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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7475119 | Method and apparatus for managing messages in a messaging session A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing messages. In response to a request by an invitee to add a third party to a messaging session with a number of parties, a stealth invite is sent to the third party. If the stealth invite is accepted, message... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7471701 | Seamless integrated multiple wireless data connections The present invention provides a method that will enable a wireless telephone user to more easily download information and data by from locations accessed via a communication network. This invention accomplishes this task by expanding the bandwidth of the receiving ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7472379 | Flexible navigation of a workflow graph A workflow application is represented by a graph comprising a plurality of components, some of which may be processes. At least two of the processes are interpreted according to different respective sets of rules. The sets of rules are implemented in either a plural... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7472246 | Method and system for automated memory reallocating and optimization between logical partitions A method and system for reallocating memory in a logically partitioned environment. The invention comprises a Performance Enhancement Program (PEP) and a Reallocation Program (RP). The PEP allows an administrator to designate several parameters and identify donor an... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7468650 | Methods and systems to improve RFID inventory polling accuracy A method to improve polling accuracy in RFID systems is disclosed. Embodiments comprise receiving information from one or more tags by a tag reader, comparing the information from the tags to other information, and adding the tag to an inventory if the tag does not ... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7464159 | Managing analysis of a degraded service in a grid environment A method, system, and program managing analysis of a degraded service in a grid environment are provided. In a grid environment of multiple diverse systems, a service availability management agent is enabled to receive multiple types of error messages generated from... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7461149 | Ordering provisioning request execution based on service level agreement and customer entitlement A solution provided here comprises receiving requests for a service from a plurality of customers, responding to the requests for a service, utilizing a shared infrastructure, and configuring the shared infrastructure, based on stored customer information. Another e... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7456848 | Method for consolidating overlapping map markers A computer implemented method for consolidating overlapping markers in a mapping application. The process identifies a plurality of points for display from data describing locations and associated data about locations. The process then determines whether displaying ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454191 | Traffic shaping of cellular service consumption through delaying of service completion according to geographical-based pricing advantages Changes in user behavior of usage of wireless services from a mobile device are encouraged in order to effect shaping of traffic and utilization patterns among a plurality of cells within a rate plan region, wherein a discount indicator disposed in said mobile devic... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7454791 | Method and system for checking the security on a distributed computing environment An automated method for checking the adequacy of security in a distributed computing environment (DCE) consisting of a client and a server(s). The method comprises of first loading a DCE security tool on the DCE server/client machine. The security is a software appl... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7451483 | VLAN router with firewall supporting multiple security layers A router containing a firewall capable of supporting a plurality of different security levels. The router of the present invention creates a plurality of Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) using a network switch. The VLAN Rules Table (VRT) allows a network administ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7448066 | Application server object-level security for distributed computing domains Objects on application servers may be defined into classes which receive different levels of security protection, such as definition of user objects and administrative objects. Domain-wide security may be enforced on administrative objects, which user object securit... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7433877 | System and method to dynamically check string length A system and method for preventing user-input text strings of illegal lengths from being submitted to a database where, for each character in the string, a character length is determined in quantities of digital units of storage according to an encoding schema, the ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7425903 | Dynamic vehicle grid infrastructure to allow vehicles to sense and respond to traffic conditions A dynamic ‘vehicle grid’ system provides the ability for drivers to be automatically warned to the conditions of other vehicles in the vicinity. In this grid system, a motor vehicle would be equipped with a transmitter, receiver, computer and a selection of sens... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426736 | Business systems management solution for end-to-end event management using business system operational constraints The present invention provides a method, apparatus, and computer program product for implementing a business systems management solution for end-to-end event management. The present invention realizes a number of business systems management functionalities, includin... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7421402 | Tier-based dynamic incentive arbitration in an on-demand computing environment A system for allocating resources which are anticipated to be available in an on-demand computing at some time in the future, wherein a producer trending agent (PTA) lists resources according to a trend prediction of resource availability in the past, a consumer tre... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418491 | Architecture for a centralized management system An example of a solution provided here comprises: providing a logical design, including at least one hub containing central management tools, and a plurality of lower tiers containing local management tools; placing components according to the design; and providing,... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7414529 | Disablement of camera functionality for a portable device Systems, methods, media, and apparatuses for disabling camera functionality in a portable device are disclosed. Embodiments of the method may include establishing a connection with a camera-enabled portable device and transmitting to the portable device a request fo... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412491 | Method and apparatus for enhancing instant messaging systems The present invention provides a method, apparatus, and computer instructions for organizing threads in an instant messaging session. Instant messages are received from a list of contacts. Each of these messages are stored in a set of folders, wherein each folders i... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412690 | Method, apparatus, and program for code reusability and maintainability in XML-driven projects A data dictionary is provided that specifies the entities and corresponding attributes for the application program interface developers to use. An extensible markup language interface is provided for customers to perform operations on the data. Application program i... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412657 | Systems, methods, and media for updating an instant messaging system Systems, methods and media for updating an instant messaging system on a network are disclosed. More particularly, hardware and/or software for updating status indicators such as ‘away’ messages of an instant messaging system are disclosed. Embodiments include d... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412502 | Graphics for end to end component mapping and problem-solving in a network environment An example of a solution provided here comprises receiving as input at least one event (chosen from an event generated by an application probe, and an event generated by a component probe), and providing graphical output based on said inputs, whereby a user correlat... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408465 | Method of using RFID systems to help blind and visually-impaired individuals An apparatus, system and method of using RFID systems to help blind and visually-impaired individuals function efficiently in society without the use of canes and/or seeing-eye dogs are provided. Generally, each object may contain an RFID tag affixed thereto. The ta... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406689 | Jobstream planner considering network contention & resource availability Disclosed is a computer-implemented planning process that aids a system administrator in the task of creating a job schedule. The process treats enterprise computing resources as a grid of resources, which provides greater flexibility in assigning resources to jobs.... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403998 | Estimating network management bandwidth Network management bandwidth is estimated. Customer requirements are mapped to device type categories. Bandwidth requirements for each device type category are calculated using unit fault requirements and unit performance requirements that are derived from fault att... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400364 | Sub-program avoidance redirection for broadcast receivers A system for automatically tuning a primary broadcast receiver using a secondary broadcast receiver to receive a first broadcast signal corresponding to a source of an origin program, one or more program transition detectors to monitor first broadcast signal tuned b... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398924 | Variable rate toll system A method and system are provided in which average vehicle speeds of tolled and non-tolled road segments between two locations are monitored and saved for reference in providing dynamic adjustment of the toll amount to be charged for use of the tolled segment in orde... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398214 | Method for translating slide presentations into different languages The present invention provides a method and system for translating presentation slides from one language to at least one additional language. In this method, text information from one slide can be extracted from a presentation slide. Addressing information contained... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7392504 | System and method for automated source code generation A system and method for automated source code generation is presented. Processing uses a parser call back function to identify relevant HTML tags in an HTML file. Processing extracts HTML tag information from the relevant HTML tags and stores the HTML tag informatio... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7392517 | Extracting information from software A method and implementing computer system are provided in which selected information is embedded within computer program structures without requiring separate bit strings. In an exemplary embodiment, the embedded selected information includes an identification of a ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7392313 | Method and apparatus for partitioned environment for web application servers A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing access to a set of applications associated with a universal resource locator in a data processing system. A request is received, wherein the request includes the universal resource locator and a user identi... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389106 | Traffic shaping of cellular service consumption through modification of consumer behavior encouraged by cell-based pricing advantages Changes in wireless service user behavior are encouraged and produced to shape utilization patterns among cells within a rate plan region by using shaping rules which define potential discounts from a standard charge rate under certain cell-specific utilization cond... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7389217 | Method for delivering a technical framework An Enterprise Service Delivery Technical Architecture includes a Technical Model, and a Technical Delivery Framework, and is designed to facilitate the development of complete enterprise service management solutions. The use of the Enterprise Service Delivery Techni... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7385510 | Container manifest integrity maintenance system and method A system, method, and medium for tracking the contents of a container in which the items stored in the container are provided with radio frequency identification (“RFID”) tags, and a tracker affixed to the container periodically polls the items in the container ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386724 | Assigning security levels to a shared component Assigning security levels to a shared component is presented. A workflow manager receives a workflow request that corresponds to a plurality of workflow steps. For each workflow step, the workflow manager determines whether the workflow step uses a shared component ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382276 | System and method for electronic road signs with in-car display capabilities The present invention is method and system for delivering road sign content information to a mobile computing device for display to the driver of a vehicle. The system consists of a wireless communication network in communication with a mobile computing device opera... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7380125 | Smart card data transaction system and methods for providing high levels of storage and transmission security A smart card system is disclosed for secure transmission of post issuance data to a embedded chip using a chip relay module, a plurality of hardware security modules, a first communication system having two security layers and a second communication system having fo... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7373654 | System, apparatus and method for updating security configurations of a plurality of servers from a centralized directory server A system, apparatus and method for updating security configurations of a plurality of servers from a centralized directory server. The system includes a centralized directory server and a plurality of servers that provide resources and store files for use by users o... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370331 | Time slicing in a shared partition An operating system in a shared processor logical partitioned data processing system is given a target percentage. The hypervisor assigns the target processor percentage to the operating system. The operating system also has a predetermined time slice to allot to th... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7357684 | Control system for a linear propulsor array The invention comprises a method of using a scalable, configurable “propulsor” system to move and navigate a submersible device through a fluid medium. A propulsor system is an assembly of individual propulsors that act in concert to form a substantially continu... | 04/15/2008 |
