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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185659 | Handheld computer system that attempts to establish an alternative network link upon failing to establish a requested network link A computer system that attempts to establish an alternative network link upon failing to establish a requested network link is described. The computer system may encounter conditions where access to numerous networks, in particular wireless networks, is not availabl... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185402 | Robust voice browser system and voice activated device controller The present invention relates to a system for acquiring information from sources on a network, such as the Internet. A voice browsing system maintains a database containing a list of information sources, such as web sites, connected to a network. Each of the informa... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8175934 | System and method for automated generation of communications involving products or services A system for automatically preparing customized replies in response to communications from a plurality of clients. To facilitate automation and tracking, each original communication to the client (or each original response from the client) is tagged with a unique la... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171489 | Task switching with state preservation for programs running on an electronic device A method and system providing switching between a plurality of installed programs in a computer system. Embodiments include a jump function comprising the steps: (1) determining a jump program that is to be the next program to be run, possibly from a plurality of po... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8150827 | Methods for enhancing efficiency and cost effectiveness of first pass review of documents Methods for reviewing a collection of documents to identify relevant documents from the collection are provided. A search of the collection can be run based on query terms, to return a subset of responsive documents. A probability of relevancy can be determined for ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144873 | User interface technique for selection and activation of wireless service among multiple transport carriers A method and device are provided for handling network activation between a computer and a carrier. In one example, the method involves receiving a command to initiate network activation procedures. The network activation status of the computer is then determined. If... | 03/27/2012 |
| RE43247 | Method and apparatus for communicating information over low bandwidth communications networks A system having a distributed web site is described. The web site is distributed between a client, a server and a web server. The client stores a set of predefined applications that correspond to a part of the web site. The applications are formatted according to a ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8098600 | Computer, internet and telecommunications based network A method and apparatus for a computer and telecommunication network which can receive, send and manage information from or to a subscriber of the network, based on the subscriber's configuration. The network is made up of at least one cluster containing voice server... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098272 | Commercial product routing system with video vending capability A traffic control system selectively interfaces members of plural groups, as buyer groups and vendor groups, for video communication through a dial-up telephone system, for analyzing and compiling data, scheduling appointments, implementing conferences, consummating... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095965 | Secure authentication for authorization for transaction processing A method and apparatus for authenticating and authorizing online transactions. An authentication cookie is transmitted to a client system. The authentication cookie includes a user encryption key and an encrypted buffer that contains user identification data and a p... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090849 | Information exchange between a handheld device and another computer system using an exchange manager and uniform resource locator (URL) strings A method and electronic system for exchanging data between a handheld device and another computer system using universal resource locator (URL) strings. With respect to sending information from the handheld, an application may define a URL string that may indicate 1... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8082223 | Synchronization of computer databases using caching agents A method and system for synchronization of computer databases using caching agents. In one embodiment, information is accessed from a first database. The information is stored into a persistent store, which may be a permanent media, such as a magnetic disk. The info... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8082008 | User-interface and architecture for portable processing device A user interface for a portable device is disclosed. The method includes a computer-implemented method for providing a user interface for interacting with a computing device, the method including the steps of: representing an indicator of an application on the compu... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8073735 | System and method for automating financial document compliance An automated system determines appropriate compliance information for documents pertaining to financial products or services. The compliance information can vary on each document depending on the particular financial product and/or financial service, and based on bo... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069151 | System and method for detecting incongruous or incorrect media in a data recovery process Disclosed are embodiments of a system and method for detecting wrong storage media in data recovery processes. One embodiment can detect incorrect media via environmental factors such as source data type and format. One embodiment can detect incongruous media by poo... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065277 | System and method for a data extraction and backup database Methods and systems for storing information extracted from a file are presented. These methods and systems can be used to store content and metadata extracted from a file, and to associate the content and metadata so a holistic image of the file may be maintained. A... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059796 | Commercial product routing system with video vending capability A traffic control system selectively interfaces members of plural groups, as buyer groups and vendor groups, for video communication through a dial-up telephone system, for analyzing and compiling data, scheduling appointments, implementing conferences, consummating... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055992 | Method and apparatus for managing calendar information from a shared database and managing calendar information from multiple users A method and system for synchronizing and using calendar information from a shared database is disclosed. Calendar information can be stored in a shared database, e.g., on a server system and accessed and synchronized with one or more portable computer systems. The ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055796 | Communication protocol for wireless data exchange via a packet transport based system A protocol for wireless data exchange may be used in conjunction with two or more portable computer systems. One of the portable computer systems may be a personal digital assistant (PDA) having an internal or an external wireless communication unit. The protocol ca... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055249 | System and method of managing connections with an available network A system and method for automatically managing connections between a mobile device and one or more available networks (including dedicated connections), as a user changes locations, is disclosed. The connection manager determines the connection profiles and assigns ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8046494 | Extensible transcoder annotation for transcoding proxy servers Within one embodiment of the present invention, the rules for transcoding web content are abstracted from the transcoding functionality of a transcoding proxy server. Specifically, within the transcoding proxy server, the functions that perform the transcoding of we... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046485 | Method and system for implementing URL scheme proxies on a computer system A method and system for implementing URL scheme proxies. Embodiments of the invention allow URL schemes that are not natively supported by a computer to be supported via proxy, e.g., using a URL scheme that is native to the computer to forward the non-native transpo... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8037208 | Method and system for device bootstrapping via server synchronization A method and system for restoring basic functionality to a portable computer system via a server accessed remotely by telephone. A user of a portable computer system which has lost data and software which was held in volatile memory may connect to a server to restor... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8037015 | Flexible interface using scalable vector graphics with metalevel palette The present invention provides a method and system of storing information for drawing an object on a computer system that includes providing a palette file that includes a set of first labels matched with numerical values, tagging a vector graphics file for drawing ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8019644 | System and method for automated processing of new products and services A method and apparatus are provided for automatically preparing a client communication pertaining to a financial product for a client, wherein the client communication is for combined use with a corresponding host vehicle. The method comprises providing a format for... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8019328 | Method and system for enabling timed events of a portable computing device to trigger remote control of external devices One embodiment in accordance with the present invention includes using a portable computing device to remotely control devices and/or systems wirelessly. Specifically, a software timer application operating on the portable computing device enables its user to predef... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8001288 | Method and system for enabling personal digital assistants and protecting stored private data A method and system for enabling personal digital assistants (PDAs) and protecting stored private data. Specifically, one embodiment in accordance with the present invention includes a removable expansion card about the size of a postage stamp which plugs into a slo... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8001081 | Determining priority between data items in shared environments One embodiment of the invention enables nodes or endpoints that have been involved with synchronization of data items to determine which version of a data item (if any) has priority over another version of that same data item. For example, one embodiment of the inve... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7991649 | Method for automatically preparing a plurality of client communications offering one or more financial products or services A system for automatically preparing customized replies in response to communications from a plurality of clients. To facilitate automation and tracking, each original communication to the client (or each original response from the client) is tagged with a unique la... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7982598 | Method for integrating user notifications and user alerts on an electronic device An interface for integrating and presenting user notifications and alerts consistently on an electronic device such as a mobile device is disclosed. First, an application programming interface provides the segregation to multiple preselected levels of priority notif... | 07/19/2011 |
| RE42465 | Rule-based, n-way, synchronization of multiple copies of a database The present invention relates to a method for synchronizing databases in a network environment. Specifically, the present invention pertains to a method of using a set of hierarchical rules to enable an efficient and speedy synchronization between multiple copies of... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7941766 | Method and apparatus for the selection of records An improved method and system for record selection. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention interprets the “gesture” of swiping the pen, from left to right, across a line-item of a record entry as a command to highlight the line-item and to select ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7917552 | Generating coherent global identifiers for efficient data identification A method and system thereof for identifying records are described. Records on a node are distinguished from other records on the node by assigning each record a unique local identifier. When a record is moved from one node to another node, a unique global identifier... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7911477 | Adaptive content delivery A method and apparatus that provides adaptation in the content delivered to a palmtop computer. Connections between a palmtop computer and the Internet can vary from low speed dial-up to very high speed. Also, a palmtop computer's display, memory and processing powe... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7890366 | Personalized communication documents, system and method for preparing same A personalized communication document pertaining to financial products or services is provided, including a method and system for preparing the same. The financial product and/or financial services are associated with a set of separate descriptions, characteristics ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7884809 | Method and system for navigating a display screen for locating a desired item of information A method and a system for navigating a display screen to search for a desired item of information stored in an electronic device. The electronic device includes a novel fly over user interface (FOUI) capable of receiving commands from a user to provide a zoom out vi... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7848496 | Method for buyer-seller-on-line commerce A traffic control system selectively interfaces members of plural groups, as buyer groups and vendor groups, for video communication through a dial-up telephone system, for analyzing and compiling data, scheduling appointments, implementing conferences, consummating... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7877518 | Method and apparatus for updating applications on a mobile device via device synchronization A method and system for the delivery of updated web platform applications to a mobile electronic device upon synchronization of the mobile device with a computer. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention discloses a method and system for dynamically cre... | 01/25/2011 |
| RE42052 | System and method for managing power of peripheral communications by automatically closing communications channel immediately after finishing a communication with a peripheral device An improved method and apparatus manages communications port contention and power consumption for a handheld computer, particularly handheld computers with a communications protocol that boosts power consumption when active, such as an RS-232 protocol. The improved ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7870290 | Handheld computer system that attempts to establish an alternative network link upon failing to establish a requested network link A computer system that attempts to establish an alternative network link upon failing to establish a requested network link is described. The computer system may encounter conditions where access to numerous networks, in particular wireless networks, is not availabl... | 01/11/2011 |
