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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8112523 | Group access to IP multimedia subsystem service A method of facilitating access to services of an IP Multimedia Subsystem network by user terminals located behind an access point to said network. The access point is associated with a subscription to the IP Multimedia Subsystem network. The method comprises includ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108518 | Prioritization of third party access to an online commerce site Providing prioritization of user online access to an online commerce site. Third party applications using API function calls to access an online commerce site are restricted to specific services by an access rule. An access rule defines which API server on the onlin... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108519 | Secure inter-process communication for safer computing environments and systems Techniques for Inter-Process Communication (IPC) in a more secure manner are disclosed. A communication component operating outside of an operating system can obtain operating-system data pertaining to processes that also operate outside of the operating system. The... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103767 | Method and apparatus for distributing requests among a plurality of resources The invention relates to a method and apparatus for distributing a request to one of a plurality of resources. A request is mapped to a location in circular mapping space using a hash function. Each of the plurality of resources is mapped to a respective location or... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103768 | Network aware forward caching An Internet service provider includes a cache server and a network aware server. The network aware server is operable to determine an optimization between a cost of retrieving content from a network and a cost of caching content from the network at the first cache s... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103642 | Adaptive region locking A method and apparatus for managing locks in a database system is provided. A master node grants a lock on a first resource and a group of resources that includes the first resource to a first requester node. The requester node receives a mapping corresponding to th... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103769 | Dynamic isolation of shared resources Shared resources can be isolated such that abuse of the resource by one user does not significantly affect the use of that resource by another user. A combination of access and flow control can be used, wherein a control gateway or other such component sits along a ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103698 | Methods, apparatus and media for system management of object oriented information models A computer implemented method is disclosed including receiving a client request from a client within an object-oriented model and intercepting said client request with a client abstraction layer able to communicate with said client and a management layer database. T... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103770 | System and method for performing application level persistence A method and apparatus for inserting and examining Cookies in the data streams of HTTP connections for the purpose of persistently directing HTTP connections to the same destination. A network device directs subsequent HTTP connections from the same client to the sa... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099496 | Systems and methods for clickstream analysis to modify an off-line business process involving matching a distribution list Methods and systems are provided herein for the analysis of clickstream data of online users. The analysis methods and systems allow for the creation of new offline business methods based on online consumer behavior. In embodiments, the output file enables the third... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099495 | Method, apparatus and system for platform identity binding in a network node Embodiments of apparatuses, articles, methods, and systems for binding various platform identities for a policy negotiation are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095656 | Geo-positionally based data access security Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing geo-positionally based data access security is provided. A method includes receiving a request at a computer to verify a geographic location of a segment of data stored in a storage device. The method ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095655 | System and method for controlled access to up-to-date contact information A method and system for controlling a recipient's access to a user's information. The method includes receiving a plurality of contact information, registration information and access information from the user. Only person's knowing the user's registration informati... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090827 | Secure access to remote resources over a network A client computer hosts a virtual private network tool to establish a virtual private network connection with a remote network. Upon startup, the virtual private network tool collects critical network information for the client computer, and sends this critical netw... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090826 | Scheduling data delivery to manage device resources Managing power-consuming resources on a first computing device by time-based and condition-based scheduling of data delivery from a plurality of second computing devices. A scheduler executing on the first computing device has knowledge of recurrent schedules for ac... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086732 | Method and apparatus for rate limiting client requests As a server device receives packets from a client device, the server device counts the number of packets received over a particular time interval and compares the result with a preset packet transmission threshold. When the number of packets received from the client... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8086572 | Method, system, and program for restoring data to a file Provided is a method, system and program for backing up the contents of a source storage device as an object in a data storage subsystem wherein the object contains image data representing the contents of the source storage device, and restoring the contents of the ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8086733 | Method and program for supporting setting of access management information In order to limit host computers permitted to control a storage area from host computers, provided is a storage management computer coupled to one or more host computers for providing services and one or more storage systems, in which the storage management computer... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082237 | Applying the use of temporal data and temporal data models to roles and organizational structures A temporal relational database includes a relational database framework that allows for all the capabilities of a standard relational database with the addition of the concept of time. Transactions, which can be modifications of attribute values or changes to the da... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078725 | Method and system for secure distribution and utilization of data over a network A method for distributing data over a network includes the steps of establishing a secure connection between a client and a server; issuing a certificate and a private key to the client for identifying the client in a transaction; storing the certificate and the pri... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078726 | System and method for cacheing web files A system and method receives a request for a file containing an identifier of the requested file and a message digest, containing an expected hash result of the requested file. The system and method identifies whether it has already stored a file having that identif... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073949 | Secure multiapplication proxy A client application (16) establishes in a client network (10), a first connection having a first security level, directly with a first port (1) of a server application (17) hosted in a server machine (13) linked to a server networ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069194 | Automated annotation of a resource on a computer network using a network address of the resource A user provides an annotation, such as text or graphics, in relation to a resource available on a computer network. The annotation is automatically stored and/or retrieved without requiring separate action from the user to accomplish the storage or retrieval. An ann... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8069244 | Method for defining a set of rules for a packet forwarding device There are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for defining a policy including a set of rules for a packet forwarding device by receiving information sufficient to enable a first rule related to one of security or traffic management to be defi... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8069142 | System and method for synchronizing data on a network The disclosure describes systems and methods for synchronizing data on a network based on temporal, spatial, social and logical data available to the network. The method includes receiving a first information object (IO) containing attributes for a first real-world ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8069243 | Document management server, method, storage medium and computer data signal, and system for managing document use There is provided a document management server including a receiving unit that receives an access request and a first ID representing a document to be an object of the access request, an ID processing unit that issues, when an operation is performed on the document ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065415 | System and method for utilizing a common framework for portal administration tools The present invention relates to systems, methods, and computer readable media for generating custom administrative tools. An administrative framework is provided that abstracts the implementation of certain administrative functions. A management Application Program... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8065416 | Playlist composition apparatus, copyright management apparatus and view terminal apparatus A playlist acquisition unit acquires a playlist including a view segment of contents for a user. The view segment has a start position and an end position in the contents. A copyright information acquisition unit acquires copyright information of the contents from a... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060609 | Systems and methods for determining attributes of media items accessed via a personal media broadcaster Systems, devices and methods are described for determining attributes identifying media items from other media items. A first video sequence of a first media item is received from a media source, the video sequence including one or more images having first banner in... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055769 | Method and system for secure distribution and utilization of data over a network A method of securely utilizing downloaded data includes the steps of opening a media player; opening a data file; requesting a portable token from and used by a client, the portable token being a physical device removeably coupleable to a client computer; reading a ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055770 | Method and apparatus for providing network virtualization A method and apparatus for providing network virtualization on a packet network are disclosed. For example, the method receives a request from a user, wherein the request comprises at least one of: a feature of a network component or a network component for a virtua... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055771 | Network traversal method for establishing connection between two endpoints and network communication system A network traversal method is provided. A plurality of endpoints in a plurality of network address translators (NATs) is grouped into a plurality of groups, and an on-line server is deployed for managing information related to the groups and information related to c... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8051169 | Methods and systems useful in linking from objects to remote resources An identifier corresponding to an object is used in establishing links to related electronic resources. The identifier can be obtained by decoding a watermark, performing a hashing algorithm on content data, reading a bar code, etc. The object can be physical (e.g.,... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8051168 | Method and system for security and user account integration by reporting systems with remote repositories The present invention presents security and user account integration with remote authentication servers, (e.g., repositories not owned by the server). Integration may occur with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), an operating system (e.g., Microsoft Windo... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046459 | Method, device and system of obtaining network information using device as service credential Method, device and system of obtaining the network information using the device as the service credential, which use the device without power supply and display, in which presetting the configuration files containing the information connected to the network, after c... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046460 | Automatic server deployment using a pre-provisioned logical volume According to one embodiment, a server is automatically deployed using a pre-provisioned logical volume LV. A first world wide name WWN1 is associated 320 with a logical volume LV1 associated with a disk array controller 260. A second worl... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046458 | Method and system for balancing the load and computer resources among computers A method and system for balancing the load of computer resources among a plurality of computers having consumers consuming the resources is disclosed. After defining the lower threshold of the consumption level of the resources and obtaining the consumption level of... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046457 | Apparatus, methods, and computer program products for managing network elements and associated network element resources by multiple management systems Network elements and resources associated with the network elements are manageable by multiple management systems. A request for network element resource management information is transmitted to at least two network management systems, and a reply identifying the ne... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8041814 | Method, system and computer program product for hierarchical load balancing An improved load balancing method, system, and computer program product handles popular object requests using a front-end cache, and hashing is applied only to the requests in the stream that were not handled by the front-end cache. A cache (e.g., a web proxy cache)... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8041815 | Systems and methods for managing network connectivity for mobile users Systems and methods are described for managing network connectivity for mobile users, particularly when a mobile user roams between two networks or between two subnets of a network. An announcer signal is broadcast by a host organization. The announcer signal includ... | 10/18/2011 |
