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.