911 results about "Shared service" patented technology

A computer implemented method for allocating drivers and passengers sharing a trip, the method being executed by a trip sharing service, the method comprising:

• • receiving a first service request;
  • specifying a first potential trip data object by the trip sharing service;
  • executing a matching method, the matching method checking the first potential trip data object against at least a second potential trip data object, the matching method comprising for each checking of the first against the second potential trip data objects the steps of:
    • comparing the specifications of the first potential trip data object with the specifications of the at least one second potential trip data object,
    • determining the degree of congruency of the specifications of the compared potential trip data objects,
    • assigning one role to the first and the second user;
    • adding the second potential trip data object to a result list in case the determined degree of congruency between the first and the second potential trip data object exceeds a predefined threshold.

A method and apparatus allows clients to share ports on a server. The server can maintain more sessions than server ports. When a client sends a command directed to the server, a resource manager inserted between the clients and the server intercepts the command and directs the server to select the session associated with a client prior to or at the same time that the resource manager forwards the intercepted command to the server. Responses from the server are forwarded by the resource manager to the client that sent the command to which the response relates. The resource manager may be coupled to multiple clients, and one or more ports of one or more servers.

A digital media file sharing system includes a fair share server, a user computer, and a second user computer. The fair share server includes a user library information database and a media library, the media library storing digital media files. A user computer includes a user computer media library and the user computer media library stores user digital media files. A second user computer includes a second user computer media library and requests the downloading of a selected digital media file from the user library information database. The second user computer downloads the selected digital media file from the user computer media library. The user computer is allocated a credit in the payment database of the fair share server for providing the selected digital media file to the second user computer.

The present invention relates to providing automatic or programmatic editing of video items. More specifically, in the preferred embodiments, an auto-editing function is provided for performing auto-editing of video items shared via a video sharing service.

A shared server 40 includes an active virtual machine 41 where a sufficient amount of resources are allocated to an operation of an application system and a standby virtual machine 42 that starts with a minimum amount of resources. When it is predicted that a provisioning request is generated, a standby construction determining unit 22 previously executes provisioning on a standby virtual machine 42, and performs a start of an OS and an application or a setting change of a network apparatus. A provisioning determining unit 23 changes the resource allocation amounts of the active virtual machine 41 and the standby virtual machine 42, allocates a sufficient amount of resources to the standby virtual machine 42, registers the standby virtual machine 42 as a target of load balancing in a load balancer 11, and executes provisioning.

A system for the targeted contextual display of advertisements in a distributed computer network such as the Internet comprises management platforms (30,PP1,PP2) each having a sponsor site management unit (11) accessible to sponsors, a host site management unit (21) accessible to hosts and means for matching keywords, categories and/or parameters of the sponsor sites with those of the host sites for the targeted contextual display of advertising links from sponsor sites (10) on host sites (20). A shared server platform (40) is common to and interconnects the management platforms (30,PP1,PP2). Each management platform (30,PP1,PP2) is associated with its own sponsor sites (10) and its own host sites (20) and constitutes an autonomous system for management of the targeted contextual display of advertising links, that can be operated under the operator's own brand. The shared server platform (40) is arranged to enable the targeted contextual display of advertising links (Ad A, Ad B) from sponsor sites (10) on host sites (20) associated with different management platforms (30,PP1,PP2).

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request from a processing device to send a widget to a handheld mobile device. The request can be defined after at least a portion of an instance of the widget has been processed at the processing device. The request can be associated with a widget identifier. The method can also include defining a widget precursor at a widget-sharing server in response to the request from the processing device. The widget precursor can be associated with the widget identifier and a placement identifier.

A system and method for monitoring service performance are disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the method comprises: (a) collecting service information from one or more sources in a telecommunications network; (b) converting the service information into values of primary parameters of a service model; and (c) calculating values of secondary parameters of the service model from the primary parameter values, wherein the calculating is performed using relational database tables based on calculation clusters. The calculation clusters are preferably determined from a hierarchical model of the service by dividing the hierarchy in a manner that separates shared service components from the service components that share them, and that separates service components related by 1-to-n and n-to-1 relationships.

A communications network provides one or more shared services, such as voice or video, to customers over a respective virtual private network (VPN). At the same time, each customer may have its own private data VPN for handling private company data. The shared service VPN permits users from different customers to communicate directly over the shared service VPN. Trust and security are established at the edge of the network, as the information enters from the customer's site. As a result, no additional security measures are required within the shared service VPN for the communications between users. This architecture results in a fast, high quality, shared service.

A method of sharing applications using a peer-to-peer protocol includes registering, by a first peer, applications to be shared; determining whether the registered application files meet a search condition included in an application search instruction that is received from a second peer, and transmitting a description file to the second peer in response to the determination results; making a connection to the second peer through a predetermined protocol to perform a service pertaining to an application meeting the search condition; and executing a session for providing a remote display service pertaining to the application for the second peer, such that client peers can share idle resources in server peers, and can use applications that cannot be executed with their current resources or in their current environments.

Embodiments of the present invention provide users in a social network with a screen saver constructed by media shared by their contacts and groups in a social network. The present invention provides a shared photo album that displays images from a user's own photo collection, and that of their social network automatically. For a user, the social network service queries its database to retrieve a list of photo sources. The sources of images may be online photo sharing services, other computers with photos on their local hard drives, and public peer-to-peer storage services. The images may be displayed to the user and optionally may be accompanied with information, such as the owner of the photo or descriptive phrases or comments about the photo. The social network service may be configured to continuously or periodically request photos to update the screen saver.

Methods, including service methods, articles of manufacture, systems, articles and programmable devices are provided for charging travel fees or awarding benefits as a function of vehicle occupancy. Variable travel fee schedules include a plurality of different rate values, each rate value associated with ride-sharing service points of a vehicle infrastructure and vehicle occupancy counts. Occupants within a vehicle traveling via a vehicle infrastructure are counted, the counting generating discrete occupant counts correlated with the ride-sharing service points. Subsets of variable travel fee schedule rate values are selected as a function of association with discrete occupant counts and correlated ride-sharing service points. Owners, occupants or other parties associated with the vehicle are accordingly charged a travel fee or awarded a benefit as a function of the rate value subset and an amount of the vehicle traveling.

There is provided an information sharing processing method comprising the steps of a page display processing step for acquiring a file from a predetermined server on a network and displaying the file as a page, wherein the file is described in a predetermined page description language and includes a description of link information to another file on the network; a common-screen display processing step for displaying an icon representing a user at a position on a common screen shared with the user and displaying a message issued by the user making an access to the same page as the page displayed at the page display processing step, wherein information on the position and the message are specified by the user in shared data transmitted by the user by way of a shared server on the network; and a screen superposition processing step for superposing the common screen displayed at the common-screen display processing step on the page displayed at the page display processing step. Accordingly, it is possible to make an access to the web page with ease while participating a chat. In addition, any one of the users is capable of immediately knowing whether the other user is making an access to the same web page.

A method and system to optimally route telephone calls between shared service centers is presented. Using a combination of service tiers, Agent Directory, Instant Messaging (IM), and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) provides optimal routing of incoming calls for assistance. The method utilizes different protocols during normal operations, transitional operations, and emergency operations, and addresses Shared Service Center (SSC) planning and management.

A computer implemented method and apparatus for sharing server resources. One or more applications are registered to a first local group on a device, and one or more applications are registered to a second local group on the device. If a user and device have been authenticated, and a device token already acquired for obtaining authorization for a first application of the first local group to access resources from a server, the same device token is available for use in obtaining authorization for a second application of the first group to access (share) resources from the server. Thus, the user need not re-submit authentication credentials to the authorization server. When the user signs out of an application of the same group, the sign out procedure is processed locally for all applications of the group. A device token is surrendered when it is not needed by applications of any other group.

A method, apparatus, computer program product, and decision support system and for allocating hosting-service resources to clients in at least one shared server. The method comprises discovering utilization patterns of the clients; monitoring the clients to discover the utilization patterns; providing bounds specifying minimum and maximum hosting-service resources for each of the clients; modeling dimensions for client user measures and the utilization patterns; and allocating the resources to the clients dependent on the utilization patterns. The step of allocating is also dependent upon the bounds. The method further includes packing the clients using stochastic vectors, wherein the packing step utilizes at least one of a Roof Avoidance process, a Minimized Variance process, a Maximized Minima process, and a Largest Combination process, and wherein the hosting-service resources relate to at least one hosting comprising one of collaborative hosting services, commerce hosting services, and e-business hosting services.

Method and apparatus for integrating distributed shared services system which integrates web based applications with each other and with other centralized application to provide a single sign-on approach for authentication and authorization services for distributed web sites requiring no access time back to the authentication/authorization server is provided.

A mobile device and a method for providing a tethering service via a security mode and a list of preferred mobile devices are provided. The method includes determining, when the mobile device receives a connection request from a client mobile device, a number of client mobile devices that are currently connected to the mobile device, determining, when the number of connected client mobile devices is less than a preset maximum connection number, the number of created Basic Service Sets (BSSs), determining, when the number of BSSs is less than a preset maximum creation number, the identification-information regarding the client mobile device that requested connection, and providing a tethering service to the client mobile device according to the determined identification-information.

Implementing a ride share service includes determining a route for an operator of the vehicle and accessing user preferences of the operator, the user preferences including characteristics of a ride share event and prospective ride share individuals. The ride share service also includes comparing the user preferences with information provided by individuals seeking transportation, each of the individuals providing a request for the transportation. The ride share service further includes identifying qualified candidates for the ride share event from the comparing by determining a threshold level of characteristics matching information provided by the individuals. In response to receiving a selection of a qualified candidate from the qualified candidates, the ride share service includes transmitting a communication to the selected qualified candidate accepting the request.

Systems and methods according to which a mobile application is running on a driver's mobile device for authenticating ride share drivers. When a driver initially registers with a rideshare service, the driver is prompted to provide biometric information via a mobile app running on the driver's mobile device. The biometric information is then stored in a database with a ride share management server in a file associated with the driver's account. Subsequently, when the driver expresses an offer to provide a ride share trip, the server performs an authentication check based on the pre-stored biometric information. Furthermore, the system discloses herein facilitates increased rideshare revenue generation by creating referral chains for a driver when a previously-registered driver, or an affiliate of the rideshare service refers a proposed new driver to the rideshare service and the proposed new driver then registers with the rideshare service.

The invention discloses a cloud security storage and sharing service platform comprising a cryptographic module, a client module, a cloud security storage and sharing server and a cloud file server. The cloud security storage and sharing server comprises an access module for the cloud file server, a database module, a client communication module, an application interface module, a basic management module, a cloud storage management module, a log module and a configuration module. The cryptographic module cooperates with the client module for realizing related operations of files, and performs communication with the cloud security storage and sharing server for realizing the operations of the files in the cloud file server. The cloud security storage and sharing service platform disclosed by the invention can realize three different protection mechanisms for the files in three different types and meet the requirements of cloud security storage and sharing service.

Methods and system of sharing information among network servers coupled to a data communication network for providing services to a user via a client on the network and data structure for use therewith. Related services provided by the network servers are grouped into service groups. A database stores user-specific information, including operational information to be shared within the service groups. A central server coupled to the network receives a request from the user for a selected service and determines whether the selected service belongs to one of the service groups. In response to the request, the central server retrieves user-specific information identifying the user with respect to the selected service. The retrieved information includes operational information to be shared within each of the service groups to which the selected service belongs.

An apparatus and method is provided for allowing users to share services without sharing identities. Specifically, the apparatus and method allow users to share pseudonyms instead of actual user names, thus protecting both users from unwanted emails, IM messages, and the like. The invention provides an introduction scheme, which comprises a simple and secure way of establishing a user to user link. A preferred embodiment incorporates services of a linked federation network service, such as AOL's Liberty Alliance service, without exposing real user names to other users.

The customer presses the Connect button (2240) on the customer terminal (1230). By this, a connection request to an operator terminal is notified to an operator terminal (1210) via the push sharing server (2100). On receiving this notification, the operator terminal (1210) changes the Respond button (2310) to the Incoming button. When the operator presses the Respond button (2310) on the operator web page (2300), the push sharing server (2100) transmits a difference notification command to the operator terminal (1210), and the operator terminal displays the same web page as the web page on the customer terminals (1230).