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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110040844 | Communication Systems and Methods with Social Network Filtering A method for a computer system include determining a first social distance for a first user with respect to a second user, determining a second social distance for a third user with respect to the second user, determining a first trust-metric for the first user in respo... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039560 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ACCESS IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes evaluating geolocation information associated with a mobile node and using the geolocation information to identify a femtocell capable of providing network access to the mobile node. A primary scrambling code i... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038257 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEQUENCING OPERATIONS FOR AN INCOMING INTERFACE CHECK IN DATA CENTER ETHERNET In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining an indication that a state associated with a node is to be changed and preventing data from being received on a first link. The method also includes updating at least one selected from a group including an incoming interfac... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037636 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING PARAMETERS IN AN AUDIOVISUAL ENVIRONMENT A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes communicating a code to initiate cycling through a plurality of potential audiovisual inputs. The method includes receiving image data that is rendered on a display, the image data being based on a first one of... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035496 | AUTOMATIC HARDWARE FAILURE DETECTION AND RECOVERY FOR DISTRIBUTED MAX SESSIONS SERVER A Max Sessions Server (MSS) automatically detects hardware and communications failures. Upon detection, counters are adjusted accordingly to maintain an accurate count of users or groups of users on a system. A database of unique identifiers for each connection is maint... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034152 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING MOBILITY INFORMATION TO SELECT PROFILES IN NETWORK SYSTEMS In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining mobility information associated with a remote device. The mobility information indicates whether the remote device is approximately stationary. The remote device interacts with a server. The method also includes determining... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110029935 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING UNDESIRED USERS USING SOCIALLY COLLABORATIVE FILTERING In one embodiment, a method includes identifying at least one socially relevant gesture associated with a user and identifying at least one gesture graph that identifies content associated with at least one undesirable entity. The at least one socially relevant gesture ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110022968 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSITIONING COMMUNICATIONS IN A CONFERENCING ENVIRONMENT A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes evaluating calendar information in order to identify a first meeting involving an end user and a second meeting involving the end user. The meetings are configured to be provided consecutively in relation to ea... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100325714 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MOBILITY IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes providing an Internet Protocol (IP) address based on an authentication request associated with a device, the authentication request being associated with a Wi-Fi protocol. The method also includes
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| 20100309789 | ROUTING-BASED PROXIMITY FOR COMMUNICATION NETWORKS A node in an overlay network requests a ranked list of other nodes in multiple areas of the overlay network that can provide a desired piece of content or service to the requesting node. A separate node such as a router generates the ranked list using a routing algorith... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100306122 | System and Method for Providing an Electronic Literature Club in a Network Environment A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving progress data associated with an end user reading an electronic piece of literature and receiving a request from the end user to interact with an additional end user about the electronic piece of lite... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100302345 | System and Method for Extending Communications Between Participants in a Conferencing Environment A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving data associated with a local endpoint that is configured to participate in a video conference. The local endpoint can be configured to detect a signal generated by a local end user device and to relay... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100293295 | LIMITED BROADCAST, PEERING AMONG DHTs, BROADCAST PUT OF LIMITED CONTENT ONLY In system of networks that are not fully meshed with each other and that are capable of processing distributed hash table (DHT) Put and Get messages, message flooding of GET messages is limited by maintaining a list of DHTs the GET has visited. Also, PUT messages includ... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100293223 | LIMITING STORAGE MESSAGES IN PEER TO PEER NETWORK In system of DHT rings that are not filly meshed with each other, flooding of PUT and GET messages is limited by PUTting a content key indicating an actual storage location of content from a content provider only to root DHTs associated with the content provider, and PU... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100284310 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AUDIO HIGHLIGHTING OF CONFERENCE PARTICIPANT PLAYOUT In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining a first packet associated with a conference that has a first participant associated therewith. The first participant is identified as a principal participant. The method also includes determining if the first packet is asso... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100283829 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSLATING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN PARTICIPANTS IN A CONFERENCING ENVIRONMENT A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving audio data from a video conference and translating the audio data from a first language to a second language, wherein the translated audio data is played out during the video conference. The method al... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100274402 | SYSTEM FOR UTILIZING PREDICTIVE ENERGY CONSUMPTION In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a first time that is associated with a first demand amount for a resource. The method also includes providing the resource to a device such that the device changes an area temperature from a first temperature to approxima... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100272031 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INTELLIGENT GATEWAY SELECTION IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT An apparatus is provided in one example embodiment and includes a gateway configured to be coupled to a profiling function that evaluates past end user behavior in order to make a point of attachment determination in a network for the end user. In cases where the end us... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100271976 | TECHNIQUES FOR ENCAPSULATING POINT TO POINT (PPP) OVER ETHERNET FRAMES Techniques for negotiating Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) sessions over an Ethernet network include receiving configuration data that indicates a first node is connected to a second node thorough an Ethernet network that supports Ethernet frame payload sizes larger than ... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100271228 | LOCATION FILTERING BASED ON DEVICE MOBILITY CLASSIFICATION In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining location information associated with a remote device, and processing the location information. Processing the location information includes determining if the remote device is mobile. The method also includes configuring a ... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100256846 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ELECTRIC VEHICLE TRAVEL An apparatus is provided in one example embodiment and includes a power management module configured to receive data associated with travel being proposed by an end user of an electric vehicle. The power management module is configured to suggest a starting time for the... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100254261 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DATA TRANSFER OVER A NETWORK A method is provided in one example and includes querying for a total capacity for data transmissions for a local network segment, and identifying an available capacity for the local network segment by subtracting a sum of current aggregate consumption of the local netw... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100246466 | Multiplexing and Demultiplexing Radio Channels In one embodiment, a method and apparatus of multiplexing and demultiplexing radio channels includes receiving data through at least one multicast media channel available for use in an Internet Protocol Interoperability and Communications System (IPICS) comprising multi... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100237987 | COMPUTER PROGRAM CONTROLLED SECURITY MECHANISM An apparatus is provided in one example embodiment and includes a locking member configured to be coupled to a case that contacts an electronic component, the locking member being part of a security protocol having a secure mode and a disabled mode. The secure mode rest... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100233898 | POWER CORD RETAINER An apparatus is provided in one example implementation and includes a body portion that includes a first member and a second member. The members taper at one end and are configured to be coupled to an electronic component at another end. The apparatus also includes a se... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100231406 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A FAILURE IN A FIELD REPLACEABLE UNIT An apparatus is provided in one example embodiment and includes a light guide configured to couple to an electronic unit. The electronic unit is a replaceable unit of an electronic component, the light guide extending along a body structure of the electronic unit and si... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100228860 | Supporting a Community of Subscribers in an Environment Using a Service Selection Gateway (SSG) A service policy manager may be used to enable a first subscriber in a community to administer rules on another subscriber in the same community. A service selection gateway (SSG) may then be configured according to the rules to provides services according to the rules.... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100226489 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING IMPROVED SUPPORT TO USERS ON INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE BREAKOUT SESSION In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining context information associated with a call into a call center. The context information includes at least one input provided by a caller during the call. The method also includes determining when the caller requests an inter... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100226374 | HIERARCHICAL FLOODING AMONG PEERING OVERLAY NETWORKS In a tiered system of networks capable of processing distributed hash table (DHT) Put and Get messages, if a sending network of a Put or Get is at a tier below a subject tier at which a subject network receiving the message is located, the message is forwarded to networ... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100226282 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXPORTING STRUCTURED DATA IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT An apparatus is provided in one example embodiment and includes a network element configured to receive a plurality of packets. The network element is configured to couple to a module, the module being configured to generate a data record that is based on information as... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100225735 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving data indicative of a personal position of an end user and receiving image data associated with an object. The image data can be captured by a first camera at a first angle and a second camera at a sec... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100225732 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING THREE DIMENSIONAL VIDEO CONFERENCING IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving data indicative of a personal position of an end user. A media stream is selected from a plurality of media streams to be transmitted to the end user based on the personal position. The selected media... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100225451 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO REDUCE DATA LOST ON PERSONAL MOBILE DEVICES Methods and apparatus for providing security for mobile devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes maintaining responsibility for a first item when the first item is in a first range of a first container. Maintaining responsibility for the first item in... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100209003 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC MASH-UP GENERATION In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining a target template and processing the target template to identify at least one component of the target template. The method also includes searching at least one collection of content to identify at least a first instance of ... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100202448 | ROUTING-BASED PROXIMITY FOR COMMUNICATION NETWORKS A node in an overlay network requests a ranked list of other nodes in the overlay network that can provide a desired piece of content or service to the requesting node. A separate node such as a router generates the ranked list using a routing algorithm, returning the l... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100199182 | SYSTEM ALLOWING USERS TO EMBED COMMENTS AT SPECIFIC POINTS IN TIME INTO MEDIA PRESENTATION A method and system for linking a web page to a portion of a video is provided. Users can enter comments into a video that include a start and end time index for identifying a portion of a video. Comments are indexed to the media presentations such that they may be sear... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100195741 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RATE CONTROL IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving video data and gathering statistics associated with the video data. At least some of the video data is broken into slices, each of the slices representing a partition in a video frame within the video... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100195499 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED DATA TRANSMISSION RELIABILITY OVER A NETWORK In one example embodiment, an apparatus is provided and includes a network device that identifies a data type of a payload of a data packet to be transmitted. The network device adapts one or more of data transmission rates according to the data type that was identified... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100192162 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CALENDAR CONFLICT WARNINGS In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining a transmission sent by a first application and determining whether the transmission includes date/time information. If it is determined that the transmission includes date/time information, the date/time information is comp... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100175004 | VIRTUAL MEETING BOOTH In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining, at a first location, a request to initiate a web conference. The request is obtained from a first party. The method also includes communicating with a second location configured to create the web conference based on the re... | 07/08/2010 |
