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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185827 | Role tailored portal solution integrating near real-time metrics, business logic, online collaboration, and web 2.0 content The disclosed solution provides a tailored user experience available through a Web portal that addresses the multiple-view, multiple-data needs of operations, supervisory, policy making, and executive personnel of an organization. These various roles can all be conc... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181864 | Conversion of non-negotiable credits to negotiable funds Non-negotiable credits earned from previous interactions with an entity can be identified. A quantity of the non-negotiable credits can be converted to a quantity of negotiable funds. The converting can be performed by a different legal entity than the entity. Acces... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181863 | Conversion of non-negotiable credits to negotiable funds Non-negotiable credits can be identified that are from a game associated with an entity with which previous interactions have occurred. The previous interactions can earn the non-negotiable credits. A quantity of the non-negotiable credits can be converted to a quan... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180823 | Method of routing messages to multiple consumers A method of routing messages to multiple consumers comprises determining a probability function defining message classification probabilities for each of a plurality of consumer sets, receiving a plurality of messages, classifying each message, storing each message ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176411 | Integrating an applet into a multi-page or multi-tasking web application to enable applet state to be automatically saved and restored A Web page of a Web application can be identified. The identified Web page can include an applet. A navigation action from the identified Web page to another Web page of the multi-page Web application can be detected. A state of the applet can be automatically saved... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176097 | Maintaining data coherency within related multi-perspective user interfaces via session-less queries A contextual data server can provide a contextual data response for a contextual data request. A contextual data response can include at least client-requested data for the contextual data request and contextual differences data. The context-enhanced multi-perspecti... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171415 | Outage management portal leveraging back-end resources to create a role and user tailored front-end interface for coordinating outage responses A solution for centrally managing and federating outage specific information and for rapidly providing controlled access to this information in a role tailored fashion. The information can be gathered and provided in real-time along with programmatically determined ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171399 | Using an alternate user interface to a drag and drop interface for rearranging configurable web page components A user interface for repositioning Web page components that includes an HTML table. Each cell of the table can represents a Web page component that is able to be repositioned. Each cell can include an identifier and a user selectable position control. The identifier... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166002 | Flexible configuration item reconciliation based on data source prioritization and persistent ownership tracking A reconciliation event can be detected. A controlling element of a database can be determined for the reconciliation event. The controlling element can include a preexisting database value for that element that is different from an update value for that element prov... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162209 | Storefront purchases utilizing non-negotiable credits earned from a game of chance Entertainment credits from a game of chance can be identified. The entertainment credits can be associated with an entity with which a user has previously interacted. The previous interactions can earning the entertainment credits, which are non-negotiable credits. ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161403 | Returning passed objects in a surface based computing environment using a virtual bungee The present invention discloses a solution for a surface based computing device to return passed objects. That is, software of the surface based computing device can permit software objects appearing within a display of a surface based computing device to be passed ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156320 | Method and apparatus for fast booting a portable computing device allowing for immediate operation The present invention discloses a portable computing device (200) including a processor (202), non-volatile memory (206), and a volatile memory (208). An execute in place (XIP) kernel (210) stored in the non-volatile memory is exec... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8141103 | Solution for modifying a queue manager to support smart aliasing which permits extensible software to execute against queued data without application modifications The present invention discloses a queue manager that includes a smart alias function. The smart alias function can associate a queue name with two or more queues. The queues associated with the queue name for a given operation can be dependent upon programmatically ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140591 | Enabling workflow awareness within a business process management (BPM) system Enabling workflow awareness within a business process management (BPM) system can utilize a workflow awareness controller that can receive an instantiation request for a workflow. The workflow can be comprised of multiple workflow steps to be performed by the BPM sy... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139730 | Integrating an IVR application within a standards based application server A method for providing Interactive Voice Response functionality within a multi-tiered telephony environment can identify an enterprise archive file that contains an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) application. The enterprise archive file can contain multiple interp... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139596 | Communicating prioritized messages to a destination queue from multiple source queues using source-queue-specific priority values There is disclosed a method, apparatus and computer program for communicating messages between a first messaging system and a second messaging system. The messaging system comprises a set of source queues with each source queue owning messages retrievable in priorit... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135786 | Message-based technique for sharing distribution list contents within electronic messaging systems Prior to transmission, distribution list data associated with a user-defined distribution list can be embedded within an electronic message. The recipients of the electronic message should be members of an electronic communications system. The distribution list data... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131808 | Apparatus and method for detecting characteristics of electronic mail message The present invention enables accurate detection of risks from an electronic mail message. In a mail inspection unit, an information extraction section extracts text and a mail address from electronic mail accumulated in a journal DB, and a text normalization sectio... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130916 | Dynamically improving performance of an interactive voice response (IVR) system using a complex events processor (CEP) Problematic event data for problematic events that occur during interaction between an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system and a caller can be captured. The problematic event data can be analyzed for performance issues. A performance issue can represent an inter... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126975 | Automatic conversion of email threads into collaborative workspaces Automatic conversion of an email thread (or another form of electronic communication, such as IM chat content) into a collaborative workspace can begin with the detection of the addition of a reply message to an existing email thread by an email conversion handler. ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126974 | Specifying during meeting establishment when respondents are to be prompted for attendance intentions A meeting initialization request for a meeting can be identified. The meeting initialization request can specify a prompt time for attendance intentions. A programmatic trigger, referred to as a prompt trigger, can be established for the prompt time. A firing of thi... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125314 | Distinguishing between user physical exertion biometric feedback and user emotional interest in a media stream The present invention discloses a method, system, and computer program product for determining user interest in media. The invention can select one of a set of different activity profiles specified within a data store. Each activity profile can include biometric att... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123127 | Conversion of non-negotiable credits earned from a game of chance to negotiable funds Entertainment credits from a game of chance can be identified. The entertainment credits can be associated with an entity with which a user has previously interacted. The previous interactions can earning the entertainment credits, which are non-negotiable credits. ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122517 | Mediated access of software dumped data through specialized analysis modules The present invention can include a method, computer program product, and system for mediating access to content of a software dump. The invention can identify an event occurring within a computing device, which causes data to be dumped to file. A dump file can be c... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8122088 | Adding personal note capabilities to text exchange clients The present invention discloses a personal note capability for a text exchange client. A personal note can be a note not transmitted in a dialog between text exchange participants. It can, however, be transmitted in a communication outside the text exchange dialog c... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121585 | Technique for synchronizing data with a mobile device based on a synchronization context The present invention discloses a technique for a user to control a manner in which a data store of a mobile device synchronizes with a remotely located data store. More specifically, synchronization actions can be automatically executed by comparing combinations of... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8108932 | Calculating a password strength score based upon character proximity and relative position upon an input device A solution for computing password strength based upon layout positions of input mechanisms of an input device that entered a password. A password including an ordered sequence of at least two characters can be identified. A position of each of the characters of the ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107100 | Post deployment electronic document management and security solution A method for managing deployed electronic documents that can begin when the deployed electronic document is accessed. A data probe can be automatically conveyed to a remotely located document manager responsive to the access attempt. The data probe can include data ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106890 | Slide based technique for inputting a sequence of numbers for a computing device A contact with a point of a touch input component of a computing device can be sensed. A continuous contact from the point to a different point on the touch input component can be detected that is caused by a first slide based motion of a contact instrument maintain... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8095858 | File error identification, reporting, and replacement of media files The present invention discloses a solution for automatically replacing a media files upon a device able to identify problems with locally stored media files. Initially, an automated process or user of a media playing device can initially identify a media file, which... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090798 | System and methods for direct targeted media advertising over peer-to-peer networks An information handling system according to the invention comprises an input for receiving search requests seeking one or more specified files; a search engine for searching a database for names of files satisfying a received search request; and server logic for ser... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086460 | Speech-enabled application that uses web 2.0 concepts to interface with speech engines The present invention discloses a speech-enabled application that includes two or more linked markup documents that together form a speech-enabled application served by a Web 2.0 server. The linked markup documents can conform to an ATOM PUBLISHING PROTOCOL (APP) ba... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8078502 | Populating an E-commerce shopping cart and other E-commerce fields based upon content extracted from natural language input Shopper free form input representing an unstructured shopping request can be received. The free form input can comprises at least two of a free form voice input, a text message, an email, a fax message, a browser input and an image. The free form input can include i... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074202 | WIKI application development tool that uses specialized blogs to publish WIKI development content in an organized/searchable fashion The present invention discloses a software development system for WIKIs including a WIKI server, a BLOG server, and a data store. The WIKI server can serve WIKI pages to WIKI clients. The BLOG server can serve BLOGs to BLOG clients. The data store can manage WIKI BL... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8065280 | Method, system and computer program product for real-time data integrity verification The present invention is a method and system that provides visual, production level, high-performance, integrated and automatic data integrity verification in a Web-based, e-business or other similar application, using a middleware application server. Asynchronous m... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060795 | Solution for automatically incorporating diagnostic data within screen capture images The present invention can include an automated solution for incorporating diagnostic data within an image of a screen capture image. When a screen capture event is detected, a screen capture image can be generated. The software applications contained within the scre... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055757 | Apparatus and methods for a message buffering system Techniques for implementing a log message buffering system are disclosed. To this end, a computer implemented method includes receiving log messages. The computer implemented method also includes associating log messages with items of work and organizing the receive... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8046543 | Selectively retaining a topmost subpool expansion to prevent thrashing A method and program product to selectively retain or discard subpool expansions. When a subpool has been tuned to its limit (a maximum extension size is established), then a subsequent expansion allocation of this tuned expansion is queued on top of a memory subpoo... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8041863 | Automated solution to provide personalized user environment on any public computer using portable storage devices with personalized user settings uploaded to local registry of public computer The present invention permits registry settings and other pertinent shared artifacts to be distributed across many different computing devices. More specifically, the invention permits applications installed on an external drive to be activated, when the external dr... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8041725 | Eliminating duplicate and invalid calendar items from end user calendars using a unique entry identifier (UEID) Providing a unique entry identifier, which is an identifier specific to a calendar entry. The calendar entry can be an entry associated with a set of different electronic calendars, each associated with a specific user. Data for each user specific calendar can be st... | 10/18/2011 |
