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

20060143262 - Fast client boot in blade environment: The boot-time required for a log-on to a desktop blade system is improved, and a more streamlined process for performing maintenance operations, such as software updates, across an enterprise desktop blade system is facilitated. All activities being performed by a user are cached, in an off-blade storage location, on an...

20060143263 - Remote update apparatus, systems, and methods: Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles, may operate to update an executable image associated with a network client basic input-output system (BIOS) from a remote network location during a time when a state of an operating system associated with the network client comprises one of active, inactive,...

20060143266 - Communication system: A communication system adopts communication means having a small effective communication range for communication between mobile terminals and a server functioning as a cell station, so that each server is responsible for a small range only. In this manner, the communication system produces information about how servers are distributed on...

20060143264 - Method and apparatus for after-market vending of feature-provisioning software to third party mobile wireless communication devices: After market vending of feature-provisioning software to qualified third party mobile wireless communication devices is facilitated by providing a joint software vending machine website capable of authenticating the device and wireless service provider and downloading and activating only software appropriate to that particular user device and wireless network service provider....

20060143265 - Method and apparatus for negotiating service agreements: The present invention provides methods for establishing a service agreement between an application and a telecommunication network is provided. One embodiment of the method includes receiving a schema having a plurality of granules, selecting at least one granule from the schema, forming the service agreement based upon the at least...

20060143268 - Methods and systems for providing auxiliary content during user interactivity with digital data over a network: A method and system for presenting auxiliary content to a client during download of primary content from a server is provided. The system includes a server network including a server that manages primary content and a client computer connectable to the server. At the client computer, local storage for storing...

20060143267 - System for managing logical process flow in an online environment: The invention uses a state machine to control the flow throughout a Web site including the execution of business logic, error handling and dispatching based on both user and programming events. This state machine is used as input to a flow processor and therein guides the system. The flow processor...

20060143269 - Group radio control: A method, system and apparatus for grouped radio controls. A grouped radio control can include a listing of elements, each element having a specified grouping. The grouped radio control also can include grouping logic programmed to insert elements into, delete elements from, and select elements within the listing. Finally, a...

20060143272 - Electronic communications content elaboration assistant: A communications system (10). The system comprises circuitry (12) for receiving a communication. The system also comprises circuitry (16, 20), responsive to the communication, and for selectively locating elaborating information corresponding to content in the communication. The system also comprises circuitry (14) for presenting to a user a form of...

20060143280 - Electronic mail system and method for forming electronic mail: An e-mail message is formed that includes content data. First multimedia content data is stored. A plurality of mail templates is stored, each associated with a respective one of a plurality of portions of second multimedia content data and each including a specific e-mail message format corresponding to that portion...

20060143274 - Email reply consolidation: A system, method and apparatus is provided for email reply consolidation. In one embodiment, the invention is a method. The method includes grouping a set of emails into a set of conversations. Additionally, the method includes ordering the emails of a conversation of the set of conversations based on a...

20060143276 - Mail list exceptions: A method and apparatus for sending messages to a list of members of a group with exceptions to one or more members of the group. In one embodiment, the method comprising creating an electronic mail (email) message having an email address corresponding to a group of email addresses and including...

20060143277 - Method and system for distributing e-mail messages to recipients: In a data processing system (100) supporting electronic mail (e-mail) messaging, a method, an apparatus and software for distributing an e-mail message from a sender mail user agent (315a) to recipients mail user agents (315b-315f), comprising: providing a remote directory (305) of recipients' contacts including recipients e-mail addresses, the remote...

20060143278 - Method and system for distributing e-mail messages to recipients: In a data processing system (100) supporting electronic mail (e-mail) messaging, a method, apparatus and software for distributing an e-mail message from a sender mail user agent (315a) to recipients mail user agents (315b-315f). The method comprises: providing a remote directory (305), located remotely (310) with respect to the sender...

20060143275 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing metadata subscription services: Exemplary embodiments relate to methods, systems, user devices and computer program products for providing metadata subscription services. Methods include receiving notification that an item in a repository has been modified and determining if a notification is associated with the item being modified. The notification corresponds to an address and the...

20060143273 - Operation system and method of workflow integrated with a mail platform and web applications: A system of workflow integrated with a mail platform and web applications includes a mail platform that receives an email including an application identification of the web application, a target URL corresponding to a target, and at least one recipient. The mail platform then mails a notification email including a...

20060143270 - Organizer or e-mail and workflow integration: In a computer system wherein messages are transferred between participants, at least some of which are human users of the computer system using the computer system in furtherance of work projects, and wherein a workflow system handles task-based operations in a structured environment, tasks embodied in messages are handled as...

20060143271 - Secure safe sender list: Secure safe sender lists are described. In an implementation, a method includes determining which of a plurality of hierarchical levels corresponds to a message received via a network. Each of the hierarchical level is defined by mechanisms for identifying a sender of the message. The message is routed according to...

20060143279 - Source-of-leakage detectable e-mail address forming, sending and detection: Provides e-mail address forming methods to know with certainty whether or not an e-mail address was leaked. A method includes: sending a receiver's identifier and a sender's identifier to a receiver's mail server; computing a value which is encrypted by the mail server with a secret key, the secret key...

20060143284 - Api for worker node retrieval of session request: A method is described that involves, at a worker node, receiving a notification of a request from a queue. The notification contains a handle for a shared memory connection. The queue is implemented with a second shared memory connection. The method involves receiving the request from the shared memory through...

20060143281 - Data acquisition source management method and system: A data acquisition source management system for providing centralized management of multimedia acquisition sources and distribution of multimedia data acquired in real-time from the sources over various channels and bearers including cellular Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) and the Internet is disclosed according to an embodiment of the invention. The data...

20060143285 - Method and apparatus for location dependent software applications: The Internet provides tremendous opportunities location dependent services such as gaming and advertising. Gaming is geopolitically regulated, so the physical locations of the end user, the gambling server and the gambling service provider, must be determined. The invention provides a means for doing so, by identifying the location of the...

20060143283 - Method and apparatus for providing decentralized load distribution: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for providing decentralized load sharing, e.g., providing a protocol that can be used to address load balancing without the need of a central proxy device. Specifically, in one embodiment, the present invention addresses the decentralized load sharing problem, by allowing a group...

20060143282 - Tailoring content for mobile electronic device based on network: A system and method for adapting data for transmission to a mobile electronic device (10) in a communications system (100) that includes at least a first wireless network (110) and a second wireless network (130) having respective coverage areas wherein the mobile electronic device (10) receives data signals from a...

20060143286 - Communication system: An image processing device is configured to provide a service relating to at least one of (1) the image data generated by the function of the image processing device and (2) image data representing the image to be formed, in response to a request from the image processing device. The...

20060143288 - Information processing method and system for reserving an information processing apparatus having globally unique identification information: In the case where a reservation has been made via a bridge in, e.g., an IEEE 1394 serial data bus, and bus resetting has occurred in a bus connected to the reserve owner, it is desirable that another bus connected to the bridge is able to find the reserve owner....

20060143287 - Method for managing distributed system and distributed computer managing system: The object of the invention is to enter a job in accordance with the use ratio of a distributed computer system set by the manager of an organization within the range of an assigned authority. The distributed computer management system of the invention includes a PCU resource allocation setting feature...

20060143291 - Analysis technique of execution states in computer system: An information processing method according to this invention is a method executed when one or a plurality of applications are executed in an arbitrary node in a computer system including a plurality of nodes, which comprises: obtaining data representing an execution state of an application for the plurality of nodes;...

20060143290 - Session monitoring using shared memory: A system and method to monitor client sessions within a Java virtual machine. Client sessions are established within an application server instance to store session context data for each of the client sessions during the client sessions. At least two Java virtual machines are operated within the application server instance...

20060143289 - User interface provisioning: A system for use with electric equipment includes a first input/output (I/O) device configured to couple to the electric equipment, a monitor coupled to the first I/O device and configured to determine information regarding the electric equipment, a second I/O device configured to communicate with a communication network, a memory...

20060143293 - Content delivery network map generation using passive measurement data: A routing method operative in a content delivery network (CDN) where the CDN includes a request routing mechanism for routing clients to subsets of edge servers within the CDN. According to the routing method, TCP connection data statistics are collected are edge servers located within a CDN region. The TCP...

20060143292 - Location-based network access: When a candidate node (104) wishes to join a network (100), network access is either allowed or denied based on the candidate node's physical location. More particularly, a plurality of nodes associated with the network aide in locating the candidate node. Once located, a decision is made to either allow...

20060143294 - System and method for efficiently managing data transports: A system is described for allocating bandwidth comprising: a transport layer to support a first socket connection for a first application and a second socket connection for a second application; and a socket prioritization module to allocate relatively more bandwidth to the first socket connection relative to the second socket...

20060143299 - Automatic detection and testing of new networking connections: A new connection wizard automatically detects available networking hardware, as well as networks that are available. The wizard then presents the user with a list of choices, i.e., different connection types that they can set up. This list of options is based on the hardware and networks that were detected...

20060143300 - Method and apparatus for mirroring traffic over a network: A method and apparatus for mirroring traffic from a first network device to a second network device are disclosed. The method includes the selecting of one or more ingress frames from an ingress stream using mirror classification criteria; duplicating the one or more ingress frames; appending a mirrored flow encapsulation...

20060143297 - Mobile communication terminal, system and method therefore: A method for providing user interface data controlling a multimedial layout of a user interface for a mobile telecommunications terminal is disclosed. The method comprises generating at least one user interface data set in a first mobile telecommunications terminal, receiving data relating to at least a portion of the user...

20060143298 - Mobile terminal, and an associated method, with means for modifying a behavior pattern of a multi-medial user interface: A mobile terminal having a multi-medial user interface, a controller and a memory is presented. The memory is adapted to store a plurality of profiles, each profile defining a respective behavior pattern of the multi-medial user interface and being definable by a user of the mobile terminal. The controller is...

20060143296 - Service offering for the delivery of information with continuing improvement: A continually improving method for providing information to receivers which can include the step of receiving a request from a remotely located information requestor that specifies at least one information receiver. A transaction can be initiated to handle the request. The transaction can utilize previously recorded information to determine at...

20060143295 - System, method, mobile station and gateway for communicating with a universal plug and play network: Methods and systems are provided to link two Universal Plug and Play (“UPnP”) networks to enable the devices in one to communicate directly with the devices in the other. Specifically, a mobile station visiting a first UPnP network may establish communication with a second UPnP network via Web Services (“WS”)...

20060143301 - Systems and methods for establishing and validating secure network sessions: A method and system for establishing a TCP/IP connection between a client and an application server. A request to establish a session is sent from the client to a central server. In response to the request, the central server randomly selects a port in the application server, and a connection...

20060143302 - Pet registration, search, and retrieval system: A nationwide, web-based pet registration, search and retrieval system. The system is implemented with a host computer (10) that may be accessed by users operating user computers (12) via a communications network (14) such as the Internet. Pet owners may register their pet with the host computer and finders of...

20060143303 - Methods and apparatuses for transferring data: The present invention provides several methods and apparatuses for transmitting multimedia data using streaming media protocols such as real-time transfer protocols (RTP) and real-time streaming protocols (RTSP) in a computer network environment. A request for RTP data is sent from the caching proxy server to the server. The request may...

20060143304 - Method of and system for establishing a communication address of a device: The invention relates to a method of establishing a communication address of a device, the method comprising obtaining a main address; using the main address as communication address of the device; obtaining a backup address; and using the backup address as communication address of the device if a collision occurs...

20060143305 - Distributed name services in a fibre channel fabric: Methods and apparatus are provided for improving name services in a fibre channel fabric. Either a world wide name or an alias can be used to uniquely identify a device such as a storage device on a fibre channel fabric. World wide name and alias associations are maintained in an...

20060143306 - Method for determining a network topology in an apparatus for processing physical documents, such as postal items: A method for determining a topology of an apparatus for processing physical documents. The apparatus comprises processing modules and a central control unit. The central control unit and the processing modules are connected by central communication connections. A module commmunication connection connects the processing modules in series. The module communication...

20060143307 - Message publishing system: A Message Publishing System (MPS) configured to receive a message from a sender, identify the sender as an authorized sender based on information associated with the message in comparison to data in a sender account, store the message, receive a request over the Internet for at least a portion of...

20060143308 - Effortless association between services in a communication system and methods thereof: A communication system (100) includes a portal (110), a subscriber (108), a service processor (112), and a communication network (102-104, 107) for providing communication between the portal (110), the subscriber (108) and the service processor (112). The components (108-112) of the communication system (100) are programmed to transmit registration information...

20060143310 - Electronic device, electronic device system and communication method: A personal computer system comprises a notebook type personal computer and an expansion device to which the personal computer is removably docked. The expansion device comprises a wired LAN interface. The personal computer comprises a wireless communication interface, a docking detector, and a device driver communicating with another device by...

20060143309 - Verifying network connectivity: A system comprising a computer including a plurality of network interface controllers (Niches), the plurality of NICs associated with an address. The system further comprises a switching apparatus coupled to the computer and an echo device coupled to the switching apparatus. The echo device is adapted to send a packet...

20060136544 - Computer communications using acoustic signals: A method of communicating with an electronic device. The method includes providing an electronic device having an audible sound receiving and generating sub-system including a microphone, transmitting from a source at least one acoustic signal encoded with information, receiving said at least one acoustic signal by said microphone and determining...

20060136545 - Method and system for facilitating marketing dialogues: A system for facilitating marketing dialogues permits multiple instances of multiple scripts to be active at the same time, where each of these dialogues can be at a different place in its script. The dialogues permit interactive communications between the user of the system (such as a marketer) and the...

20060136552 - Client-server data communication: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, using placeholder objects in the communication of structures of data objects. A server can respond to a request for a complete structure of data objects with a partial structure that includes placeholder objects, each having a position in the partial structure, each representing...

20060136550 - Device delivering a service using an associated portable memory, and relaying means for allowing activation of an application of the portable memory of the first device by a second device: The invention concerns a first device for delivering a service using an application lodged in a portable object, comprising a portable object reader for receiving said portable object, the portable object incorporating at least one application and the first device including resources for activating said application, characterized in that it...

20060136558 - Event manager for use in a facilities monitoring system having network-level and protocol-neutral communication with a physical device: A method and a system for the off site monitoring/diagnostics, command/control, alarm/event management, historical/trend analysis, and configuration/administration of building automation systems through an event manager for use in a facilities monitoring system having network-level and protocol-neutral communication with a physical device. The method includes managing a non internet protocol-based physical...

20060136554 - Information server in a communication system: A method provides monitoring access to an information server. The method comprises receiving an attempt to access an information server. The method further comprises determining whether the information server is available. The method further comprises informing that the information server is not available, if the information server is not available....

20060136553 - Method and system for exposing nested data in a computer-generated document in a transparent manner: Methods and systems are provided for exposing nested data in computer-generated documents in a transparent manner. A mechanism is provided for a client application to query a server application for a list of available file formats after an object is requested from a server application document for embedding into a...

20060136548 - Method for managing use of storage region by application: In a mobile phone 600, a trusted application and a download helper are executed to generate an area reservation request message for requesting reservation of a storage area for storing a program, data, and the like. This message is transmitted to an area management server 500. When the area management...

20060136547 - Method for providing resources in communication networks: The invention relates to a method for providing resources in packet-switched communication networks. Communication components use resources in a network or provide resources in a network to be used by other communication components, said resources being provided by software which runs on the communication components and accesses the hardware of...

20060136557 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for clustering and communicating between internet protocol multimedia subsystem (ims) entities: Methods, systems, and computer program products for clustering and communicating between Internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) entities are disclosed. According to one aspect, an IMS cluster node includes a serving call state control function (S-CSCF) for controlling media sessions between IMS users. The cluster node further includes a home subscriber...

20060136555 - Secure service oriented architecture: A system, method and media for a service oriented architecture. This description is not intended to be a complete description of, or limit the scope of, the invention. Other features, aspects and objects of the invention can be obtained from a review of the specification, the figures and the claims....

20060136551 - Serving content from an off-line peer server in a photosharing peer-to-peer network in response to a guest request: A method and system for serving content from a peer server in a photosharing peer-to-peer network is disclosed, wherein the peer server stores a web album and at least one associated digital image. Aspects of the invention include prior to the peer server going off-line, the peer server initiates a...

20060136549 - System and method for accessing through wireless internet access points information or services related to broadcast programs: A method and system for retrieving in real-time a hyperlink related to a topic selected during a broadcast of a program on a channel. A first request to a wireless internet gateway is sent for retrieving a universal-time and an address of a server. The universal-time pertains to when the...

20060136546 - System and method to initiate a mobile data communication utlizing a trigger system: A system and method to enable a user to initiate a communication with an organization using a mobile communication device by means of a trigger system. A system and method to enable an organization to acquire a user mobile device address by means of a trigger system. A system and...

20060136556 - Systems and methods for personalizing audio data: Systems and methods for customizing data including audio data. A database stores audio data, customization data, and metadata that is related to both the audio data and the customization data. A user can select audio from the audio data. Then, information is collected from the user based on the selected...

20060136559 - Automated construction of print order for images capture during a session: A method and system for guiding management of digital images includes: receiving at least one captured digital image with an account identifier; creating a message to an address associated with the account identifier, where the message includes an access to a form to proceed with a specific task associated with...

20060136560 - Scalable message forwarding: The present invention provides a message and system forwarding messages sent to a subscriber address in a forwarding service, wherein the forwarding is done to at least one forward-to address associated with the subscriber address. The present invention maintains a record of subscriber addresses and associated forward-to addresses in a...

20060136561 - System and method for providing e-mail address information using mobile phone number: A system and method for providing e-mail address information using a mobile phone number are provided. The system includes an e-mail address information providing module that stores e-mail address mapping information for variably mapping e-mail address information including one or more e-mail addresses of each of members, who are registered...

20060136562 - Network system and method for reducing power consumption: A method for reducing power consumption, adapted to a network system comprising a server provided with a domain name and being able to operate in a reduced power mode. When a request for the domain name is received, a wake-up signal is sent to the server for switching the server...

20060136563 - Caching for end-user systrems to reduce usage of access links to a communication network: An access system that is coupled to a communication network hosts a file for an end-user system. The access system receives the file from the end-user system. The access system stores the file in a memory in the access system. The access system receives a message from the communication network,...

20060136568 - Apparatus for providing coupons in cooperation with operation of a companion device: An apparatus for providing at least one item of value in cooperation with operation of a companion device delivering at least one first product to a user comprises: (a) a control means for controlling the providing; (b) a providing means for effecting the providing; the providing means being coupled with...

20060136564 - Bi-directional communication between a web client and a web server: A method and an apparatus for providing bidirectional communication between a user agent and an Internet Web server. Some applications include user agent initiated on demand access to Web content without requiring a Web page reload, updating of shopping cart information, extension of displayed product information and tracking of user...

20060136567 - Communication control apparatus and communication control method: A communication control apparatus for executing a data transfer process between an external network and an internal network, includes a first port connected to the internal network, a second port connected to the external network, a storage unit, a determining unit which determines whether or not information to specify an...

20060136565 - Internet linking from audio and image content: Address information is steganographically encoded into audio or graphic data, and thereafter decoded to permit linking to the internet. The address information can be a literal URL, or may be an index to a database from which a corresponding URL can be obtained....

20060136572 - Media player system: A method, system, and computer readable medium are provided for the media player system. The present invention provides for associating content with media and integrating the content associated with media into a pane displayed by a media player. The media player system includes a shuttle component to obtain provider data,...

20060136570 - Runtime adaptable search processor: A runtime adaptable search processor is disclosed. The search processor provides high speed content search capability to meet the performance need of network line rates growing to 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps and higher. he search processor provides a unique combination of NFA and DFA based search engines that can process...

20060136566 - Service registering system: A service registration system includes a server that provides a service through a network, a peripheral device capable of communicating with the server and using the service, and a terminal device capable of communicating with the server and the peripheral device. When the terminal device receives the registration requesting information...

20060136571 - System, method, and computer program product for executing scripts on mobile devices: Described herein are systems, methods, computer program products, and combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for executing scripts that can be loaded on mobile devices (as well as other types of devices), and for users of mobile devices to interact with such scripts on their devices in an interactive manner. According to...

20060136569 - Transmission of service data: A new function is added into switching centres (CPS) to facilitate the adding of various services, the function transmitting the service data structure of a non-standard service to a system entity responsible for the service. The system entity is identified on the basis of an indicator associated with the service...

20060136575 - Integrated security suite architecture and system software/hardware: Disclosed is a multi-user, multi-tasking, state-of-the-art computer-based package for providing real-time distributed processing and control of a variety of system functions and capabilities. The invention provides an integrated security suite architecture and system software/hardware combination for security operations. The suite employs a Digital Media System (DMS) to provide live and...

20060136577 - Media player system: A method, system, and computer readable medium are provided for the media player system. The present invention provides for associating content with media and integrating the content associated with media into a pane displayed by a media player. The media player system includes a shuttle component to obtain provider data,...

20060136573 - Method of and a system for error correction of service requests in an information system: An information system including subscriber stations (MS), at least two service sources (2 to 5) providing a respective service to subscriber stations of the system, and an access point (1) arranged to analyze a service request in order to forward the service request to the service source (2) offering the...

20060136574 - System and method for request priority transfer across nodes in a multi-tier data processing system network: A method, computer program product, and a data processing system for transferring request prioritizations in a data processing system network is provided. A first data processing system receives a transaction request and identifies a priority of the transaction request. The first data processing system processes and conveys the transaction request...

20060136576 - Web browser operation method and operation apparatus: There is provided a web browser operation method and operation apparatus capable of preferably setting an access restriction function for restricting access of a web browser to be used by an unspecified number of users. First, content acquired from a web server is displayed on a display based on a...

20060136579 - Method of executing test scripts against multiple systems: A method of executing a plurality of tests scripts or one or more test script sets against a plurality of systems to be tested. The method comprises providing an instance of a test script set on a server, writing an initial system value corresponding to an initial system to be...

20060136578 - Monitoring the performance of a streaming media server using server-side and client-side measurements: Methods and systems thereof for monitoring the performance of a streaming media server are described. Server-side measurements are performed with the server operating under a load. Client-side measurements are performed along with the server-side measurements. Data from the server-side measurements and data from the client-side measurements are aligned by time....

20060136589 - Automatic, personalized online information and product services: A method for providing automatic, personalized information services to a computer user includes the following steps: transparently monitoring user interactions with data during normal use of the computer; updating user-specific data files including a set of user-related documents; estimating parameters of a learning machine that define a User Model specific...

20060136580 - Method of monitoring the communication in a network: Described is a method of monitoring the communication in a group of data processing units, wherein a data processing unit transmits data signals to other data processing units for carrying out certain operations. The remarkable thing about the invention is that, upon reception of a data signal from the transmitting...

20060136583 - Notification management for monitoring system: Some embodiments include an event detector to subscribe to solution members of a condition definition, to receive changes to the solution members, and to evaluate a state of the condition definition a subscription manager to identify users associated with the condition definition, and a notification manager to determine a notification...

20060136586 - 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...

20060136582 - Performance monitoring within an enterprise software system: A large-scale enterprise system is described that includes a flexible and scalable performance monitoring software. The system comprises a plurality of enterprise software applications having one or more collector components that collect performance data from the enterprise software applications. A performance manager receives the performance data from the collector components...

20060136585 - Resource reconciliation: A method to reconcile multiple instances of a single computer resource identified by resource discovery operations includes: (1) accessing information describing one or more resources; (2) identifying, via the accessed information, at least one resource that has been detected or discovered by at least two of the discovery operations; and...

20060136581 - Strategies for configuring a server-based information-transmission infrastructure: Strategies are described for determining a configuration of information-transmission infrastructure. The information-transmission infrastructure includes a number of server modules for providing services to a collection of client modules. The configuration first involves determining whether a number of specified requirements can be satisfied using an input scaling equation. If so, the...

20060136587 - System and method for improved remote portlet communications: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for improved event communications between producer(s) and consumer(s) of content to communicate regarding changes to a web portal framework. Methods and mechanisms providing improved event communications between producer(s) and consumer(s) can provide producers with the capability to detect event descriptions...

20060136584 - System, network entity, client, method and computer program product for managing a contact list: A system for managing a contact or buddy list includes a network entity, such as a game server, capable of providing a contact list identifying a plurality of members, where each identified member is associated with at least one criterion related to interaction of the member with the network entity....

20060136588 - User interface for configuring web services for remote portlets: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for improved event communications between producer(s) and consumer(s) of content to communicate regarding changes to a web portal framework. Methods and mechanisms providing improved event communications between producer(s) and consumer(s) can provide producers with the capability to detect event descriptions...

20060136590 - Throttling electronic communications from one or more senders: A number and/or frequency of electronic data communications received from a sender or group of senders during a period of time may be monitored (e.g., counted). When more than a threshold number of electronic communications are communicated by the sender during the period of time, an ability of the sender...

20060136591 - Scheduler for a base station of a communications network and method of operating a scheduler: The present invention relates to a scheduler for a network element, in particular for a base station of a communications network, wherein resources required for transmitting data within said communications network are scheduled and/or granted by said scheduler depending on a request for said resources. Said scheduler comprises a look...

20060136592 - Enhanced internet session management protocol: A system and method of managing a client/server session is disclosed, in which a client uses a browser to request content from a content server. The content associated with the session is received at the browser along with a session termination URL from the content server, the content and session...

20060136593 - Method and system for maintaining a configuration state: A system for configuring configurable products includes a stateless configuration engine. A user and a server are coupled to a network for transmitting and receiving information. The user includes a web browser, memory and a display. The user receives web pages from the server and enters information into the fields...

20060136594 - Network setting configuration systems and methods: A network settings configuration system, implemented by a computer capable of network connection to another network entity. The network settings configuration system includes a library and a connection initiation unit. The library stores a plurality of groups of network protocol settings each containing a plurality of settings values. The connection...

20060136595 - Network-based verification and fraud-prevention system: A system and method authenticates a person requesting a service by soliciting an account identification from the person, using an automatic funds transfer protocol and the account identification to make a deposit in the account, entering a unique code in a field of the protocol that is retrievable from the...

20060136596 - Communication apparatus, control method of communication apparatus, and control program of communication apparatus: In a communication apparatus corresponding to a voice-band analog communication path and a network communication path, high-speed and high-reliability data communication is achieved by selecting the appropriate communication path without any complicated user operation. The communication apparatus which performs IP communication and analog communication through an ADSL gateway obtains a...

20060136597 - Video streaming parameter optimization and qos: A data streaming system comprises: one or more streaming sources, one or more streaming clients, a network connecting said streaming sources and said clients, and a level of service selector able for each data stream to monitor the network, the respective streaming source and the respective streaming client to control...

20060136598 - Tcp/ip proxy utilizing transparent acknowledgements: A method is described herein for transmitting data from a first point (203) to a second point (205) on a network (201) via a proxy server (207). In accordance with the method, a first data packet is received from the first point at the proxy server without sending an acknowledgement...

20060136600 - A method, system and computer program for addressing a web service: A method, system and computer program for addressing a web service defined by a service definition document, such as a Web Services Definition Language (WSDL) document. The method includes, for example, generating a messaging destination for a service element, and each associated port element, of the WSDL document, and providing...

20060136599 - System and method of transferring packet through proxy server: A system and method for transferring packet through a proxy server. By installing a proxy client device or control software on a broadband router of the user computer, and using a proxy server that includes network address translation (NAT) technology, the proxy server interacts with the proxy client to hide...

20060136602 - Electronic data interchange apparatus: A determining unit determines processing for converting data, by referring to (A) use condition information in which data transmission methods and data format of senders and receivers are registered, (B) reception template information, in which the configuration of the processing is registered, and (C) transmission template information 231c. An executing...

20060136601 - Universal adapter: Techniques are provided for application integration. Data is received at a universal adapter, wherein the universal adapter executes as a single process. One or more data transformers to be used to convert the data are identified. The data is converted using the identified one or more data transformers. Then, the...

20060136603 - Method and device for communicating a message on a network and systems using them: This method includes a request operation (901) during which a first base station (300) transmits, to a mobile station (301), a request for the storage in memory and transmission, by said mobile station, of a message, to a message destination communication station (302) which is not synchronised with said first...

20060136604 - Method and device for operating a network: A method for operating a redundant communication network with network participants includes determining—via a telegram—by network participants to which network channels they are connected....

20060129626 - Information management systems with time zone information, including event scheduling processes: Information management systems with time zone information, including event scheduling processes are disclosed. One aspect of the invention is directed toward a computer-implemented scheduling method that can include identifying a difference between a participant time zone and a user time zone, reviewing availability information for the participant and/or one or...

20060129627 - Internet-based shared file service with native pc client access and semantics and distributed version control: A multi-user file storage service and system enable each user of a pre-subscribed user group to operate an arbitrary client node at an arbitrary geographic location, to communicate with a remote file server node via a wide area network and to access the files of the file group via the...

20060129629 - Communication method, communication system, relay system, communication program, program for communication system, mail distribution system, mail distribution method, and mail distribution program: A recipient identifier and communication condition information stored in a recipient-identifier storing unit are encrypted by an identifier-for-disclosure creating unit of a recipient terminal to create an identifier-for-disclosure. An identifier-for-disclosure notifying unit notifies a sender terminal of the identifier-for-disclosure. When a communication request using the identifier-for-disclosure is sent from the...

20060129630 - Data flow handover in communication using mobile internet: A method of and a Mobile Node for communication using mobile Internet protocol between a Mobile Node (1) and Correspondent Nodes (5, 6) in a network that also comprises a Home Agent (7) for the Mobile Node. The Mobile Node (1) has a plurality of network interfaces (2, 3) with...

20060129640 - Location based programming and data management in an automated environment: A method and system for providing information related to a set of automated resources that may cooperate in an environment to perform an automated process, the method comprising the steps of associating a specific environment location with the automated process, determining the locations of resources with respect to the specific...

20060129633 - Mechanism to facilitate customization of real time messaging using mobile devices: A customized messaging system facilitates customization of text messaging using mobile devices. The customized messaging system converts user-defined, customized shortcuts into full text equivalents for sending and receiving messages. The present system allows a user to enter a message using key entry shortcuts for character strings or phrases that may...

20060129639 - Method and apparatus for personalization of a public multimedia communications terminal: A multimedia call is completed to a mobile user, who registered to receive a multimedia call at a multimedia terminal using a portable intelligent device. A mobile user record including a physical address of a multimedia terminal and a user address is stored. In response to a multimedia call addressed...

20060129631 - Method for controlling a media message upload through a wireless communication network: A method for controlling a media message upload through a wireless communication network is disclosed. In one aspect of the present invention, when a communication terminal uploads particular media data to an application server, the communication terminal uploads the media data by organizing it into a plurality of segments and...

20060129635 - Method of displaying data of a client computer: The invention concerns a method of displaying data on a client computer as well as a client computer and computer executable software code for data display on the client computer. The client computer retrieves a web page containing statical data of a graphical user interface and at least one inclusion...

20060129634 - Multiplexing and de-multiplexing graphics streams: Described is the multiplexing and de-multiplexing of graphics streams, including by generating first higher-level graphics instructions from a first application program upon connecting to a client computer. A first identifier representing the first application program is associated with the first higher-level graphics instructions. Second higher-level graphics instructions are generated from...

20060129628 - Portable terminal, methods, programs and storage media for managing application start: An IP server sends e-mail to a mobile device MS. This e-mail includes an application specifier that specifies startup of a Java application stored in mobile device MS. On the other hand, the ADF for the Java application stored in mobile device MS includes trusted source data containing a plurality...

20060129632 - Remote content rendering for mobile viewing: Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with remote content rendering for mobile viewing are described. One exemplary system embodiment includes an identifying logic that identifies content elements for which a rendering request is to be made to a remote rendering server. The example system may also include a requesting...

20060129638 - Server for determining and storing mobile device capability data: A handset capability proxy server (1) automatically determines data concerning capabilities of mobile devices and links to users as the devices are used. Event handlers/filters (25, 26) listen to signalling and messaging traffic at different locations in a network. The filter (25, 26) filters out data not relevant to device...

20060129637 - System for operating electronic device using animated character display and such electronic device: A system for operating an electronic device enabling the same agent software to be used in common among a plurality of devices, where a car navigation system or audio system, when the agent software and voice recognition engine are transferred from a portable data terminal, runs the transferred agent software...

20060129636 - Vehicle-mounted apparatus: The present invention provides a vehicle-mounted apparatus whereby a user can easily select and use a Web site in accordance with a point associated with information provided by the Web site and a description of the information. According to the present invention, a precache control unit automatically downloads at least...

20060129641 - Method of limiting the number of simultaneous conversations in an instant messaging system: The invention relates to a method of limiting the number of simultaneous conversations in an instant messaging service comprising a plurality of instant messaging clients connected to an instant messaging server. Each instant messaging client has a presence status that can be seen by the other instant messaging clients in...

20060129642 - Group-browsing system: A group-browsing system for a plurality of clients each including a shared web browser. A server is linked to the shared web browser of each client and is configured to monitor the transmission of the web site URL request from the shared web browser of one client of the group...

20060129645 - E-mail forms: A system and method is provided to enable an e-mail to display a Web-based form. A definition concerning an e-mail address may include form schema owned by a Web site. Alternatively, the definition may contain a link to a Web service that provides the form schema. An e-mail client may...

20060129644 - Email filtering system and method: Systems and methods of the present invention allow filtering out spam and phishing email messages based on the links embedded into the email messages. In a preferred embodiment, an Email Filter extracts links from the email message and obtains desirability values for the links. The Email Filter may route the...

20060129643 - Instant messaging and presence services: A mobile telephone terminal provides a user with a selectable option to transfer a telephone call to an instant messaging session and to transfer an instant messaging session to a telephone call. A presence attribute indicator for a first party is displayed, in a mobile telephone application, with an entry...

20060129648 - Method and apparatus for encoding and storing session data: Session data is encoded in a tag-length-value format and encrypted using a modified encryption key. A session cookie is then formed by concatenating the length of the length of the secret, the length of the secret, the secret itself, and the encoded and encrypted configuration data. The session cookie is...

20060129646 - Method and system for providing sip based instance messaging service to mobile terminal without sip function through ip multimedia subsystem network, and instance messaging proxy server therefor: The present invention provides a method and system for providing a SIP based Instance Messaging (IM), and an IM proxy server therefor. An IM proxy server for performing a proxy function in a mobile communication network is configured to provide an IM service between a mobile terminal lacking an SIP...

20060129647 - Selective sending of portions of electronic content: A user of a handheld communication device selects in a foreground process portions of an electronic document. In a background process a new document is prepared that comprises the selected portions. The user selects the address for forwarding the new document, and the new document gets sent in a background...

20060129649 - Server availability reporting using asynchronous e-mail message: A method and system for reporting availability of a plurality of servers. The method comprises the steps of for each of said plurality of servers, periodically searching a log file for indication of a crash or shutdown or start, computing the time said crash or shutdown or start occurred, and...

20060129650 - Guaranteed delivery of application layer messages by a network element: A method is disclosed by which network elements such as packet routers and packet switches guarantee the delivery of application layer messages within a network. According to one aspect, a first network element retrieves an application layer message from a source message queue, adds a message identifier to the application...

20060129651 - Methods, systems, and storage mediums for allowing some applications to read messages while others cannot due to resource constraints in a system: When running network applications, resources are made available in a system having resource constraints. While messages are being received, a method adjusts the priorities of incoming messages, avoiding driving the system out of resources. In some environments, it is desirable for some important applications to continue to process data from...

20060129652 - System to coordinate the execution of a plurality of separate computer systems to effectuate a process (as amended in search report): A system is provided to effectuate steps of a process such as a business process. A core system receives a request by a user to effectuate the process, along with user data upon which it is desired to effectuate the process. A coordinating system causes and coordinates execution of a...

20060129654 - File sharing device and inter-file sharing device data migration method: Data migration from an existing NAS to a new NAS and processing of access from a client are executed in parallel. A migration destination NAS inherits the host name and IP address of a migration source NAS. The network environment parameters of the migration source NAS are changed to different...

20060129653 - Support identification device: A support identification device comprising a support (BPA), e.g. a rack or backplane of a telecommunication system, and an identity receiver (PCB), e.g. a printed circuit board or card, coupled to an identity transmitter or connector of the support. The identity transmitter has several read pins (id1-id4=R1-R4) each at a...

20060129655 - Binding heterogeneous transports to a message contract: Example embodiments provide for a new set of binding extensions that allow individual messages within a contract of a Network Protocol Description Language data structure (e.g., a portType of a WSDL document or file) to flow over different transports and to different network transport addresses. Further, example embodiments provide for...

20060129657 - Method and system for file-system based caching: A method and system for file-system based caching can be used to improve efficiency and security at network sites. In one set of embodiments, the delivery of content and storing content component(s) formed during generation of the content may be performed by different software components. Content that changes at a...

20060129656 - Systems and methods for underwriting coverage for data transmissions: The present invention provides systems and methods which afford a technical application for insuring, bonding, and underwriting a transmission of a data set, streaming data, and/or document over the Internet through TCP/IP and all other electronic media such as WAP, VOIP, fiber optic channels, microwave channels, and through standard electrical...

20060129661 - Controlling execution of files transmitted to clients: To control the execution of files transmitted by servers to clients, such as application program updates, suitable for application to a network system that includes a communication network connected to a server and a plurality of clients. The server transmits a file executable in the clients and an execution start...

20060129660 - Method and computer system for queue processing: The scheduler receives a first message from one of the plurality of computer systems and registers the first message in a first queue. Then, the scheduler receives a second message from one of the plurality of computer systems. The second message has a logical dependency on the first message. The...

20060129659 - Method of transmitting setting data, device, system and computer readable medium employing such method: A method of transmitting setting data from a terminal device to a plurality of target devices is provided. The method includes the steps of preparing new setting data to be set to the plurality of target devices, obtaining current setting data currently set to the plurality of target devices, respectively,...

20060129658 - Transmission of setting data: A method of transmitting setting data from a terminal device to a plurality of target devices is provided. The method includes the steps of preparing new setting data for the plurality of target devices, transmitting the new setting data to each of the plurality of target devices, judging whether retransmission...

20060129665 - Arrangement in a server for providing dynamic domain name system services for each received request: A Domain Name System (DNS) server is configured for dynamically selecting, for a client device, a selected resolution from available resolutions, the selected resolution identifying at least one destination for the specified service. The dynamic selection of the selected resolution is based on an attribute of the client device and/or...

20060129668 - Computer program product for managing connections: A computer program product for managing connections comprises a computer readable storage medium having the following computer instructions. The instructions cause a controller to perform: outputting an image including icons representing respective devices connected to an IEEE 1394 serial bus to display means; and establishing a logical connection between two...

20060129663 - Computer-assisted production tracking system with production data traceability: A computer-assisted production tracking system for one or more machines, the machines having at least one primary real time system including at least one input which is connected to at least one machine and/or to at least one secondary real time system of the machine(s) and at least one output...

20060129662 - Method and apparatus for a service integration system: A software-implemented, distributed service integration system which provides an open environment for the development of new services, and their integration with the existing network, with the integration being performed by the service integration system administrator, which is also responsible for the service development. Thus, the procedure of developing and integrating...

20060129664 - Method and apparatus for diagnosing a network: This invention allows a system to connect to a user's network and query one or more sources in order to access the identity and state of configuration of the computers connected thereto. In a preferred embodiment, the sources are tried in an order to provide the most usable information with...

20060129670 - Method and apparatus for network wide policy-based analysis of configurations of devices: A method for a computer system includes determining network devices within a network topology, wherein the network devices includes a first application server hosting a first application, receiving a policy for the network comprising requirements of a first application server including a description of a set of required network traffic,...

20060129672 - Method and apparatus for network wide policy-based analysis of configurations of devices: A method and an apparatus for analyzing a network configuration against a corporate network policy and determining violation(s) against the corporate network policy. A report indicating the violation(s) can be generated indicating instances of the violation(s). An analysis platform reads in a network policy. The analysis platform collects configuration files...

20060129667 - Method of and system for sharing access to cluster of computers: A method of sharing access to a cluster of computers begins with a step of identifying a particular user from within a group of users. The method continues with a step of loading a particular virtual node onto a first computer. The particular virtual node comprises one of a plurality...

20060129671 - Methods and systems for adaptive delivery of multimedia contents: Methods and systems for generic adaptive multimedia content delivery are described. In one embodiment, a novel framework features an abstract content model and an abstract adaptive delivery decision engine. The abstract content model recognizes important aspects of contents while hiding their physical details from other parts of the framework. The...

20060129666 - Selective device reset method for device sharing with fail-over: A device manager manages assignments of a plurality of devices by two or more device clients. To this end, the device manager detects an operational failure with a device client running an application based at least partially on an assignment of one or more devices among the plurality of devices....

20060129669 - Transmitting setting data: A method of transmitting setting data from a terminal device to a plurality of target devices is provided. The method includes the steps of selecting the plurality of target devices from among a plurality of devices in accordance with a selection condition, preparing new setting data to be set to...

20060129673 - Method and system for providing entity status information in a communication network: A presence agent (101) receives a message with a request for a status of one or more entities. The presence agent (101) determines the status of the entities, and transmits a message with the status of the entities. Transmitting the message includes initiating a connection to a communication device (107)....

20060129674 - Monitoring system, apparatus to be monitored, monitoring apparatus, and monitoring method: The present invention is directed to enable a monitoring apparatus to reliably obtain information of an event which occurs in an apparatus to be monitored in a monitoring system employing a connectionless communication method. An apparatus to be monitored comprises: a first transmitting unit for transmitting first information as event...

20060129675 - System and method to reduce platform power utilization: In some embodiments, the invention involves utilizing an enhanced round robin DNS (eRR-DNS) scheme to maximize throughput while minimizing power consumption in a network of computers. In at least one embodiment, the present invention is intended to balance the work load of network platforms in order to minimize or optimize...

20060129677 - Communication device and setting method therefor: Upon no completion of setting of a user ID and a password to be sent to a PPPoE server, in response to reception of a DNS request from a client, a communication device of the invention sends back a unique LAN IP address, which is allocated to the communication device,...

20060129678 - Information processing system, information providing apparatus and method, electronic device and method used therefor, information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program: An information processing system includes an information providing apparatus, first and second electronic devices, and an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a receiver receiving a first message including a first address temporarily used for reporting predetermined information and a second address, i.e., the address of the second...

20060129676 - Managing connections through an aggregation of network resources providing offloaded connections between applications over a network: A computer system establishes offloaded connections over a network between requester applications running on client nodes and server applications running on a server node. The connections are established through an aggregated plurality of network resources of the server node. Each of the aggregated plurality of server resources is operable to...

20060129679 - Pseudo-random dynamic scheduler for scheduling communication periods between electronic devices: An electronic device is disclosed that is adapted to communicate with a first device network and to communicate with a second device that is part of a second device network. The device includes a processor and a communications module in electronic communication with the processor for communications with other devices...

20060129680 - Mobile communication terminal and method therefore: A method for organizing data records in a memory in a mobile telecommunication terminal is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a plurality of digits, which identify a subscriber terminal in a telecommunication network, in a control unit in the mobile, telecommunication terminal. The method moreover comprises storing the plurality of...

20060129684 - Apparatus and method for distributing requests across a cluster of application servers: A method and apparatus for distributing a plurality of session requests across a plurality of servers. The method includes receiving a session request and determining whether the received request is part of an existing session. If the received request is determined not to be part of an existing session, then...

20060129685 - Authenticating a node requesting another node to perform work on behalf of yet another node: Provided are a method, system, and program for authenticating a node requesting another node to perform work on behalf of yet another node. A plurality of agent nodes in the network are associated with a multi-node, wherein the agent nodes are associated with machines in the network capable of performing...

20060129682 - Distributed query of real world objects: A look-up function and query capability of aspects associated with aspect objects is enabled in a client device. A web client application, such as a web browser, executes in the client device. The aspects are associated with functions of real world objects such as pumps, motors, mixing units, compressors, conveyors,...

20060129687 - Method and apparatus for dynamically adjusting resources assigned to plurality of customers, for meeting service level agreements (slas) with minimal resources, and allowing common pools of resources to be used across plural customers on a demand basis: A method (and system) for managing and controlling allocation and de-allocation of resources based on a guaranteed amount of resource and additional resources based on a best effort for a plurality of customers, includes dynamically allocating server resources for a plurality of customers, such that the resources received by a...

20060129688 - Method and system for enabling presenation of auxiliary content: A system and method are proposed in which valuable interactive or non-interactive primary content, made up of streaming audio, video, or binary executable program data such as a game program, or a combination of such data for which value is expected to be paid, is maintained in a contents database...

20060129686 - Method, apparatus and program storage device for providing electronic data delivery: The system includes a wholesale server which issues electronic data such as an electronic ticket, an agent server which performs selling processing of the electronic data, and a client terminal which acquires the electronic ticket and the like by communicating with the wholesale server and the agent server. The agent...

20060129681 - Secured method to exchange data between data between browser and a web site: The invention concerns a communication between a data processing device (MOB1) and a number of resources (WEB1,WEB2) via a browser (BW1). According to the invention, the browser (BW1) comprises a number of private zones (ZP1-ZP2). Each private zone can be allocated to a respective set of resources (WEB1) and can...

20060129683 - Url-based access to aspect objects: A method to provide access to Aspects of Aspect Objects from a standard web browser. A web browser sends a request of access to a certain Aspect of an Aspect Object. The request includes a URL address. The URL address specifies the Aspect, the Aspect Object. The method enables the...

20060129691 - Location aware wireless data gateway: A wireless gateway is provided that connects mobile and remote assets or employees to business enterprise users through multiple wireless networks and the Internet by using web served applications. The central core of the gateway is a location aware business component that sends and receives location based information to and...

20060129689 - Reducing the sizes of application layer messages in a network element: A method is disclosed for reducing the sizes of application layer messages in a network element such as a network switch or router. According to one aspect, the network element receives data packets and determines an original application layer message that is collectively contained in payload portions of the data...

20060129690 - Reliable one-way messaging over request-response transport protocols: Example embodiments provide for a binding mechanism between RM protocols and request-response transport protocols (e.g., HTTP) in a one-way message exchange pattern. The present invention leverages existing network characteristics of request-response transport protocols without reconfiguration or deployment of new infrastructure services. A request-response transport model is asymmetrical in nature and...

20060129692 - Scheduling of multiple files for serving on a server: Multiple files a served using a server coupled to a data network. A plurality of files is determined, wherein a file includes an integer number of blocks, and wherein each block includes at least one input symbol. For each file, an indication of at least one channel on which to...

20060129693 - Reliable real-time transport protocol: Reliability is added to RTP by having a client acknowledge to the server each of the RTP packets received by the client, and retransmitting from the server to the client any of the packets that remain unacknowledged subsequent to expiration of a predetermined time duration subsequent to the timestamp. The...

20060129694 - System for the internet connections, and server for routing connections to a client machine: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an Internet connection system which is capable of benefiting from the IPv6 by relatively easy means and in which manufacturers of client-side devices can create added values for users. IPv6 packets are transmitted by a tunneling connection between a home network...

20060129698 - Client device identification when communicating through a network address translator device: Enabling a host system to communicate with and to identify at least one client device that communicates with the host system through a network address translator device includes enabling communications from a first client device through the network address translator device. A data packet is received that includes a payload...

20060129695 - Distributed ip trunking and server clustering for sharing of an ip server address among ip servers: Network servers in a cluster share the same network protocol address for incoming client requests, and in a data link layer protocol a reply of a client to a request from a server is returned to this same server. For example: (1) ports of the servers are clustered into one...

20060129697 - System and method for implementing application functionality within a network infrastructure: A system and method for implementing functionality within a network on behalf of first and second computers communicating with each other through the network. A front-end computer is provided within the network having an interface for communicating data traffic with the first computer. A back-end computer is also implemented within...

20060129696 - Systems and methods for communicating across various communication applications using single address strings: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing addressing strings formats and associated system implementations to minimize the number of different addressing strings used for communicating across different communication applications. The systems and methods receive a valid address string that can be inputted into a communication applications selected from a collection...

20060129699 - Network interface adapter with shared data send resources: A network interface adapter includes an outgoing packet generator, adapted to generate an outgoing request packet for delivery to a remote responder responsive to a request submitted by a host processor and a network output port, coupled to transmit the outgoing request packet over a network to the remote responder....

20060117085 - Console device and rack-mount system: A console apparatus includes a console portion, which is detachably provided and with which a server apparatus can be operated, and further includes a tray portion that is attached on a rack chassis for the server apparatus and is electrically coupled to the server apparatus....

20060117084 - Control of network plug-and-play compliant device: When the network protocol controller 302 of the network device 200 receives a message sent from a client, it interprets the message header in accordance with network plug-and-play protocol without interpreting the content of the message body; and sends the message body to the device controller 402 in accordance with...

20060117086 - Apparatus and method for a web programmable telephone: A web programmable telephone and a method for operating a web programmable telephone are disclosed. In one embodiment of the present invention, a voice module of a wireless household telephone is controlled by an internal web module that can retrieve and execute data operations from a remote portal or server...

20060117087 - Controlling instant messaging settings based on calendar application entries: A method for adjusting an instant messaging control mechanism can include the steps of determining a control setting for an instant messaging control mechanism based upon a calendar application entry, and responsive to the determining step, automatically adjusting the instant messaging control mechanism to the control setting. In one embodiment,...

20060117088 - Network processor system: The present invention consists of a general purpose, software-controlled central processor (CP) augmented by a set of task specific, specialized peripheral processors (PPs). The central processor accomplishes its functions with the support of the PPs. Peripheral processors may include but are not limited to a packet parser, which provides the...

20060117089 - Multi-station physical layer communication over tp cable: Wired data telecommunications networks can make advantageous use of a communications capability between and among more than two network devices. Such capabilities may be utilized in providing redundancy of data and/or inline power capabilities from a pair of network devices to a third network device receiving the redundant capability. Impedance...

20060117091 - Data logging to a database: Logging data to a database involves gathering log data from one or more applications executing on a first data-processing arrangement. The log data is gathered via a data-gathering utility executing on a first data-processing arrangement. The log data is sent via a network to a Web services interface of a...

20060117093 - Methods and apparatus for redirecting network cache traffic: A method for routing a data request received by a caching system is described. The caching system includes a router and a cache, and the data request identifies a source platform, a destination platform, and requested data. Where the source and destination platforms correspond to an entry in a list...

20060117092 - Network system, directory server and terminal device: A network system includes a directory server configured to provide service definition information through a network, and a terminal device configured to receive the service definition information. The directory server may include a server communication unit, a service definition information storing unit configured to store main information and auxiliary information...

20060117090 - System to allow content sharing: The present invention relates to a method and a system for converting digital rights. The invention is based on the idea that a mechanism is introduced, by which it is possible to convert an unlimited right into at least one limited digital right, which gives a user access to the...

20060117095 - Registering a resource that delegates commit voting: A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that, in an embodiment, receive an allocation request for a resource and registers the resource as a non-voting participant if the resource desires to delegate commit voting to another resource. The registered resource is then prohibited from participating in an enclosing transactional context...

20060117094 - Systems and methods for providing information on a manner of communicating: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for providing a recommendation on a manner of communicating. In accordance with an embodiment of the invention information is provided to an information server regarding a plurality of communication channels which may be used to reach the first user. A request...

20060117096 - Methods, devices and systems with improved zone merge operation by caching prior merge operation results: Methods, devices and systems for improved zone merge operations are disclosed. Two connected switches are arbitrated as an initiator and a receiver. The merge operation is initiated only by the initiator on an initiator/receiver inter-switch link. The initiator may initiate a merge request and the receiver may perform the computation...

20060117098 - Automatic generation of mixed media messages: A method and apparatus are provided for processing a contact with a client of an organization. The method includes the steps of a contact processing resource of the organization detecting a contact with the client through a first communication channel operating under a first communication format, the contact processing resource...

20060117100 - Communication device and communication system capable of facilitating operations: A communication system enables even an operator other than experts to correctly perform operations for a communication device such as an operation for modifying the configuration of the communication device without fail through simple operations without taking a long time for the operations, and permits the operator to keep track...

20060117097 - Service management apparatus, service management method, service providing system, service providing method: A service providing system is provided which enables the users of an information transmission service in which information is sent and received in real time over a network to recognize their respective environment and conditions for provision of their own information. The service providing system (1) includes a service provider...

20060117099 - Truncating data units: A data unit is received in a first device via a network. A truncated copy of the data unit is generated. The truncated copy of the data unit is transmitted to a monitoring device through a link....

20060117102 - Apparatus and method for diagnosing network: A network diagnostic method and apparatus includes: a database adapted to store set data for diagnosis; a scheduler adapted to determine whether a condition to perform a diagnosis is satisfied, and to begin diagnosis when it has been determined that the condition to perform a diagnosis has been satisfied; and...

20060117101 - Node discovery and communications in a network: Provided are a method, system and article of manufacture, wherein a plurality of broadcast messages are sent from at least one node of a plurality of nodes of a network. A node is discovered based on a received message. An entry is stored, wherein the entry corresponds to the node...

20060117103 - Method and system for authenticating a requestor without providing a key: A method for authenticating a requesting entity in a communications environment. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes determining a client identification of a client node associated with the requesting entity, and determining whether the requesting entity associated with the client node is acting in a supervisor capacity. A key...

20060117104 - Setting information distribution apparatus, method, program, and medium, authentication setting transfer apparatus, method, program, and medium, and setting information reception program: A setting information distribution apparatus belonging to a first network, comprises: authentication unit that receives and authenticates an authentication request from a user terminal which requires an access authentication by using a network access authentication procedure between the user terminal and the first network; transmitting unit that transmits an authentication...

20060117105 - Devices and methods for conditional execution decision making in relation to services received and creation of information messages associated with said services, and associated products: The present invention relates to a conditional decision device and method for the execution of services received, having predetermined life spans. This device receives and identifies information relating to computer programs required for the execution of these services. It checks the local availability of these programs and allows the services...

20060117106 - Automatic re-authentication: Upon successfully authenticating a client device with a server system, the client device and server system share auto-reconnect data. Upon subsequently losing and re-establishing communications with the server system, the client sends an auto-authenticate request to the server. The auto-authenticate request includes a session verifier that is based at least...

20060117107 - Method and system for enabling a script on a first computer to exchange data with a script on a second computer over a network: A method and system for enabling a script on a first computer to communicate and exchange data with a script on a second computer so as to provide access by the script to data typically inaccessible by a script. The method and system enable a first computer to control the...

20060117108 - Touch screen control: A digital imaging device is provided with a touch sensitive display screen 10. The screen 10 displays an image 12 captured by the imaging device. Along one side of the screen is a toolbar 14 upon which is provided a plurality of individual icons 16. The icons 16 represent particular...

20060117109 - Methods and systems for exposing access network capabilities using an enabler proxy: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for exposing access network capabilities using an enabler proxy. In one embodiment, a device for providing access to one or more capabilities of a wireless network comprises a first interface to communicate with an application, a second interface to communicate on a wireless network...

20060117110 - Propagation of routing information in rsvp-te for inter-domain te-lsps: A technique dynamically retrieves reachability information from a target node, including a tail-end or any intermediate node, along a traffic engineering (TE) label switched path (LSP) that spans multiple domains in a computer network. The interdomain information retrieval technique is illustratively based on a request/response signaling exchange whereby at least...

20060117111 - Communication system and communication method: A communication system enabling significant reduction in delay in handover between MAPs without increasing the number of MAPs to install. In the communication system, MAP(101) issues a Router Advertisement to AR(111) to AR(118). Particularly, MAP(101) assigns a plurality of Router Advertisements of a source of care-of address (RCOA) to register...

20060117112 - Methods, devices and systems with improved zone merge operation by initiator selection: Methods, devices and systems for improved zone merge operations are disclosed. Two connected switches are arbitrated as an initiator and a receiver. The merge operation is initiated only by the initiator on an initiator/receiver inter-switch link. The initiator may initiate a merge request and the receiver may perform the computation...

20060117113 - Rapidly deployable ad hoc network: The present invention shows, among other things, how to build rapidly deployable ad hoc networks from a combination of wired communications components with wireless communication components. The resulting kind of network is entirely novel and has a number of advantages over existing wireless-only techniques. Namely, it combines automatic robustness in...