Data processing: database and file management or data structures inventions 07/06

20060167833 - Access control system: A system with at least one access control device (1) exhibiting an access authorization reader (4) for data carrier (8) containing access authorization and identification data, a database (9) and a camera (7). Once a valid access authorization is read, the identification data from the data carrier in question (8)...

20060167834 - Automated response to solicited and unsolicited communications and automated collection and management of data extracted therefrom: An automated correspondence response system is provide for permitting a receiving entity to generate customized responses based on data extracted from received communications. The system also provides for automated management and manipulation of data extracted from correspondence received by a receiving entity for group profiling and to perform various statistical...

20060167830 - Method for carrying out quality control on an analytical process and device for carrying out said method: A method is proposed for carrying out quality control on an analytical process which belongs to a group of related analytical processes that can be executed in at least one analytical device and includes a respective chain of sub-processes. The method includes fundamental chemical and/or physical underlying sub-processes being stored...

20060167831 - Method to automate resource management in computer applications: There is provided a computer comprising an application that generates a call having a resource name and a default value. A resource manager compares an entry in a localized resource file to the resource name. A resource manager wrapper adds said resource name to a resource file if the localized...

20060167829 - Multistage network computer architecture, with user-centered remote operating system: A multi-tier computer architecture is intended to allow access to a personal resources environment, via a network such as Internet from varied access points corresponding to different types of client workstations. The said computer architecture comprises: a standard relational database server tier comprising a database manager able to execute on...

20060167832 - System management technique to surface the most critical problems first: A method, apparatus and computer instructions are provided to identify problems that are most critical to the revenue of a business. Configuration of business management software is facilitated in a way to ensure that the most severe revenue impacts are addressed first. An administrator is interrogated for those systems, resources...

20060167838 - File-based hybrid file storage scheme supporting multiple file switches: In an aggregated file system, a file may begin with a set of stripe fragments all in the RAID-5 scheme in order to take advantage of the RAID-5 scheme's storage efficiency. After that, when one of the fragments is accessed by a file switch, it will be duplicated into the...

20060167836 - Method and structure for algorithmic overlap in parallel processing for exploitation when load imbalance is dynamic and predictable: A method (and structure) of processing, on a computer having a plurality of processors, includes executing a set of tasks that includes a computational bottleneck in a repetitive procedure on a first subset of the plurality of processors. A set of non-bottleneck tasks of the repetitive procedure is executed on...

20060167835 - Optimization-based media allocation: Improved media allocation techniques for use in accordance with information-seeking systems are provided. For example, in one aspect of the invention, a technique for allocating media to present data content for a response to a query comprises the following steps/operations. Data content suitable for generating a response to the query...

20060167839 - Scaleable data itemsets and association rules: The subject invention leverages scaleable itemsets and/or association rules to provide dynamic adjustment of memory usage. This allows the subject invention to provide association rules and/or itemsets with the highest support while utilizing a bounded amount of memory. Thus, a data analysis system and/or method utilizing the subject invention can...

20060167837 - User interaction management using an ongoing estimate of user interaction skills: User interaction management techniques are disclosed. In a first aspect of the invention, an automated technique for managing interaction between a user and a system includes the following steps/operations. A skill level of a user accessing the system is determined. Then, a user interaction profile is modified based on the...

20060167847 - Configurable business controls task notification: A method for performing business control task notification is proposed. The method comprises processing a combination of one or more databases and one or more user profiles to generate a schedule template and receive a request for a schedule. A computer program product compares attributes of the request for the...

20060167853 - Content searching method, system, program product and architecture: Under the present invention, searchable content is loaded into a search engine database, while displayable content is stored in a file system (e.g., in an XML file or the like) that is architecturally separate from the search engine database. Searchable content is associated with corresponding displayable content through links/pointers. In...

20060167860 - Data extraction for feed generation: A system (and a method) automatically generates a feed from structured or unstructured data. The system identifies a resource having two or more data elements. The resource is matched with a pre-defined template. The pre-defined template is structured for a feed and includes a plurality of fields. The system extracts...

20060167840 - Determining usability of a coded file for an application: An electronic device for determining usability of a coded file in an application includes at least one file matching unit associated with an application, which receives at least one property of a code file, matches the property against the application, generates an indication indicating if the file can be used...

20060167844 - Diagnostics portal: An information portal for aiding support professionals, such as computer support professionals, in diagnosing and correcting problems is disclosed. A plurality of high quality information resources in a plurality of formats are organized by topics and subtopics familiar to the professionals to reduce the amount of searching required to access...

20060167856 - Enterprise information integration platform: A system for enterprise information integration is described. The system is based on different layers: the data sources, source ontologies corresponding to the data schema of the data sources, an integration ontology integrating the different source ontologies, a level of query input, preferably in the form of a web service....

20060167855 - Identification and tracking of digital content distributors on wide area networks: A system and method for tracking and identifying digital content distributors using file sharing networks. The system monitors distribution networks, logs pertinent network and distributor information, generates network statistics, gathers evidence of content distribution, and notifies interested parties of the availability of content on file sharing networks....

20060167862 - Method and apparatus for utilizing user feedback to improve signifier mapping: An apparatus for finding resources on a network comprises a finder server having access to: (a) a database including: (i) an index of resources available on network of interconnected computers on which a plurality of resources reside; and (ii) information regarding user feedback gathered from previous operations of the apparatus...

20060167841 - Method and system for a unique naming scheme for content management systems: Provided is a method for unique naming for a content management system, including several steps. A first request including a relative URI and request-specific information is received. A second request including a long URI including the relative URI and the request-specific information is created. The second request is sent....

20060167849 - Method and system for mobile instant messaging using multiple protocols: A method, system and computer program to engage and conduct instant messaging sessions on mobile devices. The system uses the GPRS protocol as the principal carrier to exchange messages in between users that are running their instant messaging application. The system further allows users who are not running their instant...

20060167848 - Method and system for query generation in a task based dialog system: A method for querying a database (106) in a task based dialog system (102) is provided. The task based dialog system (102) comprises a task model (110), a user model (114), a dialog manager (112), a query generator (116), and a mapper (120). The method interprets a user input required...

20060167861 - Methods and systems for managing data: Systems and methods for managing data, such as metadata. In one exemplary method, metadata from files created by several different software applications are captured, and the captured metadata is searched. The type of information in metadata for one type of file differs from the type of information in metadata for...

20060167864 - Search engine system for locating web pages with product offerings: A search engine system assists users in locating web pages from which user-specified products can be purchased. Web pages located by a crawler program are scored, based on a set of criteria, according to likelihood of including a product offering. A query server accesses an index of the scored web...

20060167845 - Selection of optimal plans for first-n-row queries: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for optimizing a query in a computer system, wherein the query is performed by the computer system to retrieve data from a database stored on the computer system. The optimization comprises determining an optimal access plan for a first-N-rows query by evaluating a...

20060167846 - Semantic to non-semantic routing for locating a live expert: A system and method of semantic to non-semantic routing for locating an expert. An inquiry-type database has a first layer of inquiry types organized from underlying criteria groupings, (humanly understandable descriptors). Additional layers are associated in a one-to-one correspondence with the first layer of inquiry types. Experts, having individualized knowledge,...

20060167858 - System and method for implementing group policy: A method and system for implementing policy by accumulating policies for a policy recipient from policy objects associated with a hierarchically organized structure of containers, such as directory containers (sites, domains and organizational units) that includes the policy recipient. Based on administrator input, policy settings for the policy recipient may...

20060167852 - System and method for improving online search engine results: System and method for improving online search engine results. In one embodiment, a search system queries one or more servers of a destination site to obtain detailed and relevant information. In one embodiment, this query is in the form of an application programming interface call. Based on the content received...

20060167854 - System and method for improving online search engine results: System and method for improving online search engine results. In one embodiment, a search system queries one or more servers of a destination site to obtain detailed and relevant information. In one embodiment, this query is in the form of an application programming interface call. Based on the content received...

20060167859 - System and method for personalized searching of television content using a reduced keypad: A method of searching television content for content of interest to a viewer involves entering a text search query with an ambiguous keypad device. The ambiguous keypad device includes a limited group of keys that represents a full set of alphanumeric characters. At least one key within the limited group...

20060167850 - System and method for providing secure access to data with user defined table functions: Methods, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for providing secure access to data. Public UDTFs, private UDTFs and a metadata processor are utilized to facilitate secure access to data residing in a variety of data repositories....

20060167842 - System and method for query refinement: A method and system are provided for automatically enhancing initial search results produced by a search engine in response to a multi-word user query. The method may include implementing a result evaluation mechanism within the search engine for evaluating adequacy of the initial search results. The method may additionally include...

20060167857 - Systems and methods for contextual transaction proposals: Context-specific transaction proposals are automatically generated and presented to a user who expresses interest in a particular topic. A user viewing a World Wide Web page or other content item activates an interface to indicate that he or she is interested in additional information related to the subject of the...

20060167851 - Systems and methods for providing a user interface with an automatic search menu: Systems and methods are provided for a user interface with an automatic search menu. The interface exposes commands to the user as instantly searchable hierarchy. Visually, this is represented as a tree view with an edit box above it. There is no “Search” or “Go” button to press. One second...

20060167843 - Tire search engines and ternary cam used as pre-classifier: A search engine operable to search on a search key word of a given length comprises a trie database which supports a trie search on keys of the given length and a content addressable memory organized to receive a most significant section of the search key word. The search engine...

20060167863 - User interface system for maintaining organization related information for use in supporting organization operation: A system and user friendly display interface supports creation and modification of a flexible and comprehensive organization structure model able to support provision of clinical care, patient tracking, billing and administration. A method provides a user interface for maintaining organization related information in support of organization operation. The method involves...

20060167866 - Automatic inspection tool: A system and method for an automatic inspection tool is provided including an inspection engine to analyze an input and to generate at least one comment block and a display engine to display the at least one comment block in the context of the input. The at least one comment...

20060167865 - Database system with methodology for generating bushy nested loop join trees: A database system with methodology for generating bushy nested loop join trees is described. In one embodiment, for example, an improved method is described for optimization of a query requesting data from a database, the method comprises steps of: generating a left deep operator tree for returning data requested by...

20060167867 - Enhancing node-based query languages to support common relational mapping patterns: The subject invention relates to systems and methods that augment node-based programming languages to facilitate efficient data manipulation of hierarchical data structures. In one aspect, a query or general purpose language system is provided. The system includes a query component to interact with hierarchical node-based data collections and a language...

20060167869 - Multi-path simultaneous xpath evaluation over data streams: A method and apparatus are provided for performing simultaneous XPath evaluations over an XML data stream. The method includes the steps of providing an XML data stream consisting of a sequence of information items, providing a search query consisting of a graph of search patterns, searching a sequence of information...

20060167868 - Universal and extensible packaging process for computer system software integration and deployment: A method and apparatus for automating the conversion of disparate software package delivery formats into a structured and universally acceptable software package format that uses metadata to describe its structure, contents, and related control information. The present invention facilitates the ability to support the direct input of software packages, including...

20060167870 - Adjudication means in method and system for managing service levels provided by service providers: A method and system for managing a service level of a service provided by a service provider to a customer under a service level agreement. The measurement data is adjudicated to correct the measurement data in accordance with at least one adjudication element that identifies a rule specifying how to...

20060167872 - Automatic dynamic contextual data entry completion system: A method, performed in a character entry system, for interrelating character strings so that incomplete input character strings can be completed by a selection of a presented character string involves computing contextual associations between multiple character strings based upon co-occurrence of character strings relative to each other in documents present...

20060167873 - Editor for deriving regular expressions by example: The present invention is directed to a method for deriving regular expressions by example, enabling users to author pattern matching and transformation logic without being regular expression experts. A user interface accepts an example string, tokenizes it, and enables designation of string recognition keys and classification of corresponding values. A...

20060167874 - Game-powered search engine: The subject invention provides a unique system and method that facilitates an interactive game-powered search engine that serve the purposes of both users who may be looking for information as well as game participants who may desire to earn some reward or level of enjoyment by playing the game. More...

20060167871 - Method and system for blocking specific network resources: A system and method for blocking access by a network device to specific network resources by comparing a specific resource identifier against entries in a blacklist and facilitating a connection accordingly. A request for a connection to a specific network resource identified by a specific identifier is received and compared...

20060167877 - Inbound link incoming mail stream: The present subject matter relates to automated mail processing techniques for the sorting of in-bound mail for distribution within a large company or enterprise. More particularly, the present subject matter relates to the automated processing of an incoming mail stream by transforming gathered address mail information from the in-bound mail...

20060167876 - Multimedia integration description scheme, method and system for mpeg-7: The invention provides a system and method for integrating multimedia descriptions in a way that allows humans, software components or devices to easily identify, represent, manage, retrieve, and categorize the multimedia content. In this manner, a user who may be interested in locating a specific piece of multimedia content from...

20060167875 - Prescriptive architecture for application development: A prescriptive architecture for application development is provided. In some embodiments, the architecture comprises a service, a receiver, a sender, and a transport. The service functions to perform the actual business logic, is decorated with service deployment metadata; and is operable to communicate via types. The receiver is coupled to...

20060167878 - Customer statistics based on database lock use: A method and service for establishing a web-based network that includes an enterprise locking service. The enterprise locking service is able to coordinate multiple, cooperating applications that need to ensure that one and only one user is modifying a database record at a given time. These database records may be...

20060167879 - Document management method and document management device: Editing contents for the editing-object document selected from the plural documents that are inputted from the terminal devices connected to the network and that can be owned jointly via the network and corresponding message sentences for the editing contents are received, and a new renewed document is prepared by renewing...

20060167881 - Digital media file identification: A method and apparatus for identifying, tracking and monitoring digital media files is provided. The system provides numerous methods of interfacing with a content outlet. The methods further include comparing attributes of content to be downloaded with attributes of content in a media database. The methods also includes providing restrictions...

20060167882 - Digital rights management system architecture: A method and apparatus for identifying, tracking and monitoring digital media files is provided. The system provides numerous methods of interfacing with a content outlet. The methods further include comparing attributes of content to be downloaded with attributes of content in a media database. The methods also includes providing restrictions...

20060167880 - Efficient data access via runtime type inference: A system and methodology that provide schema inferencing at runtime. An inference component receives as an input an input data stream, and processes the input data stream at runtime to develop a schema based on actual values thereof. The inferred schema is then used to create an inferred output data...

20060167897 - Administration of a broker-based publish/subscribe messaging system: A broker-based publish/subscribe messaging system is administered in which a session-based network connection (such as TCP/IP) from an administrator publish/subscribe client application is established with a broker. Administration commands are received as messages from the administrator publish/subscribe client application at the broker via the session-based network connection and response messages...

20060167888 - Automatic capture of associations between content within a content framework system: A content framework system and method. The content framework system comprises a content infrastructure, a content flow management system, and a content association system. The content infrastructure comprises content management systems. Each of the content management systems comprises content. The content flow management system comprises an acquisition tool comprising an...

20060167890 - Content framework system and method: A content framework system and method. The content framework system comprises a content infrastructure, a content flow management system, and a content association system. The content infrastructure comprises content management system. Each of the content management systems comprises content. The content flow management system is for controlling a flow of...

20060167889 - Creating content associations through visual techniques in a content framework system: A content framework system and method. The content framework system comprises a content infrastructure, a content flow management system, and a content association tool. The content infrastructure comprises content management system. Each of the content management systems comprises content. The association creation tool is for generating a first set of...

20060167895 - Database system and method for adapting a main database components in a main memory thereof: In a main memory database system constituted of the dual memory architecture of PRAM and DRAM as a main memory, a method for updating data in PRAM and DRAM includes Move-When-Write, memory allocation scheme in the dual memory architecture, and a method for dividing and storing database components in the...

20060167899 - Meta-data generating apparatus: A meta-data generating apparatus includes a personal contents information loading unit which loads personal contents information, a text extracting unit which extracts text from other contents information relating to the personal contents information loaded by the personal contents information loading unit, and a meta-data generating unit which generates, on the...

20060167884 - Method and apparatus for recording a transfer of a piece of data: A method of recording a transfer of a piece of data, the method comprising the steps of: determining whether a database contains a record that has data which represents the piece of data; and upon determining that the database contains the reconsetting one or more counters, which represent a total...

20060167891 - Method and apparatus for redirecting transactions based on transaction response time policy in a distributed environment: A method, system, and computer program instructions for using existing performance monitoring solutions to detect performance issues in an enterprise, and providing and executing a corrective action on any server being monitored in the enterprise to correct the performance issue. When a management agent on a monitored server detects a...

20060167885 - Method of establishing and carrying out communication between a data source and a user: A method of establishing and carrying out communication between a data source and a user is effected via a fixed or a mobile network, wherein a program that handles a presentation to the user is placed in the user's terminal which, in turn, is connected, via a server, to a...

20060167894 - Method, system and storage medium for introducing data network accessibility information: The invention relates to a method for incorporating data network reachability information into an SPD or SAD for instance, wherein the data network reachability information is received from other data processing apparatuses. SPD and SAD are data structures defined by the IPsec standard. The invention further relates to a corresponding...

20060167898 - Network apparatus and device information acquisition method: A network apparatus includes: a reception section that receives from a device connected to a network a URL for receiving service provided by the device; a storage section that stores the URL received by the reception section; and a provision section that selectively provides the URL stored in the storage...

20060167893 - Server processes: A method for maintaining the ability of a parent server process to communicate with one or more client processes is disclosed. In the method, a first child server process is configured to monitor for failure of the parent server process and to respond to failure of the parent server process...

20060167887 - System and method for implementing multiple application server clusters using a common binary directory structure: A system and method are described for managing a plurality of application servers. In one embodiment, the application servers are organized into groups referred to as “instances.” Each instance includes a group of redundant application servers and a dispatcher for distributing service requests to each of the application servers. In...

20060167883 - System and method for the optimization of database acess in data base networks: A database network router (DNR) in a database network includes a client access module and a database resource manager that communicate with each other using a common software interface. The client access module communicates with clients including application servers and external database servers; and the database resource manager communicates with...

20060167886 - System and method for transmitting data from a storage medium to a user-defined cluster of local and remote server blades: A method is provided to allow for establishing one or more user-defined clusters including server blades in a local blade cabinet and in one or more remote blade cabinets connected to the local cabinet by a management network, and then to allow for the transmission of information read within a...

20060167892 - System for autonomically improving performance of enterprise java beans through dynamic workload management: A system, method, and computer program for dynamically changing the weightings used by a workload distribution program to distribute Enterprise JavaBeans among a group of application servers handling EJBs. The changes are made in response to real-time measurements of the performance of EJBs involved in e-business transactions based on the...

20060167896 - Systems and methods for managing and using multiple concept networks for assisted search processing: Multiple concept networks are generated from subsets of received queries. These concept networks can be used in various ways to enhance response to subsequent queries. In one embodiment, concept networks can be merged into a larger concept network that can be used to infer a user's likely intent given a...

20060167906 - Information processing apparatus, document management system and method, and computer program: An information processing apparatus includes an input section, a position calculation section, a storage section, a log information record section, a display data generation section and a display section. The input section receives document identification information, which are output as output signals from respective transmission portions set to correspond to...

20060167901 - Live collections: A method, system and apparatus for managing live collections in a collaborative environment. In a preferred aspect of the present invention, a live collection can include a multiplicity of live objects aggregated together from which a live collection status can be obtained by reference to an application of at least...

20060167903 - Mediadescription data structures for carrying descriptive content metadata and content acquisition data in multimedia systems: A MediaDescription data structure that includes both descriptive metadata, such as EPG information, about a multimedia content item and instructions for acquiring the content item is assigned to each multimedia content item in a multimedia system. A MediaDescription data structure is transferable as a token for representing the content item....

20060167905 - Method and system for template data validation based on logical constraint specifications: A method and system to validate template data based on logical constraint specifications for constraining data collection in XML forms. The invention comprises methods and systems for validating dynamic, calculated, and other template data types. The constraint descriptions include data types, cardinality, order, co-occurrence, Boolean logic, read-only data, regular expression...

20060167908 - Methods and systems for creating and operating hierarchical levels of administrators to facilitate the production and distribution of content: A hierarchically arranged content assembly and distribution system includes global and local administrators, the global administrators having the authorization to establish the local administrators. Global administrators have the ability to establish global content, establish global subscriber lists and assemble content for distribution to the global subscribers. Local administrators have the...

20060167900 - Reducing memory used by metadata for duplicate user defined types: A computer automatically identifies multiple occurrences of an abstract data type that is embedded within an object of metadata of another abstract data type (hereinafter “top-level” abstract data type), e.g. by recursively visiting each element of the top-level abstract data type. Then the computer automatically generates, for the top-level abstract...

20060167907 - System and method for processing xml documents: A method and apparatus are provided for representing an XML document in a collection of ordered information items. The method includes the steps of providing an information item of the collection of ordered information items encoded as a series of records where each record is provided with a length field...

20060167902 - System and method for storing a document in a serial binary format: A computer-readable medium having a data structure for storing document data in a serialized binary format so that the document data is accessible to other applications. A document structure is generated that includes root node data. The document is stored in a serial binary data format. The serial binary format...

20060167904 - Visual association of content in a content framework system: A content framework system and method. The content framework system comprises a content infrastructure, a content association system, and a user interface system. The content infrastructure comprises content management systems. Each of the content management systems comprises content. The content association system is for generating a first set of associations...

20060167911 - Automatic data pattern recognition and extraction: The present invention relates to a method and a computer program product for data pattern recognition and extraction. In one aspect, there is provided a computer implemented method for manually or automatically configuring a data extraction from one or more input files. In an embodiment, a user selects one or...

20060167909 - Conversion of structured information: A method and apparatus 400 are provided for carrying out conversion of structured information data sets structured according to a first predefined structure 405 into data sets structured according to a second predefined structure 410 by way of an intermediate data structure 300. Conversion rules 420 are defined to convert...

20060167913 - Converting an address to a hyperlink: In a data structure such as an electronic document, a location such as an address is entered, rendered, or scanned for as part of text of the data structure. The location is identified and is converted to a hyperlink that targets an application program such as a website. When activated,...

20060167918 - Information retrieval apparatus: An information retrieval apparatus which can use a preference-based association dictionary, the words stored therein are dynamically changed according to user's preferences, and a general association dictionary storing a relationship between the keywords included in a database, by appropriately switching between the two association dictionaries, and which includes: a matching...

20060167919 - Intelligent platform management interface validating system and method: An Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) validating system used between a host system and an operation terminal is provided. The IPMI validating system includes a validating program library for storing a plurality of validating programs coded in a programming language, a user interface configured in the operation terminal, for providing...

20060167912 - Method and system for use of subsets in serialized documents: A method for processing XML documents in a computer-based system includes providing a XML document associated with a XML information set that includes one or more information items, and serializing the XML document into a serialized format. The serialized format includes at least one subset that includes a subset node....

20060167916 - Non-intrusive method for logging external events related to an application process, and a system implementing said method: m

20060167915 - Pattern matching using deterministic finite automata and organization of such automata: A deterministic finite state machine is operated to detect any one of a plurality of digital signatures each corresponding to a succession of characters and each defined by a sequence of states in the state machine. The machine is organized such that for each state after the first in any...

20060167917 - System, methods and apparatus for complex behaviors of collectives of intelligent mobile software agents: A system, methods and apparatus are described involving the self-organizing dynamics of networks of distributed computers. The system uses intelligent mobile software agents in a multi-agent system to perform numerous functions, including search, analysis, collaboration, negotiation, decision making and structural transformation. Data are continuously input, analyzed, organized, reorganized, used and...

20060167914 - Time-based rebuilding of autonomic table statistics collections: Building database statistics for use by a query optimizer is beneficial but may over utilize system resources. Accordingly, the frequency that statistics are rebuilt is controlled in order to minimize the effect of the system. In particular, the staleness of the data and the time since the last statistics collection...

20060167910 - [electronic device with an embedded linux application system]: The present invention discloses an electronic device with an embedded Linux application system, and the electronic device comprises a microprocessor for executing a Linux operating system core and a root file system, and the electronic device installs the Linux operating system core and the root file system, such that when...

20060167927 - Data query and location through a central ontology model: A data query system including a first storage medium including a data schema having a data schema query language associated therewith, a second storage medium including an ontology model including classes and properties, the ontology model having an ontology query language associated therewith, wherein constructs of the database schema are...

20060167924 - Diagrammatic access and arrangement of data: Customizable data diagrams are provided by a data diagram software facility. The facility receives a reference to a multidimensional data set on which to base an initial data diagram. Based, at least in part, on this information, the facility generates a data diagram providing a graphical representation of nodes corresponding...

20060167923 - Method and a system for process discovery: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and a method for process discovery. Embodiments of the present invention comprise extracting process data from a data source, creating a trace using the extracted process data, wherein the trace comprises a plurality of events, and detecting a process model using the plurality...

20060167922 - Method and apparatus for managing data object size in a multi-user environment: One or more embodiments of the invention enable improved communication with a database comprising multiple clients utilizing multiple large data objects concurrently. For example when a client system interacts with a server with respect to a data object that is over a threshold size, the system may utilizing a communication...

20060167929 - Method for optimizing archival of xml documents: A technique for optimizing the archiving and management of data stored as XML documents is capable of handling mixed data including highly structured data and unstructured data. The technique maps the structured data to a relational database while storing the unstructured data in its native XML format. The data is...

20060167928 - Method for querying xml documents using a weighted navigational index: A technique for optimizing the archival and management of data stored as XML documents is capable of handling mixed data including highly structured data and unstructured data. The technique maps the structured data to a relational database while storing the unstructured data in its native XML format. The data is...

20060167932 - Method for the acceleration of the transmission of logging data in a multi-computer environment and system using this method: This invention relates to a method for the transmission of logging data, within a cluster of computers, enabling all or part of the events constituting the running of a user process to be memorized or reproduced. The method applies in particular to the logging data representing the internal events of...

20060167930 - Self-organized concept search and data storage method: A document search and retrieval system and method stores documents in groups based on content. The documents are self-organized into a hierarchy of conceptual clusters, and branches of the hierarchy are stored separately in distinct physical stores, each having an index. In response to a query, the system finds the...

20060167920 - System and method for managing large-scale databases: The present invention provides a database naming convention that enables each and every column name within the database to be unique within the given database; each row to have a unique identification number; and any field of information to be recovered using a single key value. The database naming convention...

20060167925 - System and method for providing system objects to a database: A system and method are presented for providing system code to a variety of databases by using a resource database. The resource database contains pre-created system objects, which have been parsed and organized into a format suitable for execution. These pre-created system objects are capable of logically appearing in the...

20060167921 - System and method using a distributed lock manager for notification of status changes in cluster processes: According to at least one embodiment, a method comprises implementing a distributed lock manager (DLM) within a cluster. The method further comprises using locks of the DLM to manage notification to at least one monitoring cluster process of a change in status of at least one monitored cluster process....

20060167931 - Techniques for knowledge discovery by constructing knowledge correlations using concepts or terms: Techniques for identifying knowledge use a graphical user interface for inputting one or more terms to be explored for additional knowledge. Then a search is conducted across one or more sources of information to identify resources containing information about or information associated with said terms. The resources are decomposed into...

20060167926 - Vineyard information collection and management system: A vineyard information collection and management system is provided. The system allows a variety of information at one or more vineyards to be collected in real time, processed at a central server, and provided to users over the Internet using customizable, easy-to-use forms and pages accessible using a conventional web...

20060167933 - International standard question number: People are looking for information because they need answers of their questions. The information seeking need is raised whenever a question is aroused and information seeker does not know the answer of this question or more detailed answer is required. The presented technique reveals a bi-directional classification technique to classify...

20060167945 - Addressing and access method for image objects in computer-supported medical image information systems: In an addressing and access method for image objects in computer-aided medical image information systems in the framework of a network-based array composed of, among other things, modality computers of image-generating systems, image workstations, data management computers of image storing and archiving systems, a logical archive address is generated for...

20060167936 - Data processing device: A data processor transfers a data stream, which is stored on a storage medium, to a connected device. The data stream includes attribute information that specifies the format of the data stream. The data processor includes: an interface section, which communicates with the device to acquire format information about a...

20060167942 - Enhanced client relationship management systems and methods with a recommendation engine: The present invention relates to an enhanced customer relationship management systems and methods for receiving information objects in a variety of formats from a variety of information sources and communicating the objects to contact. A CRM application may be provided for storing contact-associated information (e.g., keyphrases related to contact interests,...

20060167935 - Input support method and apparatus in communication-type navigation system: The invention provides an input support method and apparatus having the following merits in a communication-type navigation system. That is, when at least one character relevant to, for example, a destination is inputted from a navigation apparatus to make a search in a server system, it is possible to minimize...

20060167937 - Internet based geographic information system: The invention is an Internet based Geographic Information System (GIS), which resides totally on Internet servers, allowing users to access and use the system on the Internet from a browser or equivalent, thus requiring no user installed software. The system provides enough core GIS capability to allow creation of GIS...

20060167934 - Map data product and map data processor: A data product that can be read into a computer or a map data processing apparatus contains map data that includes map-related information related to a map. The map data includes: a structure achieved by dividing the map into a plurality of mesh-like subdivisions and dividing the map-related information into...

20060167946 - Method and system for collaborative ontology modeling: A distributed ontology system including a central computer comprising a global ontology directory, a plurality of ontology server computers, each including a repository of class and relation definitions, and a server for responding to queries relating to class and relation definitions in the repository, and a computer network connecting the...

20060167941 - Method of managing customer service sessions: The method manages, for example, a database to track customer service sessions over a plurality of communication media used by a customer....

20060167939 - Monitoring clustered software applications: Embodiments of the invention distribute profiling responsibilities for a clustered application to various instances of the application that generally run on different computer hosts. In an embodiment, the profiling responsibility is measured in terms of metrics wherein each profiling agent of an instance collects metrics about that instance. The metrics...

20060167938 - Placeholder management in an activity manager in a collaborative computing environment: A method, system and apparatus for placeholder management in a unified activity manager in a collaborative computing environment. A method for managing placeholders in a unified activity manager in a collaborative environment can include the step of inserting a placeholder in an activity in lieu of a specified collaborator, resource,...

20060167940 - System and method for improved content delivery: A system and method for sharing content among a plurality of users, enables the transfer of electronic content items captured by any of a variety of electronic content devices. The content item can include multiple levels of encoding to facilitate efficient transfer across a communication medium. The content item can...

20060167944 - System and method for the automated notification of compatibility between real-time network participants: The present invention is a method and system for using predetermined preferences/characteristics to ascertain personal compatibility between network or chat room participants based upon profile information. When the system determines that these preferences are favorable for interpersonal compatibility, the system will automatically notify or page the participants so as to...

20060167943 - System, method and computer program product for rejecting or deferring the playing of a media file retrieved by an automated process: System, method and computer program product for rejecting or deferring the playing of a media file retrieved by an automated process. Rejection or deferral of an automatically playing media file is accomplished by a simplified user interface which presumes that a currently playing media file is acceptable unless the user...

20060167953 - Apparatus and method for controlling user interface: The user describes in advance conflict process rules, which indicate descriptions for avoiding conflicts that occur between setup data, in a conflict process rule description file (301). An inference engine (302) refers to this conflict process rule description file (301) and generates complementary rules indicating complementary conflict avoidance descriptions. The...

20060167952 - Communication point bulk mail: According to various embodiments of the invention, an architecture is provided for a data processing system. The elements of the architecture can be managed separately. For example, the architecture can be organized around eight subject areas, such as account, party, communication point, presentation instrument, rules, balances, transactions, and product. Relationships...

20060167947 - Communications interface database for electronic diagnostic apparatus: A diagnostic instrument or data acquisition apparatus having a database for storing communications interface specifications and other properties of diagnostic attributes (e.g., sensor measurements or operating conditions) outputted by various classes (models or versions) of equipment to be tested. The database records include a first field identifying a class of...

20060167948 - Detection of computer system malware: The invention contains a new way to detect computer system malware. By detecting the file extension, not the file itself, a more effective detection method is produced. This method allows new, unknown malware to be detected immediately....

20060167950 - Method for the management, logging or replay of the execution of an application process: This invention relates to a management method, more particularly by recording or external control, of software operations (EVI; FIGS. 8a, 8b) performed within the execution of an application process executed on a computer. This management applies in particular to the recording of operations in the form of logging data, or...

20060167949 - Method, system and program product for managing a file system that includes an archive: An improved solution for managing a file system that includes an archive is provided. In particular, a request for a file system operation can be received and performed on an object that is stored in an archive. The file system operation can be received from a first computer and performed...

20060167951 - Semantic management method for logging or replaying non-deterministic operations within the execution of an application process: intervention (TMF, TC1, TC2) by a management software agent (AG) external to the managed application (AOP), in the software functioning of the computer (OP) in order that the managed process or the managed application takes account of a result datum (DR) reproducible in an unambiguous manner from the state of...

20060167954 - Information processing method, information processing apparatus, method of controlling server apparatus, and server apparatus: When a command is a command which requests to establish a communication path with a server apparatus, the communication path with the server apparatus is established (S603), and a sharing mode is set in a public mode (S604). When a command is a command which requests to disconnect the communication...

20060167955 - Non-intrusive method for logging of internal events within an application process, and system implementing this method: executing a program instruction (701, FIG. 7), stored in the executable file and comprising the performance of a logged operation, by a call to a function outside the executable file, termed called function (R); recording, by a function outside the executable file, termed recording function, of logging data representing all...

20060167956 - Media content transfer method and apparatus (aka shadow cache): Additional version or versions of a media content is pre-generated on a first client device, after downloading the media content onto the first client device, but prior to the first client device receiving a request to provide the media content to a second client device....

20060167957 - Virtual calling card system and method: A novel virtual calling card system and method aid in the formation of online relationships, serving as an introduction tool and as a contact mechanism. The calling card is an exchangeable entity that is automatically updated, ensuring that the recipient or viewer sees the most current version of the card....

20060167958 - Tree system diagram output method, computer program and recording medium: A tree system diagram output method of correlating a plurality of objects and outputting the plurality of objects as a tree system diagram includes the steps of: (a) storing, in a first storing part, an identifier specific to each of the plurality of objects written on a first worksheet; (b)...

20060167959 - Storing programs on disk for multiple-user retrieval: Multiple VBR video programs are stored on MZR disk so as to optimize retrieval of programs in a VOD setting. The programs are stored on the disk from the outer to the inner edge in a sequence of substantially monotonically non-increasing weight-over-size ratio. The weight of a program depends on...

20060167961 - Autonomic cache object array based on heap usage: A method, apparatus and computer instructions for automatically regulating a cache object array based on the amount of available heap. The free space of the heap is determined after each garbage collection cycle and the amount of space allocated for cache object array growth is adjusted accordingly. Additionally, a default...

20060167960 - Lazy timestamping in transaction time database: Lazy timestamping in a transaction time database is performed using volatile reference counting and checkpointing. Volatile reference counting is employed to provide a low cost way of garbage collecting persistent timestamp information about a transaction by identifying exactly when all record versions of a transaction are timestamped and the versions...

20060161513 - Method and a system for integrating semantic web services into an existing web service infrastructure: Techniques are described for integrating semantic web services into at least one existing web service infrastructure with an execution environment by placing a proxy component between the execution environment of the existing web service infrastructure and the semantic web services so that the execution environment invoking the proxy component can...

20060161514 - Method and apparatus for accessing a database through a network: A system includes a client which can communicate through a network and a database layer with any of several databases. The client communicates with the database layer using a public network communication protocol, in a manner independent of respective protocols specific to each of the databases. The database layer handles...

20060161510 - Method and apparatus for form pooling: A form pooling system allows efficient management of various forms used by a computer application. The form pooling system provides a close form module and an open form module to manage closing and opening various forms related to the application. The form pooling system significantly reduces form load time for...

20060161509 - Method and apparatus for two stage transaction handling: A data transaction system allows performing a transaction related to a data unit, where the data unit can be independently saved and retrieved, from an upper layer to a storage layer without causing a database deadlock related to the data unit in the storage layer. The data transaction system uses...

20060161512 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for supporting database access in an internet protocol multimedia subsystem (ims) network environment: Methods, systems, and computer program products for supporting database access in an Internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) network environment are disclosed. At least one call state control function (CSCF) entity generates subscriber-related queries according to an abstracted profile (AP) protocol. At an abstracted profile server (APS), a CSCF-generated, subscriber-related...

20060161511 - Systems, methods, and media for determining electronic document usage: Systems, methods and media for determining the usage of an electronic document are disclosed. More particularly, hardware and/or software for determining the aggregate usage for an electronic document received from one or more users are disclosed. Embodiments include receiving from one or more users an indication of their usage of...

20060161515 - Apparatus and method for sql distinct optimization in a computer database system: An apparatus and method optimize a query in a computer database system having a DISTINCT specifier. An SQL SELECT statement with a DISTINCT specifier is analyzed to determine if the expression can be optimized, and if so, the SELECT statement is reformulated to improve system performance. In preferred embodiments, the...

20060161516 - Method and system for synchronizing multiple user revisions to a shared object: Many different users may access, revise and update the same shared object simultaneously through several different transports. Revisions to the shared object are automatically synchronized such that all users can view the revisions to the shared object. Conflicting revisions are reconciled and merged into a current version of the shared...

20060161517 - Method, system and article of manufacture for improving execution efficiency of a database workload: Disclosed is a data processing system implemented method, a data processing system and an article of manufacture for improving execution efficiency of a database workload to be executed against a database. The database includes database tables, and the database workload identifies at least one of the database tables. The data...

20060161519 - Prioritizing network management traffic: In a computer network, network management applications in a network management station manage and control managed elements connected to the network through the use of network management requests. The network management requests are prioritized by the management station or the managed element. The managed element prioritizes received requests by pre-assigning...

20060161518 - Scalable system for partitioning and accessing metadata over multiple servers: In an aggregated file system, metadata is partitioned into multiple metadata volumes. On receipt of a file processing request, a file switch examines its mount entry cache to identify a target metadata volume that hosts the metadata of the requested file. The identification begins with mount entries at a root...

20060161521 - Abstract records: Embodiments of the invention provide methods, systems, and articles of manufacture improving the process of query composition, query processing, and presenting query results to users of an abstract database. Embodiments of the present invention organize and view data using abstract records. Specifically, users compose a query according to the logical...

20060161535 - Apparatus and methods for organizing and/or presenting data: In some embodiments, a method of displaying search results from a search conducted on at least one database includes providing a distinct search result symbol for each search result on a first page, all search result symbols being concurrently visible. The symbols are displayed in distinct groupings based upon a...

20060161522 - Context insensitive model entity searching: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for context insensitive model entity searching are provided. A model entity is used to identify to a central entity or concept modeled by a database abstraction model. Instances of a model entity may be defined in reference to an identifier in an underlying database....

20060161533 - Data source task pane: A user interface is provided that allows users to create queries interactively. The user interface operates by creating a source query (or, for example, SQL commands) for the user while they select fields from a data source. This provides users with an alternative to using conventional designers, wizards, or other...

20060161529 - Data storage and retrieval system with intensional category representations to provide dynamic categorization of information items: A system and method for applying intensional category representations to provide dynamic categorization of information items in a data storage and retrieval system is disclosed. The disclosed system may apply pattern recognition techniques during information storage and retrieval to provide dynamic categorization of information items. Information items are categorized as...

20060161534 - Matching and ranking of sponsored search listings incorporating web search technology and web content: A system is disclosed for generating a search result list in response to a search request from a searcher using a computer network. A first database is maintained that includes a first plurality of search listings. A second database is maintained that includes documents having general web content. A search...

20060161531 - Method and system for information extraction: A present invention provides a method and a system for extracting information related to a pre-defined context from data sets written in semi-structured or unstructured form, such as a natural language text. The information related to the pre-defined context is stored in an information store in accordance with a pre-defined...

20060161525 - Method and system for supporting structured aggregation operations on semi-structured data: The introduction of extensions to query processing systems for XML documents that allow the analysis of such documents via grouping and aggregation operations. Assumed is the existence of an analysis module for extracting information on how parts of an XML document interrelate with other parts. This information is then used...

20060161528 - Method for regenerating selected rows for an otherwise static result set: Methods and a computer readable medium for updating query results are provided. In one embodiment, a stored query is modified to retrieve a selected subset of rows from stored query results without retrieving a remaining portion of the stored results. The modified query is executed, updated results are obtained from...

20060161526 - Obtaining user assistance: An apparatus, device, method, computer program product, and system that searches a plurality of end user assistances respectively corresponding to a plurality of items for an end user assistance correlating with a user-selected item....

20060161527 - Preserving privacy when statistically analyzing a large database: A database has a plurality of entries and a plurality of attributes common to each entry, where each entry corresponds to an individual. A query q is received from a querying entity query q and is passed to the database, and an answer a is received in response. An amount...

20060161530 - Redundant version information in history table that enables efficient snapshot querying: A method and system for efficient snapshot querying include: providing a first version value for each data in a history table, where the first version value indicates a beginning of a period in which the data is valid; providing at least a second version value for each data in the...

20060161524 - Reputation based search: A method of providing relevant search information comprises receiving a search term. The method also comprises locating a first search result that matches the search term, wherein the first search result is associated with a first measure of reputation, locating a second search result that matches the search term, wherein...

20060161532 - Retrieval of structured documents: This disclosure relates to performing a query for a search term of a database containing a plurality of structured documents. Those structured documents that do not include the search term are ferreted or filtered out during an initial search. Matched structured documents which are those structured documents that do contain...

20060161520 - System and method for generating alternative search terms: A system and related techniques accepts user search or query terms over of the Internet or other network or connection. In addition to presenting regularly generated search results, according to embodiments of the invention the search engine and related logic may examine the search string for suggested refinements or improvements...

20060161523 - Timeline condition support for an abstract database: Embodiments of the invention relate data retrieved from the logical fields of an abstract database using a timeline. The logical fields specified by a database abstraction model are extended to include attributes that specify where data corresponding to a logical field occurs on a timeline. Query results may be displayed...

20060161537 - Detecting content-rich text: A method includes finding content-rich text in a document by identifying areas of narrative in the document. An apparatus includes a detector and a content-rich text indicator. The detector detects linguistic parameters which characterize narrative text in an input document and the content-rich text indicator provides the locations of narrative...

20060161536 - Directory with an associated query: A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that, in an embodiment, in response to a read command directed to a first directory, a query associated with the first directory is performed against a second directory, and the results of the query are returned in response to the read command. In...

20060161539 - Method and system of database management with shared area: Database processing including processing for a shared table is efficiently executed. Processing for a database including a shared table which can be referred to by a plurality of database processing devices is managed. Table information indicating database processing devices allocated according to an attribute of a table in a database...

20060161540 - System and method for receiving and loading fare and schedule data: A system and method for loading a new data and searching data sets to identify data elements with the data set that meet user defined criteria. A notification that new data set is available is received by a first server, the new data set is transferred to the first server,...

20060161538 - Transcode matrix: A transcode architecture determines if a media source file needs to be transcoded for playback on a target playback device, and if so, the proper format needed for transcoding the source file. A transcode architecture includes a transcode manager, a transcode matrix, a transcode engine and a cache for storing...

20060161541 - System and method for prefetching and caching query results: A system and method are provided for implementing information from an advertising system within a search system that includes a search system cache. The method may include accessing information contained within an advertising database of the advertising system, and generating search results based on the accessed information. The method may...

20060161543 - Systems and methods for providing search results based on linguistic analysis: A system and method providing search results based on linguistic analysis is provided. The method comprises receiving content from one or more documents associated with search parameters entered by a user. Language associated with the content based on linguistic parameters is then analyzed. A score is assigned to the content...

20060161542 - Systems and methods that enable search engines to present relevant snippets: The subject invention relates to systems and methods that provide search and/or query-relevant information and/or links thereto to a user as and/or with a search and/or query result. This information can be determined form summary information that can be included within a tag, header, body, meta-data, etc. of the data....

20060161544 - System and method for planning and generating queries for multi-dimensional analysis using domain models and data federation: Data integration and data analysis using computing equipment, software as well as hardware, includes a system and method for integrating data from various data sources, structured and unstructured, without physically creating a data warehouse and automatically generating queries for analysis of the integrated data from a multitude of different views....

20060161545 - Method and apparatus for ordering items within datasets: Methods and apparatus permit displaying items of datasets resulting from executing queries on a database in an order specified by a hierarchy. The hierarchy has a number of categories arranged in an order. Each item is associated with one of the categories. The items in a dataset can be ordered...

20060161546 - Method for sorting data: Several techniques for sorting item are described, generally referred to as (1) common prefix skipping quicksort; (2) key substring caching; and (3) adaptive quicksort. With common prefix skipping quicksort, common prefix bytes among all key values for a partition are computed while performing a quicksort partitioning operation, and the known...

20060161547 - Communication apparatus, communication method, and recording medium: There is disclosed a communication apparatus that operates as a client of a first server having a referral function for referring the communication apparatus to a second server that performs an operation requested by the communication apparatus. The communication apparatus comprises a requesting unit that sends, to the first server...

20060161549 - Event management system: A system is disclosed for the planning, management and execution of events that permits the event manager, client, convention personnel, and suppliers to coordinate activities and rapidly disseminate information. Preferably, the system includes a repository of information. All or portions of the information may be electronically accessed by the various...

20060161548 - Security method and system for storage subsystem: According to the present invention, techniques for performing security functions in computer storage subsystems in order to prevent illegal access by the host computers according to logical unit (LU) identity are provided. In representative embodiments management tables can be used to disclose the Logical Unit in the storage subsystem to...

20060161551 - Generation and retrieval of incident reports: Generation and retrieval of a report which describes an incident encountered during attempted user interaction with content over a network is described. In a implementation, a method includes monitoring user interaction with content over a network. When an incident is detected from the monitoring, a report is generated which includes...

20060161552 - Monitoring system: A monitoring system is disclosed, suitable particularly for a prison or similar environment, comprising a network having at least two computers, one or more condition-sensing and or monitoring devices, the system being arranged to enable any one of the computers to act as a server at any time, comprising a...

20060161554 - Schema-based services for identity-based data access: A schema-based service for Internet access to per-user services data, wherein access to data is based on each user's identity. The service includes a schema that defines rules and a structure for each user's data, and also includes methods that provide access to the data in a defined way. The...

20060161550 - System and method for distributing customer relationship management information: One or more interface programs are communicatively connected to one or more Host CRM applications and a server application. Each Host CRM application is communicatively connected to its own Host CRM database. The server application is communicatively connected to a computer-accessible memory that stores a master set of CRM information...

20060161553 - Systems and methods for providing user interaction based profiles: A system and method for providing user interaction based profiles is provided. The method comprises monitoring one or more user activities associated with a network. The one or more user activities are then analyzed utilizing psychological dimensions. A user profile is generated based upon the analysis....

20060161556 - Abstract record timeline rendering/display: Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for constructing a database abstraction model over an underlying physical database. Once constructed, users may interact with the database abstraction model, rather than the underlying physical database representation, to query the database and view query results. In one embodiment, information is retrieved from the...

20060161562 - Adaptive document management system using a physical representation of a document: Systems and methods for creating a Token and using it to operate and modify a case file in a document management system are described. An exemplary embodiment of a Token includes a representation of a case file. A Token may include a representation of a document associated with the case...

20060161561 - Broken hyperlink auto-redirection and management system and method: A broken hyperlink auto-redirection and management system and method, which the system includes a hyperlink verify module for verifying a hyperlink and generating a verify result according to a classify result, wherein if type of the hyperlink indicates the hyperlink belonging to a redirection required class so that the classify...

20060161565 - Method and apparatus for providing user interface for content search: A method and an apparatus are provided for providing a user interface for a content search that facilitates the selection of a search object during the content search. The method for providing a user interface for a content search includes displaying items that indicate content types on a first axis...

20060161564 - Method and system for locating information in the invisible or deep world wide web: A system that allows location and extraction of information from database driven web sites that are part of the deep web is described herein. The system uses an automatic wrapper generation mechanism that understands the meaning of deep web pages, extend search technologies capabilities, and help users extract information from...

20060161560 - Method and system to compare data objects: The invention provides a method and system to compare data objects. Each data object is converted into a directed acyclic graph forest, which comprises one or more directed acyclic graphs. The directed acyclic graph forests corresponding to data objects are then compared to calculate a similarity score between the data...

20060161559 - Methods and systems for analyzing xml documents: Methods and systems for analyzing XML documents. The system scans an XML document, identifies different dimensions that span the XML document and detects scoping relationships amongst them. The system uses the dimensional information to create a logical hierarchical scoped dimension analysis model, maps the logical XML tree to this model,...

20060161555 - Methods and systems for generating playback instructions for playback of a recorded computer session: A protocol engine executing on a first device receives a recorded stream comprising a plurality of packets representing display data generated by an application program executed on a second device. The protocol engine determines for a packet in the recorded stream, to render the contents of the packet in a...

20060161558 - Schema conformance for database servers: Automatically determining the conformance of database server schema. Maintaining conformance of database schema helps manage and sustain database driven services and applications. Schema for a pair of randomly selected databases are generated and compared. A diffgram is generated from the difference of the database schema. An alarm message can then...

20060161563 - Service discovery: Services having associated metadata meeting particular criteria can be discovered. One or more services are stored. The services provide service objects to service requesters. Service requestors include compiled code and the service objects include compiled code that is linked to the compiled code of a service requester at runtime and...

20060161557 - Virtual columns: Embodiments are provided for associating a virtual column with a target physical table. The data for the virtual column originates from a source physical table where the data physically resides. In this way, users can access the data in a manner consistent with the users' logical perspective of the data....

20060161570 - Data storage and retrieval system with optimized categorization of information items based on category selection: A data storage and retrieval system with optimized categorization of information items using intelligent category selection, based on the information items that are to be checked for category membership. The set of categories for which an information item may be a candidate member is determined, and only that set of...

20060161567 - Low communication complexity memory-bound function: Reducing or deterring undesirable electronic communications by requiring a sender of an electronic communication to download a memory-bound function that describes a table. The function initializes and builds a table, hashes each entry in the table, sorts the table. The steps of hashing and sorting the table may be completed...

20060161572 - Method and system for visualization of dynamic three-dimensional virtual objects: A method for visualization of dynamic three-dimensional (3D) virtual objects comprises storing a plurality of static 3D key-models respectively describing a dynamic 3D object in at least one of a number of poses and shapes; and rendering the dynamic 3D object by interpolation of the 3D key-models by performing the...

20060161569 - Method and system to identify records that relate to a pre-defined context in a data set: The present invention provides a method and a system for identifying relevant information in a data set. The method involves the identification of nodes of interest in a tree structure. A node of interest is a node that contains information, which is relevant to a pre-defined context. The method further...

20060161571 - Partial revocation list: A partial revocation list and a system and method for using the partial revocation list for tracking the authenticity of replacement cartridges in a manufactured device to inhibit cloning of the cartridges is provided. A revocation pool is maintained by a manufacturer who chooses a partial revocation list from the...

20060161566 - Sketch-based multi-query processing over data streams: A method of efficiently providing estimated answers to workloads of aggregate, multi-join SQL-like queries over a number of input data-streams. The method only examines each data elements once and uses a limited amount of computer memory. The method uses join graphs and atomic sketches that are essentially pseudo-random summaries formed...

20060161568 - Utilization of logical fields with conditional constraints in abstract queries: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture are provided for enhancing abstract queries by utilizing logical fields with conditional constraints. Building abstract queries with logical fields configured with conditional constraints allows for optimized physical queries to be generated from corresponding abstract queries....

20060161579 - Data storage and retrieval system with parameterized category definitions for families of categories and dynamically generated search indices: A data storage and retrieval system with parameterized category definitions and dynamically generated search indices. A parameterized category definition for a family of categories is obtained consisting of a parameterized predicate, such that parameter values can be provided with a search query to identify information items that match a category...

20060161577 - Load balancing based on cache content: A method, schema, and computer-readable medium provide various means for load balancing computing devices in a multi-server environment. The method, schema, and computer-readable medium for load balancing computing devices in a multi-server environment may be utilized in a networked server environment, implementing a spreadsheet application for manipulating a workbook, for...

20060161573 - Logical record model entity switching: Embodiments of the invention provide