85 results about "Notification Receiver" patented technology

A change controller application, process and system tracks modification to a configuration of a computerized device by receiving a change request indicating a requested change to an existing configuration of the computerized device and preparing a change notification message identifying the requested change to the existing configuration of the computerized device. The change controller transmits the change notification message to at least one change notification recipient and determines if a change acknowledgement is provided in response. If a change acknowledgement is provided from a change notification recipient that indicates confirmation of receipt of the change notification message, the system allows the requested change to the configuration of the computerized device to take place. If the change acknowledgement is not provided from a change notification recipient, the system conditionally operates the computerized device so that a monitoring device networked to the computerized device perceives that a configuration change to the computerized device may have taken place.

A messaging application that includes a transmit module configured to progressively transmit time-based media of a message to a recipient as the media is created. The transmit module transmits the message in either a messaging mode where the time-based media of the message is transmitted before a delivery route to the recipient is completely discovered or a call mode where the transmission occurs after providing a notification requesting synchronous communication and receiving a confirmation that the recipient would like to engage in synchronous communication. In response to the notification, the recipient has the option of rendering the incoming message in either a real-time mode as the time-based media of the message is received or a time-shifted mode by rendering the time-based media of the message at an arbitrary later time after it was received.

A method and apparatus for aggregating packets in a wireless communication system. The data to be transmitted is selected and packetized and formed into frames for transmission. Rather than send each frame individually, frames are grouped and transmitted with grouping indicia informing the recipients how to acknowledge successful receipt of the transmitted data. ACKs are sent at a predetermined time, or all together, divided by subcarrier in the case of an OFDMA network.

A package delivery notification system reports impending package deliveries and precisely notifies recipients of when to expect the deliveries. The package delivery notification system utilizes memory, a communications device, and a system manager. Package data identifying a package that is to be delivered to a recipient is stored in the memory. The package data indicates that the recipient is to receive the package and indicates the expected time that the package is to be delivered. When the package is assigned to a vehicle that will deliver the package to a premises of the recipient, the system manager transmits, via the communications device, a notification message to the recipient. The notification message preferably indicates the approximate time that the package is expected to arrive.

Systems and methods for dynamic electronic-mail filtering for mobile devices are provided. Incoming e-mail messages are received and provided to an e-mail inbox associated with the intended recipient. Those e-mail messages are evaluated to determine whether they may be desirable to the recipient. Desirability of an e-mail may be determined by such factors as the e-mail address of origin or key words in subject line. E-mail messages determined to be desirable are provided to a mobile device associated with the recipient. The recipient may then be notified concerning the desirable messages.

System, method and device for the creation and notification of contextual messages are described. When creating or authoring a message, a sender can define a context in which the message is to be delivered to a recipient. Accordingly, after receiving the message, the recipient's device does not notify the recipient of the receipt of the message until the context is fulfilled. The recipient's device monitors conditions and determines whether the context is fulfilled, and notifies the recipient of the receipt of the message when the context is fulfilled. The recipient can configure common locations associated with the recipient and the information thereof is available in a non-specific way to a message sender for defining the context.

There are provided a threshold value storing unit for storing a threshold value set by a receiver for an additional value which becomes effective for the receiver when the receiver reads a piece of E-mail and an E-mail arrival notifying unit for, when the additional value which is appended to the the E-mail transmitted from a transmitter side exceeds the threshold value stored in the threshold value storing unit, notifying the receiver of the arrival of the E-mail so as to select the E-mail to which the additional value exceeding the threshold value is appended in order to induce the receiver to read the E-mail, by which it becomes possible for the E-mail receiver to select an appropriate piece of E-mail and it becomes possible for the transmitter to induce the receiver to select and read an advertisement or the like from among many pieces of E-mail.

A computer system having a system memory and being arranged to permit a target program (90) installed on the system to be modified in a trusted manner. The system comprises a White-list Management Agent, WMA, module (10) for receiving, at a notification receiver (12), a notification that the target program (90) which is loaded into the system memory of the computer system has performed an update operation on the target program resulting in the generation and storage of a modified version of the target program on a storage device associated with the computer system. The WMA module is operable, upon receipt of a target program update notification, to determine if the program (90) as loaded into the system memory is in a trusted state by measuring the program (90) using a program measurer module (14) and comparing this, using a comparator (16), with a pre-stored value contained in a program whitelist (30), the pre-stored value being obtained from the program whitelist (30) using a whitelist reader / writer (18). If the determination is positive, the WMA module (10) generates a hash code of the modified version of the target computer program as stored on the storage device using the program measurer module (14) and stores this generated hash code as a new trusted hash code for the target program in the program whitelist (30), in order to permit subsequent verification of the modified version of the target program as being in a trusted state.

A mobile client device, on behalf of a user, is equipped to submit an identity of the user to a messaging service, including the user's current location. Once the messaging service receives the identity of the user, and the user's current location, the messaging service, in response, selects one or more recipients remotely disposed by the mobile client device and the messaging service to receive the user's current location, based at least in part on the identity of the user. The recipient receives the the user's current location for information purposes. In one embodiment, the identity of the user, in addition the user's current location, is also transmitted to the selected one or more recipients. As a result, users, in particular, youths, are able to notify to recipients, such as their parents / guardians, and each other of their whereabouts simply, efficiently and effectively. In other embodiments, the submission is triggered based on bio-metric data of the user, and includes the triggering bio-metric data. These embodiments have special applications for older users. Additionally, some recipients, such as parents / guardians, are empowered to initiate receipt of the user's current location, thereby providing a non-intrusive way of keeping track of the locations of the youths for their peace of mind. In various embodiments, the client device may be a wireless telephone or a palm sized computing device.

A system and method for providing secure message services. The system includes a forwarding service to receive message for delivery to a recipient. The system checks for preferences for delivery of the message content including encryption preferences and notifies the recipient or delivers the message according to the encryption preferences. The system includes an interoperability engine to determine delivery preferences including security preferences, the security preferences indicating a security protocol by which the message can be securely delivered to the recipient.

Systems and methods for dynamic electronic-mail filtering for mobile devices are provided. Incoming e-mail messages are received and provided to an e-mail inbox associated with the intended recipient. Those e-mail messages are evaluated to determine whether they may be desirable to the recipient. Desirability of an e-mail may be determined by such factors as the e-mail address of origin or key words in subject line. E-mail messages determined to be desirable are provided to a mobile device associated with the recipient. The recipient may then be notified concerning the desirable messages.

A method and apparatus for aggregating packets in a wireless communication system. The data to be transmitted is selected and packetized and formed into frames for transmission. Rather than send each frame individually, frames are grouped and transmitted with grouping indicia informing the recipients how to acknowledge successful receipt of the transmitted data. ACKs are sent at a predetermined time, or all together, divided by subcarrier in the case of an OFDMA network.

Automatic uploading of electronic communication attachments to a collaborative storage location for enabling efficient co-authoring among a group of users is provided. When an electronic communication item is received that contains an attached content item, a user may select the content item for review and / or editing. A communication (e.g., a responsive email message) may be automatically created and may include an attachment pointer to direct recipients of the communication to the location at which the edited content item will be stored at a collaborative group storage location. The communication may also include a posting for notifying recipients of the communication that the associated content item has been edited and by whom the content item was edited. Recipients of the communication may then locate the edited content item and may begin reviewing and / or editing the stored content item in a collaborative co-authoring environment.

A shipping and distribution system with remote holding pods where a shipper can safely leave a package, and the recipient of the package can pick it up. The system controls the package from the time the shipper leaves it at the pod until the package owner or recipient or authorized party retrieves it. A system controller with an online interface allocates the temporary storage resources to shipping / receiving parties. Secure access codes are provided to both the shipper and the recipient. The secure storage area at the pod can contain a contents sensor that can notify the receiver when the package is deposited and the sender when the package is retrieved.

A package pick up and delivery system allows distribution of packages between any two locations serviced by a carrier or delivery system. At each location, merchandise, different from the packages handled by this system, would be available to the public. Such locations can include big box stores, drug stores, restaurants and similar retail or commercial establishments. A website is available to the shipper to identify pick up and delivery locations and to record payment for the shipment. Information for notifying the recipient can be input to the website and a notice sent to the recipient, who can subsequently access the website to determine the status of the shipment. This system allows the operator of a freight distribution or carrier system to increase the utilization of the carrier system. Patronage of retail establishments, operating as pick up and drop off locations can also be increased.

The invention provides a method for gift selection and fulfillment, especially suited to children, which comprises: contacting a potential gift giver by conventional advertising; providing information to the potential gift giver for contacting an order accepting system; obtaining an order from the gift giver that includes a set of gift selection criteria; supplying a computer program for comparing that is used for comparing the gift selection criteria with a set of gift selection rules; and generating a set of gift choices and storing the gift choices in a database record-keyed to a unique access code: notifying the recipient of the unique access code to make a gift choice by means of a connection to a computer network; generating a display of the available gift choices along with a personal message and photo of the gift giver, keyed to the unique access code; recording the recipient's gift selection and generating a delivery order for delivery of the gift selected to the recipient. The method may that further comprise obtaining from the gift giver information regarding other children to whom the gift giver wishes to give gifts on specified occasions; storing the information with gift giver contact information; and sending a reminder of the specified gift occasion to the gift giver to initiate a new gift selection and delivery. The method may include having the set of gift selection rules include special interest items. The method may also include gift selection rules that are provided by a team having one or more experts in child development, and with input from children.

A method and structure for transferring e-mail folders and files of a sender obtains sender input regarding which folders and files are to be transferred, and a list of recipients of the folders and the files. The invention automatically copies selected folders and selected files into a separate database and notifies the recipient of the transfer. The invention automatically creates, upon acknowledgment of the recipient, new folders in the recipient's e-mail files and copies the selected files into the new folders.

A method for sending a message to a recipient, which comprises determining a data set associated with the message; accessing an ensemble of precomputed tags corresponding to respective initial data sets, each precomputed tag representing a solution to a computational problem involving the respective initial data set; identifying the precomputed tag in the ensemble for which the corresponding initial data set corresponds to the data set associated with the message; and sending the message and informing the recipient of the identified precomputed tag. The recipient executes a method comprising obtaining a tag associated with the message; determining a data set associated with the message, the data set in some embodiments including a portion extrinsic to the message; determining whether the tag represents a solution to a computational problem involving the data set associated with the message; determining whether the tag was specifically generated for the message, based on the portion extrinsic to the message; and establishing the legitimacy of the message based on the outcomes of the previous steps.

When a vehicle is “off” many electrically powered devices will continue to draw power from the battery, which will eventually deplete the battery. Instead of leaving such devices on, when the engine is shut off, a message is transmitted from a vehicle's telematics communications device to one or more of: the operator, a telematics service provider or elsewhere, and which notifies the recipient of the power-down condition. The recipient of the message can thereafter respond with a directive that tells the telematics communications device which devices to leave powered on, turn off or schedule to be shut off. Absent such a message, the system powers down devices according to a default power down ordering.

It is an object of the present invention to relieve the burden on a watcher that uses a presence system to subscribe to the presence information of people and objects. For example, an attribute is a product name, and products A, B, C have the identical attribute value “DVDRecorder.” The server generates aggregate presence information, which includes the presence information of the products A, B, C (corresponds to the providers), and sends a notification of such to a watcher W (corresponds to the notification recipient) of the presence information of the products A, B, C. The watcher W collectively receives the presence information for every product name, and the watcher W is therefore relieved of the burden of classifying the presence information for every product name.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method for notifying user data subscription, which comprises the following steps: a data storage device receives a subscription message subscripting user data, wherein the subscription message includes subscripted content and notification receiver expression, and the notification receiver expression expresses an application entity providing service for a user when trigger condition of the subscription to notify reaches; when the trigger condition of the subscription to notify reaches, a notification receiver is determined according to the expression; and the notification receiver is informed of the subscripted content in the subscription message. The embodiment of the invention also provides a device for notifying the user data subscription. The embodiment of the invention realizes the change of the notification receiver during notification through the received subscription message expressing the notification receiver by adopting the expression under the premise of unchanging the subscription because the value of the expression is changed following the system change.

A method is described for post delivery instant message redirection when logged onto an IM system from a first device and subsequently logging onto the IM system from a second device, and the IM system logs off the first device. An instant message is transmitted from a sender to a recipient at a first MAC address of the recipient, such that the instant message has been delivered to the recipient. It is determined if the instant message is received by the recipient. The determination includes receiving notification that the recipient is typing in a chat window or notification that the chat window is closed. The instant message is retransmitted to a second MAC address of the recipient in response to receiving a change in the first MAC address to the second MAC address before notification that the recipient is typing in the chat window or the chat window is closed.

A method and apparatus of establishing a notification distribution is disclosed. The method may include receiving user information in a notification database identifying a notification recipient. The method may further provide receiving synchronization information from a business entity configured to upload notifications intended for the at least one user recipient. The method may also include transmitting at least one notification to the user recipient during a time window specified by the business entity.

A transmitter classifies quantum pulses into supervisory pulses and message pulses, and assigns each message pulse to a message bit. Each message pulse is then encoded using a coding base randomly selected from a set of coding bases, and with a polarity relative to the coding base that depends on the value of the corresponding message bit. Supervisory pulses are encoded using a coding base different from the coding bases in the aforementioned set. The encoded pulses are sent to a recipient over a quantum channel. The transmitter also informs the recipient of the positions of the supervisory pulses. The recipient detects the pulses relative to a locally selected coding base, producing a zero-click, a one-click or a two-click. By measuring the received proportion of zero-clicks, one-clicks and two-clicks, for both message pulses and supervisory pulses, and by verifying whether these detection statistics obey certain expected relationships, the recipient can determine whether an attack is taking place on the quantum channel.

A method for screening incoming communications includes the steps of receiving an incoming communication intended for a communication device or a recipient and identifying a sender of the communication and a communication type, which can includes an email. The method also includes the steps of identifying screening settings based on the sender and the communication type and determining whether the communication is allowed in accordance with the identified settings. Further, the method includes the steps of notifying a recipient of the communication, if the communication is allowed. In addition, the method includes the step of processing the communication without notifying a recipient, if the communication is not allowed.

In a mobile communication system in which a plurality of base stations included in a CoMP cooperating set perform uplink CoMP communication with a user terminal, each of the plurality of base stations comprises: a resource notification receiver that receives a resource notification from another base stations included in the CoMP cooperating set, the resource notification indicting a communication resource of allocation candidate for the user terminal in the other base station; a transmission unit that transmits information on whether the reception of the resource notification succeeds to another base station included in the CoMP cooperating set based on a reception state in the resource notification receiver.

A conference server, provided according to an aspect of the present invention, identifies a participant of a meeting in progress and requests scheduling option for a subsequent meeting from the identified participant. On receiving a scheduling option from the participant, the conference server determines the possible participants (“recipients”) of the subsequent meeting and informs the recipients of the received scheduling option. In one embodiment, the conference server requests the scheduling option when a conflict between the meeting in progress and the subsequent meeting is found and sends notifications to the recipients (determines by examining the calendars of users). In another embodiment, the conference server requests the scheduling option for a follow-up meeting for the meeting in progress, and updates the calendars of the recipients (determined as the participants of the meeting in progress and any users invited).

A method for completing gift giving experience of gift funds including receiving a signal for delivery of gift funds from a giver of a specified amount for use by a specified receiver; receiving gift conditions specified by the giver; notifying the receiver of the gift funds and the gift conditions; presenting a template message interface to the receiver, wherein an input field in the template message interface corresponds to gift condition; receiving confirmation of gift conditions satisfied by a purchase by the receiver through the composing of a purchase message; sending the purchase message with at least one indicator of the confirmation of the gift conditions, wherein the purchase message is composed through the template message interface by the receiver and sent to the giver; and transferring gift funds to the receiver upon sending the message and receiving confirmation of the gift conditions.