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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7941481 | Updating an electronic phonebook over electronic communication networks A method of accessing and updating an electronic phonebook over electronic communications networks such as a telephone and computer networks is described. The creation of a voice portal is supported by the invention. Embodiments of the invention use telephone identi... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941482 | System and method for managing performance between multiple peers in a peer-to-peer environment A method of dynamically balancing a load on a fully connected grid (FCG) in a peer-to-peer environment includes determining if a first number of peers connected in a first FCG is greater than a preselected limit. If the first number of peers connected to the first F... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941483 | Low latency display methods for thin client devices Control techniques support low latency display operations on thin client devices. In response to a request to render a page in a user interface, the control may distinguish fields that likely have immediately displayable content from fields that are unlikely to have... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937433 | Queuing connector to promote message servicing A system for delivering messages to a business component is provided. A Java Message Service (JMS) enabled connector from a first JMS enabled queue, and from a second queue, a file based queue using a polling notification type of architecture, which will act as a JM... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937434 | Apparatus and method for providing context-aware service An apparatus and method for providing a context-aware service are provided. The apparatus includes a context-aware service object (CAS) management module managing information on a CAS and a context defined by the CAS, a sensor management module managing information ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937435 | Identifying, storing, and retrieving context data for a network message A system and method for storing context data in a network device that is in the data path between a user computer and a server, thereby allowing for the secure and ongoing storage of user computer-specific context data without adding unnecessary complexity to existi... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937436 | Validating routing of client requests to appropriate servers hosting specific stateful web service instances A method, apparatus and computer program for validating that a client's request has been routed to an appropriate server hosting a specific stateful web service instance in a system comprising a plurality of stateful web service instances. The specific stateful web ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937437 | Method and apparatus for processing a request using proxy servers Provided is a request processing method of processing a request requesting task processing in a computer system including the steps of: transmitting, by a proxy server, a first requests which is one of duplicate and original requests to application servers; transmit... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937438 | Using virtual networking devices to manage external connections Techniques are described for providing managed virtual computer networks that may have a configured logical network topology with one or more virtual networking devices, with corresponding networking functionality provided for communications between multiple computi... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933950 | Secure control of features of a digital device A method providing secure control of features of a digital device. In one embodiment, the method comprises sending, from a digital device that participates in a service, to a service provider that provides the service, a request to participate in the service; receiv... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933951 | Systems and methods for discerning and controlling communication traffic Communication traffic redirection systems and methods are disclosed that allow for redirection of communication traffic over the Internet based, at least in part, on the type of higher-level communication protocol intended to be used. The systems and methods permit ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930344 | Incremental run-time session balancing in a multi-node system An approach migrates database sessions from a database server on which performance and resource availability requirements are not being met to another database server. Because workload is removed from the database server not meeting these requirements, improved perf... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930345 | Method for authenticating a user in an interactive gaming environment Methods for creating an interactive gaming environment are provided. In various embodiments, methods of the present invention may include initializing an interactive game application at a game server which is then characterized as having an active status, notifying ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930342 | Method, terminal device and system allowing for handling location services independently from a cellular communication system The basic concept of the method for requesting location related information of a mobile communication terminal device comprises an encoding of a location request. The location request contains information and commands for instructing a receiving location serving net... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930343 | Scalable user interface system Methods and apparatus are provided for a scalable user interface system. A user interface is divided into general reusable user interface components and application specific user interface components. Next profiles are created for user interfaces based upon server c... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930341 | Extended flow-control for long-distance links A method, apparatus, and computer-readable media comprise storing in a first buffer data received from a network device; sending the data from the first buffer to a second buffer in response to status signals asserted by the second buffer, wherein the second buffer ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930340 | Network transaction portal to control multi-service provider transactions The present invention provides a system and method for providing controlled service transactions involving multiple service providers on a service network. A client access device links to the service network via a network entry point and performs the multi-service p... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925695 | Accessing content related to the exploration and production of geologic resources in a thin client computer network Embodiments are provided for accessing content generated by a securely hosted application program for the exploration and production of geologic resources on a thin client system in a client/server computer network. A determination is made of a least utilized node i... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925694 | Systems and methods for managing cookies via HTTP content layer The cookie management system and methods of the present solution address issues with rewriting cookie headers by handling cookies in the content layer of HTTP instead of the HTTP transaction layer. The present solution maintains cookie information for a browser via ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925696 | Transparent request routing for a partitioned application service Systems and methods for providing an efficient partitioned resource server. In one embodiment, the partitioned resource server comprises a plurality of individual servers, and the individual servers appear to be equivalent to a client. Each of the individual servers... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925693 | NAT access control with IPSec An architecture that can provide for improved network content filtering is described herein. In particular, access to remote resources can be controlled by a remote mechanism. In accordance therewith, a gateway can seamlessly and/or transparently redirect packets fr... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925692 | Method and system for testing internet software A simulated internet is connected to a corporate network to more easily and effectively facilitate testing the impact of internet security devices and settings on internet software. The simulated internet has communications pathways between two firewall devices, a w... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925690 | Prioritising phonebook numbers in a telephone A circuit for a telephone, having a data store for storing user data including telephone numbers and associated data, and sorting means (46) for sorting the user data for display. The sorting means sorts the user data according to frequency of use (e.g. frequ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925691 | System and method for facilitating ease of use of a web page user interface A system and method for facilitating ease of use of a user interface which monitors usage of a Web page to discern usage patterns associated with the Web page. The discerned usage patterns associated with the Web page are then used to form a plurality of user interf... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925632 | Transient data facility for database applications In one embodiment, a method for providing a transient data facility for database applications includes creating a definition of transient data that corresponds to a unit of work to be performed by an application, and mapping the definition of transient data to a tem... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921153 | Methods and apparatuses for selectively displaying information to an invited participant In one embodiment, methods and apparatuses are provided for allowing an invited participant to access a customized web page; programming a first content for the invited participant; displaying the first content on the customized web page to the invited participant; ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7921154 | System and method of live data search on a mobile device A method of communicating from a mobile device using a computer program is provided. The method includes communicating a keystroke to a remote server via a network upon detecting the keystroke in a text input area of a user-interface page; receiving data from the re... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7921155 | Method and apparatus for peer-to-peer services A method and apparatus for peer-to-peer services have been described. ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7921156 | Methods and apparatus for inserting content into conversations in on-line and digital environments Content is inserted into conversations hosted on a takeoff site using creatives that provide lures and links to other material that users engaged in the conversation might find helpful and relevant. Such insertions are made in a contextually meaningful fashion throu... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7921152 | Method and system for providing user control over receipt of cookies from e-commerce applications A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product are presented for processing cookies that are transmitted from a server through a proxy server to a client that is operated by a user. The proxy server detects that a response message from the server for the ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7921122 | Method, system, and storage medium for providing web-based electronic research and presentation functions via a document creation application An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to a method, system, and storage medium for providing web-based electronic research and presentation functions via a document creation application. The method comprises scanning an active document on a computer device... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7917579 | Chat system, chat device, chat server control method, and information storage medium including chat stop limiting capability Provided are a chat system, a chat device, a chat server control method, and an information storage medium for realizing sound communication between users. When a message transfer unit (11a) receives a message, the message is transferred to a game term... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7917580 | Method for monitoring activities of a first user on any of a plurality of platforms There is provided a method for monitoring activities of a first user on any of a plurality of platforms, with the first user having access to a first computing device for use by the first user. The method may include two modes which allows a master user to monitor a... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7917577 | System and method for modifying documents sent over a communications network On-line health education includes displaying composites of personalized health content and patient-selected entertainment. Suitable sources of entertainment include generally available web pages and television programs. Composites are spatial (for page displays) or ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7917578 | Managing state information in a computing environment A software module operating within a router, such as an operating system, manages state information within a hierarchically ordered and temporally-linked data structure. The software module sends state change messages to other software modules within the router, ref... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7917576 | System and method for sending electronic mail in a client-server architecture A method and system for sending electronic mail from clients of a client-server architecture using broadcast/multicast messaging software. In a representative embodiment, the system includes a plurality of clients each containing broadcast/multicast messaging softwa... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912897 | Method system and storage medium for facilitating web searching and brand recognition capabilities over a computer network An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to a method, system, and storage medium for facilitating website searching and brand recognition capabilities over a computer network. The system comprises a server, a search engine in a communication with the server,... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912896 | Data access, replication or communication system comprising a distributed software application A data access, replication or communications system is distributed across a terminal-side executable running on a terminal and a server-side executable. Together the terminal-side executable and the server-side executable form a client to a larger server and collabo... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912898 | System and method for measuring reactions to product packaging, advertising, or product features over a computer-based network A system and method is provided for enabling respondents at their computer systems to connect via a browser with a server computer over a network, such as the Internet, and receive an initial set of survey questions on one or more pages during which primary images a... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908290 | Application development performed independent of system landscape Systems and techniques for application development performed independently of system landscape. In one general aspect, the invention provides a computer-implemented method that includes receiving, from a registry for two or more repositories, information describing ... | 03/15/2011 |
