Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomputer data transferring or plural processor synchronization inventions 01/08

20080028016 - Prioritization of communication services across multiple service initiators in a multi-modal communication device: A method (600) for prioritizing communication services across multiple service initiators in a multi-modal communication device (110). The method can include establishing an inter-process communications link (140) between a first processor (125) and at least a second processor (130) within the communication device. Responsive to a request (202) for a... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C.

20080028017 - System and method for distributing email attachments: A system and method for distributing email attachments. In an embodiment, a peer-to-peer network is used to distribute attachments among email recipients. A metadata file is generated and sent to a central tracking server (e.g., on the sender's local email server). The central tracking server may maintain an access control... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20080028018 - Completion of internet session notification service: Method and apparatus are disclosed for contacting users based on the completion of an online session, such as an Internet session. A user begins an online session by logging into an access provider, such as an Internet Service Provider. Upon completion of the online session, the access provider can store... Agent: Withers & Keys For Bell South

20080028019 - Network routing utilizing a product code: A method for utilizing a product code having product information contained therein for interfacing over a network. A representation of the product information is extracted from the product code, which product code is disposed on or in close association with an associated product. In response to this extraction, network routing... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20080028020 - Exposing logic flows of web services and permitting logic flow modifications: The invention discloses a method for specifying Web service behavior that includes a step of exposing an internal logic flow of a Web service to clients. The internal logic flow can include at least one activity, which is defined by a set of machine-readable instructions. A special invocation command for... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.A.

20080028022 - Method and system for supporting responding to inquiry regarding digital content: A method and system for supporting responding to an inquiry received from a client regarding a digital content published on at least one server respectively corresponding to at least one content record each containing a content identifier identifying the digital content, a network address of a server, and a publishing... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080028021 - Customer relationship management system and method: A software-based customer relationship management system and method.... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20080028025 - Method and system for managing preferred web site links: A method and system for identifying, categorizing, and sharing web site links over a communications network via a web key tool includes receiving a request, including a website link, to incorporate information relating to the website into the web key tool. The method also includes associating the information and the... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Fishkill

20080028023 - Sharing commentaries synchronized with video content: Briefly stated, the present invention is directed to a system, apparatus, and method for creating audio tracks of commentary and for automatically synchronizing and playing of such commentaries with scenes in a movie, or other media content. The movie or other media content may reside on a DVD, or other... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080028024 - Systems providing dynamic undeployment of services in a computing network: Methods, systems, and computer program products for improving network operations by dynamically undeploying services (such as web services or other network-accessible services) in a computing network. A process is defined whereby conditions such as usage metrics for incoming client requests (or other network conditions such as load balancing considerations) are... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20080028028 - E-mail archive system, method and medium: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for managing emails in a computer network. According to various embodiments, a method includes receiving and duplicating an email using an email server in the computer network, and, using the email server, storing the duplicated email at a temporary email repository... Agent: Wilmerhale/dc

20080028029 - Method and apparatus for determining whether an email message is spam: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that determines whether an email message is spam. During operation the system receives a rule to determine whether an email message is spam. Note that rules are substantially more complex and powerful than email signatures. Furthermore, a rule can be shared... Agent: Intuit, Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080028026 - Method and system for identifying and automatically redisplaying unread instant messages: A method and system for redisplaying or re-presenting an instant message. An instant message is received at a client and stored in a repository. The instant message is displayed in a first window which is provided by the client, and which is viewable by a user of the client. Alternatively,... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080028027 - Multi-threaded instant messaging: Multi-threaded instant messaging is accomplished by including, within an instant message device, an instant message client capable of managing multiple instant message threads, in which each of the instant message threads identifies at least one instant message in a stream of instant messages transmitted during an instant message communication session.... Agent: Alcatel Lucent Intellectual Property & Standards

20080028030 - Network-based healthcare information systems: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for enabling an exchange of electronic healthcare messages. An electronic message is received from a sender's address that is destined for a recipient's address. The electronic message may have an attached object associated with a sender's legacy system. The sender's address and the recipient's... Agent: Scott P. Zimmerman, PLLC

20080028031 - Method and apparatus for managing instant messaging: An instant messaging system having logic for managing IM messages and an intelligent queuing mechanism. One aspect of the present invention is a method for selectively filtering instant messages, comprising receiving an instant message and analyzing the instant message to generate a priority score. Another aspect of the present invention... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20080028032 - System, method and program for managing chat sessions: Computer system, method and program product for managing a chat session having a plurality of participants. A server sends to each participant in the chat session, a current local time of each other participant in the chat session. A workstation of each participant in the chat session displays an identity... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080028033 - Network directory file stream cache and id lookup: Caching meta information including file relationships at a local processor. A local processor requests files and directories from the remote file system by sending a network identifier used by the remote file system. At the local processor, a network identifier is used to access a remote upper level directory at... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080028036 - Adaptive dissemination of personalized and contextually relevant information: An information dissemination system identifies the interests of a user from information derived from various sources, such as, by way of example, the user's calendar entries, emails, World Wide Web (web) usage information, documents, enterprise resource planning (ERP) data, and the like. The information dissemination system then creates a profile... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20080028038 - Four dimensional (4d) information distribution system and method: The present invention provides for a four dimensional (4D) information distribution system and method which allows on-demand and real-time transmission of time-sensitive and useful self-help data or instructional materials to user. The transmission of the 4D information can be initiated at the user's request or it can be automatically carried... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080028034 - Method for mapping an iscsi target name to a storage resource based on an initiator hardware class identifier: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for mapping an iSCSI target name to a virtual disk on an iSCSI storage server, based on a hardware class identifier that is included in an iSCSI login request. The hardware class identifier is unique to the particular hardware configuration... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080028037 - Presenting video content within a web page: A system, a method and computer-readable media for presenting video content within a web page. A client computer receives a web page over a network. The web page includes an item of script for use in presenting requested video content within the web page. Executing this item of script establishes... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20080028035 - System and method for operating system installation on a diskless computing platform: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for automatically provisioning a diskless computing device and an associated server system. A diskless computing device client incorporates an iSCSI initiator that is used to access resources provided by an iSCSI target that is resident on a server computing device.... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080028039 - Local directory network: One embodiment of the present invention is a hierarchically-organized network of websites, comprising a plurality of levels. In one embodiment of the invention, there are three such levels, the professional level, the geographical level, and the expert level, each level comprising a plurality of websites. The professional websites provide links... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080028040 - Method and apparatus for location dependent software applications: A method of content distribution over a communication network comprising the steps of: an End User sending a request to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to access content from a Web site, via a local network interconnecting said End User to said ISP; said ISP forwarding said request to a... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20080028041 - Peer to peer distribution system and method: Methods and related systems relating to peer to peer content distribution.... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20080028043 - Method and system for providing preferred media sources for content: A method and system for providing preferred media sources of content is provided. The method includes receiving a profile of preferred content providers and corresponding uniform resource locators (URLs), each of the preferred content providers selected for a category of content. The preferred content providers are selected from a group... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Rochester Division

20080028046 - Program distributing apparatus and program distributing system: A program distributing apparatus is connected to a program distributing server and a plurality of terminals via a network, and distributes a program to be embedded into the terminals and the apparatus to the terminals. The apparatus includes a fetching unit that fetches the program from the program distributing server... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080028042 - Selection and configuration of storage-area network storage device and computing device: A chassis is selected from one or more chassis. Each chassis has one or more computing devices installed therein. A computing device is selected from the computing devices installed in the selected chassis. Each computing device is connected to one or more switches within the chassis. A switch is selected... Agent: Law Offices Of Michael Dryja

20080028045 - Selection and configuration of storage-area network storage device and computing device, including configuring dhcp settings: A chassis is selected from one or more chassis. Each chassis has one or more computing devices installed therein. A computing device is selected from the computing devices installed in the selected chassis. Each computing device is connected to one or more switches within the chassis. A switch is selected... Agent: Law Offices Of Michael Dryja

20080028044 - System and method for file transfer: A system or apparatus and method which provide the transfer of files in a network, thereby leveraging clients via an email is disclosed. The system or apparatus and method include a client machine readable medium, a broker server, and an attachment server. A user prepares and issues a request for... Agent: Breiner & Breiner, L.L.C.

20080028047 - Interactive video application hosting: A system and method that provide a hosted application and associated services for encoding, indexing, publishing and searching video media to content owners on a public network. The system and method allow the user interface to be customized and injected into the content-owner's website using dynamic HTML and template-based presentation... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080028049 - Storage performance management method: The computer system having a storage subsystem for storing data in a logical storage extent created in a physical storage device constituted of a physical storage medium, a host computer for reading/writing data from/to the logical storage extent via a network, and a management computer for managing the storage subsystem.... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080028048 - System and method for server configuration control and management: Methods of obtaining and comparing data processing system configurations, and producing reports of differences between the configurations, where the configurations include elements to control access from a remote client to a storage facility of a data processing system, are described. Systems to receive and alter a configuration based on local... Agent: Network Appliance/blakely

20080028050 - Data backup, storage, transfer, and retrieval system, method and computer program product: A file storage and retrieval system, method and computer program product connects an account user's computer to a remote, secure, redundant system computer via the Internet. The system operates to copy selected data between the account user's computer and the system computer including, documents, music files, image files, and email... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080028051 - Network device configuration: A network device initially has no configuration data and is permitted only to query a known network address. From this address a server verifies the connection and authorizes another server to download to the network device the necessary configuration to carry out its purpose. This configuration may not be amended... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080028053 - Method and system for a wake on lan (wol) computer system startup process: Methods and systems are disclosed for a Wake On LAN (WOL) computer system startup process that receives WOL instructions and control information for modifying the computer system startup process. The control information may be, for example, a password, or instructions to enter the system by bypassing a password. The password... Agent: O'keefe, Egan, Peterman & Enders LLP

20080028052 - System and method for operating system installation on a diskless computing platform: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for automatically provisioning a diskless computing device and an associated server system. A diskless computing device client incorporates an iSCSI initiator that is used to access resources provided by an iSCSI target that is resident on a server computing device.... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080028054 - Wireless user device having integrated hotspotter technology: A wireless user device includes functionality for detecting and collecting information about network hotspots in a surrounding environment before an operating system is loaded. In this manner, a mobile user can check for wireless network availability without having to first complete a lengthy boot sequence.... Agent: The Law Offices Of John C. Scott, LLC C/o Intellevate

20080028055 - Method and apparatus for managing communications: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for managing communications arriving from or to a node connected to a specified portion of a network, the apparatus comprising. Some embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus for managing communications arriving from or to a node connected to... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080028059 - Apparatus and method for upnp service in public network environment: An apparatus and method for a universal plug and play (UPnP) service in a public network environment, the apparatus including: a UPnP multicast monitoring module to monitor a header of a frame inputted to a repeater and to request a discard of the frame; a discard control module to select... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080028056 - Remote interrogation and remote maintenance of a communications module: The disclosure relates to a remote query and remote maintenance of a communications module. To this end, the invention provides a method and device is provided for querying data by means of a data call between a service facility and a communications module over a communications network. A data query... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080028057 - System and method to facilitate design and operation of event-driven, embedded solutions: An event-driven computer system for simultaneous management and deployment of software onto an application platform comprises one or more computing solutions, the system comprising: a processor for executing computer code and processing information; a memory for storing the computer code and information, the computer code comprising software tools. The software... Agent: Michael J. Buchenhorner

