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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190561 | LDAP replication priority queuing mechanism A replication priority queuing system prioritizes replication requests in accordance with a predetermined scheme. An exemplary system includes a Replication Priority Queue Manager that receives update requests and assigns a priority based upon business rules and sto... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8180841 | System for facilitating thread-based message prioritization To perform thread-based message prioritization, metadata may be extracted from a received electronic message. Based on the extracted message metadata and accumulated metadata extracted from previously received messages, a message thread to which the received electro... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180840 | Automatically replying to instant messaging (IM) messages The present disclosure provides for automatically replying to instant messaging (IM) messages. In some embodiments, an IM message is received by a recipient and displayed to the recipient. If, during a predefined time interval, the recipient does not provide any res... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176138 | Method and apparatus for system description and provisioning Method and apparatus for system description and provisioning. In one embodiment, a system description and provisioning mechanism may be provided as a component of system firmware that, during the pre-boot process of the system, may collect information about the syst... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176137 | Remotely managing a data processing system via a communications network A management system communicates with at least one remote data processing system, associated with a trading participant, on a technical parameter of at least one remote data processing system. A technical parameter may refer to software configuration data, hardware ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8166126 | System and method for distributing notifications to a group of recipients Systems and methods by which a user may use a client computing device (such as a mobile phone, for example) to initiate and send a notification message to a selected group of recipients are provided. The notification message may be an audio message that is delivered... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8156193 | Enhanced buddy list using mobile device identifiers A graphical user interface on a display device of a computer enables communications using a computer service. The graphical user interface includes a list of potential message recipients selected by a user as significant to the user. The graphical user interface als... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150933 | Apparatus and method for delivering messages over multiple mediums A method for transmitting data to a communication device that is configured to receive data through a plurality of alternative communications mediums. The method comprises: determining a priority associated with a data message that is to be provided to the communica... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150932 | System and method for providing privacy protected navigation between mobile terminals A system of providing location and routing information to a target mobile terminal while still maintaining a specified level of privacy. A target mobile terminal includes a profile having an inaccuracy level contained therein. When a querying terminal desires routin... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150934 | System and method for embedding interactive components within mobile content A system is provided for providing content including one or more interactive components to a wireless device. The system includes a content server configurable to deliver push content to the wireless device, a processor for controlling operation of the server, a com... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8140635 | Data processing environment change management methods and apparatuses An apparatus is provided with a change management module adapted to manage making changes to a data processing device of a data processing environment. ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140636 | Instant messenger subset management Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to instant messaging and provide a method, system and computer program product for instant messenger subset management. In an embodiment of the invention, an instant messenger subset man... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135793 | Download progress management gaming system A modified form of the UDP multicast protocol is disclosed to implement a one-way download progress notification system between a server and one or more clients. The UDP multicast download progress notification system enables UDP messages to be sent only to register... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135794 | Availability and scalability in a messaging system in a manner transparent to the application Methods, systems, and computer program products that provide for a runtime messaging infrastructure, which abstracts send and receive operations for exchanging messages with partner endpoint. The messaging infrastructure improves availability and scalability of a me... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135792 | Dynamic attributing of messages for message escalation The invention relates to a system for generating and displaying messages and/or alarms particularly in an automation system of a plant and/or process. The invention further relates to a corresponding method. Using the system and method, messages and/or alarms can ea... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8122004 | Generating and providing rich media presentations optimized for a device over a network Generating and providing rich media presentations to a requesting device is described. Attributes of the requesting device are determined and used to create optimized code for the requesting device. The attributes may include information relating to the operating sy... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117273 | System, device and method for dynamically securing instant messages An Instant Messaging security system that encrypts Instant Messages sent by a Instant Messaging user to an Instant Messaging server by intercepting the messages, negotiating a preferred security algorithm and forwarding the encrypted messages to the server. The secu... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8103736 | Status notifying method in communication system, status notifying server and communication system A profile server group determines whether any request for status notification is received from the client. If there is a request for status notification, a handle name included in the request is obtained, and a status flag corresponding to the handle name is extract... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8095547 | Method and apparatus for detecting spam user created content A method includes receiving user-created content, as well as at least one of a service identifier (ID) and a content category ID of the user-created content. At least one of a plurality of key information databases is selected based on at least one of the received s... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095613 | Electronic message prioritization A system, method, and computer program product dynamically prioritizes electronic messages. An electronic message having one or more properties is received. These message properties can include, a particular sender or body text. Information describing past activity ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095612 | Ranking messages in an electronic messaging environment The present invention provides methods and systems to score messages exchanged over a network. The methods and systems may gather message interactions of a recipient. A message originating from a sender and destined for the recipient may be received at an email clie... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095611 | SIP endpoint enhancer Methods, devices, and systems are provided for enhancing the functionality of a communication device, such as a communication endpoint. This provides the ability to enhance less intelligent SIP endpoints with required features to support a richer user experience. Fu... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095610 | Methods and apparatus for centralized and decentralized emergency alert messaging Apparatus and methods for providing emergency alert system (EAS) data to subscribers of a content-based network for multiple locations including via mobile devices. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a server performing real-time receipt and encapsulation of... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8086687 | Workflow executing apparatus and control method of the apparatus and program thereof A workflow executing apparatus that executes processing in accordance with a workflow, the apparatus comprising: a workflow information storage section that stores workflow information describing the workflow; a transmission control section that transmits an e-mail ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8073920 | Service authorizer A service authorizer system for pushing and pulling data service authorization requests to wireless terminals is disclosed herein. The wireless terminal or a service authorization server may generate requests for authorization. The wireless terminal may generate a r... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073919 | Mobile terminal, method, and computer program for communicating data with servers with data collision control A mobile terminal, data communication method, and a computer program stored in a computer-readable medium for communicating management data in a more efficient way. A management data communication interface communicates management data regularly with a management se... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069216 | Method and apparatus for alerting nodes of a malicious node in a mobile ad-hoc communication system A method and apparatus for alerting nodes of a malicious node in a mobile ad-hoc communication system is provided herein. Particularly, a method and apparatus for distributing an alert message to nodes surrounding a recently discovered malicious node is provided. Th... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8069215 | Configurable downloading of content pointed to in electronic messages Systems and methods for downloading content referenced by a pointer or link in an electronic message. The downloaded content is stored locally in a cache for viewing offline or over low bandwidth connections. In some embodiments, users can optionally specify prefere... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065380 | Information processing system, an information apparatus, macro executing method, and storage medium An information processing system in which a warning is generated in advance when a macro including unsupported functions is executed, realizing improved usability for users. A multi-function apparatus and a server holding at least one macro indicative of a procedure... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8055722 | Notification control through brain monitoring of end user concentration Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for message notification management through brain monitoring of end user concentration. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for message notification management through... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8046419 | Method of processing open asynchronous application service event and open web service gateway implementing the same A method of processing an open asynchronous application service event and an open web service gateway implementing the method are provided. The open web service gateway includes: a plurality of SCFs (service capability features) operatively connected to an applicati... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8037151 | Predetermined emergency alert messages Wireless emergency alert messages are provide to mobile devices as predetermined (canned) messages. The predetermined messages are size limited to conserve network resources and accommodate various mobile devices. In an example configuration, the predetermined emerg... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8037150 | System and methods for providing multiple personas in a communications environment A user interface on a display enables perception of communications that leverage an instant messaging platform. The user interface includes a module for identifying at least two identities within an instant messaging communications environment to whom messages may b... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8024415 | Priorities generation and management The present invention relates to a system (10, 200) and methodology (74) to enable a plurality of information associated with electronic messages, for example, to be automatically prioritized by a priorities system (12, 230) for transmittal to a... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8024416 | System and method for bundling information A system and method of pushing user-selected data items from a host system to a user's mobile data communication device upon detecting the occurrence of one or more user-defined event triggers is provided. The user may then move (or file) the data items to a particu... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8015256 | Method and apparatus for parallel sequencing of messages between disparate information systems A system and method are provided for coordinating concurrent processing of messages communicated over a network. The messages include a pair of related messages having a common first unique identifier and an unrelated message having a second unique identifier differ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010516 | Content sharing system and content importance level judging method A content sharing system and content importance level judging method are provided. The content sharing system provides an importance level of arbitrary content is individually judged with respect to users and a notice message valuable for a user is appropriat... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005913 | Controlling, filtering, and monitoring of mobile device access to the internet, data, voice, and applications Systems and methods for controlling, filtering, and monitoring mobile device access to the internet are disclosed. According to an embodiment a server is responsible for controlling, filtering and monitoring internet activity. For every request, the server interacts... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8005914 | Method and apparatus for processing alarm/event information A method and apparatus for processing alarm/event information are disclosed. The method includes: parsing received notification information that includes uniformly sorted alarm/event information; and obtaining the uniformly sorted alarm/event information. The appara... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8005912 | System and method for presence notification for video projection status In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided for communicating a presence notification to an end-point of a demand-based messaging system. The method includes monitoring an auxiliary output port for a video signal; detecting a vid... | 08/23/2011 |
