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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7853645 | Remote generation and distribution of command programs for programmable devices A system for controlling a motion device. A motion control system comprises a motion control device, and a first user is associated with the motion control system. An output system is arranged to generate motion signals that may be perceived by the first user. A mot... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7769816 | Method for tracking transmission status of data to entities such as peers in a network A method for tracking a transmission status of one or more data elements to one or more devices. In one example, the method includes providing a list including one or more devices and one or more data elements; processing the list to determine a data element of the ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7647390 | Automatic internet access method using digital subscriber line An automatic Internet access method using a digital subscriber line includes: upon receiving an automatic Internet access program install request from a user, installing a PPPoE device driver including a PPPoE adapter and an NDISWAN (Network Driver Interface Specifi... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7620679 | System and method for generating aggregated data views in a computer network A system and method for generating aggregated content views in a computing network are provided. A host computing device obtains a request for an aggregated view of content corresponding to a set of criteria. The host computing device queries itself and each computi... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7606855 | System and method for message handling using message interceptors A system including an interception service that serves as a discovery mechanism and framework for carriers to connect to processors. The system allows for message handling using message interceptors, comprising one or more message carriers for receiving and handling... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7571249 | System and method for routing communication sessions based on priority, presence and preference information A communications system includes a presence server for collecting presence information and preference information for a presentity. The presence information includes availability of devices of the presentity, and the preference information includes a priority level ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7543043 | Communication device and method The present invention relates to a communication apparatus and method that allow setting for forming a wireless link to be automatically executed without requiring a special setting operation. A personal computer 1 forms a wireless link with an access-point d... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7529811 | Systems and methods for the implementation of a core schema for providing a top-level structure for organizing units of information manageable by a hardware/software interface system Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method, in a computer system, for a hardware/software interface system to manipulate a plurality of discrete units of information having properties understandable by said hardware/software interface syst... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529793 | Web service simple object access protocol request response processing Reduces time for processing a request Simple Object Access Protocol, SOAP, message in a request means such as mobile equipment or the like. Sequence definition means divides one parent SOAP message as one request concerning a Web Service into segments of a Simple Ob... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7523182 | Method and system for predicting the services needs of remote point of sale devices A method, system and apparatus for identifying malfunctioning remote devices, such as point of sale devices, are disclosed. In operation, a performance history for one or more remote devices is built and a normal operating day is determined from the performance hist... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7506072 | Web browser as web service server in interaction with business process engine Systems and techniques for using a Web-service based business process to interact with a Web browser as if the Web browser were a Web service server. In one exemplary implementation, an interface module with a HTTP server is provided to convert data from the Web bro... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7502845 | Event consumers for an event management system An event management system includes an email consumer for handling email, a paging consumer, an active scripting consumer, a log file consumer, an event log consumer, and a command line consumer. The events in the event management system are represented as objects a... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7483956 | E-mail to physical mail converter A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that in an embodiment convert e-mail into physical mail. In various embodiments, if a recipient identifier in the e-mail is an e-mail address, the recipient identifier is retained. But, if the recipient identifi... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480715 | System and method for performing a predictive threat assessment based on risk factors A system and method for evaluating data in a monitoring network are provided. A processing server obtains monitoring device data from a number of monitoring devices. The processing server processes and stores the monitoring device data according to one or more uniqu... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478149 | Business continuation policy for server consolidation environment A method, computer program product and system that establishes and maintains a business continuity policy in a server consolidation environment. Business continuity is ensured by enabling high availability of applications. When an application is started, restarted u... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7475140 | System and methods for using an application layer control protocol transporting spatial location information pertaining to devices connected to wired and wireless Internet protocol networks Application layer signaling is provided from users registering at a presence server for a presence service wherein upon reception the signaling is checked for spatial location information and stored for future use in providing the presence service in association wit... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7472165 | Support program for web application server and server By using a support program for a web application server according to the present invention, it is possible to completely control an order of executing processes of a processing flow including a transition of a plurality of screens in a web application by a side of t... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7464136 | Integrated messaging domain name setup The present invention provides for a configuration tool that during configuration of a message server assists a user in registering, transferring, maintaining a domain name and/or automatically configuring a message system in accordance therewith. The configuration ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7464179 | Methods, systems, and products for providing communications services amongst multiple providers Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for providing communications services. One method receives a request for communications service. The request for communications service originates from a client communications device associated with a user and requests co... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7457842 | Method, system, and computer program product for alerting an email user prior to the subsequent distribution of a received blind carbon-copied email message Under the present invention, a method, system, and program product for alerting an email user prior to any subsequent distribution of a received blind carbon-copied (BCC) email message is provided. The method includes: determining if the user attempts to further dis... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457865 | Method for implementing an internet protocol (IP) charging and rating middleware platform and gateway system A method and a system for enabling a telecommunication network operators to transparently intermediate P data flow, by providing a highly scalable, and superior data classification method for implementing policy based filtering, forwarding, accounting and/or monitor... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454459 | Method and apparatus for implementing a real-time event management platform A method and apparatus for implementing a real-time enterprise event management system is disclosed. The enterprise event management (EEM) system couples together various “event aware” computing resources that publish and subscribe to “events” that provide i... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7454509 | Online playback system with community bias A method for entertaining individuals according to a community having similar tastes. Information derived from user accounts form the basis of a community and collateral preferences allow other subscribing individuals to enjoy the benefit of wider-ranging tastes acc... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7451241 | Method and system for providing failure protection in a ring network that utilizes label switching A working label switched path (LSP) between neighbor label switched routers (LSRs) in a ring network that utilizes label switching is protected by an LSP that connects the neighbor LSRs of the working LSP in an opposite direction to the working LSP. If the working L... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7451197 | Method, system, and article of manufacture for network protocols Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture. A network communication request is received at an offload application, wherein the offload application interfaces with a first network stack implemented in an operating system and a second network stack impl... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7447782 | Community access control in a multi-community node A method and mechanism of enforcing community access control in a computer network, wherein access to objects by users and processes is controlled. A Multi-Community Node (MCN) processes information for users in multiple communities and must enforce a community sepa... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444415 | Method and apparatus providing virtual private network access A virtual private network device enables individual machines at a remote subnet to be visible and addressable from a central site by establishing a private address range for the remote machines, forming a virtual private network tunnel from the virtual private netwo... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444398 | System and method for delivering security services A flexible, scalable hardware and software platform that allows a service provider to easily provide internet services, virtual private network services, firewall services, etc., to a plurality of customers. One aspect provides a method and system for delivering sec... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444395 | Method and apparatus for event handling in an enterprise An event-handling system assigns multiple devices in an enterprise to a group. At least one event-handling policy is assigned to the group of devices. The event-handling policy assigned to the group is associated with each of the multiple devices in the group. A cur... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441024 | Method and apparatus for applying policies A policy handling system creates multiple policies and associates each of the multiple policies with at least one target node in an enterprise. The system then applies each of the multiple policies to the appropriate target node. The multiple policies can be event-h... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7441021 | Methods and apparatus for producing a configuration for components of a network A computerized device displays graphical representations of network components of the network where each graphical representation shows corresponding interconnections (e.g., architecture) of the network components. The computerized device also displays graphical rep... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7441004 | Method and system for processing a visitor request over an intranet A method for processing a visitor request includes filling-out and submitting a visitor request form over an intranet, and creating a database on the visitor based upon the filled-out visitor request form. A visitor approval request message is transmitted via e-mail... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7441040 | Moving-image streaming system Moving-image data is streamed to a large number of client computers even though line band of a streaming server is kept narrow. To achieve this, the address of a relay server closer to a client computer than is the streaming server is transmitted when the client com... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440998 | Provisioning for a modular server A modular server includes a computer system having dedicated resources and a BIOS configuration agent, blades and a backplane connecting the computer system to the blades. ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437439 | System and method for the hybrid harvesting of information from peripheral devices In one embodiment there is a system and method for harvesting data from at least one device, such that there is stored on a particular device, prior to the start of each harvesting session, an application program, which enables the harvesting of certain data from th... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437483 | System and method for transferring a compressed data file to a peripheral device An image passthrough extension structure and method facilitating the transfer of compressed data image files from a software application to a device via the computer system operating system. The application determines whether the device is capable of decoding the sp... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437469 | Virtual network element framework and operating system for managing multi-service network equipment A managed network element is partitioned into one or more virtual network elements. The managed network element may be partitioned based on physical components or services provided by that network element. Each virtual network element is then provided a respective a... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433970 | Method for providing performance cues for a server-based software application The present invention provides a method for determining whether a server-based application will execute in an acceptable manner and thereafter providing this information to a user. After receiving a request for service relating to a particular application, the metho... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433959 | Method and apparatus for retrieving access control information Creating and storing troubleshooting information for providing access control information to a network device involves receiving a provisioning of control lists, and associations of the ACLs to users of the device. During authenticating a user login, a name of a fir... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433950 | Method and mechanism to multiplex multiple application server requests over a single database connection In a method for avoiding section collision for application server requests over a single database connection, the database server assigns query identifiers to each instance of the same cursor opened for the same processing level within an application, allowing multi... | 10/07/2008 |
