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: A methodology and processing model utilize a unique set of data structures and processing algorithms, which are capable of being leveraged on a Massively Parallel Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) to provide fast, accurate, and scalable access to text data that is stored in these data structures. The methodology relies...

20060080317 - Latches-links as virtual attachments in documents: A system and method are disclosed for managing target documents referred to by referring documents. A user sends a delete request for a referring document from a user client computer to a master server computer. Next, the master server computer accesses and deletes the referring document, updates a counter for...

20060080316 - Multiple indexing of an electronic document to selectively permit access to the content and metadata thereof: The disclosed technology enhances the granularity of access control systems by indexing electronic documents of interest in a manner that selectively provides authorized users with access to either content or metadata of such documents. Restriction indicia corresponding to, for example, a full-access permission and a limited-access permission, are assigned to...

20060080323 - Apparatus and method for report publication in a federated cluster: A report publication system includes a first set of report management servers defining a first cluster supporting a common report management architecture. A first set of client machines operate in accordance with the common report management architecture. The first client machines are configured to access the first cluster. A second...

20060080318 - Apparatus, system, and method for a configuring a network feature for a network fabric: An apparatus, system, and method are provided for configuring a network feature for a network fabric. The apparatus includes an input module, a discovery module, a selection module and an assignment module. The input module receives a network feature configuration for a network fabric. The discovery module determines the network...

20060080319 - Apparatus, system, and method for facilitating storage management: An apparatus, system, and method are provided for facilitating storage management through organization of storage resources. The present invention includes a configuration module that configures a first logical entity and a second logical entity to interact with each other in a peer-to-peer domain such that each logical entity mirrors operations...

20060080322 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program: An information processing apparatus configured to perform cryptographic processing in response to a request from a server transmitting encrypted information to control an integrated circuit chip includes a managing unit managing types of the cryptographic processing granted in accordance with requests; and an output unit performing predetermined cryptographic processing requested...

20060080320 - Method for storing and searching e-mail data by classification: This invention describes a method for storing and searching sets of e-mail data by classification so as to effectively organize mass quantities of e-mail data and to improve the searching and reading efficiency of e-mail reading programs. This method produces an electronic book from such data as well as produces...

20060080321 - System and method for processing requests for contextual information: A system and method for processing a request for contextual information. The method comprises the steps of receiving a request for contextual information from a client, determining particulars of the request. The method also comprises the step of determining an appropriate response to the request, the appropriate response comprising at...

20060080331 - Common interface system administration service library: A service library framework that provides a common software interface for low-level system management software modules that provides system administration processing and interfaces with remote computers that execute various types of operating systems. Service library modules are created for each operating system to be managed by a system administration management...

20060080340 - Communication system, communication apparatus, and communication method: In a communication system for transmitting/receiving files between a plurality of apparatuses, a transmission end includes an identification information transmitting unit which transmits identification information of a self-apparatus, and a file transmitting unit which transmits a file and file name owned by the self-apparatus, and a reception end includes an...

20060080346 - Computer-based system for automating administrative procedures in an office: A computer-based system for automating administrative procedures in an office is described. According to an embodiment, the system may include a control module in communication with a management tracker module, a provider tracker module and an administrative tracker module, as well as a database accessible by the management tracker module,...

20060080338 - 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...

20060080339 - Content reproducing apparatus and a content reproducing method: A content reproducing apparatus and a content reproducing method. The content reproducing apparatus for reproducing a content to be displayed through an external output device and providing the reproduced content to the external output device, includes: a playlist (PL) information storage storing information relating to a PL including at least...

20060080342 - Contents management system, contents management method, and computer program: A contents management system manages multiple contents stored in a plurality of apparatuses. The contents management system includes a command input unit that assigns a viewing style for guiding a user to desired contents and a contents search condition; a screen format generating unit that generates a screen format according...

20060080343 - Data acquisition system: A system for acquiring and providing data relating to an entity to a user provides for specification of a user defined time “keeper” or anchor for navigation through an electronic data storage system such that the data displayed from screen to screen is kept in the same time context without...

20060080337 - Data structure of metadata, reproduction apparatus of the metadata and reproduction method of the same: In order to assist a viewer in understanding the contents of a moving image, it is desired to plainly represent the contents of metadata to the viewer. The metadata relevant to the moving image has a stream data structure including one or more access units each being a data unit...

20060080325 - Displaying and analyzing document flows: A system and a method for displaying and analyzing a business process based on the document flow of that business process. The graphical user interface may graphically display a set of documents relevant to a business process and the linkages between the set of documents as a document chain on...

20060080336 - Encapsulation and unified access scheme for components: A method is provided for encapsulating and accessing components, comprising: configurating component warehouse and storing components acquired from the Internet into the component warehouse to form a component warehouse computer; configurating a component directory library on another computer to form a component directory library computer; fetching component from the component...

20060080332 - Environmentally responsive oscillating circular affinity index: Various embodiments of a method, apparatus and article of manufacture to manage an index are provided. A circular index, having an index size, is provided. The circular index stores information to reference data in a sequential list. Accesses to the index and the list are monitored to provide at least...

20060080333 - File management program for overwriting file: In writing a new file over an existing file, if it is set that the existing file is to be stored into an archive, it is confirmed whether or not there is an archive file for the existing file, and the existing file is stored into the archive file. After...

20060080330 - Image processing apparatus: When a failure is generated in an HDD 15 in a digital multifunction peripheral 1 and various functions provided by a first application 15a stored in the HDD 15 cannot be provided, the digital multifunction peripheral 1 makes sole use of a second application 12c stored in an ROM 12...

20060080328 - Information fusion: Methods and systems of integrating information include spatial representation of parameter values. In some embodiments, parameter values are positioned along edges of an array and geometrical constructs based on the parameter positions are used to integrate the parameter values. In some embodiments, arrays of modules that correspond in their properties...

20060080345 - Mechanism for efficient maintenance of xml index structures in a database system: A method and apparatus for efficiently maintaining XML index structures in a database system is provided. Instead of immediately synchronizing the XML index structures for every change submitted to the database, the changes are stored in a PENDING table. The XML index structures are periodically synchronized, based on certain criteria...

20060080335 - Method and apparatus for audio/video attribute and relationship storage and retrieval for efficient composition: The invention provides a method and software for use within audio and video authoring software applications wherein the relationships between the source media files are saved and used as part of a media manager. The software allows the artist to efficiently recall which files were used together, as well as...

20060080334 - Method for configuration file management in a computing system: A method for configuration file management in a computing system includes the steps of: acquiring a name and a type of hardware, and selecting a particular installation interface for the hardware according to the type of hardware; establishing configuration files, processing a plurality of parameter expressions in a configuration file,...

20060080326 - Method for reengineering of business processes: A method for reengineering of a business process. The method includes extracting baseline information requirements of at least one business process, wherein the step of extracting includes interviewing a process owner of each of the sub-processes of the business process based on a predetermined questionnaire and quantifying information requirements of...

20060080324 - Method of changing the page size of a db2 table space while keeping the object available: Provided is a method for online reorganization and increasing the page size of a DB2 object. A base table and related auxiliary table spaces are reorganized concurrently via a database utility, DB2 REORG utility. The database utility determines which auxiliary tables are related to the base table and automatically includes...

20060080344 - Radio/telephony interoperability system: A radio/telephony interoperability architecture that facilitates intercommunications between a security services network, elected officials and/or emergency services network and a telephony management system for one-way and two-way security and/or emergency teleconferencing communications. The telephony system creates a session in which one or more session participants can communicate with front-line mobile...

20060080341 - Repository relationship programming: Embodiments of systems, methods and computer program products are described for implementing repository relationship programming. Implementations described herein describe processes for implementing a union of concerns, integrating concerns, assembling concerns and separating concerns....

20060080329 - Systems and methods for creating a template from an existing file: Systems and methods for creating a template from an existing file are provided. The user can package one or more file(s) into a group and specify that the group is to be converted into a template. An IDE process can automatically index the content of the group and create a...

20060080327 - Systems and methods for information management involving taxonomy and lifespan planning: Systems and methods are disclosed for aiding users in collecting, organizing and deploying various types of data that are simultaneously related to at least two taxonomies. In the present invention, the functionalities for facilitating information management include, but not limited to, visualizing the relatedness between the data and the taxonomies,...

20060080347 - Enhanced trade compliance system: mass amendment: Methods and systems are described for implementing mass amendments that affect many line items and span many entries in a trade compliance system. Mass amendment functions allow a data field that is repeated in a plurality of records in the trade compliance system to be corrected without redundant data entry....

20060080348 - Security cloth design and assembly: A security enclosure and method of forming the security enclosure. The security enclosure includes an electronic assembly, an extension, and a tamper respondent wrap. The extension has a first end inserted in the assembly and a second end having at least one bonding pad thereon. The tamper respondent wrap at...

20060080350 - Allocation of file storage based on pattern recognition: In one embodiment, a method and system for allocating storage space in a storage medium for storing data in a file from at least one application running in an information system is provided. The method and system includes monitoring at least one characteristic of a plurality of data storage operations...

20060080353 - Directory aggregation for files distributed over a plurality of servers in a switched file system: A file switch, logically positioned between client computers and file servers in a computer network, distributes user files among multiple file servers using an aggregated directory mechanism. A hierarchical directory structure is created on the file servers and used to store metadata files, which store metadata for each user file...

20060080351 - Super distribution of midlet suites: A MIDlet Suite comprising one or more encrypted installation files is determined at a sending terminal device. A distribution description file comprising Super Distribution identification information for the MIDlet Suite is generated. A non-encrypted distribution archive file comprising the distribution description file and the MIDlet Suite is generated. The distribution...

20060080352 - System and method for bridging identities in a service oriented architecture: A system for bridging user identities between at least a first and a second security domain, comprising a bridge associated with the first security domain for intercepting messages for service in the second domain from users in the first domain. The bridge authenticates the user identities against a local authentication...

20060080349 - Virtual beverage bar design and analysis system: A system, method and computer program product for planning an arrangement of beverage equipment on a virtual surface or counter. The system allows a user to create a virtual surface of chosen dimension (32) and then select one or more beverage machines (36) to place on that surface while verifying...

20060080357 - Audio/visual content providing system and audio/visual content providing method: An audio/visual (AV) content providing system is disclosed. The AV content providing system provides AV contents to audiences who exist in a closed space. The AV content providing system has an audio information obtainment section, an AV content database, an attribute index, a selection section. The audience information obtainment section...

20060080356 - System and method for inferring similarities between media objects: A “similarity quantifier” automatically infers similarity between media objects which have no inherent measure of distance between them. For example, a human listener can easily determine that a song like Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel is more similar to Everybody Hurts by R.E.M. than it is to Highway to Hell...

20060080355 - System and method for maintaining multiple devices with a single device identifier: A method, computer program product, and a data processing system for maintaining object configuration data in a data processing system is provided. A first set of attribute entries is stored in a database. The first set of attribute entries is associated with a first object classification and a second object...

20060080354 - System for selecting data from a data store based on utility of the data: A method and corresponding equipment for selecting data objects from a set of data objects in a source data store according to a predetermined method for assigning utility for each of the data objects in the set of data objects. The predetermined method for assigning utility typically takes into account...

20060080360 - Apparatus and method for the collection and utilization of user selection in a content delivery environment: A system and method for the collection, analysis, utilization, and/or reporting of user preference of content experienced by the user preferably for managing the distribution network of a content delivery environment, managing the selections of content available, reporting user selections of content available, and/or execution of user instructions as presented...

20060080361 - Document information processing apparatus, document information processing method, and document information processing program: Apparatus and methods are provided for processing document information. In accordance with one implementation, a document information processing apparatus includes a document analysis means for conducting document analysis of document information inputted from document information input means using document analysis knowledge; a componentization means for dividing the document information, inputted...

20060080359 - Electronic labeling for offline management of storage devices: A system and method using hardware and software components enable a storage module to maintain information about an associated storage device and its content such that the information is accessible when the storage device is offline or in a low power configuration. A general-computing host system connects to the storage...

20060080358 - User-localizable hierarchical lists: The present invention provides a method and system for user-localizable hierarchical lists. Users can create different representations for values displayed within the hierarchical list. For example, users may localize the list into multiple languages themselves without having to request the change to the vendor supplying the software. In this way,...

20060080366 - Data file storage/management apparatus and electronic mail processing program thereof: A data file storage/management apparatus, having file storage means, stores and manages one or more data files, and the data file storage/management apparatus installs an electronic mail processing program therein, thereby operating as follows. Thus, the data file storage/management apparatus interprets the processing of the data file, which is described...

20060080362 - Data synchronization over a computer network: A method for copying data and a data storage system including a primary data storage system and a remote data storage system stores data and copies data between the primary and remote systems with enhanced performance. The primary data storage system includes a primary data storage volume, and primary snapshots...

20060080364 - Method, system, and computer program product for detecting memory management anti-patterns: The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for detecting memory management anti-patterns. The method comprises: periodically generating census data for at least one object type in a heap; collecting the periodically generated census data for each object type into a time series; analyzing each time series;...

20060080363 - Synchronization for smart clients: A Smart Client solution for an enterprise application (e.g., a Customer Relationship Management system) includes a base application (e.g., Microsoft Outlook), and add-in software that interacts with the base application. The add-in software allows the base application to be used to access data and functions of the enterprise application. The...

20060080365 - Transparent migration of files among various types of storage volumes based on file access properties: In one embodiment, a method and system for storing a file in a storage domain is provided. The method includes monitoring access to a file to determine a file access pattern, tagging the file to indicate the identified access pattern and using the tag to identify an appropriate storage medium...

20060080367 - Method and system for limiting resource usage of a version store: A method and system for limiting resource usage of a version store. A limit indicates a total amount of resources that may be consumed by in-progress transactions. A running total of the amount of remaining resources is maintained. Before a new transaction is started, a determination is made as to...

20060080368 - Real-time forecasting: In one embodiment, a system is provided. The system includes a first client. The system also includes an analysis server coupled to the first client. The system further includes a first customer database of information coupled to the analysis server. The first customer database is to embody forecast data and...

20060080369 - Method for automatically enabling traceability of engineering calculations: An improved method and system for managing the traceability of numerical, alphabetical, alphanumeric, character, or string entities such as critical constants or key calculations, equations, functions, and procedures that automatically enables the traceability of information entities without requiring significant manual intervention by a system user. The system allows a user...

20060080371 - Storage policy monitoring for a storage network: The present invention provides selective migration in a storage network in accordance with a policy. The policy can include rules that establish which objects are migrated from a source file server to a destination file server based on file attributes (e.g., file type, file size, last access time, frequency of...

20060080370 - Switch device, system, backup method and computer program: Disclosed is a system which includes at least one client, a plural number of file servers, each having a file system, and a switch logically arranged between the client and the plural file servers to provide file access services which virtually render the plural file services accessible as a single...

20060080372 - Compiler-driven dynamic memory allocation methodology for scratch-pad based embedded systems: A highly predictable, low overhead and yet dynamic, memory allocation methodology for embedded systems with scratch-pad memory is presented. The dynamic memory allocation methodology for global and stack data (i) accounts for changing program requirements at runtime; (ii) has no software-caching tags; (iii) requires no run-time checks; (iv) has extremely...

20060074837 - A method and apparatus for reducing disclosure of proprietary data in a networked environment: A method and apparatus for reducing disclosure of proprietary data in a networked environment includes a client node, an access control server, and an application server farm. The client node transmits a request for a file. The access control server receives the request for the file and makes an access...

20060074845 - Automated user-friendly click-and-search system and method for helping business and industries in foreign countries using preferred taxonomies for formulating queries to search on a computer network and for finding relevant industrial information about pr: The invention, in general, comprises systems and methods for finding information relevant to a user on the World Wide Web. In various embodiments, the invention comprises using one or more of the following: ready-made English-language queries; an ISO Technical Standards Specification Terminology database; an economic activities database based on North...

20060074853 - Canonicalization of terms in a keyword-based presentation system: A presentation system accepts presentations or references to presentations from prospective presenters. Some or all of the presentations or references are stored in a database and referenced by keywords such that presentations to be presented in response to particular searches can be identified. A presentation manager handles accepting bids and...

20060074842 - Copy on access to locked objects: A method for improving the performance of a computer system when it is detected that a process wishes to gain access to and update an object while it is locked for commitment to stable storage. The process wishing to gain access to the object is provided a copy of the...

20060074850 - Flexible management process for multiple activities executed on partitionable platforms of a multiple processor system: m

20060074846 - Interpage reference and calculation on a web site: A Web site development tool such as WikiWiki allows a value to be referenced on a page other than the page on which the value is defined. The reference syntax may indicate the name of the page on which the value is defined and the value name, such as with...

20060074851 - Management of play count of content data: When a processing including transmission, reception, and/or deletion of content data is performed, a play count detecting unit detects play count of the content data stored in a portable terminal from a time when previous processing has been performed to a time when current processing has been performed, by comparing...

20060074839 - Merger integration analysis tool: Disclosed are tools and related methods for performing analyses of the prospects for success of two or more companies that are anticipating undergoing a merger integration and/or the extent of current progress toward success of two or more companies that are undergoing such a merger integration. The present invention utilizes...

20060074849 - Method and apparatus to insert a scanned document: A method of inserting a scanned document includes inputting a user command to select a position in a first document file where to insert a second document file, generating a file corresponding to the second document file, to have same format as the first document file, and generating a third...

20060074852 - 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 system of the invention defines a data structure that is used to efficiently find the set...

20060074847 - Method and system for data processing with data replication for the same: To guarantee that contents of an update by a transaction in a parallel database management system. A database management system includes a replica database management unit that manages the replica database, records synchronous information at a timing at which one of the transaction generated is valid in every database management...

20060074844 - Method and system for improved electronic task flagging and management: An improved method and system are provided for creating tasks and for inputting information associated with created tasks according to an electronic task management application or system. Electronic correspondence items may be flagged as tasks. Upon flagging an individual electronic correspondence item, a corresponding task is created for the flagged...

20060074848 - Method for providing requested fields by get_data operation in tv-anytime metadata service: The present invention relates to a method or an operation for providing a personalized TV-Anytime metadata service. According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing a table field element using a get_Data operation in the TV-Anytime metadata service. In the table field element...

20060074841 - Method, system, and program for translating and interfacing between data pools and product information management (pim) systems: Provided are a method, system, and program for translating and interfacing between data pools and product information management (PIM) systems. An element mapping is generated for each of a plurality of data pools mapping user elements and attributes to the data pool elements and attributes, wherein the data pools maintain...

20060074838 - Reducing programming complexity in applications interfacing with parsers for data elements represented according to a markup language: According to an aspect of the present invention, a parser provides the portion identifiers (e.g., Xpath(s) in case of XML data files) of at It some of the data elements to the applications. As a result, the applications may be relieved from the task of computing the XPath(s) for various...

20060074840 - System and method for tracking print job status: A system and method to track and display the status of an electronic document submitted through a web-portal to a multifunctional peripheral device. The multifunctional peripheral device receives an electronic document file upon which it is to perform a service and logs the receipt in a central status database. During...

20060074843 - World wide web directory for providing live links: The World Wide Web directory for providing live links includes a search function whereby customers can perform a keyword search of database entries to locate websites having a live link. The search results in a listing of websites matching the customer's request, including for each website a URL for the...

20060074855 - Apparatus and method for obtaining a log of information written on a recording medium and program therefor: An apparatus for obtaining a write log when a file in a computer is written to a recording medium, includes an event detecting means for detecting an event of a file access, a reading means for reading file information by detecting that the file access is a read access to...

20060074854 - Innovative product design using application trees: This invention discloses a computer-based method for identifying components to build products and for identifying new applications of a component or product to enable cross-industry marketing of that component or product. The method comprises the following steps: implement product, component and application extraction logic functions to differentiate and classify the...

20060074856 - Patent summarization systems and methods: Methods for patent summarization. A digital file comprising an issued patent document or a published application is acquired. At least one claim string is acquired from the digital file. Multiple elements are acquired from the claim string. A part-of relationship architecture among a portion of the elements is generated according...

20060074872 - Adaptive database buffer memory management using dynamic sql statement cache statistics: The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for adaptive database buffer memory management using dynamic Structured Query Language (SQL) statement cache statistics. The method comprises: using SQL statement cache statistics to infer page re-use. The method further comprises: determining a use ratio of an SQL statement;...

20060074880 - Analytic application model and marketplace: One embodiment of the invention is a technique to create and provide an analytic marketplace. A single file definition is created for a plurality of applications and sub-components of a complete analytic application. A request for an analytic application is received from a user at an analytic marketplace in a...

20060074888 - Content management system, content management method and computer program: The invention provides a user with a key or a visual clue to a desired content. There is provided a random search mode searching the content randomly when a user has no object for searching the content, and a specific search mode with object or search condition specified. The search...

20060074862 - Data plotting extension for structured query language: Information is typically obtained from a relational database using a query in structured query language (SQL). An extension to the SQL standard is described which permits plotting the results of a query. SQL keywords are provided for specifying a format for graphing selected data, and syntax for recognizing those keywords,...

20060074860 - Data search device: A data searching apparatus for searching a database based on a search criterion entered in a corresponding data-entry field by a user. The data searching apparatus includes a search index recording unit 11, and a management data recording unit 13 that are operable to hold field information indicating one or...

20060074879 - Easy-to-use data context filtering: A method and system for the graphical formulation of filter queries is disclosed which enables data queries to be easily via selection from a menu. A signal is received to filter, or query, a data table. Next, the context of the signaled key field is analyzed, and a menu of...

20060074873 - Extending data access and analysis capabilities via abstract, polymorphic functions: An abstract database is an effective way to reduce the complexity of a large database management system. Abstract databases allow a user to compose queries based on the logical relationships among data items, without requiring a user to understand the underlying database schema used to store the data in the...

20060074867 - Identification of licensing targets using citation neighbor search process: A portable database can be used by a client organization with substantial numbers of patents to identify target organizations that may be interested in licensing said patents. The database combines the power of citation analysis for identifying licensing targets with the power of citation neighbor searching for identifying similar patents...

20060074885 - Keyword prefix/suffix indexed data retrieval: A keyword prefix/suffix indexed data retrieval method and system is proposed, which is designed for use in conjunction with a computer platform for providing a keyword prefix/suffix indexed data retrieval function that can respond to a user-input keyword of a phonetic language, such as English, and utilize the prefix/suffix part...

20060074875 - Method and apparatus for predicting relative selectivity of database query conditions using respective cardinalities associated with different subsets of database records: A database management system associates, for one or more database fields, a respective representation of cardinality with different discrete subsets of database records, the subsets preferably being defined by different quantiles of an equal height histogram. The system predicts a relative number of records responsive to a query condition using...

20060074857 - Method and apparatus for querying relational databases: The invention provides a method of evaluating a query involving a relational database comprising a relational data-base management system (RDBMS), said query relating to at least one table of said relational database, said method comprising determining a table as a gateway table for evaluating said query, retrieving one or more...

20060074858 - Method and apparatus for querying relational databases: The invention provides a method of evaluating a query involving one or more relational databases, each comprising a relational database management system (RDBMS), said query relating to at least two tables of said relational database, said method comprising determining a set of tables, including the tables referred to in the...

20060074874 - Method and apparatus for re-evaluating execution strategy for a database query: A query facility for database queries saves and re-uses query execution strategies, and automatically detects that a strategy should be re-optimized as a result of changes to an indexed variable value. Preferably, the number of records evaluated and selected by the index value condition is dynamically monitored during execution, and...

20060074889 - Method and system for identifying a complete response to a request: A method for identifying a complete response to a first request from a requesting entity, the method comprising the steps of: the requesting entity sending the first request to a first receiving entity; the first receiving entity sending a second request to a second receiving entity, the second request including...

20060074887 - Method for deleting user metadata managed by a tv-anytime metadata server using an soap operation: The present invention relates to a method or an operation for providing a personalized TV-Anytime metadata service. According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of deleting user metadata managed by a TV-Anytime metadata server using a SOAP operation, comprising the steps of a) providing...

20060074863 - Method, system, and apparatus for maintaining user privacy in a knowledge interchange system: A method, system, and apparatus are provided for maintaining user privacy in a knowledge interchange (“KI”) system. A user may provide privacy preferences relating to their participation in the KI system. The user may identify specific keywords, noun phrases, and contacts that should not be transmitted to a server computer....

20060074869 - Method, system, and apparatus for providing a document preview: A method and apparatus are provided for generating a document preview. According to the method, a preview handler provides an interface to one or more previewers. The previewers are software components capable of generating a visual preview for one or more document types. In response to a request from a...

20060074886 - Multi-level query system and method: A multi-level query system and method can be applied to an information device to perform lookup and translation of a vocabulary of a foreign language. Firstly, a vocabulary to be inquired and translated is inputted via a screen of the information device to the system. Then, the system determines whether...

20060074878 - Nql - netlist query language: Disclosed is a netlist query language that reads and updates electrical circuit data stored in a netlist database that stores electrical circuit data parsed from a netlist text file. To obtain the netlist text file, an electrical circuit schematic of an electrical circuit is created using a commercially available electrical...

20060074866 - One click conditional formatting method and system for software programs: A method of conditionally formatting a display of data is disclosed that involves providing a preliminary display automatically showing the intended consequences of the condition applied to the data prior to making the condition actually apply to the data. This is especially useful in analysis of spreadsheet data by conditionally...

20060074876 - Organizing resources into collections to facilitate more efficient and reliable resource access: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for organizing resources into collections to facilitate more efficient and reliable resource access. Namespace managers communicate with one another to form a federation namespace infrastructure. The infrastructure can efficiently route, migrate, and process namespace requests, such as, for example,...

20060074892 - Phonetic self-improving search engine: The present invention relates to phonetic self-improving search engines. The search engine may include a phonetic database having a plurality of phonetic equivalent formulas stored therein, each of the phonetic equivalent formulas being associated with at least one respective pronounceable unit. After an initial query in a primary database fails...

20060074890 - Process for matching vendors and users of search engines so that more valuable leads are generated for vendors: An improved method for generating revenue from web-searches. Instead of showing advertisements, this method implements an RFQ or request-for-response mechanism that is linked to searches. It provides vendors with highly qualified leads and users with a better search experience....

20060074868 - Providing information relating to a document: A system identifies a document, performs a search to identify web documents relating to an attribute associated with the document, and provides information associated with the web documents and the document....

20060074870 - Query graphs: The present invention leverages query-related information based on a query and/or a search intention to provide a systematic means to facilitate a user in locating desired information despite lacking exact search parameters. This allows users to find information without first formulating an optimum search query. The query graph provides a...

20060074861 - Reduction of seach ambiguity with multiple media references: Methods and apparatus implementing a technique for searching media objects. In general, in one aspect, the technique includes receiving user input specifying a plurality of reference objects (2), defining a set of features for them, and combining the features to generate composite reference information (4) defining criteria for search (6)....

20060074884 - Search device and search program: Provided are a search device and a search program for searching an identifier of a site server, which provides information corresponding to a search format including an inputted keyword. Specifically, the search device includes: a search database storage which stores a search database; a conversion program storage which stores a...

20060074881 - Structure independent searching in disparate databases: This invention allows keyword searches in both structured and unstructured databases, and across multiple databases of different vendors. An index database is created comprising word occurrences and table relationship information. In the case of unstructured databases with no predetermined schema, the relationship between different tables is derived through propagative n-level...

20060074864 - System and method for controlling ranking of pages returned by a search engine: A system and method are provided for implementing a search engine to output search results scored for a particular user. The method includes receiving a set of input user search terms and accessing a set of input user preferences. The method additionally includes obtaining scored search results based on the...

20060074871 - System and method for incorporating anchor text into ranking search results: Search results of a search query on a network are ranked according to a scoring function that incorporates anchor text as a term. The scoring function is adjusted so that a target document of anchor text reflect the use of terms in the anchor text in the target document's ranking....

20060074877 - System and method for optimizing transaction termination: Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a system and method for optimizing transaction termination. A database interface receives an indication to terminate a transaction. The database interface decides whether to send a command to the underlying database server to terminate the transaction. If the database interface does send...

20060074891 - System and method for performing a search and a browse on a query: A search and a browse on a single user query is performed. A refined query is selected from the results of the first user query. Thereafter, a list of concepts from a first directory associated with the refined query is obtained. The concepts are defined in a hierarchical relationship with...

20060074865 - System and method for scoping searches using index keys: A set of index keys is included in an index search system that are associated with the scope of the search rather than the content of the documents that are the target of the search. These scope related index keys, or scope keys allows the scope of the search to...

20060074859 - System, apparatus, and method for user tunable and selectable searching of a database using a weighted quantized feature vector: A data processing means for user tunable and selectable (FIG. 2) of a database wherein the data contained therein have associated descriptive properties (FIG. 2) capable of being expressed in numeric form is described. Descriptive property values (FIG. 2) may be standardized numerically to eliminate property value overweighting. A quantized...

20060074882 - System, method and computer program for successive approximation of query results: A method, system, and computer program for generating successive approximations of the result of a query. The query is applied to successively larger samples of the data to produce successively more accurate approximations, optionally until the exact result of the query has been computed....

20060074883 - Systems, methods, and interfaces for providing personalized search and information access: The present invention relates to systems and methods that employ user models to personalize generalized queries and/or search results according to information that is relevant to respective user characteristics. A system is provided that facilitates generating personalized searches of information. The system includes a user model to determine characteristics of...

20060074895 - Method and system for extracting and utilizing metadata to improve accuracy in speech to text conversions: A computer-based system and method for speech to text conversion preprocessing of a presentation with a speech audio, useable in real time. The method captures a presentation speech audio input to be converted into text, temporally associates the speech audio input with at least one supporting text source from the...

20060074894 - Multi-language support for enterprise identity and access management: Systems and methods are provided for multi-language support through the management of multi-valued attributes. A data store maintains multi-valued attributes having language components and value components. The value components specify language specific values for the attributes and can be associated with corresponding language components. A server in communication with the...

20060074899 - Storing and searching a hierarchy of policies and associations thereof of particular use with ip security policies and security associations: Mechanisms for storing and searching a hierarchy of policies and associations thereof are disclosed which may be particularly useful for implementing security protocols, such as, but not limited to Internet Protocol security (IPsec). For example, a hierarchy of policies is stored in a search priority order in an associative memory,...

20060074897 - System and method for dynamic data masking: A system and method for dynamically masking data. The system and method receive and identify masked data in a data request, generate a request to receive the corresponding unmasked data, provide the request for unmasked data to a database, receive an unmasked response from the database, mask the response, and...

20060074898 - System and method for improving the accuracy of audio searching: A system and method for improving the accuracy of audio searching using multiple models to process an audio file or stream to obtain search tracks. The search tracks are processed to locate at least one search term and generate multiple search results. The number of search results is equivalent to...

20060074896 - System and method for pestware detection and removal: Systems and methods for managing pestware are described. One system includes a pestware shield configured to detect pestware activity on a protected computer; a heuristics engine configured to identify repeat pestware activity; a drive scan module configured to scan files stored on the storage device and to identify pestware in...

20060074893 - Unit for and method of detection a content property in a sequence of video images: A method of detection of a content property in a data stream on basis of low-level features is proposed. The method comprises: determining (202) a behavior feature (e.g. 320) from a sequence of the low-level features; determining (204) to which one of the predetermined clusters (304) of behavior features (318-328)...

20060074901 - Canonical abstraction for outerjoin optimization: A system, apparatus, and program storage device implementing a method of optimizing queries used for searching a computerized database, wherein the method comprises providing a query comprising a sequence of inner joins and outerjoins; and rewriting the query by producing a sequence of outer Cartesian products for the query; producing...

20060074904 - Content delivery rendering engine: A method and apparatus for a content delivery rendering engine. An embodiment of a method includes establishing a matching rule for generation of a web page; receiving a request for the web page; obtaining content for the web page from a database, with the content for the web page being...

20060074902 - Forming intent-based clusters and employing same by search: A method is provided for analyzing a plurality of search sessions to identify intent-based clusters therein. Each session comprises at least one received query from a user and a corresponding set of returned search results, and each set of search results includes or refers to at least one piece of...

20060074900 - Selecting keywords representative of a document: The method makes use of a given ontology to select keywords representative of a given document. The method finds all the terms in an ontology that occur in a document, and computes their frequency of occurrences in the document. The method then propagates these values from the leaves upwards to...

20060074906 - Self-organization approach to semantic interoperability in peer-to-peer information exchange: In the exchange of information in a peer-to-peer information system network, the problem of semantic interoperability of the communication system used by the agent associated with every peer is addressed not by imposing a universal pre-defined ontology over universally defined conceptual schemata, but instead using mechanisms, inspired from natural language,...

20060074903 - System and method for ranking search results using click distance: Search results of a search query on a network are ranked according to an additional click distance property associated with each of the documents on the network. The click distance is measurement of the number clicks or user navigations from a page or pages on the network designated as highest...

20060074905 - Systems and methods of retrieving topic specific information: The present invention provides systems and methods of searching web pages relevant to a specific topic based on quality of individual pages. The rank of a page for a keyword may be a combination of analytic rank and editorial rank. The analytic rank of a page may be calculated by...

20060074909 - Automated resume evaluation system: In one preferred embodiment according to the present invention, an automated résumé evaluation system is provided which accepts résumés in an electronic file format, evaluates those résumés according to a predetermined set of rules, then provides correspondence based on the outcome of the predetermined rules, which is sent back to...

20060074908 - Method and apparatus for efficient training of support vector machines: The present invention provides a system and method for building fast and efficient support vector classifiers for large data classification problems which is useful for classifying pages from the World Wide Web and other problems with sparse matrices and large numbers of documents. The method takes advantage of the least...

20060074907 - Presentation of search results based on document structure: A system identifies a document relating to a search term, where the document includes a set of structural elements. The system determines a distribution of occurrences of the search term in the document, identifies one of the structural elements based on the distribution of occurrences of the search term in...

20060074910 - Systems and methods of retrieving topic specific information: The present invention provides systems and methods of searching web pages relevant to a specific topic based on quality of individual pages. The rank of a page for a keyword may be a combination of analytic rank and editorial rank. The analytic rank of a page may be calculated by...

20060074911 - System and method for batched indexing of network documents: A process takes advantage of a structure of a server hosting a network site that includes a change log stored in a database to batch index documents for search queries. The content of the site is batched and shipped in bulk from the server to an indexer. The change log...

20060074914 - Dynamic sample data switch: A technique for preventing modification of productive data in a database. In response to a database access request in a productive data database access configuration, a database interface facilitates access to a sample database when a sample switch is enabled. The database interface facilitates normal database access when the sample...

20060074915 - Multiple stakeholders for a single business process: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing a customized representation of a business process involving one or more organizational entities that are accessible through a network. A user interface that can display a customized representation of a business process is provided. User information, including...

20060074912 - System and method for determining file system content relevance: A system and method for determining file system content relevance. According to a first embodiment, the system may include a storage device configured to store data and a file system configured to manage access to the storage device and to store file system content including a plurality of files. The...

20060074913 - Variable user interface based on document access privileges: Users may be presented with different viewing interfaces for a document based on a combination of factors relating to display rights possessed for the document and user specific information. In one implementation, the user's location is used to determine portions of the document that can be displayed to the user....

20060074918 - Method and accelerating data search for data archive system: In a data archive system, a time necessary for to processing a search task is shortened. A data archive system according to this invention includes: a storage apparatus including plural volumes in which data is stored; plural search servers which process a search task which requests a search for desired...

20060074916 - Method, apparatus, and computer program product for automatically migrating and managing migrated data transparently to requesting applications: A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed for managing and migrating data. A request is received from an application for data. The request is in a database-specific format. A determination is made regarding whether the data is located in a first database that utilizes the database-specific format. In...

20060074917 - Scalable and flexible information security for industrial automation: A security system that relates to industrial automation security comprises a component that receives a request to modify security relating to a zone of a factory floor, the zone being less than an entirety of the factory floor. A zonal security component generates security procedures for the zone, the security...

20060074919 - Searching industrial component data, building industry networks, and generating and tracking design opportunities: Processes (and system) are disclosed for aggregation of product part number, associated description, and product parameter for a plurality of products from plurality of web sites. One embodiment includes identifying a product manufacturer web site and executing crawler to extract information from databases exposed on the manufacturer web site. Also...

20060074937 - Apparatus and method for client-side routing of database requests: An apparatus and method provide client-side routing of database requests to enhance the performance of a partitioned database system. In a first embodiment, the database client determines the correct database server for a transaction, and routes requests for the transaction to the correct database server. In a second embodiment, the...

20060074950 - Apparatus and method for parametric group processing: A method of parametric group processing includes forming a parametric index from an indexed database. A first parametric group and a second parametric group corresponding to elements in the parametric index are specified. The first parametric group and the second parametric group are merged to produce a merged parametric group....

20060074941 - Apparatus, system, and method for supporting storage functions using an embedded database management system: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for supporting storage functions using an embedded database management system. The apparatus includes a disk controller configured to receive input/output (I/O) requests from a host, an embedded database management system module, and a conversion module configured to translate the input/output requests into database...

20060074951 - Capturing data changes utilizing data-space tracking: An on-line reorganization facility (ORF) uses index data-spaces that point to other data-spaces, referred to as data data-spaces, to efficiently track and coordinate information about the data-elements in an original data-space operated upon by a reorganization process. A relative base address of a data-element in an index data-space can be...

20060074943 - Computer system: The server SV1 receives instructions to acquire snapshot images from control server 20, acquires the snapshot images of logic disk 110, and stores them in logic disk 130, and at the same time acquires snapshot images of logic disk 120, and stores them in logic disk 140. The server SV1...

20060074949 - Computer system with a terminal that permits offline work: In a server-based computing environment, an environment that is the same as the environment realized on a server is provided to a user at a place where connection to a network can not be established. A virtual computer is constructed on the server. A client can executes an application program...

20060074926 - Computer-implemented system and method for handling node-link representations: Computer-implemented methods and systems for displaying nodes on a display device, wherein the nodes have a hierarchical context. Positional information associated with a plurality of nodes is used to generate a display for the nodes in response to a change in focal position. The generated node display maintains hierarchical contextual...

20060074931 - Configuring a shared library to accommodate relocatable data in a pervasive device: A method, system, architecture and apparatus for generating a shared library for a pervasive device target platform which can accommodate relocatable data. A tool chain in furtherance of this purpose can be arranged in accordance with the present invention to include a compiler programmed to compile source code into a...

20060074944 - Data exchange tool: The present invention may generally be thought of as a software reference tool that enables users to easily understand XML and other file types, including proprietary file types, and that provides the user the capability to map from one file type to another by using system templates that correspond to...

20060074923 - Data retrieval method and apparatus: A method to create within a computer system, an association between the appearance of a token and one or more stored files for the purpose of retrieving and presenting said one or more stored files, comprising the steps of: measuring said appearance of said token; creating a token identity from...

20060074940 - Dynamic management of node clusters to enable data sharing: An active cluster is dynamically formed to perform a specific task. The active cluster includes one or more data owning nodes of at least one data owning cluster and one or more data using nodes of at least one data using cluster that are to access data of the data...

20060074927 - Enclosure configurable to perform in-band or out-of-band enclosure management: Described is an enclosure that is configurable to perform either in-band or out-of-band enclosure management. The enclosure includes a midplane, a processor module, and a management module. The processor module has program code for collecting management information from other components in the enclosure. If the enclosure is configured for in-band...

20060074922 - File management device, file management method, file management program and recording medium: A file management device that manages a file that is divided into portions and stored across a plurality of storage devices including a removable storage device that stores information in a removable recording medium thereof, the file management device comprising: an access request receiving unit operable to receive a request...

20060074945 - File management program, data structure, and file management device: A file management program for managing a file or a directory by means of a long filename of a file system that corresponds to a long filename for retrieval and a short filename of the file system that corresponds to a short filename for retrieval, includes having a computer perform...

20060074948 - Management server, system, method and program: A management server for managing a group of operation devices includes: a bottleneck information acquisition unit and a server configuration information acquisition unit, both of which are for acquiring information relating to a bottleneck from a device to be managed, the device constituting a group of operation devices, and for...

20060074921 - Method and system enabling real time mixing of synthetic images and video images by a user: The invention concerns a method and a system for: (i) producing in a computer processing unit a flow of synthetic images, and (ii) tracing a scene by creating visual interactions between the synthetic image flow and at least one video image flow. The computer processing unit comprises: a motherboard, a...

20060074936 - Method and system for generating a report using an object-oriented approach: A method to generate a report using an object-oriented approach, including encapsulating a first function and a second function in a first class of objects and a second class of objects respectively. The first class of objects receives a request to generate the report and calls upon the second class...

20060074920 - Method, software application and system for providing benchmarks: Methods and systems are provided for processing and storing data objects by means of one or more processes running in a computer system. The computer system may have one or more electronic data structures. The electronic data structure may include a benchmark definition and may be formatted to be readable...

20060074935 - Multi-dimensional set object: Methods and apparatus, including computer systems and program products, for machine-implemented representations of collections of objects. A method includes providing data structure definitions that define a set object to represent the collection of objects; and generating, with a computer-implemented constructor using the one or more data structure definitions, a set...

20060074929 - Multiple document file tab channel: Disclosed is a unique system and method that facilitates more efficient navigation and viewing of multiple open objects such as files, documents, pages, sheets, etc. The systems and methods make use of a navigation bar or tab channel. The tab channel can comprise a shifting region and optionally, a static...

20060074938 - Netlist database: Disclosed is an object oriented netlist database that stores electrical circuit data parsed from a netlist text file that is formatted in HSPICE or Circuit Design Language (CDL) formats. To obtain the netlist text file, an electrical circuit schematic of an electrical circuit is created using a commercially available electrical...

20060074924 - Optimization of text-based training set selection for language processing modules: A device and a method provide for selection of a database from a corpus using an, optimization function. The method includes defining a size of a database, calculating a distance using a distance function for each pair in a set of pairs, and executing an optimization function using the distance...

20060074925 - Pathname caching and protection of the root directory in a nested multilayer directory structure: Servers in a storage system store a nested multilayer directory structure, and a global index that is an abstract of the directory structure. The global index identifies respective portions of the directory structure that are stored in respective ones of the servers, and the global index identifies paths through the...

20060074946 - Point of view distributed agent methodology for network management: The invention relates to a system and method for monitoring and diagnosis of issues experienced from a client system's point of view. More particularly, the invention relates to a system and method for monitoring and diagnosis of issues experienced from a client system relating to synthetic or observed transactions involving...

20060074939 - Saving and restoring an interlocking trees datastore: A tree-based datastore comprising a forest of interconnected trees that can be generated and/or accessed may require specialized saving and restoring processes to ensure that all the links are properly maintained whether it will be restored in full or in part. A previous process acted on known features of the...

20060074928 - Selection based container listing: A file system user interface (UI) which facilitates selecting groups of files and automatically persisting the selection to a data store is provided. A UI preview pane can provide a dynamic list preview as the items are selected. More particularly, as the user builds a multiple selection of files, the...

20060074930 - Structured-document path-language expression methods and systems: Systems and methods for building and/or simplifying structured-document path-language expressions are described. One of these systems or methods enables a user to graphically select structured-document path-language functions and addresses. With these addresses and functions, a structured-document path-language expression can be built without a user having to fully understand or type...

20060074947 - System and method for storing and accessing data in an interlocking trees datastore: A tree-based datastore comprising a forest of interconnected trees is generated and/or accessed. The tree-based datastore comprises a first tree that depends from a first root node and may include a plurality of branches. Each of the branches of the first tree ends in a leaf node. Each leaf node...

20060074932 - Systems and methods for recommendation of personal network: Systems and methods for automatically recommending a personal network. The systems can include a review module programmed to review communication information. The systems can also include a recommend module in data communication with the review module, the recommend module being programmed to identify one or more contacts from the communication...

20060074934 - Utilization of display profiles with abstract queries: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for applying query-level and parameter-level display profiles to abstract queries are provided. Display profiles allow users to utilize existing abstract queries for purposes of data analysis. In one embodiment, display profiles are used to change the scope of an existing abstract query or incorporate...

20060074942 - Visual database modeling: Methods, systems, and computer program products, implementing techniques for visual database modeling. The techniques include receiving in a web browser user input defining a structure for a database, the structure including one or more tables and one or more relations between the tables; and displaying in the web browser a...

20060074933 - Workflow interaction: Systems and methods enabling interaction with a workflow governing an electronic file and data of that electronic file are described. One of these systems or methods present a dynamically updatable user interface for interacting with a workflow of an electronic file along with the data of the electronic file....

20060074953 - Metadata management for a data abstraction model: A method, system and article of manufacture for managing metadata associated with a data abstraction model abstractly describing data in a database. One embodiment provides a method of managing metadata describing objects of a data abstraction model with logical fields that define abstract views of physical data in a database....

20060074958 - Method and system for storage and fast retrieval of digital terrain model elevations for use in positioning systems: Methods and apparatuses to generate and to access compressed and indexed elevations of Digital Elevation Models. In one aspect of the invention, a method to store elevation data includes: compressing elevation data of a first portion of a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) to generate first compressed elevation data; storing the...

20060074956 - Method and system for time-based reclamation of objects from a recycle bin in a database: A system for managing dropped objects of a database. The system comprises a finite amount of disk space for temporarily storing the dropped objects. The system further includes an indexer for assigning time stamps to each of the dropped objects and a reclaimer for reclaiming the dropped objects based on...

20060074957 - Method of configuration management of a computer system: A configuration management computer and program for managing volume configuration of a computer system are provided. This program collects configuration information from a host computer, switch, and storage system, that are objects for management, and creates correspondence of usage between a replica volume and a replica configuration definition. Once the...

20060074955 - System and method for deferred database connection configuration: A system and method for deferred database connection configuration. A database connection handle associated with a physical database connection is assigned to an application. An indication is received from the application to access a specified connection parameter of the physical database connection. A connection handling infrastructure determines whether the specified...

20060074954 - System and method for enabling efficient recovery of data in a storage array: A recovery enabling system for storage arrays is a high distance generalization of RAID-5 with optimal update complexity and near optimal storage efficiency. The recovery enabling system utilizes presets, data cells with known values that initialize the reconstruction process. The presets allow resolution of parity equations to reconstruct data when...

20060074952 - System and method to enable platform personality migration: An embodiment of the present invention relates generally to computer configuration and, more specifically, to a system and method to seamlessly determine the component configurations of a series of heterogeneous platforms and enable their respective component configurations to be intelligently migrated from one platform to another. In some embodiments, the...

20060074968 - Electronic content distribution management methods and systems: Methods and systems for managing electronic content distribution are provided. Transmission of electronic content on a communication link responsive to a request received from a communication device may be precluded by the transmission of other electronic content, due to bandwidth limitations on the communication link, for example. An electronic content...

20060074964 - Index processing: According to some embodiments, a technique of processing an index comprises receiving a portion of an index, wherein the index is associated with an identifier; determining whether the identifier is stored; and storing the received portion of the index in substantially the same entry as the stored identifier, if it...

20060074973 - Managing media objects in a database: A method and apparatus are provided for organizing media objects in a database using contextual information for a media object and known media objects, categories, indexes and searches, to arrive at an inference for cataloging the media object in a database. The media object may then be cataloged in the...

20060074959 - Maximum likelihood based interference cancellation for space-time coded signals: A signal processing apparatus comprises a plurality of receiving elements, weighting means, and decoding means. Each of the receiving elements has respective weighting means associated therewith at the decoding means, and is arranged to receive a plurality of signals transmitted from a plurality of transmitters. The weighting means are arranged...

20060074961 - Method and information database structure for faster data access: A method and information database structure, wherein at least one data field are given a priority level indication, depending on the importance of the data stored therein. When a query request is received, the query is translated into a plurality of queries, one for each level of priority available in...

20060074971 - Method and system for formatting and indexing data: According to one embodiment, a method for formatting and indexing data includes selecting an input data string associated with a data entry. The input data string is of a first format associated with a first numeral system. The input data string is converted to a second format to create an...

20060074972 - Method for increasing data processing efficiency: Disclosed is a method for improving data processing efficiency including the following steps: 1) assigning each client browse window a corresponding memory block in the server, taking the amount of data to be displayed in a browse window as a data block, and saving temporarily in each memory block the...

20060074962 - Method, system, and program for searching documents for ranges of numeric values: Provided are a method, system, and program for searching documents for ranges of numeric values. Document identifiers for documents are accessed, wherein the documents include at least one value that is a member of a set of values. A number of posting lists are generated. Each posting list is associated...

20060074965 - Optimized constraint and index maintenance for non updating updates: Database management systems allow modification of existing table rows through update statements or other data modification commands. For example, a user may specify, via a command statement, the table to update, the columns to modify and their respective new value(s), and qualify the rows to be updated. Optimized constraint and...

20060074970 - Predicting database system performance: A prediction system may perform capacity planning for one or more resources of a database systems, such as by understanding how different workloads are using the system resources and/or predicting how the performance of the workloads will change when the hardware configuration of the resource is changed and/or when the...

20060074966 - Programme survey system, arrangement and method: Programme survey system, arrangement and method are disclosed. The system includes three interfaces: a first interface receiving programme information on a broadcast programme delivered to a receiver over a programme broadcasting channel, a second interface receiving programme-associated data information on broadcast-programme-associated data delivered to the receiver over a data channel,...

20060074960 - Providing data integrity for data streams: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for providing data integrity for data streams. Input data streams are received. A parity data stream is generated by computing parity data from the input data streams, wherein the parity data stream comprises data blocks. Data integrity fields are computed for...

20060074963 - Techniques for estimating item frequencies in large data sets: Techniques for estimating items (e.g., data item or objects) frequencies in large data sets are disclosed. For example, a technique for determining items and their frequencies at multiple levels of interest in a collection of nested bags includes the following steps. A hierarchy of a plurality of levels of nested...

20060074967 - Visual query modeling for configurable patterns: Methods, systems, and computer program products, implementing techniques for visual query modeling. In one aspect, the techniques include displaying in a web browser a visual model of a database, the visual model including one or more graphical objects representing one or more tables in the database and relations between the...

20060074969 - Workflow interaction: Systems and methods enabling interaction with a workflow governing an electronic file are described. One of these systems or methods presents a dynamically updatable user interface for interacting with a workflow of an electronic file along with the data of the electronic file....

20060074974 - System and method for the structurally decoupled exchange of object-oriented data structures: A system and a method for a structurally decoupled exchange of objects deposited in variable object-oriented data structures is performed. In a first tool, at least one first object-oriented data structure is deposited and for each object coming from the first tool, of the first data structure, one unambiguous identification...

20060074975 - System and method for common storage object model: A system and method for common storage object model is provided. In one aspect, one or more classes representing respective one or more storage devices are provided. One or more plugin modules are operable to discover and provision one or more storage devices connected to a storage network using the...

20060074977 - Deferred incorporation of updates for spatial indexes: The present invention provides techniques by which updates may be incorporated in database indexes without causing deadlocks of user transactions. In deferred-incorporate update, the updates are propagated to the index only at transaction commit time. A method of handling transactions including updates in a database management system comprises the steps...

20060074978 - Delivery point identity services: A method and system for providing services to a mail delivery point are presented. According to the method, a delivery point identifier is acquired from a device located at the delivery point. Then, delivery point data is accessed corresponding to the delivery point identifier, and mail delivery services are provided...

20060074976 - Devices and method for recording and analyzing temporal events: A device and a method for temporal metering of events and to a device and a method for temporal analysis of events. The temporal metering device when operating obtains current times for each occurrence of physical events, and records in at least one metering file, information authorizing a temporal reconstitution...

20060074985 - Digital information library and delivery system: A computer network based digital information library system employing authentication and encryption protocols for the secure transfer of digital information library programs to a client computer system and a mobile digital information playback device removably connectable to the client computer system. The present invention is a computer network based library...

20060074984 - Graphical tree depicting search or browsing history: A method and apparatus for facilitating a user's browsing experience. A graphical history navigation tree is constructed and displayed as the user browses or previews electronic data (e.g., web pages, documents, images, electronic mail). A tree root is placed when the user opens a browser, initiates a new search or...

20060074986 - Method and system to authenticate an object: The system and methods disclosed herein validate the authenticity of a document and an individual's claimed identity. The system and method use a validation facility that is configurable to compare and match characteristics of biometric and non-biometric data presented by an individual with biometric and non-biometric data received from a...

20060074982 - Method for comparing tabular data: A computer implemented method that allows users to easily compare electronic files of tabular data. Files generated by various computer programs, including spreadsheets and databases, may be compared with one another. The results of the comparisons may be viewed, printed, saved and exported in various formats. The invention is particularly...

20060074983 - Method of maintaining data confidentiality: A method of maintaining data confidentiality. The method of one embodiment comprises receiving patient data at a medical system. Whether the patient data includes protected health information is determined. If the patient data includes protected health information; the patient data is stored in a secure location. The patient data is...

20060074979 - Static sample data switch: A technique for preventing database access to an active database when using sample data. A database interface facilitates access to a static sample database when a database access request is received that is associated with sample data. The database interface facilitates access to an active database when a database access...

20060074980 - System for semantically disambiguating text information: Disclosed is a semantic user interface system that allows text information to be tagged with machine-readable IDs that are associated with concepts for conveying information without any ambiguity or without being hampered by the limitations of human languages. Typically, a plurality of vocabularies are stored across a network, and each...

20060074987 - Term database extension for label system: A method stores, uses and suggests terms in a business solution software program having multiple languages. Instead of only searching for a general use of a term based on its text and general use, one can search for a term based on a specific use in a module. Each term...

20060074981 - Web-based data form: A web-based data form enables modifications made to values in the data form to be dynamically implemented in a data source. Form fields of the data form are associated with items in the data source using data binding information. Data from the data source is transformed into intermediate code using...

20060074988 - Garbage collection system: The object of the present invention is to provide a garbage collection (GC) system that suppresses wasteful increase in CPU time required for GC, without stopping all AP threads for an excessively long amount of time. The garbage collection system frees memory areas corresponding to objects that are no longer...

20060074990 - Leaf avoidance during garbage collection in a java virtual machine: A system, method and program product for optimizing the mark phase of garbage collection in a JVM. A garbage collector is provided for removing unused objects, wherein the garbage collector includes: a traversing system for traversing object fields in objects obtained from a work queue, wherein the traversing system includes...

20060074992 - Method and apparatus for storing image files of mobile communication terminal: A method for storing an image file of a mobile communication terminal, which includes naming an image file based on at least one preset option presented to a user, and storing the named image file in a user-selected location in a memory of the mobile terminal....

20060074989 - Method and apparatus for virtualizing object names: A method for virtualizing access to named system objects includes the step of receiving a request to access a system object from a process executing in the context of a user isolation scope, the request including a virtual name for the system object. A rule associated with the request is...

20060074991 - System and method for generating an amalgamated database: A method for creating an amalgamated bioinformatics database from at least a first database and a second database is presented. Concepts are identified in a first field from the records of the first database. A second field from the records of the second database which has data related to the...

20060074993 - System and method for management of recovery time objectives of business continuity/disaster recovery it solutions: The present invention provides a system and method for management of Recovery Time Objective (RTO) of a business continuity or disaster recovery solution. The system comprises a management server logically coupled with at least a first computer, at least a second computer, and a network coupling the first and the...

20060074998 - Method for automatic wrapper repair: A method for repairing a wrapper associated with an information source, includes defining a classifier, based on content features of extracted and labeled information using the wrapper, using the classifier to extract content information from the file according to a set of classifier extraction rules; analyzing the extracted content information...

20060074999 - Method for automatic wrapper repair: A method of information extraction from a Web page using a broken wrapper, includes using the wrapper to extract strings from the Web page parsed in forward direction; analyzing the extracted strings according to a set of rules for assigning labels associated with the wrapper; assigning labels to those strings...

20060074997 - Prefix-indexed word-input aiding method and system: A prefix-indexed word-input aiding method and system is proposed, which is designed for use in conjunction with an electronic data processing unit for providing the user with a prefix-indexed word-input aiding function that can aid the user in the input of words of a certain phonetic language, such as English,...

20060074994 - Storing and using classes in databases: Methods and apparatus, including computer systems and program products, for storing and using resources, such as classes, in databases. One implementation provides a technique for receiving a specified name, retrieving one or more resources from a database, and for each resource, one or more attributes associated with the resource, wherein...

20060074996 - System and method for synchronizing data: A system and method for generating a synchronizing data set are described. The method includes receiving a synchronization command by a SyncML complaint device, accessing a data set associated with the SyncML complaint device, filtering the data set in a source adapter to generate a synchronization data set and communicating...

20060074995 - System and method for tolerating multiple storage device failures in a storage system with constrained parity in-degree: A fault-tolerant system for storage arrays has constraints on the number of data from which each redundancy value is computed. The fault-tolerant system has embodiments that are supported on small array sizes to arbitrarily large array sizes, and can tolerate a large number T of failures. Certain embodiments can tolerate...

20060075001 - System, method and program to distribute program updates: System, method and computer program for distributing updates to software in a plurality of client servers. A client management server includes a first program to determine what updates to the software are needed for installation at each of the client servers. A distribution server obtains the needed software updates from...

20060075000 - Transient range versioning based on redirection: A mechanism is described for transient versioning in architectures that manage node ranges, wherein each node is assigned a node ID value and a set of nodes form a range of node IDs called a node range. Each entry in the index describes one range and points to where the...

20060075005 - Method and apparatus of media management on disk-subsystem: A method for migrating a block of data within a storage system includes migrating first data stored in a first storage volume of a first storage subsystem to a second storage volume in a second storage subsystem. The first data is a block of data that is presented to a...

20060075002 - Method, system and software for journaling system objects: A method of journaling changes to system objects. A dummy function is substituted for a system function. The system function is executed under operation of the dummy function. Copies of system objects changed by execution of the system function are generated for journaling. Execution of the dummy function is then...

20060075004 - Method, system, and program for replicating a file: Provided are a method, system, and program for replicating a file. A file is copied to a target storage file system stored as a base file. A reference file comprising the copied file is generated at a local storage. An update is applied to the file at the local storage....

20060075003 - Queuing of location-based task oriented content: A method, system, and computer instructions for the queuing of location-based task-oriented content. A content service provider receives content for a location-dependent task to be delivered to a particular client computing device. The content service provider determines if the content is above a threshold associated with the location-dependent task. Responsive...

20060075006 - Storage model for large object columns: Methods and apparatus for enabling a plurality of table columns arranged to be associated with large objects (LOBs) to share a single LOB data segment within a database are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for allocating space associated with at least a first column...

20060075007 - System and method for optimizing a storage system to support full utilization of storage space: A system and method for optimizing a storage system to support full utilization of storage space are provided. With the system and method, data objects/containers of data objects are assigned retention values when they are created. These retention values may be dynamically modified based on a modification function associated with...