20080028058 - Systems and methods for addressing managed elements: Systems and methods for managing information technology (IT) resources determine the physical location of at least one managed element using a property of the at least one managed element, wherein the managed element is assigned a unique name within a container and the property specifies a value that indicates the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080028061 - Managed services platform: A managed services platform. An applications management server is provided for managing relationships with application service providers and others over a wide area network such as the Internet. The applications management server interfaces with a master database server and the servers of one or more application service providers, or other... Agent: Neugeboren Law Firm PC

20080028060 - Processing method of device information and network device in device information management system: In a device information management system in which a management server for managing device information and various devices are connected, a plurality of different types of device information is transmitted to the management server at predetermined timings, respectively. In a device information management system in which a management server for... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080028065 - Application threat modeling: A method and system for analyzing data relating to a website including the content and architecture of the website are provided. All relevant site related information is cataloged. Then “attack points” or vectors used by a hacker within the site are determined. Based on the above, a calculation of a... Agent: Charles C.h. Wu

20080028071 - Communication load reducing method and computer system: A computer system connected to a network includes a terminal apparatus configured to detect an access destination on the network, acquire a destination data of the access destination, and generate a frame having the destination data for the access destination; and a monitoring apparatus configured to hold the destination data,... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080028062 - Determining measures of traffic accessing network locations: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for determining measures of traffic accessing a network location are provided. Users may request traffic measures relevant to a target criteria. The target criteria may be parsed into intermediate target criteria. A server may be queried to determine if traffic measures relevant to the target... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20080028069 - Distributed user validation and profile management system: A distributed user validation and profile management system operates to automatically validate and update user profiles, such as those stored within an organizational security database, to properly reflect the actual positions and rights of various users within the organization to the various organizational assets, such as computer implemented applications. The... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20080028070 - Method and system for remote management of online activities: A method and a system for performing online tasks is disclosed. An addressable entity is created for a task. A user sends a task message to this addressable entity. The task message includes task content and sender information. The task content and the sender information are extracted from the task... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20080028068 - Method and system to adaptively manage the quality of service of interactions between smart item networks and enterprise applications: A quality of service parameter associated with message traffic transmitted from a smart items infrastructure through a middleware message routing engine to one or more enterprise applications is monitored. In response to the monitored quality of service parameter, a number of parallel message processors that route messages from the plurality... Agent: Brake Hughes PLC C/o Intellevate

20080028063 - Presence-based location and/or proximity awareness: Various embodiments utilize a presence-based network to provide a suite of services that build upon the presence-based or instant messaging foundation. In at least some embodiments, the presence-based network is utilized to implement a number of location-aware applications. In at least some embodiments, as part of a user's presence information,... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080028066 - System and method for population-targeted advertising: An improved system and method for web destination profiling for online population-targeted advertising is provided. A web destination profiler may be provided for generating web destination profiles. Traffic may be analyzed at a particular web destination in order to understand the population visiting the web destination. The analysis of user... Agent: Law Office Of Robert O. Bolan

20080028067 - System and method for web destination profiling: An improved system and method for web destination profiling for online population-targeted advertising is provided. A web destination profiler may be provided for generating web destination profiles. Traffic may be analyzed at a particular web destination in order to understand the population visiting the web destination. The analysis of user... Agent: Law Office Of Robert O. Bolan

20080028064 - Time slicing web based advertisements: A system and method are disclosed for rotating an advertisement on a single page or screen. The advertisement may be rotated when the user is active on the page or screen. In addition, the advertisement that replaces the original ad may be based on the user's activity, or may be... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20080028072 - Federation of grids using rings of trust: A system for sharing computer resources comprises a node in a first computer grid, and one or more processing units adapted to instantiate an information path from said node to computing resources of a plurality of other grids, said information path configured as hierarchical rings of trust such that each... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080028073 - Method, a device, and a system for protecting a server against denial of dns service attacks: The invention relates to a method of protecting a server (10, 18) against denial of DNS service attacks wherein denial of DNS service attacks targeting the server are detected (100, 102, 104) and data packets addressed to the server are intercepted (110). The transmission of an intercepted data packet to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080028075 - Method and system to generate execution-based scheduling signature for an application: A method and system to profile applications are provided. The system may include a capture module to capture resources consumption data for an application and a requirements generator to generate resources requirement data for the application. The resources requirement data may be generated by the requirements generator utilizing the resource... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080028074 - Supplemental content triggers having temporal conditions: Supplemental content triggers having temporal conditions described. In an implementation, a determination is made as to whether a trigger has expired that is included in content and that relates to supplemental content. When the trigger has expired, functionality relating to the supplemental content is disabled.... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080028076 - Systems and methods for controlling resource usage by a driver domain on behalf of a virtual machine: A method comprises determining an amount to which resource usage by a driver domain on behalf of a given virtual machine (VM) is to be limited. The method further comprises controlling the resource usage by the driver domain on behalf of the given VM so as not to exceed the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080028077 - Packet forwarding control method and packet forwarding apparatus: In a wide area Ethernet network, an edge side gateway (EGW) acquires layer 2 tunneling control information from an authentication server when a PADI is received from a user terminal, stores the correspondence between the source address of the PADI and the layer 2 tunneling control information in its management... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080028079 - Methods and apparatuses for interface negotiation in network management system: A method for interface negotiation in a Network Management System (NMS) is disclosed. The method includes: sending by a sending party in an NMS Integration Reference Point (IRP) version information supported by the sending party to a receiving party in the NMS; and acquiring by the receiving party matching IRP... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080028078 - Relay program, communication processing program, and firewall system: A relay program, communication processing program, and firewall system capable of simplifying security management in a firewall. In a firewall, only an aggregation port that is an aggregation of one or a plurality of ports to be allowed to pass through is set to be allowed. When a communication source... Agent: Patrick G. Burns Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20080028080 - Managing method for information processor system: A managing method is provided for an information processor system consisting of a plurality of information processors. In the system, each of the information processors has identification information containing a parameter for determining a master-slave relationship among the information processors and an algorithm for determining the master-slave relationship. When the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080028082 - Sip message delivery program: A computer on which an SIP message delivery program is running stores records for respective entities of an SIP message that contains location information into a table in a storage device. Each record links virtual host identifying information to identify a virtual host that receives an SIP message only when... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080028081 - Technique for handling initiation requests: A technique is described for handling initiation requests directed to a contact host from a plurality of clients that enables the handling of large number of requests and provides design stage flexibility. A contact host receives the requests from the clients. Thereafter, an acknowledgment is sent to each requesting client... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080028085 - Accessing web services using network management information: A method is provided of accessing a web service by means of a service client in an IT-network. The method includes determining a set of access information data indicating different possibilities of how the web service may be accessed. The different access possibilities indicated by the access information data using... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080028083 - Adaptively controlled resource and method for controlling the behavior of same: The invention relates to an adaptively controlled resource and method of adaptively controlling resource behavior. An adaptively controlled resource is provided having at least one parameter and at least one attribute. A controller is in communication with the resource for receiving parameters and an attribute. The controller generates at least... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080028084 - Unified meta-model for a service oriented architecture: An electronic message, containing a request to initiate a service, can be received in a landscape of computer systems providing message-based services. Thereafter, a contract can be accessed to determine if provision of the requested service is permitted. As a result, the requested service identified in the message if provision... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20080028087 - A client/server multimedia system and method: A client/server multimedia system and method are disclosed. The client/server multimedia system and method comprise a remote control and a controlled computer. The controlled computer sends a multimedia data to the remote control according to the operations of the users sent from the remote control, and then the remote control... Agent: Wpat, PC

20080028088 - Mapping universal plug and play discovered items to an smb location: An arrangement is provided in which a Univeral Plug and Play (UPnP) device exposes a service for mapping a UPnP discovered content item to a server message block (SMB) location. The service is arranged to expose an SMB share path to a user at a remote client using a UPnP... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080028086 - Method and apparatus for preserving isolation of web applications when executing fragmented requests: A Fragment Aggregator utilizes an application independent surrogate to dispatch fragments and receive responses between isolated web applications. Clients send web application requests to the surrogate, which forwards the request to an isolated web application. When a web application requires other isolated web applications to execute the request, the web... Agent: Ibm Corp. (raleigh Software Group) C/o Rudolf O Siegesmund Gordon & Rees, LLP

20080028090 - System for managing messages transmitted in an on-chip interconnect network: Method for managing messages transmitted in an on-chip interconnect network (3), in which a sender agent (6) sends a message requesting available processing capacity (Req_writing_1(N data)) destined for a receiver agent (8), the said message requesting capacity (Req_writing_1(N data)) comprising the destination address of the receiver agent (8) and being... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20080028089 - Techniques to improve multiple collocated device networking over single wireless communication networks: An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a wireless station (STA) capable of communicating with an access point (AP), wherein the STA is capable of representing itself to the AP as a Group-of-Stations. The Group-of-Stations may be a plurality of networking devices (such as virtual stations) in... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080028091 - Method and system for initializing protocol information used to extract status information from networked devices: A method, system, and computer program product for managing information used by a plurality of communication protocols to extract status information related to a monitored device among distinct devices communicatively coupled to a network. The method includes selecting a communication protocol among the plurality of communication protocols; retrieving, from a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080028092 - Method and device for customizing video communications: A method for customizing video communications. An input video stream is received. It is determined whether to modify a visual appearance of the input video stream based on a user specification. If it is determined to modify the visual appearance of the input video stream, at least one modification function... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080028094 - Method and system for servicing bgm request and for providing sound source information: A system and method for providing music source information of a service to play a background music (BGM) source in a real time streaming manner in a corresponding member store since related contents to BGM source information is provided, and a request for the BGM source is made via the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080028093 - Method and system for transitioning streamed digital video content between stream servers in a digital video network: A technique for transitioning streamed digital video content between stream servers involves identifying a transition identifier that indicates a point at which streaming of the digital video content transitions from a first stream server to a second stream server and then transitioning the streaming from the first stream server the... Agent: Wilson & Ham

20080028095 - Maximization of sustained throughput of distributed continuous queries: A system, method, and computer readable medium for optimizing throughput of a stream processing system are disclosed. The method comprises analyzing a set of input streams and creating, based on the analyzing, an input profile for at least one input stream in the set of input streams. The input profile... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco Pl

20080028096 - Transporting fibre channel over ethernet: Methods and apparatus for the Transporting of Fibre Channel data over Ethernet are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, Fibre Channel data frame and primitive signals are transported over Ethernet instead of using the Fibre Channel FC-1 and FC-0 protocols. This allows less expensive Ethernet equipment and devices to... Agent: Giaccherini

20080028097 - Connectivity over stateful firewalls: A method for establishing a TCP connection between two client terminals protected by stateful firewalls and comprising means for sending messages to each other via a messaging server. The client terminals agree on establishing a mutual TCP connection by sending a message, which indicates port numbers to be used on... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080028098 - Reduction of message flow between bus-connected consumers and producers: A system, method, and computer readable medium for reducing message flow on a message bus are disclosed. The method includes determining if at least one logical operator in a plurality of logical operators requires processing on a given physical processing node in a group of physical nodes. In response to... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco Pl

20080028099 - Selective filtering of exception data units: A network device to selectively filter the exception data units based on the type of the exception data units. The network device generates a first threshold value for a first type of exception data units and a second threshold value for a second type of exception data units. The first... Agent: Intel/blakely

20080028100 - Tracking domain name related reputation: Disclosed systems and methods provide for tracking of domain name related reputation by a domain name Registering Entity (e.g. Registry, Registrar, Reseller, etc.). The Registering Entity maintains a database with reputation data that can be accessed by the requesters. A domain name may be registered through the Registering Entity or... Agent: Go Daddy Group, Inc.

20080028101 - Distribution contents forming method, contents distributing method and apparatus, and code converting method: A script is scanned to detect character strings that match predetermined criteria. The detected character strings are sorted in order of their appearance frequency and are associated with substitute characters or character strings such that a character string having a greater appearance frequency than another character string is associated with... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080028102 - Data exchange between a handheld device and another computer system using an exchange manager via synchronization: A method and electronic system for exchanging data between a handheld device and another computer system are described. A data file is transferred to the handheld device using the install application of a synchronization manager. The transferred file is stored as a digital stream file with its native data encoding.... Agent: Berry & Associates P.C.

20080028103 - Memory-mapped buffers for network interface controllers: Systems and methods for providing network interface controllers (NICs) with memory-mapped buffers are described. A processing system includes a plurality of processing cells, each including at least one processor and at least one system memory. A NIC is associated with each of the processing cells for transmitting and receiving data... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080021949 - Determining user availability based on a past event: Techniques are disclosed for determining, for each candidate communication medium, the availability of one or more telecommunications endpoint users for participating in a communication session of interest (i.e., either new or existing) via the evaluated medium. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment of the present invention, an availability manager determines... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20080021950 - Method of configuring a personalized consumer rating area: A method of configuring a personalized geographical area for a user. An electronic system for providing a geographical-based service (e.g., a business directory, mapping, consumer opinions) obtains information regarding locations that can be associated with the user. Such locations may include his home address, the zip code in which he... Agent: Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080021951 - Instrument based distributed computing systems: An instrument may include a technical computing worker to execute a created task. The instrument may further include an instrumentation functionality unit that may provide functionalities for performing testing or measuring in relation to the technical computing worker, and a network interface that may allow the technical computing worker to... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080021952 - Data exchange process and device: The invention concerns a method for exchanging data between appliances connected to a network, including: a step of searching (320), by at least two appliances, for at least one type of media representing at least one physical entity, directly accessible by said appliance, a step of transmitting (335), by at... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080021955 - Message oriented middleware server pipeline architecture: A messaging system includes at least one MOM server. At least one pipeline is located in the server, and at least one pipeline stage is located in the pipeline. The messaging system further includes at least one pipeline transporter, at least one queue in communication with the pipeline, and at... Agent: Kutak Rock, LLP

20080021954 - Method and apparatus to facilitate providing and utilizing calendar updates: A digital processing platform having a modifiable calendar as corresponds to a source user receives (101) a calendar update as corresponds to the source user. An opportunity is then provided (102) to the user to permit the user to select recipient users to receive that calendar update. Upon then receiving... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080021956 - Method and system for providing part selection information based on wireless network: A system for providing part selection information based on a wireless network is provided. The system includes a wireless network, a plurality of display terminals adhered to a plurality of boxes including predetermined parts which display part receipt guidance information based on externally received part selection command, and a management... Agent: The Rafferty Patent Law Firm

20080021957 - Pushed media content delivery: A method includes playing a media clip in association with call-related activities, notifying a user that associated media content is available, and enabling the user to play the associated media content. Another method includes storing an informational announcement on mobile devices and activating said informational announcement in association with call-related... Agent: Daniel J Swirsky

20080021953 - Method and system for automatically connecting real-world entities directly to corresponding network-based data sources or services: A system and method for enabling the use of real-world objects (16), data segments or information segments as direct links to network based information, knowledge, services and data sources. The system comprises a communications device (10) with an input mechanism for capturing data from a real world object (16), connecting... Agent: Mark M. Friedman C/o Polkinghorn

20080021958 - System and method for peer-to-peer internet communication: Wablet is a real time messaging platform that allows people to communicate with each other over the Internet. Unlike current methods of Internet communication, contact can be established and maintained without disclosing personal identity or permanent contact information such as an email address, IM handle, phone number or first and... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20080021959 - Digital media transfer device: The present invention relates to a digital media transfer device adapted to transfer compressed digital multimedia files from one digital media device to another digital media device. The digital media transfer device has two ports for interfacing with respective digital media devices so as to copy, swap, or transfer compressed... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080021963 - Content dissemination using a multi-protocol converter: A mobile multimedia content aggregation and dissemination platform is provided that aims to automate the creation, collection, aggregation, and dissemination of RSS, ATOM or other syndicated-style data formats and non-syndicated information for and to interested parties. A method provides data that originates from a syndicated information source and data that... Agent: John Etchells One At&t Way

20080021962 - Method and system for forcing e-mail addresses into blind carbon copy (\"bcc\") to enforce privacy: A system for forcing e-mail addresses into the Bcc: field of transmitted messages in order to enforce user privacy. A user interface enables a user to indicate that their e-mail address is not to be included in a “To:” or “Cc:” field of an e-mail message from another user when... Agent: Lotus And Rational Software Mcguinness & Manaras LLP

20080021960 - Methods and apparatuses for dynamically searching for electronic mail messages: In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses detect an original search input; detect an excluded term within the original search input; form a modified search input wherein the modified search input includes the original search input without the excluded term; match a plurality of stored terms against the modified search... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20080021961 - Real-time detection and prevention of bulk messages: A method and system for detecting and preventing bulk messages in real-time is provided. A detection server detects and prevents bulk messages in real-time by analyzing the network traffic pattern of attributes of messages, such as email messages, that are passing through the network against an expected network traffic pattern.... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20080021966 - System for sending electronic mail: The present invention is configured to disclose the electronic mail address of a certain receiver only to another specific receiver selected by a sender when an electronic mail is sent to a plurality of receivers. A system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: an obtaining unit... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20080021968 - Low bandwidth chat system: A chat system provided in a computer network including a plurality of client workstations and a server computer.... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel

20080021965 - Method for output handling of messages stored in mailboxes of a message storage system: In one aspect a method based on a system, according to which a first connection is established between a terminal of a mailbox owner and a message storage system and a second connection can be established by the terminal of the mailbox owner to a terminal of the subscriber, if... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080021967 - Method, apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium for displaying mail list or list for managing mail: A web-mail system receives from a web server mail IDs assigned to clearly distinguish one e-mail from another among all the e-mails stored in a mail box, and transmits the mail IDs determined according to a scroll position in a list window to the web server, making a request for... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080021969 - Signature generation using message summaries: Systems and methods for processing a message are provided. A message may be processed to generate a message summary by removing or replacing certain words, phrases, sentences, punctuation, and the like. Message signatures based upon the message summary may be generated and stored in a signature database, which may be... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20080021970 - System and method for managing contacts in an instant messaging environment: A computer-implemented method is described for instant messaging comprising: categorizing two or more instant messaging contact names into a single meta contact; receiving a request to transmit an instant message directed to the meta contact; selecting one of the two or more instant messaging contact names within the meta contact... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080021964 - Vehicle email notification with regional-specific content: A vehicle email notification system and method in which regional-specific information such as seat belt laws and dynamic vehicle information such as remaining oil life is obtained and incorporated into periodic email messages that are sent to the owner or other authorized subscriber. The regional-specific information is determined based on... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20080021971 - System and method for electronic messaging notification using end-user display devices: A system (10) and method (50) for notifying an end-user display device of the receipt of an electronic message by an electronic messaging system coupled to a computing device coupled to the end-user display device. The system (10) includes a computing device, such as a personal computer (12) or other... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20080021972 - System and method for addressing implantable devices: A system includes multiple slave devices implanted in a human body, wherein each slave device includes a communication module operable to receive transmitted communications and is associated with a permanent device identifier. The system further includes a master device including a communications module operable to address a first communication to... Agent: Faegre & Benson, LLP Boston Scientific Patent Dock

20080021973 - Communications network architecture: A method is implementable in an electronic system having a storage component. The electronic system is coupled to a network. The method includes receiving from a user a request to receive a data set. In response to receiving the request, a mobile object is deployed over the network to a... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20080021974 - Method, system, and article of manufacture for remote copying of data: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for copying storage. Data sent from a first storage unit is synchronously copied at a second storage unit. The copied data is sent asynchronously from the second storage unit to a third storage unit.... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20080021978 - Mechanism for universal media redirection control: Methods, apparatuses, articles, and systems for instantiating a control service to facilitate management of a remotely disposed platform supporting a plurality of redirection protocols of media devices of different types for redirecting the media devices, are described herein. In various embodiments, the control service is adapted to establish a control... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.

20080021975 - Methods and apparatuses for accessing an application on a remote device: In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses display an application that is accessible on a target device; select content associated within the application wherein the content is located on the target device; and remotely access the content on the target device on a local device.... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20080021977 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for dynamically annotating web pages passed via a messaging application: A method, system, and computer program product for dynamically annotating Web pages passed via a messaging application is provided. The method includes transmitting a Web page and a graphical user interface (GUI) to a requester of the Web page. The GUI directs the requester to provide annotations to at least... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Rsw

20080021976 - System and method of providing a context-aware personalized blogging agent: A mobile multimedia content aggregation and dissemination platform is provided that aims to automate the creation, collection, aggregation, and dissemination of RSS and non-RSS information for and to interested parties. This platform may be used for the construction of a personalized blogging agent as well as for a personalized news... Agent: John Etchells

20080021979 - Methods and apparatus for securing and providing coverage for transmission data: The present invention provides systems and methods which afford a technical application for insuring, bonding, and underwriting a transmission of a data set, streaming data, and/or document over the Internet through TCP/IP and all other electronic media such as WAP, VOIP, fiber optic channels, microwave channels, and through standard electrical... Agent: Lemaire Patent Law Firm, P.l.l.c.

20080021980 - Transmission of commmunication between data transmission networks: The invention relates to transmitting a communication from a data transmission network to a receiving data transmission network. The communication is directed to a transmitting network element in the receiving data transmission network on the basis of this network address. The network address of the network element is queried from... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080021982 - Data communication charging system, data communication charging method and computer-readable recording medium which records data communication charging program: The content fee of a content downloaded from a content service provider (CSP) to a mobile terminal is capable of being confirmed whether it is the content fee of the content actually downloaded to the mobile terminal. A probe device extracts communication data transmitted between the mobile terminal and the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080021981 - Technique for providing a reliable trust indicator to a webpage: A technique is provided for providing a trust indicator for a particular webpage. The trust indicator may indicate whether publishers of web content and/or end-users trust the content of the particular webpage and whether the particular webpage is popular. A user requests, via a web browser a webpage to be... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP/yahoo! Inc.

