The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1996
Barry E Willner, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Marc A Block, Fairfield, CT (US);
Stephen Brady, White Plains, NY (US);
Davis Foulger, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Alan G Ganek, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Colin G Harrison, Brookfield, CT (US);
Barry Marks, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Thomas E Newman, High Bridge, NJ (US);
Gopalaswamy Soora, Cary, NC (US);
Edith H Stern, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Asser N Tantawi, Somers, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and means enabling a user to operate across multiple service domains using a single IDENTIFIER, ID. A Cross Service Association Domain mapping system is used to allow the desired IDENTIFIER and common user integration. A user is able to employ a single appropriate ID to access any of a plurality of services. The apparatus associates and relates all the IDENTIFIERs associated with each common user by maintaining an image of all the IDENTIFIERs for each user for all that user's applications which bridge the service and/or domain boundaries. Once a user is identified with any of the associated user IDENTIFIERs, the means allows the connection and/or routing to and from even otherwise disparate services. Included are a method, apparatus, and architecture which satisfies the above requirements while providing domain service interrelation and a common user image for the resulting interrelation. It provides for real time collaboration for cooperative, shared, and adaptive service network entities. The invention is used to advantage in many existent and developing service and user applications including applications for service support, cross service end user interfaces, service media transformations and multi-media cross services.