1145 results about "Group identifier" patented technology

Linking accounts corresponding to different products together to create a group so that group processing can be performed at the group level while independent processing of the accounts is performed at the account level. The method links the accounts into a group by linking a financial record for each account to group master data for the group. The group master data includes information about the group, including group parameters and a group identifier. A group typically includes a key account and one or more dependent accounts. The relationship between a dependent account and the group is specified by a dependent strategy. A dependent strategy specifies group level processing options for the account. The relationships between the accounts and the group are flexible to accommodate changes in the status of the group cardholders.

Provided are a device-to-device (D2D) group communication method and a device using the same. The method includes transmitting a scheduling request for D2D group communication to a base station, receiving first radio resource information for a status report of D2D data to be transmitted from the base station, transmitting a D2D buffer status report to the base station through a first radio resource, receiving second radio resource information including D2D resource allocation information necessary for the D2D group communication from the base station, and transmitting control information for the D2D group communication including a D2D group identifier (ID) as a device ID and D2D user data to two or more communication partner devices belonging to the D2D group.

In flow control apparatus formed of a network of switching hubs in a hierarchy configuration for performing data packet transfer within each of a plurality of respectively separate groups of terminals, based on use of group identifiers contained in the data packets, occurrence of congestion of the output section of a port of a switching hub is judged respectively separately for each of the terminal groups, and one or more congestion notification packets for effecting a pause in data packet transmission are generated and transmitted from that switching hub, directed only to one or more terminals of a group relating to the congestion. As a result, the effects of port congestion and of congestion control operations are limited to the terminal group concerned. Congestion can be judged for a terminal group based on a level of utilization of a port output buffer that is used only by that group, or based on a rate of flow of data from that group into a port output buffer which is used in common for all terminal groups, and congestion notification packets may be transmitted from a single port or from a plurality of ports of a switching hub, in accordance with the detected degree of congestion.

A user-preferred image is easily displayed for a plurality of images generated by bracketing capture. A recording control unit 205 adds the same group identifier to a plurality of captured images generated by the same bracketing-capture operation, allocates the plurality of captured images to the same folder, and records the plurality of captured images on a recording unit 206 as bracketing-captured images. A priority image setting unit 209 adds priority information to a bracketing-captured image selected by a user among the bracketing-captured images recorded on the recording unit 206, and sets a priority image. In addition, the priority image setting unit 209 allocates the priority image to a main folder, and allocates bracketing-captured images other than the priority image to a sub-folder. In a predetermined display mode, a display control unit 207 displays only the priority image among the bracketing-captured images on the display unit 208 on the basis of the priority information.

Linking accounts corresponding to different products together to create a group so that group processing can be performed at the group level while independent processing of the accounts is performed at the account level. The method links the accounts into a group by linking a financial record for each account to group master data for the group. The group master data includes information about the group, including group parameters and a group identifier. A group typically includes a key account and one or more dependent accounts. The relationship between a dependent account and the group is specified by a dependent strategy. A dependent strategy specifies group level processing options for the account. The relationships between the accounts and the group are flexible to accommodate changes in the status of the group cardholders.

A Collaborator computer collaborative environment (CCE) instantiated by a computer network includes N Collaborator CCE clients and a Collaborator CCE server. Each of the N Collaborator CCE clients generates message objects each including a nested group identifier and an associated privilege level; the Collaborator CCE server filters the generated message objects and routes only those message objects to an Nth Collaborator CCE client that is a member of the respective group having the group identifier and that has a privilege greater than or equal to the associated privilege level. Corresponding software is also described.

Selectively obfuscating, or obscuring, a portion or portions of information in a multi-party transmission. A user participating in a multi-party exchange signals a communication device (or proxy) that he will provide private information that is to be perceptible only to a subset of the other participants. This user also identifies that subset, preferably by providing a group identifier for a group in which that subset of participants are members. The communication device transmits a member-specific descriptor comprising an encrypted version of a group key, and uses this group key to encrypt the private information that is to be perceptible only to the subset. Device-specific characteristics of participant devices are used, in addition to user-provided data (such as a user's log-on identifier and / or password), as input to create cryptographic key information. Only participants in the subset can decrypt the encrypted private information; other participants preferably receive a filler pattern of some type instead.

An IP packet relay apparatus provided between networks to relay an IP packet relating to a host belonging to a specific group, comprising: a list in which an IP address possessed by a host is associated with a group identifier for identifying a group to which the host belongs; a judgment unit judging whether an IP packet that has received from one network and is addressed to a host connected to another network is an IP packet relating to the same group or not with reference to the list; and a forwarding unit relaying an IP packet judged to be the IP packet relating to the same group.

Systems and techniques for supporting multiple multicast trees are described. Some embodiments provide a system that determines an internal multicast group identifier based on a source address, a multicast address, and a multicast tree identifier field associated with a multicast packet. The system can then forward the multicast packet based on the internal multicast group identifier. Specifically, the system can determine a first set of bits based on the source address and the multicast address of the multicast packet. The system can determine a second set of bits based on the multicast tree identifier field of the multicast packet. Next, the system can combine the first set of bits and the second set of bits to obtain the internal multicast group identifier. In some embodiments, the scope of an internal virtual network identifier does not extend beyond a switch or a forwarding module within a switch.

An interactive television program guide system is provided. An interactive television program guide implemented on user television equipment obtains program guide data from two data delivery mechanisms. Current program guide data is obtained from a continuous data stream. Other program guide data (which may include the current program guide data) is obtained by the program guide from a program guide server.The continuous data stream may also include program and program grouping identifiers. The program guide may perform real-time actions associated with programs identified in the continuous data stream.

A method and apparatus for generating user group identifiers using a permissions matrix is disclosed. The permissions matrix includes an entry that is associated with a row and a column of the permissions matrix. The row of the permissions matrix is indexed with a first role and the column of the permissions matrix is indexed with a second role. A data structure implementing such a method can include, for example, a user group identifier matrix. Alternatively, a method is disclosed in which the expiration of a user group identifier is detected. In such a case, the user group identifier is updated by accessing a user group identifier matrix.

A method for providing security groups based on the use of tunneling is disclosed. The method includes assigning a security group identifier (SGI) to a packet and classifying the packet based on the packet's SGI.

A method and apparatus for selectively enforcing network security policy using group identifiers are disclosed. One or more access controls are created and stored in a policy enforcement point that controls access to the network, wherein each of the access controls specifies that a named group is allowed access to a particular resource. A binding of a network address to an authenticated user of a client, for which the policy enforcement point controls access to the network, is created and stored. The named group is updated to include the network address of the authenticated user at the policy enforcement point. A packet flow originating from the network address is permitted to pass from the policy enforcement point into the network only if the network address is in the named group identified in one of the access controls that specifies that the named group is allowed access to the network. Accordingly, network security may be implemented in the form of abstract groups that include specific network addresses; as a result, users may be allowed or denied access to network addresses by updating membership of the groups to include or delete the network addresses of the users, rather than by creating or deleting access controls that specifically identify the users.

Aspects of the invention are directed to a cell-frequency-link descriptor configured to map network-specific parameters with time frequency slicing (TFS) information in a digital video broadcast system. The cell-frequency-link descriptor may include fields that provide a mapping between a cell identifier, a TFS group identifier, a bandwidth, a guard interval, a transmission mode, and a frequency. The fields may provide a mapping between cells, frequencies, TFS groups, related guard intervals, bandwidths, and transmission modes for multiple cells within the digital video broadcast system. The fields may include: a cell identifier field, a TFS-group identifier field, a bandwidth field, a guard interval field, a transmission mode field, a frequency field, a cell identifier extension field, and a transposer frequency field.

System and method for providing connection handoffs from macrocell to femtocell in wireless networks. A method comprises determining a group identifier from a received pseudorandom number sequence, determining a list of access points from a plurality of access points, wherein the access points in the list of access points are all identified by a group identifier, transmitting a request for detecting an identifier of the communications device to each access point in the list of access points, receiving a positive acknowledgement from a locating access point in the list of access points, and locating the communications device in a coverage area of the locating access point. The acknowledgement indicates that the locating access point successfully detected the identifier.

A communication system that comprises a base station and a substation connected to the base station. The base station maintains a set of identifiers, each identifier of the set being at least temporarily allocatable to a user equipment for identifying the user equipment when it resides in a cell of the base station. From the set of identifiers of the base station at least one subset of identifiers is extracted, and assigned to the substation. The substation may then respond to a connection establishment request of user equipment by providing it with an identifier from the subset of identifiers assigned to it. The substation also transmits to the base station information on the connection establishment request and on the identifier provided to the user equipment.

Systems and methods for group-based network access control systems are provided. The group-based network access control system includes a software process operating on a computer. The software process is configured to communicate a packet through a group-based network protocol stack to a network interface card that includes an interface attribute. A table of network attributes, associated with a session filter module and a network filter module, compares the network endpoint attribute with the interface attribute in the table of network attributes to determine whether the software process can access the network interface card. Each network endpoint attribute comprises a primary group identifier and a supplemental group identifier list, and each interface attribute comprises a network group list. The method includes the steps of operating a software process that includes a network endpoint attribute. Next, packets are communicated through a network protocol stack to a network interface card, where the network interface card includes an interface attribute. Association between the network endpoint attribute and the interface attribute is established, and both the network endpoint attribute and the interface attribute are placed in a table. The network endpoint attribute is then compared with the interface attribute to determine whether the software process can access the network interface card. Each network endpoint attribute comprises a primary group identifier and a supplemental group identifier list, and each interface attribute comprises a network group list.

A system for operating multiple independent terminals of grouped, locally connected input and output devices through a single graphical user interface layer running on a computer comprising an event queue module for receiving each input command from each input device; an event handler module for receiving the input commands from the event queue module and directing input commands from specific input devices via corresponding socket / listeners of the single graphical user interface layer to corresponding ones of multiple pointers, focuses and client applications based on predetermined associations between grouped devices and respective ones of the socket / listeners; and an output module for directing output commands from each socket / listener to respective ones of the output devices based on the predetermined associations. A system for creating multiple independent terminals of grouped input and output devices connected to and for operation by a single computer comprising a configuration module for simultaneously providing unique output commands to ungrouped output devices to cause the output devices to respectively provide a unique input directive to a user; the configuration module also for receiving unique input commands from individual ungrouped input devices, each unique input command corresponding to a respective one of the unique output directives; and an association module for, in response to the receiving, commonly associating with a unique group identifier each of corresponding input and output devices and respective ones of multiple pointers and focuses.

A method is provided of distributing push-to-talk group identifiers. When the PTT group is created, the user terminal for the group creator automatically generates and sends a group identification message containing the group identifier to the other group members. The user terminals receiving the message recognize that it contains a PTT group identifier and execute and group list update process to add the new group to a locally stored group list or contact list.

A device and method define an access right to a shared data item. The method includes defining a group of one or more contacts in a contact list, assigning an access right to the group of one or more contacts, and assigning the group of one or more contacts to a shared data item. A device and method also provide a service based on the access right to the shared data item. The method includes receiving a request for a service from a user at a second device, the request including a resource identifier, selecting a user identifier for the user, selecting an access group identifier from a contact list using the user identifier, selecting an access right for the user using the access group identifier, determining if the user has permission to access a data item identified by the resource identifier, if the user has permission to access the data item, determining if the access right allows performance of the service, and providing the service at the first device if the access right allows performance of the service.

A system and method are employed for forwarding multicast packets among a plurality of interfaces. A multicast packet having a scope value and a multicast group identifier (ID) value is received on an inbound interface. A VLAN designation associated with the inbound interface is identified. If the scope value in the received multicast packet indicates that the multicast packet has a link-local scope, a look-up address is generated that includes the identified VLAN designation and the multicast group ID value of the multicast packet. If the scope value in the received multicast packet indicates that the multicast packet has a site-local scope or an organization-local scope, the identified VLAN designation is used to retrieve a site identifier associated with the VLAN designation, and a look-up address is generated that includes the retrieved site identifier and the multicast group ID value. Finally, the look-up address is used to render a forwarding decision for the multicast packet.

A method and apparatus for facilitating instant messaging utilizes a secure instant message group policy certificate issued by an instant messaging public key infrastructure policy certificate issuing unit. The secure instant messaging group policy certificate is received, such as through a local instant messaging secure public key infrastructure proxy, and contains data defining the group members, references to other groups, security controls and relevant data such as allowed algorithms. The secure instant messaging group policy certificate defines a plurality of different instant messaging groups, each identified by an instant messaging group identifier. Each instant messaging group identifier is associated with a plurality of instant message group number identifiers.

A method begins by a processing module obtaining a temporary set of group information, wherein group information pertains to a group identifier (ID), and wherein the group ID is associated with a corresponding set of individual identifiers (IDs) of a plurality of individual IDs. The method continues with the processing module obtaining at least one set of individual information, wherein individual information pertains to an individual ID of the plurality of individual IDs. The method continues with the processing module obtaining a set of group information associated with the at least one set of individual information based on the temporary set of group information.

Disclosed are various embodiments for controlling distribution of resources on a network. In one embodiment, a distribution service receives a request from a client device to access resources hosted by a distribution service. In response, the distribution service determines whether the client device is authorized to access the distribution service. The distribution service identifies which of the resources hosted by the distribution service are accessible to the client device based on the resource grouping identifiers associated with the client device. The distribution service determines which distribution rules are associated with the identified resources, the distribution rules including location rules and time rules. The distribution service then transmits the identified resources and identified distribution rules to the client device, where the resources are configured to be exclusively accessible via a containerized client application on the client device while the client device satisfies the distribution rules associated with the resources.

A method and system for processing, in a wireless communication device, data concerning a group resource allocation enables efficient use of radio frequency resources. The method includes processing a group properties message received from a radio access network (block 1410). The group properties message comprises group properties for a scheduling group, and the group properties comprise a group identifier that identifies the scheduling group. A group assignment message received from the radio access network is then processed (block 1425). The group assignment message comprises the group identifier and a position assignment within the scheduling group. The group properties are then associated with the group assignment message (block 1430).

The invention discloses a group communication method and device. The method comprises the following steps of: receiving a group access request for accessing a group from a network application, wherein the group access request comprises a group identifier of the group; acquiring the group member information of each group member in the group according to the group identifier; determining first group members connected with a service functional entity through the same gateway according to the group member information; and transmitting a first group member access request for accessing the first group members to the gateway. The device comprises the service functional entity and the gateway, wherein the service functional entity comprises a first receiving module, an acquiring module, a first determining module and a first transmitting module. Due to the adoption of the method and the service functional entity, signaling overhead during group communication can be reduced and the efficiency of group communication is increased.