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Electrical Computers And Digital Processing Systems: Multicomputer Data Transferring > Computer Conferencing Computer ConferencingComputer Conferencing patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.10/19/06 - 20060235927 - System and method for synchronizing distributed data streams for automating real-time navigation through presentation slides A system and method for synchronizing distributed data streams for automating real-time navigation through presentation slides in an electronic conference are provided. With the system and method, a participant in an electronic conference is permitted to navigate back and forth through a series of presentation slides while being able to ... 10/12/06 - 20060230108 - Information display system An information display system includes a sensor which measures a state of each part of a body of a user, an active state identifying section which identifies an active state of the user based on a measurement result, an information estimating section which estimates information required by the user based ... 10/12/06 - 20060230107 - Method and computer-readable medium for multimedia playback and recording in a peer-to-peer network A method and computer-readable medium for storing content in a peer-to-peer network is provided. A client of a peer-to-peer network receives a plurality of data blocks that respectively include a portion of the content. One or more of the plurality of data blocks are pseudo-randomly selected. The selected data block ... 10/12/06 - 20060230106 - System and method for real-time feedback with conservative network usage in a teleconferencing system Disclosed herein are teleconferencing devices having remote access monitoring and control functions, and network systems and methods including and using the same. Also disclosed herein are methods for interacting with teleconferencing devices over an HTTP or other network service utilizing a persistent network connection and systems which implement the methods. ... 10/05/06 - 20060224671 - Presence information management system and presence information management server When starting subscribe for acquiring presence information, there is no need of acquiring an identifier of the presentity or an identifier of the group, which have been conventionally indispensable. There is provided a state information management system including a management server for managing state information on a plurality of terminals. ... 10/05/06 - 20060224670 - File distribution method and client terminal implementing the same A file distribution method is provided that is suitable for the transfer of files, such as patch files and virus definition files, to be released to an indefinite number of client terminals, and that can reduce the load concentration at a server without adding any extra hardware resources. A P2P ... 10/05/06 - 20060224669 - Systems with application service overlay advised by knowledge overlay A system having a knowledge overlay with a number of knowledge nodes, one or more application service overlays, each having a number of application service nodes and a number of client devices is disclosed. The application service nodes of a service overlay collaboratively provide an application service to the client ... 10/05/06 - 20060224668 - Methods and apparatus for efficiently placing stream transforms among broker machines comprising an overlay network in a publish-subscribe messaging system The methods and apparatus of the present invention operate in publish-subscribe messaging systems including at least publishing clients, subscribing clients and a plurality of broker machines. The broker machines form an overlay network responsible for receiving input messages from publishing clients, transforming information contained in the input messages according to ... 10/05/06 - 20060224667 - Method and system for communication between parties A method for filling a psychological gap during the communication of at least two people considering making a date, the method characterized by playing a dating game by the at least two people on a game board having a plurality of spaces. The dating game method includes obtaining a game ... 09/14/06 - 20060206565 - Method and system for providing instantaneous media-on-demand services Various techniques for providing instantaneous media services are disclosed. Some of the techniques provide an instantaneous media-on-demand system, process and method for the same. Such a system offers a dynamic library with a significant number of titles from which a user may select and offers play back a desired title ... 09/14/06 - 20060206564 - System and method for sharing notes Systems, methods and techniques are provided in which pens capable of capturing and transmitting information representative marks made by them, e.g., wireless-enabled digital pens, are used. In one representative implementation, notes taken during a meeting automatically are wirelessly transferred (i.e., copied and/or moved) among devices used by the participants, thereby ... 09/07/06 - 20060200521 - Freefi qwikbar/toolbar The present invention provides a user access to the Internet via a wireless connection subscribing to the IEEE 802.1 1 or 802.16 standard or their logical derivatives, while being displayed web based content independent of the users web browser. Such content appears when logged in and is removed when logged ... 09/07/06 - 20060200520 - System and method for record and playback of collaborative communications session A collaborative communication session (“session”), as created by the presenter and witnesses by one or more users on second computers, may be recorded. The session may be replayed by a user's computer, directing the audio and visual components of the browser on the user's computer as if the user was ... 09/07/06 - 20060200519 - Networked meeting recording method and apparatus An apparatus is endowed with the ability to receive contents and audio of a networked meeting, and store the received contents and audio. The apparatus does not facilitate any participant to participate in the networked meeting. ... 09/07/06 - 20060200518 - Method and system for presenting a video conference using a three-dimensional object A presentation system receives streams of videos of a video conference and presents the videos on the faces of a three-dimensional object. The presentation system selects which video should be presented more prominently than the other videos. The presentation system generates an image of the three-dimensional object that represents a ... 09/07/06 - 20060200517 - Method and apparatus for real time multi-party conference document copier A document exchange device for assistance with an audio/video conferencing session includes an image capture component configured generate a scanned image of a document and an output component configured to provide a printed image of the document. A user interface of the document exchange device is configured to display connection ... 08/31/06 - 20060195524 - Private network exchange with multiple service providers, having a portal, collaborative applications, and a directory service A private network exchange with multiple service providers, having a portal, collaborative applications, and a directory service is provided. The private network exchange can operate across multiple service providers, and provides a minimum service level regardless of the service providers involved. The Portal provides a user friendly interface to present ... 08/31/06 - 20060195523 - System and method of broadcasting full-screen video A system and a method of broadcasting a full-screen video on a network. The system includes a server computer system and a client computer system. The server computer system is connected to the client computer system via the network and executes an application program in a full-screen mode. The server ... 08/31/06 - 20060195522 - Communication device and connection establishment method A game device is provided which can connect to a plurality of wireless controllers. A game device of the present invention has a plurality of communication modules, each serving as a master, which can wirelessly connect to slaves. One communication module performs an inquiry procedure for establishing a connection with ... 08/31/06 - 20060195521 - System and method for creating a collaborative playlist A method, server, and user interface associated with creating a collaborative playlist between one or more users based on user interaction with a media program. In one embodiment, the media program is an instant messaging application. ... 08/31/06 - 20060195520 - System and method for providing one class of users of an application a view of what another class of users of the application is visually experiencing A technique for providing one class of users of an application a view of what a typical user in another class of users of the same application is visually experiencing is provided. A client application that is interacting with the application provides a user an option of having a PIP ... 08/31/06 - 20060195519 - Virtual conference center architecture A method, system, and architecture for providing a virtual conference center that effectively increases the number of accounts supported by a conference center is provided. The virtual conference center architecture provides a virtual conference center that interfaces with multiple conference centers that each support a certain number of accounts. The ... 08/31/06 - 20060195518 - Reminder handling A mobile telephone (1) includes associated with a processor (18) a reminder controller (22). A reminder can be entered either using the phone (1) or using a remote terminal, such as a PC or another phone. Each reminder is associated with an event being the start of a particular application, ... 08/24/06 - 20060190539 - Provision of services over a common delivery platform such as a mobile telephony network One embodiment of a system for providing services to subscribers of a network supports the provision of a plurality of different services to multiple subscribers. The system has multiple processing units each providing a different execution environment for different sets of software applications, each associated with a service binding or ... 08/24/06 - 20060190538 - Method and apparatus for recognizing location of a home device using rfid A system where a home server can recognize a location of a home device in a home network. The home device includes a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag which stores information about the home device, and each plug receptacle constituting the home network has an RFID reader. Accordingly, the RFID ... 08/24/06 - 20060190537 - Method and system for enabling structured real-time conversations between multiple participants The present invention provides a method and system for enabling a structured real-time network communication session for at least two or more client devices. Aspects of the invention include providing a server with one or more conversation applications that provide respective structured conversations; displaying a list of available structured conversations ... 08/24/06 - 20060190536 - Method, system and program product for building social networks Under the present invention, a user with an existing profile page who desires to have a social network built will first submit a subscription request. If approved, an existing contact list such as a chat list or the like for the user will be compared to existing contact lists for ... 08/17/06 - 20060184625 - Short query-based system and method for content searching Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for processing queries provided as short messages. Keywords can be extracted from short messages and specific meaning can be derived and attributed to the short messages based on various attributes and context associated with the message, time of day and a user. ... 08/17/06 - 20060184624 - Television system video conferencing Television system video conferencing is described. In an embodiment, a television-based client device receives program content from a content provider via an IP-based network to display a program for viewing. The client device generates video conference data to participate in a video conference session with one or more additional television-based ... 08/10/06 - 20060179111 - Data sharing among multiple web sites A method of sharing information among potential dating people that eliminates the need to type the same personal information into every dating web site. Personal data are entered by a user in a main web site, and a linked second dating web site is (and possibly third and more dating ... 08/10/06 - 20060179110 - Duplicating digital streams for digital conferencing using switching technologies Using switching technologies to duplicate packets of a digital stream (e.g., digital video stream) sent from one workstation to multiple recipient workstations, where the switching technologies enable the multiple streams sent from the switch to the recipient workstations to be generated from a single digital stream sent from the sending ... 08/03/06 - 20060173959 - Agent based application using data synchronization A network-based messaging system comprises multiple agents to communicate messages between multiple users in real time using, for example, an XML document synchronization model. Each agent has properties defined in XML and can subscribe to properties of other agents. Each agent can notify other agents which subscribe to it of ... 08/03/06 - 20060173958 - Managing participants in an online session The present invention relates to an application that is configured to be operated in a multi-participant environment on a computer network. The application manages participants in an online session of a multi-user application so that if one of the participants exits the session, the session can continue without interruption. The ... 08/03/06 - 20060173957 - Apparatus and method for message-centric analysis and multi-aspect viewing using social networks Electronic data files are broadly characterized as “messages” and a social network is constructed by analyzing one or more messages exchanged between various entities. Additionally, messages from structured and/or unstructured data stores are correlated using one or more common/related data elements from two or more messages. Further, the social network ... 07/27/06 - 20060167999 - Ensuring a given transactional unit of work arrives at an appropriate server instance Ensuring that a given transactional unit of work arrives at an appropriate server instance. A server instance receives a request that is associated with a unit of work. The server instance that received the request determines whether it is responsible for the unit of work associated with that request. When ... 07/27/06 - 20060167998 - Integrated presence management system, presence server and presence information management program To group plural applications and integrally manage their presence information. A presence server includes plural clients that receive services from application servers providing plural services, and a presence information that manages presence information of applications and group information. The presence server receives presence information registration from the application clients, updates ... 07/27/06 - 20060167997 - System, method and computer program product for establishing a conference session and synchronously rendering content during the same A system for establishing and effectuating a conference session includes a plurality of participants. In turn, the participants include a source capable of operating in a fixed network environment, and at least one destination capable of operating in a cellular network environment. The participants are capable of establishing a conference ... 07/27/06 - 20060167996 - System and method for enabling electronic presentations A system and method is provided for enabling collaborative electronic presentations. The method can include the operation of taking a snapshot of a shared application. The snapshot can be initiated by a snapshot control accessible to the user. Another operation can be linking the snapshot control to an electronic whiteboard ... 07/27/06 - 20060167995 - System and process for muting audio transmission during a computer network-based, multi-party teleconferencing session A system and process for muting the audio transmission from a location of a participant engaged in a multi-party, computer network-based teleconference when that participant is working on a keyboard, is presented. The audio is muted as it is assumed the participant is doing something other than actively participation in ... 07/27/06 - 20060167994 - System and method for automatically segmenting content from an instant messaging transcript and applying commands contained within the content segments A system and method for automatically segmenting content from an instant messaging transcript and applying commands contained within the content segments is disclosed. The system includes a segment finding program, a command finding program, and a command list. The segment finding program identifies topic shifts in the IM conversation. The ... 07/27/06 - 20060167993 - System and method for instant messaging A system and method for user-defined control of the operation and appearance of a computerized instant messaging service and associated user interface is disclosed, providing ease of use, control over presentation and access to instant messaging services, particularly for unsighted and other users requiring assistive technologies. A system and method ... 07/27/06 - 20060167992 - System and method for text translations and annotation in an instant messaging session A system and method for translating received input from a sender to recipient in an instant messaging dialog is disclosed. The method comprises receiving instant messaging input from a sender for recipient, wherein the instant messaging input comprises at least one subculture specific term. A category is identified the defines ... 07/27/06 - 20060167991 - Buddy list filtering Customizing instant messaging communications for a first instant messaging participant includes receiving first filter criteria corresponding to an online presence state of instant messaging participants to be filtered. First information associated with each of one or more other instant messaging participants selected by the first instant messaging participant is accessed. ... 07/27/06 - 20060167990 - System for presenting and controlling information on a display device The present invention relates to a system (34) and a display (10), particularly a display (10) that is updated via a means of transferring data from a central server (32) to the display (10) using a wireless technology (30, 18) and that comprises a rotary member (12, 13) with light ... 07/20/06 - 20060161624 - Methods and apparatuses for dynamically sharing a portion of a display for application based screen sampling In one embodiment, the invention includes: detecting a profile associated a presenter device wherein the profile indicates a hidden window; selectively sharing desktop content and excluding the hidden window with an attendee device wherein the desktop content corresponds with the presenter device; detecting a change in status of a content ... 07/20/06 - 20060161623 - Methods and apparatuses for selectively sharing a portion of a display for application based screen sampling In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses include: sharing desktop content with an attendee device wherein the desktop content corresponds with a presenter device and wherein the desktop content includes a hidden window; preventing the attendee device from viewing the hidden window; displaying the desktop content including the hidden window ... 07/20/06 - 20060161622 - Methods and apparatuses for selectively sharing a portion of a display for application based screen sampling using direct draw applications In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses include: sharing desktop content with an attendee device wherein the desktop content corresponds with a presenter device and wherein the desktop content includes a hidden window; preventing the attendee device from viewing the hidden window; displaying the desktop content including the hidden window ... 07/20/06 - 20060161621 - System, method and computer program product for collaboration and synchronization of media content on a plurality of media players A system, method and computer program product is provided which facilitates the collaborative selection and synchronous playing of digital media on a plurality of networked media players. Various embodiments of the invention provides for a plurality of media players in processing communications which enables individual users of the media players ... 07/20/06 - 20060161620 - Extensible activities within collaboration sessions An architecture for developing new media activities and deploying the newly developed activities in a reusable collaboration session is provided. The architecture comprises a base collaboration session, a base activity class, and a well defined contract between the base activity class and the collaboration session. The base collaboration session provides ... 07/13/06 - 20060155809 - Message board aggregator Web content representing a first message is displayed in a window of a computer program. The first message is one of a plurality of messages posted to an online forum. A plurality of message summaries are displayed in the same window of the computer program, contemporaneously with the first message. ... 07/06/06 - 20060149814 - Method and apparatus for presence status facilitation by an access gateway in a mobile communications system A communications system is capable of knowing presence status of mobile communications devices such as cellular transceivers. An access gateway such as, for example, a PDSN access gateway or home agent access gateway, manages access to a mobile communications device. The access gateway knows the presence status of the mobile ... 06/29/06 - 20060143269 - Group radio control A method, system and apparatus for grouped radio controls. A grouped radio control can include a listing of elements, each element having a specified grouping. The grouped radio control also can include grouping logic programmed to insert elements into, delete elements from, and select elements within the listing. Finally, a ... 06/15/06 - 20060129641 - Method of limiting the number of simultaneous conversations in an instant messaging system The invention relates to a method of limiting the number of simultaneous conversations in an instant messaging service comprising a plurality of instant messaging clients connected to an instant messaging server. Each instant messaging client has a presence status that can be seen by the other instant messaging clients in ... 06/08/06 - 20060123081 - Method and system for seamless portability by profile sharing A framework (10) and method (60 and 70) of collectively setting preferences among at least two electronic devices (52 and 54) can include the step of collecting user preference data independently by the at least two electronic devices, exchanging (65 and 75) the user preference data among the at least ... 06/08/06 - 20060123080 - Method and system of collectively setting preferences among a plurality of electronic devices and users A system (30) and method (60, 70, and 90) of collectively setting preferences among a plurality of electronic devices (devices #1, #2, and #3) includes collecting user preference data independently by at least two among the plurality of electronic devices, exchanging (67, 76, 84, 97) the user preference data among ... 06/01/06 - 20060117086 - Apparatus and method for a web programmable telephone A web programmable telephone and a method for operating a web programmable telephone are disclosed. In one embodiment of the present invention, a voice module of a wireless household telephone is controlled by an internal web module that can retrieve and execute data operations from a remote portal or server ... 05/18/06 - 20060106913 - Internet-based system designer with live agent assist An Internet based system designer with live agent assist is disclosed. In one aspect the system design comprises a configurator tool providing a range of relationships for correlating selections within a scope of a configuration and a common reference frame in communication with a configurator tool whereby a user of ... 05/11/06 - 20060101116 - Multifunctional telephone, walkie talkie, instant messenger, video-phone computer, based on wifi (wireless fidelity) and wimax technology, for establishing global wireless communication, network and video conferencing via the internet This paper describes a method and a wireless telephone computer system, based on WiFi (1) and WiMax (2) technology for establishing global communication via the internet. This invention is consist of a Walkie-Talkie, a high speed multifunction wireless computer/instant messenger communicator, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) and a telephone system, deploying ... 05/04/06 - 20060095514 - Collaborative communication platforms A collaborative communication system is disclosed. The collaborative communication system integrates a number of electronic. communication tools to meet the collaborative communication needs for an enterprise, family members or friends. All communications are within the system. According to one aspect of the collaborative communication system, registered users in the system ... 04/20/06 - 20060085502 - Organizing electronic mail messages into conversations The present invention extends to methods, systems, data structures, and computer program products for organizing electronic mail messages into conversations. Electronic mail conversation items store attribute values representing attributes of corresponding electronic mail conversations and included electronic mail messages. Attributes of an electronic mail conversation can be changed by changing ... 04/13/06 - 20060080390 - Systems and methods enabling interoperability between network centric operation (nco) environments Systems and methods enabling interoperability between different NCO environments generally include receiving data from a first NCO environment by either using a preexisting import proxy, or by creating a subscriber and then using that subscriber as an import proxy when a preexisting import proxy is unavailable. The imported data can ... 03/30/06 - 20060069726 - Hospitality environment communications architecture A hospitality teleconferencing architecture. A web-supported teleconferencing system interfaces to a hospitality communications system to facilitate teleconferencing capabilities in the hospitality network. The system can include a hospitality communications network component that facilitates hospitality communications, and a web-supported teleconferencing system component that interfaces to the hospitality communications network to facilitate ... 03/23/06 - 20060064461 - Using login-based addressing to communicate with listed users A multimedia collaboration system that integrates separate real-time and asynchronous networks—the former for real-time audio and video, and the latter for control signals and textual, graphical and other data—in a manner that is interoperable across different computer and network operating system platforms and which closely approximates the experience of face-to-face ... 03/09/06 - 20060053195 - Systems and methods for collaboration In some embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods provide a client-server infrastructure capable of supporting a variety of asynchronous and synchronous collaboration activities in a so-called collaboration place. Some of these activities include chatting, viewing and/or editing one or more data files, and sharing one or more applications, data files, ... 03/09/06 - 20060053194 - Systems and methods for collaboration In some embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods provide a client-server infrastructure capable of supporting a variety of asynchronous and synchronous collaboration activities in a so-called collaboration place. Some of these activities include chatting, viewing and/or editing one or more data files, and sharing one or more applications, data files, ... 03/02/06 - 20060047750 - Systems and methods for connecting video conferencing to a distributed network A data capture module can be connected to a multi-point control unit managing a video conference session just as the end point of a participant to the video conference session is connected. The data capture module receives the video and/or audio digital data content just as the participating end points ... 03/02/06 - 20060047749 - Digital links for multi-media network conferencing A videoconferencing and data collaboration system is disclosed, wherein user systems exchange A/V data along with other computer data via conferencing devices over a packet network. The conferencing devices are configured to process and transmit A/V data to other devices participating in a conference. Each transmitting conferencing device uses DSP ... 03/02/06 - 20060047748 - Preventing the capture of chat session text A method, system, and computer program product for disabling the capturing of chat session text. A chat session participant may store a profile for informing other chat session participants of preferences regarding the capture of chat session text. A chat session user may disable another user's ability to capture text. ... 03/02/06 - 20060047747 - System and method for automatic selection of an instant messenger client Automatic selection of an instant messenger (IM) client is made in response to a request to initiate a communication activity with a selected contact, such as an IM chat session. The IM client is selected according to which IM client is providing presence information related to the contact. The IM ... 02/23/06 - 20060041617 - Log-in based communications plus two data types A multimedia collaboration system that integrates separate real-time and asynchronous networks—the former for real-time audio and video, and the latter for control signals and textual, graphical and other data—in a manner that is interoperable across different computer and network operating system platforms and which closely approximates the experience of face-to-face ... 02/23/06 - 20060041616 - Audio communications using devices with different capabilities A multimedia collaboration system that integrates separate real-time and asynchronous networks—the former for real-time audio and video, and the latter for control signals and textual, graphical and other data—in a manner that is interoperable across different computer and network operating system platforms and which closely approximates the experience of face-to-face ... 02/23/06 - 20060041615 - Wireless delegate information and communication device, method and system In a preferred embodiment, the present invention provides a method and devices serving hundreds or thousands of delegates of conferences and other live events (such as management meetings or training seminars) with up-to date information related to the event and the delegates. Additionally, the present invention can link such information ... 02/16/06 - 20060036687 - Computer implemented method and system for running a plurality of business processes A computer implemented method for running a plurality of business services within an explicitly defined business context wherein the context and the business services are representing meaningful instances of work situation or actions, the method comprising: provisioning web services and/or a composition of services with an additional input/output interface for ... 02/16/06 - 20060036686 - Meeting support apparatus and method A share data memory stores a plurality of share data each corresponding to a group. The share data is a material for a meeting of a group. A reservation data memory stores a plurality of reservation data each corresponding to a group. The reservation data is schedule data of a ... 02/16/06 - 20060036685 - Suggesting a discussion group based on indexing of the posts within that discussion group A system and corresponding methods for recommending a discussion group as an appropriate place to post a message are provided. In one embodiment, the system searches a plurality of existing posts to identify the posts that are similar to a subject of a user's message. The system identifies the discussion ... 02/16/06 - 20060036684 - Document broadcasting utilizing hashcodes In a business environment, a document with data can be distributed to one or more receivers on a regular basis. Between distribution intervals, the document may or may not be updated with different data. In one implementation, a document distribution system includes a hashcode generator for a document. The hashcode ... 02/09/06 - 20060031295 - Querying a dynamic database with a message directed to anonymous subscribers of a pub/sub service A message received from a user causes a query of a dynamic database such as a FAQ or Relational Database, the results of the query are returned to the user. Furthermore the received message is published to a community of anonymous users. Optionally the user can edit the returned results ... 02/09/06 - 20060031294 - Communication system A communication system comprising: a first and second user equipment for communication over a shared floor; a controlling server for managing the shared floor; and at least one participating server for serving said first user equipment; the participating server being arranged to detect a connection request from said first user, ... 02/09/06 - 20060031293 - Business presence system and method Systems and methods for managing collaboration with one or more persons are disclosed. Presence information from the one or more persons are published to a server. One or more presence sources for each person are formed based on the present state of one or more communication channels. The presence information ... 02/09/06 - 20060031292 - Instant messenger reflector A system and method are provided for establishing an Instant Messenger (IM) reflector service. The method comprises: establishing an interface between an IM network server and an IM master client identified with a first username; establishing a reflector service between the IM master client and an IM peer client; and, ... 02/09/06 - 20060031291 - System and method of video presence detection The disclosure includes systems and methods of video presence detection. A video presence detection system allows users at one location to monitor the presence of other users at other locations over a network based upon real-time video. Cameras and computer systems are present in each location. A video presence module ... 02/09/06 - 20060031290 - Method and system for conferencing A method for conferencing may include monitoring a status of participants in a conference and recording the conference in response to at least one participant being disconnected or exiting the conference. Another embodiment of the present invention may also include transmitting a re-invite signal to any participant that is disconnected ... 02/09/06 - 20060031289 - System and method for automatically launching and accessing netwrok addresses and applications A system and method are provided for automatically launching one or more computer-executable processes (such as network browsers and other applications) simultaneously while requiring minimal input from or actions by the user. The system and method operate securely and privately, and provide the capability to automatically initiate the processes such ... 02/09/06 - 20060031288 - Method of and system for presenting media content to a user or group of users The invention relates to a method of presenting media content to a user or group of users, wherein the media content resides on a storage system and the method comprises the steps of defining a query to retrieve the media content, which query is appropriate for the user's situation by ... 02/02/06 - 20060026232 - Methods, systems, and products for creating message logs Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for creating a message log. The message log tracks non-recorded communications sent by and received by a user. One such system, for example, includes a processor communicating with memory. A communications manager is stored in the memory. The communications manager includes computer-readable instructions for ... 02/02/06 - 20060026231 - Collaborative agent for a work environment A system and method for connecting information resources in a collaborative work environment. A system includes at least one information source providing collaboration data, and a repository framework including at least one source for storing the collaboration data. A collaborative bot service is connected with the repository framework, and includes ... 01/26/06 - 20060020665 - Method, apparatus, and program product for efficiently distributing and remotely managing meeting presentations A mechanism is provided for efficiently distributing and remotely managing meeting presentations. Participants download presentation documents to local storage ahead of time. The presentation then runs in an environment that allows the meeting host to send events to the participants to remotely manage the meeting. In one preferred embodiment, the ... 01/19/06 - 20060015558 - Dynamic media content for collaborators with voip support for client communications Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for delivering dynamic media content to collaborators. Embodiments include providing collaborative event media content, wherein the collaborative event media content includes a grammar and a structured document; selecting a VoIP protocol for communications between a client and a dynamic context generation server; ... 01/19/06 - 20060015557 - Dynamic media content for collaborator groups Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for delivering dynamic media content to collaborators. Exemplary embodiments include providing collaborative event media content including a grammar and a structured document; generating a dynamic client context for a client; detecting an event in dependence upon the dynamic client context; identifying at ... 01/12/06 - 20060010202 - Method for discovering and discriminating devices on local collaborative networks to facilitate collaboration among users A method for identifying participants of a collaborative network is disclosed. The participants communicate over a larger electronic network wherein not all members may be participating in the collaborative session. The method begins by determining a unique session identifier for only the participants of the collaborative network. Next, a message ... 01/12/06 - 20060010201 - Method and computer program product for establishing real-time communications between networked computers A system, method, and computer program product is provided for establishing real-time communications between computer users connected by a communications network. An invitation is created by a first computer. An invitation is data that proposes a communication session. An invitation can indicate the status or availability of the sending user ... 01/12/06 - 20060010200 - Handling an audio conference related to a text-based message A client for a text-based messaging application for a dual-mode mobile communication device may initiate an audio conference based on a text-based message. Contents of fields of the text-based message may be extracted and utilized to construct an audio conference request message that is subsequently transmitted to an audio conference ... 01/12/06 - 20060010199 - Method and system for providing information to remote clients A system and method of notifying a remote client of a sensor triggering event and providing to the remote client data related to the sensor triggering event. In one embodiment, the method includes: receiving a first notification signal indicating that a sensor has been triggered; identifying a data recording device ... 01/12/06 - 20060010198 - Differential dynamic content delivery to alternate display device locations Differential dynamic content delivery including providing a session document for a presentation, wherein the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document; identifying a recording period within a presentation session; recording, during the recording period, a presentation control instruction; selecting from the session structured document a classified ... 01/12/06 - 20060010197 - Multimedia collaboration and communications A computer interface for facilitating collaboration using tools from different vendors includes an information base and a communications manager. Files created or shared in association with a collaboration may be automatically associated with a particular collaboration to facilitate access by all members. The information base may include a list of ... 12/15/05 - 20050278427 - Systems and methods for interfacing with a user in instant messaging Reducing the amount of input required by a user to enter an electronic message. When an electronic message is received, one or more language expressions associated with the electronic message are displayed to a user. The user may select one or more of the language expressions and have the full ... 12/15/05 - 20050278426 - Systems and methods for merging communications Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for merging and/or consolidating a plurality of communications. In some cases, the plurality of communications may be included in a single communication medium, which can be, merely by way of example, a postal mailing (e.g., a letter, etc.), an electronic message, a ... 12/15/05 - 20050278425 - Intelligent chat A messaging session is established between a first user and a second user where messages are sent from a first user using a first device to a second user using a second device. During the messaging session, the second user may decide to use a third device. A presence update ... 12/15/05 - 20050278424 - Network conferencing using method for concurrent real time broadcast and distributed computing and/or distributed objects Prior to the conference, a Concurrent Real Time and Distributed Computing/Objects Conferencing Module communicates a library of digital objects to at least one participant communications device via a distributed computing and/or distributed objects network. During the conference, the host communicates a synchronization command to the at least one participant communications ... 12/15/05 - 20050278423 - Network conferencing using method for distributed computing and/or distributed objects Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for conducting a peer to peer conference amongst remote participants. Prior to the conference, a library of digital objects is communicated to an upstream participant communications device and is further communicated from the upstream participant communications device to a downstream participant communications device. During ... 12/08/05 - 20050273494 - Graphical user interface apparatus and connection method in two-way communication system A GUI (graphical user interface) apparatus for connecting with a spot of the party being connected for use with a two-way communication system such as a video conference system in which a shot image is transmitted through a network to the spot of the party being connected, an image received ... 12/08/05 - 20050273493 - Proximity reminder system using instant messaging and presence Electronic reminders are created and managed using instant messages and/or multimedia messages. Reminders can be associated with future location or proximity events. Proximity data provides qualitative information about the user's location and this qualitative information may be used to provide reminders through the instant messaging infrastructure. ... 12/01/05 - 20050267936 - Group communication in a communication system A resource list or a user profile is provided with a new parameter, called a group advertisement parameter, which indicates whether a user allows a group advertisement for an individual communication group or not. The user can set the group advertisement parameter in a resource list when he/she creates the ... 11/24/05 - 20050262200 - Method and apparatus for monitoring the transmission of medical data in a communication network A method and an apparatus are for monitoring the transmission of medical data in a communication network, in particular in an image communication network, with technical modalities for the recording of the medical data and data processing units being connected to one other via the communication network as network subscribers. ... 11/24/05 - 20050262199 - System and method for in-context, topic-oriented instant messaging A method for grouping IM statements together into a plurality of topics and displaying the topics in separate windows comprising a Configuration Program (CP), a Topic Creation Program (TCP), and a Statement Classification Program (SCP). The CP allows a user to configure the global options for the present invention such ... 11/24/05 - 20050262198 - Communication system This invention relates to a communication system comprising a plurality of users with which presence information is associated, said presence information comprising a plurality of parts; means for storing information defining at least one group, said group containing a plurality of users, and means for providing information defining for said ... 11/24/05 - 20050262197 - Networking system A method to generate a group of entities from a plurality of participating entities, the method comprising: one of the participating entities expressing by indication which others of the participating entities they wish to meet; selecting to be a first member of the group an entity which has indicated at ... 11/17/05 - 20050256925 - Mechanism for controlling a decentralized multi-party conference The techniques and mechanisms described herein are directed to controlling communication paths between conference members in a decentralized multi-party conference that supports a full mesh architecture. Several check points are tested in order to handle concurrency issues and to ensure quality of service. First, a check is made to determine ... 11/10/05 - 20050251553 - Method and system for sharing brand information An interactive, computer network based system presents consumers with multimedia brand information via a browser-based interface called the GraffitiWall®. Consumers can use the GraffitiWall® to modify and display a sponsor's brand information in any way desired, including use of avatars. Consumer modifications are immediately communicated to the other member consumers ... 11/10/05 - 20050251552 - Address generation method in a device connected to a network and device employing said method The invention consists in a procedure for generating an address value within a terminal linked to a communication network. Initially, the terminal receives a pair of address values sent by a configured terminal. Then, the terminal determines a characteristic value of the network which is contained in the first and ... 11/03/05 - 20050246421 - System and method for discovering and publishing of presence information on a network A system and method is provided for publication and discovery of the presence of nearby users on a network. When the system is enabled, the presence of the local user is published on the network. Nearby users that also have a similar system enabled can discover the local user's presence ... 11/03/05 - 20050246420 - Social network email filtering Social network email filtering is described. A user's address book includes a first group of email addresses. Those email addresses are used to identify address books that include another group of email addresses. Multiple iterations may be used to identify several groups of email addresses, representing a user's social network. ... 11/03/05 - 20050246419 - Method for proving a communications network subscriber with an anonymous temporary subscriber identity and a dual anonymous communication system The present invention describes a communications network based method for providing a communications network subscriber using SIP signalling for communication path set up with an anonymous temporary identity and a dual anonymous communication system. In the solution according to the present invention a subscriber can reserve a temporary subscriber identity ... 10/20/05 - 20050235033 - Method and apparatus for video screening of job applicants and job processing There is illustrated herein method and apparatus for operating a candidate processing system wherein one or more call center operators are trained to process candidates. One or more call center operators are positioned at respective operator stations. The candidate processing system receiving a plurality of requests to establish a video ... 10/20/05 - 20050235032 - System and method for haptic based conferencing A system and method for conferencing is described. One embodiment comprises generating a first video signal, a first audio signal and a first haptic signal at a first location; generating a second video signal, a second audio signal and a second haptic signal at a second location; communicating the first ... 10/13/05 - 20050228861 - Minute file creation method, minute file management method, conference server, and network conference system In a server-client network conference system having a conference server 100 and a plurality of conference terminals 140a to 140n through a network 130, a conference data storage section 120 creates a real-time conference data file 123 and an index file 122 containing time-of-day information and heading information while a ... 10/06/05 - 20050223059 - Chat apparatus transmitting/receiving information indicating switching of chat A chat system comprises editor 1 which includes an input area for chatting and an output area where chat conversation is written; information converter 2 which is capable of reading an inputted character string written into the editor 1 and detecting a specific input, and outputting an input to an ... 09/29/05 - 20050216557 - Program, computer, and data processing method A program, a computer, and a data processing method used in a field of data communication are provided. The program is provided for making a computer perform determining a place where users of a plurality of computers are to meet on a basis of index data serving as indexes for ... 09/29/05 - 20050216556 - Real-time collaboration and communication in a peer-to-peer networking infrastructure Methods that enable real-time communication and collaboration in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network are provided. More specifically, methods for the creation and access of an underlying graph and/or group structure to pass collaboration/real-time communication data and other functions such as the retrieval of node/member and graph/group information, the addition, modification, deletion ... 09/29/05 - 20050216555 - Platform independent model-based framework for exchanging information in the justice system A platform independent model for exchanging information among numerous entities in a justice system with diverse system components is implemented in a hub and spoke arrangement. Each spoke includes a software agent that communicates with a system component of an entity of the justice system, translates from a common communication ... 09/22/05 - 20050210103 - Automatic detection and tracking of multiple individuals using multiple cues Automatic detection and tracking of multiple individuals includes receiving a frame of video and/or audio content and identifying a candidate area for a new face region in the frame. One or more hierarchical verification levels are used to verify whether a human face is in the candidate area, and an ... 09/22/05 - 20050210102 - System and method for enabling identification of network users having similar interests and facilitating communication between them A system and method is provided for enabling identification of network users having similar interests and for facilitating communication between them. An Internet-based (or “on-line”) application is provided that: 1) facilitates the identification of users having similar interests using web-browsing behavior; 2) determines the virtual distance between web sites; and ... 09/15/05 - 20050203998 - Method in a digital network system for controlling the transmission of terminal equipment The invention concerns a method in a digital network system for controlling the transmission of terminal equipments. Terminal equipment includes a PTT (Push-to-Talk) function in order to at least activate the transmission to be carried out to the said network system, and wherein the terminal equipment for voice control of ... 09/08/05 - 20050198136 - Network system, network server and terminal device A network system, a network server and a terminal device, capable of easily and surely transmitting various information to a user being the destination of the information. The terminal device to be used by a user is recorded in the network server 22. The network server 22 converts information to ... 09/08/05 - 20050198135 - Network system, network server and terminal device A network system, a network server and a terminal device, capable of easily and surely transmitting various information to a user being the destination of the information. The terminal device to be used by a user is recorded in the network server 22. The network server 22 converts information to ... 09/08/05 - 20050198134 - System and method for point to point integration of personal computers with videoconferencing systems A system and method for integrating a personal computer based presentation with a videoconferencing system. A coupling device includes a card, insertable into a PCMCIA slot of a laptop computer or like machine, which includes a cable coupled to the card at a first end and to a connector coupled ... 09/08/05 - 20050198133 - Presentation supporting device and related programs Presentation supporting device 10 for projecting image on screen is provided with the functions of acting as an access point to wireless LAN network and managing a schedule of a presentation. The participants joining a presentation meeting bring stations 20 storing image data to a presentation room to connect the ... 09/08/05 - 20050198132 - Systems and methods for sharing information between a user group and associated document Systems and methods of the present invention connect a group of users who are involved in a common project. The information on this project will be stored in an electronic document. Each member of the group has an exact copy of the document and the method of this invention is ... 09/08/05 - 20050198131 - Passively populating a participant list with known contacts Passively populating a list of participants of an electronic communications system includes maintaining a participant list of users of an electronic communications system to be used by a user of the electronic communications system. Existing users of the electronic communications system that are known to the user are identified, and ... 09/08/05 - 20050198130 - Method and apparatus for controlling multicast group subscriptions A method and apparatus for controlling multicast group subscriptions in a multicast distribution circuit is presented. When a router included in the multicast circuit receives notification to terminate support of a particular multicast group (group leave request), data flow with respect to that multicast group is initially maintained on the ... 09/08/05 - 20050198129 - Methods and systems for providing communications management Systems and methods for providing communications management may comprise receiving a current request. In addition, the systems and methods may comprise determining a current message in response to the current request wherein the current message is based on at least one of a plurality of previous messages corresponding to previous ... 09/08/05 - 20050198128 - Systems and methods for managing discussion threads based on ratings System and method for removing threads from discussion groups based on ratings of the individual posts within the thread. If a user takes the time to rate a post positively, then the post (and the thread) is considered to be useful to the entire community and should not be deleted. ... 09/08/05 - 20050198127 - Systems and methods that facilitate in-order serial processing of related messages The present invention relates to systems and methods that facilitate serial access to related messages stored within a queue. The systems and methods comprise a conversation manager that generates conversation groups and associated conversation group identifiers for related messages, wherein related messages are associated with one or more dialog conversations ... 09/08/05 - 20050198126 - System and method of providing content in a multicast system Methods and systems for accessing multicast content by a user device over a network. The user device receives multicast service activation data over a network. On the user device, a broadcast key is generated so that the multicast content may be sent to the user device. ... 09/08/05 - 20050198125 - Methods and system for creating and managing identity oriented networked communication A software application for managing routing of communiqués across one or more communication channels supported by a data-packet-network includes one or more workspaces for segregating communication activity; one or more unique user identities assigned per workspace; and one or more contact identities assigned to and approved to communicate with a ... 09/01/05 - 20050193062 - Collaboration server, collaboration system, and method and program for collaboration server and system The present invention provides a collaboration system that reduces communication traffic, is platform- and OS-independent, and has high versatility. There are provided a collaboration server connected with a plurality of terminal apparatuses through a network for obtaining, retaining, and distributing a Web page as a work screen used in collaborative ... 09/01/05 - 20050193061 - Subprocesses and user interactions for a business process management integration server A process may be executed at an integration server adapted to provide a messaging service for at least two business applications in an enterprise system. According to some embodiments, a subprocess may be called during execution of the process (and other processes may also call the subprocess). According to other ... 09/01/05 - 20050193060 - Sensor-enhanced document exchange and display control device In one embodiment, the present invention recites a system for exchanging information. The system comprises a display unit and a document exchange unit communicatively coupled with the display unit. The document exchange unit further comprises a shared memory. A control unit is coupled with the document exchange unit and is ... 08/25/05 - 20050188014 - Network system, network server and terminal device A network system, a network server and a terminal device, capable of easily and surely transmitting various information to a user being the destination of the information. The terminal device to be used by a user is recorded in the network server 22. The network server 22 converts information to ... 08/25/05 - 20050188013 - Automatic detection and tracking of multiple individuals using multiple cues Automatic detection and tracking of multiple individuals includes receiving a frame of video and/or audio content and identifying a candidate area for a new face region in the frame. One or more hierarchical verification levels are used to verify whether a human face is in the candidate area, and an ... 08/25/05 - 20050188012 - Methods and systems for synchronizing visualizations with audio streams Methods and systems are described that assist media players in rendering visualizations and synchronizing those visualizations with audio samples. In one embodiment, visualizations are synchronized with an audio stream using a technique that builds and maintains various data structures. Each data structure can maintain data that is associated with a ... 08/25/05 - 20050188011 - Apparatus and method for distribution of streamed real-time information between clients With an apparatus and method for distribution of streamed signals between a group of different participating users in a computer network, users access client terminals with multiple facilities for accessibility and participation in various media sessions. The apparatus includes image capturing elements capturing and transmitting a streamed signal within at ... 08/18/05 - 20050182819 - Network system, network server and terminal device A network system, a network server and a terminal device, capable of easily and surely transmitting various information to a user being the destination of the information. The terminal device to be used by a user is recorded in the network server 22. The network server 22 converts information to ... 08/18/05 - 20050182818 - Network system, network server and terminal device A network system, a network server and a terminal device, capable of easily and surely transmitting various information to a user being the destination of the information. The terminal device to be used by a user is recorded in the network server 22. The network server 22 converts information to ... 08/18/05 - 20050182817 - System and method for messaging and collaborating in an intranet environment A messaging system includes a plurality of browsers connected through a common server. The server includes a message engine for receiving from a first user browser a request to enter chat mode with a second user browser; then receiving asynchronously from the second user browser a request to download any ... 08/11/05 - 20050177620 - Apparatus and method for establishing radio bearer of mobile terminal A method for establishing radio bearer (RB) between a mobile terminal and a network in a wireless communication system. The mobile terminal receives RB information for a specific service from one or more cells and stores the received the RB information. If the mobile terminal is moved to one or ... 07/28/05 - 20050165891 - Method and system for sensing and communicating the recent social networking activities of a remote user A system for providing a local user with the identities of users with which a remote user has been communicating. In response to selection of a remote user by the local user, a display is provided of persons with whom that remote user has been communicating. Any specific communication mode ... 07/21/05 - 20050160141 - Internet network banner The present invention relates to network banners which are distinct software applications embedded within a web page or other internet application, which banners are capable of sending and receiving data via the internet from a central synchronization server. Such communication may be done without the user's leaving the web page ... 06/30/05 - 20050144233 - Enhanced multimedia capabilities in video conferencing The present invention relates to video conferencing and multimedia messaging, and takes advantage of the capabilities of the communication system to which the audio participants are connected, in order to increase the performance of all the participants in a mixed conference. In a preferred embodiment, the audio participants are provided ... 06/30/05 - 20050144232 - Sequential restructuring of a collaborative context The present invention is a method, system and apparatus for dynamically restructuring a named collaborative context. In a system for dynamically restructuring a named collaborative context, a named collaborative space having a composition of collaborators, roles, tools and resources can be coupled to a workflow engine. The workflow engine can ... 06/30/05 - 20050144231 - Policy driven online meeting updates A method and system is provided for policy driven, online meeting updates during the course of an electronic meeting. The invention defines one or more groups of participants in an electronic meeting, and assigns a unique relative priority to each group of participants. Meeting events, such as slide changes or ... 06/30/05 - 20050144230 - Community role delegation policy A method and system for establishing and maintaining a permission delegation policy for roles within a collaborative computing environment. The method and system provide a list of potential delegatee end user persons to a delegator end user person. A list of delegatable permissions is provided to the delegator end user ... 06/30/05 - 20050144229 - System and method for role pen based messaging in a synchronous collaborative environment A system and method for role pen based messaging in a collaborative environment is presented. Online users utilize clients and a server to collaborate in a distributed presentation. One of the users is a presentation leader and sends presentation content to the server which distributes the presentation content to participating ... 06/30/05 - 20050144228 - Computer-implemented method, system and program product for analyzing a collaborative space Under the present invention, interactivity metrics between users of collaborative spaces are measured. Based on the interactivity metrics, the collaborative spaces are categorized. Then, when a potential user provides desired interactivity metrics for a collaborative space he/she wishes to utilize, one or more of the categorized collaborative spaces can be ... 06/23/05 - 20050138120 - Communication method and system A method to provide technical information from a marine vessel to a remote location by means of a computer connected and logged in to a communication means of the marine vessel. The technical information concerns an equipment or system associated with, or installed on, the marine vessel. A communication session ... 06/23/05 - 20050138119 - User-location service for ad hoc, peer-to-peer networks The present invention relates to a method, a terminal and a system for handling information about the presence of users in an ad hoc, peer-to-peer network. Mapping lists are stored in local repositories of terminals present in the network. The mapping list comprise mappings of user-addresses of the users to ... 06/23/05 - 20050138118 - System and method for integrating third party applications into a named collaborative space A method and system for integrating an instance of a third party application into a collaborative computing environment instance are provided. One or more data interfaces between the third party application instance and the collaborative computing environment are created. The third party application instance is exposed within the collaborative computing ... 06/16/05 - 20050132006 - Methods for and applications of learning and inferring the periods of time until people are available or unavailable for different forms of communication, collaboration, and information access A system and method are provided to learn and infer the time until a user will be available for communications, collaboration, or information access, given evidence about such observations as time of day, calendar, location, presence, and activity. The methods can be harnessed to coordinate communications between parties via particular ... 06/16/05 - 20050132005 - Methods for and applications of learning and inferring the periods of time until people are available or unavailable for different forms of communication, collaboration, and information access A system and method are provided to learn and infer the time until a user will be available for communications, collaboration, or information access, given evidence about such observations as time of day, calendar, location, presence, and activity. The methods can be harnessed to coordinate communications between parties via particular ... 06/16/05 - 20050132004 - Methods for and applications of learning and inferring the periods of time until people are available or unavailable for different forms of communication, collaboration, and information access A system and method are provided to learn and infer the time until a user will be available for communications, collaboration, or information access, given evidence about such observations as time of day, calendar, location, presence, and activity. The methods can be harnessed to coordinate communications between parties via particular ... 06/16/05 - 20050132003 - Control of software interface with information input to access window A method is disclosed for controlling the software interface of a user's computing device to display information on a display in proximity to the physical location of the user's computing device. The interface is operable to display to a user on the display at least one access window that is ... 06/16/05 - 20050132002 - Service for providing periodic contact to a predetermined list of contacts using multi-party rules A method, a system, and an apparatus for permitting a user to remain in contact with at least one other person. The present invention provides a method, a system, and an apparatus that is capable of enabling a user to remain in contact with others through a service that checks ... 06/16/05 - 20050132001 - Service program interface for integrating modules with a scheduled meeting service Described are an online meeting system and method for integrating a third-party system with the online meeting system. A service provider interface (SPI) defines procedures for communicating with a meeting services application of the online meeting system. Each software module implements the procedures of the SPI to perform meeting-related operations ... 06/16/05 - 20050132000 - Videoconference session switching from unicast to multicast A method for switching a videoconference session that is currently taking place from unicast to multicast. The method includes the steps of sending an invitation from server to an additional party, assigning a common multicast Internet Protocol (IP) address and transmitting the common multicast IP address to the current participant ... 06/09/05 - 20050125496 - Automatically initiating an instant messaging action when a subscriber's availability status changes An instant messaging method can include the step of selecting at least one subscriber of an instant messaging service. The subscriber can be in an inactive state in regards to receiving instant messaging communications. At least one action can be designated for an instant messaging client to automatically perform. 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