20080021983 - System for delivering web content to fuel dispenser: A system implements a communications protocol in connection with a refueling environment coupled to a remote facility. The remote facility is disposed apart from the fuel dispenser locations and is connected to a network such as the World Wide Web of the Internet. Regarding a customer at one of the... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20080021984 - Method and system for identifying and conducting inventory of computer assets on a network: A system that includes one or more clients, databases and servers. The clients communicate with the servers using hyper-text transfer protocol. Each client includes a scheduling and monitoring agent. Each server includes several components. A first server component performs a plurality of functions, including receiving requests from the client(s) for... Agent: Daniel H. Golub Alison B. Weisberg

20080021985 - Method and system for network configuration for containers: A method for changing network configuration parameters that includes generating a request to change a network configuration parameter by a user, determining whether the user is allowed to change the network configuration parameter using a network configuration database, if the user is allowed to change the network configuration parameter, updating... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20080021986 - Apparatus and method for managing environment information in multi-processor system: A multi-processor system and method are provided. A multi-processor network management apparatus in a broadband wireless communication system includes a main processor and at least one primary sub processor. The main processor controls an overall operation of the multi-processor network management apparatus and provides environment information to other processors. The... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20080021991 - Device management system, management device and computer readable medium for such device: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a device management system, which comprises a first device connected to a network, an information processing device connected to the network, a second device connected to the information processing device, and a management device connected to the network. The management... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080021988 - Method and apparatus for improving cluster performance through minimization of method variation: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing a server cluster. The process identifies a plurality of average method call durations corresponding to calls to a plurality of methods associated with an application on the server cluster to form a plurality of identified average method call... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080021987 - Sub-task processor distribution scheduling: A method for processing of processor executable tasks and a processor readable medium having embodied therein processor executable instructions for implementing the method are disclosed. A system for distributing processing work amongst a plurality of distributed processors is also disclosed.... Agent: Joshua D. Isenberg Jdi Patent

20080021990 - System and method for utilizing event templates in an event manager to execute application services: A method and apparatus in a distributed processing system for implementing different business function applications. A plurality of common utility systems which provide for performing different operations can be utilized by different event manager modules which operate to implement the different business function application. The development and implementation of new... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080021989 - System, method, and computer program product for communicating sub-device state information: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for communicating sub-device state information. In use, a plurality of sub-devices of a device is exposed to an application, utilizing a driver. A request may then be received from the application for state information associated with at least one of the... Agent: Zilka-kotab, PC

20080021992 - System and method for transferring volume ownership in networked storage: A method for operating a data storage system is described. A request is issued that an ownership attribute of a logical arrangement of storage space associated with a first storage system be associated with a second storage system. In response to the request, the ownership attribute is changed to a... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20080021993 - Automated discovery and configuration of components on a computer network: A method for autodiscovery of components on a network without requiring that the components have built-in knowledge of the discovery method is set forth. The method uses a combination of attempting broadcast discovery as well as listening to network traffic. More specifically, a substantially continuously executing program is executed on... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP IBM Tucson

20080021995 - Internet settlement system: A method and apparatus for collecting information about an event in which a user accesses the Internet through the system of a first Internet Service Provider with whom the user does not have an account. The apparatus includes a first server that creates a record of the user's Internet usage... Agent: Donald J. Pagel Jr. Hopkins & Carley

20080021994 - Monitoring and mangement of distributing information systems: A method of managing a computing system (300) includes generating (1702) transaction requests in accordance with a transaction profile of the system (300). The transaction requests are provided for processing by the system (300). Status data of a set of managed resources (102) of the system (300) is collected (1704)... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20080021996 - System for allocating storage performance resource: A method and structure for a multi-workload storage system is disclosed that is adapted to determine if an additional workload can be placed on the storage system. The invention has storage elements and a proxy load generator connected to the storage elements. The proxy load generator is adapted to create... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20080021997 - Method and system for identity provider migration using federated single-sign-on operation: A method is presented for performing an identity provider migration operation with respect to a user within a federated computational environment, wherein the user has a first user account at a first identity provider, a second user account at a second identity provider, and a third user account at a... Agent: Ibm Corp. (dhj) C/o David H. Judson

20080021998 - Presence-based resource locator: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for locating resources. A resource locator server is coupled to a call center server over a network. The system uses the resource locator server to allow users, such as call center agents, to access a list of resources available for answering a particular question... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20080021999 - Remote expert screen pop via data message: A method and apparatus are provided that allows an agent of an organization to display client information on a computer of a consultant. The method includes the steps of the agent receiving a call from a client of the organization along with information about the client from a host of... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd. Jon P. Christensen

20080022000 - Ip-packet relay method and gateway in communication network: A communication network includes a plurality of user networks that accommodates IP terminals and does not perform a call control function, a core network (a call control network) that is located among the user networks and performs a call control function and a call management function, and a gateway that... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080022001 - Method and system for enhanced parameter negotiation in evdo communication systems: Disclosed herein is a technique for enhanced parameter negotiation in Evolution-Data Optimized (EVDO) communication systems that use Generic Configuration Protocol to negotiate session parameters or session attributes. The technique reduces the number of parameter negotiation cycles involved during the session configuration process. A new AlternateValueAllowed field is added in the... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080022002 - Methods and apparatuses for dynamically enforcing privileges for use during a data collaboration session: In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses detect a first participant wherein the first participant corresponds with a primary group name; identify a profile based on the primary group name; detect a second participant; identify a secondary group name based on the second participant; select a privilege within the profile... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20080022003 - Enforcing geographic constraints in content distribution: Enforcement of geographic and location based constraints on content distribution is provided to allow distribution of content to remote devices while preventing unauthorized use and consumption of the content. Content requested by a device may be protected using a variety of content protection mechanisms that support geographic constraints. The requesting... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080022004 - Method and system for providing resources by using virtual path: A method and system for providing resources by using a virtual path are provided. The method includes: extracting comparison client information corresponding to a virtual path policy from a client that wants to access a resource server and has logged in through a virtual path that is generated so that... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080022005 - Glitch-free media streaming: Glitch-free media streaming is provided by a client computing device (“client”) independent of whether a remote computing device (“host”) associated with media content provides real-time media content streaming services. Specifically, the client computing device (“client”) provides a user with real-time media content streaming services by establishing multiple connections to the... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080022010 - Enhanced data exchange and presentation/communication system: A system for establishing a dedicated internet connection between a user and a marketer is described. The connection is initiated by a customer downloading a framework program for a viewer. Thereafter, as content is communicated to the user, it is included with program code used with the framework program to... Agent: Venable LLP

20080022008 - Method and apparatus to determine broadcast content and scheduling in a broadcast system: A broadcast system, method and apparatus providing content on demand. In one embodiment, the disclosed broadcast system includes a server that broadcasts meta-data to a plurality of clients. The meta-data describes a plurality of data files that are to be broadcast or potentially broadcast later by the server. Each client... Agent: Intel/blakely

20080022009 - System and method for enhanced streaming audio: A system and method for enhancement and management of streaming audio is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system provides a client-side decoder that is compatible with numerous audio formats, so that a user can enjoy relatively high-quality audio from various sources, even from sources that do not provide multi-channel or... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080022007 - System and method of audio/video streaming: A system and method of audio/video streaming in which a server transmits over a network an audio/video stream to a client device. The client device is able to send command data to the server causing the server to provide a change in content of the audio/video stream from a first... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080022006 - Using content on a media player and streaming the same content to one or more media players: The invention relates to a device for either generating or maintaining an organic data network having an dynamic topology, comprising a data processing unit, at least one data connection to a data network to which several devices provided with a data processing unit are connected by means of a data... Agent: Daniel H. Golub

20080022011 - Client and association detection method thereof: A method for detecting an association status between a client and a server is provided. The method includes receiving a management frame; determining a frame state according to the management frame; transmitting a class frame to the server according to the frame state, a class of the class frame being... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080022012 - Peer-to-peer file download system for iptv network: In an IPTV or other network, a server terminal is interconnected with a number of client/peer terminals. For peer-to-peer file downloads, a data file having multimedia content (e.g., a television show) is split into a number of portions for distribution among the peer terminals. The size of each file portion... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20080022013 - Publishing domain name related reputation in whois records: Disclosed methods provide for publishing domain name related reputation data in WHOIS records. Reputation data may be published in the WHOIS records of the domain name. Reputation data may include values, ratings, or scores, as well as links or references to the locations where such values, ratings, or scores may... Agent: Go Daddy Group, Inc.

20080022014 - System and method for providing multi-media services to communication devices over a communications network: A method of processing multi-media service requests received at a multi-media services provider computer system, including a processor coupled to a media gateway controller and to a media server. The method includes receiving a message from a SIP INVITE-enabled communication device at the media gateway controller. The message is processed... Agent: Mr. S. H. Dworetsky At&t Corp.

20080022015 - Method of synchronizing execution of state transition commands in a cluster of message oriented middleware servers: A method of synchronizing execution of state transition commands in a cluster of MOM servers includes providing a lock transferable among the servers and a lock manager on each server. A server receiving a state transition command executes a state transition command handling process. A server receiving a request lock... Agent: Kutak Rock, LLP

20080022016 - Network memory pools for packet destinations and virtual machines: A method for processing a packet that includes receiving a packet for a target, classifying the packet, and sending the packet to a receive ring based on the classification. The method also includes obtaining an identifier (ID) associated with the target based on the classification, and sending a request for... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20080022017 - Hybrid industrial networked computer system: A Point-of-Sale networked computing system includes a workstation with a first Personal Computer (PC)-based controller, a workstation with a second industrial PC-based controller having different performance characteristics than the first controller, and an Ethernet network coupling the workstations. The Ethernet network may include home-run or star Ethernet topology, and the... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080016144 - Method for providing information service and push mode service: A method of providing information and a method of providing a push mode service. The method includes: obtaining from a client a priority in relation to a service mode desired by the client, determining whether or not a push mode service is to be provided continuously according to priority, and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080016147 - Method of retrieving an appropriate search engine: To allow a user to use an appropriate search engine, this invention provides a computer system including: a client computer; a search engine; and a management computer, in which the management computer is configured to: collect logs of access; specify a parameter transferred from the client computer to an access... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080016143 - System and method for accessing smash-clp commands as a web service: Systems and methods for accessing Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware (SMASH)-command line protocol (CLP) commands as a web service are provided. In one form, an information handling system having access to CLP commands within a SMASH includes an application program interface operable to provide access to CLP commands using... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20080016146 - System and method for providing remote access to events from a database access system: In one embodiment, a database access system includes a remote client application, a database having a plurality of data records, and a data event agent. The database has a plurality of data records and is coupled to the data event agent. The data event agent is remotely coupled to the... Agent: Baker Botts LLP

20080016148 - Systems, methods and computer program products for performing remote data storage for client devices: Remote data storage is performed for client devices that are associated with an enterprise, by performing the following automatically at a given client device in response to authorization from the given client device: obtaining metadata about the given client device; uploading the metadata to a remote data storage system and... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20080016145 - 3d map distribution server device, client terminal device, and 3d map distribution system: A three-dimensional map distribution server device stores shape data for structures drawn on a ground to generate a three-dimensional map image, and, in the first place, transmits to a client PC a list which includes shape data for structures in a district and has position information of the district or... Agent: Patent Docket Clerk Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.

20080016151 - Client-side aggregation of context-sensitive request results where results for aggregation are asynchronously produced by multiple servers: The present invention discloses a solution for handling HTTP requests for content produced asynchronously by multiple servers, where a requesting client aggregates content. In the solution, a client can issue a content request to a request receiving server. The content request can define a request context. The request receiving server... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.A.

20080016154 - Data analysis provider system: A data analysis provider system includes a client device and a data analysis provider both capable of two-way transmission. The client device transmits either target-of-analysis data or information relating to the target-of-analysis data to the data analysis provider. Additionally, the client device notifies the data analysis provider of a desired... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080016152 - Method of controlling server apparatus which stores image data received via network in memory, program for causing computer apparatus to execute the method, storage medium which stores the program, and compuer apparatus: An object of this invention is to provide a method of controlling a server apparatus for disclosing image data with a representation effect to a third party without any operation of a user, a program for causing a computer apparatus to execute the method, a storage medium which stores the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080016142 - Real-time communication processing method, product, and apparatus: The present invention detects indicia, identifiers, or partial URLs to mark up in real time from input sources such as that of radio, television, cable, and other sources that have a digital, analog or digital/analog signal where text can be decoded from. A device receives a broadcast and decodes text... Agent: Eric Schneider

20080016150 - System and method for downloading information: In one example, a method to transmit data to one or more devices is provided. One or more data files are transmitted cyclically via one or more respective channels, such as a radio-frequency channel, a request for at least one desired data file is received from a device, and a... Agent: Brandon N. Sklar. Esq. (patent Prosecution) Kaye Scholer, LLP

20080016153 - System and method for generating a modified web page by inline code insertion in response to an information request from a client computer: Information requested by a client is intercepted by a network server, which sends the request to the requested information source. The requested information is received and examined by the server to determine if the information is HTML format. If so, the server modifies the requested information by inserting format and... Agent: Jonathan A. Small JasIPConsulting

20080016149 - System for managing access and storage of worm files without sending parameters for associated file access: A storage system, including: a client that issues a file write request or a file read request; an archive server that is connected to the client via a network, and processes the request issued from the client; a storage device that is connected to the archive server, and records files;... Agent: Paul J. Skwierawski Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080016156 - Large scale real-time presentation of a network conference having a plurality of conference participants: A conferencing method is described. The method includes connecting a plurality of conference participants to a conferencing server. Each conference participant generates conferencing content sent to the conferencing server. A plurality of conference viewers is connected to a video streaming server. At least a portion of the conferencing content is... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080016155 - One-click universal screen sharing: Described are systems and methods for screen sharing between computing systems. A guest system and a host system are coupled to a server over a network. The guest system automatically executes program code embedded in a web page received from the server. The program code sends a request to the... Agent: Guerin & Rodriguez, LLP

20080016157 - Method and system for controlling and monitoring an apparatus from a remote computer using session initiation protocol (sip): A system for using Session Initiation Protocol for network element monitoring can issue network monitoring commands to embedded agents over a number of different network topologies. The embedded agents are SIP aware and can be designed for a number of different platforms allowing thin client systems to perform the required... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20080016159 - Chargeable short message service (sms) spam: Apparatus and a method of obtaining revenue for Short Message Service (SMS) messages for a destination network of an SMS message. The destination network checks whether an SMS message is spam (unwanted content). If so, the destination network checks whether the source network as identified in the SMS message is... Agent: Werner Ulrich

20080016168 - Email routing system: An electronic mail processing system is capable of receiving an electronic mail message intended for at least one recipient. Such a system includes an interface engine for receiving the electronic mail message. The system further includes an executable application adapted to parse information contained within the electronic mail message, and... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080016166 - Host posing network device and method thereof: A method for receiving a first indication from a host device is comprised. The device is a first port of the host device that has been reserved fro a network device. The method also poses as the host device at the network device in response to a receipt of the... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20080016158 - Method for appending a signature to a size limited text message: A method for sending a text message of a limited size using a cellular network includes inputting a signature into a personalization database, wherein a sender of the text message pre-determines the signature. The method further includes composing the text message on a messaging device, transmitting the text message to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080016165 - Method of creating, storing, and distributing electronic messages: An electronic message is created by recording the speech and activities of a person situated within a kiosk. The message is stored and then transmitted to a recipient utilizing the internet.... Agent: Michael A. O'neil Michael A. O'neil, P.C.

20080016161 - Methods and apparatus for using electronic envelopes to configure parameters: A method of configuring parameters in a communication system is disclosed, wherein the method comprising determining if an event occurred. If so, then method generating a first electronic envelope by a first process, wherein the envelope comprises an process identification (ID) and attaching the first electronic envelope to a request... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080016160 - Network provided integrated messaging and file/directory sharing: A client enables filing sharing from within an email application. The client includes a receiver that receives an instruction to share at least one file via an email application. The client also includes a transmission system that transfers the at least one file to a web server. The client further... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080016170 - Browser based user interface for dynamic interaction and control within a mail processing environment: A Resource Connectivity Module (RCM) with an associated interface for network communication to/from a user terminal device provides a uniform user interface for a number of different types of management functions across diverse resources within a mail processing environment. The example uses a browser interface that offers a web interface,... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080016171 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program for controlling image processing apparatus: A situation such that E-mail such as spam mail with contents which the user of a printing apparatus does not desire is sent to the printing apparatus and a user's undesirable print is executed is prevented. For this purpose, whether an E-mail address of a transmitting source of the E-mail... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080016164 - Method and apparatus for automatically embedding and emailing user-generated highlights: A method and system for enabling, via conventional web browser controls, a user to generate and send an internet document including user-generated highlights are disclosed. The user-generated highlights included in the internet document embedded in the email are highlights that were previously made via a highlighting service. Accordingly, the recipient... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080016162 - Method and device for monitoring the traffic of electronic messages: m

20080016169 - Selective sending of portions of electronic content: A user of a handheld communication device selects in a foreground process portions of an electronic document. In a background process a new document is prepared that comprises the selected portions. The user selects the address for forwarding the new document, and the new document gets sent in a background... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080016167 - Source reputation information system for filtering electronic messages using a network-connected computer: Disclosed herein are filtering systems and methods that employ an electronic message source reputation system. The source reputation system maintains a pool of source Internet Protocol (IP) address information, in the form of a Real-Time Threat Identification Network (“RTIN”) database, which can provide the reputation of source IP addresses, which... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20080016172 - System and method for controlling distribution of network communications: A method for controlling distribution of network communications (messages). An incoming message either carries priority information, or is assigned priority information based on a shared characteristic with other messages. The priority information is used to determine how and/or when to deliver the message, e.g. by delaying the message for a... Agent: Symantec/ Fenwick Silicon Valley Center

20080016163 - System for sending, receiving and displaying message, method for sending, receiving and displaying message and computer readable storage medium storing program for that method: Disclosed are a system for transmitting, receiving, and posting messages, a method thereof, and a computer readable recording medium for recording a program for realizing the method in a computer. When a service subscriber generates a message and transmits the message, a first record and a second record are generated... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20080016173 - System and method for controlling distribution of network communications: A method for controlling distribution of network communications (messages). An incoming message either carries priority information, or is assigned priority information based on a shared characteristic with other messages. The priority information is used to determine how and/or when to deliver the message, e.g. by delaying the message for a... Agent: Symantec/ Fenwick Silicon Valley Center

20080016174 - System and method for controlling distribution of network communications: A method for controlling distribution of network communications (messages). An incoming message either carries priority information, or is assigned priority information based on a shared characteristic with other messages. The priority information is used to determine how and/or when to deliver the message, e.g. by delaying the message for a... Agent: Symantec/ Fenwick Silicon Valley Center

20080016175 - Remotely operating computer software applications using low bandwidth: A system for remote operation of the computer software applications, the system including a remote application controller for associating a master control with both a master application and a master action associated with the master application, and a command receiver/implementer for associating a slave control with both a slave application... Agent: Stephen C. Kaufman IBM Corporation

20080016177 - Content management method and apparatus: A content management method and apparatus are provided. A method for a first device to provide content to a second device in a home network includes: receiving content information through a Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed provided from a content server outside of the home network; updating a content list,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080016176 - System for development of games for mobile devices and distribution thereof: Client and server components enable simplified development of games or other software applications and deployment on mobile devices of varying types without re-writing. The client runs on the mobile device and includes an engine or game engine interacting with the mobile device through a code layer specific to the particular... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20080016179 - Apparatus, method and computer program product for resource locator using queries: Disclosed is an apparatus, including a memory for receiving a resource descriptor, the resource descriptor including a uniform resource identifier (URI) for a particular resource and an associated search query for locating the particular resource; and a controller, coupled to the memory, for initiating an access process for the particular... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080016178 - Method and system for remote software installation, recovery, and restoration over a data network: System and method for disaster recovery, remote installation and restoration of software and/or data over a data network, when a computer system includes a CPU, read/write internal memory means, an optional display, an optional input device, means for communicating with a data network, a bootable device input port and a... Agent: Fleit Kain Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco

20080016180 - System and method for providing discriminated content to network users: The present invention provides methods and systems for providing discriminated partner system resources to the user of a host system. A host entity has a business relationship with one or more partnered entities. A user accesses the host's system and then uses the host's system to connect to a partner's... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080016182 - Dynamic device profile interfaces: An architecture for context provisioning that is specifically suited for web applications utilizing the delivery context interface (DCI) specification promulgated by the W3C. A client side application programming interface (API) uses a DCI tree to generate a dynamic device profile that provides snapshots of delivery context information (DCI) dynamically during... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080016183 - Library database simultaneous link re-inquiry system and operation method of the re-inquiry system: An operation method of a re-inquiry system includes providing a PDA containing a software program so that, by control of the software program, the PDA directly links an auto server of a library database simultaneously via a wireless communication network to compare, search and re-inquire a whole updated information of... Agent: Pi-hui Wang

20080016181 - Method and system for providing remote media: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for providing media. A determination is made as to whether providing media would aid in providing information to a user in response to a communication session with the user. The media is authorized to be sent to the user based... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080016185 - System and method for dynamically creating online multimedia slideshows: According to a preferred aspect of the instant invention, there is provided a system and method that allows an individual to upload any combination of still images, video images, and/or audio files to a central server. Then, the system will automatically and dynamically create a slide show using the materials... Agent: Fellers Snider Blankenship Bailey & Tippens

20080016184 - System and method for information transfer over a network: An interface device for connecting to and retrieving data from a remote computer system, and method of compressing, decompressing and transferring data therefor. A user may set transfer constraints on the interface device. The interface device may be a web browser. The user selecting a web site requests data, normally... Agent: Law Office Of Charles W. Peterson, Jr. Yorktown

20080016186 - Automated deployment of change and configuration management software tools: A system and method for automatically deploying a change and configuration management software tool to a web application server includes launching a configurable wizard application programmed to solicit data from a user. The user is queried regarding a desired web application server and database connectivity authentication parameters. A location on... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080016187 - Automatic mobile device configuration: A remote wireless device registers with a server. Responsively, the server determines the identity of a server-side application associated with a user of the remote wireless device. The server may then generate an application definition file specific to the server-side application and to the remote wireless device. The application definition... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20080016188 - End-user device personalized application notification feature: A method is provided for displaying, upon an attempt to configure a personalized notification of an event, a menu of categories of multi-media content available on a communications device. An indication of the categories of multi-media content desired by a user of the communications device and a scheduled date and... Agent: Patti , Hewitt & Arezina LLC

20080016189 - Host terminal to provide device configuration information, a method thereof, and devices to receive configuration information from the host terminal: A host terminal to provide device configuration information, a method thereof, and devices to receive the configuration information from the host terminal. In a host terminal communicating with at least one device connected thereto via a communication network, a user interface generates configuration information containing set options of functions provided... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080016190 - System for selecting the operating frequency of a communication device in a wireless network: A system for automatically selecting communication frequencies for wireless communication devices (e.g., base unit, access point, and controller) being added to an existing wireless network. The operating frequencies, evaluated signal strength, and loads are used in determining the most suitable operating frequency. This automatic selection process eliminates the problems inherent... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20080016200 - Computer system, management computer, and computer selecting method: A computer system includes a management computer; and a spare computer group connected to the management computer. The management computer includes a data collecting module configured to collect hardware data of hardware configuration of at least one spare computer of the spare computer group; and a selecting module configured to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080016193 - Coordinated upload of content from distributed multimedia capture devices: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a control server, a local parameter value and/or a regional parameter value. The local parameter value is associated with a multimedia capture device within a network and the regional parameter value is associated with at least two entities of the network. A... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080016194 - Dispatching request fragments from a response aggregating surrogate: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to edgified content delivery and provide a method, system and computer program product for dispatching of request fragments from a response aggregating surrogate. In one embodiment, an edgified content distribution data processing system can include an origin server... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20080016191 - Method and apparatus for supporting ip multicast: The invention includes a method and apparatus for configuring legacy nodes to support multicast functions. The method includes determining, in response to a request for a first user device to join a multicast group, whether any node in a multicast path between the first user device and a second user... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP/ Lucent Technologies, Inc

20080016203 - Method and system for providing universal plug and play resource surrogates: A method and system for providing services in a network including a control point and plural UPnP devices is provided. Surrogates are used to functionally replace the original UPnP device/service functionalities without new hardware or firmware/software updates. The surrogates enable proper operation in UPnP networks where devices that implement surrogates... Agent: Kenneth L. Sherman, Esq. Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20080016199 - Providing hardware configuration management for heterogeneous computers: In certain embodiments, a method for providing hardware configuration management for one or more heterogeneous computers utilizing a LAN controller with imbedded remote management capabilities technology comprises receiving an initiation request from a LAN controller. A list of FPACL vendors is then obtained from the LAN controller. The LAN controller... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080016195 - Router for managing trust relationships: One embodiment relates to a method of managing trust relationships between federated identity and service providers. An assertion of a user identity is received from an identity provider via a first federation protocol, wherein a destination service provider is indicated with the assertion. Permission of the user identity to access... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080016196 - System and method for automatic storage and serving of digital content: A system and method for automatic storage and serving of digital content is disclosed. One aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented method in which a storage server in a local area network of a user: automatically receives content from a first client device associated with the user, wherein: the... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP.

20080016192 - System and method for performing an administrative task upon the occurrence of a triggering event: In response to a triggering event, a resilient administrative schedule system recognizes a need to perform an administrative task on one of a set of data servers. A user selects the administrative task. The system determines an operational status of the data server to determine a communication protocol for communicating... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP

20080016197 - Systems, methods, and computer products for an event-driven network service switching utility: Systems, methods, and computer products for event driven and timer-driven network service switching. Exemplary embodiments include a network-switching method, including establishing a connection with a network via a network adapter, monitoring the adapter for a connection status with the network, generating a first block of network traffic over the network... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Bellsouth

20080016201 - Methods and apparatus for transferring data: Methods and apparatus for a system for transferring data according to various aspects of the present invention operate in conjunction with a network configured to transfer data files among clients of the network. A client may receive a file from network, in multiple file segments from the multiple sources. The... Agent: Noblitt & Gilmore, LLC.

20080016202 - Network for targeting individual operating a microcomputer regardless of his location: A network adapted to target an individual operating a microcomputer that is linked to an Internet to offer this individual goods or services appropriate to his needs that are available at a place within reach of the individual's present location. The microcomputer is provided with a GPS receiver that indicates... Agent: Diehl Servilla LLC

20080016198 - Self-managed distributed mediation networks: A distributed mediation network and method of employing such is provided, having a plurality of different types of network module. Each module has a non-reciprocal path therethrough for network traffic and the distribution of network traffic across the network is managed by an autonomic control plane.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080016204 - Zigbee network module system: The invention discloses a ZigBee network module which adds a ZigBee application programming interface (API) unit in an application layer of the original ZigBee communication protocol. The ZigBee network module comprises a network management API, a data transmission API, and essential parameters of ZigBee functions. The network management API comprises... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080016207 - Electronic driver log application with bi-directional messaging to multiple backend systems: Systems and methods are described for electronically logging a truck driver using a mobile device by collecting data using a mobile device electronic log application; sending a message from a mobile device messaging module to a server messaging module; and determining an availability of a target enterprise computer, and if... Agent: Bao Tran Tran & Associates

20080016205 - P2p network for providing real time media recommendations: A peer-to-peer (P2P) network for providing real time media recommendations is provided. The media recommendations may be song recommendations or video recommendations. Each time a media presentation is played by a peer device, the peer device provides a recommendation identifying the media presentation to other peer devices in the P2P... Agent: Concert Technology And Withrow & Terranova

20080016206 - Server checking using health probe chaining: A load balancer sends a probe packet to a first server in a list of servers. Each server in the list sends the probe successively down the list of servers and acknowledges the probe if the server is healthy. The final server in the list sends a signal to the... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20080016208 - System, method and program product for visually presenting data describing network intrusions: Computer system, method and program for graphically representing network intrusions. Source icons are displayed in rows in a first column. The source icons represent source IP addresses from which intrusions were sent. Destination icons are displayed in rows in a second column. The destination icons represent destination IP addresses to... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080016209 - Apparatus and system for managing multiple computers: A switching device and system for interconnecting a single user console having user interface devices, including a console keyboard, a console video display unit, a console mouse, and speakers to a plurality of host computers each capable of using user interface devices, including a keyboard, a video display unit, and... Agent: O''melveny & Myers LLP Ip&t Calendar Department La-1118

20080016211 - Internet user-accessible database: A web application for public use and market sample groups includes a record creator for generating user demographic profiles, and allows users to critique entertainment pieces by way of Rubrics. Each Rubric relating to a given entertainment piece and presents grading elements to a user pertaining to the entertainment piece.... Agent: Stout, Uxa, Buyan & Mullins LLP

20080016210 - Method and apparatus for managing network devices: This invention relates to a method and apparatus for managing network devices, which allow the user to intuitively recognize errors that have occurred in network devices. When an error monitoring module (701) detects any error that has occurred in a network device, a corresponding URL address acquisition module (702) acquires... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080016212 - File system firewall: Embodiments of the invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to file system access and provide a method, system and apparatus for a file system firewall. In one embodiment of the invention, a data processing system configured for file system access can be provided. The data processing system can... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20080016213 - Communication system, communication method, network load prediction node, and network configuration management node: In a communication system a plurality of user terminals located in a plurality of service areas perform communications. The communication system includes a mobility control node configured to manage a service area where each user terminal is located; a session control node configured to manage a communication history of a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080016215 - Ip address pools for device configuration: Methods, computer readable media, and system embodiments are provided for device configuration. One method embodiment includes defining a pool of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses having a pool name, defining a device configuration template having a tag that identifies the pool name, and substituting an IP address from the pool of... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080016214 - Method and system for dynamically changing user session behavior based on user and/or group classification in response to application server demand: A system for dynamically changing session behavior based on user and/or group classification in response to server demand. The system operates to dynamically alter current session behavior experienced by individual users and/or groups of users in response to monitored server demand. An intelligence server provides application servers with actions to... Agent: Lotus And Rational Software Mcguinness & Manaras LLP

20080016218 - Method and system for sharing and accessing resources: A method and system for sharing and accessing resources useable to retrieve information is provided. Data of resources used by human providers to retrieve information in response to a query from requesters are maintained in a database for use in relation to subsequent queries. The method and system identifies categories... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080016217 - System and method for distributed utility optimization in a messaging infrastructure: A system and method which integrates a greedy allocation for consumer admission control with a Lagrangian allocation to compute flow rates and which links the results of the two approaches to allow a tradeoff between consumer admission control and flow rates. The Lagrangian Rates, Greedy Populations (hereinafter, “LRGP”) solution is... Agent: Anne Vachon Dougherty

20080016219 - Conditional url for computer devices: A resource request is received at a computer application, wherein the resource request has a resource specification that determines multiple resources for fulfillment. The received resource specification is evaluated, a plurality of computer resources are identified for processing of the resource request in accordance with the evaluated resource specification, and... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080016220 - File system and method for administrating storage space and bandwidth in a computer system serving media assets: Method, computer program product and server computer system for use in a client server computer architecture. The server sends media assets over computer network to client computer and maintains file system organized into plurality of asset groups, each asset group comprising plurality of media assets, wherein media assets share storage... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20080016216 - Method and system for data-structure management: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to computationally efficient methods and systems for managing connection-associated and exchange-associated resources within network proxies. In one embodiment of the present invention, a circular connection-switch queue is employed for allocating, de-allocating, and maintaining connection-based or exchange-based data resources within a proxy. The connection-switch... Agent: Olympic Patent Works PLLC

20080016221 - Method for implementing resource applications of multiple service flows: The invention discloses a method for implementing resource applications of multiple service flows, including: receiving by a connection manager (CM) a connection resource request message including resource applications of at least two service flows; allocating paths and reserving resources for the service flows by the CM; sending by the CM... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080016222 - Server reservation method, reservation control apparatus and program storage medium: To allow many users to efficiently use functions of a processing server that performs predetermined processing, via a network and also prevent a time during which an user can use the processing server, from being shortened due to a difference between the times recognized by the user side and processing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080016223 - Analog signal input/output system using network links: There is disclosed an arrangement wherein an analog signal input terminal converts an input analog signal to a digital signal and transmits the digital signal to a host computer via a network, while a digital signal generated by the host computer is transmitted through the network to an analog signal... Agent: Butzel Long

20080016224 - Network topology generation method and node: The object of the present invention is to provide a network topology generation method which can reduce a network delay fairly and minimally upon generating a new network topology, by considering a network condition in a physical layer. The network topology generation method includes establishing a virtual connection between the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080016225 - Saving and retrieval of browser sessions: Included are systems and methods for resuming a previous browsing session. At least one embodiment of a method includes receiving a request to initiate a current browsing session and in response to receiving a request to initiate a current browsing session, retrieving data related to a previous browsing session, the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP/ At&t Bls Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080016227 - Method and system for establishing a security perimeter in computer networks: A multi-level network security system is disclosed for a computer host device coupled to at least one computer network. The system including a secure network interface Unit (SNIU) contained within a communications stack of the computer device that operates at a user layer communications protocol. The SNIU communicates with other... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080016226 - Portable computerized device adapted for ad hoc security associations: A portable communications device adapted to provide communication security in, for example, an ad hoc or temporary networked environment. In one embodiment, the network comprises an untrusted medium, and the device includes network security apparatus adapted to create security associations between devices on the network, including mutual authentication. Traffic between... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080016228 - Method and apparatus for preventing data leakage in portable terminal: Provided are a method of preventing data leakage from a portable terminal and an apparatus employing the method. The method includes checking whether computer identification (ID) data from a computer is received when the portable terminal is connected to the computer using a media transfer protocol (MTP). A computer authentication... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080016229 - Method and system of running viral advertisement service: Disclosed is a method of running a viral advertisement service. The method includes providing a viral advertisement package for distributing via a computer network. The package has a playable content and a software module. Upon playing the playable content in a computing device, the software module is executed and sends... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080016232 - Distributed network identity: A distributed network identity is provided. An identity provider stores a portion of a user's personal information. A service provider accesses user information from one or more identity providers. System entities such as identity providers and service providers can be linked to enable information sharing and aggregation. User policies and... Agent: Robert C. Kowert Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20080016231 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and transmitting medium: A method of managing personal information of a user wherein personal information of a user is provided to an information provider from any location, through a simple apparatus, and with reliability. Personal information is stored beforehand in a user profile database of a server. When the user accesses a service... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080016230 - User equipment credential system: A user equipment in a communications system, the user equipment comprising: a memory arranged to store at least one identifier associated with the user equipment; a transceiver arranged to communicate with a node in the communication system, wherein the transceiver is arranged to receive the at least one identifier from... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20080016236 - Data buffering and notification system and methods thereof: An interceptor program at a computer device intercepts certain externally initiated communications intended for the peer program before those communications are placed on the network stack. Further, the interceptor program stores the received communications in a buffer in application space, rather than kernel space. The interceptor program can then intercept... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20080016233 - Methods, systems, products, and devices for processing dns friendly identifiers: When a request having a keyword is received, a domain name having the keyword can be generated and a network resource corresponding to the domain name can be requested wherein the network resource is adapted to extract the keyword from the domain name. In turn, when a request having a... Agent: Eric Schneider

20080016234 - Resolving names to network endpoints: A system, apparatus, method, and computer-readable medium are provided for resolving a name to a network endpoint. According to one method, naming providers are registered with a computer system that are operative to resolve names to network endpoints for one or more domains. A provider can claim to be a... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080016235 - Method for configuring a programmable logic controller using a schema to validate extensible markup language file: A method for configuring a programmable logic controller (PLC) having a protocol is provided. The method includes providing an extensible markup language (XML) schema for the protocol of the PLC. In another aspect, a method for configuring a programmable logic controller (PLC) having a protocol includes utilizing the schema to... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (14983)

20080016237 - Hybrid player for streaming audio: A hybrid player and a method of using the hybrid player to play a first stream and a second stream simultaneously while muting the second stream. The first stream continues to play until it is desired to replace the first stream with the second stream. Simultaneously, the first stream is... Agent: Daryl W Schnurr Miller Thomson LLP

20080016238 - Data transmission management: A system and method to schedule data for transmission. The system comprises data generating means, developing means, and transmission scheduling means. The data generating means generates data comprising content data and metadata relating to the content data. The developing means develops a set of input data. The transmission scheduling means... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080016239 - Automatic method and system for securely transferring files: A method, system, and computer program product for automatically securing and transferring a file from a sending user to one or more receiving users in a network. The file, which is in possession of the sending user, is submitted to a receiving location. Subsequently, the submitted file is secured. Thereafter,... Agent: William L, Botjer

20080016240 - Method for obtaining information objects in a communication system: The invention relates to a method for obtaining content objects in a communication system. In the method is obtained at least one search criterion at a first node. At least one entity entry is determined from an entity contact information list. An identity of a second network node is determined... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20080016241 - Method of transceiving driver software over the air and apparatus using the same: An over-the-air transceiving method and a mobile receiver using the same minimize the time for downloading driver software configured as a plurality of download data blocks (DDBs) and achieves timely downloads of driver software despite failures in receiving one or more download data blocks. On the transmitter side, the method... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080016242 - Apparatus and methods for managing messages sent between services: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for managing services within a computer network. In one embodiment, a message interchange network for exchanging application-level messages between services, which are located outside the message interchange network, is provided. At the message interchange network, a plurality of application-level messages, which each specify which one... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080016243 - Database management system and method of using it to transmit packets: A forwarding table, in a network device such as a router, used to forward packets in a communications network includes indicia whose state determine whether information contained in the forwarding table or information contained in the header portion of a packet is to be used to forward the packet to... Agent: Ibm Coporation (rtp) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20080016244 - Adaptive transaction message format display interface for use in a message data exchange system: A system provides an integration engine debugging and trace function that adaptively captures and displays trace information and promotes easier and more efficient troubleshooting. A system adaptively displays transaction message data for use with a data exchange system for exchanging data between different computer systems using different data formats. The... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080016245 - Client side editing application for optimizing editing of media assets originating from client and server: Apparatus for client-side editing of media assets in a client-server architecture is provided. In one example, a user of a client device uses an editor to edit local and remote media assets in an on-line environment (e.g., via a web browser), where media assets originating locally may be edited without... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080016246 - System and method for incremental and continuous data compression: A data compression system and method for that is capable of detecting and eliminating repeated phrases of variable length within a window of virtually unlimited size.... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert, P. A.

20080016248 - Method and apparatus for time synchronization of parameters: An apparatus and method for time synchronizing one or more parameters in a communication system is provided, wherein the apparatus generates a request message for requesting time synchronization of a parameter, the request message comprises a transaction ID, a requested parameter, and an index value associated with the requested parameter,... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080016249 - Recoverable error detection for concurrent computing programs: The present invention provides a system and method for detecting communication error among multiple nodes in a concurrent computing environment. A barrier synchronization point or regions are used to check for communication mismatch. The barrier synchronization can be placed anywhere in a concurrent computing program. If a communication error occurred... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080016247 - System and method to efficiently broadcast television video and audio streams through the internet from a source in single leading time zone to multiple destinations in lagging time zones: According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for improving video quality by leveraging time zone delays occurring during transmissions of programs. The method comprises an operation of determining a time zone delay between a broadcasting source of a program and a targeted destination for the program. Thereafter, the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080016250 - Method and system for device bootstrapping via server synchronization: A method and system for restoring basic functionality to a portable computer system via a server accessed remotely by telephone. A user of a portable computer system which has lost data and software which was held in volatile memory may connect to a server to restore basic functionality to the... Agent: Berry & Associates P.C.

20080016251 - Mac layer bridging of network frames between isolated and external networks: An apparatus, program product and method bridge an isolated network such as a virtual network to an external network such as another virtual network or physical network by utilizing a network adapter on the other network that is assigned the same Media Access Control (MAC) address as an isolated network... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, L.L.P. (ibm)

20080016252 - Mac layer bridging of network frames between isolated and external networks: An apparatus, program product and method bridge an isolated network such as a virtual network to an external network such as another virtual network or physical network by utilizing a network adapter on the other network that is assigned the same Media Access Control (MAC) address as an isolated network... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, L.L.P. (ibm)

20080016253 - Graphical user interface for navigating and manipulating objects exposed by a host: A graphical user interface (GUI) is provided for navigating and manipulating objects exposed by a host, such as a host computer program or a host computer system. Particularly, an interface of the host is accessed to receive a list of hierarchically organized objects that the host supports. Each object has... Agent: Law Offices Of Michael Dryja

20080016254 - Memory controller with ring bus for interconnecting memory clients to memory devices: Embodiments of a distributed memory controller system implemented on a single integrated circuit device are described. In one embodiment, a memory controller that provides an interconnection circuit between a first plurality of memory devices to a second plurality of memory clients includes a ring bus to route at least one... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20080010334 - Method, system, and program product for providing automatic group subscriptions: A first data store is provided for storing individual subscriptions, including match criteria and an action specification. A second data store is also provided for storing group subscriptions, including a use counter and a list of pointers to the individual subscriptions. When a new individual subscription is submitted, it is... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & Dalessandro LLC

20080010336 - Content distribution system, content distribution control apparatus, content distribution control method, content distribution control program and content distribution control program storage medium: A server for providing to a user terminal an additional service on a web page during setting a predetermined service including a determining unit configured to determine whether a request for provision of the additional service is received from the user terminal; a receiving unit configured to receive presentation information... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080010335 - Methods and apparatus for analyzing, processing and formatting network information such as web-pages: A method for processing information received by a wireless device over a computer network, including receiving information from at least one source of information over a computer network, parsing at least some of the information, and employing at least some results of the parsing to provide the information in a... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080010337 - Analysis and selective display of rss feeds: An RSS reader ranks articles and RSS feeds based on monitoring user interactions with each article. In an enterprise version, ranking can reflect the interactions of multiple users with RSS feeds and articles. Monitored user interactions can include reading an article, tagging, forwarding, emailing and the like.... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP

20080010338 - Method and apparatus for client and server interaction: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for data hub processing of events. A client-side data hub receives an event to form a received event. The received event is for a given topic associated with a currently displayed page. The client-side data hub sends the received event... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080010339 - Remote invocation mechanism for logging: One or more events occurring within a client-side web application are logged at a remote server using a script-based invocation mechanism. The mechanism comprises a client-side script, and associated server-side code. Upon occurrence of an event to be logged, a script object is created on the client and used to... Agent: Law Office Of David H. Judson

20080010340 - Thin network protocol: A method for a server to process a transaction on remote client hardware is disclosed. A local request is generated for the transaction. A driver level message to the remote client hardware is generated. The driver level message is sent directly to the remote client hardware to process the transaction.... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20080010344 - Method and system for embedded personalized communication: A method and system for embedded personalized communication have been disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises providing software code to be embedded in a webpage. The webpage is loaded including the software code. A configuration file is fetched from a configuration server in response to the software... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20080010341 - Processing model of an application wiki: A computer implemented method for managing a collaborative web page. A set of tools is displayed to manipulate the collaborative web page. The set of tools includes a plurality of graphical representation of commands for modifying dynamic content of the collaborative web page. A property editor is presented to modify... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080010343 - Method of providing a digital athlete profile: A method of developing an internet sports social network web page with advertising, having the steps of accumulating a community based database of athlete or activities information, determining an advertising section profile for the web page based on the accumulated database; and preparing the network web page based on the... Agent: Duane Morris, LLPIPDepartment

20080010342 - Synchronous updating of dynamic interactive applications: An automation server interfaces with broadcast scheduling systems of various types to s automatically synchronize the behavior of interactive applications relative to various broadcast programs, such as television shows and commercials, so as to maintain the appropriate interactive application for whatever broadcast program is airing. This allows for television shows... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/open Tv

20080010345 - Method and apparatus for data hub objects: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code to process a request for a page. A server-side data hub receives a request for a page from a client-side data hub on a remote data processing system. The client-side data hub is associated with an instance of a collaborative... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080010347 - Group communication system and method: A method is described for providing voice conferencing between a plurality of users over a communications network, the plurality of users comprising a host user and a plurality of participant users. The method comprises the host user initiating a voice conference using a host user terminal connected to the communications... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20080010346 - Method and apparatus for sharing information using a handheld device: A method and apparatus for sending information to a data processing apparatus for identifying a document to share with a recipient. A handheld device is capable of communicating with the data processing apparatus. Information is captured from the document and stored in the handheld device as document data. A communications... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20080010350 - Email recovery method and system: An email recovery system and method. The method comprises receiving by a server system, an email from a sender. The email comprises a message for a recipient. The email is archived with a plurality of emails saved on said server system. A first copy of the email is sent to... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080010349 - Home zone determination for electronic messaging services: Systems and methods are disclosed that determine whether a sender/recipient using an electronic messaging service (e.g., SMS messaging service or MMS messaging service) is located in a defined home zone. A communication network in one embodiment includes a messaging system, such as an SMSC or an MMSC, and a home... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20080010348 - Method and program product for securing privacy of an e-mail address in an e-mail: A method and program product for securing privacy of an e-mail address is provided. The method includes generating an e-mail message to one or more recipients on a sender e-mail client and encrypting, using a privacy plug-in installed on the sender e-mail client, an e-mail address of the sender, using... Agent: Silvy Anna Murphy

20080010353 - Adaptive junk message filtering system: The invention relates to a system for filtering messages—the system includes a seed filter having associated therewith a false positive rate and a false negative rate. A new filter is also provided for filtering the messages, the new filter is evaluated according to the false positive rate and the false... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080010352 - Advice provided for offering highly targeted advice without compromising individual privacy: The invention disclosed herein enables a collection of computers and associated communications infrastructure to offer a new communications process which allows information providers to broadcast information to a population of information consumers. The information may be targeted to those consumers who have a precisely formulated need for the information. This... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20080010356 - Customize an email using an expertise level rules engine: A Web site, through the use of a Rules Engine, determines an expertise level of a User for one or more topics on a Web page. The Rules Engine may analyze User related data, such as the search term used by the User to find the Web site, the past... Agent: Go Daddy Group, Inc.

20080010354 - Push type scanner apparatus: A push type scanner apparatus according to the present invention can transmit image data read by the push type scanner apparatus through a network to a desired personal computer only by operating the push type scanner apparatus without transmitting any operation command from the personal computer. In the push type... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080010351 - Survey polling system and method: In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a computerized survey polling system wrapper for use on the internet or other network is described. Survey polling system and method allows an administrator to set up a survey and manipulate and segment responders based on simple answers to certain questions. The... Agent: North Oaks Patent Agency

20080010355 - System and method for sending text messages converted into speech through an internet connection: This disclosure includes a system to send text messages by the Internet and deliver messages in the form of speech directly on an addressee's phone. This system includes a central server where software is installed. The server receives a written text message, converts it into speech and processes it, so... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20080010357 - System, computer-implemented method, and software for vessel scheduling for product distribution: A system, computer-implemented method, and software for automatically planning and scheduling ocean-going vessels for oil distribution is provided. The scheduling of the vessels is based on a filtered beam search and greedy heuristic. A server can be used for receiving a schedule request and one or more constraints for scheduling... Agent: I2 Technologies Us, Inc.

20080010358 - Configuration management method and system for customer premises equipment: The present invention relates to a technology for terminal equipment configuration management of a communication system, and embodiments of the present invention disclose a configuration management method and system for a customer premises equipment, which enable simpler interaction between a CS and CPEs in the case of batch configuration management... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080010359 - Computer implemented method and system for managing server-based rendering of messages in a heterogeneous environment: Computer implemented method, system and computer usable program code for rendering messages in a data processing system. A computer implemented method for rendering a message in a data processing system includes updating a source object of a secondary web page associated with a primary web page with information regarding a... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080010360 - Negotiating an exchange of image processing functionality: Negotiation between first and second devices having a bi-directional communication link, so as to negotiate a low-cost image processing sequence that effects a transfer of image data from a first device to the second device. According to the negotiation, the devices determine whether functionality present in one device can be... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080010361 - Method, software and apparatus for activating resident applications: A system for detecting a preloaded inactivated core application and sending an activation inquiry request requesting an activation status associated with the preloaded inactivated core application. The system also includes sending the activation inquiry request over a network. The system also includes receiving the activation status associated with the preloaded... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080010363 - Communication apparatus and communication method: According to one embodiment, there is provided a communication apparatus including a communication section which collects list information about contents data from a plurality of server devices on a network, a display section which displays the list information about the contents data collected by the communication section together with performance... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080010362 - Communication terminal, system and method for implementing streaming service: A communication terminal for implementing a streaming service disclosed by embodiments of the present invention includes: a call control unit, an audio processing unit, a video processing unit and a communication processing unit; the communication terminal further includes: a streaming control unit which respectively exchanges the communication signaling with the... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080010364 - Blade type computer management system: A blade type computer management system comprising one or more server racks, each rack having one or more chassis mounted thereon, each chassis having one or more blade type computers mounted thereon which are connected to a network. A management computer is connected to the network for managing the respective... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080010367 - Geo-locating end-user devices on a communication network: A scheme is provided for determining the geographical location of an active IP device coupled to an IP network. A network path to the user device is obtained to identify a last hop device having a known first geographical location. A last leg distance between the last hop device and... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080010365 - Methods, products, systems, and devices for processing reusable information: In a communication network having at least one communication link connecting at least one provider and a client, where the at least one provider is in communication with at least one database storing at least one identifier having variable ownership status, a method includes establishing that at least one identifier... Agent: Eric Schneider

20080010368 - System and method of analyzing web content: A system and method are provided for identifying inappropriate content in websites on a network. Unrecognized uniform resource locators (URLs) or other web content are accessed by workstations and are identified as possibly having malicious content. The URLs or web content may be preprocessed within a gateway server module or... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080010369 - Web server and method to provide web-pages to manage devices: A web server and a method to provide web-pages to manage devices. A storage stores data for a web-page setting attributes and attribute values related to at least one device. A web-page generator generates a basic web-page based on the stored data of the web-page if to display of the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080010371 - License information exchange system: When license information is transferred between a server machine and a client machine, an identifier which is unique to a series of communication sequences is provided. The identifier is sent when a communication is performed between the two machines, as well as when the license information is updated. Therefore, when... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080010370 - System and method for analyzing input/output activity on local attached storage: A system, method and computer program product for analyzing file I/O activity on local attached storage devices within a computer network is provided. In an embodiment, a software agent executes on one or more servers within the network, and monitors the I/O activity on the network's local attached storage (e.g.,... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20080010366 - System and method for generating unique and persistent identifiers: The present invention relates to systems and methods for generating unique and persistent identifiers for one or more entities within a network. The method of the present invention comprises discovering one or more entities within a network, a given entity associated with one or more attributes and an entity type.... Agent: Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP

20080010372 - Audio visual player apparatus and system and method of content distribution using the same: A system is presented providing content to a plurality of handheld devices (including musical selections). The devices can access a server over the Internet via a Wi-Fi or other similar wireless interconnection and can download songs requested by a user from the server or from other users using, e.g., a... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20080010374 - Control point device in upnp network and method of registering preference device thereof: A control point in a UPnP network and a method of registering a preference device thereof eliminate discovery and description operations with respect to a preference in the UPnP network. The control point includes a preference device registration unit to register a device selected among a plurality of devices connected... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080010376 - System and method for personalized online education: This invention relates to a system and method for providing personalized online education.... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20080010375 - Remote self service facilities administration system: Systems and methods are described for automatically providing remote self service facilities administration over an Internet protocol (IP) network or over a direct circuit (DC) network. To such ends, a system provides self service use of services of a provider network remotely from the provider network. A remote site kiosk... Agent: Paul W. Martin

20080010373 - Transmission history dependency processor: A first transmission history dependency processor is provided for processing an electronic request indicated by request information in accordance with the transmission history of the request information. Alternatively, a second transmission history dependency processor is provided for processing object information such as contents in accordance with the transmission history of... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080010378 - Collaborative file update system: In a disclosed method facilitates collaborative file updating, data is accepted from one of a plurality of users and stored. The data represents an initial version of the file and designates one or more recipients of the initial version. Then, for each one of sequentially updated versions of the file,... Agent: Law Office Of Mark J. Spolyar

20080010379 - Method and system for content charging: The present invention discloses a method for content charging, including: sending, by a Portal Server, a service activation request to a Policy Server based on a service request from a user; responding to the service activation request, determining the service policy corresponding to the service request, and delivering a service... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080010377 - Obtaining and assessing objective data ralating to network resources: In a network comprising a plurality of network resources and at least one directory server, the directory server containing information with a predetermined level of trust about the network resources, a method for automatically providing a user device with information about a network resource in communication with the user device.... Agent: Soroker-agmon Advocate And Patent Attorneys

20080010380 - Re-directing video according to a standard protocol: A client device is registered with a registrar in a network. A graphical user interface that includes a menu for selecting video content is displayed on the client. A request is made via a network according to a standard protocol for video content from a server that is registered with... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080010381 - Rule-based caching for packet-based data transfer: Data transfer to a remote packet-communicating device over a network is effected using a network-based cache to selectively store data. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, a network-based server facilitates selective, rule-based storage of a registered user's data in a network-based cache. The registered user's data is... Agent: Crawford Maunu PLLC

20080010382 - Method, system, and computer-readable medium to render repeatable data objects streamed over a network: A system, method, and computer-readable medium that provides a streamed presentation to multiple clients over a network utilizing a presentation server that produces and streams audio, video, and uniquely identified auxiliary data objects (e.g., slides, 3D image models, sound bytes, web page, etc.) in separate sessions or channels over a... Agent: Lawrence Harbin Mcintyre Harbin & King LLP

20080010383 - Data transmitting method and data transmitting apparatus for transmitting stream data: In transmitting stream data successively reproduced a in point of time, to a recording unit connected to a network, through the network, there is a method to detect that a synchronous recording has been designated from an input unit to transmit mute data, generated from a mute data generator to... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080010384 - Customize a service inquiry to a support entity using an expertise level rules engine: A Web site, through the use of a Rules Engine, determines an expertise level of a User for one or more topics on a Web page. The Rules Engine may analyze User related data, such as the search term used by the User to find the Web site, the past... Agent: Go Daddy Group, Inc.

20080010385 - Routing method in consideration of power and transmission delay in wireless ad hoc network and terminal device adopting the same: A routing method in consideration of the power and transmission delay in a wireless ad hoc network and a terminal device adopting the same are provided, which can reduce the power consumption and packet delay by considering both the power consumption and packet delay. The terminal device includes a judgment... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080010386 - Method and apparatus for client wiring model: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for a client-side data hub to process events. The client-side data hub receives an event to form a received event. The received event is for a given topic. The received event is generated by a producer command associated with the... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080010388 - Method and apparatus for server wiring model: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for a server-side data hub to process events. The server-side data hub adds an event for the given topic to an event queue on the server-side data hub in response to receiving an event associated with a page. The server-side... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080010387 - Method for defining a wiki page layout using a wiki page: A method for defining a page layout with a page is provided. In response to receiving a request to show a current page from a client browser, data manipulations necessary to create a data model of the current page are performed. Also, in response to receiving a request to show... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC