Patents Examined by Zarni Maung
  • Patent number: 9755884
    Abstract: Computationally implemented methods and systems include identifying one or more services configured to be provided to a user of a device, said identifying at least partly based on data regarding one or more properties of the device, requesting access to data collected by one or more portions of the device, in exchange for providing at least a portion of one of the one or more identified services, and providing at least a portion of the one or more services after receiving access to the data collectable by one or more portions of the device. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Elwha LLC
    Inventors: Edward K. Y. Jung, Royce A. Levien, Richard T. Lord, Robert W. Lord, Mark A. Malamud
  • Patent number: 9747351
    Abstract: A processing device performs a search query to produce a search result set having entries having data items. Each data item has an ordinal position. A table, having rows and columns, is displayed in a graphical user interface. Each data item of a particular entry appears in a respective column of the same row of the table. Each column corresponds to the ordinal position of its respective data item. User input is received designating, for each respective column, a field name and an entity definition component type to which the respective column pertains, and stores for each data item of the particular entry an element value of an entity definition. The element has the element name designated for the respective column in which the data item appeared, and is associated with an entity definition component having the type designated for the respective column in which the data item appeared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Splunk Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Boe, Alan Hardin, Fang I. Hsiao, Brian C. Reyes
  • Patent number: 9733961
    Abstract: Communications between virtual machines are monitored to identify virtual machines that have an affinity with each other, such as where the virtual machines have greater than a threshold of communication between each other. An affinity table tracks virtual machines having an affinity relationship and is referenced upon start-up or migration of a virtual machine so that a starting-up or migrating virtual machine will run on the same processing resource as virtual machines with which it has an affinity relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Timothy P. Winkler
  • Patent number: 9736112
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a context aware scalable dynamic network whereby network information concerning network elements in an untrusted (Black) network are gathered by network sensors, stored at a network sensor collector, and sent to another network sensor collector in a trusted (Red) network through a one-way guard. At the Red network, the network information from the Black network may be combined with network information from one or more Red networks. The combined network information may then be used to visualize a cross-domain network topology of both Red and Black networks, and to implement network management functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Architecture Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin L. Burnett, Deborah K. Charan, Fabio Pozzo, Ranga Ramanujan
  • Patent number: 9736224
    Abstract: Systems and methods can facilitate gathering information generated by network traffic to playlists. Based on analytics and metrics derived from the gathered information and reported, feedback about playlist access patterns can be supplied to interested parties, such as playlist creators/curators. The feedback can enable playlist curators to better tailor playlist content and sequence, potentially reducing a perceived need to skip around inside a playlist and making for a more enjoyable experience for playlist users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Keekim Heng, Martin Landers, Anders Torp Brodersen, Theodore Kent Hamilton, Dror Shimshowitz
  • Patent number: 9734220
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for collecting, integrating, processing, distributing, and analyzing spatial and/or spatio-temporal information associated with a variety of data sources and/or locations. In some embodiments, systems and methods described herein allow for collection and integration of information included in one or more spatial and/or spatio-temporal data streams and/or other related information that may be utilized in connection with one or more analytical processes. In certain embodiments, the disclosed embodiments may allow a user to, among other things, interact with spatio-temporal information associated with a variety of diverse data sources, generate visualizations using such data, and/or perform desired analytical queries based on the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: PLANET OS INC.
    Inventors: Andre Karpi{hacek over (s)}t{hacek over (s)}enko, Rainer Sternfeld, Kalle Kägi, Oleg Mürk, Rando Valt, Roberto Antonio Ferreira De Almeida
  • Patent number: 9729410
    Abstract: A method and system for capturing web content from a web server includes a capturing server establishing an active link between a client device and the capturing server that allows the client device to remotely control an active web browsing session, between the capturing server and the web server, to select web content. The method also includes establishing the active web browsing session between the capturing server and the web server. The capturing server further receives the web content from the web server, without the web content being routed through the client device, and captures the web content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Inventor: Jeffrey T Eschbach
  • Patent number: 9729654
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer storage mediums for reducing navigation redirect latency by using speculative preconnection. A redirect speculation value is retrieved in response to a request for a source Uniform Resource Locator (URL), where the redirect speculation value is based on the source URL. The redirect speculation value includes the source URL, a target URL, and a probability factor. A preconnection to the target URL's hostname is then initiated based on the probability factor. Next, a response from the request to the source URL is received, where the response includes a redirect URL. Finally, the preconnection is used to process the redirect URL when the redirect URL is similar to the target URL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: James Roskind
  • Patent number: 9729672
    Abstract: Methods are provided for collaborative editing of documents which allow users who are editing source code to see previews of a compiled document as the process of editing continues. During editing, the source code is compiled to provide a compiled document from which previews can be produced. Steps can be taken to ensure that previews are only produced and/or sent to the user for those pages that have been changed since a previous compile. Moreover, a pre-compile checking process may avoid unnecessary attempts to compile incomplete or erroneous source code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: WRITELATEX LIMITED
    Inventors: John Hammersley, John Lees-Miller
  • Patent number: 9713121
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling a transmission timing of push messages in a system that provides a location-based push service. An electronic device transfers its own network information to a push server when connecting to the push server. The push server classifies electronic devices based on network information. At startup, the push server divides the electronic devices classified based on the network information into a plurality of groups, each including a predetermined number of electronic devices, and transmits push messages per unit of the groups. The push server measures a response time period taken to receive acknowledge messages in response to the push messages in a group, and adjust a waiting time for correcting a transmission time of push messages based on the response time period. The push server transmits push messages to electronic devices of the next group based on the adjusted waiting time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki-Won Lee, Jae-Hyun Park, Hey-Young Park, Ki-Young Lim, Woo-Hyuk Jang
  • Patent number: 9712594
    Abstract: A method for pushing applications to a website visitor during co-browsing is presented. A co-browsing session between an operator of the website and the website visitor is initiated. An application is selected to be pushed to the website visitor. The application is configured and pushed to the website visitor. The application is co-browsed with the website visitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: SaleMove, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Michaeli, Justin DiPietro, Carlos Paniagua, David Rodas
  • Patent number: 9712603
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are provided for enabling client devices to remotely control a shared application. A remote control service receives a request for a shared application to be controlled by a multiple client devices. Based on this request, the client devices are enabled to remotely control the shared application. A command from one of the client devices is received at the remote control service to modify a display of the shared application without the client device receiving any sensitive information associated with the shared application or the computing device running the shared application. The command is used to cause a modification to the display of the shared application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Marguerite R. Loader, Brook J. Durant, Douglas W. Herman, Philip A. Rogan
  • Patent number: 9703798
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include a method and system for sharing changes made by an application to a file on one computer, coherently with other computers, over the Internet. If the application changes multiple files (also referred to as a file group), changes made to all the files are shared together coherently with other computers over the Internet. Coherence over multiple file copies and file group copies is maintained whether users work on files online or offline. A ‘File Upload Lock’ is maintained on a Cloud Server for ensuring coherent sharing of changes made to files. Embodiments include two file syncing processes, variously described as ‘Incremental File Upload’ or ‘Incremental File Download’ and ‘Delta File Upload’ or ‘Delta File Download’. Embodiments also encompass an ‘Explorer’ software tool and user interface that displays folders and files on user devices with pertinent details from the device and the Cloud Server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: CoralTree, Inc.
    Inventors: Tiruvali S Srinivasan, Keshav Srinivasan, Mukesh Sharma, Rajneesh Maurya
  • Patent number: 9699017
    Abstract: A storage client and a quorum-based distributed storage system may implement dynamic utilization of bandwidth for a quorum-based distributed storage system. An update at a storage client may be received, and storage nodes of a protection group may be sent a write request indicating the update. In some embodiment, storage nodes that receive the write request may determine whether other storage nodes have not received the update and send the write request to be completed at those other storage nodes. In some embodiments, if a latency threshold is exceeded other storage nodes in the protection group not previously sent the write request may be identified and sent the write request. Based on acknowledgements received from storage nodes in the distributed storage system, it may be determined whether a write quorum requirement is met for a write request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anurag Windlass Gupta, Pradeep Jnana Madhavarapu, Samuel James McKelvie, Yan Valerie Leshinsky
  • Patent number: 9697543
    Abstract: A management system can recommend and manage publishing content with publishers of business information. A representative can provide unique identifying information for a business that can be used to determine a category of similar businesses. Based on the identified category, a list of publishers can be identified to the representative as related to the business category. The representative can select one or more of the publishers to publish content about the business. Based on the representative selection, the system can request a set of content from the representative. After receiving the content from the representative, the system can translate the content to formats acceptable to each of the publishers. The content can then be provided to the publishers to publish. The published content can then be monitored for problems, and corrected if problems are discovered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: YP LLC
    Inventors: Mehul Jain, Matthew Nakano, Maninder Singh Dhillon, Vishwanath Kumar, Brian G. Kuhn, Deepak Kumar Thakral
  • Patent number: 9699037
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for browsing offline and queried content are presented herein. Specifically, embodiments may receive a request for content from a mobile application. Embodiments may also determine whether the requested content is in a cache associated with the mobile application. If it is determined that the content is not in the cache, embodiments may deliver the requested content to the mobile application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Open Text SA ULC
    Inventors: Frederick Haigh Jowett, Mark Henstridge Williams, Kirwan Lyster, Kevin Laurence Benton
  • Patent number: 9690951
    Abstract: In the field of mobile communications, embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, a device and a system for forwarding document content in Extensible Markup Language Document Management (XDM). The method includes: receiving a forwarding request sent by a forwarding sender, where the forwarding request is used to forward the document content to a forwarding receiver; judging, according to a rights document, whether the forwarding sender has a forwarding right to the document content and whether the forwarding receiver has an access right to the document content; and when the forwarding sender has the forwarding right and the forwarding receiver has the access right, forwarding the document content to the forwarding receiver. Through the solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the forwarding sender selectively forwards the document content to the forwarding receiver according to the rights document stored in an XDM Server (XDMS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaojuan Li, Yue Song, Haitao Liu, Xinmiao Chang, Huiping Zhang
  • Patent number: 9692813
    Abstract: A computer-program causing a computing device to transmit, from a data transfer thread of a multitude of data transfer threads executed within a data storage cluster and to a distribution thread at a network address on a network, a request for an assignment of an exchange of data with at least one computation thread of a multitude of computation threads executed within a data processing cluster; exchange a block of data with a single computation thread of the multitude of computation threads in response to receipt of an assignment to exchange the block of data with the single computation thread; and exchange multiple blocks of data with multiple computation threads of the multitude of computation threads in a round robin manner among the multiple computation threads in response to receipt of an assignment to exchange the multiple blocks of data with the multiple computation threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: SAS Institute Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Weber, Paul Kent
  • Patent number: 9692853
    Abstract: A method and system for processing Domain name Services (DNS) request in a gateway with at least one local area network (LAN) interface and at least one wide area network (WAN) interface. The gateway receives a first DNS request from a first host via one of the at least one LAN interface of the gateway. The gateway then selects a plurality of DNS servers. At least one of the plurality of DNS server is accessible through at least one tunnel. The gateway transmits a plurality of new DNS requests to the plurality of DNS servers. The contents of the plurality of new DNS requests are the same as the content of the first DNS request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: PISMO LABS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Alex Wing Hong Chan, Ho Ming Chan, Kit Wai Chau, Chi Pan Yip, Min-Fu Tsai
  • Patent number: 9692708
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method routes service requests to services in a service framework provided by a plurality of hosts. The method comprises receiving a service request for a service in the service framework and discovering a plurality of candidate hosts that host the service. The plurality of candidate hosts are a subset of the plurality of hosts. The method further comprises selecting a candidate host from the plurality of candidate hosts based on measured latencies for the plurality of candidate hosts and routing the service request to the selected candidate host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Dan Mihai Dumitriu, Swaminathan Sivasubramanian