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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8150884 | System and computer program product for nested categorization using factorization A system for information item categorization in which each non-leaf node in a hierarchical organization of nodes represents a category, and each leaf node represents an information item. A number P is associated with each node. For non-leaf nodes, the associated num... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8132188 | Method and system for extension registry filtering A set of attached extensions is reduced before it is exposed to the code of a processing extension point to which the extensions are attached. An application calls an extension registry to obtain a list of available extensions attached to a given extension point, an... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8122104 | Method and system for providing XML-based asynchronous and interactive feeds for web applications A system for providing XML-based asynchronous and interactive feeds for Web applications that provides a highly efficient and extensible XML Javascript framework allowing easy insertion of a comment/news feed control into any Web page. The framework allows for readi... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8122096 | Method and system to determine a user specific relevance score of a message within a messaging system The present invention refers to a method and system to determine automatically a user specific relevance score of a message within a messaging system in a client-server environment, the message being provided with message specific meta-information. The disclosed met... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117222 | Method and apparatus for representing an interest priority of an object to a user based on personal histories or social context A method and apparatus assigns a quantitative variable to each object (or set of objects) in a collection available to a user. The quantitative variable is referred to as the Interest Priority Value (IPV). The IPV defines a range of states of the object, between ‘... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8108528 | System and method for verifying the identity of a chat partner during an instant messaging session A system for verifying the identity of a chat partner during an instant messaging session. The identity of an instant messaging partner can be verified at any given moment during an instant messaging session. The status of the verification is displayed in the curren... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108395 | Automatic arrangement of portlets on portal pages according to semantical and functional relationship The present invention relates to the field of network computing, and in particular to method and system for designing a Web Portal comprising a hierarchical structure of portal pages and portlets for accessing Web contents accessible via the Portal. A typical larger... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8095867 | System and computer program product for copying and pasting displayed elements of a range of cells in an electronic spreadsheet The present invention is related to displaying and/or hiding, in an electronic multi-dimensional spreadsheet on a user interface, elements of a range of cells, a range of cells including one or more contiguous elements aligned along a given spreadsheet dimension, an... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8086968 | Dynamic E-mail signature manager A dynamic electronic mail signature manager for managing a user's electronic mail signatures inserted into electronic mail messages. An electronic mail signature is displayed within a message composition user interface such that each component of the electronic mail... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085670 | Method and system for originating connectivity fault management (CFM) frames on non-CFM aware switches A system for originating connectivity fault management (CFM) frames on non-CFM aware switches is disclosed. In the disclosed system, an OAM (Operations Administration and Management) proxy networking device connected to a core Ethernet network operates with one or m... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8065343 | Data storage and retrieval system with optimized categorization of information items based on category selection A data storage and retrieval system with optimized categorization of information items using intelligent category selection, based on the information items that are to be checked for category membership. The set of categories for which an information item may be a c... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8056010 | Method and system for removing recipients from a message thread A system for conveniently removing recipients from a message being added to a message thread that enables a user to filter people from a recipient list of a message being added to a message thread. The system advantageously enables a user to filter out potential rec... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055721 | Method and system for detecting and handling message collisions in an instant messaging system Collisions are detected between multiple instant messages that are sent to a given user at the same time. In response to detecting a collision, the sending users are put into a real-time, on-line negotiation that enables the sending users to determine among themselv... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8046440 | Managing resources through user-facing web services aggregated in portals The present invention relates to managing the administration of electronic resources accessible in an electronic network. Grid resources or services are enhanced with a presentation interface that provides an administration user-interface for configuring them. Resou... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8041763 | Method and system for providing sharable bookmarking of web pages consisting of dynamic content A system that automatically obtains Web page-specific scripts to save and restore the state of a Web page. When a user bookmarks or copies a Web page URL to the clipboard, a function is called to create a page state file that is stored together with the current URL ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8024361 | Method and system for allowing multiple users to access and unlock shared electronic documents in a computer system A system for allowing multiple users to access and unlock shared electronic documents in a computer system. A group of users are defined as potential “lock-breaker” users for a document, such that they are automatically contacted in the event that a user wishes ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8015596 | Shared credential store A personal credential store that aggregates a number of physical credential stores beneath an application programming interface (API) and offers tag-based credential look-up. The API of the disclosed system runs on the user's client system, and effectively hides the... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010890 | System for creating and rendering client-side user interfaces via custom tags A system for creating, rendering and controlling a user interface is provided. A server generates a mark-up language document containing custom tags and conventional tags. The custom tags are associated with machine-executable instructions operating on a client devi... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8006234 | Method and system for identifying runaway software agents A method and system for identifying runaway software agents operating in a computer system is disclosed. An operating window is defined for an agent. The operating window specifies the maximum desired operating time for the agent. When an agent begins operation, its... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8001186 | Method and system for providing collaborative moderation and correction of message history in an instant messaging session A system for providing collaborative moderation and correction of instant messaging session transcripts in an instant messaging session that includes an improved instant messaging client user interface that allows collaborative editing and moderation of an instant m... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7991767 | Method for providing a shared search index in a peer to peer network A method and system for sharing search index entries across multiple computer systems organized in a peer to peer network, in which unique content is indexed only once, even though the content may be physically duplicated in multiple computer systems in the peer to ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7984154 | System and method for translating application program network service requests into actions and performing those actions through the management and/or control plane responsive to previously defined policies and previous requests by the same or another application program Application program network service requests are translated into specific actions that are then performed through the management plane and/or control plane. The translations and resulting actions are responsive to previously defined policies for the communication ne... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7983243 | System and method for increasing call capacity for a wireless local area network A system for increasing the call capacity of an access point in a WLAN that determines whether a maximum total voice path delay would be exceeded if the packetization delay is increased for packets in a call. In the event that the packetization delay can be increase... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7970850 | Instant messaging based virtual file system An instant messaging system generates an instant messaging application user interface display object enabling the user to select one or more buddies, or a predefined group from their buddy list, and then to select a file to share with the selected buddies or group. ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7962555 | Advanced discussion thread management using a tag-based categorization system A system for discussion thread management using tag-based categorization, in which three types of tags are provided together to enable effective categorization of discussion threads, based on both automated and manual tagging. The three tag types are 1) user-defined... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7953754 | Method and system for finding the focus of a document A method and apparatus for identifying the focus of a document, in a natural language processing application, the natural language processing application comprising a hierarchical concept tree having a plurality of nodes, each node being associated with a term, the ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7949952 | Method and system for providing user representations in real-time collaboration session participant lists reflecting external communications together with user representations in external communication applications indicating current real-time collaboration session participation A system for providing user representations in real-time collaboration application participant lists reflecting external communications, together with user representations in external communication applications indicating current real-time collaboration session part... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7941318 | Public speaking self-evaluation tool A public speaking self-evaluation tool that helps a user practice public speaking in terms of avoiding undesirable words or sounds, maintaining a desirable speech rhythm, and ensuring that the user is regularly glancing at the audience. The system provides a user in... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937670 | Data sharing system, method and software tool A method, software tool and system for communicating data between components in a client computer system is provided. The client computer system has a user interface for displaying a page comprising content rendered by a plurality of components. A property broker is... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933789 | Method and system for accessing declined event invitations A method and system for accessing declined invitations is provided. The method includes receiving notification of an available time slot, retrieving stored declined event invitations, and presenting the declined event invitations to a user. The user can accept of a ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7929443 | Session based resource allocation in a core or edge networking device A system for providing session based resource allocation in a core or edge networking device are disclosed. Session awareness is provided in networking devices by session control signal interception and interpretation, followed by session based resource commitment, ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925752 | System for providing single sign-on user names for web cookies in a multiple user information directory environment A system for providing single sign-on (SSO) user names for Web cookies in a multiple user information directory environment. SSO access to multiple applications is supported in situations where multiple user information directories are deployed, and users may be kno... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921368 | Method and system for sensing and communicating updated status information for remote users accessible through an instant messaging system A method and system for providing a local user of an instant messaging system with updated status information regarding one or more remote users that provides indication to a local user of whether an instant messaging status message has been recently updated. The di... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7921171 | System for excluding recipients in an electronic communication system A system that enables a communications system user to conveniently define entities to be excluded from receiving an electronic communication, such as an electronic mail (“email”) message. An “Exclude” user entry field is provided in a user interface to a com... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7921121 | Apparatus for representing an interest priority of an object to a user based on personal histories or social context A method and apparatus assigns a quantative variable to each object (or set of objects) in a collection available to a user. The quantative variable is referred to as the Interest Priority Value (IPV). The IPV defines a range of states of the object, between ‘acce... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7908560 | Method and system for cross-screen component communication in dynamically created composite applications A method and system for cross-screen component communication in dynamically created composite applications. Meta-data in the mark-up for a source component (e.g. eXtensible Markup Language—XML information) in a dynamically created composite application includes in... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7899179 | Method for monitoring off-schedule software agents A method and system for identifying an off-schedule software agent operating in a computer system is disclosed. When a software agent enters a queue a start time is associated with the agent. A queue threshold is established for the agent, wherein the queue threshol... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7895281 | Method and system for excluding recipients in an electronic communication system A system that enables a communications system user to conveniently define entities to be excluded from receiving an electronic communication, such as an electronic mail (“email”) message. An “Exclude” user entry field is provided in a user interface to a com... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7890674 | System and computer program product for dynamic queue splitting for maximizing throughput of queue based operations while maintaining per-destination order of operations A system for providing dynamic queue splitting to maximize throughput of queue entry processing while maintaining the order of queued operations on a per-destination basis. Multiple queues are dynamically created by splitting heavily loaded queues in two. As queues ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7890525 | Foreign language abbreviation translation in an instant messaging system A system for automatically providing foreign language abbreviation translation in an instant messaging system that identifies a foreign language abbreviation translation database based on a user indicated source culture. The foreign abbreviation translation database... | 02/15/2011 |
