Abstract:
An electronic mail management system may have a standardized interface to which different mail providers may provide an adapter. The standardized interface may have a predefined set of functions that each mail provider may provide, and the mail management system may have a user interface through which the functions may be managed. In some cases, a mail provider may have additional or customized functions that may be added to the user interface and made available to an administrator. Through the user interface, an administrator may be able to add, delete, configure, and move mailboxes, as well as other functions.
Abstract:
To provide user-friendly information recording and playback, embodiments of the invention provide a recording medium having recorded therein audiovisual information; content identification information for identifying the audiovisual information; and locator information. In one embodiment, a playback device comprises a recording medium control module configured to read content identification information from a recording medium for identifying content of audiovisual information and locator information relating to the audiovisual information in the recording medium. The locator information relates to the audiovisual information for locating a provider of service information. A network control module is configured to connect with the provider of service information based on the locator information.
Abstract:
The present invention provides an apparatus and method for processing a packet. An interface processing module selects one from all service processing modules as a service processing module for processing a packet; if the service processing module needs to perform tunnel processing for the packet, the service processing module transmits the packet after performing the tunnel processing; if another service processing module needs to perform tunnel processing for the packet, the service processing module transmits the packet to a service processing module needing to perform tunnel processing for the packet. According to the present invention, the packet can be processed uniformly by the service processing module, so it is not unnecessary to store session states in the service processing modules, and also not unnecessary to perform synchronization between the service processing modules, which greatly decreases complexity of processing the packet and saves system bandwidth.
Abstract:
To provide user-friendly information recording and playback, embodiments of the invention provide a recording medium having recorded therein audiovisual information; content identification information for identifying the audiovisual information; and locator information. In one embodiment, a playback device comprises a recording medium control module configured to read content identification information from a recording medium for identifying content of audiovisual information and locator information relating to the audiovisual information in the recording medium. The locator information relates to the audiovisual information for locating a provider of service information. A network control module is configured to connect with the provider of service information based on the locator information.
Abstract:
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for adding configurable messaging functionality to an infrastructure. Embodiments of the invention provide a common infrastructure for management and one way message routing that can accommodate a set of related but conceptually different message delivery protocols. Junctions can be simultaneous created and configured at a location within a namespace. As a result, messaging related functionality can be more efficiently and uniformly added to a namespace. Additionally, embodiments of the invention include junctions that indicate roles and store behaviors and constraints for roles locally. Thus, computer systems desiring to utilize messaging related functionality can access the junction and utilize messaging related functionality provided at the junction without having to refer to other locations in a namespace (e.g., to perform lookups). Thus, resource and network bandwidth consumption associated with adding and utilizing messaging related functionality to a network infrastructure.
Abstract:
A computer-implemented method of sorting electronic messages can include identifying at least one recipient of an electronic message and retrieving a classification scheme of the recipient. An identifier can be included within the electronic message. The identifier can specify a tag selected from the classification scheme of the recipient. The electronic message, including the identifier specifying the selected tag, can be sent.
Abstract:
A computerized method is provided for connecting a remote computer to a local area network (LAN) via the Internet. An identification is sent to a gateway of a local area network using a publicly accessible communications network, either by a user or by a modem of the remote computer. The gateway uses the sent identification to index a database and read a profile record specifying an Internet Service Provider. The gateway makes a request of the specified Internet Service Provider to assign an IP address. Upon receiving the assigned IP address, the gateway sends a mail message including the Internet address to a mailbox at a mailbox address specified in the indexed profile record. The user of the remote computer reads the mail message to obtain the IP address, and the dynamically assigned IP address can then be used to connect the remote computer to a local area network (LAN) via the Internet.
Abstract:
A system that dynamically creates a mailbox if the mailbox does not exist for a message at the time that the message is to be stored when dynamic mailbox creation is enabled. A system level process indicates that the mailbox exists and provides default subscriber information to a voice messaging application during the receipt of a message when a mailbox does not exist on the system for the recipient of the message and dynamic mailbox creation is enabled. At the time the message is to be stored the mailbox is created with the default subscriber information. The system checks for erroneous mailboxes by requesting confirmation of the recipient telephone number from the telephone system using a message waiting indication packet. This check can be performed before the mailbox is created when the mailbox address is available, while the message is being held before being stored, or it can be used to delete the mailbox after it is created. When the message is retrieved, the mailbox is initialized. Mailboxes that are not initialized and that are dynamically created are deleted after a mailbox expiration time period has elapsed.
Abstract:
An integrated system of user interfaces for communicating with remote services. A backplane architecture controls and manages the user interfaces by instantiating, launching, overseeing and closing the user interfaces associated with a plurality of applications residing in a remote server. Each application communicates with one another and with the backplane via messaging interfaces. The backplane provides a single uniform user authentication procedure during logon for the user interfaces and also provides session management for a duration of a user session. Session information is maintained by exchanging a session key or keys for identifying the session with remote servers.
Abstract:
A method for automatic, direct and secure data transfer, in particular for the transmission of electronic mail includes transmitting data from a first terminal to a first microcomputer system, which is directly assigned to the first terminal. The data is processed in the first microcomputer system and transmitted, either immediately or subsequently over a data transmission line, directly to a second microcomputer system, which is directly assigned to the second terminal device. The data is processed in the second microcomputer system and transmitted either immediately or subsequently to the second terminal device. The microcomputer systems receive, send, store or process data regardless of the operational status of the first terminal device or second terminal device. The invention allows direct and automatic data transfer, i.e., without the engagement of a central computer between the terminals (e.g. PCs) on a data transfer path. Further, the process according to the invention and the microcomputer system according to the invention have numerous facilities for improving data security.