| 7043738 |
Method and apparatus for managing a data imaging system using CIM providers in a distributed computer system |
| May-9-2006 |
A data imaging system is managed by a three-tiered system. The lowest, or agent, tier comprises Common Information Model (CIM) provider objects that reside in the host providing the data imaging service... |
| 7043732 |
Method and apparatus for managing remote data replication using CIM providers in a distributed computer system |
| May-9-2006 |
In accordance with the principles of the present invention, management of a data replication system is provided by a three-tiered arrangement. The lowest, or agent, tier comprises Common Information Model... |
| 7043555 |
Techniques for content filtering |
| May-9-2006 |
Techniques are provided for content filtering. Logic expressions are evaluated to filter content in response to content ratings. The logic expressions include operators that are overloaded and associated... |
| 7043548 |
Download status indicators in wireless short range devices |
| May-9-2006 |
The invention discloses a method of sending a download status indicator 320 depicting the status of a data transfer between a sending device and a receiving device. The invention is suitable for use with... |
| 7039900 |
Method for implementing a plurality of object interfaces |
| May-2-2006 |
A method is disclosed for creating a plurality of interfaces for objects or collections of objects of the COM ("Component Object Model") type, in a computer system having at least a processor and a storage... |
| 7036130 |
Method for expanding in friendly manner the functionality of a portable electronic device and corresponding portable electronic device |
| Apr-25-2006 |
The invention relates to a method of expanding the functional capabilities of portable electronic devices with user friendly modes, wherein a host device is associated a quick-connect function-expanding... |
| 7036129 |
Diagnostic system integrated with device drivers of an operating system |
| Apr-25-2006 |
A hardware access layer interface for performing diagnostics in a computer system having an operating system and at least one hardware device. The interface is a registering and synchronizing agent in... |
| 7035898 |
System for programming a factory automation device using a web browser |
| Apr-25-2006 |
A control system for programming an application program controlling a factory automation device on a communication network having a programming device operably connected to the communication network. A... |
| 7032229 |
Automatic tracking of user progress in a software application |
| Apr-18-2006 |
A method for automatically tracking application and content usage is disclosed. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method first recites the step of accessing an application interface... |
| 7028309 |
Accessing a graphics system for graphics application evaluation and control |
| Apr-11-2006 |
A system for providing a graphics tool access to a computer graphics system to evaluate and control a graphics application executing on the computer graphics system. The system includes application program... |
| 7028311 |
Communications node architecture and method for providing control functions in a telecommunications network |
| Apr-11-2006 |
An architecture for a communications node and a method of implementing control functions in a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) telecommunications network. The node performs a plurality of call-control... |
| 7028310 |
Dynamic user interfaces for network services |
| Apr-11-2006 |
In order to assure that services in an network and applications or users in the network are able to communicate and interact with one another a framework is provided that registers the service. The service... |
| 7020882 |
Method, system, and program for remotely manipulating a user interface over a network |
| Mar-28-2006 |
Disclosed is a system, method, and program for generating user interface output on an output device attached to a remote computer. The remote computer communicates over a network to at least one server.... |
| 7017161 |
System and method for interfacing a radiology information system to a central dictation system |
| Mar-21-2006 |
A software system provides an interface between a radiology information system and a central dictation system. The software includes first and second application modules which are both in communication... |
| 7017052 |
Method and system for reducing boot time for a computer |
| Mar-21-2006 |
A method for reducing the boot time for a computer includes: supplying power to the computer; disabling a plurality of input/output (I/O) devices coupled to the computer; performing a boot process for... |
| 7013468 |
Method and apparatus for design and manufacturing application associative interoperability |
| Mar-14-2006 |
A method and apparatus relating to a CAD system that enables communication between a first CAD application and a second CAD application in a manner providing associative interoperability is provided. In... |
| 7012706 |
System and method for interfacing with multiple production scanners |
| Mar-14-2006 |
A system and method for interfacing with production scanners is disclosed. A driver is provided which enables real-time communications between a scanning application and scanner devices. The driver includes... |
| 7010796 |
Methods and apparatus providing remote operation of an application programming interface |
| Mar-7-2006 |
A system can analyze an application programming interface definition to automatically produce software string generator and parser software components allowing remote access to functions within the application... |
| 7010610 |
Programmable agent workstation system and method |
| Mar-7-2006 |
A programmable workstation system and method for network based call center with telephony functions provided over the IP network and using a personal computer is disclosed. For such automated call centers... |
| 7000222 |
Method, system, and program for accessing variables from an operating system for use by an application program |
| Feb-14-2006 |
Disclosed is a system, method, and program for accessing variables, such as environment variables, from an operating system. An application program executes a command to store at least one variable maintained... |
| 7000100 |
Application-level software watchdog timer |
| Feb-14-2006 |
A software implementation of an application watchdog, comprising a restart service operating in the user mode and a watchdog driver operating in the kernel mode of a computer operating system. The driver... |
| 6996832 |
System and method for software component plug-in framework |
| Feb-7-2006 |
The invention provides a software component plugin framework. The system described supports dynamic loading, instantiation, and unloading of interface implementations (plugin modules), together with encapsulation... |
| 6996828 |
Multi-OS configuration method |
| Feb-7-2006 |
A physical memory of a single computer is divided for each of a plurality of operating system (OS). A first OS is first loaded into the computer and runs. A multi-OS management program common to a plurality... |
| 6996829 |
Handling callouts made by a multi-threaded virtual machine to a single threaded environment |
| Feb-7-2006 |
Techniques are provided for making call outs from a multi-threaded virtual machine to a server running in a master native thread. When a virtual machine thread that is not running in the master native... |
| 6996816 |
Utilization of third party legacy data list |
| Feb-7-2006 |
An application program is provided access to a third party legacy data list not supported by the application program. A method embodiment includes supplying a plug-in module capable of providing an interface... |
| 6996699 |
Secondary processor execution kernel framework |
| Feb-7-2006 |
Preparing one or more secure media effect programs, generating a binary image of the programs and associated data, loading the binary image into memory of a secondary processor, and executing the programs... |
| 6996587 |
Method and apparatus for managing data volumes in a distributed computer system |
| Feb-7-2006 |
Data volumes on local hosts are discovered and managed by federated Java beans that run on each host. The Java beans form part of a three-tiered data services management. The lowest tier comprises management... |
| 6993774 |
System and method for remote enabling classes without interfaces |
| Jan-31-2006 |
An interface generator (250) for remote enabling class files (252) without an associated interface is provided that includes a class reader (256), a reflection module (258), and... |
| 6993750 |
Dynamic registration of dynamically generated code and corresponding unwind information |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A method and system for enabling the registration of dynamically generated code and corresponding unwind information. In one embodiment, the present invention creates a module which includes data related... |
| 6992668 |
Method and system for efficiently transferring data objects within a graphics display system |
| Jan-31-2006 |
An API is provided to automatically transition data objects or containers between memory types to enable the seamless switching of data. The switching of data containers from one location to another is... |
| 6990671 |
Playback control methods and arrangements for a DVD player |
| Jan-24-2006 |
In accordance with certain aspects of the present invention, enhancements have been developed to further extend the performance of a generic DVD navigator. The methods and arrangements herein provide a... |
| 6990672 |
System and method for an extendable mobile communications device user interface |
| Jan-24-2006 |
A system and method for an extendable software interface includes a software architecture for use in a mobile device having a processor and a memory device. The software architecture comprises a plurality... |
| 6988274 |
Method, system, and computer program product for representing and connecting an underlying connection-oriented device in a known format |
| Jan-17-2006 |
In an I/O subsystem comprising device drivers for controlling connection-oriented hardware adapters, connection-oriented data transports, and an integrating component allowing data transport drivers and... |
| 6985934 |
Method and system for providing rich media content over a computer network |
| Jan-10-2006 |
The invention presented here is a method and system for providing rich media content over a computer network. In accordance with the invention, a server on a physical or wireless computer network polls... |
| 6983466 |
Multimedia project processing systems and multimedia project processing matrix systems |
| Jan-3-2006 |
A method of representing a development project is presented comprising identifying a plurality of sources comprising the development project, determining whether any of the sources are required simultaneously... |
| 6983467 |
Application programming interface enabling application programs to group code and data to control allocation of physical memory in a virtual memory system |
| Jan-3-2006 |
An application programming interface (API) enables application programs in a multitasking operating environment to classify portions of their code and data in a group that the operating system loads into... |
| 6983460 |
Method for loading applications into a multiapplication embedded system equipped with data processing resources, corresponding embedded system and execution method |
| Jan-3-2006 |
A method for loading applications into an embedded system from a station on which the source code of the application is written, compiled, verified and converted. The conversion includes the performance... |
| 6978461 |
System and method for accessing functionality of a backend system from an application server |
| Dec-20-2005 |
A system and method for automatically creating information useable to access functionality of a backend computer system coupled to an application server. The method may operate to connect to the backend... |
| 6978463 |
Programmatic universal policy based software component system for software component framework |
| Dec-20-2005 |
A policy based software component system (24) for modifying software component behavior includes an interceptor (34) for intercepting an interface event being transmitted from a software application... |
| 6978303 |
Monitoring of computer usage |
| Dec-20-2005 |
A utility operates on a networked PC and periodically executes a callback process to capture data to create discrete events. The callback process is periodically started, and it writes an event f either... |
| 6977661 |
System and method for applying color management on captured images |
| Dec-20-2005 |
A system and method for image acquisition enables selective automated application of color management to color image data generated by an image-capturing device by the device driver for the device. In... |
| 6976262 |
Web-based enterprise management with multiple repository capability |
| Dec-13-2005 |
A transport neutral technique allows an object manager to communicate with a CIM repository using any of a variety of protocols. The object manager software is independent of the transport mechanism used... |
| 6976094 |
Automated web browser synchronization by using session initiation protocol during a real-time session |
| Dec-13-2005 |
The present invention allows synchronization of web browsers to eliminate the need for users to convey uniform resource locators (URLs) or like location indicia. The invention operates with a local user's... |
| 6971108 |
Computer software framework and method for managing communication flow between a user interface and a computer application |
| Nov-29-2005 |
The present invention discloses a computer software framework and method for managing communication flow between a user interface and a computer application performing a task comprising a plurality of... |
| 6970536 |
Method and apparatus for processing a voice system application |
| Nov-29-2005 |
There is described an interactive voice response system comprising: a voice application including an voice application API command defining a function call to a first communication process; a channel process... |
| 6968553 |
Element manager common gateway architecture system and method |
| Nov-22-2005 |
A common gateway architecture designed to be generic across different types of network elements and different network protocols, permitting network elements to be added incrementally without recompilation... |
| 6967957 |
Architecture for the rapid creation of telephony services in a next generation network |
| Nov-22-2005 |
A service architecture for the rapid development of next generation telephony services that overcomes the limitations of the current closed PSTN architecture and service model. In this architecture services... |
| 6965925 |
Distributed open architecture for media and telephony services |
| Nov-15-2005 |
A server provides media and telephony services in a telecommunications network. The server has a distributed, object-oriented software architecture, allowing client applications to access resources located... |
| 6964055 |
System and method for communicating using a framework |
| Nov-8-2005 |
A method is provided that includes: receiving, by a framework, a request communicated by a source, the request including an associated functionality. The method also includes integrating, by an abstraction... |
| 6963906 |
System and method for activating uniform network resource locators displayed in media broadcast |
| Nov-8-2005 |
A system and method are provided for displaying a uniform network resource locator embedded in a time-based medium. In one embodiment, the time-based medium can be a movie file having an uniform network... |