Data processing: database and file management or data structures inventions 01/07

20070022084 - Hashing assist for network processors: A resource unit has a request interface to allow the unit to receive a request and associated data. The resource unit also has a hashing engine to create a hash of the associated data, a modulo engine to create a modulus result, a read engine to perform a memory read,... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070022089 - Method and apparatus for creating last uniform resource identifier, and recording medium storing program for executing the method: A method and apparatus for creating a LastURI (uniform resource identifier) of a content asset in order to share the content asset based on a multiphoto video (MPV) file in content recorders and/or reproducers having different file systems, and a recording medium storing program for executing the method are provided.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070022088 - Method and apparatus for efficiently fixing transformed part of content: Provided are a method and apparatus for effectively fixing scrambled content. The method includes checking fixing information for a program map table (PMT) packet of packets constituting the content, the fixing information being used to fix a transformed part of the content; extracting location information of a next PMT packet... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070022090 - Method and apparatus for providing network and computer system security: An improved network intrusion detection and response system and method is disclosed for detecting and preventing misuse of network resources. More particularly, the system and method dynamically self-adjusts to changes in network activity using a plurality of alert levels wherein each successively higher alert level triggers a corresponding heightened security... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20070022080 - Method and system for making one or more parts of a recorded data sequence: Method for marking one or more parts of a recorded data sequence, and recording device comprising a data buffer (17), a recording unit (18), and a processor (11) for displaying a representation of a recorded data sequence stored in the data buffer (17), and for receiving user inputs from function... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070022083 - Method of graphical display of hierarchical hardlinks to files in a file system: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for graphical display of hierarchical hardlinks to files in a file system that includes identifying multiple hardlinks for a file and displaying relationships among the multiple hardlinks and the file. Some embodiments also include a hardlink comprising a link to a file... Agent: Ibm (roc-blf)

20070022081 - Record of data repository access: The disclosure relates to computer systems that include 1) a data repository containing several data records and 2) several executable application processes that can cause the computer system to access the data records. A method includes accessing a data record in a data repository, the access of the data record... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070022087 - Scalable clustered storage system: A scalable clustered storage system includes a control node and a plurality of storage nodes. The control node stores object identifiers and location information associated with a plurality of files. The plurality of storage nodes stores the plurality of files. A storage node in the plurality of storage nodes receives... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070022082 - Search engine coverage: A method for improved search engine coverage, the method including receiving at least one computer-network based document at a first computer, storing any of a link and content associated with the document in a cache, providing the cached information to either of a traversal application and a search engine, and... Agent: Stephen C. Kaufman IBM Corporation

20070022085 - Techniques for unsupervised web content discovery and automated query generation for crawling the hidden web: Unsupervised crawling of the hidden Web utilizes a query engine, coupled to a crawler system, that automatically and intelligently inserts keywords into text input controls in Web page forms so that the filled form can be submitted to a server to retrieve dynamically generated Web content for indexing. The keywords... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070022086 - User-centric methodology for navigating through and accessing databases of medical information management system: A contextually sensitive, user-centric database navigation and accessing software methodology controls navigation through and access to database domains of a medical (e.g., cardiovascular) image and information management system in accordance with the specific role of the user. Being user-centric, rather than patient-centric, the routine is operative to display to a... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070022091 - Access based file system directory enumeration: A filtered directory listing system includes a request interface that receives, from a process associated with a user that has a defined set of data object access permissions, a file system directory listing request for a directory stored within an NTFS type file system. The filtered directory listing system further... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20070022092 - Stream data processing system and stream data processing method: A stream data processing system restrains the generation of communication traffic in the case of distributing loads by using a plurality of information processing devices. The global query is divided into a plurality of processes. At every divided process, a local query which includes the corresponding process is generated and... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20070022093 - System and method for analyzing and reporting extensible data from multiple sources in multiple formats: A system and method for analyzing and reporting data from multiple sources is provided. The system is a foundation for an analytical platform that covers not only traditional relational data, but also a new generation of extensible data formats designed for the web, such as those based on XML (FIXML,... Agent: Dla Piper Rudnick Gray Cary Us, LLP

20070022097 - Apparatus and methods for providing geographically oriented internet search results to mobile users: A method of providing Internet search results to a user on a mobile platform. Search terms are received from the user via a web portal. Information pertaining to the user and/or to the platform is used to identify a marketplace relevant to the user. A search engine is selected based... Agent: Ernest Caravalho

20070022100 - Database management system and method: A database management system has a query interface for receiving a query and a query executor for executing the received query. The query executor dynamically generates a task, and executes a plurality of tasks in parallel. In execution of each task, each time data is required to be read from... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070022102 - Method and system for adaptive prefetching: A cache server (18) may prefetch one or more web pages (30) from an origin server (16) prior to those web pages being requested by a user (13). The cache server determines which web pages to prefetch based on a graph (42) associated with a prefetch module (40) associated with... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070022096 - Method and system for searching a plurality of web sites: A method, system, and computer readable code for searching a plurality of web sites. Each web site provides a user search interface array including at least one user search interface for accessing text documents, each text document provided by the web sites includes a document body and optional labeling text,... Agent: Dr. Mark Friedman Ltd. C/o Bill Polkinghorn

20070022104 - Method for searching a collection of libraries: A method for searching identifying data in a library or a collection of libraries. The method includes the steps of compiling a master library of data and determining the overlap of data from an independent library to sub-library within the master library. The purpose is to determine the range of... Agent: Lieberman & Brandsdorfer, LLC

20070022094 - Method, system, and program product for automatically populating a field of a record: Under the present invention an identifier for a computer system undergoing an IT migration is extracted from a pertinent field the record. Thereafter, a mapping table is consulted. The mapping table generally contains entries that associate computer system identifiers with identifiers of hardware components that have been installed (or are... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070022101 - Methods and apparatus for providing search results in response to an ambiguous search query: Methods and apparatus consistent with the invention allow a user to submit an ambiguous search query and to receive relevant search results. In one embodiment, a sequence of numbers received from a user of a standard telephone keypad is translated into a set of potentially corresponding alphanumeric sequences. These potentially... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20070022099 - Question answering system, data search method, and computer program: A question answering system includes an answer candidate extraction unit, a query generation unit, a passage search unit, an answer candidate inspection unit and an answer output unit. The answer candidate extraction unit executes a search process based on an input question to extract a plurality of initial answer candidates.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070022095 - System and method for facilitating cross-compatibility of address books: A system and method for enabling a cross-compatible address book for multiple document processing devices. First address data is first received in a first format and tested to determine the compatibility of the first address data relative to the second format. The first address data is then selectively converted, according... Agent: Tucker, Ellis & West LLP

20070022098 - Systems and methods for automatically updating annotations and marked content of an information search: These exemplary embodiments utilize a flexible, Information Search Organizer (ISO) tool for accessing, modifying, automatically updating, refreshing, and/or otherwise managing information related to the search category, key words, marked content, an electronic address of the website, and/or an associated electronic file. According to exemplary embodiments, the Information Search Organizer tool... Agent: Bambi Faivre Walters

20070022103 - Systems and methods for transforming query results into hierarchical information: A computerized system and method for transforming (formatting or aggregating) the results of a query into a hierarchical information stream, such as an eXtensible Markup Language (XML) data stream is disclosed. A database server receives a query and generates a rowset. A rowset processor, using the mode specified in the... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070022107 - Methods and apparatus for generic semantic access to information systems: A method of providing information from at least one information resource. A semantic query is received that includes one or more generic constructs referencing an ontology relating to a domain of the information resource(s). A representation of the semantic query in an ontology representation language is inferred from the constructs.... Agent: Mark D Elchuk

20070022108 - Predicate-logic retrieval system: A predicate-logic retrieval system includes a predicate-logic retrieving section for receiving a predicate query and a metamodel-element built-in predicate (MMEBIP) storage section storing therein MMBEIPs and get-functions in association. If a predicate query includes a MMEBIP, the predicate-logic retrieval system retrieves a get-function from the MMBIP storage section, uses the... Agent: Paul J. Esatto, Jr. Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070022106 - System design using a ras-based database: A system design environment includes a Reusable Asset Specification (“RAS”) based database including information related to hardware components. The design environment may also include a controller. The controller may be configured to accept a user input including at least one desired system parameter. The controller may also be configured to... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070022109 - Systems and methods for answering user questions: Systems and methods for answering user questions using databases annotated with answerable questions are disclosed. The database includes database items organized into columns. Each of the columns may have a question annotated thereto. The question is a parameterized question that is answerable by the database items in the column. A... Agent: Stephen M. De Klerk Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP

20070022105 - Xpath automation systems and methods: Embodiments herein analyze at least one extensible markup language (XML) application to produce a listing of extensible markup language path language (XPath) strings produced by the application. These XPath strings are then processed to create one or more underspecified XPath (USXP) strings. The USXP strings are “underspecified” because each includes... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb Intellectual Property Law Firm, LLC

20070022112 - Information providing apparatus and information providing method: An information providing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store a plurality of pieces of content data each of the plurality of pieces of content data having metadata attached thereto, the metadata including information regarding a status at a time of generation of the piece of content data; a... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070022110 - Method for processing information, apparatus therefor and program therefor: A system obtains and classifies tag data such as a title or keyword embedded in each of the plurality of documents and the keywords are displayed in a tree based on a result of the classification. A view is displayed in the tree with placing the titles at the end... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070022111 - Systems, methods, and computer program products for accumulating, storing, sharing, annotating, manipulating, and combining search results: Systems, methods, and computer program products for accumulating, storing, sharing, annotating, manipulating, and combining search results are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided for defining a cumulative result set from a first result set and a second result set containing items which are received as a result of... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20070022114 - Apparatus, system, and server capable of effectively specifying information in document: A word information in a document printed on paper etc. may be specified easily. Especially, it enables to specify easily and correctly from the word information input partially. In one example, an information specification system specifying an arbitrary word information in a document, includes an information specification apparatus to select... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070022113 - Systems and methods for automation of employment matching services: The present invention discloses systems and methods for automation of matching between employers and employees. The automation is made efficient and accurate by matching a desired set of attributes for a given profession as expressed by an employer with a database of personal and technical attributes by professionals either in... Agent: Moazzam & Associates, LLC

20070022115 - Key term extraction: An improved solution for extracting and identifying key terms in content is provided. In the solution, one or more documents can be obtained and one or more candidate terms can be obtained from the content of each document. Subsequently, one or more exclusion conditions can be used to filter the... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & Dalessandro LLC

20070022116 - System and method for handling files incoming to a computer: Advantage is taken in the fact that the files that operate beyond a single application, for example, (executable files) are files having extensions which are already known to the system and which extensions must be appended to a file name in the last position of the file name. In one... Agent: Dallas Office Of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20070022117 - Accessing file system snapshots directly within a file system directory: A file system controller of an operating system controls the management of a file system, including the creation of file system snapshots or other backup copies of data in the file system to at least one storage device. In addition, the file system controller creates a named data stream attached... Agent: Ibm Corp (ap) C/o Amy Pattillo

