公开(公告)号：US20060026254A1

公开(公告)日：2006-02-02

申请号：US10902596

申请日：2004-07-29

申请人： Bethany Kessen ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Martin Moore ,  Jesse Overby ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann

发明人： Bethany Kessen ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Martin Moore ,  Jesse Overby ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L51/04 ,  H04L67/04 ,  H04L67/24

摘要： A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for sending a user's availability information to an instant messaging (IM) partner. A user predefines areas of the user's display and associates these predefined areas, or “hotspots”, with user defined messages. If the user is not available to immediately respond to an incoming message, the user may move the IM dialog window to a “hotspot” in the display. Depending upon the user-defined message associated with the “hotspot”, the IM application generates an automated response indicating the user's availability to respond to the message, and sends the message to the IM partner. The user also may predefine and associate the user's IM status with a “hotspot”. Moving an IM dialog window into a “hotspot” automatically changes the user's status based on the associated “hotspot”. This change is communicated to only the particular IM dialog window partner while other IM partners are unaffected.

公开(公告)号：US20060031322A1

公开(公告)日：2006-02-09

申请号：US10875945

申请日：2004-06-24

申请人： Bethany Kessen ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Martin Moore ,  Jesse Overby ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann

发明人： Bethany Kessen ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Martin Moore ,  Jesse Overby ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  G06F3/00

CPC分类号： H04L51/04

摘要： A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for allowing areas of a display to be associated with particular instant messaging users. The present invention provides a menu option to allow a user to select whether to have instant messaging dialog windows open up in the same position as the current window, or alternatively, to have the dialog windows from a specific person open up in a specified location on the display. Thus, the instant messaging software may allow window positions to be associated and “saved” with particular users. A user may create roles or add individual people to a preferences list to allow for different instant messaging window preferences for each role or person. In this manner, a user may specify areas of the display in which an instant messaging dialog window may open according to the various roles.

摘要翻译： 一种用于允许显示器的区域与特定即时消息用户相关联的方法，装置和计算机指令。 本发明提供了一种菜单选项，以允许用户选择是否在与当前窗口相同的位置上打开即时消息对话窗口，或者替代地，使来自特定人的对话窗口在指定位置上打开 显示器。 因此，即时消息软件可以允许窗口位置与特定用户相关联并“保存”。 用户可以创建角色或将个人添加到偏好列表以允许针对每个角色或个人的不同的即时消息窗口偏好。 以这种方式，用户可以根据各种角色指定即时消息对话窗口可以在其中打开的显示区域。

公开(公告)号：US20060026253A1

公开(公告)日：2006-02-02

申请号：US10902593

申请日：2004-07-29

申请人： Bethany Kessen ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Martin Moore ,  Jesse Overby ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann

发明人： Bethany Kessen ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Martin Moore ,  Jesse Overby ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G06Q10/107 ,  H04L51/04

摘要： A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for predicting the availability of an instant messaging user in an instant messaging system and providing that information to a message sender. The present invention analyzes a user's collaborative data to determine the user's availability to respond to an instant message and monitors z-order movement of an instant messaging window on a user's screen to determine how much attention the user is paying to the instant messaging. The instant messaging application then uses the collaborative data and the z-order information to predict the availability of the user to respond to the instant message. This information is subsequently displayed to an instant messaging partner in the partner's instant messaging window.

摘要翻译： 一种用于预测即时消息收发系统中即时消息收发用户的可用性并将该信息提供给消息发送者的方法，装置和计算机指令。 本发明分析用户的协作数据以确定用户对即时消息的响应的可用性并且监视用户屏幕上的即时消息窗口的z次移动，以确定用户对即时消息收发的支付多少。 即时消息应用程序然后使用协作数据和z订单信息来预测用户对即时消息的响应的可用性。 该信息随后显示给合作伙伴的即时消息窗口中的即时消息传递合作伙伴。

公开(公告)号：US20060047816A1

公开(公告)日：2006-03-02

申请号：US10870531

申请日：2004-06-17

申请人： Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Jesse Overby ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann

发明人： Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Jesse Overby ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G06Q10/10 ,  H04L51/04

摘要： A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for distributing meeting minutes from an instant messaging session. Meeting minutes are generated using data from the instant messaging session, in response to receiving a user input to distribute text from the instant messaging session. The meeting minutes are then distributed by email to a list of recipients.

摘要翻译： 一种用于从即时消息会话分发会议记录的方法，装置和计算机指令。 响应于接收到用于从即时消息传递会话分发文本的用户输入，使用来自即时消息收发会话的数据生成会议记录。 会议纪要然后通过电子邮件分发到收件人列表。

公开(公告)号：US20060106821A1

公开(公告)日：2006-05-18

申请号：US10988470

申请日：2004-11-12

申请人： David Cox ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann

发明人： David Cox ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann

IPC分类号： G06F7/00

CPC分类号： G06F21/604 ,  G06F21/105 ,  G06F21/121 ,  G06F2221/2101 ,  G06F2221/2117 ,  G06F2221/2141

摘要： A method, computer program product and system for determining ownership of containers. An installer program may edit stored information, such as ownership, about software component(s) it installed in a container. Upon a subsequent installer program planning to install a software component in that container, software, referred to as a “collector,” may identify the owners of the software components stored in that container. The collector may then search the rules in a rules database to determine the ownership of the container based on the ownership of the software components in the container. By mapping the software components stored in a container with their respective owners, the ownership of a container may be determined.

摘要翻译： 一种用于确定集装箱所有权的方法，计算机程序产品和系统。 安装程序可以编辑存储的信息，例如所有权，关于它安装在容器中的软件组件。 在随后的安装程序计划在该容器中安装软件组件时，被称为“收集器”的软件可以标识存储在该容器中的软件组件的所有者。 然后，收集器可以搜索规则数据库中的规则，以基于容器中的软件组件的所有权来确定容器的所有权。 通过将存储在容器中的软件组件与其各自所有者进行映射，可以确定容器的所有权。

公开(公告)号：US20060106801A1

公开(公告)日：2006-05-18

申请号：US10988473

申请日：2004-11-12

申请人： David Cox ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann ,  Douglas Wood

发明人： David Cox ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann ,  Douglas Wood

IPC分类号： G06F17/30 ,  G06F7/00

CPC分类号： G06F21/10 ,  G06F21/6209 ,  H04L9/0894 ,  H04L2209/60

摘要： A method, computer program product and system for protecting the location of an installed middleware application. An installer program may generate a private/public key pair at build time of a middleware application. Upon the installer program installing the middleware application, the installation location of the middleware application may be encrypted using the generated private key and then discarding the private key. The encrypted installation location of the middleware application may be decrypted by a subsequent installer program upon receiving a public key from the developer of the middleware application. Since the public key was not shipped with the middleware application, an illegitimate program, such as a Trojan horse, may not be able to decrypt the installation location of the middleware application. Since the public key may only be obtained from the developer of the middleware application, only legitimate programs may be able to decrypt the location of the installed middleware application.

摘要翻译： 一种用于保护安装的中间件应用程序的位置的方法，计算机程序产品和系统。 安装程序可以在中间件应用程序的构建时生成私钥/公钥对。 在安装程序安装中间件应用程序时，中间件应用程序的安装位置可以使用生成的私钥进行加密，然后丢弃私钥。 中间件应用程序的加密安装位置可以在从中间件应用程序的开发人员接收到公钥时由后续安装程序解密。 由于公钥未随中间件应用程序一起提供，因此非法程序（如特洛伊木马）可能无法解密中间件应用程序的安装位置。 由于公钥只能从中间件应用程序的开发人员获得，所以只有合法的程序才能解密所安装的中间件应用程序的位置。

公开(公告)号：US20060070062A1

公开(公告)日：2006-03-30

申请号：US10955254

申请日：2004-09-30

申请人： David Cox ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann

发明人： David Cox ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann

IPC分类号： G06F9/445

CPC分类号： G06F8/61

摘要： A method, computer program product and system for detecting previously installed applications on a system. An installer program may invoke an application programming interface to call a software component, referred to as a “manager”, to detect previously installed applications on the system. The manager may be configured to query detection mechanisms, referred to as “collectors”, to perform their own detection techniques to detect applications installed on the system. Since each collector may perform its own unique detection technique, the collectors may be used together to detect more applications installed on the system than if the installer program attempted to detect the applications installed on the system by itself.

摘要翻译： 一种用于检测系统上先前安装的应用程序的方法，计算机程序产品和系统。 安装程序可以调用应用程序编程接口来调用被称为“管理器”的软件组件来检测系统上先前安装的应用程序。 管理器可以被配置为查询被称为“收集器”的检测机制来执行它们自己的检测技术来检测安装在系统上的应用。 由于每个收集器可以执行自己独特的检测技术，所以收集器可以一起使用以检测安装在系统上的更多应用程序，而不是安装程序尝试自己检测系统上安装的应用程序。

公开(公告)号：US20060070061A1

公开(公告)日：2006-03-30

申请号：US10955200

申请日：2004-09-30

申请人： David Cox ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann

发明人： David Cox ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann

IPC分类号： G06F9/445

CPC分类号： G06F8/61

摘要： A method, computer program product and system for allowing multiple decisions to be made by multiple decision makers during software installation. A developer of an installer program may select the decisions to be made during the installation process. The developer may further designate the decision makers to handle each of these decisions in a configuration file. The configuration file may be compiled into executable code where the executable code may be embedded in the installer program. By the developer designating multiple decision makers to handle multiple decisions, multiple decision makers may now be able to be involved during the software installation process.

摘要翻译： 一种方法，计算机程序产品和系统，用于在软件安装期间由多个决策者进行多个决策。 安装程序的开发人员可以选择在安装过程中作出的决定。 开发者可以进一步指定决策者在配置文件中处理这些决定中的每一个。 可以将配置文件编译成可执行代码，其中可执行代码可以嵌入在安装程序中。 由开发人员指定多个决策者来处理多个决策，现在可以在软件安装过程中涉及多个决策者。

公开(公告)号：US20060070036A1

公开(公告)日：2006-03-30

申请号：US10955185

申请日：2004-09-30

申请人： David Cox ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann

发明人： David Cox ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann

IPC分类号： G06F9/44

CPC分类号： G06F9/451

摘要： A method, computer program product and system for displaying images during the execution of an application. A developer of an application inserts application hooks at particular locations in the code of the application to be executed. An application hook could be a call to a function in a utility code where the call includes the passing of a “key name”. The called function may retrieve an image located at an image file name in a configuration file associated with the key name if such an image file exists. Presentations that demonstrate the execution of the application may be easily modified by adding, deleting or replacing images at these file names. These modifications may be made without modifying the code of the application being executed. In this manner, different images used in different presentations may be displayed to different targeted audiences without modifying the code of the executed application.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在执行应用程序期间显示图像的方法，计算机程序产品和系统。 应用程序的开发人员将应用程序钩子插入要执行的应用程序的代码中的特定位置。 应用程序钩子可以是调用包含通过“密钥名称”的实用程序代码中的函数。 如果存在这样的图像文件，被叫功能可以检索位于与密钥名称相关联的配置文件中的图像文件名的图像。 通过添加，删除或替换这些文件名的图像可以轻松地修改演示应用程序执行的演示文稿。 可以在不修改正在执行的应用的代码的情况下进行这些修改。 以这种方式，不同的呈现中使用的不同的图像可以显示给不同的目标受众，而不修改所执行的应用的代码。

公开(公告)号：US20060047813A1

公开(公告)日：2006-03-02

申请号：US10926585

申请日：2004-08-26

申请人： Vijay Aggarwal ,  David Bachmann ,  Uzi Hardoon ,  Craig Lawton ,  Raymond Pekowski ,  Christopher Peters ,  Puthukode Ramachandran ,  Lorin Ullmann ,  John Whitfield

发明人： Vijay Aggarwal ,  David Bachmann ,  Uzi Hardoon ,  Craig Lawton ,  Raymond Pekowski ,  Christopher Peters ,  Puthukode Ramachandran ,  Lorin Ullmann ,  John Whitfield

IPC分类号： G06F15/173

CPC分类号： H04L67/1008 ,  H04L67/1002 ,  H04L67/1029

摘要： A method and software for fulfilling a resource request in a data processing network includes specifying characteristics of the requested resource responsive to detecting the resource request. A set of attributes is then derived from the specified characteristics. The specified characteristics indicate broad or general properties of the needed resource while the derived attributes preferably indicate the hardware and software components of a resource ideally suited to fulfill the resource request. Attribute information associated an available resource is then evaluated against the attributes derived from the specified characteristics. An available resource is then selected, based on the evaluation, to satisfy the resource request. The attributes of the selected resource best match the attributes derived from the specified characteristics. The requested resource may be a server resource and specifying the characteristics of the requested resource may includes specifying a server type from a constrained set of server types.

摘要翻译： 用于在数据处理网络中完成资源请求的方法和软件包括响应于检测资源请求而指定所请求资源的特征。 然后从指定的特征导出一组属性。 指定的特征表示所需资源的广泛或一般属性，而派生属性优选地指示资源的硬件和软件组件理想地适于满足资源请求。 然后根据从指定特征导出的属性来评估与可用资源相关联的属性信息。 然后根据评估选择可用资源，以满足资源请求。 所选资源的属性与指定特征导出的属性最匹配。 请求的资源可以是服务器资源，并且指定所请求资源的特性可以包括从受限制的服务器类型集合指定服务器类型。