Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomputer data transferring or plural processor synchronization inventions 01/06

20060020657 - Extracting web services from resources using a web services resource programming model: A programming model allows application programmers to extract Web services from various types of resources. The programming model defines relationships between various resource types and methods for each resource type to extract a Web service or another linked resource. The programming model also provides caching capability to store previously extract...

20060020658 - Saving information related to a concluding electronic conversation: An electronic conversation is initiated between a first user and a second user preferably by broadcasting a message via a pub/sub service to a plurality of users subscribing to the service wherein said second user responds to the broadcasted message wherein said electronic conversation session is uniquely identified. One or...

20060020661 - Apparatus and method for displaying content: An apparatus and method for displaying contents are provided. The apparatus includes a device interface module automatically sensing a server connected to the display apparatus through a network and receiving content pushed according to a predetermined schedule and a control command from the server, a control and monitoring module receiving...

20060020663 - Data migration in storage system: A storage system includes a first storage node and a second storage node. The first storage node has a first logical unit to which a first target is set, and the second storage node has a second logical unit. To migrate data from the first logical unit to the second...

20060020662 - Enabling recommendations and community by massively-distributed nearest-neighbor searching: The computer associated with each of a potentially large number of end users is harnessed to provide a massively-distributed mechanism for finding the nearest neighbors of each user, according to tastes and/or interests. Once these nearest neighbors are determined, there taste or and/or interest profiles are leveraged for highly accurate...

20060020659 - Loading an application to be deployed in a terminal and chip a card: In order to rapidly load from a server (1) an application to be deployed (AP) in a terminal (2) and a chip card (3), a message (MAP) containing both a first application part and second application part formatted so as to be compatible with a protocol for communication between the...

20060020664 - Method of managing storage capacity, server and recording medium therefor: By referring to data stored in a capacity management information storage unit, a capacity distribution control unit distributes additional capacity to a supervision target resource whose current available capacity has become less than a prescribed threshold value by using real volumes in the unit's own site when the real volumes...

20060020660 - Proxy and cache architecture for document storage: A system for accessing documents from a main storage utilizing proxies and caches. Each of the documents is also assigned to one and only one of the caches. Users access the system through proxies, which are able to determine which cache stores the document. Proxies retrieve the documents through the...

20060020665 - Method, apparatus, and program product for efficiently distributing and remotely managing meeting presentations: A mechanism is provided for efficiently distributing and remotely managing meeting presentations. Participants download presentation documents to local storage ahead of time. The presentation then runs in an environment that allows the meeting host to send events to the participants to remotely manage the meeting. In one preferred embodiment, the...

20060020670 - Computer system that facilitates addition of webpages to website: A computer system includes a server computer, a plurality of client computers and a communication network that interconnects the server computer and the client computers. The server computer hosts one or more websites. Content for a proposed new webpage may be sent from a user of a client computer to...

20060020675 - Dial back-mail system using binary protocol: A sender prepares a message, then transmits an e-mail notice to the receiver and the e-mail message to a forwarding server. The “e-mail notice” is a short message, including a message ID and specifically does not include the complete prepared message. The “e-mail message” is in binary format and also...

20060020671 - E-mail caching system and method: A system and method to improve data access over a network. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a device for caching data from a server, such as e-mail messages, is provided at a location close to an end user. According to another embodiment of the present invention, a...

20060020667 - Electronic mail system and method for multi-geographical domains: A method comprises receiving an email message having a sender and at least one recipient at an email server of the sender, determining an address of the at least one recipient's email server closest to the sender's email server, sending the email message to the email server indicated by the...

20060020666 - Message management system and method: A message management system and method is described. A message control unit includes a dispatch rule, a role table, and a dispatch engine. The dispatch rule defines system identification, message type, and corresponding client identification and mail role. The role table defines client identification, mail role, and corresponding message recipient....

20060020674 - Providing archiving of individual mail content while maintaining a single copy mail store: A data processing system for providing archiving of individual mail content while maintaining a single copy mail store can include a mail application enabled to maintain a single copy mail store, a primary data store configured for high data throughput and acting as a single copy mail store for the...

20060020673 - Sending a range: The invention is a software module configured for sending a pre-selected portion of an electronic spreadsheet document to a mail client or recipient via e-mail. The module includes a publish engine for receiving a sender's pre-selected portion of a spreadsheet document from an application program. The publish engine determines content...

20060020668 - System and method for duplicate e-mail content detection and automatic doclink conversion: A Duplicate Content Storage and Access Program (DCSAP) identifies duplicate content, stores the duplicate content in one location, and provides a doclink to the stored duplicate content so that the doclink may be automatically replaced with the duplicate content. DCSAP examines email to determine whether the email contains a section...

20060020669 - System and method for informing a sender of a message of content adaptation and message failure issues: A system and method for controlling the content of a message transmitted from a transmitting device to a receiving device. When a message is sent from the transmitting device, it is determined whether the receiving device is capable of exhibiting the message without adaptation of the message's content. If the...

20060020672 - System and method to categorize electronic messages by graphical analysis: We describe a method of computing language-independent metrics (which we term “HideMe” and “HideAll”) to associate with selectable domains in electronic messages. We apply these as indicators as to whether a sender address is false, using a graph which we call a Cloaking Diagram. The metrics and the graph can...

20060020677 - Providing sender-specific notifications of received e-mail messages: Strategies are described for notifying a user who is using an instant messaging (IM) service of the receipt of an E-mail message. The user is notified of such E-mail message via a user interface presentation provided by IM message service. The notification specification involves informing the user of identity of...

20060020676 - System and method for presenting a chat user name with multiple user service names: If a chat user has multiple chat services, a chat partner can list the user name of each service under a single generic user name for display. The service user name with the “best” service as indicated by heuristics including, e.g., activity, security, etc. is invoked whenever the chat partner...

20060020678 - Time and event controlled message processing: A system and method for filtering messages in a messaging system is described. The system includes a user interface configured to receive user input for defining one or more message filters. Each message filter specifies predefined criteria by which a message is to be stopped. The system further includes a...

20060020680 - Apparatus, system, and method for quick access grid bus connection of storage cells in automated storage libraries: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for quick access of stored removable storage media. The apparatus includes an automated data storage library, a communications processor, and a media interface module. The automated data storage library has a plurality of storage cells, each storage cell having a media interface module...

20060020679 - Method and system for pluggability of federation protocol runtimes for federated user lifecycle management: A method and a system are presented in which federated domains interact within a federated environment. Domains within a federation can initiate federated operations for a user at other federated domains. A point-of-contact server within a domain relies upon a trust proxy within the domain to manage trust relationships between...

