2707 results about "Communications server" patented technology

The present invention receives list content providing location conditions in a list organized by location conditions in which a reference destination of location-dependent content, being content assigned correspondence to geographical location information, is compiled for each location condition, sent from a content communication server; receives the sent location information; generates area-specific list content comprising information on location-dependent content corresponding to location information, by extracting a list organized by location conditions, in which location conditions matching location information are provided, from the list content; and outputs the area-specific list content.

The present invention provides an e-mail communications system that minimizes the number of duplicate copies of common attachment files to e-mail communications that are stored in the mail store of an e-mail server. When the e-mail server receives an e-mail attachment file that is larger than a threshold size, the server performs a database search for another copy of the attachment file in the mail store. If another copy is located, the system creates a pointer in the mail store that associates the located attachment file with the e-mail for the additional recipient(s). Attachment files are deleted only after the recipients of the associated e-mail communications delete each of the respective e-mails.

A method and a system to establish an Internet telephone call from a terminal device. The method may comprise displaying a graphical user interface of a web telephone on the terminal device. In response to displaying the graphical user interface, a script interpreter of a web browser executing on the terminal device is activated, with the script interpreter establishing a signaling channel with a communication server, and registering the web telephone with the communication server.

A home security and control system for monitoring and controlling an external environment such as a home environment comprising: an Internet browser connectable to an extranet; an extranet located external to the home environment and accessible via the Internet browser; a communications server located in the extranet and adapted to interconnect on demand with one of a series of connection gateways located in predetermined home environments; and a connection gateway located in the home environment adapted to control and/or monitor the operation of at least one security device in the home environment; wherein upon accessing a predetermined address by the Internet browser on the extranet, the communications server connects to a predetermined one of the connection gateways to control and/or monitor the operation of the security device. The extranet can ideally be implemented as a Virtual Private Network (VPN) across an Internet substrate.

A method of requesting content from a communication server in a mobile communication network is provided. The method comprises determining whether the mobile device is in a first mode; requesting content for delivery to the mobile device, while the mobile device is in the first mode; and discontinuing requesting the content if the mobile device is in a second mode, wherein the first mode is distinguished from the second mode based on length of lack of user interaction with the mobile device to perform one or more functions.

An operation method in heterogeneous networks, and a gateway and a wireless communication device using the same are disclosed. The operation method in heterogeneous networks includes followings. When a gateway, connecting a first communication network and a second communication network, operates in a beacon mode, the gateway determines whether the first communication network is in an allowed period or a forbidden period, and generates a determination result. Then, the gateway adaptively adjusts a ratio of a superframe duration to a beacon interval of a periodic beacon of the second communication network according to the determination result. In addition, the gateway is connected to a M2M communication server via the first communication network, and the gateway is connected to at least one M2M communication device via the second communication network.

This invention relates to methods and a system for developing software. In one embodiment, a method for developing software includes communicating a specification for the design of a software program to a first plurality of developers, in response to the specification, receiving a design from a subset of the developers to a subset of the developers, facilitating a design review process for scoring the designs, selecting one design based on its score, communicating the selected design to a second plurality of software developers, in response to the design, receiving software programs from a subset of the second plurality of developers, facilitating a software review process for scoring the programs, and selecting one program based on its score. In another embodiment, a method for the distributed development of software includes providing a software development system to a distributed community of developers, the system including software development software that utilizes a structured development methodology, a communication server, and a review board for determining the quality of submitted software; accepting a request to create a software program; and facilitating the development of the program by a subset of the distributed community of developers using the software development system.

An automated system, method or computer program product for providing emergency communications can include an emergency communications application and a MyFlare emergency communications server. The MyFlare emergency communications application can run on a mobile device and can be configured to, when activated, interface with the MyFlare emergency communications server to send preconfigured emergency messages to a preconfigured set of emergency contacts. Different emergency profiles can be preconfigured for which different emergency messages can be sent. Additionally, a different set of emergency contacts can be assigned for different emergency profiles. The emergency communications application can be configured to capture additional information, such as but not limited to GPS location of the device, photo, video, or sound recording, in preconfigured time intervals. The updated information can be sent to the one or more preconfigured emergency contacts as part of the initial emergency message or a subsequent emergency notification update.

A wireless system for collecting metering data that includes a plurality of meters, a collector and a central communications server. The meters communicate usage data to either the collector or the central server via a Wi-Fi and/or WiMax wireless communications network. The Wi-Fi and/or WiMax network can operate independently of, or in conjunction with, existing data gathering wireless networks.

A method and apparatus for distributing protocol processing among a plurality of computing platforms. Data communications equipment such as Remote Access Devices, Communication Servers, Terminal Servers, and Dial-up Routers provide single user or large-scale multiple user communication access to various computing environments. The equipment costs and performance of such access equipment is related to the amount of CPU processing capability and memory required to support the desired number of serial communication links. It is common to use protocols that terminate in their entirely in the same processing machine. This invention encompasses methods developed to increase the cost/performance capabilities of the communication equipment that supports these serial links, primarily by means of distributing the protocol processing for higher level protocols across multiple computing platforms, including devices such as modems. Examples of such higher level protocols include PPP, SLIP and RTP.

An apparatus for increased data access in a network includes a file/object server computer having a permanent storage memory, a cache verifying computer operably connected to the file/object server computer in a manner to form a network for rapidly transferring data, the cache verifying computer having an operating system, a first memory and a processor capable of performing an operation on data stored in the permanent storage memory of the file/object server computer to produce a signature of the data characteristic of one of a file, an object and a directory, a remote client computer having an operating system, a first memory, a cache memory and a processor capable of performing an operation on data stored in the cache memory to produce a signature of the data, a communication server operably connected to the remote client computer to the cache verifying computer and the file/object server computer and comparators operably associated with the cache verifying computer and remote client computer for comparing the signatures of data with one another to determine whether the signature of data of the remote client is valid.

Method for delivering data streams over communication networks is disclosed, the method comprising determining reference points in a stream of data being locations in the stream where predefined number of characters fulfill a predetermined criterion; registering digital signatures being values returned from a predetermined function taken over predefined ranges of content, the ranges are in correlation with the reference points; using the digital signatures to locate locally stored content, and using the reference points or creating a dictionary and using it to synchronize between currently received pieces of data and between locally stored matching content. Communication server implementing the method is also disclosed, and further disclosed are communication systems comprising at least one said server.

A remote communications server system enables multiple remote users simultaneous access to a network through a segmented design that distributes the processing of the connections among a combination of buses and processors. The system coordinates a plurality of independent communications links bonded together into a single channel to create a virtual connection to the network having a bandwidth greater than the individual links. The system supports a mixture of physical and multiplexed communication links and allows the intermixing of different types of links in a bonded channel. The system is scalable in that segments can be added as needed and the number of lines handled by a segment can be increased.

Upon receiving an initial media session invitation request from a first media communication device (UEA), such as originating user equipment or an originating media communication server, a second media communication device (PoC server), such as a media communication server responds to by sending a media inactivity indication to the first media communication device and setting the media inactive, while continuing the media session establishment at the same time. When the second media communication device receives a final response or a response from destination user equipment, the second media communication device sends a media activity indication to the first media communication device, thereby indicating that the media are now active. Standard messages can be used in their original context, while the use of the media inactivity and media activity control during the session establishment enables a controlled way to pre-establish the originating leg of the media session before the destination leg of the media session has been completed. The first media communication device will start sending media traffic only in a controlled manner either after receiving the media activity indication or after receiving a specific floor control command

An asynchronous hypertext messaging system and method are disclosed. The system and method use existing hypertext transfer protocols and is capable of transmitting real-time asynchronous data between server and client regardless of firewalls or proxy servers implemented at the client or the server. In a communication system comprising a client and server interconnected by an internet, initial authentication is performed initially between the server and the client. A secure log in is performed by the client with the server in conjunction with a possible java applet download. The communication server then initiates a multiplexed virtual connection between the server and the client and transmission of asynchronous real-time data can occur over the virtual connection. The virtual connection is periodically refreshed by a request issued from the java applet.

A dual-access communications server system is disclosed for enabling communication between server resources and a wide spectrum of end-terminals to enable users access to the resources of both converged and non-converged networks via voice and/or electronically generated commands. Server resources are provided through a converged computer/telephony system interface such that the data and resources are readily accessed by either voice or data calls. A set of applications provide dual interfaces for rendering services and data based upon the manner in which a user accesses the data. A user is authenticated by receiving vocal responses by a user to one or more requests variably selected and issued by a speaker recognition-based authentication facility. Thereafter, an application proxy is created. The application proxy acts on behalf of the authenticated authorized user in accessing applications via the dual-access communications interface.

A communication system (10) comprises at least two communication networks (20, 22) over which communications between physical devices (14) connected to the communication networks are to be carried out. The communication networks (20, 22) implement different protocols for messaging. A communication server (12) acts between the communication networks. Messages between the communication networks pass through the communication server. The communication server includes a knowledge base (286) storing protocol conversion information. The communication server (12) accesses the protocol conversion information in the knowledge base (286) upon receipt of a message and converts the protocol thereof to a protocol compatible with the communication network to which the message is being sent.

A client/server based system provides an integrated messages system for a user having access to accounts on a number of different terminal communication devices, including at least one wireless terminal device. In a preferred embodiment, the system includes an agent that selectively transmits messages addressed to a particular user to at least one terminal device. The agent is connected to a wireless communications server and is adapted to receive and distribute messages, such as e-mail, from and to a multiplicity of senders and recipients, such as terminal devices interconnected over a network. Messages received from a terminal device and intended for a user may be forwarded to the user by the agent via a wireless communications server and wireless terminal device. The system enables the user to receive the incoming message and to reply to such a message or to generate an original message. Upon receiving a reply or original message, the agent, based upon certain information received from the user or upon a profile, processes the reply or original message received from the wireless communications server and forwards such message to one or more recipients in the form of a standard communications application whereby the recipient is presented with a message that appears to have come from a typical terminal device rather than from a wireless device.

A wireless network permits wireless devices to determine their own location and receive location-based services. The network includes a communication server coupled to a plurality of access points and at least one mobile wireless device that wirelessly communicates through the access points. Each wireless device includes a location table through which the wireless device can determine its physical location. The location table includes the physical location of the various access points indexed by their network addresses. When the wireless device communicates with an access point, the access point provides the wireless device its address. The wireless device uses the address of the access point as an index into the location table to determine its own location based on the location of the access point. Once the wireless device has determined its own physical location, it requests location-based services from or through the communication server.

A remote education system includes a Web server, a bidirectional communication server, a content distribution server, an operations management system, a lecturer terminal, and a communication line connection device, and provides remote education to student terminals via the Internet. The operations management system includes a lecture information database for storing lecture schedules, attendance records, and personal information, facial images, and audio, of the students, and performs a lecture establishment processing, an attendance registration processing, a lecture opening processing, an attendance confirmation processing, and the like. The attendance confirmation processing includes a student image acquisition processing, a facial image matching processing, an action request processing, and an action detection processing, which match facial images of students, and detect image changes that occur in response to requested actions.