EFFICIENT COMMUNICATION FOR DEVICES OF A HOME NETWORK

Systems and methods are provided for efficient communication through a fabric network of devices in a home environment or similar environment. For example, an electronic device may efficiently control communication to balance power and reliability concerns, may efficiently communicate messages to certain preferred networks by analyzing Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) packet headers that use an Extended Unique Local Address (EULA), may efficiently communicate software updates and status reports throughout a fabric network, and/or may easily and efficiently join a fabric network.

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INSTANT VOICE MESSAGING AND INSTANT VOICE MESSAGE RETRIEVAL

A system for instant voice messaging comprising an IVM server operative to essentially simultaneously receive from an initiating user at least one voice message fragment and stream the at least one voice fragment to at least one target user; and a switch coupled to the IVM server and operative to effect communications between the initiating user and each target user and the IVM server, as well as between the users themselves. The streaming operation ends with an entire instant voice message being transmitted to the target user(s). Each target user may instantly retrieve a message by using a smart notification provided by the IVM server. Special numbering systems facilitate both the instant voice messaging and the instant message retrieval aspects.

SYNCHRONIZING CERTIFICATES BETWEEN A DEVICE AND SERVER

Systems and methods for processing messages within a wireless communications system are disclosed. A server within the wireless communications system maintains a list of certificates contained in devices that use the server. The server synchronizes or updates the list of certificates based on information contained in message to and from the device. By providing a server with certificates associated with devices that use the server, and providing a system and method for synchronizing the certificates between the device and server, the server can implement powerful features that will improve the efficiency, speed and user satisfaction of the devices. The exemplary embodiments also enable advantageous bandwidth savings by preventing transmission of certificates unnecessarily ...

VOICEMAIL INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD

Disclosed herein are inventions that integrate a home television set top box ("STB") or home media center with a smart voicemail system of a telephone service provider. Smart voicemail features, such as email notification of voicemails, or online playback of voicemails, may be used to obtain digital voicemail audio files that are then stored and maintained in a home computer network. These files can be served over the network via a networked television STB or a media center computer, to a display monitor during normal usage. Embodiments cause new voicemail notifications to be displayed during typical operation of a television with the STB or media center computer and provide users with an interface for responding to new voicemail notifications, and reviewing, managing, and playing back voicemail. Messages received thus can be easily identified and reviewed through an interface with which subscribers are extremely comfortable.

INTELLIGENT SELECTION OF MESSAGE DELIVERY MECHANISM

A method and apparatus for selecting one of a plurality of delivery mechanisms for sending a message are disclosed. The illustrative embodiment enables the advantageous selection of the delivery mechanism for sending a message from a first telecommunications terminal to a second telecommunications terminal based on at least one of: (i) the location of the first terminal, (ii) the location of the second terminal, (iii) the time and date (i.e., the calendrical time) at the first terminal, (iv) the calendrical time at the second terminal, and (v) one or more properties of the message (e.g., the sending user, the receiving user, a message priority, the contents of the message, etc.). A delivery mechanism for sending a message comprises at least one of: a physical medium, a physical layer protocol, a medium access control, and a network for transport.

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RENDERING VOICE MAIL MESSAGES AMENABLE TO ELECTRONIC PROCESSING BY MAILBOX OWNERS

... ²²²A method for execution by an owner of a mailbox in a voice mail system. The ²method comprises using an access device to access a voicemail message ²contained in the mailbox and entering a command instrumental in causing the ²voicemail message to be forwarded over a telephone network to a conversion ²entity. At the conversion entity, an electronic representation of the ²voicemail message is created and then the electronic representation of the ²voicemail message is rendered accessible to the owner of the mailbox, e.g., by ²sending an email message to a predetermined address. In this way, electronic ²representations of voicemail messages in a mailbox can be accessed by the ²owner of the mailbox using a device of choice, not necessarily the access ²device used initially to enter the command. Also, this functionality is ²achieved while allowing the voice mail system to remain a legacy voice mail ²system.² ...

MESSAGE SETTINGS SELECTION

A system and method of selecting messaging settings on a messaging client are provided. A data store configured to operate in conjunction with the messaging client stores records comprising messaging settings or characteristics for previously received and/or sent messages. The messaging client is configured to send outgoing messages, each of the messages having message characteristics, to determine whether a record for an addressed recipient of an outgoing message exists in the data store, and to select messaging settings to control the message characteristics of the outgoing message based on the record where a record exists.

METHOD TO DISPLAY A VIDEO IN AN EMAIL

The present invention provides a method and a system to display a video in an email without the need to execute a player on the computerized device. The video email allows video to be displayed in emails without flagging the emails as a virus or spam. The video emails get through most firewalls.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC NOTIFICATION AND RESPONSE

A disclosed notification and response system enables applications to communicate with recipients using a number of different media. The notification and response system (i) sends requests to one or more recipients, using the medium specified by each individual recipient; (ii) collects and processes responses; and (iii) forwards the responses to their final destination by means of the medium specified by the final destination. Applications frame requests in at least one supported human language and media format, and the request is delivered to the appropriate recipient(s), according to their preferences. Communication flow expressions specify the recipients for a given request, and how, when and where each recipient shall receive the request. Requests are dynamically updated, and the parameters of a communication flow expression are not evaluated, until the request is delivered. Communication flow rules specify recipient's communication preferences and tailor communication flows to characteristics ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING ELECTRONIC MAIL SERVICES

In the disclosed invention, the systems and methods are provided for integrating a plurality of electronic mail (email) services, composed of an email synchronization service, an integrated email service and a persistent storage module. The email synchronization service synchronizes emails from a plurality of email services with the persistent storage module while the integrated email service coupled to the persistent storage module and the email services provides necessary functions and interfaces as an intermediary between users and the email services. In the persistent storage, instead of being stored in folders, emails are associated to customizable views according to views' definitions.

SYSTEM FOR REMOTE DATA ACQUISITION BASED ON E-MAIL MESSAGE COMMUNICATION THROUGH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE NETWORKS

The present invention relates to a method for transferring generic data acquired at a remote location to a central database based on e-mail communication, comprising the steps of: a. encapsulating the acquired data in an electronic mail message; and b. sending the electronic mail through a network (public or private) to a central database server; and c. extracting the data from the electronic mail message by the central database server; and d. storing the extracted data in the central database, whereby said acquired data is communicated directly to said database server by providing an architecture for Internet communication software for embedded platforms, said architecture being based on a network of software multiplexers and demultiplexers, controlled by an integrated protocol engine.

SYSTEM & METHOD FOR DELIVERING MESSAGES USING ALTERNATE MODES OF COMMUNICATION

There is provided a novel system and method for delivering messages using alternate modes of communication when a primary mode of communication is not available as may happen in emergency circumstances such as those that arise during a terrorist attack causing damage to communications infrastructure.

METHOD OF E-MAILING A MAP LOCATION USING PREDEFINED CONTEXT-SENSITIVE MESSAGES

A wireless communications device generates a message from a map application to enable a recipient of the message to view a location on a map. After a user selects a location to be sent to the recipient, the map application determines location information associated with the location and generates the message to be sent to the recipient. The message contains a link to enable the recipient to download the map showing the location and further contains the location information embedded as text within the message. The map application can determine whether the location is based on a GPS position fix, whether it is a Point of Interest or whether it is part of a map route. In each case, predetermined text is automatically embedded in the message to convey the location information to the recipient.

OPEN MARKET COLLABORATION SYSTEM FOR ENTERPRISE WIDE ELECTRONIC COMMERCE

An enterprise wide electronic commerce system allows trading partners (134, 136, 138) to act as participants in a complex trading process. Participants communicate with one another by joining conversations that are hosted in a collaboration space (156) and managed by a collaboration hub (154). In this manner, the enterprise workflow may have an effect on, or be affected by, local workflows. The invention provides an open market collaboration system for enterprise wide electronic commerce. An embodiment of the invention includes a collaboration system that allows the exchange of data between participants in an electronic commerce environment, comprising a collaboration hub (154) for the transfer of data between participants, a collaboration space (156) defining the rules governing said transfer of data and the role of said participants, and a hub transport that allows a participant to send and receive data from the collaboration hub (154) in accordance with the definitions of the collaboration ...

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING OF E-MAIL TO MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS

An apparatus and method for transmitting electronic mail from a sender to a plurality of recipients is provided by use of software application that allows a sender to designate a recipient as one of several categories. A first category is a primary recipient of the electronic mail and is to receive both a text message and an attached file. A second category is a secondary recipient of the electronic mail and is to receive both a text message and the attached file. A third category is a tertiary recipient of the electronic mail and is to receive a text message without the attached file.

METHOD OF E-MAILING A MAP LOCATION USING PREDEFINED CONTEXT-SENSITIVE MESSAGES

A wireless communications device generates a message from a map application to enable a recipient of the message to view a location on a map. After a user selects a location to be sent to the recipient, the map application determines location information associated with the location and generates the message to be sent to the recipient. The message contains a link to enable the recipient to download the map showing the location and further contains the location information embedded as text within the message. The map application can determine whether the location is based on a GPS position fix, whether it is a Point of Interest or whether it is part of a map route. In each case, predetermined text is automatically embedded in the message to convey the location information to the recipient.

UNIVERSAL WEB BASED ACCESS FUNCTIONALITY FOR REMOTE ELECTRONIC DEVICES

... ²²²A flexible electronic asset management system using Ethernet connectivity for ²electronic devices is presented. The invention enables multiple electronic ²devices (105, 107, 108, 109, 121, 117, 119) to be controlled, monitored, and ²accessed from any browser (104) connected to a computer network (102). A ²flattened stack approach is used to process network packet data. The flattened ²stack approach treats the network packet as a single string of data and uses ²the first few bytes of information to decide whether to drop or process the ²incoming data thus providing for faster network traffic processing. Since the ²lowest layer of the OSI stack has knowledge of what applications are active in ²the upper layers, the flattened stack allows the packet to be discarded at the ²earliest possible point so no processing power is wasted. The flattened stack ²also organizes its check/ processing based on the raw data stream thus ²minimizing buffer requirements and providing for easier implementation ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING REMOTE DATA ACCESS FOR A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE

In one exemplary embodiment, a system for providing data access between an information source and a mobile communication device includes a transcoding system and a first network device. The transcoding system includes a plurality of transcoders, and each transcoder is operable to transcode information content from a respective first content type into a respective second content type. The first network device is in communication with the transcoding system and includes a connection handler system. The connection handler system is operable to receive connection data for a connection between the information source and the mobile communication device and to select a corresponding connection handler. The connection handler is operable to select one or more transcoders from the plurality of transcoders to transcode the information content.

A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA RATING FOR WIRELESS DEVICES

A method and system for rating a data communication session between a network(10) and a wireless device 814) is disclosed. According to an exemplary aspect of the method, the method monitors a series of events, namely, a setup event (1), a begin event (2) and an end event (3), which take place during a communication session. The monitoring of such events is accomplished by a data rating application which resides on the wireless device. By monitoring such events, the data rating application is then able to rate the communication session using a number of rating methods. The rating method selected includes both how to meter the data transmitted during a data communication session and determine the rate to be applied to each metered increment. Examples of methods used to meter the data include time and volume. Different rating methods which can be used to rate the communication session include, for example, application, data utilization, source of data, data type, class of service, quality ...

Controlling access to an r-smart network

Implementations related to controlling access to r-smart person-centric networks are disclosed.

Method and system for managing and controlling automatic controlled module

Notification message processing method and equipment

The invention relates to the communication field and discloses a method and equipment for processing a notification message, which can save network resource and improve conversation efficiency. The method includes the steps that: the notification message coming from a DS server for triggering the establishment of conversation connection is received, and the notification message carries instruction information for instructing a DS client to execute at least one operation. The DS client executes the corresponding operation according to the instruction information carried in the notification message. The operation of instructing the DS client to execute can be one or the combination of the following: synchronous operation, authentication information reporting operation, equipment information reporting operation, conversation information display operation or empty conversation initiation operation.

Method of packaging and displaying e-mail

Electronic mail delivery system, mail server, and mail client

Error information reporting system

Type Electronic Message Buffer Memory Device "E-Mail"

PROCESS AND SYSTEM OF SYNTHESIS Real-time Of INTERACTIONS RELATING TO a USER

Method for configuring a standardized universal configured terminal connected to an internet or similar communication network

Selon le procédé de configuration d'un terminal (10) pour communiquer à travers un réseau informatique (100), on configure le terminal (10) de façon universelle avant sa première mise en service et, lors de sa première connexion au réseau informatique (100), le terminal (10) s'identifie auprès d'un centre de configuration (20) qui lui renvoie des paramètres de configuration personnalisés, extraits d'une base de données, et on personnalise la configuration du terminal (10) à l'aide desdits paramètres.

PROCESS AND SYSTEM OF SYNTHESIS Real-time Of INTERACTIONS RELATING TO a USER

Procédé de synthèse d'interactions utilisateur associées à un utilisateur, procédé comprenant les étapes suivantes : - agrégation des interactions utilisateur à partir des moyens d'interaction associés à l'utilisateur ; - identification des utilisateurs concernés par ces interactions ; - identification des moyens d'interactions associés à chaque utilisateur concerné ; - récupération des informations nécessaires à l'établissement d'au moins une interaction via les moyens d'interactions identifiés ; - vérification de la disponibilité des moyens d'interaction identifiés ; - mise en cache dans le terminal de l'utilisateur des informations récupérées relatives aux moyens d'interactions disponibles desdits utilisateurs identifiés ; - présentation de notifications d'interaction à l'utilisateur.

Information e.g. short message service message, transmitting method for global system for mobile communication network, involves permitting network having cell broadcast station to proceed to transmission of messages

Le Système CB SMAP a été imaginé pour favoriser l'émergence d'un marché de la diffusion de messages SMS ou MMS à tiers payant. Il est conçu pour s'intégrer à un réseau téléphonique public cellulaire quelque en soit la génération, déjà équipé d'une centrale CB. La présence d'une plateforme de configuration OTA offre au Système des potentialités supplémentaires. Le Système présente deux caractéristiques majeures : 1- Il dispose d'un Module d'Interrogation Automatique (MIA) lequel, au fil des réponses positives enregistrées a pour effet de constituer le sous-ensemble ouvert, en dilatation continue, des Adhérents au Système. C'est à l'intérieur de ce sous-ensemble que seront sélectionnés, avant chaque diffusion CB, les adhérents destinataires dont les terminaux auront été préalablement configurés, soit par messagerie OTA, soit par le truchement d'un Module de Configuration Résident SMAP (MCR SMAP), afin d'être en mesure de réceptionner le message CB à suivre. 2- Il dispose des moyens de traitement ...

METHOD FOR PROCESSING E-MAIL SERVICE CAPABLE OF OPEN CONNECTION

PURPOSE: A method for processing E-mail service capable of open connection is provided to use an integrated mail service without registering a member by openly connecting a user to an integrated mail service with a measured rate charging system. CONSTITUTION: A large volume information communication processing system is connected(S1). A large volume information communication processing system connection screen is outputted to a user(S2). An open service connection is performed(S3). A central mail service system processes received mails(S4). The central mail service system performs the process of forwarding received mails(S5). A mail service is released in the central mail service system(S6). A telephone Network Access Subsystem generates billing information(S7). The large volume information communication processing system is released(S8). COPYRIGHT 2001 KIPO ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ACCESS TO SERVICES OF AN ACCOUNT FOR AN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INDICATING THE STRENGTH OF ENCRYPTION

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICE BASE ON PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK

METHOD FOR STROING A TRANSMISSION LIST ACCORDING TO EACH USER IN AN MFP AND THE MFP HAVING THE FUNCTION, ESPECIALLY FOR SELECTING TRANSMISSION ADDRESSES ON THE LATEST TRANSMISSION LIST ACCORDING TO USERS, AUTHENTICATED IN THE MFP, AND THEN STORING THE TRANSMISSION ADDRESSES IN THE TRANSMISSION LIST

PURPOSE: A method for storing transmission lists according to each user in an MFP(Multi-function Product) and an MFP having the function are provided to show e-mail address lists and Internet address lists of each authenticated user, thereby helping a user to select a required address when he/she transmits data scanned in the MFP thereto. CONSTITUTION: An MFP having a function of storing transmission lists according to each user includes a user authentication part(200), a storing part(210) for storing transmission lists of each authenticated user, and a communication interface(240). A control part(230) reads out the transmission list of an authenticated user from the storing part and displays the readout list to a user interface(220). As a user selects a transmission address on the displayed transmission list, the control part controls data transmission to the selected address through the communication interface. © KIPO 2007 ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENDING SECURE MESSAGES

Electronic messages are sent from a sending system to an identified recipient and are encoded using information contained in a certificate. A key store is accessed by a messaging application to determine if a certificate associated with the recipient is present. If no certificate is present in the key store the messaging application accesses one or more certificate services to obtain a certificate. Where validation of the retrieved certificate is required, the messaging application invokes a certificate validation process. One or more further certificates are obtained by the messaging application where the retrieved certificate is invalid. © KIPO & WIPO 2007 ...

SECURE INSTANT MESSAGING

Secure instant messaging is described. In an embodiment, a messaging device encrypts a challenge identifier to generate an encrypted challenge message, and communicates the encrypted challenge message via a peer to peer communication link to a recipient messaging device. The recipient messaging device decrypts the encrypted challenge message and encrypts the challenge identifier as a return challenge identifier to generate an encrypted challenge return. The messaging device receives the encrypted challenge return from the recipient messaging device, decrypts the encrypted challenge return, and verifies that the return challenge identifier matches the challenge identifier to establish that communications are secure when communicated via the peer-to-peer communication link and, optionally, to establish control policies pertaining to a communication received at the recipient messaging device. © KIPO & WIPO 2008 ...

SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL REDIRECTION FOR PROCESS RECYCLING

Fault tolerant process recycling in unified messaging software applications implementing application layer signaling protocols. A manager process redirects incoming calls to available worker processes using a redirect method of the application layer signaling protocols. The redirection occurs independent of the network connection details of each of the worker processes. © KIPO & WIPO 2008 ...

홈 네트워크의 디바이스들에 대한 효율적 통신

... 홈 환경 또는 유사한 환경에서 디바이스들의 패브릭 네트워크를 통해 효율적으로 통신하기 위한 시스템들 및 방법들이 제공된다. 예컨대, 전자 디바이스는 전력 관심 및 신뢰성 관심에 대해 균형을 유지하기 위하여 통신을 효율적으로 제어할 수 있고, EULA(Extended Unique Local Address)을 사용하는 IPv6(Internet Protocol version 6) 패킷 헤더들을 분석함으로써 특정 선호 네트워크들에 메시지들을 효율적으로 통신할 수 있으며, 패브릭 네트워크 전반에 걸쳐 소프트웨어 업데이트들 및 상태 보고들을 효율적으로 통신할 수 있으며 그리고/또는 패브릭 네트워크에 용이하고 효율적으로 참가할 수 있다.

Method and apparatus for adding friend, and storage medium

플랫폼 독립적인 ＩＤＮ 이메일 저장소 변환

... 플랫폼 독립적인 이메일 변환을 제공하기 위한 방법이 설명된다. 방법은 다음 단계들을 포함한다. 이메일 메시지는 수신 측 IDN 사용자이름에 대해 수신된다. IDN 사용자이름에 대응하는 ASCII 식별자가 미리정의된 매핑을 사용하여 검색된다. 수신된 이메일 메시지는 그 검색된 ASCII 식별자를 사용하여 로컬 저장소에 저장된다. 본 방법을 구현하도록 구성된 이메일 서버 및 본 방법을 구현하기 위한 명령어들을 포함하는 컴퓨터 판독가능한 매체가 또한 설명된다.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING/RETRIEVING USED FOR PROCESSING ENCODED MESSAGES

PURPOSE: A system and a method for searching/retrieving certificates are provided to efficiently search the certificates in a computing device and retrieve the certificates for storage in the computing device. CONSTITUTION: The first certification device(250) receives a certificate search request, and performs searching in more than one certificate server by requesting retrieval of the certificate satisfying the certification search request to more than one certificate server through more than one inquiry. The first certification device retrieves at least one certificate from more than one certificate server, determines search result data uniquely identifying each certificate by processing the retrieved certificate, and transmits the search result data related to each certificate to the second device(100) to facilitate judging whether each certificate of the retrieved certificates are stored in the second device. © KIPO 2006 ...

METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN MMS(MULTIMEDIA MESSAGING SERVICE) AND AN APPARATUS THEREOF, FOR PROVIDING THE MMS BY USING A DLNA(DIGITAL LIVING NETWORK ALLIANCE)

PURPOSE: A method for providing an MMS(Multimedia Messaging Service) and an apparatus thereof are provided to receive and use a multimedia file to be included to a multimedia message from the other device connected to a network during the generation of the multimedia message, thereby making the multimedia message easily by freely selecting the multimedia file included in the multimedia message. CONSTITUTION: A method for providing an MMS(Multimedia Messaging Service) comprises the following steps of: collecting multimedia contents information accessible through a network in response to a multimedia message making request(S102~S106); selecting a multimedia file to add to a multimedia message from the collected multimedia contents information and generating the multimedia message including the access information of the multimedia file(S108). © KIPO 2008 ...

MESSAGE COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES

ELECTRONIC FILE SENDING METHOD

An electronic file sending method is provided which can securely and easily send en electronic file to a receiver. A receiving apparatus 120 receives from a sending apparatus 110 an electronic mail 512 including an encrypted electronic file 511. The sending apparatus 110 uses a public key of a management server 130 to encrypt a decryption password that is necessary to decrypt the encrypted electronic file 511 and sends the encrypted decryption password to the management server 130. In association with a file identifier of the electronic file 511, the management server 130 stores the decryption password and an electronic mail address of a correct receiver, who is a receiver Y of the receiving apparatus 120. The receiving apparatus 120 sends to the management server 130 the file identifier of the electronic file 511 and the electronic mail address of the receiver Y. The management server 130 uses a public key of the receiving apparatus 120 to encrypt the password and sends the encrypted password ...

MESSAGING SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS

An electronic mail message system includes a database storing user information and electronic mail messages, and logic programmed to manage the content of the database, schedule the mailing of a delayed electronic mail message based on input from a remote user, and send one or more reminders to the remote user. The reminders indicate to the remote user the identity of the delayed electronic mail message stored in the database and when the delayed electronic mail message is scheduled for mailing or the fact that the delayed electronic mail message is not scheduled for mailing. Optionally, the electronic mail message is printed and delivered by post to the recipient in lieu of or in addition to the electronic mail. Optionally, the email, regular postal mail or SMS message sent to the recipient may only contain one or more hypertext links stored in one or more remote servers that can provide a reference to a private address which provides controlled access to the electronic mail message, text ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGING INFORMATION AMONG EXCHANGE APPLICATIONS

In a system and method for processing messages, from one or more applications, in a gateway, an application payload is obtained from an application. A raw message is created from the obtained application payload, the raw message including a raw message header and a payload, the raw message header including a message type block, the payload including content of the application payload. A gateway message is created from the raw message in accordance with the message type provided in the message type block, the gateway message including a gateway message header and the payload, the gateway message header including a unique message identifier block, a target block identifying where the gateway message is going, and a history block providing a log of what has happened to the gateway message. Each block includes one or more values.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION SERVICES

A system, method and software module for secure electronic communication services, wherein a public key (25) of private-public-key pair (30,25) is associated with an email address (24), internet name or other registered unique identifier; the registered user of the unique identifier holds the private-key (30) securely, and the respective public-key (25) is made accessible on a key server (6) for look-up and retrieval by other users, for encryption of communications to be sent to the holder of the private- key, and optionally for message confidentiality, message integrity and authentication of sender and recipient, without requiring certificates. A distributed and scalable system is provided by a server network (600; 401, 501) for registration, key distribution and management preferably using a kDNS server hierarchy (601,602,603) and associated protocols so that public-keys of recipients can be searched and retrieved over the internet based on the recipients email address or other unique ...

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LAST MESSAGE NOTIFICATION

An agent (220) for generating a last message notification in an asynchronous message delivery environment, wherein messages received by a messaging (105) server are routable to a messaging client through an API binding protocol, the agent comprising: a monitoring component for (235) monitoring a message store to determine if there is a message stored for delivery to a message listener; and a message notification component for (240) generating a message indicating that there are no further messages in the message store for routing to the messaging listener, in response to a negative determination by the monitoring component.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING DIGITAL DATA WITH A PROGRESSIVE FORMAT

... 1. Method of transferring digital data between a client device (3) and a server device (1 ) on a communication network (2), said method being implemented within said server device (1) and characterized in that it comprises the following steps: i) coming from the client device (3), receiving a request in markup format for the delivery of a digital object or part of a chosen digital object, ii) obtaining in the communication network (2) a representation of the object requested, iii) checking whether the representation of the object thus obtained corresponds to a data compression format of the progressive type, iv) in the event of a positive check, dividing the digital object into a plurality of sub-parts, to each sub-part there being allocated a high priority rank defined according to at least one chosen criterion, and v) sending to the client device (3) a response in markup format comprising the sub-parts of the digital object in binary format and the associated riorit ranks in marku format ...

METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM OF ADDING INSTANT MESSAGE CONTACT

The present disclosure discloses a method, apparatus, system and computer readable storage medium of adding an instant message contact. The method includes: receiving a joining-in request for a group from a client where a user locates, the joining- in request comprising a group identifier; acquiring audio and/or video information of other user in the group, based on the group identifier; and transmitting the audio and/or video information of the other user to the client where the user locates, for adding by the client where the user locates the instant message contact based on the audio and/or video information of the other user. The apparatus includes a group joining-in request reception module, a first user information acquisition module and a first user information transmission module. The system includes a server and a first client. It realizes that the user may hear the voice and/or see the appearance of the interested user before adding the interested user as a friend in the present ...

NETWORK-BASED AIRFLOW INDUCTION REMOTE-CONTROLLED SEX APPARATUS SYSTEM

A network-based airflow induction remote-controlled sex apparatus system. The system comprises a sex apparatus (130), a first control terminal (110) for controlling the operations of same, and a second control terminal (120). The sex apparatus (130) comprises an actuator unit and a control unit. The control unit receives from the first control terminal (110) a control signal used for driving the actuator unit into action. The second control terminal (120) comprises an audio collector (121) used for collecting an external signal. The second control terminal (120) determines whether or not the collected signal is an airflow induction signal generated by a user-emitted expiratory airflow impacting on the audio collector (121), and if yes, after processing the collected signal, transmits same via a network to the first control terminal (110), or, the second control terminal (120) directly transmits the collected signal via the network to the first control terminal (110) for a corresponding ...

METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR REALIZING PERSONALIZED THEMES FOR ELECTRONIC MAIL

A method for realizing personalized themes for electronic mail, which comprises the steps of setting personalized theme information for the electronic mail, uploading said electronic mail and personalized theme information, and displaying the theme of received electronic mail according to said personalized theme information. The invention also discloses a client device, a server device and a system for realizing the personalized theme of electronic mail. The solution proposed in the invention enables the sender to set personalized mail themes according to personal user requirements, and recipients can see colorful mail themes which overcome the problem of monotonous and featureless mail themes.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SECURING DATA TRANSFERS

The method of securing data transfers comprises: a transmission of a document from a document sender to at least one document addressee, by implementing at least one step of processing said document, - for at least one said step of processing the document, a step of measuring a probative value of said processing step, - a step of aggregating the probative values of the processing steps for said transmission so as to provide a measure of the overall probative value of said transmission of the document and a step of associating said overall probative value with said transmission of said document.

A MESSAGE SYSTEM FOR SOCIAL NETWORKS

A method of operating a message system comprises maintaining a list of users of the message system and maintaining a connection list and a message stream for each user of the message system. After receiving a message from a first user of the message system, the received message is published on the message stream of the first user and on the message streams of the users identified in the first user's connection list. If it is detected that the received message is a reply to an earlier message from a second user, then the earlier message is published on the message streams of the users identified in the first user's connection list, who are not in the second user's connection list.

E-MAIL RECEIVING DEVICE, NETWORK SERVER, AND EXPIRATION MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR RECEIVED E-MAIL

Disclosed is an e-mail receiving device comprising: an e-mail receiver that receives e-mail that has file attachments and viewing expiration dates thereof attached, a monitoring unit that monitors whether or not the file attachments have been viewed by the user, and an alerting unit that alerts the user of any unviewed file attachments that have approaching viewing expiration dates. This allows the expiration dates of received e-mail to be managed in a more reliable manner.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC POSTMARKING INCLUDING ANCILLARY DATA

An embodiment of the invention provides a method for performing electronic postmarking of data, including ancillary data is provided. The method includes receiving data from a sender. The method further includes selecting ancillary data. The method further includes generating an electronic postmark including the ancillary data. The method further includes forwarding the data with the electronic postmark including the ancillary data to a receiver.

PERSONAL SERVER

A personal server is provided for use with a mobile device, such as a cellular telephone. The personal server provides services to the user of the mobile device and to others authorized by the user, but to no other users. The personal server may be a home PC of the user of the mobile device. The personal server may serve as a proxy server for a shared server that provides services to the mobile device. The personal server may relay messages between the mobile device and the shared server. The personal server may store, log, filter, and perform other processing on the user's personal data, such as messages transmitted by the mobile device and/or the shared server. The personal server may aggregate messages received from a plurality of shared servers. A non-personal server may perform additional services, such as configuring the personal server and temporarily storing data if the personal server becomes inaccessible.

E-MAIL LINKING AND DISPLAY SYSTEM

L'invention concerne un système de courrier électronique (e-mail) utilisé afin de fournir des contenus de courrier électronique provenant de sources multiples dynamiques par Internet. Le contenu pour certaines parties d'un message de courrier électronique est composé par incorporation d'éléments de courrier électronique provenant de sources multiples, en utilisant une application de composition accessible via Internet. Cette application de composition traduit les compositions de partie de courrier électronique en instructions de production de contenu de courrier électronique, qui sont stockées à un emplacement accessible à un serveur de contenu de courrier électronique. Les descripteurs de contenu de courrier électronique sont conçus en vue d'être associés à un client de courrier électronique, afin de demander un contenu de courrier électronique provenant du serveur de contenu de courrier électronique via Internet. Ledit descripteur est inséré dans un message de courrier électronique qui ...

PROCESS FOR DATA COMMUNICATIONS AND A DATA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM FOR CARRYING OUT THE PROCESS

Disclosed are: a process for data communications whereby an acquisition device is used to gather information data through a transmitter-user, these data then being provided with appropriate address data and made available to an authorised receiver-user in a host computer for issuing the same; and a data communications system comprising a transportable data carrier, a data acquisition device for collecting and storing data on the data carrier, a data read-out device for reading the data carrier and a data output device. During a configuration operation preceding data communication, a transportable data carrier is provided with data carrier-specific and/or user-specific identification data. The transportable data carrier is used at least by the receiver-user in such a way that these identification data are read out from the data carrier to determine authorisation. Where there is agreement, at least one reception signal is issued to the receiver-user to characterise available information data ...

MESSAGE RELAYING METHOD AND ONLINE SERVICE SYSTEM ACCORDING TO SAME

The present invention relates to a message relaying method which relays, in a multiplexing scheme, messages between a client terminal and a server through a connection system in an online service system, to thereby reduce the loads of the server and ensure a message transmission rate. The present invention also relates to an online service system according to the message relaying method. The message relaying method of the online service system according to the present invention includes the steps of enabling a connection system, for relaying messages between a server group consisting of a plurality of servers and a plurality of client terminals, to receive messages transmitted from one or more client terminals to one or more servers, to store the received messages in pools corresponding to each of one or more servers, to constitute the messages stored in the pools into a first packet of a first transmission size, and to transmit the first packet to the corresponding server; and enabling ...

DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING SOCIAL NETWORKS THROUGH THE USE OF WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY

The invention relates to a portable electronic device, comprising means (c) for scanning continuously/repeatedly for UIDs sent out by other devices and recording these UIDs in a log; and means (d) for transferring the recorded UIDs to a server or another device (f); and to a method for establishing server-based communication options, whereby: (a) portable electronic devices containing identifiers (UIDs) record identifiers that are transmitted wirelessly and non-directionally by other portable electronic devices, (b) the identifiers (UIDs) are transferred to a server, and (c) the identifiers (UIDs) are used by a server to provide communication between users of the devices containing the identifiers that have been recorded. Moreover, the invention relates to a device and method for establishing contact wirelessly with a second compatible device, where the device comprises means (a) for automatically establishing non-directional contact as well as the transfer of one or more first data packets ...

INFORMATION TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM WHERE INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROGRAM IS STORED

Advertisement information is distributed to users in accordance with the degree of agreement of the districts classified by access of the users to the network with the districts where the advertiser and information provider want to send advertisement information. An information transmission system comprises user address acquiring means for acquiring the IP address of a user automatically in real time, a classified-by-district address database containing IP addresses classified by district, and a file classification database for specifying a file to be transmitted selected from among files in accordance with the classification by district, wherein the category of the district is found referring to the classified-by-district address database from the IP address of the user acquired by the user address acquiring means, and a file corresponding to the category is specified by using the file classification database and transmitted to the user's computer.

USER AND DEVICE INTERACTIONS FOR WEB CONSOLIDATION

A method (P1-P5) includes determining, by a processor (20) within a peripheral device (14), that an amount of a consumable associated with the peripheral device (14) has decreased below a predetermined thresold and transmitting an email from the peripheral device (14) to order additional supplies of the consumable.

METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING BRAND-IMAGE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN VENDORS AND CONSUMERS

An integrated consumer product marketing and information system which enables manufacturers, retailers, and consumers to carry out product-related functions: an internet product information subsystem (2) delivers information to interested consumers, using universal product code information in particular (3); product advertising is delivered to consumers (2A) within physical and electronic shopping environments; a sales analysis and forecasting subsystem (5) enables retailer purchasing agents to make obtain information about manufacturers' products in order to make informed purchases along the supply chain.

PROCESS FOR DATA COMMUNICATIONS AND A DATA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM FOR CARRYING OUT THE PROCESS

Disclosed are: a process for data communications whereby an acquisition device is used to gather information data through a transmitter-user, these data then being provided with appropriate address data and made available to an authorised receiver-user in a host computer for issuing the same; and a data communications system comprising a transportable data carrier, a data acquisition device for collecting and storing data on the data carrier, a data read-out device for reading the data carrier and a data output device. During a configuration operation preceding data communication, a transportable data carrier is provided with data carrier-specific and/or user-specific identification data. The transportable data carrier is used at least by the receiver-user in such a way that these identification data are read out from the data carrier to determine authorisation. Where there is agreement, at least one reception signal is issued to the receiver-user to characterise available information data ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGING INFORMATION AMONG EXCHANGE APPLICATIONS

In a system and method for accessing messages in a data store in a gateway, a data frame request, which is a structured SQL query, is received at the gateway. The received data frame request is applied to the gateway data store, which stores messages. A data frame is generated that comprises messages from the data store that are responsive to the received data frame request, the data frame having a format that is readable by a character editor.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR JOINING A CONFERENCE CALL OR MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCE

The present invention provides an efficient way for a conference participant to initiate a call into an audio bridge to join a conference call. To initiate the call into the audio bridge, a multimedia terminal sends to a conference server an address for a telephony terminal, an address for the audio bridge, and an access code. The conference server will instruct a call server to establish a bearer path for the call between the telephony terminal and the audio bridge using the respective addresses. The conference server also provides the access code to the call server, which delivers the access code to the audio bridge in association with establishing the call into the audio bridge. The audio bridge uses the access code to identify the conference call to which the call between the telephony terminal and the audio bridge should join, and adds the call to the conference call.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPUTED RELEVANCE MESSAGING

Selon cette invention, au moyen d'un ensemble d'ordinateurs et d'une structure de communication y associée on met en oeuvre un nouveau processus de communication qui permet aux fournisseurs d'informations de diffuser des informations destinées à une population de consommateurs d'information. Ces informations peuvent cibler ceux des consommateurs qui ont un besoin clairement formulé d'obtenir un type donné d'informations. Le ciblage peut s'effectuer sur la base d'informations inaccessibles aux protocoles de communication. Le ciblage comprend également un élément temps. Les informations peuvent être portées à l'attention du consommateur juste au moment où elles deviennent applicables, ce qui peut avoir lieu tout de suite après la réception du message mais aussi bien après l'arrivée du message. On peut laisser le processus de communication se dérouler sans intervenir auprès des consommateurs qui ne manifestent pas de besoin clairement formulé d'obtenir ces informations ni compromettre la sécurité ...

METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING SHORT MESSAGES

L'invention concerne un procédé destiné à la transmission de messages courts (5) dans un réseau de télécommunication (10), qui permet un téléchargement particulièrement simple et aisé des champs de données (15, 20, 25) dudit message court (5) au niveau de l'exploitant (70) du réseau. Un message est envoyé à un abonné (60) du réseau de télécommunication (10) en fonction d'un message court (5) transmis audit abonné (60) dans ledit réseau. Des données destinées à l'abonné (60), contenant des informations sur la structure et/ou le contenu du message court (5), sont transmises avec le message.

INTEGRATED INTERFACE FOR WEB BASED CUSTOMER CARE AND TROUBLE MANAGEMENT

A system and method for opening and tracking trouble tickets over the public Internet. A customer service management system (40) provides information included within a customer profile record to a Web enabled infrastructure (30) which is accessible by a remote customer workstation (20) having a web browser (14) and Internet access (15). The customer profile information is used to prepopulate data fields in dialogs used to open a trouble ticket. Once a trouble ticket is opened, the customer workstation (20) tracks the existing trouble tickets through a browser based graphical user interface (240). The graphical user interface (240) provides current and historical status reports of the actions taken to resolve a network event and the service organizations responsible for resolving the network event.

MAIL TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL CONNECTABLE TO NETWORK, MEDIUM ON WHICH MAIL TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION PROGRAM FOR THE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL IS RECORDED

Des informations sonores, pouvant être créées et éditées par l'expéditeur, sont jointes à un courrier électronique normal (texte), puis envoyées. Le destinataire, dès réception du courrier électronique, peut disposer du courrier électronique de façon visuelle et auditive, la musique étant produite selon les informations sonores. Les informations sonores sont éditées au moyen d'un éditeur d'informations sonores. La gamme musicale, la durée, l'heure et la tonalité en corrélation avec des numéros de code sont enregistrés dans une table. Des numéros de code sont sélectionnés, puis envoyés au destinataire, qui possède la même table et décode les codes reçus, afin de sortir les informations sonores, ce qui permet de réduire la quantité de données.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC MODIFICATION OF MULTIMEDIA MESSAGES

An enhanced Multimedia Messaging Service Center (MMS+Center) that manipulates photographs contained in MMS messages sent from camera enabled mobile phones. The Center receives an original photograph in an MMS message together with location information for the camera-enabled mobile phone. Utilizing the location information, an image associated with the location of the mobile phone is extracted from an image database. A photograph manipulator creates a modified photograph by pasting the extracted image into the original photograph. A preview of the modified photograph is sent to the mobile phone for review. If the preview is approved, the MMS+Center sends the modified photograph to the recipient.

A METHOD OF PROCESSING ELECTRONIC MAIL

A method of processing a user's electronic mail which is subjected to a cryptographic operation using a first cryptographic key associated with the user (1) when the mail is transmitted from a sender to the user (1) or from the user (1) to a recipient (7), the method comprising the steps of: a) encrypting the electronic mail using an encryption algorithm with a second cryptographic key as an encryption key; and d) performing a storage operation of the encrypted electronic mail; wherein the second cryptographic key is different from the first cryptographic key. The storage operation may archive the mail in a user's local or remote mail archive (2a,3a) and/or creates an escrow copy in a local or remote escrow mailbox (2e,3e) for access by a supervisor (11).

INTER SET TOP BOX PERSONAL MESSAGING WITHOUT USING INTERNET

A communication method which allows users to send and received text messages between their respective set top boxes. The method which includes transmitting text messages from multiple source set top boxes to an exchange. The exchange, in turn, packetizes the text messages into data packets and forwards the data packets to a multiplexor. The multiplexor multiplexes the data packets along with audio and video data into an output transport stream. The output transport stream is then broadcast to multiple destination set top boxes. The destination set top boxes have demultiplexing capability, thereby allowing a user at the destination set top box to ultimately read, and respond, to the original transmitted text message. A system employing the same is further disclosed.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UNIFIED MESSAGING IN INTER/INTRANET TELEPHONY

A network telephony system is provided which enables unified messaging services. The system generally includes at least one user agent (102,104) operatively coupled to a data network (106) and a signalling server operatively coupled to the data network (106). The user agents (102,104) are telephony endpoints, such as standalone Internet telephony appliances or personal computers with appropriate telephony software. A messaging server (110) is provided which is operatively coupled to the data network (106) and is responsive to the signaling server (108). The system also includes a media server (112A,112B) which is operatively coupled to the network and includes computer data storage media for storing message files. The media server is responsive to the messaging server (110) and, on occurrence of a messgae condition, is directly accessible to a calling party to store a message file for subsequent retrieval by a called party.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHECKING DIGITAL CERTIFICATES

Systems and methods for handling electronic messages. An electronic message that is associated with a digital certificate is to be processed. A decision whether to check the validity of the digital certificate is based upon digital certificate checking criterion.

ONLINE CHARGING SYSTEM (OCS) CONTROLLED MEDIA POLICY

A method of communication comprising the steps of: requesting at least one service having a plurality of parts; determining if said at least one service can be provided taking into account credit information relating to a user; and if not providing only one or some of said plurality of parts of said at least one service.

DISTRIBUTED IP ARCHITECTURE FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM WITH VIDEO MAIL

A telephone system architecture enabling various components of a video based telephone system to be distributed geographically yet operates as a seamlessly integrated system. A transcoding gateway provides an interface to a third generation wireless network and received video messages in a plurality of formats. These video messages are converted to a single format and provided to the video media server. The video media server can store the video messages in a message store, separated as a video component and an audio component. The entire video message can be provided to compatible equipment over the third generation wireless network. For non-compatible equipment, the audio component of the video messages can be provided.

System uses internet electronic mail for requesting status of a monitored device from a monitoring device

A method and system for monitoring, controlling and diagnosing operation of a machine such as a business office machine including a facsimile machine, a copier, and a printer. When the speed of communication between the remote device and machine is not urgent, a connectionless mode of communication may be used. The form of connectionless communication is an electronic mail message transmitted over the Internet. However, when a condition needs urgent action, a direct connection is used for communication such as communication via a telephone or ISDN line. The information obtained from the machine is stored in one or more data bases within a company and information of the machine is shared between a service department, engineering and design department, manufacturing department, and marketing department. As communication over the Internet via electronic mail is not secure, the connectionless-mode messages transmitted using Internet electronic mail are encrypted.

Method and device for exchanging information

So that a method and an apparatus for transmitting information which a sender has sent to at least one receiver provide, regardless of the type of information sent, fast and inexpensive transmission which can be handled by the sender, in particular, without any added involvement and which provides data which can be processed further by the receiver without significant additional involvement, provision is made for the information to be received in a first device and converted into electronic data, for the electronic data to be transmitted to the at least one receiver, and for the electronic data with the receiver to be provided in a form which can be selected by the receiver.

Flexible subscription-based event notification

Subscription-based notification using event channels that each correspond to a particular scope. Each channel manages notifications through the use of a schema definition. The event subscriptions identify the position and attributes that any desired event notification would take in the schema definition. The channel then receives event notifications in the form of XML fragments. The channel then determines the position that the XML fragment would take as defined by the schema definition. The channel determines whether the position and attributes of the event notification matches the position and attributes of the event subscription. If a match is found, then the event notification is copied and forwarded to the recipient designated in the corresponding subscription.

Multiprotocol communications environment

A communications environment includes a web site corresponding to a specific entity and a first and a second end user unit associated with the specific entity. Also provided are a first and a second connection device controlled by the web site. The first connection device is configured for connecting the first end user unit to a third end user unit so as to provide first private communications. The second connection device is configured for connecting the second end user unit to a fourth end user unit so as to provide second private communications.

Broadcasting and communicating combined terminal

A broadcasting and communicating combined terminal is provided which is capable of accumulating, when communication or information notice has occurred, broadcast contents only when a viewer desires to accumulate the broadcast contents. A first controlling unit, when receiving a signal of incoming call notification, makes a reference to selection information stored in a selection information storing unit to check whether or not the viewer desires to accumulate broadcast contents being now received and, if the stored selection information indicates that broadcast contents are to be accumulated, transmits a signal of a reproduction stop request for broadcast contents to a broadcast reproducing unit and a signal of an accumulation start request to a broadcast accumulating unit. The broadcast accumulating unit starts accumulation of broadcast contents.

Electronic mail viewing device and electronic mail editing device

An object of the present invention is to provide an e-mail editing device having excellent operability, in particular, an e-mail editing device capable of switching and displaying related e-mails. A display processor simultaneously displays a message editing screen for displaying an edition mail and a mail reference screen for displaying a reference mail for reference. A reference processor copies an object in the reference mail to a temporary storage. An editor pastes the object to an edition mail. A mail search portion searches for an e-mail in a memory on the basis of the reference mail. When a user performs a mail switching operation, the reference mail is switched to a searched e-mail for display.

System and method for providing improved access to SPAM-control feature in mail-enabled application

Disclosed is a system and method for providing users of web-accessible E-mail services with improved access to their E-mail messages and other information. In a first embodiment, a SPAM-control feature of a web-accessible electronic mail service is provided to a user of a mail-enabled application running on the user's client machine by software which integrates with the mail-enabled application. The software scans E-mail messages for a bulk-indicating indicia inserted by SPAM detection software running on a remote machine, and an E-mail message identified as including such bulk-indicating indicia is routed to a bulk folder.

Image forming apparatus, image data processing apparatus, and storage medium

When received mail contains divided data, the divided data is stored in a RAM until it accumulates a predetermined amount. Then, the predetermined amount of divided mail data is combined to restore the undivided original data file for printing. Accordingly, the original image can be readily restored even from mail data which has been received as a plurality of pieces of mail.

Recording medium and playback device

To provide user-friendly information recording and playback, embodiments of the invention provide a recording medium having recorded therein audiovisual information; content identification information for identifying the audiovisual information; and locator information. In one embodiment, a playback device comprises a recording medium control module configured to read content identification information from a recording medium for identifying content of audiovisual information and locator information relating to the audiovisual information in the recording medium. The locator information relates to the audiovisual information for locating a provider of service information. A network control module is configured to connect with the provider of service information based on the locator information.

System and method for pushing data from an information source to a mobile communication device including transcoding of the data

A system for pushing information content from an information source to a mobile communication device over a network includes a transcoding system and a first network device. The transcoding system includes a plurality of transcoders, each transcoder operable to transcode the information content from a respective input content type into a respective output content type. The first network device is in communication with the transcoding system, and includes a push module. The push module is operable to receive a connection request from the information source. The connection request includes an identifier associated with the mobile communication device. The push module is further operable to select a corresponding connection handler that is operable to select one or more transcoders from the plurality of transcoders to transcode the information content.

Electronic mail

A method and apparatus for the electronic delivery of a document, originated at a local site by a source which has a printer output that normally is connected to a printer, to one or more remote locations having printers or display devices which may differ from the printer normally connected to the printer output of the document generating source. Printer command signals which normally are provided at the printer output are converted to character and position data which represent the respective characters and their horizontal and vertical positions on each page of the document. The character and position data are transmitted to a remote location, either directly or via a distribution unit which transmits a document to one or more remote locations, whereat the data is reconverted to a form of driving a printer or other display device, resulting in a line-for-line conforming copy of the original.

Method and apparatus for linking electronic mail and an electronic calendar to provide a dynamic response to an electronic mail message

A dynamic response to an electronic message is provided to a sender without requiring any additional action on the part of an addressee. When a message is received, a search is conducted on the addressee's electronic calendar. If an event is found in which a receipt time of the message falls between the start and stop time thereof, a response is provided to the sender so indicating. The response may be tailored as desired to include such information as what the event is, start/stop time of the event, and who the event concerns.

NETWORK PHOTOGRAPH SERVICE SYSTEM

Image transmission via electronic mail is carried out more easily and at low cost. An image file managed by a database of a system of a service provider (center server) is disclosed on a network. The center server obtains various kinds of information (such as an image ID to specify the image to be transmitted and a destination address) input to the system by a service user who has viewed the disclosed image. Based on this information, the center server reads the specified image file from the database, converts the image file into an attachment document format, generates an image-attached electronic mail message, and transmits the electronic mail message to the specified address.

Server device and communication method

A server device (20) which receives, from a channel, electronic mail including information of a transfer destination, an authentication number to an authentication device and data, responds to the electronic mail, requests authentication to the authentication device, and transfers the data to the transfer destination when the authentication number is confirmed by the authentication device. The server device (20) rejects the transfer of the data when the authentication number is not received by the server device (20), and sends a reply to that effect to the transmission source of the data by using electronic mail. Moreover, when the authentication number is not received by the server device (20), the server device (20) requests authentication to the authentication device by using a predetermined authentication number.

Method and device for notifying server failure recovery

In a method and a device for notifying a server failure recovery which notify a failure recovery of a server or the like to a client, a server failure detector detects a client having tried but failed to access a server due to a failure, a server recovery detector detects a failure recovery, and a server recovery notifier gives a failure recovery notification to the client having failed to access. Also, the server failure recovery notification device is mounted on a router. The server failure detector detects the client having failed to access based on a destination unreachable message of an ICMP of the router 40, or detects the client having failed to access by determining the failure is being occurred in the server, in the absence of a reply IP packet to the IP packet addressed to the server from the client.

Video messaging

A method for video messaging includes recording a video message, at a device, for a recipient; and selecting a contact as a recipient of the video message, at the device, without requiring typing at the device.

Method and device for encrypting e-mail

Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren und Kommunikationseinrichtungen zum Aufbau von gesicherten E-Mail-Verkehr zwischen Domänen am Internet unter Nutzung von Security Associations, bei dem die E-Mail mindestens eine Kommunikationseinrichtung durchlaufen, die über ein Verzeichnis von Security Associations verfügt, und bei dem die Kommunikationseinrichtung der Sende-Domain den Namen der Ziel-Domain jeder der vom Mail-Server der eigenen Domain erhaltenen E-Mail gegen ein Verzeichnis von existierenden Security Associations (SA) prüft. Bei fehlendem Verzeichniseintrag wird die E-Mail mit einer Kennung der Kommunikationseinrichtung versehen und an den Empfänger weitergeleitet, empfängerseitig die E-Mail transparent an den Empfänger übergeben, wenn keine artgleiche Kommunikationseinrichtung vorhanden ist, empfängerseitig beim Auftreffen auf eine artgleiche Kommunikationseinrichtung die empfangene E-Mail von der empfangenden Kommunikationseinrichtung auf eine Kennung geprüft und an den Empfänger ...

System and method for integrating audio and visual messaging

The present invention provides a communication system for integrating audio and visual messaging. The communication system includes a mobile communication device (140, 145) for receiving visual messages and for transmitting voice messages to a recipient (105), a base station system (125, 130) in communication with the mobile communication device (140, 145), an electronic mail gateway (117, 115) for delivering visual messages to the base station system (125, 130) for transmission to the mobile communication device (140, 145). The integrated mail gateway (150) is programmed to create an e-mail message comprising the voice message. The integrated mail gateway (150) is also programmed to use the addressing information to address the e-mail message, and to send the addressed e-mail to the recipient (105).

Information transmission system and information transmission method

Teletext for video telephony: system, method and apparatus

Teletext for video telephony between subscribers conferencing over a telecommunications network is provided. A Gatekeeper controls communications of the telecommunications network. A video encoder/decoder encodes and decodes audio/video signals to provide video telephony to at least one subscriber. A video text server provides teletext signals representing teletext to be established in the video telephony conference. The video encoder/decoder originates a SETUP message to the Gatekeeper. The Gatekeeper includes address translation rule that causes the Gatekeeper to redirect the SETUP message to the video text server. The videotext server sends a Release Complete message to the Gatekeeper. The teletext signals representing the teletext are rerouted from the video text server to the Gatekeeper.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORGANIZING MESSAGES AND ATTACHMENTS AS A CONVERSATION

METHOD OF MANAGING AN OBJECT BY MEANS OF A MANAGEMENT GATEWAY USING A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

The present invention relates to a method of managing an object (OBJ) through a management gateway (ONG) communicating with a system architecture present on a telecommunications network offering functionalities for registering objects and for routing messages, the method comprising the registering () of the object with the system architecture by way of the management gateway, by using said registration functionality, and the control () of a parameter associated with the object by means of said management gateway, by using said message routing functionality. The present invention also relates to a management gateway (ONG) corresponding to the management method. 1. Method of managing an object through a management gateway communicating with a system architecture present on a telecommunications network offering object registration , message routing , and bandwidth management functionalities , said method comprising the registration of the object with the system architecture by way of the management gateway , using said registration functionality , and the control of an energy resource delivered and/or received by the object by means of said management gateway , using said message routing and bandwidth management functionalities.2. Management method according to claim 1 , wherein the registration of the object is carried out by means of an identifier comprising an identifier that is unique within a domain claim 1 , and a domain identifier that is globally unique claim 1 , particularly a URI address.3. Management method according to claim 1 , wherein the telecommunications network additionally offers an admission control functionality claim 1 , wherein the control of the parameter associated with the object additionally uses said admission control functionality.4. Management method according to claim 1 , wherein the telecommunications network additionally offers an authentication functionality claim 1 , wherein the registration of the object with the system architecture ...

WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM CONGESTION REDUCTION SYSTEM AND METHOD

A messaging server forwards emails to mobile communication devices of users to whom the emails were respectively addressed. An antivirus server determines whether an email addressed to a user of a mobile communication device, to be forwarded by the messaging server to the mobile communication device, is infected with a virus. In response to determining the email is infected with a virus, a bulletin generator transmits, to the mobile communication devices besides the mobile communication device of the addressee of the email determined to be infected, an all points bulletin message disclosing the existence of the virus. The bulletin message is transmitted directly to, instead of via email to, the wireless mobile communication devices. 1. A method comprising:receiving an email that is addressed to a user of a first communication device and is to be forwarded to the first communication device;determining whether the email is infected with a virus;generating, in response to determining the email is infected with a virus, an all points bulletin message disclosing the existence of the virus; andtransmitting the all points bulletin message to each communication device of a group of communication devices, the bulletin message being transmitted directly to, instead of via email to, each communication device of the group.2. The method of wherein the bulletin message includes instructions to delete an email message.3. The method of wherein the bulletin message indicates a message was detected and filtered.4. The method of wherein the bulletin message indicates a global filter has been activated.5. The method of further comprising refraining from forwarding the infected email to the first communication device.6. The method of wherein the determining is based at least partially on text in the email's subject line.7. The method of wherein the determining is based at least partially on the email's sender name.8. The method of wherein the determining is based at least partially on ...

Message Filtering System

A message filtering system is provided including a message management unit and a message monitoring unit in communication with the message management unit. The message management unit is configured to send and receive message over a network and to route messages to the message monitoring unit based on a message source, and the message monitoring unit is configured to parse the message and locate identifiers in the message and to re-route the message based on the identifier located in the message. 1. A method of filtering messages comprising:receiving at a computer system a short message service message sent from an originating communication device and addressed to a destination communication device;determining with the computer system if an address of the originating communication device is a restricted address;prohibiting, with the computer system, communication of the message to the destination communication device if the address of the originating communication device is a restricted address;searching, with the computer system, the content of the message for one or more pre-determined words;forwarding the message from the computer system to a monitoring communication device if a pre-determined word is identified in the message;receiving, at the computer system, instructions from the monitoring communication device to deliver or prohibit delivery of the message to the destination communication device;delivering the message from the computer system to the destination communication device upon receipt by the computer system of instructions to deliver the message; andprohibiting, with the computer system, communication of the message to the destination communication device upon receipt by the computer system of instructions to prohibit delivery of the message.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of searching the message for a pre-identified word comprises comparing the words of the message with a plurality of keywords stored in a keyword library in memory ...

SEGMENTING ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC MESSAGE BOARDS

Systems and methods are provided for fine level access control over message content in an electronic messaging system. Access criteria associated with the message content define requirements that a user must satisfy in order to perform specified actions on message content. The user's complete profile is examined at run time and compared to access criteria to make a real time decision about the level of access that a user should have to message content. Depending on the access criteria associated with content, stronger authentication or weaker authentication of the user profile information may be performed on the user profile to determine the level of access that should be granted to the user. 1. (canceled)2. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a request from a user of a computing device to perform an action with respect to a selected thread of a plurality of threads on an electronic message board;', 'retrieving access criteria associated with the action to be performed on the selected thread, each of the plurality of threads on the electronic message board having access criteria for each of a plurality of actions capable of being performed with respect to each thread, the access criteria for the selected thread specifying at least a strong level of authentication and a weak level of authentication;', 'determining a required level of authentication specified by the access criteria for the selected thread and the action to be performed with respect to the selected thread, the required level being determined to be at least one of the strong level of authentication or the weak level of authentication;', 'accessing user profile information associated with the user using a user profile module configured to obtain the user profile information from at least one data store;', 'determining whether the user is authorized to perform the action by validating the user profile information against the required level of authentication, the user profile information ...

Remote Home/Office Monitoring and Control Using Skype

Disclosed is a method for monitoring and control of local or remote premises using a peer-to-peer communication infrastructure. The method uses messages transmitted over the peer-to-peer communication infrastructure to relate various data and control signals. 1. A method of controlling remote premises , the method comprising:receiving at a proxy computing device a message transmitted from a remote device over a peek-to-peer communication service, the message including a control instruction associated with actuation of an external device;transmitting the received message from the proxy computing device to a hardware interface device, the hardware interface device including a relay electrically connected to the external device;translating by the hardware interface device the control instruction from the message to a control signal associated with the relay; andapplying the control signal to the relay to actuate the external device.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is one of a text message and an instant message.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the peer-to-peer communication service is SKYPE.4. A system to control remote premises claim 1 , the system comprising: receive a message transmitted from a remote device over a peek-to-peer communication service, the message including a control instruction associated with actuation of an external device; and', 'transmit the received message from the proxy computing device;, 'a proxy computing device configured to an interface configured to receive the message from the proxy computing device;', 'a controller configured to translate the control instruction from the message to a control signal; and', 'a relay electrically connected to the external device, the relay configured to actuate the external device when the control signal is applied to the relay by the controller., 'a hardware interface device comprising5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the message is one of a text message; instant message claim 4 , e-mail ...

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD

The present invention relates to an electronic document distribution system and to an electronic document distribution method, which can construct an electronic document distribution system for providing not only enterprise/institutions with reliability, but also individuals and small companies. 1. An electronic document distribution system , comprising:a transceiving entity that transmits and receives a message based on an electronic mailing address and distributes the electronic document through a distribution messaging server that issues and manages a distribution certificate for message transmission/reception;a distribution hub that registers/manages the electronic mailing address of the transceiving entity, sets an electronic document distribution route between the transceiving entities, provides a standard form of the electronic document to the transceiving entity, transmits the message by proxy when an error occurs in the process of distribution the electronic document between the transceiving entities and issues a distribution certificate; anda reliable third party storing institution that receives and stores the distribution certificate.2. The electronic document distribution system according to claim 1 , wherein the distribution messaging server of the transceiving entity stores the transceiving message in a mailbox so as to include status information for every user claim 1 ,stores a message transceiving record in a medium that is not allowed to edit and delete the message transceiving record for a predetermined period of time,issues the distribution certificate for the message transmission/reception to request the third party storing institution to store the distribution certificate,allows the transceiving entity to use function of registering, searching, editing, and deleting the electronic mailing address in connection with the address directory server of the distribution hub, andmoves messages which are stored for a predetermined period of time or ...

MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF TRANSFERRING OR RECEIVING DATA USING THE SAME

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal which transfers or receives data, including location information, in various ways, and a method of transferring or receiving data using the same. According to an embodiment, the mobile terminal includes a display including a touch screen: a communication unit; a location information unit configured to manage at least one location information including a specific location information; and a controller configured to: obtain the specific location information in response to a first user input to the touch screen, display the obtained specific location information on the display in the form of a text, and transfer together the message and the obtained specific location information through the communication unit in response to a second user input to the touch screen. 1. A mobile terminal for processing a message , comprising:a display including a touch screen:a communication unit;a location information unit configured to manage at least one location information including a specific location information; and obtain the specific location information in response to a first user input to the touch screen,', 'display the obtained specific location information on the display in the form of a text, and', 'transfer together the message and the obtained specific location information through the communication unit in response to a second user input to the touch screen., 'a controller configured to2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the specific location information includes latitude and longitude information.3. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to display the specific location information on the display as a geographical name.4. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the location information unit is further configured to obtain the at least one location information by using at least one of the following:a satellite system including at least one from among GPS, GALILEO, GLONASS, COMPASS, ...

MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF TRANSFERRING OR RECEIVING DATA USING THE SAME

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal which transfers or receives data, including location information, in various ways, and a method of transferring or receiving data using the same. According to an embodiment, the mobile terminal includes a display; a communication unit; and a controller configured to receive together the message and a specific location information through the communication unit from a communication terminal, wherein the specific location information is location information excluding a current location of the communication terminal. The controller is further configured to display the message and the specific location information separately on the display such that the message and the specific location information can be identified separately from each other by a user of the mobile terminal. 1. A mobile terminal for processing a message , comprising:a display;a communication unit; obtain a specific location information identifying a geographical location of the mobile terminal;', 'cause the display to display a message input interface to facilitate user input of the message for sending via the communication unit, wherein the message is displayed in the message input interface, and wherein the message is a short message service (SMS) message or a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message;', 'cause the display to display a first graphical user interface to permit adding of the specific location information to the message, the adding of the specific location information to the message occurring in response to an input received with regard to the first graphical user interface;', 'cause the display to display a second graphical user interface to permit sending of the message, wherein the sending of the message includes sending together the message with the specific location information when the specific location information has been added to the message according to the input received with regard to the first graphical user interface; and ...

TOPIC-BASED MESSAGING USING CONSUMER ADDRESS AND POOL

In a multicast publisher-subscriber environment, a configurator machine manages a consumer pool of multiple receiver machines. The consumer pool is dedicated to a topic. Each receiver machine has a unique consumer address within the consumer pool allocated by the configurator machine. The configurator machine receives registration data from a receiver machine to be added to the consumer pool and provides a consumer address to the receiver machine. The receiver machine transmits a multicast communication to advertise its availability to receive messages on the topic. The multicast communication includes the consumer address. A transmitter machine may publish a message on the topic. The message may be a multicast communication directed to any receiver machine in to the consumer pool, or the message may be a point-to-point communication directed to the receiver machine with the consumer address. 1. A system comprising:an identification module configured to identify a receiver machine as available for inclusion in a consumer pool of receiver machines, the consumer pool including a plurality of receiver machines configured to receive messages for the consumer pool from a transmitter machine;a processor configured by a generation module to generate a consumer address of the receiver machine with respect to the consumer pool, the consumer address being unique to the receiver machine among the plurality of receiver machines within the consumer pool, the generating being based on registration data received from the receiver machine; anda provision module configured to provide the consumer address to the receiver machine, the consumer address being usable by the receiver machine to generate a multicast communication based on the consumer address, the multicast communication indicating that the receiver machine is available to receive at least some of the messages for the consumer pool from the transmitter machine.2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a reception ...

INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE

A message data acquisition unit acquires message data including a message and additional information. An event ID acquisition unit acquires, when a condition fulfillment detection unit determines that a condition is fulfilled, condition identification information identifying the fulfilled playing condition in the game. A display information generation unit displays a message in the message data including the additional information corresponding to the acquired condition identification information, in a game screen displayed on a display device. 1. An information processing device comprising:a message data acquisition unit configured to acquire message data including a message and additional information;a storage device configured to store acquired message data;a condition identification information acquisition unit configured to acquire, when a condition predefined in an application is fulfilled, condition identification information identifying the fulfilled condition; anda communicating unit configured to communicate the message in the message data, including the additional information corresponding to the acquired condition identification information.2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the communicating unit displays the message on a screen displayed on a display device.3. The information processing device according to claim 1 , whereinthe message data includes attribute information identifying an attribute of the message, andthe communicating unit displays messages in different modes according to the attribute information.4. The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising: a communication determination unit configured to determine whether the additional information in the message data stored in the storage device corresponds to the condition identification information acquired by the condition identification information acquisition unit.5. The information processing device according to claim 4 , ...

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANNOUNCING DEATH OF A USER IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK

A method and a system are provided for announcing and checking an accuracy of a user death event in a worldwide communication network. The identity of an announcer of a death news is registered in the network. The inquiry messages are sent to the user and his/her reliable friends to authenticate or deny the death news. The user profile in the network is customized based on the predefined conditions set by the user before his/her death to send a user created preset death message to the friends/members and to display the preset message in a personal page of the user profile after confirming the death news. The preset messages are sent to the friends/member at preset dates/intervals, after the death of the user. The preset user request is sent to the internet service providers to block the user email addresses and registered profiles after the death. 1. A method for announcing a death of a user in a communication network , the method comprises:registering in a communication network by a plurality of announcers;selecting a death announcement button by at least one announcer from a death announcement list of a user;registering an identity of the at least one announcer;sending a message to a plurality of users to authenticate death news of a user;obtaining an authentication of the death news of the user based on responses received from the plurality of users for the message sent to the plurality of users; andcustomizing a user profile in the communication network based on a predefined condition set by the user before a death of the user.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the death announcement button is selected by the announcers authorized by the user to announce the death of the user.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identity of the announcers are registered in the death announcement list by obtaining a valid data wherein the valid data is selected from a group comprising of a security code claim 1 , an internet protocol address and a login ID of the plurality of ...

Online Network and Associated Methods

Computer program products, computer systems and related methods are provided which compare a URL, title and/or content of an online site viewed by a user with a first index of keywords relating to a plurality of subject matter categories, to determine any subject matter categories to which the online site relates; cross-reference any determined subject matter categories with a second index of alternative online sites categorised by subject matter, in order to determine any alternative online sites in the same or similar category; and perform a variety of actions in response including displaying a determined alternative online site to the user. 1. A mobile device comprising:a control part, accepting commands from a user, and carrying out the commands by taking an action on the mobile device responsive to the commands;a wireless communication part that communicates information indicative of the commands to a remote device;a connection to a battery, operating said control part and said wireless communication part;a battery monitor that monitors a charge level of the battery, wherein information indicative of said charge level of the battery is communicated to said remote device by said wireless communication part; anda processing part that receives said charge level, detects a battery voltage lower than a specified amount, and wherein said information indicative of said charge level comprises an indication that the battery voltage is lower than the specified amount, wherein said wireless communication part also receives information.2. (canceled)3. A device as in claim 1 , wherein said information indicative of the charge level includes information of a voltage of the battery.4. A device as in claim 1 , wherein said wireless communication part communicates via radio frequency.5. A device as in claim 1 , wherein said wireless communication part communicates via infrared.6. A device as in claim 5 , wherein said wireless communication part sends said information indicative ...

Invitation Information Push Method And System

An invitation information push method includes after receiving an invitation request sent by a microblog user, a server sending invitation information to a number of clients corresponding to invited users carried in the invitation request, wherein the invited users are users who have not registered microblog, and the number of the invited users N is greater than or equal to 1. Each client, upon receiving the invitation information, creating an invitation information guide to guide the users who have not registered the microblog to register the microblog. The method further comprises, when a predetermined time is reached, a server actively sending invitation information to at least one client corresponding to at least one user who has not registered the microblog. 1. An invitation information push method comprising:after receiving an invitation request sent by a microblog user, a server sending invitation information to clients corresponding to a number of invited users carried in the invitation request, wherein the invited users are users who have not registered microblog, and the number of the invited users N is greater than or equal to 1; andupon receiving the invitation information, each client creating an invitation information guide to guide the user who has not registered microblog to register microblog.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the clients corresponding to the N users who have not registered microblog comprise:clients of the N users who have not registered microblog in one network segment; orclients corresponding to N friends of a designated microblog user, the N friends have not registered microblog and are obtained through instant communication relation chains of the designated microblog user, or, clients of randomly selected N users who have not registered microblog.3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the invitation request sent by the microblog user is sent to the server through following steps:when the server receives an ...

Composing Packages of Electronic Mail Attachments

The present invention is directed to a method and system for composing a package of application files to be sent as e-mail attachments in e-mail communications. A plurality of data structures are created, wherein each data structure groups together a plurality of different user application files designated as attachments to an e-mail communication. Application files designated from within user applications are associated with selected data structures, such that each designated application file is associated with a selected data structure. During composition of an e-mail communication having attachments, a list of the data structures containing application files are provided. 120-. (canceled)21. A method comprising:receiving input identifying a package to be attached to an electronic communication, the package comprising a copy of an original application file;determining if the original application file has been changed since the copy of the original application file was made for attachment to the electronic communication; andrequesting input via a graphical menu prompting a user to choose whether to one of replace the copy of the original application file with a copy of a modified application file in response to determining that the original application file has been changed and allow the copy of the original application file be sent with the electronic communication.22. The method of further comprising:replacing the copy of the original application file with the copy of the modified application file in response to receiving input choosing to replace the copy of the original application file.23. The method of further comprising:receiving input identifying the original application file to be included in the package.24. The method of further comprising:checking for a term in the electronic communication indicative of a user's intent to attach an attachment to the electronic message; andrequesting input from the user as to whether an attachment is intended to be ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMIZABLE COMMUNICATIONS

The various implementations of the present invention are provided as a computer-based system configured to allow for controlling the flow of communication options in a multi-user, multi-organizational environment. The computer-based system focuses on providing significant customization of the communication flow, delivery, and relevance by focusing on intermediation and integration of multiple disparate messaging platforms that may be used by a message originator to send messages to a message originator, providing for an integrated messaging platform. Additional embodiments provide for automated or enhanced communication using variables such as place, time, message recipient affiliation, etc. to prioritize and adapt message flow for a specific person or organization. While useful for many different environments, the most preferred embodiments of the present invention are adapted for use in an educational environment. 1. A computer-based system for controlling the delivery of a message from a message originator to a message recipient comprising:at least one processor;at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor;a social media messaging platform;a database residing in the memory, the database comprising a plurality of user authentication credentials for the social media messaging platform;a message control mechanism residing in the memory; andat least a first message, the at least a first message being transmitted from the message originator to the message recipient via the message control mechanism and the social media messaging platform, the message control mechanism extracting at least one of the plurality of user authentication credentials from the database, the message control mechanism being configured to post the at least a first message to a social media account associated with the message recipient by using the at least one of the plurality of user authentication credentials to authenticate the message to the social media messaging platform ...

Processing Method and Processing System for Instant Messages in Network Conference

The embodiments of the present invention provide a processing method and processing system for instant messages in a network conference. The processing method for instant messages comprises: establishing connection between a conference application server and an instant message server, wherein the conference application server is further connected to a conference client, and the instant message server is further connected to an instant message client; and controlling message transfer between the conference application server and the conference client or between the instant message server and the instant message client according to the state of the conference client and the state of the instant message client. With the manners above, the processing method and processing system of the present invention enable a message client to which the conference client in the network conference corresponds to receive instant messages in a more humanized manner, thereby improving the experiences of the user. 1. A processing method for instant messages in a network conference , the method comprising:establishing connection between a conference application server and an instant message server, wherein the conference application server is further connected to a conference client, and the instant message server is further connected to an instant message client; andcontrolling message transfer between the conference application server and the conference client or between the instant message server and the instant message client according to the state of the conference client and the state of the instant message client.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein claim 1 , the step of establishing connection between a conference application server and an instant message server further comprises:at the beginning of the conference, by the conference application server, acquiring at least one of a conference terminal ID or a telephone number calling into the conference of a participant of ...

METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING CONTENTS TO PEERS BY MEANS OF MULTICAST CONNECTIONS WITHIN A P2P INFRASTRUCTURE, AND ASSOCIATED CONTROL SERVER

A control server is intended for controlling content distribution to peers coupled to a communication network which comprises at least one content serving means (CNS, N-N) storing contents. This control server is arranged i) for transmitting messages to these peers to inform them that a content will soon be distributed by means of an identified multicast session, and to identify content parts that have been respectively associated to them, and ii) for ordering at least one content serving means to initiate this identified multicast session to transmit the content to the peers, in order those having decided to listen to the multicast session store the content parts that have been identified into their respective messages. 118-. (canceled)19. Method for distributing contents to peers coupled to a communication network comprising at least one content serving means storing said contents and a control server for controlling content distribution to said peers said method comprising , the steps of:i) transmitting messages from said control server to said peers to inform them that a content will soon be distributed by means of an identified multicast session, and to identify parts of said content that have been respectively associated to them,ii) initiating said identified multicast session from at least one content serving means to transmit said content to said peers, in order those having decided to listen to said multicast session store the content parts that have been identified into their respective messages, andiii) consisting, when said control server receives a content request for obtaining at least identified parts of a content, from a peer, in sending a response to said requesting peer to propose it to listen to at least one identified multicast connection, then in sending a command request to at least one peer, storing said requested content parts, so that it starts transmitting said requested content parts over said identified multicast connection,20. Method ...

Methods, Systems And Computer Program Products For Electronic Identification Card Creation And Transfer During Communications

A method for creating an electronic identification card during a communications session including: presenting a user with an option to enter personal information; receiving a command from the user to send the electronic identification card including the personal information during the communications session; recording the personal information for the electronic identification card with a data entry method; and sending the electronic identification card to a device involved in the communications session. 1. A method for creating an electronic identification card , comprising:presenting a user with an option to enter personal information;recording the personal information for the electronic identification card with a data entry method;receiving a command from the user to send the electronic identification card including the personal information during a communications session;placing the communication session on hold; andsending the electronic identification card to a wireless device involved in the communications session.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the personal information includes a name of a person.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data entry method comprises:prompting the user to provide the personal information;recording the personal information provided by the user; andsaving the personal information provided by the user in the electronic identification card.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the personal information is recorded using a dual tone multi-frequency input recognition algorithm.5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the personal information is recorded using a speech recognition algorithm.6. The method of further comprising presenting the user with an option to selectively include personal information in the electronic identification card.7. An apparatus for creating and transferring an electronic identification card claim 1 , comprising:a processor; anda computer readable medium with computer-executable instruction stored thereon, that when ...

SCHEDULABLE E-MAIL FILTERS

An e-mail filter may be associated with a schedule defining a recurrent active time period. As such, some e-mail filters may be active at specific times of day and on specific days of the week and inactive the rest of the time. Before applying any filters, the current time is determined and it is determined which filters are active. The determination of which filters are active is based on the current time being within the active time period. 1. A method of establishing an e-mail filter , the method comprising:arranging presentation of a filter configuration user interface window for the e-mail filter, the filter configuration user interface window including a recurrence button and allowing definition of the e-mail filter;determining that actuation of the recurrence button has occurred;responsive to the determining, arranging presentation of a scheduling window, the scheduling window allowing specification of recurrent scheduling information to associate with the e-mail filter;responsive to receipt of an event representative of completion of the specification of scheduling information, saving the recurrent scheduling information; andresponsive to receipt of an event representative of completion of the definition, saving the e-mail filter associated with the recurrent scheduling information.2. The method of wherein the definition of the e-mail filter includes a condition.3. The method of wherein the definition of the e-mail filter includes an action to be carried out on an e-mail message that meets the condition.4. The method of wherein the action involves forwarding the e-mail message to a mobile communication device.5. The method of wherein the action involves suppression of forwarding the e-mail message to a mobile communication device.6. The method of wherein the action involves displaying a reference to the e-mail message on a mobile communication device.7. The method of wherein the action involves suppression of displaying a reference to the e-mail message on a ...

DYNAMIC NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION SYSTEM AND METHOD

The invention provides a system and method for filtering unsolicited network messaging in a network comprising at least one remote messaging device, at least one data routing device and at least one remote destination device. The invention provides a means for determining a probability of the network message being unsolicited; and means for translating a first network address into a second network address associated with unsolicited network messaging when the probability determining means indicates a high probability of unsolicited network messaging. In a further embodiment there is provided a means for translating the first network address into the at least one second network address associated with legitimate network messaging, when the probability determining means indicates a low probability of unsolicited network messaging. 1. A system for filtering unsolicited network messaging in a network comprising at least one remote messaging device , at least one data routing device and at least one remote destination device ,wherein the remote messaging device has a first network address and communicates at least one network message intended to reach the at least one remote destination device to the at least one data routing device; andwherein the at least one data routing device translates the first network address into a second network address and forwards the network message to the at least one remote recipient device;the system comprisingmeans for storing a plurality of second network addresses;means for receiving the at least one network message from the at least one remote data communicating device under the first network address wherein the first network address comprises the source address of the remote data communicating device;means for determining a probability of the network message being unsolicited; andmeans for translating the source address into a second network address associated with unsolicited network messaging when the probability determining means ...

COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NETWORK DOMAINS IN A SERVICE CLOUD

Disclosed are systems, apparatus, and methods for integrating a service console application by providing communication between a first and second network domain. In various implementations, first data is received at a second network domain, where the first data includes one or more functions. A first message may be received at the second network domain, the first message being provided at the second network domain in response to the one or more functions being invoked, and the message identifying the one or more functions. Responsive to receiving the message, the one or more functions may be executed at a computing device associated with the second network domain. Responsive to executing the one or more functions, a second message may be sent to the first domain indicating that the one or more functions have been executed, where the second message is operable to invoke and execute one or more call back functions. 1. A computer implemented method for providing bi-directional communication between a first network domain and a second network domain , the method comprising:receiving first data at the second network domain, the first data including one or more functions;receiving a first message at the second network domain, the first message being provided at the second network domain in response to the one or more functions being invoked, and the message identifying the one or more functions;responsive to receiving the message, executing the one or more functions at a computing device associated with the second network domain; andresponsive to executing the one or more functions, sending a second message to the first domain indicating that the one or more functions have been executed, the second message being operable to invoke and execute one or more call back functions.2. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more functions are invoked in response to one or more user actions.3. The computer implemented method of further comprising: ...

FAST MOBILE MAIL WITH CONTEXT INDICATORS

Facilitating replying to received email messages includes presenting a selectable set of fast reply tokens that correspond to snippets of multimedia content, providing a mechanism to superimpose a selected subset of the fast reply tokens on to different portions of the received email message to compose an annotated email messages, wherein the fast reply tokens are separate from any reply email text, and sending the annotated email message. The fast reply tokens may include action icons, status icons, emoticons, emojis, expressive elements, clip art, highlighters, geometric shapes, arrows, short tunes, audio clips, video clips, abbreviated standard texts, and freehand notes. Facilitating replying to received email messages may also include providing cultural adaptations and localization of fast reply tokens based on a setting provided by a recipient of the annotated email message.

MAIL GATEWAY, MAIL DELIVERY METHOD, AND PROGRAM

In a mail gateway, a collection part collects, for each specific information contained in a mail entered into a resending queue, statistical information of the specific information. A provisional queue creation part creates a provisional queue based on the collected number of the statistical information. The provisional queue handles a mail which has a possibility of causing congestion. This can prevent a normal queue from entering into a congestion state. Also in the mail gateway, if the congestion state is brought about in the provisional queue which performs a send of a mail containing the specific information, a mail sort part restricts an entry of a mail into the provisional queue. This can limit an influence of the congestion state only to the provisional queue. 1. A mail gateway which relays a mail received , the mail gateway comprising:a first queue that includes a sending queue which sends the received mail to a destination and a resending queue which resends a mail which has been received but whose relay has failed;a collection part that collects, from a mail held in the resending queue, statistical information for each information contained in the mail;a provisional queue creation part that determines whether or not the collected number of the statistical information collected by the collection part is more than a previously-set upper limit threshold, and, if the collected number is determined to be more than the upper limit threshold, creates a second queue which performs a send of the mail containing the information including the collected number which has been determined to be more than the upper limit threshold;and a mail transferring part that transfers the mail containing the information including the collected number which has been determined to be more than the upper limit threshold, from among one or more mails whose resend from the resending queue has failed, to the second queue, and then enters the mail into the second queue.2. The mail gateway ...

Method of e-mail address search and e-mail address transliteration and associated device

An improved method of transliterating non-Latin input within an e-mail address field to the Latin equivalent. A routine in a handheld device is structured to detect a triggering event that indicates an e-mail address is being input into an e-mail address field. Following the triggering event, both prior and subsequent input is transliterated to Latin characters as these characters are required by Internet protocols. The transliteration routine may also be utilized to search an email address book wherein names are recorded using both Latin and non-Latin characters.

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SOCIAL MEDIA COOPERATION PROTOCOL

Methods and systems for social media cooperation, via allowing inter-social network communications between users of different networks is provided. The inter-social network communications may be facilitated by sending inter-social network communications in a format determined by a protocol that is used by the social networks agreeing to allow inter-social network communications. 1. A method comprising:retrieving, by a processor system of a machine host system of a first social network, from a memory system of the machine host system, information about one or more features available for interacting with other social networks;sending from the machine host system to a user system a collection of information including the one or more features available on other social networks, which allows the user to send messages to the second social network, via the first social network;receiving at the host system an indication that the user selected the one or more features; andsending from the host system a message to the second social network based on the indication, therein requesting the second social network to determine tasks to perform to implement the one or more features.2. The method of claim 1 , the one or more features including a request to connect to a user at another social network.3. The method of claim 1 , the message having parameter specifying a type for the message claim 1 , the method further comprising:determining a value for the type, one value that is allowed for the type being an indication that the communication is a post on a wall.4. The method of claim 1 , the message having parameter specifying a type for the message claim 1 , the method further comprising:determining a value for the type, one value that is allowed for the type being an indication that the communication is an inter-social network e-mail.5. The method of claim 1 , the message having parameter specifying a type for the message claim 1 , the method further comprising:determining a value ...

PRIORITIZATION OF INCOMING COMMUNICATIONS

The subject matter of this disclosure can be implemented in, among other things, a method performed by a computing device. In these examples, the method includes determining an identity of an originator of an incoming communication using an originating address of the incoming communication, and applying a first set of rules to the identity of the originator of the incoming communication to determine an importance of the incoming communication. The first set of rules includes rules generated based at least on information about the originator included in a directory of the computing device. The method may also include applying a second set of rules to the identity of the originator. The second set of rules includes rules generated based at least on previous interactions between the computing device and the originator. 1. A method performed by a computing device having at least one processor , the method comprising:determining an identity of an originator of an incoming communication using an originating address of the incoming communication;applying a first set of rules to the identity of the originator of the incoming communication to determine an importance of the incoming communication, wherein the first set of rules comprise rules generated based at least on information about the originator of the incoming communication included in a directory of the computing device, and wherein the directory includes information about potential originators of incoming communications based on a location of each of the potential originators;applying a second set of rules to the identity of the originator of the incoming communication to determine the importance of the incoming communication, wherein the second set of rules comprise rules generated based at least on previous interactions between the computing device and the originator of the incoming communication; andgenerating a prioritization score based on the importance determined by the first and second sets of rules.2. The ...

LOCATION-BASED COMMUNICATIONS

A computer-implemented method includes generating a communication to be sent from a sender to a recipient who are related to one another by blood or employment; and scheduling delivery of the communication to the recipient based on a future location of the recipient. The content of the communication and the future location of the recipient are determined from an analysis of electronically-accessible resources by or about the sender, the recipient, or both. 1. A computer-implemented method comprising:receiving, from or on behalf of a sender, (a) location criteria from which an expected future location of a recipient who is related to the sender by blood or employment can be inferred, and (b) information indicative of content for a communication to be sent from or on behalf of the sender to the recipient;inferring the expected future location of the recipient based on a relationship between the location criteria and content of publicly available electronically-accessible resources by or about the sender, the recipient, or both;inferring content for the communication based on a relationship between the received information indicative of the content and content of publicly available electronically-accessible resources;generating the communication based on the inferred content; andscheduling delivery of the communication to the recipient based on the inferred expected future location of the recipient.2. The method of claim 1 , comprising sending the communication to the recipient when the recipient is at or near the expected future location.3. The method of claim 1 , comprising sending the communication to a mobile computing device associated with the recipient.4. The method of claim 1 , comprising detecting an actual location of the recipient.5. The method of claim 4 , wherein detecting an actual location of the recipient includes detecting GPS coordinates of a computing device associated with the recipient.6. The method of claim 4 , comprising sending the communication ...

Digital postal mail gateway

A digital postal mail connector (or “gateway”) is supported within an enterprise's (a mailer's) digital delivery infrastructure, preferably as a rack-mounted hardware appliance or software install. The digital postal mail gateway interfaces with the mailer's existing print process (e.g., a print stream processor) to automatically create an alternative output stream that is sent as one or more digital files and received online by the mailer's customers in web-based electronic mailboxes.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MESSAGING SYSTEM

In various embodiments described herein a messaging system is described. The messaging system may be useful in a correctional facility or other environments such as college campus, hospitals or other institutions. In addition to providing messaging service from a source to a destination, the system can perform additional functions for example, validating destination numbers, maintaining user records and storing message details. 1. A messaging station to allow a user to send and receive messages to and from a remote communication device using the short messaging service (SMS) platform , the system comprising: an enclosure; and', a display device;', 'a message input interface;', 'a processor; and', 'a communication system configured to be in communication with a message service center associated with the SMS platform., 'a mobile computing device housed in the enclosure, wherein the mobile computing device comprises], 'at least one messaging kiosk that includes2. The messaging station of located in a correctional facility.3. The messaging station of wherein the communication system of the messaging kiosk is in communication with a central server located in the correctional facility.4. The messaging station of wherein a message sent or received by the user is stored on the central server and accessible to the authorities at the correctional facility for monitoring and control.5. The messaging station of wherein the message sent or received by the user can be monitored using a web based control and investigating portal.6. The messaging station of wherein the message sent or received by the user is a text message.7. The messaging station of wherein the message sent or received by the user is an electronic mail message.8. The messaging station of wherein a message recipient associated with the remote communication device is billed for a message sent by the user.9. The messaging station of wherein a credit card associated with a message recipient associated with the remote ...

Dynamic Security Question Compromise Checking Based on Incoming Social Network Postings

An approach is provided to secure security questions by checking posts directed at a social network. In the approach, requested post is received from one of the social network users. The content of the requested post is compared to previously established security questions and corresponding security answers, either established by the user or by another user. The requested post is allowed when the comparison reveals that the content does not compromise one of the previously established security questions and corresponding security answers. However, the requested post is rejected if the comparison reveals that the content compromises one of the previously established security questions and corresponding security answers.

COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, MESSAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND MESSAGE TRANSMISSION PROGRAM

As described above, when a communication control device receives a message transmitted from a user terminal, the communication control device specifies a destination of the message from contents of the message, specifies a type of communication service available by a user of the specified destination, and creates a message suitable for the specified type of service. Then, the communication control device transmits the created message to the specified destination. 1. A communication control device comprising:a destination specifying unit that specifies a destination of a message transmitted from a user terminal based on contents of a text of the message, when the message is received;a service specifying unit that specifies a type of communication service available by a user of the destination specified by the destination specifying unit;a creation unit that converts a format of the received message into a format suitable for the type of communication service specified by the service specifying unit; anda transmission unit that transmits the message converted by the creation unit to the destination specified by the destination specifying unit.2. The communication control device according to claim 1 , further comprising:a storage unit that stores a name of a user, an individual account of the user, and a type of communication service relevant to the individual account in association therewith,wherein the destination specifying unit extracts the name of the user stored in the storage unit from a sentence written in an opening statement of a text of the received message, reads the individual account corresponding to the name from the storage unit, and specifies the individual account as a destination, andwherein the service specifying unit reads the type of communication service associated with the individual account specified by the destination specifying unit from the storage unit and specifies the type of communication service as a type of service available by the ...

CENTRALIZED METHOD FOR CERTIFYING CREDENTIALS

A method for collectively delivering electronically certified credentials is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes a) collecting personal data related to credential recipients and including a valid electronic mail address, b) collecting data related to each credential to be delivered to each recipient at a granting authority, c) sending to a centralized server of a certifying authority the collected data of each recipient, the data being stored in a centralized database, d) sending an personalized e-mail corresponding to each recipient, the e-mail including a link to the centralized server, for approval of the data related to the each recipient, and e) activation of the electronic credential. 1. A method of collectively delivering electronically certified credentials , the method comprising:a. collecting personal data related to credential recipients, the data comprising a valid electronic mail address;b. collecting data related to each credential to be delivered to each recipient at a granting authority;c. sending to a centralized server of a certifying authority the collected data of each recipient, the data being stored in a centralized database;d. sending an personalized e-mail corresponding to each recipient for approval of the data related to the each recipient, the e-mail comprising a link to the centralized server; ande. activating the electronic credential.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the collected data related to each recipient is encrypted claim 1 , the e-mail sent to each recipient comprising a unique key for decrypting the encrypted data upon approval and activation by the recipient.3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the credential is related to academic diploma.4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein more than one credential can be stored in the centralized database for each recipient claim 1 , wherein each of the credential is approved.5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the process of sending the ...

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SHARING TIME-SENSITIVE DATA BETWEEN DEVICES WITH INTERMITTENT CONNECTIVITY

An apparatus and method for sharing time-sensitive data between devices are provided. The apparatus includes a communication unit for communicating with other devices, a display unit for displaying a notification of a network event originating from another device, and a controller for, when the communication unit receives a first notification message about the network event from the other device, controlling the display unit to present the notification to the user. 1. An apparatus for sharing time-sensitive data between devices , the apparatus comprising:a communication unit for communicating with other devices;a display unit for displaying a notification of a network event originating from another device; anda controller for, when the communication unit receives a first notification message about the network event from the other device, controlling the display unit to present the notification to the user.2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein when a network event occurs in the apparatus claim 1 , the controller controls the communication unit to transmit a second notification message about the network event occurring in the apparatus to other devices included in a trusted list of devices and accessible by the apparatus.3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the notification message includes at least one of a unique ID of the apparatus claim 2 , address information of the apparatus claim 2 , a type of the network event occurring in the apparatus claim 2 , and additional information about the network event occurring in the apparatus.4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the controller controls the display unit to present the notification to the user according to information contained in the first notification message.5. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the communication unit receives the trusted list of devices in response to transmitting a registration request.6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the communication unit transmits the registration request to a server ...

METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MONITOR IMPRESSIONS OF SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGES

Methods and apparatus are disclosed to monitor impressions of social media messages. An example method includes receiving at a server a first request for first media, the first request addressed to a first uniform resource locator (URL), and the first request corresponding to a first social media message to be presented with the first media. The method also includes receiving at the server a second request for the first media, the second request addressed to a second URL different from the first URL, and the second request corresponding to a second social media message to be presented with the first media. The method also includes crediting the first social media message with a first impression based on the first request being addressed to the first URL, and crediting the second social media message with a second impression based on the second request being addressed to the second URL. 1. A method to log impressions of social media messages comprising:receiving at a server a first request for first media, the first request addressed to a first uniform resource locator, and the first request corresponding to a first social media message to be presented with the first media;receiving at the server a second request for the first media, the second request addressed to a second uniform resource locator different from the first uniform resource locator, and the second request corresponding to a second social media message to be presented with the first media;crediting the first social media message with a first impression based on the first request being addressed to the first uniform resource locator; andcrediting the second social media message with a second impression based on the second request being addressed to the second uniform resource locator.2. A method as defined in claim 1 , wherein the second social media message is different from the first social media message.3. A method as defined in claim 1 , further comprising claim 1 , after receiving the first request ...

INCREASING THE RELEVANCE OF DIGEST EMAILS TO GROUP MEMBERS

The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates access to content associated with a group. During operation, the system provides, to a first user in the group, a digest email comprising a set of links to the content. Next, the system increases a relevance of the digest email to the first user by selecting a subject header for the digest email based on usage patterns associated with at least one of the first user and one or more other users related to the first user. 1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating access to content associated with a group , comprising:providing, to a first user in the group, a digest email comprising a set of links to the content; andprior to said providing, increasing a relevance of the digest email to the first user by selecting a subject header for the digest email based on usage patterns associated with at least one of the first user and one or more other users related to the first user.2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:creating a featured section in the digest email based on the usage patterns.3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the featured section is located at a top of the digest email.4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the subject header for the digest email based on the usage patterns comprises:identifying a preference of the first user for a subset of the content; andusing the subset of the content to create the subject header.5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the preference of the first user for the subset of the content is based on at least one of:a connection of the first user to a second user associated with creation of the content;a subscription of the first user to the second user; andan importance of a topic associated with the subset of the content to the first user.6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein the subject header comprises at least one of:a name of the second user;the ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC AND PHYSICAL DELIVERY OF MAIL

Systems and methods for utilizing a digital mailbox to provide additional services with regard to physical mail are provided. A more efficient process for verification of address uses a corresponding digital mailbox to first identify potentially misdirected mailpieces before incurring the expense of a third party address record search. Additionally the system provides notifications related to physical mailpieces using a digital mailbox. 1. A computer implemented method for processing addressee information relating to a physical mailpiece using a digital mailbox environment comprising:obtaining addressee information including a recipient name and a recipient physical address associated with a physical mailpiece; anddetermining if the address information matches digital mailbox address information of a digital mailbox associated with the physical address.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:only if the addressee information does not match the digital mailbox addressee information, then determining if updated addressee information is available;if updated address information is available, then updating the addressee information; andcreating the physical mailpiece using the updated addressee information.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein claim 1 , obtaining an image of a face of the physical mailpiece;', 'only if the addressee information does not match the digital mailbox addressee information, then determining if updated addressee information is available;', 'if updated address information is available, then updating the addressee information; and', 'creating the physical mailpiece using the updated addressee information., 'obtaining addressee information including a recipient name and a recipient physical address associated with a physical mailpiece further includes4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:performing an optical character recognition of the image to obtain the recipient name and the recipient physical address.5. The method of claim 1 , ...

NOTIFICATION ROUTING TO A USER DEVICE

A system, machine-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and computer-implemented method for routing a notification to at least one device of a user is provided. User preference data including usage data is obtained from a user. The usage data may relate to activity of the user on at least one device and may indicate a preference of the user in receiving notifications on the at least one device. The occurrence of a notification event is detected. In response to the detection of the notification event, a notification is communicated to the user in accordance with the user preference data. The notification may indicate that a notification event has occurred. 1. A system comprising: obtain user preference data including usage data corresponding to a user, the usage data relating to activity of the user on at least one device and indicating a preference of the user in receiving notifications on the at least one device based on the activity; and', 'determine that a notification event indicated by the user preference data has occurred; and, 'a user preference module configured toa communication module in communication with the user preference module, the communication module configured to provide to the at least one device, in response to receiving an indication of a notification event, a notification in accordance with the user preference data, the notification indicating that the notification event has occurred.2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:a notification history module configured to store the notification and facilitate retrieval of the notification for viewing at a later time.3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the notification is communicated to the user based on the usage data fulfilling a criteria specified by a merchant.4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:a usage tracking module configured to monitor the activity of the user on the at least one device to obtain the usage data and configured to store the usage data in a ...

NOTIFICATION FEED ACROSS MULTIPLE CLIENT DEVICES

Event notifications can be provided to a user across multiple client devices or platforms. If a user takes action on one device, notifications on all devices can be updated to reflect the action. For example, notifications can be indexed by topic and time sequence (or other sequence), and multiple notifications related to the same topic can be consolidated at a server or the client so that current information can be presented to the user. 1. A method executable at a server , the method comprising:receiving, from a client device, a request for new notification records;retrieving, from a notifications data store, an initial set of notification records responsive to the request, the initial set of notification records including a first notification record, wherein each of the notification records includes a topic field, a sequence field, and a content field; determining, based on the topic fields of the notification records, whether the first notification record should be consolidated with a second notification record in the set of notification records; and', 'in the event that the first notification record should be consolidated with the second notification record, consolidating the first notification record with the second notification record based on the sequence fields of the first notification record and the second notification record; and, 'generating a final set of notification records from the initial set of notification records, wherein generating the final set of notification records includessending the final set of notification records to the first one of the plurality of client devices.2. The method of wherein the sequence field of each notification record includes a temporal order indicator and wherein consolidating the first notification record with the second notification record includes:identifying, based on the temporal order indicators, an older one of the first notification record and the second notification record; andremoving the older one of the ...

Method and Apparatus for Crowd-Sourced Information Presentation

A system includes a processor configured to receive a request to provide email read-back. The processor is also configured to access contact information for at least one human email read-back party. Further, the processor is configured to determine the availability of the at least one party to read back one or more emails, using the contact information. Also, the processor is configured to deliver the one or more emails to the at least one party for read-back and receive audio data from the party corresponding to the delivered emails 1. A system comprising:a processor configured to:receive a request to provide email read-back;access contact information for at least one human email read-back party;using the contact information, determine availability of the at least one party to read back one or more emails;deliver the one or more emails to the at least one party for read-back; andreceive audio data from the party corresponding to the delivered emails.2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to deliver the audio data to a requesting party in a vehicle.3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one party is a sender or recipient of at least one email.4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one party is a friend or family member of a requesting party.5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one party is an employee of a read-back service.6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the availability of the at least one party by sending a text message to the at least one party.7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the availability of the at least one party by sending an email message to the at least one party.8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the availability of the at least one party by calling the at least one party.9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to send different emails to ...

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSOCIATING A SOCIAL NETWORKING IDENTIFIER WITH A NETWORK SUBSCRIBER ACCOUNT

An approach for enabling delivery and presentment of service provider notification messages to a subscribed user via a social networking service of the user is described. An integration platform determines whether a network identifier for accessing a social networking service via a communication network is associated with subscriber account information maintained by the communication service provider. The integration platform also generates a request for linking a social networking identifier associated with the social networking service with the subscriber account information based on the determination. The integration platform further initiates a rendering of a notification message received from the communication service provider to a user interface of the social networking service based on acceptance of the request. 1. A method comprising:determining whether a network identifier for accessing a social networking service via a communication network is associated with subscriber account information maintained by a communication service provider;generating, via the social networking service, a request for linking a social networking identifier associated with the social networking service with the subscriber account information based on the determination; andinitiating a rendering of a notification message received from the communication service provider to a user interface of the social networking service based on acceptance of the request.2. A method of claim 1 , further comprising:determining, based on the subscriber account information, a notification service associated with the communication service provider; andsubscribing the social networking identifier with the notification service,wherein the notification messages are transmitted by the notification service to the social networking service based on the subscription.3. A method of claim 1 , further comprising:determining, via the user interface, an input for selecting a social application associated with ...

Contact prioritization and assignment using a social network

A prioritizing entity prioritizes external contacts using a social network and determines people at the external contact who may influence execution of a given matter. The prioritizing entity also prioritizes internal resources with respect to the prioritized external contacts based on social proximity to people at the external contact, also by using the social network. The prioritizing entity assigns a prioritized internal resource to a prioritized external. Prioritizing external contacts includes ranking the external contacts based on an estimate of the amounts individual external contacts could spend on a given matter. Prioritizing internal resources includes determining explicit connections and inferred connections with people at the external contact, using the social network.

METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR DIGITAL TRANSMISSION OF MESSAGES

Embodiments relate to a controller operable to transmit digital data messages to a receiver via a communication link having at least a first and a second transmission path, the controller comprising a first signal terminal the first transmission path and a second signal terminal for the second transmission path. The first signal terminal is operable to digitally transmit a first message to the receiver according to a first transmission technique and the second signal terminal is being operable to digitally transmit a second message to the receiver according to a second, different transmission technique. 1. A controller operable to transmit digital data messages to a receiver via a communication link having at least a first and a second transmission path , the controller comprising:a first signal terminal for the first transmission path, the first signal terminal being operable to digitally transmit a first message to the receiver according to a first transmission technique; anda second signal terminal for the second transmission path, the second signal terminal being operable to digitally transmit a second message to the receiver according to a second, different transmission technique.2. A controller according to claim 1 , wherein at least one message of the group of the first message and the second message is transmitted using a serial transmission protocol using signals of varying width to represent digital content.3. A controller according to claim 2 , wherein a digital quantity is represented by two consecutive signal pulses transmitted with a time difference of a predetermined number of common clock time intervals claim 2 , the predetermined number being related to the digital quantity.4. A controller according to claim 2 , wherein a common clock time interval for the transmission according to the serial transmission protocol is signaled from the controller to the receiver using a preamble to a content of a transmitted message claim 2 , wherein a time ...

Dynamically Overriding Alert Suppressions Based on Prior Actions

A suppression override engine on a user device may be configured to detect communication alert suppressions. An incoming communication from a third party may be detected. Upon detecting the communication, the suppression override engine can override the communication alert suppression if it determines that the incoming communication is responsive to a prior communication from the user device. By overriding the alert suppression the user is then alerted to the incoming communication. 1. A non-transitory computer storage medium encoded with a computer program , the program comprising instructions that when executed by a data processing apparatus cause the data processing apparatus to:detect an incoming communication to a device;determine the device has been configured to suppress alerts for the incoming communication;determine the incoming communication is a response to a prior outgoing communication from the device;override the configured alert suppression based, at least in part, on having determined the incoming communication is a response to a prior outgoing communication from the device; andgenerate an alert for the incoming communication.2. The non-transitory program storage device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to cause the data processing apparatus to detect an incoming communication comprise instructions to cause the data processing apparatus to detect an incoming email message.3. The non-transitory program storage device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to cause the data processing apparatus to detect an incoming communication comprise instructions to cause the data processing apparatus to detect one of at least the following: email message claim 1 , voice call claim 1 , instant message claim 1 , facetime contact claim 1 , and a message from a social network.4. The non-transitory program storage device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to cause the data processing apparatus to determine the device has been configured to suppress alerts for ...

ADDRESS PINNING

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for memory address pinning. One of the methods includes loading a software module into a sandbox environment; receiving, a message from the software module to a recipient, the message includes a memory address; determining whether to pin the memory address; and passing the message to an address pinning unit which replaces at least a portion of the memory address with at least a portion of a specified replacement address, when it is determined to pin the memory address, and passes the modified message to be delivered to the recipient. 1. A method comprising:loading a software module into a sandbox environment;receiving, a message from the software module to a recipient, the message includes a memory address;determining whether to pin the memory address, where pinning comprises limiting the memory address to a subset of all memory address values; andpassing the message to an address pinning unit which replaces at least a portion of the memory address with at least a portion of a specified replacement address, when it is determined to pin the memory address, and passes the modified message to be delivered to the recipient.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether to pin the memory address comprises determining that the message comprises an indirect control flow change.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether to pin the memory address comprises determining that the message comprises a data access message.4. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising: receiving process control from the software module,', 'disabling, responsive to receiving process control, address pinning, and', 'passing, responsive to disabling the address pinning unit, the message to the recipient; and, 'before receiving the message from the software module enabling the address pinning, and', 'passing, responsive to enabling the address pinning, process control to the ...

DELIVERING MESSAGES ACCORDING TO A DESIRED DELIVERY ORDER IN A SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORK

Described herein are techniques enabling the delivery of messages according to a desired delivery order in a software defined network. A desired delivery order for messages sent to multiple nodes in a cluster can be received. The cluster can be associated with a distributed application and the nodes in the cluster can be interconnected via the software defined network. The software defined network can be configured to deliver the messages according to the desired delivery order. 1. A method comprising , by a controller in a software defined network:tracking information of a cluster associated with a distributed application, the cluster comprising multiple nodes;receiving a desired delivery order for messages of a first type to be sent to a set of nodes in the cluster;associating the desired delivery order with an aliased destination address value; and recognize messages of the first type based on a destination address of the messages matching the aliased destination address value; and', 'deliver messages of the first type to the set of nodes according to the desired delivery order., 'configuring the software defined network to2. The method of claim 1 , wherein configuring the software defined network comprises:sending flow table modification messages to network devices in the network to add flow table entries to their flow tables that include instructions to deliver messages matching the aliased destination address value to the set of nodes according to the desired delivery order.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein a first flow table entry of the flow table entries includes:a matching field associated with the aliased destination address value, andinstructions to (1) modify a destination address of a matched message to a destination address of a first node in the desired delivery order and (2) add a flag to the matched message indicating that it should be delivered according to the desired delivery order, and (3) forward the modified matched message to the first node ...

Techniques for a messaging agent platform

Techniques for a messaging agent platform are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a intermediary server operative to send a page-scoped identifier to a front-end application, the front-end application associated with an entity, the page-scoped identifier identifying a user account with a messaging system in relation to a representation for the entity within the messaging system; receive a user information request from a contact application at the intermediary server, the contact application associated with the representation for the entity within the messaging system, the user information request for the page-scoped identifier; determine a user access consent setting for the page-scoped identifier for the user account; and send a user information data package to the contact application in response to the user information request when the user access consent setting for the page-scoped identifier indicates user consent. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

TECHNIQUES FOR MESSAGING AGENT CUSTOMIZATION

Techniques for messaging agent customization are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a commerce intermediary server operative to receive a commerce message package from a commerce messaging application, the commerce messaging application associated with a commerce entity, the commerce message package addressed to a message thread with a messaging system; determine commerce access privileges for the commerce messaging application in association with the message thread; send the commerce message package to a client device associated with the message thread when the commerce access privileges indicate access to the message thread; and reject the commerce message package when the commerce access privileges reject access to the message thread. Other embodiments are described and claimed. 1. A computer-implemented method , comprising:receiving a commerce message package at a commerce intermediary server from a commerce messaging application, the commerce messaging application associated with a commerce entity, the commerce message package addressed to a message thread with a messaging system;determining commerce access privileges for the commerce messaging application in association with the message thread;sending the commerce message package to a client device associated with the message thread when the commerce access privileges indicate access to the message thread; andrejecting the commerce message package when the commerce access privileges reject access to the message thread.2. The method of claim 1 , the message thread associated with a user account for a user of the messaging system claim 1 , the user identifier comprising a page-scoped identifier for the user account claim 1 , the page-scoped identifier identifying the user account with the messaging system in relation to a commerce representation for the commerce entity within the messaging system.3. The method of claim 1 , the commerce message package specified according to a custom message ...

Apparatus and methods for managing content exchange on a wireless device

Apparatus, methods, computer readable media and processors operable on a wireless device may provide an anti-spam engine operable to intercept content intended for and/or generated by client applications, and filter out unwanted content. The anti-spam engine may include a configurable module having a spam filter that may determine whether content is unwanted. Based on the result of subjecting the content to the spam filter, the anti-spam engine may forward the content to the intended client application and/or a network destination, and/or may generate a spam log. The anti-spam module may be further operable to forward the spam log to another device, such as a user manager device, operable to analyze the log and generate a report which may be viewable by an operator.

Multi-language wireless email transmission method for mobile communication

A method of wireless transmission of an email having a content in a language unsupported in a mobile communication system by Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) to a recipient using a mobile phone. An email server is provided for receiving the email and extracting from that email text information indicative of the recipient and relating to the content. A conversion server is connected to the email server for converting the content information from text into an image and composing a MMS message including the image. A MMS message transmitter is connected to the conversion server for transmitting the MMS message to the mobile phone. Multi-language (supported and unsupported languages) wireless email transmission is thus made possible.

Social networking system

A matching network system including communication devices, servers and software which enables the provisioning of services and execution of transactions based on a plurality of private and public personality profiles and behavior models of the users, of the communication devices, of the products/services and of the servers; in combination with the software resident at the communication device level and or the local/network server level. Matching and searching processes based on a plurality of personality profiles wherein the information, communication and transactions are enabled to be matched with the user, the communication device and or the servers. The communication device is a stationary device or a mobile device, such as a portable computing device, wireless telephone, cellular telephone, personal digital assistant, or a multifunction communication, computing and control device.

Method of aggregating business and social networks

A method and system for facilitating relationships across multiple networks is described. The meta-network includes relationship information describing users, the networks to which such users belong, and the relationships that they have established within such networks. When a relationship is established in a network, it can be used to propagate relationships across any number of networks with the same or different users. The meta-network enhances the users' ability to search for information and manage their relationships across multiple networks. A user can search for other users according to one or more user-specified attributes. One or more users satisfying the user-specified attributes are identified, and a similarity measure may be determined for each of the identified users. A mapping interface is displayed to the user to enable the user to visually compare the identified users having a similarity measure within the displayed range. The mapping interface allows the user to invite one or more of the displayed users to establish a relationship with the user.

Mobile terminal and method of transferring or receiving data using the same

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal including an input unit; a communication unit; a location information unit configured to obtain location information related to the mobile terminal; and a controller configured to: receive a message and a recipient through the input unit, determine a location information transfer mode set for the recipient, receive a message transfer command through the input unit, transfer the message with the location information to the recipient through the communication unit in response to the message transfer command, when the location information transfer mode is a first transfer mode, and transfer the message without the location information to the recipient through the communication unit in response to the message transfer command, when the location information transfer mode set to the recipient is a second transfer mode.

Method and apparatus for delivery of data-based/voice services over piconets and wireless LANs (WLANs) coupled to 3GPP devices including protocol architecture and information elements relating to short message service (SMS) over WLANs

Method and apparatus delivering voice/data services within a piconet operating over a limited range or over a WLAN communicating with 3GPP devices by reformatting data into IP format before delivering to the WLAN. The service is short message service (SMS). Upon receipt of an SMS message, relevant routing information is retrieved. A PDGW address for the SMS message is identified and is sent to the PDGW address which identifies the WLAN user equipment (UE) for receiving the SMS and reformats the SMS message into IP format (text or encapsulation) for delivery to the UE. A protocol architecture is provided for SMS delivery over WLANs, in particular, for UMTS/CDMA based SMS over WLAN through two alternative mechanisms, i.e., SMS tunneling and SMS proxy, for protocols for the delivery of SMS across the WLAN. The invention enhances standard 802.11 in the context of UMTS and CDMA 2000; as well as other scenarios.

User plane location services over session initiation protocol (SIP)

A method and mechanism to allow a location server to initiate a user plane location service (e.g., SUPL defined by OMA) procedure to a user plane enabled device via Instant Messaging, or alternatively, via an existing SIP session if a multimedia session is already established. The location request is signaled to the user plane enabled device via a SIP INFO message. The location request uses SIP messaging to overcome firewall and other network security issues. Location using SUPL over SIP may be provided about a caller making an E911 emergency call. An Instant Message may be sent to the user plane enabled device, e.g., a VoIP wireless phone.

Reporting terminal capabilities for supporting short message service

A method for delivering a short message service (SMS) message to an interworking wireless local area network user equipment (UE) begins by registering the UE with an Internet Protocol short message gateway (IP-SM-GW). A capability report is sent from the UE to the IP-SM-GW, the capability report including the capabilities of the UE. A SMS message is transmitted from a short message service center (SMSC) to the IP-SM-GW. The capabilities of the UE are evaluated at the IP-SM-GW to determine whether the UE can receive the SMS message, and the SMS message is delivered to the UE via the IP-SM-GW if the UE has the capabilities to receive the SMS message.

Method and system for reporting a short message capability via an IP multimedia subsystem

A method and system for reporting short message (SM) capability over an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) using a session initiation protocol (SIP) are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) registers with a core network and sends a message indicating its SM capability via the IMS to the core network. The core network then updates the WTRU capabilities based on the message and routes an SM to the WTRU via the IMS.

Method and system for reporting a short message capability via an IP multimedia subsystem

A method and system for reporting short message (SM) capability over an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) using a session initiation protocol (SIP) are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) registers with a core network and sends a message indicating its SM capability via the IMS to the core network. The core network then updates the WTRU capabilities based on the message and routes an SM to the WTRU via the IMS.

Crowd formation based on wireless context information

Systems and methods are disclosed for forming crowds of users based on wireless contexts of corresponding mobile devices of the users. In general, wireless contexts of mobile devices of a number of users are obtained. For each mobile device, the wireless context of the mobile device includes a wireless Personal Area Network (PAN) context of the mobile device, a wireless Local Area Network (LAN) context of the mobile device, or both. The wireless contexts of the mobile devices of the users are then utilized to form crowds of users. More specifically, in one embodiment, users of mobile devices having sufficiently similar wireless contexts are determined to be in the same crowd of users.

Method for processing messages and message processing device

A message processing device for processing messages has at least one reception buffer, a message includes at least one authentication element and one message content. The message is received and stored in the reception buffer. A characteristic variable of a priority for security checking of the message is determined as a function of the message content. A processing sequence for further message processing for the security checking, taking into account the at least one authentication element of the messages in the reception buffer is defined and carried out as a function of the characteristic variable.

Method and apparatus for filtering undesirable content based on anti-tags

One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates filtering undesirable content based on anti-tags. During operation, the system receives items of content. Next, the system receives an anti-tag, wherein an anti-tag describes content that a user has elected not to receive. The system then analyzes the items of content to identify one-or-more undesirable items of content that satisfy the anti-tag. Next, the system filters the one-or-more undesirable items of content from the items of content. Finally, the system presents the filtered items of content to the user.

Content download based on hashes

A mechanism for content download based on hashes is disclosed. A method of the invention includes receiving a request from a client computing device for a file stored at a server computing device and dividing the file into a plurality of chunks. In addition, the method includes, for each chunk of the plurality of chunks of the file, obtaining, by the server computing device, a hash for the chunk, sending, by the server computing device, the hash for the chunk to the client computing device, and after sending the hash, sending, by the server computing device, the chunk to the client computing device if such sending is enabled.

System and method for classification of communication sessions in a social network

A system and method for generating a profile of communication sessions involves generating ratings for a selected set of messages and metadata associated with content items that are shared by social network users participating in a communication session. Ratings may be based on keyword scores which may then be adjusted based on user participation parameters, social network characterization parameters, and user selected options. Communication session profiles change over time and so recomputation is effected on periodic or scheduled bases. Generated profiles may be stored, frequently retrieved, or used in applications such as but not limited to content filtering, recommending content shared by participating social network members, selecting relevant advertisements, providing topic suggestions or user list invitations.

Searching and reference checking within social networks

A computer-implemented method for identifying a potential reference is disclosed. In one embodiment, a user interface (UI) object (e.g., a one-click reference search button) is provided, for example, on a web page displayed at a user's client device. When selected, the UI object causes a reference search query to be generated. The search query identifies the user performing the search, and a target person for whom the user would like a reference. The search query is communicated to, and processed by, a social networking system (e.g., through an API function call). In turn, the social networking system returns information about potential references to the client.

Method of leveraging social networking with a messaging client

A computer-implemented method for leveraging social networking information with a messaging client are disclosed. In one aspect, a messaging client (e.g., email client), or an application designed to be closely integrated with an email client, analyzes a message to identify a sender, and then generates a query including information identifying the sender that is forwarded to a social networking application to be processed. The social networking application returns information about the sender (e.g., from a social networking profile), that can be viewed by a user of the messaging client, thereby providing additional information about the sender of a particular message.

System and method of managing publications

A system and method of managing publications is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a Address Book System (ABS) having a controller element to adjust publication privileges of a publisher of a portion of an address book stored in the ABS responsive to detecting that a number of recipients of an invitation to subscribe to the portion of the address book have declined the invitation and the number of declined invitations exceeds a first threshold. Additional embodiments are disclosed.

Distribution of lottery tickets through mobile devices

A system and method having a first software module of a server recorded on a computer-readable medium programmed to receive a request for information from a user. The user requests a purchase of a lottery ticket, information on lottery laws and regulations, and lottery winnings distribution information using at least one of a short code and a long code and a generic assigned identification. The system obtains a lottery ticket number, lottery laws and regulations, and lottery winnings distribution information requested by the user. The system send the lottery ticket number, lottery laws and regulations, and lottery winnings distribution information requested by the user to a mobile device of the user through at least one of a short message service (SMS) gateway, a mobile phone network, and the Internet.

Apparatus and methods for bandwidth saving and on-demand data delivery for a mobile device

A method for reducing data bandwidth usage in wireless communication comprises receiving a request from the a mobile device to provide the an e-mail message; sending a request to the an e-mail server for delivery of the e-mail message; analyzing the e-mail message delivered from the e-mail server to determine if a size of the e-mail message is above a threshold value, and if not expanding the e-mail content to be above the threshold value; acknowledging to the mobile device the existence of the e-mail message and its respective size; and delivering to the mobile device header content of the e-mail content, thereby only a small fraction of the data corresponding to the e-mail message is actually delivered to the mobile device.

System and method for transmission of data

A system and method for data communication connecting on-line networks with on-line and off-line computers. The present system provides for broadcast of up to the minute notification centric information thereby providing an instant call to action for users who are provided with the ability to instantaneously retrieve further detailed information. The notification centric portions of information is wirelessly broadcast to wireless receiving devices which are attached to computing devices. Upon receipt of the information at the personal computer, the user is notified through different multimedia alerts that there is an incoming message. Wirelessly broadcasted URL's, associated with the data, are embedded in data packets and provide an automated wired or wireless connection back to the information source for obtaining detailed data.

Distributed geomessaging architecture

Methods and systems for providing geomessaging clients mobility between different geomessaging servers are discussed with relation to the interaction of nodes in either an IMS or a non-IMS based network.

Electronic communication reminder technology

Systems and methods concerning electronic communication reminder technology are disclosed. At a receiving device comprising one or more processors and a memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, a first electronic message addressed to a particular user is received from a sender. The first electronic message is made available to the particular user and, in accordance with a determination that the particular user has not responded to the first electronic message, the particular user is alerted, at a predefined time, to the first electronic message. This predefined time is determined based at least in part on response pattern data corresponding to one or more characteristics associated with the receiving device.

System and method for compressing secure E-mail for exchange with a mobile data communication device

A system and method are provided for pre-processing encrypted and/or signed messages at a host system before the message is transmitted to a wireless mobile communication device. The message is received at the host system from a message sender. There is a determination as to whether any of the message receivers has a corresponding wireless mobile communication device. For each message receiver that has a corresponding wireless mobile communication device: the message is processed so as to modify the message with respect to encryption and/or authentication aspect. The processed message is transmitted to a wireless mobile communication device that corresponds to the first message receiver. The system and method may include post-processing messages sent from a wireless mobile communications device to a remote system. Authentication and/or encryption message processing is performed upon the message. The processed message may then be sent through the remote system to one or more receivers.

Systems and methods for monitoring communications

In one embodiment, a method provides for monitoring and analyzing communications of a monitored user on behalf of a monitoring user, to determine whether the communication includes a violation. For example, SMS messages, MMS messages, IMs, e-mails, social network site postings or voice mails of a child may be monitored on behalf of a parent. In one embodiment, an algorithm is used to analyze a normalized version of the communication, which algorithm is retrained using results of past analysis, to determine a probability of a communication including a violation.

SNS providing method using phone book and mobile terminal using the method

A method of providing a Social Networking Service (SNS) based on a phone book of a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes executing the phone book, receiving a selection of a group tab of the phone book from a first user of the mobile terminal, displaying a list of social groups that shares group activity information of its group members including a second user registered in the phone book in response to the selection of the group tab, and, when at least one social group is selected from the list of social groups, providing at least one piece of information from among group information, a group share space including group activity information, and link information corresponding to the selected at least one social group.

User plane location based service using message tunneling to support roaming

An improved User Plane location based service (LBS) architecture and message flow, enabling seamless User Plane location based services even when a mobile or wireless device has roamed among different carrier networks. The present invention overcomes constraints inherent in the current protocol for roaming support defined by the Secure User Plane Location Service specification. A location system is enabled to automatically fall back to a message tunneling mechanism to ensure the security of a communication path between the location service system and the target wireless device, ensuring that the communication path is uninterrupted as the wireless device travels.

System, apparatus and method for providing partial presence notifications

A computer-implemented apparatus and method for communicating partial notifications relating to a presentity's presence information. The communication may be effected between presence servers and terminals coupled to the presence servers via a network. At least one presentity is identified to which a terminal has requested presence services. A presence document is created, where the presence document includes presence information corresponding to the presentity. The presence information is configured as partial presence information comprising less than a total of the presence information available for the presentity. The presence document having the partial presence information is communicated to the terminal requesting the presence information.

Intelligent notification filtering method and handheld communication device

An intelligent notification filtering method is disclosed. The intelligent notification filtering method is suitable for a handheld communication device performing a wireless projection. The intelligent notification filtering method includes following steps: establishing a high-priority list automatically; in response to the handheld communication device receiving an incoming notification event, determining whether the incoming notification event is listed in the high-priority list or not; interrupting the wireless projection on the handheld communication device and displaying contents of the incoming notification event, if the incoming notification event is listed in the high-priority list; and, keeping on performing the wireless projection by the handheld communication device and setting the incoming notification event pending, if the incoming notification event is not listed in the high-priority list. In addition, a handheld communication device is also disclosed herein.

Transmission of instant messages according to availability

Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to presence awareness for instant messaging and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for adaptive instant messaging awareness. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for adaptive instant messaging awareness can be provided. The method can include receiving an instant message for transmission to a user of an instant messaging system and determining that the user is not currently available to receive an instant message. The method can further include delaying transmission of the instant message to the user until a later determination that the user is available to receive an instant message.

Interactive networking systems with user classes

A networking system may comprise a web site incorporating a combination of one or more of the following: a crediting system, a chat bidding system, a performance bidding system, a telephony switching system, a media interaction system, a display system, a photo management system, and a messaging system. The networking system may categorize each user of the web site into classes, including a featured class, a common class, a sponsored class, and a sponsoring class. The networking system may facilitate user interactions, some of which may be partially dependent on user classes. A featured user may opt to temporarily appear as a common user, thus activating an alternative user profile and hiding his featured status. A sponsored user may participate in interactions on the web site if a sponsoring user offers his credits to pay for the sponsored member's participation. Other aspects of the networking system are also disclosed herein.

Method and system for a communication session initialization in a telecommunication network

A method, Call Agent (CA), and circuit-switched terminal for setting up a multimedia session from the circuit-switched terminal toward a packet-switched terminal in a telecommunication network. An Instant Messaging (IM) server receives an IM message from the circuit-switched terminal and forwards the contents of the IM message to the CA. The CA generates or retrieves a unique call token that identifies the terminals, and sends the call token to the IM server, which forwards the token to the circuit-switched terminal. In response, the circuit-switched terminal initiates setup of a circuit-switched call to an identified Media Gateway Controller (MGC). The MGC then sets up a packet-switched session with the packet-switched terminal to complete the setup of the multimedia session.

Instant messaging to a mobile device

A wireless communications device logs on to an instant messaging service through a proxy server. Notification of an incoming instant message is provided to the wireless communications device by converting at least part of the instant message to Short Message Service (SMS) format or by transmitting a notice in SMS format that a message has been received.

Mobile device and control method of the same

Disclosed is a mobile device which voluntarily and easily forms a network under a ubiquitous environment to perform various services and a control method of the same, the mobile device is provided, which includes a communication unit which communicates with at least one counterpart mobile device; a signal processing unit which processes a signal transmitted and received through the communication unit; a display unit which displays an image based on the signal processed by the signal processing unit; a user input unit which receives input by a user; and a controller which controls the communication unit to transmit request signals and perform the community activity with at least one counterpart mobile device.

Vehicle communication channel management

A communication policy server may receive channel availability information indicative of a plurality of communication channels detected by a communication manager of a vehicle, each of the plurality of communication channels configured to provide messages to a target recipient associated with the vehicle. The communication policy server may recommend one of the plurality of detected communication channels as optimal based on factors such as preferences of the target recipient and preferences of the message source, the timing of the messages and the content of the messages.

Message correlation system and method

A messaging system 20 can initiate a conununication with one or more users 30 through via mobile phone text messages, for example using the short message service SMS protocol. These systems often need a way to correlate user responses with system requests or queries. Context correlation to resolve ambiguities is based on one or more of a dialogue-based solution, a token-based solution and a keyword-based solution. The dialogue solution involves determining whether there are two or more outstanding queries to which a response would be uncorrelatable and resending each outstanding query and waiting for a response thereto (fig 2). The token-based solution involves associating an identifier with a query, the identifier then being associated with a response (fig 3). The keyword-based solution involves correlating a keyword, associated with a response, to an outstanding query (fig 4).

Authorization and authentication based on an individual's social network

In particular embodiments, a method includes accessing a graph structure comprising a plurality of nodes and edges where each node represents a user, receiving a request to transmit content related to a first user to a second user, and prohibiting transmission of the content to the second user if the first user and the second user are connected in the graph structure through a series of edges and nodes that comprises an unauthorized node.

User device group formation

In an example embodiment, a message comprising location information indicating a geographic location of a first user device is received. Then environmental information indicating at least one physical environmental condition in the vicinity of the first user device, as detected by an environmental sensor is received. Values representing logical connection strengths between first user of the first user device and other users, the logical connection strengths based, at least partially, on the location information and at least partially on the environmental information, are calculated. Then a second user and a third user to form a group with the first user are determined, based on the values representing the logical connection strengths. A user group is formed containing the first user, the second user, and the third user. Content is received from the first user device and transmitted to users of the user group.

Pricing in social advertising

Online recommendations are tracked through a forwarding service. The forwarding service can provide such statistics to an ad service, which can provide incentives to the recommending user and a consuming user. Example incentives may include an accumulation of points by the recommending user, a discount to the consuming user if a purchase is made in response to the recommendation, etc. To determine how much of an incentive each participant in the recommendation flow receives, a graph is created to model the recommendation flow and incentives are allocated using a cooperative game description based on this graph that associates each participant with a power index that represents that participants share of the incentive.

Method service by using a push notification message for convergence of communication system License Plate Recongnition System, Location Based Service

The present invention relates to a license plate recognition system by using a push notification message, a convergence communication system and a service method of a global positioning service. The present invention comprises: a request terminal (10) which requests transmission of a push notification message; a reception terminal (20) which receives the push notification message; and a push notification message service server (30) with a message processing unit (35) which transmits a request signal to the outside to perform communication between the request terminal (10) and the reception terminal (20). The present invention had an advantage of allowing the request terminal to conveniently input information for the reception terminal and perform communication.

Systems and methods for conveying information to an instant messaging client

A method, comprising: providing a first client of an instant messaging service, the first client enabling a data service; receiving a request for the data service from a second client of the instant messaging service; and rendering client-controlled information regarding the first client available for persistent conveyance to the second client, the client-controlled information regarding the first client including data related to the data service. This allows a user associated with the second client to become aware of the data in a non-intrusive manner.

System and method for selective media object removal in group communications among wireless communication devices

A system and method for selectively removing a media object from a group communication that includes media that may not be accessible or executable by all target members of the group. The group communication can have one or more discrete media objects that are sent from an originating wireless communication device across a wireless communication network and received at a group communication server that controls group communications between a group of member wireless communication devices and determines the media-handling capability of the target wireless communication device members of the communication group. Upon a determination that a media object sent is unable to be handled by at least one target wireless communication device, the group communication server removes the one or more media objects notifies the originating wireless communication device and/or that target wireless communication device of the removal of the media object.

Message value indicator

The Email Value Indicator comprises a computer implemented system and method for indicating the value of an email message. The system and method comprise collecting message values assigned to the email message; calculating a composite message value based on the collected message values; and inserting the composite message value into the email message. In additional embodiments, the system and method further comprises the steps of displaying the composite message value in an email reader, sorting the email message based on the composite message value, and calculating the composite message value based on selected message values.

Automatic calendaring system

In general, in one aspect, the invention relates to a method for maintaining a calendar of a user. The method includes: accessing an online profile of the user corresponding to a first social networking website; identifying, on the first social networking website, a first entry referencing a physical location, where the first entry is entered on a first calendar date; identifying, on the first social networking website, a second entry referencing the physical location, where the second entry is entered on a second calendar date; calculating, based on the first calendar date and the second calendar date, a first frequency of user visits to the physical location; estimating, based on the first frequency, a future calendar date when the user is expected to visit the physical location; and creating, in the calendar, a future event scheduled to occur at the physical location.

Tagging users of a social networking system in content outside of social networking system domain

Users of a social networking system can tag other users in content items that are provided outside of the social networking system, such as pictures that are viewable on a website that is external to the social networking system. To enable a user to tag another user in a content item, an external system provides a user interface that enables the user to tag another user, optionally define a portion of the content item in which the tagged user appears, and provide an identity of the tagged user. The external system communicates with the social networking system to provide the tagging information to the social networking system. The tagging information is received by the social networking system, which imports the content item and displays the content item with the tagging information to other users in the social networking system.

Remote messaging for mobile communication device and accessory

Message notifications to an accessory from a mobile communication device are provided according to some embodiments of the invention. When a message such as a text message, email, and/or voicemail is received at a mobile communication device, the mobile communication device can notify an attached accessory that a message has been received. In response, the accessory can request the full message, media associated with the message, an attachment to the message, and/or an audio/video stream of the message for presentation to a user.

Method and terminal for establishing PT session in order to use PT box

A PT (Push-To) service among SIP based session services, and particularly, a method and terminal for establishing a PT session in order to allow a certain user to use a PT box service under control of a PT server in a SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) based service, are discussed. According to an embodiment, the method of providing a Push-To (PT) box service, includes storing, in a PT server, PT box setting information of a terminal; receiving, by the PT server, a session invitation directed to the terminal; and determining, by the PT server, a routing of the session invitation to a PT box for the terminal based on at least the PT box setting information.

Providing context for a social graph addition

In one aspect, a method for providing context regarding an addition to a social graph is provided. The method initiates with processing a request from a first user to add a second user to a social graph of the first user. A context that identified the second user to the first user is identified, the context defined by an activity of the second user preceding the request to add the second user to the social graph of the first user. A message is generated for the second user describing the processed request and containing information based on the context that identified the second user to the first user.

System and method for generating automated self-optimizing targeted e-mails

A system and method is disclosed for generating targeted e-mails based on individual subject behavior and interests, as determined by an application's website browsing behavior, online and offline purchases, ratings, and other implicit and explicit indications of subject preferences and interests. The subject's behavior data is collected directly from the subject's client browser or from the application's own information and used to generate profiles of the subjects that will be sent e-mails and the objects that will be recommended. Targeted content is generated by matching subject and object profiles in combination with any subject segmentation filters that the application provides. The e-mail targeting is optimized by measuring subject response to targeted e-mails and adjusting recommendation strategies used to generate subsequent recommendations. The system has application in personalization, behavioral targeting, Internet retailing, affiliate marketing, and online advertising, to name but a few applications.

Techniques to manage recordings for multimedia conference events

Techniques to manage recordings for multimedia conference events are described. An apparatus may comprise a recording management component operative to manage recording and reproduction operations for a multimedia conference event. The recording management component may comprise an event capture module operative to record a multimedia conference event to form a recorded meeting event. The recording management component may comprise an event entity module communicatively coupled to the event capture module, the event entity module operative to generate an entity event list for the recorded meeting event. The recording management component may comprise an event reproduction module communicatively coupled to the event entity module, the event reproduction module operative to reproduce the recorded meeting event. The recording management component may comprise an event interface module communicatively coupled to the event reproduction module, the event interface module operative to display presence information for one or more entities from the entity event list while reproducing the recorded meeting event. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Methods and apparatus for E-mail-based management of virtualized environments

A technique for remotely managing virtual machines employs a user interface (UI) of a rich e-mail client that is configured to interpret metadata included in a communication received from a management server for the virtual machines and, in response, generate one or more UI elements. The UI includes a first region that displays a message from the management server and a second region that displays the one or more UI elements for causing a command to be generated and sent to the management server in response to a predetermined input made thereon.

Method for tranferring session in converged internet protocol essaging system

A method is provided for transferring a session between multiple devices by a target device, in which the target device selects a particular session of a source device and sends a request for session transfer for the selected session to a call server, the target device acquires from the call server data that has been transmitted from the remote party's device of the particular session and temporarily stored in the call server after the session transfer request, and the target device sends a message indicating completed acquisition of the temporarily stored data to the call server, and receives the particular session transferred in response thereto.

Tagging posted content in a social networking system with media information

A social networking system allows a user to insert media information into content posted by the user, where the media information identifies a media item that the user is consuming while composing the posted content. When a user of a social networking system composes content via a composer interface, the user may select an option on the composer interface to record audio using a microphone on the user's device. A media item is identified from the recorded audio and information about the identified media item is added to the user's posted content. The system may also update information about the identified media item and the composing user.