20070022118 - Collection agency data access method: An account data access method allowing access to an agency account database, such as that of a collection or other debt recovery agency, from public sites over a network by agency affiliates and clients of the agency. The invention provides for secure access to a client's accounts using a web... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070022122 - Asynchronous file replication and migration in a storage network: File system independent techniques and mechanisms for replicating files on multiple devices are provided, migrating files from one device to another (for purposes of reliability, increased bandwidth, load balancing, capacity expansion, or reduced cost), and propagating updates from a master copy to remote replicas. The mechanisms involve work queues and... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070022120 - Caching and modifying portions of a multi-dimensional database on a user device: For a user of a multi-dimensional database (e.g., as part of an OLAP system), a copy of at least a portion of the multi-dimensional database (i.e., a local cube) may be cached locally on the user's user device. The user then may query the local cube rather than the multi-dimensional... Agent: Wolf Greenfield (microsoft Corporation) C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070022123 - Methods and devices for use in transferring an electronic file: An embodiment of a method of facilitating a file transfer includes an initial step of receiving a first request for a first electronic file. The embodiment of the method also includes a step of determining whether the first electronic file contains a reference to a second electronic file. In addition... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070022119 - Rich web application input validation: Method and system to build rich input validation rules to address values not previously validated by type based rules or regular expressions available in current validation engines. These new validation rules have a rich set of ordered validation rule primitives (VRPs) with acceptance VRP or rejection VRP, thus the new... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070022124 - Selection and storage of policies in network management: User interface and policy loading aspects of a policy-based, outsourced, network management system. In one aspect, a user selects policies using a graphical user interface (GUI) with a two paned window having a tree view of the policies in one pane. In another aspect, the policies are (1) created in... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070022121 - Transparent redirection and load-balancing in a storage network: A storage system includes a plurality of storage servers that store a plurality of files, a monitor module, and a redirector module. The monitor module monitors usage information associated with the plurality of storage servers. The redirector module determines, based on the monitored usage information, a storage server in the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070022127 - Method and apparatus for independent depolyment of roles: A computer implemented method, an apparatus and computer instruction are provided for deployment of roles. Aspects of the present invention allow user to define in a schema a definition of a relationship that comprises a set of roles participating in the relationship. Each role in the set of roles is... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20070022126 - Method and apparatus for updating an asset catalog: A method and apparatus for updating a product catalog is disclosed which includes receiving a plurality of first assets into the catalog, each first asset having a hierarchy tag. At least a second asset having a hierarchy tag is added into the catalog. The plurality of first assets and the... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070022129 - Rule driven automation of file placement, replication, and migration: Techniques and mechanism are provided for deciding which storage device (or devices) a file should be stored on. These determinations can be used to guide either the placement of new files or the replication or migration of existing files to new storage volumes. These determinations may be made on the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070022128 - Structuring data for spreadsheet documents: An open file format is used to represent the features and data associated with a spreadsheet application within a document. The file format simplifies the way a spreadsheet application organizes document features and data, and presents a logical model that is easily accessible. The file format is made up of... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070022130 - Systems and methods for providing commercial loops: Systems and methods for providing a commercial loop are provided. In exemplary embodiments, an offer for the commercial loop is presented to a user. Upon receiving a request from the user, the commercial loop is provided to the user. Modifications to the commercial loop may be made by a content... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070022125 - Systems, methods, and computer program products for accumulating, strong, sharing, annotating, manipulating, and combining search results: Systems, methods, and computer program products for accumulating, storing, sharing, annotating, manipulating, and combining search results are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided for defining a cumulative result set from a first result set and a second result set containing items which are received as a result of... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20070022134 - Cross-language related keyword suggestion: Identifying and selecting keywords in a second language based on an input keyword from a user in a first language. Translation candidates in the second language are determined from the input keyword. Keywords in the second language related to the translation candidates are identified and included with the translation candidates.... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20070022133 - Method and apparatus for automatically and configurably adjusting allocated database resources to avoid denial of service: A client or client representative of a database maintains a configurable table of database messages and associated values, at least some of which include references to commands to be executed upon the occurrence of the message being issued from the database. One or more of these command sets respond to... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20070022131 - Production of documents: A system (5) for producing a document is disclosed. A repository (16) stores documents in a marked-up form according to one or more mark-up schemas. The schemas are adapted to make explicit structural information contained a document. A document format store (22) stores formats that are user selectable. A document... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP

20070022136 - Self tuning database retrieval optimization using regression functions: A system and method for accessing a relational database and estimating the selectivity of a query (e.g., an SQL query) in order to better predict the number of qualifying records for simple and complex queries. A dataset is created based upon queries applied against the database by the user community.... Agent: Edell, Shapiro, & Finnan, LLC

20070022132 - System and method for design using component categorization: A computer readable medium for use on a computer system configured to generate a model of a component system includes computer executable instructions for receiving an input corresponding to at least one desired function of the component system. The computer readable medium may also include computer executable instructions for identifying... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070022135 - Systems and methods for organizing and annotating an information search: These exemplary embodiments utilize a flexible, Information Search Organizer tool for capturing, accessing, and otherwise managing user-defined indexing (and/or a bookmark) of a website, user-defined content selected from the website, and/or a user-defined annotation for the selected website and/or the selected content. According to exemplary embodiments, a communications device includes... Agent: Bambi Faivre Walters

20070022137 - Data source business component generator: In a method for generating components for accessing a data source, input is received from a user interface, allowing access to the data source. A list of structural elements employed in the data source is created. A data object corresponding to the structural elements employed in the data source is... Agent: Bryan W. Bockhop, Esq.

20070022138 - Client failure fencing mechanism for fencing network file system data in a host-cluster environment: A method and system performs a fencing technique in a host cluster storage environment. The fence program executes on each cluster member in the cluster, and the cluster is coupled to a storage system by a network. When a cluster member fails or cluster membership changes, the fence program is... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20070022139 - Novelty system and method that recognizes and responds to an audible song melody: A system and method of retrieving a musical recording from a database that contains a plurality of music recordings. Each of the musical recordings in the database has a unique musical tune or melody. Within the database, each of the plurality of musical recordings is identified by a numerical code... Agent: Lamorte & Associates P.C.

20070022141 - System and method for acquiring and assembling real property data: A method and apparatus for acquiring property data from numerous property information sources and assembling the data in a standard format. For each source there is at least one custom dynamic interface for retrieving and standardizing the property data. A custom dynamic interface is capable of dynamically reacting to changes... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP

20070022140 - System and method for inter-relating multiple data types relating to pharmaceutical products, therapies and companies: Techniques for inter-relating various types of data from a plurality of dissimilar data sources relating to marketed pharmaceutical products are disclosed. Various data types may be inter-related based on one or more common data features and displayed in a comprehensive format.... Agent: Baker & Botts L.L.P.

20070022143 - File cache management system: In one embodiment a method of file cache management in a computer system comprises creating a resource group; developing one or more cache management policies for the resource group; and managing one or more subsequent requests for cache memory in accordance with the one or more cache management policies.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070022142 - System and method to generate domain knowledge for automated system management by combining designer specifications with data mining activity: A system and method of creating domain knowledge-base models required for automated system management, wherein the method comprises defining data storage system designer specifications comprising input/output parameters; analyzing a runtime system performance log of a data storage system; identifying relationship functions between different ones of the input/output parameters; deriving knowledge-base... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb Intellectual Property Law Firm, LLC

20070022145 - Selective data replication system and method: The invention relates generally to copying electronic data. More particularly, the invention provides a computerized method for identifying, in a first backup data set, a data item satisfying a selection criterion, and copying to a second backup data set at least a portion of the data item.... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070022144 - System and method for creating an application-consistent remote copy of data using remote mirroring: An application consistent data protection system provides application-assist and replication-technology neutral mirroring that ensures that a remote data copy is application-consistent. The system comprises a coordination protocol to coordinate application hosts across heterogeneous hosts and heterogeneous storage devices. The system utilizes a disk layout and data record format that enables... Agent: Samuel A. Kassatly Law Office

20070022146 - Unobtrusive point-in-time consistent copies: Techniques to create physically and transactionally consistent copies of one or more database objects without impacting the availability of the target database objects are described. In one technique, a consistent copy is created as of the time a copy utility is executed. In another technique, a consistent copy is created... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20070022147 - Context-free data transactions between dual operating systems embedded within a data storage subsystem: A method is provided for storing and retrieving data in a network-attached data storage device by a cooperatively multitasking real time operating system configured to execute datapath routines and a general purpose operating system kernel configured to communicate with the network.... Agent: David K. Lucente Seagate Technology LLC

20070022148 - Reserving an area of a storage medium for a file: In response to receiving a first request for storage space for a file, an area of a storage medium is reserved. A data structure is stored in persistent storage to track the reserved area. A second request is subsequently received for storage space for the file. Free space in the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070022149 - System and method for concurrent garbage collection: A method is provided for garbage collection in a computer system that executes at least one mutator. The collector scans objects stored in a memory of the computer system so as to create a wavefront behind which are the objects that have already been scanned. The collector records progress information... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco Pl

20070016550 - Apparatus, system, computer program product and method for displaying parts information: A parts information display apparatus includes a parts database; and an action database. The parts database stores a dictionary having an independent property and a dependent property storing an attribute characterizing a classification of parts and a value indicating nature of the property. The parts database also stores an instance... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070016544 - Best practices analyzer: The Best Practices Analyzer scans one or more instances of the database server for conformance to a set of guidelines and recommendations (“best practices” or “best practice rules”). Best practice rules may be defined by the user and/or may be provided. The Best Practices Analyzer performs analysis of usage of... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070016545 - Detection of missing content in a searchable repository: A method and system for the detection of missing content in a searchable repository is provided. A system includes: a missing content query identifier (401) for identifying queries to a search engine (102) for which no or little relevant content is returned; a missing content detector (110) which clusters missing... Agent: Stephen C. Kaufman IBM Corporation

20070016548 - Implementing storage management functions using a data store system: Techniques are provided for accessing sector data. An embedded storage function is received. One or more data management functions are generated in response to receiving the embedded storage function. The one or more data management functions are invoked to retrieve the sector data from a sector table.... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20070016546 - Intelligent container index and search: Aspects are introduced for indexing files and file references within a file container (e.g., a list file, zip file, cabinet file, and so forth). An intelligent protocol handler is created for accessing file containers and selectively indexing their contents in order to prevent duplicate entries of files in search results.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff Ltd., Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070016552 - Method and apparatus for managing imported or exported data: In a data processing apparatus, data displayed by a browser are obtained, data to be displayed are imported without displaying the data, and the obtained data and the imported data are stored in a memory and managed with distinguishing between the obtained data and the imported data. A data specified... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, LLP

20070016549 - Method system, and digital media for controlling how digital assets are to be presented in a playback device: A system, software program and method for playing a digital media presentation present on a storage media on a playback device wherein the storage media having a descriptor file that describes a digital media presentation. The descriptor file having an asset location table which includes information regarding at least one... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070016547 - Methods and systems for recovering data from corrupted archives: Systems and methods are disclosed for recovering data. The disclosed systems and methods may include locating a central directory in a file archive. Furthermore, the disclosed systems and methods may include determining that a local header located in the file archive is authentic if at least one of a plurality... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070016551 - Object-oriented framework for generic adaptive control: A system and method are described for constructing and implementing generic software agents for automated tuning of computer systems and applications. The framework defines the modules and interfaces to allow agents to be created in a modular fashion. The specifics of the target system are captured by adaptors that provide... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070016543 - Searching and browsing urls and url history: System(s) and/or method(s) (“tools”) are described that present indicia for implicitly and explicitly user-associated web pages of a network browser application. The tools can present these indicia in a single graphic user interface, in response to a user's selection of a single unified access point, or in response to a... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070016554 - Hardware accelerated validating parser: A hardware accelerated validation parser is provided to remove a large portion if not all of the processing and overhead burden of validation parsing from a host processor by parallel access to both a state table and a data dictionary based on a token and merging and selective redirection of... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070016555 - Indexing method of database management system: When operating a database management system that consists of a plurality of database servers and enables the database servers to transfer data between them by partitioning a data area into small areas and altering allocation of the small areas to the database servers, after altering the configuration, there occurs degradation... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070016553 - Sensing, storing, indexing, and retrieving data leveraging measures of user activity, attention, and interest: Various components and processes are provided to enable data processing on multiple data types where aspects of the history of user activity, attention, interest, location, or other interaction with data is determined and employed to enhance information storage and access. In one particular aspect, a data manipulation system is provided.... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070016565 - Community awareness management systems and methods: A system and method links one or more disparate community awareness management (CAM) datasets for a community awareness program (CAP) with one or more spatial layers to create linked CAM datasets. One or more data attributes common to a CAM dataset and a spatial layer are identified, and the link... Agent: Polsinelli Shalton Welte Suelthaus P.C.

20070016564 - Database search engine: A database search engine, comprising: a search condition collector to collect data designated by a user; a search condition generator to o convert said collected data into database search conditions in particular formats; a database search device to search in particular databases data files satisfying said search conditions; and a... Agent: Genus Law Group (lowe Hauptman & Berner)

20070016556 - Destination searching system and method: A destination searching system and method is provided. The system includes: a controller; an interface; a POI (Point Of Interest) hierarchically ordering unit for extracting a trade name and a geographical name from each of a plurality of POIs, hierarchically ordering and classifying an industry type, providing a description of... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070016561 - Electronic report generator: An electronic report generator includes a processor connected to a memory having data organized in records and variables, and a user interface with a display for displaying symbols in a work area of the display. Each symbol represents a variable of the data. The processor is adapted to receive a... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070016563 - Information nervous system: A system includes a server programmable to maintain semantic information and/or a client providing a user interface for a user to communicate with the server. In an embodiment, the processor of the server operates to secure information from information sources, semantically ascertain one or more semantic properties of the information,... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20070016558 - Method and apparatus for dynamically associating different query execution strategies with selective portions of a database table: A query facility for database queries dynamically determines whether selective portions of a database table are likely to benefit from separate query execution strategies, and constructs an appropriate separate execution strategies accordingly. Preferably, the database contains at least one relatively large table comprising multiple partitions, each sharing the definitional structure... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20070016560 - Method and apparatus for providing load diffusion in data stream correlations: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for performing load diffusion to process data stream pairs. A data stream pair is received for correlation. The data stream pair is partitioned into portions to meet correlation constraints for correlating data in the data stream pair to form a... Agent: Duke. W. Yee

20070016566 - Method and apparatus for searching data: A data searching method for an electronic device that stores a plurality of string data is disclosed. The data searching method includes: generating a plurality of index values corresponding to the plurality of string data; receiving an input value sequence, and selecting at least one target data having an index... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070016557 - Methods for enterprise-level data and process access and presentation: Presentation methods are determined from a work context and/or user preferences. The presentation methods can be combined in any manner with various navigational methods and working modes, to present any type of enterprise data to a user.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070016567 - Searching device and program product: A searching device includes: a text memory that stores text data, the text data showing at least one character strings, the character strings including n-number of characters, n being a natural number; an input device that receives an input of a keyword, the keyword including m-number of characters, m being... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070016568 - Synthesizing information-bearing content from multiple channels: A computing system and method receive a query; separate a plurality of information sources into individual elements of content (EOC); tag each EOC with metadata that indicate source, date, and other relevant information; pattern match each EOC; calculate the respective distance function from every EOC to every other EOC; and... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l

20070016562 - System and method for proximity searching position information using a proximity parameter: A computer implemented proximity searcher searches position field information (representing geographical positions) stored in database records, to identify database positions falling within a predetermined search range of a position of interest. The proximity searcher avoids time consuming conventional techniques such as great circle calculations to thereby reduce the computational burden... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC

20070016559 - User entertainment and engagement enhancements to search system: According to one aspect of the present invention, a method of actively engaging a user of a search system can include receiving from the user a search query for a search of a corpus of information and providing the user with search results for the search. The user can also... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070016569 - Method and system for processing cobol language record description entries that specify data items that include a varying length characteristic and computer readable storage medium for storing instructions for performing the method: A method, system and computer readable storage medium for storing instructions for processing COBOL language record description entries that specify data items that include a varying length characteristic are provided. The method includes providing COBOL language record description entries that specify data items that include a varying length characteristic and... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070016570 - Method, apparatus and computer program product providing an application integrated mobile device search solution using context information: The invention provides an apparatus, a method, a computer program product and an electronic device where, in accordance with the method there includes steps of implementing a search mediator function that is interposed between a plurality of applications and a plurality of search functions; and operating the search mediator function... Agent: Harrington & Smith, LLP

20070016578 - Apparatus and method for search and retrieval of documents: A system for the support and management of search for documents is presents. The system includes knowledge-database, query interface and communication to a database of documents to be searched. Information generated during a search session is collected by the system and is added to the knowledge-database. The information is ranked... Agent: Haim Melman

20070016575 - Consolidating local and remote taxonomies: A tag management system that enables consolidation, aggregation and/or synchronization of tags between local and remote sources. Further, the system provides users with a single rich view of client and Internet data related to appropriate tagging schemes. The system allows users to import and export tags and taxonomies from online... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070016571 - Information retrieval: A method and apparatus are provided for generating, from an input set of documents, a word replaceability matrix defining semantic similarity between words occurring in the input document set. For each word, distinct word sequences of predetermined length are identified from the documents of the set, each word sequence being... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070016574 - Merging of results in distributed information retrieval: A method and system are provided of merging results in distributed information retrieval. A search manager (104) is in communication with a plurality of components, wherein a component is a search engine (106-108) working on a document collection and returning results in the form of a list of documents to... Agent: Stephen C. Kaufman IBM Corporation

20070016576 - Method and apparatus for blocking objectionable multimedia information: A method and apparatus for blocking harmful multimedia information are provided. The apparatus for blocking harmful multimedia information includes: a harmful information classification model training unit analyzing multimedia training information whose grade of harmfulness is known in advance, extracting characteristics from the information, and then by applying machine training, generating... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070016579 - Method for assigning quality scores to documents in a linked database: Exemplary methods for assigning relative rank values to a plurality of linked documents are provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises constructing or modeling a nodal network according to a connectivity graph of a linked database and determining conductance of inter-nodal links based on a link structure of the nodal... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070016572 - Predictive user interface: A user interface enables the input of text and other complicated inputs by identifying entities having an increased likelihood of being selected and decreasing the precision needed to select these entities. The user interface displays a set of entities in a radial pattern. The user manipulates a pointer with a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070016573 - Selection of web services by service providers: A Web services-oriented service provider middleware architecture and implementation is provided that integrates the performance monitoring of individual CPs, along with other dynamic contextual conditions, in the automatic selection of appropriate CPs. In the architecture, a CP's performance is evaluated not only in terms of network or service-level parameters, but... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Mcginn & Gibb, PLLC

20070016577 - System for building a website: A website development system and an optimizing sub-system is capable of instructing a user on measures to customize a website in order to increase visibility of the website to website search engines. The optimizing sub-system analyzes content provided by the user, or otherwise generated for the user, and notifies the... Agent: Christopher Paradies, Ph.d.

20070016580 - Extracting information about references to entities rom a plurality of electronic documents: The present invention provides a method and system of extracting information about references to entities from a plurality of electronic documents. In an exemplary embodiment, the method and system include (1) applying at least one document quality measure to each of the plurality of electronic documents, (2) recognizing the references... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20070016581 - Category setting support method and apparatus: A category setting support method according to this invention includes calculating an influence degree to carry out a category setting to a data item for each of a plurality of data items stored in a data storage based on a predetermined relevant item, and storing the influence degree into the... Agent: Patrick G. Burns Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20070016582 - Reorganization method of database and a database reorganization system: Provided is a storage system in which a transaction of a database is quiesced, a pair of a first volume and a second volume is split so as to make settings to allow an access to be made only to the database in the first volume, the transaction is then... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070016583 - Enforcing native access control to indexed documents: Techniques are provided for processing a search request. One or more indexed levels of access control list information are stored in a search index for each document identified in the search index. An interim result set is generated by matching the one or more indexed levels of access control list... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20070016584 - Group access without using an administrator: A system and technique for accessing, joining, creating, storing, publishing, sharing, streaming audio and viewing information between members of a group and/or service provider information by providing access to the group and/or information without the requirement of an administrator, administrative oversight, or a procedural requirement of an invitation and affirmation... Agent: Mathew L. Grell

20070016589 - Method and system for data processing with parallel database systems: A database processing system including a plurality of partitioned databases. Data processing is performed with pieces of information processing apparatus associated with each of the partitioned databases respectively. In response to a query, a status table indicating availability of each information processing apparatus is read from the storage. Of the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070016590 - Method and system for determining a plurality of scheduling endpoints in a grid network: A method for determining a plurality of scheduling endpoints in a grid network, each scheduling endpoint comprising a device for processing job requests communicated across the network, the method comprising the steps of: examining a communication across the network in order to determine a current activity status of a requesting... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070016585 - Method and system for enabling users searching for common subject matter on a computer network to communicate with one another: Users searching for common subject matter on a computer network are identified and enabled to communicate with one another, such as by engaging in an on-line chat. The users' search queries are transmitted to a server and processed to identify which users are searching for common subject matter within a... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070016587 - Scalable peer to peer searching apparatus and method: A method of searching across a peer to peer network, each peer having searchable content and connected to a plurality of neighboring peers via links, comprises: establishing a contributor pipeline via the links to pass a query around the peers, for contribution of any available result content at respective peers;... Agent: Jlb Consulting, Inc. C/o Intellevate

20070016591 - Selection and storage of policies in network management: User interface and policy loading aspects of a policy-based, outsourced, network management system. In one aspect, a user selects policies using a graphical user interface (GUI) with a two paned window having a tree view of the policies in one pane. In another aspect, the policies are (1) created in... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070016586 - Single view of data in a networked computer system with distributed storage: A host computer system obtains a request for an aggregated view of content in a computer network corresponding to a criterion. The host computer system queries networked computer systems to identify data objects according to the criterion. Each responding computer system provides an identification set of specified data objects that... Agent: Banner & Witcoff Ltd., Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070016588 - Update system and related method: An update system and an update method are applicable to a computer terminal device conducting an online operation through a network construction and including a storage module, a temporary storage module and a central process module. The system includes a detection module and a load module. The method includes detecting... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070016596 - Apparatus and method for producing a virtual database from data sources exhibiting heterogeneous schemas: A computer readable medium includes executable instructions to define an individual publication schema for each heterogeneous source of a set of heterogeneous sources. Each individual publication schema specifies mapping rules between data from a heterogeneous source and a non-permanent structured instance of data. A non-permanent structured instance of data as... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

20070016598 - Distributed image storage architecture: System and techniques for storing digital images within a computer system by identifying a first storage facility and a directory within the first storage facility for storing a digital image; generating a first image identifier associated with the first storage facility and the directory; generating a second image identifier comprising... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070016592 - Enabling real time decoration for customized topology displays: An application for enabling real-time decoration of graphical topological displays is provided. The application loads a document. The document contains the layout data for the graphical topological display and at least one keyword. The application retrieves data associated with each keyword included in the document. Once the application has received... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20070016593 - Methods and systems for providing semantic primitives: Methods and systems consistent with certain aspects of the present invention may manage the generation, modification, and publication of documents. In one aspect, a computer-implemented method is disclosed for managing documents implemented in a business processing chain. The method may include receiving a request from a first computing entity to... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070016594 - Scalable video coding (svc) file format: The currently existing ISO/AVC file format is modified by providing extensions to store and access video content currently being defined by the SVC standard. Specifically, extensions to the AVC file format are made to provide a new SVC file format that enables the storage and access of scalable video data.... Agent: Jonathan O. Owens Haverstock & Owens LLP

20070016597 - Selection and storage of policies in network management: User interface and policy loading aspects of a policy-based, outsourced, network management system. In one aspect, a user selects policies using a graphical user interface (GUI) with a two paned window having a tree view of the policies in one pane. In another aspect, the policies are (1) created in... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070016595 - Session bean implementation of a system, method and software for creating or maintaining distributed transparent persistence of complex data objects and their data relationships: The invention provides systems, methods and software for creating or maintaining distributed transparent persistence of complex data objects and associated data stores. In one aspect, the invention also relates to an application programming object capable of creating or maintaining distributed transparent persistence of data objects or data object graphs without... Agent: Lev Intellectual Property Consulting

20070016601 - Dynamically generated schema representing multiple hierarchies of inter-object relationships: Dynamically generating a schema representing multiple hierarchies of inter-object relationships is described. In one aspect, a data polyarchy is created. Responsive to creation of the data polyarchy, a schema is automatically generated to represent multiple hierarchies of inter-object relationships between multiple objects in the data polyarchy. The schema is generated... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070016600 - System and method for index reorganization using partial index transfer in spatial data warehouse: The present invention is to provide a system and a method for index reorganization using a partial index transfer in a spatial data warehouse that minimize costs of search, split and readjustment for the index reorganization by organizing and transferring clusters with partial indexes in conformity with an index structure... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20070016599 - User interface for establishing a filtering engine: A method for establishing a filtering engine for generating an ordered list of one or more media items selected from a library of media items. A user can select multiple filters and assign a weight to the filters according to the importance of each filter. In response, the playlist engine... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20070016604 - Document level indexes for efficient processing in multiple tiers of a computer system: To improve performance of performing XML operations on an XML document in by a client tier, the client generates an index that indexes the nodes of an XML document. The index may be generated, for example, by and during parsing of the XML document. The index contains similar structures to... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070016605 - Mechanism for computing structural summaries of xml document collections in a database system: A “structural summary” of a collection of XML documents is generated. The structural summary is a skeleton tree that represents all parent-child relationships found in a XML document collection.... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070016602 - Method and apparatus for representation of unstructured data: Method and apparatus providing a binary representation of a document storing unstructured data. A unique word identifier is obtained for each word included in the document. A word select vector includes positions identified by different word identifiers. A 1-bit value is stored at positions identified by the word identifiers of... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070016606 - Method of analysing representations of separation patterns: The present invention relates principally to the statistical analysis of protein separation patterns. The invention provides a method of analysing representations of separation patterns, the method comprising iteratively performing the steps of (1) building a classification model based on a subset of data points selected from one or more representations,... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070016603 - Representing a distribution of data: Representing a distribution of data by providing a first and a second representation of the distribution of data having defined ranges of data values and a magnitude for each range and creating a third representation of the distribution of data. At least one of the magnitudes for at least one... Agent: Ibm (roc-blf)

20070016607 - Using an instantiated model to generate an application-specific document: A framework is presented that can be used to create and execute software applications that include a user interview. The framework includes run-time engines and a data repository. The run-time engines include an interview driver. The data repository includes interview instructions and model information. The interview driver generates or modifies... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070016608 - Displayable presentation page and sql searchable relational data source implementation of a system, method and software for creating or maintaining distributed transparent persistence of complex data objects and their data relationships: The invention provides systems, methods and software for creating or maintaining distributed transparent persistence of complex data objects and associated data stores. In one aspect, the invention also relates to an application programming object capable of creating or maintaining distributed transparent persistence of data objects or data object graphs without... Agent: Robert G. Lev

20070016616 - Automated error checking system and method: The present invention relates to a system and methodology to facilitate automated error correction of user input data via an analysis of the input data in accordance with an automatically generated and filtered database of processed structural groupings or formulations selected and filtered from past user activities. The filtered database... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070016610 - Conversion of hierarchically-structured hl7 specifications to relational databases: A method for storing communication messages in a relational database includes accepting an object model including data elements and associations between the data elements, derived from a hierarchically-structured HL7 specification. A relational database that represents the object model is defined based on the data elements and the associations and may... Agent: Stephen C. Kaufman IBM Corporation

20070016609 - Feed and email content: System(s) and/or method(s) (“tools”) are described that present content in a user interface tailored to trait(s) of the content. The tools can analyze content to determine its traits, classify the content based on its traits, and present the content in a user interface tailored to the classification. The tools can... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070016615 - Method and apparatus for developing composite applications: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates creating a composite application. A model architecture component can model a business rule utilizing at least one node in a novel hierarchical structure. A run-time engine can automatically create a complex, long-running composite application based at least in... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070016614 - Method and apparatus for providing structured data for free text messages: Presented herein are methods for providing structured data from authored messages. Also presented herein are software products, e.g., in the form of carrier media each carrying computer readable instructions that when executed by a processor of a processing system, carry out methods for authoring messages, and systems making use of... Agent: Dov Rosenfeld

20070016612 - Molecular keyword indexing for chemical structure database storage, searching, and retrieval: Data that represents chemical structures, and fragments thereof, are transformed into corresponding molecular keywords comprising letters and numbers that are associated with the original data representation. These molecular keywords encode the structural features of a given chemical structure. Molecular keywords are generated for linear structures, branching points, adjacent branching points,... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070016611 - Preview method for seeking media content: The present invention provides an efficient preview method for seeking certain media content of the media source, such as a DVD, a VCD or a media file. With the present invention, the user could no longer seek the desired playing time blindly. Before the playing of the media source is... Agent: Kusner & Jaffe Highland Place Suite 310

20070016613 - System and method for data transport: An integrated mail and file transfer (IMFT) system is a web-based data transport system including automatic and authenticated access mechanisms. The integrated mail and file transfer system includes an attachment filter, a message & file control server and data storage. The attachment filter receives emails, and for each email generates... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070016623 - Data file editing device for computer systems: A data file editing device for computer systems allows users to edit and utilize content of data files in a computer and comprises: a user interface comprising one displaying region, one data utilization region and one data edition region; a data utilization controller to define classification structure of data files,... Agent: Genus Law Group (lowe Hauptman & Berner)

20070016617 - Logless persistent components for enterprise applications: Systems and methods that create persistence for an execution state via employing a logless component with persistent stateful functionality. The logless component is introduced as part of a runtime service that supplies transparent state persistence and automatic recovery for component based applications. Such logless component can avoid logging at a... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070016624 - Method and apparatus for creating a lineage of a data field in a data flow system: A method and apparatus for creating a lineage for a data field is disclosed. The method may include creating a unique identifier for a data field. Also, a record of the origin of data is created when the data is inserted into the data field; however this is not required.... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20070016625 - Method and apparatus for providing a central dictionary and glossary server: A method and apparatus provides a central dictionary and glossary server. An application executing on a client is able to access a local copy of a dictionary or glossary. A master dictionary or glossary is updated at a server, and the update to the master dictionary or glossary is served... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070016618 - Moving data from file on storage volume to alternate location to free space: To reconstitute a ghosted file for use, a single ghosting filter on a computing device locates ghosting information in the metadata of the ghosted file and locates within the ghosting information an identification of a particular ghosting manager of the computing device, where the identified ghosting manager is responsible for... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070016619 - Moving data from file on storage volume to alternate location to free space: Files on a computing device are defined to include data and metadata relating to the data. Data from each file has been removed therefrom and stored at an alternate location and the file is in a reduced, ghosted form. Each of at least some ghosted files has been fully or... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070016620 - Moving data from file on storage volume to alternate location to free space: A ghosting filter on a computing device perceives that a file is in a ghosted form and commands a file system of the device to retrieve ghosting information from the ghosted file. The ghosting filter receives a read command from an application on the device with respect to a portion... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070016621 - Moving data from file on storage volume to alternate location to free space: A computing device has a file stored on a storage volume by a file system and accessed through such file system. The file is defined to include data and metadata relating to the data, and at least a portion of the data of the file is removed from the file... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070016622 - Moving data from file on storage volume to alternate location to free space: A computing device has a storage volume, a file system managing the storage volume, and a file stored on the storage volume and accessed by such file system. The file system receives an open command for the file from an application, notes that the file has been ghosted in that... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070016627 - Optimized database technique to enable faster data synchronization: Method and system that enables faster data synchronization between different databases. In one embodiment, a method for synchronizing data records between databases is provided. Initially, a first database is designated as a source database and a second database as a target database. The modification flag of a first data record... Agent: Berry & Associates P.C.

20070016626 - Ranging scalable time stamp data synchronization: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to time stamp based data synchronization and provide a method, system and computer program product for scalable, ranging time stamp based data synchronization. In an embodiment of the invention, a ranging time stamp synchronization method can include computing... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20070016628 - Classification system for versionable objects: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable code for managing versioning data for objects in a virtual machine. A request to allocate an object is received, wherein the request identifies a plurality of parameters for classifying the object. An entry for the object is created in a versioning data... Agent: Duke W. Yee Yee & Associates, P.C.

20070016629 - Processing software images and generating difference files: Systems and methods are provided for pre-processing and post-processing original and new versions of files as part of difference file generation between the original and new file versions, for example byte-level file differencing. Software/executable changes between file versions include primary changes/logical changes, which are defined to be the source code... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20070016630 - Account synchronization for common identity in an unmanaged network: A platform supports an unmanaged secured workgroup, without a server, for common user access and secure resource sharing among the computers in the group. User accounts are synchronized by replicating and modifying the accounts at each computer of the unmanaged secured workgroup. A computer advertises a change in account information... Agent: Banner & Witcoff Ltd., Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070016631 - Moving data from file on storage volume to alternate location to free space: A ghosting filter on a computing device receives a read command for a requested range of data of a ghosted file. The requested range is categorized into first segments present in the ghosted file, second segments pending to be reconstituted from an alternate location to the ghosted file, and third... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070016632 - System and method for synchronizing between a user device and a server in a communication network: System and method for synchronizing a server and one or more user devices in a communication network are disclosed. The system includes a server for communicating with the user device, where the server includes a connected-data-set and the one or more user devices share portions of the connected-data-set, logic for... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070016634 - Computer-readable storage medium storing generational garbage collection program: In a computer-readable storage medium storing a generational garbage collection program used to direct a computer to perform a generational garbage collection process, the generational garbage collection process includes a generational garbage collection environment preparing and initializing process, and the generational garbage collection environment preparing and initializing process includes a... Agent: Patrick G. Burns Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20070016633 - System and method for deterministic garbage collection in a virtual machine environment: In a virtual machine, Java Virtual Machine, or other runtime environment, a system and a method for improving the garbage collection times of the virtual machine memory. The JVM, or a garbage collector operating therein, can estimate, for an area of the memory space, the sum of the pause times... Agent: Fliesler Meyer, LLP

20070011136 - Employing an identifier for an account of one domain in another domain to facilitate access of data on shared storage media: Access to data stored on shared storage media is facilitated by providing a user with uniform access to the user's data regardless from which administrative domain the user is accessing the data. An identifier for the user is created. The identifier corresponds to one account in one administrative domain, but... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.

20070011137 - Method and system for creating snapshots by condition: The present invention provides fair use of resources between users by reducing capacity necessary for storage of snapshot differential data. In a storage device system, differences between only those files meeting predetermined conditions are managed as snapshots. Furthermore, upper limits are set for capacity of pools used for each condition,... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070011130 - Method for browsing contents using page storing file: There is provided a method of browsing contents on a network in an offline mode of a terminal device. The method includes receiving a request for an object, reading out the requested object from a storing file, which stores at least one object obtained from the network and has a... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070011139 - Method for constructing and caching a chain of file identifiers and enabling inheritance of resource properties in file systems: The techniques of the present invention involve constructing and caching a chain of FIDs that represent the directory path to a system resource. Typically a lookupname( ) service returns a handle to the object and a handle to the object's owning directory. The owning directory handle can then be used... Agent: Ibm Corporation C/o Darcell Walker, Attorney At Law

20070011132 - Named entity translation: Named entity translation of a named entity in a source language is translated to a target language by combining a transliteration of the named entity with data mining in the target language.... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20070011131 - Neutral sales consultant: An expert system is provided for answering questions provided by a potential purchaser of goods or services using a neutral sales consultant in which a question sentence entered by the purchaser is understood using specialized library tables developed to understand both the subject and form of the question sentence. Thereafter... Agent: Robert K. Tendler

20070011129 - Program handling data, method thereof, and device thereof: A reader program R_PRG parses material stream data STR3 input from an external device 3 to perform a detection process of a key (K) of KLV data from within the data STR3. The reader program R_PRG then outputs to an application program AP an event IV corresponding to the key... Agent: William S Frommer Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070011138 - System and method for interactive data management: A method and system for linking an article to data, for example, multimedia data. The system includes a processor with a memory; a plurality of storage mediums operatively coupled to said processor; a readable memory device included with the article, the memory device including an identifier and a pointer, wherein... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070011135 - System and method for selecting parameters for data mining modeling algorithms in data mining applications: A computing system and method for selecting parameters for a data mining modeling algorithm. The computing system comprises a computer readable medium and computing devices electrically coupled through an interface apparatus. A data mining modeling algorithm and test data are stored on the computer readable medium. Each of the computing... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070011134 - System and method of making unstructured data available to structured data analysis tools: A system and method of making unstructured data available to structured data analysis tools. The system includes middleware software that can be used in combination with structured data tools to perform analysis on both structured and unstructured data. Data can be read from a wide variety of unstructured sources. The... Agent: Patton Boggs LLP

20070011133 - Voice search engine generating sub-topics based on recognitiion confidence: A first utterance of words made by a user is received. A first at least one word in the first utterance is recognized with high confidence. A second at least one word in the first utterance is recognized with less-than-high confidence. A content library is searched for a plurality of... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20070011146 - Apparatus and methods for organizing and/or presenting data: In some embodiments, a method for providing a graphical user interface for displaying search results includes displaying a graphical representation of search results and parent categories for such search results, wherein individually graphically displayed search results appear within their respective parent categories, each search result representing an item of merchandise... Agent: E. Randall Smith

20070011143 - Efficient evaluation of index screening predicates: Techniques are provided for processing a query using an index. It is determined whether a number of consecutive keys that evaluate to a false-positive when applying a screening predicate in the query exceeds a false-positive predefined value. One or more keys in the index are skipped in response to determining... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20070011142 - Method and apparatus for non-redundant search results: An apparatus and method for non-redundant search results includes performing a first search of local files to generate a plurality of first search result elements. This search is performed in response to a search request. The apparatus and method further includes performing a second search based on the search request.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070011141 - Method and system for augmenting a physical artifact with a digital story: According to some embodiments, a method includes monitoring a local vicinity of a memory capture device for a presence of a physical object or an occurrence of a threshold physical event, detecting the presence of the physical object or the occurrence of the threshold physical event, automatically capturing and storing... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff, Talwalkar LLC

20070011144 - Opportunity management, tracking, and reporting system: An opportunity management, tracking, and reporting system provides a consistent and accessible view of global business opportunities. The opportunity system manages multiple types of opportunities and tracks the opportunities as they evolve through their lifecycles. The opportunity system facilitates the full exploration and development of business opportunities, particularly those that... Agent: Accenture Chicago 28164 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070011140 - Processing techniques for visual capture data from a rendered document: A facility for navigating an electronic document is described. The facility receives user input selecting a portion of the content of a rendered document that constitutes a sentence fragment. In response to receiving the user input, the facility identifies an electronic document contained in a corpus of electronic documents, the... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070011145 - System and method for operation control functionality: Systems and methods applicable, for instance, in operation control functionality. For example, a node and/or other computer might maintain one or more node information arrays, might provide some or all of one or more node information arrays to other nodes and/or other computers, and/or might receive some or all of... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070011148 - System, method and article of manufacture for advanced information gathering for targetted activities: An agent based system assists in preparing an individual for an upcoming meeting by helping him/her retrieve relevant information about the meeting from various sources based on preexisting information in the system. The system obtains input text in character form indicative of the target meeting from a calendar program that... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070011147 - Systems and methods for retrieving data: A system and method for obtaining information responsive to a legal discovery request directed at an enterprise having a plurality of databases that potentially include information responsive to the legal discovery request, including structured databases and at least one unstructured database. A plurality of taxonomies are provided, each of which... Agent: Daniel H. Golub

20070011149 - Apparatus and methods for management of electronic images: The apparatus and methods in accordance with the present invention include systems in the form of computer software for creating a text-searchable data structure that includes electronic image documents. The system may be configured in modules. The system converts an electronic image document into a visually optimized electronic image document... Agent: Cyr & Associates, P.A.

20070011151 - Concept bridge and method of operating the same: A concept bridge employable with a search engine, method of operating the same and computer information system employing the concept bridge and method. In one embodiment, the concept bridge includes an extractor configured to derive concept terms by extracting significant terms from search text and inferring relevant terms therefrom. The... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.L.P.

20070011152 - Device, method, and recording medium recording a program for image display: An image display device for searching for and displaying images by specifying the period for capturing the target images with at least one of year, month, day, and time. In this specification, the image display device: (1) searches for images captured during the period indicated by the specified month, day,... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20070011150 - User interface for geographic search: A computer-implemented method of processing a geotext query, said method involving: receiving a first free-text query string from a user; and decomposing the first free-text query into a non geographic query and a geographic query, wherein the non geographic query is a second free-text query string derived from the first... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070011153 - Method and computer program product for generating a rank-ordered list of prospective customers: The present invention provides a method for generating a rank-ordered list of prospective customers for a user. The method includes the use of a predictive model for the generation of the rank-ordered list of prospective customers. A list of existing and prospective customers along with attributes characterizing each customer is... Agent: Stainbrook & Stainbrook, LLP

20070011154 - System and method for searching for a query: A search system for searching for electronic documents, and providing a search result in response to a search query is provided. The search system includes a processor, a user interface module adapted to receive a search query from a user, the search query having at least one search query term,... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070011155 - System for communication and collaboration: A system and method for communication and collaboration that uses a generalized annotation based mechanism such that items can be shared amongst users and both items and users can be searched and ranked based on existing Information Retrieval ranking techniques. A new method is introduced for clustering users and items... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070011159 - Distributed data store with an orderstamp to ensure progress: A distributed data store labels operations with globally unique identifiers that contain approximate timestamps. The labels are used to address causes of inconsistency in the distributed data store while ensuring progress. A first mode is provided that stores the latest label for each entry is useful if re-inserts and deletes... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070011160 - Literacy automation software: A method for creating and automating text definitions comprising the following steps: selecting a word to be defined; selecting a plurality of dictionaries and comparing the word to content of the dictionary; determining the root of the word; creating a list of words, including the root; and creating a plurality... Agent: NationalIPRights Center, LLC Scott J. Fields, Esq.

20070011158 - Personal information database with context-driven information retrieval: A personal information database in which a particular field (or fields) of an individual's personal information record that a requester receives is determined by the context of the transaction. When an e-mail application accesses the database, for example, the PID (personal identification of a database subscriber) identifies the database subscriber... Agent: John W. Hayes

20070011156 - Rss enabled logging: A server provides access to its logging output by using the Really Simple Syndication (RSS) protocol. A method of processing logging information comprises receiving logging information from an application, the logging information relating to an event of the application, processing at least a portion of the received logging information to... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070011162 - System, detecting method and program: Obtaining a closed pattern in a second itemspace which is made by adding a new item to a first itemspace based on a closed pattern obtained for the first itemspace. To provide a system for detecting a closed pattern, which is a maximum set of items, based on history information... Agent: Richard M. Goldman

20070011157 - Systems and methods for application management and related devices: Systems and methods applicable in a device. The system comprises a mapping table and a processing unit. The mapping table comprises a plurality of mapping rules, each corresponding to at least one instruction, wherein the instruction is involved with at least one component of the device. The system compares the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070011161 - User interface for navigating a keyword space: The present invention relates to systems, methods, and user interfaces for browsing a collection of content items saved by a user or by one or more buddies associated with a given user. The method of the present invention comprises saving one or more content items and one or more associated... Agent: Brown, Raysman, Millstein, Felder & Steiner LLP

20070011163 - Messaging handling method and system: A method of operating a message handling system comprises maintaining queues, receiving messages, placing each message on a queue, running one or more applications which access the queues, detecting the receipt of a message with a predefined flag, and blocking at least one application from accessing the message with the... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070011164 - Method of constructing database management system: In a database management system constructing method of constructing a database management system including a plurality of information processing devices, there are provided a step of creating a definition file and storing the definition file into storage devices, and a step of delivering the stored definition file to each of... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070011166 - Method and apparatus for providing multi-view of files depending on authorization: This invention provides a file system capable of finely changing the view of a file based on an access authorization. A file providing method for providing file data corresponding to an access authorization for an access source, satisfies: setting an access authorization for each of data in a predetermined region... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070011167 - Optimization of queries on a repository based on constraints on how the data is stored in the repository: Constraints that restrict how corresponding identifiable groups of files are stored in a database, are enforced on corresponding file data. In response to a query on any data from an identifiable group of files, the effect of the constraint on how the corresponding data is stored is determined. The original... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070011165 - Retracting rights to digital works: In accordance with one embodiment, an apparatus includes a user interface, a media mechanism, and a retraction request mechanism. The media mechanism provides user access to digital work via the user interface in accordance with usage rights associated with the digital work. The retraction request mechanism requests a retraction of... Agent: Anthony L. Miele Miele Law Group

20070011172 - Managed e-community trading environments: Exemplary systems and methods for managed e-community trading environments are provided. The system comprises one or more networked users; an e-community administrator configured to monitor the users; and an e-community server configured to allow the users to interact over the network. Exemplary methods of the present invention include establishing a... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070011174 - Method and a device for managing a computer network: A method and a device for managing a computer network, especially a technique for ensuring the security of a network. A computer network system in which computers are connected to each other through transmission lines, each computer stores the data which constitutes a moving type software exclusively used for security... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070011173 - Method and apparatus for providing shoe recommendations: The present invention is directed to computer method and apparatus for providing a recommended shoe for an individual by obtaining a personalized shoe profile and providing one or more shoe recommendations that correspond to the individual's shoe profile. The present invention is particularly suitable for the online purchasing of shoes... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070011169 - Method and system for collecting data from diverse sources and transforming the collected data into a user-friendly format: A method utilizes a computer-based system, for processing data gathered from diverse sources and diverse formats by establishing an object. The method determines the format of a data source; determines a communication protocol to retrieve data from the data source; uses the object, using the determined format and communication protocol,... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20070011168 - Presenting multiple possible selectable domain names from a url entry: A multiending controller within a network detects a URL entry including at least a portion of a particular domain name. The multiending controller automatically selects multiple possible domain names for at least said portion of said particular domain name, wherein each of the multiple possible domain names includes a separate... Agent: Ibm Corp (ap) C/o Amy Pattillo

20070011171 - System and method for operation control functionality: Systems and methods applicable, for instance, in operation control functionality. For example, a node and/or other computer might maintain one or more node information arrays, might provide some or all of one or more node information arrays to other nodes and/or other computers, and/or might receive some or all of... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070011170 - Systems and methods for granting access to data on a website: Included in this disclosure is a method for granting access to data on a website. The method may include receiving first data, at least a portion of the first data relating to information about a user machine and communicating second data, at least a portion of the second data relating... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP/ Bellsouth I.p. Corp

20070011176 - Business reporting under system failures: Provided is a method of business reporting in which information is not assumed to be one hundred percent (100%) accurate. A confidence factor is incorporated into business reporting such that any particular business report includes a calculation of the confidence that the particular information is valid. The confidence factor is... Agent: Greg Goshorn, P.C.

20070011177 - Metadata-based form rendering and write-back: RDL (report description language) is an XML-based schema that has been designed and extended for standardizing report generation and maintenance. Reports can be generated that allow inspection of data that can come from several sources. The data can come from several arbitrary data sources, which can then be obtained and... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070011175 - Schema and etl tools for structured and unstructured data: A system and method of making unstructured data available to structured data analysis tools. The system includes middleware software that can be used in combination with structured data tools to perform analysis on both structured and unstructured data. Data can be read from a wide variety of unstructured sources. The... Agent: Patton Boggs LLP

20070011179 - System and method for identifying application resources: A system and method for simplifying resource management is provided. Resources are represented by resource objects in a resource object model. Each resource object represents a single resource and contains one or more resource attributes to describe the resource. At least one of the resource attributes for each resource object... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070011180 - Systems and methods for enhanced stored data verification utilizing pageable pool memory: The present invention utilizes pageable pool memory to provide, via a data verifier component, data verification information for storage mediums. By allowing the utilization of pageable pool memory, overflow from the pageable pool memory is paged and stored in a virtual memory space on a storage medium. Recently accessed verification... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070011178 - Xml schema design for environment-specific types based on base types: XML Schema Designs for environment-specific types based on XML base types are disclosed. The invention provides a series of “base types” in the XML Schema. Each base type is in an environment-specific XML Schema namespace that disambiguates the environment's types from all other types defined by any other environment. The... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070011183 - Analysis and transformation tools for structured and unstructured data: A system and method of making unstructured data available to structured data analysis tools. The system includes middleware software that can be used in combination with structured data tools to perform analysis on both structured and unstructured data. Data can be read from a wide variety of unstructured sources. The... Agent: Patton Boggs LLP

20070011182 - Content integration platform with format and protocol conversion: An interactive multimedia device that converts media content in real-time or near-real-time from a variety of input data formats to data formats accepted by a user's available output devices, and to output protocols that can communicate with the user's devices. The multimedia device can acquire content from remote sources and... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070011181 - Dimensional reduction using data matching in high dimensional space: A method is provided to match an unknown data point with a known data point contained in a multi-dimensional data structure. The method may include receiving data from any multi-dimensional source where a query may be used to locate specific data points within that source. The method receives a number... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070011184 - Method and apparatus for processing xml tagged data: A method of converting an XML file to a table having rows and columns, the XML file having a plurality of elements, each element having an XPath, comprising: (a) determining row-terminating conditions using a structure of the XML file and a plurality of column data sources; (b) determining a scope... Agent: Robert E. Krebs Thelen Reid & Priest LLP

20070011185 - Apparatus and method for data analysis: Survey and analysis apparatus comprises an inquisitorial server (10) fed questions from a question source (12), adducing survey data from selected users at user terminals (16) on the Internet (14), and providing data to an analyser (18) giving results to a responding server (20) accessible to a sponsor at a... Agent: Ober Kaler C/o Royal W. Craig

20070011191 - Application management for utilizing a replication engine of a web-ap server to execute sip replication: An application management system includes a first application manager which manages one or more first applications based on a first network protocol and manages first unit processing related to an execution of each of the first applications; a first unit processing replica generator that generates a replica of the first... Agent: Venable LLP

20070011186 - Associating presence information with a digital image: The present invention provides a computer-implemented method and system for associating presence information with a digital image. Aspects of the preferred embodiment include allowing an identifier associated with at least one object depicted in the image to be stored as image metadata; using the identifier to associate presence information with... Agent: Scenera Research, LLC

20070011190 - Legal document generating system: A system and method for generating divorce proceedings or other paperwork. The system includes a server computer system and a user computer system coupled to a network. The server computer system includes a memory that stores location-based divorce proceeding rules, and a processor with a graphical user interface component. The... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20070011189 - Optimized computer diagramming method and system: A computer method and system of diagramming provide a diagram of a subject model. In response to a primary edit to the subject model, the invention method and system generate a non-persistent view for secondary edits. The diagram is formed of notational elements corresponding to model elements of the subject... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds

20070011187 - System and method for generating and selecting data mining models for data mining applications: A computing system and method for generating and selecting data mining models. The computing system comprises a computer readable medium and computing devices electrically coupled through an interface apparatus. A data mining modeling algorithm is stored on the computer readable medium. Each of the computing devices comprises at least one... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070011188 - System and method for selecting a data mining modeling algorithm for data mining applications: A computing system and method for selecting a data mining modeling algorithm. The computing system comprises a computer readable medium and computing devices electrically coupled through an interface apparatus. A plurality of different data mining modeling algorithms and test data are stored on the computer readable medium. Each of the... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070011192 - Making and using abstract xml representations of data dictionary metadata: An XML representation of the metadata for objects in a database system. The XML representation is called SXML. The SXML representations of two objects that belong to the same class of objects may be compared to produce a difference representation that shows the differences between the objects. Database commands that... Agent: Gordon E Nelson Patent Attorney, PC

20070011193 - Method of encapsulating information in a database, an encapsulated database for use in a communication system and a method by which a database mediates an instant message in the system: In a method of encapsulating information in a database, a message may be partitioned into a plurality of object class entries within the database. Each of the object class entries may constitute a portion of an object class from a plurality of object classes having a given hierarchy within the... Agent: Matthew J. Lattig

20070011194 - Method and apparatus for data item movement between disparate sources and hierarchical, object-oriented representation: Data moves between multiple, disparate data sources and the object-oriented computer programs that process the data. A data access server is interposed between the object-oriented programs and the data sources, and acts as an intermediary. The intermediary server receives requests for data access from object-oriented computer programs, correlates each request... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070011205 - Data management system and method for propagating product manufacturing information to disparate information systems: A data management system is provided that is designed to automatically propagate changes in information related to a product being designed or manufactured. The product information may be stored in a central location such as a central data base. According to the invention, product information may be transferred to remote... Agent: Stevens Law Group

20070011198 - Data processing system, data processing apparatus, and data processing program product suited for transmitting and receiving data among a plurality of image processing apparatuses: The data processing system includes a storage portion to store user data that at least includes user identification information for identifying a user, a destination designation portion to display a user identified by the user identification information stored in the storage portion so as to allow designation of the user... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070011196 - Dynamic media rendering: Media may be dynamically rendered by receiving signals from one or more types of sensors sensing in an area, and obtaining from the signals information about one or more locations of furniture, or one or more locations of persons or heads or ears thereof, or identities of one or more... Agent: Microsoft Corporation Attn: Patent Group Docketing Department

20070011203 - Information processing device, method of information processing, and program: There is provided an information processing device presenting a recommendable target which matches user preference to the user, which includes: selection means which selects the recommendable target to be presented to the user, on the basis of preliminarily acquired preference information of the user; presentation means which presents to the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070011206 - Interactive playlist generation using annotations: A plurality of user-selected annotations are used to define a playlist of media segments corresponding to the annotations. The user-selected annotations and their corresponding media segments are then provided to the user in a seamless manner. A user interface allows the user to alter the playlist and the order of... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20070011201 - Interface method and system for genetic analysis data: Aspects of the present invention describe a method and apparatus for viewing and interfacing with gene expression on a computer device. A computer based device interfaces with gene the expression data by representing a plate having one or more wells and their contents with a matrix of elements addressable along... Agent: Wiesner & Associates

20070011204 - Management of rights related to ideas for prospectively patentable inventions: Various methods of managing ideas include different combinations of the following acts: (a) maintaining a computer database for accumulating ideas for prospectively patentable inventions, where the ideas include needs and requirements of the inventions; (b) establishing contractual obligations by contributors of the ideas to the database to transfer property rights... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070011200 - Operating auxiliary apparatus: Operating an auxiliary apparatus, such as a media player enabled by a CPU, includes concurrently initializing a main system and the media player in response to a user command. Data of the media player is loaded and output from the media player while the media player is initialized. When a... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070011195 - Operation history utilization system: The user agent unit (202) includes: the pattern extracting unit (404) which extracts a frequent operation pattern of the log data that fulfills predetermined conditions from the operation log data registered in the operation log data data base (402); the pattern data base (405) which memorizes the frequent operation pattern;... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070011199 - Secure and stable hosting of third-party extensions to web services: Described herein are one or more computer operating environments that include a standard set of web services via a communications network (e.g., the Internet) and a mechanism for extending the standard set of web services to execute one or more extended web services. Since these extended web services may be... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070011202 - System and method for electronic message notification: A method, article of manufacture and system for electronic mail notification including determining that it is a time for at least one of a reminder notification action and a report notification action. For a reminder notification action, all action items within a given range are obtained and the action items... Agent: Technology & Intellectual Property Strategies (tips) Groups

20070011197 - System and method for generating a multi-plan for a multi-layer storage area network: A multi-plan generation system generates a multi-plan for a multi-layer storage area network. The system generates a predetermined number of plans while generating and retaining globally optimum plans. The system dynamically calculates and orders these plans according to optimization criteria and user requirements. The system comprises a planner for each... Agent: Samuel A. Kassatly Law Office

20070011208 - Apparatus, system, and method for performing semi-automatic dataset maintenance: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for performing semi-automatic dataset maintenance. The apparatus includes an input module that receives a dataset qualifier. The dataset qualifier describes a collection of datasets. The input module also receives a desired maintenance action to be applied to the datasets. A retrieval module retrieves... Agent: Kunzler & Associates

20070011207 - Method and system for integrating file system events into a relational database: Provided is a method of integrating events such as creation, modification and deletion associated with computer files into a database management system (DBMS) or relational DBMS (RDBMS). Once a file associated with a RDBMS is created, updated or deleted, the RDBMS is notified of the event so that a trigger... Agent: Greg Goshorn, P.C.

20070011210 - System for managing object storage and retrieval in partitioned storage media: The invention is directed to a system for managing storage of an object in a storage system having a plurality of different storage media divided into different partitions, which includes a storage processor for determining whether a particular storage partition has reached a predetermined capacity threshold; a data migration processor... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070011209 - Technique for the migration of a host environment to a new system platform: A method for configuring a transaction-based host environment for migration to a new system platform is described. The method comprises the steps of providing at least one database of a first type and at least one database of a second type, which have different migration behaviour, on the previous system... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070011211 - Auditing and tracking changes of data and code in spreadsheets and other documents: In a first aspect, the invention provides a system for monitoring and auditing data in one or more spreadsheets. The system comprises a file store within which files containing spreadsheet data can be stored, a database, and monitoring means. The monitoring means is operative to detect changes in spreadsheet data... Agent: Christopher S. Daly Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20070011212 - Document management system for automating operations performed on documents in data storage areas: This invention is related to document management systems, and more particularly, to a document management system for automating selected operations to be performed on at least one document in a data storage area. The invention is directed to a method and system for automatically performing preselected operations on electronic documents.... Agent: Tucker, Ellis & West LLP

20070011213 - Systems and methods of asynchronous data replication: The present invention relates to systems and methods of asynchronous data replication. In an embodiment, the system includes a primary host that asynchronously transmits write and sync commands where each write and sync command includes a data set ID and a sequence number. A secondary host coupled to the primary... Agent: Robert Moll

20070011215 - Apparatus and method of encoding and decoding audio signal: In one embodiment, a channel in a frame of the audio signal is subdivided into a plurality of blocks according to a subdivision hierarchy. The subdivision hierarchy has more than one level, and each level being associated with a different block length. At least two of the blocks have different... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070011214 - Oject level adaptive allocation technique: A variable known as an allocation coefficient is assigned to a file for use in calculating the maximum number of blocks to be allocated in response to a block allocation request. The allocation coefficient may be adjusted in response to each individual request to reflect the current state of block... Agent: Lieberman & Brandsdorfer, LLC

20070011216 - Heap dump acquiring method: Under program execution environment, a file size of a heap dump is reduced which is acquired so as to detect memory leaks, and so as to investigate occurrence causes of the memory leaks. In order to provide a memory leak investigating means which can be used even in a large-scaled... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070005558 - Asset management system: A system for managing assets includes at least one asset located within a geographic area and a server configured to store data associated with the assets. The server may be adapted to store data associated with the asset location and be updated with current asset data by at least one... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070005549 - Document information extraction with cascaded hybrid model: General information blocks of text are extracted from a document. A label is applied to each general information block and detailed information strings of text are extracted from at least one of the general information blocks based on the corresponding label of the at least one general information block.... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20070005550 - Finding a hexagonal cell containing an x, y position: Disclosed is a mechanism for partitioning an area such as airspace. An area of interest may be overlaid with a grid such as a hexagonal grid. Data related to a metric may be collected in the area of interest. A cell location is then determined for each piece of data.... Agent: George Mason University Office Of Technology Transfer, Msn 5g5

20070005557 - Indexed views: A method and interface for managing indices of ordered elements are provided. A subset of elements are selected from an index of ordered elements and displayed on a user interface device. A user can manipulate the display of different subsets of the ordered elements via a user input device. Additional... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070005561 - Information processing apparatus and information processing method: An information processing apparatus which includes a setting unit for setting parameters of a plurality of print properties to be assigned to file data stored in a folder, and for setting changeability information indicating whether the respective parameters are allowed to be changed when file data is stored in the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070005555 - Method and mechanism for supporting virtual content in performing file operations at a rdbms: Techniques are provided for accessing and storing files within a virtual folder. A virtual folder is a folder that is logically a part of a hierarchical folder structure of a file system repository, but the contents of the virtual folder are not physically stored in the file system repository. A... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070005552 - Methods and systems for reducing transient memory consumption in an object-oriented system: Systems and methods are disclosed for reducing the consumption of transient memory in an object-oriented system. The disclosed systems and methods may include a request by an application for the content of an object from an application to a database via a buffer. The requested content may be returned to... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070005560 - Optimized startup verification of file system integrity: A computer system that may be used in implementing a transaction based file system is disclosed. The computer system includes a processor, random access memory that may be accessible by the processor, and a persistent data storage device that is likewise accessible by the processor. The computer system also may... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070005556 - Probabilistic techniques for detecting duplicate tuples: A technique for probabilistic determining fuzzy duplicates includes converting a plurality of tuples into hash vectors utilizing a locality sensitive hashing algorithm. The hash vectors are sorted, on one or more vector coordinates, to cluster similar hash coordinate values together. Each cluster of two or more hash vectors identifies candidate... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070005551 - Producing a locally optimal path through a lattice by overlapping search: A system and computer-implemented method for the creation of a structure using Lego building blocks is disclosed. Aspects of the methods are equally appropriate for numerous structures, including but not limited to, studs-up and studs-out configurations or a ‘wall’ style mosaic or a ‘floor’ style mosaic. Given the systems and... Agent: Banner & Witcoff Ltd., Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070005554 - Symbolic reference for a computer addressable data object: A system, a method and a computer program product for providing a symbolic reference for a computer addressable data object. The symbolic reference can be embedded (i.e. stored) in a mark-up language script element as simple text for use in accessing the data object. The symbolic reference according to the... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070005553 - System for composite instrumented resource data: According to some embodiments, a first resource data record is discovered, the first resource data record indicating a first memory location of first executable program code, a second resource data record indicating a second memory location of first managed resource data of a first manageable resource, and a third resource... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff, Talwalkar LLC

20070005548 - System for enabling users to create tasks: There is disclosed a system for enabling a user to create at least one task. The system comprises a host server (300) for hosting task pages once they have been created, at least one user computer (302) running a browser program operable by at least one user to access task... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070005559 - User customization of default data: A computer-implemented method is provided for defining criteria for use in defaulting data in a transaction for an ERP system. The computer-implemented method includes providing a plurality of data entities that are available for defaulting in the ERP system. The computer-implemented method also includes selecting a select number of data... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20070005565 - Database searching method and apparatus: A database searching method and apparatus for searching database information for a media stored in a multimedia device or data stored in a data processing device, and providing the search result in a sound format. The method includes searching and detecting a database for a data search, transforming the detected... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070005566 - Knowledge correlation search engine: An improved search engine creates correlations linking terms from inputs provided by a user to selected target terms. The correlation search process receives pre-processed inputs from a user including a wide variety of input formats including keywords, phrases, sentences, concepts, compound queries, complex queries and orthogonal queries. The pre-processing also... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070005563 - Method and system for incremental search with reduced text entry where the relevance of results is a dynamically computed function of user input search string character count: A method and system are provided for processing a search request received from a user operating a text input device. The search request is directed at identifying a desired item from a set of items. Each of the items of the set of items has one or more associated terms.... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070005564 - Method and system for performing multi-dimensional searches: The present invention is a search engine and method of performing a multi-dimensional search with a computer, including creating a directory database comprising site information, said site information comprising addresses for a plurality of web sites, a role for each said plurality of web sites, and a rating for each... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070005562 - User interface mechanism to formulate complex query against an entity relationship model: A graphical user interface and method of use thereof that allows users to interact with an entity relationship model. The user interface includes zones that allow users to navigate among the entities, roles and fields to create queries that are run against the model. Clicking on an entity in the... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070005572 - Architecture and system for host management: According to some embodiments, a system provides a resource service module, a resource data record repository, and a provider module. The resource service module exposes an interface, receives an invocation of the interface from a system management module, and requests managed resource data associated with a manageable resource based on... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff, Talwalkar LLC

20070005573 - Automatic filtering and scoping of search results: A method and system for customizing a search of a data source linked to a computer in response to a search request from a user. A search tool application (STA) is executed on a client computer in response to the search request received from the user. The STA determines the... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20070005568 - Determination of a desired repository: A system receives a search query from a user and searches a group of repositories, based on the search query, to identify, for each of the repositories, a set of search results. The system also identifies one of the repositories based on a likelihood that the user desires information from... Agent: Harrity Snyder, LLP

20070005574 - Distributed database systems and methods: Systems and methods for distributed database management are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method of accessing information in a distributed database system having one or more data servers includes establishing a plurality of lattice structures configured to store data elements having inter-related information. A data query initiated by a client... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20070005577 - Entity agent: An abstraction for rich data access for consumers of a service in a service oriented system. The abstraction is created by the author of a service which owns the data, and includes a number of service-public properties and associations. Further, the abstraction can contain metadata and logic that provides for... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20070005578 - Filtering extracted personal names: A particular implementation includes accessing a source of text that includes names, and providing the source of text as an input for a name extraction algorithm. A set of potential names is extracted from the source of text using the name extraction algorithm, and the set of potential names is... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20070005580 - Periodic personalized media system, and associated method: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for generating and displaying personalized information are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving age data related to the age of a first person, receiving a request for information from a user, and automatically identifying relevant event data in a database based on... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070005575 - Prioritizing search results by client search satisfaction: A method prioritizes search results provided to a client according to client satisfaction with previous search results. The method tracks client activity with respect to the previous search results, determines individual client satisfaction for each item according to the tracked client activity, and provides one or more of the items... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20070005579 - Query based synchronization: A method, system and user interface are disclosed for a query based system to synchronize an offline application with an online application. The queries may be user definable to identify only the limited data that the offline user desires to be updated and data satisfying the queries may be stored... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20070005571 - Query-by-image search and retrieval system: An image query system, and associated method and computer program product are disclosed that enhance and accelerate image-based querying. To this end, the present invention presents a digital image query with implict and explicit associated metadata and retrieval of visually similar images or other pertinent information from a large collection... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070005576 - Search engine user interface: A search engine user interface that reduces the need for explicit search rules; dynamically responds as user input is entered to give immediate feedback to a user; is not limited to searching data residing in a single store; and may be used with a plurality of search engines, is provided.... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070005569 - Searching an index of media content: A search engine, method and computer-readable medium are disclosed for transmitting requested media content in response to a search request. The search request may include a search term containing text indicative of recorded speech located within the requested media content. The search engine includes an index of media content, including... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070005570 - Searching for content using voice search queries: A system, method and computer-readable media are disclosed for searching for content from a device. The system, method, and computer-readable media are adapted to transmit a voice search query from a device and can in return allow the device to receive corresponding non-voice search result data. Once non-voice search result... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070005567 - System and method for adaptive multi-cultural searching and matching of personal names: An automated name searching system incorporates an automatic name classifier and a multi-path architecture in which different algorithms are applied based on cultural identity of the query name. The name classifier operates with a preemptive list, analysis of morphological elements, length, and linguistic rules. A name regularizer produces a character... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20070005584 - Automated call router for business directory using the world wide web: The embodiments include a system and a method for establishing a communication connection after searching the World Wide Web. The system can include a first communication device for forming at least one communication connection between the first communication device and a second communication device, search means adapted to accept a... Agent: At&t Corp.

20070005585 - Automated call router for business directory using the world wide web: The embodiments include a system, a computer readable medium, and a method for establishing a communication connection after searching the World Wide Web for relevant phone information. The system can include a first communication device for forming at least one communication connection between the first communication device and a second... Agent: At&t Corp.

20070005582 - Building of database queries from graphical operations: Methods, systems, and computer program products for data analysis. A collection of data points or data derived from a collection of data points is graphically displayed. A user is allowed to graphically select a portion of the graphic display. A database query is then constructed based upon the user's graphical... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070005583 - Method for building powerful calculations of an entity relationship model: A method of creating and defining complex functions and/or expressions that may be run against an entity relationship model. An anchor entity serves as a beginning point of the expression and determines what data that will be returned by the user-created expression within the context of a query. When a... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070005581 - Methods and systems for managing data: Methods and systems for processing data, including metadata and an index database. In one exemplary method, a first folder, representing a first search query, is stored, and a second folder, representing a second search query wherein the second folder has a predetermined hierarchical relationship to the first folder, is stored,... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070005588 - Determining relevance using queries as surrogate content: A method and system for determining the relevance of a document to a query based on surrogate content is provided. The relevance system associates queries with documents. The relevance system calculates the relevance of a document to a query based at least in part on the similarity of the associated... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20070005589 - Method and apparatus for document clustering and document sketching: A first embodiment of the invention provides a system that automatically classifies documents in a collection into clusters based on the similarities between documents, that automatically classifies new documents into the right clusters, and that may change the number or parameters of clusters under various circumstances. A second embodiment of... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070005591 - Method and system for searching for words and phrases in active and stored ink word documents: In a computing device, a method and system for searching for matching ink words or phrases, by comparing a given search term of at least one word (and possibly alternates) with the words in a document, including recognized ink words and any possible alternates for those recognized words as returned... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070005586 - Parsing culturally diverse names: A disclosed parsing system automatically parses culturally diverse names using culture-specific parsing algorithms. The culture-specific parsing algorithms may use statistical information describing name phrases of the name to separate the name phrases into a title, a given name, a surname, and a qualifier. In one or more systems, the validity... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20070005587 - Relative search results based off of user interaction: A program product and method is disclosed that rely on user interaction in the ordering of search results returned by a search engine. Each of a plurality of records in a database is associated with a user-interaction parameter that is associated with the duration of time that a user accesses... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070005590 - Searching data storage systems and devices: The invention teaches systems, methods and devices for searching data storage systems and devices. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is... Agent: Steven Thrasher

20070005593 - Attribute-based data retrieval and association: In a matching system one or more related techniques use correlators to match entities and to look up metadata. Correlators are names that enable the matching system to associate entities with other entities. Attributes comprised of name/value pairs are used by the matching system to determine if two entities match.... Agent: Microsoft Corporation Attn: Patent Group Docketing Department

20070005592 - Computer-implemented method, system, and program product for evaluating annotations to content: A method, system and program product for evaluating annotations to content are described. Under aspects of the present invention, annotations made to content are received and evaluated for accuracy. Each annotation typically includes at least one element (e.g., terms) describing the content. The evaluation includes a syntactic level evaluation and... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070005595 - Document access control: Embodiments of this invention control access to documents by identifying a user requesting a document, retrieving a membership list associated with the user, retrieving an access control list (ACL) associated with the document, and intersecting the user's membership list and the document's ACL to determine if the user has privileges... Agent: Marina G. Portnova Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP

20070005597 - Name classifier algorithm: A particular algorithm for classifying a name includes accessing a name and dividing the name into a series of n-grams including at least a first n-gram and a second n-gram. At least the first n-gram and the second n-gram are concatenated to form a concatenated n-gram, and a likelihood is... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20070005594 - Secure keyword search system and method: A system and method for confidentially keyword searching information residing in a remote server processing system are disclosed. Briefly described, one embodiment is a method comprising receiving from a client system a keyword search request having at least one searchword; mapping a plurality of items to at least one of... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070005596 - System, method, and service for matching pattern-based data: A pattern-based data matching system matches pattern-based data. The data matching system generates a regular expression pattern for input datasets and describes similarity measures between the generated patterns. The data matching system analyzes an input dataset in terms of symbol classes, generalizing input values into a general pattern to allow... Agent: Samuel A. Kassatly Law Office

20070005598 - Computer program, device, and method for sorting dataset records into groups according to frequent tree: A computer-readable storage medium storing a dataset sorting program is provided to sort records in a dataset into a plurality of destination groups according to a given key item specification. An item value extractor creates an item value list for every record. Then a frequent tree builder builds a frequent... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070005599 - Methods and systems for propagating locks through nested logical units of work: Systems and methods are disclosed for managing a lock on an object dependent upon a nested LUW. The disclosed systems and methods may include registering a lock manager with an LUW manager responsible for managing a nested LUW on a buffer. The nested LUW may comprise an inner LUW and... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070005600 - Security execution context for a database management system: A database management system that supports multiple databases in an instance with controlled sharing between the databases. The invention can also support execution of procedures and other modules in the context of any principal possibly different from that of the caller. Trusted certificates can be employed to permit access to... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070005601 - Tools for access to databases via internet protocol networks: One embodiment is directed to apparatus. In the apparatus, a trusted intermediary computer screen user interface is provided. An identification information input receives, via the computer screen user interface, information identifying an authorized information seeker. The information seeker seeks access to a remote database via an internet protocol connection. An... Agent: Anthony L. Miele Miele Law Group

20070005606 - Approach for requesting web pages from a web server using web-page specific cookie data: According to the approach described herein, Web page-specific cookie data is used when Web pages are requested from a Web server. When a Web page is requested and received (the parent Web page), Web page-specific cookie data is generated and stored in association with the parent Web page. The Web... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070005607 - Interface control program, interface control method, interface control apparatus, plug-in program and information processing apparatus: The present invention provides a signal for carrying an interface control program for making a first information processing apparatus let a specific program carry out a processing in response to an operation request from a second information processing apparatus and carry out a processing of transmitting the processed information to... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070005610 - Method and system for processing directory events: A directory event system for providing timely event notifications of each data manipulation of a master directory database and for providing timely event notifications of each corresponding data replication to a replicate directory database is disclosed. The directory event system includes an event master server, one or more event service... Agent: Cardinal Law Group

20070005602 - Method, electronic device and computer program product for identifying entities based upon innate knowledge: Methods, electronic devices and computer program products are provided for identifying other entities in a trustworthy manner, such as in a decentralized network architecture. Each entity may include identification data associated other respective entities. As such, a series of messages that include queries and answers based upon the identification data... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070005608 - Remotely automated notice system: A device and method for broadcasting advisory alerts via the Internet including a central notification computer which is operable to broadcast advisory alerts to electronic device such as Internet Protocol Televisions. The advisory alerts are sent to electronic device addresses stored in a subscriber database in a computer retrievable format.... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20070005603 - Sharing state information among a plurality of file operation servers: A method and apparatus for sharing state information among a plurality of servers is provided. A first server receives a request to perform a file operation, such as a NFS file system operation. Thereafter, the first server updates state information to reflect a change in state associated with processing the... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070005604 - Supporting replication among a plurality of file operation servers: A method and apparatus for performing network file system (NFS) operations across a plurality of servers is provided. At a first server, a filehandle for a particular file is generated based, at least in part, on an identifier that uniquely identifies the particular file relative to all other files within... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070005605 - System and method for selectively delivering content to a user having one or more accessible devices: A system and method is provided for delivering content to a user including one or more devices within an area proximate to a user. Each device has one or more output producing elements, and a set of rendering characteristics for each type of content to be delivered to a user... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070005609 - Vehicular communication arrangement and method: Method for transmitting data from infrastructure to vehicles includes arranging a transmitter apart from the vehicles, providing information relating to operation of at least one vehicle or of an occupant of a vehicle to the transmitter, transmitting the information from the transmitter to the at least one vehicle, and receiving... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20070005617 - Display control method, content data reproduction apparatus, and program: A display control method, content data reproduction apparatus, and program for displaying a search screen of content data to which attribute items are assigned for each of a plurality of attributes, which receive as input a display instruction of a search screen displayed in a hierarchy based on the plurality... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070005614 - File system having deferred verification of data integrity: A computer system that is used in implementing a transaction based file system is disclosed. The computer system includes a processor, random access memory that is accessible by the processor, and a persistent data storage device that is likewise accessible by the processor. The computer system also includes file system... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070005615 - File system having inverted hierarchical structure: A computer system that improves upon the traditional file system hierarchy is disclosed. The computer system includes a processor and a persistent data storage device that is accessible by the processor. The system also may include file system software that is executed by the processor. The file system software may... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070005619 - Method and system for detecting tables to be modified: In an MD schema definition modifying process for specifying tables to be modified in terms of addition of columns or the like when modification such as addition of a dimension is applied to an MD schema in a BI system having a fixed model such as a data model, tables... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070005620 - Method and system for processing structured documents stored in a database: A method, computer readable medium, and system for processing a structured document are disclosed. The method, computer readable medium, and system include identifying a plurality of strings processed by a database, assigning an identifier to each of the plurality of strings, storing each of the plurality of strings and its... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070005612 - Methods and systems for optimizing searches within relational databases having hierarchical data: A method and system for preparing a relational database for searching includes determining a hierarchy of data within the relational database, and storing a hierarchical label for at least one record of data within the relational database that corresponds to the hierarchy of the data.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070005613 - Schema-based dynamic parse/build engine for parsing multi-format messages: A parse/build engine that can handle multi-format financial messages. The engine converts the different format messages into a common format, and the common format message is then processed by the business service application. A parser examines the message and determines an appropriate schema for the particular format of message received.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070005616 - System and method for the delivery of electronic books: An electronic book on a computer readable medium, e.g., a CD or the like, has “real-life” pre-recorded audio (preferably, in MP3 format) and visual text (preferably, in RTF format) seamlessly linked together via a linking file (preferably, in XML format) such that a reader can switch back and forth “at... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP

20070005618 - Systems and methods for modeling business processes: Methods and systems are provided for modeling business information and providing navigation between business information models. An exemplary method for modeling business information uses integrated model data, and includes the steps of storing a first business information model and second business information model written in description notations, and assigning the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070005611 - Work flow managing system: A workflow-management apparatus includes a print-of-a-seal form defining unit 21 for receiving registration of form information specifying a form of a print of a seal and for receiving a change of the form information, and a print-of-a-seal image creating unit 26 for creating a print-of-a-seal image according to form information... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070005626 - Blocks of time with metadata: A method of adding and analyzing metadata to discrete variables, such as time intervals and a system to implement to method is disclosed. The metadata can be aggregated and analyzed using analysis operations such as intersection, union, subtraction and inversion.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20070005627 - File system having transaction record coalescing: An electronic data system comprises memory storage having stored data, file system software, and a transaction file. The transaction file is maintained by the file system software, and includes a plurality of transaction records corresponding to transactions that have been or are to be executed on one or more files... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070005621 - Information system using healthcare ontology: An information system using a healthcare ontology to provide a standardized representation for healthcare data is disclosed. One embodiment of the information system comprises a digital logic platform storing and using the healthcare ontology. The healthcare ontology describes concepts and relationships between the concepts derived from the corpus of domain... Agent: Volentine Francos, & Whitt PLLC

20070005628 - Method and apparatus for compressing and/or decompressing a data structure: A method of compressing a data structure having data content and at least one content name associated with the data content, using a compression scheme capable of compressing content names only if including characters from a restricted character set, includes encoding a content name including a character not from the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070005622 - Method and apparatus for lazy construction of xml documents: A method, information processing system, and computer readable medium for improved representation of hierarchical documents, particularly a document encoded in Extended Markup Language (XML). The method loads a hierarchical document and stores into an addressable data structure such as a byte array. It then expands the addressable data structure lazily... Agent: Michael J. Buchenhorner

20070005623 - Process oriented message driven workflow programming model: The present application describes a framework for a process oriented message driven workflow programming model where a complex process can be modeled by breaking down the complex process into a coarse grained series of atomic processes that interact through messages. A process is represented as a data structure that includes... Agent: Microsoft Corporation Attn: Patent Group Docketing Department

20070005624 - Scalable transformation and tree based query language node - set selection: A method and apparatus for transforming large messages using a scalable process. This scalable process decomposes the message into nodes and node values. Navigation between related tree node tree is carried out based upon the decomposed message. Following decomposition a first node to be transformed is retrieved. Following retrieval of... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20070005625 - Storage architecture for embedded systems: A storage management architecture is disclosed which is particularly advantageous for devices such as embedded systems. The architecture provides a framework for a compression/decompression system which advantageously is software-based and which facilitates the compression of both instruction code and writeable data.... Agent: Nec Laboratories America, Inc.

20070005631 - Apparatus and method for dynamically determining index split options from monitored database activity: The activity of a database is monitored, and index split options are dynamically determined from the monitored database activity. Appropriate action may then be taken based on the dynamically determined index split options. For example, the index may be automatically split using the dynamically determined index split options. A user... Agent: Martin & Associates, LLC

20070005638 - Composite image apparatus and copy method thereof: A composite image apparatus and a copy method thereof. The composite image apparatus includes an optical recording unit in which first and second storage media are each able to store a plurality of video files and a plurality of audio files, the apparatus being adapted to copy the files stored... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070005636 - Directory server views: The invention provides directory views for a directory server to facilitate navigating entries hierarchically without requiring physical existence of the entry in any particular place. The entries are put into the directory views hierarchy using information about the entries. Given a set of views, a user can navigate using one... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070005635 - Importing database data to a non-database program: A method and system to implement the method of importing data to a non-database program is disclosed. The method may allow a user to identify data and formatting to be imported into a non-database program so that database data may be viewed in a non-database program.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20070005629 - Memory device for a rail longitudinal guide for a motor vehicle seat: A program recording apparatus for receiving and recording a program. The program recording apparatus includes: a receiving unit operable to receive a first program and a second program; a recording unit operable to record the received first and second programs; an acquiring unit operable to acquire a first title of... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070005632 - Method for efficient maintenance of xml indexes: An update to a primary table is received. The primary table is read to determine the set of rows to be updated. The primary table is updated and XML objects stored in XML columns are overwritten according to the update. A pre-update node table comprising the nodes corresponding to the... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070005630 - Modifying table definitions within a database application: Methods, systems, and computer program products modify a table definition of a database table within a database application. A method involves providing a user interface for creating a new field in the database table, receiving data that creates the new field while displaying the database table, and modifying schema of... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070005633 - Predicate abstraction via symbolic decision procedures: Predicate abstraction techniques and tools. Using symbolic decision procedures, predicate abstractions for computer programs are generated based on a set of predicates representing observations of expected behavior of the program. The set of predicates may be generated by an automatic program analysis tool or may be provided a user based... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman LLP

20070005637 - System for litigation management: A system for management of litigation by a litigation decision maker which system allows for secure and confidential viewing of a litigation-related electronic database by system users authorized by the decision maker. Records within the database, such as medical or legal records, may be reviewed in original image format or... Agent: Jeanne E. Longmuir

20070005634 - Templates in a schema editor: A schema editor allows for definition, distribution, and use of schema templates. The schema editor allows schema to be edited and then saved in such a way that the saved file can be reimported into the schema editor.... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070005639 - Categorization including dependencies between different category systems: In categorizing an object respective to at least two categorization dimensions each defined by a plurality of categories, a probability value indicative of the object is determined for each category of each categorization dimension. A categorization label for the object is selected respective to each categorization dimension based on (i)... Agent: Patrick R. Roche, Esq. Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070005640 - Methods and systems for managing multilevel logical units of work: Systems and methods are disclosed for managing nested logical units of work (LUWs) and providing the ability to synchronize objects depending on the state resulting from performance of the LUWs. The systems and methods may comprise calling an LUW manager to open a nested LUW at the request of an... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070005641 - Methods and systems for monitoring objects: A method and system for monitoring objects in a plurality of management information bases (MIBs) is provided. The objects required for functioning of an application are identified from the MIBs. The application identifies these objects. The identified OIDs are grouped in a group depending on grouping rules provided by the... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20070005642 - Modification of logic in an application: An extensible architecture that allows the users to extend, change or replace the existing business logic of the business application is disclosed.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20070005646 - Analysis of topic dynamics of web search: The subject invention relates to probabilistic models that are trained from transitions among various topics of pages visited by a sample population of search users. In one aspect, probabilistic models of topic transitions are learned for individual users and groups of users. Topic transitions for individuals versus larger groups are... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070005652 - Apparatus and method for gathering of objectional web sites: An apparatus and method for collecting harmful web sites are provided. In the apparatus, a start uniform resource locator (URL) database (DB) stores URLs of harmful web pages. A URL examination and distribution unit provides URLs grouped in relation to predetermined hosts, the URLs obtained by removing redundant URLs that... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070005655 - Content providing system, content providing apparatus and method, content distribution server, and content receiving terminal: A content providing system comprising a content distribution server and a content receiving terminal connected to each other through a communication channel. The content distribution server includes a content storage unit in which content items are stored in association with at least time information and attribute information concerning the time... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070005649 - Contextual title extraction: The invention provides a method of creating contextual titles for web pages or documents. The method includes the extracting of phrases from a web page or document. The phrases are evaluated for use as contextual titles for the web page or document. The contextual title is utilized to access the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff Ltd., Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070005656 - Information processing system, server device, access device, and information processing method: An information processing system in which access device transmits a transmission command to server device; receives electronic device access information from server device; instructs electronic device to transmit operation screen information which is the information to configure a screen for operating electronic device or another electronic device; receives the operation... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070005653 - Media content descriptions: A media content description system receives media content descriptions from one or more metadata providers. The media content description system associates each media content description with the metadata provider that provided the description. The media content description system may generate composite descriptions based on the received media content descriptions. The... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070005643 - Method and system for providing medical assistance to a traveler: A system for providing medical information and services to subscribers that are traveling abroad. The system include a server that houses a variety of databases for storing personal medical files for the subscribers, medical call centers in various countries, medicine and prescription information or the like. A subscriber traveling in... Agent: Smith Frohwein Tempel Greenlee Blaha, LLC

20070005644 - Method of protecting copyright of digital publication and the system therefor: A method of protecting the copyright of a digital publication includes the steps of obtaining a file and a copyright licensing certificate of at least one digital publication, or obtaining at least one digital publication file and then obtaining a corresponding copyright licensing certificate at a position specified in the... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070005647 - Method, system, apparatus & computer program product for enabling the pre-download of media objects: A method, computer program product, electronic device and system for enabling the pre-download of media objects are provided. In particular, means can be provided by which Download Descriptor can be maintained alongside a pre-downloaded media object associated with the Download Descriptor until the pre-downloaded media object is consumed.... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070005650 - Methods and systems for analyzing incident reports: Systems and methods for examining text, such as incident reports, are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes specifying a client profile including at least one scenario of interest, the scenario of interest being formulated in an event calculus formalism; analyzing a portion of text for relevant information at least... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20070005648 - Network capacity management system: The present invention discusses a computerized method for managing a communication network through processing data used in a Capacity Management System (CMS) associated with the communication network. A configurable grammar, such as an XML grammar with regular expressions, is used to implement various aspects of network management. Data management includes... Agent: Paul S Madan Madan, Mossman & Sriram, PC

20070005645 - Printing system and method with local printer for locally searching, selecting and printing from remote database: A printing system for locally searching, selecting and printing one or more electronic documents on a local printer from a remote database includes a local printer having an input/output user interface that provides a search menu to a user, receives search parameters and a search request from the user, provides... Agent: Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070005651 - Restoring modified assets: An apparatus, device, methods, computer program product, and system are described that determine that a modified media asset includes a modified portion that has been modified from a former portion, and alter the modified media asset to produce a restored media asset in which at least a part of the... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070005654 - Systems and methods for analyzing relationships between entities: An information hierarchy is defined to allow automatic collection, monitoring and categorization of information about a subject and the subject's social network. The subject may be, for example, an individual or an organization. The information is automatically collected from a broad range of sources and automatically monitored to generate targeted... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Slc

20070005659 - Data deletion method, storage device, and computer system: Complete data deletion from a storage device imposes high loads respectively on a host computer for transfer of insignificant data and on a storage device for execution of data transfer, a write operation, and a retry process. As such, a complete deletion command is provided to control deletion of a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070005657 - Methods and apparatus for processing xml updates as queries: Methods and apparatus are provided for processing updates to an XML document. Updates are converted into one or more complement queries that can be performed on the XML document. The complement queries provided by the present invention allow (i) virtual views of XML data to be updated; (ii) updates and... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20070005660 - Prefetch appliance server: In a system in which a DB is built in a virtualization environment, a management server obtains DB processing information such as a DB processing execution plan and a degree of processing priority from a DBMS, predicts data to be accessed in the near future and the order of such... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070005661 - Shared file system management between independent operating systems: A shared file system may be updated by a non-native operating system writing information to a change file, while a native operating system is in a suspend or hibernation mode; after writing, the non-native operating system is placed in a suspend or hibernation mode and the native system activates and... Agent: Phoenix Technologies Ltd.

20070005658 - System, service, and method for automatically discovering universal data objects: A universal data object discovery system automatically identifies candidate universal data objects, ranks the candidate universal data objects according to predetermined criteria, and merges source schemas into unified universal data objects within a set of data sources. From data inputs and a set of control parameters, the system computes a... Agent: Samuel A. Kassatly Law Office

20070005662 - Extensible and automatically replicating server farm configuration management infrastructure: An extensible and automatically replicating server farm configuration management infrastructure is provided. A centralized configuration database stores all configuration data for the server farm. New configuration data can be added to the configuration database by extending a configuration object model without knowing or changing the schema of the configuration database.... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070005664 - Pre-image logging for database recovery: In order to provide recovery for a database stored on storage not meeting the WAL protocol requirements, for example, storage including a temporary cache and a second storage (e.g. an IDE disk with a temporary cache and a hard disk), a log is created including, for each changed page, a... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070005665 - Separation of duties in a data audit system: A database audit system monitors database activity, providing a complete record of access to data and database structure. A database audit may be performed by collecting data from database transaction logs and traces, exporting the collected data into a repository, and analyzing the data in the repository to create data... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070005663 - System and method for synchronizing a blackberry with a macintosh: A system and method enable a BlackBerry device to communicate with and be synchronized with a Macintosh computer.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.l.p

20070005667 - Information processing system and electronic apparatus: According to one embodiment, there is provided an electronic apparatus including a meta-data acquiring portion to acquire, through a network, meta-data containing, in a specific area, copy control information indicative of at least whether copy of a content is permitted or not, a meta-data analyzing portion to analyze information contained... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070005666 - Methods and systems for reducing database accesses in an object-oriented system: Systems and methods are disclosed for minimizing database accesses in an object-oriented system. The disclosed systems and methods may involve opening an object in a buffer, wherein the buffer is operative to store both an active version of the object comprising active content and an inactive version of the object... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070005669 - Method and system for automated disk i/o optimization of restored databases: The present invention provides a new method and system for automated I/O optimization of restored databases. At the time a backup image of the database is created metadata of the database are automatically generated. The metadata includes information about the physical database layout and disk I/O performance on a source... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20070005668 - System for security management of a server: A system for security management of a server is disclosed. The system includes an application server (1), at least a LAN server (2), a firewall (3), and a connection to the Internet (4). The LAN server is capable of updating the application server automatically and periodically so as to improve... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp