Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomputer data transferring or plural processor synchronization inventions 09/08

20080235320 - Distributed 3d environment framework: A system for, and client-side and server-side applications for, constructing, connecting and real time management of independent 3D environment portions (2) in a distributed ad hoc network of independent servers to form a seamless massive 3D environment (1). A 3D-aware browser composes multiple interconnected 3D environment portions (2) hosted on... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080235321 - Distributed contents storing system, copied data acquiring method, node device, and program processed in node: s

20080235318 - Information processing system for classifying and/or tracking an object: According to one embodiment, a computing system includes a computing node coupled to a number of sensors. The sensors are operable to generate records from received information and transmit these records to the computing node. The computing node is operable to bind the plurality of records in a plurality of... Agent: Baker Botts LLP

20080235322 - Media sharing: A method and device for distributing media from a network based content server to two or more clients participating in a burst-based service session. The method includes, following establishment of the burst-based service session, joining the content server to the session as a further participating client, sending a media grant... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080235324 - Providing shared tasks amongst a plurality of individuals: A mechanism for sharing tasks is provided in which individuals in a share group may signal their intent to complete individual shared tasks and communicate that intent to other individuals in the share group. A required time for completion of the shared tasks may be associated with an individual's signaling... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20080235317 - System and method for providing an extended computing capacity: A system, method and business model is disclosed in which computation and storage intensive tasks are performed using remote commercial products (13) of a product manufacturer (80) rather than with centralized resources (10) owned by the product manufacturer (80). The present invention uses the spare resources (e.g., processing, storage) of... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080235319 - System and method for user-definable document exchange: A document exchange based on user-definable validation rules provided by the exchanging parties. In one embodiment, an uploader uploads a document from a first computer, the upload being associated with a first member account registered with a network site. A user interface receives a delivery destination for the document from... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080235323 - Transmitting content in wagering networks: Systems, methods, and apparatus for transmitting content in wagering networks are described herein. In one embodiment, the method includes determining a first source for a first block of a wagering content file. The method can also include determining a second source for a second block of the wagering content file.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/wms Gaming

20080235327 - Achieving low latencies on network events in a non-real time platform: Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for providing low-latency handling of events and/or requesting actions of external resources in a real time environment while utilizing non-real time components. According to one embodiment, a system for providing low-latency handling of events in a real time environment while utilizing non-real... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20080235325 - Identifying appropriate client-side script references: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for identifying appropriate client-side script references. Embodiments of the invention facilitate tailoring a list of script references to send to a Web browser based on a list of script references included in a server page. Referenced scripts sent to... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20080235330 - Method and apparatus for utilizing portable e-mail addresses: A signal bearing medium tangibly embodies a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus to perform operations comprising receiving an email message having an extended email address encoded virtual address, resolving said address to an actual email address, replacing the virtual address with the actual email address,... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080235329 - Method for reproducing media content in terminal and terminal having function for reproducing media content: A method for reproducing media content in a terminal and a terminal having a function for reproducing media content are disclosed. The method for reproducing media content in a terminal includes accessing a content server; and reproducing at least one media content configured with the accessed content server, among at... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080235326 - Methods and apparatus for accelerating web browser caching: Methods and apparatus for processing intercepted requests and responses related to document retrieval between client and server computers. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, document metadata from server responses are inspected and stored in a database by an acceleration device in the network path between client and... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20080235328 - Network system, server, data processing method and program: A front-end server for temporarily holding an operation request for a NAS server, which is sent from a predetermined client, is interposed between the NAS server and clients on a network. This front-end server holds information concerning a correlation among data files stored in the NAS server, optimizes the operation... Agent: Dillon & Yudell, LLP

20080235332 - Advertising substitution payment system: There is provided a method that includes sending information to a first device, receiving a confirmation that a user of the first device acknowledged receipt of the information, and facilitating a communication between the first device and a second device via a peer-to-peer network in return for the confirmation.... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20080235333 - Group access privatization in clustered computer system: An apparatus, clustered computer system, and program product rely on cluster-private group names to perform accesses to groups that are resident in a clustered computer system. Thus, for a cluster-accessible group, all nodes capable of participating in a cluster are configured to map to the same cluster-private group name for... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, L.L.P. (ibm)

20080235331 - Scheduling synchronized demand for p2p networks: A method and system are provided to share a file over a P2P network comprising: notifying a plurality of peer devices of a scheduled time during which sharing of a file over the network is to occur; receiving requests from multiple peers from the plurality to participate in sharing of... Agent: San Francisco Office Of Novak, Druce & Quigg LLP

20080235337 - Adaptive buddy lists: In one embodiment, a method can include: (i) monitoring for a buddy relevant event; (ii) deriving a buddy list portion from the buddy relevant event; (iii) determining presence information for each member in the buddy list portion; and (iv) updating an adaptive buddy list using the buddy list portion and... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20080235338 - Apparatus, systems, and methods to facilitate the interaction between parties: Devices, systems and methods for facilitating interactions between individuals are disclosed. The exemplary method may include providing member facility information and allowing other members to review the facility information. Members may request a meeting with another member with details of the requested meeting via the system. The request is transmitted... Agent: Kaliko & Yeager, L.L.C.

20080235344 - Auto reply email and auto reply email method: Auto reply email and auto reply email methods are disclosed. A particular email message includes a no-reply origination address and a message body. Characteristics of the message body are selected based at least partially on a previous email message sent to the no-reply origination address.... Agent: Toler Law Group

20080235336 - Implementation of private messaging: A method is disclosed for sending messages such as emails where the sender and receiver in the exchange remain anonymous to each other. The method uses a service, which may for example be an Internet service provider, which acts as an intermediary between a first party and second party to... Agent: Vierra Magen/microsoft Corporation

20080235340 - Information processing device, information processing method and information processing program: Included are a browse determining unit 9 determining whether or not a user to whom an electronic mail is addressed browses information of the delivered electronic mail by referring to a user information storage unit 6 stored with at least an electronic mail address of the user in information about... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080235342 - Interactive communications system: An interactive system and method for controlling access to a plurality of communications sessions involving a plurality of users including controlling access to a plurality of communications sessions, each of said communications sessions being for access by a plurality of users, wherein data identifying said plurality of communications sessions have... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080235341 - Messaging system: A method of selecting a recipient of a message on the basis of data identifying access to previously transmitted messages, wherein each said message includes content data for display within a display area of a receiving terminal and control data including data indicative of a user selectable portion within the... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080235345 - Method, apparatus, and program to forward and verify multiple digital signatures in electronic mail: A mechanism is provided for augmenting the mail header of a message with a list of digital signatures representing the chain of contributors to the message. The augmented header may also encode the actual contributions corresponding to each digital signature. The list is appended every time a message is forwarded.... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080235335 - Method, system, and computer program product for changing the status of an existing email in a recipient email client inbox: A method, system, and computer program product for changing the status of an existing email in a recipient email client inbox are provided. The method includes receiving a message from an email server that includes a message identifier identifying the existing email message, the existing email message transmitted to the... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Rochester Division

20080235334 - Methods for creating and using electronic mailing groups: A method for creating an electronic mailing group. The method is implemented via execution of computer readable program code on a processor of a computer system. A first input is stored in a computer-readable storage medium. The first input includes a first group name for distributing a first electronic mail... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080235339 - Subject matter resource website: A method and apparatus for providing searchable data. The method includes the steps of detecting a content capture request from a user and analyzing a screen being viewed by the user to capture a content and format of any information elements displayed on the screen. The method further includes the... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20080235343 - System for status reporting: A system for status reporting. The system provides a plurality of status messages, and reports to at least two user groups at least two status messages of the plurality of status messages, wherein each of the at least two user groups receives a different status message.... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080235346 - Method of detecting response time-out based on master-slave protocol architecture: A method of detecting response time-out based on master-slave protocol architecture, which calculates the time required for a slave device to respond to a Modbus request sent by a detection device based on Modbus communication protocol. The method is to send a Modbus request to the slave device through a... Agent: Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd

20080235347 - Service providing method and system: In a service provider system, a service provider provides service information dependent on location information of a mobile terminal to the mobile terminal in response to a service request with the location information sent by the mobile terminal. A communication control unit controls communication between the mobile terminal and the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080235351 - Apparatus, systems and methods for targeted content delivery: According to some embodiments of the present invention, a system, apparatus and method for targeted content delivery is presented. In some embodiments, the method comprises registering users logging-on to a computer network and gathering user-related information from users. Location-centric information for each user logged-on to the network is relayed to... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20080235348 - Program viewing history: A method may include tracking program viewing information via a set-top box and storing the tracked program viewing information.... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080235350 - Root node for file level virtualization: A root node creates and issues an object ID comprising share information designating a share unit, which is a logical public unit. The share unit is a logical public unit comprising no less than two objects. Transfer control information in which share information is associated with device information showing a... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080235349 - System and method for social-networking based presence: A telecommunications system includes a network; a social networking service operably coupled to the network and configured to allow registration of users, to allow identification of registered users' interests, and to identify associated users, said associated users being associated with registered users; a presence service operably coupled to the network... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080235352 - Architecture for installation and hosting of server-based single purpose applications on clients: Architecture for installing and hosting of remote or server-based single-purpose applications (or server gadgets) on a local client. Where the client supports client gadgets that are available all the time, the server gadgets can now be installed and utilized on the client. Once installed in the client gadget framework, server... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080235355 - Intelligent electronic device for receiving and sending data at high speeds over a network: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for improving a data transfer rate from an intelligent electronic device (IED) to external PC clients, via a network interface. In one embodiment, an FTP based approach is disclosed which allows for significant optimization of download speeds providing as much a 100 times... Agent: Electro Industries/ Gaugetech C/o Casella & Hespos, LLP

20080235354 - Network agnostic media server control enabler: Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for interacting with a media server on a network and/or protocol agnostic basis. According to one embodiment, a method for controlling a media server can comprise receiving a request to perform a media control function of the media server from an application... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20080235353 - System and method for confirming an association in a web-based social network: A method for confirming a request for an association with an organization by a user of a web-based social network is disclosed. In one embodiment, the request includes an e-mail address not controlled by the organization. The request may also be part of an application for membership with the web-based... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20080235356 - System, apparatus, method and program for processing information: In response to a request, one of primary content data as a copyrighted work and incidental content data is received from a server. With a music editing and sharing application, the content data is used in a secondary usage fashion for editing in order to produce new incidental content data.... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080235357 - On-line configuration management system and method: A system and method for on-line configuration management of a production environment having a plurality of target nodes, each of which has a current configuration of software controlling at least some of the functions of the node. The system includes a central configuration management server, a plurality of agents associated... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080235358 - Proxy device, network system, and communication method: The present invention provides a proxy device, a network system, and a communication method to enable communication between an information appliance capable of communicating only within a closed network and an information appliance capable of communicating only within a closed network different from the network, via an open network, wherein... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080235359 - System for managing program applications storable in a mobile terminal: Management server 16 may obtain application programs from content server 20 in response to requests of mobile terminal 11. Management server 16 may transmit the obtained application programs to mobile terminal 11 with information concerning reliabilities of the application programs. After mobile terminal 11 receives the application programs from management... Agent: Indianapolis Office 27879 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080235361 - Management layer method and apparatus for dynamic assignment of users to computer resources: A management layer method and apparatus for dynamically assigning computer users to remote computer resources according to predetermined rules and irrespective of remote viewer protocol utilized by the user. The method and apparatus is capable of managing hundreds of thousands of users across multiple physical sites and is operable with... Agent: Eaton Peabody Patent Group, LLC

20080235363 - Method and system for platform level data model for indications based event control and data transfer: For a platform level data model for indications based event control and data transfer, a management controller may enable performing indications based management operations that may be based on a management service utilizing CIM Indications model. The management controller may enable communication of indications based messaging and/or data. The indications... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080235362 - System and method for conference management: A method in a mobile communication device for communication over a wireless network for managing conference equipment, including: establishing a connection with a video conferencing management server via the wireless network; receiving information from the video conferencing management server, the information including one or more lists of entries from one... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080235360 - System and method for scheduling downloading in a cached network environment: A system and method schedules downloading of content files from a content server to a client through a cache server. A user can request a content file for future delivery at a certain service time at a certain location such as a hotspot. A cache server receives these requests and... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20080235365 - Automatic root cause analysis of performance problems using auto-baselining on aggregated performance metrics: Anomalous behavior in a distributed system is automatically detected. Metrics are gathered for transactions, subsystems and/or components of the subsystems. The metrics can identify response times, error counts and/or CPU loads, for instance. Baseline metrics and associated deviation ranges are automatically determined and can be periodically updated. Metrics from specific... Agent: Vierra Magen Marcus & Deniro LLP

20080235369 - Distributing replication assignments among nodes: Replication in distributed systems may be based on a determination of the number of connections to a node to be replicated. When a new user is adding a node in a distributed system, the number of connections between nodes connected to the new node is determined. In addition, the change... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20080235374 - Electronic device monitoring method, electronic device computer and program thereof: Processing relating to maintenance of a monitoring subject device is performed by detecting by a computer an IP address of an electronic device connected to a LAN, automatically referring to communication protocol specification data indicating a communication protocol with the electronic device indicated in remote maintenance management data provided in... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080235367 - Method and apparatus for updating user status in an instant messaging system: A computer implemented method, apparatus and computer usable program code for managing user status. A number of active conversations present for a user of an instant messaging service is identified. The user status for the user is changed based on a policy using the number of active conversations.... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080235364 - Method and apparatus for using dynamic workload characteristics to control cpu frequency and voltage scaling: Some embodiments involve determining a processor performance characteristic associated with a workload, determining a workload characteristic associated with the workload, and determining a processor performance state for the workload based on the performance characteristic and the workload characteristic. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080235370 - Method and system for controlling network traffic of p2p and instant messenger softwares: A method and a system for controlling a network traffic of P2P and instant messenger softwares are disclosed. In accordance with the method and the system, both a header and a payload of a packet generated by an instant messenger software or a P2P software are monitored to terminate a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080235372 - Method and system for measuring status and state of remotely executing programs: A system and method for providing attestation and/or integrity of a server execution environment are described. One or more parts of a server environment are selected for measurement. The one or more parts in a server execution environment are measured, and the measurements result in a unique fingerprint for each... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20080235366 - Method and system for monitoring messages passed over a network: A method for performing a monitoring function for an application that passes messages between two or more endpoints, comprising: receiving a message including transaction data, the transaction data including data relating to transport of the transaction data; storing the message and transaction data in respective message data and transaction data... Agent: Mccarthy Tetrault LLP

20080235373 - System and method for detecting status changes in a network using virtual coordinate mapping: A system and method for scalable status change detection in a network of nodes includes embedding node coordinate positions into a virtual map environment. A cluster of nodes are represented with a representative node to form a hierarchy of nodes and clusters where changes in a status of the representative... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20080235368 - System and method for monitoring network traffic: Described herein are systems and methods for matching clicks of links on a webpage with page views by a user. The method may comprise identifying a link on a webpage requested by a client device, generating a link identifier for the link and attaching the link identifier to the link.... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Dreier LLP

20080235371 - System, computer product and method for event monitoring with data centre: A system, computer product and method for monitoring and disseminating data form a plurality of electronic devices via the Internet is provided. The plurality of electronic devices, or further electronic devices connected to the plurality of electronic devices, generate signal data. A computer product of the present invention is loaded... Agent: Miller Thompson, LLP

20080235376 - Access selection method: A method of access management in a communication system comprising a terminal, a first access point, a second access point and a network is described. The first access point offers a first access connection to the terminal and the second access point offers a second access connection to the terminal.... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20080235377 - Aggregation system: An aggregation system includes: a load balancer for distributing accesses to a plurality of user proxy server devices, the accesses including operation information and ID numbers; a plurality of user proxy server devices, wherein the user proxy server devices include program device for identifying a user management server device where... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080235375 - Social networking online community: Access to a network resource, such as an Internet web site, may be controlled by a server receiving requests for the web site and responding by presenting users with a survey question that must be answered before site access is permitted. The users of the web site may be members... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080235379 - Network resource negotiation: Systems and methods according to these exemplary embodiments provide for methods and systems for negotiating resources in a communication system. One exemplary method includes transmitting, by a service manager, a request for a service, wherein the service request either explicitly provides, or implicitly refers to, a list of a plurality... Agent: Ericsson Canada Inc. Patent Department

20080235378 - Policy algorithm for selection of compatible systems for virtual server mobility: A method and system for selecting compatible systems for virtual server mobility. Responsive to determining a current location of a workload partition instance running on a managed server, mandatory compatibility tests specified in a compatibility policy associated with the workload partition instance are executed to compare properties of the managed... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080235380 - Factoring out dialog control and call control: Systems, methods, and machine-readable media are disclosed for providing session control and media exchange control that can include and combine, for example, call control and voice access concepts such as dialog (voice dialog, prompts and DTMF) or web/GUI elements. In one embodiment, a method of controlling a media session can... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20080235381 - Message relaying apparatus, communication establishing method, and computer program product: A storage unit of a relaying apparatus stores first identification information that identifies an SIP terminal and second identification that identifies other SIP terminal which is forecast as a transfer destination of a message. A transmitting-and-receiving unit receives from the SIP terminal a request message that is received before a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080235382 - Fault tolerant tcp splice systems and methods: Computer architecture and method splice a new TCP connection. A proxy group for the new TCP connection is determined and, at one of the proxies, the new TCP connection is accepted. At the one proxy, a client request is received from a client of the new TCP connection and an... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20080235383 - Methods, systems, products, and devices for generating and 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

20080235385 - Selective use of anonymous proxies: A method and apparatus for selectively using an anonymous proxy. A user request for content is received. A determination is made as to whether the user request satisfies context criteria. When the user request satisfies the context criteria, the user request is forwarded to an anonymous proxy. When the user... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080235384 - Web service for coordinating actions of clients: Architecture for providing communications resources of a network for client intercommunications. A client that desires to communicate makes a request to an arbitrary communications server node by the announcing of identifying information. The web service “parks” the request until the identifying information is ready. A second client can ultimately interact... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080235387 - Method and apparatus for the dynamic introduction of new attributes into policies: In one aspect this invention provides a computer program embodied on a computer readable medium that is executed by at least one data processor of a policy management system. The computer program includes first computer program instructions for implementing a user interface and second computer program instructions for implementing a... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080235386 - Techniques for updating security-related parameters for mobile stations: A method is performed on a first server for communicating with a mobile station in order for the mobile station to update a security-related parameter. The method includes determining that a request expressed in a first protocol has been made by a second server for updating the security-related parameter on... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080235388 - Method and apparatus to determine hardware and software compatibility related to mobility of virtual servers: A method and system for determining hardware and software compatibility related to mobility of virtual servers. Upon receiving an inventory of properties of a managed server which are relevant for compatibility testing, mandatory and optional properties available for use in a compatibility policy for a WPAR instance running on the... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080235389 - Method of transmitting data in a communication system: A method of transmitting data from a first node to a second node in a communication network includes receiving a signal; dividing the signal into data elements arranged in a first data stream comprising active and inactive data elements; analysing at least one characteristic of the signal to determine if... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20080235391 - Method and apparatus for transferring files to clients using a peer-to-peer file transfer model and a client-server transfer model: A method and apparatus is provided for delivering a content file to a client over a packet-switched network. The method begins by determining a suitable throughput required to deliver the content file to the client. Next, the throughput available in a peer-to-peer network for delivering the content file to the... Agent: Mayer & Williams PC

20080235390 - Moving image displaying method and system: In order to overcome a difficulty in which, when a moving image played back by an operated-side computer is displayed on an operating-side computer through a network, a smooth moving image cannot be displayed because of being adversely influenced by the variation of a transfer data amount or a network... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080235392 - Network file system: A method in one embodiment is performed at least in part at a server in a network file system that includes said server and a plurality of clients connected by a network, the method comprising: receiving a data write request from one client; selecting a client as a write object... Agent: Zilka-kotab, PC- Ibm

20080235393 - Framework for corrrelating content on a local network with information on an external network: A correlation system and method implement a framework for correlating content available from a local network with information on an external network. The system identifies information related to content available on the local network of interest to the user and also identifies one or more external sources that contain such... Agent: Kenneth L. Sherman, Esq. Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20080235395 - Medical image transfer control apparatus and method, and medical image transfer system: A medical image transfer system consists of a plurality of transfer servers for transferring individually a medical image from a modality to an image server, and a control server for controlling the transfer servers. The transfer server sends information tagged to the medical image to the control server, to inquire... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080235394 - Secure document management system: A method of uploading documents to a secure electronic document storage system includes receiving a request from a user for an upload of at least one document to a secure electronic document storage system. A routing document is generated including routing information related to the secure electronic document storage system.... Agent: Technology, Patents And Licensing, Inc.

20080235396 - Method and system for processing a service request associated with a particular priority level of service in a network data processing system using parallel proxies: A proxy server is provided with a plurality of prioritized proxies configured in parallel. The proxy server can include 1-to-n proxy subunits, where “n” can vary depending on the total priority levels available for any given system. Each service (e.g., document-handling) request made to the proxy server is prioritized according... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080235397 - Systems and methods for content-aware load balancing: Improved load balancing techniques are disclosed. For example, in one illustrative aspect of the invention, a method of satisfying requests in a system comprised of a plurality of servers comprises the following steps. At least one load balancer is provided for routing requests to the plurality of servers. At the... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080235398 - Method for coordination of concurrent processes or for control of the transport of mobile units within a network: A method for coordination of concurrent processes or for control of the transport of mobile units within a network, wherein a) the control of the network occurs in a decentralized and self-organizing manner in the controllers of node points or local defined sub-networks, whereby the control units of adjacent node... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080235400 - Content request routing and load balancing for content distribution networks: A content distribution mechanism that distributes content of a content provider at various sites across a network and selects the site that is nearest a content requestor using an anycast address that resides at each of the sites. The sites are configured as nodes (or clusters) and each node includes... Agent: Hensley Kim & Holzer, LLC

20080235399 - Information processing device, server, communication system, address decision method, address modification method, and program: A first information processing device (1) of a communication source performing tunnel communication with a device of a communication destination includes: a tunnel communication unit (11) for encapsulating data to be communicated and performing tunnel communication; an identifier reception unit (12) for receiving a communication destination device identifier for identifying... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080235401 - Method of storing media data delivered through a network: There are various methods to stream media data, particularly video data, through a network for playing on a client workstation, for example, WMV™, Real™ Video, and so on. If multiple formats are involved, it is difficult to store the media data, and streaming the stored data whenever required. Further, existing... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080235402 - System and method for bi-directional synchronized conversion of electronic mail data: A portable storage device is connected to a first computer and the email data is synchronized between the first computer and the device. The portable storage device can then be connected to a second computer that has an email program that is incompatible with the first computer's email program. The... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080235403 - System, method, and device to wirelessly communicate multimedia timeline data: Systems, methods, and devices to provide to wirelessly communicate multimedia timeline data are disclosed. A first wireless network may be provided to communicate data associated with a multimedia timeline between a multimedia device and a second network. A request that identifies a multimedia timeline may be received from the multimedia... Agent: Toler Law Group

20080228849 - Apparatus and methods for a message buffering system: Techniques for implementing a log message buffering system are disclosed. To this end, a computer implemented method includes receiving log messages. The computer implemented method also includes associating log messages with items of work and organizing the received log messages according to the items of work. Each item of work... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080228848 - Data processing device and data processing method: A data processor can exchange data with a device, which is connected to a network and uniquely identifiable in the network by its own device information. The processor includes: a processing section for generating content data and identification information to uniquely identify each content and getting them stored on a... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (mei) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080228858 - Incrementally sychronizing occasionally-connected mobile databases, preserving horizontal filter scope consistency by using client pre-image: A system for synchronizing data on a first device with data at a second device, includes: determining a pre-image of the data on the first device according to a filter after a previous synchronization with the data at the second device; determining a current image of the data at the... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080228857 - Information exchange tool: Mining human capital information includes defining one or more attributes of a communication group, extracting a target group by searching one or more of explicit and implicit data sources according to the defined attributes, communicating with the extracted target group, logging at least some of the communications, and analyzing the... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20080228856 - Information processing device detecting operation, electronic equipment and storage medium storing a program related thereto: An information processor comprises an image sender for sending an image including the image section of an operation object element displayed and operated on an electronic device to the electronic device, a detection information receiver for receiving operation detection information indicating that the image section is operated on the electronic... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080228851 - Method and system for implementing built-in web services endpoints: A method and system for implementing Web service built-in endpoints is described. In one embodiment, the system includes a built-in endpoint manager interface and a built-in endpoint implementation container.... Agent: Sap/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080228854 - Method for controlling a multimedia device from a mobile terminal, corresponding computer programs, multimedia device and server: A method is provided for controlling, via a mobile terminal, a multimedia device for playing back and/or storing multimedia contents, the mobile terminal and the multimedia device being connected to a communications network. The method includes the following steps: the mobile terminal sends to a remote server, via the communications... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080228855 - Network management system and method of managing the same: A network management system capable of simultaneously setting environments of a plurality of image forming apparatuses connected to each other on a network to different values so as to allow a user to effectively and conveniently manage the image forming apparatuses. The network management system includes a plurality of image... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080228853 - Software system: A software system including at least one MAPI client component, a model adapter, and a model sub system. The MAPI client component(s) operate in a COM environment, the model adapter operates partly in the COM environment and partly in a .NET environment, and the model sub system operates partly or... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080228852 - Synchronization of information items with references: The present invention is related to a method and a system for bidirectional synchronisation of information between two devices, a first device and a second device where the synchronisation is limited to exchange of modified data and the request for synchronization can be initiated by any of the two devices.... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080228850 - Systems and methods of clustered sharing of compression histories: Systems and methods of storing previously transmitted data and using it to reduce bandwidth usage and accelerate future communications are described. By using algorithms to identify long compression history matches, a network device may improve compression efficiently and speed. A network device may also use application specific parsing to improve... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20080228859 - Grid computing system for testing application program capacity of server: Disclosed is a grid computing system for testing the application program capacity of a server. The system includes an application server having an application program installed therein; a number of user clients having a capacity measurement program installed therein, the user clients applying a load, which contains a scenario, to... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080228860 - Method and system for implementing ws-policy: A method and system for implementing WS-Policy is described. In one embodiment, the system includes an API that may be used to call one or more methods for processing a WS policy file. These methods are associated with one or more classes.... Agent: Sap/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080228865 - Electronic personal computing and videophone system consisting of a remote server system providing dynamic, subscription based virtual computing services & resources, a thin client hardware device connected to a television set and wireless keyboard &: 3. a Wireless Mobile Electronic Device Composed of a Housing, an Electronic Circuit Board, a Flash Memory, an LCD screen, a Keyboard, a Mouse, a Microphone, Speakers, a Camera, and a Software Program that Connects and Communicates With The Remote Online Server System To Send Computing Commands and Audio/Video Data... Agent: Nazareno Cruzada

20080228874 - Method and apparatus for collocating application monitoring reports with web applications: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code to display a Web site with its corresponding monitoring information. A determination is made as to whether a user at a client data processing system is permitted access monitoring information for a Web site. The Web page is retrieved to... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080228873 - Method and system for generic application liveliness monitoring for business resiliency: A system and method for monitoring liveliness includes a management device which has an application layer where applications are executed. A connection monitor is located other than on the application layer, and the connection monitor is configured to receive requests from clients and deliver the requests to components on the... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20080228869 - Method for online distribution of drm content: The invention relates to a method for online distribution of digital content that is protected by digital rights management (DRM). It makes it possible to disseminate such content via peer-to-peer networks, for instance, according to the bitstream principle. According to the invention, the file segments that are identical in terms... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080228870 - Method for transmitting information from an information server to a client: During the transmission of information from a first information server (3) to a client (9) with which a profile (15) is associated, by means of a communication network (2) in a client-server system (1a), the load on the resources of the client server system (1a) and the communication network (2)... Agent: Central Coast Patent Agency, Inc

20080228866 - Scrapbook server, method of controlling same, and control program therefor: A user accesses a scrapbook server using a computer and executes a simulation for creating a scrapbook by affixing part images such as photographic images and decorative images to an image of a paper mount utilizing a scrapbook image, which has been created by another person, on the display screen... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080228872 - System and method for processing transactions in a multisystem database environment: A system for satisfying a request from a client for a send-then-commit transaction includes a front-end information management system (IMS) server. Shared message queues (SMQ) communicate with the front-end IMS server and plural back-end IMS. The front-end IMS server receives the request from the client and transmits the request to... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20080228868 - System and method providing subjectively relevant content: A system and method for providing subjectively relevant content to a user by determining whether requested content or the source of the requested content is associated with attributes correlating to a user profile.... Agent: Stephen M Sivakoff

20080228867 - System and methods for synchronizing data and media with third party websites and marketing materials: System and methods for synchronizing data and media with third party websites and marketing materials are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a form receives data from a client and determines at least two destinations. A central server receives and modifies the data for each destination in such a manner as... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080228871 - System having configurable interfaces for flexible system configurations: An apparatus includes a plurality of memories, a plurality of systems, and a switch interface circuit. Each of the plurality of systems includes a memory controller coupled to a respective one of the plurality of memories. Additionally, each of the plurality of systems is coupled to at least one other... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080228862 - Systems and methods for end-user experience monitoring: Systems and methods for operating a business to provide telephony services are described. The method can include receiving a web page including a script that is injected into the web page by a network appliance, executing the script at the computing device of the end-user, and recording a performance parameter... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart / Citrix Systems, Inc.

20080228863 - Systems and methods for end-user experience monitoring using a script: Systems and methods for end-user experience monitoring using a script are shown and described. The method can include receiving, at a computing device of an end-user, web page including a script injected by a network appliance, the script having instructions that, when executed, register for the occurrence of an event... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart / Citrix Systems, Inc.

20080228864 - Systems and methods for prefetching non-cacheable content for compression history: The present solution provides a variety of techniques for accelerating and optimizing network traffic, such as HTTP based network traffic. The solution described herein provides techniques in the areas of proxy caching, protocol acceleration, domain name resolution acceleration as well as compression improvements. In some cases, the present solution provides... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20080228861 - Workflow management device, workflow management system, and test scenario generation method: An apparatus for managing a workflow includes a workflow processing unit that includes a document generating unit that generates a circular document while setting a flow definition to make an approval route indicating a circulation order in which the circular document is to be circulated, and a transmission definition for... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080228875 - Method and system for speed dating: This computer software program provides way for people from all over the world of all ages and sex, to participate in a matchmaking experience over the internet in real time. This application includes a graphical user interface which displays a table containing say, ten people (5 pairs per session). It... Agent: Uzi Ezra Havosha & Partners

20080228877 - Peer-to-peer data relay: Methods and apparatus for relaying data in a peer-to-peer network. In one implementation, a wireless device includes: an antenna; a wireless communication interface connected to said antenna and supporting wireless communication across a wireless connection provided by said antenna; storage supporting storing data; and a controller connected to said wireless... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080228876 - System and method for online collaboration: A system and method of online collaboration including providing an electronic book accessible by a user. A collaborative forum corresponding to the electronic book may be provided. Access to the collaborative forum may be provided to one or more users of the electronic book.... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20080228879 - Consistent snapshots of dynamic heterogeneously managed data: A system and method for providing a consistent view of data stored therein, which can change dynamically in an uncoordinated way, includes a client program and a snapshot server program. The snapshot server program permits one or more client programs to request snapshots of data from the snapshot server program... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20080228878 - Signaling support for grouping data and voice users to share the radio resources in wireless systems: Sharing radio resources between multiple types of users is disclosed that form user groups including first type users and second type users. A plurality of resource blocks is assigned to the user group after which, a group setup message is transmitted to each user in the user group. This group... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.L.P.

20080228891 - Apparatus for identifying and tracking grouped content in e-mail campaigns: A method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for identifying and tracking grouped content in e-mail campaigns. An instruction set is placed in an e-mail to form a modified e-mail, wherein the modified e-mail contains a grouped content having a plurality of levels that are expandable to present additional content.... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080228881 - Interactive web collaboration systems and methods: A topic room is provided in which one or more individuals or other entities may collaborate on topics of mutual interest. Multiple individuals or participants may use the topic room to communicate in real or non-real time and may work together to create, browse, modify, comment on, and perform any... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080228880 - Managed code mapi apis: An API called MAPI.NET written in managed code allows front-end applications written in managed code to access backend data stores using existing MAPI technology. Functions within this API provide ways in which data from a mailbox or a public folder on a backend server is accessed.... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20080228892 - Method and system providing a messaging service: The invention is directed to an instant messaging method and communication system comprising one or more network elements, wherein a connection from one to another network element as part of one or more protocol words. The protocol includes a protocol portion allowing a network element to specify whether or not... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20080228888 - Method for redirection of instant messages: The present invention a method by which the sender of an instant message can designate an alternate recipient of the message in the event the initial recipient does not respond to the message within a predetermined time period. The sender can create a list of one or more alternate recipients... Agent: Ibm Corporation C/o Darcell Walker, Attorney At Law

20080228889 - Method, system and computer program product for distributing software based on an e-mail service: A solution for distributing software products is proposed. Typically, a software distribution infrastructure controls the deployment of software packages to selected endpoints; each software package includes commands and resource images, which are used to install a corresponding software product. For this purpose, an e-mail service is exploited. Particularly, a new... Agent: Ibm Corporation, (olp) C/o Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC

20080228883 - Methods, systems, and products for indicating receipt of electronic mail: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for delivering an indication of an email message's arrival. The email message is received and identifies at least an addressee. The addressee is looked up in a database that associates multiple addressees to a shared Internet Protocol address. The shared Internet Protocol address is... Agent: Scott P. Zimmerman, PLLC

20080228887 - Social networking system: A networked computer system provides various services for assisting users in locating, and establishing contact relationships with, other users. For example, in one embodiment, users can identify other users based on their affiliations with particular schools or other organizations. The system also provides a mechanism for a user to selectively... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080228884 - System and method for message processing and routing: A message routing system that allows applications at either end of the system to run as-is without modification. The system functions in a multithreaded environment and is capable of handling complex routing rules and message transformation. It is also capable of learning and executing new routing rules and message transformations... Agent: John F. Letchford Archer & Greiner, P.C.

20080228885 - System and method for message processing and routing: A message routing system that allows applications at either end of the system to run as-is without modification. The system functions in a multithreaded environment and is capable of handling complex routing rules and message transformation. It is also capable of learning and executing new routing rules and message transformations... Agent: John F. Letchford Archer & Greiner, P.C.

20080228886 - System and method for message processing and routing: A message routing system that allows applications at either end of the system to run as-is without modification. The system functions in a multithreaded environment and is capable of handling complex routing rules and message transformation. It is also capable of learning and executing new routing rules and message transformations... Agent: John F. Letchford Archer & Greiner, P.C.

20080228890 - System and method for pushing activated instant messages: A system and method for sending activated instant messages includes determining a condition under which an activated instant message is permissible and determining if the condition is met. If the condition is met, the activated instant message is sent such that the activated instant message causes a receiver device of... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20080228882 - Systems and methods for push-to-email communication with location information: A push-to-email system comprises a mobile communication device configured to generate a voice message and transmit the voice message to a message authority via, e.g., a single transmit action, such as a push-to-talk transmit action. The system can also comprise a message authority configured to receive the voice message, a... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20080228893 - Advertising management system and method with dynamic pricing: Method and system for enabling advertisers to deliver advertisements to consumers in which a plurality of tiers of available advertisements are defined, each tier containing a number of advertisements, a price for allocation of an advertisement in each tier is set wherein a lowest tier has the lowest price and... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080228894 - Scrolling chat for participation in multiple instant messaging conversations: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product for enabling users to view a plurality of instant messaging chat conversations and respond quickly and easily a selected conversation, while minimizing the impact on the users' other activities. Users are also provided with the option of choosing which... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080228895 - Direct file transfer host processor: A computing host includes a communication processor that receives a file request from a computer network for transferring a file between the computer network and a storage device. If the file is directly transferable between the computer network and the storage device without a need for processing the file by... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080228896 - Pipelined buffer interconnect with trigger core controller: A method and system to transfer a data stream from a data source to a data sink are described herein. The system comprises a trigger core, a plurality of dedicated buffers and a plurality of dedicated buses coupled to the plurality of buffers, trigger core, the data source and the... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080228897 - Layering serial attached small computer system interface (sas) over ethernet: Disclosed are embodiments of a storage area network (SAN), a network interface card and a method of managing data transfers. These embodiments overcome the distance limitation of the Serial Attached Small Computer System Interface (SAS) physical layer so that SAS storage protocol may be used for communication between host systems... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20080228898 - Jump destination site determination method and apparatus, recording medium with jump destination site determination program recorded thereon: A jump destination site determination method and system determine a site which is a jump destination of a hyperlink selected in a terminal apparatus. The system and method include receiving a jump destination distribution ratio representing a ratio of jumping to each of a plurality of sites storing same contents,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080228900 - Method and system for facilitating the transfer of a computer file: There is provided a method for use by a server for facilitating a transfer of a computer file from a first computer to a second computer. The method comprises receiving the computer file and correspondence information from the first computer, generating a transaction code associated with the receiving the computer... Agent: Disney Enterprises C/o Farjami & Farjami LLP

20080228899 - Systems and methods of freshening and prefreshening a dns cache: The present solution provides a variety of techniques for accelerating and optimizing network traffic, such as HTTP based network traffic. The solution described herein provides techniques in the areas of proxy caching, protocol acceleration, domain name resolution acceleration as well as compression improvements. In some cases, the present solution provides... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20080228902 - Configuring processing entities according to their roles in a data processing system with a distributed architecture: A mechanism is provided for configuring different computers of a network. Each computer plays a specific physic role (defined by an architecture of the network) and/or a specific logic role (defined by the applications running in the network). A reference model and a transition table are associated with each product... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20080228901 - Network parameter automatic configuration apparatus and method in portable terminal: A network parameter automatic configuration apparatus and a method of a portable terminal are provided. The network parameter automatic configuration apparatus includes a memory, a configuration database, a smart card, a configuration searcher and a configuration processor. According to the present invention, without any addition user actions for network parameter... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080228903 - System and method of serving advertisements for web applications: An improved system and method for supporting web system services is provided for storing data and context of client applications on the web. A client application may include a web system services interface for invoking web system services to support web applications to operate over the web using different devices... Agent: Law Office Of Robert O. Bolan

20080228907 - Change detecting method for an it resource configuration: To collect configuration information of an application server, there is provided a change detecting method of detecting a change in configuration information of an application server installed in a computer system, the computer system including: one or more of the application servers; a management server for controlling the application servers;... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080228904 - Home gateway architecture and state based distributed system and method: A state based control system (100) is provided for use with unreliable physical device sensor inputs. The system (100) includes symmetrical architectures between a client side and a server side. Communications between both architectures are state dependent thus minimizing conflicts, and reducing system reliance on consistent device signaling. Physical devices... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080228908 - Management techniques for non-traditional network and information system topologies: Systems, software, and methods for managing traditional (i.e., TCP/IP-based), non-traditional, and traditional—non-traditional hybrid networks of connected electronic devices are described. In one example, network management policy and network management applications are downloaded automatically upon detection and identification of a new device, application or service on a network. In another example,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080228906 - Managing list tailoring for a mobile device: A network device, system, and method are directed towards enabling list content to be displayed at mobile devices having different memory page size constraints. When a mobile device requests list content, a type of mobile device is determined. This may then be used to determine a page size weight classification... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20080228909 - System and program for managing devices in a network: Provided are a system, and program for managing devices in a network. A command of a first type to perform device management operations with respect to at least one device in the network is received, wherein the received command is capable of being directed to at least one of a... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20080228905 - Travelers/commuters portable staging device: One embodiment of a staging device comprises a power source capable of supplying power to a plurality of different portable devices, at least two portable devices having different power requirements. The power source comprises a fuel cell, a gel cell, a battery and/or a nuclear battery. Another embodiment of a... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20080228912 - Enhanced quality reporting for transmission sessions: This invention relates to methods, computer program products, clients, servers, systems and protocols in the context of reporting a quality of a transmission session according to one or more metrics, inter alia to adapt quality reporting to a switching of content within the transmission session and to allow faster session... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080228915 - Event notification device and event notification method: An event notification device notifies event information via a network. A storage unit stores therein event-transmission determination information. An event monitoring monitors whether an event occurs. A determining unit determines based on the event-transmission determination information whether event information of occurred event is to be transmitted to only a target... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080228916 - Method and system for automatic skill-gap evaluation: A system for automatic user skill-gap evaluation using a proxy server or a proxy application. The proxy server or application receives a user input from a user and analyzes the user input to determine whether the user input falls below an acceptable user skill threshold level. The user input consists... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080228917 - Method and system for importing an application and server map to a business systems manager display: An automated system displays enables a user to observe the activities in a system based on information in the display. From this display, the user can quickly identify the source of problems for the purpose of troubleshooting without the need to manually determine the source and nature of the problem.... Agent: Ibm Corporation C/o Darcell Walker, Attorney At Law

20080228910 - Method for monitoring user interaction to maximize internet web page real estate: A method for rendering Internet Web page content for a client, includes: setting client based policies with a plug-in; monitoring client based Internet Web page usage and interaction with the plug-in or Web page; determining whether a client policy exists for a particular Internet Web page; verifying whether a server-side... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Rochester Division

20080228913 - Network response time measurements in an asymmetric routing environment: In one embodiment, a method can include: (i) receiving flow records from a plurality of network devices on asymmetric paths; (ii) reconstructing a network transaction from the received flow records; and (iii) deriving response times using the reconstructed network transaction.... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20080228914 - System and method for attributing a portion of a response time to an element of a virtual network: A system and method for evaluating a portion of a response time of an application that is attributable to an element on a virtual IP network.... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080228911 - Systems and methods for script injection: Systems and methods for script injection are shown and described. The method can include intercepting, by a network appliance, a request for a web page from a computing device, transmitting, by the network appliance, the request for a web page to a web server, and intercepting, by the network appliance,... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20080228918 - Download server determination method and record medium bearing download server determination program: A computer determines a download server for downloading contents into a terminal device from among a plurality of servers storing the identical contents therein, by accepting a download request for the contents from the terminal device, detecting a time at which the download request was accepted and determining the download... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080228921 - Connection acceptance control: A method of bandwidth allocation for delivery of stored digital content from at least one server device to at least one client device by way of a network. The method includes the steps of: describing a control variable which represents a target flow rate of content from the server device... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20080228920 - System and method for resource aggregation and distribution: The present invention relates to systems and methods for the aggregation and distribution of resources. The method according to one embodiment receiving a request from a client by a content delivery network (“CDN”) for a resource that comprises a plurality of resources and concatenating the plurality resources at the content... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Dreier LLP

20080228919 - Unified user interface for network management systems: A network management system. In particular implementations, a method includes establishing a persistent session with one or more network management servers, where each persistent session is identified relative to a session identifier; authenticating one or more clients requesting access; receiving, from a client, a request to access a selected network... Agent: Law Office Of Mark J. Spolyar

20080228925 - Methods and systems for selecting media content based on technical environment information: The present disclosure includes methods and systems for selecting media content based on technical environment information. A connection over a network between a server and a client is established. The e connection is associated with the technical environment information and the technical environment information is associated with an the ability... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080228923 - Server-side connection resource pooling: A server side connection pool provides pooling of server connections. Thus, client side processes do not create groups of dedicated resources. Clients are provided the capability to communicate to a server side connection broker process to GET a pooled server connection comprising connection state plus a thread of execution for... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20080228924 - System and method for creation of automated content dependent procedures in an online environment: There is provided a system and method for creating automated content dependent procedures in an online environment, wherein the user will be able to create graphical objects representing a collection of operations and desired online services, wherein both the editing operations and desired online services are associated with a specific... Agent: Fellers Snider Blankenship Bailey & Tippens

20080228922 - System and method for providing client awareness in high-availability application architecture: System and method for providing client awareness in a high-availability application architecture. One embodiment is a method of servicing a service request in a network maintained by an organization and comprising a plurality of servers. The method comprises responsive to an initial request for service by a client via a... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080228931 - Method to reduce the learning curve of a transmission control protocol connection: A method in a data processing system for reducing the learning curve of a transmission control protocol connection. A domain name system is queried for information. The information and a previously used transmission control protocol parameter for a transmission control protocol connection are received from the domain name system. The... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080228930 - Method, apparatus, and program product for providing web service: A simple method for providing an existing Web application as a Web service is desired that can be applied to a Web application maintaining user sessions across a plurality of pages and that is simple for a conversion proxy and a Web service client.... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20080228926 - Methods, media, and systems for balancing session initiation protocol server load: In some embodiments, methods for balancing SIP server load are provided. In these methods, a message is received and a session identifier and a resource identifier are extracted from the message. The methods search for one or more sessions associated with the resource identifier and, if there is at least... Agent: Byrne Poh LLP

20080228928 - Multimedia content filtering: Methods and apparatuses to filter multimedia content are described. The multimedia content in one embodiment is analyzed for one or more parameters. The multimedia content in one embodiment is filtered based on the one or more parameters using a latent semantic mapping (“LSM”) filter. In one embodiment, the one or... Agent: James C. Scheller Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080228929 - Pulling information from information sources via refer requests: Methods, computer program products, information servers, information sources and a system are shown in the context of pulling information from information sources. At an information server, a refer request, which comprises an identifier of a refer-to entity to be referred to by a recipient of the refer request, is configured... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080228927 - Server directed browsing: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for providing server directed browsing. After determining that a user needs assistance with one or more particular issues, a client browser being operated by the user and a server agree on a unique communication identifier. The client browser sends asynchronous requests to the server... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080228932 - Applying policies for managing a service flow: A method and an access domain node identify and manage a type of service offered by a service provider to user domains. A service template is prepared by the service provider, comprising an address of a server and a protocol identifier, as well as policies for controlling traffic for the... Agent: Ericsson Canada Inc. Patent Department

20080228933 - Systems and methods for identifying long matches of data in a compression history: Systems and methods of storing previously transmitted data and using it to reduce bandwidth usage and accelerate future communications are described. By using algorithms to identify long compression history matches, a network device may improve compression efficiently and speed. A network device may also use application specific parsing to improve... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20080228934 - Distributed switching system for programmable multimedia controller: A distributed switching system for use with a programmable multimedia controller. In the system, data streams originating from the controller or any of a plurality of devices interconnected with the controller are accessible by the other devices which may switch the streams as needed.... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20080228935 - Method and apparatus for displaying interactive data in real time: A method and apparatus for displaying interactive data in real time are provided. The method includes displaying interactive data in a real-time streaming service, including receiving an interactive data information file for multimedia content currently being played back through a channel different from a multimedia-content-receiving channel, displaying an object item... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080228937 - Image processing apparatus and log transfer method: An image processing apparatus is disclosed. In the image processing apparatus, a log transfer part transfers log information, and a transfer method changing part changes a transfer method used by the log transfer part, based on a factor of a network load caused by a log transfer.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080228936 - Point to multipoint reliable protocol for synchronous streaming data in a lossy ip network: A method and apparatus for improving the reliability in the synchronous streaming of data from a sender to multiple receivers, especially in networks having a limited bandwidth. The sender is configured to change the format of the data to be sent by segmenting the data into packets having maximum size,... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080228938 - Systems and methods for prefetching objects for caching using qos: The present solution provides a variety of techniques for accelerating and optimizing network traffic, such as HTTP based network traffic. The solution described herein provides techniques in the areas of proxy caching, protocol acceleration, domain name resolution acceleration as well as compression improvements. In some cases, the present solution provides... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20080228939 - Systems and methods for providing dynamic ad hoc proxy-cache hierarchies: Systems and methods of storing previously transmitted data and using it to reduce bandwidth usage and accelerate future communications are described. By using algorithms to identify long compression history matches, a network device may improve compression efficiently and speed. A network device may also use application specific parsing to improve... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20080228942 - Enterprise wireless local area network switching system: A process of controlling a flow of data in a wireless network providing wireless access to the wireless network by wireless devices is disclosed. Data is received from a wireless device by a network device, through one access point of a plurality of access points in communication with the network... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20080228941 - Ethernet link monitoring channel: The invention provides a method for utilizing the Inter Packet Gaps (IPGs) to create an Extended Link Monitoring Channel in a physical layer transceiver for a 10 Gb/s Ethernet link for communicating link related information, thus providing an extensive link maintenance capability. A corresponding transceiver between an Ethernet media access... Agent: Law Office Of Gerald Maliszewski

20080228940 - Joining tree-based networks into an autonomous system using peer connections between the tree-based networks: In one embodiment, a first router attaches to an attachment router based on detecting a first router advertisement message specifying an attachment prefix and a first tree information option. The first tree information option includes a first IP host address of a first clusterhead having established a first tree topology.... Agent: Leon R Turkevich

20080228943 - Failure protection in a provider backbone bridge network using selective redirection: A technique for operating a network involves controlling the black-holing of traffic by selectively redirecting unicast traffic destined for a dual-homed customer equipment (CE) device from a first provider backbone bridge (PBB) provider edge (PE) device to a second PBB PE device in response to a service failure. Unicast traffic... Agent: Wilson & Ham

20080228944 - Method and apparatus for providing network address of a gate device of a local network: The present invention relates to method and apparatus for providing IP address of a gateway (IGD) of a home network. A remote device has to know IP address of the gateway when it queries/controls a device on a local network such as home network remotely. In a method in accordance... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080228946 - Data transfer, synchronising applications, and low latency networks: The invention thus provides in-band synchronisation by using synchronisation primitives which are programmable by user level applications, while still delivering high bandwidth and low latency. The programming of the synchronisation primitives can be made by the sending and receiving applications independently of each other and no synchronisation information is required... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080228945 - Method and apparatus for synchronizing feed information: A method and apparatus for synchronizing feed information are provided. A podcasting client includes a synchronization-processing unit which synchronizes first feed information acquired from a connected device with pre-stored second feed information, and a communication interface which transmits feed information of content that is podcast based on the synchronized feed... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080228947 - Collections of linked databases: This invention is generally directed to one or more methods or systems relating to inferential networks. This invention is further directed to methods and systems for making and using inferential networks. Still further, this invention is generally directed to making one or more inferential networks by using data generated from... Agent: Patent Group 2n Jones Day

20080228948 - Communication network and method for storing message data in a communication network: A communication network (1) having a number of server units (12, 14, 16) connected with each other on the data side, to each of which a number of terminals (20) is connected in a local environment, each server unit (12, 14, 16) including a data storage area (22, 24, 26)... Agent: Sheridan Ross P.C.

20080222234 - Deployment and scaling of virtual environments: Distributed data transfer and data replication permits transfers that minimize processing requirements on master transfer nodes by spreading work across the network and automatically synchronizing with virtual machine management modules to perform virtual machine provisioning or update resulting in higher scalability, more dynamism, and allowing greater fault-tolerance by distribution of... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20080222233 - Information sharing support system, information processing device, computer readable recording medium, and computer controlling method: An information sharing support system includes: a first information processing device connected to a projector device for projecting an image on a projection area including an object therein, and to an image pick-up device for picking up an image of the projection area including the object; an inputting unit that... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080222231 - Integration process and product for digital systems: The present invention relates to a digital system integration process through a virtual server (5), which comprises a process that distributes instances of message management and processing application according to the number of processors (9) present in each server (10). A message reader component (2) removes the message from one... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080222232 - Method and apparatus for widget and widget-container platform adaptation and distribution: A method includes receiving a request for a widget-container defined in response to a reference to the widget-container being accessed from a content aggregation point. The widget-container is a procedural software framework configured to be executed within the content aggregation point. The widget-container has a portion configured for receiving a... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080222236 - Method and system for processing data on a plurality of communication devices: A method, apparatus and system for processing data on a plurality of communication devices is provided. Data is received at a master communication device via a master communication network. The data is distributed to a plurality of communication devices in communication with the master communication device. Processing of the data... Agent: Inter-tel (delaware), Inc. A Mitel Company

20080222235 - System and method of minimizing network bandwidth retrieved from an external network: A system and method are provided of minimizing network bandwidth used from an external network by client peers in a local network. The method can include the operation of organizing a plurality of clients each having media streamlets and a client parent in a structure within the local network. Mapping... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20080222238 - Extending functionality of web-based applications: A centralized location for discovery and data exchange for web applications. Embodiments of the invention are directed to providing a centralized interface location to send data to and receive data from one or more web applications hosted on application servers different from a server hosting the centralized interface. An application... Agent: Wolf Greenfield (microsoft Corporation) C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.c.

20080222240 - Method and apparatus for extended management of state and interaction of a remote knowledge worker from a contact center: A network system for managing remote agents of a communication center includes a primary server connected to the network the primary server controlling at least one routing point; one or more secondary servers distributed on the network and accessible to the remote agents, the secondary server or servers having data... Agent: Central Coast Patent Agency, Inc

20080222239 - Method for determining aesthetic preferences to define a style guide and transforming a presentation based thereon: A method for determining visual preferences and defining a design based on the ascertained visual preferences. The method includes administering a questionnaire over a computer network, collecting selections made in response to the network and processing the selections into a style-guide. The visual preferences encoded in the style guide can... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20080222237 - Web services mashup component wrappers: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for creating wrappers for use in visual mashup designers. The user selects a web service for which to create a wrapper that will allow the web service to be used as a component in a visual mashup designer. The system programmatically generates communication source... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080222245 - Client-server methods for dynamic content configuration for microbrowsers: A microbrowser such as web-enabled wireless telephones and personal digital assistants allows a user to configure types of objects to be blocked from download including object memory consumption, display area, download time, and restrictions on animated images and executable scripts. Microbrowser state conditions such as battery level and network connection... Agent: Ibm Corporation (rhf)

20080222243 - Client-side method for identifying an optimal server: A client player performs a query to a nameserver against a network map of Internet traffic conditions. The query is made asking for a particular service (e.g., RTSP) via a particular protocol (TCP) in a particular domain. In response, the nameserver returns a set of one or more tokens, with... Agent: Law Office Of David H. Judson

20080222244 - Method and apparatus for acceleration by prefetching associated objects: Association information is used to build association trees to associate base pages and embedded objects at a proxy. An association tree has a root node containing a URL for a base page, and zero or more leaf nodes each containing a URL for an embedded object. In most cases, an... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew/riverbed

20080222246 - Method and apparatus for localized adaptation of client devices based on correlation or learning at remote server: Techniques are disclosed for localized adaptation of client devices based on correlation or learning at a remote server. For example, a method for modifying a behavior of a client device in a data collection system, wherein the client device collects data and transmits data to a server, includes the following... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080222242 - Method and system for improving user experience while browsing: The rendering of markup language based files is accelerated by employing an apparatus to capture requests for markup language pages. The requested pages are retrieved and then examined to identify additional links that are contained therein. The markup language page is then modified by adding a trigger or tag into... Agent: Smith Frohwein Tempel Greenlee Blaha, Llc

20080222241 - Web feed message browsing: The present invention describes a method and a system for facilitating browsing of web feed messages in a network. Web feed message is received by a feed aggregator. The received web feed message is linked to other web feed messages based on a pre-defined criterion. The linked web feed message... Agent: Lester H. Birnbaum

20080222247 - Implementing a multi-user communications service: A method of implementing within a communications system an optional communications service involves the participation of a plurality of users of the communications system. The method includes, in response to an action by a first user of the communications system, instigating the preparation of one or more elements of the... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.l.p.

20080222250 - Peer-to-peer data relay: Methods and apparatus for relaying data in a peer-to-peer network. In one implementation, a wireless device includes: an antenna; a wireless communication interface connected to said antenna and supporting wireless communication across a wireless connection provided by said antenna; storage supporting storing data; and a controller connected to said wireless... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080222248 - System and method for message packaging: A system and method for virtual message packaging is described. A virtual package is collection of messages that share common characteristics and may be processed together. In one embodiment, messages are first grouped according to one or more rules at a client and then formed into a virtual package. In... Agent: Thomas C. Webster Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080222249 - Terminal control method and service provision system using the same: To realize a service infrastructure capable of being used as a platform for various services to be implemented through a network. In a service provision system, each of a service control server 23 and terminals 11 to 13 that receive a service includes a message generation unit that generates a... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20080222251 - Adaptive framework for the flow of medical device data in the personal health space: A system and method which permits adaptive configuration of a Manager Device in response to an Agent Device in a personal health space. The Manager Device is able to configure itself in response to queries to and from the Agent Device. This configuration can based on the level of complexity... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p.

20080222252 - Systems, methods, and products for conducting conferences: Methods, systems, and products are discussed for conducting a conference. The conference is established amongst a host communications device, an intermediate host communications device, and a participant communications device. A command is communicated from the host communications device to the intermediate host communications device that instructs the intermediate host communications... Agent: Bambi F. Walters

20080222256 - Autocomplete for intergrating diverse methods of electronic communication: Instant messaging, also known as chat, is integrated with electronic mail in a user interface that provides for automatic completion of recipient names or addresses, such as email addresses or chat addresses, as a user types characters of the name or address when addressing a message. The automatic completion feature... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080222262 - Digital album service system for showing digital fashion created by users and method for operating the same: A system and method provide mobile services of a fashion album directly created by a user. A digital album service system and method provide wireless mobile services, wherein figures of a user's avatar wearing a variety of fashion items are provided in the form of a moving picture to a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080222258 - Digital rights management method and apparatus: A digital rights management (DRM) method and apparatus are provided. The DRM method includes generating a rights object request message for requesting a rights object corresponding to content stored in a media player and transmitting the rights object request message; receiving a rights object response message corresponding to the rights... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080222259 - Email substring chronological order: A method and system for placing, displaying and printing email strings in different chronological orders.... Agent: David Klein Dekel Patent Ltd.

20080222260 - Instant messaging with caller identification: A method for providing caller identification information to instant messaging communication participants can include identifying an online presence for at least a first instant messaging client and determining caller identification information for a user associated with the first instant messaging client. The caller identification information can be provided to a... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080222264 - Integrated two-way communications between database client users and administrators: Systems, methods and media for two-way communication between database client users and administrators are disclosed. Embodiments may include a method for communicating between database client users and administrators. Embodiments may include receiving a message request to send to one or more recipients, the message request including message content and an... Agent: Ibm Corporation (jss) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson Pllc

20080222263 - Method and system for mobile email adaptation: The present invention discloses a method and system for mobile email adaptation, which sets an adaptation server separated from the mail proxy server, while a mobile email server can ask the adaptation server to fulfill the adaptation function for the content of the mail. Therefore, the adaptation function is stripped... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd (for Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd)

20080222253 - System and method of creating and rating items for social interactions: A system and method for providing items to users and, more particularly, a system and method for rating items and placing such items into a queued list. The method includes providing an item from a web browser to a recipient on a preferred list and placing the item into a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080222261 - System and method of supporting constructive discourse on computers and mobile devices: A system and method to allow a user to engage in a collaborative discourse embedded in messaging platforms such as email or instant messaging, and to visualize the structure of that discourse. The system provides the ability to create and modify tree-like structures, which can represent outlines or tables of... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20080222255 - Systems and methods for providing high performance and scalable messaging: Systems and methods are disclosed to perform messaging among a plurality of mobile nodes by performing one disk seek to store a predetermined short message; and performing two disk seeks to read and delete the predetermined short message.... Agent: Tran & Associates

20080222254 - Systems and methods for sending customized emails to recipient groups: Systems and methods for allowing a user to send customized electronic mails to recipients, comprising providing a graphical window on a display screen of an electronic device, allowing the user to input a message which is displayed within the graphical window, allowing the user to identify portions of the message... Agent: Shubham Mukherjee

20080222257 - Systems and methods for sending customized emails to recipient groups: Systems and methods for allowing a user to send customized electronic mails to recipients, comprising providing a graphical window on a display screen of an electronic device, allowing the user to input a message which is displayed within the graphical window, allowing the user to identify portions of the message... Agent: Shubham Mukherjee

20080222265 - System and method for allowing a user to ensure actions taken on a document are applied to the most recent electronic correspondence: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for indicating most recent documents, such as email messages in a message file. A determination is made as to whether a more recent message in a thread of related messages is present in the message file in response to a first user input selecting... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates Pc

20080222266 - Redirecting client connection requests among sockets providing a same service: A method, system, and program for redirecting client connection requests among sockets providing a same service are provided. An application requests multiple sockets from a kernel. In addition, the application generates a socket call option to bind the sockets to a particular port number and passes a list of the... Agent: Ibm Corp (ap) C/o Amy Pattillo

20080222270 - Cookie management systems and methods: A cookie management system serves as a central storage location for information and other data on users. A user's machine contains a cookie having a key and the cookie management system associates user information with this key. Upon receiving a request from a user, a web site retrieves the key... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Bellsouth

20080222269 - Information browser system and method for a wireless communication device: An information browser system and method enables sending of information requests to remote information sources and receiving of requested information from the remote sources on a wireless communication device. Information in any of a plurality of formats, including WML, HTML and WMLScript, is converted into a format in which the... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080222267 - Method and system for web cluster server: A method is provided for balancing the load from clients sending requests to a cluster server for an internet domain. The cluster server has a domain manager for redirecting traffic for the domain. The method includes receiving a request from a client in the domain manager. The domain manager selects... Agent: Daniel L. Flamm

20080222268 - Web server, method of controlling operation thereof, and control program: A web page is displayed comparatively quickly. To achieve this, a web page in which a plurality of link destinations have been embedded by items of hot text is displayed on the display screen of a terminal device in response to a web server being accessed by the terminal device.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080222271 - Age-restricted website service with parental notification: An age-restricted website service accessed only by a proprietary browser software program operated by an authorized child or teenager. When loaded into the user's computer, an icon is loaded onto the desktop and all other browser icons are removed. When activated, the browser program only connects to the service's host... Agent: Dean A. Craine Suite 140

20080222273 - Adaptive rendering of web pages on mobile devices using imaging technology: Described is browsing websites with a small form-factor (e.g., mobile) device that is similar to a desktop browsing experience, without requiring websites to redesign pages for such devices. A server responds to client requests for page content by providing server-rendered image data to the requesting client, along with properties of... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080222274 - Method and system for an interactive, web-based environment: s

20080222272 - System and method for substituting data in responses to multimedia inquiries: The present invention is directed to using a gateway, through which a user uses a communication device such as a computer to access a network, to strip data from communications to the user from the network. The present invention also adds new data to the communication to the user from... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p

20080222276 - Control system apparatus and systems based thereon that transfer control apparatus information over ip networks in web page-less transfers: A system for process control comprises a server digital data processor and a client digital data processor that are coupled by a network, such as the Internet or an Intranet. The server digital data processor, which is additionally coupled to a control/sensing device and any associated interface equipment (collectively, referred... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20080222275 - Server system, server device and method therefor: A server system manages information so that no inconsistency may occur between a plurality of servers. The server system includes a plurality of server devices, which process, using a plurality of pieces of processing data without any overlap. Each server device relays the signal received at first by any server... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080222277 - Method and apparatus for configuring and managing a robust overlay multicast tree: Provided is a method and apparatus for configuring and managing an overlay multicast data delivery tree in a transmission network having a SM (session manager) and at least one MA (multicast agent). The method includes the steps of at the MA intending to joining a session, obtaining an active neighbor... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080222281 - Method and system for tiered distribution in a content delivery network: A tiered distribution service is provided in a content delivery network (CDN) having a set of surrogate origin (namely, “edge”) servers organized into regions and that provide content delivery on behalf of participating content providers, wherein a given content provider operates an origin server. According to the invention, a cache... Agent: David H. Judson Akamai Technologies, Inc.

20080222280 - Pseudo-agent: A pseudo-agent is disclosed herein that bridges this divide. For purposes of the discussion herein, a pseudo-agent is a machine that is installed on a fully capable host machine, such as a Windows or UNIX machine, and that gathers and evaluates content from a management server, takes actions if so... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20080222278 - System and method of global electronic job market in the internet: A system and a method of global electronic job market in the Internet are provided. The method of operating a global electronic job market for jobseekers and employers via the Internet includes registering the jobseekers and the employers; providing information regarding offers of the jobseekers and the employers to the... Agent: Dr. Pulnikova Valentina

20080222279 - System for creating collective intelligence through multi-linear discussion over an electronic network: A system that assembles diverse individual thoughts into collective intelligence, making possible a structured conversation by a networked community. Participants contribute ideas to a robust conversational framework in modular form. This framework ensures that the conversation remains structured and continues on track. Each idea module competes with its peers through... Agent: Andrew G. Dinovo Dinovo Price Ellwanger & Hardy LLP

20080222282 - Analyzing virtual private network failures: The specification provides information for determining any impacted customers, virtual private networks, circuits, and devices following a path failure. The specification uses an information-gathering component to find system information and uses the system information in determining any impacted units. A report is created that allows a network management system to... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080222283 - Behavioral networking systems and methods for facilitating delivery of targeted content: A method of providing targeted content includes obtaining behavioral information from client devices or client device users in a networked environment, and causing content (e.g., advertising) to be selected and delivered to a client device based on behavioral information. According to the method, a plurality of service providers each participate... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20080222286 - Computer usage monitoring: The present invention relates to a method of monitoring worker activity in a work group, the work group comprising workers each using a computer on a computer network their method comprising displaying to a work group supervisor, in consolidated form, a label indicating each worker and information indicating the current... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20080222285 - Configurable network device user interface: Network devices, systems and methods are described that configure a network device user interface. One method includes receiving input to define user-selectable information from among a list of pre-arranged network information presented on a network device display. The method includes configuring the user-selectable information into a particular grouping and presenting... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080222287 - Constructing an inference graph for a network: Constructing an inference graph relates to the creation of a graph that reflects dependencies within a network. In an example embodiment, a method includes determining dependencies among components of a network and constructing an inference graph for the network responsive to the dependencies. The components of the network include services... Agent: Lee & Hayes Pllc

20080222288 - Method and system for application profiling for purposes of defining resource requirements: Disclosed are a method of and system for profiling a computer program. The method comprises the steps of using a utility application to execute the computer program; and on the basis of said execution of the computer program, identifying specific performance requirements of the computer program. A profile of the... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.c.

20080222284 - Methods of processing and segmenting web usage information: A massive amount of information is collected when tracking statistics such as web site usage data. To simplify the analysis of such data, it is advantageous to process and segment the web site usage data. One proposed method of segmenting the data is to create a reverse sorted associative container... Agent: Stattler - Suh Pc

20080222289 - Resource allocation: In order to satisfy requests for a connection path having a specified capacity between two specified terminations (21, 29) of a telecommunications network, a plurality of distinct subsidiary networks are defined (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35), each comprising a subset of the nodes making up the complete network (20),... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080222290 - Access control list generation and validation tool: This invention provides a tool for generating ACLs in an environment where a set of network elements or servers (e.g. web servers, IPTV servers, application servers . . . ) need to be secure. The tool also performs ACL validation to ensure that the filtering rules are correct before they... Agent: Kramer & Amado, P.c.

20080222291 - Content delivery network service provider (cdnsp)-managed content delivery network (cdn) for network service provider (nsp): A CDN service provider shares its CDN infrastructure with a network to enable a network service provider (NSP) to offer a private-labeled network content delivery network (NCDN or “private CDN”) to participating content providers. The CDNSP preferably provides the hardware, software and services required to build, deploy, operate and manage... Agent: Law Office Of David H. Judson

20080222292 - Method for allowing multiple authorized applicants to share the same port: In a method comprising an embodiment of the invention, an original application initially binds to a port, and selects or designates a confidential key, which usefully may be a conventional cookie. The invention also sets a socket option, referred to by way of example, as SO_SECURE_REUSEPORT. The confidential key, together... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates Pc

20080222296 - Distributed server architecture: A method and apparatus for synchronizing network element state when a network connection between a plurality of servers is restored after a network failure includes a plurality of objects that exist within the network. Each object exists in a plurality of different versions, in which each said different object version... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20080222294 - Managing communications using a mobile device: A method and apparatus is provided for managing communications using a mobile device. More specifically, the present invention allows the mobile device to transfer a communication session from one network path to another network path. The user of the mobile device, therefore, has control over “network choice” instead of the... Agent: Chalker Flores, LLP

20080222297 - Method and system to efficiently manage a network connection to connect a client and a resource: This document discusses, among other things, an example system and methods for connecting a client and a resource. Example embodiments may include receiving a request from a client computer, for a connection to a generically named resource that is associated with multiple resources. In response to the request, example embodiments... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20080222298 - Sharing a shared resource across logical partitions or systems: An apparatus and method for sharing a resource (such as a modem or virtual private network) allow virtualizing the shared resource in a simple and efficient manner that allows both accepting and initiating virtual or physical connections through the shared resource across logical partitions or systems. An L2TP tunnel is... Agent: Martin & Associates, Llc

20080222293 - Systems and methods for facilitating identification of communication originators: Systems, apparatuses and methods for facilitating identification of the originator of a communication. A communication is received from a sending device. Sending device identification information is requested from a distributed contact database fashioned from the contact databases of the communication devices in a group of communication devices. If the sending... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk, Llc

20080222295 - Using internet content as a means to establish live social networks by linking internet users to each other who are simultaneously engaged in the same and/or similar content: A system and method that uses internet content and/or content metadata as a means to establish social networks. Examples include linking internet users, searchers, viewers and/or listeners of the same and/or similar internet content to each other via a platform that enables any of the following in n-dimensional environments: social... Agent: Ater Wynne LLP

20080222299 - Method for preventing session token theft: The present invention relates to a method for preventing the theft of a session token comprising the steps of: (a) detecting a submission of a first request from the client's browser to a protected site; (b) redirecting said first request to the traffic processor for monitoring said first request; (c)... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20080222302 - Devices and methods for minimizing start up delay in transmission of streaming media: A method for a client to receive streaming media over a network includes receiving data having the streaming media encoded therein and storing the received data in a de-jitter buffer thereby increasing a fullness of the de-jitter buffer. The method further includes, when the fullness reaches a fill level, initiating... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.c.

20080222300 - Method and apparatus for synchronizing notification messages: Various embodiments provide for the splitting of a notification message to a user, where the notification message enables at least one of interactivity and delivery of information associated with a media broadcast service. A first component of the notification message carries media content and is transmitted utilizing a file delivery... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080222301 - Method for data distribution: Stream data is transmitted from a distribution server to a client without any loss of data. The capacity of a reception buffer to be prepared at the client can be made small and the network bandwidth necessary for data redistribution can be narrowed. A relay server interposed between the distribution... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080222304 - Apparatus and methods for providing translucent proxies in a communications network: The Translucent Proxying of TCP (TPOT) device and methods use TCP-OPTIONS and IP tunneling to guarantee that all IP packets belonging to a specific TCP connection will traverse the proxy which intercepts the first packet of data. This guarantee allows the ad-hoc deployment of TPOT devices anywhere within the communication... Agent: S. H. Dworetsky At&t Corp.

20080222303 - Latency hiding message passing protocol: A method, system, and article of manufacture that provide latency hiding, high bandwidth message passing protocols used for data communication between nodes of a parallel computer system are disclosed. A source node transmits a request to send message to a receiving node. Prior to receiving a clear to send message,... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080222305 - Network cache-based content routing: Methods and apparatus are described for routing data traffic in a network having a plurality of layers including physical, data link, and network layers. The data traffic is received and one of a plurality of routing options for the data traffic is selected with reference to information outside of the... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080222306 - System and method for accessing multiple addresses per domain name using networked repository: A system, method, and program product are provided that gather a plurality of IP addresses that each correspond to a common domain name. A list of domain names is provided for gathering corresponding IP addresses. For each of the received domain names, IP addresses are retrieved from a number of... Agent: Ibm Corporation- Austin (jvl) C/o Van Leeuwen & Van Leeuwen

20080222307 - System and method for multiple ip addresses during domain name resolution: A system, method, and program product are provided that access a network resource by sending, from a client computer system, a first domain name resolution request to a DNS server. The first domain name resolution request includes a first domain name and requests multiple IP addresses. The client computer system... Agent: Ibm Corporation- Austin (jvl) C/o Van Leeuwen & Van Leeuwen

20080222308 - Wiki groups of an online community: A method, apparatus and system of wiki groups of an online community are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes creating a profile of a unregistered user of an online community based on a publicly available data and a registered user provided data, automatically associating the unregistered user to a... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20080222309 - Method and apparatus for network filtering and firewall protection on a secure partition: A management virtual machine on a virtualization technology enabled platform includes a means for providing a firewall and deep packet inspection. An isolated secure partition is provided to host the management application and network packet filtering and firewall functions to provide a secure and trusted platform for manageability applications. A... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, Llc

20080215662 - Communication apparatus, communication method, electronic apparatus, control method for controlling electronic apparatus, and storage medium: Since a second electronic apparatus of a given user is controlled based on control information of a second electronic apparatus of another user to which first electronic apparatus information of the user is similar, electronic apparatus control service is performed in a manner adaptively matching preference of the user without... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080215663 - Information distribution system, information distributing method, node, and recording medium: The node includes: node information storing means for storing the node information; dividing determining means, when amount of the stored node information becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined reference amount, for determining that a part of the node information is divided and managed by a new node; and,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080215668 - Communication device, system and method for managing local network device remotely: A communication device, system and method for managing the local network device remotely include: a local gateway acquires the topology structure and the configuration information of the local network device, and sends them to a remote management server; the remote management server generates configuration instruction to manage the local network... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd (for Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd)

20080215666 - Information delivery device and information processing method: There is provided an information delivery device including a command transmission unit configured to accept a command request from a client and to transmit a command corresponding to the command request to a device, an information obtaining unit configured to obtain device information transmitted from the device as a response... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080215667 - Method and system for sharing storage space on a computer: An application and method for transmitting copies of data to a remote back-up site for storage, and for retrieving copies of the previously stored data from the remote back-up site. A user designates files from an originating computer for which to transfer copies to a designation computer. The originating computer... Agent: Senniger Powers LLP

20080215665 - Method for generating an updates status alert in a device: A method for generating an update status alert at a receiving device, the receiving device operating in a network of participating devices, each participating device broadcasting status information about a monitored entity associated with a respective participating device, the method comprising the steps of: receiving broadcast status information from each... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080215664 - Occasionally connected edge application architecture: User devices may have connectivity with a backend server only occasionally. Provided is a communication means for such user devices to operate offline, when connectivity is unavailable, and to seamlessly transition to online connectivity when it is available. At least a subset of information from the backend server is communicated... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080215673 - Data processing method for generating service interface descriptions: A data processing method is disclosed. The data processing method comprises the step of receiving a request for a service interface description of a service from a client at a server, wherein the service is implemented via a first service endpoint at the server, and wherein the first service endpoint... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20080215675 - Method and system for secured syndication of applications and applications' data: The present invention provides a new syndication system allowing secure syndication of applications in conventional web aggregators of authorized users, and allowing secured and controlled access to privileged content by means of the syndicated applications. The system of the invention advantageously employs conventional web syndication servers and aggregators thereby allowing... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080215671 - Method of remote displaying and processing based on server/client architecture: A method of remote displaying and processing based on Server/Client architecture adopts a technical scheme of specific inter-frame increment compression and data comparison compression of the adjacent area-bits of the inner-frame within the side of Server, thus removing the intricate computation mode in the traditional inter-frame compression scheme, and reducing... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20080215677 - Method, system and program product for providing a status of a transaction with an application on a server: Under the present invention, polling code is generated on a server and sent to a client in response to a transaction request received on the server from the client. The polling code includes a set of parameters such as a delay time and a polling count. After expiration of the... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20080215674 - Musical contents storage system having server computer and electronic musical devices: A musical contents system comprises a contents providing server comprising a connecting unit that connects to a communication network, and a contents storage unit that stores musical contents in a storage area corresponding to a user of an electronic musical device; and an electronic musical device comprising a connecting unit... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20080215676 - Sharing a shared resource across logical partitions or systems: An apparatus and method for sharing a resource (such as a modem or virtual private network) allow virtualizing the shared resource in a simple and efficient manner that allows both accepting and initiating virtual or physical connections through the shared resource across logical partitions or systems. An L2TP tunnel is... Agent: Martin & Associates, LLC

20080215669 - System and method for peer-to-peer connection of clients behind symmetric firewalls: A system and method for establishing and maintaining two-way peer-to-peer network communication between clients who are behind symmetric firewalls/NATs is presented (FIG. 7). In one exemplary embodiment, the inventive system discovery servers to ascertain the nature and port-mapping metrics of a given client's firewall/NAT. A systematic, multiple UDP Hole Punch... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler PC

20080215672 - System, method, and computer program product for a scalable, configurable, client/server, cross-platform browser for mobile devices: Described herein are systems, methods, computer program products, and combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for enabling web content (as well as other objects) to be loaded on mobile devices (as well as other types of devices), and for users of mobile devices to operate with such web content on their mobile... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20080215670 - Tracking usage and monitoring users of a distributed learning system: A system for monitoring and tracking the distribution of educational information in a distributed learning environment includes allowing a user to connect to a management system through a network connection. The management system transmits a plurality of educational material that may be used and operated on the user's computer when... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080215678 - Bookmarking urls from an instant messaging session: Bookmarking URLs from an instant messaging session, including identifying by an instant messaging client a URL in the instant messaging session, selecting by the instant messaging client at least one browser available for receiving bookmarks from an instant messaging client, and saving by the instant messaging client a bookmark for... Agent: Ibm (rps-blf) C/o Biggers & Ohanian, LLP

20080215680 - Conference server operations: An improved networked computer communications system handles arbitrary streams of data, and transports at varying speeds those streams where intermediate updates can be dropped if they are obsoleted by later arriving data updates, optimizing the utilization of network and node resources. Complex buffering by system server software allows distributed, parallel,... Agent: Deepa Ravindranath Carr & Ferrell LLP

20080215681 - Network architecture for multi-user collaboration and data-stream mixing and method thereof: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a system and method for selecting the best server to realize the best user-experience for the client. The selection of this server is selected based on the quality of each user's connection to each server. Embodiments of the present invention also generally... Agent: Maldjian & Fallon LLC

20080215682 - System and method for identity managed collaboration: A system and method for identity managed collaboration (IMC) that in various embodiments can provide for: identity management of participants within a collaboration session to set entitlement; identity security for participants to allow participants to determine what identity is projected; participation in a collaboration session in a monitoring mode via... Agent: Vincent Patent Agency

20080215679 - System and method for routing communications among real and virtual communication devices: A system and method for routing communications among real and virtual communication devices are disclosed. The system includes one or more processors configured to generate a virtual world. The one or more processors may be configured to generate a virtual communication device and implement a configurable router adapted to facilitate... Agent: Joshua D. Isenberg Jdi Patent

20080215683 - Rapid knowledge transfer among workers: A knowledge transfer system is described for transferring knowledge from expert workers at a client location to apprentice workers at an outsourcing location. The knowledge transfer system includes a memory system configured to store a Knowledge Transfer Plan that defines knowledge and tasks that need to be transferred from the... Agent: Accenture Chicago 28164 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080215697 - Automated email activity management: A system for organizing email includes a modeler operable to infer a temporal sequential process from a corpus of unlabeled email messages, and a categorizer operable to accept an incoming message and map the aforesaid incoming message to a transition in the aforesaid temporal sequential process.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080215689 - Contact device and a network of contact devices: An invention relates to a device enabling face-to-face contacts between persons immediately or almost immediately when their profiles match, i.e. when the persons have similar requirements or interests. The device may be an accessory of a mobile phone and it comprises a power source such as a battery or an... Agent: Saltamar Innovations

20080215687 - Mechanism for facilitating organization and accessing of emails: A mechanism is disclosed for generating a composite email for an email conversation. The composite email includes content automatically extracted from a plurality of the emails in the email conversation, and may be generated in response to a user accessing just one of the emails in the email conversation. A... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20080215698 - Method and apparatus for adding recipients to sent email: A data processing system for resending a previously sent email message. A new recipient for the previously sent email message is selected. The new recipient of the previously sent email message is added in response to selecting the new recipient, wherein the previously sent email message is directed to the... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080215691 - Method and apparatus for calendaring reminders: An electronic calendar includes such features as recurring reminders, dividing unpredictable work loads into equal pieces, template free parsing, a reminders scheduling algorithm to reduce spikes, dynamic delivery and recovery algorithms, methods for splitting the work load between controllers and workers and for monitoring progress, all within the context of... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20080215696 - Method and apparatus for measuring health and performance of a messaging system: Software agents perform a process to monitor the availability and/or performance of various functions of a messaging system, such as a Unified Messaging System. A call is initiated to an endpoint, where the endpoint is registered with a messaging system and is configured to forward incoming messages to the messaging... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP

20080215692 - Method of compensating for enhancing emails with targeted ads: A computer method and device for intercepting contracting client's sent electronic messages, scanning the message body content for key words, sending the key words to a remote central computer server which analyses the key words and enhances the message by attaching a relevant, contextual advertising tag line or image/banner/words/HTML/Flash, etc.... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080215699 - Method, system, and computer program product for message mapping of communications: A method, system, and computer program product for implementing message mapping of communications is provided. The method includes receiving a communication and a time-stamp of the communication from a messaging system of an originating terminal device and receiving a request to respond to the communication from a messaging system at... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Yorktown

20080215685 - Network communication apparatus for providing a user with a paging message: A network communications system comprises a number of user stations, coupled via a data network to a number of service provider host systems. The user stations are registered as client stations at the host system of a service provider, with the host system maintaining a database of registered client station... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080215695 - Publish/subscribe messaging system: The invention relates to a message broker for managing subscription requests in a multicast messaging system. The messaging system comprises a plurality of publishers publishing information to the broker and a plurality of subscribers subscribing to information received from one or more publishers. The broker is able to receive a... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080215688 - Sending e-mail from a hosted system: A method includes receiving e-mail input data from a client at a server that is configured to serve a hosted application that includes an e-mail user interface to the client. The e-mail input data is used to generate an e-mail message from a user of the client, where the client... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP

20080215694 - System and method for unified messaging service: System, method and program storage device for unified messaging services. The method includes receiving a message generated by a sender, collecting user attribute information of the sender and/or a recipient, providing at least one policy factor associated with the user attribute information, converting the first message into a unified format... Agent: Telcordia Technologies, Inc.

20080215690 - System, computer program product and method for storing information in an application service provider: A method, system and computer program product for storing document information in an application service provider (ASP) which is connected to a user terminal through a network, such as the Internet. The method on which the system and computer program product are based includes inputting the document information into the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080215693 - Systems, methods, and media for communication with database client users: Systems, methods and media for communicating with a database client user are disclosed. Embodiments may include a database messaging system having a database server and one or more database clients. The database server may include a database messaging module, which may include a database administrator (DBA) interface module to receive... Agent: Ibm Corporation (jss) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20080215684 - Wireless e-mail system and method for using same: A wireless e-mail system and method is disclosed. The system comprises a wireless mobile device comprising an e-mail client, an e-mail server, a gateway, a mobile network interconnecting the wireless mobile device and the gateway, and a broadband network interconnecting the gateway and the e-mail server. When the client transmits... Agent: Coats & Bennett/oz

20080215686 - System and methods for tracking, analyzing, and reporting electronic mail and associated electronic mail events: A method and computer system for tracking, analyzing and reporting on electronic mail and allows a user to locate and associate electronic mail events to the original electronic mail from within a host electronic mail communication program. The product allows each user to associate electronic mail and associated electronic mail... Agent: Mesmer & Deleault, PLLC

20080215700 - Firefighting vehicle and method with network-assisted scene management: A method comprises acquiring information pertaining to a scene of a fire. The acquiring step is performed by a sensor connected to a first computer. The method further comprises transmitting the information from the first computer to a second computer by way of a wireless communication network. The second computer... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080215701 - Modified machine architecture with advanced synchronization: A multiple computer environment is disclosed in which an application program executes simultaneously on a plurality of computers (M1, M2, . . . Mn) interconnected by a communications network (53) and in which the local memory of each computer is maintained substantially the same by updating in due course. A... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20080215702 - Merging scalable nodes into single-partition merged system using service processors of nodes: Controlling the merging of nodes into a single-partition merged system using the nodes' service processors is disclosed. The system runs a single instance of an operating system. A user communicates with a service processor of a predetermined boot node to enter partition configuration information for the system without using a... Agent: Law Offices Of Michael Dryja

20080215703 - Modified machine architecture with partial memory updating: The updating of only some memory locations in a multiple computer environment in which at least one applications program (50) executes simultaneously on a plurality of computers M1, M2 . . . Mn each of which has a local memory, is disclosed. Memory locations (A, B, D, E, X) in... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20080215706 - Mobile exchange infrastructure: A mobile exchange infrastructure, in which a request to invoke functionality provided by a first of two services is accessed. If the request is incompatible with the first service, the accessed request is affected. The functionality is invoked using the affected request.... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20080215705 - Remotely controlled real-time and virtual lab experimentation systems and methods: Remotely controlled platforms for experimentation provide for centralized placement of costly and space consuming experimentation equipment. Additionally, remotely controlled platforms take advantage of economies of scale to make the centralized experimentation platforms more available for students and researchers of institutions that cannot afford to have institutional ownership of the experimentation... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20080215704 - Transmission of information relating to a quality of service: Methods of transmitting information relating to a quality of service are shown, which information is to be transmitted in at least one direction between a first device 30 and a second device 20. A first method comprises at least at one of the devices 20, 30 assembling a protocol message... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080215707 - Network system and replay apparatus: Disclosed is a network system including a server to store a content and a plurality of replay apparatuses to receive the content transmitted from the server, the replay apparatuses being connected with the server via a network, and the replay apparatus including a list storage unit to store a predetermined... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080215710 - Contents distributing method and distributing system: According to the present invention, there are disclosed a contents distributing method and a system which permits distribution of contents held by the client to the other clients, irrespective of the operating status of the client, and allows certain billing. In this system, a plurality of storage servers storing contents... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080215708 - Dissecting sample sharing system: The present invention relates to a dissecting sample sharing system that is composed of a room terminal system and a central control system. The room terminal system at least includes a computer, an image partitioning device and one or more dissecting table units which have image collecting function. The computer... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP/seattle

20080215709 - Method for updating a user profile: The invention provides a method for updating a user profile on a server (2) based on user content items on a client (1), the server (2) being able to communicate with the client (1) via a communication network (3), comprising the following steps: a) for each of at least a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080215711 - Configuring output on a communication device: In one general sense, display of content communicated by a sender communication device to a destination communication device may be enabled by receiving, at a destination communication device, content to be displayed by the destination communication device. Characteristics of a display of the received content by the destination communication device... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080215712 - Electronic apparatus and system capable of assigning appropriate address: In order to prevent unnecessary APIPA process from being executed in a LAN environment which does not adopt APIPA, an ICMP echo request for a predetermined IP address is broadcast. Whether there are more than N apparatuses using APIPA is checked based on the replies, and if there are, IP... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080215715 - Recording medium storing information distribution program, information distribution apparatus, and information distribution method: Information may be distributed to a plurality of communication devices connected to a network by creating a distribution route including a plurality of levels by assigning a plurality of following level stations (0-level to n-level stations) to the distribution route, distributing information from one of the communication devices as an... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080215714 - Redundancy switching method: In case of redundancy switching, an IP filter is set in a standby system server, and the standby system server is given the same IP address as an IP address given to an operation system server and is thereafter shifted into an operating state. On the other hand, the original... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080215713 - System and method for automatically enforcing change control in operations performed by operational management products: A system and method for enforcing change control in operations performed by operational management products (OMPs) are provided. The system and method automate the checking of a request-for-change (RFC) state by an OMP when the OMP is installed in an environment where a change management database (CMDB) has been installed... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20080215719 - Data communication and coherence in a distributed item tracking system: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for communicating between nodes of a distributed system that tracks items. Each node receives tag-read-data corresponding to an item and communicates the tag-read-data to the designated responsible node for the item. Each node can also receive additional item information from the designated responsible... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20080215716 - Domain name hijack protection: A domain name registering entity (such as a domain registry, registrar, or reseller) or an independent proxy registration service may offer a domain name hijack protection to their actual or potential customers. When a domain name transfer request or notice is received in a proxy email address listed in the... Agent: Go Daddy Group, Inc.

20080215718 - Policy-based content delivery network selection: In a framework wherein resources of a content provider may be delivered to clients from different domains, a method distributes the requests based on content-provider policies. In some cases, the domains include at least two distinct content delivery network (CDN) domains. The domains may include a content provider domain. Responsive... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20080215717 - Web based unified communication system and method, and web communication manager: The present invention provides a Web based unified communication system and method, and Web based communication manger. In the present invention, generating a SMIL document, based on a communication request from a terminal, for starting and controlling a communication session between the terminal and corresponding terminals, and controlling the terminals... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.A.

20080215720 - Apparatus and system for lost/stolen data storage device recovery: A recoverable data storage apparatus including a hand-portable housing configured with an input/output (I/O) port presented outwardly therefrom, a data storage means retained within the housing and operatively coupled with the input/output port, and a client agent embodied as device-executable code residing on the data storage device and configured. When... Agent: Ater Wynne LLP

20080215724 - Communication control method and communication control unit: A communication control method is provided for an encryption processing unit connected to a connection status acquiring unit which is connected to a circuit that transmits packets on a network and acquires the status of a connection to a network for an encrypting device for encrypting the packet, and connected... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080215721 - Communication monitoring system, communication monitoring apparatus and communication control apparatus: A communication monitoring apparatus for monitoring communication data which are transmitted among a plurality of nodes on a network, includes a detecting section for detecting whether or not a shellcode is included in communication data transmitted and received between at least two nodes within the plurality of nodes and a... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080215728 - Computer management system and computer management method: A computer management system and a computer management method are provided. The computer management system comprises a management workstation and at least one computer system based on virtualization technology. The computer system comprises a virtual machine monitor, a servo operating system, a management agent module and at least one user... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080215729 - Method and apparatus for cross-tier management in multi-tier computing system architecture: Techniques are disclosed for providing cross-tier management in a multi-tier computing system architecture. For example, a method for managing a computing system, wherein the computing system includes a first tier and at least a second tier, wherein the first tier and the second tier are configured to respond to a... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080215730 - Method and system for providing on-demand content delivery for an origin server: An infrastructure “insurance” mechanism enables a Web site to fail over to a content delivery network (CDN) upon a given occurrence at the site. Upon such occurrence, at least some portion of the site's content is served preferentially from the CDN so that end users that desire the content can... Agent: David H. Judson Akamai Technologies, Inc.

20080215723 - Relay system, relay program, and relay method: A technique is provided to dynamically change priority, according to content of communication data, when the communication data is relayed between a client device and a host device. A communication gateway (102) is a relay system for relaying the communication data between a thin client device (101) and the host... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080215727 - Remote monitoring system: A method for monitoring and reporting information regarding status of a power supply/management device operated by a user comprises detecting the status of the device using a monitoring device having an application interface configured to communicate over a communication network, generating a status update indication using a self-describing computer language... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP

20080215722 - Remote user computer control and monitoring: In a method of computer usage monitoring, a user computer monitors for the input of predetermined keywords or phrases into an application running thereon, the presence of the keywords or phrases in a file received via a computer network, or the launching of one or more predetermined applications or programs.... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080215726 - System and method for hardware and software monitoring with integrated resource acquisition: A method, system, and network providing hardware and software inventorying and monitoring provide the status of a local network of interconnected information technology devices. A user downloads and installs a local network monitoring software program from an online source onto a host computer system. The local network monitoring software system... Agent: HulseyIPIntellectual Property Lawyers, P.C.

20080215725 - Systems and methods for managing the playing of ring tones and other media files on mobile devices: Systems, methods, and software applications for managing the playing of ring tones and other media files on mobile devices are provided. In one embodiment, a software application executed by a processor of a mobile device tracks the playing of a media file on the mobile device and reports information regarding... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080215731 - Attribute grouping for online course: In an online computing system for providing a user with access to educational content in an online educational system, wherein the educational content includes access information. The method comprising organizing a hierarchy of user groups and domains, associating the user with a group or domain, receiving a request from a... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080215732 - Multi-site scenarios in the storage and archiving of medical data objects: In a method, an administration system and a computer program product (computer-readable medium) for storage and archiving of medical image data and metadata in a distributed system or clinical facility, with a central server, a central archive and a number of decentralized nodes, the image data are decentrally stored at... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080215733 - Techniques for supporting multiple devices in mobile applications: Techniques for interacting with a client process on a mobile device connected to a network over a wireless link includes managing information at a mobile applications server executing on a platform connected to the network. The information includes device profile information about the mobile device. First data is received from... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20080215734 - Gracefully changing a node in a distributed computing network: In one embodiment, a method includes determining to change a number of objects controlled by a particular node in a network. Each object is a resource provided by the network and has a unique object position in a coordinate space of N dimensions. Each node has a unique node position... Agent: Eugene Molinelli Evans & Molinelli PLLC

20080215736 - Method and apparatus for allocating a server in an ims network: A method, apparatus, and application server for dynamically allocating an application server within an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). A Serving Call/Session Control Function (S-CSCF) receives a user request and queries a central database to determine whether the user is allocated to an application server. If so, the S-CSCF forwards the... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080215737 - Method for controlling communication in a decentralized network: The invention describes a method for controlling communication in a decentralized network (P2P), in which reciprocal decentralized communication is provided for a multiplicity of network elements (C1, C2, C3, C4, CX). In this case, provision is made for at least one identity code which is unique in the decentralized network... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080215735 - Resource invalidation in a content delivery network: A repeater server in a content delivery network (CDN) maintains a list of resources that are no longer valid. When the server gets a request for a resource, it checks whether that resource is on the list, and, if so, it replicates the resource from a content provider's content source... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20080215738 - Sharing a shared resource across logical partitions or systems: An apparatus and method for sharing a resource (such as a modem or virtual private network) allow virtualizing the shared resource in a simple and efficient manner that allows both accepting and initiating virtual or physical connections through the shared resource across logical partitions or systems. An L2TP tunnel is... Agent: Martin & Associates, LLC

20080215739 - Marketing method and communication system for implementing the marketing method: In one aspect, a database in which target subscribers of different subscriber classes that can be reached via a communications system are allocated, and one respective marketer is assigned to each of the subscriber classes. When the communications system establishes a first communications relation between a first subscriber and a... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080215740 - System and method for selecting a destination number upon receiving a dialed number from a calling party: A method, system and computer program for utilizing destination information stored in a database are disclosed. The database is queried for information about a service located at a destination, and location information of a requesting party is determined. Routing information is determined based upon the location information of the requesting... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080215741 - System and article of manufacture for establishing and requesting status on a computational resource: Provided are a system and article of manufacture for establishing and requesting status on a computational resource. An operation is performed to establish a computational resource, wherein the computational resource is not available until the establish operation is completed. A determination is made as to whether a status request to... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20080215742 - Method and apparatus for dynamically adjusting resources assigned to plurality of customers, for meeting service level agreements (slas) with minimal resources, and allowing common pools of resources to be used across plural customers on a demand basis: A method (and system) for managing and controlling allocation and de-allocation of resources based on a guaranteed amount of resource and additional resources based on a best effort for a plurality of customers, includes dynamically allocating server resources for a plurality of customers, such that the resources received by a... Agent: Sean M. Mcginn Mcginn & Gibb, P.C.

20080215743 - System and method for validation of middleware failover behavior: An information processing system containing middleware and backend server software components is augmented with the ability to validate the behavior of the middleware system when one or more backend servers are unavailable, based on dynamic reconfiguration of the network layer protocol software component in the operating system underlying the middleware... Agent: Mark Wahl

20080215747 - Metadata enabled push-pull model for efficient low-latency video-content distribution over a network: Method, system, computer program and computer program product for a metadata enabled push-pull model and method for efficient low-latency video-content distribution over a network. Metadata is used as a vehicle and mechanism to enable intelligent decisions to be made on content distribution system operation. Metadata is data that contains information... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20080215745 - System and method for mediation of user attention for presentational media: A system and method are provided for mediating a user's attention between multiple presentational media, comprising a streaming media application for providing the user with a stream of media, a notification system for generating a notification of an interruption, and a streaming media manager for receiving the notification and in... Agent: Inter-tel (delaware), Inc. A Mitel Company

20080215746 - System and method for providing random access to a multimedia object over a network: A system and method provide random access to a multimedia object over a network. One embodiment of the invention includes a streaming media server that is connected to a client computer over a network. The streaming media server includes at least one multimedia object that is adapted for transmission (“streaming”)... Agent: Graybeal Jackson Haley C/o Realnetworks Graybeal Jackson Haley LLP

20080215744 - System and method for transformation of syndicated content for mobile delivery: A method and system for embedding metadata for mobile delivery into a syndicated content feed, the method having the steps of receiving content from a syndicated content provider; embedding into the content the metadata using a standard schema extension mechanism, thereby creating modified content; and publishing the modified content. Also,... Agent: Research In Motion Attn: Glenda Wolfe

20080215748 - Method and system for constraining server usage in a distributed network: A “velvet rope” mechanism that enables customers of a shared distributed network (such as a content delivery network) needing to control their costs to control the amount of traffic that is served via the shared network. A given server in the distributed network identifies when a customer is about to... Agent: David H. Judson

20080215750 - Controlling subscriber information rates in a content delivery network: A plurality of content providers provide multiple resources to multiple clients. At least some of said resources are to be served to clients from a shared content delivery network (CDN) formed by a plurality of repeater servers. Each content provider provides at least some resources via one or more content... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20080215749 - Providing different rates to different users of a download service: A system, computer program and method for transmitting requested data from a data source in response to data transmission requests from at least one electronic device according to differential rates of throughput. Data transmission requests are classified into one of a plurality of throughput classes, with each throughput class having... Agent: Law Office Of Ido Tuchman (yor)

20080215751 - Method and system for content similarity-based message routing and subscription matching: Computer implemented method, system and computer usable program code for routing messages in a message stream. A computer implemented method for routing messages in a message stream includes receiving a specification of desired messages, the specification containing a payload and receiving at least one message, the message containing a payload.... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080215752 - Service device, and switching network and switching method for the same: The present invention relates to communication technology and discloses a service device, and a switching network and a switching method for the same, which can implement switching on service layer, wherein the service interaction mode can be independent of the service implementation mode. In the present invention, service interaction between... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd (for Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd)

20080215753 - Use of end-to-end availability calculations when establishing a connection: A method establishes a connection between a source node and a sing node of a communication network. One or several additional nodes represent nodes of the connection in addition to the source node and the sink node. An end-to-end availability of the connection is determined from one respective availability value... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080215754 - Bridging data network communications: When a packet is sent from a node connected to the network requiring acknowledgements to a node behind the bridge, the original destination address (address of node behind the bridge) is changed. On the driver level, the destination address is replaced with the MAC address of the bridge, and the... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080215755 - Delivering resources to clients in a distributed computing environment with rendezvous based on load balancing and network conditions: A plurality of repeater servers form a shared content delivery network (CDN) to serve resources to clients on behalf of a plurality of content providers. First and second resources are associated with a first content provider, the first resource referencing the second resource. The second resource is associated with a... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20080215756 - Electronic device, management server, and control method thereof: An electronic device includes: a communication unit which communicates with an information server that stores predetermined information, a plurality of address-offering servers that store IP addresses existing in a network and provide any one of the stored IP addresses, and a management server that includes area information on the network... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080215757 - Data optimization: A method, system, and computer program product for decreasing a volume of data transmitted from a server to a client device in a data processing network, the server processing a received request for a resource from the client device, the processed requested resource comprising data embedded in a file of... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20080215759 - Information processing apparatus and information processing method: A sending part sends a data generated by a second device from the second device to a first device. A data collating part collates the data sent from the sending part with a data generated by the first device, and determines that it is abnormal when a mismatch between these... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080215760 - Method and system for synchronizing status of member servers belonging to same replication group: A system for synchronizing a state of a member server with a state of other member servers belonging to a same replication group, the system including: a server sequence storage unit storing a first server sequence; a message receiving unit receiving an external message from a service server and receiving... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

20080215758 - Method for software program synchronization: A method, devices, and a computer program for synchronizing one or more software programs from a first device (D100) to a second device (D200) are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of creating (100) an application profile indicating one or more software programs on the first device (ID100) and indicating... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080215761 - Systems, methods, and media for database synchronization on a network: Systems, methods and media for database synchronization on a network are disclosed. More particularly, hardware and/or software for database synchronization on a network protected with firewalls are disclosed. Embodiments include an e-mail listener for receiving e-mails from a plurality of computer systems and modifying a central database based on the... Agent: Ibm Corporation (jss) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20080215762 - Method and system for virtual powerline local area networks: A system for powerline networking. The system has an external data source, which is derived from a world wide networks of computers. A router is coupled to the external data source and coupled to a first datasource connection. A powerline network switch apparatus is coupled to the first datasource connection.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP