Abstract: An instant messaging client may operate on a host device and enable various forms of control of the host device via instant messaging commands. The instant messaging client may connect to an instant messaging service using a user name and having a list of authorized users. The client may be able to sense that a user is on line and initiate a message session with the user. The user may also be able to initiate a session with the host device through the instant messaging client and perform a variety of functions through the instant messaging session.

Abstract: A highway speed information system for use with a vehicle includes an in-vehicle speed information device selectively installed in a vehicle equipped with a cruise control module. The information device includes a processor, memory, and an output device. A global position system (GPS) is in data communication with the processor and configured to determine a geographic location of the vehicle. The memory is configured to store programming and a speed zone database indicative of a plurality of speed zones defined by GPS coordinates. Programming determines a current geographic location of the vehicle and associated speed limit, as well as a new current geographic location after a predetermined time—each location being associated with a speed limit. If the cruise control module is activated, it is automatically set to the speed limit associated with the current geographic location.

Abstract: A highway speed information system for use with a vehicle includes an in-vehicle speed information device selectively installed in a vehicle. The information device includes a processor, memory, and an output device. A global position system (GPS) is in data communication with the processor and configured to determine a geographic location of the vehicle. The memory is configured to store programming and a speed zone database indicative of a plurality of speed zones defined by GPS coordinates. Programming determines a current geographic location of the vehicle and associated speed limit, a new current geographic location after a predetermined time, and a predicted future geographic location—each location being associated with a speed limit. The output device is alerted if the speed limit associated with the future location is different than the speed limit associated with the current location.

Abstract: A highway speed information system for use with a vehicle includes a speed sign having a transmitter configured to transmit a signal indicative of a predetermined intended highway speed. The system includes an in-vehicle speed information device configured to be installed in the vehicle and includes a receiver configured to receive the signal transmitted by the speed sign transmitter. The speed information device includes a display electrically connected to the processor on which a speed associated with the received signal is displayed.

Abstract: A user's electronic calendar may be analyzed to identify those calendar items that relate to a specific topic or classification. The classification may identify, for example, business or personal items, or items relating to a specific project, task, or other classification. The analysis may classify calendar items by a set of heuristics as well as by associations between calendar items and with other databases. The associations may include analysis of a user's contact list, social networks, and other information.

Abstract: Calendar items may be analyzed to determine the physical location of an event defined in a calendar item. When a resolvable location is not included in the calendar item, other information may be used to increase the probability and accuracy of the location. For example, meeting attendees, adjacent meetings, meeting metadata, or similar meetings may be used to augment or verify a location for a calendar item. In some cases, external data from social networks, Global Positioning System input, or other data may also be used. Some embodiments may operate in a two-step analysis, where the first step may identify a boundary, and a second step may search within that boundary for potential matching locations. The location of a calendar item may be used for various auditing purposes, such as verifying work, mileage, or receipt logs, or for generating reports indicating the physical location of a person, device, or event.

Abstract: An instant messaging client may operate on a host device and enable various forms of control of the host device via instant messaging commands. The instant messaging client may connect to an instant messaging service using a user name and having a list of authorized users. The client may be able to sense that a user is on line and initiate a message session with the user. The user may also be able to initiate a session with the host device through the instant messaging client and perform a variety of functions through the instant messaging session.

Abstract: An instant messaging client may operate on a device and enable various forms of control of the device via instant messaging commands. The instant messaging client may connect to an instant messaging service using a user name and having a list of authorized users. The client may be able to sense that a user is on line and initiate a message session with the user. The user may also be able to initiate a session with the device through the instant messaging client and perform a variety of functions through the instant messaging session.

Abstract: A backup system has a set of temporary backup data stored on a data storage system. When performing a backup operation for a device over a network, a block of data on the device may be compared to blocks of the temporary backup data. If the block of data already exists on the backup system in the temporary backup data, the block of data is not transferred over the network. Comparisons between blocks of data may be performed by calculating and comparing a hash value for the blocks.

Abstract: An instant messaging client may operate on a host device and enable various forms of control of the host device via instant messaging commands. The instant messaging client may connect to an instant messaging service using a user name and having a list of authorized users. The client may be able to sense that a user is on line and initiate a message session with the user. The user may also be able to initiate a session with the host device through the instant messaging client and perform a variety of functions through the instant messaging session.

Abstract: An administrative system may include a screen with several administrative functions organized by user administrative functions, storage system management, computer management, and shared resource management. The administrative system for a computer network may enable a guest account to be set up across one or more computers on the network. The guest account may have some access to shared resources as well as an expiration date so that the guest account may become disabled and/or hidden after a specific time. The guest account may be created and managed through a progressive user interface.

Abstract: A computing system comprising a smart share, a smart share processor coupled to the smart share, a rule accessible to the smart share processor, wherein a file being added to or modified on the smart share results in an event, the event being detected by the smart share processor that determines if the rule applies to the file and, if so, causes the rule to be applied.

Abstract: Methods and systems automatically download computer software components from a computer network like the Internet or an intranet. The methods and systems can be used to provide dynamic or interactive multimedia components in HTML documents with HTML <OBJECT> tags. The HTML <OBJECT> tags can contain parameters including uniform resource locators (URLs) which reference dynamic or interactive multimedia components on remote computers. Network browsers and other applications can obtain computer software components from a computer network like the Internet or an intranet in a uniform, portable, architecture-neutral, robust manner. The computer software components obtained can be used to provide a variety of new multimedia functionality to an application program.