Abstract:
Collaboration between collaborative endpoints may be facilitated by a serverless publication service of a collaborative services platform. The serverless publication service may be configured to accept communicative connections from the collaborative endpoints. Users of the collaborative services platform may publish their associated collaborative presences with the serverless publication service. For example, the collaborative presence of a user may include information with respect to valid collaborative endpoints for the user and collaborative capabilities at those endpoints. Subscriptions to published collaborative presences may be placed through the serverless publication service. A collaborative presence subscribe message may specify a subscription to a collaborative presence of a user. Upon receipt of a presence subscribe message, if there is no subscription policy with respect to the sender, the recipient may be queried for a subscription policy with respect to the sender. The subscription may be accepted in accordance with the subscription policy.
Abstract:
Methods are described that facilitate presence publication which may include authorizing publication of presence at a first endpoint, if the publication is authorized, assembling a presence data structure, and broadcasting the presence data structure from the first endpoint. The method may also include the presence structure including a friendly name, contact information, and endpoint information. The method further including contact information in at least one of XML format, vCard format, and the endpoint information obtained from a peer name resolution protocol. The method may additionally include the presence data structure encoded as at least one of a generic discovery protocol message, a simple service discovery protocol message, and associating a globally unique identifier with the discovery protocol messages. The method may include a user entity authorizing presence publication, the user entity setting at least one of a default parameter authorizing publication of all presence, some presence, or no presence.
Abstract:
A method of identification used for communication within a network includes generating a network identity associated with a user, modifying the network identity according to a user preference to create a modified network identity, identifying the user with the modified network identity within a first network communication for a first network communication application, and identifying the user with the modified network identity within a second network communication for a second network communication application.
Abstract:
The system and method of information or presentation projection allows a user to present information to single or multiple screens without need of additional cables. Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is used to advertise, find, and control the display devices. A reverse Terminal Service (TS) session is used to connect the display to the user's machine. Attendance at and receipt of the presentation is addressed from both a presenter side and from an attendee side through a subscription model. This subscription model is facilitated and security of the presentation is addressed through the use meeting invitations. These invitations are generated by the presenter, and may be requested by the attendees.
Abstract:
The present disclosure is directed to refreshable biosensors and methods for synthesizing and refreshing same. In some embodiments, the refreshable biosensor comprises a plasmonic nanoparticle and a biorecognition element, wherein the biorecognition element is encapsulated with at least one of an organosilica polymer layer or a metal organic framework (MOF).
Abstract:
A retail pharmacy sales system for identifying a customer and identifying which prescriptions the customer is authorized to pick up is disclosed. The system may include a retail pharmacy sales device in communication with a mobile device. The retail pharmacy sales device is configured to identify the customer, receive acknowledgement for the prescriptions, and process the payments for the prescriptions based on communication with the mobile device.
Abstract:
A system and method in one embodiment includes modules for verifying a digital signature of a Microsoft® ActiveX® control, identifying an executable file of the ActiveX control, authorizing the executable file as an updater configured to enable trust propagation, if the digital signature is from an authorized issuer, and installing the ActiveX control. More specific embodiments include hooking an exported function in the executable file and marking a thread calling the exported function as an updater. Hooking the exported function includes patching the executable function so that when the exported function is called during execution of the executable file, a second function is executed before the exported function is executed. Other embodiments include extracting a cabinet file wrapping the ActiveX control, parsing an information file in the cabinet file, and downloading additional components for installing the ActiveX control.
Abstract:
A system for adaptive learning based human detection for channel input of captured human image signals, the system comprising: a sensor for tracking real-time images of an environment of interest; a feature extraction and classifiers generation processor for extracting a plurality of features and classifying the features associated with time-space descriptors of image comprising background modeling, Histogram of Oriented Gradients (HOG) and Haar like wavelet; a processor configured to process extracted feature classifiers associated with plurality of real-time images; combine the plurality of feature classifiers of time-space descriptors; evaluate a linear probability of human detection based on a predetermined threshold value of the feature classifiers in a time window having at least one image frame; a counter for counting the number of humans in the real-time images; and a transmission device configured to send the final human detection decision and number thereof to a storage device.
Abstract:
Examples of achieving quality of service in a wireless local area network via meeting communication channel performance criteria to include a minimum signal-to-noise plus interference ratio and a proportional fairness limit are disclosed.
Abstract:
A set of collaborative contacts may be selected with an invitation user interface. An invitation to participate in a collaborative activity may be sent to the selected contacts from the invitation user interface or from a collaborative application. The invitation may be received by a collaborative services platform. A user of the collaborative services platform may be presented with the invitation along with an ability to choose one of accept, decline and ignore in response to the invitation. The user may choose to accept, decline or explicitly ignore the invitation, and a response may be sent to the sender of the invitation indicating the user's choice. An application programming interface for a collaborative invitation service of the collaborative services platform may include an invitation element, a send invitation element, a respond to invitation element and a cancel invitation element. The cancel invitation element may be used to cancel issued invitations.