Data processing: database and file management or data structures inventions 08/06

20060195415 - Method and device for the generation of a classification tree to unify the supervised and unsupervised approaches, corresponding computer package and storage means: A method and apparatus are provided for the generation of a classification tree as a function of a classification model and from a set of data to be classified, described by a set of attributes. The method includes a step for obtaining said classification model, itself comprising a step for...

20060195414 - 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...

20060195413 - Programmability for xml data store for documents: A programmability mode for interacting with data stores within a document allows real time interaction. Data for structuring information associated with a document, such as document metadata, is maintained in the data store where relationships between different pieces of data are maintained in a location distinct from the surface level...

20060195418 - Computer algorithms and methods for product safety: The invention comprises systems, methods and a computerized data management device for creating and using data relating to a medical or non-medical product or device to enhance the safety of the product or device. A vast amount of data regarding adverse events associated with a particular product or device is...

20060195419 - Device and method for supporting material name setting, and computer product: A material name and attribute information are extracted from design data, and a reference material name corresponding to the material name is searched for from a dictionary database. When a desired search result is obtained, the search result is output. When a desired reference material name is not obtained, candidates...

20060195417 - File system represented inside a database: The subject invention provides a system and/or a method that facilitates adapting at least two disparate file systems. A file system adapter can provide uniformity and/or seamless integration between a first file system and a second file system. The file system adapter can employ a file-backed item that is enriched...

20060195416 - Method and system for providing a learning optimizer for federated database systems: A method and system for method for accelerating execution of a query on a federated database system is disclosed. The federated database system is associated with an external data source, which is used by the query. The query is performed based upon a query execution plan. The method and system...

20060195425 - Composable query building api and query language: A system for constructing information search queries is provided. The system comprises a query language that has a predefined syntax and a constructor that creates a search object. The search object encapsulates a query constructed in the query language. Methods for using the system are also provided....

20060195431 - Document aspect system and method: A generic and expandable document aspect system and method for searching, browsing, presenting, and interacting with data assembled from document contents and related external data is provided. New varieties of document aspects are added to existing installations and can be accessed by users without requiring upgrades to server or clients,...

20060195424 - Generating business warehouse reports: Techniques for generating a report of a plurality of business warehouse system queries are described. Such techniques may identify one or more row types for each query. Thereafter, a template may be defined for each row type within a query that defines a format and a pattern for the row...

20060195426 - Information management apparatus, information management method, and information management program: A plurality of events are generated, each of which includes work information of a work having a work type and time information indicating at least when the work was done. The plurality of generated events is stored in an event storage device. The plurality of stored events is also arranged...

20060195433 - Information searching system and method thereof: In an information searching method, it is first determined if an input retrieval word is a sentence composed of a plurality of words. A functioning code is assigned to each word of the sentence according to its function in the sentence, and then the words are coded in basic words....

20060195422 - Method and system for collecting contact information from contact sources and tracking contact sources: A method and system for aggregating contact information of contacts from multiple contact sources is provided. The aggregation system collects contact information for a user from various contact sources. The aggregation system stores the collected content information in a contact data store. The aggregation system may also store an indication...

20060195432 - Method for searching entries in an on-line database: A web server including a searchable on-line searchable database is disclosed. The web server may be configured to receive a query from a user to search an on-line database, the query including at least a category and a keyword; retrieve a list of search results responsive to the search, the...

20060195429 - 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...

20060195427 - System and method for improving query response time in a relational database (rdb) system by managing the number of unique table aliases defined within an rdb-specific search expression: Described are a system and method for searching a relational database. An expression tree, representing a string-based search expression, has a logical node with a first child node and a second child node. Each child node represents a sub-expression of the search expression. The logical node represents a logical operator...

20060195423 - System and method for temporal data mining: A method, system, and apparatus for temporal data mining is disclosed. The method includes receiving as input a temporal data series comprising time-stamped events, and a threshold frequency. An aspect of this technology is the defining of appropriate frequency counts for non-overlapping and non-interleaved episodes. Two frequency measures and embodiments...

20060195421 - System and method of generating string-based search expressions using templates: Described are a system and method for generating a search expression for use in searching heterogeneous repositories. An application program receives user-supplied input. A template is selected based on a structure of the input. The input is scanned and tokenized. Each token is substituted into one or more locations within...

20060195420 - System and method of joining data obtained from horizontally and vertically partitioned heterogeneous data stores using string-based location transparent search expressions: Described are a system and method for accepting a string-based search expression, parsing the search expression into an expression tree, distributing the tree (or portion thereof) across heterogeneous repositories, and merging the results. The system is data-location transparent, encapsulates a federation model within query nodes and query trees. A client...

20060195428 - System, method and apparatus for electronically searching for an item: The present invention provides provides a system, method and apparatus for electronically searching for an item by receiving a search request comprising a requested category and one or more requested attributes of the item and storing the search request in a search index based on the requested category and the...

20060195430 - Systems, methods, software for integration of case law, legal briefs, and litigation documents into law firm workflow: The present inventors recognized a need for improving conventional informational retrieval systems, particularly those intended for retrieval of legal information. Accordingly, they devised systems, methods, and software that facilitate online access to documents, such as non-opinion legal documents, in context of a legal workflow. An exemplary method of operation includes...

20060195437 - Materialized query table matching with query expansion: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for materialized query table matching are provided that include receiving a database query, retrieving a materialized query table (MQT) from data storage accessible to a database management system, selecting a join in the materialized query table between a table that is not invoked by...

20060195438 - Method and system for navigating and selecting media from large data sets: Some embodiments of the invention provide a method of accessing a data set. The data set includes a set of data elements. The method collects the data elements of the data set. The method receives a lens item. The lens item provides a set of parameters for searching the data...

20060195434 - Multiple invocation style integration framework: A multiple invocation style framework. A system for accommodating multi-style application component invocation can include a command layer configured for association with one or more commands. The system also can include an invocation adapter layer having one or more different invocation adapters. Each of the different invocation adapters can include...

20060195436 - Phased migration of database software application: The present invention provides in-place, phased migration from one version of a database software application release version to another of a software release version. A method for phased migration of a database software application comprises developing a database software application in a plurality of phases of development, at least some...

20060195435 - System and method for providing query assistance: A system and method provide real time query assistance from a search engine to a user formulating a query. The system may include stored corpus information that provides a detailed description of a corpus, a user input detection component for incrementally detecting user input and a corpus search component for...

20060195443 - Information prioritisation system and method: The present invention relates to an information prioritisation system which is preferably implemented using at least one computer system. This prioritisation system may be adapted to execute the steps of initially receiving an input results set with this results set including a subset of at least one advertiser result. The...

20060195442 - Network promotional system and method: A search engine (1) capable of providing a listing of destinations (4) in response to searches for a user-inputted search term (6), said search engine (1) further providing at least one suggestions (10) listing derived from users previously inputted search terms (6) and/or destinations (4) selected, characterized in that at...

20060195440 - Ranking results using multiple nested ranking: A unique system and method that facilitates improving the ranking of items is provided. The system and method involve re-ranking decreasing subsets of high ranked items in separate stages. In particular, a basic ranking component can rank a set of items. A subset of the top or high ranking items...

20060195441 - System and method for delivering content to users on a network: Targeted content may be provided to a designated set of one or more interconnected resources. Programmatic operations are executed using resources that are private to the one or more interconnected devices. The operations, when executed, cause or result in (i) monitoring activities of one or more users of the designated...

20060195439 - System and method for determining initial relevance of a document with respect to a given category: A system and method are provided for determining document relevance determination to a selected category for a document contained within a linked network of documents. The network may be represented by a network map including nodes representing documents and edges representing links between the documents. The method may include identifying...

20060195446 - Match network construction: A Match Network Construction provides a mechanism for the transformation of event correlation rules, such as those written in the Effective Policy through Intelligent Correlation (EPIC) Rule Language, into programming constructs that implement the functionality described by the rule. The match network performs matching of rules to patterns by applying...

20060195447 - Method of browsing contents using metadata and electronic program guide system using the method: A method of browsing contents using metadata and an electronic program guide system using the method, the method including displaying a plurality of search options included in metadata of content currently activated and receiving a search option selected by a user; searching for contents having metadata similar to the metadata...

20060195445 - System and method for enabling search and retrieval operations to be performed for data items and records using data obtained from associated voice files: A method and system are provided for using the contents of voice files as a basis for enabling search and other selection operations for data items that are associated with those voice files. Voice files may be received having associations with other data items, such as images or records. A...

20060195444 - System and method for mining of temporal data: A method, system, and apparatus for temporal data mining is disclosed. The method includes receiving as input a temporal data series comprising events with start times and end times, a set of allowed dwelling times, and a threshold frequency. The method also includes finding all frequent principal episodes of a...

20060195448 - Application of resource-dependent policies to managed resources in a distributed computing system: An apparatus, program product and method enable program code that manages a managed resource, e.g., a high availability manager, to receive status information associated with an externally-managed resource such that the program code can properly apply an activation policy to the managed resource in a manner that is consistent with...

20060195449 - Discoverability and enumeration mechanisms in a hierarchically secure storage system: A system that generates a per user abstraction of a store from a connection point. Filtering a view set of a hierarchically secured containment hierarchy based on the access permissions of the principal is one of the novel features of the invention. The invention can offer a collection of primitives...

20060195450 - Persistent key-value repository with a pluggable architecture to abstract physical storage: A system and techniques are described for managing key-value pairs using an architecture that does not restrict its users to any specific platform or storage subsystem. According to one aspect of the invention, the repository is portable in that the architecture need not change based on the environment and platform...

20060195453 - Customization of process logic in a software system: The present invention facilitates customization of a process in a software system without modifying the process source code. The process can be customized by customizing a metadata description of the process, by handing the process agent a customized service identifier or by handling an event propagated by the process agent...

20060195451 - Strategies for ensuring that executable content conforms to predetermined patterns of behavior (\"inverse virus checking\"): Security provisions are described which determine whether or not executable content is likely to perform undesirable actions. The security provisions assess that an executable content item poses an acceptable risk when it conforms to an allow list of predetermined patterns of permissible behavior. The security provisions find exemplary use in...

20060195452 - System and method for operating files on a web page: A system for operating files on a web page is executed in one or more HTTP clients (14). The system includes: a web page opening module (160) for opening a web page from an HTTP server (15) connected to the clients and displaying a file list on the web page;...

20060195456 - Change notification query multiplexing: In order to efficiently handle change notification requests to a storage system based on a database data store and a database engine, the change notification requests are multiplexed. This can be done by issuing a query which refers, for information about what changes are being tracked, to a data structure....

20060195460 - Data model for object-relational data: A common data model (CDM) that is a data model common to multiple application-specific data models. The CDM supports both PIM (Personal Information Manager end-user application data and line-of-business (LOB) data. Similarly, an SDM-type (system definition model) application can specify its model on top of the CDM. The CDM enables...

20060195458 - Entity lookup system: In an electronic document such as a map, an entity lookup system associates primitive data with entity data though parallel or corresponding grids of a primitive quad-tree and an entity quad-tree. A key is assigned to grids in the primitive quad-tree in association to particular grids in the entity quad-tree....

20060195455 - Method and system for calculating performance metrics using backchannel messaging and information pattern matching: A client utilizes a backchannel messaging infrastructure and information matching logic to measure server performance characteristics at the client without requiring the server to correlate command responses to command requests. The backchannel messaging infrastructure facilitates the sending of messages between clients, and allows a client to send to the interested...

20060195461 - Method of operating crosslink data structure, crosslink database, and system and method of organizing and retrieving information: A system and a method for organizing and retrieving information are provided. The system is running on a computer system accessible for interactive communication with users. The computer system runs a crosslink database stored therein. The crosslink database includes a crosslink data structure comprising at least a connecting node and...

20060195459 - Schema grammar and compilation: The subject innovation provides a system and/or a method that facilitates developing schemas for a file storage system. A type definition component can provide a schema grammar, wherein a generator component can employ the schema grammar to build the schema for the file storage system. The schema grammar can describe...

20060195462 - System and method for enhanced media distribution: A method and a computer readable medium for searching for media items from a network of users using a media management application and an instant messenger platform and a system for handling searches such searches. In one aspect, the method comprises receiving from a user having a group of messenger...

20060195457 - System and method for regulating an extensibility point's access to a message: Prior to sending a message to an extensibility point, the message is wrapped with a wrapper object associated with the extensibility point. The wrapper object can be validated by the extensibility point when the extensibility point is ready to commence its operation on the message. Validation of the wrapper object...

20060195454 - Xml schema for binding data: An XML schema is provided allowing data to be stored in a separate location from the presentation surface of an application. By way of the schema, users of the application can establish links (or bindings) between the contents of the data and the presentation surface as part of an XML...

20060195464 - Dynamic data delivery: Dynamic data delivery is performed by a server system responsible for transmitting data over a network. The server automatically determines when to transmit the data and whether to compress the data. If the data is to be compressed, the server may also determine which of a plurality of compression algorithms...

20060195463 - Method and computer program product for dynamic weighting of an ontological data model: A method, computer program product, and a data processing system that facilitates navigation through a directed graph for selection-of sub-processes of a modified business process derived from a business process is provided. A bounding box is used for evaluating and selecting sequences of nodes representative of business sub-processes or services....

20060195467 - Creation and composition of sets of items: A data organization system comprises an interface component that receives input that relates to properties associated with a first item type. A set generator component filters a collection of items of the first item type as a function of select properties associated with the input and creates and stores a...

20060195465 - Document repository: A document repository module provides document management control and flexible indexing of electronic documents associated with a document repository. According to some of the embodiments, the document repository provides a central location to store or to access files related to one project or many projects that are accessible over a...

20060195466 - Information processing system, management device and management method: To provide an information processing device management method contrived to improve operability by managing respective information processing devices via a network while eliminating any constraint in place for handling the management. A management device receives a request from an administrator terminal via the network, notifies the information processing device of...

20060195469 - Method for creating entries in an on-line database in a user-defined category: A web server for creating entries in an on-line database in a user-defined category is disclosed. The web server may be configured to receive a request from a user to create an entry in the database; create an entry in the database; receive a category defined by the user for...

20060195468 - System and device for providing contents: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a content providing system, which is provided with a data acquisition unit configured to obtain data inputted and/or outputted through a user interface which is included in an information processing device, an interest estimation unit that generates interest information representing...

20060195470 - Automatic communication in warranty processing: Methods and systems for automated claim processing by a processing system. The processing system receives a claim request in a standard electronic exchange format containing claim data corresponding to the claim request and matches the claim data with at least one record in a data conversion table in order to...

20060195471 - Dynamic enterprise javabeans: An apparatus, program product and method utilize dynamic EJB's capable of being dynamically reconfigured in a runtime environment. An EJB may be dynamically instantiated in a runtime container during execution of an EJB application that uses the EJB. Moreover, a deployment descriptor associated with an EJB may be parameterized such...

20060195475 - Automatic digital image grouping using criteria based on image metadata and spatial information: An automatic digital image grouping system and method for automatically generating groupings of related images based on criteria that includes image metadata and spatial information. The system and method takes an unordered and unorganized set of digital images and organizes and groups related images into image subsets. The criteria for...

20060195473 - Dynamic component management: An auto-identification system is described that includes a plurality of distributed auto-id nodes that are operable to track physical objects as they move through an operation of an enterprise, such as, for example, a supply chain network or a sales network. The auto-id nodes are distributed across sites of the...

20060195478 - Method and apparatus for seeking a part of media contents included in multimedia contents: Provided are a method of providing media contents in a wired/wireless network environment and an apparatus using the same. The method includes: detecting a start point of media contents included in multimedia contents from the multimedia contents; and extracting a part of media contents based on the detected start point....

20060195483 - Method and device for adjusting user-dependent parameter values: A method and device for adjusting user-dependent parameter values in or on at least one automotive device in a motor vehicle and for saving the settings in at least one data memory inside the vehicle and/or outside the vehicle are provided. To improve the convenience of the known method with...

20060195472 - Method and system for aggregating contact information from multiple contact sources: A method and system for aggregating contact information of contacts from multiple contact sources is provided. The aggregation system collects contact information for a user from various contact sources. The aggregation system stores the collected content information in a contact data store. The aggregation system may also store an indication...

20060195474 - Method and system for locating contact information collected from contact sources: A method and system for aggregating contact information of contacts from multiple contact sources is provided. The aggregation system collects contact information for a user from various contact sources. The aggregation system stores the collected content information in a contact data store. The aggregation system may also store an indication...

20060195479 - Method for sharing and searching playlists: The present disclosure provides a method for making a playlist available to the public. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a method for creating a playlist comprising user-defined descriptor information. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a method for searching for such public playlists....

20060195481 - 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...

20060195476 - Platform for data services across disparate application frameworks: Data management between a common data store and multiple applications of multiple disparate application frameworks. A data storage component is provided that facilitates the storage of data, which data includes structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data. A common data platform interfaces to the data storage component to provide data services accessible...

20060195477 - Storage api for a common data platform: An application program interface (API) for a data platform. The API includes a generic data access component that exposes at least one of stores, sessions, transactions, and query services of the data platform, which data platform is associated with a data store. A data classes component of the API provides...

20060195482 - Temporal knowledgebase: Systems and methods are described to address the problem of maintaining only unique data values accessed through name-value tuple sets. A knowledgebase represents data in tuple sets where all the data across the tuples comprise unique instances for memory conservation and system performance purposes. The knowledgebase stores and maintains unique...

20060195480 - User interface for sharing and searching playlists: The present disclosure provides a user interface for making a playlist available to the public. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a user interface for creating a playlist comprising user-defined descriptor information. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a user interface for searching for such public playlists....

20060195485 - Apparatus, a method and a computer program product for releasing a savepoint: An apparatus, a method and a computer program product for releasing a nested savepoint on a remote node of a database management system. The to-be-released savepoint is one of a series of savepoints represented by control blocks arranged in a linked list in the creation order of the savepoints they...

20060195486 - File management apparatus and method, program therefore, and recording medium: The present invention provides a file management apparatus for managing files, recorded on a recording medium, on the basis of an index file including management information about the files, the apparatus including: a management status information holding unit for holding management status information indicative of a management status of the...

20060195488 - Method, system, program and data structure for cleaning a database table: Disclosed is a method, system, program, and data structure for performing a clean operation on an input table. The input table to clean is indicated in an input data table name. At least one rule definition is processed to clean the input table. Each rule definition indicates a find criteria,...

20060195489 - Method, system, program and data structure for cleaning a database table: Disclosed is a method, system, program, and data structure for performing a clean operation on an input table. The input table to clean is indicated in an input data table name. At least one rule definition is processed to clean the input table. Each rule definition indicates a find criteria,...

20060195484 - System and method for providing a dynamic user interface for workflow in hospitals: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for improved management of multiple applications and workflows using a workflow engine based dynamic worklist in a healthcare environment. In an embodiment, the system includes at least one data store, wherein the at least one data store includes departmental...

20060195487 - Systems and methods for managing the synchronization of replicated version-managed databases: A system and method for synchronizing a local replicated database with remote replicated databases. Generally, the system includes a local replicated database and a synchronization manager associated with the local replicated database. The synchronization manager may send changes made on the local replicated database to one or more remote replicated...

20060195490 - Context based access of files by file system to a client based on detection of related files opened by the client: A network has a file system configured for providing a selected version of a first file to a client, having requested the file, based on detecting that the client has opened a second file having an identified relationship with the first file. Files are identified as having a relationship based...

20060195492 - Method and apparatus for implementing an adaptive data warehouse: In one embodiment, a method an apparatus for managing a system comprising at least one operational data store and a data warehouse that is associated with at least some of the data in the operational data set, comprising automatically updating the schema of the data warehouse to reflect a change...

20060195493 - Method and system for remote data recovery: A method and system for generating a snapshot in a consistent state is disclosed. The system comprises a host computer, a primary data storage, a data protection unit, and a secondary data storage. The data protection unit monitors a state of an email application which is running on the host...

20060195491 - System and method of importing documents into a document management system: A system and method of importing a document into a document management system are presented. In an embodiment, the method comprises displaying at a scanning device a list of one or more available profiles, each of the profiles being associated with metadata; receiving input indicative of a selection of one...

20060190421 - Information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program: The present information relates to an information processing apparatus and method, a recording medium, and a program which are capable of easily and continuously writing programs to a plurality of storage blocks which are controlled by different CPUs. A first CPU 11 of an image display apparatus 1 writes a...

20060190423 - Print data editing apparatus and print data editing program stored in a computer readable medium: The relationship between an object and a database item, such as a title item, family name item, address item, city name item, and birth day item are displayed with a link line which connects the object with a database item such that the relationship can be readily observed. The display...

20060190422 - System and method for dynamically creating records: A communication system that is capable of collecting information from one or more users of the communication system includes one or more data collection mechanisms that are operated by a first entity. The mechanisms operate to collect at least a portion of information from a user of a communication system...

20060190426 - Data management apparatus, data management method, and storage medium: A data management apparatus which includes: a removable storage device; a nonvolatile memory which saves a first conversion key; a first encrypting device which converts a datum to be saved in the storage device into an encrypted datum by the first conversion key; a first writing device which writes the...

20060190425 - Method for merging multiple ranked lists with bounded memory: Systems and methods for conducting attribute-based queries over a plurality of objects using bounded memory locations and minimizing costly input and output operations are provided. A plurality of attributes are associated with each object, and a plurality of data groups, one each for the identified attributes are created. The objects...

20060190424 - System and method for dynamically linking: A communication system that is capable of collecting information from one or more users of the communication system includes one or more memory modules. The memory modules are operable to store one or more scripts that each comprises one or more queries for information to a user. The system also...

20060190442 - Database visualization and searching: In providing visualization of entries of a database for browsing meta data types may be provided, and meta data of each type may be associated with each database entry. The meta data types may describe different properties of the respective database entries. Three meta data types may be selected and...

20060190433 - Distributed navigation business activities data: Business activity management of monitoring multiple instances of a business activity and navigating business activity data in a distributed system. A system includes a plurality of databases storing data relating to multiple instances of a monitored business activity. A user interface receives a request from a user for business activity...

20060190435 - Document retrieval using behavioral attributes: Described is a method for retrieving a user document using behavioral attributes associated with the user document. One or more relevant documents in a user library are determined in response to a text search of documents in the library. Each relevant document has a text relevance. A behavioral relevant is...

20060190436 - Dynamic client interaction for search: A system for guiding a search for information is presented. The system comprises a user interface that accepts a phrase and receives at least one suggestion based at least in part on the phrase. The system also includes a phrase suggestion engine that matches the phrase with the at least...

20060190445 - Indexing of digitized entities: The invention relates to indexing of digitized entities in a large and comparatively unstructured data collection, for instance the Internet, such that text-based searches with respect to the data collection can be ordered via a user client terminal. Index information is generated for each digitized entity, which contains distinctive features...

20060190431 - Large document browsing system: The present invention provides a system and method for controlling review of large documents. Purchasers who use computers to place orders may review a subset of selected items within the orders to ease review. The system may detect orders having items that exceed a specified threshold. The system may allow...

20060190443 - Method and apparatus for providing access to drawing information: A computer implemented system, method, and article of manufacture provide access to a drawing. A server computer has one or more server component applications. One or more drawing files are created by a first drawing application and stored on the server computer. A search server component application executes on the...

20060190437 - Method and apparatus for rating, displaying and accessing common computer and internet search results using colors and/or icons: A new and safe way to display, limit, and rate search results. New Methods and Apparatus for Rating, Displaying and Accessing common computer and Internet Search results using Colors. It is known that search results can be filled with both inappropriate and offensive materials. This invention provides for new means...

20060190427 - Method and apparatus for searching data in a peer to peer network: The invention provides a method and apparatus for more efficient searching peer to peer networks for data. Large peer to peer networks comprise millions of peer clients, or just briefly peers, having enormous amounts of data objects available. Searching all peers takes a lot of time, therefore a small group—private...

20060190444 - Method for displaying search results: A web server for displaying search results is disclosed. The web server may be configured to receive a search query over the public network from a user; produce a set of results responsive to the search including content associated with the search query; display the results to the user on...

20060190429 - Methods and systems providing desktop search capability to software application: Methods and apparatuses for providing an Internet (Web) search functionality to a target application. The Web functionality allows a target application to access and use the Web search functionality without modification of the target application. For one embodiment, information communicated between the target application and the operating system, or other...

20060190434 - Query rebinding for high-availability database systems: A method, system and article of manufacture for query processing and, more particularly, for managing execution of queries with respect to different data sources. The different data sources may be logically represented by one or more data abstraction models. One embodiment comprises receiving a first abstract query against physical data...

20060190441 - Search toolbar: A toolbar apparatus includes program code stored in computer readable memory. The program code is configured display a control panel listing a plurality of information sources. At least one of the information sources is accessed via a computer network, and at least one is not. The program code is further...

20060190432 - System and method for graphically distinguishing levels of a multidimensional database: In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for graphically distinguishing levels from a multidimensional database. Levels from a multidimensional database are distinguished, such as by associating two or more of database's levels with a plurality of different visual indicators....

20060190440 - Systems and methods for constructing and using models of memorability in computing and communications applications: One or more models of memorability are provided that facilitate various computer-based applications including those centering on the storage, retrieval, and processing of information, applications that remind people about items they risk not recalling or overlooking, and facilitating communications of reminders. In one application, the models are used to help...

20060190430 - Systems and methods for resource-adaptive workload management: Systems and methods are provided for resource adaptive workload management. In a method thereof, at least one execution objective is received for at least one of a plurality of queries under execution. A progress status of, and an amount of resource consumed by, each of the plurality of queries are...

20060190438 - Systems, methods, and software for retrieving information using multiple query languages: An exemplary method comprises receiving a description of query language; and automatically configuring a language converter based on the received description of the query language. The language converter, or translator, can be used to adapt a system to changing query languages....

20060190428 - User assistance: An apparatus, device, method, computer program product, and system that detects an operative coupling between a first electronic device and a second electronic device, the first and second electronic devices having a presence in a geographic locale, and obtains a user assistance corresponding to the operative coupling....

20060190439 - Web query classification: A query phrase may be automatically classified to one or more topics of interest (e.g., categories) to assist in routing the query phrase to one or more appropriate backend databases. A selectional preference query classification technique may be used to classify the query phrase based on a comparison between the...

20060190447 - Query spelling correction method and system: A method and system for providing to a user a set of alternative query suggestions is disclosed. The method, system and computer readable medium product in accordance with embodiments of the invention includes generating an index of all words in a corpus of documents available to the application, generating a...

20060190446 - Web search system and method thereof: A system and method thereof for web search. A server comprises a storage device and a first program module. The storage device stores word count records. Each word count record has information regarding occurrences of words in short passages which have been referenced by a user. The first program module...

20060190448 - Method, system, and computer program product for creating navigation views based on historical user behavior: The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for creating navigation views based on historical user behavior. The method comprises: tracking pages navigated by a user through a site to provide tracking data; generating a complete site view displaying all pages in the site; generating a reduced...

20060190450 - Audio fingerprinting system and method: An audio fingerprinting system and method. A server receives an audio fingerprint of a first audio piece, searches a database for the audio fingerprint, retrieves an audio profile vector associated with the audio fingerprint, updates user preference information based on the audio profile vector, and selects a second audio piece...

20060190451 - System and method for locating a document containing a selected number and displaying the number as it appears in the document: The disclosure describes a system and method for locating a number in a source document by presenting and manipulating data on private and public companies. A central database of financial information is established. A target entity is entered within the central database by a user, and financial information of the...

20060190449 - System and method for prior art cross citation: Method and apparatus are disclosed for managing intellectual property information including organizing intellectual property data in a data processing system according to patent files pending with a government patent office. Various methods and software are provided to manage the citation of information disclosure documents to the patent offices, including automatically...

20060190452 - Sort digits as number collation in server: Systems and methods that supply a sort order for strings with defined digit and non-digit tokens, via employing a normalization procedure that assigns numeric values to the digit based tokens, and that further leverages on existing database collations. As such, plugging a particular collation into the sort engine determines a...

20060190453 - System and method for detecting termination of an application instance using locks: A system and method for detecting termination of an application, such as a database instance, that uses locks is described. A holding child process is started from a parent process. The holding child process connects to a monitored application instance, acquires an exclusive lock on the monitored application instance and...

20060190455 - Method and system for assigning access control levels in providing access to networked content files: A method and system for assigning access control levels when granting access to resources includes a client node, a collection agent, and a policy engine. The client node requests access to a resource. The collection agent gathers information about the client node. The policy engine receives the gathered information and...

20060190454 - Network system, element thereof and network visualization method: On at least one of computers constituting a plurality of nodes on a network N, a management information file representing links between nodes is stored. The computer of each node stores, into a predetermined memory area on the network, digital information pieces generated on the computer. The computer sends the...

20060190456 - System and method for managing objects and resources with access rights embedded in nodes within a hierarchical tree structure: A system and method for controlling access to data within a hierarchically organized document, such as an XML document. Elements may have their access rights specified, for example as a variable in an XML tag. If not specified within an element of the document, access rights are inherited from its...

20060190459 - Method and apparatus for allowing a user to display a pre-defined number of search results on a web page: A web server for displaying search results is disclosed. The web server may be configured to present the user a search page for receiving a query from the user and search options regarding the query over the public network from a user; display results of the query to the user...

20060190457 - Method of increasing enterprise alliance and cooperation success: A method of increasing enterprise alliance or successful cooperation comprising collecting the basic information and the news information of several target units. According to the above basic information, the target units are classified into several classifications. An assessment is performed based on the above news information and the basic information,...

20060190458 - Sensor network management system: An attribute value of a matter accompanied by a sensor is transmissibly accessible in a sensor node system constituted by wireless terminal computers having the sensor, the wireless communication base stations and server computers. The wireless terminal computer reports at the time of wireless communication an identification number of a...

20060190461 - Apparatus, system, and method for managing objects in a database according to a dynamic predicate representation of an explicit relationship between objects: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for managing objects in a database according to a dynamic predicate representation of an explicit relationship between objects. The apparatus includes a correlation module, a storage module, a query module, and a deletion module. The correlation module associates a set of predicate identifiers...

20060190466 - Customization of metadata describing objects in a computing environment: The present invention facilitates customization of metadata that describes objects in a software system without requiring modification of source code. A customization that describes a desired customization to metadata is received and the relevant metadata is identified. A delta value indicating the customization to the metadata is stored....

20060190462 - Global satellite databases and security systems: The objective of the current invention is to provide an advanced and effective means of security checks performed for airline travelers and other administrative functions as well. It makes use of satellites to host databases containing personal information about the citizens of the member countries. Anybody who needs to travel...

20060190464 - Information processing apparatus, method and program: If content having an attribute different from that of content usually used by a user is selected, the present invention allows proper content recommendation in accordance with the selection. When notified from a control block of a selected piece of music, a short-term preference vector generation block gets music vector...

20060190465 - Method and apparatus for efficient indexed storage for unstructured content: A method and apparatus for efficient indexed storage for unstructured content have been disclosed....

20060190460 - Method and mechanism of handling reporting transactions in database systems: Disclosed are improved methods, systems, and mediums for handling reporting transactions in database systems. In some embodiments, database snapshots are used to carry out reporting transactions on a failover node concurrently with execution of non-reporting transactions on a primary node....

20060190467 - Method, apparatus and recording medium for recording time information for digital data streams: A method and apparatus for recording time information for received digital data streams are provided. The method includes recording first time information and second time information on a recording medium. The first time information is part of management data for managing presentation data and the second time information is time...

20060190463 - Methods and systems for outputting data on a graphical user interface of a computer system: Methods and systems are provided for outputting data on a graphical user interface of a computer system. Consistent with one implementation, a method of outputting data on a graphical user interface is provided. The method comprises retrieving data descriptive of an object from a data repository, transferring the data as...

20060190470 - Download, storage, and retrieval device: A self-contained inventive device capable of downloading and storing data from a personal information manager. The inventive device further comprises a feature that allows the data to be uploaded to either the same personal information manager from which the data was downloaded or to an entirely different personal information manager,...

20060190469 - Serialization of file system item(s) and associated entity(ies): A system and method for serialization and/or de-serialization of file system item(s) and associated entity(ies)is provided. A file system “item” comprises a core class which can include property(ies). An item can be simple or compound (e.g., includes other item(s) embedded in it). Associated with an item can be entity(ies) such...

20060190468 - Techniques for improving memory access patterns in tree-based data index structures: A computer-implemented method is provided for performing key lookups. The method comprises accessing a header of a given one of a plurality of nodes in a tree-based data index structure. The given node comprises the header and a plurality of partitions. Each partition comprises at least one key. The header...

20060190471 - Auto-filing of watch results in ip management system: Method and apparatus are disclosed for managing intellectual property information including organizing intellectual property data in a data processing system according to activities related to intellectual property. Each activity is represented by an activity data structure containing at least some data pertinent to the activity. A second data processing system...

20060190476 - Database storage system and associated method: A system is provided for saving data to a structurally changed database. The system comprises an input processor for validating ancillary data; a stored procedure generator for automatically re-generating a stored procedure using the validated ancillary data and metadata. The system further comprises a code generator for automatically re-generating source...

20060190473 - End user defined event rules for erp applications: A method of creating alerts in a database system is disclosed. The method may include allowing the selection of at least one field or record to be monitored, determining the data in a database that affects the value of the selected field or record, storing a trigger related to the...

20060190474 - Extensible markup language schema for mathematical expressions: An extensible markup language-based schema for representing a mathematical expression in documents. The schema can include a single math tag indicative of text and operators of the mathematical expression. The schema can also include format attributes indicative of one of a plurality of formats to be applied to the mathematical...

20060190475 - Group polling for consumer review: Using a computer system comprising clients at which users interface to the computer system and at least one review server that maintains a collection of reviews, each associated with a presentation, a method of collecting the reviews including providing a first presentation to a first user via a first client...

20060190478 - Method and apparatus for object oriented storage and retrieval of data from a relational database: Systems and methods for accessing a relational database through an object-oriented querying interface are provided. A class of objects that are to be stored in the relational database are defined. One or more relational database tables are created and a mapping is produced that maps each data member of an...

20060190477 - 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...

20060190472 - System and method for improved exposure of database schema information: Systems and methods for improved exposure of database schema information are disclosed. Generally, a database driver may retrieve and provide database schema information according to one of two default methods or, also, a third override method. The first default method is to execute a query on the database. The second...

20060190481 - Classifier tuning based on data similarities: A probabilistic classifier is used to classify data items in a data stream. The probabilistic classifier is trained, and an initial classification threshold is set, using unique training and evaluation data sets (i.e., data sets that do not contain duplicate data items). Unique data sets are used for training and...

20060190479 - Computer-implemented methods and systems for accessing data in a computer system by a user: Methods and systems are provided for accessing, processing, and outputting data on a graphical output device for a user is provided. In one implementation, a method is provided that comprises presenting on the graphical output device a first portion of a data object in a window, wherein the data object...

20060190480 - Generation of names related to organization actions: A system for generating names related to organization actions performed with applications includes a communications interface and a processor. The communications interface receives data sent between an application and a server in response to a user interacting with the application. The processor processes the data to determine an organization action...

20060190482 - Method and system for resource management: The present invention manages resources in a computing device to facilitate the allocation of resources amongst competing clients operating on the device. A hierarchy of budgets is constructed to encode restrictions on the aggregated use of a resource allocated by a resource provider to one or more clients. A resource...

20060190486 - Configuring a computer application with preconfigured business content: Techniques are described that enable a user, such as a business analyst or a system administrator, to configure a computer application program that was developed by a commercial software developer for sale to many business enterprises. An automated process and tools enable preconfigured business content for an application program to...

20060190492 - Data processor and method for processing medical text: In a data processing system and an operating method therefor, a medical text is automatically read into an evaluation unit of the data processing system, medical terms (in particular in abbreviated form) are automatically searched for in the medical text using a rule set stored in the data processing system,...

20060190483 - Data registration/search support device using a keyword: A display unit (614) displays a keyword search/enter screen, a registering work screen, and the like. A search processing unit (616) accepts an entry of a keyword from a keyword search screen, and presents report information stored in a report DB (630) to a report preparing person. A registration processing...

20060190491 - Database access system and database access method: Provision of a database access method allowing an open environment such as a Web system to access a main database constituted by a hierarchical database. A system for accessing a hierarchical database, including a storage section for storing schema information related to the hierarchical database converted to tree-structured data, and...

20060190487 - Method and system for managing inventory for a migration using history data: The generation of an activity display for displaying history data for one or more migration values is provided. A history record that includes various modification attributes is generated each time the migration value is modified and stored as history data. One or more stored history records can be obtained from...

20060190494 - Method and system for tracing the identity of an agricultural product: A method and system for tracing the identity of an agricultural product comprises holding an agricultural product in a container. The container is associated with a tag. Harvesting data is obtained. The harvesting data is associated with the harvesting of an agricultural product. The harvesting data is stored as stored...

20060190485 - Method of notifying an invitee to an event of changes to the event in an electronic calendar system: The present invention provides a method for notifying at least one invitee of an initial event of changes to the initial event. The method comprises receiving the initial event comprising a plurality of initial event elements and receiving an updated event comprising a plurality of updated event elements, each updated...

20060190484 - System and method for client reassignment in blade server: When a first blade server that is servicing a client computer becomes congested, service is transferred to a second blade server potentially in a different blade center by freezing the first blade and client and then sending, to the second blade server, a pointer to the currently addressed location in...

20060190488 - System and method for determining information related to user interactions with an application: A system, method, and computer program product is disclosed for determining information related to user interactions with an application. The system comprises a collector, an analyzer, and a storage device. The collector inspects data sent from the application to a server in response to a user interacting with the application....

20060190489 - System and method for electronically processing document images: The system and method facilitate the control and management of information and actions related to the computerized scanning, categorization, processing, storage, and retrieval of paper documents and electronic document images for the purposes of creating electronic data; data entry; data capture; data classification and categorization; and document-, file-, and records-management....

20060190493 - System and method for identifying and categorizing messages extracted from archived message stores: A system and method for identifying messages in a message store is provided. At least part of metadata associated with and at least part of content contained in each of a plurality of messages in a message store are encoded by generating a metadata sequence and a content sequence for...

20060190490 - Systems, methods, and interfaces for aggregating and providing information regarding legal professionals: The present inventors devised systems, methods, interfaces, and software that can facilitate identification of law firms and/or legal professionals. One exemplary system receives queries from users regarding a legal topic and responds with a listing of attorneys or law firms that are associated with information ranking them based on their...

20060190496 - Data transmission device and method for controlling the same and image reading apparatus using the same: According to the present invention, a data transmission device that can transmit data to a destination contained in pre-stored destination information, the data transmission device comprises a determining section that, when the device is instructed to transmit data, determines whether or not destination information contained in the transmission instruction was...

20060190495 - System and method for purging messages in a legal information system: There is disclosed method and apparatus for storing and processing information in a data storage and processing system used by attorneys, and recording attorney-client communications and communications from a government agency respecting a legal matter. At least some of the attorney-client communications can be designated with a indication that allows...

20060190497 - Support for schema evolution in a multi-node peer-to-peer replication environment: A method, system and article of manufacture of replication are provided. A first replicate comprises a plurality of participants. The first replicate replicates one or more columns of a table. Replication data is transformed between a first local dictionary format and a first common dictionary format at a first participant...

20060190499 - 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...

20060190498 - Replication-only triggers: A method, system and article of manufacture provide a replication-only trigger in a database management system. The database management system has a source server and a target server. At least one replication-only trigger which is associated with a replication operation is registered. The replication-only trigger is associated with a stored...

20060190500 - Synchronization with derived metadata: A system and method for synchronizing a database comprising raw data and metadata derived from the raw data, but when the metadata has not yet been updated. The raw data and the metadata are first synchronized, with the raw data having been assigned a version number. After synchronization, any stale...

20060190501 - System supporting data repository compatibility: A system addresses backward compatibility between two databases by capturing the latest definition and structure of a referenced model database and providing the information for use in creating object information usable by a database management application of a first database for accessing data in a different second database and that...

20060190502 - Backing up at least one encrypted computer file: The present invention provides a method and system of backing up at least one encrypted computer file encrypted by an encryption filter driver running on an operating system of a computer system and restoring at least one encrypted computer file encrypted by an encryption filter driver running on an operating...

20060190506 - Ghosted synchronization: A system and method for synchronizing a database having metadata and raw data. Metadata may be fully synchronized between two systems, with copies stored on both systems. Raw data may be selectively synchronized, so that a client system need not store all of the raw data locally. When disconnected, the...

20060190503 - Online repair of a replicated table: A method, system and article of manufacture implementing the method repairs a table. A replication environment has a first replicate comprising a source table on a source server and a target table on a target server. The source server transmits replication data from the source server with repair data from...

20060190504 - Simulating multi-user activity while maintaining original linear request order for asynchronous transactional events: A method, system and article of manufacture maintain the original order of a sequence of transactions originating from a source database and being replicated to a target database. A lockable object is associated with each transaction of the sequence of transactions from the source database. Each transaction has one or...

20060190505 - System and method for using a file system to automatically backup a file as a generational file: An improved system and method for using a file system to automatically backup a file in persistent storage is provided. A storage aggregator may organize nonvolatile memory for use in aggregate to store backup copies of a file. A file system filter driver may receive a request from an application...

20060190508 - Information recording medium, information recording method, information recording apparatus, information reproducing method and information reproducing apparatus: An information recording medium comprises a data recording area. A lead-in area and a volume space are allocated in the data recording area in advance. The volume space is constructed so as to allow a logical zone for recording at least a volume-file structure and an over-run protection area for...

20060190509 - Information recording medium, information recording method, information recording apparatus, information reproducing method and information reproducing apparatus: An information recording medium comprises a data recording area. A lead-in area and a volume space are allocated in the data recording area in advance. The volume space is constructed so as to allow a logical zone for recording at least a volume-file structure and an over-run protection area for...

20060190507 - Method of generating map update process data, map update method, and map update apparatus: A method of generating map update process data used for updating old map data including a great number of files to new map data includes the steps of using an old map file to be updated and a new map file to generate differential data; calculating a relative size of...

20060190510 - Write barrier for data storage integrity: A system that facilitates the storage of data using a write barrier. The system interfaces to a hardware component that stores data, and includes a write barrier component that dynamically employs instructions compatible with the hardware component to ensure data integrity during storage of the data. The write barrier component...

20060184499 - Data search system and method: According to some embodiments of the invention, a method of data management is provided. The method includes generating a plurality of sub-tables in a table of a relational database. Each sub-table has a predicate that indicates at least a partial description of information to be stored in the sub-table. The...

20060184501 - Information analysis apparatus, information analysis method, and information analysis program: There is provided an information analysis apparatus comprising first and second data mining portions. The first mining portion conducts data mining of a first data group and counts numbers of data obtained in process of the data mining of the first data group. The second mining portion conducts the data...

20060184504 - Method and apparatus for providing sponsorship for a directory: A method for providing sponsorship for a directory comprises permitting a search of the directory. The method further comprising displaying a search result on a page and incorporating a designated web page of a sponsor on the same page as the search result....

20060184505 - Method and system for compression of files for storage and operation on compressed files: A method and system for creating, reading and writing compressed files for use with a file access storage. The compressed data of a raw file are packed into a plurality of compressed units and stored as compressed files. One or more corresponding compressed units may be read and/or updated with...

20060184502 - Method for file level remote copy of a storage device: An object of remote copy can be specified in units of a file or a directory more detailed than in units of a volume. If a host computer issues a write request of a file to NASa, NASa references a source NAS of remote copy and a source directory of...

20060184497 - Network-information-processing system and information-processing method: As shown in FIG. 3, a network electronic conference system comprises: at least one notebook personal computer PC1 through PCi each having an input operation function to process arbitrary information; presentation apparatus 10 for displaying image based on information transferred from the notebook personal computer PC1; a creator (5) for...

20060184503 - Paid search engine bid management: A method and apparatus (information processing system) for overcoming deficiencies and inefficiencies in the current paid search engine keyword bidding market, by providing keyword bidders with information they need to better optimize their use of paid search engines. The system accumulates bid amounts for a plurality of target keywords at...

20060184498 - System and method for efficiently obtaining a summary from and locating data in a log file: Systems and methods for efficiently obtaining a summary from and locating data in a log file allow a user to efficiently obtain summary information and locate specific data records even in large log files. The system includes a configuration program, a log writing program, and a log reading program. The...

20060184500 - Using content analysis to detect spam web pages: Evaluating content includes receiving content, analyzing the content for web spam using a content-based identification technique, and classifying the content according to the analysis. An index of analyzed contents may be created. A system for evaluating content includes a storage device configured to store data and a processor configured to...

20060184507 - Dynamically configurable lists for including multiple content types: A dynamically configurable list management system that supports list elements of multiple content types is presented. Each list element is associated with an element type via an element type identifier. The element type identifier uniquely identifies the element type to the list management system. Each property associated with each element...

20060184506 - Method and apparatus for storing relationship data for accounts and contacts: A method of storing data related to a first entity in a relationship and a second entity in the relationship in a database is disclosed. The method may include entering a name description of the second entity in the relationship into a second converse relationship field of a relationship entity,...

20060184517 - Answers analytics: computing answers across discrete data: A method to derive new facts from a collection of discrete facts is provided. The discrete facts are stored in a data structure that organizes each discrete fact based on classification, value, unit, validity range, and subject. The discrete facts may be stored in an inverted index to allow efficient...

20060184510 - Apparatus, method, and program for executing protocol converting process: When a device searches a network, there is a case where the device is recognized as different devices as one searched by a protocol A and the other searched by a protocol B. In a proxy server 9300 for executing a protocol converting process in a network system, whether or...

20060184515 - Category searching: Performing a category search to identify categories of web sites that relate to a search term includes receiving at least one search term that then is compared with a hierarchy of category identifiers, and with terms related to one or more categories, to determine whether matches exist. A category identifier...

20060184512 - Content searching and configuration of search results: Content searching and configuration of search results are described. In an implementation, a method includes in response to a search query, selecting a keyword based on heuristic data which describes a plurality of previously performed searched. A search is performed utilizing the search query and the selected keyword to locate...

20060184509 - Database arrangement: A database contains data items with which various index terms 40 are associated. The database arrangement maintains information about relationships between the index terms, there being a relationship between any two index terms which are both associated with a data item in common. This allows a user to be provided...

20060184513 - Image retrieving apparatus, an image retrieving method, and a recording medium: An image recording apparatus for recording a plurality of original images taken on a recording medium, includes an asset recording unit for recording a new plurality of original images on a region of the recording medium on which information is not recorded yet in case the new plurality of original...

20060184514 - Large-scale metasearch engine: A large-scale metasearch engine is provided. The engine has three main components. A discovery component examines web page content to discover and identify search engines. A connection component connects the metasearch engine to each search engine that has been identified. A search result extraction component extracts useful information from each...

20060184508 - Methods and system for providing context sensitive information: A method and system are described for providing context sensitive data to a system user. The method includes the steps of identifying the user and querying databases to create a user context. Information is aggregated from the network databases and filtered using the user context. Providing the correct data needed...

20060184518 - Proactive caching in olap databases: The present invention leverages MOLAP performance for ROLAP objects (dimensions, partitions and aggregations) by building, in a background process, a MOLAP equivalent of that object. When the background processing completes, queries are switched from ROLAP queries to MOLAP queries. When changes occur to relevant relational objects (such as tables that...

20060184516 - Search engine: A search engine for retrieving documents from a database comprising a semantic document editor that is operable to allow a user to edit an existing document by creating one or more searchable compound word that contains information contextually relevant to the contents of the document. The editor is operable to...

20060184511 - Semantic network document container for use in attestation of management reports: A system that manages semantic network is a medium for objective framework and document repository. An integrated dashboard enables the user to maintain a semantic network as a repository for complex document storage and retrieval. The context of this semantic network offers a foundation for document attestation of complex management...

20060184519 - System and method of optimizing database queries in two or more dimensions: A method and system for storing and retrieving spatial data objects from a spatial database is discussed. The system stores multi-dimensional objects within the database by determining their position in a multi-tiered coordinate system. One each object has been assigned to a particular coordinate, the object is further assigned to...

20060184520 - Image processing apparatus, control method thereof, program, and storage medium: An image processing apparatus for recording and reproducing an image, comprises: a recording unit that records the image; a search unit that searches file data recorded in the recording unit when the apparatus is started; an operation unit that designates a predetermined operation to the apparatus; and a control unit...

20060184521 - Compressed document surrogates: Disclosed is a method and device for storing information about Web documents such as pages or sites in a manner which may be used in conjunction with inverted term lists to facilitate the retrieval of documents of interest from the Web. The method involves constructing compressed surrogates for documents, such...

20060184522 - Systems and methods for generating and processing evolutionary documents: An evolutionary document system comprises: a multi-function printer, a recognition module, an evolutionary document processing module, a list of document identifiers and corresponding actions, and an evolutionary document creation module. The MFP includes software and control routines for processing and creating evolutionary documents. The recognition module is operable on the...

20060184526 - Customer feedback acquisition and processing system: A customer feedback acquisition and processing system is disclosed. Customer feedback, which may optionally include voice signals, is captured and stored in a database. The database can be searched to develop a subset of records pertaining to an area of interest. A data mining tool can then be used on...

20060184524 - Method and system for automated data analysis, performance estimation and data model creation: A personal medical information storage and analysis system including a personal medical portal component in communication with a secure patient database and a patient with secure personal medical information stored in the secure patient database, and the secure patient database being a personal medical portal component in communication with the...

20060184525 - Method, system and computer program product for searching an electronic version of a paper: In one embodiment, on a first date, a computer system receives a watch list term that is specified by a user. The computer system receives an electronic version of a paper on a second date after the first date, and the computer system searches the electronic version for the watch...

20060184523 - Search methods and associated systems: Search methods and associated systems are disclosed. One aspect of the invention is directed toward search methods and associated systems. One aspect of the invention is directed toward a computer-implemented searching method that includes receiving an input having a format. The method further includes finding a pattern that matches the...

20060184527 - System and method for load shedding in data mining and knowledge discovery from stream data: Load shedding schemes for mining data streams. A scoring function is used to rank the importance of stream elements, and those elements with high importance are investigated. In the context of not knowing the exact feature values of a data stream, the use of a Markov model is proposed herein...

20060184528 - Distributed database with device-served leases: A method for managing data in a computer system includes storing the data in a plurality of data structures. When a transaction request for accessing the data in a specified data structure is received, a time-limited lease on the specified data structure is granted responsively to the transaction request. Access...

20060184529 - System and method for analysis and management of logs and events: A log record analyzing system for monitoring log records from at least one computerized system. The log record analyzing system comprises a pattern repository that stores a plurality of pattern object records of different grammar types and a parsing engine which is adapted to receive a raw log data input....

20060184531 - Navigation system for accessing navigation data stored in an access-protected manner: A navigation system stores navigation data in an access-protected manner. The navigation system includes navigation units that utilize the navigation data retained in a memory. The system includes a module for authenticating the access code. The system may include a module for generating an access protection code for storing the...

20060184530 - System and method for user access control to content in a network: A method of unifying the different, device-specific and platform-specific access control lists (ACL) for different users and user groups in a home network. The home network has networked heterogeneous devices and hosting where a user is presented with a consistent, single view of ACL on home-wide users and user groups....

20060184545 - Data transfer system and computer-readable recording medium recording a data transfer server program: A data transfer system capable of lightening the load on a server and reducing the amount of data carried over a network. A search/registration unit of the server determines whether or not shape data in graphics information created by a three-dimensional application is registered in shape cache information and, if...

20060184546 - Document information management system: A document information management system in which a search-engine-compatible interface unit makes a word in a document displayed on the screen to be specified, transfers the specified word to a search engine as a keyword to be used in the search engine, receives a search result from the search engine,...

20060184538 - Generation, organization and/or playing back of content based on incorporated parameter identifiers: The present embodiments provide methods and systems for use in generating, organizing, and/or playing back multimedia content. Some embodiments provide methods for use in organizing source content by accessing a plurality of media content having parameter data associated with each of the media content, identifying a first organizational style, identifying...

20060184543 - Image processing system, image processing device, and audit data transfer mode: In an image processing system which is configured by providing an image processing device for executing an image process to input image data and a server device, the image processing device comprises a storage unit to store audit data including the input image data and history information generated in association...

20060184532 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program: To provide an apparatus and method for efficiently displaying image content, which is sent and received between a server and a client, in a correct direction. An image content providing server stores, as property information, original angle information indicating correct directions of image content as metadata of the image content....

20060184541 - Internet connection apparatus and method of navigation system: An Internet connection apparatus and method of a navigation system including a communication unit and a global positioning system module is provided. The Internet connection apparatus includes: a map database for storing a map and map data having icons and names of peripheral facilities and areas and having a URL...

20060184534 - Method and apparatus for publishing a community based directory and of offering associated community based services: This invention relates to a method or apparatus for publishing a community based directory and profile using a tangible and an intangible publication. The intangible publication consists of using at least two different digital communication protocols or using a fixed and a mobile device. Selected members listed in the community...

20060184544 - Offender message delivery system: A correctional facility communication system for sending an external message to an offender of a correctional facility is disclosed. The correctional facility communication system includes a messaging system and a correctional facility system coupled together with a wide area network. The messaging system is at a first location and the...

20060184542 - Recording medium, and method and apparatus for reproducing data from the recording medium: A recording medium, and a method and apparatus for reproducing data from the recording medium are disclosed. A disc package for effectively reproducing data having different attributes recorded in the recording medium, and a method and apparatus for reproducing data of the recording medium and data downloaded from a content...

20060184535 - Suspension and resuming of sessions: A session established for an application is suspended from an instance and later resumed on the server or a different server. When a session is suspended, its state is captured and persistently stored as a session image in a data repository, and the session is terminated. When the session is...

20060184537 - System and method for browsing tabbed-heterogeneous windows: The techniques and mechanisms described herein are directed to a method for managing multiple content windows. The content windows may host a web browser, a shell view, a word processing application, and the like. A set of content windows are grouped into a frame in a manner such that a...

20060184536 - System and method for communicating system management information during network interface teaming: An information handling system receives management information from a network, such as IPMI information, with plural network interface cards of the information handling system in a teaming configuration. Upon detecting management information, a network interface card issues an SMBus alert to a management processor of the information handling system. A...

20060184540 - System and method for managing creative assets via a rich user client interface: A method and system according to the present invention provide integrated virtual asset management and publishing capabilities via a Rich user client interface. The client user, via a Rich user client interface, communicates with a central application server to store and manage creative assets or works, and to publish those...

20060184533 - Terminal authentication apparatus and method: In a client/server system that authenticates according to a terminal ID, a terminal authentication apparatus is provided that is capable of authenticating a terminal device correctly even if the method of generating a terminal ID has been changed from the old version to a new one, and thus useful as...

20060184539 - Xbrl enabler for business documents: A computer program resident on storage medium and method for using the program are provided that facilitate the creation of an extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) instance document in which one or more XBRL attributes of an XBRL taxonomy are associated with one or more locations in a business document....

20060184548 - Hierarchical inherited xml dom: A method and system for providing processed data definition documents (DDDs) or processed document object models (DOMs) for object oriented programming. The use of these processed data definitions simplifies the data structures and streamlines programming to access the data. A standard DDD/DOM has a hierarchical branched structure having a number...

20060184550 - Information processing apparatus and method, and computer readable memory: An application IF layer interprets and processes manipulations of an application program. A database IF layer interprets and processes manipulations common to a plurality of types of databases. Individual database manipulation implementation embedded in the database IF layer executes processes unique to databases for each of the plurality of types...

20060184551 - Mechanism for improving performance on xml over xml data using path subsetting: Techniques are provided for indexing XML documents using path subsetting. According to one embodiment, a PATH table created for storing one row for each indexed node of the XML documents using user-defined criteria. The user-defined criteria are used to determine which nodes of XML documents to included in The PATH...

20060184549 - Method and apparatus for modifying messages based on the presence of pre-selected data: A method and apparatus for modifying messages based on the presence of pre-selected data is described. In one embodiment, the method includes determining that a message transmitted to a recipient via a network includes pre-selected data. The pre-selected data contains information from at least one random row within the tabular...

20060184547 - Method and system for fast encoding of data documents: A method for processing markup language documents includes generating a markup-language document that includes one or more data nodes and transmitting the markup-language document to a remote component. Each data node of the markup-language document includes a numeric identifier identifying a node type of the data node and one or...

20060184556 - Compression algorithm for generating compressed databases: A data compressor performing the compression algorithm compresses an original uncompressed pattern database to form an associated compressed pattern database configured for fast retrieval and verification. For each data pattern, the data compressor stores a data in an address of a first memory table and that is defined by a...

20060184553 - Distributed mpeg-7 based surveillance servers for digital surveillance applications: Distributed MPEG-7 based Surveillance Servers for Digital Surveillance Applications (DM7SS), provides a distributed MPEG-7 compliant surveillance system platform that can provide flexible and extensible indexing and searching mechanisms based on MPEG-7 standards and technologies for distributed digital surveillance systems. A database manager implements a database process to manage metadata and...

20060184555 - Medical image output system, medical image transferring apparatus and program: A medical image output system includes: a medical image transferring apparatus and plural medical image forming apparatus. Each medical image forming apparatus includes a storage unit for storing image formable region information. The transferring apparatus includes: an obtaining unit for obtaining the stored image formable region information; a determination unit...

20060184552 - Memory efficient xml shredding with partial commit: A method and system that allows efficient shredding of large instances of hierarchical data structures into relational data structures. Large instances of hierarchical data structures, which are able to be larger than the random access storage of a computer used to shred them into relational data structures, are incrementally shredded...

20060184557 - Method and apparatus for distributing information to users: A method and apparatus for providing information to a plurality of users based on the relevancy of the information to the users are disclosed. An incoming message is received. Similarity scores are generated indicating similarities of the incoming message to features of a plurality of messages. Relevancy scores are generated...

20060184559 - Methods and systems 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...

20060184558 - Recommender system for identifying a new set of media items responsive to an input set of media items and knowledge base metrics: Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying a new set of media items in response to an input set (or “query set”) of media items and knowledge base metrics. The system uses a knowledge base consisting of a collection of mediasets. Various metrics among media items are considered by analyzing...

20060184554 - System and method for extensible metadata architecture for digital images using in-place editing: An improved system and method for an extensible metadata architecture for digital images is provided. Executable software code may be operably coupled to a metadata query reader and a metadata query writer for requesting operations for manipulating metadata in an image file. The metadata query reader may be operably coupled...

20060184566 - Crosslink data structure, crosslink database, and system and method of organizing and retrieving information: A system and a method for organizing and retrieving information are provided. The system is running on a computer system accessible for interactive communication with users. The computer system runs a crosslink database stored therein. The crosslink database includes a crosslink data structure comprising at least a connecting node and...

20060184565 - Data allocation setting in computer system: A computer is used in a computer system including multiple physical storage areas for storing database data. The database includes component information having a reference item having plural value ranges. The database data is dividable according to value ranges of the reference item. The computer comprises an access frequency obtaining...

20060184563 - Method and apparatus for temporal database: Methods and systems consistent with the invention store data in a database. A method or system consistent with the invention create a first record for a first time period, the first record comprising an identifier and an attribute, create a second record for a second time period, the second record...

20060184562 - Method and system for decoding encoded documents: A method for decoding encoded markup language documents includes reading a first numeric value from a data document and identifying a data definition associated with the first numeric value. The method further includes reading a second numeric value from a data document and determining, based on a base delimiter value,...

20060184564 - Method of, and system for, process-driven analysis of operations: A method of process-driven analysis of operations includes defining an abstract process, defining at least one metric over the abstract process using a metric definer and computing metric values using a metric computation engine. The method further includes building an analysis model and a prediction model using an analysis and...

20060184567 - System and method providing diffgram format: The present invention relates to a system and methodology to facilitate XML data communications and processing. A diffgram data structure is provided that includes one or more states of a plurality of data records. The state information can be determined by examining one or more data sources for differences from...

20060184561 - System and methodology for database migration between platforms: A system and methodology for database migration between platforms is described. In one embodiment, for example, a method is described for migrating a database across platforms having different byte order formats (e.g., big-endian and little-endian), the method comprises steps of: when the database is loaded on a given platform, determining...

20060184560 - The health care system of the universal and continuously enriching medical information: Doctors input the clinical information of patients into their universal clinical-laboratory forms of the computer network system of the organization, take the different specimens and submit these records in the system that gives them the numbers that they write on the specimen containers and the kits. These numbers are also...

20060184569 - Data processing systems and methods: Data processing system(s) and methods are disclosed. An enterprise services framework interface is provided for receiving a service request from a service consumer for performing a database access and a database for storing transactional data. Further, repository means may be provided for storing data descriptive of business objects and for...

20060184568 - Having a single set of object relational mappings across different instances of the same schemas: A method, system, and computer instructions for providing a single set of object relational mappings across different instances of the same schemas. With the present invention, multiple datasources are first configured for class (or set of object definitions). A mapping identifier is set at runtime, wherein the mapping ID is...

20060184571 - Hierarchical management of object schema and behavior: A method of reusing an object type in a computing environment, the method comprising accepting modifications made to an object type at a source data site in a first computing environment storing the object type, the object type comprising schema and behaviors, wherein the modifications are made to at least...

20060184570 - Value impact risk transfer products: An automated method and system (100) for the development and delivery of value impact risk transfer products and programs....

20060184572 - Sampling method for estimating co-occurrence counts: The subject invention leverages data sampling techniques to provide an efficient means to determine co-occurrence count estimations for objects and features from relational data, simplifying measure-of-association determinations. By providing an efficient mechanism to estimate co-occurrence counts, instances of the subject invention can be incorporated directly into a database, increasing its...

20060184578 - Control for enabling a user to preview display of selected content based on another user's authorization level: Enabling a first user to preview content as it would be seen by a second user, if the second user had a selected user relationship with the first user. The selected user relationship may comprise a relationship degree, a relationship category, a relationship rating, and/or other form of relationship. In...

20060184574 - Digital image search and retrieval system: A digital image search and retrieval system includes a query parser and a response composer. The query parser is configured to parse a query obtained from a client, the query including at least one metadata criterion, search a metadata database for one or more digital images satisfying the metadata criterion,...

20060184579 - Framework for providing ancillary content in a television environment: The present invention provides functionality for retrieving ancillary content associated with the content delivered to a given user's client device. According to one embodiment, the method of the present invention comprises retrieving the context of a given user and identifying a plurality of characteristics associated with the user's context. The...

20060184573 - Information processing apparatus, information pocessing method, and computer program: An apparatus and a method for information processing that enable effective content management and retrieval are provided. Content attribute information is obtained via a recording medium such as a CD or the like, a network, or as user input data, an artist name is extracted from the obtained content attribute...

20060184575 - Law enforcement data management techniques: A system of the present invention includes a server operable to communicate with the data access device carried in the law enforcement vehicle to request and display information about a person subject to investigation. This server is responsive to the data access device to retrieve a number of records corresponding...

20060184577 - Methods and apparatuses to determine adult images by query association: Various methods and apparatuses are described for an adult content detection implementation. In one embodiment, a method detects adult content images by tracked query association to a user's query for an image search. The set of images returned in response to the user's query on a search engine are based...

20060184580 - Serving signals: Output signals are served from a serving device to a plurality of browsing devices connected to a network. The output signals represent commands executable by each browsable device so as to display viewable data in accordance with specified page formatting. Requests from browsing clients are identified which contain information relating...

20060184581 - Serving signals: Output signals are served from a serving device to a plurality of browsing devices connected to a network. The output signals represent commands executable by each browsable device so as to display viewable data in accordance with specified page formatting. Requests from browsing clients are identified which contain information relating...

20060184582 - Serving signals: Output signals are served from a serving device to a plurality of browsing devices connected to a network. The output signals represent commands executable by each browsable device so as to display viewable data in accordance with specified page formatting. Requests from browsing clients are identified which contain information relating...

20060184583 - System and method for acquiring, storing, processing and presenting data accumulated through an in-flight aircraft server: A plurality of differential encoders encodes a plurality of parallel data bit streams. XOR gates interleave the outputs of the differential encoders forming a single high speed differentially encoded bit stream with a data rate unachievable using only a differential encoder. The high speed data stream provides a single differentially...

20060184576 - System and method for extensible metadata architecture for digital images: An improved system and method for an extensible metadata architecture for digital images is provided. Executable software code may be operably coupled to a metadata query reader and a metadata query writer for requesting operations for manipulating metadata in an image file. The metadata query reader may be operably coupled...

20060184585 - Communication point delivery instructions: 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...

20060184586 - Communication point relationship scheduling: 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...

20060184584 - Contact merge auto-suggest: Aspects of the present invention identify duplicate entries across multiple sources of information, such as databases. Further aspects of the invention relate to auto-suggesting entries as duplicates. Embodiments of the invention relate to an algorithm constructed to match or discard duplicates based upon information relating to at least two social...

20060184587 - System and method for checkpointing and restarting an asynchronous transfer of data between a source and destination snapshot: A method for transferring data from a source computer to a destination computer, and restarting the source computer transmission after a halt of the transmission, has the following steps. The source computer inserts a checkpoint number into a data stream, the data flowing in the data stream. The checkpoint number...

20060184588 - Information processing apparatus, method, and program for executing retrieval processing: An information processing apparatus that is connected to a network includes a live status confirmation message output unit configured to output a live status confirmation message to a plurality of information processing apparatuses via the network, a management unit configured to manage attribute information about an information processing apparatus that...

20060184589 - Linked value replication: A network computer maintains a directory of objects having multi-valued attributes. The attributes are comprised of individual linked values having conflict-resolution data that indicates a change to an object at an attribute-value level. A second network computer stores a replica of the directory in which a replica of the objects...

20060184590 - Maintaining and managing metering data for a subsidized computer: A method and apparatus for saving, retrieving, and adjusting metering data uses information about the period between saves of the metering data to non-volatile memory and other information, for example, a number of recovery events experienced by the computer. Adjusting the retrieved metering data according to the number of recovery...

20060184591 - Database synchronization via a mobile network: An apparatus adapted to operate as an A party in a data-base synchronization with a B party via a mobile communication network. The database contains data items to be synchronized. The apparatus includes mechanisms for maintaining a copy of the database and a client-server communication module with a client part...

20060184592 - Information recording medium, information recording method, information recording apparatus, information reproducing method and information reproducting apparatus: An information recording medium comprises a data recording area. A lead-in area and a volume space are allocated in the data recording area in advance. The volume space is constructed so as to allow a logical zone for recording at least a volume-file structure and an over-run protection area for...

20060173804 - Integration of a non-relational query language with a relational data store: A system and/or methodology that employs a non-relational (e.g., XML (extensible markup language)) query language to access stored procedures employed in connection with relational (e.g., SQL (structured query language)) database management systems is provided. Stored procedures in SQL enable the predetermination of queries that can be executed against the relational...

20060173803 - Method and system for associating specific files with different applications: A method and system for associating specific files with different applications. The method includes receiving a selection of at least one application; receiving a selection of at least one specific file; and associating the at least one specific file with the at least one application such that when the application...

20060173802 - Method for extraction of pertinent information taking into account the objective and the target: The method in accordance with the invention is a method of extracting pertinent information taking into account the objective and the target, and it is wherein the target and the objective are identified, that the values applicable to the target are determined and that they are weighted according to their...

20060173807 - Organizing pointers to objects: The invention may be a method of organizing pointers. The pointers may identify addresses where objects are stored. The pointers may be stored in arrays so that the pointers corresponding to the most recently selected objects are stored nearer to ends of the arrays than are the pointers corresponding to...

20060173806 - Retrieving and providing contextual information: An electronic dictionary may be created by receiving a data request action for a word appearing in an electronic document, accessing information regarding the context of the word derived from within the electronic document in which the word appears, storing the definition of the word along with the context information...

20060173805 - Virtual file system: There is disclosed a method for managing information about off-line storage data comprising storing information about the off-line storage data, interfacing said information with a file manager of an operating system of a computer, displaying said off-line storage data as accessible by said computer as part of the file system...

20060173810 - Controlling access to a database using database internal and external authorization information: Techniques for using both database internal and database external authorization information to control access to a database are disclosed. Corporate accounts which are generally used in many corporate environments (e.g., operating system accounts) can be defined as “external” database accounts with database external authorization information that define database external access...

20060173808 - Graphical user interface (gui) to associate information with an object: Provided is a graphical user interface (GUI) to associate information with an object. Different views are maintained providing different hierarchical arrangements of a set of objects. Selection is received of one view and one object in the selected view. Information is associated with the selected object, wherein the associated information...

20060173811 - Method and apparatus for reducing memory and communication activity in a redundant process controller with change-driven memory imaging, through optimization of unchanging data: A system for handling data of a process with a primary controller and a redundant controller. The primary controller includes a primary processor that is operable to perform tracking data tasks by using a low speed bus to cooperate with a tracker controller for storage of tracking data in a...

20060173814 - Mobile communication terminal having content-based retrieval function: Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for providing a content-based retrieval function using a mobile communication terminal, the apparatus including a transmitter/receiver for communicating with a data server capable of content-based retrieval and a controller for controlling a transmission of a query to the data server via the transmitter/receiver...

20060173813 - System and method of providing ad hoc query capabilities to complex database systems: A system and method for providing ad hoc query capabilities to complex homogenous and heterogeneous database systems. The method utilizes a universal join table adapted to join with any table within a database system or across multiple database systems. Using the universal join table, a logical flat hierarchy is laid...

20060173812 - System, software and method for examining a database in a forensic accounting environment: A system, software and method which enable the forensic examination of a database, particularly, a financial database such as a general ledger. The system, software and method leverage “n-” or multi-dimensional data interrogation analytics, particularly, online analytical processing (“OLAP”), to enable real-time data analysis of various dimensions of multi-dimensional data...

20060173809 - Transfer of table instances between databases: A method, system, and computer program product for transferring N table instances X1, X2, . . . , XN of a table T from a source database S to destination databases D1, D2, . . . , DN, respectively. The method is implemented by executing a computer code by a...

20060173824 - Electronic communication analysis and visualization: An electronic communication analysis and visualization tool that provides a user interface that displays various attributes of electronic communication and any analysis thereof. The tool includes visualization of electronic messages, people associated with electronic communication, electronic communication threads, and concepts associated with electronic communication. The tool may further integrate and...

20060173829 - Embedded translation-enhanced search: A model for a search engine or content subscription system that includes hidden layer of embedded translations for the words and phrases that occur in a search result page, and automatic insertion of such hidden layer of embedded translations to all content that is linked to from the result page....

20060173816 - Enhanced user assistance: Methods, devices, and systems that provide a user assistance. In an approach, an exemplary method includes receiving a query related to an item through a first user interface associated with the item, and providing an assistance correlating to the query through a second user interface associated with the item. In...

20060173815 - Facilitating identification of entire web pages when each web page is rendered from multiple portions and interest is expressed based on content of the portions: A server system which stores data indicating the identifiers of web pages associated with which each portion has been previously rendered. The data facilitates identification of the entire web pages even if interest is expressed based on content of the portions. For example, a search engine may search the contents...

20060173830 - Information retrieval: A meta search engine (1) receives a query (qT) from a user (U), and submits adapted queries (q1-qn) to n search engines (S1-Sn). The results (R1-Rn) are adapted (R1′-Rn′) and combined to provide a result set R′. In parallel, the meta search engine (1) accesses a selected hit matrix (H)...

20060173831 - Longest prefix match lookup using hash function: A method and apparatus are used for finding the longest prefix match in a variable length prefix search when searching a direct table within a routing table structure of a network processor. The search through the routing table structure is expedited by hashing a first segment of an internet protocol...

20060173823 - Method and system for collation support: A method of searching for objects in a second database using a query from a first database includes receiving a first query from the first database where the first query is generated using a collation associated with the first database or user session or explicitly specified by users, where the...

20060173821 - Method, apparatus and program storage device for processing semantic subjects that occur as terms within document content: A method, apparatus and program storage device for delimiting words is provided and requires adding an extensible vocabulary markup to a plurality of markup languages, wherein the plurality of markup languages comprises a knowledge representation, and processing a provided term from one or more vocabularies for use in the knowledge...

20060173828 - Methods and apparatus for using personal background data to improve the organization of documents retrieved in response to a search query: A computerized method of organizing a set of documents includes receiving a search query from a user; obtaining personal background data from the user; identifying at least one personal background trait within the personal background data, the personal background trait being statistically correlated with documents that the user is likely...

20060173826 - Methods and systems for address-related information viewing: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing address-related information. The system may comprise a memory storage device containing the address-related information and an application program and a processing unit coupled to the memory storage device, wherein the processing unit is operative to: submit a query to the memory device to...

20060173817 - Search fusion: Search results are assigned scores based on visual aspects of surrogate representations of the search results which are to be displayed to a query submitter in a search results summary overview. That is, the surrogate representations are relatively short summaries or excerpts of the search results that may be presented...

20060173820 - System and method for generating contextual survey sequence for search results: A system and related techniques generate a survey to capture a user's feedback about the quality of search results, in a continuous context with the user's Web page or other search activity. A survey frame inviting the user to undertake a set of search questions may be presented within a...

20060173819 - System and method for grouping by attribute: A system and method are provided for implementing a search engine to produce search results grouped by attribute. The system may include an attribute indexing component for indexing available resources with reference to selected attributes in a search engine index. The system may additionally include a grouping component for grouping...

20060173822 - System and method for optimization of results based on monetization intent: A method and system are provided for determining a query monetization value and optimizing results based on the determined monetization value. A system may be provided that includes implementing a search engine for producing search results in response to an input query transmitted to the search engine, wherein the input...

20060173832 - Systems and methods for dynamic querying: A user can generate queries dynamically at runtime without having to redeploy the appropriate EJB or hard-code the query into the user application. A properties object can be generated to accept the query settings from the user. These settings can be extracted at runtime when the appropriate finder method is...

20060173825 - Systems and methods to provide internet search/play media services: Systems and methods to provide an Internet media service are disclosed. A streaming media distribution system, comprising storage capability, streaming encoding and parsing capability, and information generation capability, is used to populate a search player view with links, key words, and other information related to media currently being streamed from...

20060173818 - Systems, methods, and media for utilizing electronic document usage information with search engines: Systems, methods and media for utilizing electronic document usage information are disclosed. More particularly, hardware and/or software utilizing electronic document usage information to respond to user search requests with search engines are disclosed. Embodiments include receiving a search request from a requesting user and receiving document utilization information associated with...

20060173827 - Telephone search supported by response location advertising: A platform for the delivery of dynamic, interactive audio advertisements played in response to a consumer initiated request for information via a telephone. The platform invention provides advertising supported information services that are related to a geographic location associated with a response to a consumer initiated request. In one specific...

20060173833 - Processing cross-table non-boolean term conditions in database queries: Processing non-Boolean term conditions in database queries. A query that is a request for data in a database is received and includes at least one uneven non-Boolean term condition that spans multiple tables in the database. The non-Boolean term condition is split into separate portions, each of the portions providing...

20060173835 - System and methods for dynamic querying: A user can generate queries dynamically at runtime without having to redeploy the appropriate EJB or hard-code the query into the user application. A properties object can be generated to accept the query settings from the user. These settings can be extracted at runtime when the appropriate finder method is...

20060173834 - Table querying: The subject invention relates to a system and/or methodology that facilitate converting structured data (e.g., tabular information) into natural language, thus making it available to question answering systems and search engines. More specifically, the system and method employ the vast quantities of natural language on the particular storage system, database,...

20060173838 - Content navigation service: A system, method, and computer program product for presenting items within a list of items based on an individual user profile, a social network of friends of the user or a mood of the user. The system generates the individual profile of the user, determines passive friends of the user...

20060173839 - Method for re-ranking documents retrieved from a multi-lingual document database: A computer-implemented method for processing documents in a multi-lingual document database includes generating an initial ranking of retrieved multi-lingual 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 multi-lingual documents. Respective...

20060173836 - Method for selecting products of a process automation engineering device via internet: In a method for selecting products via the Internet, an Internet connection is established between a customer-side client-computer, which contains a planning module, and a manufacturer-side server, which contains a product database. After selecting at least one product line from the product database by querying of basic data via the...

20060173837 - Systems, methods, and media for awarding credits based on provided usage information: Systems, methods and media for awarding credits based on provided usage information are disclosed. More particularly, hardware and/or software for collecting and disseminating usage information related to electronic documents and for awarding usage credits to users in exchange for providing usage information are disclosed. Embodiments include receiving an indication of...

20060173840 - Automatic resource translation: A novel technique for translating a string displayable on a user interface element in a graphical user interface provides a reliable translation without the use of a dictionary. In an embodiment of the invention, an identification is obtained, wherein the identification identifies the user interface element on which the string...

20060173842 - Decision-theoretic methods for identifying relevant substructures of a hierarchical file structure to enhance the efficiency of document access, browsing, and storage: A system and methodology is provided for improving directory operations within a system providing an electronic hierarchical directory of items. The system includes a component which analyzes probabilities and utilities associated with determining potential target directories for storing and accessing data, and a component for building a subset of the...

20060173841 - Determining a route to destination based on partially completed route: Techniques are provided for predicting a destination for a ground-based vehicle. Travel patterns are accessed and a series of locations of a ground-based vehicle are received. At least some of the received locations are related to at least one accessed travel pattern, and a destination of the ground-based vehicle is...

20060173843 - Method and system for flexibly providing shared access to data pools: Herein described is a method and system for providing shared access to data residing within a data pool of a data storage device. Aspects of the invention incorporate the use of one or more mechanisms by which access to the data occurs. The one or more mechanisms may be enabled...

20060173846 - Access information relay device, a network device, an access information managing device, a resource managing device, and an access control system: An access information managing device, an access information relay device, a network device, a resource managing device, and an access control system are disclosed, whereby access information of each resource is acquired and transmitted to an accessing party. The access control system includes the access information managing device that includes...

20060173844 - Automatic configuration of client terminal in public hot spot: The invention herein provides an apparatus and a method for automatically configuring an IEEE 802.1x client terminal to provide limited access in a WLAN environment, specifically utilizing the access point to filter traffic associated with the limited access so as to redirect the client terminal's HTTP request to a designated...

20060173845 - Method to enforce domain strong typing: A centralized method for defining and enforcing strong-typing among domains in RDBMS or ORDBMS is provided to allow flexible, easy, and quick domain creation, as well as facilitating easy implementation and change control on domains. When an application requests data from the database, one or more domains are first identified...

20060173847 - System and method for manipulating and managing computer archive files: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide an archive management application that operates within a host application to provide access to an archive and/or allow access to and/or modification of files in an archive using the host application's interface, instead of operating as a separate standalone archive management application. In...

20060173848 - System and method for manipulating and managing computer archive files: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide an archive management application that operates within a host application to provide access to an archive and/or allow access to and/or modification of files in an archive using the host application's interface, instead of operating as a separate standalone archive management application. In...

20060173859 - Apparatus and method for extracting context and providing information based on context in multimedia communication system: An apparatus and a method for providing a multimedia service which can automatically recognize various media corresponding to communication contents and provide information regarding to the media in bi-directional or multipoint communication. The method includes the steps of classifying a type of input multimedia data, detecting context of the multimedia...

20060173852 - Apparatus and method for highlighting discrepancies between query performance estimates and actual query performance: A visual query explain mechanism displays a query to the user in a graphical tree format. A user may execute a query, and the actual performance from executing the query is imported into the visual query explain mechanism. The visual query explain mechanism adds the actual performance to the nodes...

20060173856 - Autonomic control of a distributed computing system in accordance with a hierachical model: A distributed computing system conforms to a multi-level, hierarchical organizational model. One or more control nodes provide for the efficient and automated allocation and management of computing functions and resources within the distributed computing system in accordance with the organization model. The model includes four distinct levels: fabric, domains, tiers...

20060173857 - Autonomic control of a distributed computing system using rule-based sensor definitions: A distributed computing system conforms to a multi-level, hierarchical organizational model. One or more control nodes provide for the efficient and automated allocation and management of computing functions and resources within the distributed computing system in accordance with the organization model. A user, such as a system administrator, interacts with...

20060173854 - Dispatching network connections in user-mode: A listener operating in user-mode can dispatch control of a client connection to a listener without exposing system memory or other sensitive services or components. For example, a client component requests access to a network component through connection with a user-mode listener. Based on information contained in the client request,...

20060173849 - Enabling client systems to discover services accessible by remote procedure calls (rpc) on server systems: Information representing the RPC servers on which each RPC service is currently being provided, is maintained on a directory server. A client may query the directory server and determine a specific one of the RPC servers on which to cause execution of a desired RPC service. Each RPC server may...

20060173858 - Graphical medical data acquisition system: A graphical documentation system allows clinicians to record information about specific zones of an anatomical image in a fast, intuitive, and easy to understand manner. A graphical user interface system supporting recording of patient medical and other data, includes a display processor for initiating display of data representing a display...

20060173860 - Information processing system, server apparatus and client terminal apparatus: A server apparatus according to the present invention receives a time-out period information indicating a time-out period used for judging that a connection with a client terminal apparatus is disconnected, and also receives connection-continuation information indicating that the connection is continued. If the server apparatus cannot receive the connection-continuation information...

20060173850 - Method and apparatus for collision resolution in an asynchronous database system: Pursuant to some embodiments, a system, method, apparatus, means and computer program code for resolving conflicts in a database system are provided where the system includes a plurality of client databases and a master database, each client database having a subset of data from the master database. Pursuant to some...

20060173853 - Method and system for locating information on local networks: A method and system for providing access to a service through any of a plurality of local networks is described. The method and system include receiving a request for the information from a computing device through at least one of the plurality of networks. The request includes a standard identifier...

20060173851 - Systems and methods for accessing data: Systems and methods for providing access to shared storage, for example, using multiple information handling system nodes configured as server nodes. Each server node is given ownership of different portions of data on the shared storage so that each portion of data is allowed to have only one owner at...

20060173855 - Techniques for locating distributed objects on a network based on physical communication costs: Techniques for locating an object such as a data item or service on a node in a distributed system on a computer network include receiving communication cost data that indicates a cost of physically transferring data among nodes in a computer network. A node identifier for a node is determined...

20060173866 - Apparatus and method for handling backend failover in an application server: An application server includes a connection pool that specifies a number of allowable connections, and includes a backend failure detection mechanism and a backend failure recovery mechanism. When the backend failure detection mechanism detects that the backend fails, applications waiting on the hung connections may be notified of the backend...

20060173870 - Computing system and a method for calculating a recovery time of an application system: The invention relates to a method for calculating a recovery time (tr) of an application system (DB) in a computer system for tuning the computer system dynamically, wherein the recovery time (tr) is calculated and controlled within flexible predefined time slices and compared to a predefined time period (t0) and...

20060173872 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program: An information processing method is disclosed which includes the steps of: (a) calculating levels of similarity between a standard form vector as a comparison basis vector and each of a plurality of item characteristic vectors of the standard form which are characteristic of a plurality of items, the standard form...

20060173868 - Mapping web services to ontologies: 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....

20060173861 - Method and apparatus for incremental evaluation of schema-directed xml publishing: Methods and apparatus are provided for incremental update of an XML tree defined from a recursive XML view of a relational database. A method comprises the steps of detecting at least one change to the relational database; providing one or more queries to the relational database to map the change...

20060173869 - Method and apparatus for requestor sensitive role membership lookup: A directory server system that includes a data repository storing a plurality of entries, wherein the plurality of entries comprises a plurality of user entries and a plurality of role entries, wherein each of the plurality of role entries define a role and comprises an InterestedApplication attribute, a directory server...

20060173863 - Method and system for bidirectionally data binding a control of a template: A control is bound to a data item that provides a data binding context. Controls inside the template of a data bound control have properties which are bound to fields of the data item via a bidirectional data binding process. Bidirectional data binding allows a page developer to specify that...

20060173862 - Method and system for displaying context-sensitive columns in a table: A method and system for displaying context-sensitive columns in a table of a graphical user interface (GUI) are provided for software running on a processor and being displayed to a user. The context-sensitive columns allow additional information to be displayed in a table on a window of a graphical user...

20060173874 - Method and system for interactive parameter optimization using multi-dimensional scaling: A method for interactively optimizing a system comprises interactively adjusting controlling parameters in a parameter set, by deriving successive pluralities of parameter sets in a parameter space, each of whose respective member parameter sets are respectively ranked in order, utilizing a ranking input based on respective system performance associated with...

20060173871 - Resource managing system, resource managing program and resource managing method: A resource managing system for managing a resource used by a function module includes a resource measuring device for measuring the amount of the resource used by the function module in a first executing environment; a resource upper limit value acquiring device for acquiring an upper limit value of the...

20060173873 - System and method for providing access to databases via directories and other hierarchical structures and interfaces: A hierarchical/relational translation system is provided for enabling information from unrelated heterogeneous relational computing systems to be accessed, navigated, searched, browsed, and shared over a hierarchical computing system. In one embodiment, the hierarchical/relational translation system includes a virtual directory server for capturing information in the nature of relational database schema...

20060173867 - System and method for providing s/mime-based document distribution via electronic mail mechanisms: A content or document management system includes a content or document repository; a dedicated e-mail account; and a mail agent associated with the dedicated e-mail account. The mail agent processes a received e-mail message to determine a sender's identity; authenticates the identity of the sender and an authorization of the...

20060173865 - System and method of translating a relational database into an xml document and vice versa: A method of translating a relational database into an XML document comprises generating an Extended Entity Relationship model from relational schema associated with the relational database and applying a schema translation process to the Extended Entity Relationship model to map the relational schema into a Document Type Definition (DTD) of...

20060173864 - Systems and methods for reconciling image metadata: System and methods are herein disclosed for reconciling image metadata in an image file between different metadata schemas, both in the utilization of said metadata by an application or device, as well as proactively reconciling conflicts when detected in said image file. Several embodiments are directed to logically reconciling conflicting...

20060173877 - Automated alerts for resource retention problems: One embodiment disclosed relates to a method of automated alerts for resource retention problems. Data on the resource usage as a function of time is obtained, and an automated analysis of the resource usage data is performed to determine whether the data indicates a minimum level of retention of the...

20060173887 - Conversion of data in particular for playing of audio and/or video information: A method for converting databases, structurally summarized in directories of data of an initial format meeting predetermined database specifications. The directory structure of the initial format is recorded. A directory structure of an intermediate format, having at least one database of data, is composed based on the directory structure of...

20060173883 - Data management and processing system for large enterprise model and method therefor: A computer system performs data processing using a data organizer which parses a primary set of data into predefined sets of data components according to one or more enterprise models. The sets of data components from the data organizer are respectively stored in multiple data sources. The data components may...

20060173876 - Easy-to-use data report specification: A method and system for the graphical specification and modification of reports is disclosed which enables data reports to be easily created via a report design dialogue. The report design dialogue includes a group-level outline panel containing controls for grouping, as well as other report controls such as those for...

20060173878 - Efficient processing of time series data: A system receiving time series data will store the data in a first format suited for quick writing. That data will subsequently be converted from the first format to a second format better suited than the first format for compact storage and queries. Over time, the data in the second...

20060173881 - Graphical database navigator with relation level control: Graphical maps of databases and related objects within a database have benefits for a database administrator. Instead of displaying all objects related to a node of interest, a user can select what maximum relation level to use to locate related objects. The mapping software starts at the initial node, or...

20060173879 - Method and system for tracking of work-item revisions: A method for work-item tracking, in a computer system that includes client computers and at least one server maintaining a database, includes defining at least one work item, associating version identifiers with corresponding versions of at least one work item, and storing, in the database, work-item data. The work-item data...

20060173882 - Method for automatically modifying a tree structure: A method and system are provided to support automated modification to a multiple node tree structure. Each clause and each logical operator are defined in the tree structure as nodes. In addition, each link emanating from a child node to a parent node is defined as a child link, and...

20060173884 - Methods for merging files and related systems: Methods for merging files and related systems. A first file comprising a plurality of columns is provided. Each column comprises at least one data field for a row corresponding to a string identification. It is determined whether the string identification corresponding to the row is in a second file. If...

20060173885 - Obstruction-free data structures and mechanisms with separable and/or substitutable contention management mechanisms: We teach a powerful approach that greatly simplifies the design of non-blocking mechanisms and data structures, in part by, largely separate the issues of correctness and progress. At a high level, our methodology includes designing an “obstruction-free” implementation of the desired mechanism or data structure, which may then be combined...

20060173875 - Server consolidation data mdel: Computing device parameters, particularly for use in consolidating services performed on a plurality of computing devices such as servers in a server farm, can be compared. A storage device stores data set files that contain information collected from computing devices such as servers in a server farm. The data set...

20060173880 - System and method for generating contextual survey sequence for search results: A system and related techniques generate a survey to capture user feedback about the quality of search results, in a continuous context with the user's Web page or other search activity. According to embodiments, a survey frame inviting the user to undertake a set of search questions may be presented...

20060173886 - Systems, methods, software, and interfaces for multilingual information retrieval: The present inventors have a devised one or more novel methods, systems, and interfaces for facilitating multi-lingual searches. One exemplary method entails creating multiple language-specific indices for a collection of documents, with each index including stemmed and non-stemmed versions of terms from the documents. Users submit queries that are associated...

20060173896 - Authentication method and system for distributing items: Aspects of the present invention describe a method of introducing items into a distribution network. Before entering items into the distribution network, the item is placed in an identifiable packaging that has an identifier. The identifier associated with the item and packaging is stored in an item identifier database and...

20060173905 - Database driven workflow management system for generating output material based on customer input: A customer record is generated to include fields specifying at least one product, customer preferences, and a selected delivery option indicating a method to deliver generated output material on the product. A job record including a status field is added to a job status table and set to a first...

20060173895 - Distributed computing system having hierachical organization: A distributed computing system conforms to a multi-level, hierarchical organizational model. One or more control nodes provide for the efficient and automated allocation and management of computing functions and resources within the distributed computing system in accordance with the organization model. The model includes four distinct levels: fabric, domains, tiers...

20060173899 - Efficient transformation of interchange format messages: In a computerized system, a sending computer system and recipient computer system exchange an interchange format message in a resource-efficient manner. For example, a transformation writer at the sending computer system selects and transforms only one or few of a plurality of units of the message at the time. The...

20060173897 - Identification of false ambiguous roots in a stack conservative garbage collector: Techniques for memory management or analysis with conservative garbage collectors is provided. The native stack is analyzed during runtime to identify within frames references to objects in the heap space. An amount of memory is calculated that represents the memory implicated by the reference. A log can be generated that...

20060173904 - Information processing apparatus and control method thereof: An information processing apparatus for management of document images. In input document image data, when an area from which index information is to be extracted is designated, an index item for the designated area is set. Then, index extraction information where information specifying the designated area is linked with information...

20060173888 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program: Each program content has a plurality of program states, such as “already recorded”, “not recorded”, “preset for recording”, “not preset for recording”, and “not received” states”. In response to the selection of a related program on a starting-program-related information page, a detailed operation screen for the related program is presented....

20060173902 - Integrated development method for ram-lsa-tm: Disclosed is an integrated development method for RAM-LSA-TM. The integrated development method for RAM-LSA-TM comprises the steps of: comparing the reference number of identification key information of a first item from a Ram part list table of a RAM calculation module DB and the reference number of a second item...

20060173890 - Method and data carrier for handling a database: In the field of data storage on limited rewritability storage media, handling frequently changing databases may lead to unequal wear of storage segments. The invention discloses a method for modifying a database file, which ensures maximally distributed segment wear in that any writing of data records uses a next available...

20060173889 - Method and system, in addition to computer program comprising program coding elements and computer program product for analyzing user data organized according to a database structure: The invention relates to analysis of user data organized according to a database structure, such as customer data or product data in a company....

20060173903 - Methods and apparatus to automatically generate claim charts: Methods and apparatus to automatically generate claim charts are disclosed. An illustrated method includes receiving an input identifying a patent via a user interface; and automatically generating a claim chart containing at least one claim of the identified patent....

20060173901 - Methods for merging files and related systems: Methods for merging files and related systems. A first file comprising a plurality of columns is provided. Each column comprises at least one data field for a row corresponding to a string identification. It is determined whether the string identification corresponding to the row is in a second file. If...

20060173898 - Mis-sort verification system and method of use: A method or process and system of confirming an ordering of products includes generating a database of product information associated with a plurality of product and comparing the product information of the plurality of product in a sorting pass process to the product information assigned in the database to verify...

20060173906 - Model repository: A model repository is provided for storing selected data models generated by a data mining application. The model repository is a structure that may be organized into a plurality of levels, including a project level, a diagram level, and a model level. The project level may include one or more...

20060173891 - Rapid access to parts of an electronic document via gui: Methods, systems, and media are disclosed for accessing one or more parts of an electronic document. In one embodiment, the method includes choosing, with a selecting device, the electronic document, and for receiving document utilization information for the electronic document. Further, the method includes displaying, on the computer, the electronic...

20060173893 - System and methods for capturing structure of data models using entity patterns: A system and method directed to capturing the structure of data models using entity patterns is provided wherein an entity pattern is an abstraction, for example in the MICROSOFT BUSINESS FRAMEWORK®(MBF), that surfaces in the model editor of the framework at the root level and consists of one or more...

20060173894 - System and methods for capturing structure of data models using entity patterns: A system and method directed to capturing the structure of data models using entity patterns is provided wherein an entity pattern is an abstraction, for example in the MICROSOFT BUSINESS FRAMEWORK® (MBF), that surfaces in the model editor of the framework at the root level and consists of one or...

20060173900 - Systems and methods for managing information: A method for managing information is described. The method includes generating a first database in a first memory device, storing, by an administrator via a server system, a plurality of questions in the first database, where the plurality of questions relate to project information, and storing, by the administrator, a...

20060173892 - User interface based modeling of web services and batch input templates: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for generating a data input template. A system captures data objects and event objects communicated between a client and an application program, stores a copy of the captured objects, and generates a template based on the stored objects. The client interface has a...

20060173907 - Configuration management system and method using representative object instances: A configuration management system and method uses representative object instances which serve to call information about unregistered object instances through a representative object instance in order to enable positive node management (including generation, deletion, change and retrieval). In the apparatus of the invention, during initialization of a managed system, an...

20060173912 - Automated deployment of operating system and data space to a server: A server instance, which is a collection of LUNs, containing an operating system, any applications and data storage. A processing element is the physical hardware. The combination is a server as normally understood. Templates are used to define server instances and server types to simplify deploying a server instance to...

20060173909 - Automated image annotation: An automatic annotation transmission device including a memory, a processor, and a transmitter, is programmed with information related to a nearby photographic subject, and configured to transmit the information to a properly configured automatic annotation reception device. An electronic image capture device including a memory, a processor, and a receiver...

20060173910 - Dynamic identification of a new set of media items responsive to an input mediaset: Systems and methods are disclosed for creating a list of media items that are similar to an input mediaset comprising at lease one input media item, optionally together with at least one input parameter that constrains the output in scope or number of items. Media items include music, videos, pictures...

20060173913 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: The file name of an image file as a saving target is acquired (S401). A hash value is calculated on the basis of the acquired file name (S402). The image file as the saving target is saved in association with the data of the hash value....

20060173918 - Image processing apparatus, control method therefor, computer program, and computer-readable storage medium: In this invention, when images, in image files managed according to photographing dates, which match a search condition are to be displayed, the images matching the search condition are sequentially displayed such that the positions or distribution of the image files, of all image files, which match the search condition...

20060173917 - Method and apparatus for updating rules and transmitting change notifications: A method and apparatus for generating court dates. A Date Calculation Engine (DCE) is coupled to a court date server and a court rule database for generation of court dates. The court rule database includes formulas written in a Date Calculation Scripting Language (DCSL) for calculating the court dates. The...

20060173911 - Method and apparatus to implement themes for a handheld device: A method and apparatus for the delivery, administration and application of themes to a cellular telephone device. The apparatus, in one embodiment, comprises an inbox to receive a multimedia message (MM) containing a theme, a filing logic to place the MM in a themes folder, a themes folder available to...

20060173916 - Method and system for automatically generating a personalized sequence of rich media: A method of automatically creating a personalized media sequence of rich media from a group of media elements is performed. A media list that describes media elements that are appropriate to the personalized media sequence is received. The media elements described in the media list are combined into a coherent,...

20060173920 - Method for analyzing innovations: A data processing system comprising an interface, a query builder connected to the interface for receiving the factual information and for building a search query describing the innovation, a search engine connected to the interface and to the query builder, for selecting a database and accessing this database via a...

20060173919 - Method of managing multiple resource identifiers: A method of managing multiple resource identifiers in a machine readable document comprises allocating one or more resource identifiers to a context. A context name is associated to the context and the context name and resource identifier are associated in the document....

20060173914 - Site ultraviolet radiation exposure planner: A computer-enabled interactive site planner; said site planner adapted to the determination of solar radiation exposure profiles for a user-specified location; said site planner further adapted to providing data on shade providing objects and strategies for reduction of exposure risk appropriate to said user-specific location....

20060173908 - System and method for automated customization of a workflow management system: The present invention is directed to a system and method providing an efficient ted customization of an existing workflow management system. Agent software utilized to operate autonomously to instruct a generic workflow tool provided by sting workflow management system to accomplish the customization process direct human supervision. Thus, a non-developer...

20060173915 - Telephone search supported by advertising based on past history of requests: A technology platform for the delivery of dynamic, interactive audio advertisements played in response to a consumer initiated request for information via a telephone. The platform provides advertising supported information services that are related to past responses made to a specific consumer who initiated the request. In one specific embodiment,...

20060173924 - Calculating the quality of a data record: A method of calculating the quality of a data record having a plurality of data fields involves identifying individual fields in the data record that are incorrect and scoring those fields accordingly. Further fields are identified where any one or more of those fields may be incorrect, but it is...

20060173926 - Data transformation to maintain detailed user information in a data warehouse: Transforming data prior to loading the data into a data warehouse. Software of the invention partitions data records received from a plurality of servers and performs sequential file management operations and identifier management operations on each of the partitions prior to loading the data records into the data warehouse. Data...

20060173925 - Electronic apparatus, data processing method and computer program: An electronic apparatus executes a program by using a page table for managing, on a page unit basis, virtual and physical addresses of the program recorded in a first recording medium. The page table is set in such a manner that a physical address is unassigned to a designated area...

20060173923 - Method and program for file information write processing: The file information write processing method according to the present invention is a file information write processing method wherein a computer executes a process for outputting instruction corresponding to a file information write instruction from an application to a device driver, wherein: searching clusters which are empty areas within an...

20060173922 - Method, apparatus and program storage device for managing buffers during online reorganization: A method, apparatus and program storage device for managing buffers during online reorganization. An adaptive buffer is provided having a dynamically adjustable boundary, the adaptive buffer processes log records and pointers associated with the log records during online reorganization of a database. Adaptive switching is provided between a first and...

20060173921 - System and method for data transmission and reception: Systems and methods for file transmission and reception that involve augmenting protocols such as real time protocol (RTP), a protocol for transmitting and receiving real-time data such as audio, video and simulation data, so that they may be used for file transmission and reception. Further systems and methods for file...

20060173927 - Extensible decimal identification system for ordered nodes: An extensible identification system for nodes in a hierarchy is described wherein each node is assigned a concatenation of decimal based values. The values assigned uniquely identify the node, provides an order for the node, and identifies its parent, child, and sibling relationships with other nodes Furthermore, the IDs assigned...

20060173929 - Method and system for flexibly providing shared access to non-data pool file systems: Herein described is a method and system for providing shared access to data residing within non-data pool related file systems. Aspects of the invention incorporate the use of one or more share access mechanisms by which access to the data occurs. The one or more share access mechanisms may be...

20060173928 - Method for controlling data review and synchronization: Synchronization of product information from a Supplier to a Retailer is controlled by tracking operations and checking the status of the data. The status of the data is associated with publication and modification of the data, completion and review of the data by Suppliers and Retailers, and acceptance or rejection...

20060173930 - Apparatus, system and method for persistently storing data in a data synchronization process: An apparatus for synchronizing data between DBMSs has a first DBMS and a second DBMS. The second DBMS has a storage for persistently storing data items in a form of a storage structure, i.e. database. The second DBMS has also a second data storage for persistently storing data in a...

20060173933 - Mechanisms for transferring raw data from one data structure to another representing the same item: The transfer of raw data from a source data structure to a target data structure that represent the same item. During the data transfer, if there is a given field in the target data structure that does not correspond to a field supplied by the source data structure, the transfer...

20060173935 - Method of restoring data: An embodiment of a method of restoring data begins with a step of restoring point-in-time data from a local copy. The method concludes with a step of restoring at least a portion of an incremental difference between the point-in-time data and a desired state of the data from a remote...

20060173934 - Saving documents on multiple drives: Methods apparatus and systems for simultaneously saving documents to multiple file storage locations in response to a single command. The multiple file locations may be located on separate drives....

20060173931 - System and method for managing long names in an application programming interface: Software managing long names in an application programming interface receives a request to perform a requested operation on one or more fields, the application comprising a first operation operable to perform the requested operation on at least one field type. The software determines whether the field type of any of...

20060173932 - Using a file server as a central shared database: Various entities need to share data among team members working on the same project without investing in specialized server software. To address this need, an existing standard file server is used to host data for sharing among the team. The file server has not been customized to share the data...

20060173936 - Establishment and maintenance of collaborative communication associations based on multiple contextual criteria: A method, system, and computer program for dynamically setting up collaborative associations between a group of users, computing resources, and/or communication devices, where the constituents of the collaborative association are chosen based on a variety of contextual criteria. The dynamic collaboration enabler component determines the explicit identities of the parties...

20060173937 - Release-dependant filenames for device drivers: A method for providing release-dependant filenames for a device driver, by providing Config information and a table of the driver's component files; assigning unique, release-dependant filenames for the component files; and producing the device driver containing the release-dependant filenames. Scripts and a preprocessor are used to convert filenames and template...

20060173939 - Garbage collection and compaction: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture, wherein a plurality of objects are allocated in dynamic memory. Reversed references are determined for the plurality of objects, wherein a reversed reference corresponding to an object is an address of a location that has a valid reference to the object....

20060173940 - Managed peer-to-peer file sharing: A system and method for managed peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing. The peer nodes can include a web browser and a p2p agent. The web browser can connect to the Internet and can interface with the p2p agent. The p2p agent provides the file sharing utilities for implementing the p2p network....

20060173938 - Method, apparatus and program stroage device for determining an optimal number of tasks during reorganization of a database system with memory and processor constraints: A method, apparatus and program storage device for determining an optimal number of tasks during reorganization of a database system with memory and processor constraints. The reorganization system identifies memory constraints, identifies processing capabilities and determines a number of reorganization processes and a combination of reorganization processes that provides a...