Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomputer data transferring or plural processor synchronization inventions 01/07

20070022154 - Generating one or more clients for generating one or more synthetic transactions with one or more web service operations: In one embodiment, a method for generating one or more synthetic transactions with one or more web service operations includes accessing a Web Services Description Language (WSDL) file describing a web service and, according to the WSDL file, generating a symbol table for describing a client for generating one or... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070022155 - Method and system for integrating enterprise software applications with desktop software applications: One or more server-based constructs are projected into one or more corresponding desktop objects. Thereafter one or more events involving the desktop objects are processed according to behaviors defined during the projection using action handlers cached at a desktop client. The action handlers provide a mechanism for instituting the server-defined... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070022156 - Digital music system: A digital music system and method. There is a server and a player in wireless data communication over a local network according to a publicly available data format and a publicly available communication protocol. The server and/or player include: an accessory module, a self-configuration module; a control module, a database... Agent: Starkweather & Associates

20070022157 - Audio-visual indication of instant message priority: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to message prioritization and provide a method, system and computer program product for audio-visual presentation of message prioritization in a human-to-human collaborative environment. In one embodiment, a data processing system for audio-visual presentation of prioritized messages in a... Agent: Steven M. Greenberg, Esquire Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

20070022159 - Conference recording system: The system, method, and article of manufacture of the present invention allow for recording an on-line meeting (also referred to as an “on-line conference”) and saving the recording as a meeting recording file. Additionally, the saved meeting recording file may be played back and/or edited. Moreover, a user may open... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20070022160 - Method of managing privileged conversations in an instant conversation system: A method of managing privileged conversations in an electronic instant conversation service comprising a plurality of clients connected to a messaging server, each client having at least one state of presence visible to the other clients that varies at least between “Available” and “Busy” or “Offline”. The method comprises a... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20070022158 - Mobile communication terminal supporting information sharing: According to a method of sharing information between mobile terminals, a first mobile terminal receives information, such as a web page, which may include form data, and shares the information with one or more second mobile terminals. Input data relevant to the shared information as entered at the second mobile... Agent: Coats & Bennett/sony Ericsson

20070022168 - Communication terminal and customize method: A communication terminal includes a mail processing unit executing e-mail processing, a status determining unit determining an execution status of the e-mail processing, and a customizing executing unit executing customizing with respect to the e-mail processing in accordance with the execution status determined by the status determining unit.... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070022171 - Data communication apparatus and transmission reservation managing method: There are provided a data communication apparatus and a transmission reservation managing method that are capable of collectively managing transmissions of the same or common data by a plurality of transmission methods. A plurality of destinations for the same data input by the input means are designated. The plurality of... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070022169 - Device, storage medium storing program and method for registrating/retrieving of information to/from electronic bulletin board: There is provided a mediation device that performs a process for registering or retrieving voice information to or from an electronic bulletin board system in response to a request from a user. The mediation device includes a notifying section that, when an update of the electronic bulletin board is made,... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070022162 - Generating pki email accounts on a web-based email system: The present invention provides systems and methods for allowing an Email User to create a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Email Account and thereafter to digitally sign, send, verify and receive PKI encrypted emails over a computer network, such as the Internet. The systems and methods preferably include a Web-based Email... Agent: Go Daddy Group, Inc.

20070022163 - Method and system for instant messaging conversation security: A method for securing an instant messaging (“IM”) conversation between at least a first and a second user, the first and second users having a first and a second client, respectively, in communication over a network, the method comprising: receiving a command from the first user through an input device... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070022167 - Personal email linking and advertising system: An e-commerce system wherein an email can automatically be embedded with hyperlinks of merchant and/or informational sites of interest. When a receiver of the email clicks any of the hyperlinks and makes a purchase, the sender of the email can be rewarded with points. Points may additionally be awarded to... Agent: Muskin & Cusick LLC

20070022161 - Provision of presence data allocated to the user of a communication service: Data characterizing the presence state of a user registered to use a communication service is sent to a server for the management of presence data in order to provide presence data allocated to the user of a communication service. The data sent to the server is stored as presence data... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070022164 - Relaying messages through a firewall: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for relaying messages through firewalls. A message relay negotiates first communication parameters with relay components inside a firewall and (potentially different) second communication parameters with applications outside the firewall. The message relay receives a message from an outside application... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070022165 - Sender managed message privacy: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to securing the privacy of messages and provide a method, system and computer program product for sender managed message privacy. In an embodiment of the invention, a data processing system for sender managed privacy can include a sender... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20070022170 - System and method related to generating an email campaign: A method and system for generating an email campaign is described. An email campaign generator generates an email campaign template from an email target database. The email target database comprises at least one email target. An email campaign engine generates a custom email corresponding to each of the least one... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC

20070022166 - System, computer program product and method of keeping track of a detached e-mail attachment: A system, computer program product and method of keeping track of an attachment that has been detached from an e-mail message are provided. Generally, a table on which an attachment that has been detached from an e-mail message is cross-referenced to its storage location is used. Further, a link is... Agent: Ibm Corporation (ve) C/o Volel Emile

20070022172 - Controlling presentation of instant messages to a recipient: Methods, systems, and products are provided for controlling presentation of instant messages to a recipient in a data processing system. Embodiments include establishing threshold priority criteria, receiving an instant message, determining whether the instant message meets the threshold priority criteria, and presenting to the recipient the instant message if the... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20070022173 - Method and system for broadcasting safety messages to a vehicle: A method and system is provided for broadcasting vehicle safety messages to one or more vehicles. In an embodiment, the system comprises an input device, processor, transmitter, receiver, memory module, display, and user interface. The input device is used for generating a vehicle safety message. The processor is coupled to... Agent: O'melveny & Myers LLP

20070022175 - Computer platform redundant system program remote switching control method and system: A computer platform redundant system program remote switching control method and system is proposed, which is designed for use with a network system for providing a network-linked computer platform, such as a server, with a redundant system program remote switching control function, and which is characterized by the utilization of... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek, LLP Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070022179 - Display device with cable card and updating method thereof: A display device having a cable card is provided wherein the cable card stores firmware, an interface that receives homing information from a service provider, an update part that updates the cable card firmware according to the homing information, a storage part that stores node information about at least one... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070022177 - Home telematics system providing synchronization service between telematics terminal and computer and method thereof: A home telematics system providing a synchronization service between a telematics terminal and a computer, and a method thereof are provided. The system includes a telematics system having a telematics center; a home network system having a home network center and a home server; the telematics terminal for, upon generation... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20070022181 - Information processing server, information processing system, information processing method and storage medium storing information processing program: An information processing server including: a file storage section that stores a data file; a specification section that specifies processing restriction information for restricting at least one of saving processing and printing processing of the data file at a client device that is connected to the information processing server via... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070022182 - Literature information processing system: A literature information processing system, comprising: a dictionary (16) to store data of element names and verbs indicating mutual interaction relations between the element names; a literature database (14) to store a large number of data for literature information; an input means (12) to enter plural element names; and a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070022180 - Output management system and method for enabling printing via wireless devices: A system and method for managing output such as printing, faxing, and e-mail over various types of computer networks. In one aspect, the method provides for printing via a wireless device. The system provides renderable data to the wireless device by which a user-interface (UI) may be rendered. The UI... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070022176 - Switching device for remotely controlling connections of a computer and peripherals over networks: A switching device making it possible to manipulate a computer, which is installed on a local side, at a remote-control side over networks has a remote manipulation notification unit. When the computer is manipulated at the remote-control side, the remote manipulation notification unit notifies the local side, on which the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070022174 - Syndication feeds for peer computer devices and peer networks: Syndication feeds for peer computer devices. In one aspect, a request is received at a server for a syndicated feed from a peer on a peer-to-peer network. It is determined whether the peer is currently online or offline; if online, the requested feed is pulled from the peer and served... Agent: Withrow & Terranova, P.l.l.c.

20070022178 - Systems and methods for adding media from a content input device into a loop: A system and method for providing a media to a media engine from a remote location comprises a digital recorder, a user interface for receiving a selection of the media to be added to a first loop, a processor for generating an instruction comprising a copy of the media and... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070022183 - Media recording functions in a streaming media server: A system for providing recording functions in a streaming media server comprising a streaming media server with buffering and a PC having an application capable of processing a streaming media protocol having media recording functions.... Agent: Microsoft Corporation Attn: Patent Group Docketing Department

20070022186 - Computer peripheral and method of updating files thereof: A computer peripheral and a method of updating files thereof are provided. The computer peripheral is connected to a server via Internet network. A file and an use record file are stored in the computer peripheral. The version of the file is recorded in the use record file. Firstly, the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070022184 - Method and apparatus for a secure network install: A method, an apparatus, and computer instructions are provided for a secure network install. One aspect of the present invention provides a proxy server within the same subnet of the client for performing a lookup of the boot image file and downloading the boot image file from a boot file... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070022187 - Policy distribution point for setting up network-based services: A “policy distribution point” (PDP) allows service drivers to be installed remotely and automatically without rebooting the PDP or otherwise interrupting existing network-based services. The exposure of sensitive configuration data to non-secure networks is minimized by placing PDPs close to the devices to be configured. Service drivers on the PDP... Agent: Silicon Edge Law Group LLP

20070022185 - Simple home networking: A network management system is provided for managing a computer network. The management system is configured to represent the computer network as having one of a plurality of defined network states. Once the state of the network has been identified, the management system can assist the user in making modifications... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070022189 - Adaptive input/output bus sharing method to improve performance of scsi/sas clusters: According to various illustrative embodiments of the present invention, a method for adaptive cluster input/output control includes starting a nonessential input/output operation using a first controller in a first node of a cluster, informing at least a second controller in a second node of the cluster about starting the nonessential... Agent: Randall C. Furlong Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070022188 - Method and system for time-basing, matching, and reporting digital resumes, digital job orders, and other electronic proposals: An infrastructure system (112) for facilitating the creation of time-based digital resumes (124) and time-based digital job orders (126) and the matching thereof (122), the system including an on-site exchange (118), a private exchange (114), and a public exchange (116). A time-basing method (228) for facilitating preprogrammed time-dependent variation in... Agent: HulseyIPIntellectual Property Lawyers, P.C.

20070022190 - Method for access management: Method for accessing management for a portal. The method includes obtaining user-specific data from a policy store and accessing an application with the user-specific data. The application is activated with the user-specific data and late binding is used. This method allows for simple and robust authorization on demand.... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP

20070022191 - Method for implementing network management: The present invention discloses a method for implementing network management, acquiring network information from the resource manager of the bearer control layer, and then carrying out network management based on the acquired network information and by employing the data transmission between the resource manager and network nodes. By employing the... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070022194 - Database event driven motion systems: A routing system for transferring control commands and/or data from at least one origin and distributing control commands and/or data to at least one destination comprising an input module and an output module. The input module is operatively connected to the at least one origin. The data input module is... Agent: Schacht Law Office, Inc.

20070022192 - Method and system for managing time-out events in a storage area network: A method and system to enter a time out interval in a storage area network includes identifying a time slot in a sequence of time slots to insert a time out event for the event in the storage area network, determining if other events in the storage network already have... Agent: Law Office Of Leland Wiesner

20070022193 - System and method for establishing master component in multiple home networks: Which device in a first home network is a master device is dynamically established based on the device reporting successful communication with a master device in a second home network, to ensure that the networks have master devices that can “se” each other for, e.g., managing bandwidth.... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20070022195 - Information communication system, information communication apparatus and method, and computer program: In an information communication system, information communication devices exchange an IP packet over IP networks. When performing a predetermined packet exchanging procedure in which the number of router hops is limited to a predetermined control value or less, each of the information communication devices monitors Time-To-Live values designated in the... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070022196 - Single token multifactor authentication system and method: A system and method for using multiple factors to verify and thereby authenticate the identity of a user attempting to gain access to a personal account at an on-line service provider. The disclosed system and method may be used by multiple on-line service providers thereby enabling the user to be... Agent: Alan R. Thiele Strasburger & Price, LLP

20070022197 - Method and system for distributed audio with location based control, management, and delivery: An audio distribution network for homes, businesses, apartments complexes, and other residential buildings is provided that performs audio distribution over a power line among one or more devices, with either the same audio content being sent to all devices, or different audio content being sent to different devices based on... Agent: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo

20070022200 - Communication session server: At least one received broadcast capability parameter from at least one communication terminal participating in a communication session is used to decide whether data within the context of the communication session are to be transmitted to the communication terminal using a broadcast communication network or using a cellular mobile radio... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070022198 - Method and system for pushing asynchronous notifications to networked devices: A method and system for pushing asynchronous notifications to devices in a network including client devices and server devices. A connection is established between a client device and a server device, wherein the client device sends a request for data to the server device, the server device includes a notification... Agent: Kenneth L. Sherman, Esq. Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20070022201 - Method for instant scheduling of conference calls: A method, system and computer program product for establishing a call in a communication system including an Instant Messaging (IM) application provided by a Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) server connected to a number of IM clients, each associated with at least one conference endpoint managed by one or more management... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070022199 - Method, apparatus, and program product for providing web service: A simple method for providing an existing Web application as a Web service is desired that can be applied to a Web application maintaining user sessions across a plurality of pages and that is simple for a conversion proxy and a Web service client.... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb Intellectual Property Law Firm, LLC

20070022202 - System and method for deactivating web pages: A method for deactivating a web page, including installing at least one browser helper object on a web browser, instantiating at least one data manager by activating the web browser, providing at least one keyword list to the at least one data manager, directing the at least one web browser... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler PC

20070022204 - Method and apparatus for optimizing the responsiveness and throughput of a system performing packetized data transfers using a transfer count mark: A mechanism for managing packetized data transfers in a system including a transmitting and a receiving device. The transmitting device may transmit data to the receiving device in a plurality of packets, each packet a predetermined number of data bytes wide. The transmitting device may include a transfer count unit... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070022203 - Method and apparatus for providing proxied jmx interfaces to highly available j2ee components: Method and apparatus, in a data processing system that uses JMX as a mechanism for managing internal components, for processing JMX requests to a managed group that includes a plurality of group members. When a JMX request is transmitted to a first member of a group comprising a plurality of... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20070022205 - Method for transmitting ws message to multiple receiving nodes and apparatus for processing ws message: A method for transmitting a WS message and an apparatus for processing a WS message, the method includes providing data in the form of a WS message, addressing the WS message to a plurality of receiving nodes, and transmitting the addressed WS message to the plurality of receiving nodes.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070022206 - Data transmission with constant data rate: A method for forming data received from a data source into frames for transmission over a data link according to a protocol in which data is carried as data frames and in which once transmission of the data frame begun the entirety of the data frame must be transmitted at... Agent: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

20070022208 - Recording and reproduction apparatus: A recording and reproduction apparatus shifts a program which is currently being executed to a paused state, or temporarily shifts a mode of graphics drawing by an application program to an invisible mode, in order to reproduce a recorded video with trick play functionality at a reproduction speed different from... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070022207 - System and method for synchronizing channel handoff as among a plurality of devices: A system constructed comprises a plurality of devices interconnected to a network. At least two of the devices in the system can access streaming audio information over the network, and are capable of providing audio and rendering timing information to other devices in the system. One device, as the handed-off... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070022209 - Processing of data frames exchanged over a communication controller in a time-triggered system: Data frames which are exchanged over a communication controller are processed between a host computer and a time-triggered communication network. A data frame is read by a processor located in the communication controller from an interface data storage unit accessible over a first interface. The data contained in the data... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070022210 - Web application response cloaking: Method and system for centralized control of data transfers between a Web client and a Web application by receiving a response from the Web application. After determining an offending character is present, cloaking the response from the Web application to a request from a Web client, and sending the cloaked... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070022212 - Method and system for tcp large receive offload: Certain embodiments of the invention may be found in a method and system for transmission control protocol (TCP) large receive offload. A coalescer may be utilized to collect TCP segments in a network interface card (NIC) without transferring state information to a host system. The collected TCP segments may be... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070022211 - Packet transfer system, communication network, and packet transfer method: An IP address provision request issued from a client terminal according to the DHCP protocol is transferred to a DHCP server, and an application for provision of an IP address is received. At this time, a packet transfer system stores pieces of information on the client terminal (IP address and... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070022215 - Method and apparatus for media data transmission: Methods and apparatuses for processing media data for transmission in a data communication medium and for use with data processing systems. One exemplary method processes readable content stored in a stream or set of data which contains samples for presenting a presentation (e.g. video only or audio only or video... Agent: James C. Scheller, Jr. Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP

20070022213 - Scheme for sharing im message history: In one embodiment, a scheme is disclosed for sharing Instant Messaging (IM) history developed during an IM communication session. While a communication session is going on, the message history developed during the session may be exported based on selecting a particular transmission mode for export.... Agent: Research In Motion, Ltd

20070022214 - Transaction management apparatus and method: There is described a network apparatus for administering product purchases. The network apparatus includes means for receiving product data from one or more vendors, means for advertising the product data using a plurality of electronic sales channels, and means for receiving purchase requests via the electronic sales channels. In this... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070022216 - Method and electronic device for reducing size of an electronic collection of media elements: The method of the invention can be used to reduce size of an electronic collection of media elements (41,43,45). The method comprises the steps of assigning a weight to each media element (41,43,45) in the collection and reducing size of the media elements (41,43,45) in dependency of a desired overall... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070022217 - Systems, methods, and media for managing an interactive streaming image system: Systems, methods and media for managing an interactive streaming image system are disclosed. More particularly, hardware and/or software for generating, encoding, and transmitting image frames to an interactive client are disclosed. One embodiment provides a method for streaming images from a server to a client. Embodiments may include receiving from... Agent: Ibm Corporation (jss) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20070022218 - Network-attached storage device having a connection to a local user device: A network-attached storage apparatus is configured to be in communication with a local device. The apparatus includes storage devices for storing data, one interface for establishing communication with the network and another interface for establishing communication with the local device. A processor enables the interfaces to alternatively establish communication with... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070022219 - Information processing apparatus and method for initializing flow control: In a flow control initialization method and an information processing apparatus, a first component enters a first initialization mode and sends a first first-component initial value to a second component. Subsequently, upon receipt of a first second-component initial value or a second second-component initial value from the second component, the... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070016637 - Bitmap network masks: A bitmap network mask is described for use in network functions such as data packet forwarding, access control list processing, and policy application determination. The bitmap network mask can be applied to a random collection of network parameters if desired. In one format, the bitmap network mask includes a mask... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070016636 - Methods and systems for data transfer and notification mechanisms: In one aspect a device such as a mobile device includes logic operable to display an email message received from a remote location, the email message having associated data (e.g., an attachment) located remotely to the device (e.g., with a server or the like). The system further includes logic operable... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070016638 - System and method of application provisioning: An application provisioning system and method for administering and delivering software applications to client devices are provided. The application provisioning system comprises a repository for storing a component package and maintaining a mobile device application profile, a component manager web service module for sending the component package to a mobile... Agent: Perman & Green

20070016639 - Method, apparatus, and system for managing status of requests in a client server environment: According to one aspect of the present invention, a method is provided in which a request submitted by a user via a user-interface is sent from a client to a server for processing. Upon being notified by the server that the request may take a long time to process, inform... Agent: Csa LLP

20070016640 - Contacting method for inter-person communication: The invention concerns a method for inter-person contacting allowing a communication to be set up between at least two users (client1, client2) at the request of one thereof, by using a presence status of each user, characterized in that said method comprises a contact request step (E1) in which a... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070016643 - Active session queue management using contextual systems with an instant messaging proxy service: A system and method for providing implementing proxy handling of instant messages and the like, wherein proxy recipients are designated by an original recipient, and one or more redirection rules are established indicating conditions under which said designated proxy recipients are to be sent redirected messages. When an instant message... Agent: Ibm Corporation (rhf)

20070016642 - Automated moderation of discussion lists: Within a network-based discussion environment, a moderation mechanism is implemented to encourage posts of high relevancy. The moderation mechanism is configurable so as to support distributed access control. In one case, the moderation mechanism is configured to support an allocation of a limited number of responses to a user based... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20070016648 - Enterprise message mangement: A message archival system interacts with an enterprise messaging system to receive notice of messages. Messages being transmitted to users of the enterprise messaging system are made available to the message archival system. The message archival system indexes content within each message, and stores the messages. The indexed information can... Agent: Whitaker Law Group

20070016649 - Group communication assistance system: It becomes more difficult to correctly display presence by restricting an operation burden of users when the number of communication counter-parts (bodies) increases. An assistance system includes an event notice setting functional unit for conducting prior setting for notifying a change of presence of a buddy to a presence server;... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070016641 - Identifying and blocking instant message spam: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to instant messaging and spim management and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for blocking spim in an instant messaging system. In one embodiment, a data processing system for blocking spim can include... Agent: Steven M. Greenberg, Esquire Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

20070016647 - Server system supporting collaborative messaging based on electronic mail: A collaborative electronic mail system is integrated into traditional electronic mail on the server end. The collaborative electronic mail allows users to have online discussions without the clutter of numerous related individual electronic mails in the inbox. The collaborative electronic mail system discussed herein describes the extensions used in the... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20070016645 - System and method of composing search free mail: The method of composing search free mail is a web-based method for sending e-mail to registered members of a search free mail domain. The method uses a web server and a mail server as components of the search free mail domain. Registered members have assigned mailboxes on the mail server.... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd

20070016644 - System and method to exclude certain email recipients from receiving an attachment sent from a multi-function peripheral device: A system and method, for excluding certain email recipients from receiving an attachment sent from a multi-function peripheral (MFP), are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises providing, at an MFP device, the list of a plurality of email recipients, wherein the list includes i) a first list of the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070016646 - Universal calendar event handling: System and method for handling calendar events among a plurality of user devices in a communication network are disclosed. The system includes a device manager for interfacing with the plurality of user devices, where the plurality of user devices use different calendar applications and have calendar events in different data... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070016650 - System and methods for collaborative development of content over an electronic network: Systems and methods for collaborative authorship of content for a distributed delivery system are provided. The system comprises a server configured to store and regulate access to one or more course materials developed by one or more authors, wherein the one or more course materials comprise information to be taught... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070016651 - Cross-application encoding of geographical location information: A facility for cross-application encoding of geographical location information is described. In various embodiments, the facility receives a first document containing information relating to a geographical area, displays an image representing the geographical area, receives input from a user identifying at least a geographical location that is located in the... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20070016652 - Dynamic image display: A plurality of indicia are downloaded during the rendering of a web page retrieved from a server. Each of the indicia corresponds to a respective one of a plurality of text entries in a database in communication with such server or any other server on the network. A predetermined number... Agent: Anthony T. Cascio, Esq. Cascio, Schmoyer & Zervas

20070016653 - Event triggering over a network: Methods, and associated systems and apparatus, relate to controlling one or more target devices with a controller that has an event table that associates simple (non-command formatted) event identifiers with command-formatted commands that can be triggered by network messages containing one of the event identifiers. In some embodiments, event identifiers... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070016655 - Secured and access controlled peer-to-peer resource sharing method and apparatus: A peer-to-peer network propagates searches from client to client. Resources within each client are selectively searched in response to authentication and authorization processes. Authentication information may be included in a search request or may be performed by an authentication process external to the client. Authorization is performed by a process... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20070016654 - Wireless content distribution: Distributing content between media devices is disclosed. An item stored on a first media device is selected for distribution. A distribution type associated with the item is specified, where the distribution type is indicative of a compensation arrangement. A copy of the item is transferred to a second media device.... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20070016656 - Signaling gateway: A signalling gateway for passing messages from a first network to an application server process provided on a second network, the messages comprising a transaction identifier, the signalling gateway being operable to receive a message and read the transaction identifier, identify the application server process from a part of the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070016658 - Digital network modem and configuration system for a digital network modem: A network modem has an initialization control module for setting its static local network address remotely via the local network in response to a request by a configuration station. The configuration station sends a request on the local network to the modem to obtain identification and a static IP address... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070016657 - Multimedia data processing devices, multimedia data processing methods and multimedia data processing programs: The present invention provides a multimedia data processing device, comprising: a template storing device which stores multimedia template data including media data and scenario data which defines the output aspects of the media data, a data input device which inputs media data for delivery to be delivered to a client... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070016660 - Javaserver faces upload: This invention consists of a custom JavaServer Faces UIForm component (“UIFileUploadForm”), a custom JavaServer Faces UIInput component (“UIFileUploadInput”), and a corresponding process which allows file uploads to be implemented within JavaServer Faces without the need for a separate servlet filter.... Agent: Globalmentor, Inc.

20070016659 - Network-based system for configuring a programmable hardware element in a system using hardware configuration programs generated based on a user specification: A system and method for online configuration of a measurement system. The user may access a server over a network and specify a desired task, e.g., a measurement task, and receive programs and/or configuration information which are usable to configure the user's measurement system hardware (and/or software) to perform the... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070016663 - Approach for managing state information by a group of servers that services a group of clients: An approach for managing state information by a group of servers that services a group of clients is disclosed. One server is designated as the primary server and is responsible for generating state information to be used by both the servers and the clients. The remaining servers are designated as... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070016665 - Commercial extensions to web services: A system for providing granular functionality called web services to commercial customers includes among other things a client to issue service requests and receive responses, a web server configured to accept and process service requests, and a means of accounting for usage. The current art specifies standards for functional interactions... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20070016661 - Event organizer: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for preparing and organizing event materials. Briefly described, one embodiment can be implemented as follows. The system includes first logic configured to prompt a user to provide a first set of information; utilize the first set of information to prepare a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP/ Bellsouth I.p. Corp

20070016662 - Method and system for dynamically rebalancing client sessions within a cluster of servers connected to a network: A dynamic rebalancer operates in a server cluster independently of routers directing traffic to the servers in the cluster. An analysis component uses configuration information and statistics information to determine which session, if any, should be moved. A filter component receives transfer instructions from the analysis component. When the filter... Agent: Ibm Corp. (raleigh Software Group) C/o Rudolf O Siegesmund Gordon & Rees, LLP

20070016666 - Optimal combination of sampled measurements: Two regularized estimators that avoid the pathologies associated with variance estimation are disclosed. The regularized variance estimator adds a contribution to estimated variance representing the likely error, and hence ameliorates the pathologies of estimating small variances while at the same time allowing more reliable estimates to be balanced in the... Agent: At&t Corp.

20070016664 - Remote power control system: An SNMP network comprises a power manager with an SNMP agent in TCP/IP communication over a network with an SNMP network manager. The power manager is connected to control several intelligent power modules each able to independently control the power on/off status of several network appliances. Power-on and load sensors... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070016667 - Storage system: To provide a storage system with a cost/performance meeting the system scale, from a small-scale to a large-scale configuration. In the storage system, protocol transformation units and data caching control units are connected to each other through an interconnection, the data caching control units are divided into plural control clusters,... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070016670 - Determining data flows in a network: Information about processes executing on a server together with network traffic and network state information such as ARP and routing tables is collected on each server in a network using a small piece of remote software running on the server. This information is sent to or gathered by a central... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070016672 - Distributed capture and aggregation of dynamic application usage information: A web-based hosted solution through which application developers create, manage and monitor application usage analytics in an online manner. Preferably, an application under test is one of: application software, a script-enabled web application, or a rich Internet application (RIA). During the development process, a usage monitoring API is integrated into... Agent: Law Office Of David H. Judson

20070016673 - Information exchange system and management server, terminal unit, and method for reducing network load used in the same: A resource list server issues SUBSCRIBE requests for individual resources in a list upon receiving a SUBSCRIBE request for the list. Then, when the resource list server has received first NOTIFY messages that indicate the status of the individual resources from a notifier for the resources, the resource list server... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070016674 - Information exchange system, management server, and method for reducing network load used in the same: A resource list server issues SUBSCRIBE requests for individual resources in a list upon receiving a SUBSCRIBE request for the list. Then, when the resource list server has received NOTIFY messages that indicate the status of the individual resources from a notifier for the resources, the resource list server sends... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070016671 - Loop beacons: A loop beacon enables recording the activity of a user of an electronic device during the display of a given medium in a display loop. A display loop can present a particular medium not only in a static form, but also in a moving or looping display that evolves in... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070016668 - Method and system for application profiling for purposes of defining resource requirements: Disclosed are a method of and system for profiling a computer program. The method comprises the steps of using a utility application to execute the computer program; and on the basis of said execution of the computer program, identifying specific performance requirements of the computer program. A profile of the... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070016669 - Web service grid architecture: A system for providing granular functionality called web services to commercial customers includes a web server configured to accept service requests from software application clients, functional implementations of the services, and a means of accounting for usage. The service grid architecture makes practical a reliable commercial provider of web services... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20070016677 - Communication system, and information providing server, information processing device, and program used in such system: In a communication system, an information providing server has a request reception unit to receive a request for contents from an information processing device, a content transmission unit to transmit contents corresponding to the received request, and an information addition unit to add related contents to existing contents. The information... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070016678 - Data processing in a signaling gateway: According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method, in a signaling gateway, of distributing the processing of incoming data amongst a plurality of application server processes (ASP), the distribution of the data being performed in accordance with a weighting parameter associated with each ASP, the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070016675 - Securing network services using network action control lists: A computer system having secured network services is presented. The computer system comprises a processor, a memory, and a network action processing module. The network action processing module processes network actions from one or more network services executing on the computer system. The computer system is further configured to execute... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070016676 - System and method for servicing a user device: System and method for providing services to a user with one or more user devices in a communication network are disclosed. The system includes a server for communicating with the one or more user devices, where the server includes a connected-data-set and the one or more user devices share portions... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070016681 - Access path management method and program: A host and a storage system are connected via at least one intermediate device so as to be able to communicate. The storage system comprises a storage device, which makes it possible to store data. The host recognizes a logical path from this host to the storage device. In this... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070016679 - Managing access to a network: One embodiment of the invention is directed to managing access of a host computer to a network. A first communication session with the host computer may be conducted to authenticate the host computer's identity. A second communication session with the host computer may be conducted to determine the health status... Agent: Wolf Greenfield (microsoft Corporation) C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070016680 - Method and system for proxy-based file sharing: In one embodiment, a method for proxy-based file sharing is described. The method comprises establishing a peer to peer connection with a remote client through a server using a file sharing application at the remote client, generating a document having a network address, receiving a file from the remote client... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070016682 - Method and system for coordinating device setting between a communications client and its host device: A system and method for propagating device settings to a data communications client from a host on a mobile device, the system having at least one host application adapted to operate on the mobile device host and further adapted to change device settings on the mobile device; a notification means... Agent: Moffat & Co

20070016684 - System and method for facilitating use of network features: A system for facilitating use of services in a network. In an illustrative embodiment, the system includes a first mechanism for enabling a user to connect to the network. A second mechanism authenticates the user and provides a signal in response thereto. A third mechanism selectively displays information pertaining to... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20070016683 - Variable resource sets: A method, system and computer program product are provided for representing resource sets in a variable format. Variable resource sets are represented in two parts: a system topology domain and a system detail level. Logical entities are allowed to consume variable resource sets to specify the domain and level required... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070016685 - Buffer overflow proxy: A buffer overflow proxy the sits in front of a target application and ensures that one or more characteristics of the incoming data conforms a one or more rules established for the target application. A system is disclosed for processing incoming data bound for a server system that serves at... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070016688 - Background network bandwidth sharing behind gateway devices: Example embodiments allow a local network client to access information about a shared gateway to determine its actual amount of bandwidth consumption. The client can also obtain the total capacity of such shared gateway. Using its knowledge of its own bandwidth consumption, it can determine the other local network clients'... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070016686 - Retrieval system and retrieval method for retrieving medical images: A retrieval system for retrieving medical images is provided. The retrieval system includes an archive for storing medical images, a routing device for determining selected medical images stored in the archive and for routing the selected medical images based on routing rules, and a plurality of end-user devices for use... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070016687 - System and method for detecting imbalances in dynamic workload scheduling in clustered environments: Methods, systems and computer program products for detecting a workload imbalance in a dynamically scheduled cluster of computer servers are disclosed. One such method comprises the steps of monitoring a plurality of metrics at each of the computer servers, detecting change points in the plurality of metrics, generating alarm points... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Mcginn & Gibb, PLLC

20070016689 - Drawing tool used with social network computer systems: A social network drawing system allows users of the social network to communicate with text as well as pictures that are posted on a web site. The social network program includes a user interface having drawing tools and a drawing area. The user selects the desired tools which include a... Agent: Dergosits & Noah LLP

20070016690 - Pushing rich content information to mobile devices: Methods, systems, and computer program products for customizing content based on at least one operating characteristic of a mobile client. A mobile gateway receives content from a content source, such as an email server, a Web server, or some other content server. For example, content may include email, calendar, contact,... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070016692 - Method and system for dynamic delivery of beads: A method and system for providing target code to various computer systems. The target code is provided by a service. The service provides a mechanism for third-party developers to submit initial or base code for distribution to end-user computers as target code. The service converts the initial code to target... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20070016691 - Node-to-node communication pipelines: Node-to-node communication pipelines may include code modules that are configured and assembled across a protocol according to dynamically input module-specific parameters. The parameters may be input to a service into which the modules are registered, and one or more appropriate pipelines may be dynamically assembled.... Agent: Microsoft Corporation Attn: Patent Group Docketing Department

20070016693 - Decompression technique for generating software image: An improved compression and decompression technique to maximize the utilization of low capacity data storage while minimizing the decompression time. In one embodiment, software files comprising a file header and a plurality of records are compressed to generate a compressed file header and a single record that contains a compressed... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile. LLP

20070016694 - Integrated circuits for high speed adaptive compression and methods therefor: A computer-implemented method for compressing a first stream of data, the first stream of data comprising a plurality of input words. The computer-implemented method includes receiving the plurality input words, and adaptively compressing the plurality of input words into a plurality of compression codes. The computer-implemented method further includes outputting... Agent: Ipsg, P.C.

20070016695 - Method and system for client-based operations in server synchronization with a computing device: A method and system for synchronizing a main database of a server and a local database of a handheld device. A user can use an application residing in the handheld device to make transactions in the local database. In a synchronization operation, a synchronization client is used to: establish a... Agent: Csa LLP

20070016696 - Method, system, and software tool for emulating a portal application: A method, system and software tool for emulating a portal application in a rich client application are provided. The rich client application is executable on a client platform capable of displaying views contributed by plug-in components registered with the client platform. The method comprises providing a user interface for eliciting... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C.

20070016697 - Web services system and method using common type envelope machine: In a web services system and method using a Common Type Envelope Machine (CTEM), a service interface is defined as a common return type so as to provide a common type of result value, regardless of the service types of different service implementations. The system comprises a common type generating... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070011223 - Method and system for flexible network processor scheduler and data flow: A network processor dataflow chip and method for flexible dataflow are provided. The dataflow chip comprises a plurality of on-chip data transmission and scheduling circuit structures. The data transmission and scheduling circuit structures are selected responsive to indicators. Data transmission circuit structures may comprise selectable frame processing and data transmission... Agent: Driggs, Hogg & Fry Co. L.p.a.

20070011224 - Real-time internet data mining system and method for aggregating, routing, enhancing, preparing, and analyzing web databases: A real-time Internet data mining system comprising a database, data processing, clustering, segmentation, and classification algorithms, and a networking server. The system receives customer account data from subscriber servers and prepares it for analysis. The data is transmitted to third-party data depositories. The third-parties append selected consumer behavioral information matched... Agent: Brown, Rudnick, Berlack & Israels, LLP.

20070011225 - [multimedia player]: A multimedia player is disclosed. The multimedia player comprises a host end and a receiving end. The host end comprises a transmission interface, a wireless transmission interface and a host connected to the transmission interface and the wireless transmission interface. The transmission interface is adopted for connecting to the Internet... Agent: Phison Electronics Corporation

20070011229 - Content reproduction system, content providing method, content reproduction apparatus, content providing apparatus, content reproduction program and content providing program: In order to reproduce contents with a substantially high degree of efficiency, the present invention provides a content reproduction system in which, typically, a music providing server holds a reproduction list showing a music reproduction order in which pieces of streaming musical data are to be reproduced sequentially and sequentially... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070011228 - Portable electronic device with function of displaying a personal favorite computer environment for user: A preferred embodiment of a method for implementing a portable electronic device with function of displaying a personal favorite computer environment for user includes the following steps: when the portable electronic device is connected to the computer, the computer executes the application program: changing a configuration pointer of the computer... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070011226 - Processing information using a hive of computing engines including request handlers and process handlers: A hive of computing engines, typically including request handlers and process handlers, is used to process information. One implementation includes a request region including multiple request handlers and multiple processing regions, each typically including multiple process handlers. Each request handler is configured to respond to a client service request of... Agent: The Law Office Of Kirk D. Williams

20070011227 - System and method for providing direct web access to controllers in a process control environment: A controller includes an execution environment capable of executing an application for controlling a process element in a processing environment. The controller also includes a web server capable of being executed in the execution environment. The web server is also capable of providing direct web access to the controller by... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070011231 - Application and user interface for facilitating a meeting: An application and its associated user interface provide a meeting window for use in organizing and holding meetings using peer-to-peer network facilities. The meeting window offers menu selections for choosing a network over which to hold the meeting and for discovering and inviting meeting participants. The meeting window includes three... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20070011238 - Communication device and method: There is provided a device for establishing a meeting of minds in a system consisting of a plurality of such devices, including a transceiver for entering and storing data concerning a participant, forming a first message and/or at least one goal, forming at least one second message, and a processor... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070011234 - Computer conferencing system and features: Computer conferencing apparatus are provided. A conferencing session intake interface is provided to receive, at a computer, parameters defining plural conferencing sessions. A computer screen provider is provided to provide at computers, participant screens which include a first screen for a first participant and a second screen for a second... Agent: Miele Law Group

20070011237 - Interactive, rich-media, delivery over ip network using synchronized unicast and multicast: A system provides coordinated, simultaneous unicast (e.g. for control and instructions) and multicast (e.g. streamed content) exchange of information to control and deliver media content such as movies, video games, sports, and the like. An interaction layer or client-side application may be employed to identify user interaction, which may, in... Agent: Pate Pierce & Baird

20070011233 - Meetings near me: A method for creating, discovering, and joining meetings over a peer-to-peer network involves creation of a graph of meetings on a local subnet. When a meeting is created a meeting record is added to the graph where it may be discovered by other potential meeting attendees. A user may select... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20070011230 - Method for managing selective presence for an instantaneous messaging service in a telecommunication network such as an internet network: An instant messaging service enables plural users in an address book to form a discussion group within which the users exchange messages synchronously. A presence management method enables a user to appear to be present or not on the instant messaging service from the point of view of at least... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070011240 - Methods and apparatuses for scheduling pay-per-call advertising: Methods and systems to schedule delivery of advertisements. In one embodiment, an indication of one or more periods of time during which the advertiser is callable to receive real time communications generated from advertising is received. Delivery of an advertisement for the advertiser is then managed according to the indication... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20070011235 - Multi-user services in a communications system: A method of managing chat services in a communications system comprising the steps of: a first user terminal initiating a chat session with a session manager; said first user terminal inviting a second user terminal to join the chat session, wherein the second user terminal is associated with a blacklist... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070011236 - Relationship definition and processing system and method: A computer implemented method of defining relationships is provided herein.... Agent: Hallisky & Philipp

20070011239 - Remote conference system, presence server apparatus, and remote conference participation terminal apparatus: A remote conference system is disclosed. The remote conference system includes: at least one remote conference participation terminal apparatus; a presence server apparatus configured to store conference related information and registration information of the remote conference participation terminal apparatus, and a multipoint conference control apparatus configured to control a remote... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070011232 - User interface for starting presentations in a meeting: A drag-and-drop user interface facilitates the selection and presentation of data to meeting participants from one of the peers in a peer-to-peer network. First icons associated with data for presentation may be dragged onto second icons associated with networked resources such as computers associated with meeting participants or other networked... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20070011242 - System and method for bypassing execution of an algorithm: A system and a method for bypassing execution of an algorithm are provided. The method includes associating a first algorithm of a first computer with a second algorithm of a second computer, utilizing the first computer, wherein execution of the second algorithm by the second computer is to be bypassed.... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070011241 - System, device, and method for cooperative processing: A cooperative processing system includes a first data processing component, existing on a first computer, that generates an output containing object having a function of outputting data contained therein to a stream, a pipeline section that causes the output containing object to output the data contained in the output containing... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070011257 - Apparatus and method for improved electronic mail: An E-mail apparatus and method are provided. The e-mail apparatus includes a memory that stores display names and e-mail addresses corresponding to the display names, and a controller that extracts an e-mail address from a received e-mail message, retrieves from the memory a display name corresponding to the extracted e-mail... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070011244 - Arrangement for mobile communications and wireless publishing: A wireless communication system for transmission of digital messages to users of wireless communication devices (600, 610, 620, 630, 640, 650) on various wireless networks (500, 510, 520, 530, 540, 550) is provided. Messages to users are encoded with formatting corresponding to the network and/or subscriber device to which a... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070011247 - Certified email system: A method and process by which an email system can be controlled and limits applied so that spamming and plishing can be avoided. Uncertified email is limited to a small amount per day but senders of email can be certified by receivers of email thus avoiding the limits. This certification... Agent: Paul Bayon

20070011258 - Enhancement of e-mail client user interfaces and e-mail message formats: An enhancement to e-mail user interfaces and message formats includes a dynamic preview window to view and retrieve attachments and summaries of e-mail messages directly in the e-mail list view or inbox view without opening an e-mail message. The efficient viewing mechanism further allows previews without cluttering the listing of... Agent: Law Offices Of Barry N. Young

20070011251 - Fuel cartridge for fuel cell power systems and methods for power generation: A fuel cell power system including a removable hydrogen generation fuel cartridge module and method are disclosed. The fuel cell power system incorporates one or more of the following elements: a) a mechanism for fuel regulation which may be controlled by an auxiliary module; b) a means for heat exchange... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070011254 - Image processing apparatus, control method of the same, and program: A destination address of transmission of designated image data attached to e-mail and a notification destination address to be notified of error information if a transmission error occurs are set. If a transmission error occurs due to size excess of the transmitted e-mail, retransmission confirmation information containing the error information... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070011255 - Information processing apparatus and e-mail control method: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit which receives an e-mail having a mail header including a sender field indicative of a sender address of the e-mail, a first destination field indicative of a destination address which designates a recipient of the e-mail, and a... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070011245 - Mail distribution system, mail distribution method, and mail distribution program: When an alias mail having an alias address X as a destination is received from an originator terminal, an alias mail relay server restores a recipient address R and an alias address generation argument C, generates a reply destination address Y including the generation argument C restores and an originator... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070011249 - Multi-function printing device: A method of producing an electronic document from a multi-function printing device. The method includes the acts of creating an electronic document, configuring the device with a list of destinations including at least one domain name, formatting the electronic document to be delivered via an electronic mail message, addressing the... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070011256 - Presentation layer adaptation in multimedia messaging: A multimedia message adaptation system with presentation layer adaptation, including a message parser for stripping message headers, multimedia object attachments, and presentation layer information from a message received from a sending device, a device capabilities database for maintaining multimedia device capabilities information, a multimedia adaptor for identifying the recipient device,... Agent: Daniel J Swirsky

20070011259 - Secure messaging and data transaction system and method: A secure messaging system and method is provided for secure end-to-end messaging solutions for data transaction inside and outside an organization. With such secure messaging, communications are safely stored within an encrypted database. Users are presented with a secure Web-based front-end that looks and functions like a traditional email that... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070011253 - System and method for encoding and verifying the identity of a sender of electronic mail and preventing unsolicited bulk email: The present invention provides a method and system for preventing unsolicited bulk email (UBE). Spammers sending UBE typically capitalize on the weakness of SMTP. The present invention affixes a subscriber key value to the local part of an email address. The email and associated key value are sent to a... Agent: Lemaire Patent Law Firm, P.l.l.c.

20070011243 - System and method for storing and transmitting a file data using internet messenger: The present invention has its purpose to provide a system and method for storing and transmitting a file using an Internet messenger, wherein a file of a messenger user is stored in a messenger function-performing file storage unit, which is separately connected to a messenger server, or the file storage... Agent: Wilson & Ham Pmb 348

20070011252 - System and method for verifying the identity of a sender of electronic mail and preventing unsolicited bulk email: The present invention provides a method and system for preventing unsolicited bulk email (UBE). Spammers sending UBE typically capitalize on the weakness of SMTP. The present invention affixes a subscriber key value to the local part of an email address. The email and associated key value are sent to a... Agent: Lemaire Patent Law Firm, P.l.l.c.

20070011246 - System and method of producing e-mail: A system and method of producing E-mail reduce the time consumed for producing E-mail. The system of producing E-mail has a storage module, a selecting module, a producing module and a text input module. The selecting module selects data stored in the storage module, the storage module stores the subject... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070011250 - System and method of transmitting photographs from a set top box: A method of emailing photographs from a set top box is disclosed and includes presenting a menu of photographs at a television coupled to the set top box. The photographs within the menu can be highlighted using a remote control device. The method further includes presenting an email button at... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20070011248 - Web publishing arrangement: A method for updating information content of a web page, wherein a network server operating the web page receives a request for a message template for the web page update from a terminal. The server transmits the message template including a set of editing commands to the terminal, whereafter an... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070011261 - Apparatus for executing an application function using a mail link and methods therefor: A method for effecting the execution of an application function on an application server from a client device via a proxy server, including transmitting a first text message pertaining to a request to execute the application function to the proxy server. The method additionally includes authenticating a user associated with... Agent: Ipsg, P.C.

20070011260 - Distributed streaming server: A distributed streaming internet server system with multiple layers of servers, featuring data caching, file storage, and application servers. The system provides high reliability and high quality streaming media. The system is designed to be scalable so that additional capacity can be added easily as needed. Existing capacity use is... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070011262 - Data transmission control on network: Enables control of data transmission within a network. For this, for example, a network relay apparatus makes a determination as to permission to transmit data, based on a condition relating to at least one of the transmission origin of the data and transmission destination of the data. An administration unit... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070011266 - Automatic create, update and delete event publishing: A system for providing automatic event publication relative to data owned by a service is disclosed. A service which owns data publishes internal events when data is created, updated, or deleted. These internal events are only visible by consumers on the same physical computer and running within the same process... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20070011265 - E-mail with visual object method and apparatus: A program provides an electronic message incorporating a visual object therein. The electronic message containing a previously generated unique combination of parameters is transmitted over an electronic network from a platform server to a client. Each time the electronic message is accessed, the unique combination of parameters is transmitted from... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20070011269 - Method and apparatus for outputting data using rfid tag information: A method and apparatus for outputting data by using information in a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag are provided. The data output method includes: receiving a response signal, including an address of a server having data on at least one or more items, from an RFID tag providing a function... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070011273 - Method and apparatus for sharing information in a virtual environment: A distributed data processing system provides a virtual workplace environment. The virtual workplace environment may be a three-dimensional model of an office, a conference room, or an entire office building complex. Participants are represented by three-dimensional avatars, which move within the virtual environment. Participants may also share data within the... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070011270 - Methods and apparatus for initiating and alerting a conversation with an automated agent: Methods and apparatus for an automated agent to initiate a conversation with a user and alter the conversation based upon various parameters and/or user information.... Agent: Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20070011271 - Multi-source data retrieval system: A multi-source data retrieval system is shown. The system includes a list retriever for retrieving a list of data sources and a graphical user interface for presenting the list of data sources to a user. A fetch manager retrieves information about the data sources and downloads information from the data... Agent: Kramer & Amado, P.C.

20070011267 - Network distributed tracking wire transfer protocol: A network distributed tracking wire transfer protocol for storing and retrieving data across a distributed data collection. The protocol includes a location string for specifying the network location of data associated with an entity in the distributed data collection, and an identification string for specifying the identity of an entity... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070011272 - Offload stack for network, block and file input and output: An apparatus for offloading network, block and file functions from an operating system comprises a network interface coupled to a network for receiving packet flows; one or more processors each having one or more processor cores; a computer-readable medium carrying one or more operating systems and an input/output networking stack... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070011263 - Remote network disable/re-enable apparatus, systems, and methods: Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles, may operate to receive a disable command from a remote network location to disable a plurality of memory read operations associated with a networked device, authenticate the remote network location using a controller associated with the networked device, and disable the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070011264 - Removable storage content transfer: A system and method for removable storage content transfer. A removable storage medium is passed between a terminal and a device, and a device file stored on the removable storage medium is used to communicate media content and other information between the terminal and the device. The device file may... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070011268 - Systems and methods of network operation and information processing, including engaging users of a public-access network: Systems and methods are disclosed for network operation and information processing involving engaging users of a network. In one exemplary embodiment, there is provided a method of engaging users of a public-access network. Moreover, the method includes associating a processing component with the public-access network; transmitting a request for authorization... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070011276 - Apparatus and methods for data tapping in a storage area network: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for data tapping within a storage area network (SAN) and providing tapped data to a third party device, such as an appliance. In general, mechanisms are provided in a SAN to allow a data tap of data flowing between an initiator and a target. In... Agent: Beyer Weaver & Thomas, LLP

20070011274 - Data transfer in a multi-environment document management system access: A system and method for accessing a document management system in a multi-environment processing system includes receiving a client call command from a web service proxy. The web service proxy, disposed on a client and running in conjunction with a client application. A web service end point, disposed in a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070011275 - Multi-environment document management system access: A system and method for accessing a document management system in a multi-environment processing system includes receiving a client call command from a web service proxy. The web service proxy, disposed on a client and running in conjunction with a client application. A web service end point, disposed in a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070011277 - System and method for transferring data: A system and a method transmit data in a first codec from a first terminal to a second terminal. The first terminal establishes a connection with the second terminal and/or transmits, transfers and/or sends the data to the second terminal via the connection between the first terminal and the second... Agent: Patents+tms, P.C.

20070011280 - Apparatus and method to remotely change ip address of server: A method to change the IP address of a server from a remote operator station, where that server comprises an HTTP server having a first IP address, and where that server is capable of communicating with one or more remote operator stations. One of those remote operator stations submits to... Agent: Dale F. Regelman

20070011279 - System and method for providing and displaying multimedia content in correlation with music files in an audio disc: A multimedia enrichment system utilizes data associated with a multi-media record to retrieve data and/or data objects. The retrieved data and/or data objects are correlated with the multi-media record, to be readable with the multi-media record.... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20070011278 - Telematics system having function of multi-service server selection, and method for providing various content services: A telematics system having a function of multi-service server selection and a method for providing various content services are provided. The system includes: a plurality of service providing servers for providing a plurality of content services, and transmitting information on contents to a transmitting side of the service providing server... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20070011283 - Apparatus and method for managing configuration of computer systems on a computer network: A system configuration manager provides a graphical user interface that allows a system administrator to easily administer configuration settings for different computer systems and platforms on a computer network. The system configuration manager allows identifying one system configuration or a settings profile as a “model system”. Once the model system... Agent: Martin & Associates, LLC

20070011281 - Methods, apparatus and computer programs for automated problem solving in a distributed, collaborative environment: Provided are methods, apparatus or computer programs for collaborative problem solving and/or automated discovery and dynamic integration of capabilities in a distributed, multidisciplinary work environment. A set of software-implemented agents distributed across a network are used to identify agents and resources on the network that are capable of performing required... Agent: Anthony England

20070011282 - System and method for performing a distributed configuration across devices: A configuration of application cards operating in a cluster is synchronized. At least one (100) of the plurality of application cards operating in the cluster, a textual Management Information Base (MIB) file is compiled into a compiled file. The compiled file comprises shared objects and unshared objects. The compiled file... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070011288 - Apparatus and method for achieving thermal management through the allocation of redundant data processing devices: Data processing devices arranged in a redundant manner, with each of the devices including a thermal sensor measuring its operating temperature, are allocated so that data is processed by the coolest available device. In one form of the invention, the same data is stored in two data storage devices to... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070011289 - Apparatus and method for providing notice of expiration of a trial period: An apparatus and method for collecting information including an amount of use of the trial function during a trial period, generating a notification including the collected information at a predetermined time, and sending the notification to a predetermined location. The trial period can be a specified amount of time, or... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070011284 - Dynamic distributed method for local protection of a label switching path: The invention concerns a method of protecting a label switching path in an MPLS network comprising a plurality of nodes connected by IP links, the said path commencing with an ingress node and ending in an egress node of the said network, passing through a given series of nodes and... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070011291 - Grid automation bus to integrate management frameworks for dynamic grid management: Methods and apparatus that integrate management frameworks with an enterprise manager in a grid computing environment are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a grid computing system includes a management arrangement and at least a first management framework. The management arrangement includes an integration arrangement that brokers... Agent: Aka Chan LLP / Oracle

20070011285 - Location-based method and system for dynamically managing network physical objects: A service directory lists information on service provider communicating objects, on related services accessible from these communicating objects and on coverage areas associated with these services. When a service consumer communicating object is located and identified, a list of accessible services is determined depending on the location and identification of... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20070011294 - Management device and program: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a management device used in a network to which nodes are connected. The management device includes an information requesting unit to send out a request packet requesting address information concerning addresses of each node through the network while using a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070011290 - Method and system for facilitating the advertising of an animal: A method and system for facilitating the advertising of animals is provided. Textual and graphics information is received from a plurality of prospective sellers as to their animals. This graphic information includes video footage of the animals. Selected information is place onto a website that allows prospective purchasers to search... Agent: Peter L. Brewer Bearman, Caldwell, & Berkowitz Law Firm

20070011286 - Method and system for increasing the switching capacity in telecommunications networks by transmission or activation of software: A method and system for running and/or organizing at least one telecommunications network is provided. A software for organizing and/or carrying out the switching of telecommunications connections and/or services is run down by a central server of the telecommunications network. When the switching capacity of the switchboards is not sufficient,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070011297 - Methods, computer systems, and computer readable media for generating displays of sets of network addresses with status indicators: Methods, computer systems, and computer readable media generate displays of networking addresses. The display may provide a map containing individually selectable grid spaces representing networking addresses of a set. The networking addresses of the set have at least one attribute and the value of the attribute is indicated in the... Agent: Attention Of Leonard J. Hope Hope Baldauff Hartman, LLC

20070011296 - Online support technique to support elimination of problems arising in device: The online support system of the present invention provides each user with possible resolutions and operations to eliminate problems and troubles arising in a device of the user in the form of Web pages. The online support system allows the user to gain access to a Web page defined by... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070011295 - Reporting the state of an apparatus to a remote computer: The state of an apparatus is reported to a remote computer using an embedded device in the apparatus. The embedded device detects the state, generates a message that reports the state using a self-describing computer language, and sends the message to the remote computer. The remote computer receives the message... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070011292 - System and method for enabling asynchronous push-based applications on a wireless device: There is provided a system and method of enabling asynchronous push-based applications on a wireless device in a system having an application gateway server including an application repository and a server proxy including an event sink for communicating between the system and the device. The method comprises reading a Web... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

20070011298 - System and method for threshold-based database synchronization: A system, method and computer program product are provided for decreasing the time with which a first table and a second table is synchronized. Initially, a threshold value amount, i.e. monetary value, is identified. In use, the first table and the second table are synchronized. The manner (such as speed)... Agent: Zilka-kotab, PC

20070011293 - System and method of managing printing data using an ftp and a user terminal device and an image forming device using the same: A system to manage printing data using an FTP, the system includes a user terminal device to request a user authorization by transmitting certificate information using the FTP (File Transfer Protocol), and specifying at least one type of operation of storing and printing regarding at least one printing data to... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070011287 - Systems and methods for seamless handover in a streaming data application: A computing device (102) includes computer instructions for receiving (202) streaming data, delegating (204) portions of the streaming data to a plurality of processes (302-305), detecting (206) that one or more of the processes is affected by an interruption that would inhibit further processing of the portions of streaming data... Agent: Motorola, Inc Intellectual Property Section

20070011304 - Asp for web analytics including a real-time segmentation workbench: An application service provider system for retrieving and displaying web analytic data, or segmentation workbench, comprises a server and several client computing devices. The server includes a web analytics tool. Each of the clients preferably includes a web analytics client for communication with the server. The application service provider system... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070011316 - Contents viewing system, contents viewing method, and computer program product: A display controller reads an object, which is an intended zoom object, and changes its display form, generating a revised contents organization and displaying the revised contents organization on a display unit, based on an operation content of a user retrieved by an operation retrieving unit, an organization description pertaining... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070011315 - Device and method for controlling and monitoring of monitoring detectors in a node in a cluster system: A monitoring device and a method for monitoring at least two resources at a node in a cluster system are provided. A priority is allocated to each of the at least two resources. In the monitoring device and in the method, one of the at least two resources to be... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20070011311 - Information processing apparatus having smp license information: In an information processing apparatus having a function for exploiting higher performance than a single server module by constituting an SMP by combining a plurality of server modules, a user is inhibited from illegally constituting an SMP construction that exceeds license information. When a partition is constituted by a construction... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070011303 - Method and apparatus for tracing data in audit trail, and computer product: In an information system, a web server records web access logs of a client outside of a LAN. A mail server records transmission/reception logs of e-mails. A DB server records access right operation logs. A task application server records DB access log. An administrative server collects logs recorded in the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070011313 - Method for displaying site information in a videoconferencing system: The present invention discloses a method for displaying site information in a videoconferencing system. According to the method, a control equipment acquires status information of sites in the course of a videoconference, and acquires information of un-enrolled sites according to the acquired status information of the sites. The control equipment... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070011317 - Methods and apparatus for analyzing and management of application traffic on networks: An apparatus and method are provided for analyzing traffic on a network by monitoring packets sent between devices on the network and identifying applications occurring between devices on the network based on information derived from monitoring the packets. Techniques are provided to examine header information of the packets, such as... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20070011300 - Monitoring method and system for monitoring operation of resources: A monitoring system for monitoring operation of resources may include a plurality of processors, respective processors each performing reconfigurable tasks and providing log information including a respective status of the tasks. The system may further include log senders for sending the log information from respective nodes, each node being one... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070011321 - Network data retrieval and filter systems and methods: Included in the invention are systems and methods of full time recording network traffic to a hierarchical data storage. Also included in the invention are systems and methods of retrieval of recorded network traffic from a hierarchically organized network data repository. Additionally included in the invention are systems and methods... Agent: Zilka-kotab, PC

20070011305 - Network event capture and retention system: Methods and apparatus are provided to monitor and analyze activity occurring on a networked computer system. In some embodiments, a method is provided for capturing, in a data structure, at least a portion of a notification describing a network event provided by a node on a computer network, identifying a... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070011306 - Network event capture and retention system: Methods and apparatus are provided to monitor and analyze activity occurring on a networked computer system. In some embodiments, a method is provided for capturing, in a data structure, at least a portion of a notification describing a network event provided by a node on a computer network, identifying a... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070011307 - Network event capture and retention system: Methods and apparatus are provided to monitor and analyze activity occurring on a networked computer system. In some embodiments, a method is provided for capturing, in a data structure, at least a portion of a notification describing a network event provided by a node on a computer network, identifying a... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070011308 - Network event capture and retention system: Methods and apparatus are provided to monitor and analyze activity occurring on a networked computer system. In some embodiments, a method is provided for capturing, in a data structure, at least a portion of a notification describing a network event provided by a node on a computer network, identifying a... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070011309 - Network event capture and retention system: Methods and apparatus are provided to monitor and analyze activity occurring on a networked computer system. In some embodiments, a method is provided for capturing, in a data structure, at least a portion of a notification describing a network event provided by a node on a computer network, identifying a... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070011310 - Network event capture and retention system: Methods and apparatus are provided to monitor and analyze activity occurring on a networked computer system. In some embodiments, a method is provided for capturing, in a data structure, at least a portion of a notification describing a network event provided by a node on a computer network, identifying a... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070011320 - Networked system for interactive communication and remote monitoring of individuals: A system for remotely monitoring an individual. The system includes a server system for generating a script program from a set of queries. The script program is executable by a remote apparatus that displays information and/or a set of queries to the individual through a user interface. Responses to the... Agent: Health Hero Network, Inc.

20070011314 - Notification platform architecture: An architecture for a notification platform is disclosed. In one embodiment, the architecture includes a user mechanism, one or more notification sources and sinks, and a notification manager. The user mechanism stores information regarding notification parameters of a user, such as the user's default notification preferences, and may also contain,... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070011301 - Provisioning relay and re-direction server for service implementation on generic customer premises equipment: In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a customer premises equipment (CPE) includes a memory unit, a communications unit, and a processing unit. The memory unit stores and retrieves a plurality of network addresses, including a default server network address corresponding to a default server. The communications unit... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070011302 - Reliably storing information across multiple computers such as in a hive of computers: Disclosed are mechanisms for reliably storing information across multiple computers networked together, where each of these computers may or may not be a hive node of a hive. This information includes multiple information units. At least one protection unit is generated based on the information units such that the information... Agent: The Law Office Of Kirk D. Williams

20070011319 - System and method for network vulnerability detection and reporting: A system and method provide comprehensive and highly automated testing of vulnerabilities to intrusion on a target network, including identification of operating system, identification of target network topology and target computers, identification of open target ports, assessment of vulnerabilities on target ports, active assessment of vulnerabilities based on information acquired... Agent: Zilka-kotab, PC

20070011299 - System and method for using machine-readable meta-models for interpreting data models in a computing environment: According to one embodiment, a method comprises providing a machine-readable meta-model that defines the structure of how information is represented in at least one data model. The method further comprises using, by a data accessor, the meta-model for interpreting the at least one data model. According to another embodiment, a... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070011312 - System having electronic device with multiple interfaces and host apparatus, information processing device, electronic device, and setup method, control method and program therefor: In order to make it possible to confirm an electronic device installation place where communication trouble occurrence is reduced, settings for communication via a second interface are made via a first interface when the electronic device is connected to a host device to install a device driver. After that, a... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070011318 - Transparent transport of fibre channel traffic over packet-switched networks: A method for transporting fibre channel (FC) traffic over a packet-switched communication network includes identifying a sub-sequence of repetitive FC signals in a first sequence of FC words accepted over a FC link from a source FC device. The first sequence of FC words is translated into a second sequence... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070011323 - Anti-spam system and method: In a system, in which there is provided a cleartext blacklist (that defines a set of strings identifying keywords of unsolicited messages), a filler grammar (that identifies characters or symbols for distorting elements of strings in the cleartext blacklist with filler space), and a transcription grammar (that identifies characters or... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070011326 - Information processing device and program: An information processing device communicable with a server device and a name resolution server includes a sending and receiving system that sends a device name of the server device to the name resolution server, and receives an IP address corresponding to the device name from the name resolution server, an... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070011324 - Message header spam filtering: Message header spam filtering is described. In an embodiment, a message is received that includes header entries arranged in an ordered sequence which indicates a path by which the message was communicated. The header entries are parsed to categorize each header entry as a header type where the header types... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070011322 - Method and system for providing access to web services: Software applications are provided access to web services, such as Parlay X web services, by providing a Parlay gateway permitting access to web services and including a Parlay framework. A set of modules having service interfaces for the software applications is provided, the modules in the set acting as proxies... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070011325 - Protocol mediation for adaptation in semantic web services: A method of invoking a web service comprising the steps of: generating a generic client module for requesting web services, the generic module being adapted to output commands invoking web services in conformity with a canonical model of commercial activities in a given commercial domain; and generating, from the canonical... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070011331 - Autonomous control apparatus, autonomous control method, and autonomous control program: An autonomous control apparatus includes a service-structure analyzing unit for generating service policy information indicating a configuration requirement, in response to business policy information indicating a business requirement; a policy compiler for generating a control policy, which serves an actual IT-resource control requirement, from the service policy information generated by... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070011332 - Dynamically adding application logic and protocol adapters to a programmable network element: Custom or user-defined application program extensions may be loaded into a network infrastructure element such as a router or switch without restarting the device. For example, a network element has program extensibility logic operable for receiving one or more user program extensions that comprise logic operable to interface with the... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070011327 - Event buffering model for instrumentation providers: Systems and methods for intermediate buffering of data for the purpose of controlling its delivery to the consumer. The systems and methods for buffering data can arbitrate between the incoming data flow from the generating component and the outgoing data flow to the consumer. In doing so, the systems and... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070011328 - System and method for application deployment service: A transactional distribution infrastructure enables multiple participants to work together to deploy changes to an executing context. Embodiments can prepare new changes to executing applications based on a copy of the running context or domain rather than the actual running domain. Performing the changes on a copy of the running... Agent: Fliesler Meyer, LLP

20070011330 - System and method for automated workload characterization of an application server: An application server may be instrumented to provide a resource measurement framework to collect resource usage data regarding request processing by the application server and applications executing on the application server. The resource measurement framework of an application server may collect hardware and software resource usage data regarding request processing... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070011329 - Techniques for accounting for multiple transactions in a transport control protocol (tcp) payload: Techniques for separately accounting for multiple transactions in the same data packets communicated over a network using Transport Control Protocol (TCP) include receiving an Internet Protocol (IP) data packet that includes Transport Control Protocol (TCP) payload data. The TCP payload is parsed to determine boundary data that indicates a byte... Agent: Evans & Molinelli, PLLC

20070011333 - Automated serial protocol initiator port transport layer retry mechanism: Disclosed is an initiator port that implements a transport layer retry (TLR) mechanism. The initiator port includes a circuit having a transmit transport layer and receive transport layer in which both the transmit and receive transport layers are coupled to a link. A transmit protocol processor of the transmit transport... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070011337 - Correlating information between internet and call center environments: Coordination of information at the network-based level between call centers connectable over a telecommunications network, such as the telephone network, and a packet network, such as the Internet, creates improved integration of and bonding between a customer's interaction with a Web site and with a call center. Information about the... Agent: At&t Corp.

20070011336 - Method for managing contents of a web site: A method for managing contents of a web site. A request to access a web site is received from a requester, wherein the web site comprises a sparse tree directory comprising elements used to build the web site. The sparse tree directory comprises a web site page hierarchy located at... Agent: Wagner, Murabito & Hao, LLP

20070011334 - Methods and apparatuses to provide composite applications: Methods and apparatuses to enable the development, deployment and update of composite applications on mobile devices. In one embodiment, a method processor in a mobile device may include a workflow engine and a cache manager which looks ahead of the current execution of a workflow to preload modules. The method... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070011335 - Using bluetooth to establish ad-hoc connections between non-bluetooth wireless communication modules: Using Bluetooth to provide the network management functions such as device discovery, service discovery, security negotiation, and connection establishment. Upon a Bluetooth connection being established between the Bluetooth-enabled devices an IP channel availability query is made. This is accomplished by using information request signals from the Bluetooth L2CAP protocol layer.... Agent: James L. Davison

20070011340 - Deep clickflow tracking: A system and method is disclosed herein for obtaining information from web site use. In one embodiment, the method comprises tracking interactions of a user with web content when the user uses a modified link to enter a website. The modified link is a link in a format that resembles... Agent: Michael J. Mallie Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP

20070011339 - Internet pet tracking system: A system for deterring and preventing theft of a pet from a system subscriber who affixes a location unit to the pet whose theft is to be deterred is disclosed wherein the location unit calculates the location of the pet at any given time. The system comprises a web host... Agent: Mcnair Law Firm, P.A.

20070011338 - System and method for transparently processing multimedia data: A multimedia data processing system and method which transparently processes video and/or audio streams in real-time. The operation of a system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention does not require any intervention from, or involvement of, either the producer of the video and/or audio stream, or the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070011341 - Paper rack with functions of accessing and playing multimedia files: A paper rack with functions of accessing and playing multimedia files is provided, wherein a circuit board has transmission junctions, sockets, and a wireless receiver and emitter for connecting with a digital information equipment, a memory card, a wireless network, and a wireless receiving and emitting device, and transmitting a... Agent: Hsien-rong Liang

20070011342 - System and method for providing registration-coupled subscriptions in a session initiation protocol (sip) environment: A system and method for coupling a subscription to a registration in a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) environment includes creating a first registration-coupled subscription to initiate registration of a communication session and to initiate a subscription to an event package. The first registration-coupled subscription is transmitted, and a response is... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070011344 - Carrying protected content using a control protocol for streaming and a transport protocol: Various embodiments utilize methods of protecting content, such as Digital Rights Management (DRM), to enable secure playback of content on machines and devices within a local network, such as a home media network. In at least some embodiments, messages and content are delivered using, respectively, a control protocol for streaming... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070011343 - Reducing startup latencies in ip-based a/v stream distribution: Real-time streaming of media content from a server to a device and reduction of startup latencies during distribution are described. In one configuration, once a latency inducing event is initiated (i.e. a channel change, a stopping and starting of the streaming of live media content, or transrating to different streaming... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070011345 - Session description message extensions: Session description message extensions include information describing a multimedia presentation or a single media presentation. The session description message is typically sent from one device to another device to which the multimedia or single media presentation will be streamed. Several extensions are described that extend the information that can be... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070011346 - System and method for calculating bandwidth of mobile terminal for streaming service: A method of calculating a bandwidth for a mobile terminal including requesting, by the mobile terminal, a description of a streaming content from a network and receiving a response from the network, requesting, by the mobile terminal, a Quality of Service (QoS) value corresponding to a required amount of bandwidth... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070011347 - Method and apparatus for reducing spam on peer-to-peer networks: One embodiment of the present method and apparatus for reducing spam in peer-to-peer networks includes forming a search message including at least one decoy word and sending the search request message, including the decoy word(s), to one or more nodes in the network. Embodiments of the present invention make it... Agent: Moser, Patterson & Sheridan LLP IBM Corporation

20070011349 - Information routing in a distributed environment: An information management system for a device network is disclosed. The information management system may include a service requester node, a monitoring node, and a service provider node. The system may include a service oriented request message including a message header, having a list of destination nodes, including the service... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070011350 - Method and apparatus for multicast management of user interface in a network access device: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for multicast management of user interface in a network access device, which comprises setting a user multicast information table for the user interface in the network access device, IGMP protocol processing unit obtaining the user identification information from a user IGMP message,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070011351 - Method and system for gateway selection in inter-region communication on ip networks: A method including formatting an advertisement message having a dedicated preferred route to one of a first physical entity and a first logical entity of a first autonomous system (“AS”), the dedicated preferred route being based on at least two routing attributes, and transmitting the advertisement message from the first... Agent: At&t Corp.

20070011348 - Method and system of receiving and translating cli command data within a routing system: A method and system of receiving and translating data using an internetwork operating system (IOS) command line interface (CLI) parser subsystem of a routing system are shown. Input is received at the IOS CLI parser subsystem. The input is traversed. Where the input originates from outside of the router, the... Agent: Wagner, Murabito & Hao LLP

20070011352 - Pseudowire (pw) switching type-length-value (tlv): A method and apparatus for providing information in a network by way of a Pseudowire switching TLV is presented. A second device in the network receives a first message having information relating to a first device in the network. The second device appends information relating to the second device (by... Agent: Chapin & Huang L.L.C. Westborough Office Park

20070011354 - Device for communication and program used for such device: There is provided a device connected to a network to which nodes are connected. The device is provided with a first storage unit in which information is registered, a request unit configured to transmit a request for device information concerning a name and an address of a node to the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070011353 - System, method, and program product for extracting information from an identifier: The present invention provides a system, method and program product for automatically extracting information (e.g., address information) from an identifier (e.g., a network port identifier). Specifically, under the present invention, a set of identifier parsing rules are applied to an identifier to determine sets of characters in the identifier that... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070011355 - Extensible transcoder annotation for transcoding proxy servers: Within one embodiment of the present invention, the rules for transcoding web content are abstracted from the transcoding functionality of a transcoding proxy server. Specifically, within the transcoding proxy server, the functions that perform the transcoding of web content for a device having limited display capabilities is completely separate and... Agent: Berry & Associates P.C.

20070011356 - A method and system for synchronizing presentation of a dynamic data set to a plurality of nodes: A method for synchronizing presentation of a dynamic data set to a plurality of nodes. The method includes the step of generating, by a consumer node in a plurality of nodes, a plurality of data packets representing a change to a dynamic data set. A host node in the plurality... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20070011357 - Recording and reproduction apparatus: Conventionally, in a broadcast recording and reproduction apparatus that executes an application program in synchronization with service reproduction, only a single service is recorded even if the application program can be synchronized with a new service and continuously executed after a service switch. Therefore, when the service is switched during... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070011358 - Mechanisms to implement memory management to enable protocol-aware asynchronous, zero-copy transmits: Mechanisms to implement memory management to enable protocol-aware asynchronous, zero-copy transmits. A transport protocol engine exposes interfaces via which memory buffers from a memory pool in operating system (OS) kernel space may be allocated to applications running in an OS user layer. The memory buffers may be used to store... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070011359 - Multi-class data transmission apparatus and related method thereof: A multi-class data transmission apparatus includes a first physical port having a first receiving buffer for receiving a packet, a second physical port, a third physical port, and an access control module. The second physical port includes a second high-priority transferring buffer, a second low-priority transferring buffer, and a second... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070005678 - Apparatus, system, and method for facilitating delivery of asynchronous response messages: A database server storing an authorization module and a rerouting module. The authorization module may be configured to define a second network interface module authorized to relay a response message queued in a hold queue associated with a first network interface module, where the response message is generated in response... Agent: Kunzler & Associates

20070005680 - Method and apparatus for quantifying an impact of a disaster on a network: The invention comprises a method and apparatus for determining an expected impact of a disaster on a network. In particular, one embodiment of the method includes modeling the network as a plurality of geographical regions associated with respective pluralities of network elements and network element interconnectivities, generating a disaster model... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP/ Lucent Technologies, Inc

20070005681 - Method and system for supporting business system development: A content reuse type system configuration supporting system is provided which can configure a business system realizing customer business requirements by accumulating legacy work system configuration examples, inter-system link processing methods, and specification information on legacy customer work systems. An order reception system, i.e., a development side, stores work system... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070005679 - Server-client hybrid search systems, methods, and apparatuses: One embodiment of a method includes the steps of a client subsystem receiving a set of initial search results from a server subsystem, a rule engine initiating a scan of the client subsystem to collect technical information associated with the client subsystem, and the rules engine filtering the set of... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070005682 - Information processing apparatus, information processing system, message control method, and program product, storage medium: An apparatus, method, system, computer program and product, which are capable of controlling an operating system message. The operating system message, generated by an operating system, is obtained. When a destination application, which has requested or may request for the operating system message is found, the operating system is converted... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070005685 - Browser-based payment system: A web browser-based payment system contains a processing server, a virtual terminal comprising a computer running a browse, a virtual terminal application, and at least one Point of Sale device connected to the computer, and network connection between the processing server and the virtual terminal. The virtual terminal thus is... Agent: Az Patent Law Firm

20070005689 - Content distribution system using an alternative domain name system (dns) and content servers: The present invention is a network architecture or framework that supports hosting and content distribution on a truly global scale. The inventive framework allows a Content Provider to replicate and serve its most popular content at an unlimited number of points throughout the world. The inventive framework comprises a set... Agent: Law Office Of David H. Judson

20070005683 - Cost-based community feedback: Feedback is used as a value metric for members of and content in an online community. Members have bank units to use in the community to perform activities and to provide feedback about other members and the content they produce. Certain activities in the community have associated costs, which a... Agent: Omidyar Network Commions LLC

20070005690 - Method and apparatus for distributing multimedia to remote clients: Video and audio signals are streamed to remote viewers that are connected to a communication network. A host server receives an originating video and audio signal that may arrive from a single source or from a plurality of independent sources. The host server provides any combination of the originating video... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070005686 - Search enhancement system having ranked general search parameters: The system and method comprises enhancement of results for a search engine, wherein the results from the search engine are refined or reorganized, based upon information from an identified secondary source. The results obtained using a conventional search are compared against the identified secondary source, e.g. a ratings service, and... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070005688 - System and method for administrating a wireless communication network: The invention disclosed is an administration system and method for administering user access to an Enterprise system that supports redirection of data from a user's desktop computer in a Local Area Network to a user's wireless device. The Enterprise system having a plurality of message servers and one or more... Agent: David B. Cochran, Esq. Jones Day

20070005684 - System and method of waste management: A waste management system and method of registering and deleting application waste is provided. The waste management system comprises a waste registration module for registering application waste and a waste deletion module for deleting the registered waste based upon the deletion priority. The waste registration module includes a deletion priority... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson

20070005687 - Voice recording and playback apparatus and voice recording and playback method: A voice recording and playback apparatus, includes a first storage device which stores voice data recorded from an information terminal, a second storage device which receives a request of playing back the voice data stored in the first storage device from the information terminal and, if the information terminal has... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070005691 - Media conference enhancements: An embodiment may be a method comprising recording a portion of a conference, and sending a copy of the recorded portion of the conference to a recipient with at least one of a voicemail account and an email account. Another example embodiment may be an apparatus comprising a means for... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070005698 - Method and apparatuses for locating an expert during a collaboration session: In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses include requesting an expert during a collaboration session; determining a subject matter of the collaboration session; detecting a potential participant to serve as the expert; and inviting the potential participant to join the collaboration session.... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20070005696 - Method for host transfer in a virtual collaboration session: A method of switching from a first host to a second host during a virtual collaboration session includes the first end node receiving a host transfer signal. In response, the first end node freezes the desktop transmitted to the end nodes of the virtual collaboration session followed by the second... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070005700 - Method for processing data: In a method for data processing, individual data packets of an amount of data are organized into categories, and the data packets are then sorted in the assigned categories. The sorted data is graphically processed in the assigned categories as a combined graphic display to allow individual identification of the... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC

20070005697 - Methods and apparatuses for detecting content corresponding to a collaboration session: In one embodiment, the systems and methods detect a data file wherein the data file includes archived content utilized during a collaboration session; select a portion of the archived content within the data file based on a search term; and identify additional content utilized during the collaboration session that is... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20070005699 - Methods and apparatuses for recording a collaboration session: In one embodiment, the systems and methods detect content shared during a collaboration session; assign a time stamp to the content; and automatically record the content and the time stamp.... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20070005695 - Methods and apparatuses for selectively providing privacy through a dynamic social network system: In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses initiate a collaboration session from a presenter participant; select an available profile from a plurality of overall profiles based on a hierarchy structure of the plurality of overall profiles and a presenter profile corresponding to the presenter participant; and invite an attendee to... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070005693 - Multi-console workstations concurrently supporting multiple users: A workstation including a host machine and a plurality of consoles directly connected to the host machine. Each of the consoles are configured as a separate console, and each of the consoles include a respective input device adapted to receive input from a user and a respective output device adapted... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070005694 - System and method for distributed multi-media production, sharing and low-cost mass publication: A system for synchronized viewing and editing includes a media viewer/editor for viewing and editing media content connected to a peer-to-peer swarming network, a user interface for said media viewer/editor, and a communication channel connected to said user interface and to one or more other user interfaces and other media... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20070005692 - System for instant collaboration: A method comprising identifying data that is needed by a collaborator to complete a workflow process; creating a temporary access login and password to allow the collaborator temporary authentication and login ability; notifying the collaborator by a communication method that their participation is required to complete process; receiving a login... Agent: Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP

20070005701 - Synchronizing email content with im content: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for synchronizing email content with IM content that include identifying email content having at least a threshold correlation with IM content, merging the email content and IM content, and sending the merged email content and IM content to a recipient.... Agent: Biggers & Ohanian, LLP

20070005708 - Authorizing control for electronic communications: An e-mail system includes an authorization control configurable to compare outgoing e-mail addresses with a list of authorized recipients. The authorization control aids in preventing transmission of e-mail to unintended recipients. The authorization control is configurable for use in a range of security environments.... Agent: Alix, Yale & Ristas, LLP

20070005715 - Electronic mail system with aggregation and integrated display of related messages: An e-mail system is disclosed that overcomes many deficiencies of, but is backward compatible with, existing e-mail systems. Embodiments of the system may include various features, including but not limited to: (1) secure transfer of e-mail messages, without the need for users to replace existing e-mail clients or to change... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070005717 - Electronic mail system with functionality for senders to control actions performed by message recipients: An e-mail system is disclosed that overcomes many deficiencies of, but is backward compatible with, existing e-mail systems. Embodiments of the system may include various features, including but not limited to: (1) secure transfer of e-mail messages, without the need for users to replace existing e-mail clients or to change... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070005714 - Electronic mail system with functionality to include both private and public messages in a communication: An e-mail system is disclosed that overcomes many deficiencies of, but is backward compatible with, existing e-mail systems. Embodiments of the system may include various features, including but not limited to: (1) secure transfer of e-mail messages, without the need for users to replace existing e-mail clients or to change... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070005716 - Electronic mail system with pre-message-retrieval display of message metadata: An e-mail system is disclosed that overcomes many deficiencies of, but is backward compatible with, existing e-mail systems. Embodiments of the system may include various features, including but not limited to: (1) secure transfer of e-mail messages, without the need for users to replace existing e-mail clients or to change... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070005707 - Instant messaging with data sharing: Instant messaging with data sharing is described. One or more of the described techniques may be employed to share data in conjunction with an instant messaging session, even if one or more clients which are to share the data are not currently available.... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070005706 - Maintaining the integrity of a copy list: A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that, in an embodiment, determine that a second e-mail is associated with a first e-mail and that one of the recipients of the first e-mail was a blind-copy recipient, and, in response, send the second e-mail to the blind-copy recipient of the first... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20070005710 - Message communication channel: A message communication channel is described. In an implementation, a method includes determining whether an intended recipient of a message is included in a list; and when the intended recipient is included, configuring the message to indicate that a particular image which represents a sender of the message is specified... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070005718 - Method and apparatus for bouncing electronic messages: A method and apparatus is provided that establishes user accounts that automatically forward a user's e-mail to the user's pre-selected forwarding e-mail address(es). Each user creates a forwarding directory, which may comprise multiple e-mail accounts, that the user activates and deactivates as needed.... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070005709 - Method and system for providing a voice e-mail messaging service: A method of transmitting a multimedia file over a network includes receiving, from a user, a user contact and a recipient address which can be received though at least one of a SMS message, an e-mail message, an Internet form or an HTTP protocol message. The user inputs the information... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070005703 - Methods, systems, devices and computer program products for conducting a text messaging conversation using multiple devices: A method, computer program product, digital device and system for continuing a text messaging conversation on one device, where the conversation was previously established with another party using another device, are provided. A method, computer program product, digital device and system for notifying a user, on one device, of one... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070005704 - Multi-participant online activities: Multi-participant online activities are described. In one or more implementations, a protocol is described which ties an online activity (e.g., an online game) to an instant messaging infrastructure. For example, an online game may leverage the instant messaging infrastructure to form rosters of participants for participation in the online game,... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070005713 - Secure electronic mail system: An e-mail system is disclosed that overcomes many deficiencies of, but is backward compatible with, existing e-mail systems. Embodiments of the system may include various features, including but not limited to: (1) secure transfer of e-mail messages, without the need for users to replace existing e-mail clients or to change... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070005712 - Service error handling in a communications network: Control device behavior in error situations where an error response is received from an application is improved. In case a response message received from an application for a communication request is evaluated as an error message by the control device, control of the communication request can be continued on the... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070005711 - System and method for building instant messaging applications: Systems, methods and mediums for receiving an instant messaging message transmitted by a first client, deconstructing the message, and reconstructing the message for transmission to a second client.... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070005705 - System and method of dynamically displaying an associated message in a message: A System of dynamically displaying an associated message in a message employed in a handheld data processing device, including a multimedia database storing a plurality of sets of multimedia data, a keyword identification module capable of identifying the content of a draft message and a sent message based on a... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070005702 - User interface for email inbox to call attention differently to different classes of email: A user interface for email users which calls attention to one or more categories of emails in different ways. In some species, at least three categories are used: branded senders with Trumarks; white list buddies; and fraudulent emails which are either not from the domain they purport to be from... Agent: Ronald Craig Fish Ronald Craig Fish, A Law Corporation

20070005719 - Processing user interface commands in an instant messaging environment: Sharing an instant messaging environment is described. The instant messaging environment is selected from a set of stored instant messaging environments. An instant messaging environment identifier corresponding to the selected instant messaging environment is transmitted from a transmitting instant messaging application to a receiving instant messenger application. The instant messaging... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070005723 - Communication apparatus and communication method: According to one embodiment, there is provided a communication apparatus comprising a communication unit which makes a communication via a network, a clock unit, and a processing unit which generates an HTTP header including time information from the clock unit, generates HTTP data including address information of a server device... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070005722 - Content delivery apparatus and system: A mental and physical condition analyzer analyzes the mental and physical condition of a user based upon measurement data transmitted in association with a delivery request from a terminal and related to the mental and physical of the user of the terminal. A content selector selects content adapted to the... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070005720 - Method for establishing a communication connection in a direct communication network: A method for establishing a communication connection between two subscribers of a plurality of subscribers in a direct communication network is provided. Subscriber address information required for establishing paired communication connections between the subscribers is stored in the plurality of subscribers in a distributed manner; a searching subscriber sends a... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070005721 - Remotable porting layer: Remotable porting layer is described. In an embodiment, a porting layer remotes an embedded application to a computing system platform that is different than a computing system platform for which the embedded application was developed. The porting layer includes a communications protocol that receives data communications from the embedded application... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070005724 - Communication control device and method: People communicating with each other in remote places can easily connect their communication devices. For example, a user A of an IP telephone unit a1 may have a desire to transmit a still image to a user B talking on an IP telephone unit b1. In such a case, from... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070005725 - Method and apparatus for browsing network resources using an asynchronous communications protocol: A method and system are described for browsing network resources using an asynchronous communications protocol. According to an exemplary embodiment, a method in a client is described for receiving an identifier of a tuple associated with a network resource, the tuple including information related to the resource and a link... Agent: Scenera Research, LLC

20070005726 - System and method for delivering grouped web service applications: A producer can make available pages and books containing multiple applications. As used herein, the term “book” refers to a group of pages bound together by a navigational menu. The producer presents the pages and books to the consumer in a service description message. An administrator of the consumer can... Agent: Fliesler Meyer, LLP

20070005728 - System and method of queued web services: A queued web services system and method of queuing web services is provided. The queued web services system comprises a QWebRequest module for queuing a data post request in a queue, and a QDaemon module for monitoring the queue and submitting the data post request from the queue. The method... Agent: Perman & Green

20070005727 - Systems, methods, and media for discovering remote user interface applications over a network: Systems, methods, and media for a client device discovering remote user interface applications over a network are disclosed. Embodiments may include a remote user interface client of the client device receiving from a content directory service server a code fragment comprising a uniform resource indicator and determining whether the uniform... Agent: Schubert, Osterrieder & Nickelson, PLLC C/o Portfolioip

20070005731 - Displaying a portal with render-when-ready portlets: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to portal view rendering and provide a method, system and computer program product for portlet view processing with render-when-ready portlets. In one embodiment, a portal server system can be provided which can include a portal server configured to... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20070005732 - Extensible and distributed job execution service in a server farm: A system and method is provided that centrally stores in a server farm custom jobs defined by developers or administrators of the server farm. The system and method enables the server farm to automatically distribute the jobs to servers in the server farm and to execute the jobs according to... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070005734 - Generically extensible client application: A generically extensible client application has a modular core component configured to provide a client functionality. The client application also has one or more modular non-core components loosely coupled to the core to augment the client functionality and which are not directly referenced by the core component. Communication between the... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070005729 - Internet telephony through hosts: Systems of the invention employ peer-to-peer and centralized server networking to enable POTS/PSTN/PBX phone lines to be shared with other users of the system over the Internet. An example application of the invention is to allow a person, having access to an Internet connection, to receive calls and make calls... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070005730 - Method for distributing passwords: A method of generating a password for use by an end-user device (UE) (101) to access a remote server (103) comprises sending a request for access from the UE to the remote server, and sending to an authentication node (105) in the UE's home network (104) details of the request... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070005733 - System and method for a web service portlet registry: A portlet registry enables organization and implementation of portlets for a producer system. A producer system makes one or more portlets accessible for utilization by remote consumers. A portlet registry is generated that enables searching and accessing portlets across a wide variety of producer systems. Each producer generates a registry... Agent: Fliesler Meyer, LLP

20070005736 - Configuring a network gateway: A system includes a device, a gateway that is in communication with the device, and a server that is in communication with the gateway. The gateway includes circuitry to obtain data relating to the device, to transmit the data to a server, and to receive configuration information from the server... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070005735 - Upnp cluster systems and methods: UPnP cluster systems and methods. An UPnP cluster system comprises a first device, a second device, and a control point. The second device emulates the first device. The control point discovers and communicates with the first device via the second device.... Agent: Quintero Law Office

20070005737 - Method to set setting information in device and device to set setting information: A device obtains network setting information by using a function for obtaining the network setting information used for network communication through a network. The device receives from an apparatus for transmitting setting information to be set in a device to the device, setting information containing information to stop using the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070005738 - Automated remote scanning of a network for managed and unmanaged devices: A set of possible device IP addresses is determined. The list of IP devices is pinged and split into responsive and unresponsive devices. The responsive devices are scanned to determine which provide administrative access rights. Of those devices that provide administrative access, the devices are further separated into managed and... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070005740 - Change event correlation: An automated method for facilitating management of a data processing environment is disclosed. In various embodiments, the method may include facilitating detecting of a change to an element of a data processing device of the data processing environment. In various embodiments, the method may further included facilitating correlating the change... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20070005748 - Communication system, information-processing device, and program: A communication system is configured to include at least one information-processing device, at least one information-providing server and a management server. The management server manages whether contents to be transmitted to the information-processing device, which has been registered with the information-providing server, are available in the information-providing server. The information-processing... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070005747 - Control server employment of offer message from resource server to determine whether to add indication of the resource server to resource server mapping table: A control server of an apparatus in one example receives an offer message from a resource server. The offer message indicates an availability of the resource server to handle one or more tasks for the control server. The control server employs the offer message to determine whether to add an... Agent: Carmen B. Patti & Associates, LLC

20070005742 - Efficient network communications via directed processor interrupts: A method of receiving packets over a network interface and queuing the packets onto a receive queue containing packets to be processed by more than one processor is described. The method includes selecting a particular one of the processors to interrupt when the receive queue is to be processed. Related... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070005746 - Enhanced network discovery service: A method and apparatus for an enhanced network discovery service. An embodiment of a method includes identifying one or more network devices on a network and storing state information regarding the network devices. Upon receiving a query regarding network devices or services of network devices that meet a criterion, the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070005741 - Facilitating radio communications in a mobile device: A system and method for managing radio communication availability in a mobile device is provided. A mobile device includes a communication management component that interacts with radio and network layer components on the mobile device to keep communications available. The interaction can correspond to the transmittal of instructions to the... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070005739 - Method and apparatus for dynamically controlling the selection and redundancy of web service components: The present invention provides an application component manager that dynamically manages a collection of web services depending on a consumer application's desired constraints and according to one of the plurality of policies. Thus, for example, if a consumer application requires highly accurate/reliable results, the application component manager may use majority... Agent: Grant A. Johnson IBM Corporation

20070005745 - Method for consistent and efficient management of program configuration and customizing data: A computer system and computer program product executing a method for consistent and efficient management of program configuration and customizing data for a business application program. According to one method, an existing or newly created version of a global switch configuration is provided in a cache shared by one or... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070005749 - Robust rank perdiction for a mimo system: Techniques for performing rank prediction in a MIMO system are described. Performance metrics for a plurality of ranks are initially determined. Each rank is indicative of a different number of data streams to send simultaneously via a MIMO channel. The performance metrics may relate to the capacity or signal quality... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070005743 - Signal-type dependent real-time fax relay: An apparatus and method may enable the controlled pushing of selected content to a plurality of user computers. A system may include a server that includes a push engine to enable automatic pushing of selected content between the user computers according to previously configured user preferences. The system may include... Agent: Tiajoloff & Kelly

20070005750 - System and method for managing connections in an online social network: An online social network collects descriptive data about various individuals and allows those individuals to indicate other individuals with whom they have a personal relationship. The descriptive data and the relationship data are integrated and processed to reveal the series of social relationships connecting any two individuals within a social... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070005744 - System and method to establish a peer-to-peer it backbone: A peer-to-peer IT (Information Technology) backbone. The system includes at least one IT server and a plurality of client computers arranged in a peer-to-peer IT backbone. Each of the client computers includes an in-band processor, an out-of-band (OOB) microcontroller, and a storage device coupled to the in-band processor and OOB... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070005758 - Application security in an interactive media environment: A security system is described which controls the access of applications to system resources in the field of interactive multimedia. The system establishes a framework for application security, including a signature system, and further provides file formats that support security. Signed applications are afforded high access privileges, while unsigned applications... Agent: Microsoft Corporation Attn: Patent Group Docketing Department

20070005757 - Distributing input events to multiple applications in an interactive media environment: In an interactive media environment, input events are distributed to a plurality of applications where each application includes zero or more script components and zero or more markup files and has a Z order which corresponds to the position of the applications' visual elements on a display. An input event... Agent: Microsoft Corporation Attn: Patent Group Docketing Department

20070005755 - Managing schedules for monitored resources: Provided are a method, system, article of manufacture, and a computer readable medium, wherein a plurality of user defined schedules are received for collecting data on a plurality of resources. A schedule is generated for data collection on at least one resource, based on processing the plurality of user defined... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20070005751 - Method and apparatus for implementing alerts on a browser running on a portable handheld device: A method and apparatus for implementing alerts on a browser running on a portable handheld device is disclosed. The method generates an asynchronous notification action from the server and in response transmits an alert containing a message indicating availability of HTML pages that describe the nature of the alert. The... Agent: Watts Hoffmann Co., L.p.a.

20070005762 - Method and system for monitoring email and website behavior of an email recipient: A system for monitoring email and website behavior of an email recipient is provided. According to one exemplary embodiment, the system includes a mail enhancement server and a logging server. The mail enhancement server is configured to intercept all outgoing emails from a mail server. The mail enhancement server then... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070005752 - Methods and apparatuses for monitoring attention of a user during a collaboration session: In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses detect devices participating in a collaboration session; monitor the devices for an attribute corresponding to an attention level of each of the devices; and determine whether each device is active based on the attention level.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070005753 - Methods, apparatus, and systems for distributed hypothesis testing in autonomic processing machines: Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided for distributed hypothesis testing in autonomic processing machines. Evidence about a network resource is gathered or contributed to and associated with a hypothesis about the network resource. The evidence is processed to determine whether a decision can be made with respect to activities or... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070005759 - Passive watchdog method and apparatus: A method of correcting a lockup error condition of a device includes a watchdog apparatus receiving an indication of activity from the device. The method also includes making a determination, from the indication of activity, whether the device is in a lockup condition. The method also includes interrupting power to... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070005761 - Predictive monitoring and problem identification in an information technology (it) infrastructure: An information technology (IT) infrastructure may be monitored, and the data thus collected may be used to infer problems and predict future conditions. In one embodiment, the present invention may include receiving a plurality of component metrics, each component metric related to a corresponding component of an (IT) infrastructure of... Agent: Michael A. De Sanctis

20070005756 - Shared data center monitor: Systems and methods for monitoring and reporting data center activity are provided. The data center includes mainframe computers and client servers linked to user devices over networks. Start tasks, batch jobs and online regions on the mainframe computers are monitored and reported to a server. The reported data is parsed... Agent: Baker & Botts

20070005760 - Systems and methods for providing presence tracking in a distributed computing system: Providing presence tracking of nodes of a logical network in a distributed computing system. Each node in a logical network tracks the presence of all other nodes on the network. This presence information is used by the protocol to optimize bandwidth utilization of the shared physical media, by not attempting... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070005754 - Systems and methods for triaging attention for providing awareness of communications session activity: The present invention provides systems and method to assist users in monitoring multiple communications sessions such as from electronic chat rooms, for example. The system allows the user to set certain settings for each chat room, wherein the settings or thresholds pertain to data associated with participants and activity of... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070005767 - Method and apparatus for automated testing of a utility computing system: An apparatus is disclosed for testing a utility computing system having a plurality of hardware and/or software planes. The apparatus comprises a plurality of administration units, each administration unit being arranged to carry out test operations on a utility computing system during use, and each administration unit having associated access... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070005766 - Method and system for providing external and internal services through an application intermediation gateway: A system, method and computer program product for implementing application level policies in an operator network, while managing the exchange of data packets between users and service providers during the provisioning of premium data services. The system and method intermediates between a user and a service provider (who may be... Agent: William L, Botjer

20070005768 - Method and system for providing streaming service in home network: A method and system for providing a streaming service in a home network. The method includes requesting a streaming service and transmitting information about the priority of the request to the server, and connecting to the server, which selectively disconnects the connection of a client that has a priority lower... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070005763 - Method and system for using load information in an instant messaging system: A method for using load information in an instant messaging system includes determining current communication session load information of the user. The method includes blocking from transmission to the user instant message communications based on the current communication session load information of the user.... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070005765 - Network access control using network address translation: An improved network content filtering system and method utilize the network address translation functionality of a shared network connection to redirect outgoing packets from a client intended for a destination web server to an access controlling web server instead. Before a session to the destination web server is established, the... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070005764 - Network and method for implementing online credit control for a terminal: A network (e.g., 3GPP network) is described herein which includes an AAA server that uses an authentication functionality to enable an access node (associated with an access network) to implement online credit control for a terminal when the access node (e.g., WLAN access node) supports the existing RADIUS/Diameter protocol but... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070005772 - Dynamic connection service category changes: An apparatus dynamically changes a connection service category for a soft permanent virtual circuit (SPVC). The apparatus includes a first interface, a second interface, a control interface receiving a command including a new connection service category for an exiting SPVC, and a module responsive to the command. The SPVC includes... Agent: Cisco - Thelen Reid & Priest LLP Thelen Reid & Prie LLP

20070005771 - Method and apparatus for workload management of a content on demand service: A method and computer system for managing bandwidth in a content on demand service provided by a service provider to users. A request is received from a user to receive the content. If it is ascertained that a total number of users requesting the content within a predetermined time period... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070005769 - Solution deployment in a server farm: A system and method is provided that allows solutions for a server farm to be submitted to a centralized location in the server farm. The submitted solutions can be selected and scheduled for automatic deployment for all servers in the server farm. Deployed solutions can be retracted from the servers... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070005770 - System and method for managing communications sessions in a network: In an embodiment, a system for managing communications sessions is provided. The system embodiment includes a connection to a packet network that receives incoming calls. A stateful tier manages communications sessions established for the at least one incoming call. A stateless tier comprising one or more applications provides service(s) to... Agent: Fliesler Meyer, LLP

20070005774 - Adaptive gateway for switching transactions and data on unreliable networks using context-based rules: Application level switching of transactions at a gateway is provided. The gateway is configured to switch the transaction based on the application level content, a current state of a transport environment, and/or dynamic rules for switching transactions. For example, several possible service providers can be selected for the type of... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070005776 - Method and system to use a telephone extension number to identify a session, such as an internet session that browses real estate information: One or more session identifiers (IDs) are used to identify a consumer's browsing session through a network, such as an Internet browsing session for real estate information. The session ID(s) and related browsing data are stored, thereby tracking and capturing data pertaining to the consumer and/or the consumer's preferences. When... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070005775 - Peer device data transfer: A method of operation in connection with a digital device is disclosed. The method of operation includes facilitating a first digital device in establishing a peer-to-peer communication session with a second digital device, with the first and second digital devices being associated with a first file service and a second... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20070005773 - Re-establishing a connection for an application layer via a service layer using delay: A method and system for establishing a connection with a server after a connection has been broken is provided. A connection system in a service layer of a client detects that a connection between the client and the server has been broken. Upon detecting the broken connection, the connection system... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20070005777 - Client web service access: The present invention provides a method, apparatus and computer program product in which a web client request for a web service is intercepted and the target of the request updated according to policy data associated with the client. Further the application layer protocol in which the web client request is... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070005778 - Method for sharing contents using the webdvd technology: The present invention provides a method of sharing contents among multiple users on the Internet, using the Web-DVD technology. According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for sharing contents on the Internet is provided. In this method, a user accesses a web server via a WebDVD player/recorder and... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070005779 - Origin aware cookie verification systems and methods: Systems and methods operate to verify the origin of page requests. The systems and methods use a client identification value that may be sent from a client to a server. The server uses the client identification value to determine that the origin of the request matches the origin of previous... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth/ebay

20070005781 - Method and system for using confirmation objects to substantiate statements in documents: A computer-implemented method is provided for use of a confirmation object by a reviewing computer to determine the accuracy of statements in a received document. The reviewing computer receives a document containing a statement and a confirmation object associated with the statement. The confirmation object includes a hyperlink to a... Agent: Greg Goshorn, P.C.

20070005780 - Sensitivity label translation: A Sensitivity Label Translation system allows internal Compartmented Mode Workstation (CMW) format labels to be translated to SELinux policy labels and vice-versa. This translation occurs by mapping the internal CMW bit-mapped representation to predefined SELinux policy strings and vice-versa. Particular enabled CMW categories are converted into SELinux category strings and... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070005784 - Bgp dynamic as renumbering: This invention has two mechanisms: Dynamic AS switching for AS confederations and Dynamic AS switching. The Dynamic AS switching for AS confederation mechanism provides a mechanism for an Autonomous System within an AS confederation to survive disconnection from the rest of the Autonomous Systems within the AS Confederation. This invention... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070005787 - Communication terminal device and communications method: A communication terminal device includes: a path information manager unit for managing TCP control information related to each of the plurality of paths; a transmission segment manager unit for storing segments generated by dividing data to be transmitted to the receiving terminal device; and a segment transmitter unit for extracting... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070005785 - Display apparatus and control method thereof: A display apparatus includes a display part to display an image thereon, a video signal processor to convert an input video signal into a signal having a format displayable by the display part, a network controller connectable to a network to transmit and receive data according to a predetermined protocol,... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070005783 - Systems, methods, and media for controlling a media connection from within a remoting protocol: Systems, methods, and media for controlling a media connection from within a remoting protocol are disclosed. Some embodiments may include a method for generating one or more client display update commands and one or more media control commands and encoding a remoting protocol server command based on the client display... Agent: Schubert, Osterrieder & Nickelson, PLLC C/o Portfolioip

20070005782 - Traffic messaging system: According to the invention, a digital message system for receiving a plurality of digital messages is disclosed. The digital message system includes a message receiving function, a message grouping function and a traffic shaping unit. The message receiving function interacts with the first and second digital messages. The message grouping... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070005786 - Xml message validation in a network infrastructure element: A network infrastructure element such as a router or switch performs transparent and optimized validation of XML schemas of XML payloads received in the network element. The network element comprises logic for receiving and storing one or more validation scope rules that define a portion of an extensible markup language... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070005790 - Composer circuit and method for encoding device independent multi-modal content: A method is provided for encoding device independent multi-modal content including an arrangement comprising one or more of a plurality of tokens, where each token corresponds to a standard predefined effect. The method includes defining a token for one or more standard predefined effects, wherein the token is adapted for... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070005792 - Method and apparatus for managing bandwidth requirements for video on demand services: A method for managing bandwidth for transmitting the content of a video to users requesting the content. The total time duration T of the video is divided into N consecutive sessions. A unicast or multicast connection in normal play mode may be created for each session only at discrete times... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070005791 - Method and system for controlling and adapting media stream: A method for controlling and adapting a media stream from multiple providers to a cluster of users. The first step of the process consists of providing a media server for receiving media content from multiple sources and distributing such content to multiple media outlets, the server including a behavior monitoring... Agent: Claria Corporation C/o Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

20070005788 - Multicast streaming service method and system thereof: A multicast streaming service method and system thereof allow effective control for multicast streaming in UPnP by defining actions such as MulticastStart( ), Join( ), Leave( ) and the like to allow a multicast service under a UPnP AV standard. The multicast streaming service method and system comprise checking contents... Agent: Jonathan Y. Kang Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070005793 - Reproducing apparatus, reproducing method, and reproducing program: A reproducing apparatus is disclosed which includes: a detection device configured to detect acquisition of first page information; a list preparation device configured to prepare a list of content identification information collected at least from the first page information and from second page information linked from the first page information... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070005794 - System and method for timestamps for media stream data: Within a computer system, a system and method of providing timestamps for media stream input data is provided. A first clock count register is responsive to a first timebase, and a second clock count register is responsive to a second timebase. The first and second time bases can be correlated.... Agent: West & Associates, A PC

20070005789 - System for real-time transmitting and receiving of audio/video and handwriting information: A system for transmitting and receiving video, audio, and handwriting information in real time is provided. The system is implemented in a computer allowing a user to package, transmit or store the dynamic or static information such as video, audio, handwriting trace displayed on the video display to another person... Agent: Leong C Lei

20070005796 - Method to forward downstream message and network unit realizing said method: s

20070005795 - Object oriented video system: A method of generating an object oriented interactive multimedia file, including encoding data comprising at least one of video, text, audio, music and/or graphics elements as a video packet stream, text packet stream, audio packet stream, music packet stream and/or graphics packet stream respectively, combining the packet streams into a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070005801 - Identity brokering in a network element: A network infrastructure element such as a router or switch performs brokering network user identity and credential information. An application or administrative user can declare a policy for user identity information extraction, authentication and authorization. Based on the policy, the network element extracts user identity information or credentials from a... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070005799 - It resource evaluation system, recording medium storing it resource evaluation program, and management system: An IT resource evaluation system connected to a management system for managing a plurality of IT resources working in a plurality of business systems, include a recording part for recording supply-and-demand data representing a transition of a demand or a supply of an IT resource in an entire business system,... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070005800 - Methods, apparatus, and computer programs for differentiating between alias instances of a resource: To differentiate between alias instances of a resource, rank values are assigned to message queues or their respective queue managers to enable differentiation between a highest-ranked message storage location and its lower-ranked alias. This allows a message routing process to make an appropriate selection between a target message queue and... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070005797 - Peer to peer transfer of content: This invention relates to a method, a device, a server and a system of/for peer to peer transfer of content. Said method includes the steps of receiving and transmitting, from a first device (11), a first request with a first selection criterion for a first content to a server (18)... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070005798 - System and method for virtual radiology and patient document flow: The invention, in one embodiment, is directed to systems and methods for providing a “Virtual Radiology” service. This service, potentially, can provide any radiological digital image data to any computer at any institution. The service is “Virtual” in that the radiological digital image data accessible on a DICOM LAN and... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070005802 - Computer system for use in vehicles: A computer system for vehicles is provided in which the functions are partitioned among the computers of the computer system. A first computer takes over the driving-related functions, while a second computer having greater computing power takes over entertainment-specific functions.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070005803 - Methods and systems for carrying of call control signaling after handover from an ip packet switched network to a circuit switched cellular network and vice versa: Methods and systems for carrying call control information after a call handover from an Internet Protocol (IP) packet switched network to a circuit switched cellular network and vice versa. The IP packet switched network includes a processing server capable of processing IP-based protocol messages. The circuit switched cellular network includes... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070005807 - Delta code messaging: A method of communication of digital messages with improved efficiency through the use of the transfer of difference data between devices. In one aspect of the invention, the difference data communicated is between different generations of a derived message sequence such as an email thread. In another aspect of the... Agent: Synnestvedt Lechner & Woodbridge LLP

20070005806 - Method and apparatus to facilitate message transmission and reception using defferent transmission characteristics: Upon providing (101) message content (such as a remote control instruction) to be transmitted, and in conjunction with provision (102) of a plurality of different transmission characteristics (as correspond, for example, to different types of transmission) and a corresponding plurality of correlated recovery identifiers (103), a particular transmission characteristic is... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070005804 - Multicast videoconferencing: In one embodiment, the invention is a method of transferring data. The method includes receiving a first video data stream at a first machine. The method also includes multicasting the first video data stream in uncompressed and raw form through a network. The method further includes receiving the first video... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070005805 - System and method for managing and exchanging the data of a technical project, technical installation and individual installation components: System and method for managing and exchanging data relating to a technical project, a technical installation and/or individual installation components, in particular relating to an automation project, which has a data-processing system (2) with a conversion device (4) for converting data from at least one proprietary data format into a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070005808 - Network architecture: Disclosed are methods and systems for improved information transfer across networks, including network protocols with invariant structure, topological addressing, and recursive network structures.... Agent: Lucash, Gesmer & Updegrove, LLP

20070005812 - Asynchronous communicative exchange: A system and electronic devices for use in an asynchronous communicative exchange over a network are described herein.... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt

20070005811 - Computer-implemented method, system, and interface for managing commands for a terminal session: The present invention provides a computer-implemented method, system, and interface for managing commands for a terminal session. Specifically, using the graphical user interface of the present invention, a user can select a terminal session, and input one or more commands. Upon being input, a command is automatically send to the... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & Dalessandro LLC

20070005810 - Hardware assisted receive channel frame handling via data offset comparison in sas ssp wide port applications: A device includes a task context controller, at least one transport engine connected to the task context controller, and at least one comparator connected to the transport engine. The comparator to compare a data offset from a receive frame with a current data offset and a result is used to... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070005809 - Network information processing system and network information processing method: The multiple-network typed electronic conferencing system 104 comprises, as shown in FIG. 15, two network information processing systems #n (n=1, 2) each for processing arbitrary information and a wire or wireless communication 40 for connecting these system to each other, each network information processing systems having input operation function. It... Agent: William S Frommer Esq Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP