Patents Examined by Larry D Donaghue
  • Patent number: 7587473
    Abstract: In general terms the system and method is for providing network support for reconfiguration of mobile configuration data for a mobile station. In one embodiment the method may have the steps of: storing mobile configuration data for a mobile station in a mobile subscriber database in the mobile station; storing the mobile configuration data in a network subscriber database in the network; changing via a user interface the mobile configuration data in the network subscriber database; and synchronizing, in response to the changing of the mobile configuration data in the network subscriber database, the mobile configuration data in the mobile subscriber database with the mobile configuration data in the network subscriber database of the mobile station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Benco, David H. Blackmore, Sandra L. True
  • Patent number: 7584285
    Abstract: A hierarchical content distribution system includes a seeding server, a plurality of geographically distributed content platforms, and a distribution controller, all interconnected by a communications network. The seeding server initially receives content files for distribution to various content platforms that provide for the persistent storage of the content files. Each content platform includes a content file server responsive on-demand to requests for the transfer of content files. The distribution controller autonomously monitors the transfers of content files and selectively issues transfer directives to the content platforms to modify the distribution of content files among the content platforms. The content file servers respond to received transfer directives by issuing requests for the transfer of the directive identified content files, thereby conforming the specific distribution of content files to an optimal distribution pattern as determined by the distribution controller based on usage patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Inventors: Michael D. Hudson, Brian L. Windheim, Darren L. Stewart, Sudhir Menon, Mark W. Goschie, Glen Curtis Shipley
  • Patent number: 7584268
    Abstract: Collaborative web pages are enabled which allow every page on a website to be editable by an author and by others the author lets access the site. Web pages can send and receive email messages. Users can attach files to pages. Structure queries and page-building are enabled by use of various forms and form elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Joe Kraus, Graham Spencer
  • Patent number: 7580982
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the present invention allow filtering out spam and phishing email messages based on the links embedded into the email messages. In a preferred embodiment, an Email Filter extracts links from the email message and obtains desirability values for the links. The Email Filter may route the email message based on desirability values. Such routing includes delivering the email message to a Recipient, delivering the message to a Quarantine Mailbox, or deleting the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Owen, Jason Steiner
  • Patent number: 7581004
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting active file-share sessions on a client device, alerting the user of the client device, and enabling the user to terminate the file-share sessions, are disclosed. In accordance with the disclosed method and system, when a remote device (e.g., on a network, the Internet, wireless, etc) connects to a shared file or folder on a client device (e.g., a personal computer, a personal digital assistant, a cellular telephone, personal video recorder, and the like) the user of the client device receives an alert identifying the file-sharing session established through this connection. The user is then presented with an option of whether to approve this file-sharing session, or to disconnect it (thus causing the remote user to lose access to the client device's file system) with a single click of a button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Inventor: Gabriel Jakobson
  • Patent number: 7577741
    Abstract: A network communications system comprises a number of user stations, coupled via a data network to a number of service provider host systems. The user stations are registered as client stations at the host system of a service provider, with the host system maintaining a database of registered client station identification data. The host system additionally maintains a directory of the client stations that are on-line at a given time, determined from periodic messages sent to the host by each client station. Callers wishing to contact a client station (10) user first contact the service provider which, from the directory, determines whether the user is currently on-line. If so, a paging message is generated by the service provider from data supplied by the caller and sent via the network to the client station, the address of which is held in the service provider database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Paul A. Clarke
  • Patent number: 7577709
    Abstract: In one aspect, a data item is input into a scoring classifier such that the scoring classifier indicates that the data item belongs to a first class. A determination is made as to the amount of retraining of the scoring classifier, based on the data item, that is required to cause the scoring classifier to indicate that the data item belongs to a second class. A reliability measure is determined based on the required amount of retraining and a class of the data item is determined based, at least in part, on the reliability measure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: AOL LLC
    Inventor: Aleksander Kolcz
  • Patent number: 7577707
    Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and program for transferring data between an initiator node and target node. A request is received conforming to a first data transfer protocol at the initiator node to transmit to the target node. A reference to a memory location is obtained to use to transfer the request to the target node. At least one function is called that executes in a user address space of the initiator node, wherein the initiator node includes a kernel address space and the user address space. The at least one function executing in the user address space interfaces with an adaptor to transmit the request and reference to the memory location to the target node using a second data transfer protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John Lewis Hufferd, Michael Anthony Ko
  • Patent number: 7574488
    Abstract: A peer-to-peer file sharing system includes software components for providing and maintaining a virtual directory in a server system component of the file sharing system. Client system components of the file sharing system cooperate with the server system to facilitate manipulations to the virtual directory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Daisuke Matsubara
  • Patent number: 7574484
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes, among other things, systems, methods and program products for delivering data over a computer network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventor: Kenneth E. Feuerman
  • Patent number: 7574473
    Abstract: Techniques for conducting a meeting using a meeting management system are provided. A connection from a user to a connection interface is received for a meeting being offered by the meeting management system. An input is received that provides contact information for a user. The user may choose to be a virtual participant in the meeting. A meeting interface is provided during the meeting using the meeting management system where the interface includes an option to contact the user. The user is listed as a virtual participant in the meeting. A request to contact the user is received at the meeting interface and the user is automatically connected to the user using the contact information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Luke Surazski
  • Patent number: 7574498
    Abstract: A device identification information managing system is provided. A network printer generates an extension device identifier depending upon dynamic information and a subject-of-registration-device identifier including a basic device identifier of the storage device and a generated extension device identifier, to send the generated subject-of-registration-device identifier to a printer managing server and notify the user. The printer managing server, when receiving a subject-of-registration-device identifier, tentatively registers the received subject-of-registration device identifier to the storage device. When a collating device identifier is received, the received collating device identifier is collated with the subject-of-registration-device identifier of the storage device. Depending upon the collation result, the subject-of-registration-device identifier is registered to the storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akihito Fukao, Toru Takahashi, Naruhide Kitada
  • Patent number: 7574515
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method, a device, a server and a system of/for peer to peer transfer of content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Wilhelmus Franciscus Johannes Fontijn, Nicolaas Lambert
  • Patent number: 7571212
    Abstract: A topic room is provided in which one or more individuals or other entities may collaborate on topics of mutual interest. Multiple individuals or participants may use the topic room to communicate in real or non-real time and may work together to create, browse, modify, comment on, and perform any other suitable action on content. A chat room within the topic room receives, records, and transmits the communications and all activity in the topic room to all participants as messages. Client processes at a participant's user equipment may listen to the messages and take particular actions. For example, one participant can follow another participant as that participant browses through material by using the messages received from that participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Family Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Brian Reynolds, Mark J. Conway
  • Patent number: 7571248
    Abstract: An operation history utilization system including a terminal electric device, a server electric device (user server), and an application server that are connected to one another via network. On the terminal electric device, there is implemented a device agent for storing the device operated by a user, the operation details and the operation time as an operation history set. On the server electric device, there is implemented a user agent for receiving the operation history transmitted from the device agent at a predetermined timing and managing the history in a centralized manner. On the application server, there is implemented a service concierge for providing service, considering the user's taste by inquiring the user agent about the operation history.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kutsumi, Shouichi Araki, Atsushi Yoshida, Satoshi Matsuura
  • Patent number: 7571257
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed to enable a smart card having relatively low data rate and low computational power to control a high data rate communications channel without degradation of performance. The smart card and an associated monitor/interface, which can be implemented in a network access device, are interposed between transmitting and receiving nodes in a network, and configured to intervene when conditions of rules stored in the smart card are met. For example, the smart card can intervene when a packet header indicates sufficient change in information, such as the exceeding of a predefined threshold or a requirement for user authorization/authentication. In one mode of regulating packet flow, the smart card selectively enables or disables packet transmission, reception, or both, according to the rules stored therein. In another mode, the smart card, upon activation, provides rules and modifications for packet data, headers, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Inventor: Scott B. Guthery
  • Patent number: 7571223
    Abstract: System, method and program product for programming an application computer accessible to a user via a first network to perform a service for the user. The application computer, a program code server, a management computer and the first network are connected to a multiport switch. The management computer directs the switch to form a first VLAN to connect the management computer to the application computer. The management computer configures the application computer via the first VLAN to receive an application program to perform the service for the user. The management computer directs the switch to form a second VLAN to connect the code server to the application computer. The code server downloads the application program to the application computer via the second VLAN. The application computer is connected to the first network via a third VLAN of the switch to provide the service of the application program for the user via the first network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Arnaud Lund
  • Patent number: 7571242
    Abstract: IPv6 has been developed as an evolutionary advance of IPv4. Although IPv6 offers considerable improvement in certain areas such as addressing and routing it has eliminated the Internet header length field. As a result processing of packets to obtain the upper-layer header information in which extension headers have been added can result in slower processing rates. The present invention addresses this issue by caching information relating to the length of header option fields also known as extension headers. When a flow of IPv6 packets is received and if the packet header includes extension headers a review of the cached information can avoid processing steps and hence accelerate packet processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventor: David James Wilson
  • Patent number: 7568018
    Abstract: The present inventive subject matter relates to networked computing environments and more specifically to dynamic identification and administration of networked clients. Various embodiments of the present inventive subject matter include systems and methods for defining, on a server, a configuration of interest comprising one or more potential properties of a client, communicating the configurations of interest over a network to one or more clients, dynamically evaluating a client state relative to the configurations of interest, and communicating a representation of the client state in relation to the configuration of interest to the server. Further embodiments include automatically creating and displaying associations of clients based on configurations of interest. Yet further embodiments include clients requesting and receiving updates to the configurations of interest. Still further embodiments include actions associated with configurations of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: New Boundary Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: James B. Hove, Emily J. D. Harris, David A. Pickett
  • Patent number: 7565404
    Abstract: Email emotiflags are described. A collection of emotiflags, each including a graphical icon and a text tag is maintained. Custom emotiflags may be defined by a user. While composing an email message, a user may associate an emotiflag with the email message such that when the email message is sent, the emotiflag is sent with the email message. Email messages may be received that include emotiflags. New emotiflags may be saved from a received email message for later association with other email messages. Email messages may be filtered, sorted, or otherwise processed based on associated emotiflags.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel Gwozdz