Patents Examined by George C. Neurauter, Jr.
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Patent number: 8005910Abstract: The present invention relates to workflow systems and methods. In one embodiment, the invention relates to integration of a calendar system with a workflow system where a calendar event can initiate a workflow by sending a message to a form route manager. The completion of a workflow or step in the workflow can result in sending a message to a calendar system to generate an event. In another embodiment, the invention relates to the integration of workflow with a project management system that includes project segments, which are processes that can be defined and controlled by workflow routes. The project management system sends a message to the workflow system to initiate workflow and the workflow system sends a message to the project management system, for example, at the completion of the workflow route. The relationship between the workflow routes can maintain the relationship between the project segments.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2010Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventor: Norman Ken Ouchi
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Patent number: 8001263Abstract: Disclosed is a method for a method for suspending content transmission/reception, including: transmitting, if content reception within a certain channel needs to be suspended, an error notification message to a server, wherein the error notification message includes a first element indicating that the content reception is suspended, and a second element indicating a name, an attribute, or a value of a message found to be an error; transmitting a channel suspend request message to the server, wherein the channel suspend request message includes a third element for specifying an ID for the certain channel; and receiving a channel suspend response message from the server, wherein the channel suspend response message includes a fourth element containing IDs and status values for the channels requested for the transmission suspension.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2008Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: LG ElectronicsInventor: Ji-Hye Lee
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Patent number: 8001183Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to systems, methods and devices for imaging device event notification administration and subscription. Some aspects relate to selective imaging device event notification based on user credentials and/or the occurrence of a specific event. Some aspects relate to the construction, maintenance and use of an event subscription record that is used to manage imaging device event notification.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2005Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.Inventors: Boguslaw Ludwik Plewnia, Lena Sojian, Joey P. Lum, Uoc H. Nguyen
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Patent number: 8001264Abstract: According to an embodiment, a method for suspending content transmission/reception, includes: transmitting, if content reception within a certain channel needs to be suspended, an error notification message to a server, wherein the error notification message includes a first element indicating that the content reception is suspended, and a second element indicating a name, an attribute, or a value of a message found to be an error; transmitting a channel suspend request message to the server, wherein the channel suspend request message includes a third element for specifying an ID for the certain channel; and receiving a channel suspend response message from the server, wherein the channel suspend response message includes a fourth element containing IDs and status values for the channels requested for the transmission suspension.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2009Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Ji-Hye Lee
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Patent number: 8001265Abstract: A method for transmission of a user data record to a user station. The method features the following steps: (i) transmitting the user data record as a broadcast data record via a network system including at least two networks capable of data transmission, of which at least one is designed as a broadcast network in which a network identification of the broadcast network used for transmission is added to the broadcast data record prior to transmission in the respective broadcast network; (ii) extracting at least the network identification last added to the broadcast data record at reception of the last used broadcast data records from this broadcast data record; and (iii) forwarding at least the last network identification to the user station for allowance of at least the last network identification in connection with the user data record usage.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2004Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Brands & Products IPR-Holding GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Michael Sack
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Patent number: 7996533Abstract: A content delivery network is enhanced to provide for delivery of cacheable markup language content files such as HTML. To support HTML delivery, the content provider provides the CDNSP with an association of the content provider's domain name (e.g., www.customer.com) to an origin server domain name (e.g., html.customer.com) at which one or more default HTML files are published and hosted. The CDNSP provides its customer with a CDNSP-specific domain name. The content provider, or an entity on its behalf, then implements DNS entry aliasing (e.g., a CNAME of the host to the CDNSP-specific domain) so that domain name requests for the host cue the CDN DNS request routing mechanism. This mechanism then identifies a best content server to respond to a request directed to the customer's domain.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2009Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Akamai Technologies, Inc.Inventors: F. Thomson Leighton, Daniel M. Lewin, Anne E. Lewin, legal representative
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Patent number: 7996554Abstract: An access point (AP) including a control module and a scheduling module. The control module defines a plurality of basic service sets (BSSs) for the AP. Each of the BSSs has an identifier, corresponds to a class of service, and predetermined service parameters based on the class of service. The scheduling module schedules communications between the BSSs and a plurality of client stations based on (i) the identifiers and (ii) the predetermined service parameters and determines quality of service for the communications based on (i) the identifiers and (ii) the predetermined service parameters. A first scheduler schedules first transmit times for the BSSs to transmit data from the AP to the client stations within time slots determined according to the predetermined service parameters. A second scheduler schedules second transmit times for the client stations, to transmit data from the client stations to the AP, based on the predetermined service parameters.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2006Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.Inventor: Mahesh Venkatraman
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Patent number: 7979568Abstract: A method and apparatus for creating a LastURI (uniform resource identifier) of a content asset in order to share the content asset based on a multiphoto video (MPV) file in content recorders and/or reproducers having different file systems, and a recording medium storing program for executing the method are provided. The method creates one of an absolute LastURI and a relative LastURI as the LastURI of the content asset according to protocol type information, so that content recorders and/or reproducers using different file systems can easily find and share the content asset based on the MPV file.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2006Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seong-kook Shin, Young-yoon Kim, Du-il Kim, Jin-yong Ahn, Hyok-sung Choi, Hee-yeon Kim
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Patent number: 7979580Abstract: A content delivery and global traffic management network system provides a plurality of caching servers connected to a network. The caching servers host customer content that can be cached and stored, and respond to requests for Web content from clients. If the requested content does not exist in memory or on disk, it generates a request to an origin site to obtain the content. A DNS Server load balances network requests among customer Web servers and directs client requests for hosted customer content to the appropriate caching server. The customer pays a service that provides the content delivery and global traffic management network system a fee for usage of the content delivery and global traffic management network system.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2009Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Akamai Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Eric Sven-Johan Swildens, Richard David Day, Ajit K. Gupta
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Patent number: 7970918Abstract: Message publish/subscribe systems are required to process high message volumes with reduced latency and performance bottlenecks. The end-to-end middleware architecture proposed by the present invention is designed for high-volume, low-latency messaging by, among other things, reducing intermediary hops with neighbor-based routing, introducing efficient native-to-external and external-to-native protocol conversions, monitoring system performance, including latency, in real time, employing topic-based and channel-based message communications, and dynamically optimizing system interconnect configurations and message transmission protocols.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2005Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Tervela, Inc.Inventors: J. Barry Thompson, Kul Singh, Pierre Fraval
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Patent number: 7970813Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to systems, methods and devices for imaging device event notification administration and subscription. Some aspects relate to imaging device event notification based on a subscribing application address and the occurrence of an event defined in an event identification. Some aspects relate to the use of a subscriber manager that manages imaging device event notification requests received from subscribing applications.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2005Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.Inventors: Joey P. Lum, Uoc H. Nguyen, Boguslaw Ludwik Plewnia, Lena Sojian
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Patent number: 7970912Abstract: A business or social networking method described herein enables mobile device users to meet one another, on a permission basis. Whether a given pair of mobile device users are introduced depends on whether a server determines they are in intellectual or “cognitive” proximity, which is typically a function of one or more factors. Individuals who match to a given degree or threshold are said to be in intellectual proximity. When given mobile devices users are within physical proximity of one another during an overlapping time window, the server determines whether the users are also within a given intellectual proximity. If so, and if both users have opted to receive new introductions, the server issues a mutual collaboration opportunity message to the users to determine whether they desire an introduction. If the mobile device users agree to be introduced, the server establishes a direct private messaging session between them.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2008Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Floshire Mark KG, LLCInventor: Julian J. Bourne
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Patent number: 7966367Abstract: A web application execution method, for a client to execute a web application on a remote server is provided. A connection status between the client and the remote server is monitored. If the connection is established, an online learning process is performed to monitor the handshakes between the client and the server, thereby constructing a virtual server. If the connection is disconnected, an offline service is activated, allowing the client to execute the web application through the virtual server. If the connection is reestablished after being disconnected, a synchronization process is performed to synchronize state machines within the virtual server and the server.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2009Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Hsiang-Yuan Hsueh, Yi-Bin Lin, Jun-Bin Shi
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Patent number: 7953866Abstract: Implementations are disclosed that provide protocols for connecting an intelligent service module within a storage area network (SAN). The protocols support physical connections between the intelligent service module and a director-level switch of the SAN. In some variations, the intelligent service module may comprise a director service module (DSM), a domain-sharing leaf switch service module (LSSM), or a non-domain-sharing LSSM. The protocols provide for establishing link parameters and negotiating responsibilities between the intelligent service module and the director-level switch. In one configuration, for example, ELP and ELP_ACCEPT frames may be used to establish the link parameters. In another configuration, ESC and ESC_ACCEPT frames may be used to negotiate responsibilities between the intelligent service module and the director-level switch.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2006Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: MCDATA CorporationInventors: James Mark Walden, Keith J. Noe, Jesse B. Willeke
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Patent number: 7949791Abstract: A computer-implemented method of controlling content includes receiving an input from the user and monitoring content in an application program or content exchanged between the application program and an operating system residing at the user's computer system. The method includes determining whether monitored content corresponds to a predetermined advertisement. If the monitored content corresponds to the predetermined advertisement, the predetermined advertisement is replaced with another predetermined advertisement based on the user input.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2009Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Frank David Serena
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Patent number: 7949782Abstract: The invention provides a method for utilizing the Inter Packet Gaps (IPGs) to create an Extended Link Monitoring Channel in a physical layer transceiver for a 10 Gb/s Ethernet link for communicating link related information, thus providing an extensive link maintenance capability. A corresponding transceiver between an Ethernet media access control (MAC) layer device and a 10 Gb/s Ethernet link, comprising a physical coding sublayer (PCS) extension circuit for implementing the Extended Link Monitoring Channel is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2003Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Petre Popescu, Daniel Pierre Trepanier, Stanislas Wolski, Niraj Rajendra Mathur
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Patent number: 7949719Abstract: A method for multi-media message transfer transmits a message to multiple recipients. The method includes receiving a message addressed to multiple recipients. The method also includes determining an indication of a state of each recipient. The method also includes transmitting an acknowledgement. The acknowledgment includes at least one message identifying at least one recipient and the associated state of the at least one recipient.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2010Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Michael Rooke, George Denissoff
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Patent number: 7945642Abstract: A method and system for triggering installation of program logic on a machine, such as a PC. A server transmits installation-trigger logic to a wireless communication device (WCD), which the WCD stores in its data storage. When the WCD becomes connected with a PC, the PC views the WCD as a mass-storage drive, and the PC reads and executes the installation-trigger logic in the same manner that a PC would run an AUTORUN file on a conventional mass-storage drive. Per the installation-trigger logic, the PC then downloads and installs a designated software program. The PC then sends an installation-notice to the server, and the server responsively sends a cancellation-message to the WCD. In response to the cancellation-message, the WCD then deletes or otherwise disables the installation-trigger logic, so that the process will not be repeated the next time the WCD is connected with the PC.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2005Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.Inventors: Yat-Sang Hung, Pierre Barbeau, Mary Nick-Baustert, Jason Whitney, Michael T. Lundy
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Patent number: 7941550Abstract: A method, system, and computer readable media are provided for managing multiple HTTP cookies that are present in a wireless communication system. When a secure or non-secure HTTP cookie is formed, a time of creation for that HTTP cookie is also created as part of the cookie header. Therefore, when a wireless device makes a subsequent communication to a web based server, the gateway compares the creation time for multiple HTTP cookies that are present, and only forwards the most recently created HTTP cookie to the web based server. This avoids invalidating a session as a result of receiving multiple conflicting HTTP cookies from the same wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2009Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Brian N. Smith, Piyush Upadhyay, Badri P. Subramanyan, John W. Davis
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Patent number: 7941561Abstract: A system and method for formatted inter-node communications over a computer network comprises a transmitting node transmitting a message in a format acceptable to the receiving node. Message templates are created by the receiving node and then stored in a repository accessible by both the transmitting node and the receiving node. The message templates are identified by a digital ID tag and comprise a pattern of labeled fields visible to the transmitting node and accessible for message input by the transmitting node. When the transmitting nodes wishes to send a message only those templates acceptable to the receiving node will be available to the transmitting node.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2006Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Inventor: Elias Assad