| 6356937 |
Interoperable full-featured web-based and client-side e-mail system |
| Mar-12-2002 |
A full-featured e-mail system is used in both Internet-based and client-side (personal computer) forms. In each form, either basic e-mail service is provided to system subscribers or a secure, premium... |
| 6356933 |
Methods and apparatus for efficiently transmitting interactive application data between a client and a server using markup language |
| Mar-12-2002 |
A method for efficiently transferring data between a client and a server includes the steps of: providing an application program; providing an application-independent client process effecting a plurality... |
| 6351763 |
Electronic mail system, electronic mail transmission/reception method, and recording medium electronic mail transmission/reception program is recorded |
| Feb-26-2002 |
The objective of the present invention is to provide an electronic mail system, where opening electronic mail with permission is performed at a designated date only on request for permission to open. In... |
| 6349328 |
Electronic mail system for setting additional storage areas for sorting sent or received mail, and medium storing electronic mail control program |
| Feb-19-2002 |
An electronic mail system displays a list of received mails in a receiving mode. The list indicates a mark "O" at the end of the row describing the contents of the mail from a person for whom an already-read... |
| 6345315 |
Method for platform and protocol independent communication between client-server pairs |
| Feb-5-2002 |
A segue component for transferring data between a client and server such that the transfer is platform- and protocol-independent. The component is linked to applications in a computer system and connected... |
| 6343318 |
Method and apparatus for communicating information over low bandwidth communications networks |
| Jan-29-2002 |
A system having a distributed web site is described. The web site is distributed between a client, a server and a web server. The client stores a set of predefined applications that correspond to a part... |
| 6339789 |
Network management tool |
| Jan-15-2002 |
A method, apparatus and computer program for preferentially displaying partial information related to one of a plurality of network equipment connected to a network being managed by a network management... |
| 6338097 |
Cross application time sheet for communicating with one or more enterprise management applications during time data entry |
| Jan-8-2002 |
A data model for a supply chain is provided whereby individual working steps in a production process are defined as activities, and organized groups of such activities are defined as orders. Activities... |
| 6338084 |
Method for process-specific exchange of data between machines in a network |
| Jan-8-2002 |
The present invention provides a method for process-specific exchange of data between machines in a computer network. Each machine runs a plurality of processes. The method includes providing a plurality... |
| 6336137 |
Web client-server system and method for incompatible page markup and presentation languages |
| Jan-1-2002 |
Client-server systems and methods for transferring data via a network, including a wireless network, between a server and one or more clients or browsers that are spatially distributed (i.e., situated... |
| 6332158 |
Domain name system lookup allowing intelligent correction of searches and presentation of auxiliary information |
| Dec-18-2001 |
A domain name server assists user's in selecting desired domains in the Internet. A domain name query is sent from a resolver process, or equivalent process, when the user (or a process on the user's computer)... |
| 6330595 |
Enhanced video programming system and method for incorporating and displaying retrieved integrated internet information segments |
| Dec-11-2001 |
A system for integrating video programming with the vast information resources of the Internet. A computer-based system receives a video program with embedded uniform resource locators (URLs). The URLs,... |
| 6330593 |
System for collecting use data related to playback of recordings |
| Dec-11-2001 |
Entertainment content complementary to a musical recording is delivered to a user's computer by means of a computer network link. The user employs a browser to access the computer network. A plug-in for... |
| 6317776 |
Method and apparatus for automatic chat room source selection based on filtered audio input amplitude of associated data streams |
| Nov-13-2001 |
An apparatus and method as shown automatically selects a video stream of a video-conference for transmission or display. The apparatus and method includes a receiving step for receiving video and audio... |
| 6314468 |
System and method for managing transmission of electronic data between trading partners |
| Nov-6-2001 |
A method, system and computer program product for managing transmission of electronic data between network entities. Two network entities are interfaced so that Electronic Data Interchange ("EDI") data... |
| 6314457 |
Method for managing printed medium activated revenue sharing domain name system schemas |
| Nov-6-2001 |
A method for bridging the gap between the virtual multimedia-based Internet world and the physical world of tangible object media, such as print media. More particularly, a method for managing a domain... |
| 6311221 |
Streaming modules |
| Oct-30-2001 |
Computer-implemented methods of transmitting modules between a first computer and a second computer are disclosed. At the first computer, a module set is formed by selecting a sequence of modules from... |
| 6301601 |
Disabling and enabling transaction committal in transactional application components |
| Oct-9-2001 |
A run-time environment implemented as system services and component integration interfaces provides a capability for components of a component-based server application to reversibly disable committal of... |
| 6292849 |
Control system using plural objects, a programming method therefor, and a peripheral devices control system |
| Sep-18-2001 |
A control system built around plural common objects is provided with greater flexibility and easy customizability, and a programming method for the control system is provided. An interface object (15)... |
| 6292842 |
Method for transferring data to an application |
| Sep-18-2001 |
A system of destination modules for transferring data from a source application to a destination application. When sending data, the source application loads a target destination module to perform the... |
| 6292839 |
Method and system for reflexive tunneling |
| Sep-18-2001 |
A method and system for reflexive tunneling. One aspect of the invention includes a method for reflexive tunneling using hidden virtual tunnels. A first peer application sends data packets to a second... |
| 6272537 |
Method for building element manager for a computer network element using a visual element manager builder process |
| Aug-7-2001 |
A client-server network management system includes: a plurality of managed computer network elements, a managed element server that executes on a first computer; and at least one managed element server... |
| 6272532 |
Electronic reminder system with universal email input |
| Aug-7-2001 |
An electronic reminder system is provided. The system includes a computer connectable to the internet for receiving email messages. The messages include at least one reminder message set, having a date,... |
| 6269409 |
Method and apparatus for concurrent execution of operating systems |
| Jul-31-2001 |
The present invention provides an improved method and apparatus for concurrent execution of operating systems. A software abstraction layer provides an interface that allows a first operating system to... |
| 6266697 |
System automatically maintaining client under control of client, and a recording medium therefor |
| Jul-24-2001 |
A server load judgment unit 214 of a client unit 2 judges the load state of a server unit 1 for executing repair/update processing to each client unit 2, by adding the content of a load condition file... |
| 6256662 |
Network image scanning system which transmits image information from a scanner over a network to a client computer |
| Jul-3-2001 |
A system and method for performing scanning operations using a scanner connected to a server computer and transmitting acquired images from the scanner server to a client computer. A scan-to-application... |
| 6249807 |
Method and apparatus for performing enterprise email management |
| Jun-19-2001 |
An enterprise email management system is disclosed. The enterprise mail system is designed to handle large volumes of email quickly and efficiently, responding through enterprise email system users or... |
| 6249806 |
Apparatus and method for providing information about two-way computer communication services |
| Jun-19-2001 |
A plurality of user terminals regularly accessing Internet Relay Chat (IRC) services are also in communication with a service selecting host. The service selecting host is configured to collect data from... |
| 6233619 |
Virtual transport layer interface and messaging subsystem for high-speed communications between heterogeneous computer systems |
| May-15-2001 |
Methods and apparatus that enable network applications executing on respective directly interconnected computer systems to communicate at high speed, with low latency, over the interconnection therebetween... |
| 6233609 |
Method and apparatus for remote interaction with and configuration of a wan-based knowledge base |
| May-15-2001 |
A system for selling products and services over the Internet, or other wide area network, comprises a knowledge base and a knowledge base configurator both executing on a network-connected server hosted... |
| 6216158 |
System and method using a palm sized computer to control network devices |
| Apr-10-2001 |
Controlling network services using palm sized computers is described. A program on the palm sized computer is used to access a registry of network services that may be available. The registry includes... |
| 6212577 |
Method and apparatus for improved interaction with an application program according to data types and actions performed by the application program |
| Apr-3-2001 |
A method and apparatus for performing actions while selecting objects on a user interface display. A user may select a first item in an area of a display controlled by a first process and drag that item... |
| 6212549 |
Trackpoint-based computer-implemented systems and methods for facilitating collaborative project development and communication |
| Apr-3-2001 |
A computer-implemented method for facilitating collaboration and communication among project participants working collaboratively on a project using a computer network. The method includes providing a... |
| 6212548 |
System and method for multiple asynchronous text chat conversations |
| Apr-3-2001 |
A plurality of users communicate in a plurality of real-time text conversations (e.g., "chat sessions") in a client-server message processing environment using messages including a conversation index,... |
| 6209029 |
Method and apparatus for accessing data sources in a three tier environment |
| Mar-27-2001 |
The present invention provides a three tier environment with improved data access capabilities. A browser can obtain data from a data source by interacting with that data source through an application... |
| 6202100 |
Object linking and embedding over a computer network |
| Mar-13-2001 |
A user at computer A submits material from an application APPN A onto the clipboard at that machine. A routine CLIP SEND, part of conferencing software P2P-A at computer A obtains a list of available formats... |
| 6185610 |
Network system spontaneously transmitting data from server machine to user terminal having first and second parts for requests and message, respectively |
| Feb-6-2001 |
In a system constituted by using the Internet techniques, there is provided a network system which can spontaneously transmit data from a server machine to a desired user terminal. The network system is... |
| 6161132 |
System for synchronizing playback of recordings and display by networked computer systems |
| Dec-12-2000 |
Entertainment content complementary to a musical recording is delivered to a user's computer by means of a computer network link. The user employs a browser to access the computer network. A plug-in for... |
| 6154773 |
Network delivery of interactive entertainment complementing audio recordings |
| Nov-28-2000 |
Entertainment content complementary to a musical recording is delivered to a user's computer by means of a computer network link. The user employs a browser to access the computer network. A plug-in for... |
| 6119147 |
Method and system for computer-mediated, multi-modal, asynchronous meetings in a virtual space |
| Sep-12-2000 |
A computer-supported collaborative work environment allows for computer-mediated, multi-modal, asynchronous meetings in a virtual space that enables, recording, reviewing and augmenting meetings that take... |
| 6108697 |
One-to-many disk imaging transfer over a network |
| Aug-22-2000 |
Methods, systems, articles of manufacture, and signal formats are provided for transferring disk images from a transmitting computer to one or more downloading computers. The transfer is done in a manner... |
| 5977966 |
System-provided window elements having adjustable dimensions |
| Nov-2-1999 |
An operating system provides a number of window elements that the operating system itself or applications may use in displaying a window. The operating system includes a dialog box for enabling a user... |
| 5862377 |
Technique for sharing information between applications |
| Jan-19-1999 |
A method of sharing data between a sender application and a receiver application. The sender application and the receiver application execute on a computer system. The method comprises the following steps.... |
| 5838972 |
Method and apparatus for dynamically loading an input run-time module and an output run-time module |
| Nov-17-1998 |
A method implemented on a computer system for loading a module for input and for loading a module for output for an application program includes the steps of selecting the module for input, loading the... |
| 5812847 |
Rule-based method for designing user interfaces for applications |
| Sep-22-1998 |
A computer-implemented method for a system having a database and a plurality of application software interfaces, the method including steps of reading a control type from a plurality of control types stored... |
| 5805897 |
System and method for remote software configuration and distribution |
| Sep-8-1998 |
A system and method for remote software installation and maintenance. A number of workstations are connected by a network. Each has basic peer-to-peer communication ability providing remote file transfer... |
| 5774721 |
Method of communication between processors in a distributed processing system having a host processor and at least one object oriented processor |
| Jun-30-1998 |
Distributed processing systems having a host processor and at least one object oriented processor are disclosed. An object oriented processor according to the invention has a communications interface,... |
| 5774720 |
Personality neutral graphics subsystem |
| Jun-30-1998 |
A graphics management system resident in a computer operating system provides a generic graphics interface which allows application programs written to operate with various specific graphical user interfaces,... |
| 5761656 |
Interaction between databases and graphical user interfaces |
| Jun-2-1998 |
To provide an interface between a computer application and a database, a user invokes the application and another program, called "link manager". The user "drags and drops" GUI objects from the application... |
| 5742825 |
Operating system for office machines |
| Apr-21-1998 |
A multitasking, graphical windowing operating system for an office machine supporting real time processing, including a method for supporting real time processing in the operating system. The operating... |