20060020681 - Modification and importation of live web pages: A mechanism is provided for modifying live web pages and then downloading the changed version. In one preferred embodiment, the user enters a uniform resource locator in a user interface. The mechanism then loads the page referenced by the uniform resource locator. The user is able to select an option...

20060020682 - System and method for connecting unix utilities to the internet: A technique to link a computer system using a Unix operating system with a remote computer via the Internet to access data residing on the remote computer and to manipulate the accessed data on the computer system. This is achieved by checking an argument in a received Unix command including...

20060020683 - User terminal, server, and data providing method: A user terminal includes means for requesting a server managing data to transmit data, means for transmitting attribute information defining the data attribute required for the aforementioned data, means for receiving data appropriate for the attribute information, and display means for displaying the received data....

20060020686 - Distributed messaging system and method for sharing network status data: A distributed messaging system and method allows servers in a network to share data, such as network status data associated with all of the servers in the network. In one embodiment, the distributed messaging system and method may be used in element management system (EMS) servers in a distributed network...

20060020685 - Quantity conversion interface for external program calls: The application is directed to methods, systems, procedures, networks and storage apparatus used to conduct conversions of data using remote conversion servers. In one embodiment of the present invention, recent query results may be stored and then used to solve subsequent conversions rather than querying a remote conversion server when...

20060020687 - Remote recording of data transmission: A data center includes a recorder/transmitter device and offers the benefits of: protection against viruses transmitted through the internet, facilitates payment by the user for the right to record material protected by copyright, facilitates accessing a library of material that may or may not be protected by copyrights, makes the...

20060020688 - System having generalized client-server computing: A protocol provides generalized client-server computing by providing a server program that can utilize standard and non-standard ports for applications....

20060020684 - User specific request redirection in a content delivery network: A method and apparatus for providing user specific request redirection in a content delivery network includes parsing a page having embedded objects intended for redirection to at least one cache server, and transforming the embedded objects into relative uniform resource locators (URLs). A content-base token is inserted into an HTTP...

20060020689 - Index-based parameter access and software for using the same: A method and apparatus for composing software are described. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a loader to obtain software structure data identifying a plurality of application components associated with requested functionality and to obtain software logic data indicating interaction rules between the plurality of application components, a parameter index...

20060020690 - Network topology and method of operation for a playback system in a digital cinema network: The installation, maintenance and administration of digital cinema playback systems is facilitated by devices within the playback systems having operator-actuated controls that are used to specify a unique identifier for each playback system in a digital cinema complex. The identifier for a system is used to establish a set of...

20060020694 - Administering a communication network: Methods and apparatus are provided for administering a communication network. In one embodiment, a first interface screen depicts nodes within a network. The nodes include a pair of media aggregation managers providing multiplexing/demultiplexing of media traffic associated with multiple application sessions between a pair of communities onto a preallocated reservation...

20060020693 - Data optimization: A method, system and computer program product for decreasing a volume of data transmitted from a server to a client device in a data processing network, the server processing a received request for a resource from the client device, the processed requested resource comprising data embedded in a file of...

20060020691 - Load balancing based on front-end utilization: A method of load balancing comprises actions of measuring utilization on an input/output interface, detecting a condition of utilization deficiency based on the measured utilization, and allocating utilization to cure the deficiency....

20060020695 - Scaling and delivering distributed applications: Systems and methods for distributing applications across a server and one or more nodes in a network. When a node is turned on or booted, a node application is requested from the server and loaded on the node. The node application provides a user interface through which other feature applications...

20060020692 - System and method for locating web services: The mechanisms described herein are directed at methods for locating web services available for client applications. The methods allow web services to re-locate without impacting the code of the client applications that access the web services. The client application sends a message that includes an identifier to a referral service....

20060020700 - Adaptive allocation of last-hop bandwidth based on monitoring of end-to-end throughput: An improved method and system for optimizing the allocation of bandwidth within a network system is presented. When a client device is engaged in communication with a remote computing device, an access point measures the throughput of the connection between the client device and the network. If the throughput is...

20060020699 - Method and computer program for web site performance monitoring and testing by variable simultaneous angulation: A system for monitoring and measuring web applications by a user monitors a web site from multiple points of presence and alerts the web site operator when problems are detected. The system may be used in both corporate intranets and by web site operators. It provides alert information when a...

20060020698 - Method and system for managing connections: According to one embodiment, a method for managing a plurality of connections is provided. The method comprises grouping a plurality of connections to form at least two connection groups, where each connection is associated with a communication service and each connection group comprises a first connection and at least one...

20060020697 - System and method for presenting chat qos indication to user: Real time quality of service (QoS) of a link between Internet chat users is gathered and displayed to the users....

20060020696 - Wireless remote control system and method thereof: A wireless remote control system and method thereof use a server for real-time controlling a remote monitoring device and a register. When the data retrieved by the remote monitoring device, such as image, voice or text data are abnormal, the register sends an informing message to the server to request...

20060020702 - Methods and systems for a receiver to allocate bandwidth among incoming communications flows: Disclosed are methods and systems for a receiver to autonomously allocate bandwidth among its incoming communications flows. The incoming flows are assigned priorities. When it becomes necessary to alter the allocation of bandwidth among the flows, the receiver selects one of the lower priority flows. The receiver then causes the...

20060020703 - Methods and systems for a receiver to allocate bandwidth among incoming communications flows: Disclosed are methods and systems for a receiver to autonomously allocate bandwidth among its incoming communications flows. The incoming flows are assigned priorities. When it becomes necessary to alter the allocation of bandwidth among the flows, the receiver selects one of the lower priority flows. The receiver then causes the...

20060020701 - Thread transfer between processors: Apparatus and methods are provided for transferring threads. One embodiment of a computing device includes a number of processors including a first processor, a memory in communication with the at least one of the number of processors, and computer executable instructions stored in memory and executable on at least one...

20060020704 - Multi-modal communication using a session specific proxy server: A method and apparatus for multi-modal communication includes a controller (236) operably coupled to at least one multi-modal session proxy server (226). On a per multi-modal session basis, the controller (236) provides the multi-modal session proxy server (226) with a multi-modal proxy identifier (138). The multi-modal proxy identifier (138) is...

20060020705 - Managing and checking socket connections: A system to manage socket connections and method of checking connections include: at least one application program module adapted to create a socket necessary for communication of a server or a client and calling an Application Program Interface (API) defined to check a socket connection to manage the created socket;...

20060020706 - Contactless communication method and system: In a contactless communication system, a first storage unit stores a group of access control programs corresponding to plural types of noncontact information carriers, respectively. A second storage unit stores access reference information required to execute the group of access control programs. A program execution unit refers to the access...

20060020709 - Communication device for obtaining an application image or configuration from a service provider: A DSL customer premises equipment modem (DCPE) avoids the requirement of a flash or other static memory for storing an application image or configuration on the modem. The modem instead stores microcode used to boot its chipset and obtain the application image and/or configuration from a remote site, such as...

20060020707 - Sustaining session connections: In an embodiment, techniques for sustaining session connections are provided. The techniques send heartbeat messages when not sending a message may cause the session connection to close because of a timeout condition. Heartbeat messages are valid transport layer messages that will be ignored by protocols at higher levels of a...

20060020708 - System and method for peer-to-peer communication: A system for peer-to-peer (p2p) communication. A instant message is received from a first daemon corresponding to a first instant messaging application type originating with a first client, and transmits the instant message to a second daemon corresponding to a second instant messaging application type originating with a second client....

20060020710 - Real-time and bandwidth efficient capture and delivery of live video to multiple destinations: Disclosed is a method and system to deliver real-time video data over the Internet in a bandwidth efficient manner. A streaming processor receives raw video data from a video source and communicates a compressed version of the video data to a reflector network. The video data is compress by grouping...

20060020711 - Cluster network with redundant communication paths: A cluster network is provided in which the storage enclosures of the network are grouped into storage sets or columns of storage enclosures. Each server node of the cluster network is coupled to an interface of the storage enclosure of each of the storage sets. The storage enclosure within each...

20060020712 - Systems and methods for secure data exchange in a distributed collaborative application: A collaborative communication system that includes a plurality of endpoints and interconnecting nodes configured to communicate via messages over interconnecting channels. Each of the plurality of endpoints and/or interconnecting nodes can determine whether to apply protection to the messages on a per message basis and/or base on the interconnecting channel...

20060020713 - Enum system, enum client apparatus and method for communicating using enum client apparatus: An ENUM system includes a Web server and an ENUM server. The Web server stores first NAPTR records corresponding to an ENUM client and another ENUM client on an IP network. The ENUM server stores second NAPTR records in which first URIs are associated with predetermined information for being linked...

20060020715 - System and method for processing packets according to user specified rules governed by a syntax: An apparatus and method for enhancing the infrastructure of a network such as the Internet is disclosed. A packet interceptor/processor apparatus is coupled with the network so as to be able to intercept and process packets flowing over the network. Further, the apparatus provides external connectivity to other devices that...

20060020714 - System, apparatus and method of displaying images based on image content: A system, apparatus and method of displaying images based on image content are provided. To do so, a database of offensive images is maintained. Stored in the database, however, are hashed versions of the offensive images. When a user is accessing a Web page and the Web page contains an...

20060020716 - World wide web content synchronization between wireless devices: Wireless access protocol-capable wireless devices are able to synchronize displayed Web content. A first WAP device requests a synchronized session through the sync Proxy of the network. The sync Proxy, through a WAP Push Proxy, sets up the synchronized session. One or both wireless devices may then request content from...

20060020717 - Vehicle active network and device: A vehicle active network (12) communicatively couples devices (14-20) within a vehicle (10). Device operation is independent of the interface (22-28) of the device (14-20) with the active network (12). Additionally, the architecture of the active network (12) provides one or more levels of communication redundancy. The architecture provides for...

20060015554 - Image distributing apparatus: To provide a technology for easily distributing an image in a requested photograph direction. Photograph images, which are photographed by turning a photographing apparatus and continuously photographing the periphery of the photographing apparatus, are stored in a storing region. Any direction in a photograph range of the photographing apparatus is...

20060015556 - Method and apparatus for cordless phone and other telecommunications services: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided that combines a software application framework within a variety of consumer communication devices to provide enhanced functionality. The enhanced functionality devices can then be controlled and integrated into an Internet based application and delivery service, connected by various networking technologies including, e.g., broadband communication...

20060015555 - Storage cluster server network: A clustered server network for receiving, storing and retrieving usenet articles is provided. The clustered server network includes various sets of clustered servers. One set of clustered servers may be for receiving articles from peer usenet networks, while another set of clustered servers stores only header information for each unique...

20060015557 - Dynamic media content for collaborator groups: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for delivering dynamic media content to collaborators. Exemplary embodiments include providing collaborative event media content including a grammar and a structured document; generating a dynamic client context for a client; detecting an event in dependence upon the dynamic client context; identifying at...

20060015558 - Dynamic media content for collaborators with voip support for client communications: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for delivering dynamic media content to collaborators. Embodiments include providing collaborative event media content, wherein the collaborative event media content includes a grammar and a structured document; selecting a VoIP protocol for communications between a client and a dynamic context generation server;...

20060015559 - Electronic mail delivery system, mail server, and mail client: Mobile device MS displays an unreceived mail list acquired from gateway server GWS by executing a browser. A user selects a desired e-mail by referring to the unreceived mail list. Prior to that gateway server GWS transmits e-mails to mobile device MS, gateway server GWS transmits to mobile device MS,...

20060015561 - Incremental anti-spam lookup and update service: The present invention provides a unique system and method that facilitates incrementally updating spam filters in near real time or real time. Incremental updates can be generated in part by difference learning. Difference learning involves training a new spam filter based on new data and then looking for the differences...

20060015563 - Message profiling systems and methods: Methods and systems for operation upon one or more data processors that classify communications from messaging entities. A method can include receiving a communication that was sent from a messaging entity. A plurality of message classification techniques is used to classify the communication. Each message classification technique is associated with...

20060015565 - Method and apparatus to facilitate access and propagation of messages in communication queues using a public network: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates accessing communication queues using a public network. The system operates by first generating a message or messages at a client. The system then formats these messages in a publicly available format. Next, the system communicates the messages across the...

20060015566 - Methods for managing the exchange of communication tokens: A communication system issues tokens in order to control communication received by the system. The tokens are arbitrary symbols which are stored in one or more Token Logs (TLs) for future reference. Those to whom the tokens are issued use specific tokens by including them in messages sent to the...

20060015562 - Mobile collaborative peer-to-peer business applications: A mobile computer system hosts mobile application and a collaboration module. The collaboration module is adapted to enable the mobile application to communicate with a further mobile application, hosted on a further mobile computer system, and to access functionality of an enterprise application, hosted on an enterprise system....

