Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for a power saving for multi-media output devices that belong to two or more interconnected devices. The method includes receiving a set of predetermined criteria associated with at least one of application type, user behavior, and user characteristics. The method further includes selectively modifying portions of at least one of the multi-media output devices in accordance with the set of predetermined criteria. The one or more portions are less than an entirety of the at least one of the multi-media output devices.

Abstract: A Web based community feedback collection tool. The Web based community feedback collection tool is programmed to establish the linkage between the traditional document editing tools (e.g., MS Word, Powerpoint) and a Web based community feedback collection tool. A writer could get the summarized feedback generated from Reader/Web community directly when they open the document through the traditional document editing tool. The reader could provide feedback directly as well when they read the document through the document editing tool.

Abstract: The invention is a method for coordinating actions among a server supporting multiple independent client server requests and participating clients making multiple independent web requests. The requests are communicated between the client and the server using a protocol that has limited or no defined procedures for passing state information between the client and the servers. A client transmits a request for a first action to a server that requires transaction scope. The server generates transaction identification information and maintains it across the duration of multiple independent and state-less web requests. The client then transmits a request for a additional actions to the server that requires transaction scope, using the transaction identification information preserved in the conversation and maintained by the servers including the client's request in the transaction and transmitting a request by a client to a server that requires transaction completion.