Data processing: database and file management or data structures inventions 12/05

20050289103 - Automatic discovery of classification related to a category using an indexed document collection: One aspect of the invention generates a plurality of candidate phrases in response to a first open-site network search for a category term. This aspect also determines an external score in response to a second open-site network search for at least one of the plurality of candidate phrases. Furthermore, this...

20050289104 - Dynamic user interface creation based on user responsibilities and company policies: In a customizable data migration method and system, when a migration program is launched, it queries a system server for entity-level and user-level policies. The migration program then creates a customized interface to the user, where the entity-level and user-level polices are applied with hierarchical priorities. In this manner, flexibility...

20050289098 - Dynamically selecting alternative query access plans: There are disclosed improved methods, systems, and computer program products for enhancing query optimization. More particularly, it relates to dynamically selecting alternative query access plans....

20050289093 - Instructing management support software of a first software component to set up a communication channel between the first software component and a second software component: An apparatus in one example comprises a manager component that upon receipt of an indication of a need for a communication channel between a first software component and a second software component, instructs management support software of the first software component to set up the communication channel between the first...

20050289111 - Method and apparatus for processing metadata: Methods and apparatuses for processing metadata are described herein. In one embodiment, when a file (e.g., a text, audio, and/or image files) having metadata is received, the metadata and optionally at least a portion of the content of the file are extracted from the file to generate a first set...

20050289113 - Method and system for automated intelligent electronic advertising: A method and system for automated intelligent electronic advertising. The method and system parse electronic information messages (e.g., e-mail messages, instant messages, etc.) for keywords and make search engine queries or database queries for electronic links based on the identified keywords. The electronic links returned from search engine queries or...

20050289112 - Method and system for organizing and distributing lists of linked or embedded content: Systems and methods are described for organizing and distributing lists of linked or embedded content, which may include digital media assets and/or attendant reviews of the content or linked material, and for enabling the organizers of the lists to receive compensation based on commercial transactions that occur when consumers make...

20050289094 - Method and system for parallel update of database: Methods and systems for performing database updates by parallel processes are presented. In one embodiment, a method may include assigning identifiers to a plurality of processes, wherein the identifiers are selected from a predefined set of identifiers, where no two processes running in parallel use the same identifier. The method...

20050289095 - Method for serving location information access requests: The present invention relates to processing location information access requests. An identifier of a sender of a received location information access request is determined, and the identifier is compared to identifiers in a contact storage. Location access control information and/or supplementary contact information associated with an entry having a matching...

20050289097 - Method, system and computer program to enable querying of resources in a certain context by definition of sip event package: Disclosed is a system and a method to provide event notification. The method operates an event server (20) with a subscriber unit (12). The method includes formulating a query; sending a subscription request message to the event server, the subscription request message comprising the query; responsive to a receipt of...

20050289096 - Method, system and computer program to enable sip event-based discovery of services and content within a community built on context information: Disclosed is an event notification system and a method to operate an event notification system that has servers and a subscriber unit. The method includes sending a subscription request message from the subscriber unit to a discovery server, where the subscription request message includes a discovery query, and responsive to...

20050289101 - Methods and systems for dynamic partition management of shared-interconnect partitions: Methods and systems for dynamic partitioning of multiple processor systems. Upon receipt of an on-line event request, the routing management application dynamically implements an alternate routing table (ART) for all nodes affected by the on-line event, the ART reflecting an altered system topology corresponding to the on-line event. For one...

20050289106 - Methods and systems for managing data: Methods and systems and machine readable media for managing data. In one exemplary embodiment, an initial search query is received and examined to determine whether elements within the initial search query are within the same category of data, and a machine interpreted search query is derived in response to the...

20050289107 - Methods and systems for managing data: Systems and methods for managing data, such as metadata. In one exemplary method, a selection of at least one file having metadata stored in a metadata database is received, and a selection of a command to search, using at least a portion of the metadata, is received, and a search...

20050289108 - Methods and systems for managing data: Methods and systems for managing an index database. In one exemplary method, an index database is stored on a machine readable volume with an operating system and the files which have been indexed, and then the volume is, after the storing, made available for distribution to licensees or customers. In...

20050289109 - Methods and systems for managing data: Systems and methods for managing data, such as metadata. In one exemplary method, metadata from files created by several different software applications are captured, and the captured metadata is searched. The type of information in metadata for one type of file differs from the type of information in metadata for...

20050289102 - Ranking database query results: A system and methods rank results of database queries. An automated approach for ranking database query results is disclosed that leverages data and workload statistics and associations. Ranking functions are based upon the principles of probabilistic models from Information Retrieval that are adapted for structured data. The ranking functions are...

20050289099 - System and method for searching software repositories: A system and method for searching a software database to locate summaries of software modules, methods and classes that pertain to keywords extracted from a formulation of a software problem. The software problem formulation is parsed to extract keywords pertaining to the subject matter of the problem. The extracted keywords...

20050289100 - Techniques for representing relationships between queries: A method, system and article of manufacture for processing queries and, more particularly, for graphically representing relationships between different queries. One embodiment provides a method for graphically representing a relationship between a first and a second query. The method includes selecting, from the first and second queries, elements to be...

20050289110 - Trusted index structure in a network environment: Methods and apparatuses of a trusted index structure in a network environment. In one embodiment, a data processing system includes a master device and at least one slave device to communicate with each other through a network; and a master lock status of a shared storage device to determine the...

20050289105 - Universal data management interface: A universal data management interface (UDMI) system includes a processing system generates a visual interface through which a user can access, manage, and manipulate data on plural different types of remote databases. The UDMI connects to multiple standard database management systems and to allow multiple users to access, manage, and...

20050289114 - Computerized system for automated completion of forms: The computerized system for automated completion of forms is an Internet accessible system for automatically completing forms such as employment or other applications from individual user data retained in a database. The computerized system for automated completion of forms provides for conversion of a paper application form into an electronic...

20050289118 - Data processing systems and methods: Disclosed is a data processing system, such as a data warehouse, having a number of application programs that each require a certain class of input database tables. A class is defined by means of a set of predefined attributes that needs to be present in a database table in order...

20050289117 - Data storage system, data storage server apparatus, control method, and program for storing data on a server apparatus on a network: A data storage system requires no special operation by owner users (who make data available) and provides guest users (who view the data) with ease of management of information required to access the data. For example, a URL providing access to data is issued in association with the combination of...

20050289116 - File retrieving method and system: A method and system to retrieve specific files stored in a plurality of output devices of the system including a host and the plurality of output devices having corresponding storage units connected to a network. The method includes transmitting a retrieval request containing inquiry conditions to one or more output...

20050289115 - Integrating best practices into database design: Best practice guidelines are integrated into the design of database applications so that it is less likely that inappropriate values are set. A proposed value for a database object may be compared to an archive of best practice guidelines. If the proposed value does not comply with best practice guidelines,...

20050289119 - Method and apparatus for generating and utilizing qualifiers and qualified taxonomy tables: An embodiment of the invention comprises a method and apparatus for structuring, storing and retrieving data in database systems utilizing relational objects referred to as qualifiers. Catalog data are segregated into one or more primary tables (e.g., main tables), one or more lookup tables, and one or more qualified lookup...

20050289123 - Automated data model extension through data crawler approach: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for accessing data stored in multiple data sources. Such methods employ an automated software agent to maintain a collection of data sources available for querying. The data sources may all reside within a single local network or may be distributed throughout multiple locations. Generally,...

20050289129 - Data processing systems and methods: Data processing systems and methods are provided having an on-line transaction processing (OLTP) database and an on-line analysis processing (OLAP) database. The OLAP and OLTP databases are synchronized periodically, e.g., during the night. In response to a user's query, OLAP cube data that is available in the OLAP database is...

20050289126 - Data transmission device, data transmission method, and data transmission program: The MFP used as a data transmission device authenticates a data entering person as a specific user in correspondence with a specific data input, searches data receiving addresses related to the authenticated user among the data receiving addresses of each user registered in the address book, assigns the searched data...

20050289128 - Document matching degree operating system, document matching degree operating method and document matching degree operating program: In the present invention, a document matching degree indicating a matching degree of a target document with one or more search terms is calculated based on information in a plural documents information storing part, by calculating a TF term reflecting a frequency of the input search term in the target...

20050289125 - Efficient evaluation of queries using translation: Techniques are provided for processing a query including receiving the query, where the query specifies certain operations; determining that the query includes a first portion in a first query language and a second portion in a second query language; generating a first in-memory representation for the first portion; generating a...

20050289131 - Inferred endorsement system and method: An inferred endorsement (IE) system and method allows members of a micro-community (MC) to share information on experiences with purchased products or services with other members of the MC, via a webpage dedicated to the MC. Once a member of the MC, the member's purchases at participating e-commerce sites may...

20050289130 - Method for responding to customer queries: A method for responding to customer queries using a communication network includes receiving one or more verbal queries from a customer via a customer communication device, digitizing and storing the verbal query, retrieving the stored query and transcribing the query by a human transcriber, spot-checking by a quality assurance operator...

20050289127 - Methods and systems for managing data: Systems and methods for managing data, such as metadata. In one exemplary method, a search is performed based on a search query of at least metadata of a first plurality of files and a set of a permissions is determined for a first user, wherein the set of permissions defines...

20050289120 - System and method for influencing a position on a search result list generated by a computer network search engine: A method for providing a search result list. The method includes receiving a search request from a searcher. In a database of search listings in which each search listing is associated with an advertiser and includes at least one search term and a bid amount by the advertiser, search listings...

20050289124 - Systems and methods for processing natural language queries: Methods and systems are provided for processing natural language queries. Such methods and systems may receive a natural language query from a user and generate corresponding semantic tokens. Information may be retrieved from a knowledge base using the semantic tokens. Methods and systems may leverage an interpretation module to process...

20050289122 - Using federated mote-associated logs: Systems and related methods utilizing one or more mote-related content logs....

20050289121 - Web-compatible electronic device, web page processing method, and program: A Web page including as its display elements a headline and a body of its story, subheads and links to articles belonging to the subheads is obtained and is rendered internally so as to obtain a position of each display element on the basis of draw data. Each display element...

20050289137 - Apparatus and method for creating from discrete reports new reports with differentiated data: A computer-readable medium includes executable instructions to analyze a repository of individual reports to generate a first data set from a set of individual reports and a second data set from a set of individual reports. The first data set and the second data set are processed using comparative logic...

20050289136 - Apparatus and method for creating from discrete reports new reports with metadata: A computer-readable medium includes executable instructions to analyze a repository of individual reports to generate a consolidated data set, where the consolidated data set includes data from different individual reports. The consolidated data set is augmented with metadata. The consolidated data set and metadata are inserted within an electronic document....

20050289134 - Apparatus, computer system, and data processing method for using ontology: Selecting and downloading a necessary part of an ontology from an ontology server in a semantic web technology. An ontology server according to the invention comprises an ontology storing section for storing a file of an ontology described in an ontology description language, and an ontology editing section for reading...

20050289132 - Method and system for converting encoding character set: A character conversion method for converting an encoding character set of characters from a source character set to a destination character set. Characters are first provided, each encoded in first character codes according to the source character. An intermediate character set is then selected. The characters are encoded in the...

20050289133 - Methods and systems for managing data: Systems and methods for managing data, such as metadata. In one exemplary method, metadata from files created by several different software applications are captured, and the captured metadata is searched. The type of information in metadata for one type of file differs from the type of information in metadata for...

20050289135 - Text mining server and program: When the characteristics of the entire gene group consisting of a plurality of genes are to be grasped, the tendency that the characteristics of a gene having a large number of documents become dominant can be avoided. A plurality of search keys are accepted from a client, and a set...

20050289138 - Aggregate indexing of structured and unstructured marked-up content: A system and method for near real-time, high performance analysis, including indexing and searching, of large amount of structured and unstructured content represented in XML format using summary information along multiple groupings. This operational data store system and method provides a new data structure representation and query technique which allows...

20050289139 - Information processing apparatus and method, information recording medium, and computer program: An information processing apparatus includes a content usage control information analyzer configured to read content usage control information recorded on an information recording medium and to perform content usage processing according to the content usage control information. The content usage control information analyzer determines whether the usage of content corresponding...

20050289140 - Search query processing to provide category-ranked presentation of search results: A search engine system displays the results of a multiple-category search according to levels of relevance of the categories to a user's search query. A query server receives a search query from a user and identifies, within each of multiple item categories, a set of items that satisfy the query....

20050289141 - Nonstandard text entry: A computer-implemented method of providing text entry assistance data comprises receiving at a computer information indicative of predictive textual outcomes, generating dictionary data from the received information; and providing the dictionary data to a text entry device remote from the computer. The received information may relate to search requests made...

20050289142 - System and method for previewing relevance of streaming data: System and methods are provided, which include a presentation device that presents one or more data streams of information to one or more users. Each of the data streams has one or more samples that are arranged a temporal order. A relevancy display has two or more relevance indications, and...

20050289143 - Method for managing lock resources in a distributed storage system: A method and a distributed locking system for the management of lock resources in a distributed files system having several lock managers, each managing lock resources in its respective domain. Each lock manager maintains a registry lock file that comprises of a list of all locked files and a list...

20050289145 - Method and system for delivering content over a network: Content stored in association with metadata is automatically redirected over coupled computer networks. A portal is configured to deliver the stored content to a plurality of distributed client machines via one or more designated network edge servers. The portal receives content requests from a particular client machine and utilizes the...

20050289144 - Techniques for sharing persistently stored query results between multiple users: A method, system and article of manufacture for managing access to query results and, more particularly, for managing access by multiple users to persistently stored query results, whereby at least some of the users may have different access rights. One embodiment provides a method of managing access to a query...

20050289150 - Access controller using tree-structured data: Provide access control devices methods and systems that include a data structure which makes the data amount of a database constituting policies as small as possible even if a policy including a number of complicated conditions is set. An access control device of the present invention receives inputs of policies...

20050289148 - Method and apparatus for detecting suspicious, deceptive, and dangerous links in electronic messages: Described are apparatus and methods for the analysis of characteristics of links intended to deceive a message recipient. The analysis can be employed at the receiving client, an intermediate server, or at other points to help protect the user from fraud without blocking legitimate content. For example, this analysis can...

20050289149 - Method and system for processing a file attached to an electronic document: A method and system for processing a communication comprising a file attached to an electronic document, the communication having been transmitted from a first link to a second link of a chain of links. The method is performed by a data processing system at the second link. The file is...

20050289147 - News feed viewer: Techniques for presenting and managing syndication XML (feeds) are disclosed. In one embodiment, a user can modify how a feed is displayed, such as which content (and how much) is displayed, in what order, and how it is formatted. In another embodiment, a modification regarding how a feed is displayed...

20050289146 - Promotable transactions with promotable single phase enlistments: A transaction protocol is described that allows a database transaction to begin as a local, lightweight transaction without involving a distributed transaction coordinator and then be promoted to a distributed transaction only when required, e.g. when more than one database connection is required. A promotable enlistment allows a first resource...

20050289154 - Customizing software applications that use an electronic database with stored product data: A method and computer program product are provided for customizing an application software program that during execution communicates with an electronic database of product data. The method includes receiving an input indicating a user selection of a predefined database attribute that is defined to be an identifier type of attribute....

20050289165 - Full regular expression search of network traffic: An embodiment of a system, method and apparatus is disclosed. The system comprises a first processor that is in communication with a root existence table. The first processor is to check the root existence table to determine if a character is a root character. A second processor is in communication...

20050289158 - Identifier attributes for product data stored in an electronic database: A method and computer program product are provided for establishing an alternative identifier type for a category of products for which data relating to products are stored in an electronic database, where a standard identifier type has previously been established within a data structure for the product category. An input...

20050289161 - Integrated document directory generator apparatus and methods: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for the generation of integrated directories from database structures. In one embodiment, a system includes a database having a document tree that is generated from portions of other document trees, wherein the other document trees are related by at least one...

20050289152 - Method and apparatus for implementing a file system: A system and method for efficiently implementing a local or distributed file system is disclosed. The system may include a distributed virtual file system (“dVFS”) that utilizes a persistent intent log (“PIL”) to record transactions to be applied to the file system. The PIL is preferably implemented in stable storage,...

20050289151 - Method and apparatus for programme generation and classification: A method for generating a programme for presentation to a user such that the presented programme is made up from a sequence of programme elements each of which is a programme clip taken from at least one distributed programme and each of which represents an event. Each programme element is...

20050289164 - Method and apparatus for sorting and displaying files and folders based on frequency of use: A method of, and an apparatus to perform, sorting files and/or folders based on frequencies of use, the sorting including inputting a frequency sorting selection so that the files and/or lower folders in a specific folder are sorted based on the frequencies of use; accessing a frequency database including information...

20050289155 - Method to enhance navigation and scalability in table and tree viewers: A data model for navigating data. In a preferred embodiment, the data model abides rules that limit the total number of nodes displayable and that limit the number of child nodes displayable beneath a given parent. collapsed or folded nodes are replaced by embedded navigation controls that indicate the hidden...

20050289163 - Occasion for media objects: A media database which stores media of various types including movies, still images, and sounds, along with user comments about the media and links to other media. The user comments and links collectively form a composition about the media clip that others can view....

20050289160 - System and method for delayed fetching of designated members of a user defined type: A number of members of a user defined type may be designated as delayable members. During an initial fetch of the type, the type may be returned from the database without the delayable members, thereby preserving valuable bandwidth and reducing the amount of time required to perform the initial fetch....

20050289162 - System for dynamic and automatic building mapping: The automatic building mapping system comprises a tracker module that can be carried by a user and an optional command module which operate to automatically map the rooms of a building as a user traverses the rooms of the building. The tracker module includes a transducer system that determines the...

20050289153 - System level identity object: A method, system, and computer accessible medium for maintaining and sharing identity information for identities. Multiple types of identity information, including communication-related information, for multiple identities may be aggregated, stored in, and accessed through, a corresponding shared identity objects. Aggregated identity information for an identity may be stored in a...

20050289166 - System, method, software architecture, and business model for an intelligent object based information technology platform: In one aspect, the invention provides an architecture and query and processing methodology, advantageously implemented in software, for an information technology platform using Intelligent Molecular Objects or objects of a more general character. In another aspect, it provides intelligent molecular object data or other data for heterogeneous data environments with...

20050289156 - Systems and methods for rendering and increasing portability of document-based user interface software objects: Systems and methods for rendering document-based user interface software objects are disclosed. User interface software objects may be represented in a document object model on a first computer system. These objects may then be communicated to a second computer system on which they are similarly rendered through use of a...

20050289157 - Using extensions to represent multityping: A method and system are provided in which data may be multityped using a schematized data model. A standardized schema in a schematized data model includes at least one base construct for representing data that is common across multiple types of an object that the model represents. An extension to...

20050289159 - Web-enabled real-time link selection apparatus and method: A system and method for selective enablement and/or disablement of referential links is disclosed. In one embodiment, a document management system includes a database configured to store document trees having referential links embedded therein, a processor that communicates with the database and with a client device operable to access selected...

20050289167 - Impact analysis in an object model: Impact analysis provides the ability to determine the objects that a particular object depends on or uses, as well as determine the objects that are dependent on or use a particular object. The term object may refer to tasks and/or object types, for example. Impact analysis is desirable for improving...

20050289169 - Lossless recovery for computer systems with map assisted state transfer: An architecture and implementation for losslessly restarting subsystems in a distributed file system is described. By partitioning functionality and logging appropriately across the kernel and user-level boundaries on a client, the user-level subsystem may be made losslessly restartable. A particular use of transactions achieves efficiency while retaining simplicity. Practical mechanisms...

20050289170 - Metadata driven user interface: A method (800) of displaying one or more data attributes, is disclosed. The displayed data attributes is associated with one or more portions of data. The method (800) dynamically compiles a list of one or more data attribute types according to an analysis of the one or more portions of...

20050289168 - Subject matter context search engine: A search system associates contextual metadata with search terms and/or stored terms to facilitate identification of relevant information. In one implementation, a search term is identified (4304) from a received search request. The search term is then rewritten (4306) in standard form and the standard form term is then set...

20050289171 - System and method for managing database files in a client management tool: A system and method for managing database files in a client management tool are provided. A computer system utilizes a standardized format for storing and recalling client management data. To utilize data not stored in the standardized format, the client management tool accepts alternatively formatted database files and converts them...

20050289173 - Method and system for diagnostigraphic based interactions in diagnostic medical imaging: An ideographical language framework is disclosed that is designed to enable the description and communication of a series of workflow steps. An ideogram is defined as a character or symbol representing an idea or thing without expressing the pronunciation of a particular word or words for it, i.e. not dependent...

20050289174 - Method and system for implementing and accessing a virtual table on data from a central server: A method, mechanism, and computer program product for managing, referencing, and accessing centrally managed information are disclosed. Transparency is provided to the centrally managed data by introducing a mapping system between locally expected data and the central data repository. This allows, for example, local relational database systems to transparently access...

20050289175 - Providing xml node identity based operations in a value based sql system: Object-relational database systems process XML values in a way that preserves node identities of nodes in the XML values and perform node-id based operations more efficiently or even in circumstances where such operations were not performed. An object-relational database system represents an XML value as a serialized stream of bytes,...

20050289172 - System and method for processing electronic documents: A system and a method for processing electronic documents are described in which an input document D1 and reference data D2 are examined whether there is a content-based relation between the input document D1 and the reference data D2. For the case of a content-based relation, a type of linkage...

20050289176 - Application sharing smoothness: A method, system and apparatus for application sharing smoothness when updating application screen imagery in an application sharing system. A shared application smoothness system can include an application sharing server configured for communicative coupling to multiple application sharing clients. The system further can include an application image update smoothness processor...

20050289177 - System and method for offering one or more drivers to run on the computer: In accordance with at least some embodiments of the invention, a computer-implemented method, and associated apparatus, comprises determining a configuration of a computer, comparing the computer's configuration to configuration information in a database, and based on the comparison, offering a user at least one driver from which to select for...

20050289178 - Combining data and presentation from multiple sources into a single web page: A method is provided for providing requested information to a network user. The method includes storing a packaged data programming library on one or more local servers. The packaged library includes a web page data structure. A remote server receives a request for information that is initiated by a user...

20050289180 - Adaptive contact list: A method, device and computer accessible medium for an adaptive contact list. An adaptive contact list may maintain one or more contact entries for corresponding identities. An adaptive contact list may detect context information for a user and may identify context appropriate contact entries according to the current context information...

20050289183 - Data structure of metadata and reproduction method of the same: A structure of metadata relevant to a moving image, in which metadata editing is easily performed, comprising a stream data structure including one or more access units each capable of being independently processed; each of said access units has: first data for a reference time point within an access unit...

20050289182 - Document management system with enhanced intelligent document recognition capabilities: An intelligent document recognition-based document management system includes modules for image capture, image enhancement, image identification, optical character recognition, data extraction and quality assurance. The system captures data from electronic documents as diverse as facsimile images, scanned images and images from document management systems. It processes these images and presents...

20050289179 - Method and system for generating concept-specific data representation for multi-concept detection: A system and method for detecting a concept from digital content are provided. A plurality of representations is generated for same data content for concept detection from the plurality of representations. A plurality of concepts is simultaneously detected from the plurality of representations of the same data content wherein at...

20050289181 - Object classification in a capture system: Objects can be extracted from data flows captured by a capture device. Each captured object can then be classified according to content. In one embodiment, the present invention includes determining whether a captured object is binary or textual in nature, and classifying the captured object as one of a plurality...

20050289188 - Allocation locks and their use: Systems and methodologies are provided that employ an allocation lock, which permits only a single transaction to acquire space on a particular page at any one time. The allocation lock of the present invention facilitates operations of concurrent transactions at a subpage level (e.g., a row level), and in conjunction...

20050289185 - Apparatus and methods for accessing information in database trees: Systems and methods for accessing information from database trees are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system for acquiring a link includes a database having a plurality of links obtained from at least a first source document and a second source document and a processor in communication with the database to...

20050289189 - Concurrent transactions and page synchronization: Systems and methodologies are provided for efficiently performing concurrent transactions by multiple users, and tracking data at a logical level beneath a physical level of the object being modified. Each transaction can copy a committed version of the data segment to be modified to its respective space, and can update...

20050289186 - Ddl replication without user intervention: Data declaration language (DDL) replication can be performed without stopping the system. In other words, DDL changes can be replicated seamlessly. Within a RDBMS (relational database management system), the execution of a DDL statement involves many internal steps which are not visible to an end user. These steps can be...

20050289192 - Dynamic navigation systems and methods: The invention is directed towards methods and systems for centrally administering navigational portions or mastheads of multiple web pages. In an embodiment, a computing device has a web page displayed on the computing device. A conversion utility is accessible via the Internet, and a file having navigation source code is...

20050289190 - Meta-data approach to indexing, retrieval and management of stored messages in a portable communication device: This invention describes a method for indexing, retrieval and managing of stored messages using a meta-data approach in a portable communication device such as a mobile electronic device or a mobile phone. Main implementation stages to achieve this can include (but are not limited to): calculating and storing of meta-data...

20050289191 - Method, system, program for determining frequency of updating database histograms: A method, system and computer program product for a database management system to be operatively coupled to a data processing system. The data processing system includes memory for storing a data table. The method, system and computer program product for determining frequency of updating a histogram of the data table....

20050289193 - Methods and systems for managing data: Systems and methods for managing data, such as metadata or index databases. In one exemplary method, a notification that an existing file has been modified or that a new file has been created is received by an indexing software component, which then, in response to the notification performs an indexing...

20050289184 - Relationship management in a data abstraction model: A method, system and article of manufacture for managing relationships in a data abstraction model abstractly describing data in a database. One embodiment provides a method of linking logical branches of data in a database based on the relationships. The method includes accessing a data abstraction model abstractly describing the...

20050289187 - System and method for investigating a data operation performed on a database: A system and method for investigating a database operation, using forensic analysis. When a database intrusion is detected or suspected, various forensic techniques are applied to trace the intruder's activity and to locate or identify the intruder. An SQL (Structured Query Language) cache may be searched for SQL statements that...

20050289194 - Preserving memory resources by limiting time-date information for a subset of properties: Example embodiments provide for preserving memory resources by selecting property values to be assigned time-date information used in resolving conflicts between sync values. The property values may be selected based on the available resources of a remote device, e.g., when the time-date information is to be stored in a field...

20050289195 - Centrally controlled backup functionality: A method and mobile device are presented for centrally controlling backup functionality, so that parties such as backup devices will efficiently be informed how data content should be backed up from or restored to the mobile device. The mobile device exposes to a party rules for backing up or restoring...

20050289196 - Determining when a low fidelity property value has changed during a sync: During synchronization of data between a remote device and a local device, it can be determined if a value for a property on a remote device has changed since a last synchronization of the property between the remote device and a local machine. A remote representation of a property value...

20050289198 - Methods, apparatus and computer programs for data replication: Methods, apparatus and computer programs are provided for data replication, such as for replicating a database or updating a cache. Source database change transactions are captured and batched together for efficient data transfer. On receipt at a target replica system, the batch of transactions within a message is separated and...

20050289197 - Replication system having the capability to accept commands at a standby-system site before completion of updating thereof: A replication system rapidly switches from a normal-system site to a standby-system site in the event of a problem and reliably maintains functions, and moreover, reduces drops in performance. A first site provides system functions that accompany writing and reading of data. A relay transfer device receives update information from...

20050289199 - Content and quality assessment method and apparatus for biomedical information retrieval: A computer-based process retrieves information organized in documents containing text and/or coded representations of text. The process involves obtaining and labeling a selected set of documents, and extracting and selecting features from each document in the selected set. The extracted and selected features are represented, and models are constructed using...

20050289200 - Program, electronic device and data processing method: A program capable of specifying content data input during a period in accordance with a predetermined condition, by which, when content data is registered in a final folder of newly input management data stored in an SDRAM after a USB interface and a personal computer are disconnected, a CPU handles...

20050283457 - Api for programmatic retrieval and replay of database trace: Trace and replay objects can be designed to automatically perform operations concerning database trace data upon invocation by custom computer processes. Trace data can be saved to any of variety of locations. It can be manipulated for the purpose of storage or replay. Trace data can be played back against...

20050283454 - Apparatus, system, and method for communicating with multiple data stores: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for communicating with multiple data stores. The present invention includes a control module that communicates with a plurality of data stores. The control module is in communication with a connection module. The connection module communicates with a first association module that is in...

20050283458 - Automatic detection of frequently used query patterns in a query workload: In the course of an optimization, a query can be broken down into its sub-expressions. Materialized views may be substituted for the sub-expressions during query optimization. Encoded sub-expressions are generated and used in the comparison with stored materialized views. Instead of discarding the encoding of a query's sub-expression if no...

20050283459 - Combining multidimensional expressions and data mining extensions to mine olap cubes: A language schema that integrates multidimensional extensions (e.g., MDX) and data mining extensions (e.g., DMX) for performing data mining operations on data residing in OLAP cubes. The schema provides that the <source-data-query> can not only be a relational query, rather a multidimensional query formed using MDX, for example. The operations...

20050283453 - Concept navigation in data storage systems: Navigation among concepts in a free-form data object may be facilitated by using a text-mining tool to identify concepts in a free-form data object, with each concept having at least one concept instance. Using the identified concepts, a concept-navigable structure for the free-form data object may be generated. The concept-navigable...

20050283460 - Database apply-managing system, database apply-managing method and recording medium: A database apply-managing system comprises at least one database, and a database access module, which transforms specific data into general format data and accesses the general format data in the database and further stores the general format data to another database. In addition, a database apply-managing method and recording medium,...

20050283462 - Files transfer between a remote home server and a local server: A method and system for providing a file utilizing information according to which the file is locally stored when the file is received from a remote server are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method is provided which comprises receiving a request for the file, where the request comprises data...

20050283461 - Method and apparatus for managing electronic messages: A method is provided for the storage-efficient management of electronic messages, wherein a message that is to be managed is first received, the message is decomposed into a basic structure and file attachments contained in the message, a unique identification value is calculated for each file attachment, the file attachment...

20050283455 - Processing of data sets in a computer network: A system and method for the resource-saving collaborative handling of data sets in a computer network is described. The method comprises the steps of providing a data set having an initial collaborative workflow, determining if the data set satisfies a set of one or more first start conditions to trigger...

20050283456 - Systems and methods for building a disk image: In one embodiment, a system and a method for creating a disk image pertain to receiving identification of individual files to be used to create the disk image, creating file system structures within an output file, and appending the identified files to the output file to obtain a complete disk...

20050283463 - Providing portal navigation for alerts: Navigating from an alert related to a state of a data object to a source of the alert includes displaying alerts in a portal environment. The portal environment has an analytical portal application associated with an analytical data store and a transaction portal application associated with a transaction data store....

20050283468 - Anticipated query generation and processing in a search engine: A search system monitors the input of a search query by a user. Before the user finishes entering the search query, the search system identifies and sends a portion of the query as a partial query to the search engine. Based on the partial query, the search engine creates a...

20050283464 - Method and apparatus for selective internet advertisement: A method and apparatus for displaying advertisement information to a user searching for desired information within a data network such as the Internet. A search request is received from the user which includes at least one search key word associated with the desired information. A search is conducted in a...

20050283465 - Method to provide management of query output: A method, system and article of manufacture for processing queries that are executed against a database. In one embodiment, the database environment imposes a limit on the number of columns capable of being returned for a single query. Accordingly, a single query is replicated to produce N sub-queries, each selecting...

20050283467 - Natural language for programming a specialized computing system: A method for programming a mobile communication device based on a high-level code comprising operative language is provided. The method comprises parsing the high-level code for keywords to recognize the operative language; determining at least one operation associated with the operative language; determining whether high-level code comprises keywords defining one...

20050283469 - Responding to end-user request for information in a computer network: In one embodiment, a method to be performed in a client computer includes the acts of sending a request for information from a client computer to a first server computer accessible over a computer network, receiving in the client computer a first response to the request for information, and receiving...

20050283466 - Techniques for creating queries: A method, system and article of manufacture for creating queries and, more particularly, for creating queries using query conditions from previously defined queries. One embodiment provides a method for composing a query. The method comprises displaying at least a first query object representative of a first query and a second...

20050283472 - Browsing apparatus and browsing method: When one is selected from a plurality of channel and title display regions (channel cards) indicating titles displayed on a selection screen in a display screen of a display part, display contents of the channel card changes over to information such as a title, an summary and a date of...

20050283470 - Content categorization: A method for content categorization including firstly retrieving content from a first content source from among a categorized list of content sources, extracting a plurality of words from the firstly retrieved content, associating any of the words with a category to which the firstly retrieved content is associated in the...

20050283471 - Multi-tier query processing: Techniques are provided for processing a query including determining a first cost based on the original query; if the query has a subquery, generating a second query with the subquery unnested; determining a second cost based on the second query; determining whether the second query includes a mergeable view; and...

20050283473 - Apparatus, method and system of artificial intelligence for data searching applications: An apparatus, method, and system for a Artificial Intelligence for Data Searching Applications (AIDSA) that improves upon search systems. The AIDSA enables searchers to better target their searches and yield better search results by intelligently identifying, interrelating, and executing searches including synonyms of keywords. In one embodiment, the AIDSA expands...

20050283474 - Knowledge system: A method of assembling a knowledge database containing question and answer pairs, the method comprising the steps of: extracting questions from a multiplicity of electronic communications; enabling the sender of the communication to examine and select or deselect the extracted question(s); classifying each question based upon the content of the...

20050283475 - Method and system for keyword detection using voice-recognition: A method and system is provided to monitor speech and detect keywords or phrases in the speech, such as for example, monitored calls in a call center or speakers/presenters using teleprompters, or the like. Upon detection of the keywords of phrases, information associated with the keywords or phrases may be...

20050283476 - System and method for filtering and organizing items based on common elements: A system and method for filtering and organizing items from computer memories based on common elements. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, filters are provided for manipulating the items. The filters are essentially tools for narrowing down a set of items. In one embodiment, the filters are dynamically...

20050283477 - System and method for optimizing inter-domain event services: A system and method for optimizing inter-domain event services includes receiving a first subscription request to receive an event state of an event source. A view associated with the first subscription request is determined. A notify message is sent that reflects a first defined view into the event state of...

20050283478 - Soap-based web services in a multi-tenant database system: Systems and methods for generating dynamic communication contracts in a multi-tenant database system based on the datamodel of the user using the service. The communication contract contains objects, e.g., SOAP-objects, custom to the specific user's datamodel, including standard objects customized to the user's own security model and business purpose as...

20050283479 - System for controlling a multipurpose media access data processing system: A multipurpose media access device, which includes a communication interface operable to control transfer of data between the multipurpose user device and at least one communication network, a data storage module operable to store user data and a unique user identifier, a program storage module having at least one executable...

20050283481 - Hierarchical repository for configuration-related and performance-related information related to computerized systems: Method allowing a computerized manager to transparently allocate computational resources to a plurality of users. A plurality of computers or servers are provided for accommodating the computational resources or for storing data. These computational resources and the data are arranged as a hierarchical repository. A root computer is used as...

20050283483 - Information contents download system: A terminal device transmits device information thereof and a request for acquiring information contents to a contents distribution device. The contents distribution device generates a request for distributing a program for materializing the information contents in the terminal device based on the information contents designated in the acquisition request and...

20050283484 - Method and apparatus for publishing and monitoring entities providing services in a distributed data processing system: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for providing identification and monitoring of entities. A distributed data processing system includes one or more distributed publishing entities, which publish computer readable announcements in a standard language. These announcements may contain a description of a monitoring method that may be used to monitor...

20050283482 - Method and device for selection and transfer of computer object between computers: A method for selection and transfer a computer object between computers is employed in a computer networking environment including at least two computer devices and a network interface coupling between the computer devices. A computer object selection/transfer pen is used to select a computer object from a source computer device...

20050283480 - System and method for media distribution in a physical area: The present patent application relates to a system and method for media distribution in a physical area (1). The system comprises at least one uniquely identifiable first type tag (2), which can be carried around said physical area (1) by a user being visitor thereto and at least one uniquely...

20050283485 - Cascade delete processing: A time-efficient means for identifying and processing cascading deletes due to referential constraint violations includes: logging, to an error file, all primary key (“PK”) errors detected during table load operations; building a foreign key (“FK”) index for each child table; recursively probing each relevant FK index to identify all loaded...

20050283490 - Data structure of metadata of moving image and reproduction method of the same: There is provided an invention in which a buffer size and a data buffering size before a reproduction start can be determined according to a transfer rate of data and a network protocol used. In metadata of a moving image, a dynamic range of a data amount in a buffer...

20050283489 - File management program, file management process, and file management apparatus: A file management program which enables efficient access to data in a directory file by utilizing an extent-based data access structure. When a processing request containing the name information for a file to be processed is inputted, a hash-value generation unit applies a predetermined hash function to the name information,...

20050283491 - Method for indexing and retrieving documents, computer program applied thereby and data carrier provided with the above mentioned computer program: A method for indexing and retrieving documents, characterized in that, in order to index a document, it comprises a combination of the following operational steps: identifying core concepts in the document by means of one or several domain-specific thesauri; identifying relationships between core concepts in the document by means of...

20050283487 - Method of determining lower bound for replication cost: An embodiment of a method of determining a lower bound for a minimum cost of placing data objects onto nodes of a distributed storage system begins with a first step of assigning a placement of a data object to a node and a time interval which meets a benefit criterion....

20050283486 - Methods and systems for determining and applying rules to data: Systems and methods are disclosed for reconciling data. The disclosed systems and methods may include receiving a first data corresponding to an expected state of at least one of a plurality of objects. Furthermore, the disclosed systems and methods may include creating a second data corresponding to an actual state...

20050283488 - Model based optimization with focus regions: Various embodiments of a method, apparatus and article of manufacture for optimization of a multidimensional model in a model based performance advisor are disclosed. The multidimensional model comprises groups. Each group has one or more levels. One or more recommended slices associated with the groups are determined based on a...

20050283493 - Querying database system to execute stored procedures using abstract data type attributes, retrieving location information of data, sub-data between first and second servers: A parallel database system retrieval method and system for transferring from database operation servers to a front end server only those data items that are used in subsequent processing, thereby shortening the query time when the unused data are massive. The invention allows an initial retrieval query to transfer only...

20050283492 - Systems and methods for online transactional data processing: An online transactional data processing (OLTP) system is provided that includes a relational database for storing transactional data, an OLTP application program for processing the transactional data, and a change log for storing a set of change documents that describe transformations performed on the transactional data by the OLTP application...

20050283494 - Visualizing and manipulating multidimensional olap models graphically: Various embodiments of a method, apparatus and article of manufacture for graphically visualizing and manipulating a multidimensional OLAP model are provided. Data describing a multidimensional model is retrieved. The multidimensional model comprises a plurality of groups. Each group has one or more levels. The levels have a hierarchical order. Sets...

20050283496 - Access to content addressable data over a network: Access to content addressable data on a network is facilitated using digital information storing devices or data repositories (“silos”) that monitor broadcast data requests over the network. A number of silos automatically monitor both data requests and data itself that are broadcast over a network. The silos selectively store data....

20050283495 - Request-based knowledge acquisition: One implementation provides a method for acquiring knowledge from multiple knowledge bases in a knowledge repository. The method includes identifying first and second knowledge bases within the knowledge repository by analyzing a search request received from a client system. The first knowledge base contains knowledge of a first type and...

20050283499 - Recruiting accession and paperwork management system: A comprehensive recruiting accession and paperwork management application that provides near real-time leads transfer, one-time data entry capability, command control and reporting capability, seamless paperwork processing and management, and full ODBC compliant communications capability....

20050283497 - System and method for search operations: Systems and methods, applicable, for example, in employing a user's social network in providing that user with results to searches for individuals, businesses, content (e.g., pictures, music, software, and/or the like), and/or the like. Further, systems and methods whereby, for example, information regarding individuals having social connection to individuals, businesses,...

20050283498 - System and method to build, retrieve and track information in a knowledge database for trouble shooting purposes: A method of building a problem troubleshooting database for use in a semiconductor manufacturing system includes storing semiconductor manufacturing problem data in a problem troubleshooting database; storing cause data in the problem troubleshooting database, the cause data being associated with respective problem data; storing solution data in the problem troubleshooting...

20050283501 - Constraint processing: Constraint processing for a relational database generates primary (e.g., based on primary key values) and constraint index records (e.g., based on foreign key values) during table load operations that are then sorted in a manner that rapidly and unambiguously identifies rows that fail the specified constraint test. Rows so identified...

20050283502 - Methods and systems for reconciling data: Systems and methods are disclosed for reconciling data. The disclosed systems and methods may include receiving a first data corresponding to an expected state of at least one of a plurality of objects. Furthermore, the disclosed systems and methods may include creating a second data corresponding to an actual state...

20050283500 - System and method for sharing storage resources between multiple files: An improved sliding window chunking apparatus and method comprising comparing a fingerprint value of each position in a data set to a second set of criteria, at least in instances when it doesn't satisfy a first set of criteria, and, if the value satisfies the second set of criteria, identifying...

20050283503 - Unified geographic database and method of creating, maintaining and using the same: The present invention involves a Universal Geographic Database (“UGD”). The UGD is an automated, central or distributed, registry of real-world locations and location-related information for businesses and other entities, analogous to the registry of domain names for Internet and web sites. By this central registry, businesses and other entities are...

20050283504 - Disaster recovery system suitable for database system: To reduce operational and management costs during normal operations while recovering a database without loss and maintaining on-line performance on a site. A first system includes a primary storage system (103) that stores a DB (107) and a main computer (100) that executes a primary DBMS (101), which provides a...

20050278289 - Binary xml: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing techniques for encoding binary XML. The techniques include receiving data to be encoded and encoding the data as binary XML data. The binary XML data includes one or more elements. Each element is represented by an index number that identifies the element,...

20050278278 - Class loading jar operation optimizations: Embodiments include a system for releasing unused files. The files may be held open initially by a virtual machine, class loader, application or similar program. Embodiments register the access times to files with a timeout manager program. After a predetermined time period where no access has been made to a...

20050278299 - Data back up method and its programs: User data backup functions are realized through a computer, which is located on the management service provider corporation side and interfaces between a user side computer environment and a storage service side computer environment to support storage service. This computer selects storage devices which meet the user side conditions from...

20050278275 - Defining a data dependency path through a body of related data: A data dependency path calculator for a semantic search engine is provided. A body of semantically related data is modeled according to a semantic data model. A user is presented a list of data elements from which they may select desired data elements. The system automatically calculates all of the...

20050278293 - Document retrieval system, search server, and search client: To provide a summary of a search result in an associative search system based on multiple viewpoints. By indexing one document database in plural ways, a summary of a search result can be displayed from multiple viewpoints. By managing documents in indexed versions of the document database by common identifiers,...

20050278286 - Dynamic graphical database query and data mining interface: A graphical query and data mining interface provides visual feedback to a user during the construction of a query that helps the user determine the quality of the query as the query is being built. The graphical query and data mining interface determines relationships in the database from a database...

20050278272 - Method and apparatus for maintaining relationships between parts in a package: Modular content framework and document format methods and systems are described. The described framework and format define a set of building blocks for composing, packaging, distributing, and rendering document-centered content. These building blocks define a platform-independent framework for document formats that enable software and hardware systems to generate, exchange, and...

20050278277 - Method and apparatus for propogating tables while preserving foreign key integrity: The invention disclosed is a method and apparatus for propagating database tables while preserving foreign key integrity. The invention comprises an improved method of storing subscription sets that enables a user to assign a rank to a subscription set and to each member of the set, and an improved database...

20050278296 - Method and system for creating, sustaining and using a transactional bill of materials (t-bom ™): The inventive approach provides a dynamic data system and computationally efficient method to uniquely identify a product of interest and by means of querying any number of databases for pertinent transaction data, create a complete product history (lifecycle) as well as the current product state. The inventive method provides a...

20050278276 - Method and system for processing a database query by a proxy server: A method, system, and computer program product for processing a database query by a proxy server that is adapted to communicate with at least one database server. The database servers are respectively coupled to corresponding databases having tables that include a data isolation field pertaining to a group having subgroups....

20050278285 - Methods and apparatus for specifying and processing descriptive queries for data sources: Improved descriptive query techniques are provided. More particularly, techniques are provided for specifying and processing descriptive queries for data providers grouped into provider kinds with hierarchical containment relationships. The query may include arbitrary boolean combinations of arbitrary tests on the values of attributes of the data providers....

20050278282 - Methods, systems, and storage mediums for expanding the functionality of database applications: Exemplary embodiments include methods, systems, and storage mediums for expanding the functionality of a database application via a computer system. The method includes importing an application development system for expanding the functionality of a database application into a database created using the database application. The database includes records arranged in...

20050278281 - Multi-dimensional data editor: A method includes obtaining a first position of a first data item in a data table, obtaining a second position of a second data item in the data table, comparing the first position with the second position, inferring a relationship between the first data item and the second data item...

20050278279 - Native libraries descriptor with reference counting: Embodiments include a system for managing files or software components by use of a descriptor file. The descriptor file may track references to the file or software component by other files and software components. A software component that has no references to it may be removed from a system....

20050278287 - Query meaning determination through a grid service: A method, system, and program for query meaning determination through a grid service are provided. A search service within a grid environment receives a free text string as a search query, wherein the free text string includes multiple specifications. The search service controls distribution of the free text string to...

20050278288 - Search framework metadata: A user selectable evaluation indicia associated with a displayed unit of information within an application is provided. Responsive to a user interaction with the evaluation indicia, an evaluation opportunity is presented to the user. At least a portion of a user's activities comprising the user participation is transformed, responsive to...

20050278283 - Search via fast case insensitive ascii tree: A system and method for searching a bytestream or other string in a case insensitive manner. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention includes an ASCII tree that associated both upper and lower case letters of an incoming header key (or other symbols) with nodes. When enough nodes are gathered,...

20050278280 - Self update mechanism for update module: A system for updating files in a computer system. The update system may download files from a centralized database during a start up process for a computer system. The start up process may complete the loading of all services and applications to be provided by the computer system, then initiate...

20050278292 - Spelling variation dictionary generation system: A system for effectively collecting, without omissions, spelling variations centering on particular technical terms occurring in documents. In advance, the system sorts technical terms considered to be potential spelling variations from among a large-scale collection of terms. By measuring the edit distance adjusted for the cost of the terms that...

20050278284 - System and method for accelerating service processor: A service processor that manages a server farm includes a data compare engine that accelerates service processor operation by comparing a current data report from a server to a previous report and noting the changes between the reports, so that only the changes need be analyzed, instead of the entire...

20050278291 - System and method for data visualization: The present invention relates to a system and method of collecting, transforming, displaying, and visualizing business performance measures to facilitate analysis and decision making. The invention is suitable for use in conjunction with a user's management information systems and permits multiple users within a single organization to access the business...

20050278297 - System and method for providing intelligence centers: Disclosed herein, among other things, is a system comprising a content repository, a communication portal developer, a content manager, and an analytic engine. The content repository is adapted to store electronic content in a computer-readable storage medium. The communication portal developer includes at least one wizard to create a plurality...

20050278273 - System and method for using root cause analysis to generate a representation of resource dependencies: A system and method for using event management root cause analysis to depict resource dependencies are provided. With the system and method, since the root cause analysis of known event management systems provides a mechanism for defining interactions of enterprise components for root cause analysis purposes, this information is used...

20050278294 - Systems and methods for a collaboration presence framework: A system and method for providing presence information, said method comprising, defining a role that defines a dynamic set of users wherein the set of users can vary over time and wherein the role is based on presence information of at least one member of the set of users; subscribing...

20050278295 - Systems and methods for creating a database for accounting purposes: A database is created for accounting purposes, which can be used to prepare financial statements for the organizational units of an enterprise. According to one method, document data records are saved from posting documents to a document database. The document data records include a document header and a data part....

20050278298 - Systems and methods for organizing and displaying data: Example systems, software, methods, computer-readable media, and so on, associated with organization of data or links to data are provided. In one embodiment, a system includes an organization logic configured to establish relationship data for a plurality of data files, and a display logic configured to visually represent an organization...

20050278290 - Systems, methods, and computer program products that automatically discover metadata objects and generate multidimensional models: Systems, methods, and computer products that include an automated discovery process that discovers useful metadata objects from an intelligent starting point thereby generating at least one multidimensional model for OLAP analysis. Further, generation of the intelligent starting point may be derived by use of a multidimensional analysis program that analyzes...

20050278274 - Transaction model for deployment operations: A system and method are described for performing deployment operations according to a transaction model. In one embodiment, a request to initiate a transaction to perform a deploy service operation is received. In response to the request, the transaction is initiated at a container. The transaction is then committed to...

20050278300 - Network-exploiting system for providing information on positions/help wanted and related information: Specialized system exploiting a network by employing an aggregate system to facilitate the provision of positions—/help-wanted and related information. Specialized system includes a plurality of nonspecific sites linked via a network, and a server, connected to the network, for hosting a dedicated site devoted to positions-wanted and help-wanted information. The...

20050278315 - Devices and methods for downloading data: A method of downloading data from a network using a network device. A network device coupled to a network is first provided. The network device uses a network protocol to download data from the network. Next, the network device downloads data corresponding to search parameters from the network according to...

20050278312 - Framework reactive search facility: A search request from a user is received wherein the search request comprises a search framework profile and at least one search term. An accumulated result set of identifiers is generated wherein each identifier within the set of identifiers facilitates access to a corresponding unit of information in a data...

20050278318 - Iterative development with prioritized build: An iterative software development environment is provided to perform modified dependency analyses for use in building a target file and all the files on which it depends from one or more source files using a set of prioritized build rules. In one embodiment, the build rules indicate how different types...

20050278306 - Linked logical fields: A method, system and article of manufacture for linking logical fields abstractly describing data in a database and, more particularly, for creating an abstract query using linked logical fields. One embodiment provides a method of linking logical fields abstractly describing data in a database. The method includes creating link information...

20050278316 - Method for efficient processing of multi-state attributes: Methods, systems and articles of manufacture of processing a multi-state attribute field query. One embodiment provides a method of processing a multi-state attribute field query, comprising instantiating a plurality of live objects; performing, by each live object, an attribute operation, wherein at least one attribute operation is a comparison operation...

20050278319 - Method for searching across a plc network: Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, comprising: recognizing, by a PLC, that a memory device has been connected to the PLC; and configuring the PLC via a PLC executable software program resident on the memory device. Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, comprising: via a PLC network interface:...

20050278307 - Method, system, and apparatus for discovering and connecting to data sources: A method, system, and apparatus for discovering and connecting to data sources are provided. A system is provided that includes a server computer operative to maintain a centrally managed repository of data connection definitions. A client computer is also provided including an application program capable of consuming data from a...

20050278308 - Methods and systems for data integration: A preferred method embodiment of the subject invention comprises a method for dynamically creating hierarchies to be used in database searches, comprising the steps of: (a) defining a data network; (b) receiving a query regarding data stored in one or more databases; and (c) based at least in part on...

20050278305 - Multi-column multi-data type internationalized sort extension method for web applications: A method for implementing a web-based, front-end user request includes receiving a list request from a front-end user, and receiving user characteristics associated with the list request. Data corresponding to the list request is retrieved from a data storage medium, and the retrieved data is configured in accordance with the...

20050278317 - Personalized search engine: A system and method and method for personalized searching of a computer network, such as a local area network or the world wide web, is disclosed. The method involves submitting a user search query, submitting the search query and a user profile to a search engine, processing the search query...

20050278302 - Search of recently accessed documents: One implementation provides a method to search for electronic business documents previously accessed by a user. In this implementation, the method includes displaying a set of options for predefined time periods and a set of options for predefined document properties in a graphical user interface (GUI) and receiving user input...

20050278313 - Search scheduling and delivery: A search request from a user is received wherein the search request comprises a search framework profile and at least one search term. Scheduling information is accessed from the search framework profile and a search operation is scheduled for execution in accordance with the at least one search term and...

20050278304 - System and method for business intelligence metadata exchange: The invention makes use of a single data structure to define all of the information and parameters necessary for the efficient sharing and exchange of entire or partial BI applications. The invention enables a user to capture preferences that are applicable to both ends of the exchange, namely the source...

20050278301 - System and method for determining an optimized process configuration: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for processing data. The system may involve a process-modeling tool adapted to define a process model, to define mapping from a resource to an activity in the process model, and to define a metric on the process model. Additionally, the system...

20050278311 - System and method for generating advertisements utilizing a database of stock imagery: A fully automated, computerized advertisement design system and method for creating and retrieving completed advertising pieces is provided. The system and method uses a database of images or stored art pieces and provides users with the ability to edit size, text, fonts, layout and color. The final art piece is...

20050278309 - System and method for mining and searching localized business-marketing and informational data: A system and method for searching records. One embodiment includes a method for searching comprising: receiving a search a term comprising a product term and a geography limitation; identifying a normalized term corresponding to the product term; identify a first set of records corresponding to the normalized term; sorting the...

20050278303 - System and method for production planning utilizing on-line state-space planning: A combinatorial search method implemented in a computer control system utilizes on-line state-space planning of operations for multi-step production processes. The planner considers various possible combinations of actions, searching for one that correctly transforms the initial state of the object into the specified desired final state. Each combination of actions...

20050278320 - System for searching across a plc network: Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, comprising: recognizing, by a PLC, that a memory device has been connected to the PLC; and configuring the PLC via a PLC executable software program resident on the memory device. Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, comprising: via a PLC network interface:...

20050278310 - System, method and computer program product for managing and organizing pieces of content: A system for managing and organizing content includes a source capable of operating at least one application (i.e., content manager, taxonomy manager, etc.). The application(s) are capable of providing a plurality of pieces of content and a plurality of master taxonomies, each master taxonomy including at least one piece of...

20050278321 - Systems, methods and computer readable media for performing a domain-specific metasearch, and visualizing search results therefrom: Systems, methods and computer readable media for performing a domain-specific metasearch, and obtaining search results therefrom. A metasearch engine capable of accessing generic, web-based search engines and domain-relevant search engines is provided to receive one or more queries inputted by a user, and to search for documents on at least...

20050278314 - Variable length snippet generation: A method and system are disclosed that provide a variable length snippet when returning snippets in response to a search request. Under conditions where the search query matches a document with a high degree of certainty, a shorter snippet is provided than when the document does not match the search...

20050278322 - System and method for mining time-changing data streams: A general framework for mining concept-drifting data streams using weighted ensemble classifiers. An ensemble of classification models, such as C4.5, RIPPER, naive Bayesian, etc., is trained from sequential chunks of the data stream. The classifiers in the ensemble are judiciously weighted based on their expected classification accuracy on the test...

20050278323 - System and methods for constructing personalized context-sensitive portal pages or views by analyzing patterns of users' information access activities: The present invention relates to a system and methodology to assist users with data access activities and that includes such activities as routine web browsing and/or data access applications. A coalesced display or montage of aggregated information is provided that is focused from a plurality of sources to achieve substantially...

20050278325 - Graph-based ranking algorithms for text processing: The present invention provides a method of processing at least one natural language text using a graph. The method includes determining a plurality of text units based upon the natural language text, associating the plurality of text units with a plurality of graph nodes, and determining at least one connecting...

20050278326 - System and methods for constructing personalized context-sensitive portal pages or views by analyzing patterns of users' information access activities: The present invention relates to a system and methodology to assist users with data access activities and that includes such activities as routine web browsing and/or data access applications. A coalesced display or montage of aggregated information is provided that is focused from a plurality of sources to achieve substantially...

20050278324 - Systems and methods for subspace clustering: Unlike traditional clustering methods that focus on grouping objects with similar values on a set of dimensions, clustering by pattern similarity finds objects that exhibit a coherent pattern of rise and fall in subspaces. Pattern-based clustering extends the concept of traditional clustering and benefits a wide range of applications, including...

20050278330 - Apparatus, system, and method for sorting character representations of data: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for sorting character representations of data under the present invention, a character-encoded sort data value is identified in a data line of a data set. The sort data value is a character encoding of a predefined numbering system such as hexadecimal or binary...

20050278331 - Information management apparatus, information management method and program: An information management apparatus which manages information files by sorting them into folders, comprises a selection unit to select an arbitrary folder and a folder operation unit capable of individually opening/closing a sub folder immediately below the selected folder or in a lower layer....

20050278329 - Method and system for merging wafer test results: A system for merging product characterization information with a characterized product employs a merging rule database and a product characterization database. A merging processor receives the product characterization information and the merging criteria to create a characterization information result. The characterization information result is created by extracting a trigger merging...

20050278327 - Multi-column multi-data type internationalized sort extension method for web applications: A method for implementing a front-end user sort request includes receiving a list request, decomposing the list request and creating a sort entry object using a list of column values initially retrieved from a data storage medium. A sort routine is performed on at least a first column of the...

20050278328 - Sorting and filtering techniques for products, namely posters and artwork: A system and method for sorting and filtering products selected by a user. The products may be displayed on a graphical user interface, such as an Internet browser, on a user's computer. The user's computer is communicatively coupled to a web server that creates web pages in response to a...

20050278332 - Naming service implementation in a clustered environment: A method and system for providing naming operations. Contexts are created and organized hierarchically under an initial context. The hierarchy is retained in a non-persistent storage medium. The objects and contexts created as a result of various naming operations are removed from the naming system responsive to a reboot of...

20050278337 - Contact center dynamic record delivery: The invention, in one embodiment, generally establishes a master queue with a priority order based on predefined criteria, and then distributes information about a first prospect to one agent, and information about a second prospect to a second agent and so on, in the priority order. The prospect information is...

20050278334 - Managing user authorizations for analytical reporting based on operational authorizations: Transactional access control information extracted from a transactional data source and used by a transactional application program is received at an analytical application program used for analytical processing. Each entry in the transactional access control information identifies a user that is permitted to access a data object that is stored...

20050278333 - Method and system for managing privacy preferences: A method for managing privacy preferences or access to restricted information may include tagging restricted or personal information. The method may also include defining a content object with a link to the restricted or personal information. In another embodiment of the present invention, a method for privacy or access to...

20050278336 - Program information processing system, program information management server, program information operation terminal, and computer program: It is aimed at providing a program list that helps the audience to easily find an intended program. A program information management server creates a program list. The program information management server is provided with a user information storage section, a program meta information storage section, a program recommendation section,...

20050278335 - Service oriented architecture with alerts: A system, method and media for a service oriented architecture. This description is not intended to be a complete description of, or limit the scope of, the invention. Other features, aspects and objects of the invention can be obtained from a review of the specification, the figures and the claims....

20050278338 - Application cloning: A system and method are described for performing application cloning. In one embodiment, on a client, an application that is already deployed on a server is accessed and then cloned into another application by assigning a new name to the application. The clone application is then deployed on the server...

20050278341 - Component offline deploy: Embodiments include a system for updating software components in a computing system. The update system may deploy software components into a centralized database. The update system may provide an interface for deploying software components into the database. The update system may map the software components into a relational database or...

20050278343 - File propagation tool: A method for controlling the flow of files from a development server to another server using a file propagation tool is disclosed. A job comprising at least one file on a development server is created, wherein the at least one file is selected using the file propagation tool loaded on...

20050278339 - Naming service in a clustered environment: Within a cluster, when a new server node joins the cluster, an indication of the new server node has joined is received by at least one server node in the cluster. Global naming operations are disabled within the cluster. While the global naming operations are disabled, the global naming objects...

20050278340 - Problem solving assistant: A computer-assisted problem resolution system is configured using documents that relate to problem resolution in a domain. An automated information extractor is configured to identify problem resolution information from the documents. The information extractor identifies portions of documents, each portion being associated with a phase of problem resolution, such as...

20050278344 - Schemas for a notification platform and related information services: Described is a schema-based notification platform that provides regularized notification handling including user control and normalization of the operation of policies across different information types and contexts. Information-service schemas and services are combined to build a content-sensitive and context-sensitive information service to communicate information to recipient devices of users that...

20050278342 - System and method for auditing a network: A network is audited by running task programs and evaluating the results of the task programs. Task programs are tools that are configured to retrieve information about a particular network device. A service is arranged to coordinate the scheduling, execution, and data collection and aggregation of each task program over...

20050278345 - A system and method for speeding xml construction for a business transaction using prebuilt xml with static and dynamic sections: A system and method for constructing extensible markup language (XML) transactions comprising an XML format run on a computer system, wherein the method comprises pre-building static structures of an XML transaction, classifying dynamic structures of the XML transaction with empty tags and single occurrence classifiers for repeating dynamic structures, building...

20050278360 - Apparatus, system, and method for providing efficient disaster recovery storage of data using differencing: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for efficient creation of point-in-time versions of data using differencing in a read-before-write environment. Included in an embodiment of the invention are a receive module that receives a data block sent from a primary data storage system, a read module that reads a...

20050278355 - Approximate and exact unary inclusion dependency discovery: A method and apparatus for analyzing potential inclusion dependencies between columns of database tables is provided. A client issues a command, e.g., a SQL statement to a database server. The command is processed at the database server without the performance of a join. Result data that indicates any exact inclusion...

20050278349 - Data model architecture with automated generation of data handling framework from public data structures: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for automatically generating a data handling framework to manage public data structures. A customizable framework is generated based on one or more parameters of the public data structures to be managed. A data model architecture is disclosed that features a data model for wrapping public...

20050278357 - Detecting correlation from data: A system and a priori method of discovering dependencies between relational database column pairs and application of discoveries to query optimization is provided. For each candidate column pair remaining after simultaneously generating column pairs, pruning pairs not satisfying specified heuristic constraints, and eliminating pairs with trivial instances of correlation, a...

20050278363 - Determining a rating for a collection of documents: On one or more data processing systems, a collection rating is determined for a rating scale for contents of a document collection. A link rating is determined for the rating scale for contents linked to or linked by contents of the document collection. The collection rating for the rating scale...

20050278354 - Dynamic hierarchical data structure tree building and state propagation using common information model: A computer implemented method for managing entities in a computer system. The method includes relating the managed entities and sub-entities each with a node into a hierarchical tree structure defined in a common information model with a tree root and child associations, traversing the tree structure until the tree root...

20050278362 - Knowledge discovery system: A knowledge discovery apparatus and method that extracts both specifically desired as well as pertinent and relevant information to query from a corpus of multiple elements that can be structured, unstructured, and/or semi-structured, along with imagery, video, speech, and other forms of data representation, to generate a set of outputs...

