Data processing: database and file management or data structures inventions 09/07

20070226173 - Content-processing device and content-processing method: Content-list-display-processing devices configured to produce a list of contents on a display unit are disclosed. Further, rights-management-standard-display-processing devices that provide for displaying information about at least one rights-management standard for managing contents and displaying the content list on a display unit so that each of the at least one rights-management... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070226174 - Document management apparatus and document management method: An apparatus stores one or more document information of which access right is managed by an access right management apparatus, and generates an index of stored document information. The apparatus receives user identification information, and sends the user identification information, and information for identifying document information of which index has... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070226172 - File-management apparatus, file-management method, and computer product: A file-management apparatus monitors the boot process of an application to store information related to the process and accesses thereto in an access table or a process table. The file-management apparatus identifies other files read in the process which read the main file in the access table, registers the identified... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070226197 - Database system, computer program and advertisement presentation method in database system: A database system comprising: a database storing a plurality of types of information; a storage storing element associated information in which a plurality of elements included in said plurality of types of information are associated with each other and element-advertisement associated information in which advertising information is associated with a... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070226194 - Device and program for executing setting process: There is provided a device, which comprises a storage unit configured to store a plurality of items relating to setting of a predetermined device and parameters associated with the plurality of items, a search unit configured to search the storage unit for at least one item that matches a keyword,... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070226193 - Document search apparatus, document management system, document search system, and document search method: A document search apparatus causes a plurality of document management systems to execute a document search in parallel. The document search apparatus comprises a sending unit which sends a first query regarding a first search condition which is input to each of the plurality of document management systems, and a... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070226189 - Dynamically searching and browsing product catalogs with reduced user gestures: Techniques are disclosed that improve the browsing and purchasing experience for online customers. Partial search and navigation requests are asynchronously executed while the user is still typing. No conventional gestures (e.g., mouse clicks, enter key presses, select key presses, pad presses, button presses, hyperlink selection, or other such post-search_term entry_commit... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070226190 - Enhanced content configuration: An indication is received. The indication is associated with a selection of an identifier on a webpage that at least in part specifies an enhanced content configuration. An enhanced content configuration is set at least in part by using the received indication. The enhanced content configuration can be used to... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20070226196 - Mapping architecture with incremental view maintenance: A data access architecture is provided that includes a mapping architecture for mapping data as may be used by an application to data as persisted in a database. The mapping architecture makes use of two types of mapping views—a query view that helps in translating queries and an update view... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070226195 - Methods and apparatus for content search using logical relationship taxonomies: When search results are returned to an Internet user, the user is limited in next steps to analyze the displayed content. While advanced search options allow the user to search again, these options again return a set of results that are largely independent from each other apart from common words... Agent: Mark M. Huck

20070226203 - Generation of query and update views for object relational mapping: A data access architecture may includes a mapping architecture for mapping data as may be used by an application to data as persisted in a database. Such a mapping architecture uses two types of “mapping views”—one for translating queries and the other for translating updates. A mechanism is provided that... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070226208 - Information retrieval device: In order for even a user not used to retrieval to be able to easily and rapidly obtain desired information, the information retrieval device 10 comprises a first retrieval unit 11 for performing retrieval, using a first retrieval character string, a retrieval result display unit 12 for outputting display data... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070226215 - Apparatus, method and system for tabulation processing, and recording medium: The present invention is intended to acquire a tabulation result corresponding to changes in questions based on the knowledge that question contents are changed as time advances from a point of generation of a cause of the question and to acquire a tabulation result corresponding to questions issued from customers... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070226219 - Method of managing data of file system using database management: A method of managing data of a file system using a database management system is provided. According to the method, the metadata of the file system is managed using a database management system (DBMS), but writing data to or reading data from a disk is directly performed by the file... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070226175 - Automated medical safety monitoring systems and methods: In one aspect, a medical surveillance system for monitoring the safety of at least one medical entity is provided. The medical surveillance system comprises at least one database to store information related to the at least one medical entity, the at least one database being periodically updated with current information... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070226168 - Computing system and method for automatic completion of pick field: In one embodiment, the invention is a computing system including a World Wide Web application. The application includes a pick field to receive a partial value. The application automatically transmits the partial value to a server. The server is coupled to a database. The server searches the database to find... Agent: Campbell Stephenson LLP

20070226170 - Forensics tool for examination and recovery and computer data: The present invention concerns an electronic forensic tool for conducting electronic discovery and computer forensic analysis. The present invention allows a non-technical person such as a non-forensic expert to conduct electronic discovery and thereby obviate the need for an expert in many situations. The present invention allows for electronic discovery... Agent: John J. Yim, Esq.

20070226171 - Method and system for identifying database triggers: A system to identify database triggers in a data processing system. A request is received to create a database monitor for a specific application event and in response to receiving the request to create the database monitor, the database monitor is created. Then, a request is received to monitor the... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20070226169 - Smart share technologies for automatically processing digital information: A computing system comprising a smart share, a smart share processor coupled to the smart share, a rule accessible to the smart share processor, wherein a file being added to or modified on the smart share results in an event, the event being detected by the smart share processor that... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070226176 - Apparatus and method for optimizing a query to a partitioned database table using a virtual maintained temporary index that spans multiple database partitions: A query optimizer optimizes a query to a partitioned database table by determining common characteristics of the partitions and generating a virtual maintained temporary index that spans multiple partitions. Using the virtual maintained temporary index allows the query optimizer to generate an access plan based on the virtual maintained temporary... Agent: Martin & Associates, LLC

20070226177 - Evaluating a current partitioning of a database: Methods, apparatus, and products for evaluating a current partitioning of a database are disclosed that include querying each database partition of the database with an identical query statement, measuring performance of each database partition query, and identifying database partition characteristics of the current partitioning of the database in dependence upon... Agent: Ibm (roc-blf)

20070226180 - Method,system, and program for query optimization with algebraic rules: Disclosed is technique for executing a query. A set of algebraic rules applicable to the query are identified, wherein each of the algebraic rules represents a relationship between two columns in a relational database table. A source column is identified by searching the query for a source predicate, wherein the... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20070226178 - Predictable query execution through early materialization: A method for predictable query execution through early materialization is provided. The method deals with the problem of cardinality misestimation in query execution plans, by pre-executing sub-plans on a query execution plan that have questionable estimates and collecting statistics on the output of these sub-plans. If needed, the overall query... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20070226179 - Querying database system to execute stored procedures using abstract data type attributes, retrieving location information of data, sub-data between first and second servers: A parallel database system retrieval method and system for transferring from database operation servers to a front end server only those data items that are used in subsequent processing, thereby shortening the query time when the unused data are massive. The invention allows an initial retrieval query to transfer only... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070226187 - Context hierarchies for address searching: The subject disclosure pertains to systems and methods for storing and maintaining a large volume of data in a hierarchical data structure. In particular, geographical data can be stored in the hierarchical data structure to facilitate location and retrieval of data. In addition, system and methods for retrieving data from... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070226181 - Data processing through use of a context: Data context techniques are described. In an implementation, a method includes determining, by each of a plurality of nodes, whether an item of data contained in a respective node matches one or more items referenced by a context that is broadcast to the plurality of nodes. When the determining results... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070226184 - Decision support system for cbrne sensors: A decision support system (DSS) operates to generate a contact list of members of a media share group who are to be contacted when a sensor alarm signals the occurrence of an event, such as a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or explosive (CBRNE) event. The list generation begins when a... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070226182 - Matching engine for comparing data feeds with user profile criteria: An event notification matching system, including an event matching table forming a plurality of nodes. Each node is assigned a subscriber request value and contains identifiers for one or more subscribers to be notified at the occurrence of an event relating to the subscriber request value. The event notification matching... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070226185 - Method and apparatus for customizable search parameters: Entries for one or more search parameters are accepted from a user, then the entries are saved as a preconfigured search in one of several storage classes. Values for a preconfigured search can be retrieved, displayed and modified if not locked, and then used to perform a search.... Agent: Sap/blakely

20070226188 - Method and apparatus for data stream sampling: In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for data stream sampling. In one embodiment, a tuple of a data stream is received from a sampling window of the data stream. The tuple is associated with a group, selected from a set of one or more groups,... Agent: At&t Corp.

20070226183 - Method and apparatus for performing collaborative searches: One embodiment of the present invention provides a collaborative-search system that facilitates performing collaborative searches. During operation, the collaborative-search system receives a first search request from a first user. The collaborative-search system then identifies a group of users who sent search requests that were similar to the first search request.... Agent: Intuit, Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070226191 - Method for determining validity of command and system thereof: There are provided a method and system for determining the validity of a command, which includes: a first step of receiving a command including a predetermined query from a terminal of a user; a second step of generating log information associated with the command, in which the log information includes... Agent: Blackwell Sanders LLP

20070226199 - Method for linking call log information to address book entries and replying using medium of choice: A method for utilizing the caller identification information stored in call logs to retrieve address book entries stored in a database, enabling a reply to each call in the call log using the communication medium and contact address of choice. Using this method, a customer can access the call logs... Agent: Attn: D. Kent Stier Merchant & Gould P.C.

20070226192 - Preview panel: Generating a preview panel includes generating an auxiliary display in response to an action performed in a primary display, where the primary display is for presenting one or more entries that correspond to results of a Web-based search, receiving data identifying an entry from the primary display, and generating, for... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070226186 - Progressive refinement of a federated query plan during query execution: A way for progressively refining a query execution plan during query execution in a federated data system is provided. Re-optimization constraints are placed in the query execution plan during query compilation. When a re-optimization constraint is violated during query execution, a model of the query execution plan is refined using... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20070226198 - Systems and methods for search query processing using trend analysis: Systems and methods for processing search requests include analyzing received queries in order to provide a more sophisticated understanding of the information being sought. In one embodiment, queries are parsed into units, which may comprise one or more words or tokens of the query, and the units are related in... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070226202 - Generating keywords: Generating keywords for use in searching content includes receiving a keyword, obtaining categories that corresponds to the keyword from a catalog file, receiving a selection corresponding to at least one of the categories, and generating keywords associated with the selection. The catalog file includes mappings of keywords to categories, and... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070226200 - Grouping and regrouping using aggregation: Grouping and regrouping of data using aggregation is disclosed. In one aspect of this disclosure, data can be grouped based on some expressions, and then this result can be regrouped based on other expressions which may utilize aggregates computed in the context of the first group. Such regrouping is performed... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070226201 - Obtaining user feedback in a networking environment: As a user interacts with a program, an object may be presented that, when invoked, allows the user to provide feedback about content encountered when using a program. In accordance with one embodiment, a method is provided that collects feedback from the user at a centralized computer system. The method... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070226206 - Consecutive crawling to identify transient links: According to the approach described herein, an approach is provided for identifying transient links on a Web page by crawling a Web page consecutively after a brief interval and comparing the links from each crawl to identify transient links. The approach ensures that transient links are not crawled and archived,... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070226204 - Content-based user interface for document management: A content-based method of managing a collection of documents is disclosed. A user interface is provided for managing the collection of documents. For each document, at least one information object representative of conceptual content of a portion of the document is identified. The information objects are combined with additional conceptual... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20070226205 - Effort based relevance: Systems, methods, media, and other embodiments associated with effort based relevance in discussion forums are described. One example method includes receiving an activity data concerning messages associated with electronic discussion forum topics. The activity data may include a view count (Vw), a book mark count (Bf), a reference count (Rf),... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins Co., Lpa

20070226209 - Methods and apparatus for clustering evolving data streams through online and offline components: A technique of clustering data of a data stream is provided. Online statistics are first created from the data stream. Offline processing of the online statistics is then performed when offline processing either required or desired. Online statistics may be created through the reception of data points from the data... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20070226207 - System and method for clustering content items from content feeds: An improved system and method for clustering text or content described by text is provided. Each text in a set of texts may be represented as a dimensional vector of words. Singleton texts that may not be similar to another text may be excluded from the set of texts for... Agent: Law Office Of Robert O. Bolan

20070226211 - Auditing the coding and abstracting of documents: Techniques for implementing Quality Assurance of the process of coding medical documents are disclosed. An audit of a coding process for a medical document is initiated by selecting and setting audit parameters. Using the selected parameters, a sample batch of coded documents is obtained from a universe of coded documents.... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070226210 - Automatic user defaults: A method and system for maintaining and supplying user defaults during transactions. Upon initiation of a transaction, a determination is made if any mandatory values are not maintained or if an explicit request is received. Values supplied in the window are verified to determine that they satisfy requirements of the... Agent: Sap/blakely

20070226212 - Methods and apparatus for data stream clustering for abnormality monitoring: Techniques for monitoring abnormalities in a data stream are provided. A plurality of objects are received from the data stream and one or more clusters are created from these objects. At least a portion of the one or more clusters have statistical data of the respective cluster. It is determined... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20070226213 - Method for ranking computer files: A method for ranking computer files on a computer system that at least includes: establishing a plurality of files on a computer system, determining an activation value for a set of file and operating system attributes, examining at least portion of a computer system; for each file encountered, applying the... Agent: Mohamed Al-masri

20070226216 - Methods and apparatus for dynamic classification of data in evolving data stream: A technique for classifying data from a test data stream is provided. A stream of training data having class labels is received. One or more class-specific clusters of the training data are determined and stored. At least one test instance of the test data stream is classified using the one... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20070226214 - Optimized session management for fast session failover and load balancing: A system and method of improving session management to facilitate failover and load balancing conditions. During the session, session data is segregated into a first set of core/non-derivable data and a second subset of data that can be derived from the core data. The core data is persistently stored. When... Agent: Sap/blakely

20070226218 - Light weight locking model in the database for supporting long duration transactions: A method for maintaining a long transaction database lock across multiple database sessions. It is determined if at least one row of a long transaction lock enabled table, identified in a long transaction lock request, is locked by a short or long transaction lock. If the row is not locked,... Agent: Perman & Green

20070226220 - Systems and methods for providing client connection fail-over: Aspects of embodiments of the present disclosure include a highly available database cluster employing replication between two or more data files. The cluster also can maintain a connection with potentially geographically remote client application programs, including non-fault tolerant application programs, even in the event of one of the database management... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070226217 - Web feature service (wfs) locking support based on light-weight locking model in the database: Locking feature instances in a web feature service by processing a web feature service data transformation request; identifying a table associated with the web feature service data transformation request from a feature type identified in the request; determining if the table associated with the web feature service data transformation request... Agent: Perman & Green

20070226222 - Computer-readable recording medium having recorded system development support program, system development support apparatus, and system development support method: A computer-readable recording medium having recorded a system development support program for supporting the creation of a business process flow so that a highly flexible service can be provided. A first function classifying section generates first function classification information indicating the association between each execution entity included in the business... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070226221 - System and method for brokering information between a plurality of commercially distinct clients: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for brokering information between a plurality of clients using identifiers defining a plurality of data constructs is disclosed. An exemplary method comprises accepting a new data construct from an authoring entity, assigning a globally unique identifier to the new data... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP Howard Hughes Center

20070226224 - Data storage system: The data storage system has metadata server machines, content server machines arranged in groups where each group has a respective one or more of the content server machines, and a system interconnect to which the metadata and content server machines are communicatively coupled. A distributed file system is to be... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070226227 - Method and apparatus for delivering managed applications to remote locations: An apparatus for delivering managed services to remote locations, the apparatus comprising a delivery policy, and a repository containing pairs of executables and pairs of configurations intended for delivery platforms and for remote appliances. The apparatus further comprises a delivery platform, responsible for delivering the executables and the configurations to... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070226223 - Method and apparatus for loading of information to a portable device: An information object from a server is loaded onto a portable device by transmitting metadata associated with the information object from the portable device to a load point device, transferring the information object from the server to the load point device in accordance with the metadata and, at a later... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070226229 - Method and system for class-based management of dynamic content in a networked environment: A system and method to create a base file for a document class is described. In one example embodiment, the system comprises a monitor to maintain a list of document components for a document class and an associated frequency of requests for the document components; a selector to select a... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070226226 - Method and system for distributing processing of computerized tasks: Methods and systems for distributing processing of computerized tasks from a client to one or more servers. One embodiment of the present invention describes producing task information and conveying the task information to a distribution processor. Another embodiment describes receiving inquiry data, retrieving from a repository task data indicative of... Agent: Nath & Associates, PLLC

20070226225 - Mobile collaboration and communication system: A mobile collaboration and communication system includes a wireless resource controller for receiving and/or transmitting wireless frequency data; a management module for receiving and/or transmitting data and controlling the operation of the mobile collaboration and communication system; a policy database, connected to the management module, for storing a plurality of... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070226230 - Parallel asynchronous order-preserving transaction processing: A method for data mirroring including receiving a sequence of transactions at a first storage node from a host indicating data to be stored by the node, storing the data therein, and delineating a first batch of the transactions. The node returns to the host an acknowledgment of having stored... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070226228 - System and method for monitoring service provider achievements: A method for monitoring service levels of a service provider includes defining performance criteria, deploying at least one data collection agent and executing each data collection agent to monitor and collect operation data. The method further includes receiving the operation data from each data collection agent and aggregating the operation... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070226233 - Multi-application object mapping tool: Methods and apparatuses enable a generic mapping tool accessible to multiple applications. One or more of the applications may invoke the mapping tool to map objects to each other with a defined relationship. The mapping occurs dynamically during the run-time of the application. The flexibility of the mapping tool enables... Agent: Sap/blakely

20070226234 - Recording medium with status information thereon which changes upon reformatting and apparatus and methods for forming, recording, and reproducing the recording medium: A recording medium, such as a high-density and/or optical recording medium and apparatus and methods for recording to and reproducing from the recording medium, in order to initialize, reinitialize, format, and/or re-format the high-density and/or optical recording medium.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070226232 - System and method for managing objects according to the common information model: A system and method is disclosed for managing objects in accordance with the Common Information Model. The system and method disclosed herein includes an abstract layer that receives requests from the CIM clients through the CIM Object Manager. After the receipt of a request, the abstract layer retrieves the associated... Agent: Roger Fulghum Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070226231 - Systems and methods for managing business issues: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention manage business issues by modeling the business issues and domain semantics in real time. After the business issues are modeled, the functional and the underlying technical and infrastructure components that are responsible for fulfilling the business process execution are... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070226237 - Discovering functional dependencies by sampling relations: To discover functional dependencies in a large relation, a sample of tuples from the relation is collected. The sample is examined to determine whether one or more candidate functional dependencies exist just within the sample as a nominal dependency. When a nominal dependency is found in the sample, than all... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070226236 - Dynamic data collection: A method, system, and computer-useable medium for dynamically generating a web-based data collection tool are presented. The method comprises the steps of defining a web-based framework of data dimensions, wherein the web-based framework is populated by an end-user with measures for data dimension intersections that are selected by the end-user,... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20070226238 - Media file conversion using plug-ins: A media player for use with any file format is provided. The system receives a file and provides it to a plug-in to generate a corresponding file having a native file format if the file is not already in a native file format. The system stores both the original file... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20070226239 - Query-aware sampling of data streams: A system, method and computer-readable medium provide for assigning sampling methods to each input stream for arbitrary query sets in a data stream management system. The method embodiment comprises splitting all query nodes in a query directed acyclic graph (DAG) having multiple parent nodes into sets of independent nodes having... Agent: At&t Corp.

20070226235 - System and method for increasing availability of an index: A partial index availability system places, in a restricted state, all pages in the index associated with a structure modification, when an error occurs in processing a log of the said structure modification. This maintains traversability of the rest of the index that is not in restricted state. The system... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP

20070226240 - Technique for providing data objects prior to call establishment: A technique for providing data objects prior to call establishment is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method for providing data objects prior to call establishment. The method may comprise the steps of: initiating, by a first user equipment, a communication session with a... Agent: David E. Bennett

20070226249 - It automation filtering and labeling system and appliance: A method of managing information technology (IT) tasks within an enterprise network is described. The method comprises receiving a user input specifying a filter definition, associating a table with the filter definition, and automatically evaluating entities of the network to determine which entities meet the filter definition. A label is... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070226248 - Social network aware pattern detection: Enabling dynamic, computer-driven, context-based detection of social network patterns within an input graph representing a social network. A Social Network Aware Pattern Detection (SNAP) system and method utilizes a highly-scalable, computationally efficient integration of social network analysis (SNA) and graph pattern matching. Social network interaction data is provided as an... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20070226244 - Apparatus, system, and method for modifying an integration software template: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for modifying an integration software template. In one embodiment, a developer selects a template that employs a first code set from a library. A development module creates a project from a template using a developer input. A template modification module modifies the template... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20070226246 - Determining and storing at least one results set in a global ontology database for future use by an entity that subscribes to the global ontology database: Determining and storing at least one validated results set in a global ontology database for future use by an entity that subscribes to the global ontology database. If global ontology data is stored in a global ontology database, attempt to determine a mapping between first and second ontologies. If a... Agent: Stevens & Showalter, L.L.P.

20070226243 - Digital map data processing system: The digital map data processing system of the invention reads network data 40, which expresses multiple roads by nodes and links, and generates polygon data 50 including road polygons by processing the network data 40. The road polygon generation process includes generation of rectangular polygons of specified widths about respective... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070226245 - Index mechanism for finding nearest matches in a database system: A technique for finding the nearest match in a computer storage system is provided. A query statement includes a new operator that indicates that a user desires to access a set of rows that contain a value nearest to a target value. An index is accessed that is based at... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070226247 - Method and arrangement for data fusion: The present invention relates to a method suitable for, within a platform, merging data from different sensors of different platforms, comprising the steps of: generating a first information entity; receiving a second information entity; processing the first and second information entities. The invention is characterized by the steps of analysing... Agent: Albihns Stockholm Ab

20070226250 - Patent figure drafting tool: A patent figure drafting tool is described. The patent figure drafting tool includes a database of drawings which can be used alone, or in combination with each other or other drawings, to create patent figures. The tool may further include exemplary descriptions of the drawings, which may be automatically included... Agent: Gonzales Patent Services

20070226242 - Search based application development framework: Methods and apparatus for creating a search framework that provides a semantic interface for searching transactional applications are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for enabling at least one transactional application to be searched includes creating a canonical object associated with the transactional application and... Agent: Aka Chan LLP / Oracle

20070226241 - System and method for generating a custom application: Systems and methods for generating a custom application are disclosed. In one embodiment, a request to generate an application for modifying a database may be received. In response to the request, the application may be generated based on a previously defined view of another database, e.g. a repository containing metadata... Agent: Campbell Stephenson LLP

20070226251 - Method of augmenting and controlling utility program execution for a relational database management system: A control module for augmenting and controlling utility program execution for a relational database management system (“RDBMS”), such as DB2, and method thereof are disclosed. The control module analyzes the utility control statements and takes actions, such as canceling selected application threads, according to a user-specified policy. Using a linkage... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20070226252 - Systems and methods for efficiently clustering objects based on access patterns: Techniques for efficiently clustering objects based on access patterns are provided. For example, in an illustrative aspect of the invention, a technique for clustering a plurality of objects based on access patterns comprises the following steps/operations. A first group of sets is created in which at least one set includes... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20070226258 - Article inspection apparatus: An inspection apparatus can be operated to collect files during performance of an inspection. An inspection apparatus can associate metadata to a collected file. In one embodiment metadata associated with a collected file can include an article identifier. In one embodiment metadata that is associated with a collected file can... Agent: Ge-gpo-marjama & Bilinski LLP General Electric / Global Patent Operation

20070226256 - Computer-readable recording medium storing security management program, security management system, and method of security management: A computer-readable recording medium storing a security management program which is capable of quickly coping with a security hole in a library when it is found, a security management system, and a method of security management. When a request for executing jobs, including a job program is input, a service... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070226261 - Information processing device, selection item priority giving program and selection item priority giving method: The invention provides an information processing device which allows a user's recent usage to be reflected while leaving the user's usage history in the past with an item selection function having a simplified operation for selecting a selection item in terms of a method of managing selection history of the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070226259 - It automation scripting module and appliance: A method for automating the performance of information technology (IT) tasks within an enterprise comprising a plurality of client devices is described. The method comprises the steps of receiving an input specifying a set of commands to be executed on a client device and generating a script based theron, wherein... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070226253 - Data processing device capable of performing data transmission in a predetermined access method: In a data processing device, an input form processing program is executed, and an input form obtaining unit obtains input form data for inputting data to be transmitted to a server. Transmission data processing description data included in the input form data and defining a method of accessing the server... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070226255 - Graphical user interface for rapid image categorization: A method and system are provided for rapid categorization of digital images. Aspects of an exemplary embodiment include arranging a plurality of image objects representing respective image files in a source stack within a presentation space of a display; arranging a first set of category objects representing respective image categories... Agent: Scenera Research, LLC

20070226257 - Internet based animal registration system: A method for use with a computer system for registering information by at least one authorized user relating to at least one animal. Information is entered into the computer system about the user. Information is entered into the computer system about the animal. The information about the user is correlated... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070226254 - Recorder user interface: Methods and systems are provided for allowing a user to capture and edit electronic media on a single computing device. In one example, one or more features allow a user to simultaneously remove and recover segments of media without entering a complex editing stage. In one such example, the user... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070226262 - Searching for services in a uddi registry: The present invention provides a method, apparatus, computer program product, and service which enables a UDDI registry to provide support for external matching services. Using tModels a service provider specifies its capabilities in a language, such as DAML-S, and a service requester specifies service requirements in the same or a... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Yorktown

20070226260 - System and method for linking and managing audio, video, image, and text data on an ipod: A system and method are provided for converting, linking, and managing different types of data files relating to a common subject on an iPod. An iPod can be used to select a subject of interest to a user, and then play back audio data or video relating to the subject,... Agent: Intellectual Property / Technology Law

20070226267 - Automated records inventory and retention schedule generation system: A computer-implemented system assigns retention rules to a plurality of record categories. The system receives information from a system administrator and the organization to which the retention rules are to apply. Initially, an administrator selects business types and functions that apply to the organization. The system uses the business types... Agent: Nawrocki, Rooney & Sivertson Suite 401, Broadway Place East

20070226268 - Method of managing metadata and set top box device: A method of managing metadata applied in a set top box (STB) device is provided. The set top box device is operable to receive plural types of media data. The method of managing metadata begins with receiving a first media data and a second media data. Next, a first metadata... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070226266 - Apparatus and method for protecting system data on computer hard-disk: An apparatus and method for protecting and recovering system data stored in a computer hard disk from corruption that may occur due to malicious or accidental operation during use of a computer are provided. The apparatus manages non-preemptively changed system data in a system area.... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070226265 - Method and system for rapid data-fragmentation analysis of a new technology file system (ntfs): A method and system for rapid data-fragmentation analysis of a New Technology File System (NTFS) is described. In one embodiment, the Master File Table (MFT) associated with a NTFS volume is analyzed to estimate the extent of data fragmentation on the NTFS volume, the analysis being performed substantially without using... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070226263 - Method, apparatus and system for transforming, converting and processing messages between multiple systems: In one embodiment, the present invention is a method of sending change information from a first database to a second database. The method includes managing a set of transactions to produce a first message. The method also includes transforming the first message into a second message. The method further includes... Agent: Campbell Stephenson LLP

20070226264 - System and method for real-time materialized view maintenance: There are provided a method, a computer program product, and a system for maintaining a materialized view defined on a relation of a relational database. The method includes the step of performing content-based filtering on the relation to identify an update to the relation as being irrelevant with respect to... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20070226270 - Method and apparatus for concurrent read-only access to filesystem: A storage server obtains metadata to describe a filesystem, then processes the metadata to locate a data block and reads the data block from a remote storage subsystem. Apparatus and software implementing embodiments of the invention are also described and claimed.... Agent: Network Appliance/blakely

20070226269 - Method and system for an update synchronization of a domain information file: Within a distributed data processing domain including a requester data processing node and one or more target data processing nodes, an update synchronization of a domain information file as stored on each target data processing node with each domain information file including a local information file having local information an... Agent: Frank C. Nicholas Cardinal Law Group

20070226272 - Method and system for server synchronization with a computing device: A method and system for synchronizing a main database of a server and a local database of a handheld device. A user can use an application residing in the handheld device to make transactions in the local database. During a synchronization operation, the handheld device and server are coupled. The... Agent: Campbell Stephenson LLP

20070226271 - System and method for reliable symmetric data synchronization: A system for synchronizing data between at least two electronic devices. The system includes at least one sending (source) side electronic device having a database and at least one receiving (target) side electronic device having a database, such that each data item has unique local and remote identifiers, wherein the... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070226273 - Updating a local version of a file based on a rule: In an embodiment, a local version of a file is found in response to detecting an access of a remote version of the file. In response to the detecting, a determination is made whether the remote version meets a rule, and if the rule is met, then the local version... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20070226274 - Database device, and computer product: When generating initial data for carrying out replication of a table for replication, a replication data generating function establishes a correspondence between content of each row of the table and a physical row number, and outputs the physical row number of each row. A replication data reflecting function includes the... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070226275 - System and method for transferring media: Systems and methods for transferring an electronic media are provided. A command is received to transfer the media from a first location to a second location. In exemplary embodiments, a media provider is contacted to provide the media to the second location. A version of the media or a link... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070226277 - Data input routing after failure: Tokens are used to prepare a target database for replication from a source database and to confirm the preparation in an asynchronous coordinated commit replication process. During a dual write replication process, transmission of the replicated data and locking of data records in the target database occurs only on updates.... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070226276 - Method and database system for duplicating transactions between remote sites: A method for duplicating transactions in a disaster recover system is disclosed. In this method, transactions and queries input to a primary database system are copied to a secondary database system and both database systems execute the queries and save the results permanently to each database, thereby maintaining duplicated data.... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20070226279 - Method and system for backing up files: One aspect of the invention is a method for backing up files, which for example, includes, scanning at least one directory; creating a first list comprising all files at a time t1 in the scanned at least one directory; saving values of a plurality of attributes, corresponding at the time... Agent: Timothy N. Ellis, Patent Attorney

20070226278 - Method for resotoring backup data: A method for restoring backup data in an electronic system is provided. The method provides a backup data file, and the backup data file includes at least one record of application data. Then, an application program corresponding to the application data is searched within a registry of the electronic system.... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070226280 - Write-once read-many information recording medium, information recording method, information reproduction method, information recording apparatus, and information reproduction apparatus: A write-once read-many information recording medium is provided, which is capable of easily searching for a latest DDS and a latest defect list. At least one disc management working area is sequentially allocated in a predetermined direction on the write-once read-many information recording medium of the present invention. The latest... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (mei) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070226282 - Apparatus and method for managing resource on java environment: Provided are an apparatus for managing resources in a Java environment and a method of managing the same, in which in confirming finalized states of a plurality of reference objects and finalizable objects classified according to accessibility from a program to be currently executed, an order confirming whether the respective... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070226281 - Reference-counting subsumption analysis: An eager reference-counting garbage collection system performs a static analysis on the intermediate representation of a program. The system then uses liveness information to inject eager reference-counting updates into the program. Through the use of the liveness information, reference-counting decrements can be made earlier in execution than in traditional reference-counting... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman LLP

20070219941 - Monitoring of computer events: A data processing system (1) is programmed with an interface (2) for capturing events which arise, and a process engine (3) for automatically monitoring captured events to identify completion of steps, each comprising a plurality of events linked by dependency relationships; and to identify completion of processes, each comprising a... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070219951 - Join predicate push-down optimizations: Join predicate push down transformations push down a join predicate of an outer query into a view. Among the types of views for which join predicate push down is performed are a view with a GROUP BY or DISTINCT operator, an anti-joined or semi-joined view, and a view that contains... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070219952 - Null aware anti-join: Unnesting using anti-join of NOT IN/ALL subquery uses null-aware anti-join operation, resulting in a rewritten query that, when computed, produces results consistent with the NULL semantics of NOT IN/ALL subquery.... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070219955 - Advertising service based on content and user log mining: A system and method are disclosed for providing documents related to a search request. The search request may include a search query of one or more keywords, or the search request may be a demographic search query including one or more demographic attributes. An index containing data crawled from publisher's... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070219971 - Apparatus and method for production and representation of relations in a database: The present invention relates to a method and an associated apparatus for searching and representation of contents of data sources, in particular of contents of relational databases, and to a data storage medium on which the method according to the invention is stored.... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus

20070219960 - Computerized search technique, such as an internet-based gemstone search technique: Methods and systems for searching through databases of items are described. In some cases, the system presents a display of searched items. The system may present a customizable interface of displayed search results, where a range of values displayed may be customizable. Further, the displayed attributes of searched items may... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070219965 - Document retrieving system, document retrieving apparatus, method, program and storage medium therefor: Each of two or more document management server stores a document and index data corresponding to the document. Of the index data stored in the two or more document management servers, index data corresponding to a document that satisfies a first retrieval condition is collected for storage. When a user... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070219956 - Excel spreadsheet parsing to share cells, formulas, tables, etc.: Discloses a method and apparatus and user interface for parsing individual objects of a spreadsheet created on a client computer and sending the entire workbook, its binary and the objects for storage on a server computer in a master library. The master library can be opened, searched and objects downloaded.... Agent: Ronald Craig Fish, A Law Corporation

20070219969 - Join factorization of union/union all queries: Under a type of query transformation referred to herein as join factorization, the branches of an UNION/UNION ALL query that join a common table are combined to reduce accesses to the common table. The transformation can be expressed as (T1 join T2) union all (T1 join T3)=T1 join (T2 union... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070219970 - Method and system to index captioned objects in published literature for information discovery tasks: The present invention relates to the identification, extraction, linking, storage and provisioning of data that constitute the captioned components of published or “print ready” literature for computerized information discovery activities including search, browse and data mining. These components, or objects, include the tabular presentation of data (“tables”) and graphics such... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070219964 - Query system using iterative grouping and narrowing of query results: A query system comprises a search component, a grouping component, and a narrowing component. The search component is configured to apply search criteria to an input data set and to generate an output data set. The grouping component is configured to divide an input data set into multiple output data... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070219977 - Efficient search space analysis for join factorization: Under a type of query transformation referred to herein as join factorization, the branches of an UNION/UNION ALL query that join a common table are combined to reduce accesses to the common table. The transformation can be expressed as (T1 join T2) union all (T1 join T3)=T1 join (T2 union... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070219976 - Extensible query language with support for rich data types: Data management between a common data store and multiple applications of multiple disparate application frameworks. A data storage component is provided that facilitates the storage of data, which data includes structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data. A common data platform interfaces to the data storage component to provide data services accessible... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070219981 - Electronic conference system, electronic conference support method, electronic conference support device, and conference server: A conference server computer to which a display device is connected has a unit that acquires attribute information which is input and designated with respect to a drawing object contained in a screen image displayed on the display device, a controller that processes the drawing object in accordance with the... Agent: Matthew E. Connors Gauthier & Connors LLP

20070219986 - Method and apparatus for extracting terms based on a displayed text: A method and apparatus for extracting terms associated with a displayed text. The method and apparatus receive a location indication from a user, read the text, determine the seed location within the text relating to the indicated location, determine the text surrounding the seed location in a determined scope, match... Agent: Soroker-agmon Advocate And Patent Attorneys

20070219983 - Methods and apparatus for facilitating context searching: A search engine provides summary context information for search terms across many or all of the matched records. The summary information can include additional terms including single words, phrases, pairs or other groupings of words, as well as tags or other information having special meaning. Search engines or other providers... Agent: Rutan & Tucker, LLP. Hani Z. Sayed

20070219992 - Data mining by determining patterns in input data: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for pattern detection in input data containing several transactions, each transaction having at least one item. Filter conditions for interesting patterns are received, and a first set of filter conditions applicable in connection with generation of candidate patterns is... Agent: Mollborn Patents Attn: Ibm

20070219994 - Methods and systems for displaying media utilizing user-generated data: The present invention also relates to “Diversity” methods and systems that relate to ranking or displaying one or more media by comparing metadata attached to the media with a pooled set of metadata from a set of media in an environment. The method displays the media when there are shared... Agent: Antoinette G. Giugliano, P.C.

20070220007 - Method and system for electronic authentication: A method and system for authenticating, in a host managing an electronic site and a site information table, user information inputted by a communication terminal communicably connected to the electronic site. The user information may comprise a dynamic password that corresponds to a static password and is contained in a... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20070220010 - Targeted content delivery for networks: Target content delivery from a service provider. The target content delivery includes receiving a content request from a network node, and facilitating delivery of requested content to the network node responsive to the content request. The target content delivery further includes requesting selection information from a different service provider at... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20070219938 - Attribute-based symbology through functional styles: A method for a computer system includes retrieving values of one or more attributes from a database, performing a computational function upon the values of the one or more attributes to determine a value for a style property associated with a map symbol, and outputting a representation of a map... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070219937 - Automated visualization for enhanced music playback: A method and device for providing visualizations on a media player is described. The method may comprise monitoring playback of an audio stream on the media player selecting visualization data stored on the media player. The visualization data may be previously rendered and including at least one element derived from... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth/creativelabs

20070219940 - Merchant tool for embedding advertisement hyperlinks to words in a database of documents: A database, such as a patent database, including a plurality of electronic documents, such as patents and patent applications, is described. The documents include words, phrases, and/or pictures that have been hyperlinked to advertisements or other documents. Also described are methods of indexing words and phrases in the documents and... Agent: Gonzales Patent Services

20070219936 - Method and apparatus for disk address and transfer size management: A method includes storing first and second sets of parameters in a register. Each set of parameters defines a storage transaction to store data to a computer readable medium or a retrieval transaction to retrieve data from the computer readable medium. The first storage or retrieval transaction is performed according... Agent: Duane Morris LLPIPDepartment (agere)

20070219935 - Method of selectively displaying data: To provide data to a user front end while conserving processor resources and network bandwidth, a front end driver operates between the user front end and data processing and storage devices. When users access databases from the user front end, the front end driver maintains virtual objects containing control information... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20070219934 - Optical disc with a generic logical format: The present invention provides an optical disc with a generic logical format having a data structure that is defined independent of the content type (i.e., the data type and medium encoding scheme) and the physical medium. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a data storage medium is provided... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070219939 - Portfolio mapping of intellectual property: Improved methods and systems for searching, retrieving, and displaying information regarding patent applications and issued patents that may be related by inventors or assignees are described. The methods and systems may similarly incorporate and display potentially related non patent literature.... Agent: Gonzales Patent Services

20070219942 - Synchronizing distributed work through document logs: A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for synchronizing distributed work. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving first and second metadata entries, adding the first and second metadata entries to a set corresponding to a digital object, and providing access to first and second unique identifiers used for referencing... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070219944 - Apparatus, system, and method for modeling, projecting, and optimizing an enterprise application system: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for modeling and optimizing an enterprise application system. The apparatus, in one embodiment, is configured to determine the system processing capacity and workload characteristics. The apparatus is further configured to determine optimization parameters, including the system processor utilization, minimum job acquiring rates for... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20070219947 - Distributed data mining using analysis services servers: An Analysis Services server component that facilitates data mining using Analysis Services in a distributed environment is provided. The Analysis Services server component can be a component of a distributed Analysis Services system for distributed data mining. The distributed Analysis Services system can provide support for collaboration between multiple Analysis... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070219949 - Electronic media download and distribution using real-time message matching and concatenation: Methods for distributing content, which may include requesting a download of particular content; wherein the particular content is combined with additional content not specifically requested; storing the particular content and the additional content in a user's content play device; receiving a user request to play the particular content; determining whether... Agent: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

20070219946 - Information repository and answering system: Information repository and answering system. Memory structure stores computer-executable process steps and information input by a user in plain language. A processor executes the process steps to (1) store the user input information in a repository linked to the user; (2) to retrieve the user input information; and (3) to... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20070219945 - Key phrase navigation map for document navigation: Computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions and apparatuses provide a keyphrase navigation map (KNM) for a document page. Keyphrases are extracted from the document page. Keyphrase clusters are subsequently formed by a measure of relevancy, and a salient keyphrase is determined for each cluster. A thumbnail is formed with tags corresponding... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070219948 - Rapid archivable worm memory system based on a hard disc: In accordance with the invention there are on a first hard disc (4) an operating system (5) and also WORM server software (6) with an API (12), a second hard disc (7) serves as a work area and cache, wherein the secured data are loaded onto mass memory units (11)... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20070219950 - Systems and methods for controlling access within a system of networked and non-networked processor-based systems: In one embodiment, a method controls access rights within a system. The method comprises: physically transporting a portable card by the first end-user from a networked processor-based system to multiple non-networked processor-based systems; processing respective access attempts from the first end-user by the multiple non-networked processor-based systems, wherein the access... Agent: C.s. Lee Crawford

20070219943 - Transforming sql queries with table subqueries: A computer automated technique for rewriting SQL with table subqueries into more optimal table expression equivalents without derived tables. The context of the table subqueries, including any join and filter predicates are moved to the encompassing outer query. The advantage of this technique is to provide optimized source SQL to... Agent: Optisoftware Incorporated

20070219959 - Computer product, database integration reference method, and database integration reference apparatus: The database integration reference apparatus stores therein metadata for integration which defines the structure of the XML file used for outputting the query result, the correspondence relationship between the elements in the XML file and the elements in the databases, and the correspondence relationship among the elements in different databases.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070219957 - Cross varying dimension support for analysis services engine: A data processing and analysis system is provided. The system includes an analysis engine that queries one or more components of data. A rules component specifies a relationship between at least one dimension of the data with respect to at least one other dimension of the data in order to... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070219966 - Directory having multiple listing types: A directory system maintains one or more databases of user information. The directory system receives a query from a searching user to identify directory information for a target user. The directory system identifies matching listings from each database. The directory system merges the listings to create a user-friendly display listing... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070219958 - Facilitating content generation via participant interactions: Techniques are described that facilitate generating useful content based on user interactions, such as by providing an answer-providing service that facilitates interactions between users who supply questions and users who supply responses to the questions of other users, as well as using the generated content in various ways. In some... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070219972 - Federated query management: Embodiments of the present invention generally provide a system, method and article of manufacture for managing federated queries. In general, the availability of one or more databases targeted by a federated query may be determined prior to running the federated query against the targeted databases. In response to determining one... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20070219962 - Maintaining a history of query results: A method and system for maintaining history of query results is provided. In one aspect, a query and corresponding results retrieved for providing to the requestor are intercepted and saved. Related information about the query and the results are gathered and saved with the query and the results. The saved... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070219963 - Method and system for performing a search on a network: A computer-implemented method and system for performing a trusted search is described. A credibility score is assigned to a Web site based on whether the Web site meets at least a portion of trust criteria. The Web site is stored in an index of trusted Web sites if the credibility... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070219967 - Patent invalidation: A database, such as a patent database, including a plurality of electronic documents, such as patents and patent applications, is described. End users are able to access the database and submit prior art that they believe invalidates patent documents in the database. End users may also submit commentary explaining their... Agent: Gonzales Patent Services

20070219954 - Refined search user interface: A refined search user interface is described. In an implementation, items that are available via a particular service and a list of other services that are also available are displayed in a user interface. The display of items is refined for each character entered via a search portion of the... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070219961 - Scientific research workbench: Scientific research and collaboration can be performed over a network using a client device. The user generates a search query including a search term. A preliminary search result is received including one or more web documents distributed over the network in response to the search query. The preliminary search result... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070219953 - Searching content directories: A network comprises a plurality of content servers (MS-1-MS-4) which each store media content objects and a directory of descriptive information about the stored media content objects. A control point (CP) in the network queries the servers (MS-1-MS-4) to retrieve descriptive information. The control point (CP) analyses the information to... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070219968 - Systems and methods for spatial thumbnails and companion maps for media objects: Under one aspect, a computer-implemented method of displaying information about a media object, the media object being associated with location-related content corresponding to a location, includes receiving a request to display a representation of the media object; in response to the request, obtaining a summary of the media object; in... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070219973 - Dynamic statement processing in database systems: A method, computer program product, and system for processing dynamic statements in a database system are provided. The method, computer program product, and system provide for calculating a first set of characteristics associated with a dynamic statement when the dynamic statement matches one of a plurality of dynamic statements previously... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070219975 - Method for processing k node count fields using an intensity variable: In a KStore having K nodes with respective K node counts a method for updating the K node counts includes processing a K node in accordance with a received particle to provide a processed K node and updating a node count in response to the processing. The processing of the... Agent: Unisys Corporation

20070219974 - Using generic predictive models for slot values in language modeling: A generic predictive argument model that can be applied to a set of slot values to predict a target slot value is provided. The generic predictive argument model can predict whether or not a particular value or item is the intended target of the user command given various features. A... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070219989 - Document retrieval: According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of identifying a document in a support automation system in response to receiving diagnostic data, the documents being stored in a database, comprising analysing the diagnostic data and retrieving, in response to the analysis, one more keywords,... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20070219988 - Enhanced patent prior art search engine: A search engine configured to search a database of documents and provide search results to an end user is described. The search engine may be configured to provide the end user with a list of synonyms for terms in the search query submitted by the end user and allow the... Agent: Gonzales Patent Services

20070219979 - Live search with use restriction: An apparatus, device, methods, computer program product, and system are described that determine a search parameter in association with an operation of an instance of an application, determine a search result based on the search parameter, in association with a use restriction associated with the search result, and provide the... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070219978 - Method for processing questions sent from a mobile telephone: A user sends a SMS text message with a question; this message is then received at a central computer and sent out to one or more human researchers to compose an answer. An answer is sent back as a text message to the mobile telephone. The question is not restricted... Agent: Synnestvedt Lechner & Woodbridge LLP

20070219984 - Methods and systems for selecting and presenting content based on a comparison of preference signatures from multiple users: A method of selecting and presenting content based on a comparison of preference signature from multiple users is provided. The method includes providing a set of content items having associated descriptive terms and receiving search input from users. The method includes presenting a subset of content items, receiving content selection... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070219985 - Methods and systems for selecting and presenting content based on context sensitive user preferences: A method of selecting and presenting content based on context-sensitive learned user preferences is provided. The method includes providing a set of content items having descriptive terms. The method includes receiving user input for identifying items and, in response thereto, presenting a subset of items. The method includes receiving user... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070219987 - Self teaching thesaurus: A database, such as a patent database, including a plurality of electronic documents, such as patents and patent applications, is described. The documents include words, phrases, and/or pictures that have been hyperlinked to advertisements or other documents. Also described are methods of indexing words and phrases in the documents and... Agent: Gonzales Patent Services

20070219982 - Systems and methods for electronic searching of automotive parts database: Systems and methods for preparing electronic searches are disclosed. In situations involving large number of items for many models of products, searches can be burdensome to the database. Moreover, variations in user skills can make many search requests inefficient and even meaningless. In one embodiment, search requests from users are... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070219980 - Thinking search engines: The invention describes Thinking Search Engines, a novel search technology that uses the data representation, problem solving and learning from experience techniques of Thinking Machines of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/204,346 by the author. Thinking Search Engines process documents and obtain their subjects in terms of the entities, templates,... Agent: Polycarpe Songfack

20070219990 - Analyzing mining pattern evolutions using a data mining algorithm: Architecture for analyzing pattern shifts in data patterns of data mining models and outputting the results. This allows comparing and describing differences between two semantically similar sets of patterns (or mining models), and for analyzing historical changes in versions of the same model or differences in patterns found by two... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070219991 - System and method for delivering targeted data to a subscriber base via a computer network: A system and method for providing a user with a customized data based on the user profile. A system comprises a server that collects electronic data based on the user profile. The server then generates a checksum of the collected data and sends it to the user. Based on the... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070219995 - Knowledge filter: A method and system for sharing knowledge is disclosed. The method and system comprises receiving information input into a database and organizing items of information in the database. The method and system further includes collecting ratings and comments associated with each item of information and allowing users to access and... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070219997 - Method for dynamically distributing items for changes based on group membership: Membership in a group is defined, either manually or by rule. Items are distributed to the members of the group as the items are associated with the group. When a container hierarchy changes (by adding, removing, or changing the properties of an object), the object is checked to see if... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C. - Novell

20070219993 - Page-ranking method and system: A page-ranking method includes mining a portion of content of a user workstation which is connectable to a network to detect references to pages of the network. The pages may be ranked based on the detected references.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070219996 - System and method for creating custom playlists based on user inputs: A system and method for creating custom playlists based on user inputs. The present invention allows individual users to build custom music playlists based upon their own inputs. The “lifestyle” playlist building tool of the present invention receives specific information about the user through a question and answer interface. The... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070219999 - Concurrency control within an enterprise resource planning system: Concurrency control between multiple data transactions involving the same data includes comparing the version identifications which uniquely identify versions of the data during a read request and during a write request of a data transaction. An exception is thrown if the version identifications do not match, and the exception is... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20070219998 - Method and system for estimating a first access time of transactions accessing a database object: A method and system for estimating the first access time of a plurality of currently active transactions accessing at least one database object are disclosed. In one aspect, the method may include providing a storage area of a particular size to store data for a plurality of groups corresponding to... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070220000 - Universal cache: A method and apparatus for permitting a resource to be locally stored by any one of a plurality of programs (that use different first resource identifies) using a resource identifier mapping technique that makes the resource accessible to any local or remote program. To that end, a store request relating... Agent: Aaron Walsh

20070220002 - Dynamic server configuration for managing high volume traffic: System for managing web calls to a computer system including multiple computers. The system monitors the health of the computers for problems which could lead to disruption of service to users. Detected problems are mitigated by dividing the computers into different computer groups and routing users to the different computer... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070220001 - Mechanism for implementing file access control using labeled containers: A mechanism is disclosed for implementing file access control using labeled containers. With this mechanism, it is possible to implement file access control without storing a sensitivity label with each file, and without checking a sensitivity label each time a file is accessed. Rather, by virtue of the manner in... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP And Sun Microsystems, Inc.

20070220006 - Method and apparatus for automated generation and transmission of data in a standardized machine-readable format: This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods for generating data in a standardized machine-readable format. A method monitors a secured area in a centralized repository; detects the creation of one or more files at the centralized repository, wherein the files include patient-related data, and in response to detecting... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070220004 - Security view-based, external enforcement of business application security rules: A method, system and computer program are useful for enforcement of business application security rules in connection with applications external to the business application. To support secured access to data stored in a database system managed by a business application, a rule directed from the business application to a database... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20070220005 - Servers and methods for controlling group management: The present invention addresses the management of user groups, user contact lists, and user access lists in a telecom-communication system whereby a user access to a group and list management server for creating, deleting or modifying a group, contact list and access list in terms of group policies and members.... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070220003 - System and method for collecting and/or managing data for remote service providers: A system and a method collect and/or manage data for remote service providers via a network for integrating and/or for incorporating a lead generation web application and/or a call center system with a case management web application. A potential client inputs information and/or data into an online form of a... Agent: Patents+tms, P.C.

20070220011 - Access nodes for giving a client device access to an internet network: Access nodes (1) for giving client devices (2,3) access to internet networks (5) comprise detectors (11) for detecting request messages in client information defining requests for receiving media contents and are provided with processors (12) for processing detections of the request messages for gathering statistical information about the media contents.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070220015 - Apparatus and method for using a directory service for a user registry: An apparatus and method provide an architected way for a web server to access a user registry in a directory service such as LDAP. In the preferred embodiments, the logic for presenting and processing a web page is encapsulated from the logic that interacts with the directory service, making it... Agent: Martin & Associates, LLC

20070220014 - Data processing system and method: Systems and methods are presented for storing a data file in at least one remote database. The data file that is stored in at least one database is displayed on the client device as a local system file in a file directory.... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070220009 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for controlling access to application data: Methods, systems, and computer program products for controlling access to application data are disclosed. In one aspect, a trusted data store controls access to application data by a remotely hosted application. According to another aspect, an application executable instance is run in an application container on a trusted application server.... Agent: Scenera Research, LLC Jenkins, Wilson & Taylor, P.A.

20070220012 - Providing notice of provisional patent rights: The present invention provides tools and techniques for providing users of devices with actual notice of patent rights by displaying applicable patents, or by allowing users to indicate they have previously reviewed those patents, or both, before permitting use of core features of the device.... Agent: Ogilvie Law Firm

20070220013 - System and method for displaying data on a thin client: A thin-client user interface includes a user interface and an application server. The user interface is executed on a client device, such as a personal computer having a display. The user interface includes a client application for displaying data. The application server is coupled with the user interface and with... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070220008 - System and method for single client remote access: The invention comprises a system and method for facilitating a transfer of a data file over a communication network. In one embodiment, a first workstation having a data file stored thereon identifies a receiver of the data file, and transmits to the receiver an invitation to receive the data file.... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070220020 - Storage medium storing compiler program for generating virtual database remote access-use program, production method for virtual database remote access-use program and remote access method for virtual database: A compiler, which makes a computer carry out a process for generating a program used for a remote access to a virtual database comprising a first computer 11 including an application program and a second computer 12 being connected to the first computer 11 by way of a network and... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd. Suite 2500

20070220019 - Dynamic site definition: Creating a web site using a site definition application and an additional application is disclosed. Metadata in the additional application may store page definitions and the site definition application may be configured such that the page definitions are supplied by the additional application.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20070220018 - Generator system: A generator sequence is defined and used for providing an enhanced user experience and increased user control. A generator sequence is established as a series of user inputs that trigger an output. User inputs to the generator system managing the generator sequence are employed to define a user performance value... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070220021 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program recording medium, computer program, data structure, and manufacturing method of recording medium: An information processing apparatus includes a reading unit for reading data from a recording medium, a storage unit for storing a variety of types of data, and a control unit for controlling setting of a directory structure when a first data group recorded on a first recording medium and a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070220017 - Method and system to estimate the number of distinct value combinations for a set of attributes in a database system: A method, computer program product, and system to estimate the number of distinct value combinations for a set of attributes in a database system is disclosed. The method comprises utilizing frequency information within the set of attributes to provide a best estimate for the number of distinct value combinations. In... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070220016 - Secured content syndication on a collaborative place: A method and computer program product for facilitating delivery of syndicated content to a user of a secured collaborative place in a collaborative computer environment, comprising receiving a request for syndicated content, and providing syndicated content based on at least one credential associated with the user, the syndicated content being... Agent: Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP

20070220030 - Input data structure for data mining: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for compressing data included in several transactions. Each transaction has at least one item. A unique identifier is assigned to each different item and, if taxonomy is defined, to each different taxonomy parent. Sets of transactions are formed from... Agent: Mollborn Patents Attn: Ibm

20070220028 - Method and system for managing load balancing in data-processing system: In a database management system, responsive to imbalances appearing in amounts of data in databases to be used by database servers, loss in performance of database management system is reduced, and the imbalances in the performances of processing of the database servers, which execute access transactions, are redressed. Allocation of... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070220029 - System and method for hierarchical storage management using shadow volumes: Data partitioned onto two or more storage devices is presented to a user as if the data resided on a single storage area. Data is divided between the storage areas based on policies. Data on the primary storage can utilize frequent back up or other storage management to ensure the... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C. - Novell

20070220025 - Automatic meta-data sharing of existing media: An automatic meta-data sharing of existing media method and apparatus are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of a server device includes analyzing a media data of a client device to determine at least one meta-data identifier associated with the media data and automatically populating a new mark-up language file... Agent: Raj Abhyanker, LLP C/o Intellevate

20070220022 - Declarative data transformation engine: A system and method for transforming a data object between a source form into a destination form. Generally, the data object will be stored in its source form as set of related source components forming a source data structure having a first hierarchical configuration, while the data object will be... Agent: Csa LLP

20070220023 - Document compression system and method for use with tokenspace repository: The disclosed embodiments enable multi-stage query scoring, including “snippet” generation, through incremental document reconstruction facilitated by a multi-tiered mapping scheme. The mapping scheme includes a first mapping between unique tokens contained in a set of documents and unique global token identifiers (e.g., 32-bit integers) contained in a global-lexicon (i.e., dictionary).... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP.

20070220026 - Efficient caching for large scale distributed computations: Caching is provided to speed up the recomputation of an application, function, or other computation that relies on a very large input dataset, when the input dataset is changed. Previous computation results are stored in storage, for example, in a system-wide, global, persistent cache server. The storage enables the reuse... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070220024 - Methods and apparatus for integrating disparate media formats in a networked media system: A media system includes at least a source media device and a playback media device coupled through a network. The source media device presents media to the network. The media comprises at least one digital content file with a first format. A playback media device plays back digital content files... Agent: Stattler-suh PC

20070220027 - Set-based data importation into an enterprise resource planning system: Importation of data records organized within tables from a source system to a target system while preserving relationships among data records of the tables when record identification values identifying each data record have been changed during importation includes, using the same database query on an entire table to update each... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20070220040 - Method and system for matching advertising using seed: A method of generating an advertising list using a seed, which can include a plurality of advertisers or a plurality of keywords with an identical property in a single seed and thereby can display various types of advertising information of the plurality of advertisers, which are included in the seed,... Agent: Blackwell Sanders LLP

20070220034 - Automatic training of data mining models: A realtime training model update architecture for data mining models. The architecture facilitates automatic update processes with respect to evolving source/training data. Additionally, model update training can be performed at times other than in realtime. Scheduling can be invoked, for periodic and incremental updates, and refresh intervals applied through the... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070220037 - Expansion phrase database for abbreviated terms: A system and method are disclosed for creating a database of expansion phrases for abbreviated terms. The database can be created by submitting a plurality of abbreviated terms and receiving a corresponding results set. The possible expansion phrases can be extracted from the results set, and expansion phrases are selected... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070220035 - Generating user interface using metadata: A method of creating a user interface includes receiving a request to create a UI for an application that is to use a service. First metadata is retrieved from a UI taxonomy that is an abstraction of a class of UIs, the first metadata providing that the created UI is... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070220032 - Method and apparatus for implementing a software installation process: A method for implementing a software installation process so as to install, modify or uninstall a software program. The software installation process has a plurality of sequential steps, and the method comprises recording, for each sequential step commenced, step metadata identifying the sequential step so that the step metadata is... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070220038 - Method for populating a location information database used in the delivery of emergency and other location-based services in a voip environment: A method of populating a location information database for use in providing a location-based service to a host device that is an endpoint of a logical connection between the host device and a network access server. The method comprises receiving from the host device over the logical connection a request... Agent: Fetherstonhaugh - Smart & Biggar

20070220042 - Note overlay system: A system of maintaining notes associated with documents that may be, for example in a document database, such as a patent database, is described. The notes may be submitted by the author(s) of the original document, by parties associated with the original document (such as a patent examiner), or by... Agent: Gonzales Patent Services

20070220041 - Prior art notes associated with patent applications: Improved methods for drafting, preparing, submitting and examining a patent application are described. The system incorporates a web-based tool in which applications are drafted. The web-based tool allows further allows for the submission, association, and display of notes regarding applications. The notes may be text or hyperlinks to prior art... Agent: Gonzales Patent Services

20070220033 - System and method for providing simple and compound indexes for xml files: System and method for providing compound indexing for XML documents are described. One embodiment is a system comprising a database for storing a document comprising hierarchical, semi-structured data; a database engine for performing operations on and in connection with data stored in the database; and an index definition document (“IDD”)... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070220036 - Troubleshooting to diagnose computer problems: In a support service for computing devices or software (or other service), a determination is made based on an incident report that additional data is needed. A first template is chosen from a set of templates and that chosen first template is customized for the particular incident to create a... Agent: Vierra Magen/microsoft Corporation

20070220039 - User interface property mapping: A user interface (UI) property mapping system allows for efficient collaboration between a user experience (UX) team and a technical development team developing the UI. The UI mapping system assigns each component of the UI an identification key and exposes the identification key externally through an XML Schema, wherein such... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20070220031 - Xna relationship management: A data provider application programming interface (API) is configured for use with a game content editing application. An asset relationship management file, which is generated with the data provider API, includes information such as relationship references and annotations and is updated by the data provider API when a digital asset... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070220043 - Determination of related entities: A method/system for determining a group of related entities of interest in one or more processing systems. The method comprises identifying a starting entity from one or more entities in the one or more processing systems, then obtaining, based on an entity type of the starting entity, a first set... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070220044 - Data collating system, data collating apparatus and data collating method: A data collating system includes an acquiring unit 20 configured to acquire data of a target object for collation as an input data 101; and a data collating unit 10 configured to store an original data 102A of an object input from a registering unit 30 and a status data... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070220054 - Audio file delivery system: An audio file delivery system is disclosed that provides user recorded audio files and/or stock audio files selected by the user to a designated recipient. A user accessing a user interface may select one or more stock audio files from audio files stored in memory of an audio file server.... Agent: Susan Hunter

20070220050 - Method for selecting a ferrite bead for a filter: A method for selecting a ferrite bead for a filter to avoid a peak value in a frequency response curve of the filter is provided. The method includes the steps of: building an equivalent model database including parameters of equivalent models of ferrite beads, the parameters including an inductance and... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070220053 - Multimedia playing apparatus capable of searching for digital multimedia information: A multimedia playing apparatus capable of searching for digital multimedia information uses a corresponding media descriptor downloaded from the media transmitting source. The multimedia playing apparatus includes a reception module and a comparison module. The reception module is used to receive at least the media descriptor corresponding to the digital... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070220049 - Video file creating system for digital screen advertisement: Disclosed herein are a system and method for creating multimedia files for digital cinema advertising. The system including a digitizing device, an up-conversion device, a digital restoration device, a color correction device, a signal insertion device, a multiple channel conversion device, a multitrack recording device, a synchronization device, and a... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070220045 - Array-based discovery of media items: A media discovery module (MDM) is described that facilitates a user's access to desired media items. The MDM presents a series of arrays of media items to the user. The user's selection within any array governs the composition of media items that are presented in a subsequent array. Different linking... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070220048 - Limited and combined podcast subscriptions: The present invention relates to a computerized system and method for managing subscriptions to podcasts or other feeds so that the user obtains only selected episodes from only selected podcasts. In the system, a user selects one or more podcast feeds from those available and further selects one or more... Agent: James J. Decarlo Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070220051 - Method and system for managing digital goods: A system and method for transferring digital goods facilitates bulk upload of file images to a central repository. The software gets a File ID and a path to each file image to be uploaded from a list, typically an XML file, of input attributes. After successful verification, the file image... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070220052 - Search keyword input device, search keyword input method, and search keyword input program: A search keyword input device includes multiple keyword type selection keys for showing multiple keyword types for the purpose of distinguishing and narrowing down multiple search keywords so as to be selectable, and used for selection of the multiple keyword types, a display unit which corresponds to the multiple keyword... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070220046 - Software model business objects: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for defining a software model business object are described. A plurality of business objects and interactions between these business objects are defined. Each business object is operable to encapsulate business data and can be associated with exactly one process component. Each of the... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070220047 - Systems and methods for reducing stranded inventory: Determining a particular product mix of old and new products to either minimize stranded inventory of old unique sub-components composing the old product or to minimize cost savings by phasing out the old unique sub-components of the old product is described. When a new product costs the same or more... Agent: Priest & Goldstein, PLLC

20070220055 - Automatic generation of data models and accompanying user interfaces: Techniques to generate data models for an item master having a number of items. Each item is associated with a number of attributes and each attribute is associated with a set of values. In one method, the items in the item master are initially classified into a number of pagesets,... Agent: Csa LLP

20070220059 - Data processing node: A high availability database can be provided having a plurality of interconnected nodes. Each node can having a processing engine, volatile memory and non-volatile memory. The database can be configured: at a participant node of a transaction performed within the database, to create a record of the transaction; to record... Agent: Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070220058 - Management of statistical views in a database system: A method, computer program product, and system for managing statistical views in a database system are provided. The method, computer program product, and system provide for collecting data relating to optimization and execution of a workload in the database system and automatically generating a set of one or more statistical... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070220056 - Media content reviews search: Media content reviews search is described. In an embodiment, an indexing service identifies keywords in a program review of a program where the program review includes one or more depictions of the program. The indexing service also identifies content identifiers in the program review of the program, and generates a... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070220061 - Method and system for tracking an operation performed on an information asset with metadata associated therewith: A system and method are provided for tracking an operation performed on an information asset. The information asset has metadata associated therewith. In use, the metadata is preserved during the at least one operation.... Agent: Zilka-kotab, PC

20070220060 - Scanning and altering patent applications: Improved methods for ensuring proper protection of intellectual property are described. In one embodiment, patents are scanned and intentional alterations or mistakes are introduced.... Agent: Gonzales Patent Services

20070220057 - System and method for representing the operating status of an entity: The invention relates to a centrally managed system that enables a party, such as a consumer or other individual, to have access to current and accurate information relating to an entity's actual hours of operation and/or current operating status. Instead of relying on published information relating to expected hours of... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070220063 - Event data translation system: An event translator system may perform at least three tasks: (1) extract or “harvest” date, time, description, and other information from digital files generated for human reading, such as web calendars or other event lists, emailed calendars, and imported files; (2) present the extracted event data to a user for... Agent: Muirhead And Saturnelli, LLC

20070220062 - Synchronization of access permissions in a database network: A system, method, and computer program product is disclosed for synchronizing access permissions across at least two disparate database systems. The invention includes a source database system coupled to a destination database system, wherein the databases have distinct access control mechanisms. At least one self-contained synchronization rule for synchronizing access... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l

20070220064 - Fault tolerance scheme for distributed hyperlink database: Fault tolerance is provided for a database of hyperlinks distributed across multiple machines, such as a scalable hyperlink store. The fault tolerance enables the distributed database to continue operating, with brief interruptions, even when some of the machines in the cluster have failed. A primary database is provided for normal... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070220066 - Caching data in a distributed system: A distributed system is described that includes a notification module and multiple data-providing modules for delivering updated data to client devices. The notification module notifies the client devices of a version of the updated data. A client device then requests the identified version of the updated data. In response to... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070220068 - Electronic document and business process control: An electronic file control system is presented that generates a mirror copy of all controlled or “original” files. The system then allows controlled access to the original files. However, changes to the original files are not reflected in the mirror copies until authorized by an approving entity. That is, while... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20070220065 - Method, system, and product for maintaining software objects during database upgrade: Techniques to support modification of certain data in a database during an upgrade to a new version. In one method, objects in an original database are marked as either modifiable or read-only, with changes being allowed for modifiable objects during the upgrade. An upgraded database of objects is generated based... Agent: Csa LLP

20070220067 - Pre-existing content replication: Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to replicating initial content in resource replication systems. In aspects, each member participating in a replica group obtains a content set state from a directory service. The content set state indicates whether the member is allowed to synchronize resources with another member... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070220072 - Computer-readable recording medium containing database copying program, and database copying apparatus and method: A computer-readable recording medium containing a database copying program for making a copy of a database on a remote computer being connected over a network, without causing a delay in replying to an application program. A mirroring unit copies data written on a plurality of local disks onto corresponding remote... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070220069 - Method for processing an input particle stream for creating lower levels of a kstore: A method for completing an incomplete sequence in a KStore having a plurality of KStore levels and a particle stream, the particle stream having a plurality of particles including at least one delimiter includes receiving the at least one delimiter within the particle stream to provide a received delimiter and... Agent: Unisys Corporation

20070220070 - Method for processing sensor data within a particle stream by a kstore: A method for processing a partide stream in a KStore having a sensor level and a first level above the sensor level, including receiving a particle to provide a received particle and first determining a current K node to determine a partial sequence location. The method also includes second determining... Agent: Unisys Corporation

20070220071 - Storage system, data migration method and server apparatus: Provided is a storage apparatus, a data migration method, and a server apparatus, capable of maintaining a snapshot of a logical volume before and after the migration of data in the logical volume. A server apparatus, when migrating data in a first volume allocated to the server apparatus to one... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070214123 - Method and system for providing a user interface application and presenting information thereon: A presentation system and method provides a GUI application that allows presenting Internet information on electronic devices such as consumer electronic devices with minimal user key presses/commands. The user is enabled to browse/search for Internet information without having to enter queries, using a small number of key presses. Further the... Agent: Kenneth L. Sherman, Esq. Myers, Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20070214121 - Ranking search results presented to on-line users as a function of perspectives of relationships trusted by the users: A method of ranking search results presented to a user of a social network site on the Internet. Each user of the social network site has a user profile with information regarding the user. The method includes obtaining content items satisfying a search of information on the Internet by a... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070214122 - Searching command enhancements: A user can access a searching component that allows the user to enter search terms to search for commands associated with a computer program. Some specific embodiments pertain to methods for supporting user access to the searching component, to methods for processing search terms submitted by the user, and to... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20070214119 - Searching within a site of a search result: Searching within a site of a search result is enabled with a user interface, a method, etc. that presents a search within a site tool indicator in association with at least one search result of multiple displayed search results. The at least one search result corresponds to a given page... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070214120 - System and method for electronic processing of title records: A system and method is disclosed for automated processing of large volumes of title record case files for paperless transfer, review, and storage of documents. The incoming case files may be received in electronic or paper form. The invention also provides a means for electronic processing, review, and analysis of... Agent: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Intellectual Property Section

20070214111 - System and method for generating code for an integrated data system: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for generating code for an integrated data system. A mixed data flow is received. The mixed data flow contains mixed data flow operators, which are associated with multiple runtime environments. A graph is generated containing logical operators based on the... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070214137 - Process for analyzing actors and their discussion topics through semantic social network analysis: A method and system is disclosed for producing a combined analysis and visualization that calculates both the ties between actors based on a weighted average of the number of messages exchanged and the weighted number of common terms in the messages exchanged. In addition, another link is calculated based on... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20070214143 - Nfs server, nfs server control program and nfs server control method: An NFS server, an NFS server control program and an NFS control method can reduce the extended lock reacquisition period. The NFS server comprises a prior-to-restart lock acquiring client information recording section for recording the identifiers of the NFS clients that have acquired locks before a restart of the NFS... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070214147 - Informing a user of a content management directive associated with a rating: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed informing a user of a content management directive associated with a rating. Embodiments include identifying a content management directive capable of being invoked through a user assigned rating; identifying a rating associated with invoking the identified content management directive; and providing an identification of... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20070214151 - Method and system for processing a stream of information from a computer network using node based reputation characteristics: A method for processing information from a variety of submitters, e.g., forensic sources. The method includes receiving information about one or more nodes from a submitter from a plurality of submitters numbered from 1 through N. In a specific embodiment, the one or more nodes are associated respectively with one... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070214103 - System and method for providing content over a communications network: The present disclosure provides a system, method, and computer programs for providing content over a communications network. The method includes providing to a device a first list of items that corresponds to content stored in a first database as a master library; storing in a second database at the network... Agent: Paul S Madan Madan, Mossman & Sriram, PC

20070214108 - Calculating web page importance based on a conditional markov random walk: An importance system calculates the importance of pages using a conditional Markov random walk model rather than a conventional Markov random walk model. The importance system calculates the importance of pages factoring in the importance of sites that contain those pages. The importance system may factor in the importance of... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20070214107 - Dynamic materialized view ranging: Systems, methods, media, and other embodiments associated with dynamically ranging over a set of materialized views to determine whether to associate a materialized view with a query at execution time are described. One example system may include a materialized view creation time logic that is configured to identify a materialized... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins Co., Lpa

20070214109 - Enforcement of service terms through adaptive edge processing of application data: An adaptive data replication and caching system configured to enforce service terms at the network edge. Service terms can include, but are not limited to established quality of service (QoS) terms, as well as the terms of a service level agreement (SLA). This system can include a data caching system... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20070214106 - Iconographic-based attribute mapping system and method: A method for creating a representation having iconographic elements to represent the attributes of a subject. The method includes defining the at least one iconographic element of the representation, defining the at least one attribute of the subject, associating the at least one attribute with the at least one attribute... Agent: Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, Lc Attn: BoxIPDept.

20070214104 - Method and system for locking execution plan during database migration: A method and system are provided for optimizing a query migrated from a source database system to a possibly dissimilar target database system, wherein the execution plan chosen for the migrated query is communicated from the source database system. Explain facilities of the source database system are used to gather... Agent: Lieberman & Brandsdorfer, LLC

20070214105 - Network topology for a scalable data storage system: A data storage system has a number of server groups, where each group has data storage servers. A file is stored in the system by being spread across two or more of the servers. The servers are communicatively coupled to internal packet switches. An external packet switch is communicatively coupled... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070214112 - Augmenting the contents of an electronic document with data retrieved from a search: The augmentation of contents of an electronic document with data from a search is described. The augmentation of data includes reading a search criterion from an electronic document, where a portion of the electronic document is comprised of the search criterion, retrieving data that matches the search criterion, and augmenting... Agent: Kokka & Backus, PC

20070214118 - Delivery of internet ads: A system for delivering advertisements via the internet may include an index file having entries related to advertisements for delivery via the internet, an extraction engine for updating the index file entries in accordance with changes in a database of said advertisements, a matching engine for matching a keyword in... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20070214126 - Enhanced system and method for search: A method and system to enhance searching are provided. In one embodiment, the method, which can be embodied as a system, comprises receiving a search request, the search request comprising of one or more search terms limited to one or more selected dimensions of a multi-dimensional term relationship database (MDTRD);... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20070214115 - Event detection based on evolution of click-through data: A method and system for detecting events based on query-page relationships is provided. The event detection system detects events by analyzing occurrences of query-page pairs generated from a user selecting the page of the pair from a search result for the query of the pair. The event detection system may... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20070214124 - Information processing device and method, and program: The present invention provides an information processing device including a generating section, a calculating section, a link detecting section, and a presenting section.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070214125 - Method for identifying a meaning of a word capable of identifying a plurality of meanings: A method and system for identifying in a corpus of data an M number of concepts of a first word capable of identifying an N number of concepts, wherein N is greater than M. The method comprises of identifying a second word in the corpus of data which is associated... Agent: Frank John Williams

20070214117 - Method of implementing b++ tree search on parallel using virtual tree structure: The present invention relates to a method of implementing B++ tree search on parallel for virtual tree searcher, in which there is no need to construct and maintain tree structure. In each search step, all processor units (PUs) can be involved to complete search operation. Such kind of searcher can... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell Suite 1404

20070214113 - Method to support multiple data sources connecting to a persistent object: The EJB multiple data source connector is a computer implemented process for connecting an EJB CMP bean to multiple data sources, the computer implemented process comprising the following steps. The EJB multiple data source connector binds the EJB bean to the JNDI name of multiple data sources in a mapping... Agent: Ibm Corp. (raleigh Software Group) C/o Rudolf O Siegesmund Gordon & Rees, LLP

20070214114 - Projecting queries and images into a similarity space: A method and system for projecting queries and images into a similarity space where queries are close to their relevant images is provided. A similarity space projection (“SSP”) system learns a query projection function and an image projection function based on training data. The query projection function projects the relevance... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20070214110 - Systems and methods for providing services: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for making a call from a user interface to a service. In one exemplary embodiment, the method may include determining metadata reflecting aspects of the user interface; providing a request to the service including metadata reflecting aspects of the user interface... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C.

20070214116 - Topic distillation via subsite retrieval: A method and system for generating a search result for a query of hierarchically organized documents based on retrieval of subtrees that are key resources for topic distillation is provided. The retrieval system may identify documents relevant to a query using conventional searching techniques. The retrieval system then calculates a... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20070214128 - Discovering alternative spellings through co-occurrence: A search query that includes a first spelling of a term is received. A second spelling of the term is generated. A first set of items that are associated with the first spelling of the term is accessed, and a second set of items that are associated with the second... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070214129 - Flexible authorization model for secure search: A flexible and extensible architecture allows for secure searching across an enterprise. Such an architecture can provide a simple Internet-like search experience to users searching secure content inside (and outside) the enterprise. The architecture allows for the crawling and searching of a variety or sources across an enterprise, regardless of... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20070214127 - Scalable data extraction from data stores: Extraction of data employing a sequence of remote function calls in form of a synchronous multi-batch call chain is provided. Sequencing of calls is enabled by generating parameters associated with the extraction of a next batch of data. The parameterized, dynamic generation of queries allows for optimization of memory utilization... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070214132 - Collection and delivery of internet ads: Advertisements over a network, such as the Internet, by extracting an index file of suppliers of search result sets for a plurality of keywords and/or an index of ads to be placed. A keyword in a received query may be matched to the suppliers of related search result sets and/or... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20070214130 - Fuzzy string matching of media meta-data: A method accomplishes matching a particular media metadata record to one of a plurality of records of a first media metadata database. For the particular media metadata record, for each of at least some of the tokens of the particular media metadata record, a table is processed that correlates that... Agent: Technology & Innovation Law Group, PC

20070214133 - Methods for filtering data and filling in missing data using nonlinear inference: The present invention is directed to a method for inferring/estimating missing values in a data matrix d(q, r) having a plurality of rows and columns comprises the steps of: organizing the columns of the data matrix d(q, r) into affinity folders of columns with similar data profile, organizing the rows... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070214131 - Re-ranking search results based on query log: A system(s) and/or method(s) that facilitate improving the relevance of search results through utilization of a query log. The relevance of the search results for a target query can be judged based on one or more queries in the log that are related to the target query temporally and/or lexically.... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070214138 - Address matching system and method: An address matching system that maintains a central database of valid addresses has been designed. According to the invention, address matching requests are received by the system from a plurality of remote users located at respective machines (“clients”). Those requests are processed at the central system, and the results are... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070214136 - Data mining diagramming: A unique system and method that facilitates diagramming data mining output to create an interactive rendering of the output are provided. The system and method involve a diagramming system that includes various data mining templates such as decision tree and dependency network templates. When a template is dragged to a... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070214134 - Data parsing with annotated patterns: The subject disclosure pertains to data parsing with patterns or regular expressions. A mechanism is provided for annotating a regular expression with additional information regarding data extraction such as output fields and mapping of the output fields to sub-sections of matched data. A parser can utilize the annotation information to... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070214135 - Partitioning of data mining training set: A system that effectuates fetching a complete set of relational data into a mining services server and subsequently defining desired partitions upon the fetched data is provided. In accordance with the innovation, the data can be locally cached and partitioned therefrom. Accordingly, upon the same mining structure (e.g., cache) that... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070214140 - Assigning into one set of categories information that has been assigned to other sets of categories: Techniques are described for assigning, to target categories of a target scheme, items that have been obtained from a plurality of sources. In situations in which one or more of the sources has organized its information according to a source scheme that differs from the target scheme, the assignment may... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070214139 - System and method for mapping data in a multi-valued data structure: A method for managing a database comprises associating at least one test value with at least one data field. The method continues by inputting the at least one test value into a database wherein the at least one test value is stored in a first position in the database and... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070214141 - Systems and methods for generating a social timeline: A system, method, and computer program for generating a social timeline is provided. A plurality of data items associated with at least one relationship between users associated with a social network is received, each data item having an associated time. The data items are ordered according to the at least... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070214142 - System and method for providing transaction support across a plurality of data structures: A system and method for providing transaction support across a plurality of data structures is disclosed. Generally, a transaction status directory indicating a transaction is in a prepare state is created. It is determined whether a first data structure is able to perform a first set of operations to complete... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20070214144 - System and method for managing user profiles: A system and a method for managing user and data profiles utilizing a web-enabled interactive database to organize, store and retrieve the information to create a consistent security model through centralized administration, are disclosed. The system captures various rules and pre-determined methodologies to provide on-line, up-to-date decisions to the users... Agent: General Electric Company

20070214149 - Associating user selected content management directives with user selected ratings: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for associating user selected content management directives with a user selected rating. Embodiments include presenting to a user a plurality of predefined content management directives; receiving from a user an identification of a particular content management directive; receiving from a user an identification of... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20070214148 - Invoking content management directives: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for invoking content management directives on a consolidated content management server. Embodiments include synthesizing content of disparate data types into synthesized content in a media file for delivery to a particular digital audio player; transmitting the synthesized content to the digital audio player; rendering... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20070214152 - Method of providing online database containing proprietary information: A method for making a particular customer's data on a database containing data for several customers available only to that customer. The data is formatted so that a selected group of data can be accessed by a specific customer by using an identifier which is unique to that customer's data.... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel

20070214145 - Method, apparatus, and system for searching based on search visibility rules: According to one aspect of the present invention, a method is provided in which a search request containing search criteria is received from a first user. A search is performed based upon the search criteria and the first user's organizational identifier to identify data records that match the search criteria... Agent: Csa LLP

20070214150 - Methods and apparatus for accessing data: One embodiment of the invention is directed to automatically populating the cache of a web server. A webcrawler may send a request for a web page to the web server and receive the web page in response. The webcrawler may locate a link to a second web page in the... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070214146 - Techniques for use of a system-unique identifier in an architecture having a file system utilizing distributed metadata servers: Use and generation of an identifier. An indication of a value to be used to generate system-unique identifiers is received. The indication and an associated count value are stored in a metadata server interconnected with one or more remote metadata servers. A modified value to be used to generate system-unique... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070214155 - Universal information code format for two dimensional bar code and interactive information exchange system using the same: A Universal Information Code (UIC) resolves the encoding limitation associated with the known 2D bar code format. The UIC includes at least a type field and an index field. The type field indicates application type and format of other fields. The index field provides an index to access a website,... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070214154 - Data storage and retrieval: A data repository stores data items with associated metadata values (21, 22 . . . 27), together with associated relatedness values (212, 217, 227) etc, defined between each pair of metadata values. In order to retrieve data, a ‘most relevant’ metadata value (21) is identified and data items associated with... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070214153 - Method for processing an input particle stream for creating upper levels of kstore: A method for completing an incomplete sequence in a KStore having a particle stream, the particle stream having a plurality of input particles including at least one delimiter includes receiving the at least one delimiter within the particle stream to provide a received delimiter and first determining a current K... Agent: Unisys Corporation

20070214156 - Whole farm assurance and actuarial system: This whole farm assurance and actuarial system is a multi-enterprise certification system that undertakes a modular approach, which allows farms to obtain certification for different enterprises without the need for duplication of inspections or administration. This system includes a plurality of assurance procedures separated into modules. A first module of... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20070214165 - Computer product, session management method, and session management apparatus: When a request not yet recognized as belonging to a session sent to a server application written in a non-object-oriented language is received, a session identification data is affixed to the request, and a server instance is created, associating it with a thread shared with the server application. The server... Agent: Patrick G. Burns Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20070214157 - Computer apparatus: A computer apparatus which uses a database (22) to offer persistent storage of metadata (36) describing the content of media files (32). Metadata is used to create a personalised media article (48) from those media files. That metadata also indicates relationships between those media files. In order to accelerate the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070214158 - Method and apparatus for conducting a robust search: A robust search system in accordance with the invention replaces a single search keyword with a cluster of similar keywords, applies a search procedure for each similar keyword independently, and aggregates results of multiple searches into a single result. In one embodiment of the invention separate clusters of similar keywords... Agent: Yakov Kamen

20070214162 - Method and system for managing data in a workflow process: In general, in one aspect the invention relates to a method and system for managing data. The method and system involves identifying for a first user at least one record of a plurality of records, generating a user interface which displays a data field associated with the at least one... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070214168 - Method and system for removing rows from directory tables: The present disclosure is directed to a method and system for removing rows from directory tables. In accordance with a particular embodiment of the present disclosure, an image copy of at least a portion of a database directory table is created. A plurality of candidate rows to delete from the... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070214167 - Method for fast bulk loading data into a database while bypassing exit routines: System, method, computer program for fast bulk loading data into database while bypassing exit routines. Method for bulk loading of data into database tables with exit routines defined for operations on such tables, method characterized by existence of exit routines is by-passed by performing data preprocessing in batch mode before... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070214159 - Processing data using date information: Methods and apparatus for processing data using date information are described herein. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a record creation unit configured to create a database record. The database record can include a first field indicating past operations performed on the database record. The database record can also include... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070214166 - Program analysis method and apparatus: This invention is to present specific information necessary for maintenance of programs in an information system. This program analysis method includes: storing an entity that is an information unit as an object of a processing in a program into a relation table in association with an event affecting a processing... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070214160 - System and method for characterizing and generating data resembling a real population: A system, method, and program product are provided that generates population data by receiving a desired human population description from a user. The system, method, and program product then randomly generates attributes corresponding to a number of generated individuals, based on the received population description. The system, method, and program... Agent: Ibm Corporation - Svl (jvl) C/o Vanleeuwen & Vanleeuwen

20070214163 - System and method for indexing a data stream: There are provided methods, computer program products, and systems for indexing a data stream. A method for indexing a data stream having attribute values includes the steps of parsing the data stream, and forming an index of tuples for a subset of attribute values of the data stream. The index... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20070214161 - System and method for resource lock acquisition and reclamation in a network file system environment: A system and method for acquiring, releasing, and reclaiming a lock of a data structure in a network file system (“NFS”) is disclosed. Generally, a text file is created in a management library of the data structure. The name of the text file comprises an identifier of the lock, an... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20070214164 - Unstructured data in a mining model language: A standard mechanism for directly accessing unstructured data types (e.g., image, audio, video, gene sequencing and text data) in accordance with data mining operations is provided. The subject innovation can enable access to unstructured data directly from within the data mining engine or tool. Accordingly, the innovation enables multiple vendors... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070214171 - Data flow system and method for heterogeneous data integration environments: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for generating an execution plan graph from a data flow. A metadata representation of the data flow is generated in response to receiving the data flow. A set of code units is generated from the metadata representation. Each code unit... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070214169 - Multi-dimensional locating system and method: A method for organizing information elements in a system having a display capability which (a) generates a first information element vector based on a predetermined first characterization attribute, (b) generates a second information element vector based on a second characterization attribute, and (c) display on the display device the first... Agent: Mr. Jonathan D. Cutler C/o Maya-systems Inc.

20070214170 - Parallel data transformation: A method for transforming a starting data structure into a resultant data structure is provided. The data structures may be embodied in any language or format, including the Extensible Markup Language (XML). The starting data structure is separated into segments. The transformation may be analyzed to determine which loops are... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20070214173 - Program, method, and apparatus for supporting creation of business process model diagram: A program, method and apparatus for supporting creation of business process model diagram which are capable of realizing verifying a business process model created by using general-purpose drawing software and notifying an operation modeler of defective parts. A model structure analysis means analyzes a business process model diagram, determines the... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070214172 - Scalable object recognition using hierarchical quantization with a vocabulary tree: An image retrieval technique employing a novel hierarchical feature/descriptor vector quantizer tool—‘vocabulary tree’, of sorts comprising hierarchically organized sets of feature vectors—that effectively partitions feature space in a hierarchical manner, creating a quantized space that is mapped to integer encoding. The computerized implementation of the new technique(s) employs subroutine components,... Agent: Jean M. Macheledt

20070214174 - System for distributing files and transmitting/receiving distributed files: A system for distributing files and transmitting/receiving the distributed files includes a file distribution/transmission/reception module depending upon an application program executable in a client computer and is performed in a background process of an application program execution module. The file distribution/transmission/reception module receives the files designated by a host computer... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070214176 - Dilation of sub-flow operators in a data flow: A method for dilating a sub-flow operator in a data flow is provided. The data flow is traversed to locate sub-flow operators. The data flow bound to a sub-flow operator is retrieved. The sub-flow operators are then injected into the data flow.... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070214179 - Searching, filtering, creating, displaying, and managing entity relationships across multiple data hierarchies through a user interface: A method and system for searching, filtering, creating, displaying, and managing entity relationships from a repository of data hierarchies through a user interface is provided. Relationships of a primary entity and its related secondary entities are retrieved and displayed in a unified view in graphical or text view. The unified... Agent: Adeli Law Group, A Professional Law Corporation

20070214177 - Document management system, program and method: There is provided a document management system in which metadata based on a document manipulation operation, together with the document, is easily registered, and it is possible to eliminate the necessity of performing hierarchical management or separately setting metadata. There are included a document input/output system control module to control... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070214181 - Electronic music apparatus with data loading assist: An electronic music apparatus has a sound generator for generating a music sound signal according to music data and a display device for displaying information associated with music data. In the electronic music apparatus, a storage medium stores a plurality of music data files, each being written with music data... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070214182 - Establishment-based media and messaging service: Methods and Apparatus for enabling groups of patrons of localized physical establishments, such as restaurants and retail stores, to collaboratively select the sequence of musical media for public play. Some embodiments comprise receiving, at a centralized media server, a plurality of media request over a network from a plurality of... Agent: Sinsheimer Juhnke Lebens & Mcivor, LLP

20070214178 - Multi-project verification environment: A method and apparatus for a multi-project verification environment is provided. A project directory contains files describing commands, designs, tests, and configuration objects. A configuration object contains configuration information describing characteristics of the verification environment for a particular project. For example, the configuration information includes parameters and flags to input... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070214180 - Social network application for processing image or video data from wireless devices of users and methods of operation: In one embodiment, a method for operating a social network application, comprises: capturing an image or video using a wireless device by a user of the social network application; communicating the image or video from the wireless device of the user to a social network application server; storing the image... Agent: C.s. Lee Crawford

20070214175 - Synchronization of metadata in a distributed file system: Use and distribution of a token and associated journal entries in a system with multiple metadata servers. A metadata server receives a token from one of a plurality of remote metadata servers. Remote metadata servers perform data modification operations during control of the token. The metadata server performs original data... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070214184 - Automatic management of dependencies between physical and logical elements in an application set: A mechanism minimizes the management issues of the participant objects of the logical target set, such as an application set. The mechanism maps the current physical implementation. The mechanism then identifies the target and extraneous object set locations to facilitate isolation. Thereafter, the mechanism optimizes the logical target set placement... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20070214186 - Correlating categories using taxonomy distance and term space distance: A method and system for determining similarity or correlation between categories of a hierarchical taxonomy for documents by combining heterogeneous similarity metrics is provided. A correlation system uses both a taxonomy distance metric and a term space distance metric to represent the similarity between categories. The correlation system finds a... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20070214185 - Document management system, method and program therefor: A document managing system and a method and program thereof are provided, which allow desired meta-data to be associated with a document to be managed in a simple manner. The system includes a related information acquisition unit for acquiring meta-data related to a predetermined process on a document to be... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070214183 - Methods for dynamic partitioning of a redundant data fabric: Quantitative data about storage load and usage from storage elements of a data storage system are collected. The storage elements are ranked according to the collected quantitative data. A partition across the storage elements in which to store a user requested file is determined. Members of the partition are identified... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070214187 - Self-contained application disk for automatically launching application software or starting devices and peripherals: A system and method for automatically executing a participating application upon insertion of a removable media into a computing device. When the computing device detects that the removable media containing has been inserted, a task disk control file is read from the removable media. The task disk control file contains... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20070214188 - Time zone management: A time zone management system and method for a date-book like application. A user can associate a time zone with an event or appointment, especially on a palmtop computer. The event can be associated with the time zone by selecting the time zone as an attribute from a details menu,... Agent: Berry & Associates P.C.

20070214189 - System and method for consistency checking in documents: A domain model (104) is created. The domain model (104) specifies a relationship between a first attribute and a second attribute. A requirements document (106) is parsed. As the requirements document (106) is parsed, at least one usage of the first attribute with the second attribute is located within the... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070214192 - Change monitoring program for computer resource on network: A change monitoring program is executed by a processor of a server computer that includes a communication device that communicates with a managing target computer through a network and a change-plan database that stores details of resource changes for the managing target computer. The management target computer voluntarily detects a... Agent: Patrick G. Burns, Esq. Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20070214193 - Change monitoring program for computer resource on network: A change monitoring program is executed by a processor of a server computer that includes a communication device that communicates with a managing target computer through a network and a change-plan database that stores details of resource changes for the managing target computer. The management target computer voluntarily detects a... Agent: Patrick G. Burns, Esq. Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20070214191 - Detecting database events using recovery logs: A method and apparatus for determining when an event occurred in a database is provided. At least a portion of the database is restored to a point in time that is prior to the event. Recovery logs are translated to database operations (e.g., SQL) that are capable of causing the... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070214190 - Mechanism to exchange primary data stream of a file: A file stream exchange system and method are provided. The system can be employed, for example, with a storage system that supports transactions as a primary mechanism and employs a rich type system. The system provides a mechanism for the storage system to provide reliable updates to file streams while... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070214198 - Allowing state restoration using differential backing objects: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for allowing state restoration using differential backing objects. A base image comprising operating system files, configuration files, and device driver files installed on a plurality of clients is accessed. Differential backing objects for the clients are generated indicating differences between local... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20070214194 - Consistency methods and systems: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods for maintaining data consistency of data blocks during migration or reconfiguration of a current configuration within a distributed data-storage system to a new configuration. In one embodiment of the present invention, the current configuration is first determined to be reconfigured. The... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20070214197 - Controlling incremental backups using opaque object attributes: Provided are techniques for determining whether content of an object has changed. Under control of a backup system, opaque object attributes and a data identifier are received, wherein the data identifier is generated based on one or more relevant object attributes of the opaque object attributes that indicate whether at... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20070214196 - Coordinated federated backup of a distributed application environment: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a federated backup involving the coordination and synchronization of backup and restore operations among a plurality of hosts to ensure data consistency. A master node (backup host) acts as the initiator, coordinator, controller, and possibly as primary console for the entire backup and... Agent: Canady & Lortz LLP- Ibm

20070214195 - Idempotent journal mechanism for file system: Use and maintenance of an idempotent journal in a system having multiple metadata servers. A data modification operation is performed by a metadata server. A journal entry corresponding to the data modification operation is generated. The journal entry includes a file identifier and a journal sequence number corresponding to a... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070214199 - Method for registering information for searching: A method and system for authoring information for searching implementing the information generating entity, such as a website author for identifying at least one of a: concept of a word capable of identifying several concepts, a new concept of a word, and a new word.... Agent: Frank John Williams

20070208686 - Context-aware middleware platform for client devices: Middleware can accept transaction requests from a client device and tailor the request to a backend transaction server. The server's response can be tailored to the client device. For example, characteristics of the client device such as screen real estate and supported functionality can be taken into account when generating... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman LLP

20070208684 - Information collection support apparatus, method of information collection support, computer readable medium, and computer data signal: An information collection support apparatus that presents keyword information used for information collection, the information collection support apparatus includes: a retention unit that retains a candidate of the keyword information extracted from documents to which past work was applied by a user and probability weight information for each user to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070208687 - System and method for audible web site navigation: Systems and methods for an audio-based content management, navigation and retrieval system are provided. The system translates and organizes content, for example text, Podcasts, RSS, pictures, video, into audio output, and provides intelligent access to the content for use on the internet, mobile phones, MP3 devices, or other digital devices.... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070208696 - Evaluating materialized views in a database system: A system and method of evaluating a materialized view relating to a base table for a database system. The method includes the steps of defining a simulated materialized view for the base table within a user session and storing the definition for the simulated materialized view in computer memory such... Agent: James M. Stover Intellectual Property Section, Law Department

20070208695 - Selective automatic refreshing of stored execution plans: A system and method for selectively recompiling stored execution plans within a database system. In one technique the execution plans include respective version numbers of database software operable within the database system during compilation of the respective plans. A request is received to execute one of the stored execution plans,... Agent: James M. Stover Ncr Corporation

20070208715 - Assigning unique content identifiers to digital media content: An online system implemented as an interactive method that assigns Universal Media Code (UMC) numbers to requesting owners of media files (audio, video and graphical image and other content) and then accepts information from the media owner relating to the cataloging, access and pricing of their media which is located... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070208717 - Category weight setting apparatus and method, image weight setting apparatus and method, category abnormality setting apparatus and method, and programs therefor: When images are classified into categories, which of the categories has important images can be understood easily without a burned on a user. For this purpose, a category weight calculation unit statistically calculates a weight of each of the categories obtained by classification of the images, based on at least... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070208708 - Data tag creation from a physical item data record to be attached to a physical item: A item data management server having the capability to create a data tag from a physical item data record, where the physical item data record is based upon a physical item in the control of a user. The data tag creation facilitates the identification, maintenance and upkeep of the inventory... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070208707 - Document data analysis apparatus, method of document data analysis, computer readable medium and computer data signal: A document data analysis apparatus, the document data analysis apparatus being connected to a database storing plural document groups which a citation relationship is defined, each of the plural document groups including plural documents, includes: inputting unit that inputs an analysis condition including at least one of a document search... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070208716 - Index replication using crawl modification information: Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with index replication using crawl modification information are described. One exemplary system embodiment includes an enterprise search system comprising a target search system comprising an index logic that uses modified crawl information related to items associated with sources to maintain an index that... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins Co., Lpa

20070208710 - Method and apparatus for searching for content file and recording medium storing program for executing method thereof: A method and apparatus for rapidly searching for a content file, and a recording medium storing a program for executing the method thereof are provided. The content file search method includes: displaying a content file list in which content files stored in a content file playback system are sorted based... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070208718 - Method for providing web-based program guide for multimedia content: A server for satisfying user requests for programming information pertaining to digital media. The server includes a communication facility for communicating with a plurality of users over a network, a plurality of receivers for receiving digital media content and its related metadata, an interface for receiving a user request for... Agent: Shivani Kaul, Esq. Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP

20070208712 - Progressive relaxation across tiers: Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with progressive relaxation across tiers of a search system are described. One system embodiment includes a first tier of computing components that stores search data that can be used to locate documents. The system embodiment may also include a second tier of computing components... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins Co., Lpa

20070208726 - Enhancing search results using ontologies: Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with query processing in light of an ontology are described. One example system includes a data store that stores both data concerning entities and data concerning relationships between the entities. The data may be logically arranged as an ontology and thus may include nodes... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins Co., Lpa

20070208727 - Trust metric-based querying method: Generally speaking, pursuant to these various embodiments, a network entity maintains (301) a record of at least one other network entity wherein that record comprises, at least in part, a trust metric that correlates the at least one other network entity with a particular amount of trust. A question can... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070208731 - Document information processing apparatus, method of document information processing, computer readable medium and computer data signal: A document information processing apparatus includes: a retention unit that retains attention probability weight corresponding to a plurality of factor information for each users; a selection unit that selects a document, the document being inferred to be paid attention to, from a document group by using the attention probability weight... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070208739 - System and method for evaluating patents: A computer-based method for evaluating patents is provided. The method includes the steps of: obtaining patents to be evaluated from a database server according to a predetermined patents evaluating date; assigning one or more undertakers to evaluate the patents; gathering basic information of the patents from the database server; providing... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070208752 - Client processing for binary xml in a database system: Techniques are provided for encoding/decoding binary XML data in a client program before sending/receiving the XML to/from a database server. By encoding the binary XML at the client, the overhead of parsing the XML text is avoided by the database server, thus improving database server scalability. Also, the XML data... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070208754 - Processing device and processing method: A processing device inputs a first processing-descriptive document and generates a second processing-descriptive document by deleting at least one description part illustrating processing performed, so as to call the next processing device, from the first processing-descriptive document. Further, the processing device calls the next processing device by using the second... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070208683 - Method for differentiating duplicate or similarly named disjoint localities within a state or other principal geographic unit of interest: A method and system for differentiating duplicate yet disjoint localities, such as cities, within a state or other principal geographic unit of interest is for use with electronic maps and databases. Duplicate locality name entries are stored in a database, locality name database entries are condensed for localities having two... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070208689 - Scanning files using direct file system access: Scanning engine (i.e. program(s) or application(s)) 310 sends request 315 to direct file system access engine (i.e. program(s) or application(s)) 360. Direct file system access engine 360 receives request 315 and passes request 315 to file system(s) 350 as request 325. No filter program(s) 340 receive program control as request... Agent: Eric D. Cohen

20070208685 - Systems and methods for infinite information organization: Systems and methods for managing digital assets in a distributed computing environment are described. Meta-data for the digital assets is stored separately from the digital assets. Meta-data for some of the digital assets is copied and stored at a central location. Meta-data for the digital assets is generated by clients... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20070208688 - Telephony based publishing, search, alerts & notifications, collaboration, and commerce methods: Systems, apparatus and methods are described that provide data services including publication and viewing of personal and business content on phone devices via phone networks. The invention provides systems, methods, tools and delivery systems useful in the publication, sharing, viewing, searching, communication, transmission, alerting, notification & feedback, collaboration and commerce... Agent: Fonemine C/o Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP

20070208690 - Detecting and processing cache hits for queries with aggregates: Techniques to improve query caching performance by efficiently selecting queries stored in a cache for evaluation and increasing the cache hit rate by allowing for inexact matches. A list of candidate queries stored in the cache that potentially could be used to answer a new query is first determined. This... Agent: Csa LLP

20070208691 - Genetic algorithm based approach to access structure selection with storage contraint: A configuration that minimizes cost subject to the constraints is selected. A Simple Genetic Algorithm (SGA) is modified to incorporate the handling of constraints. The SGA is further modified to incorporate Optimal-Storage-Profiling to produce an increased number of fit individuals in each generation, developing a policy which will consider configurations... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen, LLP

20070208694 - Query scheduling in a parallel-processing database system: A system and method for scheduling database operations to one or more databases in a parallel-processing database system are described herein. After a query server generates a dynamic-link library (DLL) or other executable representative of one or more database operations to a database, the query server notifies a scheduling services... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070208693 - System and method of efficiently representing and searching directed acyclic graph structures in databases: The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to representation and retrieval of data structures in databases. In general, embodiments of the invention feature a computer program product and a method including storing a generalized directed acyclic graph (DAG) in a database, wherein the storing includes encoding path information of... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070208692 - System, method and program product for generating triggers for a relational database: System, method and program for generating a trigger program that updates an entry in a dependent column in a table in response to a request to update a corresponding entry in a parent column in the table. A trigger program template is provided. The trigger program template includes program steps... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070208713 - Auto generation of suggested links in a search system: A flexible and extensible architecture allows for secure searching across an enterprise. Such an architecture can provide a simple Internet-like search experience to users searching secure content inside (and outside) the enterprise. The architecture allows for the crawling and searching of a variety or sources across an enterprise, regardless of... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20070208698 - Avoiding duplicate service requests: A facility for screening service requests for requesting assistance is described. The facility receives a service request requesting assistance with solving a problem associated with an asset accessible to a user. Upon request by the user, the facility searches a collection of pending service requests for a potential duplicate service... Agent: Csa LLP

20070208701 - Comparative web search: Methods and systems are provided for performing a comparative search. In one example, the comparative search is performed over a network, such as the web, or a database. In one exemplary implementation, a user transmits a plurality of queries which represent the topics that a user wants to compare, and... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070208720 - Digital asset data type definitions: Data definitions for digital assets, such as, for example, audio, video, photographs, graphics, and electronic documents, are provided that allow these different asset types to be stored in a single database. The definitions are preferably in XML and can be used as a standardized dictionary to more efficiently and economically... Agent: Jones Day

20070208699 - Information search provision apparatus and information search provision system: It is necessary to create a new information search service system for differentiating reliable contents from unreliable contents. An information search provision apparatus for acquiring a search conditional statement, matching the search conditional statement and providing contents, as the search results, comprises: a collecting unit which collects contents to be... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20070208709 - Method and query application tool for searching hierarchical databases: A query application tool for a document-based database management system where data entries are stored in database tables of a database and wherein data entries are exposed through documents including data controls live linked to the database tables, includes a query arbiter responsive to a specified query to search the... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070208705 - Method and system for correlating information: A method and system for correlating input data that includes configuration data. The configuration data describes at least one hierarchy including a first hierarchy. Each hierarchy includes at least two nodes. Each node includes a value and is designated as an ontology end point consisting of a unique positive integer.... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070208702 - Method and system for delivering published information associated with a tuple using a pub/sub protocol: A method for delivering published information associated with a tuple using a pub/sub communication protocol includes receiving partitioning information associated with the tuple and using the partitioning information to define a plurality of distinct tuple elements. Each distinct tuple element corresponds to a portion of the published information associated with... Agent: Scenera Research, LLC

20070208714 - Method for suggesting web links and alternate terms for matching search queries: A flexible and extensible architecture allows for secure searching across an enterprise. Such an architecture can provide a simple Internet-like search experience to users searching secure content inside (and outside) the enterprise. The architecture allows for the crawling and searching of a variety or sources across an enterprise, regardless of... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20070208704 - Packaged mobile search results: A query server (50) provides a mobile search service, by fetching search results corresponding to the search query (180), preparing (200) a package (261) containing more than one page defined by a mark up language, and sending the package to a mobile device (10), across a wireless network (20). A... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070208711 - Rules driven pan id metadata routing system and network: A method of associating a content object with metadata uses a combination of a content identifier and a bounding identifier to enable handling of disparate sets of content identifiers for content objects with potentially conflicting content identifiers. The method receives a content identifier for a content object from among a... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20070208697 - System and method to enable searching across multiple databases and files using a single search: According to one aspect of the present invention, a method includes receiving a search category and a search keyword entered by a user. The method also includes performing a single search on at least one database and at least one attached document for data records matching the search category and... Agent: Csa LLP

20070208719 - Systems and methods for analyzing semantic documents over a network: Systems and methods are disclosed for processing an intellectual property (IP) by providing an automated agent to execute one or more searches for a user to locate one or more documents relating to an IP interest, the agent accessing a user profile to determine the user's IP interest and identifying... Agent: Tran & Associates

20070208700 - Update detecting apparatus: The present invention provides an update detecting apparatus capable of properly extracting an important update. The update detecting apparatus includes a difference extracting unit, a morphological analyzing unit, and an update determining unit. The difference extracting unit extracts the difference between text data included in a server-side file and text... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070208706 - Vertical search expansion, disambiguation, and optimization of search queries: A system and method to facilitate expansion, disambiguation, and optimization of search queries over a network wherein an original query received from a user is parsed to obtain at least one query term. One or more filtered queries are retrieved from a database, each of the filtered queries corresponding to... Agent: Stattler-suh PC

20070208703 - Web forum crawler: A crawling system crawls a web site initially in a pattern detection phase and subsequently in a pattern usage phase. The pattern detection phase attempts to identify patterns of references to pages that contain informational content of interest and patterns of references to pages that contain little informational content of... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20070208722 - Apparatus and method for modification of a saved database query based on a change in the meaning of a query value over time: An apparatus and method modify a saved query based on a change in a query value meaning that changes over time. In preferred embodiments a graphical query interface displays an option to adjust query values of a saved database query. A query adjustment mechanism then adjusts the value of the... Agent: Martin & Associates, LLC

20070208725 - Displaying common operational pictures: A plurality of knowledge enhanced graphical symbols are utilized to represent a display element type when displaying a common operational picture. Plural instances of such a display element type allow rapid visual assessment of the situation displayed on the common operational picture by permitting a user to rapidly identify instances... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070208721 - Modeling multidimensional data sources: A facility for processing a relational database query is described. The facility receives the relational database query, and constructs a multidimensional database query based on the received relational database query. The facility submits the constructed multidimensional database query for execution against a multidimensional data source.... Agent: Csa LLP

20070208723 - System and method for building a unified query that spans heterogeneous environments: A unified query building system generates a source structure comprising nodes from a data structure input of an identified data source, displays the generated source structure in a logical view, adds a selected node or element from the nodes to a design query canvas, generates a query object from the... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070208724 - Vertical search expansion, disambiguation, and optimization of search queries: A system and method to facilitate expansion, disambiguation, and optimization of search queries over a network wherein an original query received from a user is parsed to obtain at least one query term. A plurality of keywords related contextually to one or more query terms are further retrieved from a... Agent: Stattler-suh PC

20070208735 - Data processing apparatus, data processing method, data processing system, storage medium, and program: A data processing apparatus is disclosed which includes a reproducing element for reproducing each of a plurality of content data items a reproduction status detecting element for detecting status of each content data item being reproduced by the reproducing element a selecting element for selecting the content data item being... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070208734 - Link analysis for enterprise environment: A flexible and extensible architecture allows for secure searching across an enterprise. Such an architecture can provide a simple Internet-like search experience to users searching secure content inside (and outside) the enterprise. The architecture allows for the crawling and searching of a variety or sources across an enterprise, regardless of... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20070208730 - Mining web search user behavior to enhance web search relevance: Systems and methods that estimate user preference, via automatic interpretation of user behavior. A user behavior component associated with a search engine can automatically interpret collective behavior of users (e.g., web search users). Such feedback component can include user behavior features and predictive models (e.g., from a user behavior component)... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070208728 - Predicting demographic attributes based on online behavior: This invention provides a system and method for predicting user demographic attributes for non-registered users and users with incomplete profiles. The invention uses demographic information from registered users and user search history logs to create a database of information that associates the users' search history habits with their demographic attributes.... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070208733 - Query correction using indexed content on a desktop indexer program: Apparatus and methods useful for desktop searching are disclosed. According to one embodiment of the invention, for each query, the system evaluates if similar ones would give more results. If so, the system suggests the user with one or several similar queries. Similar queries are based on indexed content so... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20070208736 - Search article estimation apparatus and method and server for search article estimation apparatus: A search article estimation apparatus is provided that is capable of estimating an article that a user is trying to search for, even when the user cannot accurately provide information on the article that the user wants to search for. The state of access to a storage equipment by the... Agent: Gregory A. Stobbs

20070208732 - Telephonic information retrieval systems and methods: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for encoding and retrieving information from a variety of sources using novel search techniques. The systems and methods of the invention are capable of extracting all types of structural and relational information from a query or a source data allowing for... Agent: Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus PC

20070208729 - Using cross-site relationships to generate recommendations: A relationship server tracks end-user interactions across multiple web sites and generates recommendations. The web sites observe relationships established by end-user interactions. If end-users provide the same personally identifiable information to multiple web sites, the sites generate the same unique identifier for those end-users. The web sites send messages to... Agent: Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070208737 - Cache server network and method of scheduling the distribution of content files within the same: A technique for scheduling distribution of a content file within a content delivery network and a content delivery network adapted to perform the same are disclosed. The technique comprise scheduling distribution of the content file based on delivery location, service time of content requests, and cache server hierarchy. Preferably, a... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070208740 - Method and apparatus for providing geographically authenticated electronic documents: A method and apparatus for providing geographically authenticated electronic documents is disclosed. Authentication for attributes for an electronic document stored on a computer network are defined, the attributes comprise at least one attribute describing a geographic location associated with the electronic document. Authenticated attributes (e.g., geographic location) of electronic documents... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070208738 - Techniques for providing suggestions for creating a search query: Provided are techniques for providing suggestions for a search query. As input of a search query is received, it is determined that the input corresponds to a stem. It is determined whether the stem resolves to a predetermined term. In response to determining that the input resolves to a predetermined... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20070208741 - Controlling transactions in accordance with role based security: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for controlling transactions in accordance with role based security. A first transaction related component receives a transaction related message from a second transaction related component. The transaction related message indicates a request by the second transaction related component to... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070208744 - Flexible authentication framework: A flexible and extensible architecture allows for secure searching across an enterprise. Such an architecture can provide a simple Internet-like search experience to users searching secure content inside (and outside) the enterprise. The architecture allows for the crawling and searching of a variety or sources across an enterprise, regardless of... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20070208746 - Secure search performance improvement: A flexible and extensible architecture allows for secure searching across an enterprise. Such an architecture can provide a simple Internet-like search experience to users searching secure content inside (and outside) the enterprise. The architecture allows for the crawling and searching of a variety or sources across an enterprise, regardless of... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20070208745 - Self-service sources for secure search: A flexible and extensible architecture allows for secure searching across an enterprise. Such an architecture can provide a simple Internet-like search experience to users searching secure content inside (and outside) the enterprise. The architecture allows for the crawling and searching of a variety or sources across an enterprise, regardless of... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20070208742 - System and method for dynamically extending a drm system using authenticated external dpr modules: A rights management module controls access to a data set by processing requests for flexibly defined types of access to the data set and determines if the requested access may be granted. The requester's right for the requested type of access is verified by a verification module that may be... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l

20070208743 - System and method for searching rights enabled documents: A method for searching documents, comprising receiving a users credentials and search criteria for searching a document repository; obtaining a list of documents from the repository which satisfy the search criteria; selecting from the list of documents only those for which the user has been granted permissions in accordance with... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP (ott)

20070208749 - Location-relevant real-time multimedia delivery and control and editing systems and methods: A system for providing a tour of a venue includes a central computer for creating the tour, at least one venue server computer, communicatively connected to the central computer remotely at the venue, for storing the tour, and at least one portable device, communicatively connected to the venue server computer... Agent: H. Dale Langley, Jr. The Law Firm Of H. Dale Langley, Jr. PC

20070208756 - Low overhead methods and apparatus for shared access storage devices: Provided are implementations for improved access to information stored on a storage device. A plurality of first nodes and a second node are coupled to one another over a communications pathway, the second node being coupled to the storage device for determining meta data including block address maps to file... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20070208757 - Mechanism for handling file level and block level remote file accesses using the same server: An apparatus for handling file level and block level remote file accesses. The apparatus includes a block level server. The apparatus includes a file level server. The apparatus includes a storage layer implementing an inode layer performing inode operations, and storing data accessed by the file level and block level... Agent: Ansel M. Schwartz Attorney At Law

20070208750 - Method and system for access to distributed data: A method and system are provided for access to distributed data. The system includes a first entity (201-203) storing client data (221-223), the first entity (201-203) requiring access information (220) to access the client data (221-223). A storage device (200), held by the client, provides the access information (220) to... Agent: Stephen C. Kaufman IBM Corporation

20070208747 - Mutual contacts discovery: A first computing device in the form of a mobile phone is used to initiate a comparison of the entries stored in a contacts store associated with the first device with the entries stored in a contacts store associated with a second device. Mutual contacts are then advised to the... Agent: Synnestvedt Lechner & Woodbridge LLP

20070208751 - Personalized content control: A content modification platform facilitates personalized presentation and interaction associated with content such as web content, document content, transactional content, multimedia content, and the like. The platform provides sharing of personalization features to facilitate developing a community view of content, such as the internet Menu features are configured to modify... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20070208748 - Reliable, efficient peer-to-peer storage: An adaptive coding storage system that uses adaptive erasure resilient code (ERC) which changes the number of fragments used for encoding according to the size of the file distributed. Adaptive ERC may greatly improve the efficiency and reliability of P2P storage. A number of procedures for P2P storage applications may... Agent: Microsoft Corporation C/o Lyon & Harr, LLP

20070208753 - Routing database requests among multiple active database systems: A workload-management tool is used in distributing database requests across at least two database systems that both store copies of at least a portion of a relational database to which the database requests are directed. The tool includes one or more rules for routing database requests to the database systems... Agent: James M. Stover Ncr Corporation

20070208755 - Suggested content with attribute parameterization: A flexible and extensible architecture allows for secure searching across an enterprise. Such an architecture can provide a simple Internet-like search experience to users searching secure content inside (and outside) the enterprise. The architecture allows for the crawling and searching of a variety or sources across an enterprise, regardless of... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20070208763 - Computer database record architecture based on a unique internet media identifier: A computer database record architecture is disclosed. The database record provides a repository for a unique Universal Media Code (UMC) key identifier. The UMC key identifier identifies a media file, and is made up of a unique owner ID, a unique media ID and a single check digit. The database... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070208760 - Data-state-describing data structures: Various method and system embodiments of the present invention are directed to data and data-state-describing data structures employed in storage components of a distributed data-storage system. In one embodiment of the present invention, a hierarchical data structure stores the data state of a component data-storage system of a distributed data-storage... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20070208764 - Universal information platform: Information is stored in a data structure as an item element and an association element. The item comprises a content attribute. The association comprises a count attribute and a sign attribute, and represents a relationship between two items. The data structure itself is an occurrence of a storage model that... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070208761 - Mapping electronic files contained in an electronic mail file to a file class: A computer-implemented method for identifying selected electronic files from a set of electronic files that contains at least one mail file includes the steps of: (i) using an operating agent and a mail server gateway, opening the mail file; (ii) for each of the plurality of electronic files in the... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070208762 - Mapping parent/child electronic files contained in a compound electronic file to a file class: A computer-implemented method for identifying electronic files from a set of electronic files that contains at least one compound electronic file itself having a plurality of electronic files, the method includes the steps of: the method including the steps of: (i) using an operating agent and a gateway, opening the... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070208759 - Rss data-processing object: Various embodiments utilize a special object referred to as an rsshttp object to acquire an RSS feed, process the feed and expose an object model to a web page or application. In at least some embodiments, the rsshttp object can parse through the feed's associated RSS data, normalize the feed... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070208758 - System and method for cross-referencing information in an enterprise system: Data objects can be cross-referenced or linked between multiple systems by normalizing the communications between the multiple systems rather than creating hard code links. The normalization includes creating and inserting data mapping information in messages exchanged by the multiple systems, according to certain embodiments. According to certain other embodiments, an... Agent: Csa LLP

20070208767 - Legacy software multimedia capture and analysis: A system of tools and methodologies configured to capture, process, and analyze user interaction through multimedia tagging for the purpose of exposing users' adapted behavior when they are performing their job function with the legacy application is described. The resulting analysis can be applied to the re-engineering process in order... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20070208766 - Apparatuses and methods for interactive communication concerning multimedia content: An apparatus for use with an output device coupled to one or more sources of multimedia content comprises an operator interface, a record generator and a network interface. The operator interface receives information responsive to a user's observation of a segment of multimedia content. The record generator creates a record... Agent: John S. Pratt Kilpatrick Stockton LLP 36968

20070208765 - Exchanging project-related data between software applications: Techniques are described for exchanging data between software applications, such as project-related data between a project management software application (“PMSA”) and an unaffiliated organizational project tracking software application (“OPTSA”). A mapping and other related information may be defined for the data exchange, such as by defining data fields of the... Agent: Csa LLP

20070208769 - System and method for generating an xpath expression: An XPath generation system generates a default XPath expression (XPath) from a selected destination node. The system provides to a user the default XPath with modification options. The system modifies the default XPath according to selected modification options to generate a resulting XPath. If none of the modifications options are... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070208771 - Auto playlist generation with multiple seed songs: The present invention relates to systems and/or methods that generate playlist(s) for a library or collection of media items via selecting a plurality of seed items, at least one of which is an undesirable seed item. Some of the seed items are desirable indicating that a user prefers additional media... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070208772 - Method and apparatus for learning a probabilistic generative model for text: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that learns a generative model for textual documents. During operation, the system receives a current model, which contains terminal nodes representing random variables for words and cluster nodes representing clusters of conceptually related words. Within the current model, nodes are coupled... Agent: Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070208768 - Modeling of activity data: An activity class is defined which includes multiple data elements that are common to various activity types. The activity class identifies relationships of an activity with various entities related to the activity.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070208770 - Music content playback apparatus, music content playback method and storage medium: A music content playback apparatus includes: a selection section that selects a piece of music content out of a plurality of pieces of music content; a recognition section that recognizes playback elapse state about a previous piece of music content played immediately before the piece of music content is selected;... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070208774 - Datacast file transmission with meta-data retention: The present invention discloses a system and method for transmitting files over a datacast network while maintaining meta-data associated with the files. The system employs devices programmed to operate according to a protocol that preserves a file's properties such as, for example, its name, type, length, and hierarchical relationship, i.e.... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070208773 - Integrated data processing system with links: An integrated data processing system including an application program that has means for generating and editing data files, each data file including an array of data objects that each have an associated object address, and object content being any of a number, a formula, a date, a text, media data,... Agent: Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson PC

20070208779 - Mood shuffle: The invention provides an improved media playback mechanism over using predefined play lists, and random playback modes. Using an individual's personal media library, with associated meta-data, Mood Shuffle identifies the person's current mood in terms of which of their media they wish to experience at the current moment in time.... Agent: Gregory Scott Hegstrom

20070208778 - Transferring information & records via a data structure for a physical item in the control of a user: An item data management server having the capability to transfer information and records via a physical item data record of an item data management server. The physical item data record transfer and/or cloning facilitates ready maintenance and upkeep of the inventory of physical items to other users to facilitate community/trade,... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070208776 - Assignment of metadata: A system, a user interface and computer-readable media for associating metadata with digital media. Tags are associated with single-action user inputs. Entry of one of the single-action user inputs is detected. The tag associated with the detected input is stored as metadata associated with a selected item of digital media.... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070208775 - Comprehensive dog agility course and animal performance software application model: Participation in dog and animal performance activities can result in a cumbersome and unwieldy accumulation of tracking data as well as physical articles such as paper course design sheets and audio visual clips recorded on magnetic media. These items are related but not connected in any functional way by default... Agent: David Joseph Proe

20070208777 - Methods and apparatus for designing a workflow process using resource maps and process maps: The disclosed system empowers technical and non technical users to author logical business objects, author intelligent business forms, and create automated workflows. The logical business objects include data definitions and methods from existing and new data sources. An object broker interprets the business object definition and brokers data/information and method... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070208781 - Job definition verification system, and method and program thereof: The job definition verification system includes an approval information storage unit for storing approval information to the effect that execution is allowed which is obtained by an approver as to difference information obtained by update of at least one of job definition information related to information about a job to... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070208780 - Apparatus, system, and method for maintaining metadata for offline repositories in online databases for efficient access: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for maintaining metadata for offline repositories in online databases for efficient access. In one embodiment the apparatus includes a metadata module configured to maintain metadata pertaining to one or more data record copies of a data record. At least one of the one... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20070208783 - Systems and methods for backing up data files: The invention provides systems and methods for continuous back up of data stored on a computer network. To this end the systems of the invention include a synchronization process that replicates selected source data files data stored on the network and to create a corresponding set of replicated data files,... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070208782 - Updating of data processing and communication devices: Provided are methods, computer programs and apparatus supporting cooperative updating of software, firmware and other data. A first device is able to obtain program and data updates that are required by other devices, and to do this altruistically even if the updates are not required by the first device. The... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070208785 - Information processing system, information processing method and information processing program: An information processing system for management of various pieces of information, the information processing system includes: a plurality of display record media, each having a unique identifier; an information selection section that selects information to be displayed; an information rewrite section that rewritably writes the information; a manipulation detection section... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070208786 - Method and apparatus for updating software: A method and apparatus are provided for updating software by patching a previous version file to a new version file without creating a new file during a patch operation. The method of creating a delta file for updating software comprises: creating a delta file, which comprises a COPY command and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070208784 - Parsing computer system logging information collected by common logging: Computer systems, logging daemons, methods, and computer program products are provided for logging information from a plurality of logging applications regarding the computer system. A registry is configured to identify the logging applications, and the plurality of logging applications are configured to identify the logged information in accordance with a... Agent: John H. Holcombe IBM Corporation,IPLaw Dept.

20070208788 - Data storage system including unique block pool manager and applications in tiered storage: A data storage system (10) that receives a data set from a software module (18A-D) includes a first tier storage device (240), a second tier storage device (242), a redundancy reducer (21) and a migration engine (28). The first tier storage device (240) has a first effective storage capacity and... Agent: The Law Office Of Steven G. Roeder

20070208787 - Method and apparatus for reducing overhead of validating constraints in a database: Methods and systems for reducing the overhead of validating constraints in a database are provided. The method includes providing a target table, and providing a source table. The source table includes data to be loaded into the target table. The method further includes loading data into the target table from... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070208789 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing media content analysis, distribution, and re-allocation services: A method, system, and computer program product for implementing media content analysis, distribution, and re-allocation services across a network are provided. The method includes analyzing factors that impact access to, and quality of, the media content provided over the network. The method also includes identifying a current storage location of... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Bellsouth

20070208790 - Distributed data-storage system: Various embodiments of the present invention provide methods, in distributed data-storage systems that associate one or more timestamps with each data block in each data-storage-component, for deciding whether or not a data block has been written. In certain embodiments of the present invention, a sparse database of timestamps associated with... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration