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Transferring connection
management information in world
wideweb requests and responses - Television
event marking system - Establishing
internet communications links - Multimedia
web page applications for AIN
telephony - Session
management - Intelligent
method, apparatus and computer
program product for automated
refreshing of internet web pages - Hierarchical
encapsulation of instantiated
objects in a multimedia authoring
system including internet accessible
objects - Electronic
coupon distribution
Method of transferring connection
management information in world
wideweb requests and responses
In order to reduce the delay
and/or loss of packets caused by the
transmission through a large number
of routers on the Internet, a direct
connection is established between a
client (or its proxy) and a server
if the client (or its proxy) and the
server are connected to the same
alternative subnetwork. Control
management information, including
the type of subnetwork to which each
is connected, as well as the address
of the client (or its proxy) and the
server are transmitted to the other
on the Internet in an optional HTTP
header field. After receipt of the
addressing information, a direct
connection is established on the
alternative subnetwork between the
client (or its proxy) and the server
for purposes of streaming
information from the server to the
client.
DeSimone, Antonio;
Shur, David Hilton; Sibal, Sandeep
AT&T Corp.; May 18, 1999
#5905872
Television event marking system
A system for bookmarking viewer
selected TV broadcast events and
displaying a set of associated
internet locations or website
hotlinks, comprising the selection
of a set of broadcast events using a
remote control, and storing a set of
event-identifier data associated
with the set of selected broadcast
events in an activity table, and
then generating a set of associated
internet locations or website
hotlinks by comparing the set of
event identifiers with a database of
TV schedules, events and company
information. The generated set of
associated internet locations or
website hotlinks can then be used by
viewer for access to and display of
the selected internet locations
associated with the set of selected
broadcast events.
Kelly, Gregory H.;
Goldberg, Kenneth Y.; Gee, John S.;
Levinson, Philip D.; Fullam, Scott
Catch TV Acquisition Corp.; May 25,
1999
#5907322
System and method for establishing
internet communications links
A technique is provided for
establishing data communications
links and associated telephone calls
between customers and customer
service representatives. Customers
access the Internet from clients. A
merchant provides an on-line catalog
using a Web server. When the
customer requests that a customer
service representative contact the
customer, linking information is
provided to the client. When one of
the customer service representatives
is available, the server sends a
notification packet to the client to
notify the customer and to provide
the customer with an opportunity to
decide whether or not to continue.
If the customer decides to continue,
an Internet communications link and
telephone call are established
between the customer and the
customer service representative
based on the linking information.
Foladare, Mark
Jeffrey; Goldman, Shelley B.;
Silverman, David Phillip; Westrich,
Robert S.
AT&T Corp; May 25, 1999
#5907547
Multimedia web page applications
for AIN telephony
The disclosure allows for
creation of special web-page
repositories within subsystems of
the present PSTN (public switched
telephone network) that conform to
present architectures for advanced
intelligent network (AIN) constructs
in telephony. Such repositories
would be formed to receive facsimile
(fax) telephone transmissions,
convert them to HTML (Hypertext
Markup Language) web page format,
store the converted results and
render the latter available for
viewing simultaneously--under
control of PSTN call management
intelligence--to multiple users of
the Internet and World Wide Web
subject to authorization of would be
viewers by the sending party. A
typical application of this
capability allows for a PSTN user
setting up a voice conference to
controllably distribute expository
charts to other conference
participants, via the Internet,
thereby adding a video dimension to
the voice conference without
imposing a bandwidth strain on the
PSTN voice networks currently
handling the conference, and also
allowing for the transmissions to be
sent in an orderly manner
coordinated with a given
participant's voice presentation so
that the conference participants can
not merely compete in a random and
potentially chaotic manner for
making such graphic presentations to
each other. Such repositories also
would be useful to receive graphic
information in forms other than that
associated with present-day
facsimile transmission; e.g. text
generated by word processor and/or
e-mail applications, or images
generated by ordinary
computer-graphic applications, all
of which could be sent from
computers to respective
repositories/servers within the
PSTN, via the Internet, after
conversion by appropriately
configured applets (e.g.
mini-applications written in a
language consistent with web
browsers presently used on
computers).
Mandalia, Baiju
Dhirajlal; Mansey, Pradeep Parsram
International Business Machines
Corporation; May 25, 1999
#5907598
Intelligent method, apparatus and
computer program product for automated
refreshing of internet web pages
An intelligent method, apparatus
and computer program product are
provided for automated refreshing of
internet web pages. Page data are
stored including a record of page
data values for each user selected
internet web page. The page data
values include at least one refresh
interval, a last time refreshed and
a last time accessed. A user request
for refreshing an internet web page
is received and the internet web
page is refreshed. Utilizing the
refreshed internet web page,
checking for changes in the
refreshed internet web page is
performed. Then scanning the stored
page data is performed and for each
user selected internet web page, the
stored refresh interval is compared
with a current refresh time
interval. For each user selected
internet web page, responsive to the
current refresh time interval being
greater than the stored refresh time
interval, the internet web page is
refreshed. A feedback message is
sent to the user responsive to
refreshing an internet web page and
the stored refresh interval is
updated.
Bates, Cary Lee;
Day, Paul Reuben
International Business Machines
Corporation; May 25, 1999
#5907681
Hierarchical encapsulation of
instantiated objects in a multimedia
authoring system including internet
accessible objects
An application development
system, optimized for authoring
multimedia titles, enables its users
to create selectively reusable
object containers merely by defining
links among instantiated objects.
Employing a technique known as
Hierarchical Encapsulation, the
system automatically isolates the
external dependencies of the object
containers created by its users,
thereby facilitating reusability of
object containers and the objects
they contain in other container
environments. Authors create two
basic types of objects: Elements,
which are the key actors within an
application, and Modifiers, which
modify an Element's characteristics.
The object containers (Elements and
Behaviors--i.e., Modifier
containers) created by authors spawn
hierarchies of objects, including
the Structural Hierarchy of Elements
within Elements, and the Behavioral
Hierarchy, within an Element, of
Behaviors (and other Modifiers)
within Behaviors. Through the
technique known as Hierarchical
Message Broadcasting, objects
automatically receive messages sent
to their object container.
Hierarchical Message Broadcasting
may be used advantageously for
sending messages between object
containers that may be located
remotely from each other, such as
over a Local Area Network or the
Internet. Even whole object
containers may be transmitted and
remotely recreated over the network.
Furthermore, the system may be
embedded within a page of the
World-Wide Web.
Gudmundson, Norman
K.; MacInnis, Bo Yu
Quark, Inc.; May 25, 1999
#5907704
Electronic coupon distribution
An electronic coupon distribution
system providing on-line coupon
information for a potential consumer
using a personal computer connected
to a host computer. A potential
consumer using a personal computer
and a modem connects to a host
computer via the Internet or
directly. The potential consumer may
specify product preferences or
search and view coupons of interest
to the consumer. The consumer may
then download from the host computer
coupon information that may be
printed on the potential consumer's
printer connected to his personal
computer. Information identifying
the downloaded coupon is coded or
encrypted onto the printed coupon to
prevent unauthorized reproduction.
The coupon distribution system may
be used to obtain additional
information about the potential
consumer for future marketing
purposes. The present invention
greatly facilitates and makes
economical distribution of coupons
or certificates.
Engel, Peter; Engel,
Andrew
; May 25, 1999
#5907830
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