20050278365 - Method and software product for storing and retrieving unstructured information: A method for operating a computer system to manage unstructured information about objects representing things of interest to an organization. The method involves defining a plurality of two way relationship types between pairs of object types wherein the objects are each instances of the object types. A user of the...

20050278347 - Method and system for extendable data conversion architecture: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a flexible and easily extendable architecture for software to format data for exchanges of electronic data. The architecture may separate general operations from format-specific operations. More particularly, the software may comprise a general engine to call one of a plurality of format-specific data...

20050278358 - Method of and system for providing positional based object to xml mapping: The present invention relates generally to computers and computer databases, and more specifically, to a method of and system for converting between Object-oriented classes and markup languages. One aspect of the invention is broadly defined as a method of converting data from a markup language format to an Object model,...

20050278364 - Methods and apparatuses for video on demand (vod) metadata organization: A method and system for optimizing the transmission of VOD metadata is disclosed. VOD metadata can be filtered, processed and/or organized prior to being packetized for transmission to client devices. The filtering, processing and/or organization can, for example, be based on a time duration associated with VOD media items and/or...

20050278356 - Module editor: A method is provided for building a module interactively that includes defining an environment by selecting, from a field catalog, input data structures for the module. The method also includes selecting at least one processing step to be performed by the module and relating the at least one processing step...

20050278350 - Providing mappings between logical time values and real time values: Techniques are provided for providing mappings between logical time values and real time values for a database. The techniques include, if a first event related to the database occurs, writing an entry of a current LTV and a current RTV in a volatile mapping data structure; and if a second...

20050278359 - Providing mappings between logical time values and real time values in a multinode system: Techniques are provided for providing mappings between logical time values and real time values in a multinode system. The techniques include, if a first event occurs, then writing an LTV-to-RTV mapping to a non-volatile data structure. If a second event occurs, then a check is performed to determine whether any...

20050278366 - Schemas for a notification platform and related information services: Described is a schema-based notification platform that provides regularized notification handling including user control and normalization of the operation of policies across different information types and contexts. Information-service schemas and services are combined to build a content-sensitive and context-sensitive information service to communicate information to recipient devices of users that...

20050278351 - Site navigation and site navigation data source: A concept for providing hierarchical navigation information relative to one or more databases within a distributed computer system is described. In one aspect, this includes a process for hierarchically organizing bodies of information that includes: receiving a query from a user, abstracting a list of descriptors from one or more...

20050278348 - System and method for a web service definition: Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a system and method for a Web service definition. A development environment may receive input selecting a Web service interface. The development environment may also receive input to specify one or more system independent features of the selected interface. In an embodiment,...

20050278346 - System providing methodology for replication subscription resolution: A system providing methodology for replication subscription resolution is described. In one embodiment, for example, a system of the present invention for determining subscribers to which a published item of data should be replicated is described that comprises: an interface module for receiving user input of lists of a plurality...

20050278352 - Using affinity measures with supervised classifiers: A non-binary affinity measure between any two data points for a supervised classifier may be determined. For example, affinity measures may be determined for tree, kernel-based, nearest neighbor-based and neural network supervised classifiers. By providing non-binary affinity measures using supervised classifiers, more information may be provided for clustering, analyzing and,...

20050278361 - View definition language for network management application development: Methods of defining views of a distributed system or network to facilitate development of an application program with view management services to manage the distributed system or network are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes: a) defining managed objects in a managed object definition language and storing the definition...

20050278353 - Xml schema tool: A method of entering, structuring, storing and transferring data using a hierarchical data model and flat forms. The method includes the following three steps, which typically are performed during the design phase: Selecting a first form from a plurality of forms, alternatively creating said first form by use of a...

20050278367 - Efficient determination of homogeneous rectangles in a binary matrix: Determining maximal empty rectangles in a binary matrix includes building values in a staircase data structure for each successive entry in the matrix. The values in the staircase data structure are removed where the values correspond to maximal rectangles having the successive entry in the bottom right corner of the...

20050278368 - System and method for xml data integration: A framework is provided for integrating data from multiple relational sources into an XML document that both conforms to a given DTD and satisfies predefined XML constraints. The framework is based on a specification language, designated Attribute Integration Grammar (AIG), that extends a DTD by (1) associating element types with...

20050278373 - Data retrieval method: An hierarchical data retrieval method for retrieving an hierarchy of data from a first store is described. The hierarchy of data comprises one or more items of data of a first level, at least one of which is associated with one or more items of data of a second level....

20050278374 - Dynamic program modification: A system, method and media for a service oriented architecture. This description is not intended to be a complete description of, or limit the scope of, the invention. Other features, aspects and objects of the invention can be obtained from a review of the specification, the figures and the claims....

20050278369 - Information processing system, information processing apparatus, method and program: The present invention relates to an information processing system, an information processing apparatus and method, and a program in which the purchase of content can be facilitated. When giving content data as a present, a sender giving the content data sends first information for identifying the sender, second information for...

20050278371 - Method and system for georeferential blogging, bookmarking a location, and advanced off-board data processing for mobile systems: A method and system to bookmark a location, blog geo-referential information, and process the geo referential information, having a mobile device and a stationary server. The mobile device is configured to generate a waypoint to geographically identify the location, generate a timestamp, fetch and store data associated with the location,...

20050278372 - Note navigation in a business data processing application: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing techniques for business data processing. The techniques include displaying business data on a user interface through which users can view the business data and provide input modifying the business data. The business data comprises a plurality of business objects. The techniques further...

20050278370 - System and method for information storage: A method for providing information concerning an item includes attaching to the item an information button containing data identifying the item. An identifying location system transmitter is also provided on the item. The information button is read and the data identifying the item is stored on a computer, associated with...

20050278375 - Asset management system and associated methods: A method and apparatus prepare an asset for placement on a server, the asset including a media file and corresponding metadata elements. The media file is received, and it is automatically determined whether all required metadata elements are associated with the received media file. If all of the required metadata...

20050278380 - Digital transactions for the delivery of media files: An incomplete/partly corrupted media file is delivered ‘in the clear’; in addition, a delta file is delivered to users meeting access control criteria which, when combined with the incomplete/partly corrupted parts allows a complete and uncorrupted version of the media file to be re-constructed. The method allows, in one implementation,...

20050278379 - Image retrieval device and image retrieval method: Similar image data, which are similar to a target image data to which a keyword is to be added, are retrieved. Then, keywords added to the retrieved similar image data are added to the target image data. By diverting the keywords of the similar image data, which are similar to...

20050278376 - Media distribution system, device, and method: A machine-readable media device and a media distribution system are provided. The device has a first readable portion and a second readable portion. The first portion can initialize a license verification process to a remote location, while the second portion has media that can only be accessed only upon successful...

20050278377 - Publishing, browsing and purchasing of groups of media items: Improved techniques to create, browse and/or purchase media asset groups are disclosed. Media assets groups can be created by various persons and published to a digital assets manager. Thereafter, the media assets groups can be finalized and made available for on-line purchase. Once the media asset groups are made available...

20050278378 - Systems and methods of geographical text indexing: A method of processing a document, the method involving: identifying a plurality of one or more geospatial references within the document; and for each identified geospatial reference of the plurality of geospatial references: (1) associating a geographical location with the identified geospatial reference, the geographical location being represented by a...

20050278388 - Apparatus, system, and method for reliably updating a data group in a data replication environment: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for reliably updating a data group in a data replication environment. The apparatus, system, and method reliably update the data group by receiving an updated data group sent from a first storage medium to a second storage medium, comparing the updated data group...

20050278387 - Data processing system and method with data sharing for the same: If relocation of a table with a high reference frequency is made possible, the database management method and system are arranged to improve performance according to the number of increased nodes and accumulate a reference frequency of each external storage unit allocated to each database management node. A data storage...

20050278384 - External authentication against a third-party directory: A system and method for authenticating users against an external directory service. A client device issues an LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) request (e.g., a login request) to a local or native directory server (e.g., an Oracle Internet Directory server) configured to authenticate users for access to a resource (e.g.,...

20050278386 - Geospatial information system and method for updating same: A geospatial information system is provided including a database, a processing unit adapted to access and retrieve the geospatial information from the database, a tool permissions module, a user interface module, a monitoring module, an audit module, a workflow management module, and an update module. Also, a method for updating...

20050278383 - Method and apparatus for keeping a file system client in a read-only name space of the file system: An apparatus for keeping a file system client in a read-only name space of the file system includes a system management component which sends “create” calls in response to mount “commands”. The apparatus includes at least a first disk element in communication with the system management component which receives the...

20050278381 - Method and apparatus for online sample interval determination: In one embodiment, functional system elements are added to an autonomic manager to enable automatic online sample interval selection. In another embodiment, a method for determining the sample interval by continually characterizing the system workload behavior includes monitoring the system data and analyzing the degree to which the workload is...

20050278382 - Method and apparatus for recovery of a current read-write unit of a file system: An apparatus for recovering a current read-write Virtual File System (VFS) includes a network element which receives client requests and makes calls responding to the client requests. The apparatus includes a VFS location database which maintains information about VFSes. The apparatus includes a disk element in which VFSes are disposed...

20050278389 - Method and device for distributing digital data in particular for a peer-to-peer network: The method according to the invention is implemented in a telecommunications system comprising at least one server device (11, 13, 14) able to hold digital data and to receive at least one request (RQ) for supplying the holding server device and at least one client device (11 to 14) able...

20050278390 - Scoped access control metadata element: Methods, systems, and data structures for communicating object metadata are provided. A generic metadata container is presented that allows object metadata to be described in an extensible manner using protocol-neutral and platform-independent methodologies. A metadata scope refers to a dynamic universe of targets to which the included metadata statements correspond....

20050278385 - Systems and methods for staggered data replication and recovery: A system for replicating data is provided that includes a production replication database instance configured to communicate with a delayed replication database instance. The production replication database instance is configured on a first periodic schedule to receive updated information regarding components accessible via a network by the production replication database...

20050278391 - Fast reverse restore: Techniques are provided for performing a copy operation. A fast reverse restore command indicating a new source and a new target is received, wherein the new source is an original target and the new target is an original source. A synchronous scan is performed on the new target. A new...

20050278392 - System and method for synchronizing multiple database files: A system and method for efficiently synchronizing multiple databases stored on multiple computing devices. The method and system provides a duplicated database configuration where a database can either be stored only on a plurality of client computers, or on at least a client computer and a server computer. This duplicated...

20050278393 - System and method for discriminatory replaying of log files during tablespace recovery in a database management system: A system and an associated method selectively process log files for enhancing performance of tablespace recovery by processing only those log files required, and for selecting which log file to process during recovery for both redo and rollback phases of recovery. The system and method skip the processing of log...

20050278394 - Systems and methods for automatic database or file system maintenance and repair: The present invention relates generally to database and file system management and, more particularly, to automatic database and file system maintenance and repair to ensure data reliability. Various aspects of the present invention relate to responding and correcting data corruptions at a data page level for all data page types,...

20050278396 - Method and apparatus for supporting multiple versions of a web services protocol: Methods and apparatuses for supporting multiple versions of a web services protocol are provided. A data object is stored in a repository. The data object in the repository is indexed by using a first identifying key conforming to a first web services protocol and is also indexed by using a...

20050278395 - Remotely identifying software on remote network nodes by discovering attributes of software files and comparing software file attributes to a unique signature from an audit table: Techniques are described for remotely identifying software and software that has been updated due to service patches using maintained audit tables. A system management tool (SMT) identifies software installed on each network node by comparing at a the name and size of installed files to a software audit table. The...

20050278397 - Method and apparatus for automated redundant data storage of data files maintained in diverse file infrastructures: A backup and recovery maintenance process useful, for example, in enterprise network systems having diverse application and data storage formats is disclosed. The process implements batch backup and recovery routines, in which critical backup files are generated and stored in accordance with standardized naming conventions. The process continuously monitors scheduled...

20050278398 - Storage system: At least two devices having different characteristics are provided as one file system, and the file system stores a file in a device according to the file purpose. In file system operation, a device characteristic acquiring unit acquires characteristic information of the respective devices by using a device characteristic database,...

20050273452 - Matching database records: Database records having n fields are analogized to points in n-dimensional space. “Distances” between records are calculated and used to assess the likelihood that those records pertain to the same instance of an item or event of interest. A distance between two records can be based on the distances between...

20050273457 - Method for selecting a processor for query execution: A method of determining whether a query can be redirected to an alternate evaluator in a directory system. The method includes the step of determining in any order, any one or a combination of: Availability of an alternate evaluator, First parameters of the query, Second parameters of the alternate evaluator,...

20050273455 - Method, system and program product for enabling authorized access and request-initiated translation of data files: A method, system and computer program product for controlling access to data files stored in a repository is disclosed. The method includes receiving a request for a data file from a requester. The request specifies a data format preference for receiving the data file. The requested data format is different...

20050273451 - Method, system, and program for maintaining a namespace of filesets accessible to clients over a network: Provided are a method, system, and program maintaining information on a namespace comprised of filesets shared by clients over a network. Zone information is maintained on at least one zone, wherein each zone associates at least one client system, at least one fileset, and at least one storage pool. For...

20050273454 - Record management and retrieval computer program and method: A record management and retrieval method, computer program, and system are provided. According to the method, in response to a user search query including a query search term, a private search space containing a plurality of electronically recallable internal information records, each internal information record of the plurality of electronically...

20050273450 - Regular expression acceleration engine and processing model: Optimization for improved construction and execution of state machines configured to identify lexemes in data files is disclosed. This optimization includes, for example, systems and methods for disambiguating between overlapping matches found in data files, using trailing context regular expressions, removing stall states from state machines, selecting between a plurality...

20050273459 - System & method for searching heterogeneous electronic directories: The present invention comprises a computerized system and method for searching heterogeneous electronic directories. An embodiment of the system includes a database, containing data necessary to perform a search, a user interface, and a component for performing the searches. Embodiments of the system provide a user with the ability to...

20050273456 - System and method for application server with overload protection: A system and method for application server with overload protection. A system, for example a server or a cluster, is designed to generate a message, and/or reject further work, whenever the server becomes overloaded. It does this in a processor-efficient manner so as not to place even more strain on...

20050273453 - Systems, apparatus and methods for performing criminal background investigations: An automated system for performing criminal background investigations of individuals comprising at least one investigator having access to at least one address information database and at least one criminal history database, the investigator having apparatus for recording personal identification information of a subject and for generating electronic reports relating to...

20050273458 - Virtual digital imaging and method of using the same in real state: The present invention concerns an all-inclusive virtual tour website that features virtual tours of real estate properties. The present invention further concerns methods for allowing real estate related businesses to advertise on the website while complying with applicable guidelines. The present invention further allows various product and service vendors to...

20050273460 - System, method and computer program product for providing content based upon a representation of the same: A system for providing content includes a source and a client. The source is capable of generating a representation of the content, the content being hierarchically-structured and including at least one item having an associated type. The source is capable of generating a representation including an identity table and at...

20050273461 - Collection installable knowledge: A Collection Knowledge System provides context-sensitive knowledge delivery services to application programs, thereby enabling application programs to effectively support variant computational processes. In operation, a Collection Knowledge System receives knowledge requests from application programs, performs local and remote lookups into structured trees of knowledge, and returns requested knowledge to requesting...

20050273462 - Standardized customer application and record for inputting customer data into analytic models: A system and method for creating virtual “flat” customer records derived from database customer data that may be used as standardized input for analytical models. A Customer Analytic Record (“CAR”) application may be created as a database object to extract, transform, and format all of the customer data needed for...

20050273463 - System for calculating client sessions information: A multi-browser history aggregation system is provided including a client computer, a web browser with which the client is operative to selectively retrieve a web page from a server, where the browser is operative to monitor any interaction between the client and the server and store a description of the...

20050273466 - Display apparatus and management method for virtual workspace thereof: A method of a display apparatus managing a plurality of virtual workspaces of including generating a first data structure as a reference of at least a window; generating a second data structure as a reference of windows respectively linked to the virtual workspaces on the basis of the first data...

20050273464 - Method and apparatus for administering configuration information in a private branch exchange switch: A administration tool is disclosed for administering a switch, such as a Private Branch Exchange (PBX) switch that optionally provides an IP Telephony feature. Data objects associated with one or more endpoints of the switch are processed, wherein at least one of the data objects inherits an intelligent property from...

20050273465 - Method and apparatus for community management in virtual community: A method and an apparatus for community management in a virtual community are disclosed. The community management apparatus manages a management table as an electronic data containing, in correspondence with each other, the data on a community, the members of the community and the resource data providing the messages exchanged...

20050273469 - Method and system for providing service listings in electronic yellow pages: A method and system for allowing a regional service merchant that is outside of a given geographical boundary, but services inside the geographical boundary, to be included in a result set of a search directed to a location inside the geographical boundary. Text and/or glyphs are returned along with the...

20050273467 - Method of transferring electronic data interchange (edi) data: An automated electronic data interchange system is provided for electronically sending electronic data interchange data to a plurality of recipients. A datastore stores address information for a plurality of recipients. A parser module receives data formatted in accordance with Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) protocol standards and parses the data into...

20050273468 - System and method for adaptive multi-cultural searching and matching of personal names: An automated name searching system incorporates an automatic name classifier and a multi-path architecture in which different algorithms are applied based on cultural identity of the query name. The name classifier operates with a preemptive list, analysis of morphological elements, length, and linguistic rules. A name regularizer produces a character...

20050273470 - Interactive system for dynamic generation of a user-customized composite digital image: System and method for the dynamic generation of a user-customized composite digital image (CDI). In accordance with some embodiments, the CDI is generated by identifying one or more user supplied digital images, and selecting a CDI template from a library of pre-stored CDI templates. Each CDI template stored in the...

20050273471 - Secure incremental updates to hierarchicaly structured information: Techniques for performing an incremental update to a set of hierarchically structured information that do not expose the structure and content of the hierarchically structured information to unauthorized parties. The present techniques include encrypting the hierarchically structured information such that an arrangement of nodes and corresponding data of the hierarchically...

20050273473 - System and method for vehicle-to-vehicle migration of multimedia content: Systems and methods are provided for a multimedia storage and transfer. The system includes a first data storage device in a first vehicle, a wireless transceiver configured to communicate with a second data storage device in a second vehicle, and a controller coupled to the wireless transceiver and first data...

20050273472 - Verifying incremental updates to hierarchicaly structured information: Techniques for verifying whether an incremental update was correctly applied to a set of hierarchically structured information include determining an overall integrity code for the hierarchically structured information and attaching the overall integrity code to the hierarchically structured information. An incremental update according to the present techniques includes an integrity...

20050273475 - Internet-linked system for directory protocol based data storage, retrieval and analysis: The present invention is related to databases and the exchange of scientific information. Specifically the invention disclosed a unified scientific database that allows researchers to easily share their data with other researches. The present invention also allows for the ease of data collection, annotation, storage, management, retrieval and analysis of...

20050273474 - Method and system for data processing with data replication for the same: A replication data base is created on the basis of a predetermined condition. A data processing system adds transactions that are lacking and/or cancels transactions that are not required, to and from a replication data base created on the basis of a certain arbitrary time, in accordance with a predetermined...

20050273476 - Automated disk-oriented backups: Space on disk, designated for storage of recovery files is automatically managed so as to not exceed a predetermined limit. Specifically, after creation of information to be stored in a new recovery file, an automatic check is made to see if creation of the new recovery file will cause the...

20050267863 - Access to content addressable data over a network: Access to content addressable data on a network is facilitated using digital information storing devices or data repositories (“silos”) that monitor broadcast data requests over the network. A number of silos automatically monitor both data requests and data itself that are broadcast over a network. The silos selectively store data....

20050267864 - Automated system and methods for determining relationships between information resources: A system for determining relationships between information resources. The system of this preferred embodiment is able to determine relationships between information resources by both explicit means through similarities in characteristics and content of the information resources and by inferring relationships by other similarities, including but not limited to indirect data,...

20050267862 - Information processing device: The invention relates to an information processing device (1), including a user control unit (2) for the selection of units of primary information to be processed and functions to be invoked. The device also includes storage means (3) for storing the primary information. From the selections made by the user...

20050267855 - Map image object connectivity: A system and method for creating a connectivity framework between map image objects and map data objects in an object oriented computer environment. The connectivity framework may provide a flexible and efficient architecture for generating multiple map images from one or more map data sources. The map image objects may...

20050267857 - Method and apparatus for enhancing directory performance: A method for enhancing directory service performance includes determining one or more data types to be loaded. Retrieving data objects that includes the determined data types from storage. Preloading object name and determined data type data into a directory service alternate evaluator for each data object retrieved from storage....

20050267858 - Method and apparatus for optimizing directory performance: A method for optimizing directory performance includes receiving a directory service operation. Attempting to respond to the operation using an alternate evaluator. Responding to the operation using a back-end evaluator when the alternate evaluator is not able to respond to the operation....

20050267860 - Method of loading files from a client to a target server and device for implementing the method: The invention proposes a method of loading files from a client to at least one target server, the method comprising the following steps: transmitting, from the client to the target server, a set of data obtained from said files to be loaded, at least some of the data of said...

20050267853 - Method, system, and apparatus for exposing workbook ranges as data sources: A method, system, and apparatus are provided for exposing and utilizing workbook ranges as server data sources. The system includes a client computer capable of executing a spreadsheet application program for creating a workbook including a range that includes data objects. The workbook may be published to a server computer...

20050267854 - Multiple map image projecting and fusing: A system and method for multiple map image projecting and fusing in an object oriented computer environment. The multiple map image projecting and fusing method may provide a flexible and efficient architecture for generating combined map images from one or more map data sources. One or more map image objects...

20050267859 - Structure of an alternative evaluator for directory operations: A system for responding to directory service operations includes a receiving data path for receiving operations. An alternate evaluator includes a local data store, the alternate evaluator responding to the received operations. A responding data path for sending the responses to the operations from the alternate evaluator....

20050267856 - System and method for application container architecture: There are provided mechanisms and methods for enabling the deployment of applications into new execution environments by adding extensions to base deployment capability for each of the new containers. These mechanisms and methods can enable embodiments to instantiate modules that augment deployment and/or execution environments for applications being deployed. The...

20050267861 - Virtual library management system: The invention provides a virtual library system for use in managing libraries, for example in law firms, by providing needed library services without the need of a library service provider to be physically present at the library premises. The services of a virtual library are provided by a library management...

20050267867 - Auto-display architecture for storage device and method thereof: An auto-display architecture for storage device and method thereof are disclosed. A computer system installed with a first operating system and a second operating system is initiated under the second operating system. When an end user provides a piece of information to a storage device, a detecting unit automatically compares...

20050267866 - Determining validity ranges of query plans based on suboptimality: “Determining Validity Ranges of Query Plans Based on Suboptimality” A method for approximating a validity range for a domain of cardinalities of input to an optimal query plan is provided. Such a validity range is iteratively approximated using a modified Newton-Raphson method to find roots of cost functions for optimal...

20050267868 - System and method for olap report generation with spreadsheet report within the network user interface: A system and method for enabling users of a multi-user network-based OLAP system to present reports generated by the OLAP system using a spreadsheet application within a network user interface. A client-side network user interface is presented to a user over the network so that the user may submit a...

20050267869 - System and methods for constructing personalized context-sensitive portal pages or views by analyzing patterns of users' information access activities: The present invention relates to a system and methodology to assist users with data access activities and that includes such activities as routine web browsing and/or data access applications. A coalesced display or montage of aggregated information is provided that is focused from a plurality of sources to achieve substantially...

20050267865 - System, method and program for modifying a query by use of an external system for managing assignment of user and data classifications: Disclosed is a data processing-implemented method, a data processing system, and an article of manufacture for modifying a query during compilation of the query. The query includes a request for an element of data from a table in a database and parameters identifying the requested element. The data processing-implemented method...

20050267875 - Autonomic management system: Innovation or other desired activities are managed autonomously and adaptively by providing discrimination of inputs directed to the activity and the management infrastructure respectively. These categories of inputs are evaluated in different evaluation paths allowing different degrees of intervention. Exposure of inputs and acceptance of feedback in regard thereto are...

20050267870 - Data sharing: A technique for sharing data is disclosed. The technique comprises performing a search in a first application to obtain a first search result, transferring search data associated with the search to a second application, and providing, in the second application, a second search result based on the search data....

20050267880 - Digital document discussion apparatus and digital document discussion method: A digital document discussion apparatus includes a user profile information database storing user profile information on a user, a responsible organization profile information database storing responsible organization profile information, and a control section providing a template to a discussion requester by a frame with a work process, the user profile...

20050267876 - Electronic apparatus: An electronic apparatus of this invention is capable of performing wireless communication complying with, for example, Bluetooth(R), searches for wireless devices existing nearby, and displays a screen for selecting members to be summoned to a conference from the devices searched for. Then, objects representing the members selected on the screen...

20050267877 - Method and apparatus for exploiting statistics on query expressions for optimization: A method for evaluating a user query on a relational database having records stored therein, a workload made up of a set of queries that have been executed on the database, and a query optimizer that generates a query execution plan for the user query. Each query plan includes a...

20050267873 - Method and system for dynamic article listing: A method of using dynamic article lists in a computerized retail management system includes receiving a selection criterion configured for defining article lists from stored identifiers for a plurality of articles in the computerized retail management system and generating a first list of articles based on the selection criterion. The...

20050267871 - Method and system for extending keyword searching to syntactically and semantically annotated data: Methods and systems for extending keyword searching techniques to syntactically and semantically annotated data are provided. Example embodiments provide a Syntactic Query Engine (“SQE”) that parses, indexes, and stores a data set as an enhanced document index with document terms as well as information pertaining to the grammatical roles of...

20050267879 - Method of image feature coding and method of image search: A feature coding unit extracts and encodes a feature of a video signal so as to generate a feature stream. A feature identifying unit checks a decoded feature obtained as a result of decoding the feature stream against a search key from a user for a match so that a...

20050267878 - Storage system having means for acquiring execution information of database management system: A storage system for providing a preferable data access performance by performing controls considering database management system (DBMS) execution information or database process priorities, by acquiring static configurational information of a DBMS by means of a DBMS information acquisition and communication program, a DBMS information communication section, and a host...

20050267872 - System and method for automated mapping of items to documents: The present invention provides methods and systems for automated mapping of advertisements to web pages. It provides the ability to provide target advertising and it provides the ability to sell key terms related to a particular advertisement. The invention also provides the ability to suggest key terms to potential purchasers...

20050267874 - Validating multiple execution plans for database queries: Validation of large numbers of alternative execution plans for a database query, either an exhaustive enumeration of the complete space of alternatives, or else an unbiased random sample, is performed by efficiently constructing execution trees from a data structure having groups alternative operators that are ranked in a directory. Each...

20050267881 - Methods and systems for data storage: A method for storing data includes storing a user entry in a data repository, wherein the user entry comprises a unique identifier and a string of data, wherein the string of data comprises an XML data of the user entry as a single valued string....

20050267882 - Model for communication between manufacturing and enterprise levels: A device for communicating with low level controllers and sensors located on the production floor of an enterprise directly from the top level of the enterprise. The device comprises a controller which interfaces with programmable logic controllers (PLCs) via the backplane into which the PLCs are plugged. Users are able...

20050267883 - Methods and systems for simplifying access to video content: A method, computer readable medium, and system for simplifying access to content includes requesting content in response to activation of a link associated with the content. Operating environment information about a recipient system is also obtained in response to the activation. One of a plurality of versions of the content...

20050267885 - Method for computing the minimum edit distance with fine granularity suitably quickly: This invention related to a method for computing the minimum edit distance, measured as the number of insertions plus the number of deletions, between two sequences of data, which runs in an amount of time that is nearly proportional to the size of the input data under many circumstances. Utilizing...

20050267884 - Monotonic independent stack apparatus and methods for efficiently solving search problems: Search for relevant information pervades all aspects of our daily personal and commercial interactions. Many commercial applications in the varied fields of multimedia, vision, semantics, multi-sensory systems, amongst others, require modeling data as a complex formal structure in which required information is searched for. Efficiency of such searches is an...

20050267886 - Processing of tag data: RFID tag data is stored as a tag object in a hierarchical database structure. Date/Time/periods of higher levels of granularity are encoded integrally in the database structure, avoiding need for an index for such time periods. The database controller identifies a relevant tag object and then drills down through relevant...

20050267887 - Computerized systems and methods for managing relationships: Methods and systems for managing relationships and assisting relationship stewards in allocating resources among a plurality of steward-entity relationships. The methods and systems include allowing users to define steward-entity relationships and relationship tiers. Additionally, users assign relationship objectives to each relationship tier together with accommodation limits. The users then assign...

20050267890 - Data control system capable of present current image of writer with data: A data control system is disclosed, including a storage unit that stores multiple data items and a presentation unit that presents at least one of the multiple data items upon a request. An identification acquisition unit acquires upon the request identification for identifying one of multiple imaging units. The identification...

20050267895 - Integrated application management system, apparatus and program, and integrated session management server, system, program and server chassis, and communication system, session management server and integration application server: Disclosed here is an integrated application system for enabling a new application to be added and a user to select an optional application easily. The integrated application system includes a plurality of clients for receiving services from a plurality of application servers for supplying a plurality of services and a...

20050267893 - Internet based resource retrieval system: A resource retrieval system comprises a server having a searchable database wherein users can readily access region-based publications similar to, but not necessarily limited to, printed telephone directories. The resource retrieval system communicates with at least one user system, preferably via the Internet. In one embodiment, the server is accessed...

20050267888 - Method for process substitution on a database management system: In a database management system using a shared-nothing architecture and adopting a system takeover in a DB storage area unit, correspondence information is provided which indicates a relation between a DB storage area and a DB processing server in charge of an access to the DB storage area, when a...

20050267891 - Optimization of buffer pool sizes for data storage: Sizes of buffer pools for temporarily storing data from a database are dynamically optimized. A database server includes: a dividing ratio setting unit for setting a dividing ratio for dividing a memory area of a predetermined size into a plurality of buffer pools used selectively according to a type of...

20050267896 - Performing an operation on a message received from a publish/subscribe service: A client subscribes to a pub/sub service, the client comprises an application program for performing an operation on a published message received from a Pub/Sub service. The operation on the message comprises any one of saving the message to storage, accessing a web service based on information in the received...

20050267892 - Service proxy definition: A system, method and media for a service oriented architecture. This description is not intended to be a complete description of, or limit the scope of, the invention. Other features, aspects and objects of the invention can be obtained from a review of the specification, the figures and the claims....

20050267889 - System and method of managing software product-line customizations: A method of managing application service provider product line variations is disclosed. The method includes receiving a client customization request, creating a configuration managed file tailored to the client customization request, binding the configuration managed file to at least one customizable resource, and deploying the customizable resource to a data...

20050267894 - Xml metabase for the organization and manipulation of digital media: Described is the architecture and implementation of a metabase specifically designed for the organization, management and manipulation of digital media assets. In this context the term digital media refers to a sequence of digitally encoded video and/or audio samples. The metabase is a collection of node objects which can be...

20050267907 - Automated system and methods for collecting data: A system for providing automatically collecting data relating to information resources in a computerized environment. The system in a descriptive embodiment, the system collects data regarding the information in the storage device. The system examines the information resources, both as it is developed and prior to the installation of the...

20050267897 - Coordinated quiesce of a distributed file system: A process for quiescing a master (master) and a plurality of subordinate computer systems (subordinates) in a cluster. An original or a pending state may be entered that is a quiesce or an online state. The master instructs the subordinates the quiesce or online state be made the pending state....

20050267898 - Data format and method for communicating data associated with utility applications, such as for electric, gas, and water utility applications: A supporting system and a utility system communicate data formatted to allow for the use of customized tags that enable the definition, validation, and interpretation of data communicated between the utility and the supporting system via an electronic data transmission channel. The data format is applicable across multiple applications and...

20050267902 - Database and method of generating same: A database comprises a plurality of keys representing respective data items stored in the database and respective data tags associated with at least some of the data items. Data tags represent different identifiers or categories among which the associated data items are grouped. The database is arranged in the form...

20050267901 - Distributed single schema data modeling system and method: Systems and methods are provided that allow for distributed implementation of a data model that allows information needed by any system to be computerized in a generic manner. The system employs a temporal data model that is universal across individual instantiation of the data model for a particular dataset. The...

20050267905 - Method and data structure for performing regular expression searches in a fixed length word language: Given a language with all words in a fixed length, and a set of regular expressions composed only from characters in the alphabet of the language or the “?” sign (any single character), the method of the invention defines a data structure that is used to efficiently find the set...

20050267904 - Method and system for data processing with high availability: A server to be changed is added to a destination unit in terms of configuration. The server to be changed is started to restore the database in the database storage region to which the server has access and to restore the transaction for the process that was executed when the...

20050267900 - Method and system for organizing data relating to a home: Method for collecting data relating to a household. An object model is provided including a plurality of objects representing items relating to the household. A data item is received including information relating to a section of the household, and the data item is incorporated into the object model....

20050267906 - Method and system for programming disconnected data: A method of tracking data through a multi-tier computing architecture includes initializing a first row pointer of a dataset with data form a database, placing changes to the data in the second row pointer of the dataset, comparing the first and second row pointers, and declaring a state of the...

20050267899 - System, method and apparatus for loading text data in a database: The present invention includes an apparatus, method and system for loading data into a database. The invention includes a spreadsheet dataset, having data in the form of one or more records, a control file containing a set of rules, each rule having a condition and a spreadsheet loader. The spreadsheet...

20050267903 - Systems, methods, and graphical tools for representing connectedness of individuals: An embodiment of a system for representing connectedness of individuals includes nodes representative of individuals and strands connecting the nodes. The nodes include a first node representative of a first individual and a second node representative of a second individual. The strands connect the first node and the second node....

20050267908 - Method and/or system for simplifying tree expressions, such as for pattern matching: Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and/or systems for simplifying tree expressions, such as for pattern matching, are disclosed....

20050267910 - Generating a focused data set from an original data set: Systems and methods for generating a focused data. An original data set contains lines of data that are of interest to a user. The data set is filtered using inclusive filters, exclusive filters, and markers to identify the lines of interest to the user without losing the context of those...

20050267909 - Storing multipart xml documents: A method for storing an XML document, the method including decomposing the XML document into a hierarchy of nodes and creating an index of the nodes....

20050267911 - Parallel object-oriented decision tree system: A data mining decision tree system that uncovers patterns, associations, anomalies, and other statistically significant structures in data by reading and displaying data files, extracting relevant features for each of the objects, and using a method of recognizing patterns among the objects based upon object features through a decision tree...

20050267912 - Input data conversion apparatus for mobile information device, mobile information device, and control program of input data conversion apparatus: A mobile phone is provided with a user dictionary to be used under privacy mode ON state and another user dictionary to be used under privacy mode OFF state. The two user dictionaries are automatically switched in conjunction with ON/OFF of the privacy mode. Further, the user dictionary used under...

20050267916 - Data backup system and method: When data is updated in response to execution of an application by a host, an operation center apparatus records update history data into an update history file and updates a database. A remote copy apparatus consisting of network storages transfers and records the update history data via a network into...

20050267913 - Detecting and handling changes to back-end systems: The description includes methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for detecting and handling changes to back-end systems. Configuration data for a pattern is received. The pattern includes a predefined arrangement of user interface elements and specifies predefined actions that can be performed using the user interface elements. The configuration...

20050267915 - Method and apparatus for recognizing specific type of information files: The present invention provides a file recognition apparatus and method for recognizing specific information type with respect to a web page file group collected from the Internet or stored in other storage apparatus. The file recognition apparatus of the invention comprises: a file grouping section for classifying, from a predetermined...

20050267914 - Method and apparatus for updating a database using table staging and queued relocation and deletion: Methods and systems for updating a database with one or more update records are provided in the present application. A staged table corresponding to a primary table of the database is generated. The update record is processed to validate the update record to determine whether there is an error in...

20050267917 - Web server document library: Document libraries that facilitate content contribution to and management of a website. In general, a document library comprises a database, a special “document library” file system folder and the documents in that folder (or within subfolders of that folder). The database maintains properties of documents in the document library file...

20050267918 - System and method for bundling deployment descriptor files within an enterprise archive for fast reliable resource setup at deployment time: System and method to bundle deployment descriptors with enterprise archives (“EAR”). An application is bundled with at least one deployment descriptor file within an EAR. The deployment descriptor file defines properties to establish connectivity to network services. Syntax of the deployment descriptor files is verified with reference to rules definition...

20050267919 - System for interactive processing of form documents: A system and method for interactive processing of form documents is provided that includes the steps of selecting a form document to be processed, providing one or more requests to a first user at a first location on a computer network for information used to complete the form and receiving...

20050267922 - Apparatus, method, and program for image display: Backup of image data sets is carried out with ease. For this purpose, the image data sets are stored in image storage means. The image storage means may comprise a plurality of recording media or an external apparatus. When the image data sets stored in the image storage means are...

20050267921 - Change log handler for synchronizing data sources: The present invention provides a change log handler than can accommodate a change log having an entry that includes more than one modification operation or multi-valued attributes. The change log handler typically includes a change parser for parsing change attributes corresponding to the change log that identify changes to the...

20050267923 - Method for duplicating data of storage subsystem and data duplicating system: In order to realize asynchronous type system assuring the consistency of data with the function of disk subsystems without the need of introducing new software to a host unit and without the deterioration of the performance of a main center, in a remote copy system which copies the data to...

20050267920 - System and method for archiving data in a clustered environment: A data archiving system according to the invention can be deployed in a clustered network environment to perform archiving, backup, and restoring of data for clustered applications supported by the network. The archiving system generally includes an archiving server application resident at a first node, a virtual client application resident...