Electrical computers and digital processing systems: interprogram communication or interprocess communication (ipc) inventions 02/08

20080052727 - Data processing system using matching engine and routing switch: A data processing system comprises a matching engine for matching messages and a switch for routing data. The data processing system is arranged to receive publish messages comprising topic and source identification, and to receive subscribe messages comprising topic and sink identification. The matching engine is arranged to match one... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080052728 - Method and interface for access to memory within a first electronic device by a second electronic device: In one embodiment of the present invention, a two-register interface is provided by a first electronic device to allow access to memory within the electronic device by external electronic devices. The two-register interface is mapped from the memory of an accessing, second electronic device. READ and WRITE accesses are transmitted... Agent: Olympic Patent Works PLLC

20080052729 - Adaptive content platform and method of using same: An adaptive content platform includes one or more content-enabled, dependent applications, each of which includes a user interface and business logic. A services layer, which is interfaced with the dependent applications and a software infrastructure, provides one or more services that are usable by the dependent applications.... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080052730 - Calling of late bound functions from an external program environment: The present invention is directed toward automatically integrating a late bound program language into an external environment. The external environment may be an early bound environment, a late bound environment or some combination thereof. Associated with the late bound program environment is a modular execution engine and an interface mechanism,... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP/the Mathworks

20080046896 - Meta-architecture for multi-tiered enterprise software application and system: A method for dynamic manipulation of a multi-tiered enterprise software application comprises providing a meta-architecture in a presentation tier of a multi-tiered enterprise software application. The meta-architecture comprises at least screen content associated with the software application. The meta-architecture is capable of tying at least two tiers of the multi-tiered... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080046897 - Image processing apparatus and control method of the same: This invention easily and appropriately accesses a USB memory in accordance with a request from a PC on a network. To accomplish this, this invention has a USB host interface, USB device interface, and network interface, and includes a network manager 202 which inputs, via the network interface, a file... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080046898 - Method and system for implementing an external trusted platform module: A method for implementing an external trusted platform module includes establishing a connection with a remote host device via a remote interface. The method also includes receiving and processing a request for a trusted platform module (TPM) function from the remote host device via the remote interface. The method additionally... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080046899 - System and method for using an rmi activation system daemon with non-java applications: A system and a method for implementing the system are provided. The system may include a non-Java-based application to communicate in a remote session, via a network including a plurality of remote method invocation (RMI) services, to a Java-based application using RMI; a configuration file including a reference to the... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP/the Mathworks

20080040726 - Methods and apparatuses for implementing multiple phase software: A multiple phase application implemented as a front-end portion and a back-end portion. The front-end portion of the application serving as an interface between a BIOS or operating system and the back-end portion of the application implemented in the system management mode (SMM). Embodiments of the invention provide a HDP... Agent: Intel/blakely

20080040728 - Methods and systems for providing application level presence information in wireless communication: Methods and apparatus for determining and maintaining user presence information include capturing user presence data with an application presence server. The application presence server can be configured to update user presence data as a user initiates or exits an application. Applications associated with user presence data are configured to query... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP/seattle

20080040727 - Program binding system, method and software for a resilient integrated circuit architecture: The exemplary embodiments provide a program binder for a resilient integrated circuit. An exemplary IC comprises a plurality of composite circuit elements, a state machine element (SME), and a plurality of communication elements. Each composite circuit element comprises an element interface and a selected circuit element which may vary by... Agent: Gamburd Law Group LLC

20080040730 - Event-based bandwidth allocation mode switching method and apparatus: A system, apparatus, and method for allocation mode switching on an event-driven basis are described herein. The allocation mode switching method includes detecting an event, selecting a bandwidth allocation mode associated with the detected event, and allocating a plurality of execution cycles of an instruction execution period of a processor... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.

20080040729 - Method for resolving a unit of work: A method for resolving a unit of work involving a plurality of participants, for use in a publish/subscribe system having a plurality of participants that subscribe to a first topic and at least one component having access to an outcome associated with the unit of work. The component publishes, to... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080040731 - Dynamically inserting proxies into java environments without coding explicit proxy hooks into java applications: A method for inserting a proxy into a JAVA application environment that begins with the activation of a program launcher. The program launcher instantiates a proxy and passes the prosy to an interface manager. Then the program launcher starts an instance of a JAVA application. The interface manager then initiates... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.A.

20080040732 - Testing scenarios that sequentially execute a plurality of application program interfaces: To efficiently decide input data of an API to be executed and indicate a candidate for an API to be executed, a tool for testing a scenario which sequentially executes a plurality of APIs includes an API test control unit that stores, with the execution of the API, sequence data... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080040733 - Application pod integration with automated mobile phone billing and distribution platform: A platform for supporting a network-enabled application is configured to render the network enabled application for a user, via a user interface associated with the user, in accordance with various APIs included in the platform and used by a program developer to develop the network-enabled application. The rendering can included... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20080034372 - Method for aspect oriented web service invocation: A web service request is received by an intermediary that performs a conversion of the requestor's service interface to the service interface supported by a service provider matching the requested service, then invokes that service. A reverse conversion is performed when passing a reply to the requester. The web serving... Agent: Ibm Endicott (anthony England) Law Office Of Anthony England

20080034373 - Session application records: Some embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for correlating information regarding an interactive communication. A session application record is provided to store information of a session that represents an interactive communication that is at least between two endpoints. An application programming interface (API) is provided for... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080034374 - Name tagging of music files: A message such as an email or a MMS message is receiving from a sender over a communication link that includes a media file, such as a MP3 music file, a podcast, or the like. After receiving the message, a keyword that is independent of a content of the media... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080034375 - System and method to provide a message service agent with pluggable functionality: A system and method for providing a message service agent with pluggable functionality acts while a message is being transmitted by the message bus program to examine the content of the message. Once the content of the message has been examined, the message service agent program can: a) further direct... Agent: Jackson Walker LLP

20080034376 - Automated tool management in a multi-protocol environment: A system, computer program product and method for automated tool management in a multi-protocol environment. A user may issue a message in accordance with an object-oriented interapplication communication protocol to a corresponding application interface unit. The message may be a request to perform a particular action on a selected tool.... Agent: Vierra Magen Marcus & Deniro LLP

20080034377 - Environment for executing legacy applications on a native operating system: An application compatibility module is disclosed that provides compatibility between legacy binary system modules (“legacy binaries”) and a native operating system. The application compatibility module therefore allows legacy applications to execute within the native operating system, while still using their corresponding legacy binaries. The application compatibility module may provide compatibility... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20080034378 - Hybrid output driver for high-speed communications interfaces: A driver circuit that consumes less current than other driver circuits combines a current-mode driver circuit with a voltage-mode driver circuit to provide impedance matching and signal equalization operations. In at least one embodiment of the invention, an apparatus includes a differential node and a driver circuit configured to generate... Agent: Zagorin O'brien Graham LLP

20080034379 - Method and system for integrating and controlling components and subsystems: A method and system for integrating and controlling a hardware device having one or more embedded systems including one or more hardware components configurable for use with the hardware device and one or more operating systems for use with the one or more hardware components. A control module configurable for... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080034380 - Raid control method and core logic device having raid control function: In a computer system including a central processing unit, a system memory, a south bridge module, a north bridge module and multiple hard disk drives, a RAID control function is exhibited. The method includes steps of: issuing a command addressing to the south bridge module by the central processing unit;... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20080034381 - Browsing or searching user interfaces and other aspects: This description relates to systems, methods and software architectures for providing previews of files, such as previews of content of the files without launching the applications which created those files. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first call, through a first API to obtain a preview of content... Agent: Apple Computer, Inc./blakely

20080034382 - Multi-protocol object distribution: The present invention is a multi-protocol object distribution system. The multi-protocol object distribution system can include one or more remote procedure call (RPC) transport protocol stubs; and, a meta-stub configured to select individual ones of the RPC transport protocol stubs through which distributed object services can be provided to requesting... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg