http://www.freshpatents.com/Electrical-computers-and-digital-processing-systems--multicomputer-data-transferring-or-plural-processor-synchronization-dtnewntc709.php USPTO Class 709 - Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomputer data transferring or plural processor synchronization en-us Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 1000 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 141 31 http://www.freshpatents.com/index.php?rss=true http://www.freshpatents.com/images/freshpatentsnav_rss.gif http://www.freshpatents.com/Fault-tolerant-networks-dt20090528ptan20090138541.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 Recovery systems and methods for sustaining the operation of a plurality of networked computers (20a,20b) in the event of a fault conditions are described. The basic recovery system comprises a plurality of virtual machines (31a,31b) installed on a recovery computer (30), each virtual machine being arranged to emulate a corresponding... http://www.freshpatents.com/File-conversion-system-and-method-used-thereby-dt20090528ptan20090138540.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 This invention is to provide a file conversion system capable of transmitting via a network a file provided by a file providing end in a format supported by a file receiving end to the file receiving end, the file conversion system comprising a receiving module for receiving the file provided... http://www.freshpatents.com/Information-processing-apparatus-and-information-processing-method-dt20090528ptan20090138542.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a receiving section that receives function information about one or more functions from an external device connected via a network; a display section that displays a list of the functions of the external device, the functions being included in the function information;... http://www.freshpatents.com/Resubmission-of-media-for-network-based-distribution-dt20090528ptan20090138539.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 Methods and systems for submitting or resubmitting media to a media distribution site are disclosed. The submission or resubmission of media to the media distribution site can be performed by numerous submitters in a uniform and computer-assisted manner. The submitted or resubmitted media can then be processed in a largely... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-detecting-a-proxy-between-a-client-and-a-server-dt20090528ptan20090138538.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A method and system for determining whether a proxy is present in a communication link between a client and a server, and if so, certain characteristics of the proxy.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Methods-systems-and-computer-program-products-for-providing-electronic-transactions-dt20090528ptan20090138543.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing electronic transactions are provided. A method includes presenting an offer on a first commumications device to conduct an electronic transaction on another communications device that is different from the first communications device. In response to an acceptance of the offer and selection... http://www.freshpatents.com/Apparatus-and-methods-for-operation-of-a-wireless-server-dt20090528ptan20090138547.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 Apparatus and methods for wireless systems provide a mechanism to enhance the communication capabilities of wireless users. In an embodiment, a wireless server downloads media content to a mobile wireless client based on one or more criteria for the mobile wireless client, where the one or more criteria are identified... http://www.freshpatents.com/Apparatus-method-and-computer-program-product-for-processing-information-dt20090528ptan20090138548.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 An information processing apparatus includes a plurality of virtual machines, each including an application managing unit that determines whether an application can process a client request by referring to address information specified in the client request and application information. One of the virtual machines includes a request transferring unit that... http://www.freshpatents.com/Asynchronous-response-processing-in-a-web-based-request-response-computing-system-dt20090528ptan20090138545.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to asynchronous web based request-response handling and provide a method, system and computer program product for asynchronous response handling in a web based request-response computing system. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for asynchronous response handling... http://www.freshpatents.com/Device-awareness--user-profiling--profile-storage-analysis-and-matching--and-social-interaction-system-for-wireless-mobile-devices-dt20090528ptan20090138546.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 This invention is an electronic communication system for wireless mobile devices and is utilized to scan for the existence of other wireless mobile devices, analyze and present information regarding user profiles associated with each device, and provide functionality to initiate possible social interactions between users of these devices.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Downloading-server-with-two-ports-and-associated-method-dt20090528ptan20090138550.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 The invention is directed to a device and a method for loading files onto a remote application which uses a standard protocol of the http type while making it possible to track the progress of said loading. For this purpose, there is provided a second port which enables the measurement,... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-system-for-dynamic-image-processing-dt20090528ptan20090138544.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A method of processing an image wherein one or more processing functions are executed. Firstly, the steps involved in the one or more processing functions are determined where each of the one or more processing functions can include one or more processing steps. Secondly, the resource requirements associated with each... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-of-managing-workloads-and-associated-distributed-processing-system-dt20090528ptan20090138551.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 Various embodiments enable a server system to consider a variety of priorities in determining how to organize, allocate, and manage client workloads in a distributed processing system. In at least one embodiment, a method may include generating a capability vector for one or more distributed devices, the capability vector defining... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-apparatus-and-system-for-business-performance-monitoring-and-analysis-using-metric-network-dt20090528ptan20090138549.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A metric network provides a descriptive model that explicitly expresses the relationships among all metrics of a business enterprise. Performance of each single business entity in the operational level is measured by a set of primitive metrics, each of which measures a specific aspect of the business entity. The primitive... http://www.freshpatents.com/Apparatus-and-method-for-managing-communication-between-parties-dt20090528ptan20090138552.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A communication system having a user input arranged to receive data from a user, an information input arranged to receive information about another user and a rule server. The rule server being arranged to store a rule that initiates communication between the user and the another user when the communication... http://www.freshpatents.com/Controlling-virtual-meetings-with-a-feedback-history-dt20090528ptan20090138554.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 Information is transmitted from at least one source entity to target entities over a working session, and is output on each target entity to a corresponding user. A feedback indicator is provided on each target entity. The feedback indicator is indicative of a personal level of interest of the corresponding... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-maintaining-connectivity-in-a-network-dt20090528ptan20090138555.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A method and system for maintaining connectivity in a network. The network includes a plurality of computational devices. A first computational device includes a main processor and a co-processor. The first computational device receives the at least one data frame from a second computational device and forwards the at least... http://www.freshpatents.com/Selection-of-real-time-collaboration-tools-dt20090528ptan20090138553.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A computer-implemented method of selecting a real time collaboration application can include associating each of a plurality of real time collaboration applications with a plurality of performance statistics, receiving a request for a real time collaboration session from a personal productivity application, and identifying a data type to be shared... http://www.freshpatents.com/Apparatus-for-and-a-method-of-delivering-a-message-to-a-user-dt20090528ptan20090138564.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 Apparatus for delivering a message to a user comprising means for communicating with service providers and means for communicating with device agents operating on respective user devices, wherein the service provider communicating means is configured to receive a request to communicate with a specified user and to selectively output a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Automated-methods-for-the-handling-of-a-group-return-receipt-for-the-monitoring-of-a-group-delivery-dt20090528ptan20090138558.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a methodology for monitoring the delivery of mail pieces to a predetermined grouping of recipients and notifying the sender of the completion of the delivery tasks to the group of recipients.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Delegation-of-e-mail-return-receipts-dt20090528ptan20090138557.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for e-mail return receipt delegation. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for e-mail return receipt delegation can include composing an e-mail message by a sender of the e-mail message, selecting a return receipt for the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Dynamical-routing-for-text-messaging-dt20090528ptan20090138563.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 Routing text messages. A mobile message (MM) is received from an application program or other message source, and includes a destination identifier, such as a phone number. Based on the destination identifier, a routing server determines whether the MM is to be locally routed to a destination carrier, or forwarded... http://www.freshpatents.com/E-mail-management-for-hidden-recipients-dt20090528ptan20090138559.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to e-mail message reply handling and provide a method, system and computer program product for hidden recipient management in e-mail replies. In an embodiment of the invention, a hidden recipients e-mail reply management method can be provided. The... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-automated-record-creation-using-information-objects-such-as-images-transmitted-over-a-communications-network-to-inventory-databases-and-other-data-collection-programs-dt20090528ptan20090138560.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A method, process and apparatus for automating software record creation are disclosed. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, although not limited thereto, the present invention uses a unique email address as a proxy for and to correspond to a specific database table that in turn is associated with... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-system-for-aggregation-of-electronic-messages-dt20090528ptan20090138562.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A system and method for aggregating and delivering electronic messages is provided. The method includes periodically retrieving electronic messages associated with a single user from a plurality of source electronic mail servers via an aggregation server, storing the retrieved messages from the plurality of source electronic mail servers in an... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-system-for-facilitating-content-analysis-and-insertion-dt20090528ptan20090138565.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 Disclosed is a system and method for facilitating the analysis and classification of content, and the selection and insertion of relevant content into messages. According to some embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a system and method that may allow for the selection and insertion of relevant content... http://www.freshpatents.com/Presence-system-and-information-processing-equipment-dynamic-buddy-list-generation-method-in-presence-system-and-presence-notification-destination-controlling-method-and-its-program-for-use-with-presence-system-dt20090528ptan20090138566.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A presentity service client has a presentity that issues presence information to a presence service and a watcher which observes presence information for other presentities; a presence change rule holding part holds a presence change rule; and a presence calculating part changes the presence information for the presentity, using as... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-implementing-quick-response-replies-on-a-data-processing-system-dt20090528ptan20090138556.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A system and method for implementing quick response replies on a data processing system. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a user drafts a current message within a current window of an instant messaging (IM) client, wherein the current message is targeted to a current user. In response... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-service-oriented-email-client-application-dt20090528ptan20090138561.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A system to facilitate a service oriented email client application. The system includes a service registry, a service address book coupled to an email client, and an email composer coupled to the service address book. The service registry includes service information. The service information describes how to invoke a web... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-system-for-maintaining-synchronization-between-a-local-data-cache-and-a-data-store-dt20090528ptan20090138568.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A method and system for maintaining synchronization between a local data cache and a data store is disclosed. The method includes comparing first validation information and second validation information, and synchronizing first data stored in a local data cache with second data stored in a data store, if the comparison... http://www.freshpatents.com/Network-on-chip-with-partitions-dt20090528ptan20090138567.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A design structure embodied in a machine readable medium is provided. Embodiments of the design structure include a network on chip (‘NOC’), the NOC comprising: integrated processor (‘IP’) blocks, routers, memory communications controllers, and network interface controller, each IP block adapted to a router through a memory communications controller and... http://www.freshpatents.com/Control-method-for-modifying-engineering-information-from-a-remote-work-site-and-a-system-of-the-same-dt20090528ptan20090138571.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A control method for modifying information concerning a remote work site includes: (i) setting up a database that comprises information concerning a remote work site; (ii) using an electronic device that has an image-capturing unit, in order to capture images of equipment or construction sites at the remote work site;... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-identifying-occurrences-of-a-given-network-address-dt20090528ptan20090138569.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A method and apparatus for identifying occurrences of a given network address is provided. A request is transmitted comprising data associated with the given network address to at least one remote communication device, the request for triggering a lookup of at least a portion of the data in a directory... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-for-setting-parameters-and-determining-latency-in-a-chained-device-system-dt20090528ptan20090138570.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A storage system and method for setting parameters and determining latency in a chained device system. Storage nodes store information and the storage nodes are organized in a daisy chained network. At least one of one of the storage nodes includes an upstream communication buffer. Flow of information to the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Methods-and-apparatus-for-blocking-unwanted-software-downloads-dt20090528ptan20090138573.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 Methods and systems for blocking unwanted software downloads within a network. Such methods may thereby prevent (i) downloads of spyware from one or more identified locations, and/or (ii) certain outbound communications from the network and/or may also permit software downloads only from specified locations. In general, the policies are defined... http://www.freshpatents.com/Scalable-publish-subscribe-messaging-systems-and-methods-dt20090528ptan20090138572.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A publish/subscribe messaging network in which a distributed set of publish/subscribe brokers comprises a first subset of publish/subscribe brokers, each arranged to store proxy subscription information for the whole of the distributed set of brokers; and a second subset of publish/subscribe brokers, each configured to send subscription information for local... http://www.freshpatents.com/Content-delivery-method-server-and-terminal-dt20090528ptan20090138576.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 In hybrid peer-to-peer type content delivery, a server confirms user's intension as to content disclosure, guarantees content delivery by mutual authentication between a client to which content has been delivered and a client to which content has not been delivered, and guarantees the integrity of content having been delivered. Further,... http://www.freshpatents.com/Information-processing-and-transportation-architecture-for-data-storage-dt20090528ptan20090138574.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A new architecture for networked data storage is proposed for providing efficient information processing, and transportation. Data is processed, encrypted, error checked, redundantly encoded, and stored in fixed size blocks called quanta. Each quantum is processed by an Effective Cross Layer protocol that collapses the protocol stack for security, iWARP... http://www.freshpatents.com/Internet-radio-system-and-method-therefor-dt20090528ptan20090138575.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 An Internet radio system and method therefor are provided. The Internet radio system includes a server unit, a client unit, and an Internet radio dongle. The server unit contains an Internet radio station list database with built-in accessible Internet radio station list. To listen to online broadcast, user plugs the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-system-and-apparatus-for-managing-terminal-devices-dt20090528ptan20090138578.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A method, system, and apparatus for managing terminal devices are disclosed. The method includes: a terminal device checks whether an actual value of its parameter is within a preset range and sends alarm information to a managing device if the actual value of the parameter exceeds the preset range. With... http://www.freshpatents.com/Network-operating-system-for-managing-and-securing-networks-dt20090528ptan20090138577.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 Systems and methods for managing a network are described. A view of current state of the network is maintained where the current state of the network characterizes network topology and network constituents, including network entities and network elements residing in or on the network. Events are announced that correspond to... http://www.freshpatents.com/Remote-configuration-of-electronic-device-with-user-interface-provided-from-electronic-device-dt20090528ptan20090138579.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 An electronic device is remotely configured from a remote server using user interface information stored in the electronic device. The method comprises a server receiving user interface information stored in the electronic device via a data communication network from the electronic device, where the server is communicatively coupled to the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-of-booting-an-operating-system-dt20090528ptan20090138580.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 For use in a system where a plurality of servers are connected to an external disk device, a method is provided for a server to boot an operating system from the external disk device. The method includes the steps of searching for the port of a network switch to which... http://www.freshpatents.com/Apparatus-and-method-for-setting-role-based-on-capability-of-terminal-dt20090528ptan20090138584.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 An apparatus and method for setting a role based on capability of a terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a calculation unit calculating a capability value of the terminal to check whether the role set in a pertinent terminal is suitable, a determination unit determining whether the role set on... http://www.freshpatents.com/Dynamic-browser-based-industrial-automation-interface-system-and-method-dt20090528ptan20090138587.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 An automation device interactive user interface and method of using the interface is provided herein. The interface is network based in that it employs a browser enhanced by an interactive program embedded therein and an execution engine to execute the program. The interface can be proximate to an associated automated... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-generating-statistics-on-information-technology-service-management-problems-among-assets-dt20090528ptan20090138583.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 The illustrative embodiments described herein provide a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for generating a set of statistics on information technology service management problems among assets within a network. A data processing system monitors the network for a systems management system message containing information associated with a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-system-for-generating-messages-dt20090528ptan20090138585.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 The present invention discloses a method and system for generating Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) message, wherein, at least one first information sets are pre-stored and each of the first information sets contains at least one piece of information. The method comprises: generating a first SOAP message which contains a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-for-managing-a-server-load-dt20090528ptan20090138586.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 Method for managing the load of at least one server able to process the requests sent via a telecommunication network by a plurality of terminals. The method includes the steps of receiving by the server a request originating from a terminal, obtaining an estimation of the load of the server,... http://www.freshpatents.com/Multi-level-load-balancer-dt20090528ptan20090138582.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 The multi-level load balancing system receives requests for resources provided by any of a plurality of resource nodes. The multi-level load balancing system receives a first result from a first load balancing module that orders each of the plurality of nodes that are available to service the request based on... http://www.freshpatents.com/Three-dimensional-networking-design-structure-dt20090528ptan20090138581.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A design structure embodied in a machine readable medium used in a design process includes a multi-layer silicon stack architecture having one or more processing layers comprised of one or more computing elements; one or more networking layers disposed between the processing layers, the network layer comprised of one or... http://www.freshpatents.com/Apparatus-and-method-for-detecting-anomalous-traffic-dt20090528ptan20090138590.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 An apparatus and method for detecting anomalous traffic are provided. More particularly, an apparatus and method for detecting anomalous traffic based on entropy of network traffic are provided. The apparatus of detecting anomalous traffic includes: an entropy extraction module for extracting entropy from network traffic; a visualization module for generating... http://www.freshpatents.com/Coordinating-the-monitoring-management-and-prediction-of-unintended-changes-within-a-grid-environment-dt20090528ptan20090138594.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A method, system, and program for coordinating the monitoring, management, and prediction of unintended changes within a grid environment are provided. A grid change controller within a particular grid environment detects an unintended change within that grid environment. In particular, grid change controller monitors potential change indicators received from multiple... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-detection-of-information-transmission-abnormalities-dt20090528ptan20090138592.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 In one embodiment, a method for securing a network application is described. The method for securing a network application includes receiving network information within a network application and assigning a probability value to an independent aspect of the network information. The probability value is based on a verification of the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-for-the-display-of-visual-sequencing-of-message-communications-between-application-portlets-and-task-page-relationship-information-in-a-web-base-environment-dt20090528ptan20090138591.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A display portlet is incorporated into a portal page in a web-based environment. This display portlet presents the message communication information between the portlets that are currently running on that portal page. The displayed message communication information indicates the portlet that is the source of a transmitted message and displays... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-of-performing-ethernet-gateway-switch-trouble-diagnostics-dt20090528ptan20090138588.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A service provider unit automatically diagnoses problems in an Ethernet network that are associated with layers 1, 2, and/or 3 and determines whether there is a problem associated with an Ethernet gateway switch EGS. Further diagnostics can be performed to determine the layer, type, and/or location of the problem(s) based... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-active-business-configured-website-monitoring-dt20090528ptan20090138589.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 The website performance monitoring systems and methods of the present invention are implemented via a website monitoring tool that includes a website canvas and a plurality of web page objects configured to be dragged and dropped onto the generic website canvas to facilitate creation of a website model. The monitoring... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-collecting-reporting-and-analyzing-data-on-application-level-activity-and-other-user-information-on-a-mobile-data-network-dt20090528ptan20090138593.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 System and method for collecting and analyzing information on application-level activity and other user information on a mobile data network. A platform non-intrusively and transparently monitors data activity on a mobile data network in real-time so that user-level information can be reported to an operator. The platform comprises a plurality... http://www.freshpatents.com/Technique-to-generically-manage-extensible-correlation-data-dt20090528ptan20090138595.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A technique to generically manage extensible correlation data is provided for correlating a series of events. The technique employs a global unique identifier (GUID) for identifying an event and uses the GUID as a key to associate one or more extensible correlators of correlation data. A transport correlator may be... http://www.freshpatents.com/system-and-method-for-accessing-memory-dt20090528ptan20090138597.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A storage system and method for storing information in memory nodes. The storage or memory nodes include a communication buffer. Flow of information to the storage nodes is controlled based upon constraints on the communication buffer. In one embodiment, communications between a master controller and a storage node have a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-for-changing-service-quality-of-a-content-adaptively-dt20090528ptan20090138596.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 The present invention relates to a method for changing service quality of a content adaptively. When service quality updating action for a connection is received the present method invokes an action, used for requesting allowance of a new access to a network, to a device conducting traffic transfer services in... http://www.freshpatents.com/Avoiding-collisions-between-users-if-map-containing-persistent-scheduling-information-is-lost-dt20090528ptan20090138598.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a MAP may be used by a base station to allocate network users for one or more users in a wireless network using persistent scheduling. In the event one or more of the users does not successfully receive a MAP transmitted by... http://www.freshpatents.com/Selecting-communication-channels-in-a-computing-device-dt20090528ptan20090138599.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A computing device combines presence, profile, and preferences information of the originators and recipients of communications in such a way as to enable a communication session or sessions between the session originator and one or more recipients to be automatically set up over one or more channels of communication. The... http://www.freshpatents.com/Switched-stream-server-architecture-dt20090528ptan20090138601.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A method for allocating content requests to a server pool includes directing a stream requesting a novel title to one of a least-busy server in a server pool and a least-miss-traffic server in the server pool; setting the server to which the novel title was directed to the requested title's... http://www.freshpatents.com/Takeover-processes-in-security-network-integrated-with-premise-security-system-dt20090528ptan20090138600.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 An integrated security system is described comprising a gateway located at a first location. The gateway includes a takeover component that establishes a coupling with a first controller of a security system installed at the first location. The security system includes security system components coupled to the first controller. The... http://www.freshpatents.com/secured-agent-communications-dt20090528ptan20090138602.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A server communicates with a network appliance. The server includes an agent. The network appliance sends a request to the agent. The request includes an identification of a port. The agent negotiates a secured communication channel with the network appliance on the identified port to retrieve further instructions from the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Connection-method-and-conferencing-apparatus-dt20090528ptan20090138605.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 In a conferencing system having a first conferencing apparatus and a plurality of second conferencing apparatuses, the plurality of second conferencing apparatuses transmit connection requests, which are for connecting to the first conferencing apparatus, to the first conferencing apparatus based upon first connection information, which is for connecting to the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Protection-for-direct-link-setup--dls--transmissions-in-wireless-communications-systems-dt20090528ptan20090138603.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for establishing direct link setup (DLS) connections between stations in a wireless local area network (WLAN). The DLS connections may be established in a manner that helps avoid collisions with transmissions from hidden stations.... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-delivering-digital-content-dt20090528ptan20090138604.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A system for delivering digital content to user devices. The system includes a content delivery server for establishing respective sessions with the user devices and for delivering streams of content to the user devices during the sessions according to a streaming protocol. An asset server is communicatively coupled to the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Transferring-sessions-between-devices-dt20090528ptan20090138606.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 Methods and apparatus for transferring a communication and computer session between devices. A user launches a communication session on a first device, such as a personal computer. The user may then selectively transfer the communication session to another device, such as a wireless device, through activation of a triggering signal.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Automatic-multipath-iscsi-session-establishment-over-an-arbitrary-network-topology-dt20090528ptan20090138608.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A method and apparatus for establishing multiple network sessions over an arbitrary network topology comprises receiving network configuration information describing an initiator system and a target controller. The initiator system contains one or more initiator ports. The target controller contains one or more target ports. Each target port is associated... http://www.freshpatents.com/Information-processing-system-tunnel-communication-device-tunnel-communication-method-and-program-dt20090528ptan20090138610.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 Provided are an information processing system, a tunnel communication device, a tunnel communication method, and a program that can make a communication between plural information processing devices belonging to different LANs without a user's making a complex setup. In the information processing system, a first tunnel communication unit encapsulates a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-maintaining-user-sessions-across-user-devices-and-portals-dt20090528ptan20090138609.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 Embodiments of the invention generally provide a method and apparatus for maintaining user sessions across user devices and portals. One embodiment of a method for maintaining a user session across a group including a plurality of user devices includes altering, at a first device in the group, a state of... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-system-for-enabling-multipart-communication-in-a-computer-network-dt20090528ptan20090138607.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 The present invention relates to a method for enabling multipart communication between computers 1a, 1b, . . . , in of at least two users belonging to a session. The computers have access to a computer network, such as an internet/intranet and the method is characterised by the steps of:... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-connection-of-hosts-behind-nats-dt20090528ptan20090138611.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 Disclosed is a system and method for connection of host behind network address translators. The system includes a server placed in a public network, and a transparent middleware (TMW). The server records the related data between each host and one or more NAT devices. The TMW may be performed in... http://www.freshpatents.com/Control-device-dt20090528ptan20090138612.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 The present invention relates to a control device with a supply device (101) for preparing control data for process control and with a network device (103) for transmitting or receiving control data using the Simple Network Management Protocol.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Network-converter-and-information-processing-system-dt20090528ptan20090138613.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A network converter connected to an information processing device and a storage device so as to be communicable including a conversion table storage section which stores combinations of iSCSI names of the information processing device and the storage device and WWNs (World wide Name) of the information processing device and... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-streaming-media-in-a-communication-network-dt20090528ptan20090138614.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A method and apparatus for streaming media content in a communication network (100) is provided. The method includes (304) receiving a request from a plurality of client devices at the content server (102). The method also includes (306) initializing the content server-streaming of the media content to the client device... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-an-improved-high-availability-component-implementation-dt20090528ptan20090138615.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 The invention relates to a computer system and method for high availability processing through a session on a transport connection, for use in a cluster with at least two nodes. The system comprises a protocol component; a cluster with at least two nodes, said cluster being arranged for running the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Utilizing-informed-throttling-to-guarantee-quality-of-service-to-i-o-streams-dt20090528ptan20090138616.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A system for utilizing informed throttling to guarantee quality of service to a plurality of clients includes a server core having a performance analyzer that compares a performance level received by a client to a corresponding contracted service level and determines if the client qualifies as a victim whose received... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-system-for-creating-and-managing-association-and-balancing-of-a-mesh-device-in-a-mesh-network-dt20090528ptan20090138617.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 A method and system are provided for associating a meter to a mesh gate through a mesh network. The method may include selecting a prospective mesh network. The method may include automatically transmitting a neighbor request to the prospective mesh network. The method may include receiving a neighbor response from... http://www.freshpatents.com/Rate-controllable-peer-to-peer-data-stream-routing-dt20090528ptan20090138618.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 Difficulties associated with choosing advantageous network routes between server and clients are mitigated by a routing system that is devised to use many routing path sets, where respective sets comprise a number of routing paths covering all of the clients, including through other clients. A server may then apportion a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-assigning-network-addresses-based-on-connection-authentication-dt20090528ptan20090138619.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 Techniques for assigning a network address to a host are based on authentication for a physical connection between the host and an intermediate device. One approach involves receiving first data at the intermediate device from an authentication and authorization server in response to a request for authentication for the physical... http://www.freshpatents.com/Apparatus-and-method-facilitating-web-service-communications-between-networks-dt20090528ptan20090138620.php Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0700 An apparatus facilitates communications between first and second entities via a network. The first entity cooperates with a first interface unit to communicate via the network using a first protocol. The second entity cooperates with a second interface unit to communicate via the network using a second protocol. The network...