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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190753 | System and method for protecting emergency response services in telecommunication networks from attack The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for protecting emergency response services in telecommunications systems from attack. In one example, a system may include a network, a token generator, and a token validator. The network may be configu... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190756 | Method for automatically re-connecting customer premises equipment (CPE) web user interface (UI) The present invention relates to a method for automatically re-connecting customer premises equipment (CPE) web user interfaces (UIs), capable of continuously sending a login request to a HTTP server to reduce the time for the user to wait, the method comprising: in... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190757 | Systems and methods for automatically binding client-side applications with backend services A system for automatically binding client-side applications with backend services is disclosed. This system may comprise a client device programmed to request, on behalf of a user, a client-side application and a backend service programmed to: 1) identify a client a... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190755 | Method and apparatus for host authentication in a network implementing network access control Method and apparatus for host authentication in a network implementing network access control is described. In an example, a network access control (NAC) server receives network address requests from hosts on a network. If a host is compliant with an established sec... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190758 | All hazards information distribution method and system, and method of maintaining privacy of distributed all-hazards information An information distribution method includes: gathering all-hazards information into an information exchange from a first information source; gathering all-hazards information into the information exchange from a second information source; distributing the all-hazard... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190752 | Secure delivery of flash content over networks A method for securing delivery of flash content over a network includes rewriting flash content action code capable of making a network request for flash content to redirect network communication associated with the flash content to a network device. ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190754 | Parental controls in a media network Access to media content is restricted. A message may be sent to a remote computer requesting access to the media content, wherein the message is based at least in part on user input. A response to the message may be received from the remote computer. It may be deter... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185642 | Communication policy enforcement in a data network A device is configured to receive authorization information from a first network device and to receive a request that data units sent to a destination device contain authorization information, where the request is received from a second network device. The device is... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185644 | Method and apparatus for using SMS short code messaging to facilitate the transmission of a status update for a security system A notification system for receiving a request for a remote status update from a remote device is disclosed. The notification system comprises a server for relaying the request for the remote status update, an access server for receiving the relayed request for the r... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185645 | Content delivery system using wireless portable terminal and delivery method therefor To reduce time to point a directional wireless portable terminal (WPT) to an access point (AP) when data is downloaded from the AP to the WPT, a user points the WPT to the AP, performs a first operation and transmits a request of authentication and download to the A... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185646 | User authentication for social networks Systems and methods are provided for social networks that can verify that enrolled users are not misrepresenting facts about themselves such as age and gender. Verification can be performed, for example, by reference to biometric templates stored during the user enr... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185643 | System and method for providing security in a communities framework Systems and methods are disclosed for providing security for a communities framework in a collaborative computing environment. A community can be provided for maintaining user membership during collaboration. The community can contain various collaboration resources... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180909 | Managed services platform A managed services platform. An applications management server is provided for managing relationships with application service providers and others over a wide area network such as the Internet. The applications management server interfaces with a master database se... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180908 | Platform for standardizing vehicle communications with third-party applications A business-to-vehicle platform functions as an information technology (IT) integration platform to support secure communication between a vehicle's onboard IT system and any offboard third-party IT system. In one embodiment, the a vehicle's communication hub is deco... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176188 | Billing adjustment for power on demand An apparatus, program product and method for determining a cost for using a standby resource that accounts for the cause for the resource=s usage. A standby resource, such as a processor, is activated in response to a resource requirement. The cause of the resource ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171149 | Communication system, terminal device, and method of controlling terminal devices in communication system In a communication system, a first terminal device and a second terminal device are connected via a wireless network and perform communications with each other. Each of the first and second terminal devices includes an interface unit which accesses a memory-card typ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166072 | System and method for normalizing and merging credential stores One or more data structures are received by a computing device, wherein the one or more data structures include at least one or more user credentials. The one or more user credentials are normalized by the computing device to generate a first graph. One or more node... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166184 | Integrating enterprise identity authorization in conferences Disclosed herein are embodiments for validating a user joining a conferencing session. According to various embodiments, a first identifier is received. A user is identified from a plurality of users based at least in part on the first identifier. A second identifie... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161174 | Deriving time attributes for a device A method and system are provided to derive time attributes for a device. An embodiment of the method includes obtaining a time attribute based on a device-mode and a corresponding time attribute based on a device-location. The corresponding time attributes are compa... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161173 | Role passing and persistence mechanism for a container A role passing and persistence mechanism that implements role-based access control at a container level is disclosed. In one implementation, the role passing and persistence mechanism provides one or more RBAC services. Functions provided by the role passing and per... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156231 | Remote access system and method for enabling a user to remotely access terminal equipment from a subscriber terminal A method for enabling a subscriber terminal to remotely access terminal equipment, the terminal equipment storing identification data of the subscriber terminal, and the subscriber terminal being subscribed to a communication network and to a remote access service, ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150984 | Enhanced data security through file access control of processes in a data processing system A software system for controlling the unauthorized transfer of data from a data processing system to a network is provided. A file monitor module monitors requests made by a process to access a data file within the computer system, and cross-checks the data file nam... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150985 | Application execution managing method, application execution server computer, and repeater A cache hit determining method in a server client system, such as a web system, which can determine whether a response received by a client is a response generated by a server or a response returned from a cache in the server client system. In the cache hit determin... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8140691 | Role-based views access to a workflow weblog Described is a method for controlling a user's access and viewing rights to a weblog used to track the status of a workflow based on one or more roles or responsibilities of the user in the workflow. Advantageously, the workflow is not required to change when workfl... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140692 | Flexibly configured presence server A presence server includes a receiver to receive a variety of publishing and subscribe requests from a variety of sources; a plurality of elements to process the requests; and a presence manager to flexibly configure the elements as a function of the type of the req... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140693 | Method and system for allocating on-demand resources using a connection manager A method and system provide a user-friendly mechanism that allows the user to access remote on-demand resources through a network only when the resources are required. These on-demand resources are accessed using a connection manager that is enabled on a client when... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135851 | Object request broker for accelerating object-oriented communications and method A processing system includes a plurality of processing resources capable of executing a plurality of objects. The objects include a client object and one or more server objects. The client object is capable of requesting a service provided by at least one of the one... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131865 | Media service delivery system providing conditional access to media content from various client devices A system for protecting the digital rights of content owners allows digital media to be delivered to only those media rendering client devices that have been approved for the media content. Before delivering requested media, the media service provider may determines... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131764 | Standing order database search system and method for internet and intranet application An internet and/or intranet based database search system and method for conducting searches of highly confidential records such as individual patient medical records and to automate the process of securing required approvals to make such records available to a prope... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127029 | Internet protocol based network architecture for cable television network access with switched fallback A user accesses the Internet through a hybrid data communications system architecture in which upstream service is provided via the local loop of the public switched telephone network (PSTN) and downstream service is provided via a cable television (CATV) network. T... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8127033 | Method and apparatus for accessing local computer system resources from a browser A method and apparatus for accessing local system resources from a browser is described. The method for providing access to local computer system resources through a browser includes processing network traffic associated with a browser to identify at least one comma... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8127030 | Method and apparatus for controlling network of shared resources A method and apparatus for controlling networking of resources that can be shared via a network by a plurality of devices on the network are provided. In the method, shared resource information is obtained from a device having at least one shared resource. A topolog... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8127034 | Multi-protocol authentication and authorization in computer network environments A multi-protocol authentication and authorization system including a request interceptor configured to receive from a requestor a first request using a first transport protocol and a second request using a second transport protocol, and an authenticator for validati... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8127031 | Image processing apparatus and method of acquiring information An information processing apparatus is communicatable with an image forming apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a request unit configured to request information about the image forming apparatus to the image forming apparatus, a setting unit con... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8127032 | Performance sampling in distributed systems One embodiment of the invention provides a method to identify a preferred system configuration for a distributed system to use for executing a given computing job. A benchmark profile may specify a collection of benchmarks representative of the job, and the collecti... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122137 | Dynamic location of a subordinate user Providing location information to a supervisory user includes providing a parental control, using a computer automatically to determine a location of a subordinate user, and storing location information indicative of the location of the subordinate user in a databas... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8122136 | Methods and apparatus for providing security to a computerized device When establishing a communications channel to a wireless network, through a wireless connection, a computerized device receives an Internet protocol (IP) address from a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server associated with the wireless network. The compu... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8122138 | Method and system for user-determined attribute storage in a federated environment A system is presented for facilitating management of user attribute information at one or more attribute information providers (AIPs), which can manage the user's attribute information in accordance with user-selected or administratively-determined options, includin... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117324 | System and method to remotely manage and audit set top box resources A system and method for determining the resources available or used in a remote device is disclosed. The system can be used to determine whether the remote device is using expected resources as originally configured or to determine whether resources are available to... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117325 | Policy-based cross-domain access control for SSL VPN A method may include generating a request that includes a host domain associated with a multiple-domain-to-one domain mapping, capturing the request before transmission of the request, rewriting the host domain, and transmitting the request. ... | 02/14/2012 |
