargeting text message alerts. A monitor module receives data indicative of online browser activity and determines whether the online browser activity was performed by a user subscribed to receive text message alerts. A selection module selects, based at least on the received first data indicative of online activity, a first alert of one or more candidate alerts. A message generator module generates a text message based at least on the determined first alert. A communication module transmits the text message to the user subscribed to receive text message alerts. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365587 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing system includes one or more computers and executes a process flow that is configured by arbitrarily combining one or more process units. The information processing system includes: an acquisition part that acquires electronic mail having a predetermined destination mail address; an extraction part that extracts data contained in the electronic mail; and an output part that outputs the extracted data as a processing target of the process flow. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365588 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROCESSING A DATA OBJECT IDENTIFICATION REQUEST IN A COMMUNICATION - Methods and systems are described for processing a data object identification request in a communication. In an aspect, a first communications agent in a first execution environment receives data object information identifying a data object matching criterion. The first communications agent exchanges a first message with a second communications agent in a second execution environment. The second communications agent detects a data object identification request included in the exchanged first message. In response to detecting the data object identification request, a data object identification response is generated that identifies a data object in a second data store in the second execution environment. The second communications agent exchanges a second message with the first communications agent. The second message includes the data object identification response, wherein the second message does not include the data object. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365589 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISCOVERING COMMUNICATION ENTITY - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for discovering a communication entity. The apparatus for discovering a communication entity includes a list generation unit for generating a list of connection target Data Readers (DRs), a counter generation unit for generating a counter including information about a number of the connection target DRs, and a discovery message communication unit for establishing communication connections to the connection target DRs based on the list and the counter. The discovery message communication unit includes a transmission unit for transmitting a DR discovery message including data topic information or possible service quality information to each of the connection target DRs, and a reception unit for receiving a Data Writer (DW) discovery message including data topic information or possible service quality information from each of the connection target DRs. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365590 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO INTELLIGENTLY ROUTE MESSAGE REQUESTS - A computer-implemented method of routing an electronic message. The electronic message is received. A rank, within an organization, of a sender of the electronic message is determined. The electronic message is routed to a destination computer based upon the rank of the sender. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365591 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING PERIPHERAL DEVICES VIA A SOCIAL NETWORKING PLATFORM - A method and device for providing access to one or more peripheral devices over a social networking platform includes registering a first peripheral device coupled to a first user device as a respective social network contact of a user account associated with the first user device; and providing user access to the first peripheral device via a social networking client application executing at the first user device, wherein the social networking client application recognizes the first peripheral device as the respective social network contact of the user account associated with the first user device. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365592 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING PERIPHERAL DEVICES VIA A SOCIAL NETWORKING PLATFORM - A method and device for providing access and control of a peripheral device through a support service provider thereof over a social networking platform includes receiving from the support service provider a servicer registration request specifying a type of peripheral devices to be serviced by the support service provider; establishing a public social network identity for the support service provider based on the request; receiving from a first user a first owner registration request specifying a first peripheral device controlled by the first user; and upon a determination that the first peripheral device is of the type of peripheral devices specified in the servicer registration request: creating a respective social network identity for the first peripheral device on the social network platform; and establishing a social network relationship between the public social network identity of the support service provider, the first user, and the respective social network identity of the first peripheral device. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365593 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING PERIPHERAL DEVICES VIA A SOCIAL NETWORKING PLATFORM - A method and device for providing communication between peripheral devices over a social network platform includes registering a first peripheral device and a second peripheral device coupled to a first user device as respective social network contacts of a user account associated with the first user device; enabling communication between the first peripheral device and the second peripheral device via a social networking client application executing at the first user device; and in a group chat interface of the social networking client application, presenting a group conversation between a user of the user account and the respective social network contacts representing the first and the second peripheral devices, wherein the group conversation includes one or more instant messages corresponding to content of the communication between the first peripheral device and the second peripheral device. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365594 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MESSAGE COLLECTION - The invention provides systems and methods for processing communication content from a user device. The method performed by a computer and comprising inputting an electronic communication that includes communication content and a routing character string. The communication content constituted by data generated as a result of, and representative of, characters keyed into the user device by the user. Maintaining a bin collection including bins. Performing processing on the communication content including identifying the user and a bin collection of the user based on the routing character string; and processing the communication content including (1) mapping first data to a command; and (2) mapping second data to a bin label. The command dictates particular action to be performed, and the bin label identifies an identified bin upon which to perform the action; and performing the action on the identified bin. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365595 | MASTER DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - The communication method comprises transmitting a transfer command to transfer the data control, which enables execution of controlling data stored in one or more communication devices connected to at least one of the first and second master devices, from the first master device to the second master device through a first communication line, transmitting a response to the transfer command from the second master device to the first master device through the first communication line, and transmitting a confirmation notification for the response from the first master device to the second master device through the first communication line. The execution of controlling data in the first master device is stopped when the first master device has transmitted the confirmation notification, and the execution of controlling data in the second master device is enabled when the second master device has received the confirmation notification. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365596 | USE OF RDMA TO ACCESS NON-VOLATILE SOLID-STATE MEMORY IN A NETWORK STORAGE SYSTEM - A network storage controller uses a non-volatile solid-state memory (NVSSM) subsystem which includes raw flash memory as stable storage for data, and uses remote direct memory access (RDMA) to access the NVSSM subsystem, including to access the flash memory. Storage of data in the NVSSM subsystem is controlled by an external storage operating system in the storage controller. The storage operating system uses scatter-gather lists to specify the RDMA read and write operations. Multiple client-initiated reads or writes can be combined in the storage controller into a single RDMA read or write, respectively, which can then be decomposed and executed as multiple reads or writes, respectively, in the NVSSM subsystem. Memory accesses generated by a single RDMA read or write may be directed to different memory devices in the NVSSM subsystem, which may include different forms of non-volatile solid-state memory. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365597 | Processing Element Data Sharing - A memory sharing method and system in a distributed computing environment. The method includes placing a first operator and a second operator within a processing element. The first operator is associated with a first host and the second operator associated with a second and differing host of a distributed computing system. Requests for usage of global data with respect to multiple processes are received from the first operator and the second operator. The global data is stored within a specified segment of a shared memory module that includes shared memory space being shared by the first operator and the second operator. The multiple processes are executed and results are generated by the first operator and the second operator with respect to the global data. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365598 | Method and System for Data Archiving - A data server, method and computer readable storage medium for receiving a current request relating to a data archive, determining a number of queued requests relating to the data archive present in a request queue, determining a waiting time for the current request based on the number of queued requests and adding the current request to the request queue after the waiting time has elapsed. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365599 | COMMUNICATION METHOD OF NODE OVERHEARING CONTENT IN CONTENT CENTRIC NETWORK AND NODE - A communication method of a node in a content centric network, includes overhearing a content transmitted from another node, caching the overheard content, and providing the cached content in response to receiving a packet requesting the cached content. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365600 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND SERVER OF REMOVING A DISTRIBUTED CACHING OBJECT - The present disclosure discloses a method, a system and a server of removing a distributed caching object. In one embodiment, the method receives a removal request, where the removal request includes an identifier of an object. The method may further apply consistent Hashing to the identifier of the object to obtain a Hash result value of the identifier, locates a corresponding cache server based on the Hash result value and renders the corresponding cache server to be a present cache server. In some embodiments, the method determines whether the present cache server is in an active status and has an active period greater than an expiration period associated with the object. Additionally, in response to determining that the present cache server is in an active status and has an active period greater than the expiration period associated with the object, the method removes the object from the present cache server. By comparing an active period of a located cache server with an expiration period associated with an object, the exemplary embodiments precisely locate a cache server that includes the object to be removed and perform a removal operation, thus saving the other cache servers from wasting resources to perform removal operations and hence improving the overall performance of the distributed cache system. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365601 | Computer, Phone, and Mobile Communication, and Emission, of Scent - A system or process for communication, and emission, of scent, by means of a standalone or networked computer, a phone, a scent-device comprising a “ScentDEV”, and a mobile personal scent device or “Mobile ScentDEV”, is the subject of this invention. The said system or process enables communication of the additional element of scent, and communication and emission of scent by means of a scent-device comprising a “ScentDEV” or a Mobile ScentDEV. Scent information on a machine-device OS, program, or application, is communicated to a ScentDEV in connection thereto, for performance emission of scent therefrom, with means comprising of a ScentDEV driver. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365602 | RECOMMENDING A MOBILE APPLICATION BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS - A method for displaying an application for use on a mobile computing device. The method includes determining one or more environmental factors for a current environment of a mobile computing device. The method includes determining, based, at least in part, on the one or more environmental factors and past usage information of the mobile computing device, an application for use with the mobile computing device and displaying the application on the mobile computing device. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365603 | WIRELESSLY SYNCING CONTENT OF AN APPLICATION WITHOUT REQUIRING DEVICE TO BE PLUGGED INTO POWER SOURCE - A method, system and computer program product for wirelessly syncing content. An analytics engine in a mobile computing device gathers and stores information regarding battery usage for data synchronizations. Upon receiving an indication for content of an application to be synced with the device, the analytics engine determines an estimated amount of content to be synced as well as an estimated amount of battery usage for syncing the estimated amount of content based on the stored information. The content will be wirelessly synced with the device if there is sufficient battery life for syncing the content. If there is not enough battery life for wirelessly syncing the entire content, then a portion of the content will be synced. In this manner, the device does not need to be plugged into a power source and will only sync the amount of content that the device has power to do so. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365604 | PROVIDING SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT IN RELATION TO EMBEDDED MEDIA - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing supplemental content in relation to embedded media. In one implementation, a processing device receives a media request from a third-party platform to incorporate a first media item within the third-party platform. The processing device identifies one or more additional media items based on the media request. The processing device provides the first media item and one or more links to at least one of the one or more additional media items in relation to the third-party platform. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365605 | Method and apparatus for approving multimedia data - A method and apparatus for approving multimedia data, including:receiving second multimedia data of a second resolution; selecting a block of the second multimedia data; and requesting a corresponding block of first multimedia data, to the selected block of the second multimedia data. Furthermore, the method includes receiving the corresponding block of the first multimedia data of a first resolution; and approving the second multimedia data at the server apparatus in response to evaluating the received block of the first multimedia data. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365606 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - [Object] To reduce the system load on the cloud system and handle a huge number of devices. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365607 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing method to be executed by a processor included in an information processing device, the information processing method includes receiving a plurality of requests for constituent elements including a hardware and a software from a plurality of terminal devices; determining, among the plurality of requests, a pair of requests which is different from each other, a similarity of the pair of requests being a level more than a predetermined threshold; selecting terminal devices corresponding the pair of requests; setting a common request including a common element requested by at least two of the selected terminal devices, the common request being different from each of the pair of requests, the common request being different from each of the pair of requests; transmitting the common request and cost information to the selected terminal devices, the cost information being cheaper than each of the pair of requests. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365608 | ARRANGEMENT FOR SYNCHRONIZING MEDIA FILES WITH PORTABLE DEVICES - Arrangements are provided which improve the efficiency of the synchronization process. The same ensure that synchronizations of large quantities of content can be completed with a minimum of delay. One method prioritizes the various tasks that are to be performed prior to synchronization. Another method initiates dependent tasks while parsing a synchronization tasks list. Yet another method allows modification of an in-process synchronization operation to allow new synchronization tasks to be accomplished within the context of the same process, negating the need to restart synchronization. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365609 | MOBILE DEVICE WHICH OFFLOADS REQUESTS MADE BY A MOBILE APPLICATION TO A REMOTE ENTITY FOR CONSERVATION OF MOBILE DEVICE AND NETWORK RESOURCES AND METHODS THEREFOR - A system for simulating traffic requests from a mobile device is provided. The system includes a proxy server which predicts that a request is to be made by the mobile device, in advance of the request being sent to a destination by the mobile device. The proxy server makes the prediction of the request through detection of a traffic pattern for prior outgoing requests from the mobile device. The proxy server simulates the request and sends the request on behalf of the mobile device to a destination addressed by the request. A related method is provided. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365610 | APPLIANCE INTERCONNECTION ARCHITECTURE - An appliance interconnection system and method. The system includes a high speed private local area network (LAN) and a logical cluster of appliances comprising a plurality of physical sub-clusters of appliance nodes. Each node of the appliance nodes includes a different generation node. The plurality of sub-clusters are interconnected via the high speed private LAN. A sub-cluster (N) of the plurality of physical sub-clusters comprises a first plurality of nodes of the appliance nodes. The sub-cluster (N) is associated with a plurality of (M) generation appliances of the logical cluster of appliances. Each appliance of the plurality of (M) generation appliances comprises a same type of appliance. (N) comprises a first cluster number and (M) comprises a first generation number of a first generation. The plurality of sub-clusters, in combination, form a single logical cluster. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365611 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING WI-FI DISPLAY TRANSPORT MECHANISMS TO ACCOMPLISH VOICE AND DATA COMMUNICATIONS - Systems and methods of communicating voice communication signals and video content over a WiFi ad hoc network and within the framework of Miracast/Wi-Fi Direct standards may include a first wireless-enabled mobile device configured to establish a Miracast session with a second wireless-enabled mobile device, enter a Miracast mirroring mode in which the first wireless-enabled mobile device establishes itself as a source device so that content output to the speaker and electronic display of the first wireless-enabled mobile device is also displayed on the speaker and electronic display of the second wireless-enabled mobile device, detect user input indicating that the push-to-send over Miracast features should be activated, activate a microphone and/or camera to capture voice communications, images, and/or video content, and transmit the captured voice communications, images, and/or video content to the second wireless-enabled mobile device. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365612 | MONITORING SIMILAR DATA IN STREAM COMPUTING - A method, system, and computer program product for monitoring similar data in stream computing are disclosed. The method may include, monitoring at least one input stream of tuples to be processed by an application. The application may comprise one or more processing elements operating on one or more computer processors and each tuple is an instance of data. The method may also include, identifying a first tuple in the input stream and the first tuple is a first instance of first data. Also, the method may include, identifying a second tuple in the input stream and the second tuple is a second instance of first data. Furthermore, the method may include, determining that the second tuple satisfies criteria for superseding the first tuple and eliminating the first tuple from the application. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365613 | DEFRAGMENTATION OF ADAPTIVE STREAMING SEGMENT FILES IN A CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK - An edge node, a parent node, and a method in a Content Delivery Network (CDN) configured to utilize adaptive streaming to deliver a piece of electronic content to requesting clients. The content includes a plurality of segment files referenced by an associated manifest document, and the nodes are configured to defragment an incomplete piece of content and ensure that a copy stored in each node contain all segment files referenced by the manifest document. Each node analyzes the manifest document and the segment files stored in its cache memory to determine whether any segment files referenced by the manifest document are absent from the memory. If so, the node pulls the absent segment files from another node in the CDN to complete the piece of content. The defragmentation may be performed during a period of minimum network usage to minimize network impact and within a popularity time window to ensure timely storage of the defragmented content in each node. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365614 | MONITORING SIMILAR DATA IN STREAM COMPUTING - A method, system, and computer program product for monitoring similar data in stream computing are disclosed. The method may include, monitoring at least one input stream of tuples to be processed by an application. The application may comprise one or more processing elements operating on one or more computer processors and each tuple is an instance of data. The method may also include, identifying a first tuple in the input stream and the first tuple is a first instance of first data. Also, the method may include, identifying a second tuple in the input stream and the second tuple is a second instance of first data. Furthermore, the method may include, determining that the second tuple satisfies criteria for superseding the first tuple and eliminating the first tuple from the application. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365615 | DEVICE FOR REMOTE MONITORING OF AT LEAST ONE MEDICAL DEVICE | 2014-12-11 |
20140365616 | Switched Multicast Video Streaming - A system and method for improving media delivery and display. By utilizing a memory buffer in a DVR or similar device, and broadcasting linear content at a rate other than 1×, services like video on demand or regular broadcasters can be more versatile. For example viewers can start over without launching a separate VOD session. If part of the linear content requested is not in the buffer, a switched multicast stream can be sent to with the proper section of content. Other receivers on the network may also receive the stream and buffer the content if the content is related to what a viewer is viewing. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365617 | SCHEDULED DEVICE COMMUNICATION - A processing device receives a schedule from a server, the schedule identifying delivery times for a set of items associated with the user device. At each delivery time, the processing device contacts the server to obtain one or more items from the server in accordance with the schedule. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365618 | NETWORK-AWARE STRUCTURED CONTENT DOWNLOADS - A request for content is sent, using a client device, to a content server through a first network connection. A root document is received from the content server. The root document includes at least one content stub, where each content stub identifies a respective portion of the content as a deferred portion of the content and includes a content identifier of the respective deferred portion of the content. A network connection change to the content server from the first network connection to a second network connection is detected. A determination is made to download at least one deferred portion of the content through the second network connection based upon a configured download constraint assigned to the deferred portion of the content and a network characteristic of the second network connection. The deferred portion of the content identified by the respective content stub is obtained. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365619 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEAMLESSLY ACCESSING REMOTELY STORED FILES - A system and method by which users via programs on one computer may seamlessly access files remotely stored on other computers that run a well known file access protocol. An operating system extension and an application level network access program are provided. The operating system extension receives file system requests for remote files from the operating system that were issued according to a well known application program interface. The operating system extension forwards the remote file system request to the network access program. The network access program reformats the request according to a well known application level network protocol extension and sends it over a network to a remote computer system. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365620 | ADJUSTING A MEDIA STREAM IN A VIDEO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An example method includes receiving, by the computing device, a video stream from a first client device of a plurality of client devices, wherein the computing device is communicatively coupled to each client device of the plurality of client devices. The method further includes detecting, by the computing device, one or more conditions associated with the first client device and adjusting, by the computing device, the received video stream based at least in part on the detected one or more conditions. The method further includes sending, by the computing device, the adjusted video stream to at least a second client device of the plurality of client devices. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365621 | NETCONF SNMP GATEWAY - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a network configuration protocol (NETCONF) and simple network management protocol (SNMP) gateway (NSG). The NSG may include: a first interface configured as a NETCONF server, the first interface configured to connect to a NETCONF client and receive NETCONF messages, at least one NETCONF message identifying a managed object; a buffer configured to store the identified managed object; and a second interface configured to send an SNMP message to an SNMP agent, the SNMP message including the managed object stored in the buffer. Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a network gateway, the method comprising: receiving a NETCONF message from a NETCONF client; translating the NETCONF message into a SNMP message; and sending the SNMP message to a configurable node. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365622 | SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKING FOR STORAGE AREA NETWORKS - An example method for facilitating software defined networking for storage area networks is provided and includes dividing a control plane of a storage area network (SAN) into a centralized network control plane and a plurality of decentralized control planes, configuring network-wide SAN applications in the centralized network control plane, and configuring switch-level SAN applications in the decentralized control planes. In a specific embodiment, the network-wide SAN applications include at least one selection from a group consisting of: name server, zone server, worldwide name-virtual SAN (VSAN) mapping, device aliases, link-state routing information, principal switch selection, domain manager, and virtual local area network-VSAN mapping. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365623 | Method to Protect Storage Systems from Discontinuity Due to Device Misconfiguration - The invention provides for a method and corresponding Information Handling System (IHS) to protect storage systems from device discontinuity caused by misconfigurations. An embodiment of the IHS comprises a network switch coupled for communication to a storage group where a member of the storage group is a group leader. The group leader has access to configuration information for each member of the group and the network switch. The IHS further comprises an agent monitor that communicates a proposed change affecting the switch and/or a member of the group to the group leader. The group leader in response to the proposed change determines the acceptability of the proposed change using the accessed configuration information and in turn, communicates the determined acceptability to the agent monitor at the network switch. The agent monitor or the group leader then provides output indicating the acceptability of the proposed change to a network administrator. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365624 | CONFIGURING COMPUTING DEVICES USING A BOOTSTRAP CONFIGURATION - In the described embodiments, a device configuration file is used to set configuration settings on a computing device during a configuration operation (e.g., an initial configuration or a re-configuration of the computing device). The device configuration file is retrieved from a location where the device configuration file is hosted using a reference to the location from a bootstrap configuration. The bootstrap configuration is provided by a bootstrap configuration server and is retrieved by the computing device from the bootstrap configuration server during the configuration operation. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365625 | SCALABLE VARIANT CONFIGURATION PLATFORM FOR ONLINE SYSTEMS - A scalable variant configuration platform separates, behind a defined interface, mechanisms for determining configurations based upon provided variants. Information regarding specific factors, or “variants” is provided and a configuration request object is generated through which services can be configured. A schema is utilized to generate an object model that can assign object-oriented properties, such as type information, to the various factors that can influence configuration. The schema is also utilized to generate a sample configuration file, which can aid in the generation of the configuration file that can specify how one or more factors can affect the configuration of the services. The generation of the configuration request object is based upon self-tuning algorithms that can adapt based upon the types of factors that will be utilized for the configuration of the services being provided. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365626 | PRE-CONFIGURE AND PRE-LAUNCH COMPUTE RESOURCES - Systems, methods and computer-readable media are described for pre-warming compute instances in datacenters. A service provider associated with the datacenters may expect a demand for the compute instances and pre-configure computing resources within the datacenters to pre-launch the compute instances. As such, when a user requests a compute instance, the service provider may satisfy the request by allocating a pre-warmed compute instance to the user. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365627 | COMMUNICATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A communication processing device including: a storage section configured to store a policy table associating an identifier identifying a communication unit with an identifier of a policy applied to the communication unit and a priority; an obtaining section configured to refer to the policy table and obtain the identifier of the policy and the priority, the identifier of the policy and the priority being associated with the identifier of the communication unit, at a time of protocol processing of the communication unit; a policy applying section configured to group one or more communication units associated with an identifier of an identical policy, and apply the identical policy to the grouped one or more communication units; and a band control section configured to perform band control on a basis of the priority for each communication unit. | 2014-12-11 |
20140365628 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A communication terminal reads, from a removable memory, user-specific application information indicating one or more of the plurality of applications that are allowed for use by a specific user, and transmits a request for address information that includes application identification information of each one of one or more applications that are allowed for use by the specific user at the communication terminal to obtain address information associated with the application identification information. | 2014-12-11 |