Communications Patents (Class 707/922)
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Patent number: 9037533Abstract: A database appliance in which two or more internetworked data storage units are used to coordinate the storage and retrieval of database records. One or more central database processing units are also associated with the data storage units. A network infrastructure provides the ability for the central database processors and storage processors to communicate as network nodes, with the network infrastructure using a communication protocol. A software application for executing database operations executes in a distributed fashion with portions of the database application executing on at least one central database processor and other portions executing on the data storage processors. At least a portion of the database application is implemented within and/or coordinated by a communication process that is executing the communication protocol.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2007Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: IBM International Group B.V.Inventors: Foster D. Hinshaw, Steven T. Almy, David A. Utter, Barry M. Zane
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Patent number: 8990886Abstract: In an information management system, policies are deployed to targets and targets can evaluate the policies whether they are connected or disconnected to the system. The policies may be transferred to the target, which may be a device or user. Relevant policies may be transferred while not relevant policies are not. The policies may have policy abstractions.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2013Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: NextLabs, Inc.Inventor: Keng Lim
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Patent number: 8982716Abstract: For supporting the use of positioning assistance data, the positioning assistance data is broadcast in a plurality of different logical sub-channels. The positioning assistance data is distributed to the plurality of different logical sub-channels depending on its content.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2008Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Lauri Wirola, Ismo Halivaara, Jari Syrjärinne
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Patent number: 8977970Abstract: A method and system for handling media at a communication entity, wherein the media is associated with a communication session that is capable of entering an active state and an inactive state. The method comprises determining when the communication session is in an inactive state, causing the media associated with the communication session to be stored when the communication session has entered an inactive state, and causing the stored media to be conveyed to a user of the communication entity upon determination that the communication session has re-entered an active state.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2006Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: BCE Inc.Inventors: Denis Mercier, Simon Ruel, Benoit Landry, Richard-Philippe Wafer, Philippe Lefebvre
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Patent number: 8959095Abstract: Roughly described, a network interface device is assigned a maximum extent-of-search. A hash function is applied to the header information of each incoming packet, to generate a hash code for the packet. The hash code designates a particular subset of the table within which the particular header information should be found, and an iterative search is made within that subset. If the search locates a matching entry before the search limit is exceeded, then the incoming data packet is delivered to the receive queue identified in the matching entry. But if the search reaches the search limit before a matching entry is located, then device delivers the packet to a default queue, such as a kernel queue, in the host computer system. The kernel is then responsible for delivering the packet to the correct endpoint.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2011Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Solarflare Communications, Inc.Inventors: Steve L. Pope, Derek Roberts, David J. Riddoch, Ching Yu, John Mingyung Chiang, Der-Ren Chu
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Patent number: 8935213Abstract: A method, a computer program product and a system are provided for archiving emails, where the email system includes at least one user mailbox configured to receive and store emails within the user mailbox and send emails from the user mailbox. User-specific metadata corresponding with emails received and sent by each user mailbox is collected. The collected user-specific metadata is analyzed to provide a predictive indication when and which emails will be archived for each user mailbox, and emails are archived for user mailboxes based upon the predictive indication for each user mailbox.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2012Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael Baessler, Markus Lorch, Juergen Maletz, Katharina Pfeil, Daniel Pittner, Dirk Seider
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Patent number: 8930370Abstract: The method comprises processing plural product information records from the product information sources into one or more groups based on which product information records are likely to correspond to the same product, correlating a unique product ID corresponding to the product associated with each of said groups to identify the product, comparing each identified product to categories of a taxonomy to determine a category for the identified products in the taxonomy, and determining attributes for each categorized product based on the product information records corresponding to each group, creating product specifications based on the determined attributes and storing the product specification in the corresponding determined categories of the taxonomy.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2012Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: CBS Interactive Inc.Inventors: Timothy Allen Musgrove, Robin Hiroko Walsh
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Patent number: 8904478Abstract: Code is associated to a target based on an inspection of the code. A target may be a device or a user. A number of code components may be inspected at one time and then transferred or otherwise associated to a target based on the target's profile. A code component may be a policy of an information management system.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2014Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: NextLabs, Inc.Inventor: Keng Lim
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Patent number: 8903745Abstract: A World Wide Web registration processing system is disclosed for assisting World Wide Web users in registering at World Wide Web web sites. For each such user, the registration processing system includes a long term repository for the user's web site registration information so that this information can be automatically transferred to a plurality of web sites to which the user may at time to time request to be registered. Further, the registration processing system provides the user with the capability to have a common user identification that may be used for accessing services at a plurality of web sites.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Acacia Research Group LLCInventors: John R. Klug, Thad D. Peterson
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Patent number: 8886682Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for managing transactions in a telecommunications network. The method includes creating an XML transaction detail file. At least one transaction detail record is stored in the XML transaction detail file in response to a telecommunications transaction. The at least one transaction detail record includes transaction data corresponding to the telecommunications transaction.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventor: John Kenneth Gallant
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Patent number: 8843452Abstract: A method, a computer program product and a system are provided for archiving emails, where the email system includes at least one user mailbox configured to receive and store emails within the user mailbox and send emails from the user mailbox. User-specific metadata corresponding with emails received and sent by each user mailbox is collected. The collected user-specific metadata is analyzed to provide a predictive indication when and which emails will be archived for each user mailbox, and emails are archived for user mailboxes based upon the predictive indication for each user mailbox.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2010Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael Baessler, Markus Lorch, Juergen Maletz, Katharina Pfeil, Daniel Pittner, Dirk Seider
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Patent number: 8832048Abstract: An information management system approves or denies user requests to access information of the system. The information includes all types of information including documents and e-mail. The information management system is driven using a policy language having policies and policy abstractions. The information management system may approve or deny many different types of requests including opening a document or file, copying a file, printing a file, sending an e-mail, reading an e-mail, cut and paste of a portion of a document, saving a document, executing an application on a file, and many others.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2007Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: NextLabs, Inc.Inventor: Keng Lim
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Patent number: 8806473Abstract: A computer-implemented system is provided for distributing product updates to medical devices. An update interface residing on a distribution platform is configured to distribute product updates and maintain a log of such distributions in an audit database. A configuration device in data communication with the update interface registers itself with the update interface and downloads product updates from the update interface, such that the registration includes providing identifying information for the configuration device and a user of the configuration device. A medical device in data communication with the configuration device registers itself with the configuration device and downloads a particular product update from the configuration device, such that the configuration device creates a record of the particular product update and communications the record of the particular product update to the update interface.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2011Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.Inventors: Daniel P. Birtwhistle, James R. Long, Robert E. Reinke
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Patent number: 8762412Abstract: To prevent conflicts of interest, an information management system is used to make sure two or more groups are kept apart so that information does not circulate freely between these groups. The system has policies to implement an “ethical wall” to separate users or groups of users. The user or groups of user may be organized in any arbitrary way, and may be in the same organization or different organizations. The two groups (or two or more users) will not be able to access information belonging to the other, and users in one group may not be able to pass information to the other group. The system may manage access to documents, e-mail, files, and other forms of information.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2011Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: NextLabs, Inc.Inventor: Keng Lim
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Patent number: 8732141Abstract: Processing for a data package is disclosed. An operation is received including a data package. The operation is performed with respect to each of one or more data objects included in the data package, in a manner determined at least in part by a context data applicable to the operation.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2012Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: EMC CorporationInventors: Craig Randall, Alex Rankov, Meir Amiel, Victor Spivak
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Patent number: 8676861Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for creating and using imbedded Shortcodes. An imbedded Shortcode (ISC) and Shortcode may be uniquely associated with a full name that identifies an item of interest. The Shortcode may be visually identified when the full name is displayed by the ISC, which is select characters of the full name that are visually distinguished from the other characters of the full name. Thus, subsequent reference to the associated full name and its item of interest may be identified simply by using the Shortcode instead of the full name. For example, a user of an electronic device may observe the full name with the ISC in a visual display, and sequentially enter the characters of the Shortcode from the ISC into the electronic device to obtain additional information regarding the item of interest.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2013Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: WGRS Licensing Company, LLCInventor: S. Lee Hancock
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Patent number: 8630984Abstract: A method and system can be used to read and obtain data from messaging files regardless of the messaging environment used to generate the messaging files. The method and system can read part of a messaging file to identify the type of entry (e.g., email message, calendar item, address book entry, etc.) and access information on where information within the entry is located within the messaging file based on an identifying signature. The method and system can be used to obtain data from messaging files without having to recreate the messaging environment, including individual email accounts. The data can be stored in a target storage medium in a format that is more usable and more easily searched.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2004Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: Renew Data Corp.Inventors: Daniel John Gardner, Mark Anthony Seel
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Patent number: 8549053Abstract: A method of increasing the number of applications for enrollment at an educational institution including the profiling of an educational institution's candidate database and inquiry pool against its particular enrollment objectives and personalized communication with selected candidates. The method also provides candidates who are interested in an educational institution with an opportunity and selected incentives to electronically access, complete and submit partial or complete applications for admission. The method also provides for personalized follow-up communications with selected candidates and for the monitoring, compilation and reporting of applications received using the method.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2001Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Royall & CompanyInventors: William A. Royall, Jr., Edward B. Freeman, III, Elizabeth W. Clark
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Patent number: 8538679Abstract: An enhanced geocoding module may be used to determine various physical addresses located on the same street. The enhanced geocoding module may create a grid around a predetermined location and request the physical addresses of various coordinate points located on the grid. Additional features of the module may include a display that displays the grid with physical addresses located on the same street, various statistics related to a user of the enhanced geocoding module, and a color-coded scheme that indicates the status of individuals/groups located at the physical addresses.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Oberweis Dairy, Inc.Inventors: Akash Takyar, Shaifali Garg
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Patent number: 8515995Abstract: A multiending controller within a network detects a URL entry including at least a portion of a particular domain name. The multiending controller automatically selects multiple possible domain names for at least said portion of said particular domain name, wherein each of the multiple possible domain names includes a separate one of multiple ending types available for a domain. The multiending controller directs output of the multiple possible domain names for selection by a user.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2012Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Susann M. Keohane, Gerald F. McBrearty, Shawn P. Mullen, Jessica Murillo, Johnny M. Shieh
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Patent number: 8510348Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for creating and using imbedded Shortcodes. An imbedded Shortcode (ISC) and Shortcode may be uniquely associated with a full name that identifies an item of interest. The Shortcode may be visually identified when the full name is displayed by the ISC, which is select characters of the full name that are visually distinguished from the other characters of the full name. Thus, subsequent reference to the associated full name and its item of interest may be identified simply by using the Shortcode instead of the full name. For example, a user of an electronic device may observe the full name with the ISC in a visual display, and sequentially enter the characters of the Shortcode from the ISC into the electronic device to obtain additional information regarding the item of interest.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2011Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: WGRS Licensing Company, LLCInventor: S. Lee Hancock
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Patent number: 8504545Abstract: Methods and apparatus include features for managing social media universes. In one embodiment, media content and community members that have been associated with a new concept for creating a new universe are searched on a plurality of media content servers. For each found new concept, an association is retained between the new universe for the new concept and any found media content and community members. When a requesting user requests to view the new universe, a representation of the media content and the community members that are associated with the new universe is displayed for the requesting user.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2012Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventor: Chris T. Kalaboukis
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Patent number: 8499052Abstract: In embodiments, mobile devices request and utilize recipient caches. Recipient caches store information regarding previous recipients of communications. The information on recipients includes when the recipient was last contacted and the frequency with which a recipient is contacted. In embodiments, a mobile device requests a recipient cache from a server. When a user types a string of text, the mobile device then uses the recipient cache as well as the contacts and emails on the mobile device and resolves a recipient list. In other embodiments, a recipient cache on a server is updated when a mobile device sends a message with new recipient information. In another embodiment, a server resolves conflicting messages by using recipient information.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2012Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Patrick Tousignant, Selvaraj Nalliah, Shivakumar Seetharaman, Salman Zafar, John Allen Atwood, Gregory Bolles, Juan Vicente Esteve Balducci, Kevin Resnick
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Patent number: 8495045Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for storing email messages into activity records in business management system. In an embodiment, an user interface for an email application program may receive a request may be received to create an activity record in a business management system based on a received email message, and in response an activity record may be created in a database in the business management system.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2004Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: SAP AGInventors: Werner G. Wolf, David L. Sacks
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Patent number: 8473494Abstract: The invention relates to a solution for adding a data item, e.g. advertisement information, to a message. The solution comprises a server (102) and a database (101). The database includes a pre-defined set of data items and a pre-defined set of profile items. The server selects one profile item on the basis of transmission control data, e.g. a destination address, associated with the message. The server selects a data item on the basis of the selected profile item and adds the selected data item on the basis data item to the message. Profiling of e.g. recipients associated with different instances of transmission control data has been done in advance and the results are stored in the database in the form of the profile items. Therefore, the amount of work related to selection of an appropriate data item for a certain message is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2008Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Timo Ahopelto, Teemu Ikonen
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Patent number: 8417696Abstract: Merger and duplicate resolution for contact information across platforms is managed employing contact objects and aggregating the contact objects into contact models. Contact data from internal and/or external data stores may be retrieved and contact objects created for each contact from each contact store. A contact model for each contact entity may be created by aggregating contact data from contact objects across the contact stores. The aggregation may include duplicate resolution through weighting of communication system types, ranking of contact information type, and similar approaches. The contact models may be dynamically updated based on changes to the contact objects.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2010Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Amit Gupta, Cindy Kwan, Nikhil P. Bobde, Setty Venkateshaiah, Ye Tian
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Patent number: 8341147Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for blending mobile search results. A method includes receiving a search query and multiple search results. The search results each satisfy the search query and have a respective search result quality score. The search results include generic and mobile search results. The generic and mobile search results each identify a generic and mobile resource, respectively. The search result quality scores include mobile and generic search result quality scores for the mobile and generic search results, respectively. The mobile search result quality scores and the generic search result quality scores were generated according to different scoring formulas. Based on one or more terms in the search query, the search query is classified as a mobile query. As a consequence, one or more search result quality scores are modified to improve the sorting of search results that include both mobile and generic search results.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2011Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Ning Hu, Vida U. Ha
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Patent number: 8280848Abstract: International-roaming-relevant data are exchanged between two roaming partner networks as part of a new communication relationship. From the start of this communication relationship, a logbook is maintained at least on the data-processing system of the first communication network in which logbook changes are entered that relate to the content of the local database. Based on entries in the logbook, the data-processing system recognizes in completely automatic fashion that a synchronization of data is required and implements this action between the internal network operator database and the data-processing system of the second communication network.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2009Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Deutsche Telekom AGInventors: Guenter Haberkorn, Fridtjof Van Den Berge, Alexander Gabler
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Patent number: 8280872Abstract: Various embodiments described herein include one or more of systems, software, and methods to receive and automatically route forum postings to individuals tasked with responding to the postings. Some such embodiments extract keywords from the text of such postings and use the extracted keywords and keyword-responder mappings to identify a responder capable of responding to the posting. Some embodiments include generating or updating keyword-responder mappings by identifying keywords included in posting responses made by each responder.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2007Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventors: Nandan Jha, Smriti Mehra
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Patent number: 8275768Abstract: A method and system for selecting communication means are provided. The method includes receiving a request for communication (102) by a current user (101) with a target contact and searching data of prior communication attempts (105) by prior users with one or more prior target contacts using different communication means, wherein the current user and the prior users fall within a first defined category and the target contact and the prior target contacts fall within a second defined category. The success of the communication means of prior communication attempts is determined (104) and a communication means for the current user is recommended (103). The method includes referencing (107) relationship resource (109) to determine if users or target contacts fall within defined categories, such as, for example, an organizational structure level, a department, or a group of people with a given form of relationship to another group of people.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2008Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ido Guy, Boaz Mizrachi, Eyal Sonsino, Vladimir Soroka
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Patent number: 8200696Abstract: A domain name system (DNS) resolver within a network detects a URL entry including at least a portion of a particular domain name. The DNS resolver automatically selects multiple possible domain names for at least said portion of said particular domain name, wherein each of the multiple possible domain names includes a separate one of multiple ending types available for a domain. The multiending controller directs concurrent output of a separate selectable thumbnail representation of a separate webpage accessible from each of the selection of multiple possible domain names within an interface of a browser.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2005Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Susann M. Keohane, Gerald F. McBrearty, Shawn P. Mullen, Jessica Murillo, Johnny M. Shieh
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Patent number: 8195658Abstract: A method and mobile communication terminal for storing phone book data in the mobile communication terminal are provided in which phone book data can be registered group-by-group, where a predetermined is selected group among the registered groups in response to a user's request, and at least one of phone book data stored in the selected group is moved and stored into a group assigned by the user when a phone book data movement request is input by the user. Accordingly, a plurality of phone book data stored in a predetermined group among phone book data stored in a group basis in a mobile communication terminal can be easily moved and stored into another group. In addition, since the user can easily store phone book data whose group is not identified in a predetermined group, user convenience improves.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2006Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shin-Dong Ryu, Dong-Wook Kwon
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Patent number: 8185506Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a display and a controller. The display outputs a first input window configured to receive a first message. When input data is received into at least one message field of the first input window, the controller determines whether or not the input data conforms to a format of the first input window corresponding to the first message. The controller also outputs a notification after the input is determined not to conform to the format corresponding to the first input window corresponding to the first message. The display outputs a second input window to receive a second message. The second input window has at least one message field different from the message fields in the first input window.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2011Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yun Gyu Kang, Byung Hak Jung, Yong Soo Shin, Su Young Pan, Sang Bum Kim, Seung Ho Lee
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Patent number: 8180752Abstract: Methods and apparatus include features for managing social media universes. In one embodiment, media content and community members that have been associated with a new concept for creating a new universe are searched on a plurality of media content servers. For each found new concept, an association is retained between the new universe for the new concept and any found media content and community members. When a requesting user requests to view the new universe, a representation of the media content and the community members that are associated with the new universe is displayed for the requesting user.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2009Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventor: Chris T. Kalaboukis
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Patent number: 8166118Abstract: A trusted network system includes a data center, a gateway, and a trusted sender registry that provide a secure network to allow one or more user clients to generate and send communications to one or more recipients. The data center, gateway and trusted sender registry act independently and/or conjunctively to increase the likelihood that only desirable communications enter the secure network formed by the data center and bounded by the gateway. The systems and methods of the present invention drastically reduce spam and network resources as well as provide enhanced messaging, document management, and tracking features that make communications more meaningful and more versatile to senders and recipients.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2007Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Sendside Networks Inc.Inventor: William Franklin Borghetti
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Patent number: 8161080Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for managing transactions in a telecommunications network. The method includes creating an XML transaction detail file. At least one transaction detail record is stored in the XML transaction detail file in response to a telecommunications transaction. The at least one transaction detail record includes transaction data corresponding to the telecommunications transaction.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2008Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Verizon Business Global LLCInventor: John Kenneth Gallant
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Patent number: 8145610Abstract: Processing for a data package is disclosed. An operation is received including a data package. The operation is performed with respect to each of one or more data objects included in the data package, in a manner determined at least in part by a context data applicable to the operation.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2007Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: EMC CorporationInventors: Craig Randall, Alex Rankov, Meir Amiel, Victor Spivak
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Patent number: 8140528Abstract: There is provided a method of managing discourse in a virtual community. The method comprises receiving a message from a virtual community user, the message being addressed to one or more recipient users of the virtual community; examining the message to identify any of a plurality of key expressions associated with virtual community forbidden communications; editing the message in response to identifying a forbidden key expression of the plurality of key expressions; determining a corrective prompt corresponding to the identified key expression; and issuing the corrective prompt to the virtual community user for managing discourse in the virtual community.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.Inventor: Lancelot Darren Priebe
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Patent number: 8126910Abstract: A system and method for printing a file on a remote printer via an electronic message. A personal electronic device transmits an electronic message requesting a listing of available electronic files. The personal electronic device then receives an electronic message in response to the request containing a list of available electronic files. At least one electronic file is then selected from among the listing of available files. The personal electronic device then receives, from the remote computer, an electronic message containing the selected electronic file. The personal electronic device then forwards the message containing the file to an image processing device.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2008Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Truc Nguyen
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Patent number: 8122072Abstract: This content provision system includes a creation unit for associating the first content data and the second content data, assigning a common content ID to the first content data and the second content data, and creating management information of all content data configured from the first content data and the second content data based on the attribute information of content data, an analysis unit for analyzing hobby information of a user based on reference information for deciding hobby information of a user, a search unit for searching content data that coincides with the analyzed hobby information of a user based on the management information of all content data, and a provision unit for providing to a user content information that coincides with hobby information of a user based on the searched content data.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2008Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Amano, Shoji Kodama
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Patent number: 8122019Abstract: A universal distributed search system allows users to find and distribute search results (possibly including advertisements) to those with whom they communicate. The search results can be easily distributed by the user via a simple interface that allows the search results to be easily added to the user's content. In one implementation, the search results may be automatically generated by the system based on user input to a content creation application.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2006Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Mark Lucovsky, Derek L. Collison, Carl P. Sjogreen
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Patent number: 8107980Abstract: A mobile terminal according to the present invention includes an input unit for receiving data required to transmit a short message service (SMS) message and a controller for coding user data recorded in the SMS message in conformity with a text coding standard adopted by a second country according to the data when the SMS message is not transmitted to a network of a first country to which the mobile terminal is currently connected and is delivered to a network of the second country.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2009Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Sung Hak Jeong
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Patent number: 8078576Abstract: A device associated with a network provides a query for specific network management information (NMI) to a registry, and receives, based on the query, metadata associated with the specific network management information (NMI). The device also provides a request for the specific network management information (NMI) to a plurality of producer devices identified from the metadata associated with the specific network management information (NMI), and receives one or more portions of the specific network management information (NMI) from each of the plurality of producer devices. The device further combines the one or more portions of the specific network management information (NMI) to create the specific network management information (NMI).Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2008Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: John Power, Edwin Tse
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Patent number: 8073855Abstract: The present invention provides a technique for enabling a high-speed communication control apparatus. A packet processing circuit of a communication control apparatus includes a user database, a virus list, a whitelist, a blacklist and a common category list. Upon acquisition of a request for access to a content, matching between information on a user who has sent the access request and the user database is performed by a search circuit, so as to authenticate the user. When the user is authenticated, the search circuit performs matching between the URL of the content to be accessed and the virus list, whitelist, blacklist and common category list. A process execution circuit controls the permission for the access based on the search result of the search circuit and determination conditions stored in a second database. The packet processing circuit is configured with a wired logic circuit.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2005Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Duaxes CorporationInventor: Mitsugu Nagoya
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Patent number: 8069261Abstract: A method for realizing the multimedia message signature service includes the following steps: a user asking for opening the multimedia message signature service; the BOSS sending the related information of the user whose multimedia message signature service has been opened to MMSC; the MMSC configuring the corresponding service function for the user whose multimedia message signature service has been opened, and synchronizing the said service function into its user database; the user setting the content of his multimedia message signature. By using this method, a new service mode can be created, and meanwhile, it has the function that enables a user to edit personalized information, and this greatly promotes the development of multimedia messaging service.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2006Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: ZTE CorporationInventors: Jingxiang Wang, Xiang Zhou, Liang Li
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Patent number: 8055640Abstract: A method of communicating on a mobile communication terminal. The method includes inputting category information identifying a category of contents, providing a list of content information on a server corresponding to the input category information, wherein a content information indicates a portion of a content that the mobile communication terminal can connect to, selecting at least one of the list of content information, and connecting to the content corresponding to said at least one of the selected content information.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2007Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sun Woo Park, Young Hun Kim, In-Won Kang, Taeyong Park, Sungtack Byun
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Patent number: 8046356Abstract: A system receives, from a first user, a communication request for a second user and determines, in response to receiving the communication request, whether a trigger is satisfied. The system may aggregate, in response to determining that the trigger is satisfied, content of different types to form multimedia content and provide the multimedia content to the first user.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2007Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Paul T. Schultz, Robert A. Sartini
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Patent number: 8041675Abstract: A method and apparatus for incrementally backing up database files is described. In one embodiment, the present invention replicates an original database file for the purpose of creating a backup database file. The backup database file is subsequently stored in a data store and the original database file is monitored for at least one change (i.e., new e-mail message). In response to a detected change, the change to the original database file is copied to the backup database file so that the two database files are replicas of each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2004Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Symantec Operating CorporationInventor: Greg McCain
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Patent number: 8028053Abstract: A system and method for dependency management are provided. The system for dependency management, includes a provider object management module managing a provider object that provides information, a consumer object management module managing a consumer object that executes a predetermined task based on the information provided by the provider object, an information object management module managing an information object that manages the provider object and the consumer object based on the information, a dependency storage module storing dependency information between the provider object and the consumer object, and a dependency management module examining dependency between the provider object and the consumer object based on the dependency information that is received from the dependency storage module and controlling activation and deactivation of the provider object and the consumer object according to a result of the dependency examination.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2005Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yong-jin Cho
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Patent number: 8024375Abstract: A memory stores a file attached to a message generated by using a structure language. Data containing an element contained in the message to which information for obtaining type information and a file referred by the element are obtained from the memory is added is constructed. This data has a construction corresponding to an application programming interface for the structured language.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2007Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Osamu Sasaki