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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190680 | Method and system for synchronization of digital media playback A system and method for synchronizing digital media playback at multiple digital media playback devices interconnected on a network is provided. A digital media playback device comprising a processor, a synchronization component, a timekeeper component and a digital... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190678 | Service program interface for integrating modules with a scheduled meeting service Described are an online meeting system and method for integrating a third-party system with the online meeting system. A service provider interface (SPI) defines procedures for communicating with a meeting services application of the online meeting system. Each soft... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190679 | Real-time meeting object extensibility A system and method for sharing and installing customized meeting objects into an ongoing electronic meeting is disclosed. An object module, which defines the customized meeting object is loaded onto a server hosting the ongoing electronic meeting. Client-side porti... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190681 | Collections of linked databases and systems and methods for communicating about updates thereto This technology is generally directed to one or more methods or systems relating to personal communication networks. This technology is further directed to methods and systems for communicating about updates to the profiles associated with members of personal commun... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185586 | Method for output handling of messages stored in mailboxes of a message storage system In one aspect a method based on a system, according to which a first connection is established between a terminal of a mailbox owner and a message storage system and a second connection can be established by the terminal of the mailbox owner to a terminal of the sub... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185585 | Method for sending an electronic message utilizing connection information and recipient information A method comprises displaying a mail server information screen, and receiving connection information via the mail server information screen. Further, the method comprises displaying an address page, and receiving recipient information via the address page. In additi... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185587 | Capturing, processing, managing, and reporting events of interest in virtual collaboration spaces A method of monitoring a collaboration space receives an identification of a computerized collaboration space that a user desires to monitor. The method receives, from the user, an identification of events of interest with respect to the collaboration space. The ite... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185584 | Activity history management for open overlay for social networks and online services Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems that allow users to share information about their recent activities with other users. In particular, as users receive and/or share multimedia content with other users, information that indicates the lo... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185583 | Visualization enhanced presence system An originating endpoint supports visual presence indications. The originating endpoint determines a destination endpoint with which to establish a desired communication session. A network communicates a notification message to the destination endpoint regarding the ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185588 | System, apparatus, and method for mobile community service A method and apparatus for a mobile community service are provided. In a method of operating a creator terminal for a mobile community service, the method includes creating a community for a community service by selecting at least one of a plurality of community typ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180830 | Action execution based on user modified hypothesis A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: presenting to a user a hypothesis identifying at least a relationship between a first event type and a second event type; receiving from the user one or more modifications to modify the hypothesis... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180751 | Using an encyclopedia to build user profiles Described are various embodiments which enable organizations to track and use knowledge and expertise of their associated individuals. An organization can use exemplary embodiments to automatically summarize the expertise of each individual from documents available ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180829 | Message board aggregator Web content representing a first message is displayed in a window of a computer program. The first message is one of a plurality of messages posted to an online forum. A plurality of message summaries are displayed in the same window of the computer program, contemp... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176122 | Web-based groupware system The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a communication network. The system comprises a network-connected server having input and access capabilities, a site builder, a transmitter, a communicator, and memory. The site-builder receives ins... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176121 | System, network and method for multi-platform publishing and synchronized content A method for synchronizing content delivery to a plurality of delivery devices of a user. A communications network and a system are also provided. The delivery devices include at least one computer connected to internet and at least one mobile device. The method com... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176123 | Collaborative communication platforms A collaborative communication system is disclosed. The collaborative communication system integrates a number of electronic communication tools to meet the collaborative communication needs for an enterprise, family members or friends. The collaborative communicatio... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171080 | Click to create meeting makers from electronic messages A method and system for generating meeting maker requests as efficiently and with as few steps as possible. Here, a software API or program automatically generates and populates a meeting maker request by using information already located within an electronic messag... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171081 | Internal electronic mail within a collaborative communication system Techniques for exchanging internal electronic mail over an open data network within a collaborative communication system are disclosed. The exchanging of the internal electronic mail does not rely upon an email address commonly known to include an @ sign. Each of re... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166110 | Resource list management system A system for providing group accessibility is provided. An example method includes storing a profile associated with a user in a database; maintaining a service group including a plurality of service representatives in the database; and in response to a session betw... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166109 | Linking recognized emotions to non-visual representations A method of linking recognized emotions to non-visual representations includes receiving at a first location information corresponding to demonstrative behaviors of individuals. The behaviors of the individuals may be analyzed during a dynamic session, in which the ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161108 | Integrating participant profile information into real-time collaborations An online collaboration system can access data in one or more skills repositories to search for participants with indicated skills and automatically display participants' skill information during online collaborations. Searching for participants by skill allows indi... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161109 | Client side culling of dynamic resources A resource management module detect and prevents redundant resources in a client side application. The resource management module is initialized on the client side in a browser or similar application. The resource management module then searches for already executin... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161106 | Supporting serendipitous group interaction based on user activities The disclosed functionality enables non-sessions users of an activity session to be provided awareness of the session. The non-sessions users are made aware of the session and can then choose to join (or not join) the session in an ad hoc manner based on the exposed... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161107 | Roaming personal information items across multiple computing devices using an IMAP server Technologies for roaming personal information items across multiple computing devices using an IMAP server are provided. When a change is detected to a personal information item maintained by a PIM program one computing device, the data representing the personal inf... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156184 | Dialog server for handling conversation in virtual space method and computer program for having conversation in virtual space A dialog server which provides dialogs made by at least one user through their respective avatars in a virtual space. A method and a computer readable article of manufacture tangibly embodying computer readable instructions for executing the steps of the method are ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150918 | Client controllable server-side playlists A system and method is disclosed for establishing an interactive multimedia application environment in which server-side streaming media may be controlled by a client using a programming model provided at both a communication server and an interactive multimedia run... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150916 | Method, apparatus, and system for transmitting information A server controls client apparatuses to transmit the same information to the client apparatuses without imposing workload on each client apparatus. The server is free from any interruption of the transmission of information signal unintended by the server. The serve... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150919 | Method and system for transitioning between synchronous and asynchronous communication modes Many different users may access, revise and update the same shared object simultaneously through several different transports. Clients may communicate asynchronously by accessing the shared object through a physical server. Clients may also communicate synchronously... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150917 | High availability conferencing A method, system, and architecture for providing a conference system that effectively achieves high availability conferencing is provided. The conference system architecture provides a conference system that comprises a set of stateless conference servers and a shar... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145707 | Sending digitally signed emails via a web-based email system The present invention provides systems and methods for allowing an Email User to create a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Email Account and thereafter to digitally sign, send, verify and receive PKI encrypted emails over a computer network, such as the Internet. The... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145709 | Communications system providing enhanced client-server communications and related methods A communications system may include an application server and at least one communications device for processing requests from one another. The communications device may process requests using an HTTP client application, for example. Furthermore, the system may also ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145708 | On-line virtual robot (bot) security agent Various embodiments can provide a virtual online robot (bot) or security agent. The agent or guardian can monitor on line conversations and can act to intervene in an event a conversation's content meets certain definable criteria that indicates that the content mig... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145706 | Method and apparatus for automatic notification and response based on communication flow expressions having dynamic context Methods and apparatus are disclosed for automatic notification and response based on communication flow expressions having dynamic context. A message is provided from a sender to at least one recipient in accordance with a communication flow having a plurality of po... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140618 | Methods and systems for bandwidth adaptive N-to-N communication in a distributed system Methods and systems for bandwidth adaptive computing device to computing device communication are described. Bandwidth adaptive communication includes receiving a communication from a first participant, storing the payload data of the communication in a channel memo... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140619 | Management of community buddy lists One or more buddy lists from a first user's computer is populated on one or more other users' computers to cause a buddy list update of community buddy lists. The buddy lists may be auto-populated in response to a change in job status of the first user. ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140620 | Service for providing periodic contact to a predetermined list of contacts using multi-party rules A method, a system, and an apparatus for permitting a user to remain in contact with at least one other person. The present invention provides a method, a system, and an apparatus that is capable of enabling a user to remain in contact with others through a service ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140621 | Providing event data to a group of contacts Data related to an event is provided to a group of contacts while the event is occurring via an event user interface that enables the group of contacts to coordinate with one another during the event. In this regard, an event coordination service is provides the eve... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8131800 | Attribute visualization of attendees to an electronic meeting A server publishes a poll to one or more attendee clients to an electronic conference. The poll permits each attendee to select one of several choices as the vote of the respective attendee. Initially an attendee may have a default choice assigned to him, for exampl... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131801 | Automated social networking based upon meeting introductions A meeting record, including identified participant information associated with each of the group of meeting participants, and a topic for a meeting is generated via a social network computing device. A meeting notification, including a link to the meeting record, is... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126964 | Method for displaying data in an industrial control system A method to distribute or share data provided by a server process of an industrial control system to a client process running on a first machine of a first user, with a client process running on a machine of a second user. The server session is logged by the server ... | 02/28/2012 |
