Abstract: A data download is sent to a mobile wireless unit without the need for human intervention. At least one transmission rule is received by a controller. The controller establishes in a data storage medium at least one priority data structure that defines the at least one transmission rule. The controller receives a data download and automatically transmits the data download to the mobile wireless unit in accordance with the at least one transmission rule as defined by the at least one priority data structure.

Abstract: A method and system for monitoring, controlling and diagnosing operation of a machine such as a business office machine including a facsimile machine, a copier, and a printer. When the speed of communication between the remote device and machine is not urgent, a connectionless mode of communication may be used. The form of connectionless communication is an electronic mail message transmitted over the Internet. However, when a condition needs urgent action, a direct connection is used for communication such as communication via a telephone or ISDN line. The information obtained from the machine is stored in one or more data bases within a company and information of the machine is shared between a service department, engineering and design department, manufacturing department, and marketing department. As communication over the Internet via electronic mail is not secure, the connectionless-mode messages transmitted using Internet electronic mail are encrypted.

Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for integrating multimedia descriptions in a way that allows humans, software components or devices to easily identify, represent, manage, retrieve, and categorize the multimedia content. In this manner, a user who may be interested in locating a specific piece of multimedia content from a database, Internet, or broadcast media, for example, may search for and find the multimedia content. In this regard, the invention provides a system and method that receives multimedia content and separates the multimedia content into separate components which are assigned to multimedia categories, such as image, video, audio, synthetic and text. Within each of the multimedia categories, the multimedia content is classified and descriptions of the multimedia content are generated. The descriptions are then formatted, integrated, using a multimedia integration description scheme, and the multimedia integration description is generated for the multimedia content.

Abstract: A method and corresponding system for updating or installing new software loaded into the memory of an implantable medical device(IMD) implanted within a body of a patient is described. The updated or new software may be installed in the memory of the IMD without the patient having to travel to a clinic or hospital, and may be effected by employing modem telecommunication and Internet techniques in conjunction with a remote computer system.

Abstract: The solution provides automated Command Line Interface (CLI) based configuration management of managed communications network entities. The automation eliminates manual CLI command entry and provides support for independently-developed multi-vendor equipment by using multiple CLI command vocabularies and CLI command dictionaries associated therewith. The solution reduces communications network entity management costs, downtime, and training time for analysts. The advantages are derived from a generic design of software applications and a manageable object type derivation hierarchy, reducing operational over heads by shielding thereof from updates to the CLI command grammar and/or vocabulary. The methods and apparatus presented herein remove the need for software applications and manageable object type derivation hierarchy to be hard-coded with knowledge of attribute dependencies of CLI commands for each vendor equipment/type supported.

Abstract: A system for providing a co-location service comprises a plurality of switching hubs for changing public IP address into private IP address, a plurality of giga lines for connecting the switching hubs, a L4 switch for performing the server load balancing, a customer server connected to the L4 switch by means of the private IP networks and a GLB server for finding a shortest path for a client computer.

Abstract: A traffic control application programming interface for abstracting the use of traffic control components to client applications to provide quality of service. The traffic control interface accepts input from a client application and based on that input, communicates with the operating system to control kernel level traffic control components. The client can register with the traffic control interface, and it can open and close interfaces, add, modify, and delete flows on those interfaces, and attach or delete filters on the flows. The client can also obtain data on any currently active interface, flow, or filter. The traffic control interface will send the appropriate message to the operating system, directing that the necessary tasks be performed by either a packet scheduler or a packet classifier. Those kernel level components then return through the operating system the results of the operations requested, and that return data will be passed back to the client application.

Abstract: A distributed system having a client and a server includes a state manager interposed between the client and the server. The state manager has a capability to generate a list of object attributes required to represent a state of the distributed system and a capability to cache object attributes so as to be locally accessible by the client. The distributed system further includes a service component interposed between the state manager and the server. The service component has a capability to fetch data from the server based on the list of object attributes.

Abstract: A method of verifying that a host coupled to an IP network is authorised to use an IP address which the host claims to own, the IP address comprising a routing prefix and an interface identifier part. The method comprises receiving from the host one or more components, applying a one-way coding function to the or each component and/or derivatives of the or each component, and comparing the result or a derivative of the result against the interface identifier part of the IP address. If the result or its derivative matches the interface identifier the host is assumed to be authorised to use the IP address and if the result or its derivative does not match the interface identifier the host is assumed not to be authorised to use the IP address.

Abstract: Methods, devices and systems for automatically generating invoices when medical services are provided to a patient are described. Invoices are automatically generated by the system, for example, when monitoring of certain aspects of the performance of an implantable medical device(IMD) implanted within a body of a patient is initiated by the patient or remotely, or when the delivery of a therapy to the patient through the IMD is initiated locally or remotely. The IMD is capable of bi-directional communication with a communication module, a mobile telephone and/or a Personal Data Assistant (PDA) located outside the patient's body.

Abstract: In an interactive communication system based on MPEG-4, Command descriptors along with Command Route nodes or Server Routes in the scene description can be used to support application-specific interactivity. Content selection can be supported by specifying the presentation in command parameters, with the command ID indicating that the command is a content selection command. An initial scene can be created with several images and with text that describes a presentation associated with an image. Associated with each image and the corresponding text is a content selection descriptor. When a user clicks on an image, the client transmits the command containing the selected presentation and the server starts a new presentation. The technique can be used in any application context, as generally as HTTP and CGI can be used to implement any server-based application functionality.

Abstract: Exemplar embodiments for facilitating remote updating of a client device's printer settings in a networked environment are disclosed. An illustrative method includes the steps of receiving information from a network in a client device, the information comprising a predefined printer setting that corresponds to a printer accessible through a print server coupled to the network, and automatically updating a printer setting on the client device to correspond to the predefined printer setting. Illustrative methods may be implemented via an executable program received in the client device by e-mail or as part of the network login process. Illustrative systems and computer readable media also are provided.

Abstract: A computer system for managing a plurality of accounts, each the accounts being separated into a master account and at least one subaccount associated therewith, and at least one of the subaccount being a medical saving account (MSA). Each subaccount incorporates a subset of features available for the master account, the features corresponding to the specific needs dictated by the purpose of the subaccount. The purpose of a subaccount, in addition to being an MSA, can include regular payments (e.g., mortgage and other loans), credit/debit card, retirement account, and the like.

Abstract: A device control model provides an integrated set of addressing, naming, discovery and description processes that enables automatic, dynamic and ad-hoc self-setup by devices to interoperate with other devices on a network. This permits a computing device when introduced into a network to automatically configure so as to connect and interact with other computing devices available on the network, without a user installation experience and without downloading driver software or persisting a configuration setup for connecting and interacting with such other computing devices. Upon completing interaction with such other devices, the computing device automatically releases the setup for such other devices so as to avoid persistent device configurations that might create a configuration maintenance and management burden.

Abstract: A distributed computing environment includes a client platform, plurality server platforms, plural applications distributed amongst the plural server platforms, a messaging system, a plurality of data files and a load balancing and failover software application. Maintained in the data file for each application is a list of each instance of the application, where it resides and a pre-determined time span assigned thereto. The time spans maintained in the data file are arranged in a self-repeating sequence, collectively comprise a first unit of time and respectively encompass a contiguous range of values for a second unit of time. For each message to be delivered to a distributed application, the load balancing and failover software application selects the server platform to receive the message. The load balancing and failover software application then determines if the selected server platform has failed and, if so, selects a substitute server platform.

Abstract: A new mail transport protocol is proposed for use over a reliable byte-stream transport. This protocol is faster, simpler and more streaming than prior methods, and handles binary and unicode data more efficiently. The protocol requires fewer communication round trips between servers per message transferred than existing methods. It transmits and receives byte data as is without requiring further per-byte processing on advanced operating systems such as UNIX, and requires only new-line processing in text on legacy operating systems.

Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products are provided for preserving a session between an SNA application and a TN3270E server after loss of an IP network connection between the TN3270E server and a TN3270E client that is communicating with the SNA application via the SNA session.

Abstract: Provided is a method, system, and program for transmitting information to a wireless device. A determination is made of a current location of the wireless device and whether the current location is within a proximity to a target location. If the current location is within the proximity to the target location, then information is transmitted to the wireless device on offerings available at the target location.

Abstract: A system, device, and method for establishing label switched paths across multiple autonomous systems involves establishing a label switched path in each autonomous system, and, at each shared border device, linking an incoming label switched path in an incoming autonomous system to an outgoing label switched path in an outgoing autonomous system. The Label Distribution Protocol is preferably used to establish the label switched path between border devices in each autonomous system. Each border device maps a label associated with the incoming label switched path to a label associated with the outgoing label switched path. When a border device receives a protocol message including the label associated with the incoming label switched device, the border device replaces the label in the protocol message with the label associated with the outgoing label switched path, and forwards the protocol message to the downstream neighboring (next hop) device in the outgoing autonomous system.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of automatic router configuration is disclosed when a cable of the router in operation is replaced or a protocol configuration is changed, a PLD automatically senses the change and initializes parts of the system to normalize communication environments without turning off the power. A TVS circuit is provided to absorb and prevent an electrical shock so that cable replacement is made possible in the power-on state.