PERSONAL SMART POINTING DEVICE
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    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:JP2002062987A

    公开(公告)日:2002-02-28

    申请号:JP2001189101

    申请日:2001-06-22

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a personal smart pointer device including a conventional computer mouse provided with additional hardware and software for increasing functionality and a similar pointing device. SOLUTION: This personal smart pointer device easily connectable to any computer is provided with the hardware and the software facilitating network computerlike application including realization of receipt and storage of information and transfer of information to a slave device such as a PC, a mobile computer, a cellular phone, PDA and another pervasive device. The information to be transferred includes personal preference, properties, and customization of an application/program used on a user's own personal device by the user for facilitating use of an application/program on the slave device. Transmission of the personal preference and customization can be carried out by radio waves.

    PORTABLE PERSONAL COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT SERVER

    公开(公告)号:CA2611703A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-01-04

    申请号:CA2611703

    申请日:2006-01-20

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: A portable personal computing environment server comprises an interface for connecting to a host computer. The portable personal computing environment server also comprises a storage device storing a personal computing environment including one or more operating systems for restoring the person al computing environment in the host system.

    Asynchronous printing of eg internet documents

    公开(公告)号:GB2332543A

    公开(公告)日:1999-06-23

    申请号:GB9823773

    申请日:1998-11-02

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: A method and implementing computer system is provided in which a network user may invoke a print selection mode to quickly identify and queue-up web pages for printing in one continuous batch process. The print selection methodology displays a plurality of selections from which a user may select for the requested print operation. In one example, a user is able to select from a listing of only the hyperlinks available on a target page for subsequent print selection. The user is able to quickly identify and save a list of the selected pages and hyperlinked pages, down to a designated hyperlink depth level, for printing with selected print parameters, and then initiate an asynchronous printing process once for all of the selected pages.

    A computer and method for on-demand network access control

    公开(公告)号:GB2434012A

    公开(公告)日:2007-07-11

    申请号:GB0707950

    申请日:2007-04-24

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: A computer and method that control access to a network. The computer includes an application that shrinks the window of opportunity for a network attack and reduces power consumption by automatically causing a computer to connect to the network when access is needed and to disconnect the computer from the network when access is not needed. The computer is automatically disconnected when it is deemed that network access is no longer needed, such as after a time period of no network activity. In turn, when the user, or the system, needs access to the network, the computer is automatically reconnected to the network. A software daemon on the computer may temporarily reconnect the computer to the network to access a server on the network to determine if attempts have been made to access the computer.

    A PERVASIVE DOCK WITH COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL CONVERTER

    公开(公告)号:CA2346609A1

    公开(公告)日:2001-12-30

    申请号:CA2346609

    申请日:2001-05-07

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: A communications protocol conversion system and methodology includes one or more first interface devices for receiving data signals communicated by a first communications device in accordance with a first communications protocol; a format converter device for on the f ly converting the received data signals into data signals in accordance with a second communications protocol; and, one or more second interface devices for outputting the data signals in accordance with the second protocol to a second communications device. Advantageously, the protocol conversion system obviates a necessity for multiprotocol support in communications devices thereby enabling such devices to remain relatively smaller in size.

    METHOD FOR DELIVERING BUSINESSES ENTERPRISE ADVERTISING VIA INSTANT MESSAGING

    公开(公告)号:CA2712594A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-07-23

    申请号:CA2712594

    申请日:2008-11-20

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for advertising a business enterprise via an instant messaging (IM) environment comprising registering at least one business enterprise computing system application with an IM server and registering at least one subscriber with the IM server, wherein a subscriber logs on to the IM server via an IM client application that resides at a computing device. The method further comprises delivering subscriber characteristics comprising at least one of the geographic location of a subscriber's computing device, the subscribers preferences, and subscriber status to the IM server, wherein the IM server utilizes the subscriber characteristics to determine the business enterprises that are relevant to subscriber, and publishing the presence status of the determined business enterprises to the subscriber's computing device, wherein the presence status of a business enterprise is displayed to the subscriber within a contact list displayed at the computing device.

    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CARRYING MULTIPLE SUSPENDED RUNTIME IMAGES

    公开(公告)号:CA2630282A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-05-24

    申请号:CA2630282

    申请日:2006-10-03

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: A portable device is connected to a host system that operates according to a first industry standard architecture (e.g., a personal computer built according to the IBM Personal Computer standard). The user initiates a session in the host system using the software and data in the portable device. The user suspends the state of the session, the state is stored in the portable device, and the user disconnects the portable device from the host. The user later connects the portable device to a second host that operates according to a second industry standard architecture (e.g., Apple Macintosh TM computer). The second host boots an autoconfiguring host operating system stored in the portable device and starts a virtual machine layer also stored in the portable device. The user then resumes operation of the suspended virtual machine layer session.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HISTORY DRIVEN OPTIMIZATION OF WEB SERVICES COMMUNICATION

    公开(公告)号:CA2640838A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-06-14

    申请号:CA2640838

    申请日:2006-11-30

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for communicating Web-Services (WS) messages. First there is allocated an identical amount of a cache history storage at each sender and receiver device for storing a history of communicated WS message strings. At the sender, there is generated an intermediate data representations of each message being built, the corresponding message string stored in the cache history storage. The message is communicated as a serialized data string according to the built data representation. For each subsequent message to be communicated, the method comprises identifying identical portions in intermediate data representations of a current message being built and replacing each identified portion in message strings with a reference indicator to a location in the cache history storage corresponding to an identical character string portion associated with a prior message that has been communicated. At the receiver device, the references are identified in received message strings and one or more intermediate data representations locally stored at the receiver device are substituted in the message to complete a build of the received message.

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