20060015564 - Modulated cascading electronic messaging network: A method is disclosed for co-ordinating the sending of electronic messages in such a way that a positive feedback loop is created. This is achieved by linking the messages to a form with inputs configured to facilitate submission of a greater multiple of additional addressee entries than with other known...

20060015560 - Multi-sensory emoticons in a communication system: Methods and systems for providing dynamic emoticons during chat sessions across game consoles are disclosed. A dynamic emoticon may include haptic, visual, and/or auditory components. Each component may have an associated intensity level, e.g., based on a pressure with which a user of the game console presses a controller button...

20060015571 - Computer evaluation of contents of interest: Provides evaluating programs that enable problems to be identified in a manner that reflects actual conditions for an evaluation of contents of interest. In an example embodiment, there is provided a program for evaluating contents of interest that causes a computer to implement the functions of: performing a primary evaluation...

20060015567 - Device for provision of access to data: The invention relates to a device for provision of access to data in various data sources. Said device is provided with means which permit a user to gain a uniform central access to all data sources and a uniform visualization of the data from the corresponding data sources. The various...

20060015572 - Display apparatus, user terminal, distribution apparatus, control method tereof, computer program and storage medium: There is provided a content distribution system configured by a distribution apparatus for storing content data, a display apparatus for displaying content data distributed from the distribution apparatus in accordance with a predetermined display schedule, and a user terminal for acquiring the content data displayed on the display apparatus from...

20060015568 - Grouping of session objects: An object delivery session, such as a File Delivery over Unidirectional Transport (FLUTE) session, is joined and a description of a plurality of objects provided by the session are provided. The description indicates one or more groupings of the plurality of objects. An interesting object is determined from the plurality...

20060015570 - Method and device for performing integrated caching in a data communication network: A device that implements a method for performing integrated caching in a data communication network. The device is configured to receive a packet from a client over the data communication network, wherein the packet includes a request for an object. At the operating system/kernel level of the device, one or...

20060015569 - Method and system for initiating a task and receiving task data via a twain interface: A method, device, and computer readable medium for acquiring data from a device connected to a network and transferring the data to a host device. In one embodiment, the invention includes establishing a communication system; and establishing, on the host device, a data source configured to communicate with one or...

20060015573 - System and method for automatic redirection to stored web resources upon access failure: A system and related techniques monitor a user's attempt to access a Web site or other network site, and detect failed access attempts such as HTTP 404 messages or others. Rather than pass the access failure message directly through to the user, the system may communicate with a search service...

20060015575 - Apparatus and method for negotiating network parameters: An apparatus and a method for real-time data communication includes a sending client terminal (10) and at least one receiving client terminal (20), the client terminals being provided with protective elements (12, 22), the real-time data communication transmitted via an intermediate distribution server (30). Moreover, the protective elements (12, 22)...

20060015576 - Apparatus for analyzing the packet data on mobile communication network and method thereof: A packet data analyzer on a mobile communication network for analyzing packet data traffic, monitoring services, generating billing information per data service, and monitoring the network based on a protocol analysis, comprises a packet data separator provided between one of a mobile communication exchange and a packet controller that provide...

20060015579 - Architecture and protocol for a wireless communication network to provide scalable web services to mobile access devices: A network architecture for small, low-cost, high functionality portable wireless devices which shifts many of the functions performed in typical handheld communication devices to a central Application Server (AS) computer. Communication between the AS and the portable devices is performed using standard Internet Protocol (IP) devices. The AS includes a...

20060015584 - Autonomous service appliance: A service appliance can be installed between one or more production servers running service applications and service users. In the event that a production server is unable to provide its service to users, the service appliance can transparently intervene to maintain service availibility. The service appliance is capable of providing...

20060015582 - Information processing system and method, information management apparatus and method, information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program product: An information management apparatus for managing mutual exchange of information performed by a plurality of information processing apparatuses via a network, including a receiving means for receiving a request for registration from the information processing apparatus connected to the network, as a representative apparatus; a determination means for determining presence...

20060015585 - Information processing system, information processing method, and computer program used therewith: Information processing system, information processing method, and computer program used therewith are provided. An information processing system includes information processing apparatuses connected to a network. The apparatuses are mutually linked to operate as a virtual information processing apparatus. The system includes a monitoring unit for monitoring the system state of...

20060015574 - Managed object replication and delivery: A method, system and computer program product for managed object replication and delivery redirects, directly or indirectly, a client's request for an object that is not available at a best or optimal handling edge server of a network to a parent server that has the requested object. So, where the...

20060015581 - Method and a device for making a media file accessible via a web page: A first aspect addresses a method and device for making a media file accessible via a web page. First, a web design tool receives a media file to be made accessible via a web page. Then, said media file is sent to a streaming service provider. Subsequently, a key generated...

20060015580 - Multimedia content distribution: A process and facility supports device-specific delivery of a multimedia object to an end user's device as a function of the device's capabilities, the transport interface to the device, and/or the viewing state and/or access privileges of the device's user with respect to the object or the user's relationship to...

20060015578 - Retrieving dated content from a website: Retrieving dated content from a website including receiving a URL for dated content with a date field; inserting the current date in the date field; and retrieving the dated content with the URL bearing the current date in its date field. In some embodiments, date field bears an encoded date...

20060015577 - Self-service terminal: A self-service terminal (20) for displaying public information notices is described. The terminal comprises a display (52) and a network connection (32). The terminal accesses a notice database (18) to retrieve a notice associated with the terminal (20), and incorporates the retrieved notice in a screen (130) for displaying on...

20060015583 - Time management server, information terminal, time management system and time management method: A time management server, comprises an acquisition unit configured to acquire providing source data and set-in-providing-source time information from a providing source information terminal, a calculation unit configured to calculate providing time information to be provided to a providing destination information terminal by using the set-in-providing-source time information and an...

20060015591 - Apparatus and method for intelligent configuration editor: With an intelligent configuration editor a command database is learned in an automatic way for validation of the syntax and the semantics of network device configuration commands, prompting the user for the validity of the same by way of floating windows and applying the same commands on a device of...

20060015590 - Discovering a network element in a communication system: A method, terminal, backend network entity, and system for discovering a network element in a communication system for a terminal, wherein the terminal is establishing a connection to a first part of the communication system, the discovering of the network element comprising a step of retrieving a network address of...

20060015589 - Generating a service configuration: A service configuration for a service is generated using a service specification and at least one library including at least one of a hardware component and a software component available to be implemented for the service....

20060015588 - Partitioning social networks: The present invention provides a unique system and method that facilitates reducing network traffic between a plurality of servers located on a social-based network. The system and method involve identifying a plurality of vertices or service users on the network with respect to their server or network locations. The vertices'...

20060015586 - Simplifying connection establishment in systems accessing other systems via redundant addressable gateways: According to an aspect of the present invention, any of the redundant gateways selected to operate as an active gateway, is configured to be accessible by a pre-specified address. As a result, any systems communicating with other systems via a gateway may use the same pre-specified address to access the...

20060015592 - Software object verification method for real time system: Before applying a software object such as virus detecting software to a customer's real time control apparatus, in order to verify an effect on real time control of the software object, the software object is downloaded from a first web site to a verifying real time control apparatus, and the...

20060015587 - System and method for selecting of versions for snmp communication: A system and method are directed towards enabling and/or disabling a selection of a version of a network management protocol, such as SNMP. When a networking system is configured using an earlier version of SNMP, such as version 1 or 2, and is to be reconfigured to employ a later...

20060015594 - System, method and program product for providing artifact and configuration cohesion across disparate portal application models: Under the present invention, a client-based editor is launched (e.g., from a web server or the like) within a client interface such as a browser. Upon being launched, initial configuration parameters are passed from a portal server to the editor. The present invention also provides a “communications tunnel” between the...

20060015593 - Three dimensional surface indicating probability of breach of service level: There is provided a data processing method, system and article of manufacture for service level management using probability of breach of service level for an application in a computer data centre. The method comprising obtaining one or more metrics associated with one or more resources associated with a data centre....

20060015595 - Method and apparatus for obtaining addresses for multiple interfaces in a device: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for obtaining addresses for multiple interfaces in a device. The method comprises generating a message and transmitting the message to a server over a communication link. The message includes a request for a server to provide a first address to assign to...

20060015596 - Method to configure a cluster via automatic address generation: A method and system are provided for assigning network addresses to multiple nodes in a computer cluster. Each of the nodes in the cluster may be provided with access to a network that interconnects the various nodes of the cluster. Upon initialization of the cluster, each node, in turn, may...

20060015601 - Console architecture: A system administration console can be used to manage application server resources. This administration console can include an original configuration and extension. The extension can modify the system administration console to form an extended system administration console without changing the original configuration....

20060015602 - Control equipment management system: A control equipment management system integrates and displays data transmitted from a plurality of control equipment units provided at devices to be monitored and controlled, can flexibly modify the form of display, and can employ existing equipment as control equipment. Control equipment units 30a to 30n monitor the status of,...

20060015606 - Distributed element network management: A network of managed elements, in which code necessary for the integration of the elements into the network is contained in the elements themselves. A network proxy polls the elements to determine the presence of a new element or a revision to the code of an existing element. When found,...

20060015597 - Method and system for improved in-line management of an information technology network: A system and a method for leveraging human knowledge held by system administrators to support improved or optimal management of an information technology network. The present invention monitors and records the states and values key management indicators related to actions taken by a human system administrator in improving a perceived...

20060015599 - Multi-layer video management and display method carried out on the networks: In a multi-layer video management and display method carried out on the networks, configuration parameters are set for a plurality of nodes on the networks so that these nodes can be divided into several father layers and several son layers. A root is also set for a network matrix mode....

20060015604 - Network difference reporting: A network difference reporting method and system categorizes the differences between two networks, and provides an output report structured by these categories. The preferred categories include objects common to both networks that have different attributes; objects found only in the first network; objects found only in the second network; and...

20060015598 - Networked keyboard and mouse drivers: In an embodiment, a method of controlling a computer in a network, includes: moving a cursor to a designated area of a screen of a first computer; receiving an input in a peripheral device associated with the first computer; transmitting the input as a packet across a network to a...

20060015605 - Storage network system, managing apparatus managing method and program: A storage network system includes computers, storage systems, connection devices that control connection relations between the computers and the storage system, and a managing device that manages the computers, the storage system and the connection devices. The managing device includes a control section that specifies connection ports of the computers,...

20060015603 - System and method for providing a global real-time advanced correlation environment architecture: A method and system are disclosed for efficiently correlating network events within a data processing system and then transmitting messages to various network entities in response to an occurrence of a particular network event. According to the present invention, a network mediation service receives raw message streams from one or...

20060015600 - System and method for providing channels in application servers and transaction-based systems: A system and method for providing channels within application servers, messaging systems, and transaction-based systems. Network traffic internal to the server is carried over these channels. This allows the administrator to segregate internal network traffic, usually for security or performance reasons. In addition administrators have finer, dynamic, control over external...

20060015609 - Automatically infering and updating an availability status of a user: A system, system, and program for automatically inferring and updating an availability status of a user are provided. At least one current activity of a user is detected, where the current activity includes at least one system level event within a computer environment accessible to the user. A current availability...

20060015608 - Event suppression tool-alert control tool: Disclosed are a tool, a method, and a computer program for suppressing events. The tool comprises a database having a resource table, a batch loader interface for creating or updating said resource table, and a web based user interface to said database. The event suppression tool further comprises a batch...

20060015610 - Gateway architecture for calculating on-line parameters and the method of the same: The present invention provides a gateway for network communication, comprising: a processor and a monitoring means coupled to the processor for accounting on-line time and fee of a network user. A simple network time protocol (SNTP) is coupled to the monitoring means for providing time information. A WAN module is...

20060015613 - Method and system for relocating and using enterprise management tools in a service provider model: An embodiment of the invention provides a method for communicating event data in a network, including: receiving the event data in a first device, the event data including a native IP address associated with a source of the event data; translating a native protocol of the event data into XML,...

20060015614 - Page-view recording with click-thru tracking: Page-view recording with click-thru tracking is described. In an embodiment, a tracking system receives a request for content that includes request-tracking information. The request-tracking information designates that the tracking system receive the content request before the request is communicated to a content provider. The request for content is communicated to...

20060015607 - Procedure and system for the analysis and the evaluation of the conditions for accessing data communication networks, and relative computer program product: The system is configured to trace (A1) the Internet traffic of a user (LAN) and identify a group of networks with which this traffic can mainly transit, by identifying (100) the relative autonomous systems and tracing the sequence of autonomous systems (AS) crossed by the traffic. To trace said sequence,...

20060015611 - System and method for proactively recognizing an inadequate network connection: A system and method for recognizing an inadequate network connection are disclosed. A method incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include identifying a plurality of network connections. In practice, each of the plurality of network connections may be providing network access to an associated user. A collection of provisioned...

20060015612 - Trace processing program, method and apparatus: A distributed application system has a plurality of applications running on a plurality of servers arranged hierarchically and, when receiving a request telegraphic message from a client, executes processes while transferring a relay code between applications in order. A trace condition embedding unit embeds a trace collection condition into a...

20060015616 - Digital power manager for controlling and monitoring an array of point-of-load regulators: A power control system comprises a plurality of point-of-load (POL) regulators each adapted to convey regulated power to a load, a serial data bus operatively connecting the plurality of POL regulators, and a digital power manager connected to the data bus. The digital power manager includes a controller adapted to...

20060015615 - Method for data distribution with access control: The present invention relates to a process for distributing digital data to a plurality of user terminals (2) connected to a service provider, via an IP data transmission network (6), each user terminal (2) being identified in the network by an IP address and by a unique address UA entered...

20060015619 - Access and synchronization with enterprise applications using remote hosted solution: A hosting center that is remote from a plurality of customer environments is provided so that users can interact with data from the user's selected customer environment. The data interaction includes bidirectional synchronization of data between that of the hosting center and that of the user's selected customer environment....

20060015618 - Apparatus and method for supporting received data processing in an offload of network protocol processing: A number of improvements in network adapters that offload protocol processing from the host processor are provided. Specifically, an improved mechanism for handling receipt of data packets in a system utilizing an offload network adapter. The offload network adapter may include logic that permits the offload network adapter to delay...

20060015620 - Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method and program: A user can efficiently receive a printing service without a troublesome operation. A request including order information for placing a printing order regarding image data stored in a recorder is sent from a mobile phone to a mobile phone site server together with an identification code of the mobile phone....

20060015617 - Management system and method for service subscription provisioning: The present invention offers a solution for service provisioning that is generic and fits any domain, whether telecom, internet, or any service-related domain. This solution can be used in any scenario wherein a management entity is provisioning a given service in a managed entity, allowing potential users of a service...

20060015623 - Communication method and server computer: The present invention provides a communication method which enables the smooth communication between a server computer and a client computer without being influenced by a use environment. In communication method which is performed between a server computer and a client computer which are connected with each other via an electronic...

20060015622 - Enabling asynchronous transaction interactions on web browsers: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions in a data processing system for enabling asynchronous transaction interactions. A Web page containing transaction data is sent to a client, wherein the Web page includes a process to periodically submit a timeout notification. Program logic is executed after sending the Web page to...

20060015624 - Method and system for processing financial data objects carried on broadcast data streams and delivering information to subscribing clients: A system for delivering data objects containing data subject to periodic updates to a plurality of clients is disclosed and which is configured to connect to at least one input data stream which carries a specific type of data objects, such as objects related to financial product offerings, and also...

20060015621 - System and method for information handling system task selective wireless networking: Information handling system networking tasks are allocated between personal and local area wireless networks according to one or more factors, such as information content or network congestion. Network communications through co-located wireless local and personal area network transceivers are managed with a task allocation module so that networking bandwidth is...

20060015626 - Device management system: The invention relates to a method for arranging service management in a service management system, the method comprising: defining one or more device management commands on the basis of predetermined mapping instructions and a service management command, transmitting the device management commands to a managed device, specifying in the managed...

20060015625 - Mapping policies to messages: Within a distributed system, e.g., Web service environment, the present invention provides a way for identifying policies mapped to messages associated with an application, without having to have code within the application for determining what policies should apply to the messages. A centralized Web service engine is provided that receives...

20060015627 - Multi-homed web server: A multi-homed web server is disclosed including a plurality of virtual hosts therein. A master configuration file associated with each of said plurality of virtual hosts is provided that includes an association between at least one of a IP address or name and each of the virtual hosts....

20060015628 - Multi-homed web server: A multi-homed Web server is disclosed. The Web server may be embodied within a single physical machine that is configured to host a plurality of virtual hosts, where each of said virtual hosts appears as a distinct host to users of the Internet. The single physical machine may further include...

20060015629 - System, method, and data structure for processing operating information using information processing devices communicating via a network: An information processing device including an interface configured to communicate with a network; an input device configured to generate operating information; an output device; an operating information collecting apparatus configured to collect the operating information of the input device; an operating information sending apparatus configured to transmit the operating information...

20060015630 - Apparatus method and medium for identifying files using n-gram distribution of data: A method, apparatus, and medium are provided for identifying files. Files are received from various sources, and a statistical distribution is generated for data contained in each file. The statistical distribution is compared to model distributions that are representative of known files or file types. Based on the comparison, file...

20060015631 - Method of mediation between applications, and mediation platform for implementing the method: A platform is developed for the mediation of web services via a communication network between web service providers (WSP) and web service customers (WSC). A WSP registers with the platform by sending it identification parameters for setting up a secured connection. To configure a WS, the WSP sends to the...

20060015632 - Method, system, and software for transmission of information: A method, system and software for efficient transmission of information having dynamic information and static information are disclosed herein. The method includes dividing at a server location into dynamic and static information. The method further includes receiving a first request and a second request from a user location. The method...

20060015633 - Progressive streaming media rendering: A system and process for providing progressively higher quality versions of an audio and/or video program over a client-server based network. In response to a user command to view a particular program, the client requests layered data associated with the program from the server. The client also specifies how many...

20060015634 - Progressive streaming media rendering: A system and process for providing progressively higher quality versions of an audio and/or video program over a client-server based network. In response to a user command to view a particular program, the client requests layered data associated with the program from the server. The client also specifies how many...

20060015635 - Method and apparatus for handling address resolution protocol requests for a device having multiple interfaces: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for handling address resolution protocol requests for a device having multiple interfaces. The method comprises receiving a message transmitted by a remote device to a host. The message includes a request to provide a value representative of an address associated with the...

20060015638 - Method and apparatus for initiating telephone call from a mobile device: An information apparatus comprising information acquisition resources, distribution resources, association resources and control coordinating resources. The control coordinating resources coordinate the activations of the acquisition and association resources. The association resources provide an association annotation to the distribution resources, and the distribution resources distribute responsive thereto. The association annotation is...

20060015636 - Method for selecting among network interfaces, device with multiple network interfaces and application: For enabling an application for a device with multiple network interfaces to select among network interfaces to transmit its data, an interface between the application and the network layer of a protocol stack is provided for providing information on network interface availability to the application (5), selecting the network interface...

20060015637 - System and method for transferring content via a network: A system for delivering content, such as video content, via a network. In an illustrative embodiment, the system includes a server system that is connected to the network and has access to the content. A client system is adapted to forward a request for the content to the server system...

20060015639 - Method for managing inter-zone bandwidth in a two-way messaging network: A congestion control level method for a messaging system having a plurality of exit routers (104) coupled to a plurality of zone controllers (102) which includes determining a congestion control value based on the traffic type, and notifying the plurality of zone controllers over the control plane of the congestion...

20060015641 - Autonomous service backup and migration: A service appliance is installed between a production server running a service applications and service users. Upon being connected with the production server, the service appliance contacts the production server and/or service application and automatically replicates the service data from the service application. As additional service data is added to...

20060015640 - Device and method for regulating a transmission moment of a continuous transmission signal: A comparator unit is used to compare an actual transmission time signal with a nominal transmission time signal and to produce a difference signal from the discrepancy, from which difference signal a correction signal is produced in a control unit. This correction signal is used to control a correction unit,...

20060015646 - Method and apparatus for controlling communications: The present invention relates generally to a method and apparatus for preparing and processing information to be sent or received via a network, or communicated to or from other data carriers such as smart cards. The present invention describes the construction of a novel “virtual machine” which can be implemented...

20060015642 - Method and arrangement for configuring a device in a data network: The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for the configuration of a device in a data network. According to said method, a domain name is first stored in the device. The device then transfers an inquiry message comprising the domain name to an addressing server that serves for...

20060015643 - Method of sending information through a tree and ring topology of a network system: The method is for sending information through a topology. A first and second node each having a first node having a first access port, a second access port and a first uplink connected to a first router and a second router, respectively. A third node is provided that has a...

20060015645 - Network traffic routing: A service appliance is installed between production servers running service applications and service users. The production servers and their service applications provide services to the service users. In the event that a production server is unable to provide its service to users, the service appliance can transparently intervene to maintain...

20060015644 - Routing incoming call requests: A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that in an embodiment dynamically allocate client requests to target servers based on prepare messages sent by the target servers. The addresses of target servers are added to a queue in response to the prepare messages from the target servers. A network interface...

20060015647 - System and method for communication between heterogeneous networks: There are provided communication systems and methods over a network. The communication method includes updating a mapping table so as to map a first address available in a network where a client is located and a second address available in a network where a server is located, and relaying communication...

20060015648 - Chaining control marker data structure: A data structure for linking or chaining at least two 32 bit words or control markers that are inserted into a packet before the header of the packet that is also positioned at the front of a flow of packets that is being processed by a network processor in a...

20060015649 - Systems and methods for managing, creating, modifying, and distributing media content: Disclosed is a system for managing, creating, modifying, and distributing media content. The system permits a user to customize and distribute the media content over a network from a first network device, such as a personal computer, to a second network device, such as a mobile phone. Prior to distributing...

20060015650 - System and methods for accelerated data storage and retrieval: Systems and methods for providing accelerated data storage and retrieval utilizing lossless and/or lossy data compression and decompression. A data storage accelerator includes one or a plurality of high speed data compression encoders that are configured to simultaneously or sequentially losslessly or lossy compress data at a rate equivalent to...

20060015651 - Apparatus and method for supporting memory management in an offload of network protocol processing: A number of improvements in network adapters that offload protocol processing from the host processor are provided. Specifically, mechanisms for handling memory management and optimization within a system utilizing an offload network adapter are provided. The memory management mechanism permits both buffered sending and receiving of data as well as...

20060010193 - Parser table/production rule table configuration using cam and sram: A system and method for parsing a data stream comprises a production rule table populated with production rules, a parser table populated with production rule codes that correspond to production rules within the production rule table, and a direct execution parser to identify production rule codes in the parser table...

20060010194 - Document data managing apparatus, document data management method, and computer product: Information relating to a website that is to be deleted is received. The information received is disclosed and comments are collected on the information disclosed. It is determined whether to delete the website based on number of comment collected and number of viewers who see the disclosed information....

20060010196 - Portal federated applications and portal federated web applications: A customer portal application can reference a module. The files of the module can be combined with the files of the customer portal application wherein the files of the customer portal application take precedence....

20060010195 - Service oriented architecture for a message broker in a data integration platform: A message broker is deployed as a service in a services oriented architecture for use, for example, in a data integration platform....

20060010198 - Differential dynamic content delivery to alternate display device locations: Differential dynamic content delivery including providing a session document for a presentation, wherein the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document; identifying a recording period within a presentation session; recording, during the recording period, a presentation control instruction; selecting from the session structured document a classified...

20060010200 - Handling an audio conference related to a text-based message: A client for a text-based messaging application for a dual-mode mobile communication device may initiate an audio conference based on a text-based message. Contents of fields of the text-based message may be extracted and utilized to construct an audio conference request message that is subsequently transmitted to an audio conference...

20060010201 - Method and computer program product for establishing real-time communications between networked computers: A system, method, and computer program product is provided for establishing real-time communications between computer users connected by a communications network. An invitation is created by a first computer. An invitation is data that proposes a communication session. An invitation can indicate the status or availability of the sending user...

20060010199 - Method and system for providing information to remote clients: A system and method of notifying a remote client of a sensor triggering event and providing to the remote client data related to the sensor triggering event. In one embodiment, the method includes: receiving a first notification signal indicating that a sensor has been triggered; identifying a data recording device...

20060010202 - Method for discovering and discriminating devices on local collaborative networks to facilitate collaboration among users: A method for identifying participants of a collaborative network is disclosed. The participants communicate over a larger electronic network wherein not all members may be participating in the collaborative session. The method begins by determining a unique session identifier for only the participants of the collaborative network. Next, a message...

20060010197 - Multimedia collaboration and communications: A computer interface for facilitating collaboration using tools from different vendors includes an information base and a communications manager. Files created or shared in association with a collaboration may be automatically associated with a particular collaboration to facilitate access by all members. The information base may include a list of...

20060010206 - Guiding sensing and preferences for context-sensitive services: A sensing and context management architecture that can detect that a user is interacting with a given device and in an associated context, and in response thereto, manages device processes as the user moves from device to device, location to location, and/or context to context. The invention comprises a system...

20060010207 - Network application apparatus: An apparatus and method to distribute applications and services in and throughout a network. The apparatus includes the functionality of a switch with the ability to apply applications and services to received data according to respective subscriber profiles. Front-end processors, or Network Processor Modules (NPMs), receive and recognize data flows...

20060010204 - Peer-to-peer engine for object sharing in communication devices: This invention describes a method for sharing of application specific objects between communication devices (e.g., a mobile communication device or a mobile phone) using middleware containing a peer-to-peer engine. This engine is completely peer-to-peer based and no servers are needed in the network. Especially games are seen as a promising...

20060010203 - Personal server and network: Provided are improved systems and methods for networking and internetworking personal servers and associated end-user devices in a modified peer-to-peer (P2P) format, or Peerouette-Net. A personal server, or peersona, may be part of a network of peersonas where each peersona represents a user of the Peerouette-Net. Associated with each peersona...

20060010205 - Systems and methods for collaboration impersonation: A method for allowing a collaboration process to perform actions on behalf of a client process, comprising: receiving a message from the client process; impersonating a user for the purposes of performing an action on behalf of the user; performing the action with the same privilege(s) of the user; and...

20060010218 - Automatic and confirmed message receipt: Services, systems and methods for managing, streamlining and tracking the communication between administrators and members of an organized group such as sports teams, scouts, church groups, PTA, clubs, business teams, board members and the like. The service is well suited for activities whose events are subject to change on a...

20060010222 - Browser-based email system with user interface for audio/video capture: A browser-based email system implemented in a computing device is connected to a host mail server. The host mail server provides pages which can be rendered by a browser to present an email service to a user. The browser-based email system receives audio data, video data, and/or still images, and...

20060010208 - Informing system: E-mails that can be broadcast-delivered at a low cost are used, and it can be accurately confirmed whether an informative matter has reached and whether one will attend or not, for example. A service server (130) for relaying information from an informing person (110) to informed persons (120) is connected...

20060010219 - Internet facsimile apparatus and e-mail receiving method: An Internet facsimile apparatus is configured to receive an e-mail and to print the e-mail. The Internet facsimile apparatus includes a controller that determines whether the received e-mail includes a text part when it is determined that the received e-mail comprises a multipart structure. The controller determines whether the text...

20060010216 - Mail distributing apparatus, program and mail transmitting method capable of shortening average wait time for completing transmission of mails: There is provided a mail distributing apparatus, a program and a mail transmitting method capable of shortening an average wait time for completing transmission of mails. The mail distributing apparatus has a transmission recording section for recording the date and time when a mail has been successfully transmitted last per...

20060010215 - Managing connections and messages at a server by associating different actions for both different senders and different recipients: A method and apparatus for managing connections and messages at a server by associating different actions for both different senders and different recipients is disclosed. The server manages connections from different senders by receiving incoming connections from the different senders and determining sender identifiers for the incoming connections. The server...

20060010210 - Method for automatically handling undesired electronic mail in communication networks at the recipient end: The invention relates to a method for automatically rejecting/avoiding undesired e-mails in mailboxes at the recipient end, according to which the address of the sender of the e-mail is compared with a recipient-specific list of authorized senders and is saved in the mailbox only if said address matches that of...

20060010213 - Method for personal email archiving and organization for electronic data, including email, which can be utilized by both the user and the provider in a variety of ways: This invention is directed to a method for electronic data exchange, including Email, which involves archiving and organizing a personal email management system used in electronic data communication and exchange system. The invention adds utility to existing internet-based email systems for enhancing user satisfaction by providing easy manageability of personal...

20060010209 - Server for sending electronics messages: The present invention is concerned with a method of, and apparatus for, detecting the source and movement of emails that are propagated by an email virus. The invention comprises a server configured to send outgoing electronic messages on behalf of terminals connected thereto and to deliver incoming electronic messages to...

20060010221 - Sharing information from a computer mail-box: A method for an owner to own and use a computer mail-box in storing and selectively transmitting mails from a user, who may or may not be an originating user, to a destination user. The method includes using the mail-box as a functional interface that enables mails to be displayed,...

20060010212 - Storing message rules in global form for transfer between servers: Embodiments provide for storing message rules in a serialized global form on a server for transfer of the data between different servers. Message rules include condition and action data structures, wherein at least the action data structures include global identifiers. A client creates a message object that includes an extended...

20060010217 - System and method for dynamic adaptive user-based prioritization and display of electronic messages: A method and system that dynamically ranks electronic messages based on their situational and inherent dimensions, which are judged by a set of filters. These filters evaluate the different elemental metadata constituting a message and produce a priority value based on filters relevance and importance. The system iterates through queued...

20060010214 - System and method for re-routing of e-mail messages: A method and apparatus for the re-routing of e-mail sent to a prior address (or an address that is non-working, or temporarily inconvenient) to the new address of an intended recipient. E-mail that is to be sent to a recipient is sent to the former Internet Service Provider (ISP). Because...

20060010220 - System and method for regulating electronic messages: A system for regulating e-mail comprises a database of information profiling legitimate e-mail usage. When an e-mail is received at the system, it is scrutinized relative to the information in the database. If the e-mail is found to be legitimate based upon this evaluation, it is delivered to the intended...

20060010223 - Systems and methods for remote access to a display-based bulletin board in a shared user environment: An electronic bulletin board for use in a shared always-on environment wherein a user may manipulate messages from a remote location. The electronic bulletin board may be implemented via database and programming logic on an application server accessible from any network node, including wireless devices. The always-on environment may be...

20060010211 - Variation of image content in electronic messaging protocol messages: A number of sets of recipients of an electronic messaging protocol message distribution campaign are identified. Each set can be one or more recipients. Scripting language is added to each message directed to a recipient. The added scripting language refers to a number of image objects/files that have been selected...

20060010226 - Controlling content communication in a communication system: A method controls content communication between a communication device and another communicating party in a communication system. The method includes providing a first network entity with device information relating to the communication device. Furthermore, the method includes receiving in the first network entity content to be delivered to or from...

20060010224 - Method and apparatus for facilitating long-lived dns queries: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that implements a long-lived query (LLQ) at a name server. During operation, the system receives an LLQ from a client at the name server, wherein the LLQ requests information related to one or more data items stored on the name server....

20060010227 - Methods and apparatus for accessing data from a primary data storage system for secondary storage: A system for providing secondary data storage and recovery services for one or more networked host nodes includes a server application for facilitating data backup and recovery services; a first data storage medium accessible to the server application; a second data storage medium accessible to the server application; at least...

20060010225 - Proxy caching in a photosharing peer-to-peer network to improve guest image viewing performance: The present invention provides a method and system for serving an image stored in the peer computer to a requesting computer in a network photosharing system in which the peer computer is coupled to a photosharing system server. Aspects of the invention include caching copy of the image in the...

20060010228 - Differential dynamic delivery of content to users not in attendance at a presentation: Differential dynamic content delivery including providing a session document for a presentation including a session grammar and a session structured document, the session structured document including a classified structural element for a first user who will not attend a presentation and a classified structural element for a second user who...

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