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 Gro