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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 8001205 | State management in a distributed computing system Techniques to allow applications to propagate information to the other instances of the applications running on downstream servers are provided. An indicator, such as a token, tag, etc., is placed within or added to a message that is flowing through the distributed ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996481 | Outbound notification using customer profile information Methods and systems provide for automatic outbound information notification to a subscriber based on a subscriber's communications customer profile. A subscriber may select one or more events for which the subscriber desires notification from an outbound notificatio... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7987237 | Server apparatus for providing display screen through network, control method therefor, and program therefor A client computer can display a desired Web screen on a display by transmitting a request containing an URL address to a Web server using a Web browser. The Web server provides an instance associated with a URL address with member variable mode indicating whether a ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7979501 | Enhanced message display Informational items are displayed in a scrollable area of a message display. The informational items may be any number of type of items (e.g., RSS feeds, new items, images, application tips, and so on). A user is provided the ability to scroll forward and backward t... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7975015 | Notification platform architecture The present invention relates to a system and methodology to enable a variety of information associated with one or more notification sources to be directed to one or more notification sinks via a notification platform architecture. The architecture includes a conte... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970849 | Handheld electronic device and associated method providing time data in a messaging environment An improved handheld electronic device and an associated method are provided in which time data regarding certain aspects of a messaging conversation on a handheld electronic device are made available to a user. Such time data is provided, for instance, in situation... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7970850 | Instant messaging based virtual file system An instant messaging system generates an instant messaging application user interface display object enabling the user to select one or more buddies, or a predefined group from their buddy list, and then to select a file to share with the selected buddies or group. ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7953814 | Stopping and remediating outbound messaging abuse Systems and methods are provided for allowing subscriber message sending profiles to be maintained and used in conjunction with behavior-based anomaly detection techniques and traditional content-based spam signature filtering to enable application of appropriate me... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7953815 | Cooperative location based tasks A method for providing location dependent information to a user for selective colleague assistance. The method on a Client Wireless Component includes the steps of receiving location data from a plurality of Global Positioning System GPS satellites and transmitting ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7949720 | Message object model Embodiments described herein provide for an overall object mode that allows for a single message object to represent multiple messaging formats. A general message object is populated with fields for multiple available messaging formats, which can be appropriately fi... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7941497 | Community-based method and system for creating and subscribing to dynamic push channels A system and method are provided for allowing a user to define and subscribe to channels of information to be pushed to a wireless device. In defining a channel a specific area of a web page is selected by the user to be monitored for change. The user may also selec... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7933964 | Shell sessions Embodiments described herein are based on the principle that shells execute commands as units of characters sent within a message. Accordingly, embodiments herein provide for establishing a remote processing session for commands by using a binding mechanism that bin... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7925710 | Simultaneous API exposure for messages Embodiments described herein provide for a message object that simultaneously exposes an XML view and Type view for a message infoset. In this embodiment, interaction with a message can occur using either an XML or Type application program interface (API), which are... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921175 | Requesting a service from a service providing apparatus by a service request apparatus A client terminal acquires information associated with expendables of a device, and accesses a service providing server on the basis of a URL generated by a agent server. The client terminal receives page information that provides a service according to the informat... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7921176 | Mechanism for generating a composite email A mechanism is disclosed for generating a composite email for an email conversation. The composite email includes content automatically extracted from a plurality of the emails in the email conversation, and may be generated in response to a user accessing just one ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7917594 | Method and system for notifying an invitee user when an inviting user accesses a social networking application A system and method may include receiving an access from an inviting terminal requesting access to a social networking application, the access request may be associated with a user identifier, searching a contact database, based on the user identifier and on an appl... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912913 | Facilitating presentation and monitoring of electronic mail messages with reply by constraints A method, system, and program for facilitating presentation and monitoring of electronic mail messages with reply by constraints are provided. Within a network environment, a server receives electronic mail messages with separate selected reply by dates, wherein eac... | 03/22/2011 |
