Data processing: database and file management or data structures inventions 04/06

20060089924 - Document categorisation system: A document categorisation system, including a clusterer for generating clusters of related electronic documents based on features extracted from said documents, and a filter module for generating a filter on the basis of said clusters to categorise further documents received by said system. The system may include an editor for...

20060089925 - Distributed directory replication: A replication model has replicas store selected entries from subtrees. Only entries satisfying a particular search criterion specified by a filter are stored. Query containment is used to determine whether the query can be answered locally, or a referral to a remote server is required....

20060089927 - Indexing and querying engines and methods of indexing and querying: A query engine, an indexing engine and methods of indexing and querying data. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a query engine for searching data including an artificial intelligence controller configured to select an appropriate combination of fuzzy logic and conventional logic based on query information and employ the...

20060089926 - Method for re-ranking documents retrieved from a document database: A computer-implemented method for processing documents in a document database includes generating an initial ranking of retrieved documents using an information retrieval system and based upon a user search query, and processing vocabulary words based upon occurrences thereof in at least some of the retrieved documents. Respective relevancies of the...

20060089929 - Analysis data processing system and analyzing apparatus: The present invention provides a network-capable analysis data processing system and an analyzing apparatus, for which an external client application program or an information-processing system to be used as a counterpart of the communication can be easily developed with smaller amounts of time and labor. According to the present invention,...

20060089928 - Computer-implemented methods and systems for entering and searching for non-roman-alphabet characters and related search systems: A computer-implemented method for selecting a desired Roman or non-Roman-alphabet character or objects from a set of non-Roman characters or objects may include steps of providing an association database that includes, for each non-Roman-alphabet character of the set, a Roman alphabet or other phonetic transliteration associated with each said non-Roman-alphabet...

20060089930 - Method of testing a multi-processor unit microprocessor: A method of testing a multi-processor unit microprocessor. The method includes: (a) selecting and testing, with a selected parameter set of a group of parameter sets, a processor unit of a microprocessor having two or more processor units; (b) comparing the operation of the selected processor unit to a selected...

20060089931 - Presenting message attachments independent of electronic messages at a user-interface: The present invention extends to methods, systems, computer program products, and data structures for presenting message attachments independent of electronic messages at a user-interface. A message application submits a query for message related data that satisfies query criteria. A database application receives the query and identifies a message attachment that...

20060089932 - Role-based access control system, method and computer program product: The invention relates to a role-based access control system, including a role definition system for defining roles to be sets of permissions on individual resources thus forming role instances, respectively; and a super role definition system for defining at least one super role by grouping a set of role instances...

20060089935 - Failover and load balancing for server clusters: Failover and load balancing in a server cluster is described. In an implementation, a method includes receiving a plurality of requests from a plurality of clients, wherein each said request is for accessing a service provided by a plurality of servers arranged in a server cluster. A partial service map...

20060089934 - Method for detecting changes in a storage area network without external tools and hardware: The present invention is directed to a method and system for detecting component level changes in a storage area network during power off state is provided. Storage profile changes may monitoring components during a power cycle period of a storage array system coupled to a SAN. During the power on...

20060089933 - Networked broadcast file system: The file system framework extends availability of current object carousel data, delivered via broadcast stream, to devices and services associated with a networked computer system. The networked computer system, which can be a home network that includes diverse networked home appliances, is made capable of hosting object carousel data in...

20060089936 - System and method for a secure, scalable wide area file system: A system and methods are disclosed for providing independent virtual drives of a hierarchical file system across any number of computers within a Wide Area Network such as the Internet such that the number of directories and files within these file system drives is constrained only by the amount of...

20060089939 - Business intelligence system with interface that provides for immediate user action: A business intelligence system includes a business activity monitor with a data cache to receive and store enterprise data integrated from a plurality of enterprise applications, the data cache being updated in real-time as the enterprise data changes. A computer coupled with the data cache runs a program that produces...

20060089938 - Distributed scalable policy based content management: A method for defining and constraining the behavior of a shared, mobile content management system is disclosed. The method includes providing an admin console for defining, modifying, and managing declarative policies. Declarative policies are defined based on an XML policy model. The XML policy model dictates the policies that can...

20060089937 - Method for coding positions of data elements in a data structure: The present invention relates to a method for coding positions of data elements in a data structure. According to the method, position codes are associated with the data elements in a pre-determined sequence, the position codes being selected in such a way that, if the lengths of the position codes...

20060089940 - Instantaneous integrated system and method of heterogeneous databases: An instantaneous integrated system of heterogeneous databases comprises at least one first-type database, a computing device, and a database exchanging platform. The computing device comprises a second-type database and a user interface from which a first instantaneous instruction is issued. The database exchanging platform establishes at least one first instruction...

20060089944 - Automated content posting process: A method for automating the posting of content to an online service provider which includes configuring an email account to which content is posted, receiving an email from a user containing content via a predefined email address, determining a user account based upon information contained within the email, and posting...

20060089943 - Computer system and process for aiding in an outsourcing environment: A method for utilizing an enterprise description language for describing outsourcing arrangements is disclosed. Also disclosed is an exemplary enterprise description language for implementing embodiments of the present invention. This Abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an Abstract that allows a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain...

20060089941 - Data source objects for producing collections of data items: Described are data source objects, which provide data from a resource to an application program, such as a data collection for binding to user interface elements. A data source that matches a resource type is specified by an application program, such as via markup language (e.g., XAML). At runtime, a...

20060089947 - System and method for dynamically evaluating latent concepts in unstructured documents: A system and method for dynamically evaluating latent concepts in unstructured documents is disclosed. A multiplicity of concepts are extracted from a set of unstructured documents into a lexicon. The lexicon uniquely identifies each concept and a frequency of occurrence. A frequency of occurrence representation is created for the documents...

20060089946 - System and method for managing information for a plurality of computer systems in a distributed network: A system for managing computers in a distributed computer network includes a collection agent for each computer being monitored, a local database coupled to each collection agent, one or more condensing agents coupled to the databases, and at least one console module. The condensing agent generates an index table from...

20060089945 - System and method for providing a relational application domain model: This disclosure provides a system and method for providing a relational application domain model. In one embodiment, the system is operable to or includes software that is operable to receive a structured query language (SQL) query for one or more services by at least a first of a plurality of...

20060089942 - Whitespace keywords: The present invention provides a system and/or method that facilitates expanding keywords within an existing computer programming language by employing a whitespace keyword containing embedded whitespace. A whitespace component can receive code, and create a whitespace keyword based at least upon a successive comparison of adjacent tokens. The whitespace component...

20060089948 - Methods, computer readable mediums and systems for linking related data from at least two data sources based upon a scoring algorithm: A method for linking related data, such as metadata, from at least two data sources. The method includes formatting items of data of the data sources according to attributes. The method also executes a scoring algorithm for one or more of the attributes to generate a score for one or...

20060089949 - Online purchase of digital media bundles: Techniques for interacting with an online media store to obtain a media asset bundle, such as a digital boxset, are disclosed. These techniques involve, for instance, browsing for a media asset bundle that includes at least one non-playable media asset, purchasing the media asset bundle, obtaining the media assets contained...

20060089950 - Common template file system tree: A common template file system tree is utilized by isolated operating system processes groups for effective read-only common file set access via multiple file system paths. Files are opened from different views of the file system template for write-ability access and copied into a private modification area; this is also...

20060089951 - Management of global counters in transactions: A method for tracking transactions performed on a non-volatile storage medium. The medium consists of a plurality of storage ranges. The method includes assigning respective local counters to the plurality of storage ranges, the local counters having respective local counter values, and storing the local counter values together in a...

20060089952 - System and method for storing events to enhance intrusion detection: Storing events to enhance intrusion detection in networks is described. In one exemplary implementation, an event is received. The event includes a data section containing a set of strings each having an event field. A definition table is referenced to determine locations of event fields in the data section of...

20060089954 - Scalable common access back-up architecture: Methods, systems and computer program products for providing shared file back-ups in a repository. Methods include receiving metadata of a file to be backed-up from a client. A global directory of back-up files is accessed. The global directory includes back-up file metadata and back-up file pointers corresponding to each of...

20060089953 - System and method for restoring a single file from a snapshot: The present invention relates to a system for restoring a file from a snapshot, where a version of the file exists in both an active file system and the snapshot. A twin inode is created in the active file system and comparisons are made between block pointers of the twin...

20060085382 - Apparatus and method for managing content data in an information terminal: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for managing content data in an information terminal. Content data information corresponding to content data is stored in a content information database (DB). Whenever an application requests content data information, a content manager provides the application with index information of content data. Then, the...

20060085374 - Automatic records management based on business process management: A records management method that automatically classifies records and manages the records based on the classification. The method incorporates processes for receiving a classification scheme for a record, receiving declaration of an asset as a record, automatically classifying the record according to the classification scheme, and workflow processes for vital...

20060085379 - Automatic subscriptions to documents based on user navigation behavior: A network device such as a server monitors user behavior and provides subscriptions to documents based at least in part on that behavior. Subscription triggers include requesting at least a predetermined percentage of the entire document, requesting at least a predetermined number of pages in a document, and requesting a...

20060085376 - Centralized management of software adapters: Disclosed are systems and methods which provide for monitoring an interface for software applications, for logging transactions conducted using the interface, and/or validating the transactions performed. Embodiments utilize adapters which communicate with an adapter monitor to determine the status of the adapters and/or interfaces provided using the adapters. A monitoring...

20060085372 - Copy template/read only data in application tables: A technique for maintenance and utilization of templates in a database. In response to a database access request in a productive data database access configuration, a database interface facilitates access to a template database when a template switch is enabled. The database interface facilitates normal database access when the template...

20060085377 - Error information record storage for persistence across power loss when operating system files are inaccessible: Records such as error information records are stored across a power loss in a data storage system so that the records can be retrieved following a power loss without the use of a file management system of an operating system of the data storage system. Records are generated for system...

20060085373 - Method and apparatus for creating relationships over a network: Embodiments of the present invention include an information sharing system that provides an online business service from a provider that uses the Internet to enable individuals and organizations to link together contact databases that reside in multiple desktop applications and create a unified meta-database. This database can be searched by...

20060085375 - Method and system for access plan sampling: A method for selecting an access plan includes analyzing a plurality of access plans for a particular query and a plurality of low cost access plans for the particular query are identified. Each time a subsequent query, similar to the initial query, is encountered, one of the low cost access...

20060085383 - Network-based data collection, including local data attributes, enabling media management without requiring a network connection: Consistent user experience of playlist capabilities, despite differences in available resources and on-line connectivity, is provided. Data embedded in a playback device compensates for lack of connectivity. For compactness, embedded data can be targeted to geographic region(s) by selecting metadata for recordings containing audio using statistics on playback of the...

20060085384 - Portable terminal device and reception method: When data received separately in first and second reception processing is processed separately by first and second application programs, and when data received by the first reception processing contains specific data specifying processing by the second application program, and the specific data has regional properties, the current region where the...

20060085380 - Reentrant database object wizard: A system and method for a reentrant database object wizard is provided. The system provides the ability to compare a currently generated dataset to the objects of the underlying database. Columns and tables that are not common between both the dataset and the database are visually displayed for the user...

20060085381 - Remote deployment access system and method: The present invention provides a system and method for rapidly and efficiently transferring, manipulating and accessing data located in different environments, locations and platforms. The present invention is a remote deployment access system and method for allowing multiple simultaneously connections to remote services by access at different locations. The present...

20060085378 - Schema for physical database tuning: Internal communications within components of an automated physical database design tool may be conducted in a data description language such as XML. Inputs to and outputs from the automated physical database design tool may also be presented in the data description language (e.g., XML). The communications, inputs and outputs may...

20060085385 - Storage of content data in a peer-to-peer network: In a peer-to-peer network of peers 10 which are interconnected for sharing content data, the peers 10 store content files of content data in a file structure comprising a plurality of content folders 21, 22, 23, each content folder 21, 22, 23 containing any number of content files 24 of...

20060085371 - System and method for associating different types of media content: The invention relates to a system for operating with different types of media content, the system being arranged to enable a user to use a first content of a first type. The system comprises identifying means (120) for identifying that the user concurrently uses a second content of a second...

20060085370 - System for identifying data relationships: A method for identifying data relationships comprising the steps of providing source data, reducing the data into canonical data, so that the canonical data is capable of being used in an inferential web that shows a user connections between at least two entities. Preferably, the inferential web is displayed to...

20060085389 - Method for transformation of regular expressions: A method and apparatus for transforming regular expressions into a less resource intensive representation is disclosed. The method and apparatus converts a collection of regular expressions into a multi-level representation in which the memory requirements of the lowest level representation is reduced when compared with a conventional finite state automaton...

20060085387 - Optimization-based data content determination: Improved data content determination techniques are disclosed for use in accordance with information-seeking systems. For example, in one illustrative aspect of the invention, a technique for determining data content for a response to a query comprises obtaining a user query, and dynamically determining data content suitable for generating a response...

20060085388 - Storage management device, storage network system, storage management method, and storage management program: The present invention provides a high-performance storage access environment to a user who moves around a wide area, while increasing the fault resistance of the system. A plurality of network storages (volumes) is assigned to the user. Then, at the occasion of logging in to a volume by the user,...

20060085386 - Two pass calculation to optimize formula calculations for a spreadsheet: Current cell values are provided to a client using two-passes. When a first request to provide values is received during a first pass, default values are provided to the client. Upon receiving each value request, the formula parameters are collected that are associated with the cell. The formula parameters are...

20060085401 - Analyzing operational and other data from search system or the like: A system analyzes data from a search engine. A User Search Bundler analyzes User Searches groups similar User Searches into User Search Bundles, and an Intent Processor produces Intents based on the User Search Bundles. A Factor Generator considers User Searches and related information to produce Factors, where each Factor...

20060085391 - Automatic query suggestions: An improved technique of querying a data store by widening the query using a series of queries that follow relations between items. Initial auxiliary queries are used to find metadata property values (rather than the actual items) that are then used in the subsequent queries. The initial queries employ one...

20060085400 - Data access layer design and code generation: A system and method that facilitate data access in a software development environment is provided. The system generates strongly typed objects (e.g., TableAdapter(s)) that encapsulate raw, untyped data access logic, for example, via generated wrapped method(s). The system can group together like database commands in a common data access component....

20060085406 - Data retrieval method: A method of retrieving data from any one of a plurality of data sources is disclosed. The data stored by each data source are arranged according to an associated data format. The method comprises: i) issuing a retrieval request for data stored on a designated one of the plurality of...

20060085395 - Dynamic search criteria on a search graph: A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that, in an embodiment, display icons representing search terms on a search graph, having at least one axis. The axis represents a search criteria. The position of the icon specifies a value (such as an importance or weight) of the search criteria. A...

20060085408 - Match engine marketing: system and method for influencing positions on product/service/benefit result lists generated by a computer network match engine: Enabling advertisers using a computer network such as the Internet and a match engine to submit their offerings to product, service, benefit seeking entities. In some embodiments, a database having accounts for the providers is made available. Accounts contain contact and billing information for an advertiser; and at least one...

20060085407 - Medical image display apparatus: A medical image display apparatus includes a device for storing image data for each study, acquired from a subject by a medical modality, and additional information thereof; a device for displaying list information about the study on a monitor based on the additional information; a device for selecting a study...

20060085409 - Method and apparatus for information transformation and exchange in a relational database environment: A method and apparatus is disclosed for transforming hierarchical information into a rowset and for transforming a rowset into hierarchical information. In transforming hierarchical information, such as an XML data file, into a rowset, a parser parses the XML data file to form an active store. A query processor, after...

20060085397 - Method and apparatus for intranet searching: A method for processing an intranet includes crawling the intranet to identify at least some of the pages in the intranet, and determining, for each identified page, a number of links in a shortest path from a root page to the identified page....

20060085393 - Method and system for environmental, health, and safety compliance: An environmental, health and safety (EH&S) compliance system provides for real-time exchange of EH&S data from various remote and disparate data sources. These sources are typically located within a client's firewall and accessed using a data uploader component. The data are then sent securely to a data importer, which can...

20060085403 - Method and system for multi-echelon auditing of activity of an enterprise: A method, system and computer-readable media is provided that enables the synthesis in automated reporting with human generated attestations of compliance or non-compliance with regulations and laws. A first version of the claimed invention provides a method and system for employing an information technology network in an enterprise for evaluating...

20060085390 - Method and system for online real-time query about current status of optical component: The present invention provides a method and a system for online real-time query about a current status of an optical component. The method includes setting up a database and utilizing the database for recording information about the current status of the optical component, wherein the information includes a manufacturing status...

20060085405 - Method for analyzing and classifying electronic document: A method for analyzing and classifying electronic documents. The method comprises steps of fetching an electronic document from an electronic document folder, wherein the electronic document comprises a plurality of key words. Then, the key words are retrieved. Further, according to an appearance frequency of each key word, a correlation...

20060085411 - Method for maintaining the look and feel of a user interface between uses: Methods and apparatus for maintaining the look and feel of a user interface between uses are disclosed. After validating the identity of a user, a user preferences file corresponding to the user ID may be accessed. A user interface may then have user-defined preferences restored in accordance with the user...

20060085404 - Method, apparatus, and computer program product updating software in an information processing apparatus: A software that needs updating has been installed in a plurality of information processing apparatuses that are connected to each other via a network. A correction file and a test program are distributed to the information processing apparatuses. The correction file contains data required for updating the software and the...

20060085394 - Methods and apparatus for processing a database query: In a first aspect, a method is provided that includes the steps of (1) pre-computing a query result for each of a plurality of whole segments of data included in a database; (2) receiving a query specifying a defined range of data in the database; (3) determining if any of...

20060085399 - Prediction of query difficulty for a generic search engine: A query difficulty prediction unit includes a query difficulty predictor to determine the extent of overlap between query documents received from a search engine operating on an input query and sub-query documents received from the search engine operating on sub-queries of the input query. The unit generates a query difficulty...

20060085410 - Sampling for queries: A method of estimating the Results of a database query are estimated by performing a sampling of weighted tuples in a database based on a probability of usage of tuples required in executing a workload. A probability is associated with each tuple sampled. And, can aggregate is computed over values...

20060085398 - System and method for augmenting presentation of patient-related medical information: A system and method for augmenting presentation of patient-related medical information is provided. In one example, the medical information is displayed on a display according to predetermined formal display characteristics. A signal transmitter is operable by a caregiver to propagate a remote control signal when the caregiver desires to augment...

20060085392 - System and method for automatic generation of search results based on local intention: A system and related techniques automatically analyze Web search and other activity, to generate locality-selected results based on not just the user's location, but also the business or other content provider's location and the degree of local intent in the user's query. The locality or region to the user may...

20060085396 - Ticket entry systems and methods: In one embodiment, a ticket entry system and method include a program management system, a spatial management system, a data management system, and a user interface. The program management system receives contact information and a search criteria for a locate request. The program management system transmits the search criteria to...

20060085402 - Using permanent identifiers in documents for change management: Described is a system and method by which a unique and permanent identifier is added to tags in hierarchically-arranged data (e.g., an XML or XAML file) by a first tool. The data with the unique and permanent identifiers is processed by a second tool into a flat file of key-value...

20060085413 - Storage system and method of managing data stored in a storage system: The fact that data stored in a storage system is not updated for a given period is proven to a third party. A method of managing data that is given an update prohibitive attribute includes a step of storing, in a management server, information on an end time of the...

20060085412 - System for managing multiple disparate content repositories and workflow systems: A system for managing content and work items in a plurality of disparate content repositories and workflow systems. The first module organizes content, content organizing structures, work items, and/or work organizing structures into virtual repositories. The second module provides access to workflow in disparate workflow systems having a plurality of...

20060085415 - Multiple conditions dynamic data sorting apparatus and method: The invention provides a data sorting apparatus, which sorts a plurality of contact data according to their events. The data sorting apparatus includes a memory module, a mapping module, a calculation module and a sorting module. The memory module is used to store the contact data and events, where each...

20060085414 - System and methods for reference resolution: Reference resolution may be modeled as an optimization problem, where certain techniques disclosed herein can identify the most probable references by simultaneously satisfying a plurality of matching constraints, such as semantic, temporal, and contextual constraints. Two structures are generated. The first comprises information describing one or more referring expressions and...

20060085416 - Information reading method and information reading device: An information viewing apparatus (100) includes an information receiving apparatus (108) for selecting information as an object to be presented to the user from information provided from a prescribed information source (102, 104 and 106), a user profile storage apparatus (128) storing user profile information representing user's interest and preference,...

20060085417 - Method and apparatus for data mining within communication session information using an entity relationship model: Methods and apparatus are provided for analyzing user activity and for recording such user activity in an entity relationship model. A network is searched for materials associated with a user and content analysis techniques are performed on the associated materials to extract one or more characteristics from the associated materials...

20060085418 - Database ram cache: A system and method are provided for providing a shared RAM cache of a database, accessible by multiple processes. By sharing a single cache rather than local copies of the database, memory is saved and synchronization of data accessed by different processes is assured. Synchronization between the database and the...

20060085419 - System and method for location based social networking: Systems and methods for social networking. Location-related data and other behavioral and exogenously generated characteristics are used to replace or supplement self-generated profiles in order to enhance the quality and trustworthiness of the matches made using the system and facilitate the inputting of profile information....

20060085429 - Acknowledged delivery of full email state change to mobile email clients after involuntary disconnects: The present invention provides that while a mobile device is connected in an IDLE session on an IMAP mail server the mail client will be able to provide definite acknowledgements to the server as to whether it has received a particular response. If the client is disconnected involuntarily and upon...

20060085425 - Cluster spanning command routing: A technique for enabling a client to access the resources of different servers without having specific knowledge of which server has which resources. The client generates multiple copies of a request that identifies an operation to be performed, such as a copy type operation. The client sends a copy of...

20060085421 - Extensible uri-pattern-based servlet request processing framework: Extensible URI-pattern-based servlet request processing frameworks process and respond to requests for resources sent over a network by client programs to application programs in multi-tiered data processing systems. An extension processor component, an improved web container; and an improved web application architecture form the framework. The extension processor component includes...

20060085427 - Method and apparatus for intranet searching: A method for processing an intranet includes crawling the intranet to identify at least some of the pages in the intranet, and determining, for each identified page, a number of links in a shortest path from a root page to the identified page....

20060085420 - Method and apparatus for monitoring real users experience with a website: A method and system for monitoring performance of rendering one or more web pages are described. The embodiments include defining a logical set of web pages by selecting a subset of the pages available on a website, wherein the logical set is identified by a naming string and monitoring a...

20060085432 - Method for managing multiple entries contained in an on-line database: Methods and apparatus for managing multiple entries contained in an on-line database are disclosed. In one disclosed embodiment, a web-accessible database server is provided that is configured to verify the identity of a user desiring to access the database. After verifying the user's identity, Transaction IDs associated with the user...

20060085430 - Methods and systems for accessing a remote file structure from an imaging device: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for providing remote file structure data access from an imaging device user interface....

20060085426 - Oplogging for online recovery in direct connection client server systems: Clients are permitted to directly attach to a client server system. A oplog management system tracks changes as clients make the changes to control structures of the direct connection client server system. The Oplogging system stores changes in oplogs. Then, if a client fails, the Oplogging system can repair the...

20060085423 - Rules of engagement for deterministic web services: Methods, articles of manufacture and systems for managing Web services. One embodiment provides a method comprising providing one or more rules configured to determine whether a Web service is deterministic. A deterministic Web service produces in subsequent executions identical output in response to identical input. The one or more rules...

20060085428 - System and method for determining target failback and target priority for a distributed file system: A system and method for organizing and sorting targets received in a referral response and for realizing a target fail-back and a target priority policy in a distributed file system is provided. In one embodiment, a sorting method includes receiving a referral response in the form of a list of...

20060085431 - Systems and methods for protecting private electronic data: Described herein are methods and systems for choosing digital advertisements to send to a user's computer while protecting private information. When a user performs a search using a public site, the user's search information is stored in a database. The system builds a profile for the user based on the...

20060085422 - Technique for data mining using a web service: A technique for the the deployment of data mining algorithms on a web service, such as IBM's WebSphere Application Server, is disclosed. Rather than having to deploy the data mining models with the data, the data can be transported to the web server as part of a message. Models can...

20060085424 - Web page downloading device with distributed data flows and method thereof: This specification discloses a web page downloading device with distributed data flows and the method thereof. When a browser sends out a web page request signal, the server end first uses a data flow monitoring module to detect the data flows of several transmission lines. A data flow distributing module...

20060085440 - Apparatus, system, and method for efficiently managing membership in a hierarchical data structure: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed to efficiently manage membership within a hierarchical data structure. A record module is included to create a record that includes a member identifier, a member type, and an ancestor list for a member of a hierarchical data structure. The member type identifies the...

20060085450 - Consistent set of interfaces derived from a business object model: Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide a data processing system having a business object model reflecting the data used during a business transaction. Consistent interfaces are generated from the business object model. These interfaces are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within...

20060085457 - Data cells and data cell generations: A method and system is presented for storing data in data cells that contain only a single element of data. Each data cell includes four components: an Entity Instance identifier (“O”), an Entity Type identifier (“E”) an Attribute Type identifier (“A”), and an Attribute Value (“V”). Groups of cells with...

20060085459 - Data storage system having a unified container layer for an active data store: A data storage system and method for operating the data storage system. The data storage system includes an active data store that contains stored data, a rules engine, and a unified container layer. The rules engine receives a first portion of the stored data from the active data store and...

20060085442 - Document image information management apparatus and document image information management program: Metadata of document images can be universally handled by dealing with the document images in units of individual regions according to their contents, thereby making it possible to improve convenience for management, search, operation thereof and so on. In order to mange metadata of contents and contexts related to the...

20060085458 - Efficiently storing indented threads in a threaded discussion application: A method, apparatus, and computer-readable media for retrieving records in a hierarchical set of the records having a plurality of hierarchical levels and a plurality of hierarchical depths, each of the records having a tag that is unique within the hierarchical set of the records, comprises identifying one of the...

20060085439 - Faster loading of extension-based applications using caching: Disclosed herein are methods for efficient loading of extensions or “plug ins” into a host software program. In a preferred embodiment, extensions registered with the host software program are loaded when the host program is first initialized. During their loading, changes that the various extensions make to the host program...

20060085453 - Image replay apparatus: An image replay apparatus comprises an image selection unit for selecting an image; a control content instruction unit for instructing control content for an image; and a control file creation unit for creating a control file which describes control content instructed by the control content instruction unit for a plurality...

20060085446 - Indirect persistent storage for plugin in container: Indirect persistent storage of data in a file that is associated with an application program and is capable of having an embedded OLEObject includes creating the OLEObject by way of a Component Object Model add-in that supplements the application program, and using the OLEObject to store the data in the...

20060085437 - Management of relationships between database tables: A method, system and article of manufacture for managing relationships between database tables and, more particularly, for identifying and accurately describing relationships between tables in a database. One embodiment provides a method for identifying relationships between tables in a database. The method comprises receiving user input selecting a plurality of...

20060085451 - Mapping of schema data into data structures: Translation architecture that facilitates translation between schema data and relational structures. The architecture includes a translation component that consumes schema data (e.g., an XML schema) that includes a schema structure, validates the schema structure, and persists in memory a representation of the schema as a relational format. Since schemas are...

20060085443 - Method and apparatus for controlling access to personally identifiable information: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that controls access to personally identifiable information (PII) in a database system. During operation, the system receives a request from an application to perform a function which involves accessing information in the database system. In response to the request, the system...

20060085441 - Method and apparatus for download and storage of content: Multimedia content, including user requested programs, advertisements, electronic program guide and other content deemed to be of interest to a user to a client device is downloaded and stored on a client device on the basis of storage space availability for logical group(s) to which the content belongs. Such content...

20060085447 - Method and apparatus for intranet searching: A method for processing an intranet includes crawling the intranet to identify at least some of the pages in the intranet, and determining, for each identified page, a number of links in a shortest path from a root page to the identified page....

20060085435 - Method and data processing system for displaying hierarchical tree data: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for controlling a display of hierarchical data. A selected node in a hierarchical tree is displayed on a display in the data processing system to identify whether the selected node, wherein plurality of modes of expansion are present for the selected node. The selected...

20060085433 - Method and program for space-efficient representation of objects in a garbage-collected system: A system includes a processor for executing a collector program to perform a method (e.g., a method of collection). The method includes using an object model during a collection phase that is different than an object model used during program execution. The processor may also perform a method including assigning...

20060085449 - Method and system for generating presentation materials: A system and method for generating a presentation material is provided. An embodiment of the present invention generates presentation materials using information stored and managed by a software application, such as a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application. According to one embodiment of the present invention, an operator selects (1) a...

20060085462 - Method, apparatus, and computer program product for processing a queue of messages: The invention relates to the processing of a queue of messages, each message representing at least one request for an update to a database. A message is browsed and at least one update request is extracted from the message. The update request is sent to a database management system (DBMS)...

20060085452 - Modular and customizable process and system for capturing field documentation data in a complex project workflow system: A modular data structure is provided for storing a compilation of actual data input to the complex workflow system via a field document. A standard data array module correlating to a standard data input interface of the field document is provided. The standard data input interface receives input of standard...

20060085438 - Obtaining and displaying information related to a selection within a hierarchical data structure: A facility for obtaining information related to a selection within a hierarchical data structure is provided. The facility detects a selection of a node in a hierarchical data structure, and determines whether the node is a significant node. Responsive to determining that the currently selected node is a significant node,...

20060085448 - Program encoding method and system thereof: According to the method of the present invention, first, the code of the program language used to develop a web page is classified and rearranged. Next, the rearranged program code is transferred to another program code with similar syntax. Then, the transferred code is compiled to generate an object file...

20060085444 - Query consolidation for retrieving data from an olap cube: Queries to obtain data from an OLAP cube are consolidated. Queries are consolidated to reduce the number of database hits to retrieve data from an OLAP cube. Instead of querying the OLAP cube for each cell in a free-form report, a consolidated query is used to obtain the desired information....

20060085445 - Query consolidation for structured reports: Queries to obtain data from an OLAP cube for a structured report are consolidated. Queries to retrieve data from an OLAP cube for a structured report are consolidated into a single query. Using the consolidated query reduces the number of database hits; avoids reconstruction of the report from the results...

20060085463 - Sampling for queries: An outlier index for a database and a given workload is generated by identifying sub-relations of tuples in the database induced by selection and group by conditions in queries in the workload. A variance is then generated for values in each sub-relation. Sub-relations having higher variances are selected, and outliers...

20060085461 - System & method for using web based applications to manipulate data with manipulation functions: Web based clients using embodiments of the disclosed invention may efficiently access stored manipulation functions in order to perform manipulation functions on data via Internet applications. The disclosed system allows web based applications to receive manipulation services on data using dynamically maintained, centrally stored, manipulation functions....

20060085434 - System and method for deriving and visualizing business intelligence data: A system and method are provided for deriving business intelligence (BI) data and exploring the derived data. The system may include a business intelligence engine and a business intelligence visualizer. The BI engine may be responsible for deriving or discovering fact summary data. The fact summary data may include aggregated...

20060085455 - System and method for managing economic development, workforce development and education information: Economic development and workforce development information, such as historical and forecasted economic data regarding economic variables including but not limited to jobs, unemployment, wages, and/or productivity, etc., and/or any changes therein are stored in a database. Access to the data stored in the database is provided via a web portal...

20060085460 - System and method providing inlined stub: A system and method is provided to facilitate communications between object systems. A caller is provided having optimized in-lined functionality when initiating a remote function call between managed and unmanaged object systems, for example. The in-lined functionality includes utilizing direct calls and returns within a calling function. In this manner,...

20060085454 - Systems and methods to relate multiple unit level datasets without retention of unit identifiable information: A method by which researchers may receive unit level data (individual person records) from multiple sources and aggregate that data without receiving personally identifiable data. Since the unconstrained aggregation of seemingly non-identifying data elements can eventually lead to subject identification, the aggregation is limited to a predefined data aggregation domain....

20060085456 - Temporal relational databases: An append-only relational database comprises a plurality of data records, in which each data record includes a plurality of fields, including a transaction time identifying the time of creation of the said record in the database, and in which each modification, which may include a logical deletion, of an existing...

20060085436 - Utilization of logical fields with conditional modifiers in abstract queries: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for enhancing abstract queries by utilizing conditional modifiers with logical fields are provided. Conditional modifiers allow for the referencing of multiple physical fields via a single logical field. Further, conditional modifiers facilitate the ability to specify, on an instance by instance basis, which physical...

20060085467 - Hierarcy structure data generating system: The mapping data include a substituting element describing area, a repeat number describing area, and a repeat element describing area. In the substituting element describing area, it is described that the input data is set to which tag in the XML file. In the repeat number describing area, the repeat...

20060085464 - Method and system for providing referential integrity constraints: A master table and one or more slave tables are linked together by different referential integrity constraints. A database engine maintains a separate data structure that includes information about which slave tables include corresponding records that may be affected by a constraint. Accordingly, when an operation is performed on the...

20060085468 - Method for automatic wrapper repair: A method of information extraction from a Web page using an initial wrapper which has become partially inoperative, wherein the initial wrapper comprises an initial set of rules for extracting information and for assigning labels from a wrapper set of labels to the extracted information, includes using the initial set...

20060085465 - Method(s) for updating database object metadata: Two computers are respectively programmed to generate descriptions of database objects (such as tables) in a first database, and compare the generated descriptions to corresponding schema objects in a second database. Objects in the second database are changed to conform to the first database if differences are found during comparison....

20060085466 - Parsing hierarchical lists and outlines: A system and method for determining hierarchical information is described. Aspects include using the Collins model for parsing non-textual information into hierarchical content. The system and process assign labels to lines that indicate how the lines relate to one another....

20060085470 - Database record templates: A method of creating an electronic database record includes receiving input from a user in a computer system to create an electronic database record; determining, upon receiving the input, a template to be used in populating the electronic database record from among several templates; and creating the electronic database record...

20060085472 - Device administrative system and administrative server: A device administrative system includes a plurality of devices-to-be-administrated, at least one collecting server, an administrative server storing administrative information of the plurality of devices-to-be-administrated, and a user terminal for browsing the administrative information stored in the administrative server. A communication route for transmitting the administrative information between each of...

20060085474 - Image storage apparatus and program therefor: An image storage apparatus includes: storage means; selection means for selecting a folder in the storage means; and file operation means, for, in accordance with the selected folder, displaying indexes for files or folders subordinate to the selected folder, either in a first mode, for displaying indexes for files or...

20060085473 - Method and system for business process super-transaction: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a process-oriented extendable “super-transaction” able to handle multiple business objects in an integrated manner. The embodiments may comprise computer-executable instructions to build objects associated with a business process, and to link the objects using pointers. The linkages enable multiple objects of a business...

20060085471 - System and method for reclaiming unused space from a thinly provisioned data container: A system and method for reclaims unused space from a thinly provision data container served by a storage system. A host-side agent detects blocks of the data container that may be freed and sends a novel Punch Hole command to the storage system associated with the data container. The storage...

20060085469 - System and method for rules based content mining, analysis and implementation of consequences: A system, and corresponding methods are disclosed for automated rule based content mining, analysis, and implementation of consequences to input data. The methods for automated rule based content mining, analysis and implementation of consequences to the input data include (1) providing a user interface capable of receiving user information, including...

20060085480 - Human resource sourcing exchange: A human resources sourcing exchange system includes a seeker interface and an agent interface so that human resource employees may submit positions that recruiting agents can use to submit candidates for employment for that position. The HR employee may associate a single fee to a plurality of agents payable to...

20060085475 - Method and apparatus for managing and providing vehicle information: An efficient method for management of the information pertaining to the function and operation of vehicle features of the selected vehicles is disclosed. Individual digitized audio recording of spoken information pertaining to the function and operation of individual features of the selected grouping of vehicles are made and stored as...

20060085476 - Method and system to identify a previously visited universal resource locator (url) in results from a search: A method to identify a previously visited URL in results from a search may include loading a URL personal databook collection object. The method may also include identifying any matches between results from the search and any URL object references in the URL personal databook collection object....

20060085479 - Structure of metadata and processing method of the metadata: There is provided a structure of metadata in which an operation at a time of object designation can be changed according to the kind of an input interface used for input or a method of an input operation. The metadata relevant to a moving image has a stream data structure...

20060085477 - Techniques for retrieving documents using an image capture device: Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for retrieving electronic documents based upon images captured using an image capture device. One or more images captured by a user using an image capture device are used to search a set of documents to retrieve one or more documents that match the...

20060085478 - Third-party automated tracking, analysis, and distribution of registry status information: The present invention contemplates a variety of improved techniques including A system, method, and computer program product are provided for optimized third-party tracking and distribution of status information for a plurality of disparate registries. Initially, the invention is configured to automatically track status information for multiple registry databases. At certain...

20060085487 - Computer for storage device and method of control for storage device: When CPU 11 receives a request to write to a file stored in a storage device 10 from client computers 30 through 32, it references the object control table of the subject file, and confirms the WORM attribute of the subject file. The CPU 11 references the WORM range control...

20060085484 - Database tuning advisor: An automated physical database design tool may provide an integrated physical design recommendation for horizontal partitioning, indexes and indexed views, all three features being tuned together (in concert). Manageability requirements may be specified when optimizing for performance. User-specified configuration may enable the specification of a partial physical design without materialization...

20060085481 - File index processing: According to some embodiments, a technique for processing an index comprises receiving an index, wherein the index includes a path, and wherein the path includes an element; determining whether the path element is associated with an identifier; and associating an identifier with the path element if the path element is...

20060085482 - File loading synchronization: Systems and methods to synchronize file loading operations are described. In one aspect, file loading operations are divided into multiple loading levels. The loading levels are incremental with respect to one another. The loading levels are executed in a sequential order. Each loading level includes operations that are independent and...

20060085490 - Indexing systems and methods: Described herein are systems and methods for indexing documents in a quasi real-time manner. The method can include the steps of indexing documents and storing document information in a database, registering with an operating system for notification of changes to the documents, and responding to received notification of changes by...

20060085489 - Memory cache management in xml/relational data mapping: Caching architecture that facilitates translation between schema data and relational structures. A schema translation component consumes schema data (e.g., XML schema data) having a schema structure. The schema structure is shredded into tables. A validation component interfaces to a memory management interface to facilitate loading only the necessary components to...

20060085488 - Method and system for data processing with database reorganization for the same: To provide a storage system that carries out database reorganization processing. Provided is a method of reorganizing, upon request from a host computer, a database which is stored in a disk drive of a storage device, the disk drive containing a first volume where the database is stored and a...

20060085486 - Method and system for enabling undo across object model modifications: A method and system provides reversibility of an operation performed by a user of an application program and associated with a modification to an object model of the application program, such as a spreadsheet program or other office productivity application program. The top item of a first undo stack associated...

20060085485 - Protocol agnostic database change tracking: An efficient mechanism is provided to track and collect changes that have occurred in a database since a given point in time in a manner that is accessible and usable to systems that implement synchronization protocols, has a minimal impact on the performance of the database, and allows the identification...

20060085483 - System and method of merging contacts: A method of merging contact information. A method of merging contact information received from multiple sources comprising the acts of identifying a first data record including a first information content as representing a contact, identifying a second data record, having a second information content differing from the first data record,...

20060085491 - System and method for recovering from interruptions during data loading: One aspect of the invention relates to a system and method for quickly and efficiently recovering from an interruption that occurs when modifying and loading a dataset. One or more editions of the dataset may be created prior to performing a modification to files. These editions may include one or...

20060085492 - System and method for modifying process navigation: This invention pertains to simplifying the modification of a process flow implemented by computer software. That is, an order of presentation of sets of data, which may be web pages, is defined in one repository so that any changes that need to be made to the order may be made...

20060085493 - Dual journaling store method and storage medium thereof: The present invention provides a dual journaling storing method and a storage medium thereof, in which data are stored toward a central portion of a storage space of the storage medium from start and end locations when a flash memory or the like is used as a storage medium for...

20060085494 - System and method for performing garbage collection based on unmanaged memory allocations: The techniques and mechanisms described herein are directed to a method for performing garbage collection based on the total memory consumed by managed objects on a heap. The total memory includes heap memory and unmanaged memory. The garbage collector accepts input that indicates the amount of unmanaged memory and associates...

20060080272 - Apparatus, system, and method for data comparison: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for comparing data objects within a plurality of data structures. The apparatus includes a comparison module and an identification module. The comparison module performs no more than a single comparison of each of a first plurality of data objects with each of a...

20060080278 - Automated paperless file management: A computer-implemented electronic automated file management system and method for documents and email messages is disclosed. The system can send, receive, edit and access electronic documents. The document can be stored. When an email message is sent, suggested filing locating are presented such that a suggested filing location can be...

20060080279 - Customized and customizable engineering calculation and project detailing system: A customized and customizable structural calculation and project detailing system that is capable of producing a submittal package. The system operable with, but not limited to, structures incorporating cold-formed structural members. The system can output submittal packages based on minimal user input The application or system includes a comprehensive cold-formed...

20060080282 - Data management method and storage medium storing data management program: Is possible to flexibly and dynamically handle several data types with efficient retrieval and updating. Different indices are assigned to several storage regions that are discriminated from each other by their addresses. Entries corresponding to records containing address values to the storage regions are formed so that the entries and...

20060080275 - Digital file consumer information methods and devices: A vending machine and vending method for audio, video, music, movie or other date file downloads is optimized for commercial viability and product placement. The vending machine offers standard connectors allowing users to access a library of download files and download those files to data players such as MP3 music...

20060080274 - Dynamic product association: A software-based product identifier includes a description module that collects product description; a parsing module that parses the product description based on recognized attributes, don't care attributes, and unrecognized attributes. The product is identified and mapped to a predefined product based at least in part on the recognized attributes. The...

20060080271 - Dynamic reporting tool for a fact warehouse, a fact contained within the fact warehouse, and a method for refreshing the fact warehouse: A database for an enterprise includes a data warehouse and a fact warehouse. The fact warehouse contains facts determined at least in part from data contained within the data warehouse. A fact contained within the data warehouse includes information and a reference depth attribute. The reference depth attribute is indicative...

20060080276 - Information processing method and apparatus: An information processing apparatus includes an input unit configured to input an annotation of at least one of an underline, a box, a character, a character string, a symbol and a symbol string to a displayed document, an annotation recognition unit configured to recognize a type of the annotation and...

20060080277 - Method and system for designing, implementing and documenting olap: A system for assisting in the design, implementation and documentation of an online analytical processing system provides a plurality of extractor programs for extracting data from the online analytical processing system, and transferring the data to at least one extracted data table. The extracted data table serves as an information...

20060080270 - Method for determining an access mode to a dataset: A method and system are provided for identifying and selecting an optimal access method for reading an ILDS. A counter is associated with a pointer and identifies the number of times a database partition has been reorganized. Based upon a comparison of the counter from the pointer with a second...

20060080273 - Middleware for externally applied partitioning of applications: A method for routing an application request to servers hosting the application for improved performance and scalability. Routing of the request is accomplished by allocating each partition of an externally defined set of application associated partitions to at least one of the servers hosting the application; by classifying the application...

20060080280 - Modified class loaders and methods of use: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implement a hierarchical arrangement of class loaders. Each class loader has a naming token, and each token driven class loader has one or more delegation tokens. A class definition request is received in a first, token driven class loader. If the first class...

20060080281 - System and method of continuous assurance for internal control: A computer system for conducting continuous assurance for internal control of financial transactions is disclosed. The computer system comprises a processor, a bus coupled to the processor, a memory coupled to the bus, a mass storage system coupled to the bus, and continuous assurance software resident in the memory. The...

20060080305 - Accuracy of data harvesting: A method for searching a collection of documents, comprising: providing a document; providing a keyword associated with that document; certifying the relevance of the keyword to that document; and making the certified keyword available to a search engine. A database system comprising: a plurality of documents; at least one keyword...

20060080287 - Apparatus and method for determining database relationships through query monitoring: An apparatus and method monitor database queries and allow determining database relationships from the analysis of the database queries. The database relationships are inferred from the analysis of the database queries. The result sets of queries are analyzed to determine if any relationships between the columns specified in the queries...

20060080299 - Classification support apparatus, method, and recording medium in which classification support program is stored: A classification support apparatus includes an input device inputting record data for each of organizations, the record data each belonging to a class item of class items and having property data corresponding to properties, respectively, an extraction device extracting a characteristic of each property data from each record data for...

20060080308 - Content addressable information encapsulation, representation and transfer: Representing a number of assets on an originating computer begins with selecting the assets to be represented. Cryptographic hash asset identifiers are generated; each of the asset identifiers is computed using the contents of a particular asset. The asset identifier is a content-based or content-addressable asset name for the asset...

20060080307 - Content addressable information encapsulation, representation, and transfer: Representing a number of assets on an originating computer begins with selecting the assets to be represented. Cryptographic hash asset identifiers are generated; each of the asset identifiers is computed using the contents of a particular asset. The asset identifier is a content-based or content-addressable asset name for the asset...

20060080285 - Database system with methodology for parallel schedule generation in a query optimizer: A database system with methodology for parallel schedule generation in a query optimizer is described. In one embodiment, for example, in a database system, a method is described for parallel optimization of a query, the method comprises steps of: generating a plurality of parallel plans for obtaining data requested by...

20060080295 - Document searching system: Searching for documents using different sources includes receiving a search statement containing information for the documents, and determining a search strategy based on the search statement. The search strategy includes first and second search activities for searching first and second sources, respectively, where the first and second search activities are...

20060080292 - Enhanced interface utility for web-based searching: A method for searching the world wide web. The method includes receiving one or more keywords for a search and executing a search of the world wide web based on the one or more keywords to identify one or more web pages relevant to one or more keywords. Text versions...

20060080290 - Extension for lexer algorithms to handle unicode efficiently: Lexical groups are created using lexer state transitions associated with a character set. Characters that cause the lexer to transition to the same state, regardless of the current state, are put in the same group. The state transition table is then created with row entries corresponding to lexical groups instead...

20060080294 - Flexible baselines in an operating plan data aggregation system: In an embodiment, the a method is provided. The method includes receiving forecast data in a database with an associated window value. The method also includes accessing data based on associated window values. The method further includes comparing the data accessed based on associated window values to other data....

20060080302 - Input control for identifying objects: In a computer system having several application programs, wherein each application program is configured to manage at least one of several object types, a method of identifying objects includes receiving a first input that a user makes under guidance of an input control in a graphical user interface (GUI) to...

20060080288 - Interaction of static and dynamic data sets: A data organization system that utilizes associations, pointers and/or links in connection with novel container types is provided. A “list” is a container of items, like a folder, but is different in that a file or other data component can be accessed via multiple lists (whereas an item must appear...

20060080297 - Method and apparatus for dynamic information connection engine: A method and apparatus are provided for a dynamic information connection engine. User actions are detected on at least one client system. In response, a determination is made whether the user is searching for supported information. When the user is searching for supported information, information is extracted electronically from third...

20060080298 - Method and apparatus for dynamic information connection engine: A method and apparatus are provided for a dynamic information connection engine. User actions are detected on at least one client system. In response, a determination is made whether the user is searching for supported information. When the user is searching for supported information, information is extracted electronically from third...

20060080306 - Method and system for obtaining images from a database having images that are relevant to indicated text: A method and system for using indicated text to automatically query a search engine for a database and return images that are relevant to the indicated text. At least five integrated components are employed by a client program to get, view and use a returned image. Among these is a...

20060080283 - Method and system for processing or searching user records: Preferably for use in a directory enquires system, the invention provides a method and system for processing user records to determine common entries therebetween. When two user records are determined to store common information then link data is generated (18) and stored in each user record (22) indicating a link...

20060080303 - Method, apparatus, and computer program product for indexing, synchronizing and searching digital data: A system, method and computer program product provide a search module for searching digital data. The search module operates, according to an embodiment, by indexing stored data without interrupting use of the stored data, synchronizing the indexed data with data stored subsequent to the indexing step, searching at least one...

20060080291 - Package stock management method and device: A package stock management method and device for an operator to register (provisioning-setting) a new service in a service offering device, wherein upon reception of a provisioning setting request of a service to a desired service offering device, a package having a necessary function for offering the service is retrieved...

20060080293 - Procedure and mechanism for searching for information in databases: The invention relates to a procedure for searching for data through a number of databases, each of which contains a large number of data items of a first given type, each associated with at least one data item belonging to a second data type. For a reference data item, the...

20060080289 - Service-oriented architecture for accessing reports in legacy systems: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for leveraging legacy reports in a service-oriented architecture include receiving search conditions defining requested data and submitting a request to a reporting server for report results on data in a back-end database. The request defines search criteria, corresponding to the search conditions for...

20060080301 - Software system to allow creation of customized database search screens: Computer users frequently need to search for items, such as inventory, based on specific criteria. The specific criteria used are often dependent upon the task they are performing. For example, if they are looking for books they may search by ‘title’. If they are looking for cars they may look...

20060080300 - System and method for organizing data: A system and method for organizing and retrieving data is provided. The present invention replicates existing data in a format that is representative of naturally occurring relationships associated with the elements in the data. The data is organized into groups which represent a collection of information including one or more...

20060080286 - System and method for storing and accessing images based on position data associated therewith: A method and system for providing a network-based photosharing service is disclosed. The photosharing service includes a central photosharing site having a server, and a plurality of peer nodes each containing digital images. The method and system include associating metadata with each image that is to be shared. The metadata...

20060080296 - Text mining server and text mining system: The characteristics of the entire gene group including a plurality of genes can be readily grasped. A plurality of search keys are accepted from a client, and a set of document groups each corresponding to the plurality of the accepted search keys is obtained, referring to a table where correspondence...

20060080304 - User interface for presenting object representations: A graphical user interface (GUI) for presenting representations of selected objects in a computer system. The GUI presents an object selected from a collection of objects using a selected visual representation selected from at least first and second visual representations to be initiated using different initiation techniques. A first input...

20060080284 - Viral engine for network deployment: A private network system operates over a public network to provide an asymmetric service to members with information from other members and non-members. The system includes central servers and databases connected via the public network to client systems of public network users. The users may be members who communicate with...

20060080309 - Article extraction: An article is extracted from a document using a decision combiner to process a plurality of reading order alternatives. The text flow analysis generates the plurality of reading order alternatives of separate body text regions....

20060080310 - Reading alerts and skim-reading system: A screen reader software product including a pattern store containing at least one user-definable array of keywords relating to a subject of interest and skim reading module adapted to apply the at least one array of keywords to a target document whereby only portions of the target document matching the...

20060080311 - Agent-based method for distributed clustering of textual information: A computer method and system for storing, retrieving and displaying information has a multiplexing agent (20) that calculates a new document vector (25) for a new document (21) to be added to the system and transmits the new document vector (25) to master cluster agents (22) and cluster agents (23)...

20060080312 - Methods, systems and computer program products for associating records in healthcare databases with individuals: Methods, systems and computer program products for associating healthcare records in healthcare databases with an individual are provided. One or more attribute types are located in first and second records. The one or more attribute types being associated with the individual. A weighted score is determined for the located at...

20060080313 - Midware system 10 and method: A method and system for users to connect, extract, query and transform data from multiple databases, independent of their format, type, and location. The system comprises a setup portion, a meta database, and a user portion. The setup portion establishes datasets for use by the system with the user portion....

20060080314 - System with user directed enrichment and import/export control: A system for enriching document content using enrichment themes includes a directed search service and an import-export service. The directed search service allows users to author documents while querying information providers using the directed searches that are inserted as part of the authored documents. The import-export service enables meta-document exchanges...

20060080315 - Statistical natural language processing algorithm for use with massively parallel relational database management system: