Data processing: database and file management or data structures inventions 02/07

20070043688 - Annotating shared contacts with public descriptors: A method for annotating shared contacts within a social network with public tags, notes or other data. This allows users of a social network to gain useful information at a glance about others' contacts within that network, as well as providing a means for filtering contacts within that network by... Agent: Vierra Magen/microsoft Corporation

20070043689 - Lightweight generic report generation tool: Methods and systems are disclosed for generating a dynamically sortable report from data independent of the original representative format of the data. The methods generally include accessing a plurality of files, parsing the accessed files, forming a vector utilizing the parsed files, generating a report from the formed vector, and... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070043690 - Method and apparatus of supporting creation of classification rules: This invention is to appropriately support creation of a classification rule for a new data item. This method includes: storing a new data item and a category of the new data item into a storage; extracting feature patterns each including a condition including a feature element of the new data... Agent: Patrick G. Burns Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20070043685 - Methods and arrangement in an information management system: An arrangement and method of allotting pattern units of an overall coding pattern in an information management system, are based on selectively setting a state indicator for each pattern unit to indicate one of a plurality of states. The flow of data in said system may be controlled based on... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070043691 - Mobilizing applications: A system and method for operating a networked software application on a network with sporadic connectivity is disclosed. A user may create in a client application on a user device business data transmission. The client application may transmit the order to a proxy module. A network detection module may check... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070043694 - System and method for data analysis, manipulation, and visualization: Systems and methods for data analysis, including data retrieval, dynamic scripting and execution, mining, storing, and visualization are disclosed. One embodiment of this invention provides an integrated software solution for managing high volumes of numerical data quickly and efficiently. Another embodiment provides a complete and flexible solution for data acquisition,... Agent: Kilpatrick Stockton LLP - 41305 Charles Calkins

20070043692 - System and method for managing xdm service information: Disclosed is a system and method for managing XDM (XML Document Management) service information to improve management efficiency for OMA (Open Mobile Alliance) service information. The apparatus includes a controller for creating a shared User Resource Identifier (URI), and using a value created by the controller as a static value... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070043693 - Systems and methods for storing a dataset having a hierarchical data structure in a database: Systems and methods are provided for storing a dataset having a hierarchical data structure in a database. In one implementation, a data processing system includes a data dictionary for storing data that describes predefined hierarchical data structures, wherein each data structure includes a plurality of data fields that have a... Agent: Sap / Finnegan, Henderson LLP

20070043687 - Virtual assistant: Systems and methods for assisting a user with a variety of tasks are provided. A virtual assistant has access to a user's contacts, calendar, and location. The virtual assistant also is able to access information about weather, traffic, and mass transit, and is able to adjust the time of for... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 005222

20070043686 - Xml sub-document versioning method in xml databases using record storages: A new sub-document versioning method for record storages of XML documents which uses virtual cutting points to ensure that a search tree is able to support multiple versions of sub-documents and provide efficient mechanisms for XML updating. Record boundaries and virtual cut points divide the two-dimensional space, the horizontal axis... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070043695 - Action consolidation using hash table: One embodiment relates to a method of action consolidation so as to avoid duplicative actions. A hash function is applied to a unique value relating to event-related data so as to create a hash key, and the hash key is used in determining whether duplicate data is already present in... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070043698 - Database method and system for conducting integrated dispatching: A technique for integrating a pre-existing business system with a fleet management system. The pre-existing business system includes, for example, an accounting system, a warehousing system, a dock management system, a yard management system. These fleet management system uses, for example, a combination of a raster map and vector data... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070043697 - Generating statistics for temporary tables during query optimization: An apparatus, program product and method generate at least one statistic for a temporary table during optimization of a database query before the temporary table is created. By doing so, optimization can proceed on a database query irrespective of the fact that the temporary table may not be materialized until... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, L.L.P. (ibm)

20070043696 - Method for estimating the cost of query processing: Provided is a method for modeling the cost of XML as well as relational operators. As with traditional relational cost estimation, a set of system catalog statistics that summarizes the XML data is exploited; however, the novel use of a set of simple path statistics is also proposed. A new... Agent: Lacasse & Associates, LLC

20070043708 - Knowledge storage and retrieval system and method: A system and method for representing, storing and retrieving real-world knowledge on a computer or network of computers is disclosed. Knowledge is broken down into permanent atomic “facts” which can be stored in a standard relational database and processed very efficiently. It also provides for the efficient querying of a... Agent: Beyer Weaver & Thomas, LLP

20070043703 - Method and system for inline top n query computation: A system and method of generating an overall top N query result from multiple sets of sessionized network events that correspond to different time periods include identifying a subset within each set of network events whose event attributes satisfy a predefined query, generating an aggregation result table for each identified... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070043699 - Method and system for visualizing data relationships using tree and grid layouts: The tree layout and grid layout (1.1, 1.2) are used to visualize data and their relationship in a relational database. The tree layout (1.1) uses tree nodes to represent table records, and uses parent-child relationships of the tree nodes to represent data relationships between table records. The grid layout (1.2)... Agent: Lixin Zhang

20070043712 - Methods and systems for performing redirects to a search engine: The present invention is related to methods and systems for processing search requests and for performing searches over a network. In an embodiment, a recipient designation is received from a user over a network. The designation indicates that future searches performed by the user are to be associated with the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070043702 - Query expressions and interactions with metadata: This disclosure pertains to the interaction between query expressions and metadata. Metadata, for example provided by one or more schemas, can supply information over a domain to be queried and/or navigated. This metadata can be applied to the query expression, or vice versa, to return information about the domain and/or... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070043701 - Query-based identification of user interface elements: Described is the use of query identifiers that provide computer users a method of “bookmarking” (uniquely identifying) any user interface (UI) element in any UI framework. This is useful for testing programs, assistive technologies, and teaching activities. The unique query element identifier is identified for a target UI element to... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070043706 - Search history visual representation: A search entry system and method of search entry where the search terms and type of search to be performed can be selected from entries in a search history query log. A search system can include one or more entry modules, which may include a query window configured to accept... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070043705 - Searchable backups: Facilitating a search of backup data is disclosed. Data associated with at least a portion of the backup data is received. A searchable index of the backup data is generated based at least in part on the received data. The searchable index includes an index data indicating a location within... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20070043700 - Searching a file open dialog using a namespace extension: Methods and systems for method for modifying a File Open dialog to enable searching for a file. The method includes writing a namespace extension. Next a custom view is built within the File Open dialog box using the namespace extension. The custom view allows a user input a keyword or... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070043709 - Searching for information about assets: A method includes receiving an electronic query of a user directed to obtaining items of information belonging to one or more predefined categories and that relate to an interest of the user in a specified product, searching in multiple locations, and presenting to the user essentially only items of information... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070043710 - Searchroll system: In an embodiment, a method is presented. The method includes receiving a request to create a searchroll. The method also includes receiving a list of sites. The method further includes creating a searchroll to enable searching of the list of sites.... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070043711 - System and method for optimizing event predicate processing: Described is a system and method for optimizing event predicate processing. The method comprises processing a subscription including a plurality of subscription predicates, sorting the subscription predicates using a predefined sorting algorithm, processing an event including a plurality of event predicates and comparing the plurality of event predicates to the... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070043704 - Temporal ranking scheme for desktop searching: A system for searching an object environment includes harvesting and indexing applications to create a search database and one or more indexes into the database. A scoring application determines the relevance of the objects, and a querying application locates objects in the database according to a search term. One or... Agent: Google / Fenwick

20070043707 - Unsupervised learning tool for feature correction: Techniques for correcting miscategorized features excerpted from web pages are provided. For each of several categories and several pages on a particular web site, a separate feature may be excerpted from that page and associated with that page in relation to that category. Often, many of the “high confidence” features... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070043713 - Video directory: An online video directory is provided. The video directory provides a means for providing video to a consumer in order to aid the consumer in making consumption choices. In particular, the video directory provides a database of advertiser records that is searchable by a consumer. The database is searchable based... Agent: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

20070043714 - Combined title prefix and full-word content searching: A system for searching an object environment includes harvesting and indexing applications to create a search database and one or more indexes into the database. A scoring application determines the relevance of the objects, and a querying application locates objects in the database according to a search term. One or... Agent: Google / Fenwick

20070043715 - Data object search and retrieval: Searching data is disclosed. A searchable index is used to determine which, if any, data objects comprising a set of backup data are responsive to a search query. For the search query, a search result is generated. The search result includes, in the event a first data object that is... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20070043718 - Autonomic relevancy building: A method and system for autonomic relevancy building using information obtained from clients to improve customer support. Upon receiving a client request for product support information, product support information objects representing the requested product support information in an information library are identified. Relevant product support information corresponding to the identified... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070043719 - Information processing system and information processing method: An information processing system includes a recognition portion that recognizes a document shown in a given space, a detection portion that detects an event occurring in the given space, and an index-giving portion that gives information on the event detected by the detection portion to the information on the document... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070043716 - Methods, systems and computer program products for changing objects in a directory system: Methods, systems and computer program products for changing an object associated with a directory system of a computer system and having a current classification are provided. A request to change the object is received. The request includes a specification of a new classification of the object different from the current... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070043717 - Relevancy association architecture: A relevancy association architecture for providing a more effective retrieval of existing product support information in response to client information requests. Product support information for products of a business enterprise is collected and stored in an information library. Relevancy associations are created, based on an ontology such as a context-scenario... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070043720 - System, apparatus and methods for storage, retrieval and exchange of personal profile data enabling consistent interpretation across multiple device, applications and data services: System, methods, and apparatus are disclosed for the improved use and maintenance of electronic user profiles. Profile entries reflect personal user information comprising a user action and associated circumstance (result) of that action. Action and circumstance information in the profile preferably includes a semantic reference value that improves usability of... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070043722 - Classification system: A classification system automatically generates an indication that a training feature vector case is a pollutant based on a mis-labelled reference image. It excludes the case from the set, builds a k-nearest neighbour confidence classifier, and then classifies the case using this classifier. The case may be marked as suspect... Agent: Perman & Green

20070043723 - Interactive user-controlled relevanace ranking retrieved information in an information search system: The present invention presents an apparatus and system for providing an ability to conduct a secondary search using results provided by a first search capability. This secondary search is integrated with the first search and functions as an added tool or accessory. The present invention allows for user control of... Agent: John O'brien

20070043721 - Removing documents: A system may present information regarding a document and provide an option for removing the document. The system may also receive selection of the option and remove the document when the option is selected. The system may aggregate information regarding documents that have been removed by a group of users... Agent: Harrity Snyder, LLP

20070043724 - Systems and methods for integrating business processes: A system can create and manage a framework for integrating a plurality of business processes. The system can include a first tier module adapted for managing at least one internal function and at least one service of the plurality of business processes, wherein the business processes include respective predefined goals... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070043726 - Affinity-based recovery/failover in a cluster environment: Techniques are provided for responding to the termination of a node by selecting another node, and assigning to the selected node the affinity relationships that existed between the terminated node and one or more objects. The resources that belong to the objects involved in the affinity relationships are remastered to... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070043727 - Electronic data transfer of regulatory-related documents: Techniques for providing regulatory-related documents to a government entity includes a computer-based server are disclosed. A computer-based server networked to the Internet provides secure document handling and distribution over the Internet without data encryption.... Agent: Baker & Hostetler, LLP For Boeing Company

20070043725 - Feedback responsive input arrangements: Feedback responsive input arrangements are presented where arrangements includes: a sensor in mechanical communication with a surface layer, the sensor configured to generate electronic signals in response to applied forces exerted upon the surface layer; a processing module configured to convert electronic signals into user-defined programmatic dimensions; and a tactile... Agent: Ipsg, P.C.

20070043728 - Optimization for transaction failover in a multi-node system environment where objects' mastership is based on access patterns: Techniques are provided for responding to the termination of a node executing one or more transactions by selecting another node to complete the transactions, and assigning to the selected node the affinity relationships that existed between the terminated node and the objects being accessed by said transactions.... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070043735 - Aggregating data of disparate data types from disparate data sources: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for aggregating data of disparate data types from disparate data sources includes receiving, from an aggregation process, a request for data; identifying, in response to the request for data, one of a plurality of disparate data sources as a source for the data; retrieving,... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20070043739 - Communication device and method thereof: A communication method is disclosed which includes: first step of sending content attachment information including content link information from a sending device to a receiving device; and second step of connecting either the receiving device or a host device connected therewith to a server on a network in accordance with... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070043731 - Communication system and method for providing presence-enhanced smart name tags: A presence-enhanced smart name tag is implemented on a local application of a device. The local application identifies as a smart name tag a string of characters representing an identity of a presentity. The presentity identity is used to retrieve presence information indicating the availability of the presentity.... Agent: Alcatel Usa Intellectual Property Department

20070043732 - Contact exporting: Data containing contact information may be exported to a remote application by associating contact information data for a single contact with one of a plurality of database objects. After this association has occurred, contact information data and data identifying the database object may be transmitted over a communications network to... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070043730 - Data retrieval scheme: A method of purchasing an item, the method enabling a user to search for information on the cost of an item on a distributed computer system, the method comprising: generating a search request for the item at a user terminal; modifying the search request to indicate at least one user... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070043734 - Elimination of redundant objects in storage systems: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture, wherein a data structure corresponding to a set of client nodes selected from a plurality of client nodes is generated. Objects from the selected set of client nodes are stored in the data structure. A determination is made that an object... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20070043740 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method and information processing program product: An information processing terminal connectable to a WWW (World Wide Web) server via a public network includes a storage unit that stores content data including image information or sound information with identification information of the content data, an acquiring unit that acquires identification information of content data from the WWW... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070043733 - Logical grouping and management of redundant objects in storage systems: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture, wherein a determination is made that an object corresponding to a first client node has to be stored. A further determination is made as to whether the object has already been sent to a server node by a second client node,... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20070043738 - Methods and systems for reputation based resource allocation for networking: A method and system for reputation-based resource allocation for networking. The present invention provides a method for determining an allocation of a plurality of computer resources based on a reputation factor for each of the one ore more clients. Clients associated with bad reputation factors may be denied or delayed... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070043729 - Secret identifier for renewed subscription: The invention relates to cryptographic identification in a practical, low cost environment. A secret number (a kind of hidden identity) is stored in a device that, in combination with its public identity, can be used for identification by a Certifying Authority (CA) and subsequent subscription. To enable efficient renewed subscription,... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070043736 - Smart find: A domain specific search mechanism having “smart find” functionality of locating a webpage dependent service is provided. In other words, the mechanism facilitates intelligent location of web page dependent links/services via a versatile mechanism that looks-up, deciphers, and/or interprets search criteria. Once an intended target is identified, a mechanism can... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070043737 - Storage system: A storage system including a plurality of logical units; file management application software for performing file management on a per-file basis for a plurality of files stored in the respective logical units; a load monitoring module for monitoring a load in a resource of the storage system; and a file... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070043741 - A note taking and course management system: The present invention relates to a course management system tailored for individuals with learning disabilities, special needs and/or organizational problems. The course management system includes a file folder that has first fastener attached to the inside region of the left side of the file folder; a second fastener attached to... Agent: Antoinette G. Giugliano, P.C.

20070043744 - Method and system for linking digital pictures to electronic documents: An image of a scene is captured with a digital camera. An item related to the scene is selected on a document stored on an electronic user device. The image is linked to the item and reversibly both on the electronic user device and on the digital camera to allow... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070043743 - Packing nodes into records to store xml xquery data model and other hierarchically structured data: A storage of nodes of hierarchically structured data uses logical node identifiers to reference the nodes stored within and across record data structures. A node identifier index is used to map each logical node identifier to a record identifier for the record that contains the node. When a sub-tree is... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070043742 - Systems and methods for building and implementing ontology-based information resources: Systems and methods are provided for building and implementing ontology-based information resources. More specifically, multi-user collaborative, semi-automatic systems and methods are provided for constructing ontology-based information resources that are shared by a community of users, wherein ontology categories evolve over time based on categorization rules that are specified by the... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070043745 - Web bookmark manager: A web bookmark manager processes a collection of web bookmarks to produce a richly structured presentation of the bookmark collection. The bookmark collection includes representations of resources, topics, and notice events. A notice event includes a reference to a web resource and a natural language description provided by a user.... Agent: Dimelab, LLC

20070043750 - Data structure for incremental search: A system for searching an object environment includes harvesting and indexing applications to create a search database and one or more indexes into the database. A scoring application determines the relevance of the objects, and a querying application locates objects in the database according to a search term. One or... Agent: Google / Fenwick

20070043749 - Database fragment cloning and management: Mechanisms and techniques for database fragment cloning and management are provided. A database object, such as a table, rowset or index, is divided into fragments. Each fragment is cloned to create cloned fragments, which operationally are substantially identical to one another. One or more of the cloned fragments may be... Agent: Microsoft Corporation Attn: Patent Group Docketing Department

20070043752 - Disparate network model synchronization: Changes to the source network model are captured in a database schema independent fashion, and an update manager broadcasts the changes to a registered client as and when the changes occur. Alternatively, the update manager can be queried, and in response, returns a summary of changes corresponding to criteria specified... Agent: Robert M. Mcdermott, Esq.

20070043748 - Method and apparatus for organizing digital images with embedded metadata: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates automatically organizing digital images using metadata which is embedded in the digital images. The system operates by receiving a digital image with embedded metadata, wherein the embedded metadata includes Global Positioning System (GPS) data. The system uses the embedded... Agent: Oracle International Corporation C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070043751 - Scalable storage schemes for native xml column data of relational tables: A method and system for providing a scalable storage scheme for native hierarchically structured data of relational tables, includes a base table with indicator columns with information pertaining to hierarchically structured data of a document, data tables for storing the hierarchically structured data corresponding to the indicator columns, and node... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070043747 - Storage reports file system scanner: Described is a storage reports scanner that works to generate reports of storage usage in computer systems in an efficient manner. The scanner receives a set of namespaces for a file system volume from a storage reports engine. The scanner scans file system metadata to construct a directory table of... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070043746 - System and method for asynchronous linked data structure traversal: A system and method for asynchronously traversing a disjoint linked data structure is presented. A synergistic processing unit (SPU) includes a handler that works in conjunction with a memory flow controller (MFC) to traverse a disjoint linked data structure. The handler compares a search value with a node value, and... Agent: Ibm Corporation- Austin (jvl) C/o Van Leeuwen & Van Leeuwen

20070043753 - Systems and methods for manipulating and managing computer archive files: A computer program for managing and manipulating archive zip files of a computer. The program includes a system and method for opening, creating, and modifying, and extracting zip archive files. The program is fully integrated into Microsoft Windows Explorer and is accessed via Explorer menus, toolbars, and/or drag and drop... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070043754 - Systems and methods for manipulating and managing computer archive files: A computer program for managing and manipulating archive zip files of a computer. The program includes a system and method for opening, creating, and modifying, and extracting zip archive files. The program is fully integrated into Microsoft Windows Explorer and is accessed via Explorer menus, toolbars, and/or drag and drop... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070043760 - Embedding expression in xml literals: An architecture that that extends conventional computer programming languages that compile into an instance of an extensible markup language (XML) document object model (DOM) to provide support for XML literals in the underlying programming language. This architecture facilitates a convenient short cut by replacing the complex explicit construction required by... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070043759 - Method for data management and data rendering for disparate data types: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for data management and data rendering for disparate data types that include aggregating data of disparate data types from disparate data sources, synthesizing the aggregated data of disparate data types into data of a uniform data type, identifying an action in dependence upon the... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20070043755 - Ranking of records in a relational database: A method for generating a probabilistic relational database based on a previous relational database, wherein the probability estimation is carried out within the relational paradigm. The method may include frequency-based and information theoretic based (idf-based) estimation of tuple probabilities. The method generalises the use of information retrieval ranking methods such... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070043761 - Semantic discovery engine: Discovering topics of interest from the content received from multiple sources. Content from multiple sources is aggregated and stored in a database along with the content's metadata. Phrases are extracted from the content and scored based on at least a time window for each phrase. The high ranking phrases are... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070043757 - Storage reports duplicate file detection: Described is a storage reports duplicate file detector that operates by receiving file records during a first scan of file system metadata. The detector computes a hash based on attributes in the record, and maintains the hash value in association with information that indicates whether a hash value corresponds to... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070043758 - Synthesizing aggregate data of disparate data types into data of a uniform data type: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for synthesizing the aggregated data of disparate data types into data of a uniform data type which includes receiving aggregated data of disparate data types and translating each of the aggregated data of disparate data types into text content and markup associated with the... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20070043756 - Thinking machines: The invention describes Thinking Machines that learn from experience and apply their knowledge to search, discover, generalize and implement complete solutions to common problems. The machine represents a population of entities as Template, a set of properties and value ranges along with a time stamp indicating the time of the... Agent: Polycarpe Songfack

20070043762 - Object-oriented system and method for transforming and loading wafer test data: In one embodiment, a object-oriented method for transforming and loading wafer test data includes receiving a first data set having a first data format from testing of a semiconductor wafer, determining a decoupling object based on the first data format, transforming the first data format to a second data format... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070043768 - Apparatus, medium, and method clustering audio files: An apparatus, medium, and method providing audio files with clustering, with audio files having information similar to queries input from a user being extracted and undergo clustering. A method for providing audio files with clustering includes calculating scores between queries input from a user and a specified audio file, detecting... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070043769 - Content data delivery system, and method for delivering an encrypted content data: A handheld device is configured to be connectable to a storage media that holds a unique media identifier and holds a content key data used to decrypt an encrypted content data. A content data delivery system is provided that is configured to be able to deliver various data to the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070043767 - Data transmission capture in support of medication preparation: A method and software interface enables selective processing of data transmissions containing one or more medication orders intended for a pharmacy. Data transmissions are monitored and parsed for prescribed information which is utilized to populate a prescribed data structure. The data structure and parsing rules can be associated with a... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070043770 - Discovery method for buyers, sellers of real estate: Sellers can, anonymously to buyers if they choose, expose to potential buyers a property that is or may be for sale, with or without a sales price or listing agreement, with as little or as much description of their property as the sellers wish to provide. Potential buyers can identify... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070043763 - Information processing system and information processing method: An information processing system includes a memory portion that stores each scene of image information of a given space captured by an image capturing portion in association with positional information on an object existent in the given space, a receiving portion that receives information that specifies the object as a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070043766 - Method and system for the creating, managing, and delivery of feed formatted content: The invention provides methods for creating, managing, and delivery of feed formatted content. One method includes: receiving a multimedia playlist request including at least one multimedia location indicator, determining at least one multimedia file location based on the at least one multimedia location indicator, and providing a multimedia playlist including... Agent: Cardinal Law Group

20070043765 - Method of automatically selecting multimedia files for transfer between two storage mediums: A method of automatically selecting at least one of stored multimedia files for transfer between a first storage medium and a second storage medium. In the method, each stored file is assigned a popularity weighting based on popularity information and files are selected that have a popularity weighting within a... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070043764 - Notifications in a credential production system: A credential production system includes a credential production device and a computing device in communication with the credential production device. The computing device receives a credential production event from the credential production device. The computing device applies a pre-defined set of rules to the credential production event to determine if... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070043775 - Apparatus, system, and program for determining consistency of a database: The invention efficiently determines consistency of a database by a system including a reading section that sequentially reads from the respective segment data included in the database pointers to other segment data, an address recording section that records storage addresses of segment data from which the pointers have been read... Agent: Kunzler & Associates

20070043776 - Controller to be connected to ieee 1394 serial bus: A controller to be connected via an IEEE 1394 serial bus to two or more hard disk recorders. When a user selects an attribute of program files to be deleted by using an operation unit, a microprocessor in the controller searches for program files corresponding to the attribute, which is... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070043771 - Disaggregated resources and access methods: Disaggregated resources distributed among resource nodes provide access to resource consumers by offering resource node information to the resource consumers. Resource node information supplied by each individual resource node comprises incomplete information with respect to the complete disaggregated resource. Resource consumers collect resource node information to create maps of the... Agent: Robert D. Fish Rutan & Tucker LLP

20070043772 - Dynamic quota policy for queuing mechanism: Methods and systems for effecting cleanup and other policies for queues and similar data stores, which policies account for preferences of consumers of the data so stored. Queuing policies for local storage of one or more documents for transmission from the local storage to one or more end points for... Agent: Sun/blakely

20070043774 - Method and apparatus for incremental computation of the accuracy of a categorization-by-example system: One aspect of the present invention includes a method and device for incremental updating of a training set of documents used for automatic categorization. Particular aspects of the present invention are described in the claims, specification and drawings.... Agent: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

20070043773 - Storage system, data restoring method, and data access method: This invention provides a storage system in which a volume containing WORM data is restorable. A control unit, after the copying is finished, consults a first meta data associated with data stored in a first block of the first volume, consults, in a case where the consulted first meta data... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070043777 - Systems and methods for manipulating and managing computer archive files: A computer program for managing and manipulating archive zip files of a computer. The program includes a system and method for opening, creating, and modifying, and extracting zip archive files. The program is fully integrated into Microsoft Windows Explorer and is accessed via Explorer menus, toolbars, and/or drag and drop... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070043778 - Systems and methods for manipulating and managing computer archive files: A computer program for managing and manipulating archive zip files of a computer. The program includes a system and method for opening, creating, and modifying, and extracting zip archive files. The program is fully integrated into Microsoft Windows Explorer and is accessed via Explorer menus, toolbars, and/or drag and drop... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070043779 - Systems and methods for manipulating and managing computer archive files: A computer program for managing and manipulating archive zip files of a computer. The program includes a system and method for opening, creating, and modifying, and extracting zip archive files. The program is fully integrated into Microsoft Windows Explorer and is accessed via Explorer menus, toolbars, and/or drag and drop... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070043780 - Systems and methods for manipulating and managing computer archive files: A computer program for managing and manipulating archive zip files of a computer. The program includes a system and method for opening, creating, and modifying, and extracting zip archive files. The program is fully integrated into Microsoft Windows Explorer and is accessed via Explorer menus, toolbars, and/or drag and drop... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070043781 - Systems and methods for manipulating and managing computer archive files: A computer program for managing and manipulating archive zip files of a computer. The program includes a system and method for opening, creating, and modifying, and extracting zip archive files. The program is fully integrated into Microsoft Windows Explorer and is accessed via Explorer menus, toolbars, and/or drag and drop... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070043782 - Systems and methods for manipulating and managing computer archive files: A computer program for managing and manipulating archive zip files of a computer. The program includes a system and method for opening, creating, and modifying, and extracting zip archive files. The program is fully integrated into Microsoft Windows Explorer and is accessed via Explorer menus, toolbars, and/or drag and drop... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070043783 - Handling uniqueness constraints in a database system with versioned data: A version history of each of a plurality of resources is stored in a table. The version history for each resource comprises a set of one or more values for the resource, wherein each value in the version history of a resource indicates the value that the resource had in... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070043784 - Advanced fine-grained administration of recovering transactions: A method, system, and computer program product provides advanced and fine-grained transaction administration features, along with interoperability between transactional software architectures and business entities. A method of administering recovering transactions comprises the steps of operating a transaction processing system, and attempting recovery of a plurality of transactions in the transaction... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070043785 - Maintaining an aggregate including active files in a storage pool: Provided are a method, system, and program for maintaining an aggregate including active files in a storage pool. One active-only storage pool is included in a plurality of storage pools. Each storage pool includes files and the active-only storage pool is intended to include only active files and not inactive... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20070043786 - Conformance authority reconciliation: An automated method for facilitating management of a data processing environment is disclosed. In various embodiments, the method may include facilitating detecting of a change to an element of a data processing device of the data processing environment. In various embodiments, the method may further include facilitating reconciling the change... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20070043789 - Maintaining active-only copy storage pools: Provided are a method, system, and program for maintaining active-only copy storage pools. A first storage pool includes at least a first aggregate including a plurality of files. A second aggregate is generated in a second storage pool. A determination is made as to whether files in the first aggregate... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP

20070043788 - Maintaining active-only storage pools: Provided are a method, system, and program for maintaining active-only storage pools. A first storage pool includes at least a first aggregate including a plurality of active and inactive files. A second aggregate is generated in a second storage pool. A determination is made of active versions of files in... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP

20070043787 - Maintaining an aggregate including active files in a storage pool in a random access medium: Provided are a method, system, and program for maintaining an aggregate including active files in a storage pool in a random access medium. An active-only storage pool is configured in a random access device. The active-only storage pool is intended to include only active files and not inactive versions of... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20070043791 - Data backup system: A data backup system which includes: a storage medium cartridge for storing target data; an auxiliary storage medium mounted on the storage medium cartridge; a data backup method for backing up the target data in the storage medium cartridge; and a history information writing method for writing backup history information... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070043790 - Snapshot indexing: Managing backup data comprises accessing a snapshot of a data set, wherein the data set includes at least one object and the snapshot includes a replica of the data set, and adding to an index associated with the snapshot, with respect to each of one or more objects included in... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20070043792 - Image processing system: This invention relates to an image processing system for capturing images from an event and for distributing images so obtained to one or more clients. The system may comprise a terminal associated with a camera and a first editing facility, wherein the terminal is configured to receive a master image... Agent: Barry W. Chapin, Esq. Chapin Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20070043793 - Method for rebalancing free disk space among network storages virtualized into a single file system view: A method for moving files between network storages in a virtualized network storage system having multiple network storages and rebalancing the free disk spaces. It periodically judges whether to start rebalancing. Two different conditions are adopted for the determination of start: (a) an imbalance of free disk spaces and the... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070038593 - Data storage control apparatus and method: An apparatus is operable for writing data to a mirrored storage component, the mirrored storage component being configured to position a data item in a minimum seek time region of a first medium and to position a mirror copy of said data item in a non-minimum seek time region of... Agent: Harrington & Smith, L.L.P.

20070038589 - Granting access to a computer-based object: Disclosed is a memory card comprising a program code processor for granting access to a computer-based object, at least one public and private key that is allocated to the memory card as well as a public key of a trustworthy entity being stored on said memory card. Furthermore, a piece... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070038592 - Method for indexing file structures in an enterprise data system: A method and system is presented which provides a TDM framework for managing self-describing measurement data. The TDM framework provides applications with a central platform for accessing measurement data across an entire enterprise system. By means of individual plug-ins, which are specific to a given data file format, meta-data for... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070038591 - Method for intelligent browsing in an enterprise data system: A method and system is presented which provides a TDM framework for managing self-describing measurement data. The TDM framework provides applications with a central platform for accessing measurement data across an entire enterprise system. By means of individual plug-ins, which are specific to a given data file format, meta-data for... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070038590 - Minimizing computer resource usage when converting data types of a table column: Online conversion procedures avoid the need to generate a copy of an entire table in order to convert the data type of a column in the table. To convert a table's column to a new data type, a replacement column is created in the table, the replacement column having the... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070038594 - Method, system, and computer program product for enhancing collaboration using a corporate social network: The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for enhancing collaboration using a corporate social network to infer contacts. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: providing a social network for an organization, the social network including a plurality of nodes and... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070038595 - Query processing in a parallel single cursor model on multi-instance configurations, using hints: A database statement is processed in a multi-server system, in a manner to increase the possibility that slave server processes on remote nodes will generate execution plans that are equivalent to the corresponding execution plan generated by the query coordinator process. A set of hints is generated based on the... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070038596 - Restricting access to data based on data source rewriting: Data access is controlled by re-writing a data source, identified in an input query. The re-writing can be, for example, to a view or subquery or another data source, based on a variety of different criteria such as identity, role, group or other criteria.... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20070038601 - Aggregating context data for programmable search engines: Search results are generated using aggregated context data from two or more contexts. When two or more programmable search engines relate to a similar topic, context data associated with the programmable search engines are aggregated. The context is then applied to a query in order to present, in an integrated... Agent: Google / Fenwick

20070038602 - Alternative search query processing in a term bidding system: A system and method for receiving a query and determining candidate alternate queries. A query may be parsed into concepts and then candidates for alternate terms may be determined for either the whole query or the determined concepts. Candidates are scored for their respective similarity to the original query. After... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20070038608 - Computer search system for improved web page ranking and presentation: An Internet search system integrates additional concept-related information into a regular web search engine, providing better page ranking and richer presentation of search results. The additional information is directly related to the contents of the retrieved web pages but does not appear on the retrieved web pages and/or in the... Agent: Anjun Chen

20070038600 - Detecting spam related and biased contexts for programmable search engines: A programmable search engine system is programmable by a variety of different entities, such as client devices and vertical content sites to customize search results for users. Context files store instructions for controlling the operations of the programmable search engine. The context files are processed by various context processors, which... Agent: Google / Fenwick

20070038599 - End-user portal session logging by portlets: A portal uses portlets to provide a session to a user. Based on portlet events that occur in the session, portlet log entries are sent from the portlets to a log server. The log server stores log entries comprising the portlet log entries and the portal log entries. A customer... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20070038604 - Extensible search engine: Methods and systems are disclosed for extending the search functionality of search engines. In one configuration, a method for modifying functionality of a search engine operated by a search engine host involves providing a search function associated with an entity different from the search engine entity and making that search... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070038606 - File processing apparatus operating a file based on previous execution history of the file: When a user select a file to be processed from a box present in an image formation apparatus a feature of the selected file is extracted. A feature point recording region is searched and data of a previous execution history of a file having a feature point matching that of... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070038613 - Method and apparatus for preferred roaming list compression: Techniques for efficient storage and retrieval of Preferred Roaming Lists are disclosed. In one aspect, PRL entries are stored in two tables. One table contains records that are common to two or more PRL entries. Another table stores any information that is unique to a PRL entry, as well as... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070038597 - Method and computer system for query optimization: Method and computer system for logically evaluating a Boolean expression used in a query statement to optimize the query. The Boolean expression refers to an attribute and includes a plurality of conditions. The Boolean expression is received (410) and decomposed (420) into the plurality of conditions. For each condition at... Agent: Brake Hughes PLC C/o Portfolioip

20070038598 - Method and system for asynchronous data query and storage media storing a computer program for executing the method: A method and a system for asynchronous data query and a storage media storing a computer program for executing the method are provided, which can be used in the network of an enterprise information system or on the web site of an Internet information provider to solve the problem of... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070038607 - Method for rating of web sites and retrieval of rated web sites: A method of categorizing and retrieving a web site is based on a search term provided by a web searcher. After identification of a web site on the basis of the search term, the web searcher associates a rating with the web site reflective of the degree of association of... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20070038611 - Method, system and apparatus for data reuse: A system and method may be disclosed for facilitating the creation or modification of a document by providing a mechanism for locating relevant data from external sources and organizing and incorporating some or all of said data into the document. In the method for reusing data, there may be a... Agent: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

20070038605 - Method, system, and computer program product for providing unique identifiers for mail messages in web mail applications using javamail: The present invention provides unique identifiers for mail messages in web mail applications using JavaMail. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: providing a list of unique identifiers containing N entries, wherein N is equal to a total number of messages in a mail folder,... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070038603 - Sharing context data across programmable search engines: Context information, obtained by one programmable search engine and relating to a user, is stored in a central shared repository so that it can be used by other programmable search engines, in order to provide more effective targeted search results for the user in the future. Information obtained from other... Agent: Google / Fenwick

20070038612 - System and method for indexing, searching, identifying, and editing multimedia files: A method and system are provided for tagging, indexing, searching, retrieving, manipulating, and editing video images on a wide area network such as the Internet. A first set of methods is provided for enabling users to add bookmarks to multimedia files, such as movies, and audio files, such as music.... Agent: Jones Day

20070038610 - System and method for knowledge retrieval, management, delivery and presentation: The present invention is directed to an integrated implementation framework and resulting medium for knowledge retrieval, management, delivery and presentation. The system includes a first server component that is responsible for adding and maintaining domain-specific semantic information and a second server component that hosts semantic and other knowledge for use... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20070038609 - System and method of query paraphrasing: A platform-independent process for data retrieval from ontology-oriented data systems over computer networks through a flexible system and method of query paraphrasing. The present invention uses a “common ontology” that is not tied to any particular data system. Thus, each client computer issues queries to a target data system in... Agent: Ober/kaler

20070038617 - Cultural property independent programming: A system and method for culturally-neutral computer applications wherein cultural and language functional differences are used to branch the computer application. Functional cultural differences are identified and branches or program options for the differences are coded into the executable application. When a branch is encountered, a data setting is referenced... Agent: Microsoft Corporation Attn: Patent Group Docketing Department

20070038614 - Generating and presenting advertisements based on context data for programmable search engines: Context, or user intent, is used for improving targeting of advertisements and for generating competition among advertisers for valuable ad space. Advertisers can bid for placement on search results pages based on combinations of keywords and context categories, or keywords and contexts. Such bids are compared to one another so... Agent: Google / Fenwick

20070038615 - Identifying alternative spellings of search strings by analyzing self-corrective searching behaviors of users: A computer-implemented process identifies useful alternative spellings of search strings submitted to a search engine. The process takes into consideration spelling changes made by users, as detected by programmatically analyzing search string submissions of a population of search engine users. In one embodiment, an assessment of whether a second search... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070038619 - Methods and apparatus to help users of a natural language system formulate queries: Methods and apparatus provide the capability of receiving at least a portion of a message in natural language format from a user prior to submission of the message to an automated agent for a response, analyzing the at least the portion of the message, and providing a suggestion to the... Agent: Paul D. Durkee Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20070038616 - Programmable search engine: A programmable search engine system is programmable by a variety of different entities, such as client devices and vertical content sites to customize search results for users. Context files store instructions for controlling the operations of the programmable search engine. The contest files are processed by various context processors, which... Agent: Google / Fenwick

20070038618 - System and method for automatically generating database queries: A method of tuning a database query includes selecting a database query, parsing the selected database query to determine relationships between portions of the selected database query, selecting an optimization mode from a plurality of available optimization modes, tuning the selected database query by modifying, at least one portion of... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070038620 - Consumer-focused results ordering: A vertical search engine may rank items based on both the quality of data associated with each item and the popularity of each item. The vertical search engine may access data associated with items from a variety of different sources, including feed sources and crawl sources. Data quality inputs are... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070038623 - Method and apparatus to provide answers to a search engine natural language query: Methods and apparatus to enable a search engine to receive natural language queries and provide answers to user queries. The answer can be extracted from the search results. In one embodiment, the answer can be highlighted.... Agent: Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20070038624 - Method and system for detecting search terms whose popularity increase rapidly: The present invention relates to a method and system for detecting a keyword whose number of being inputted from a user terminal is rapidly increased, and more particularly, to a method and system which generate rapid increase standard quotient by using the average and standard deviation for each keyword and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070038622 - Method ranking search results using biased click distance: Methods of providing a document relevance score to a document on a network are disclosed. Computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for performing a method of providing a document relevance score to a document on a network are also disclosed. Further, computing systems containing at least one application... Agent: Microsoft Corporation Attn: Patent Group Docketing Department

20070038621 - System and method for determining alternate search queries: A system and method for receiving a query and determining candidate alternate queries. A query may be parsed into concepts and then candidates for alternate terms may be determined for either the whole query or the determined concepts. Candidates are scored for their respective similarity to the original query. After... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20070038625 - Document-classification system, method and software: Every year, professional classifiers at West Group manually classify over 350,000 headnotes, or abstracts of judicial opinions, across approximately 82,000 separate classes of the Key Number System. Although most headnotes are classified from the memory of the classifiers, a significant number are difficult and thus costly to classify manually. Accordingly,... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070038626 - Prefix search circuitry and method: Prefix searches for directing internet data packets are performed in a prefix search integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes an array of search engines, each of which accesses a prefix search tree data structure to process a prefix search. An SDRAM is dedicated to each search engine, and SDRAMs share... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070038627 - System and method for using a component business model to manage an enterprise: A method and system are described for using the structure and relationships between components in a component business model of an enterprise to assign components providing monitoring data to a management component. In response to the monitoring data, the management component executes a business rule invoking a service that alters... Agent: Whitham, Curtis, & Christofferson, P.C. Suite 340

20070038631 - Method and apparatus for managing a database and processing program therefor: A database management system is provided for protecting data from being malicious update or deleted. The system is arranged to hold as a table attribute an insert-only attribute and a row deletion prohibition period, and as an access right attribute a row insertion date and time holding column name and... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070038630 - Method for generating a rights object, method and system for limiting a rights object: Discloses are a method for generating a rights object, and a method and apparatus for limiting a rights object. The method for generating a rights object includes: after the rights issuance system receives the rights information relative to the content object, the rights issuance system determines whether the rights object... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070038629 - Resource allocation method, communication system, network element, module, computer program product and computer program distribution medium: The invention is related to a network element, comprising: means for receiving an upper limit of a network resource, means for determining a user device-specific upper limit for another or same network resource taking into account the upper limit; and means for allocating internal resources of the network element to... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070038628 - System and method for exchanging documents: A method of delivering documents electronically, including prompting a first user at a first business to send a reference to a document to a second user at a second business over a secure network, verifying that the second business has rights to the document, and granting all users at the... Agent: Ethan D. Civan

20070038632 - Time slot based calendar access control: A calendar owner designates access privilege to his or her calendar for an individual user, a defined user group, or a user type at a time slot granularity level. A non-owner party attempts to access selective time slots of the calendar owner's calendar. The access privilege is checked at the... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20070038635 - Autosequencer: In an embodiment of a method of distributing an application program, the application program is installed on a first computer. Configuration information relating to the installation is recorded in machine-readable form. The configuration information is selected to enable installation of the application program on a second computer.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070038638 - Information processing apparatus and information processing method, and program storing medium for distinguishing suffixes appended to contents data: A click operation is input in a first step, whether or not the target address thereof is an asf file or an m3u file, which are listening contents files, is judged in a second step, and in the event that this is true, in a third step the target file... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070038644 - Management computer and method of managing data storage apparatus: In a computer system having hierarchically-arranged data storage apparatuses, a management computer provides information required for performing operation on the data storage apparatuses. Through a network for collecting management information, storage area information and hierarchy information are collected from each data storage apparatus. Management relation information is created using the... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070038633 - Method and system for executing procedures in mixed-initiative mode: A system for and method of executing mixed-initiative procedures to allow at least one of a user and a computer system to take initiative of the procedure from the other at any point of the procedure, in which the mixed-initiative procedure can include a computer-based procedure in which the user... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070038642 - Method for providing extensible software components within a distributed synchronization system: A synchronization system is provided that distributes synchronization system-based applications and synchronization system-based application extensions and their associated resources and components (hereinafter “plug-in applications” or “plug-ins”). Components are maintained such that any synchronization system-based application instantiation may be changed or updated by the synchronization system. In one specific example using... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20070038640 - Method for searching across instant message systems and interconnecting server: A method for searching across instant message systems and an interconnecting server are disclosed. The method includes the steps of searching in a SIMPLE IM system by a WV-IMPS user, and searching in a WV-IMPS system by a SIMPLE IM user. The interconnecting server includes a message input/output module and... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070038634 - Method for targeting world wide web content and advertising to a user: According to one aspect of the invention, a method for managing the navigation of a visitor to the World Wide Web is provided. A target profile is determined based on a combination of at least two known properties and a navigation path is associated with the target profile. The at... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070038643 - Methods and apparatuses to assemble, extract and deploy content from electronic documents: Embodiments of the present invention permit the specification and servicing of aggregations of content constituent parts that derive from electronic documents. An incorporated content constituent part may correspond to any constituent part of any accessible document. In various embodiments, information derived from the intended layouts of source documents is employed... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20070038639 - Mobile communication terminal for downloading contents and method thereof: A mobile communication terminal for downloading contents and a method thereof. The mobile communication terminal comprises: a memory for storing at least one multimedia data to be outputted while downloading contents; a controller for outputting at least one control signal to control an output of the stored multimedia data when... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070038637 - Optimized network cache for virus scanning by examining the magic bytes of a file: A system and method is provided for reliably detecting the file type of a client-requested file and by-passing conventional ICAP processing if the detected file type corresponds to a non-viral file. The client-requested file is examined to determine whether it contains a predefined byte pattern (or “file signature”) corresponding to... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20070038641 - Systems and methods for automated application updating: This invention relates to a computer-based method and system for facilitating the retrieval, classification, and distribution of information. In one embodiment, a method for retrieving information includes defining command strings that include a URL and a token in a first software application, identifying a value for the token based on... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20070038636 - Video resume internet system: A video resume employment system for determining the employability of a job seeker by an employer in a video resume employment system includes providing a video employment resume of the job seeker, the video employment resume including employment information with respect to the job seeker for making an employment related... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20070038654 - Api to kstore interlocking trees datastore: A method for transmitting information in a KStore system having a KStore, an application programming interface and an application layer wherein the information is transmitted between the KStore and the application layer includes transmitting the information between the KStore and the application layer by way of the application programming interface.... Agent: Unisys Corporation Attn: Mark T. Starr

20070038652 - Data driven cultural customization: A system and method for modifying a cultural database that is used by a computer application to drive culture-specific and language-specific functional aspects of the program. After defining a set of cultural parameters for program behavior and storing the parameters in a database, support for new cultures or languages, or... Agent: Microsoft Corporation Attn: Patent Group Docketing Department

20070038649 - Flexible handling of datetime xml datatype in a database system: A database server registers an XML schema and determines a database representation for the XML schema and mapping information, determining what database types should be used to represent an XML schema and/or how instances of the XML schema are stored by a database system. The mapping information indicates the mapping... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070038651 - Interactive schema translation with instance-level mapping: A system and method facilitating data access operations is provided. The system can facilitate an executable, instance-level interaction between a source model (e.g., schema) expressed in a first metamodel (e.g., object-oriented metamodel) and a target model expressed in a second metamodel (e.g., SQL metamodel). The system can produce instance mappings... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070038647 - Management of media sources in memory constrained devices: Managing media information on a computing device. The media information is stored in a plurality of media sources where at least one of the media sources is an external storage associated with the computing device and where at least one of the media sources is a local storage associated with... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20070038656 - Method and apparatus for verifying storage access requests in a computer storage system with multiple storage elements: Method and apparatus are disclosed for verifying access to logical volume stored on at least one of the plurality of storage elements. The access can involve verification that the appropriate logical volume is being accessed and may also or instead include checking of authorization of a user to access that... Agent: Emc Corporation Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070038645 - Method for organizing a data base: The present invention is a process of organization of a relational data base, aimed to be used in a computer system containing at least a processor and some memory, characterized in that it includes the steps consisting in: Elaborate a hierarchical expansion table; Create the thesaurus of each of the... Agent: Michel Koskas Societe Kode

20070038655 - Method of measuring a large population of web pages for compliance to content standards that require human judgement to evaluate: Embodiments herein provide a method, computer program product, etc. of measuring a large population of web pages for compliance to content standards that require human judgment to evaluate. The method performs an automated analysis of a web space, comprising gathering information about structure and content of the web space. The... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb Intellectual Property Law Firm, LLC

20070038653 - Probabilistic retrospective event detection: Probabilistic retrospective event detection is described. In one aspect, event parameters are initialized to identify a number of events from a corpus of documents. Using a generative model, documents are determined to be associated with an event to detect representative events from the identified number of events.... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070038646 - Ranking blog content: A mechanism of ranking weblog or “blog” items is provided. More particularly, the subject ranking mechanisms can facilitate ranking blog feeds and blog items contained therein thus focusing and intelligently delivering content (e.g., blog items) to users. The subject innovation facilitates ranking the blog feeds and blog items by creating... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070038650 - Synchronizing transaction ambient state among multiple transaction managers: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for synchronizing ambient state among multiple transaction managers. A coordinating transaction manager establishes transaction ambient state for an application initiated transaction. The coordinating transaction manager sends and a subordinate transaction manager receives a pointer to an ambient state delegate.... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070038648 - Transforming a legacy it infrastructure into an on-demand operating environment: A transformation engine for transforming a legacy IT infrastructure into an on-demand IT infrastructure in a financial services enterprise, the transformation engine comprising: a determiner component for determining a current status of the legacy IT infrastructure; a comparator component for comparing the determined current status to an idealised set of... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070038658 - Communication optimization for parallel execution of user-defined table functions: While generating an execution plan for a database statement that includes a user-defined table function that requires partitioning of input data to the function, it is determined whether the partitioning of output data from an operation that feeds the function is compatible with the partitioning required by the function. If... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070038657 - Method, system and program product for determining objective function coefficients of a mathematical programming model: A method and system for determining a plurality of coefficients of an objective function of a mathematical programming model. Attributes of the model are identified. A first set of coefficient values determining a first solution and initially representing the plurality of coefficients is determined by employing a specified ranking of... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070038659 - Scalable user clustering based on set similarity: Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, to provide clustering of users in which users are each represented as a set of elements representing items, e.g., items selected by users using a system. In one aspect, a program operates to obtain a respective interest set for each of... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070038660 - Support apparatus and computer-readable storage medium: A design support apparatus is provided with a first managing part to manage design documents that become input information to design processes, an extracting part to extract at least one of specification undetermined items, inspecting items of results and caution items